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TF.llNtg TNITART ABLY cIASH.
BUSINESS CMS.
M. VCCGLEY, Lieenged
C'.: : .:~r.r.
Rome, Pa. All calls promptly attend
cl-1, May 9.1870
_
I RL af F. Geperal Fire, Life.
Nntrance A 7 t. Office at J.
Tinto. Wyalnaltut.Pa. 1un2.'70-Cm
W WALLACE E..,EELER
rinrsf .I.VD F'RESCO P.ILVTER
,-1j3,....11411. Sept 15, 18111—yr
& 'VINCENT, INSIIIIANCE
‘.. >,.T.,rs.—Ofrs . . , formerly ocralTninl by -fererir
' , '..rrosv. one door'snith nr Ward Hnnie.
011' • _ Lnaylo-'7O W. s. VINCENT.
FOWLER. REAL ESTATE
i prA1.1:11. No. le.o Wasbineton Street be
sod Wells Streets. Chicago. Illinois.
e F-thte lorcha=ed and sold. Investments made
.1 y Lo‘ned. May 10.'70.
TIT;F, , -;s - 11 KING. PATTERN
;TVTINO AND FITING in all fashionable
st,rt notice. ROOMS in Mermen Kew
1:* over Porter k Kirby's Drraa Rose.
MRS. U. E. GARVIN.
Town,ia Pa.. April 13. 1870.
•
T_TAIT; WORN OF ALL KINDS.
s •111 . 11 SWITCJIES. CIMtLR. BitAt/S. FRIZ.
ETV. ke.. tonne lo the he'd runner and tatostetyle,.
Ward Hon. Itorber Shop. Terms reasonable.
T. , ,,ahls, Per. I, IgC9.
BANcI.S R POST, PAlliTEtt
T,,wan,la.t•Pa.. with ten year. ewnerienee. IP con
-15,1 hart oatisfaetion In Platting,
(gaining. Stalning:tiriltizing. Paneling. ke
lt,thhi, attention paid to jobbing in the
eaagtv.
TOHN DUN - FEE. LACK S,lll .
• WiNROFTON. PA.. trays nartirniar attention to
iroein; Enindes. Warons. Sleighs, &e. Tire set and
1, , ,r1m: done on short notice. Worli and charges
arahteed satistietorT. 12.15,0.
MOS. 1 ENIVITPACTO,II2 HAS
et , is;n eidalilished himself in Om TAILCIRING
_l:r3ni:FRS. Rion over itookwell's Rtore. Work of
description done is the latest styles.
Towanda. April 21. 1870 -.tr
LER AYSVILLE WOOLEN MILL
w,,nld rt,pertfully announce to
ruble that he ke‘‘pa ennstantlron hand Woolen
h-. I ".. , :ituerra Flarinrla. Varna. and all kiuda at
arid ret.tiL HAMM k PROADLEY.
-I.a 2..1(1.'70. Proprietor.
()TI YES! OH YES!-Al:CTION!
OE=
pr , roptly attended to end aatistaction
call lor mit:res. , . .1. Vonroelota,
0rt.26. G 7.,
IFFORD'S NATIONAL PAIN'
lir •r 7,4 Llf, (M, are the tire,t. ramily
-in • tell rind a welcome in every home as a
• • : .1, 13nne.i for mum of the ceininou Ills of
; • Wier medicine' in the market. Self)
' genendly. Ilstinfavturral
, nn. 404 143 Win at..
' Nr4.I.tiVILLE. N. V. March 10. '7O-54
(i . RUSSELL'S
MIME
r I,' A A' r
)1) TE'.IPLAHS MUTUAL
3,T I: • .
• to h..,11r.• at ;2.000 ' 00
'non ,
• ..... • • 200
•!11:!s!, 'all 15 to 0.1 1 10
' • '2.; to 45 1 CD
•
•• •• 4; to 01 2 10
Wyalusinft.
..* ;:r3 If .n 1 :oun+7 - . Aventa
Felrt, 2—^'7o.
rp:i F. Crrs:TINENT.I L LIFE IN
n• 1. 1 ,. 1 . • , 1111.t, COM.. Pay
• 1•••• til at
1 • c:fl,' '...1.11n 1.4 . 'rnwanaa.
WILLI XCK EN,
'7 O -tvf•n. lieneral Agent.
BLACRSMITHING
I ilt• • t, .13 ,, p. near my
..0 `l.tm•--to - •—t I am ioro. prrpared to do
—ls it, l'Arocular attention paid
\I P. and Ilavit•tr spent many
lo O:'+ coniummty. In this Imelness. I trust
1.! ,IPIC•••111 ,rlarli!lli 0 of my rt•Mving a !ibex ,
.1.; .d thr pi i i. I,tronao.e.
II CNIIY ESSENWINE.
,•••••••• \ n. 1 , t1:; —tf
IYATE:NT!
.N. I)Ex.r4.n, .I' , ,licitt;7• I ) ateili.:,
7 , WAYI:ItLY. N. Y.
r draw:age, and all papers
• -• tnalcing and properly conducting Appli-
In the Uslt En STATES and FOB
'N.) CHAIItIEA t.INseCCEsSFUE
• • , %••.• •••• IT - I,IENE'I' • :. k:F. MY PAIMIT
I:lo9_if
•
Ar o ,k 7 BROTHER,
GEM El
Wi)OL,II,IIDES, PELTS, CALF
SHINS. FURS, ke..
7 . 4/ , tili• higheFt cast price Is paid at all limes
• :1, Itcoenfleld's Store. 111ainost.,
A I•
I. I. •N. I r.OV.tf: • ;U TONIANDA ,PA
/W. STEVENS. eI , UNTY SUB
, , Cangdown. lira& eel co.. Pa. Thank
. • • • 17.:0..y ,Inploy, , m for t•eat;Bateonage. would
- int,win the eitizenn. of Bradford County
• to do any work lu Lis tine of bugle
may be entrusted to him float having
N.ou'a ao well to hale their property
torn - eye 1 before allowing themnelves to
Iby their neighbors. All work warrant.
• t br an the nature of the cane will '-per
. ne.pat .ttted lands attended to an soon as
0. W.:STErENTS.
71 Iselo-1 T. .
TIE ..17NDE1tSIGNED HAVE
in Miranda. under the
0. F. MASON CO.
i'Lty a e prelsared to draw Bills of Eifehange. and
~ate collections in New York. Philadelphia. and all
iaritions of the tilted titntes. an also Eagland. (kr-
and France. To loan money, nmeitn deposit*
‘n.l to do a.aeunral
G. F. 7dason was one Jf the late firm of Laporte.
Maz.on l Co.. of Towanda. Pa.. and his kno - aledge of
btodoc,tiert of Bradford and a,Nolidiag c carati e s
haviou been to the bunting business for 'about
:te v o yr.trn, wake this lionise a desirable. ono through
Se h to mane eotlecdmts, G. F. ILLSOIS; -
Oa. 1. 1865. A. G. 31.3505.
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GENCT.
U. 11. REAL ESTiiE Acrms^r
tarm.. Milt Properttea. City' and Town
........ , z.irrolrerty for mile will tltid it to their
Oil a clereription of the manic. with
.f V.l:/. 3:,e1.3e)", Zs partici; are conittaittly
H. It MtKEAN.
Real Eetate Agent.
