13
II
fljt.lo4ro Otta.it4i.
PURVEYED DAILY BY \
•
PENNIXAN,REZD &CO.;Proprieton,
F. B. PZNISIMAN. JOSIAH KING.
T. P. HOUSTON, N. P. NEED.
Editors iuid,l'{eprietors. F
;' MlFFicrz:
SAZEFTE:BUILDINi. 84 ANID 88 FIFTH ST.,
pitter gh, Allegheny and Ana-
gheny County.
,M 1157 —DMZ 'Bent -Weekly. wok*.
1e5n.4.10,00 One year. 22.60 &nee n0py...1.50
one owen 78;131x =Se.. 1.50 5 top/whew& 1.215
U ,ie e a week 15 Theft mos 75 111 1./5
culler.) 1
, and one toa.kent.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1869.
UNION REPUBTICAN TICKET.
ASSOCIATE JI7DGi DISTRICT COURT,
• JOHN M. KIRKPATRICK.
ASSISTANT LAW JUDGE, COMMON FLEA.%
FRED'S. H. COLLIER.
•
STATE SENATE.
THOMAS HOWARD.
• ASSEMBLY,
MILES S. HUMPHREYS,
JiLEgANDER MILLAR,
JOSEPH WALTON,
JAMES TAYLOR,
D. N. WRITE,
JOHN H. SEBB•'
SIIRRIFF,
HUGH S. FLEMING
TREASURER,
JOS. F. DENNISTON.
CLERK OF COURTS,
JOSEPH BROWNE.
RECORDER.
THOMAS A. HUNTER
commissiowsu,
\ CHAUNCEY B.HO3TWICIL
REGISTER,
JOSEPH H. gRAY.
CLERK OF ORPHANS' COURT.
ALEXANDRE HILANDS
i.
DIRECTOR OF POOR. ,
ABDIEL McCLURB.
Wx Puna on the inside pages of
this morning's 4 1 / a ren't—Second page:
Baccalaureate Address by Prof. George
Woods, of the Western
• University. Third
and EWA pages: Fina ncial, Commercial,
MerCantile and River News, Markets, Im
ports. fkoenth page: Poetry, Ephemeris,
II: 8. Bon* at Frankfort, 86i®861,.
Pyrnoianns at Antwerp, 471 f. 1-
(loin closed in New 'York ytsterday
at 1371.
Ous correspondent who favors the
Court House yard as a site for the pro
posed soldiers': monument, expresses the
views of many . others whoie communica
tions 'ire have no room to publish. The
ladies having the matter in charge should
award due consideratiori to that site.
MINISTER MCMAHON is reported safe in
_Paraguay. Pity. How pleasant it would
have been had his life or liberty been
taken, just to diyert the war•making ele
ment's attention away from England to
other quarters while the ilabaina claims
might be adjusted.
Ws ruzzer attention to the scholarly
iswadauretite address delivered before the
-graduating class of the Western Univer
yeaterday,..by, the learned and gifted
President., GEORGE Woons, 'L.L. D.
It 'appears in — full on our second page,
sk\td will amply ;cosy* perusal.
•
'Wm ouvont much space to - educa
tional matters this morning. We feel
anxious that our readers should become
better acquainted with our home schools,
universities and,,collekes t Abeir workings
and exercises, and are certain Mai we
could more readily furnish reading mat ?
ter less instructive and more p'ernicious
if we thought our frietds would prefer
such selection.
YEBTZEDAT we received several letters
from prominent businees men of this city
heartily endorsing the suggestion that the
Pennsylvania Rai road" Company should
station a Vice President or
_a General Su
perintendent in this zity, with a ;ergo
measure ofltuthoriti to decide all ' ques
tions arising' between the Company and
our citizens. We are fully satisfied• that
the measure would result' advantageously
to all parties in interest.
ONE of the beat signs of the success of
President Grant's government, is the fact
that the opposition journals find no new
objection to seize upon, but still harp un
ceasingly upon the old and exploded
charge of nepotism. This and the palpa
bly unwarranted attacks upon Secretary
Bows are the only objections t o t h e
present administratioi, which kern to
be of - --dsterr iII
!Any
who sits enthrc._
- Yankeedom; Is
,an with a rich
:broguet , o on his ugueland a map of Erin
traced on his face. How humiliating .is
this to Boston. Just to think that the old
- sod shouldhave priduced a soul which
properly belonged to the "Httb;". but, if
the mistake was made, it has been rect.',
•
fed, for Gilmore, deT t itehis nationality,
has proven himself fit ciimiatiion for
v the greatest.:Yairkeep i f them all.
