EE S22 THURSDAY, MAY 13, I SCO. AiiiIioril3' for Capital 1'imisli meri!. The recent inflictions of the death pen alty iu both c.ds of our Common wealth have renewed, inquiry as to the wisiloin of exacting life for life in any ease, as wellal as to th'i authority of tin State for im-)'-iiiir s severe a punishment. "While we do ru t r.t the present propose to enter the arena as a champion on either side of this controversy, we yet desire to lay before our readers, in as brief a form as possible, our examination into the various sources of authority from which a warrant 13 or may' be claimed in behalf of the practice. These sources are not more than three in number. For the authority, real, or as sumed, under which the law acts, mustox iet, (1) either in reason, or the nature or fitness of things, just as different persons may see fit to express themselves; (2) or in the powers delegated by the people formincr any State, Commonwealth, or na tion to their government ; (3) or in some divine- warrant. If authority for taking human life in the name and with the ap proval of law is not found in either of these sources, then certainly all will agree that it cannot be found anywhere. First, as to the authority conferred by reason. Reason attests to every man this title to his life : God gave him life. The whole structure of his physical and mental being bears witness that he was created in order to live. Simply because the Creator is greater than the thing cre ated, and the Creator's will superior to the will of the thing created, no man can willfully go contrary to the Creator's will withoutgiving Him offence. Or, to narrow the proposition, no man can take the life of another without viulaling the will of tho Creator. It rather shocks than is ;'isonant to reason to say that the life xvliich the Creative power has given we may not defend against assailants. The lion is given his strength, the elephant his tusks, the deer his fleet ness, the fox his peed and cunning, the bee, the wasp, and adcr their sting, for the obvious purpose of self defence. On this right of defend ing cur limbs, our bodied and lives, rests, jeo far as authority in reason is concerned, the right of a person so assailed by anoth er as greatly to endanger his life, to smite his assailant, even to death. On the same Las!: rests the authority in reason which one nation has for going to war with an other. The killing either uf a single as sailant, by an individual, or of a body of them composing an army, by a nation, is to be justified on the same groifnd, and that ground is that it is necessary for our own self-preservation. This being the case, the moment the apparent necessity ceases, the justification must also cease. The authority which reason here gives is pot so much an authority to slay another or many ethers as to defend our own di vinely given lives, and to adopt every means apparently necessary for our self defence, without regard to the consequences to the guilty assailant. If these positions arc correct, then reason gives authority to take life only when necessary for the self preservation of society. As long as other adequate means can be found to protect Jife, reason bestows no authority to inflict capital punishment. Hut is this authority among the dele gated powcr.of society ? ;Soc!ety," says lackstone, -T-formed to protect individ uals in the enjoyment of those absolute rights which were vested in them by the immutable laws of nature." In order that we may have society, each individual must yield mora or lefs of his natural liberty, and nhidrt hv the dulv enacted laws of that ciery as his natural right. Take the case in hand as an example. No man has any authority to take his own life. How thou can he yield up to society a right which he has not in himself A man may give jiway his goods, wl hence agree to be lined if ho violate the law of society. Or he may, pro sahUc unimi,snt himself up in hi.s room, and hence agree to be im prisoned for his mates. But having Ji power to take away his life, how can he i:ru!it it to another ? We now pas to the aut3xrity by Divine warrant. Where shall this warrant be found ? It is climated by bo mo that there arc not far from a thousand religions in the world, each clu"unii!'r' a divine or j"in. To which shall we go ? Of alithe , various religions of the world, we, as a .1 1 1 - - a to be divine. Our laws abo recognize the divinity of this religion, and cf this alone, Wc turn therefore to it. But the Chris- tian religion is not