Mall:. Towanda. Pa.
ME
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Trt li'Y t .ffeLLON,
...71 Groceries and Provisioas, Drugs
•'14. , Oil. Lattlit..
I PZ.IIItA, Oils, Varnish. Yankee
and Suuff. Pure •Wines and
1' •• ,4 finality. fur tuedlrinal purposes
. • -1 , !..1:1 at the very lowest prices. Pre
fu'iy eolupounded at all bonze of the
M 1 t, ,
P.ISSAGn FROM On TO
GI: ENGLAND
Kt}:‘ , o•lo:` , .. F7:071 oa 70
, rt LIVE:IO,Or,
St. Linn " of Liv
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A CvLtS • nErterrer.
S. W. A.I.VORD, Publisher.
VOLUME XXXI. k
JAigES WOOD, krrommi am
CotateELLo2l Lm r, Tomeadi,
HENRY PEET, ATTOR ' A
1 lAw, Towanda. Pa. Janall, %IL
IVI.FOYLE, A ORNEY AT
L I .ILW. Towanda. Pa.. Once with Elluessii
Smith, linnth aidelercur's Block. April 14.70
G EORGE. D. MONTANYE; AT lOW= AV LAW. Oftice—earner Main atul
Pine Streets, oppcialte Porter's DruirAtore.
INT B. KELLY, DENTIST. OF
• ace over Wickham & Black's, Towanda, .Pa.
Itiay 2d. '7O.
DH. H. WESTON, DENTIST.—
office in Patton's Block. arer Gore's Drug and
Chemical Store. inn 1.'66.
LP. WILLISTON.
. ATTORNEY AT LAW. TOWANDA.
South aide of Nte e cur's New Block, nio stikirs
April2l.lo—tf. '
TT B. MoKEA N, ATTORNEY
.a.• AND COTIIEEtLOI AT Lstr,Towanda, PL. Par ,
Ocula rourt• attention paid to business in the Orphans'
C Pai72o.
W H. CARNOCIIAN, ATTOR
• NET AT LAW Anstriet Attorney far Bra&
ford County). Troy, Pa. Collectionemadensdpronint
ly remitted. febls.'69—tf.
TORN N. CALIFF, ATTORNEY
Law. Towanda. Pa. Particular attention glv.
an to Orphans' Court business Coneeysedrus and
Collections.. ap: Office at the Register and Recur.
der'n offloe*nitli of the Court House. - .
_ Dee. I,lB'.
H. • WARNER, Phyßician:ilvd
C• Surgeon. Leltayaville, Bradford Co..
calla proudatly attended to. OfSee Drat door south
of Leßaysaille Rouse.
Sept. 15, 1870.-yr . •
LII. REACH, .M. D., Phyßician
. and Maria Towanda. FL Particular atten
tion paid to all Chrome -Meisel'. and Diseases of
Females. Office at his residence on Weston stye t.
mat of D'A. Overton's. • n0v.11.69.
•
OVERTON ELS,BREE: Arrou-
NEI'S AT LAW. Towanda. "Pa..-7=117011 entered
hitt) radii, offer their prOfessienal gardens
to the pub e. Special attention siren to tattiness
in the Orphan's and Registers Courts. api 14'70
VERCUR & DAVIES, ATTOR
NITA AT Law, Towanda, Ps. The undersigned
having associated themselves together to the practice
of Law. offer their professional services to the public.
ULYSSES !SERCIIIL W. T. MANTES.
March 9. 1870. -
WA. A B. M. PECK'S LAW
. OFFICE.
Main street, opposite tho Court HOLM`, ltwanda,Pa.
Oct. 27.111. '
'BEN.,. MOODY, 31. D..
AND SUItGEON.
Off,=rs hie professional services to the people of Wy
singing and vicinity. office and residence at A. J.
Lloyd'e. Church atreet. Atig.lo.'7o
TORN W. NIX, ATTORNEY AT
to , Law, Towanda. Bradford Go.:4'a.
GENERAL ECSGRANCIZ.AOLN T.
Particular attention paid to Collections and Orphans'
''Burt business. Offioc—lfercur's New Block, north
aide Nilotic Square. apr. 1. V.
DII. DUSEI•4I3ERRY. would an
nounct that in compliance with Hip ,reqUest of
his numerous friends. he is now preparetto admin
ister Nitrens oxide. or Laughing Gas, fiii.the pain.
less extraction of teeth.
Leftays‘ ille. May 3. Islll.-1-1y
DOC'fOlt 0. LEWIS, A GRA_DU
ate of the College of ••Playskiaus and Surgeons."
New York city. Class IM2-4. gives exclusive attention
to the practice of hie profession. Office and residence
on the eastern slope of Orwell Hill. idjefulng Henry
flown's. jan 14.'69,
DR. D. D. SMITH, 'knife', has
purelinned 0. H. Wood's property, between
.tfersur's Block and the Elwell House. where he has
1in...0s 1 his office. Teeth extracted withont pain by
flee of ran. Towanda. Oct. 20.1810.—,r.
AGEN (1 )',
T01V.%):D.1.
REENWOOD COTTAGE.—This
well-known Louse, having recently been refit
ted and supplied with new' furniture, will be found a
pleasant retreat for plessum.seekers. Board by the
week . or rdonth on teasonable tends. . .f
W. NE4L. Prop*r.
•
tireeuwood. ApriE2o, 1870.—tf
WARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA
=CM
rj~E`IPERANCE HOTEL !—Situa,-
tc.l.4n the north-west corner,cd Main and Elizi
beth streets. opposite Dryant's Carriage Factory.
Jurymen and othera attending court will eapeel
ally liod ft to their advantage-to patronize the Tem
perance HoteL S. H. BROWN, Propz
Towanda, Jan. 12. 1570,—1y,
DINING ROOMS
IN CONNECTION WITH THE BAKERY.
Near the Court House.
Wr arc prepared to feed theghangry at all times of
the day and evening. Oysten and Ice Cream in
their seasonsi
March 30. 8070, P. W. SCOTT A: CO.
vim - ELL HOUSE, TOWANDA,
PA,
Ha. rug leessed this Muse, is now ready to accummo.
date the (ravelling public. No pains noroxpenso will
be spared to give satisfaction to those who may give
him a call.
air North side of the pubLe square, east of Nes
cues new block.
IQ lIMMERFIELD CREEK
AA)HO
TEL
PETER 1,01)31E8 SEB.
Having purchaseall and thoroughly refitted this old
and well-known itand. formerly kept by Sheriff Grif
ha, at the month•ot - Rnmmerfleld Creek. is ready to
give good accommodation and satisfactory treatment
to all who may favor him with a call.
Dec. 23, BGB—tf.
yrEANS
OMA.• HOUSE, N
TOWAND,
TA_ TIT JOYID TrOprietOr. T A
his
popular Hotel having been thoroughly Ailed and to.
-paired, and furnished throughout with new and de
rant Furniture. will be open for the reception of
guests, on SATURDAY. 31 Vr I, 1869. Neither expense
nor pains has been spared in rendering .this House_
a model hotel in all Na arrangements. A superior
quality Old Burton Ale, for invalids, just received.
