Ise liemyrour . Baveiles - s*-0 05265
Tiazraday 111,4(t.
Chimes, at Tan' t 77.7'
siDuntger.l,llllel,lll. Um - •
iimr4dst 1 00t A i tt i rg= sad
:mg mai vekTunitf4
Isr*!'a - Tmrli ni Z r : :. 161 1 11 i'lle!1. -' ' asd
'Deaths, win be Marva ibralptilailar
each insertion. I.IIIIOOIIIIAMIn of Amoristionsi'
Communalism at limited or tridtridMk ttamet.
ma notices of Meninges and Deaths,iginetr4 tie
Mai, me charged um come pm Mir.% . •
;I•Pothr.` lt Moo. SM
oar a;
Column, ....... . ............ $OO $4O
Ho' " so
One sou', .. !Ti 10
gstrsy, Cautles, tan androuriii,ari'd other milu
tisente. nut ermedlrts Ten Mee t hirer weekei
odesea -1441;5G'
dmininteator• Ezeoutar's Notices, sco
Ammar's' Notics: .... . ... 2IC
ru.iness Cards. dye lime. gper 701111.... ....... 600"'
Merchants and o th ermodveriatarr their badness,
vnll be charged Wine Far. • 's7; 1 02 t?. 4 62 4 14 ‘ :
to oolumm annual enernotnitito IhalF lnrintolo.
4 ith privilege Of TM , * 7,C1 13 10 16
AtirettieZlB In *lissom esoltmtnit . ,4oSeek .
t.ton to the paper. • , ,
lug PRINTING of entry
o w s. dose with amdsusts and4osoollk' ..11414441
Blank.. Cards. Pamphlets. Itillheade. instatat. itti'
of every variety and style. printed at the airframe
nukes. Tho RIIPONTZI Mice ta well suppled with
power Peonies. a good ..assortment of now type, end
~,,e ry thing b tie , Printing line tali : be mailed In
the most artistto manner and at the !mend mime.
reams INVARIABLY CASE.
BITSIMISSCaam
RAI'VVIL.LF,, MILLS !
The subscriber, having purchased the Lellaysvills
Mint. srel refitted the Pam° in .good order. to new
urepatvd to do good work. and to give general satia.
M. J. ISTITCHXY.
tegaysville. Sept. N. lawn. 1y
PRICE LIST-CASCADE MILLS.
Dett quality 'Muter Wheat Flour 11 cwt.. $4 50@5 00
11..,t /jollity Ttvo Floor $4 cwt. 960
M 1• ru 'And and Ere 1.911 Cora Fred. 926
y fitr march allowed to dealers. '
,rom wohlly done at maw: as the oak
d the mill to nafllcient far a taro &Mount of
11. 11. INGEtA33..
.'atoptown.• July 12, 11143.
p TENT METALIC WHITE
A. WIRE CLOTHEB issEs.—Worranted not to
rud tare, oorrode or injure the linert fabrics.
1. slwayf up and ready for use. The trawler does•
u~t;0 tiat• lea..t affect it. It will laid for 90 to 50
,arn and costs but three recta per.foot. lam now
pared to put the wipe and gttarankx satisfaction
0; h ., pay. If not called upon at your bonees. ad
drY orLai) at Idar..hall Brothers. Hardware ',tore.
C. L. DUTCHER. Agent.
. " Towanda.
B LICKS N ITHrier !
J I$7U
co" new tick:: than. near nty
on Maiu:ctreet. Ima now prepared to do
w,rt in nil de branches. Particolar attention paid
11111 holm and cittre tools. liming anent many
to thin community, In this beriness, I Mast
a sulikeut guarantee of my receiving a liber
.:aninuot of the public patronase. -
ffEkilrf ESSMCW4NIE. :
lawns:la, Non. Z. IS6'9.—tf,
FERSBIT RG MILLS
are non doing linaini•ioi in their
.4 hi , 1.113)T cI'ALITY at !lityritanyno
)tllll., •
wheat, Ryr. and hock' heatt Flour. and reed con
ly on hand for axle at market *idea.
Alm a tare., quantity of cmouNt) PLASTER of
.ute ri••r finality from the old Y.arora nem
117Farshora. Tarc. 20.1f,9. 3n - Ert k FROST.
NrEW DYEING EBT_4I3LISH
.... MEN T.
be ~ !.oiler tiles tidy method of Infortniew the
•, , 00nl< of Towanda and 'vicinity that h.- has opened
I , Frm.g F..tabliPhment in ea Maass' new build-
=I
opp,,,4te (t'll. PaUnreal. and that he is now ere
wed to do all work In his line sneh am CLITANIZia
sad COLORDia ladies' and gentlemen's garinenta
,I,,ths. kr.. In the neatest manner and an the most
ressonable terms. Oise me a eall and WWl:lit.' my
HENRY ItEDDMI.
: 1 / 4 .rot 1:1:1. 1.89
BRADFORD COUNTY
!MAI. ESTATE AGKYCY
H B. IIcKEAN, REAL ESTATE AGENT
.“' r,br. Farm,. 3lill Properties, City lust Town
••1 , ssle.
. „
Nroo. baying proTtv ;or IRSP w ill
In I t to their
- eby leaving desctiptlon of the mine. with
of sale at this ency, fia p irtiee are constantly
•••"iltlring for farms. &c. H. B. McREAN.
Real Estate Agent.
over Mason's Haut. Towanda, Pa:
tr, 1;467.
TITHE UNDERSIGNED HAVE
~- nt 41 a flanking House in Towanda. under the
k;l' U. T. MASON k. CO.
rlicy are prepared to draw Bills of kehange, and
~,Ilertione in New York. Philadelphia. and all
• ...Ll!' .1 the United hist:ea. as also England. Ger-
c. 2111 France. To lona money. receive &Tonal.
a% I tdo n general Fan - Aging basinee4.
Mason was OLIO of the late firm of Laporte.
l'o.. of Towanda. Pa., and Ilia knowledge of
h 1.a5.u.,. men of Bradford and adjoining counties
atl.l having been In the banking hualneas for about
~f:.•en years, make this house a desirable one through
nt , h to make collertionc U. F. MASON,
T , .urattils. Oct. 1. 180.
I VI) KS FOR FARMERS AND
STOCK BREI:DERS.
•untl Volitme3 of the AMERICAN STOCK JOUR
\ t 1.. for 1e67 containing .93,1 large data& ooluma
postale paid for $1 50
Vommcs of the American Stock Jonrnal for
~0 ..- n utainins 3134 pager. Bent poet paid forf 150
•:. I .nryman'e .Manual, rent) poet paid for 25 eta
.r,cman's Manual, 21
lion., Itreedcr's 'Manned. •• •• 93
c!,.ltry lln.,:er's Manual
whille fore Manuals iirtit 1 , 00 paid to oua ail_
.•• fa: $lllO
Aleutx wanted, tow hOlll libtre illdllONMentll will
br offurcd. Addren.
s. P. BoYER k. CO.. Publisher..
lurkesbnrir. Chester Co.. Pa
=ME
NEW FALL & WINTERGOODS
3IRS. E. J. PIERCE,
Na. loot returuo from New York with a first-class
=9
r'•mx:attug of the Inteet imported Myles of
H %Ts, BIIIHONH, ke. Se
wrelll resivetfolly invite the ladies of Towaill
.la loraltV e Lee a call before rurchaFitig
b.-where. Rork done in neat and fashionable style
and or short notice. aLtl-ltooma °Ter 9f, M. Rosen
fo celpnsite kowell'e, Towanda, Pa.
All calls promptly attended to and eatisfsetion
guaranteed. Call or addrems. A. IL Mott, Wilmette*.
Bradford county. Pa. oct26. 69.
