Educational Department.
By It. BI'DIVITT
ESSAY,
Read by A. W. BENEDICT, Esq., before the Hun
tingdon County Teachers' Institute,
December 22., 1854 :
Subject—TxE LAW OF SUCCESS.
(CONCLUDED.)
The teacher must exercise an inflexible
will to love the school, the scholar, the book ;
and the hours of toil. No communings of
the soul, exhibits so plainly to the external
world its presence in the heart as love. The
poet said:
'Like the vase in which roses have on' e been
distilled,
You may break, you may ruin the vase if you
will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it
still."
With that all pervading love for the seve
ral objects of your care and auidance, and
the instruments of your labor, with a mani
fest pleasure for the hours you spend in a
never ending round of lessons and toil you
impress upon the tender tablet of the child's
heart a kindred love which assumes and as
serts its power ; and the wayward, the.
thoughtless, the stupid, the indolent and even
the mischievous and rebellious are carried
captive by the law of love.
Every where, and at all times you must
present unmistakeable evidence that you have
but one aim in all your study, toil and love,
and that aim, the present and future happi
ness, well being and prosperity of those you
love. I have said present, because I desire
here to urge the importance of making the
school room a pleasant and a happy place for
the teacher and the taught. What a griev
ious hindrance to success is the feeling, too
often prevalent in the school room, that the
hours of school are the hours of task "and
toil, irksome alike to pupil and teacher, en
dured by one as an eye-servant and a prison
er ; and by the other as an overseer and a
jailor. With such a presence in the school
room, oh how dull, how purposeless, and how
void of good are the study hours. But how
changed the scene and its results, when all is
cheerful joy and light hearted hope, and
warm and zealons love and pleasant, gay and
earnest zeal to make the present gladsome
and delightful, because it secures a future full
of fruitful and substantial good.
When the teacher shall have attained all
these ends, and when he shall have made
himself master of himself, of his books, and
pupils, he has used the means, and success
will wear her proudest chaplet for his crown.
Have I convinced you, that you are all di
rected to your destiny by imperative law ?
Have I made apparent the importance of obe
dience to those laws which secure progress
and prosperity I Have I showed you that
thus you are measurably the arbiters of that
destiny I Have I satisfied you that it is the
duty of every person who assumes the high
and honorable responsibility of a school teach
er, to adopt as the law of his life, the law of
success I If I have done all this, I have suc
ceeded beyond my most sanguine hopes. If
I have secured any one of these things, all
iny - labor is well requited. Whether I have,
or have not, I have endeavored to perform the
friendly office for my fellow laborers in the
cause of schools, which the wise man says,
iron will perform for iron. *To sharpen them
for the duties of life.
"There is a divinity which shapes our ends, -
Rough hew them as we muy."
And it is that rough hewing of lifer would
by the law of success, make a co-worker
with that divinity, so that our ends should
be sharpened to secure the largest measure of
complete success for the teacher, and pupil,
and 1 would convince the listless and care
less teacher that there is no "divinity" that
will command success to them, while they re
main careless and listless; and of the wilful
ly dull, the idle, the selfish, the ignorant and
the self-wise, whose pride of opinion spurns
the counsel and care of his companions in
the profession. I say their's is a hopeless
case, for there is a law which Marks them all
for a final expulsion from the school room.—
They will be known by their works, and they
cannot be allowed to mar l what they ha:Vo
not helped to make.
Know Nothing Reform
When the present Know Nothing Legisla
ture assembled we were informed that vari
ous and extensive reforms were digested for
the formal enactment of that e n lightened
body—reforms that would materially lessen
the expenses of government, and proportion
ately lighten the burtheus of the people.—
We apprehended this was all for buncombe,
nor have ,we _been disappointed. The first
act in the programme was the creation of
several new Gees, with an aggregate sala
ry of six or seven thousand dollars. The
next step was to increase the pay of the pa
triots who are there ,to do the work of legis
lation. After so moat "fuss and feathers"
about their regard for the cause of religion,
they wanted to signalize by one bold stroke
ofßolicy, having an eye to No. One in the
long run, and to prove they are not infidels,
by neglecting to look after their household of
faith, they made their office a - salaried one,
at $5OO apiece and mileage. Here is an in
crease 3f upwards of THIRTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS to - the expenses of the State annu
ally. the next move of these reformers is
the introduction of a bill to abolish the Board
of Canal Commissioners, and appoint a Su
perintendent of the Public Works, at a sala
ry nearly or quite equal to the amount recei
ved by the Board ; with .numerous satellites,
whose aggregate salaries will swell the ex
pense of their management to about double
or treble the present cost. These are the
only samples of reform with which we have
been favored by the intelligent patriots who
have stolen into place by scheming in mid
night cabal to cheat the people. It is reform,
too, with a vengeance, and a fair sample of
the geniuS and talent afforded by the wise
colons who now constitute the legislature of
Pennsylvania. It affords also the best com
mentary that can be given of their profes
sions. Such are among the first fruits of this
new "order.—H" such are the fruits of its in
fancy,• what may not be apprehinded if it
should be permitted to mature? The Gal
phins and Gardipers bid fair to be far out
stripped.in rascality and peculation, by the
new locusts that are now swarming our coun
try to eat out our substance, and rob us of
our heritage to enrich themselves.—Leteis
totem Democrat. •
' 11J- THE Harrisburg lietald of Saturday
says, the most strenuous effort have been
made this week for the pardon of Dr. Beale.