April 28. 1869.
AMERICAN
.ItipTEL,
Tbisloving been leased by ?tbe subscriber.
has been repainted, papered, awl recta :Wilted
througlioiit. with new Furniture. Bedding. &c.
Table will be supplied with the beat the market, af
,fords..pud the Bar with choicest brands of Liquors.
This house now offers the comforts of a home at
wournArc raters. Jurymen end others attending
Court, will find this how's a cheap and comfortable
1 1 place to atop. Good stabling attached. aug„lo.'io
NEW PLANING MILL!
At the old stand of H. B. Ingham's Wooten Factory
and Sawmill, to -a
lIM
111:Ari SIX ROLL PL:ViOiti AND MATCJILVO
in char , ge of an experienced Mechanic and builder,
the public may expect •
• From the ericargernent of this water power.
work can be done at all seasons of the year and won
se sent in. In connection with the saw•mlll we are
Ohio to furnish bills of sawed lumber to order.
STEWART 1108 WORTH.
Camptown. May' 23. 1870.-1 y
AIcLEAN HOOPER,
FAMILY SEWING MACHINE,
Prim. $33 00.
This Machine will stitch. hem.' fell, tuck, quilt,
cord, bind. embroider and gather in We most perfect
manner. and will sea• from the llghtlat to the head•
eel goods
TRACY - 3: HOLLON
2 t. 1569-1
'his not a ^ Cheap 3lnchine,” but,lu all rual,WAs
equal., the higher priced Duet., alinprietty,
nen-liability to get ont et order. and CIL%) of mauve.
molt tr aUItPANiFiI
As examination f. desired from all to test the truth
of ourjussertfons. ALL Mecxiiria WanssxsLDPca•
Mil 2
Loudon
conic iitand help and save us. All
hell is powerless before him. Impure
1 desires flee , from •his presence like
l'lonr. bv.t. quility, per aarie, 12 00 •
'. .. hundred /be...... ..... 400 night-birds when the sun arises; and
8 4.° the cores of evil habits are broken,
CaztAnn grinding usually done at owe. aa the CS. . ~‘ .. the
ps.aty of th e mill is sufficiant for a latim amount of as the ' /1410E1 th at b o und arms of
myrk. B. B. INGHAM.
ratrrrotnnn :Tar tn. 1 0 7111 I Samson, at his lightest tench.
a::.1 S:utischl pay
pRICE LIST-CASPADE 11M,T,S.
. 1 / 4 Bankers,
Towanda, Pa.
PitbIiSSIONAL caps.
MIZZ
Ilotels
on M 343. Sbegal, near the Court House.
C. T. EMIT% rrurrietor
. .
JOHN C. WILSON
DIUDciE STEELIT. TOWANDA, I'S
U..ri. GOFF. Frvrielir.
MATCWING, lIE-SAWING, MOULDINGS, &r.,
CAMPTOW::. I'ENN'A
MACHIN).
0000 JOU EVEEE TIME.
I=
lilT/PAT C'll.i.VGE. 450 F TEXAN.%
MARY E. WATTS, Ageii.
Towana, Sept, 1.1870
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u awn 141 a celascs.”
MILLS. X. A. KIDDER
4...
Poor soul I he is Amin st the foot of the bill,
And despairing, we ten at a earuia;
Beset with temptation, sin-rounded by sin—
Don't spurn him! Julit giro-Nth a Chance
Son in Cis Place, find as tempted as he,
Ton might be as bi 4 even worse ;
Then give him your land, and a blessing
In tend pr a kick or a curse !
So hunted, So branded, by merciless m*u,
.Nu wonder tio, eyes you askance: .
No wonder he thin you are like all the rest,
12c merciful! Give hint a chance!
H 6 is " somebody's son ;" in childhood, perhaps,
He shared a fond motbeee caress—
Oh, give him a lift, a kind, chcerfatcrunl,
Yen surely can do nothing less! ' .
To 'oxen:is° charity, Christ-like, to lihn,
Will only your pleasure enhance ;-
Then as pH hope for mercy from Heaven above;
Hare mercy, and give him a chancel '
bullaneous.
THE WAY OF FAO APE.
DT T. B. • ARTHUR
My heart ached for the wretched
man. His debauch "was over; his
nerves unstrung; the normal sensi
bilities of a fine, moral ilature, quick
ened, after a brief torpor, into most
ate perception. Such a haggard
-face-I Such hopeless eyes ! I see
the picture now, as a haunting spec
ter !
" Let the memory of this hour, so
burdened by pain and repentence, be
as a wall of defense around you in all
the future," I said. •
He looked at me drearily. Slowly
shaking his head, he 'replied:
" Such memories are: no defense.
My soul is fall of them. When temp
tation assails, they fall away, and I
am- at the mercy , of mine enemy, who
rushes in, like Ihungry wolf, to kill
and to d'estroy."
"Is there no help for you then?"
I risked.
"He shut his eyes and was very
still. If an artist could have seen
his face then, and faithfully caught
its expresion, th ose who looked up
on the image 'must have felt:such
pity in their hearts as makes thenyn
n•row dim with tears.
0
" I fear not," he answered, after a
little 'while, in a hopeless kind of
way. " It cannot be."l spoke con
fidently and assuringly: "No man
is .given over to such utter ruin.
There must be, and-there is a way of
escape from every evil."
"ExCept the evil of a bad and •de
grading habit—that vile second na
ture," he answered, "the steady cur
rent' of which is forever healing him
downward, downward, toward a
storm-wrecked ocean. He may seize
the oars in alarm, as I have done
scores of times, and pull against the
current, making head for a little
while. But h..man strength avaies
not here. The arms _grow weary,
the spirit flags—it is easier to drift
than to row, and' down the current
bears him again. It is the history of
thousands and tens of thousands,
and I am no exception."
• It cannot be," I answered.
" There is ht;lP for every man, no.
matter how weak, nor .how beset by
enemies; else God's word mast fail. "
" It does fail, I think," ho answer
ed, in a gloomy despairing kind of
way.
`` No I no no !." Quickly and em•
pbatically did I reject his conclusion,
),‘ Have it as you will; I shall not
argue the point." He spoke almost
' " Then I say there is help for every
man, no matter where he is or k what
ho is. We cannot fall so low'• that
the everlasting arms are not still be
neath us, ready to bear us. upward to
mountain heights.of safety."
" Oh, that those arms would bear
pie upward!" almost groaned my
poor friend. ".I have no strength in
myself. I cannoteclimb. Unless lift
ed by another I' must perish.
" So-bad as that ?" I asked. •
Just so bad," ho answered slow
ly and bitterly. "This sedund na
ture I have nude -for myself, is my
ruder. Reason, conacience, the love ,
of my wife and children, my good
reputation, pride, manliness—all hu
man powers and virtues are its slave.
And such a haulage
There was not a ray of hope in his
dreary eyes. t'
" You must try again," I said,
cheerily. " No man nal be a slave."
" Easily said r' wasfihis impatient .
answer; " while yet all men are
slaves to some habit from Which they
cannot break."
" Say, rather,, front which they will
- pot break."