( -1 EFFORD'S NATIONAL PAIN
vir . Faller and Life Oil. art the Great Family
SlxiyDcw that find a welcome in every home as a
Sovereign Remedy for more of the common UN of
1 life than any other medicine in the market. sold
by , dealers in medicine generally. Manufactured
by C. T. GIFFORD. Chicago. DI., and 143 Main at,
HORNELLSVILLE. Is. Y. March 10.
•
• Tonseeo. Cigars and Snuff. Pare Wine. and ATENTS!
of the best quality. for medicinal pnrpoaea A
... - - - • • -
vtunlto•r 30. 1043.
NT ENV FIR NI
Xl' !I' (;1)01)8AND LU H' PRICES!
A r MoNi.ol7luN. PA
fRA.CY & HOLLON,
tatilers its tizweries and Provisions, Drugs
Kerosene Oil. Lamps, Chimneys,
• 1 “ k.. Dye MUDS. Paints, Oils. Varnish. Yankee No-
All Goods sold at the very lowest prices. Pre
- car full compounded at all hours of the
41 A) ./Pi m. ut. (live us a call.
TRACY A. ROLLOS
)• an• t,n, Pa., Juni• 11. I'G9—)y
CHEW PASSIGE FROM OR TO
I!RELAND OR ENGLAND
• LIN!. Frf-tYreatlrti FROM OS TO
rt:s,rowN OR LIrF-lIPOOL.
t •• Black Star Line" of LI•
raelvtd, nailing every week.
Lilo of l'acirtx from or to London
twice a month.
PI 1: - .02;.161 and Scut's , 'ld Pay
turtrwr varLenlani, apply to Williams 1 Uuton
2 1 13r , ,,v45a5. York. or
O. F. ILtsoN. 5: CO., Bankers.
Towanda, Pa.
=Ea
( S. EC K ,
‘. I • ~ .•.V trnt*lrr, 'Towanda. Pa. Mills built
Engross and Boilers set in the best
• -. I,t odd call the attention of znill owners to
NUNItTEX WATER ITTIEEI.
as the Memento, of a flret-clawa tnotter,
of. , mstruction. acoeseibillty,rreat Ittreutfth
acvinwing the grvatest auto:nut otpower for
witty n•rydrod. running under backwate,r
t,n
J...rim,.nt to power except Mei:Limit:on of
I. n•gninn;; no alteration in mill frames or addi•
• -
rim under low head. and made of
10 .••:r•d eapaoity. These wheels will he furnished
it I , than one-half the cost of any other &at-class
•h.••t in market. and warranted to perform all that
111,, ed fir them. These Isheela will be made for
Irhi , ry ir!tb or rrithout eases. on.short notice,tat the
Bret iron in market.
T addrtsk or enquire of the under-
S. PECK. Towanda. Pa.
l' , ..—Corke steels can be aeon in operation at
Mr.r4, Horton Mill. Towanda tarp. The
wheels are wholly composed of Iron as DoW lebde.
Jan.ll Mr/ ti
____ I _
GENUINE IMPORTED
_ NORWAY OATS.
-‘SIPLEN SENT FREE TO FARMERS
1( 0 to 130 hu.hele grown to the acre.—
" i trona Wto 45 pounds to the busted. This
t,a•• b,•,n grown on every variety of 110 ii, sod In
P "rY stele of the ("Rion, with the most perfect sew-
gri-u i. cry largo. plorup and handsome. bu
:ems:table thin husk, and ripens earlier than the
rtraw re, bright, clear. !taut and not liable to
I, l—fleetly vicar: of runt, an/ grows from 4 to
loch,
both the White and Man Norwey, both*
lave and equally productive.
s-ad one quart of the above oats to any
allreas 1.4 paid I.r. $1 00
I rte starta post paid, 2 00
ka pe.A nt exprrolt_kl: 200
11011 buaStl. 20 pounds, Oo
oat bushel. 40 romndo, 10 Oa
carTlON.—ta.. We wish it distinctly understood
that this is nut • light oats, weighing 28 hi 32 it*.
ralxod In New England, and sold under the name of
Jrvay, bnt imported aced, every bushel Emirate ,
to weigh 40 Nor the money refunded.
diiliplen of both binds sent tree for *MO* cent
AlsO circulars and tratinionala. address all
i.r.lnrs to N. P. BOYER k CO..
Jsaltem Parkestourg. Chester Co.. J.
AsinoN,ALT' tit_LlN
laritr or mall piettities at
C. B. PATCH'S.
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VOLUME XXX:,,
; •,?, /t .4‘17,7;•:. 'l4
11=1111110VAL
fe Tions`,:tP velA
.• • • • At, 1. •
114 - 441111 ir PEET, - ATTORNEY AT
Law.-Tmedis.l% iamb V. 'Ol.
"L'IDWARD OVERTOT4, h., AT.
1.4 Toliairt Vs. Cara re
a c e l** l - 1 14 1 •1 1 : 1 1. Mobs ,
.. koltriitft, AT.
ream AT Law. 011icso—cormr of Yalu aibijk
Pine Strusle. moils Paint* Drag Mom
„PEG& !ATTORNI67
v v 'Mesita& Ps. Olheetruir the he:
ter,. south of
House. Ike Ward lionse, - 10 Mutts the
Court - awe.
•
L t
_Qk-3
ATTORNEY AT LAW. TOWANDA.
Rollth aith m arr !li up stabs.
Deci.
vir H. THOMPSON, ATTORNEY
• AT Lkw, Toyama'. Ps. Mot with W. C.
Bogert, Esq.. Ito. I jkisk Saw. AU business *s
trutted to Wrests will b prolaptly thAesded to.
July 1. -
wH.
• 1? 144 O&M. I.hoiriioy . he trod.
ford Conrd7). Troy. Ps. Conortioas aide and p
ly remitted. tab 15.'
- -
TORN CALIFI II , , ATTORNEY
• ja Law. Towanda, Pa. Particular attention toy:
en to Orphans'
,C
en Coureysacineand
Collections. #TOmce at the fighter mil Itecor,
deem ofacl.' Watt' of the Coot House;
Dee. 1. 1804.
10ZENJ. PECK ATTORNEY
41 AT LAW, Towanda, Pa. buOttesseulrtisted
to hie rare slll !mai° prompt attention. Office In
the office lately orcuplod by-Siemer & sorrow, south
of Ward Howse. op shire.
.11117.16.
MERCIIR & DAV , ATTOR
IES
sums a& LAW, Towanda, P. The undersigned
haring &mandated !Mumbles together in the prartioe
of Law. offer their professional serrim to the public,
ULYSSES MERCIIR. W. T. DAVIES.
_TWIN w. MIX, ATTORNEY AT .
VI Law. Talmud*. Bradford Ca. A. ' •
GENERAL IIfSIIRANCE AGENT
Particular attenticropafh to Co/401one and Orphans'
Court buslamaa. Office—Mercura If . ew rdoek.Atorth
,aide Public Square. apr. 1. 'B9.
, B.- McKE ATTORNEY
_IL.L• AND COMIELLOW AT LAW. Towmailk Pa. Par-
Ucake. attention paid. to Wiliam in Ow Orphans
etral. -
.tut510..66.
WB. KELLY, DENTIST. OF.
• 1t.,. flier Wickham Towandli. Pa
Particular attention to railed to Armarrems as a base
for Artificial Teeth. Having used this material for
the past four years. I can confidently recommend it
as being far superior to Rubber. Meese mil and es-
SITIiI2O specimens. IR-Chloroform administered
when desired. may 20. '6ll.