After a full hearing of the case Governor
Pollock positively refused to grata a pardon.
From the Clearfield Republican, Feb. 528
talLfja2Mtali!Mafj
The following communication from a high
ly respectable citizen of this county, is pub
lished at the request of the author. The state
ment is voluntarily made, and we hope will
put to rest the doubts heretofore existing in
some minds as to whether-this secret organi
zation were bound together by oaths. All
who are acquainted with THOMAS MAnas.-
FEY, Esq., in this county, will bear testimo
ny to his high moral Worth as a citizen. It
will be useless for the members of the order,
longer to deny its obligations, or attempt to
screen themselves from reproach ! This ex
posure fastens upon them two things; first
that they have let themselves down to a icy
el with membership in it, and secondly that
they have falsified the truth when they cleni
eri it. Let it pass round. Read it, we say,
and then if any man can be found mean
enough to advocate such an order in a free
country, and under a Republican form of
Government, let him speak- He will de
serve credit for his bravery, if not for good
sense. Think, however, while reading,
what kind of men they must be, who will
suffer' themselves to be bound by, and adhere
to such obligations.
Who will deny the truthfulness of the fol
lowing statement Is not the word of an
honest riian sufficient ? Other political par
ties, we have no doubt, will be satisfied with
it—churches will be satisfied with it ; every
association except that of the Know. Nothings
alone, will be satisfied .with it. We submit
the statement without further comment, how
ever, assuring our readers that the position
and character of the author entitles him to
respect and confidence.
A CARD
Burnside Tp. Feb.'2l, 1855
MESSRS. MOORE & WILSON : Gentlemen,
I must ask the liberty to appear before the
public, for the first time in my life, in the
colums of a newspaper. To vindicate my
own character, and to expose the corruption
of a secret oath-bound political combination
in our midst is my only object. I have all
my life endeavored to keep my obligations
with my fellow man, and intend to do so in
future, whenever sound morality binds me
sotto do. I r=gret, that duty to my conscience
and my country, compel me thus publicly to
renounce an obligation taken without know
ing: its extent or its character. I mean the
obligation imposed upon the members of the
order of the "Star Spangled BaiZner" as it has
been recently called, but more remiliary
known as the order of "Know-Nothings.P—
I became a member of the order previous to
the last election, and took the two first de
grees. The order to which I belonged was
called the "New Washington Council," No.
261, and held its meetings in the town of
New Washington, Burnside township, Clear
field county, Pa. The meetings were al
ways held after night in a secieemanner, in
'some out-house or uninhabited building with
the windows darkened. and made secure from
observation. One of their meetings was
called in my wagon-shed, being able to find
no better place where the Council could meet
without fear of detection, The instruction
to the members, was, always to approach the
place of meeting alone ; and to leave in the
Isame manner for fear of exciting suspicion.
I must here confess that I always felt a de
'
I gree of meanness in goitig : to and returnin g from those places, that I had never before
felt , and the more I knew and learned of their
secret organization, and their movements,
the more I became convinced that no honest,
upright, conscientious, man could, without
ereat violence to his feelings, and an entire
surrender of all self-respect, and dignity of
character, continue-in their ranks. I had al
ways before felt the proud conciousness of
lbeing an hbuest man and a freeman. I had
'lever known what it was to shrink from the
I gaze of any man or set of men.. I had al
ways felt, and fee/ now, that it is a high
priz
ileoe for a "freeman to express his thoughts,"
on all occasions and upon all subjects. I
,
have been taught to believe that an "honest
man is the noblest work of - God," and my
highest ambition through life has been to oc
cupy among my fellow men that exalted po
i sition. I soon found however,' that I had
been decoyed inio a Secret scciety, that clai
fried from me a very tlifferelti character. A
Isociety that not only askedme voluntarily to
falsify the truth, and to act the knave, but
actually imposed upon mean' oath in advance
by which I was bound to lie at their bidding.