" You nmek_m_e_with idle words."
" No; I sneak only the words of
truth and soberness. There is hu
man strength and there is divine
strength. The everlasting arms are
always beneath and ready to bear us
up, if we will but lean upon and trust
them.. Human strength is but as a
broken reed; divine strength' is sure
as God Himself. It never fails.":
There came into his heavy eyes a
feeble play of light. The stern rtijec
lion that sat upon his lips faded off.
.&In our own strength, 'nothing,"
r I said ;." in God's strength, all."
I saw his hands moving hi an un- '
certain way. Then they rested one
against the other. Suddenly they
were clasped together in a kind of
spasm, while his 'eyes"- flew upward
in a wild, half-despairing appeal 10
God, his lips groaning out the words:
" Save me, or I am lost !"
Even now, inemOry gives back:the
thrill that Sweptvalong my nerves as
his cry penetrated ray ears.
Never from any human soul went
up, unheard,. a prayer like that. Ho
who once and forever took upou him
self our nature, and who was in all
points temptedas we are, yet with
out sin, and who is touched always
with, the feeling of our infirmity,
stands close beside us, knocking .at
the door of .our_ heart, that he may
081
El
TOWANDA, PR I ADOD,COUNtY,:P.A.., it*CEMIP 8;1476:
I waited fOr a little while` witiont-
speaking, watching , him eleSely, l .to
see if he would nse into- anything
like eoididen&t.' Gradually the hard,
desponding t• look faded from" his
eountenance,i and I saw a calm ' re
solve begin to mho* itself about his
mouth. ' ! ,
"One effort more," he saidAt last,
speaking skTiy, but very brnly:
4 ' One effort more, but not in in Own
strength. I have tried , that - too often,
aid - shall never try it again. I give
up the struggle askopeleas: If. God
fails me am lost."
What it .ii fearfuterisis I If God fails?
Ife - nevei failii=is never nearer to ns
nor to kelp us,, then at the
moment when, despairing of our own
strength, welurn to him. The onit
danger lies in not trusting him - fully.
" Bat how shall I trust him ? How
shall I get a transfer of his aftength
to any will? How is it that his pow
er can supplement niy weakness? I
am away y - down in the isle of sin end
shame; how. am I to get upon the
mountains of purity, peace and safe
ty.? Will he bear. me up as on the
wings of an eagle? or must I climb
and climb, from day to day; until I
reach the summit?" '
." You must climb," I said. -
" I cannot. . I have no strength. I
have tried it a hundred times and
failed." he answered, with returning
doubt.
" And ivill, fail; if you grist
your own strength. But; with God
given strength, used as your own,
the ascent is stre."
"Ah I I seal! " Light broke
over his face. I see! I see!" .he
Tepeated. " God does not lift us out
of our sin and misery, but gives us
divine strength, we ask Hun in all
sincerity, by which we lift ourselves."
" Ls."
"It is very simple tind clear." He
drew a long breath of relief, like one
who has a load taken from his mind.
"The law of our dependence .q_n
God for help;" I said.
" Yes. And now I see the mean
ing of this sentiment in en old hymn
I often heard sung when I was a
boy, and which always struck me as
a paradox:
'When I am ♦real:, then.am I strong."
"The „Christian poet," I answered,
"liftcd into something of inspiration,
often sees truth in clearer light than
who'are down among the mists
and shadows." •
4 " Ah, me !" he sighed; your clos
ing-words remind MC of the depth at
which I lie, and the almost infinite
distances above me to which I must
rise ere out of danger."
"And to which you may surely,
rise if you will," I answered, with
eheeerful
" - By God-given strength .only!"
he spoke Solemnly.
"Aye; never, never for an instant
lose sight of that! Never, no matter
how strong you maY feel that you
have grown, trust in yourself. In
the hour of temptation, look upward,
praying in the silence of your, heart,
for strength to resist."
• "Best of friends I" he ei'elaimed,
in deep emotion, "you must have
been.. sent to ine by God. Hope
dawns on a night that has been star
leis. I see the way to safety—for
me the only way. No ono knows but
myself how hard I have tried to re
form, nor in how many ways I have
sought to escape from a terrible
thraldom. But all has been in vain.
When this remorseless appetite that
has enslaved me, asserted itself, my
will became as nothing."
Long time we talked,l saying all
that I could to strengthen him. ,
On ti.e nest Sunday, much to my
surprise and pleasure, I saw him at
Church with his wife. I could not
remember when I had seen him there
before, At the
. lose of the services,
as I moved down the aisle with the
crowd, some one grasped my hand,
andgave it a strong pressure. I
turned and looked into the face of
the friend I had tried to'save.
~" Oh, Martin," I said, as I received
a Vance bill of meaning, and then
returned his handloressure.
We walked for a few moments side
by side without speaking, and then
were separated by the crowd.
On the Sunday following he was
at church again; and Sunday after
Sunday found him in the tannly pew,
that for years had seen him so rare
ly.
Three or four mouths went by,
and Martin's feet were still in the
paths that led • upwards, But one
day I was shocked to hoittr that he
had fallen - again. On careful engui
rY I learned that he had been with
,his wife t o
. an evening entertainment
givep by ii citizen of high worth and
standing, whose nama is on every
lip as munificent in charity; but ivho,
whatever may be his personal convic
tioncis not brave enough to banish
wine from - Ih° generous board to
which ho invites his friends. And I
learned still further, to my grief and
pain, that -the glass 'which broke
down the resolution of Martin, and
'let in upon hiin the fierce flood of re
pressed appetite, was proffered by
the hand' of this good citizen, as
host. .
I lost no time iu going to my poor
friend. I foundkim away down in
the valley of hutnilidtron, his soul in
the gall of bitterness. Shame and
sorrow were in his heavy eyes, but
not despair. 4 1 took hopeful notice
of this.
" It is verb well for us t aii but:Clod
forsaken Wretches I" he said bitterly,
after the first formal sentences had
passed between 'us. "Mr.— is a
man of generous feeling. He gives,
in a princely way, io churches and
charities; is one of our best and most
liberal citizens; and yet; after I have
taken a few steps heavenviard, he
putit a stumbling block in .any way,
and I fall back toward hell!" '
" You could not have falleit over
any stumbling block man or devil
might place in your way," 1 answer
ed, " if ,you had been walking3in
vine instead of human strength."
" Well do I knowthat;" he replied.
"And so," I said, "let this sad
-fall keep yon in a more vivid remem
brance of human weakness. Never
for oue instant trust in yourself.
Stand perpetually •on gnarl The
price of your liberty is eternal vigild
ante."
" It ill' hard fight," he said, with
a sigh, clespentdingly:
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", 'We are ill beset with enemies, who
know too' well our vulnerable places:
enemies that never idesp—implitea:
lA% cruel, ever seeking our 'destruc
tion. ' ` , yeti,'all men have them.
Trusting only in humati strength, no
one gains a lietory, but in divine
strength the issue of battlels Sure,
And so;' , my' Mend, gird;iiir -your .
'
loins again 'and be wary an Valiant."