nineteen centuries old. Jt -j v its claim merely on individuals us in mi such, and does not assume to give laws to States or to regulate the various srovern ments among mankind. Nor does it con tain even one single expression anywhere in its writings touching upon the question in dispute. But it distinctly recognizes two other religions or dispensations as also divine, and ivhirh worn lis nrfil.rppssrvrs or precursors. The first of these is the Patriarchal, and the second the Jewish. The first contained this command : "Who so sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the ima.ire of God made lie man." The second contained a like command. The Jewish or Mosaic law has, however, passed away. At any rate, whoever maintains the Jewish law regard ing murder to be in force must be an ad vocate of stoning to death, not of hanging, for such was the punishment that law pre scribed. We have no more liberty to vary the punishment than to abolish it. If one of our sheriffs, instead of hanging a con demned criminal, stab or shoot him, he would be guilty of the highest form of murder. The Governor's warrant to hang WOllld flVflll llim nrr.lIrj I these who advocate hanging by virtue of the law given to Moses to show by what authority choking is substituted for sto ning. That same Mosaic law prescribed death for stealing a man and selling" him. Our law does not do so. Can any one show why the Jewish law relative to murder should be binding, and that relative to kidnapping not ? Again, it must be re membered that the Mosaic law had juris diction over the Jews only, and was ex pressly given to them and to no other people. Paul says of it that "it was ad ded because of transgressions till the seed should come to whom the promise was made." The promise here spoken of was that made to Abraham, and the seed is Christ. Here, then, he defines and hunts the time, by express words, during which the Jewish law was in force, showing it to have passed away more than eighteen cen turies ago. But long before the time of Moses, God irave to Noah the command or law hereto fore quoted. The command then given was imposed equally on all the inhabitants of the earth. True, there were only eight of them. But whether given to eight or ten billion, it was given to all to bind all. "We shall briefly recount the circumstances attending the promulgation of that law. First, then, God himself was the immedi ate governor of the world. Because of its wickedness, He had just destroyed the world, with the exception of eight persons. These eicrht were for a second time about to take possession of the earth and to re people it. At this juncture, God, the governor, appears to make known his will, lie authorizes the use of flesh of beasts for food. lie prohibits the eating of blood. lie orders death to be inflicted on the murderer. Are these commands still in force, especially that relating to mur dfc? If not, then there is no clear di vine warrant for punishing a murderer with death. As they were given to the entire human famiby, it follows that they are still binding on that family, unless they have become void or have been re pealed. The including of the command against the murderer in the Mosaic law could not repeal it, for the Mosaic law was given to the Jewish people only, while the command itself was given to all peo ple. But admitting, for the sake of argu ment, that it was repealed by its incorpo ration in the Mosaic law, then on the passing away of that law it was revived, according to the well-known rule that where two statutes cannot stand together, the first shall give place to the second; but the second becoming void, or being repealed, the first is thereby revived. But has God ronped to Lo thr wvprnw rf tlio : . . ; r eorporaieu oy jhu Aposties among things prohibited to Christians. But nothing was said as to the command concerning the death penalty. This circumstance would seem to import a repeal of that pro vision. But it may be cogeutly answered as fallows: A claim being set up that the Christian religion required circumcis ion, an examination was had into the matter, and it was determined that the j Christian need enly abstain from meats ; offered to idols, from things strangled, and from Mood, thus thowing that the prohi bition as to blood imposed upon Noah and family was before tho minds of the Apos tles and recognized to be still binding. But, us nothing is said as to the death penalty, h might be inferred that it was louked on as a dead letter. But is