.`• To.n'AT we publis
'' muriicatlOns oh the
mad is tbe tVern
excused for consign'
tho wastebasketi'w
IN
1 , 2
"pWj,VA:SaVWAO4it*ft.4O-.!i,AV.44AgrzWigc5,;L.V,'7A4V:W4z7-;,s4,x'
•st,,, E?*,•4*. •
M , OfmA,
" $5,
EV
grounds of those which have already
appeared in these columns. We now
rest the matter till the ladies are heard
from Tney will probably reconsider
their action and locate the Monument in
a public place. ; _ . _
MORE. progreas and real reform have
been made in the Indian business of the
West since General Grant took the head
of the Government than . for manilyears
before. Successive Presidents have
failed to discover any means, of dealing
with the savages, which were nearly so
effective a thope now on trial promise to
be; yet the constitutional grumblers are:
whining about the money that has been
spent for this purpose since last March.
There are some personi who would grum,'
bk , in Paradise:because they' were. ot al--
ready in Heaven.
"A commuNioAmioN recommending
Seminary Hill, well written and einbrac•
ing all that could be said for that loca
tion, appeared in all the morning and
evening papers, with the exception of
the Rid, at different times, which indi
cated pretty plainly that it had be paid
for."—Post.
'lt is easy for a journalist to put is in
ferences in place of facts; but whenever
he does so, hb is more likely than other
wise to assert for a truth that which is a
falsehood. The GAZETTE Win not paid
for publishing the communication in ques
tion, nor have we any reason tu believe
any other journal was. I
Tau Louisville Courier-Jo urns/ having,
in the palmy days of PRENTICE, achieved
a reputation for wit, probably feels com
pelled now to do all in its power to sus
tain what it so laboriously earned; and
this is a specimen of its success:
Dogs are very destructive to the sheep
in Virginia, and it is estimated that one
nee%) is equal to three dogs.
Undoubtedly many negroes have been
convicted of sheep stealing, but the Louis
ville editor would scarcely seeithe point
of the joke if'i he should be cast into the
state's prison, because many white men
hid been rightly accused of arson. He
would in all probability fail to see the pro
priety of cheerfully condemning the whole
race, because a part of it deserved con
demnation.
Tag Republican State Convention will
meet to-day tiPhiladelphia. His con
ceded that Judge H. W. Wu.i.i.Lus of
this county, will be. , nominates for Su
preme Judge. Who will obtain the
endorsement ' of the delegates for
Governor Can be guessed but not
told. Governor Gamy. goes into the
Convention with strong 'hopes for re
notaluation. 'His chances in that direc
tion arenod, but hutintig is certain in
politics. He may have difficulty in hold
ing tozether the delegates he claims for
the first ballot, on which his fate hangs.
Should a second ballot be necessary he
will have hie strength'divided with other
candidates, and may lose the nomination
in consequence.
SIR SAMIIEL'BAKER is going on a trad
ing expedition into Africa. He will pro
ceed up the Nile at the head of a power
ful armed force and burdened with sped
menspf British merchandize. The plan
is Lo reach the Albert Nyanza Lake and
to . treat with all the tribes, and nations
which he may-meet during his journey.
He will not attempt , to force, civilization
upon these barbarous people, but he
will attempt t,o, convert themiliatomisto
mers for Engliala merchants and is author
ized, when - he considers it, necessary, to
force them to pinches(' his goods. The
English may Jose much of their oriental
trade , by 'the ' 4 cOinpletton • tie Pacific
Railroad and of; plFßuez Canal, and it is
. „ _
thus, under . the : patronage of : their Ma
homedan - ally; that 'they Seek to ,find new
markets for . their; goods.
JuDos. Snansiv . oop,' of
.. the Supreme
Rench, has taken upon himself the grave
responsibility of deciding the new Regis
try Act to he unconstitutional and ' void.
The decision Was based principally up
on the 'distinction made by the act be
tiveen the rules it provides for the State.
at large and-for Philadelphia, ; making
elections not - free and unequal in the city,
opposing obstructions to the way of free
and equal voting, and in other portions of
the State offering fadlitieis to that purpose.
By so doing he lays himself open to the
charge of permitting his partisan prejudi
ces to bias his judicial acts. When that
bill was framed its authors used great care
that it should prove in word and ht spirit,
technically legal and ccinstitutionsg, and
the opinion of able lawyers wan obtained
on its every provision before submitted
for action to the Legislature. Notwith
standing, however, that its friends had
such strong faith in its constitutionahty, a
general feeling obtained prevalence that
in the test case made in Philadel
phis, lut week, Judge SHABSWOOD
would Ptiecide uhe luts,done. When
it Is remembered that this 114 is
intended to check dishonesty
_and rascal-
IV , and to guard the purity of the balloi
box, protecting alike the rights of all citi
zens to a , fair'and honest • edection, the
charge of partisanship gains force. TC
Democratic party cannot live without
fraud. Its yietories all -come from that
,source..'Even Judge tmanswoon him
self, although a gentleman of high private
clumsier who , ;., wonla spurn to do It
. . • . . .- y
strictly dishonest thing, sits upon the ju
dicial bench, contraiy to an expressed 4 16.
sire of voters forthe elevation of Judge
the.Wu4.rexa,' his rival, position.
..•
An honeit electicM; politics, now
US a 'Demo
cratic defeat. How, in his. exalted
place, Judge Shanwood cut peimit his
11 . several more coin,
I Mann .
i ction of the -
locatin g the Mona
i
env and must be
ng several others to
ch only go over the
iIITTSBURG,IT GAZEITE c % ELNESDAL: 'FINE 23, 1869.
better judgment to give away to partisan
feelings,i and play :second to those who
profit by fraud and ballot box stuffing we
knoir not; but
e that he has trailed his
ermine 'robes in the dirt and dust of pot ;
itics hriiertain, - and that too with , fresh
memory of astounding frauds perpetrat
ed within a. stone's throw of his seat,
which no honest citizen desires to have
repeated. • •
A .WILLING SACRIFICE.
There arelifinie'lliortal Beings BO con
stituted that they• Cannot be happy unless
they are doing good atinits for their fel
low beings. Their charity' bubbles forth
refreshingly sweet on every occasion,
and in their various public and private
acts the restless spirit of ,philanthropy
Comes forth to glorify their lives and ren
der them conspicuous among men. They
redeem humanity and present' din . lesson
that all things done in this world may be
turned to the.advantage of fellow-beings,
and that in the long run it pays to be
generous and self-sacrificing. They are
models of disinterested virtue worthy of
places,in .the schools of the land, that the
swiftly forming characters of the youth
may be moulded in the shape which will
best carry out the idea of their Creation.
It is by special dispensation of Provi
dence, unfortunate for the race, that such
noble, and exalted characters are spar
ingly scattered over the, world, and the
community possessing one (inch must re
joice, and feel immunity from the fire of
wrath while the righteous man lives to
do good. Allegheny county is so blesssed
and we are thankful. Here,—where vile
rings exert their fearful influence over the
minds of the masses. where grim corrni:
tionists rise to shake their dry bones and
count their untold treasures of ill-gotten
wealth in the very face of honest yeo-
manry, and where politicians-are doubtful
as .to the immortality of their souls,
there sparkles forth, not from under the
'fabled bushel measure, but beneath the
bright beanis orGod's own sun, a. single
soul . set with the jewels of honor, pa
triotism and philanthropy. Need we
name him? Need we tell our readers who
it was that assumed the pressure and to
save from distress a gallant little band of
faithful disciples Of that heroic President
who led the forlorn hope in the battle
waged for the I Ohnstitution, aban
doned principles he had held dear and
butted his head azanst popular sentiment
as a candidate fo the paltry office of
Sheriff? Who dos l not remember the
vaulting J. Y. M.cLauenurn, Esq., the
man who above alliothera we select as the
arrived man of the period?
When, a few days ago, the contest ran
high among the vricked politicians, for
Republican nominations, this man came
forth out of the clidad of obscurity which
had settied over N l in in the disastrous de
feat of the constitutional party in 'B6,
and overflowing with accumulated zeal
and patriotism, hel laid:himself down in
the laporthe people, as a willing sacrifice
on half pay, to fill the • ctivefeir dike of
Sheriff. He had discovered there were
covered that
. .
widows - and orphans left as legacies to
the people and in a burst of
_disinterested
charity"-he offered to equally share the
emoluments and the prospects of the fat
office. The masses are tuspicious by in
stinct—slow to appreciate honest fnten
tions and rapid to accredit false motives.
The Great Republican Party actually , re
lined to accept the man for the place,
and in solemn convention nomina
ted one who bad made no such prow . ,
osition to care for the helpless wldovis and
orphans
The idea was good. Mr. McLaucar.:
UN meditated, and ~ concluded to again
sacrifice himself as a candidate on the to:
operative plan. Had the office of,
President of the ...United, States been va
cant he would:hare said, to the people+ .