Hope and :courage came bark 'into
his heart: = " r 1
"Beware Of ambush," I aid, as I
partedirom him That day. The ene
my miming on you unawares is more
to be ditaded than when he" forms
his line of `attack to the sound o
trumpets: Seek no conflicts; keep
off his`'groundl but when he collies
forth to meet you, givin,g dmilange,
do bat& in the naive' of the Lord."'
,
A few weeks afterward I was-pres
ent when a gentleman oflarge wealth
and gOod standing, both in church
and society, said to him:
" I didn't see you at raylorum last
evening "
"No," was the rather curt reply;
" It is safer for me to keep off of the
devil's ground."
" I don't understand you, sir !" re
plied the gentleman, a flash of sud
den anger in his eyes,for ho felt the
remark as a covert inkult.
Mailtin's face grew sober, and he
answered with a calm impressiveness
that caused the anger to go out. of
his listener's eyes, and - a thoughtful
Concern tolakeits place. - '
"Tam fighting . the, devil," ho said,
"'and Must not give him the smallest
advantagtt Just now I am the. vic
tor, and hold him at bay. He has
his masked batteries, his enchanted
grorturls; his mines and pitfalls, his
gins and miry - sloughs; and I am.
learning to know the signs of hidden
danger. • • If I fall into - any , of his
snartn4, I am in peril' of destruction;
and though I struggle, or fight my
way- out, I am weak or - wounded,
and so,the less able• to meet the
shock of battle whale' rushetrupon
me astl stand on; guard, ready in
13od'siname, for the conflict.
" His enchanted ground is a social
company . where wine flows freely. I
spealeof what it is to me, and call it,.
so faras I am concerned, the devil's
gmind. ' Ho - caught me there not
long fig°, and had me at-his own ad
vantage, But I will not again set
foot tiereon. If you, good citizens,
ur
:,
make of yo . homes, in mistaken
hospi ality, placeii wher&-the young
, find tOiptation, the weak, stumbling
1 blockB---men 4 such us I am, must
shun them as the gates of,helL"
iiiitmanner had grown 'More and
more unpressive. ~
"Di it so bad as that? - remarked.
the gentleman, in a voice that show
ed both surprise and pain.
"JUst so bad," Martin answered
impressively; "I believe Beigart's
oldest,-son was at your house ?'
" 1.1 was : the devil's ground for '
him. An hour or two ago I saw him
coming out of a saloon so drunk that
he could not walk straight. And
only three days ago his father told a
friend that his boy had certainly re
formed, and that he had now more
Confidence in his future than he bad
felt for a long time.
"'Von cannot nieau what you say?"
the dentlenrau exclaimed iu visible
agitation.
• "fluiVe told you only the sad and
sole%n truth," was 3lartin'S answer;
" andl i ? I had accepted ,your invita
tion, might now
,be lying at a depth'
Of degradation, the bare thought of
which makes me shudder !"
TIM gentleman stood for a little
while as if stunned.
" This is frightful t o think of," he
said, and I saw him shiver - . r.':;
"It is the last time," he added,
after a pause—" the last time that
any infix' shall go out of , ---my house
weaWr and more degraded - than
whe he came in. If my offering of
- wine •canse my brother to offend,
then will I not offer it again . -while
the orld stands."
" h, sir!" answered Martin, if
min.', many more of our good citi
zens would so resolve, hundreds of
young men now drifting out into the
current , of intemperance, might be
dran ti back into safer waters; and
hunareds of others who arc striving
to make head against it, saved from
destruction. I speak feelingly, for I
am Olib of those who are struggling
tali life in this fatal current i. "
The way of safety for 'a man like
Martin is very narrow and straight-
Iflhe steps aside into any of the.
pleaiant paths that open on the right
hand and on the left,_ he is in the
midst of peril. If he grow confident
in his own strength and less depend
ent-lon that which is given from
above, the danger-of falling becomes
imminent.
Martin fell again. Alas.! that this
should have to be told. •
" Nits that 'Martin who passed
us? '' asked a friend with whom I
waswalking. -,-
"No;" I answered in a pcisitive
voice; and yet, as I said the word
my heart gave a throb of fear—the
the man was so like him.
u It was; I am sure. Poor wretch!
Ho tries hard to -reform;
but that
cursed appetite is too much for him.
I'm afraid there is no help. He'll
die a drunkard."
I turned back quickly and without
response, following the map we had
passed. _Just as I came up to him,
he had, 'topped at the door of a
drinking saloon, and was holding a
brief parley with awakened appetite.
" In Clod's name, no !" I said, lay-.
Ong iny hand upon
He started in a frightened !dud of
way, turning' on me a haggard face
and blood-shot eye.f I drew my ;arm
within his and led him away, ptvieive
as a chdot Not a. word' was spoken
by Dither , we were in his office,
which was not far distant; and the
door shut and locked. He dropped
lint° a chair with a slight'.*ro,, an, ; his
head - sinking upon his . chest.',..
was the picture of abject wretched
ness. ' '
"He leaved' the ninety and nine
that are safely folded," speaking in a
low, tender tone, "and goeth out in
to the wilderness to seek that which
tIB astray." ' ' • '
He did not answer. •
"You have looked to the strong
fer'strength. yen have prayed to him
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for succor audits has &an° very
nesr to yon and - helped ott. Be
cans° sou.againivent out of the fold
his love has - not , raid. lie has
found , jyarent in the aildeinesi and
.broughtion. back to a pleats of 'safe
ty. Only In. ut in hi m .. and all will
bei*eelt. - 3 14 e is the friend that stick-
eth cktser than a bmther. His is .11
love that never fair."- I i.
I waited for him fo, reply, but ho
lerit'ailexit. I
unfmust have been uu:ordinary
temptation," I said.
Still he was silent. -
" The enemy must have come on
you unaware, ' l added after a .brief
pause.' " Th e' bolt must. have fallen
ere you saw the warning flash."
"I was taken . at a disadvantage;
but '<had time to hnoW my enemy,
arid shonld - zhave given battle ' in
God's namo,lnitead of yielding like
a craven "
Such was his reply. • It, gave me
-• ,
" Tell me the whole story," I said.
He:raiSed himself to a firmer ittti
lade; and I saw swift lights begin
ning to . flash in his dnlkeyes. . •
" Wounded again in the house , of
a friend," he replied. ' • " .
"What 'Mend?" One ori whom
God has laid the special ditty of sav
ing hnman souls—our ministry!" •
• Not Mr.
"Yes:" -
I was. confounded."
" I went to hMi for help,' nontin
ned Martin, " and instead of the
Counsel and antrrt I then so much,
needed, for rdtold enemy, .appetite;
was gathering np his
.strength and
setting his host - .in battle array, I
was tempted and betrayed. I should
have gong -to-God, and uot- to man.
With his Divine Wordin ray thought
and prayer in my. heart", I should
have opposed the awakening entice
ment of desire, as I have so often
done and prevailed."
" Tell me how, it happened," I said.
"As I have just told you," . he re
plied, "I was not feeling very strong.
That old restlessness of which I have
spoken, had come back Upon me, and
I knew what it ineal.nt. So I said to
my wife, 'I think, Mary, that I'll step
around and see Mr. L—. I'd like
to talk with him.'