this : conclusion justifiable? It mutt be re- ; were under discussion. The taking of life as a punishment is an act to be done under ' authority of law, not by private hands, ; unless in a most extreme case. It could contribute nothing to the purposes if thia consultation to discuss -the Divine luthor ities of goTernment and society. nt the re-promulgation of that private dtj im posed on Noah shows conclusively axecog nition of the validity of the old tfoacie laws. Here, then, according to ctr reli gion, is a divine warront for takig the life of the murderer, unless it is ps'sible to show clearly that it has becom void. "We know where to find the cvidsnco of its repeal. It is no answer to lay oar Legislature does not act by virtue fa law given to Noah, but cf our constitution. The inquiry is as to the authority for an extreme act. 1 The last so-called Temperance Vindica tor is before us. It contains anothr of its characteristic attacks on The Allyha nian. Such expressions as these abound '-'wet-leather editor," ''bellows lustily," 'badly threshed," "we intended the plas ter to vesicate pretty well, but did not ex pect it to draw the huge hump off the an imal's crooked back." &c, kc. fJ ouuiu ji iuv .iu..vv .ii& iiereabout have falleu violently in love with the I7 dicator, if we may credit their written and printed professions. That persons' tastes differ is proven, for we are free to say that ice look upon that sheet as not only an in jury, but as a disgrs.ee, to the temperance cause. The Vindicator is as nearly a copy of Brick Pomeroy's notorious Democrat as the limited capacity of a tenth-rate ped dler of potions, plasters, and pills can make it. The Democratic acknowledged- ly an injury to tho cause for which it rants and raves. So, we opine, will the Vindi cator in the end prove an injury to the cause it tries to advocate. All moral reforms are wrought into successes by tlm power of moral suasion, of reason not by abuse. The Vindicator man is a hot-headed enthusiast, a fool, and a blackguard. If the temperance cause can afford to allow such a man to speak for it, as by authority, we are satisfied. But we judge that the masses will fail to see much of good in a cause which has for one of its lawgivers a fellow such, as we have delicately described. The Occident and Joined. tue Orient On Monday, the last rail on tho Union Pacific Bailroad was laid. The rail was solid silver, the last spike gold, and the tie upon which the rail rested was typical laurel. Appropriate ceremonies at various points marked the completion of this greatest and grandest American en terprise of the century. The point of junction was at Promon tory Summit, Utah, 1,0SG miles west of tho Missouri river, and GOO miles east of Sacramenta, Cal. The length of the road, counting from New York to San Francisco, is 3,353 miles. The time consumed in traversing this distance the breadth of the conti nent is 1G1 J hours. The completion of this road opens up a continuous highway from the Atlautie to the Pacific. "West of the Missouri, a coun try is traversed which is comparatively unpeopled and unknown. In a few years, that country will be as well known as Pennsylvania and Ohio, and will be peo pled by untold millions of American free men. The gates of the world arc thus opened to us the Occident strikes hands with the Orient. Our country will take great strides forward from to-day, but the true measure of prosperity which will accrue to her 13 so great, ; o overwhelmingly great that no one now would care to undertake the task of estimating it. -Cumberland county has instructed her delegates to support Geary. The Huntingdon GloLe wants their Senatorial Convention held on the 20th inst. BEAVER county has instructed her del egates to the State convention to vote for Geary as their choice for Governor. The Lehigh lZeyister suggests Gen. James L. Sellride as an available Repub lican candidate for Governer. Franklin county instructed her dele gate to the State Convention to vote for Geary. II. W. Mackey, of Pittsburg, the new State Treasurer, was sworn in and enter ed upon the discharge oi" his duties on the 3d inst. Bedford county has nominated G. S. Mullin for State Senator. The district is composed of Somerset, Bedford and Ful ton. lion. Alex. Murdoch has been inducted into office as Marshal of the Western District of Pennsylvania. Gen. John Hall has been appointed deputy. Gen. J. F. Jartranft, Auditor General, and Gen. J. M. Campbell, Surveyor Gen eral, were sworne in for a second term of three years on the 4lh inut. OUR WEE KJLY DIGEST. EST" Warm The past day or two. B.In full bloom the peach trees. .Reading matter cn every page. Done, gone The oyster reason. ZT Come again Ice cream season, r Comfortable Linen coats and the iikc. fcy Advice, gratis Buy from our ad vertisers. Green peas are offered in the east ern markets. EgL. Cool the ice cream served up at R. K. Thomas'. i Ditto proscribing fora newspaper and never paving for it. 8ay The sugar crop of Louisiana is es timated at 80,000 hogsheads. figjr The cattle trade of Chicago aggre gates 50,000,000 a year. JB!2? Judy quotes : "The market ladies' hair has an upward tendency." 