Having without proper reflection assumed
these oaths, and become a member I conclu
dedlor a while to remain with them and
learn what I could of them. I have now left
them and forever ! I shall no more meet in
their secret midnight conclaves, and no lon
ger hear their impious oaths administered.—
I rejoice to feel that lan again a freeman -!
Those whose conscience will allow them to
remain in their ranks can do so. Doubtless
ere this I have been expelled from their
Cannel!, for my denunciation of the order,
and if so our obligations are dissolved by
"mutual con sen t."
The question here arises in my own mind
—have I done my whole duty in merely free
ing myself from their unhallowed influences?
Do I aptt owe it as-a duty to my fellow men
to exffse this combination, and to warn them
against what I conceived to be the most (lan.;
gerous political movement that has ever ex
isted in this country. I know there are those
who will think and say, -that I am violating
a high obligation if I attempt to expose the
doings of these midnight orgies, but I shall
content myself with the belief that they are
not those for whose opinions I have much re
gard. I have thought long and anxiously on
this subject. My conscience approves the
course. If the judgement of the public is
rendered in my favor I shall-feel glad; if not,
I shall- be supported by the purity of my own
motives. I firmly- believe the oaths admin
istered to be immoral in their tendency,and
corrupt in' their influences. Having sworn
to become dishonest and to practice falshood,
am I bound to keep that oath? Having
sworn, if needs be,_ to perjure myself in a
Court of Justice, will the Almighty hold me
lesponsible for the violation of such an obli
gation. Believing as I do, that my duty,
both to my God and my country demand at
my hands a full renunciation of all such ob
ligations, can I hesitate? Certainly not?—
Every impulse of my heart approves the
course I have adapted, and my friends will
allow me alorr:e to be responsible for the con
sequences. I shall settle that account be
fore a tribunal far above the reach of Know-
Nothingism, and before which neither their
favors nor frowns can effect me. One thing
know, I should not be alone if others were
not afraid to go with me. There are hun
dreds in their ranks, whose outraged feel
ings dictate the same course; and who if
they can summon to their aid sufficient mor
al conrage will soon follow in my footsteps.
I shall therefore proceed to unmask the mon-
I
ster and expose its iniquities to the public gaze.
The organization of the secret society to
which I allude, is after the following form.—
In the beginning it was called a society of
"Know-Nothings," and I may be allowed_ to
say the name was peculiarly appropriate.—
So soon, however, as that name became gen
erally known, they changed it for another,
and then another, until during the short pe
riod of their existence they have been known
by several appellations, the last" of which
known to me was the "Sons of the Star Span
gled Banner." There is a "Grand Council"
for the United States, the President of which
has a superintendence and control over all
the "Councils" in the U. States. There is a
subordinate "Grand Council" for each State,
with a President who controls the "Councils"
in the different counties of the State. The
"Grand Council" for Pa. is in Phila.. and the
President thereof appoints an "Instructor"
for each county in the State, who has charge
of the "Councils" in elle different townships
in the county- The "Instructor" for the
county is sole dictator and settles all cites
tions wising in the "Councils." He orders
when their meetings shall be held for making
political nominations, and if the ribminations
do nct please him, Le may order mother to be I,
held, and so on until they are satisfactory.—;
I-le also appoints for each "Council," a "Dep
uty Instructor,'' who acts fog him and under
his advice and directions. Each "Council".
is bound in everything to the strictets obe
dience to its superior. This arrangement
first alarmed rne. I joined the order, because
I had been induced to fear the power of the
"Pope." But when I learned that the Pres
ident of the "Grand Council" had more pow
er than is even attributed to the Pope of
Rome, that he was constituted for the purpose,
and willing to'use his power to further the
designs of the basest political clemastogueism,_
I could not close my eyes to the &lA, that he
was a more dangerous enemy to the civil in
stitutions of our country than I had before
thought the Pope. I fear now that my worst
apprehensions will be realized. H. Bucrnta
Swoops:, ofehe Borough of Clearfield, is the
"Instructor" for Clearfield county, and di
rects the movements of all the "Councils„ in
it. He is understood to be among the first
members of the order in the county. In
Burnside township there is thiee,"Councils,"
one held at New Washington, one near Pat
chins, eand one called the "Crooked Run
Council." Dn. LIKES M. BUNN is the "Dep
uty Instructor," ander Swoope, for the New
Washington council, and those who know
that individual best, can judge of the charac
ter of the instruction he would be likely to
impart. I am sure they will not charge him
with much moral instruction or many long
prayers. In a recent instance in our town
ship after a regular nomination had been
made and ratified by a vote of the Councils
for township officers, these instructors, H.