" r found Mr. in his library,
but not alone: Mr. E--, the ban
ker, had called in to have a talk with
the minister about a college for-theo
logical students, in which both felt
considerable interest. Funds were
wanted in order to . give the institu
tion the required efficiency; and , the
ways and means' .of getting funds
were earnestly dismissedby Mr. L—
and the . ca italist•. After an Hour's
talk, and. the arrangement of a plan
for securing the object in view, - Mr.
rang a bell. 'To the servant:
who carne in, hi slid something in a
low voice, that I did not hear. The
servant retired, - hut came back in a
: few minutes, bearing, to my lurprise
and momentary consternatien, a tiny
with wino and glasses. I sawn pleas
ed light in the banker's eyes, as they
rested on the amber-colored Wine;
" 4 Fotne fine old sherry," said - Mr.
L—, "sent me by a friend abroad.
I want you to taste it.' Anti he fill
ed the three glasses that were on the
tray, handing
,ono to his guest and
another to me. In myself—ray poor
weak self! was not strong enough
to refuse. If I had looked up to God
instantly, and prayed•for strength to
.do the right, strength would, I know,
have come. But I did not. I took
the glass, not meaning' to drink, but
to gain time for thought. To have
refused, would have been, I then felt,
to set myself up as a rebuker to these
men; and that I had not the courage
to do. No, I did not mean to taste
the wine. But, as they lifted their
glasses, drank and praised the frni
juice, L in a kind of mesmeric lapse
of rational self-control, raised/my
glass also and sipped. A ivild , (tierce
thirst ossessed Inc instantly', and I
drained the glass to the b tioin !
"A sudden terror an great dark
nessxis felliipou me. I , w the awful
gulf on whose brink stood , . ' I will
go home,' I said to myself; and ris
ing, I bade the t i v(o men an abrupt
good-night and eft them. But I did
not go direct* home, alas for me!
There were , too many enticements by
the way. Indeed, I don't know how
or when I got home.
- "Of the , shame; the anguish, the
despair of this morning, 1., cannot
speak. You' don't know_what it
means —have no plummet by which
to sound its depths of bitterness. I
left home for my office, feebly resolv
ed to keep away from . temptation;
how feebly, you know. If the good
Lord who is trying to save me, had
not sent you to mmisue, I would
now be--:oh! I cannoCepeak the
frightful words."` , 47-.--= -
"He never leaves us ulr 'forsakes
us," I answered. "He is always go
ing out upon the bleak mountains,
to the hot desert, and into the =wil
derness of. wild beasts, seekingi, his
lost and wandering sheep. If they
hearlis voice, and follow him, he will
.bring, them into his fold, where there
is peace and safety."
" Good Shepherd of souls," my
' friend - said audibly, lifting, upward
his eyes, that were , full of tears,
"sii,v.e me from the wolves! They
wait for me _.in all my paths; they
spring upon me in all my unguarded
moments; they hide themselvet in
covert places, thirsting for a z life;
they steal upon me in sheep's -cloth
ing—they beset me overywhete!
Good Shepherd! I have no help. but
in. Thee."
Breaking the deep; impressive si
lehco that followed,' said- 7 " In Him
alone is safety. So long as you hear
his voice, and follow him, no wolf
Can touch you with his murderous
teeth. - But, if you go out of the sheep-
Sold, and trust in your own §trongth
to overcome 'the wild beaks that
crowd the wilderness of the world,
destruction is sure." -
A few years have passed since then,
and Martin still holds in divine
strength, the mastery of appetite.
The vile secolut nature he had form
ed unto himself, and which bore him
downward, for a time, in its steady
current, grew weaker and weaker, as
the new life, born from above, gained
strength. Ig_the degree that he re
sisted and denied the old desires, did
they grow weaker; and in their pint*,
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God gave hiin purer and healthier de=
sires, to that he became, as it were, a
new man. •
" The. woliei are not: all dead," I
said to .him one day, as-we talked of
the prent and the past.
He looked a little sober as he, re ,
plied—" No, my friend. I often hear
them howlingiin the distance; and I
knowloll well, that if I leave my
Shepherd's side,:and stray off into
the wilderness, vainly trusting in my
self, that I shall be as powerless to
stand against' - .them;
,as a helpless
sheep. For me, lam not safe for a
moment,•except when I trust in God's
strength to soppkment my weakness.,
When I do that, all-helreanstot -Int;
vail against . ins."— Wood's Household
Magazine. - •
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PUBLtO neßcimEns IN PENN
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by OON. SIMON CAMERON, UNITED STATES
El SENATOR, FROM ,P=SI. Si ITNAN/A,E - -
Any ono will see, who will take the
trouble to read the debates on the lo-
cation of the National Capitol, that
the - decision of that question seems
to have been made solely with tsfe:r
once to a connection of the East with
the then great wilderness of the .
West. All the sagacions men, then
in public life looked forward .to the
time when. the West, with its won
derfully productive soil brought - An
der snWection by industry, wouid
ox
'ereise a con trolling influence on the
destini the country. • Columbia,
iu th 6 State of Pennsylvania, was at
'one time within one vote of becoming
the site of the Capital; and German-
town, near, and now a part of 'Phila
delphia, was actually decided'on as
the proper location by a majority of
one. The first. of these was favored
because it was believed to be u hicor ,
able point from which to be gi n a
slack-water route to the west. Ger-
mantown, situated near the Schuyl
kill, wl chosen for the same reason.-
All looted for Ward to a system of ca
nals which Would accomplish this‘de
sirable object, and experience hasde
monstrated their wisdom in that great
design. About 1790, Greneral.Wash
ington and the groat financier, Rob-'
ert Morris, traveled on horseback
from Philadelphia to the Susquehan,
nri river, with a view of deciding
whether a canal could be built over
that route.
Shortly after this, some gentleman
near Philadelphia, actually began
building a canattothe west, did some
work on its east Oil end, built one or
two locks on the dividing ridge near
Lebanon, and for want of mifficierit
funds and knowledge of the subject
the work stopped. The money, ex
pended on the enterprise was -lost. j
But the progressive men :of the I
country, keeping their tett& on .the
subject, continued to agitate th(i pop
ular mind on it until 1820, when the.
Legislature of Pennsylvania chat-ler
ed the Union Carld Company, and
appropriated one million dollars to'
aid its construction. In a few years
the canal was completed between the
Schuylkill and Susquehanna: Al
though very small, this imprOvement
did kgreat deal of goody But the
most remarkable thing about it vim
its unpopularity with the masso. Not
only the members f„...the General
Assembly whop d the bill but
Governor Heists who signed . -the act
of incorporatio , were , driven from
office at the first opportunity legally
presented for testing public opinion,
and the party to which they belong
ed a minority. I remem
ber well what a mighty sum a million
of dollars then seemed to be; and the
_political revolution caused by' this
Oppropriation showed me that the
idea of its.vastness was not confined
by any means to myself.
Like all great projects interlded for
the public good, that of Internal Im
provement progressed. In 1823, the
New -York canal—which had been
pushed 'through against the preju
diced opposition of the people, by the,
geniis of De Witt Clinton—was open
ed. Its success caused a revolution
in the public mind all over the coun
try. The effect was so marked in
this - State r - that in 1825 a . Convention
was called to consider the subject.