8T.The name Temperance Vindicator is a minomer It ought to b& Temperance Yi'ind-icator. The President has recently bought a young Ilambletoniau colt valued atSl, 000. about ''the Vindicator blister Cfcourse it meant to say Vindicator "bluster." JS?" Pea-nuts are being extensively cul tivated in lower Virginia, and are a more valuable crop than tobacco. JCEf "The criticisms of the Vindicator are beyond endurance." Vindicator. So are the kicks of a jackass. E,The T. Vindicator says we bellow lustily for "quarter." We'll bet that at some former period of his life the Vindica tor man has bellowed lustily for a quart. It is three years since they have had any rain in Maracaibo. a fact which indu ces an exchange to think they cannot afford to water their milk :u that place. Egk. "Whisky-soaked hides are general ly pretty tough." Vindicator. We presume you epeak from personal experience. JGS?The Sons of Temperance in Maine have voted to nominate a candidate lor Governor, if neither of the political parties should put up satisfactory to them. E3 The Temperance Vindicator is a "fireside weekly." Which means, we presume, that it is used to light fires o' moruing8. BB- The Ilollidayeburg Standard wants the price of ras reduced. Couldn't the Standard reduce its gas easier than the price. B3u Jas. P. Thomson is editor ct the Tern. Vind. His original family tame was Thompscnnavabiche. Governor Curtinis the fifth United Stales Minister to llussia from Pennsyl vania. His predecessors were William Wilkins, James Buchanan, George M. Dal las and Simon Cameron. B5uCreson is just 2,000 feet above high tide mark at Philadelphia. Gallitz:n i 100 feet higher, and the lop of the hill through which the great tunnel of the Pennsylvania railroad is bored is 2,200 feet high. tfo-f-A Mississippi editor and Justice of the Peace married a couple in 1S53, di vorced them in IS00, married the man to another woman iu 1SG1, ditto the woman to another man in 18G2. and last week married the original couple. JC- Forty-one recruits, not to be less than five feet seven inches high, have been ordered from Carlisle Barricks, Pa , to Fort Leavenworth, Kaunas, tor assign ment in Battery C, third United States Aitillery. 3sU"Tho steam tannery of Leighow Anthony & Co, in Northumberland, was destroyed by lire 00 Thursday night of last week. The loss is estimated at 4, 500, two-thirds of which will be covered by insurance. The fire was the work of an incendiary. George Slaughter was thot and in stantly killed by John Watts at a saloon and house of ill-fame, at Fvansville, Iud., Tuesday night. Ti e murder was the re sult of a drunken quarrel; in which the women were implicated. Watts ha? not yet been arrested. E5i,The Philipsburg Journal says : ''A sawyer employed in the mill of J. J. Zim- iH it) a ise project 01 tunneling under the lake U obtain a supply of pure water is being agitated iu Cleveland. Investiga tions have been made and it is found that there is a Ftatum of clay underlying the lake of sufficient thickness to admit of a tunneiof the requisite size. Since Chicago has shown how a tunnel under water can be made, it is no longer considered' either impossible or seriously dfiicult. So many oldest Masons have been found that foaie one has hunted up the oldest Odd-Fellow in the world and lound him in the person of Mr. Benjamin Dow ning of the Newport Lodge, It. I., of which he has bfcen a member for sixty one years. He is the only surviving mem ber who witnessed the organization of the first Grand Lodge iu New York in 1S23. Mr. Downing is 87 years old. Sf The lust sensatiou in velocipede riding was produced in the Boston veloc ipede Rink, Thursday evening, when mas ter John Kcardon rede a velocipede with grooved wheels along a rope stretched from one end of the Itink to the other, about twenty feet from the floor. In ad