DR. H. WESTON, DENTIST.-
Office iu Patton's Mock. over Gore's Drug and
Chemical Moro. Jae 1.'6&
S. JOHNSON, PHYSICIAN
T. .0 Sonoma. Towanda. Pa. Mice with W.
B. Kelly. over Wickham &pack. Residence at the
Means: tionsn. arm IR. WI.
D1t..11: A. BARTLETT, Physician
and Surgeon, Sugar Thin, Bradford Csounty.' Pa.
Oftlee at maiden., formerly oortipted by Dr. Ely.
ang,lo.lKsd.tf
DR. STEVENS;.over BROWNS (late
Goats) Dreg Store, Pattoa's Block, In offices
latelioceupiod bs,Dr. Madill and Dr.Weeton. 11414
U. BEACH, M. D., Physician
Ilia end Sttrycon. Towanda. Pa. Particular atten
tion paid to ad Chronic Disesara, and Mena at
Females. Office at his residtricel. on State et., two
door east of Dr. Pratte.. tierr.ll,o.
TIOCTOR 'O. LEWIS, A GRADE
ate of the Collage of e•Playsietans and Surgeons,"
livr York - cite cuss 18434 giree exclugv. attention
to the practice of bin profeialon. Officio and residence
on the eastern slope of Orwell Hill, adjoining Henry
Howe.. • ' jan 14,'G9.
B. CAMP, INSURANCE
T
&nue:L-orace formerly occupied by Morelli
& Morrow. one door eolith of Ward House.
July 22. 1869. •
'LEWIS RHEBEIN, Faxhionable
Tat r. Rooms over Ampinwa's Store. Talmo
la. Pa. oct.s, 69.
A. O. MASON
FOWLER & CO., REAL ES
• - rvrz DILILIEES, NO. 70 Washington Street, op
posite Opera House. Chicago. 111. Hen pttr
elaseed and sold. Investments made money loan.
TOWLE%
April 21. ItlaC. LIND.
p B..HOLLETE, 3101 OETON,
Jur.. Pa.. agent for the Hubbard Mower, Empire
Drill, Ithaca Wheel Rake, and Broadcast Sower few
sowing Plaster and all kinds of Orain. Send for elo.
eulars to B. B. Mourn, Monroeton, Bradford Co.,
Pa. June 211.'69—1y.
WORK OF ALL KINDS,
Kn 0,... WITCHES, ern" BRAILA. FRU
FIT% Ac.,
tea.le in the beet manner atellateat style.
at the War dil Hemet, Barber Shop. Termeromonable.
Towanda, Doc. 1, ISO 9.
VRANCIS E. POST, PAINTER,
Towanda, Pa.. with ton years experience, ia con
fident ho con glee the beet satinhation In Painting,
Chaining. Staining. Mating, Papering, &c.
l'articrilar attention paid to jobbing in the
country. april9.
TORN DUNFEE, BLACKSMITH,
3tONROETON, PA. papa particular attention to
ironing Boggle.. Wagons. Sleighs, &a. Mee, Pot and
repairing dons on short notice. Work and charges
guanuitoed satisfactory. 12,15,69.
)1-1 YES ! OH YES!-AUCTION!
A. E. MOE. Licensed Auctioneer
J. N. DEXTER, SOliciar-Of PRients,
:3 BROAD MEET. WAVERLY. N. V.
Prepares drawings. specifications and all papers
required in making and properly conducting Appll•
cations for PATZ2CIII in the UNITED EiT.VITX and Fon.
mos! Commute. Ho alumni m utoulaceptartz.
Caara AND an A2TOIMICY 6 111 TIC.Z . TO PAT PATENT
Ia OBTALIti.D.
Sept. 16;1869-if
f) W. STEVENS, Ci/UNTY SUS
rams. Camptovra, Bradt all Co., Pa. Thank.
fnl to his many employers fa .at patronage, would'
respectfully inform the citizens of Bradford empty
that he is prepared to do any work in his line of bust.
pees that may be entrusted to him. These having
dleputed lines would do well to have their property
accinately surveyed before allowing themselves to
fselaggrieved by their neighbors. Altwerk warrant.
ed.rarrect. no far as the nature If the ease will Pier
snit All nopakented lands attended-to as aeon is
warrant. are obtained. _ 0. R. STEVENS.
reb. 24. 1049-Iy.
WARD HOUSE, TOWA,NDA, PA
Ou Street, near the CazutSouse.
C. T. MTH, Proprietor
Oct. 8,188 C.
EI It WELL IWUSE, TOWANDA,
JOHN C. WILSON
Having loosed this House, la now teed 7 to socommo•
date the travelling pnblle. No pens norespense will
be .pored to give satisfaction to those who may give
hiso a call.
SIT North wide of the public &Imre. net of Met
,
car's new block.
ItIPALNIERFIELD CREEK HO-
Having purchased and thoroughly refitted this obi
aid aroll-known stand, formerly kept by Sheriff Grif
fis. at the mouth of Rummerfield Creek, is ready to
give good secommodations and satisfactory treatment
to all litho may favor him with a call.
Dec: 23, 18138—tf.
MEA I S BO H USE,. TOWANDA,
Proprietor,, Thta
popular Hotel hiving been thoroughly fitted and re
paired, andrurnished throughout with new and... Or
igin% Furniture, will be open for the reception Of
gurgni. on fierrunair. Max 1, 1980. 'Neither expense
nor pains has heed spared in rendering this House
a model hotel in all its 'grrangesnente. A superior
quality Old liorton Ale. for invalid& just received.
April 23, 1340.
rigEMPERANCE HOTEL !--Situa
te..l on the north-west center of nabs stud Elld•
beth streets. opposite Bryant's Carriage Factory,
The undersigned having reeently refined his well
kUOßl2 boardinghouse with • goed acconoxiodallous,
would respecttully infirm the pubdc that he le
now rimared to receive runts and boarders upon
the most liberal terms.
, JIM - users- _MA ethers .attoodiug. court will especi
ally EMI it toAltele odroetage.to petroutze the Tem
- - -
peranee Hotel
Xowando. Jan. L 9. 1870e:-3=
TRY OUR TEAS JAIII/ COFFEE,-
%.4 . ; i. , 4 , : , 14,1,.,:t.4
~..0 1.1.4 ?AYER.
CASH PAID DU HIDES AND
rams - (LOWELL R MYER'S
- r
TTORNET AND
PL . -
Rotels.
PETER LANDMESSER
S. It. BROWN, Props
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ME;=2IIIMI
ifPnl o 7. bat~aold+no f/ /rid • r!/-:
It "Id blute4and wrlnklad and gray,:
:illitylitandilittia**Atiiiiiibuld
Attd bOsteasysy. ,
IgheViithi bud *tide inoldnutna ie BPrini
And 4Me moo" 11 , f3semairs stolid bkvir_:
T_ he , 4 4 aims of tbe. AurFurm w, 00 . 416 42 8 -
With theigleozni tbrebodlnis' of snow. .1
Even now—the leaves pallid and sere, • •
Strew the paths of the sad=-Antamn-atorm,
When the breath °tribe opening . Tear
Should be laden trial tam" mid lam
In the gam of lirtege Shartn•like rose '
'Mug the poisonotnicreepon of
While, mere weary Ikribearinete girt",
And gilt daxker the,dnik of my Fite.
While my lips luesthe the breath of the morn
The deep shadows of Night gather fast ;
Like tho ship by the thunderbolt torn,
am borne on the wings of the blast.
Oh ! the wreck is adrift og the sea'
AU alone, and =sough!, and unwept,
ftverwlelru'd by thi billoy_re and breeze,
Whilst the pilot tualuiedingly slept I
But shall not tuy sins be forgiven?
Lo! a Star shining high, bright and mild--
A sign from my Father in Heaven—
The sweet face of a beautiful child!
Wituisst-T. MADDEN.