Every county the State was repre
sented, I believe. That toddy ,pro
nOunced in favor of a grand system
of public works, which should, not
only connect the Bast and the' West?
but also the waters of the„ - Susqes. ,
tonna with the great lakes,-,,the West
and the North-west. ApprOpriations
were recommended to the amount of
three millions of-dollars, and in 1826,
I think, the worki began. This sum
seemed to be enormous, and the 'es
timates of the engineers reached a to
tal of six millions of dollars. Meet
ing au ardent friend of the system
one day, ho declared that a sum of
that magnitude could never. be - ex
pended on these works. I ventured
to reply, With great deferehce to his
ago and experience, that I thought it
would be insufficient, and before they
were completed I would not' be ,sur
prised if ten million dollars would
found necessary.. Looking at me
steadily for a few moments; be closed
the conversation_ by exclaiming,
"Young man; ypti are a d—d fool!"
I Was thus left in full posseasion :Of
his opinion'of me. But after we had
spent $41,698,594.74 in the . constinc ,
tion of these works, I found my esti
mate of his judgment was Singularly
in harmony with my opinion of : his
politeness. His candor I never doubt
ed.
Our system of canals was eq..
let
ed, and the benefits derived .m
thein were incalculable. When they
commenced our State was poor.. In
' dustry languished. The interchange
of her products was difficul .t. Popu
lation was spares Intelligence .Icluk
not generall y diffused.' Manufactu-
rers struggled weakly along. WOrk
was not plentiful. Wages were
When they were finished, the bust
hum of industry was heard on every
hand. Our population had grown
until we nuilibered minibus. .Our
iron - ore beds were yielding their pre
dons hoards for human use. Cml
mines, unknown or useless until
means were provided for transport
ing their Wealth to market., now sent
millions of tons in every :ilirection.
Progress in every walk of advanced
civilization was realized, and we were
on the high road to permanent pros-
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parity,- But in the meantime a new
and better Ultlanir connannic" atjon
had been discovezedl, and the bad
ing of railroads quickly reduced the
value of our canals; and the *orb
we had Completed at so much cost,
and with such infinite labor; were
suddenly superieded. :We l e st near
ly all the 'money they had cost us,
but the investment was wis' ely Made.
The return to our' State was many
titnes`greater than the outlay. •
In the Convention of 1825,there
were two gentlemen who votd for
i
railways ntitead'af canals. One was
Professor Vetheke, of Dickinseri Col-
lege, Carlisle; and the other was Ja
cob. Alter, a man of very little educa
tion, but of strong understanding:
The, rrofessor was looked upon as a
dreamer, and was supposed to shave
led his colleague astray in his vaga
ries. But they both lived to seorail
mi.& extended over the whole . world.
As a part of our system
works, we built a ,railrolid from the
Delaware to the "Fusquehanna, from
Philadelphia to Columbia, and one
'from the eastern baso Of the Allegha-
ny mountains to their western base
They were originally intended to be
used with horse power, In the mean
time the railroad system had keen
commenced, and thei7Pennsylvania
Railroad, under the charge of a man
of extraordinary ability, John Edgar
Thompson, was rapidly „pushed to
completion. Another - great railway,
the Philadelphia _and Reading, was
built to ,car ry' anthracite coal from
the Schuylkill mines to market., A
- railroad was also built on ea& side
of the Lehigh tfiat another part
of our coal territory might find amar
het in New York. • Another was built
from the north branch of the Susque
hanna, connecting - with the New York
roads, and leading -to the northern . ,
coal field.. And yet another was built
- along the Suiquehanna, through the
southern coal basin, to: the city of
Baltimore. The total cost of these
reds, independent of the
$95,250,418.10, Penn5y,1-rowtraaroad,was
r ow traaroad,was
as
-5 nby official reports. Their earn
inus last year is o ffi cially give' at
$ 4,753,060.32.. Each of these were
' fo eed tO contend with di ffi culty and -
p judic'c. All,were unpopular, and
all werellooked upon with suspicion
until they actually forced use
f ess On the !public mind. Those
wlio had Made the fight for canals
- were forced to go over . ) the whole
greund again' for railroads, and their
dOnble . 'victory is greatei, than the
.success geuerilly, vouchsafed to the i
pioneers in aRy cause. ' These roadtr,i
with the Pennsylvania Railroad and'
the lesser lines of improvements ran- i
.
mpg through the coal region, costs
1 over $207,000,000' . '
- The Reading Railroad will serve]
to illustrate 'the struggle -of ' these i
great schemes. Its stock, now worth
over par,'Once sold for twenty cents
on the dsliar; and at bue‘time it was
forced to sell its bonds at forty cents
on the dollar to pay -operating ex
iienses. . The vindication of the sit - -
gacity of the pioneers iu these great
enterprises is complete. All these
lines are now profitable. And it has
been demonstrated everywhere in the
United States, that every new rail
road Creates the business from which
its stockholders receive their dWi
dends. It seems, therefore, scarcely
possible to fix a limit to our profita
ble railroad expansion. They open
_tip new fields of enterprise, and this
;enterprise, in turn, makes the traffic
which fills the coffers of the compa
nies: -
I cannot, now look back to the
struggle to impress Ahe, people with
the advantages of railways, Without a
feeling of weariness at the seemingly- ,
hopeless struggle, and one of inem
ment at the general unbelief in, our
new fangled project.. Once, at Eliza
bethtown, in this State, a public meet
ing had been called for the purpose
of securing subscriptions to the stock
of the Harrisburg and Lancaster Rail
road. This road was intended to
Aximplete the railway between Phila
delphia and Harrisburg, one hundred
and five miles. A large concourse
had gathered. Ovid F. Johnson, At
torney-General-of our State, and a
brilliant -. orator; made an` excellent
'speech ;lint the effect was not in pro
portion to the effort. I determined
to make an appeal, and I. gave such
arguments as .I could. In - closing, I 1
predicted that men were now
the day
7
to'e who would see the day
;when a men could breakfast in Har
risburg, go to Philadelphia, transact'
a fair day's business 'there, and re
turning, eat his supper at home.
I Great applause lolltpared this, and
some additionalsubseiiptions. Abram
Handy, a friend of the road, and one
lof the most4ntelligent of his class,
worked his 'Way_ to rile, 'and taking
me aside; whispered, " That was al
good idea about - going to Philadel
phia and back tir Harrisburg the
same day;" and then, bursting -with
laughter, he added,' But you and I
know better , than that I" "We both
lived to see the road built; and now
people can come and go over the dis
tance twice a day, which Abrani seem
ed to consider impossible - for ' sin
gle daily trip.
Thapeenliiir condition of the States
than known as "the West " was the
subject of_anxiety r to many. They had
attracted a large_population, l.ut the
people were exclusively- devoted -to
agriculture. Lacking. a diversified
industry, they were without accumu
lated wealth to enable them to build
railways; nor were the States in eon
dilion to undertake stielran onerous
dnty, although several of them made
a feeble attempt: to do so. At one
time the bonds of Illinois,lssued to
raise money to build her canals, sold'
as low as thirty tents on the dollar.
-So with Indiana.- Both those States
Were supposed .to be bankrupt. It
beCame, therefor% an important prob..
less as to hoir lowa of communica
tion should be suptilied to the peo
ple of the West. Congress, in 1846,
gave a granta
f land to aid in build
ing a railroad in Illinois. Every alp
ternate seeilon was given to the Com.;
parry, and each alternatealternate section was
reserved by the Government. The
road was built; and the one-half of
the land retained by the Goveinment
sold for a - great deal more money
Than &was worth before-the road
was constructed. This idea was origi:
nal, I thick,: with 114 Whitney of
Miisgai.hmektti, who 4lent two watt-
tem in
de ti Woh
thlice lnigtnn, - about
Congress to :1846 adopt; en. .
vrinft to
that plan for; the: memtsnetkin',4
Trana-Contimmtalllailway. Bodied _
Wore seeing, his;. scheme _posed. mum hnim,...ugg a road aeram
- continent on the Contial route: • An.. •
other on the Northemsoute is - now
proißoming, and the wealth and au
*Time of those having it in charge,
renders its completion certain. r bad
it.yet fir us to;give to ~ the _
of the Southern route a road
WWI ..Racific wkipli shall •develop
the'snageiflcentregion through which
it .wilipass, and
-give the amnby One
conies° the great ocean' protected
from the ~?I.:talbuin, difficulty of eli
mato,wit;b which railroads must, con
tend over so large a part of :our;
ritory, Bet :I am admonished by the
value otyour spice to confine myself
to the limits of my own State.
nue said that the outlay we madd
in building our public works was of
great benefit. to us, even when tire- ,
canals had been - rendered almost val-
uelei3athrowh Ito competition of
railroads. This' is paradecal, but
it is true.neverthekaa. This expeu
diture gave our people a needed know
ledgoof our vast resources. It - fa- .
rmihatized therm withlarge expeadi
tures when made for the public good. '
And it showed them-how agreatdebt
may be-lwneficially incurred, and yet
not break down the enterprise of the
; people. We at one time owed 01,-
- 696,59174. By a steady attention to
out fulancesiit is bow-reduced
000,000, with resources—the proceeds - -
- of the sale of our public works—on
hand amounting t 0,510,000,000. And
while we have been ittendily reducing
- our Stata ;debt, we- have built five
thousand three hundred and eighty
four miles of railways on the' surface
of the earth, and five hundred- miles
tuldetround in our mines, at a cost .
of not less than $356,000,000; for a
mile of railroad tin - Pennsylvania
means somethiek We have. steadily
-
reduced taxation: We sent 367,000
men to the Federal Army. And our
credit stands high on every stock ex
change. Gratifying as this p
is, it is only a fair beginning. r a r e e re
is a large part of our territory rich in
timber and full. of iron, coal- and all
kinds of minerals so . entirely unde
veloped by railways that..,,wb call it
"-the Wilderness." To open it up is ,
the business of to-day; and,' sincere
lf to see it done. aeon., •
Of the income and the-tonnage . of
our Railways and Canals, 1 . cannot
speak siith - exactnessi. Your readers
will readily believe that, ie is emir:.
mous, when I giro themAo returns .
of a few of our lead ing !
. lines. Five,
of these earned last year V0;989,013.-
69—the Pennsylvania railrOad carnal
of this sum $17,250,811.73, - the lar
gest earnings of anyrrailroad in the -
Union. There was carried- last 'year,
lot coal alone;the vast amount of 22,-
277,719 tons: I do not know how
this total may strike you, but; it is -
marvelous to me for this reason,`
among others: FOrty years ago Geo.
-Shumaker, a young tavern-keeper of
more vigor and enterprise than his
ueighbors(;.ernue to Ale conclusion
thatranthiacite coal could be used as
fad. He Trent fo the expense of tak- -
ing•la , wagon load' of it to. Philadel
- pith:, a hundred tuilLs away, and af
ter peddling it about the streets , fpr
days, was forced to'give it away,-
aid lose his time, his labor and his
coal. afterwards salt a great rail- -
way built to carry the same estichno
the same pbint, and enriching thee-
Nand; from the profits of the tntilie.
He saw a thousand dollars paid ea
gerly for an acre of coaXtud, which,
at the -time of his venture to Phila
delphia, no one would have, and be
could not give away. -
I have thought that it retrospective
survey of oar wonderful development ,
might point plainly to the duty of
-the future. For if the experiefree of
what has gone before is not =qui to
cast light on what is .yet to . eonie,
then it will be difficult indeed todis
cover wherein its value lies. It teach
es me -to' devote time and labor for
the advancement of all Public hn
ments, and I trust it may have tt like
effect-on all who have the time and
patience-to read what I - have here
written.
=MEC=
ESSAY.
TEACHING.
.Be . acl before the Teachers' Institute, at Grant
lino Center; by Miss 3Lin E. 'Lassn.
This is a subject of which much
has been-said, and much—very much
—more may be said ; for -by repeti
tion and rehearsal mind is made to
retain, and constant drilling tends to
perfection. ' ,
Teaching is far from perfec . tion,
and why ? - There are many. reasons
Why. In many instances persons
teach that have not tie faculty to im
part; others that havii not the quali
fication to teach What they - are re
quired-To teach ,as 'it ought to be
taught; and stilliotherateach, nottoi
instruct the youthful mind, but ea a
stepping-stone to something else, orl,
merely to take up tune that might
o herwase be wasted; so they occupy
the school-room the salmi term; and
then,searclgor-something else ; with
no thought Of self-improvement nor
of the great responsibility a teacher
has taken when they take upon them- '
selves the name of teacher; that their
overt act, leek and weird is a mark
whiCh that part of the rising genera
tion intrusted to his care is to follow.
How important, then, that the teach
er should feel these responsibilities,
and fit himself for the discharge of
his duties, biith Vas t'fi qualification
and self-government; as no one ought
to hero the training-tpf any one or;
thing until they can first govern
themselves, and of all things the im
mortal part of inati o pecrownirig act
of God's wisdom.*itiid why do so
many of us mistake our calling? or,
in other worirs, why do we so poorly
fill the station -we occupy, which is ,
ono of the highest stations we can
occupy—that of fitting mortal man
for that "blissful abode ", which God
has fitted for those that walk in wis
dom's way? And who has- more to
do with' this fitting than the teacher? '
for impressions early made are lon
gest retained; and as man is natu
rally prone to evil, the importance of
a right training in youth is highly
essential and should be the - highest
aim of all teachers, that We may not
be found wanting in that respect at
the last day. Many of us think our.
remuneration too small tespead any
more time aid money :thin we -can
help in fitt i n g i oursetires for our occu
pation. Truf; s ma ll— q uite small;
but that is - net our only reward; for
while we are benefiting others by im
parting to th em , are we not benefit
-mg ourselv in like proportion ? and
*then to be ei'.:-.pessess: or of knowledge
I hi a pleasure that all enjoy who rs
sess it; and those that do not lamb
wish themselves back, that they too.
might gain that which cannot. be
taken from them. We, like all oth-
sirs, have many tltin,gti:to discourage
us and cause us to INslats diligent m
the discharge of our duties, nth 'as
i m p er fect lesstms, disobedient schol-