dition to this a trapeze was hung'to the velocipede, and Mr. Harry M. Stevens performed a variety of feats upon it while the velocipede was moving along the rope. Anecdote of Senator Scott. We arc glad to notice that president Grant has made a rule to receive no calls on the Sabbath, and has forbidden his secretaries to bring him any letters or telegram ex cept they are on important public business in answer to some thing he nas called for. In this connection, it may not be improp er to give an incident that recently occur red in Washington equally crcditadle to Senator Scott, of Pennsylvania. One Sab bath morniuir a member of the Senate sent Mr. Scott a package of papers with notice that he would call in the evening to confer oa tbe subject matter. .Cal ling according to promise, the inqui ry was made whelher he had ex amined the papers sent to him. Senator Scott, who is aruliugcller in thcPresby :erian Church, promptly replied that he had not that be had been a custom to observe the Christian sabbath, and did not propose to look at them till Monday morning ss this was Sabbath evening he expected as usual to go to church. And to church he went. 'Jctfislury Star. General Stokes, in his recent speech at Nashville, Tenn., complimented Andy Johusou as follows: "Now, I'll tell you what's a fact : There isu't a man or a par ty th.t Andy Johnson hadn't deceived. x" Vt : 1 ma-P ?" tl's crowd who cau say that Andy Johnson never ouvitcu him, I should like to see him step forth. He has been a popular man in his day, for he has been with and deceived all par ties in turn. He his full of deceit and demageguci.-m. lie is like the old sow. You might take her up, put her in a bath tub and scrub her perfectly clean, turn her out and she wouli run five miles in a hot summer day iu August, through clean wattcr, to reach her wallowing place in an old peach 01 chard. That's John.-on. He has gut back iuto the old peach orchard again; yes, in tlia heart of that old de funct Democracy." Gov. Jewell of Connecticut was inau gurated on the 7th iuat. David Gallup was elected President of the Senate and O. II. Piatt Speiktr of the lIoue. Both brauches of the Legislature are larg ely Republican. Gr ET THE BEST. WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED DIC TIONARY. 3,000 ENGRAVINGS; PAGES QUARTO. PRICK $12. 10,000 Word ait J Jlcaninyt icf in other Dictionaries. Viewed as a whole, we nre cor.fi tlcnt tluit no other living lanpuae has a dictionary which so fully and faithfuIU sets forth its present condition as this hist cditioa of Web ster does that of cur written :uid spoken Ea glith tongue. Harper's Magazine. These three books are the stun totul of great libraries : 1!ie Bible, Jh:iksp"are, and Webster's Royal Quarto. Chicago Journal. The IseR Webster is glorious it is per fect it distances and defies cornpetion--it leaves nothing to be desired. J. II. Iiay mond LIj.D., I'rex't. Vasnar College. The most useful anl remarkable compen dium of human knowledge in our language. W. II. Clark, President Mass. Agricultural Col lei) e. Webster's national pictorial dic tionary. 1040 Fflgc-s Octavo. 000 lingravinsjs. Price $G. The work Is really a gem of a Dictionary, just the thing for the million. American Educational Monthly. In many refcpects, this Dictionary is the most convenient ever published. ltochtsttr Democrat. A3 a manual of reference, it is cminently fitted for use in families and schools. A". Y. T'ibunt. It i.j altogether the 1 est treasury of words of its size which the English language has ever possessed. Hartford I re-si Published bv G. & C. field, Mass. ilERRIAM. Spring- May 6.t. P HOTOGRAPllIC Ho ! everr one that wants Pictures, Come ye to Ebensburg and get them ! Having located in Ebcnsbiirg, I would very respectfully inform the people that I am now luliy prepared to take PHOTOGRAPHS in every style of the art, from the smallest Card Picture up to Life Size. Pictures taken in any weather. "tissS Every attention given to tho taking of CHILDREN'S PICTURES. Photographs painted in Oil, India Ink, or Water Colors. Your attention is called to mv FRAMES KOtt LARGE PICTURES, and PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, also, Copying and enlarging done in the very best Ftyle of the hj.. I ask comparison, and defy competion. Thankful for past favors,. 