"elect me your , President and three.
fourths of all my salarY shall golo the
widows and orphans of the land." But
Gnarl., not half so - patriotic and sacri.•
ficing, had forestalled the voelamation 2..
and Mr. McL. confined himself to Alle
gheny county. A handful of people,
"without reference to party," perceiving
- the generosjty of the man who, after de
ducting a gill Share of the large profits of
the office for , himself, was Content to
scatter tie remaining crumbs to the
widows'and orphans. united in a call on
him to run for the 'plate and they would
support him. Even these good people
were not free from the suspicion that all
was not right, as dark doubt pervad
ed the language of the call. They
took the . Philatithrontit no doubt by sur
prise, as he could never have expected
such a manifeetation pf sympathy with
his noble proposition. He responded
gushingly ant announces that "'Wks 'a
willin" to ride into office on the shoulders
of soldiers' widows and orphans.
In. all seriousness then, MT Mc-
Leconutt Is ,the political field ea
candidate for the office of Sherftf l . , His
proPoeition, On sight, seems generous
and PtdianihrinP l o, but it is full of empti
ness.. Ahhotit3ll a worthy man, he is a
poor man, and we could find ten thou
sand such who would consent to better
their conditions by assuming office and
donating to sorte charitable object a por
tion of the rofita 'denied therefrom,
provided the remainder was 'mote than
they could earn in the: pursuit. ot any
other calling. l tiobd and honest men ,
with capacity enough to fill ahnost any
of the offices of the county would - "cut tut
'2-1 c.
der,,, ci !manes 4w' as `readily 92, 2 4 . .
,7l iaatit4iii , *;..if qo doing at .;he, end,
ortheir ternifiliby 'ivotildi comb'
out richer men than they would have
been had they , remained at their ordina—
ry vocations. Mr.lticlk. may catch a few
votes with the philanthropic hooki but by
no means enough to elect him, as the
people are too shrewd to be caught by
hypocritical clap-trap in the garb of
charity.
TnE Alabama - question excites \he at
tention of the English press to a greater
degree than on this side of the water.
The Journals teem with editorials and al
ltisions to the topic. The London SpeK
tator takes the following sensible view of
_. •
the case:`'
The atom of Mr. Reverdy - Johnson's
extraordinary failure, though he,. got al
most all 'he asked for, and *faked- much,
which it was thought, England would
never grant, is most instructive. Had he
held the tone of- Mr. Adams, had he held
what seems certain to be .the tone of Mr.
Motley—the dignified One of a nation dis
pleased and alienated, but not especially
resentful—there can be no doubt but
the nvention he extracted from Lord
1
Clare fion would have been accepted by
the 8 ate as a great victory of America
and partial humiliation of England.
But ecause he covered his diplo
macy ith so much unctilousness, with
so car ssing a manner ,: neither the Sen
ate, n r any part cif ,the American people
chose o look for a moment at the sub
stance ,of the, Convention. They would
far rather; have gone without compensa
tion than: be compensated without the
satisfaction.-of -a moral triumph. We
confess we.do not look upon this feeling
with any contempt: Thinking as the
American nation does about the quarrel,
it is a natural and not unworthy feeling.
'But w hat dts it argue for Mr.. Motley's
success in doing what his predecessor
has so - egregiously failed in? Why, as
much as this: That if Mr. Motley', can
contrive to extort, or seem to extort, from
a reluctant England all but the very
same terms which Mr. Beverdy Johnson
seemed to wheedle out of us, he will be
heartily supported in America.
Tam Erie Dispatch makes some large
claims for Erie as a city, and we certainly
think its editor is doing a good thing in
sounding fhe praises of the municipality.
There is no reason why Erie should not.
be in a higher place.. Her citizens have
been slow to act, but it is not too late to
get up steam and go forward. - The Dis•
patch says:
"A gentleman who has been doing a
large business in Erie for some time,
without consent or advice of the com
munity, partially determined upon mak
ing a change:- AcCordingly he has vis
ited Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago and nu
merous other western cities, with a view
of finding a point where he could con
duct a general commission business at a
less expense and at a greater profit than
it could be done in Erie. After an ab
sence of several days, and after a close
investigation of the advantages of all
the points visited by him, he has come to
the conclusion that Erie, to-day has better
and•mOre attractive facilities, or induce
ments, for men of moderate means—and
more superior inducements for men of in
dependent means—to engage or continue
in business—than any other city on the
.Lakes.
THE SOLDIERS' MONUMEST.
Public Sleeting of the Il pe and Friend
ship Fire .companies—' Lie Location of
the Monument Disc - d—Resoiutions
of the sleeting. •
A meeting of the mem ere of the Hope
and Friendship Eire meanies of Akr
legheny City was held 1 t evening in the
hall of the Hope Company, to consid6r
the question of the leca\tion of the Sol
diers' Monument. A large number of•
citizens connected with either organize
tion.were present and participated in the
proeeedings. On motion or Capt. W. C.
•
,Stockton, Alderman, Guyan M. Irwin, of
the Friendship, was called , to the chair
and Messrs. H. M. Long, John Dyer and
W. D. Bell, chosen secretaries.
:.After the object of the meeting had
been MOM by ldr."Dyer, at the' request
07 the Chairman, a committee consisting
of *ewe. Henry M. Long, Capt. W. U.
Stockton, Alexander Hanna, A. B. Davis,
Capt. Samuel Crow and W. D. Moore,
were appointed by the Chair a Com
mittee on Resolutions.
Prior to, the retirement of the commit
tee, Mr. Long requested those present to
express their feelings freely regarding
.:the proposed location of the IWinument,
so that the committee might better ar
rive at thweense of the meeting. Brief
addresses were delivered• by the Chair
man, Mr. Hanna, Captain Stockton, Mr.
Harry Campbell, and others, who ex
pressed their objections in decided terms
- against locating the Monument, in the
grouilitscounected 'with the Allegheny
Cemetery. They did not, however, ex
press themselves in favor of any pa;ticu
lar location, but spoke against the Cem
etery site. Their remarks Were received
with evident satisfaction.
The committee then retired, and after
a short absence, made the following re
port, which was unanimously adopted:
4:,
Wannzse, The citize of Allegheny
county have, with a li erality and pa
triotism unsurpassed, raised a large sum
of money for the purpo e of erecting a
monument to commem ate the virtues
of their fallen soldiers in he late war; and
WIIKREAS, It appears to be almost the
unanimous wish of the said subscribers
that a location for the said monument be
selected with the view to give it the
largest prominence; _and
WIIILREAS, It has beoOme known that
the commissioners havi g charge of the
erection of said mono nt have decided
to place it,in the All heny Cemetery;
therefore,
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
o)
meeting that the 'anti n decided on by
the Commissioners is injurious for the
following reasons: F rat—Bow:we the
Cemetery is a private burying ground.
and not open to the pn !lc generally, be
ing closed at all times ainst all visitors,
except those holding ' ckets, issued at
the discretion of its rd of Trustees.
Second—Because the said Cemetery
is situated . at , :a long distance, via:
nearly four miles from - the cen
tral part of the thickly. settled por
of the two - principal cities.. '.Third—Be
cause other more suitable locations can
be found combining the attractions of
beauty, prominence publicity, and
every other 'advent ge. Fourth—Be
cause, 'in our jud went, a burying
ground is not \ a suitab e . -place for such a
monument; it being public memoriii
c
ro
for the purpose, ofco mmemorating the
deeds`and perpetuat in g the ineories of
our fallen beroes in " be late war for our
Union, and not a gra estone. -
'Waived, That it is he unanimous wish
' utthia.meeting tbak: h e - Monument As
ticitiatiOn recall their 'decieran, linti that
the full Committee e requested tb Visit
the various locations named betore com
ing to a final declaim
Resolved, That in
_„,,-
t*Alll 2 4.' 3 ;_ - .4=7,' - fel
,
views should' be entitles:- to Borne consid
eration with the Monumental Associa
tion, we having been large. l y instrumen
tal in raiaing this fund, almot , t nue-fourth
of the entire ,sum having been raised
through the exertions of these two fire
companies.
The meeting then adjourned.
Corporal Punishment In Public Scboolk.
MESSRS EDITORS GAZETTE: In your
issue of June 14th I noticed an article
signed "School Director," in which the
writer makes a fearful onslaught on the
“barbarous practice" of corporal punish
ment in 'public schools. As an advocate,
as well as practitioner of that “barbarous
practice," I would like, through your
columns, to offer a few remarks in de
fense of a practice so revolting to his
ultra-sympathetic ,TheNiriter, in
his tirade against such a practice, enters
into a very'elabbrate research of history,
both analent and modern, beginning with
Moses and pursuing it through to the age
in which Solomon lived, until the pres
et
But unfortunately for him, and the
cause which _he wishes to sustain, his
quotations from Moses, Solomon, and
Christ are all irrelevant, as he himself,
says they were written in a time when .
there were no public schools, and no ad
vocate of corporal punishment quotes
them as authority for its use. Had any
of the formidable array of authors from
which be so freCly quotes been school
teachers, they no doubt would have
given us, something explicit on this sub
ject, which would have left no' room
for cavil. The astute.writer of the, article
deals with the subject very unfairly.