Lincoln:o4 irO, England.
tuethmeouL
REMARKS OF SENATOR , SOOTT ON
THE :or ILIL HEMEL
-
'SIR. SCOTI'. Mr. President, IwiU
occupy the attention of the* Senate
for a very few moments, and - that up
on the direct question.
I do not propose, sir, to discuss
the past history of the contest about'
the negro, nor the probable future
consequences of that contest ; but to
look simply at the question which
this debate has developed, in the hope
that in a few moments we may be
able to dispose of that question:
This debate has developed two
leading facts. -The first is that the
person who proposed as a-Senator
from the
-State of Mississippi is now
a citizen of the •• United- States ; and
the second is that ho never has
been an alien Or a foreigner. Now,
sir, in view of these two facts, I pro-,
pose to make the point that even if
the position that .has been contended
for by the gentlemen on the other
side of thachamber were true, name
ly, that he was not a citizen before
the enactment of the civit-rights bill
or before the adoption of the, four
teenth- amendment to the-Constita
lion, still he is eligible as a Senator
of the Xnited States, and ought to
be sworn in.
The proposal is to refer his creden-
tials to the Judiciary Committee for
the purpose of making inquiry as to
whether he has been a citizen of the
United States for nine years.. It is
admitted that he is a,citizen now, and
therefore he is admiSsible as a ( Sena
tor unless there be some disqualifica
tion, What is that disqualification ?
It is alleged that'he is arman of col
or, and that therefore he was not a
citizen prior to the enactment of the
civil rights bill. Now, sir, no one
stands here to question that his citi
zenship was an open question before
the adoption of the cavil rights bill.
The history of the litigation that had
occurred in various States, and that
finally got into the Supreme Court
of the United States in the Dred
Scott case, is enough to show that a
question was made as to whether a
colored man was or was not a citizen
of the United States. The decisions
in Kentucky; the decisions in Con
necticut, the decisions in my own
State, th- discussion which took place
upon the admission of Missouri into
the Union, the Dred Scott case, the
universal discussion of this 'question
at one , period in our hiatorythess
are enough to show that the public
mind was not settled upon the ques
tion. But if it was not settled then,
could it be more. effectively settled
than it has been, first by the passage
of the civil rights bill, and then, - if
that was not sufficient as a mere act
of Congress to determine the status
of citizenship in the face of a decision
of the, Supreme Court, surely it will
not be contended that the fourteenth
constitutional amendment, declaring
that all 'persons born within the Uni
ted States are citizens, is not suffi
cient to settle it.
The civil rights bill, if ita text be
turned to,_and the fourteenth amend
ment, if its text be turned to, will be
found to be both declaratory. They
do not enact that " from henceforth
all persons born within the United
States shall be citizens," but thexres
ent tense is used in both : " all per
sons are citizens of the United States."
If that be suthcient to settle the ques
tion, if that be enough as a declara
tory law to declare that all persons
bornwithin the limits of the United
States are citizens i_of the United
States, where does r this man stand
who now presents himself as Senator
from Mississippi?
It is urged by gentlemen on the
other side that he became a citizen
only by virtue of one or the other of
these enactments, but if they turn to
the history of that clause in the Con
stitution of the United States on
which they rely, they will find that
it was inserted both in reference to
Senators and to Representatives in
the other House of Congress, and al
so in reference to the President, be
cause of the apprehension that was
felt of foreign influences in our Gov
eminent. In the discussion which
occurred in the convention—l have
it here, but will .not take the time of
the Senate to read it—on fixing the
gnat al - cations of Senators it was es
pecially dwelt upen that the Senate
being the body which was to pass up
on treaties with foreign governments,
it was particularly . necessary that the
periOd of citizenship should be ex
tended.mid made longer for a Sena
tor than for a member of the House
of Reptesentetives. - The discussion
of Mr. Madison in the Federalist of
this clause, shows that the purpose,
the reason, the intention of this clause
in the C onstitution of. the United
States Was that persons who had
been born abroad should not be per
mitted to beet' sne Senators until ai
-1 ter they had been citizens a certain
length of time. That is the reason,
that is the spirit Of-the laWl and it
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in the
VfiltectSiatia, nlienonit *for;
efineir;'4ll6'.conteiheie elected: by si
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raised as te . his' tituditientien:' as
ate 4sOlttestilinein - raineoran' to hitt
qualiiiinttacm in inicitherresprt than
',t4ti iffietherheliairbeen' a ,citicen
of the United &Ifni, for nine years.
Now;4iteit if - the doctrine. contended
for bytho gentlemen' on 'the - other
weielruithit he was not citi
zen until time of 'the of
the civil *lite bill "or.unt l:theadiv
tion of the, -fourteenth constitutional
amendment; still he is wit Within the
meaning thit'elautte of the COnsti-1
tutionwhich require* a man to he a
'citizen for nine years. The meaning,
the sPirit ,of that wak 'that no man ,
should' weeny' this Vice who "'had
been naturalized - as'a foreigner; until
nine years had elapsed a ft er his net
madam. -
And has not . our history .been' an
illustration of it? We admitted Tex
as as a State, and although have
not taken the trtmble to inquire in
to the nativity of the two - gentlemen
who came here as Senators, I believe
they were both born in the United
States, yet they were aOt citizens of
the United States at the time of the
admin . ion of Texas ; they had lost
their citizenship as citizen's of the
United States. But ,did anybody.,
doubt that when they presented them
selves here they were eligible as Sen-.
store 'of the United States, although
they had not been citizens of the
United States 'for one year? When
we acquired Louisiana, did not every
man whd was a resident of the Ter
ritory at once become a citizen of the,
United-States? I' know it was so
held in my own State. There the
question came up in this way : a man
born in Saxony who had emigrited
to Louisiana before the acquisition
'of that Territory hy the United States,
and had -never been naturalized in
the United Mates at all, afterward
removed to Pennsylvania, and there
offered to vote. And the question
was there raised whether he was a
citizen of the United States ; and
our courts held that by the acquisi
tion of the Territory all its 'inhabi
tants at ionce became citizens of the
United States. So we see that there
are circumstances, and have been cir
cumstances in the history' of the.
United States, where men would be
admitted as:Senators in this Cham
her although they were not citizens
of the United States fot• one year, or
for more than two, three, or four
years. This I cite in 'illustration of
the meaning, the intent, the spirit of
that clause of the Ccmstitution which
is invoked for the purpose of debar
ring this man from the seat to which
he has been chosen by the State of
Mississippi. He is not within the
meaning and spirit of that clause of
the Constitution. He is a native
born inhabitant of the United States,
and made a citizen by the civil rights
bill, or by the constitutional amend
ment, if he had not been before.
These were, as I have already said,
both dechiratory acts, not enactments
simply to take effect in the future,
but declaring what was the sense of
Congress' and ,of the people at the
nate of their.enactment.
1211111
, MR. BAYARD, I should like' to
ask the Senator from Pennsylvania
a question, whether he is aware, what
persons were the first two Senatori
from the State of Texas?
MR SCOTT. lam ; lam aware
that General Houston and Mr. Rusk
were the first two Senators from the
State of Texas.
MR. BAYARD. -Is the Senator
also aware that they were citizens of
the State of Tennessee, and had been
for more than nine years?
MR. SCOTT. Will the Senator
answer me whether both of them,
having accepted offices under the in
dependent republic of Texas, they
could still retain their character as
citizens of the 'United States while
they were citizens of the republic of
Texas ?
MR. BAY4ItII. I would remark
to the honorable Senator that the
language of the. Constitution does not
require either a residence of nine
consecutive years or any nine years,
but simply the fact of citizenship for
the term of years ; and therefore I
ask whether or not that citizenship
of those gentlemen, was not within
the letter of the Constitution?
MR. SCOTT. No, sir ; there is
no refuge for the gentleman to get
clear of this position with regard to
the two Senators from the State of
Texas, unless be goeii back with his
party and nestles Upon the
old British doctrine Of perpetual al
legiance, that these men could never
throw off their alle&nce. They were
citizens of the United States • they
'
went from Tennessee • they became
citizens of the repub;ia of Texas ;
they both, became officers in the re
public of Texas, thus
.renouncing their
allegiance as far as acts and declara
tion or the acceptance of the office
could renounce it • and after that
time, Texas being admitted as a State
of this Union, admitted by treaty,
they were received here as her Sena
tors, although the day before the
State of Texas was admitted they
were not citizens of the United States.
MR.POISIEROY. Texas was ad
mitted by joint resolution, not by
treaty.
MIL BAYARD. I would ask the
honorable .Senator, who has talked
about Senators nestling back upon
some old original party not their
own, how long since he was a Mem
ber of the Demdcratic party which
he slanders by terming it Trig in
any way connected with t oc
trine of Great Britain ?
MIL SCOTT. I will answer the
gentleman.- I was a member of the
'Democratic party until the time that
that party rebelled against this Gov
ernment._ From that day forth I
knew no part , in this country but
that which. followed the hag; and,
sir, I have never, seen any reason to
regret turning my back upon that
Party, for their conduct in this Chanber, and from that day down to this;
has satisfied me, and not only me but
the country, that they have got so
used to this doctrine of rebellion
since they
.became affiliated with it
that they, are here to-day rebelling
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MB. B&W& _The admission of
Senatormitusk Auld :Monition n from
Texas: has, been swami of ie ;the
caurseofthisi colloquy ibetween the
two. Senators.: ' It..waa7 s' fo rtune to
behere when thatptook • was
a meMber of the othex ouse at that
time.. They weieudmitted upon the
ground that the .treaty, of annexa
tion made them citizens of the United
States; that one citizen of the United
States could not- have rights 'find
privileges which did not appertain to
all other citizens, and that ..conse 7
=y the treatyznaking power con.-
- •the case and overruled the
provision of the Constitution which
required theta to be nine years citi
zens ofthis United States, and gave
them an equal privilege to be elected'
to the Senate or to be elected to any
other office under the Gevernment
that any other'citizen would have. It
was upon that reason that they were
admitted.
MR. SCOTT. I am obliged to the
Senator from .Kentucky for stating
to ns that it was admitted that they
became citizens of the United States
by virtue only of the treaty as he
terms it, although I believe he is
mistaken in that, by which Texas was
admitted. I myself used the term
"treaty" before ; but I believe Texas
was admitted by virtue of a joint res
olution of the two Houses of Con
gress. There was no treaty ; but
the Senator agrees that it was by
virtue of the resolution which brought
Texas into the Union that they be
came citizens of the United States,
thus virtually agreeing that in case
those gentlemen were admitted as
Senators 61 the United States, al
though their citizenship of the Unithd
States did not date back •nine !years.
that was the point I was making.
MB. DAVIS. The joint resolution
was admitted to be equivalent to a
treaty, in the nature of a treaty.
MR. SCOTT. Very well, sir; that
was the point I was making. I say
the clause of theCoustitutiot plies
only to foreigners who ha been
naturalized wader the terms of the
clause—l have the history here, as I
have said, but I have no= undertaken
to read it--the discussion when it
was under debate in the Convention ,
which formed the Conistitution,shows
that the purpose was to guard against
the danger of permitting foreigners
to come into our councils before they
had been here long eqough to make
them really -Americans.' That is the
reason, as I have said, and the spirit
of the law. The reason ceasing the
law ceases. Here is a native born
citizen of the United States present
ing himself, "native and to the man
ner born," no.. a foreigner ; no natu
ralization papers are necessary for
him, and the fundamental the
law of the land declares.this man) to
be a citizen of the United States,and
always to have been a citizen. of the
United States, for that is the mean
ing of that fundamental declaration.
And yet this rule is invoked for the
purpose of 'excluding . him from a
seat in this Senate,'?a seat which (if
we could permit such conditions to
occupy, simply upon the ground of
illustrating by a most noted example
—one of the most noted that will
ever occur in the history of the world
--the assurance of thlt retributive
justice which a just 'God brings
around in the mbninistration of hu
man events.
COULD SOT BE CSEATED.-A dealer
advertiised eye-glasses by the aid of
which a person could easily read the
finest print. A well-dressed man
called at the counter - one day, to be
fitted to a pair of spectacles. As he
remarked that he had never worn
any, some were handed to him that
magnified very little. He looked
hard through them upon the book
set before hint but he declared he
could make out nothing, Another
pair of stronger power were saddled
upon his nose, but as unsuccessfully
as before. Further trials were' made
until at length the almost discourag
ed dealer passed to him a pair which
magnified more than all the rest in
his stock. The customer, quite as
impatient as the merchant at having
to 47 so many, put on the last pair,
atA glowed through them at the
prbited page with all his might.
" Can you read that printing now?"
inquired the dealer, pretty certain
that he had hit it_ right this time, at
any rate.
" Sure not a bit," was the reply.
• 1 ,
"Can you read at all?" asked the
merchant, unable to conceal his vex
ntion any longer.
" Rade at -all, is it 1 .7. 'cried the cus
tomer : " there's not 'a single word
among them.' that I, can identify the
features nv." -
"I say, do you know how to read?"
exclaimed the dealer impatiently.
Out wid ye !" shouted the Irish
man, throwing down the spectacles
in a huff. "If I could rade, what 'ud
I either buying a pair of specta
cles for ? Ye chate the people wid
the ide that yer glasses help 'ern
ro rade print aisy ; but it's a4ng lie,
it is ! Ah, ye blackguard, ye thong,ht
I'd buy 'em without tryin"em !" _
" Wint do on not admire my
daughter ?" said a proud mother to a
gentleman. " Because," he • replied,
" I am nb judge of paintings." "But,
surely replied the lady, not in the
least disconcerted by this rude ieflec
tion, " you never saw an angel that
was not painted."
"Don Pa kiss you because he lovei
your inquired snubby-nosed ur
chin of his maternal ancestor, the
other day. "To be sure, sonny, why,"
"Well; I think he loves the cook, too,
for he kissed hei more than forty
times last Sunday, when you was
gone to meeting."
TRIMS ie said to lie in a well, but
in onr opinion Trtttp does not 11° et all. • •
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' ..Sliall We , make Aside slowly Sna
amnits,;:or shall we go it on- the ' h
pi'essitre - prickle and : "hist ' e
hif
* O -4' .. .?"'" 81 e. 1 4, it ? 3 ,e41 ,5 to`i4p, is e
tiolitio*tOr.t*PoOkomiikeAl to PAL,
War. : In . " Certain portions 'of the
Stati 3 there is .`a' `clamor for ":a third
party, With temperance, Or " prehibi-'
tiOn " rather, as its Sole,plank. They
tell Afraid PartyPhitfontia must needs
be repliinkedld issues - being new
dead; and that " Whichever ' party—
they-care not which "—will plank with 1
prohZitton, they will " inake for . it."
True, the country is 'saved, - and the
Fifteenth Amenciment is ratified, bat
does it not-now devolve upon the Re
publican .party to follow it up by
" appropriate legislation," and see
that it is faithfally executed? Shall
the.fruits of ".freedom to all" be left
ungathered? Ought the party whicl
saved the Country, to give lip the
ghost, while a partof its duty re
mains undone? We say nay. We
do not believe any political party
could succeed upon. this single plank
just yet. The temperance leaven is
working, don't be in such a hurry to
eat the biscuit ; let it rise first. Pa
lk sentiment is growing• in favor of
protecting society Mai/ ' the ravages
of the dram-shop.. In a country like
ours, where majorities. rule, a minori
ty cannot successfully enforce a. law,
however wise and just that law may
be. We must bring the .majority of
our people to look upon the rumsel
ler as a common nuisance, before it
is safe tii makeprohNtion the law of
the land or the State. Before we
strike our last -match, we must get,
Our tinder ready.
There is a vast amount of work to
be done in . the way of educating. the
people. We have been educated to
believe that alcohol is a supporter of
life, when the fact is it destroys . life.
We learn trete chemistry trial it does
not coutain a particle of nutriment,
that it is a poison and always a poi
son. We have been. taught that it is
useful.aa a medicine, forgetting that
strong , drink is a " mocker," a " de
ceiver. Science -demonstrates to us
the fact that it never imparts health
or strength, bat that it borrows its
seeming strength from thei life forces
of to-morrow, and thus uses up the
" reserve corps " with which Nature
_has supplied us. It always borrows
and never pays. The best medical
talent in the country is beginning to
discard alcohol as a medicine, just as
it has come to discard lancing or
bloodletting, The practice Was based
1 on a false theory. The idea is .prev
alent that we can violate physical •
1 laws with impunity, and bribe away
the penalty with patent medicines.
Thousands are. playing this losing
game with. 'Nature, forgetting that
God never sells " indulgences " to
those who violate His laws. If we
transgress we must suffer the full
1 penalty. God's law is " Obey and -
live.", Very many of our habits
and customs are founded in igno
-ranee. We need to unlearn what we
I have learned amiss. As temperance
reformers it- becomes us to correct
the false usages of society, and build
the temperance edifice on a firm ba
sis. Time spent thus is vastly better
employed than in shouting for a third
party. Our self-styled Calebs and
Joshuas in several States, only last
fall, proclaimed themselves able to
go. up and possess the " happy land
of Canaan, and came out at the "lit
tle end of 'the horn," just as they will
in this State, if they make the experi
ment now. The only sure permanent
way to rid ourselves of the giant evil
of intemperance, is to enlighten the
people. " An intelli gent people can
never be enslaved.' , We, ourselves,
as temperance people, need educat
ing. We have false views and no
fleas of things. And having these
false views and notions, makes us li
able to fall into error. Far too many
of us still cling to the false doctrine
of the past, that alcohol is good as a
stimulant and only bad when used to
excess as a beverage. The temperance
party must take higher ground. 'We
must proclaim the " higher law " that
the physical lew, in man's economy,
is against all stimulants and ?Wuxi
cants, and that the Author of that
physical law registers a penalty in us
for every violation. It is as much a
crime to impair the health and ruin
the constitution with tobacco as with
ruin. In God's plan pure air, sim
ple yet wholesome diet, exercise, rest
1 - nd cleanliness, are the best preserve
tors of health and vitality. We have.
largely substituted in their stead shell'
stimulants, opiates and narcotics as
beer, bitters, tea, alcohol, opium, to
bacco, coffee, and soothing syrup, all
of which science informs us are more
or less poisonous, and so destructive
to life And thus it is that by pat
ronizing the drug-shop, we create a
demand for the drama shop.
_Men, by
following their depraved appetites,
hare come to live .as much on stimu
lation as on food. Our temperance
army is full of such soldiers. They
have enlisted -rather as " Home
Guards," than as self-disciplinarians.
The 'temperance army is blessed with
plenty who are willing to carry the
banners and streamers on a holiday
excursion. It wants more "sappers
and miners " who are willing to dig
down, and ls,y broad and deep the
foundation Of our temperance strife,-
tare. We have need to study the
laws of our being. In combating
moral evils, we must recognize the
great truth that our moral and intel
lectual faculties are controlled by phy
sical conditions. The mind mani
fests itself through the physical or
ganization. _Religion is the wider
lying vital principle of morality, and
science is the handmaid of religion.
And in this temperance enterprise we
must view things from a scientific
standpoint,_and carry the people with
us. This implies work, .Work in the
church, the Sabbath-school, the day
school, in the pulpit, on the platform,
and with the pen. Let us earnestly
address ourielves to this work of ere ! .
ating a sound public sentiment in hi
rer of the "higher law," which ispro
hibition. A legislative statute found._
ed upon' such pUblic intelligence is
what is wanted--not resting upon en-,
thusiasm or excitement.
Let us set ourselves to :the business
of thus educating the people. And
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f fro.
I . •
MEE
harintesst the roots out 'of our own
eye. we 814d1 see more clearly how. to
PleelF oak the . 1 4esue is in' ou r
brothel's eye. Temperance senti
ilaint is certainly gaing - krotuu l.
tty , friend, rut yourshoWder totha
wheel"-, •• • . a
Feb. 17, 1870.
EDITOR!' OF THE GUlW:ftlin,
Tamp:mum has justhweii beheaded
in PariL Death by'decollation is as
old as history. Cranach's wood
cuts of the "Martyrdom of the kpos
tles," printed in Wittenberg in 1589,
there is an exhibition , of_ the death of
St. Matthew by_ the axe. In .a
. .Still
older, German print, given by Croker
in his "Account of. Capital Punish=
ments," .Titus Manliits is represented
as suffering, death in the same man
ner. Executions on the block at Tow
er. Hill are familiar to every reader of
English history. The "Maiden," an
inetrutuent for decapitation, perform
ed its sanguinary service in the stor
my 3days of Scottish annals—the
young earl of Argyle quaintly enough
declaring at his execution in 1685, as
he pressed his lips to the block; '"lt
is the sweetest maitkit I have ever
kissed."
• In England mid Seotlarul it seems
to have been persons of • rank Only
who died by the ate. The gibbet
was for the vulgar. In Italy, from
time immemoria l, it was, on the con
trary, the univer s al method to take
off tho heads of criminals. In France
both methods obtained. In 1432, on
the very day. that 3larshal de Mont
ruorenci was beheaded, seven burg
lars and pickpookits were gibbeted ii
Paris. The same distinction obtain:.
ed in Spain, Portugal, and parts of
Southern Germany. To die by the,
gallows was ignoble,—by the axe/
-honorable.
The s grimAlecapitator, whose name
the French Revolution made famour,
received its appellation from a simple
'minded, good-natured physician: !He
did not fabricate the implement. An
other .person was its inventor. For
its adoption he was in no way re.spon- -
sible. The various models prepared
he never examined. name does .
not appear upon a Committee of the
Convention. In fact, before a single
head fell, he had dropped into obscu
rity; and yet, because in a speech be- .
fore the Tiers E6lt . the pertinacious
little doctor exclaimed in a tonb of
triumph, Now, with my machine -I
strike off your head. iu the twinkling
of an eye, and you never . feel it,' . the
wits of Paris gave the name of
guillotine to' au instrument which,
not until three years afterward, had
an actual existence.'
We lift up ourrhands with horror
at the mention of the guillotine. The
days of terror come hack. That ter-:
rible nature of mankind which;uure
strained by. Divine Grace, goes down
to' madness and the pit; confronts us.
The panic frenzy of 25,000,000 peo
ple rending asunder' the habitudes of
life, it is not pleasant to recall. But
it M not wise to forget that the bloiid
tlursty implement of the French Rev
ohition was at first proposed on the
combined principle of justice and
mercy. The infamy of the guillotine
consisted in its ability
.to dispose of
the greatest number of victims in the
shortest time:—its -purpose was •to
make capital punishment instil: tane
ous, without the infliction of =nec
essary suffering.
After protracted -discussious the
uew penal code was adopted by the
Constituent Assembly in 1791. It is
a phenomenon which neither psYchol
ogists nor theologians have explain
ed, that at that time Robespierre op
posed the shedding of blood under
any pretext. One of the. articles in
the code provided that "every person
condemned to death should be be
headed;"—another, that "the punish
ment by death should consist in the
mere deprivation of life-without pre
vious torture." No provision was
made, however, for the mode of de
capitation. It was natural, therefore
when the first condemned and sen
tenced to death, that the magistrate
should inquire in what manner the
execution was to be done. "Bv
..be
heading," replied the min ster.
"There are three ways of decapita:
tion," responded the magistrates-- 7
"the axe, the sword, and the machine.
To which does the penal code -oblige
us to resort?"—"Ask Samson, the
hereditary executioner !" returned
the Minister: Samson was appealed
to, and in a document, not the least
curious MS. still preserved in the ar
chives of Bibliothepte Regale, replied
that, "while ready to obey, he could_
not make the law. In case the sword
were used there was danger of acci
dents, unless the executioner was ex,
pert and the criminal ; firmi . that
swords were often broken in the pro
cess; that the same sword, being in
variably notched by the hardness of
the cervical bones, would not answer
twice without sharpening; that in
case of two or more criminals, the
second and third became unmanage
able from fright and a struggle ensu
ed; and that in order ,to fulfill the
humane intention of the law,, it was
necessary the victim . should be fixed.".
—The Minister then referred . the
subject to the Assembly. A Commit
tee war appointed. Experts were ex
amined. Surgeons gave their testi
mony: Men of science were invited
to make suggestions. Inventors pre
sented modls of machines. Frequent
and extended discussions took place,
during which every humane sugges
tion made its impression. The de-
Sign of the Committee was clearly to
save the criminal iarinccisary suffer-
• Up to this time the:idea of employ
ing a machine in criminal executions
had evidently found no favor. Guil
lotin's proposition had been smother
ed by ndienle. He himself had re
tired into obscurity. It was the ear
nest .application of the- Minister of
Justice that brought the matter to a
crisis. M. Louis drew up a report,
which was adopted by the Committee
and presented tb the Asseinbly. The
Legislature domed - that decapitation'
"by .invariable mechanism" should be,
adopted throughout, the Kingdom:
Among the numerous modelS of ma
chines before them' the members of
.the Committee selected that of
Schmidt, a pianoforts manufacturer.
He alonewas its inventor; to hini the
contractibr building was given; and
by some unseeouutablotiPrversion of
4111 , 1 i biOinatf,
IRE
.•• per. • 4 416nrimai in Advance.
the Parisian mind, whflo‘ the' =
man-Jew. meeluiniewaa,. _ farn iahi g
the bloody ; Monsters , for_ metropolis
and department, little Dr. Ouillotin,
eking out a livlUnicid from adinitiis
, teeing pills and draughts, giVe nein° .
I _to an invention that rendered Liable
ignominious andhia very_ existence
a subject of fearful =4143%
Experimeribi of the worling of the
guillotine Were made' first on "snb
, leas" in the dissecting room's.' Be-,
mg fotind sticcessful, the-first victim
-was Pelletier, -Whose case had .led to
the proceedings we have described.
He was a robber and murderer, and
deserved MS fate.- Others followed.
In single execution the machine work
ed. But on the 14thof July itlailed.
Five criminals were - to be taken off.
The 'heads of four had fallen. But
when the fiftlilitd been "stiapped :to
the bed and swung under the axe,
the uplifted iron creaked, moved,
and stopped. - The grooves of -wood
had swollen from the blood. •Sam
son, slartned;threw the weight of his
body Open the axe and called upon
his assistants for help. It was. , a
wretehed massacre, too • brutal for
% narration, outdone in cruelty only by
the hideous brutality of more . than
- one public execution in our own
country this*vCrypast year. Public
indignation was aronsel f . The exe
cutioner barelfesc.aped assassination
on the spot. It was a narrow chance
for the guillotine as well. The same
instrument was never tried apin.
Metal grooves were substituted, and
never afterwards, not on the tenth of
August, with his holicost Of innocent
victims, nor when. "the son of St.•
Louis ascended to heaven," nor at the
exemtion.of the Queen, nor when at
the murder' of the Girondists, the
Revolution, like Saturn, devoured its
own children, did the guillotine, fail
of its purpose. It became a proverb
during that carnival of blood, La
guillotine ea toujour'. .
•
If a visitor in Paris cares to take
thwtronble, he, maY , see iu a shed,
.bael of the Recd de In
.Pai.e, the very,
guillotine'surrOunded by empty bar
rels
and broken bokes, which Samson •
worked and the blue blood of France
consecrated. It is in ugly monster,
and, like the, window of Charles I, at
Whitehall, or the block in the Tower,
recalls no pleasant memories. 'The
Convention-of 1795 prepared a list of
the victims of the guillotine during
the Reign of Terror. They amount
to 2,026.: Abbe Montgaillard pro
nuances it incomplete. •His list num-
hers 4,110.- But heincludes the "In
siladed," and "nogaded" as Well. In
either case it is It horrible sum of hn
man lives. But it is not the two- .1
hundredth part of those who perish- I
ed in the seven years' war to soothe
the Pompadour, whose vanity 'had
been • stung by an epigram ! •
' •It has been frequently stated that
Ouillotin died by -.the instrument 'to
whiCh he gave' name. A recent re
viewer in. the Westnzi tisk,. Quarterly
falls into the same error. It *as not
so. He Was, indeed, arrested during
:the Triumvirate,' and for many
months suffered the torture common
to the wretched crowd of 'prisoners,
of expecting daily for his name to be
called, not as a "suspect" for his rec
ord as a sausculotte was clear, but -ifs
misperted yf being "suspect." He es
coped, however,—lived to see the Ileg=
toration i —and died in Paris, on the
.26th of May, 1814, at tho age of 76.
Among the phenomena of the gait
lotbie, mentioned by .Danban in his
Etude sow. Madame Roland, published
in Paris in . 1864, is that of the indif
ference to.death (de 1' impatienCe dtff
mourir,") which 'the constant work
ing of the guillotine produced: Ad
am Lux was glad to put his head un
der the axe which had touched the
neck of Charlotte Corday'. GireY .
Dupre, the advocate of the Girond=
ists, who, before the tribunal, had
pronounced their virtues to surpass
those of Aristodes or Sydney,
,went
chanting their praises, to his . eath.
Even Phillipe Egalite begged' Of the
judgew not to delay his execution till
evening. One idea' seemed to• pos
sess all brains. The panier of the
guillotine which.received the head Of
your friend yesterday, of your confi
dential servant this morning, of your
foe to-night, and might pe rhaps re
ceive that of yourself tamorrow, be
came an object of attraction almost
irresistible. In the crowd that hurl
ed itself after the- tumbrels on its
way to the place of execution, min
gled among the canaille, were men of
science, scholars, and gentlemen- of
leisure. At the guillotine they ford
ed their way to the front of the bar
riers. Not a word or motion -of the
victim, not a pang. or struggle,
were
they to lose. Who knew?—
they themselves might be the - next
to follow, and in their unbelief- of • a
futuret" state of existence they were
preparing their mindi for the worst
of this.
M...Bertin, who was no admirer of
Madame 'Boland, speaks of her intre
pidity at the scaffold. He witnessed
the execution of 407 persons, 119 of
whom were women. There is a,-sug
gestive statement among his bald
records worth translating. "Fear,".
he says; "predominated among the
condemned. Their 'faces were pale.
Shivering" almost always occurred.
the eyelids were pain Tully open; and
from the headless trunk, after the
blow; only a few drops of blood fell.
Frightliad turned the circulation of
the blood back to the heart. From
that of Madame Roland on the Con
trary, two jets sprang, as if she died
`clans f' e.raltalion de la vie'—in the ex
altation of life.
WHY are country girl's cheeks like
a good print drcias ? Because they are warrant
ed to sash awl retain their dolor.
EsraAcT from the last French nov
el: "Ibu Countess fell back in s deadly swoon,.
Wbervahe revived, her spirit had tied."
tr among the Adirondacks, if the
natives' happen - upon a visitor:with-gloved on,
they ask , "What te thAntattersvith goer hands?
Imanaax was bound over by
the police mag,istrite the - other day "to ke'ep
Ole peace towards all Her klidestv'w subjerts,"
as the nds always rein. "Alt rijiht,; yer,.wor.
shi replied Pat, "111 observe the bond; but
help the first _foreigner I get rey hands en."
Itc , oos has a bottle of tichanapps in
his office, and being a careless chap, (sometimes
neglects to lock it up,) he labeled the bottle
INK. A friend of his ...smoked the little gatnu"
and in the same style of letter prefixed DR du
ring his absence, and u everybody Abet - came
in complied with the invitation, Boggs was out
of "lush" when he came back.
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MEE
NUIEBER 43.
* WI liaLL'7"" *7
1111.1.11 Mr
We extract '`the foam* from
Stark T r ain's bcioki,'-"lfielaposents
Abroad ; or, the Now Wen% Pre!
grew" By half 'past *VA,* were
under way, midillysish the *Or' ld
seemed tei be !older , way S&L -- The
road -was filled 'Nair - nude trans nil
long . proomikaut of ,camobbl This
reminds me that We hartbeest try
ing Sior: ' gala a
camel lo oks like,. - sad -Xtlw we have
made it °Bk.. When ; fut,A,down on
alt bis kneinctit , Oli his braist - to re
ceive his losd, he looki,something
l~ke'a:4oaae_twiming;,-When be
is upright he looks like ,an ostrich
With s!' estgie, est 'of legit,' camels
tug noiliettiittiftil,, and their long
ander Etogiveirithem- elteeedin . gly
"gilltiO'expeeislon.(ezense the slang,
no , other , Weird will: describe it,.
They have immense fiat' Cushions a
feet that make ='a track in the &DA
like a pie-with - a elide' Cutout of it.
Tbey, are not; ; particular about their -
diet. They would eat a tomb stone
if_tlicly. cwld;bito Ahistle ECTVIK
about iesa arhich ha. - ireedlea on it
that 7,9311 d - pierce through Lather, I.
think; if one touches ycitt, Yon can
find relief in nothing but Trofanitv.
The Camas these.,;They show by
their actions that they enjoy thew.
I suppose it w'ould be a real treat to
a camel to have a keg ':of nails for
supper.
While I am speakiug of=ha' ale I
will mention that I have a horse now
by the name of ." Jericho. He is a
mar& I have seen . remarkable horses
before; but none so remarkable as
this. .1 wanted, a horse that could
shy, and this one MN the bill. I
had , idea that shying indicated
spirit. If I was correct; I have got
the most_spirite d horse on earth. He
shies at everything . he comes across
with the. utmost partiality. - He ap
pears to have a mortal dread of tele
ith poles, especially; and it is
fortunate t hat these are on both
sides" of the road, because- as it Tis
now, I never fall off twitie ircsneces
aion on the same side, If I -fell on
the same side always it would get to
be monotonous after a -This
creature has scared at eve Th i ng lie
has seen to.daf except Whatistack.
He went up to that with an intrepid
ity and. a recklessness the were as-
And it would fill any one
with adLirtition to see- ho he pre
serves his-self-possestiion in the pres
ence of a barley sack.• This dare
devil bravery , will be the death of
this horse some day. • - -
'He is not particular l ylv fast; bat
Wink he will get me ,through the
Holy Land. He has only one fault.
His . tail has been ehoprmti off, or els.
he has sat down on it too hard, some
tiw_ or other ,_ and he has t / 0 fight the
fliorwith his heels. This is all ver:,
well, but when.he tries to kick si fly
off the top of his head with his hind
fookit is too much variety. He is
going to get himself into trouble
that way- some day. -He reaches
round and bites my legs too. Ido
nut care particularly about that, uuh
I do hot like toi see a horse tdo socia
ble.
I think the owner of this prize had
a wrow opinion about hjrn. He had
an ideu that be Was one of those tier'.
untamed stcecls, but hp is not of that
character. I know the Arab had this
idea, because
.wheu he brought tin.
.
horse out for inspection in Beirout.
he kept jerking at the bridle, and
shouting iii Arabic, "Ho! will you.?
Do you want to run away, you fero
cious beast, and break your neck?"
all the. time the .horse was not doing
anything*iit the world, and only look -
eel as if he wanted to lean up against
something and think. Whenever he
is not shying at things, or reaching'
after, a fly, he wants to do that yet.
How , it would surprise, his owner t.
knot , : this. '
THE HOUSE-FLY.
How-many of our readers are fa
iuiliar with the gaily history' of the
common house-8y„ an insect that
makes its appearance - in early spring
in cotuitles swarms, coming from
some unknown locality, and dissap
pearing mysteriously? ' .There are few
insects at once so familiar to • all, and
yet the natural history of which is so
little understood; and it may not be
amiss, therefore, to recount a few facts
which have been ascertained - in reg,art
to 'it. -
,
The order orDiptiee, to which our
fly belongs, is one of great extent, aufk
its members, in their different form...
include many of the greatest pests in
elistence, both to man and , animab..
The mosquito, the gnat; the bitting
fly, and the hoise-fiy, the tsetie, zimb.
and other , species,' are- *ell-known il
lustrations of this. statement, many
of them being armed with lancets and -
other forms of an '' gressive Weapons, by
means of which they become a source
of torment. The house-tly, however:
although laricrKided with a somewhat
similar apparafrts, does not use it
commonly so as to . draw blood,- .its
offensiveness consisting principally in
the pertinacity with which it insists.
upo crawling over the akin or in in- -
fest g articles of food.
e eggs of the house fly are lai d
in decaying vegetable matter, such as
dead leaves, and - especially in the
mum* of stables, about seventy or
eighty - being the usUal. number.
These soon hatch, and - the lame
1 grows rapidly, feeding upon the sub
[ - stances found near. After - a
short time the outer skin• hardens,
and become 4 brown and tough, form
ing a case shaped like a, little barrel . ,
divided into rings. The transforma
tion of the larva is quickly made, andr.
the animal is soon ready to emerge as
a perfect insect. - -
The common blow-fly is anutlicr
species of the order, which lays its
eggs in decaying - flesh, and which
sometimes hatch before leaving - the
body of'tbo parent, and -iii any event
very soon become-developed into the
larva.. These form the well-known
maggots, which are the-annoyance of
housekeepers in hot-weather.
A fly very similar to the house
fly in general appearance, but with
the wings diverging more widely -
when in a atate qf rest, is provided
a very pciierfnliancet, by means of
which blood maybe drawn in an in
stant after settling upon the body, of
an animal.. •It ia a curious fact
that this species, like the mosquito,
in alighting upon An upright surface.
uniformly rests with its head upward,
the true house-fly occupying a pre
ciiail3r opposite direction, or with the
head downwrrd, thus affording area
dy means of distinguishing them.
The house-fly. both as .grub and
perfect insect, furnishes food to a
great variety of : other animals;' but
the destruction of the - adult is large
ly due to.the growth of a -parasitic
fungus which attacks it, and, devel
oping rapidly in its interior, soon ex
hausts its vatility.--Harpers . Maya
zini. . I .
BaowN—•"Whose boy is • -that,
Jones?" Jones—"Oh! s relative of mine by
marriage." Brawn--" What relation?" Jones
"A son, that's all."