1 solicit a rot.. ouoe otore in the rooms formerly occupied by Davis & Evans, oh Center street, Ebens burg, where he will carry on the business on an extensive scale. HE APY-MADE BOOTS and SHOES For sale at City Prices. BOOTS and SHOES made to order On shortest notice! BrThe public are invited to give me a call. I will sell cheap as the cheapest, ?nd warrant mv stock and make to give satisfac tion. faug!3 JOHN O. EVANS. N T E W T A I L O 11 SHOP! The subscriber lias removed hi 3 Tailor Shop into READE'S NEW BUILDING, on Center street, near Colonade Row, and re spectfully informs his old customers and all the rest of mankind that lie is now prepared to manufacture all kinds of GEATS AMD YOUTHS' WEARING AP T Alt EL, in the latest style of the art, with neat ness and dispatch, and at low rates. 3$" Persons neediug work in my line are respectfully iuvited to give me a call. D. J. EVANS. Ebensburg, Aug. 13, tf. TVSSOLUTTON. XJ Notice is hereby given that the part nership heretofore existing between E. Poyce h Co., in the lumber business, was mutually dissolved in January, 18C). Those having accounts with the firm will call and settle. E. BOYCK. & CO. Hemlock, April 2'J, 18G0-31. TIIOLESALE ASD1: CQXFECTIONERY! WEST EXD CAMBHIA Sor? EBENSBURG, FA. A. If. FALLEU, 'iVibf BARGAINS! The flubscriber desires to ca'l tbe of the citizens of Ebensburg aaj yv the trade generally, to his LARGE AND EXT ENS IV R gTOc tUMfcti I UN til Y ! embracing- every Tsriety of can.lies -tured, such as " " GUM DKOPS, STICK CANDIES, FANCY CANDIES, LOZENGES, dC, AC. together with an extensive stock (,' such as 11AISIXS, PBUNELLE?, CAIITOON PIGS, MALTA PATES, ou ui i VTS APPLES, &C. All of tho above goods will be gii.l GREAT BARGAINS ! SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS girer. to the trade, and a tra! satisfy any and all that my snu,is are" b-6t quality and at prices tbi; DEFT COMPETITION! Th attention of the public is U'-.v fact that in connection with tuj cv.Cv cry is n. rst-ciaa R US T A UR A XT! whre will be served r.t all Lw. OYSTEIIS, Me we J or fiiJ, HOT COFFEE, PIGS' FEET, TRIPE, SARDINES, DRIED BEEF, AC , &C. rilKSII FISH received EVERY Til IT.: CALL AND EXAMINE GOODS FORE GOING ELSEWIIER Jfr5? I hope by fair dealing nd str leuuon 10 Dusmess 10 merit ttit pst:, of the public. Jau. 7, ISO'9. A. II. F.U.L L. L. L A X G S T R O T H S PAT MOVABLE COMB BEE 11 IV 11 .. rrunuuiicfa iae Deft ever ret intr: in this county or tate. Any person a family right can have their Bees trnd ed from nu old box to a new- one. In instance in which this has Lrca doue t suit has been entirely satufaitorr, s first take of lionev has invariably ta-j penscs, and frequently exceeded tht of the superior merits of thi3 invent! be found in the tes-tituony of vcrv rrr.a has pivtn it a trial, and among 1 he n are the gentlemen named below, f. ad experience should induce every cccin:?: in Bees to BrY A FAMILY RIGHT! Henry C Kirknatrick. of Larru.I to' took 106 pounds of surplus boner f.va hives, which ht sold at 35 cents per r:-: Adam Deitrich, cf Carroll township, from two hives lCO pound? of surp.'u; L. James Kirkpatrick, of Chest towcii.i? CO pounds of surplus honey from orf i7 Jacob Kirkpatnck, of Chest town;!-? tained 72 pounds of surplus honty hive, worth not less than $21, and the: cost him only $5. Teter Campbell from one hive V.U.: pounds of surplus boney at one tlva?- J3y Quite a number of similar fu-' authenticated by some of the lift ri' Cambria county, could te obtairtd of th superior merits ol Langsux-u''' Movable Comb Bee Hive. Persons wishing to purchase fan:.'-1: should call on or address 11 i"TT n nil'P'"!' Xov. 25, 13C8-tf CarroIItows, . p. yy) YOU WANT A HAUiU'i tea 111 the. business portion of tovrn. ONE SMALL Eli IIuit,. Two stories high, 40x22 feet, eap:l!:'e' commodating two families. THREE ACHES OF GROL Upon which the foregoing descril'fJ are situate. The nronerty was former! v otvne " cupied by Barker & Litzingcr, w bo tjr: solved partnership. 1 - if.' . $1,300 for the entire property. $500 in hmd; tho balance iu I,rt.vu3:cr;f: session jriven the 1st of April, it -e;" ; F.ir r nrtb nlars. anl-lv t0 r" inar4tn LbcuA'-V j Is7 TEW CHEAP CASH ST' The subscriber would inform th' of Ebensburcr aud vicinity tim IC " stantly or. hand everything " J''nVrf.T GROCERY AND CONFECriC line, such as Flour, Tea, kinds of Crackers, Cheese, Chewing Tobacco, Cigars, " .,,, iJV; CANNED FEACIIFS A-I Aiso, liucKSl.m auu - , - 1 .1 11 I'll Vi- ;0-'' sold as Cheap if not cheaper , A full assortment 6J Ice Cream every jjOP- augi3 V " VIII S Irl1" -. AVE YOU Sl'V. 11 -THKALLKGl AN AVA TEB.MS, $2.00 PLIw
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers