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Tha Telegraph and PostofSce.
One of the most important measures that
fill be presented to Congress at an early.day
is the question of uniting the telegraph and
postoffice. Mr. Ramsay has a bill for the
Senate and K. B.Washburne for the House.
The Senate bill looks to contracts between
the Postmaster General and the telegraph
companies for telegraph business similar to
those he mates with railroad companies for
mail business. This scheme finds a rood
deal of favor in the East, and receives
support from the present Postmaster Gen
eral and a good many members of Congress,
It has been endorsed by the Board of Trade
f Boston, and Mr. Hubbard, of that city,
is now on his way West to solicit the con
current action ot the Chioago and St. Lou
ib Boards of Trade, and of the National
Board at Cincinnati. That a union of these
two great means of communication, would
result in great good to the commercial in
terest of the country, there is little doubt.
A Change Required.
A change is badly needed io the manage
ment of tha United States Treasnry at this
time. From certain indications wc are led
to believe that the piesent Secretary is run
ning the treasury department of the govern
ment in the interest of Wall street brokers
and gambler, to the irjury of leg"timate
business in every section of the country. He
appears to be more deeply absorbed in the
management of Wall street than in that of
the department over which he nominally
presides. He has the power to make money
scarce or plenty at his will. He can cause
stocks to rise or fall as his friends desire.
Such management is a disgrace to the nation
and an injury to every kind of legitimate
business. Congress should at once seek out
some remedy for this evil, and place the
management of government finances above
and beyond the reach of stock g amblers be
fore it is too late to avoid a financial crisis.
Jeff. Davis' Acquittal.
It is said that Chief Justice Chase is grad
ually preparing the way for the acquittal of
Jeff. Davis. The matter may not have been
set up before the arch-rebel ''departed the
realm,'- but his case is moving toward its
end with the certainty of well-prepared ma
chinery. The "iron clad" oath is no longer
regarded necessary by the Chief Justice.
Grand jurymen and etit jurymen n ay now
be sworn in to perform their functions with
out regard to previous conduct. This insures
a rebel tribunal to pass upon the guilt or in
nocence of one of their own clansmen. Why
keep cp the farce longer? All its points
have become so transparent as to sink it far
llow the dignity of justices or the respec
tability of lawyers. They can gain nothing
by indulging further in fantastic tricks.
Cause of the Outrages.
It is reported, that a great portion of the
outrages in the South are caused by a few
worthless scoundrels, who prowl about the
ountry and steal from the negroes and ex
ercise an authority over them. These des
peradoes are encouraged by the wealthy
planters, who give them shelter, provisions
and hordes. They never hesitate to force
open the doors of negro cabins, and even
murder and torture the inmates. Occa
sionally they make an attack upon a resolute
darkey, who lays one or two of them out,
and then, oh! horror of horrors! au awful
outrage by a negro upon a white man ! when
the truth is the eountry is rid of one of the
worst criminals upon the face of the earth,
and one, too, that white men, the ruling
class, will not interfere with.
A Eegiitry Law Needed.
Experience has demonstrated that thd
ballot-box cannot be kept from corruption
without a s'ringent registry law, and that on
eWtioo day no liquor should be sold until
after the hour fixed for closing the polls.
Such a law should be general, and the pen
alty a heavy fiue. 0;her provisions arc just
as necessary and as imperatively demanded
by the people. When such a law is passed,
:t should bo wade as perfect as possible,and
arery safeguard that possibly can should be
placed ever the election by the people. Al
mos. every man Icnows (bat elections are
ntroUed by the basest eo m the case
now exist.
Mas Shot. II. Rives Tollard, was shot
oil thM streets of Richmond, on Tuesday,
"ot. 24th. His death was tfc result of the
publication of an article, refecting on the
domesiio relations of a tuan named G rant,
whose daughter ran off to get married.
Pollard had bo iotimati of fcia intended
assassination the shoi being fired from a
window on the opposite kide of the street,
trhil'1 h? was fvtorin his office.
f f;c gkfkfflan'g gounmf, gfearftcfb,
Attention Soldiers !
It is understood that there are still some
Pennsylvania regiments which have failed
to respond to the call of Mr Bate, the
State Historian, to furnish him with the
data necessary to complete their record in
the fort hcouiin."- work of "Pennsylvania m ; a measure ot security to tne trancni.se. mat
the War." ThU work will be isMied at the there crtated a department (or bureau)
,, T 11, ! ot ' SufTae, the functions of which should
Siate s expense. It is intended to be a com- . ,. .. . .
be to lsJue statedly to appln ants temporary
plete history of all the deeds performed by . tovcns of citizenship, attesting the person-Penn.-ylvariia
soldiers during the recent war ation, a'e. residence, naturalization tin cas-
of the rebellion, to be A record for all time ;
! to which the -(cHlcKof the different regi- j
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1 ment.,and their children and grandchildren,
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can reier to, in eviuence oi tiiur aeeas ot
valor. We bincerely trust that this design j
will not have to be curtailed and rendered i
itniierfect by the diiatoritiess and necligeuce
f those whom it most nearly concerns. But
j in a recent circular of Mr. Bates', it would
; teem that there is great danger in this. Out
; of over two hundred regiments, not more
j than sixty or seventy have yet sent in their
j regimental histories. Of these, some fifty
J or more, are already in print, and Mr. Bates
j warns the stragglers that he cannot wait
! much loneer unon them, but t ill uroceed to
complete his record without them. There
are thousands who care nothing now about
this State history, who will bite their fingers
with shame,should they really find the book
published with the record of their regiment
left out, or else made up from the meager
details furnished by the official papers in the
Slate archives. All officers who are con
scious of negligence in this matter should
go to work, and make up their regimental
histories at once, and send them on to Mr.
Bates without delay. It should be a labor
of love to those who are proud of their reg
imental organizations, and at all events it is
a labor of justice to the brave men who
marched and fought, and especially to the
brave men who died for their country.
General Sherman a Prophet.
Five years ago, or at the end of December.
18G3,when the war was raging in a discour
aging manner, and the j rospects of its tri
umphant close were anything but brilliant.
General Sherman made a memorable propri
ety about the part that General Grant would
be called upon to take in the work of recon
struetion.and in the restoration of the coun
try to peace and prosjierity, after the close
of hostilities. To Gen. Grant these words
were written by Gen. Sherman :
'"Your reputation as a General is now far
above that of anv man living, and partisans
1 will manoeuvre for your influence ; but, if
vou can escape them, as you have hitherto
done, you will lie mine powerful for good
than it is possible to measure. You said
that you were surprised at my assertion on
this point, but I repeat that, from what I
have se en and heard here, 1 am more arid
more conviuced of the truth ot what I toid
you. Io as you have heretofore do-.c; pre
serve a plain militaiy charaeter.and let oth
ers manoeuvre as they will, you will beat
them, not only in fame, but in doing jtoih! in
the closing scenes of this war, when some
body must heal and trend up the breaches
made by war."
Thk Bankiu vt Law. Those who are
in any manner Interested in bankruptcies
are reminded that up to January next, dis
charges by the bankrupt law will be issued
without regard to the amount of assets or
property surrendered ; that is, a debtor
having no property beyond what the law
exempted and allowed him to retain, uiiyht
still be relieved of his debts. Upon peti
tions Sled after that date the debts not
be discharged uuless at least fifty per cent,
of the amount proved shall be paid, or a
majority of the creditors give their consent
iu writing.
A Good Appointment. Hon. Thomas
II. Burrowes.of Lancaster, has been offered
the Pre-ideney of the State Agricultural
College. Few selections could have been
more judicious or more creditable to the ap
pointing power, and should he accept this
position his name will be a guarantee that
the affairs of this institution, in which the
people of the State.as taxpayers, if nothing
else, feel so deep an interest, will be man
aged not only with ability but with honesty.
Rivalry in Frauds. Georgia claims to
rank New York city in the matter of elec
tion frauds. A fair election would have
given Grant twenty thousand majority.
As it is, Seymour claims under the returns
forty five thousand. The frauds which have
produced this result were systeniatio.whole
aj'e, and high-handed, and it is not prob
Mil that, so far as regards the representa
tives elev'fed, Congress will .submit to them.
Tue FexFaNS. The Fenian Congress
met iu Philadelphia, last week. They made
a grand demon -trutiuir in honor of the oc
casion, on Thursday. Ati escort of 3,000
soldiers aud civilians conducted the dele
gattM though the principal streets. Gen.
O'Xeil, of Fort Erie fame, was greeteJ with
he a: ty cheers.
Growing Benevolent. From a glance
at the markets, it would appear thotthedis
ti'leries of this country are riTnning on the
Lenevolukt principle. V hi.-key is selling at
1 OS and 1 10 per gallon, "tax paid,"
which u Lclow the cost of production.
New Jehset. The official returns from
Nsw Jersey are are as follows: For Seymour
aal Blair. 82,725; for Grant and Colfax.
79.871 ; Seymour's majority, 2.S54. The
margin of the disumonists is small, and grow
ing lt'sn by degrees.
The Bureau of Suffrage.
According to the theory of our Govern
ment, every citizen of the United States is
entitled to one vote in certain things con
cerning the Commonwealth, be that citizen
a native or an alien.
It has Keen suggested, says the Pre, as
es of aliens), and the fulfillment of all oth-
cr requirements of the law. lh-se warrants
to be issued a short tone only prior to the
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election, in numbers corresponding to the
- f t!1T.Ju .nhai.Itanrs or nr.lin.infM of
registration ; to be procured from the offi
cesof the United States District Attorneys
! vrc rh.Mr fpniif ipa tn riA evppntpd in t!i
highest style of the art of engraving, and
in one ot the department buildings of the
Capitol, under the most rigid supervision,
as is now enjoined in the various depart
ments of the Treasury ; to be signed and
countersigned, checked and counterchecked,
for the prevention of counterfeiting and
forgery; an alien, ;after conforming to the
naturalization laws, to be entitled to this to
ken, warrant or certificate. After the votes
are thus cast the tolcenx are to be immedi
atrly cancelled, and at the close of the poll
to be returned to the offices whence they
emanated, for filing away safely therein.
Naturalization being expressly declared a
constitutional function ot the National Gov
ernm'tit, it remains for it but to enact judi
cioas laws towards the fulfillment of that
inherent duty. The ordinance and rules on
this subject would naturally appertain to the
Department of Suffrage.
Registration, as a nine qua non, mn't be
established by virtue of the National au
thority. throughout the Commonwealth. and
equally belongs to the office we are consid
ering. The issue of the suffrage tokens of citi
zenship being concurrent with the making
up of the registry lists, there will be but
tery little, if any, chance of falsity in
either.
These measures of security being nation
alized, they will prove an efficient check up
on any voting in the States, counties, and
municipalities for offices rendering it un
neccessary for these latter to is-ue their own
tokens adopting in hlmtk those of tht gen
eral Government for such purposes, refer
ence being always conveniently had to the
offices of the Nation.il Registry.
The apportionment of members of ('in
gress requires that a census should be peri
odically taken ot the number of inhabitants
in the United States.- Although the carry
ing out of this obj cr has been heretofoie
th i subject ol sp eial legislation in Congress
there is no reason why it should nut be a
pennant nt branch of ihe (mictions of thi
proposed department, all r-ohject. of course,
to any modifications which Congress may
from time to time deem advisable"
The cost of creating, establishing, an
maintaining the Department of Suffrage,
should be estimated with reference to the
benefits to flow therefrom ; and these bene
fits should be considered chiefly at the pres
ent miment in respect to the evils which
the plan proposed i calculated to avert.
The evils which threaten us to day : arm
ed violence at the polls and organized fraud
in naturalization, in colonizing, in stuffing
the boxes and counting the votes, may be
summed up in one word national death.
The matter of dollars or cents does not in
tervene when the life of the Republic is in
issue. We settled that question by the war.
even bad it not boen settled by the common
law of all nations even from time imme
morial. We throw out these undeveloped sugges
tions by way of general reflection on thu
subject, rather than of advice to stimulate
discussion and thought rather than to urge
any special plan. They are the burden of
many letters from correspondents, and re
fleet a popular desire evidenced by the voice
of a vast mass of exchanges. As hints
they may call out more matured and care
fully considered propositions on the same
subject. If they do they have attained
their end.
Of one thing, however, we may rest as
sured. The right to vote for one man or
for all men means nothing if it can be nul
lified by fraud, violence, or intimidation
No constitutional amendment conferring
suffrage is worth the paper it is written ou if
it is not secure trom practical nullification ;
and it makes no matter whether that nulli
fication comes from the bowie knife on the
bench whether it is a seal of a court or a
bullet which does the fatal work.
Burning of a Lunatic Asylum.
Two weeks ago, the Lunatic Asylum, at
Columbus, Ohio, was destroyed by fire;
and, according to the full particulars pub
i: u i .1 i i , ,
iimieu, me scene iuu&i rave oeen a norriole
one. It is said that whilst all possible et
forts were being made to rescue these poor
invalid creatures from the flames, their va
r'ous maladies being intensified by the con
fusion, smoke and heat, they raved and
struggled to free themselves from their de
liverer. and tb us tearing .nost of the clothes
from their persous. Almut three hundred
and fifty inmates occupied the building at
the breaking out ot the fire, and in the re
moving of this number, it is remarkable
that but i'.c :cmales perished, being suffo
cited before aid could be afforded them iu
the remote rooms of the building. Had it
not becti for the inrrepi Jity of the citizen
and officers oi that city.a fur greater number
ot thoe poor mortals would undoubtedly
hare been lost. The fire is suposed to have
originated from a defective flue.
Advance cr Protestantism A letter
from Madrid ssys: "Our Protectant fel
low conntrymen are not likely to let the
eras grow under their feet. Distributors
of Bibles and tracts have already begun
their operations in the great cities, and two
bold Britons have been Men giv'ng the a
rred volume to paople. in tha' very 'Plaza
Mayor' where, not more than a eentury aao,
the population of the city sat down to enjoy
what was then the favorite national holiday
an auto da-Je of heretic and Hebrews,"
A Relic of Barbarism.
There can be no doubt that one of the
readiest methods that can be adopted to
make brutes of men is to treat them like
brutes. Whether the men who framed the
laws, long since abrogated in a majority of j
the old thirteen Slates, for the punishment
of petty crimes, aimed directly to make
brutes of men is .nore than we can deter
mine. We still have our relics of barba
rism. The people of Delaware regale their
children with such sights as should never
be witnessed by any person "rooked in this
great cradle of liberty." On November 21st,
seven men were publicly whipped at the
whipping-post at New Castle. Delaware, by
the sheriff, in the presence of a largo crowd
composed ot men, women and children.
Children "not five vears old'' were brought
to see the show." A man cjnvictedof
stealing dry goods was pilloried bare headed,
with head and hands bouu 1 in a fixed posi
tion, nntil he was so cold that he had to be
carried back to jail in order to recuperate
for his whipping. A little colored boy, so
small that he "had to stand on a soap box
to get his hands in the manacles," was
whipped for stealing seventy-five cents'
worth of iron. A light mulatto was whip
for stealing a pair of shoes and five cents.
He managed to maintain a "fixed smile"
throughout the performance. A whitcman
was whipped for stealing a bundle of clo
thing. An old grey-haired mau was whip
ped for stealing a shirt. He uttered feeble
moans during the process, "'exhibiting great
agony of mind and body.'' A slight looking
boy, with a large plaster on his breast, was
whipped for stealing a valise. A young
white man was whipped for stealing a pair
of boots. And the man who was pilloried
being found strong enough to bear his pun
ishment, the exhibition closed. An eye
witness says the sheriff "shrank from his
miserable tak." and displaced considerable
humanity. However, the humanity cf Del
aware seems to be worse than the brutall y
of the lowest civilization. Such evidences
of humanity should be received cautiously,
and certainly never sought after.
Interesting Reminiscence 8.
According to the Honesdale Republican.
freedom was the only condition of the bal
lot in Pennsylvania for a century and a half.
That paper etches the history of suffrage in
this State so clearly and succinctly, that we
extract its epitome in full, as follows:
In William Penn promulgated "The
Frame of Government" of I'ennsylvani-i.
under authority of the charter gntnteil him
by Kin;; Charles II. In this document the
rit'lit of suffrage is given, without restriction,
to "the freemen of said proeince."
In 1 "01 Penn granted what is known as
the "Charter of Privileges." By this in
strument the rittht of suffrage was broadly
given to "the freanen of each respective
county."
The first constitution of Pennsylvania was
adopted in 1776. The convention that fram
ed this instrument was presidid over by
lienjamin Franklin. It gave the right of
-uffrage to "every freeman of the (nil age
of 21 years."" The men of the Revolution,
while asserting their own rights and liber
ties against proscription, were careful to
stand last bt the cardinal idea of the politi
cal cqnslity of all men.
In JT'.f a new constitution was framed.
Thomas Mifflin presided over the convention
that made it. This instrument gave the
rieht to vote to "every free.mmi over the age
ot -it yea s."
In I S39 the cnnfi(atIori was revised. John
Senreant presided over the convention. The
basis of suffrage was changed, so as to in
elude onlv "every trtfe freeman of the age
of 21 years."
For one hundred and fifty-six years black
men, if black they were, voted in 1'ennsyl
vania on precisely the same conditions as
white men. None of the evils now predict
ed of black suffrage were experienced.
Neither the mental nor social equality of
thetwo races Was thereby established. Amal
gamation, either through matrimony or
without, was encouraged. Not a black man
was made Governor or Lgi-lator. Social
order was not subverted. The Government
was not made bv white men for white men.
but by a'l men for the benefit of all.
Affairs in Colorado. Colorado seems
to be infested with desperadoes whom vigi
lance committees have driven fropi towns on
the Pacific llailroad line. Two highwaymen,
named Durgan and Franklin. were overhaul
ed by officers near Golden City, and in the
struggle for their capture Franklin was killed,
but Durgen escaped. On the 23d a mob of
twenty men took from the Denver jail and
hanged one L. A. Musgrove, who had been
accused of horse stealing.
How to Fay the National Debt.
The retail sale of liquor ir. the United States
amounts to over 1 ,700,000,000 jxr annum
and of course the liquor sold at retail is
nearly, if not quite, all drank. Now, the
debt could be paid by every man depositing
with a government officer, to be paid into
the Treasury of the United States, the same
amount he pays for liquor, beer, ale, porter,
and other drinks, in less than two years.
Her Population. A Philadelphia pa
per gives statistics to show that the popula
tion of that city is about 900,000 souls.
This is somewhat less than has been esti
mated from other data. It now appears
likely that in 1870 the Keystone will con
tain the largest city in America, notwith
standing New Yorkers have been in the
lia'-it of designating their rival as a country
village.
The four preat Spates of the Union gave a
total vote as follows: New York, 846.185 ;
Pennsylvania, 655.662; Ohio, 519,254; Illi
nois, 44'J.4o6. The first gave 9,594 majority
to Seymour, and the others an aggregate
majority of 121. 28 for Grant. The increas
ed vote of the same States over ltf4 was,in
New York. 1 15 444 ; in Pennsylvania. 82,
455; iuOhio, -i8,5I2; in Illinois, 101,210
Free Trade Abroad. Great Britain
claims to do business on t:ie free trade prin
ciple, yet in the last fiscal year it collected
44.000,000, or $22 -l.000.000, for customs.
Our tariff is denounced as excessive by free
traders, although it produces oniy about.
$150,000,000 annually.
Still Legal. Hanging for horse steal
ing is still the legal punishment in Virginia.
A man is to be executed iu Chesterfield on
the 18th of December for the crime of steal
ing a horse. This is manifestly unjust, and
as a relic of barbarism the law should be
abolished.
gccemBer
A Little of ETery thing.
The "big injio" of America ingen-uity.
Men of mark those who can't write their
names. . ' -
A Lancaster paper waaU to divide Penn
sylvania. Forty dollars per dozen is the Texas price
for cows.
- Bad jut now the roads leading into
this place.
Reading has a fire company which was or
ganized in 1772.
Last month Pennsylvania produced 340,
Sl i barrels of oil.
Wanted somehay.fodder, orstraw. Call
at the Journal office.
Looks well the frescoing in the Lutheran
Church, in this place.
Peach trees in Florida are all piuk with
their luxuriant blossoms.
The population of the United States is
supposed to be 42,000.000.
The Emperor of China is fourteen years
old and ihe Empress eleven.
Bedford county has abolished corporal
punishment in her public schools.
Massachusetts isthe champion snow storm
State, it has had nine this season already.
Henry A. Wise is writing his own biog
raphy. The poor fellow is Wise in his own
conceit.
Top heavy the chap who tried to walk
on both sides of a twelve foot pavement at
the same time.
Increasing the size of some of the mud
holes in our streets. The Boro' Dads should
"suppress" them.
It is stated that one million sacks of
wheat are stored in the warehouses of San
Francisco, California.
A Connecticut Democrat has done pen
ance for Seymour's defeat by standing ou
his head fifteen minutes.
An unsophisticated Boston girl recently
inquired at a dry goods stoie there for three
yards of "Grecian Bend."
The Boston Transcript says: The hand
that can make pie is a continual feast for
the husband that marries it.
Had to disgorge the chap who pocketed
a pair of mittens, in one of our stores. He
should have been Io iged iu jail.
Passed through town a number of dead
deer, last week. They were being taken to
the railroad, to be shipped east.
A Vermont editor says in his paper that
he will "take all kinds of vegetables iu pay
for subscriptions except beans."
Miss Anthony thinks she would rather
marry a cow than Timothy Titcombe. This
is undeservedly severe on the cow.
Independent the fellow who traveled
along the middle of the street, through six
inches of mud. He pays street tax.
Jacob Derr, near Btidesboro' Berks co.,
raised, this season, a pumpkin 72 inches in
circumference, and weighing 125 pounds.
The Jeff. Davis capture money has all
been paid except General Pritchard's three
thousand dollars. It is eaid he cannot be
found.
A New Hampshire widow, who wants to
sell her farm, refused to do so to a Democrat
because she did not want any more of that
party in the town.
An exchange says : "There is something
sweet about little girls." The Louisville
Journal adds : "And it grows on them as
they grow bigger."
An exchange says that Bonner, of the
New York Lcdrer,has perhaps more Dexter
ity in getting around Grant than any other
member of the press.
"I don't know anyting about your Tycoon,"
said an old Ill noisian to a man who was
discoursing on Japan, "but when you come
to raccoun you'll find me at home."
Senator Dooliltlc. after twelve years' ser
vice iu the Senate, it is said, finds himself
poor, and will be compelled to resume the
practice of law after his term expires.
A Mrs. Tucker, of Georgia, who has writ
ten a life of Briek Pomeroy,mkes this sin
gular statement: "His cars are large, and
indicate the Democratic element of charac
ter."
The Boston Post says: A Sunday paper
says it is in favor of women voting, if they
want to. We should like to see the man
that could make them vote, if they didn't
want to.
One of the silliest election bets was that
of a Webster (Massachusetts) man, who en
gaged to take a cow-back ride through town
if Grant was elected. He tried faithfully,
but failed.
An affecting sight to behold at a wedding
the sorrow-stricken air of the parent as he
gives the bride away, when you know for the
last ten years he has been trying to get her
off his hands.
A very enterprising advertising agent
lately called on the superintendent of the
United States Armory at Springfield, to in
quire if he did not want to advertise his
establishment.
"What kind of board do you get at your
house?" said a friend to Binks. the other
day. "Well, we pine during the week, and
plunk down a good deal ou Saturdays,'' said
the cadaverous Binks.
An elderly Pennsylvania woman, with her
daughter, looking at the marble statue of
Girard in the college building,theotber day,
s'art led the bystanders by exclaiming : "La !
Sa'Iy. how white he was!"
Bi-raarck has made enemies of the whole
race of offi-e holders by a decision that so far
as possible throughout the whole PrusM-in
kingdom, the present officers shall be replaced
by the invalids of the war of 18C6.
A letter from Egypt, dated October 18,
says: "The Nile this year has been very low,
and a famine is threatening Egypt, because
a great portion of the land has not been
overflowed and cannot be cultivated."
The Cleveland Herald says, "there was
once a conjurer who professed his ability to
get into a quart bottle." But we know a
conjurer who can do a trick worth two of
that. He can get outside of a quart bottle
by putting himself round the inside of it
It tangles hiui up sorav. ; but he does it.
2, 1868.
The Freedmen's Bureau-that Dem
ocratic bugbear quietly passes into
history with the closing hours of this
year. The good it has done will only
be known in after times when the dis
passionate historian will tell without
fear or favor its story of peace and good
will, and then the vindictive opposition
and bitter abuse it endured at the
hands of the Democratic party will be
wondered at and recounted only in
connection with the history of the same
political party in relation to the com
mon school system.
The Spanish revolutionists have
proved themselves adepts in destroying
everything connected with the clerical
reminiscences of that kingdom. Twelve
churches, twelve chapels and twelve
convents have been torn down to give
room to various improvements already.
At Seville the populace made a bon
fire of a part of the great town-gate.
The ground occupied'by the churches,
chapels and convents is described as
enormous, affording sufficient space for
half a dozen large cities.
The Jesuits, who have been driven
from almost every country of Europe,
Catholic as well as Protestant, are com
ing to this country iu large numbers.
Liberia Catholica says that 3,429
Jesuits are now employed in missiona
ry work, and it seems that of these
there are no less than 759 in the Uni
.ed States including fathers, scholas
tics and brother coadjutors. Under
the laws of this country, they are here
free and safe in the pursuit of their
work.
Rabbits are raised in large quanti
ties by the children of the peasants
of the departments of the Nord and of
Pas de Calais, in France. From this
source the city of London, 18G7, ob
tained for food and other purposes
1,250,000 rabbits at a cost of 210,
000. The fckins are disposed of to hat
manufacturers. The businesss of rais
inc these animals is entirelv in the
hands of children too young for field
labor.
The Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue is said to be well pleased w ith the
working of the new Revenue Law, un
der which the receipts fully answer his
expectations, and are fully in accord
ance with those entertained by the Fi
nance and Ways and Means Commit
tees. From present indications the
receipts for the current year will not be
far from one hundred and ninety mil
lions. A man in Jlartland, Vt., where
Democrats are scarce and Democratic
ballots scarcer, was bound to vote that
ticket anyhow. No ballots could be
found, aad he could ascertain but one
name that belonged on the Democrat
ic ticket, so he voted this ticket:'Mr.
Dean and all the other Democratic
electors," and went away satisfied.
Almost invariably, where the journals
of Pennsylvania record the arrest of a
thief or a burglar, and the" capture of
his "tools," the kit comprises not only
the regular appliances of the rascally
trade, but a batch of the Snowden nat
uralization papers. Can any body ac
count for this ?
It is thought that Admiral Farragut
will be appointed Secretary of the Na
vy under President Grant. The Gen.
is said to be impressed with the sensi
ble idea that a na val officer should pre
side over the Navy Department and an
army officer over the War Department.
" Vhat is your notion of the true
physician '" asked a medical professor
of a student, to which the latter re
plied: "He is an unfortunate gentle
man who is every day called upon to
perform the miracle of reconciling
health with intemperance."
The New York Commissioners of
Emigration report the total number
of emigrants arrived during this year
up to .November 18th, at 107,069;
number arrived since to November 25th,
3,383 ; total, 200,452 ; to same date
in 1867, 228,278.
The Coroner '8 jury in Philadelphia
have found, that Mrs. M. E. Hill was
murdered by her son-in-law,George S.
Twitchcll, Jr., and that his wife Camil
la was an accessory. The affair still
attracts a great deal of attention.
Some of the Democratic papers in
Pennsjlvania propose a division of the
State by running a line through its
geographical centre. They hope to be
able to return a Democratic majority
in the Eastern half.
Gentle is the language of an editor
who described a cotemporary as wri
ting "with the alacrity of a coward,
the billingsgate of a fishwife, and the
malice of a partisan."
The golden hair and blonde complex
ion movement promises to bo very ac
tive this season.
Z tve SMrertfcementi.
Advertisement tefuf tn large tyjn, mtttf
, mil be charged domblt utuml ratu. fl, (M(
A
W. WALTERS. ATToastr at Law
Cletrfield. Pm. Office in tha Court floaic'.
B
t'FFALO ROBES, lap rofcti. foot ran. juit
CARPETS eDglith branelr. taper ingrain,
Tentiana, all wool atair. twilled hemp, pliB
beinp. felt drnggett, floor oil clothi. 1. If .
jmrda wide, at J. P. KKATZEK S
FURS german fitch ett.freneh (jnirrel ictu,
american fquirrel muff, MdlejTiotorioer til
ver martin aetta. mink capeaand muffs, frnta' far
collars, (beavar and mink) at J. P KRATZEK'S,
DR. J. F. WOODS, Persiciax and Scneaos,
Having removed to ANSONVILLB. Pa
oflera bia professional eervieea to the people of
tbat place and enrrounding country. All calls
promptly attended to. Iee. J. I8oS-8Bp.
"REMOVAL. The undersigned. Licensed
Auctioneer, has removed to McGarvy
Post Office. Clearfield connty. Pa Persona iir
want of bif services will please address him at
that place. Charges moderate
J)eo 2, lS68-3tp. JOHN' M'QTfLKIS.
MERICAX nOUSE,
CnrwenRville. Pa.
Having taken charge of this well-known Hotel,
the undersigned wonld respectfully solicit a share
of the pnblie patronage. Trarelera will find the
accommodations equal to .those of any other house
in this section. Charges moderate.
Dec, i. lS6S-tf. JOHN J REED, Prop 'r
HOUSEKEEPERS, and tboae contemplating
matrimeny, wonld save money. Iv buying
their household goods, such a buckets, tubs,
brooms, bankets, churns, butter bowls, ladles. rub.
lers.sieres. bruthes, clothe pins, elothe lines, bed
cords, rolling pins, knife boxes, sugar boxes,
stcTes. kettles, wash boilers, bake pane, lamps,
lamp shades, lanterns, eandle sticks, porcelain
kettles, tea eanisters. flat irons, clocks, locking
glasses, meat stands, table oilcloths. Ac. at
Dec. I, 1S0S J. ?. KRATZERS
A UDITOR'S NOTICK Theundersign
ed Auditor, appointed in open Court,
to report pioper application of the proceeds aris
ing from the tale of real estate, under Ln-mri
Facta. No. 71. Sept. T . 1SAS, Common Pleas of
Clearfield county, in the caae of Spackman A
Birehfield vs. Matthew Henry, hereby gives no
tice that be will attend to the duties of said ap
pointment. on Friday .the Sth day of January .ad. .
1819, between the hours of lOo clock, a.m.. and 1
o'clock, p.m., at the office of J. B M'Enally, Esq..
in the Borough ol Clearfield, when and where all
persons interested can attend.
Dee i, IPnS-St. D W. M'CURDT, Auditor.
riOMMISSIOXEK'S NOTICK Estate
of Peter Smith, deceased. In the nut
ter of the petition of Jacob W. Campbell. Guar
dian of Jonathan H. Fmith. Jr., minor jhild of
Jonatbon II. Smith, deo'd. for apecific perform
ance of contract with the heirs of Peter Smith,
late of Burnsirfe township. Clearfield county, Pa ,
dce'd., the undersigned Commissioner, appointed
by the Orphan's Court of Clearfield county, tu
take testimony in proof of contract, payment, le ,
hereby gives notice tbat he will attend to Ihe
duties of bis appointment at the office of J. B.
M'Enally. Esq . in Clearfield, on Saturday, Jan
uary 9. 1869. at IS o'clock, am., when and where
all persons interested ean attend
Dee 2. IS8-3t ) D. W. M'CURDT, Com'r.
J. K. BOTTORF'S
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
Market St., Clearfield, Pa.
Persons desiring good pictures, of any style er
price, ean be accommodated by calling upon me.
at my rooms in Clearfield, where lam prepared
to use all the modern improvements in the art.
Negatives made in cloudy as well as in clear
weather. Child rent' pictures taken accurately
in a few seconds.
I will guarantee the tone and finih of my
Photographs to equal that of any made in Phila
delphia or New York.
I keep eoni-tsnttv on hand a large supply of
FRAMES. ALBUMS, and STERESCOP'hW,
of all sizes, styles, and prices, and of the very
bent finish. Also, a choice selection of Stereo
scopic Views, of the most interesting American;
and Foreign scenery, for sale at reasonable rates.
Frames, from any style of moulding, made to
order, on short notice.
Dee. 2. ISf.S.
J. K. B0TT0RP.
R E M OVA L .
HARTS WICK k IRWIX,
DRUGGISTS,
Market St, Clearfield, Pa.
We beg leave to inform our old and new cuto-me.-s.
that we have removed our establishment t
the new building just erected on Market street,
nearly adjoining ihe Mansion House on the wef,
and opposite Graham A Sons' store, where we re
spectfully invite the public to come and buy their
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PAT EXT MEDI
CIXES, OWi. PAIXTS if- VARXJSJIES.
Our stock of Drugs and Medieineseonsist of every
thing used, selected with the greatest care, and
WARRAXTED STRICTLY PURE'.
We also keep a lull stock of Dyes. Perfumeries
Toilet articles. Soaps. Tooth Brushes. Hair Brush
es, Whitewash Brushes, and every other kind if
Brushes. We have a la' ge lot of
White Lead, Turpentine,
Flaxseed Oil. Paints, and in fact everything used
m the painting business, which we offer at City
prices to cash uuyera.
TOBACCO AND SEGARS,
Confectionery. Spices, aad the largest stork of va
rieties ever offered in this place, and warranted
to be of the best the market affords.
J. . HAKTSWICK.
Deo. 2, 1SS. JOHN F. IRWIN.
B. 1. FATT05,
B. A. IRVl.t,
JSO r-ATTN
j a. ie.wis-
E. B. PATTON fc CO.,
- Having fitted up a first-class
PLANING MI L L r
re prepared to furnish to order all kinds of Men
ufactured Lumber, such aa .
FL O OltlXG, SWIXG,
Surface-dressed Lumber,
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS,
and every description of Plain and Fancy Moor
ings. Dealer will find it to their advantage
consult our prioes before purchasing elsewhere
Address, E. B. Pattou & Co..
Curitemvillc,
Dec. 2,'6S. Clearfield Co., Fa.
UEKJerWARE the cheap act in ecajf
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