Who ever heard of the precept "an eye
for an eye, a tooth fora tooth," quoted in
support of corporal punishment? or*h'at
relevancy then is the learned comments
on this passage?
The practice of corporal punishment is
not based on the principle of revenge, as
~D irector" unjustly assumed, but, like
all other punishments, it is intended to
meet the demands of justice. Were they
the pi'lnciples upon which it is founded,
I could most cordially join hands with
him and cooperate to secure its over
throw. A. rod in the hands of a judicious
teacher can be used with most salutary
influences, and that teacher still
have the affections and prayers of his pu
pils. An experience of several years
teaching, in which the rod has always
been used,in extreme cases, has confirmed
that fact in my mind. The evils atten
dant upon the use of the rod come from
its abuse, and not from its use.
Again he says "teachers punish, par
ents acquiesce, perhaps approvingly, be
cause they see no remedy." The very
best reason in the world for acquiescing,
and the very reason I advocate it, be
cause there is no remedy, and as the
writer does not acquiesce, I presume he
he has a remedy, and if so he would con
fer a lasting benefit to the race, make an
inestimable addition to the science of
teaching, and gain the undying love of
thousands of urchins whose backs now
smart - beneath the blows of the rod and
ferrule,,besides immortalizing his name
in the eyes of pedagogues, as that is what
the school teachers throughout our entire
land are anxiously waiting and praying
for—some remedy—some substitute for
the rod.
. .
I would call Direetor's attention
to the history of corporal punishment in
those cities and towns Where it has been
abolished. In no instance that has come
under my observation has, it been abol
ished for any considerable time;
but invariably they have had to fall back
to the indispensable and unfailing means
of enforcpg school discipline. Love,
kindness', moral suasion, dtc., do much
towards gaining obedience, and with very
many scholars no other incentive or stim
ulus is needed; but there are instances
in which the rod exerts .a most salutary
influence when 'all others would fail.
Christ's Merciful law which he recom
=ends to teachers, "As ye would that.
Men should do to you, do ye even , so to
them," is livery excellent one, but is not
at all applicable, in this case. If applica
ble in school government, "as it is a poor
rule that will not work both ways," it,
must also apply to civil government.
Who is there that would Kaye men,
confide them in a dark ant gloomy
prison cell? 'Yet we tind men' doing this
every day, executing the laws of our
country. Why not on the some princi
ple abolish our' system cif -incarcerating
meu for violation of civil law, as this is
not in aocordatice with =this "most mer
ciful law?" The argument, if worth any
thing, will apply also to family , govern
ment; the parent , nnist not punish his
child, as he would not do as he would be
done by. This same argument would
also apply to any 'other punishment in
flicted as a substitute for corporal pun
ishment: ,
Adopting this view of corporal punish
ment, and applying it . to all kinds of
government, _what _would become of
society? Who would then be safe in
person., or property? The child under
parental care and at, school is under no
restraint whate9ir. He may, or he may
not, do right; he dare not be punishei by
parent or teacher, as 1t would, be viola
ting their conscience to dose., . -When he
becomes a man he may defiantly, and
with the greatest impunity, transgreea
the civil law without: fear of punish
ment. This is too broad a basis; 'it will
not do. We are all subject to law of some
kind, the violation of which' incurs a
penalty of some' kind.
If we violate the law of God—the moral
law--we know that we shall receive pro
portionate punishment some time. If
we violate the laws of our country and
justice overtakes ns, punishment is sure
to ensue. If we violate the laws of nature
—the physical laws—disease, and, ulti
mately, death, follows as a punishment.
Society could not otherwise exist. It lea
law that all things must be governed - by
law, which originated, not in the conoep.
tion of man, but with the Almighty, and
it is as immutable as its author. School
government is just civil government ad
ministered to a limited extent, and it is
of as much importance to maintain dis
cipline and order in a school, to _have
some mode of punishing transgressors of
its laws, as it Is to maintain the peace and
safety of satiety.. That corporal pun
ishment is more "barbaipuii" than
any other, the writer has not proven.
True, the practice of any mode of
punishment is more or lesa barbarous in
its conceptide, and' that is the Least-bar
bareva which will• most efficiently ao
cOmplish the designs of punishment--;
that witl exert an influence on society
which will tend towards restraint from
the transgression of law. - And as there
is no mode known which exerts such's
aalutary influence on the good order 9f a
school as corporal punishment, it is in
dispensabletoo very great degree in en
forcing school goverument. As I, in
company with very many others of my
p w r h o e fe n ssi d o i n s , co a v m ero oet i r
to ng s.a t d o o dAicover, and
Whatever
tends to perfholing the system. of teach•
ing, and as there has been an apparent
or real evil shown to the profession, we
sinoe.relY',true ,t Director" will
enlighten•but thlntitiatid thus elevate. us
from "barbarism'! by making known a
-remedy, as he has made no provision of
that kind in his article...
Our judgment out
WeAent Un Alumni AssociatlOi
The regular semi-annual meeting (
this ASsociation was held last evening
at the University Building, and we
called to order with the President, Jan
W. Murray, Esq., in the chair, an
opened with prayer by Rev. Ro m '
Rogers.
The graduating class of '69, on motion
were admitted as members. .
Rev. R. A. Brown, D. D., of the clay
of 1840, with Hon. Daniel Agnew, of th
class of 1825, as Alternate, was electei
"Orator," and Rev. Robert Rogers, of tb;
class of 1866, with Rev. Jno. R. Wighti
main, of the class of 1865, as Alternate,
was elected'"Poet" for the • anniversarS,
exercises tube held in December, 1889. .1
A resolution, heartily endorsing the
proposed establishment of a Law Departs
mein in the Institution, met with unanii
mono approval.
A iConstitution for the Associationi
with some slight amendments, as re
ported by the Committee, was adopted.
The following officers were elected for
the., ensuing year:
- President, Hon. Thomas Mellon; Vice
Presidents, John C. Newmyer, Robert
C. Moore; Corresponding Secrectary,
Joel L. Bigharn: Recording Secretary;
W. J. Sawyer; Treasurer, W. F.
Hughes. •
Robert Lawson, a colored rrisn, made
information before Alderman Humbert,,
yesterday, charging Lilly McDonald and
Fanny Crable, two dusky nymphs of
unquestionable character, with keeping
a disorderly house In the Eleventh ward:
The accused, it appears, heard of the
proceeding before the warrant wasservedi
and had •vamoosed the ranche," or in!
other words left the house, and whetithe
officer arrived there he found the prem-'
ises&acated. He succeeded in arresting
the accused, however, and they were:
taken before the Alderman, who, In con.'
sideration of the fact that they had aban
doned the house, dismissed • the case on
paym?nt of costs by the defendants. •
Annie Kelly, a little girl two years of
age, was run over by a carriage oh Wy_
lie street yesterday,,and slightly injured.
She was removed to the residence of her
mother, in a court off Wylie street, near
High, when Dr. Donnelly was summoned
to attend her injuries. One knee was.;
considerably bruised, and there was a
slight contusion on the forehead.
We have on a former occasion referred 1
to the faot, that fast and reckless driving
was indulged in to such an extent on i
Wylie street, as to render it unsafe fre•
quentlyl for persons to attempt to cross
the street. What are the police for, or j
are there any on Wylie street during the . !
day? If not, we think there should be.
The Woman's Strike—A Funny Resolu.,l
The. cap•makers of New York have
been engaged in a strike for two weeks ,
,
past, they having demanded an advance ,
of twenty•five per cent. - on the old Beak
1 4
ot prices Both men and women. are 'en
gaged in this business, and it becominE
apfarent that the men - could not succeed
unless the women struck, steps were
taken to organize the latter. ' This h'Er
been successfully done, and on Tuesda ,
.
the 15tb, r 4 the female cap-makers met eat-;
Pythagorae-Hall, in Canal street. At this ;
meeting speeches were made by W..
Brady and others, and thee followin .V g 1
funny resolution passed:
Resolved, ,That the women are willing i
to stay out with the men until the bosses i
are willing to pay the advance.
THREE counties in Kentucky have
voted seven hundred thousand dollars for
the purpose of building the Cumberland
and Ohio Railroad. Marion county voted •j•
a tax of three hundred thousand dollars ;
by about three hundred majority. Wash
ington and Taylor were nearly unal i
mous in favor of a tax' of four hundze
thousand dollars.
DEATH FROM A RUPTURE.
„--,
To give a timely r warning to 'those who are Inc-
fering from any of those ' , protrusions del:fond
la ,:;.-
lasted hernia Or rupture, should be regarded as ,-;--;
an ant, not only of kindness; but even of duty. ,', l.
Especially is ttds -the case when ,so mar y of our, , ,
follow-citizentirre suffering - from an ailment so -;
little understood, and to often fatal to human
life. We do not know of a more serious con - 15
Don than that which is denominated rupture, o
~, 1
, 1
matter In villat , part of the body It exhlb ts_24,
itself. Rupture Is a lesion of almost always I se- ~...i.
rlous character, and whether In men, women or ', 1 .1
children, can. be securely retained to Its proper
place by the adlu.tment of a properly fitted ~/,,'
truss. Dr; KEYSER, AT HIS GREAT hEEDI- 'ri
CINE STORE; N 0.167 LIBERTY STREF.T,baa :4
always in store every variety and form of the best
trusses and appliances for the retention, allevia-t Z
lion and cure °Lahti now common ailment, What f i t
man or woman will linger through life, with the q
danger constantly staring them in the. face, and q
the tear of strangulated and incarcerated hernia. ';,,T. 4
when the means of are so • easily accessible 1 , 3
and the prospect of relief .o certain and Infalli- 3 1 4
bleP The, prospects of a cure in most cases of
rupture are much more certain than formerly.
and the appliances for that purpose of a much ,1 ,
superior kind than Ulnae formerly used. In the 1 , - , 1 1
;:,.,
rapt :re of children, nearly every cane is sure to "4.1
get well, and when they fill to do so it is because
of ill-fitted or inadequate trusses. 'lt behooves k'.,
every one, therefore, el ho has any ailment of I:.
this kind to seek the best means afforded and
thus secure inunnotty from so formidable a die
ease,
Fors:de all kinds of mechanical appliances for
brokea veins, hydrocole, prolapses uteri and
piles. Also, shoulder braces, urinal syringes,
bed pans and all kinds of the beet medicines in
use, at Dr. KEYSER'S' GREAT MEDICINE .
TORE, 187 LIORTY STREET. cr at the Doc- f:
wrys consulting rooms, No. 120 Penn street: ,kl•
• roes 10 A. 1114 until 4 P. 11C. Dr. Mules will be g
his Liberty street °Moo for tree 'consultation
every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, from
4 quill 8 P.
GENERAL DEBILITY IS NATURE'S
: . APPEAL FOR HELP
• - .'•'; , , ,, T
- Thousands of persons. without any specific all- ';';1•:.
me The ld' re the victims of
languor un -li thinkingareapttocoun li d ndilisind
this s li peeles e. l il '''''':4 ,
of lnertion with liminess; whqeaa it 'Usually V
:arises from.* want of organic energy. for which
. c. 4
the until( cti of it are no more responsible than the ' p
neir-eighied are for their defective vision. Each g;
Persons, although they maybe free from Pala. ire V;
as t k rniy invalids, and . as much in need of medical 't4'
aid %elf they were tormented with the pangs of ,
acute.diseasE They , *Tome and ALUM-ti.
aytysihat will rooms and regeiete their torpid .Z 1:
organizations. In cases of this kind 1103TIST- 4
Tr,a , s STUNiati , BITTXIIB produce an-Mme- t;:
d late and most favorable effeet. The debilitated A A
and desponding valitudtuarlan,who feels as if he. t r L
wtro put half &lie P i who company.end bas .*4
no relish either for business or !Atmore; li met** i;, -. ..
rnorposed, ba a bricf a Ursa . of this most potent t 1;!
vegetable invigorant; Into quite a different be-_ M
:
g.. The change efLeted by tee BITTER-4,1u hie q
bodily and mental condition. IS . a surprise to
~
hlmatif and his :Wanda. He mopes ne fouler ;
Vz
the active principle of 'lire, which seemed to *
• have died oat of hlro.lsro-awakened,amd he (dela ,
like anew mit'. Beniemberuit flit dehlillY La - I
not only an ale on . itself, but an llivifiSMON r;
TO nISZASS, no t ime' should be lost in recreitlati . ,
the broPen•down s stem with this choices; itafi
MOH Potent of all MCI Al% minim • i .
t )
. i
. . J
DinsaiuLoa.
Disorderly House.
Child Min Over
Um.
c4;:-41 . 1F , I5e'VV"
'
4
a