Bucher Swoope and Dr. Bunn ("a pretty
pair,") orderes anew nomination to be made,
and the Councils as in duty bound had to
obey. How humiliating :o the old inhabi
tants of the county, who were "pioneers" in
its es rly settlement, and who have had a
voice heretofore in its political welfare, to be
obliged to bow before the dictation oPone
who has not resided two years in the county.
Let those 'who are opposeil to "Foreign influ
ence," condemn at the 'same time this kind
of "foreign interference" and- T am with -
I them. No matter how, great a profligate, or
i how corrupt the man may be ; the "Council"
must yield implicit obedieuce to their -"ln
structor.' He may be a gambler, a drunkerd,
a blasphemer of religion, and fresh from the
Iscourges earned by his infamy, and yet, the
By-Laws of this secret-oath-bound society
require better men to surrender, not only
their own judgement, but their sense of right
and wrong to blindly follow such - a leader.—
Such is Know-Nothingism, and such its vota
ries know it to be.
The meetings so far as I attended them
were generally occupied in initiating mem
bers. They have no object as far as I can
learn, but that of controlling the politics of
the country, and grasping the offices. The
President for each Council; calls the meetings
together by a written notice unintelligiable to
any except the initiated. He takes the chair
and presides during the evening. The gen
eral topic of discussion in the Council, before
the election last fall was how to best decoy
the Demoerais into their ranks, and generally
how to augnient their' forces, and gain the ag
eendancy. Their hope is to ride into power,
on the popular prejudice against the Roman
Catholic church, and indeed they ate making
rapid strides towards effecting their object.
I -could go with them "in an honest effort
against any political poWer attempted on the
part of that church, and with_ that object in
viva , many joined their ranks. But when I
saw that bad men of
. all parties had joined
them, and were willing to prostitute the asso
ciation,
to the basest political purposes to ob
tain power, I could no longersee any hope of
accomplishing the original object. They are
no kv composed very largely of the ignorant,
who are to be pitied—the bigotted sectarian,
who is more designing than foolish ; the bro
ken down and disappointed politicians of both
parties ; the demagogues who love spoils
more than party, and who fancy they can see
a glimmer of hope ahead ; a part of the cler
gy in some of the Protestant churches, who
are longing for power, and who early with
them more or less of their members ; the
floating population of the country ; with no
fixed principles either moral or political, usu
ally denominated "majority men," ormen
who vote on the strong side if they can
find it. If these classes of men combin
ed have the numerical strength they will suc
ceed. The order hopes to be able in 1856 to
hold in their hands sufficient power to secure
the election of a KnoW-Nothing President,
and by obtaining the reins of governinerit to
perpetuate their power.. A desperate effort
will be made ; perhaps such a one as this
country never witnessed. In my opinion if
virtue, intelligence and hon`e.sly of purpose is
in the ascendancy in this country they will
be defeated, if not they may triumph. For
my own part I have heretofore been a whig,
and have always' gloried in the triumph of
whig principles, but even to accomplish that
object the sacrifice is too great.
The following is a copy of the oaths, and
examination which every member must un
dergo, and subscribe to before becoming a
member, as nearly as I can recollect. That
they are substantially, true, I pledge myself
to prove in a court of justice if the opportu
nity be afforded me. They are contained in
a book, one copy of which is furnished to
! each Council. The ' , lnstructor" has posses
sion of it, and administers the oath from it,
but the members are not allowed to have it.
I suppose for the same reason that Roman
Catholic Priests refuse to let their members
! read the bible, because they are too ignorant
to read and understand it. I thought it
strange that they as an order Should adopt a
course they so much disapproved in others.
The candidate is first proposed, by a. mem
ber of the Order, to the Council without his
knowledge. Three negative votes black balls
him. If elected he is secretely requested to
present himself in the anti-room of the Coun
cil, when an officer appears from within and
administers to him the following oath :
I—, do solemnly swear upon this sacred
volume (or - cross) before Almighty God and
these witnesses, that I will not divulge any
question proposed to me here, whether I be
come a member of the Order or not, and that
I will never under any circumstances what
ever, mention the name of any'Verson I may
see present during any of the proceedings, or
that I know such an Order td be in existence
and that I will give a true answer to any
question asked of me, so help me God.
Which being taken by the candidate, the
officer proceeds to propound the following in
terrogations, before reporting to the Council
his fitness for initiation :
1. What is your name ? , 2. What is your
age ? 3. Where is your residence ? 4. In
your religious belief are you a Roman Cath
olic 5. Where were you born? 6, Where
were your parents horn ? 7. Is your wife a
Roman Catholic? 8. Did either of your an
cestors take part in the American Revolution?
9. Are you willing. to use all the influence
you possess in favor of Native born American
citizens, for all offices of honor, trust, or pro
fit in the gift of the people ; and do you pro
mise to vote for them to the exclusion of all
aliens and foreigners, and Roman Catholics
in particular,for all State or , .Government of
fices? 10. Who invited you to be present on
this occasion I
If the candidate's answers are satisfactory
to these questions, he is taken in the Council
by two officers, led up to the President of the
Council, who administers the following oath
in the first degree :
"1 —, voluntarily and freely do solemn
ly promise and swear before Almighty God
and these witnesses around me assembled,
that I will not under any circumstances what
ever divulge or make known to any person
or persons, either directly or indirectly, or to
any human being other than those I shall
know to be good and true members of this
Order, the- name, secrets, mysteriei, or ob
jects of the same, or cause or allow the same
to be done by others, if within my power to
prevent the same. Binding myself under the
no less penalty than that of beingextommu
nicated from the order, and having my name
posted and circulated throughout the different
Councils of the Order, as a traitor and perju
rer to both my God and country, and as being
unworthy to be employed, entrusted, counte
nanced, or supported in any business trans
action whatever, and as a person totally un
worthy of the confidence of, all good men ;
and one at whom the finger of scorn shall ev
er be pointed. 1 furthermore promise that if
I should hereafter be expelled from, or volun
tarily leave this Order, I will consider this ob
ligation as binding out of it as in it. All of
which foregoing I voluntarily and freely sub
scribe to, so help me God l'7
The President then addresses the new mem
bers as follows :
"My Brothers—The Order which has now
received you_ as members, may with all pro
priety-be considered a secret organization.—
It is so secret in fact, that if you were placed
before a legal tribunal, and there sworn to tell
the truth ; the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth, yOu could not for your lives reveal
the name of that band of brothers among
whom your name now stands enrolled : and
further than this, when you retire from this
meeting, you will return to your lamiiy and
friends as ignorant as when you came, so far
as the name of this order is concerned.
"In common with ourselves you "Know
Nothing," and let it be your stern resolve
through life, to "Know Nothing" that will at
all conflict with the high and exalted duties
you owe to your God, your country and your
selves, so far as regards the preservation of
American liberty, which alone can be seemed
to ourselves and our children by the entire
and absolute exclusion of all foreign influ
ence in those matters which appertain to our
government policy."
After the delivery of this address, the can
didate is referred to the Instructor, who tea
ches him the signs 'and grips and in what
manner to obtain entrance into the Council.
He is then Master of the first Degree, and
signs his name to the register, after which
the following oath . is taken : •
1, do solemnly promise and swear be
fore Almighty God, and these witnesses, that
I will not under any circumstances, divulge
or make known the name of this Order, or
its objects, to any person or persons in the
world, unless to those 'whom I may know to
belong to this Order, in good and regular
standing.
"And I furthermore promise and swear that
I will neither write, print, paint, cut, carve,
engrave, embross, stamp, stain, or mark any
secrets of this order on anything moveable or
immovable on the eat th.or the sea, whereby
said secrets, or any part thereof, the name of
the Order, its operations, the names of its of
ficers, or the names of its members or its pla
ces of .nieeting, may become known to those
who have not received the'first and second
degrees of this Order in due form ; nor will 1
cause or permit the same to be done, if with
in my power to. 'Prevent the same.
"And I furthermore promise and swear that
I will always conform to the will of the 'ma
jority. of the members of this order, in the
selection of candidates to fill every office of
honor, profit or trust, within Ilia gift of the
people ; provided such candidates hall have
been born on American soil, and shall' have
been educated in American institutions, and
that I will use all the influence I may possess
to elect all such candidates i,vhom I may know
to be opposed to all foreign influence, Pope
ry, Jesuitism, and Catholicism, without any
hesitation on my part whatever. And I fur
thermore promise and swear that I will strict
ly con form to and abide by the oath I have
now taken, and that I. will pay strict obedi
ence to the constitution, laws, rules, ritual
and edicts of the honorable Grand Council of
this Order, of - the State of Pennsylvania, and
to the by laws of the Council No. 261, to
which I.now belong, or to those of any other
Grand Subordinate Council from which 1 may
hereafter hail, binding , myself under the no
less penalties than are attached or belong to
those who violate the oath of the first de
gree of this Order. All the foregoing I vol
untarily and freely subscribe to of my own
free will and accord, so help me God."
I have thus given the forms as far as the'
second degree. I never went further. It
will be a matter of regret all my life that I
ever went so far as I did. I have now, how
ever, done all I can to atone for it.
I may add before closing this communica
tion that the exposure published in the Pebn
splvanian last summer, is substantially cor
rect, and was so considered at that time in
the Council. I was then a member, and
heard it discussed.
Yours Respectfully,
THOMAS MAHAFFEY
Petition for License
TO the Honorable the Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas of Huntingdon county, now hol
ding and composing a Court ofQuartcr Sessions
of the Peace, at April Term, 1855. The peti
tion ofJames Chamberlain, of Warriorsmark
township, in said county, respectfully sheweth
that the occupies and still Continties to keep
that well known tavern house in the said village
of Warriorsmark, which has heretofore been
used and occupied by him as a public house of
entertainment, and is desirous of continuing to
keep a public house therein; he therefore prays
your Honors to grant him a license to keep a
public house at the place aforesaid for the en
suing year, and he wiq ever pray.
inh 6, '55. JAMES CHAMBERLAIN.
The subscribers citizens of the township of
Warriorsniark, in the county of Huntingdon
would respectfully recommend the above peti
tioner, and certify that the irn or tavern above
mentioned is necessary to accommodate the
public and entertain strangers and travellers,
and that the petitioner above named is of good
repute for honesty and temperance rind well pro.
vided with house room and conveniences for the
lodging and - accommodation of strangers and
travellers.
Jacob Wyant, Samuel Culp, D. B. Money,
Wrn. Thompson, Lewis Edmondson, Isaac
Thompson, Sam'l. Shank, Joseph Bransteter,
P. L. Sacket, H. K. Neff, Martain Itinger,
John Shank, William Wray.
Petition for License.
TO the Honorable the Judges. of the Court
of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, lhr the
county of Huntingdon. The petition ofiames
Fleming respectflilly showeth : That your pe
titioner occupies that %yell known tavern House
in 111 . :12101* Hill, Barre(' township, on the public
road leading from Petersburg to Lewistown,
which has heretofore been used and occupied as
a public house of cnterta in ment for several years
last past, and is desirous of continuing to keep
a public house therein, he therefore prays your
Honors to grant him a license to keep a public
house at thc place aforesaid for the ensuing
year, and he will pray &c,
JAMES FLEMING.
March 7th, 1855. .
We the subsCribers, citizens of Barree town
ship, in the county of Iluntingdon, recommend
the above petitioner, and certify that the inn
or tavern above mentioned is necessary to ac
commodate the public and entertain strangers
and travellers, and the petitioner above named is
of good repute for honesty and temperance and
is well provided with house room and conve.
niencies_fbr the accommodation of strangers and
travellers,
Richard Brindle, John Greenwalt, Jacob
Harman, Reuben Duff,vJohp Conner, James
Carmont, John Harper, James McMonigle,
Moses Robison, John Hirst, Joseph Gilliland,
James McGregor, John' Houck.
Petition for License.
TO the Honorable the Judges of the Court of
Quarter Sessions of Huntingdon County. The
petition of GratTius Miller respectfully show
eth That your petitioner ocunpies that old
and well known brick Tavern House, near the
Railroad depot in the borough of Huntingdon,
known as the Exchange Hotel, heretofore used
as s public house of entertainment and is desi
rous of continuing to keep a public house there
in. He therefore prays your Honors to grant
him a license to keep 'a public house at the place
aforesaid for the ensuing year, and he will ever
Pray &c,
March 7th, 1855.
The subscribers, citizens of the borough of
Huntingdon recommend the above petioner,and
certify that the inn or-tavern above mentioned,
is necessary to accommodate the public and
entertain ztnngers and travellers ; and that the
petitioner above nazncd is of good repute for
honesty and temperance, and is well provided
with honse room and conveniences for the lodo - -
ing and accommodation of strangers and trav
ellers.
Geo. Gwin, William A. Saxton, B. E. Mc-
Mtirtrie, 'Thos. Adams, John H. Africa, C. A.
Newingham, , Wm. :me wart, A. 13. Cretvit,
R. C. McGill, S. S2Wharton, A. P. Wilson,
Geo. M. Barr, J. S. Stewart, Robt. Kyle.
Petition fox• License
TO the Honorable the Judges of the Court
of Quarter Sessions ofthe Peace in and for the
county of Huntingdon, April Session 1855.
The petition of Christian Cools of the borough
of Huntingdon, iw the county - of Huntingdon,
respectfully slimed), that be still continues to
to occupy the house well known as the. Frank
lin house, and for many years kept as a public
house, in Market square, in said borough; and
that he is desirous of keeping a public house
in the same for the accommodation of strangers
:and travellers—end that he is provided with
house room, stabling and the necessary accom
modations for keeping a house of public enter
tainment at said stand. He therefore prays
your Honors to grant him a license to continue
to keep a house of public entertainment at. the
said place for the current ensuing year, and, as
in - duty bound will ever pray, &c
March 7th, 1855.
We the undersigned, citizens of the borough
of Huntingdon, do hereby certify that the
above named pctioner, Christian Cents,_ ia a
man of good repute for honesty and temperance,
and is well provided with house room snd con
veniences for the accommodation of strangers
anal travellers, and that the inn or tavern pro
posed to be kept is necessary to accommodate
the public and entertain strangers and travel.
lers,
Geo. Gwin, William A. Saxton," Michael
Fetterhoff, Enos H. Kulp, Jacob Snyder,
Thos. Adams. A. B. Crewit, Edm. Snare, T.
K. Simonton, A. Carmon, Lewis Meredith,
A. L. Smith, Robert Stitt.
'Petition for License
TO the Honorable Court of Quarter Sessions
of Huntingdon county, Penna. The petition of
R. P. Hastett, of
,Spruce Crock, Morris town
ship, in said county, respectfully represents;--
That lie is well provided with house room and
conveniences for the lodging and accommoda
tion of strangers and travellers, at the house
now occupied by him as an inn or tavern, in
said township ; he therefore prays the Honora
ble Court to grant hint a license for keeping a
public inn or tavern, and he, as in duty bound,
will &c. R. P. HASLETT.
March. 7, - 1855.
We the subscribers, citizens - of Morris town.
ship; in which the above mentioned inn or Lev
ern prayed to be licenced, is proposed to be
kept, do certify that R. F. flaslett, the above
applicant, is of good repute for honesty and tem
perance, and is- well provided with house room
and conveniences for the lodging and accommo
dation of strangers and travellers, and that such
inn or tavern is necessary to accommodate the
public and entertain strangers and travellers,
R. Kinkead, Edward Belgic:, William Haws,
Henry Black, Samuel Harnish, John Davis,
Job Plympton, Wm. Cromwell, Robert Tus
sey, Casper Waight, Adam Bryan, Benjamin
Sprank le.
In the counties of Sonor6. and San
Francisco, Cal., five hundred murders have
been committed in the last five years and on
ly three murderers have been hung under ju
dicial sentences..
ct.AFFIUS MILLER.
C. COUTS
Petition for License
TO the Honorable the Judges of the Court
of Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the
county of Huntingdon at April-Term, A. D.
1855. The petition of John P. May respect.
fully showeth : That your petitioner having
leased that well known Tavern stand, situated
in the township of West, and county aforesaid,
on the great road leading from Petersburg to
Bellefonte in Centre county, known as the Green
Tree Hotel, formerly kept by James McMurtrie,
deed, is desirous of keeping a house of enter.
tainrnent for the accommodation of strangers
and travellers, that he is well provided with
conveniences necessary for the• accommodation
ofstranlzers and travellers as aforesaid, he there
fore prays your Honors to grant him a license
to krel a tavetn or inn as aforesaid, and your
petitioner will ever pray, &c. •
JOHN P. MAY.
We the, subscribers do certify that Sohn P.
May, the above • named applicant, is a man of
good repute for honesty and temperance and
that he is well provided with house room and
other conveniences for the lodging and accent,
modation of strangers and travellers gonerally;
also that the above public house or inn prayed
for is necessary ler the accommodation of the
public and strangers and_ travellers, and we
therefore recommend to your Honors to grant
him a license agreeable to his petition.
Robert INlTraeken, John Huyett, David
Ramsey, William White, John Henry, James
Myton, jr., John Hurst, John Henry, jr., J.
M. Oaks, John Eberle, Jacob Eberle, John
Henderson, Thomas Newell. [mh 6 755.*
Petition for License
TO the Honorable the Judges of the Court of
Common. Pleas of Huntingdon county at April
Tenn 1535. Your petitioner George Randolph
having rented that well known tavern stand in
the village of Sanlshurg, Barree township, slim,
atc on the great leading road from Lewistown
to Petersburg, now occupied by John G. Stew.
art. Time petition-of George Randolph respect
fully represents that he ,is well provided with
house room and conveniences fin. the lodging
and accommodation of strangers and travellerA,
he therefore prays your Honprs to grant r him
a license for keeping aa, public in 3 or tavern and
he will ever pray.
mh 'ssr GEORGE RANDOLPH.
We the undersigned subscribers, citizens of
Barree township, in which the above mentioned
in or tavern is prayed for to be licensed, do cer
tify that George Randolph, the above applicant,
is of good refilite for honesty and temperance
and is well provided with house roorn - aml con
veniences lbr the lodging and accommodation
of strangers and travellers, and that said inn or
tavern is necessary to accommodate the public
and entertain strangers and travellers.
Samuel Coen, Thomas Stewart, Jas. Car
mrwt, John Houck, John - Harper, Reuben
Duff, Jo1:n Corven, Joseph Forreste, John G.
Stewart, Richard Brindle, James Fleming,
R. J Massey, John Peightal, Peter Living
ston.
Petition for License-
TO the Honorable the judges of the Court of
Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the county of
Huntingdon : the petition of John Montgomery
respectfully sheweth that he has purchased the
well known stand known as the JackstOwn Ho
tel, and is desirous of continuing to keep a pub
lic house therein, lie therefore prays your Ho
nors to grant him a license to keep a public
house at the place aforesaid for the ensuing year
and he 1,611 ever pray, &c.
- -JOHN MONTGOMERY
We the subscibers, citizens of Brady town
ship in the county of _Huntingdon, recommend
the above petitioner and do certify that the inn
or thvern above mentioned is necessary to ac
commodate t he public and entertain strangers
and travellers, and the petitioner above named
is of good repute for honesty and temperance,
and is well provided with house room and con
wniences for the lodging and accommodation
o 1 strangers and travellers.
Andrew Wise, John Vandevander, Adam
Warfel, Philip Holler, Samuel Sharer, Fran
cis Holler, Daniel Gray, James Simpson, J.
K. Hanipson, James 141.'Donald, John M'-
Donald, James A. Simpson, Samuel G. Simp
son, Richard Meredith, Jesse Yocum.
l'eb. 6, 1855.
Petition for Licerise
TO the Hon. theJudges'of the Court of Quar
ter Sessions of the Peace for the county of Hun
tingdon: The petition - of Ezekiel Sc. Nathan
White, respectfully showeth : That your peti
tioners occupy a commodious house, situate in
the town of Coalmont, in the
s township of Tod,
which is well calculated for a public home of
entertainment, and from its neighborhood and
situation is suitable as well as necessary for
the accommodation of the public, and the en
tertainment of strangers and travellers. That
they arc well provided with stabling for horses,
and all epnveniences necessary for the enter
tainment of strangers and travellers; they there
fore, respectfully pray the Court to grant them
a license to keep an inn or public house of en.
tertainment there : and your petitioners will
ever pray &c
Coalmont, February 28, A. D. 1855.
We, the undersigned, citizens of the town.
ship or 'Pod aforesaid, being personally acquain
ted
.with Ezekiel & Nathan • White, the above
named petitioners, and also haling a knowledge
of the house for which the license is prayed do
hereby certify that such house is necessary to
accommodate the public, and entertain stran
gers and travellers ; that they are persona ... MC
good repute• for honesty and temperance, and
that they are well provided with house room and
conveniences foi the lodging and accommoda
tion of strangers and travellers. We therefore
beg leave to recommend them for a license,
agreeably with their petition.
Andrew Donclsbn, Samuel G. Miller, James
S. Reed, David Fluck, James P. Reed,,Josepli•
Barnet; Jesse Cook, Thomas George Hor
ton, William Carr, John W. Whitt!, Enoch Simi:,
Levi Evans, Samuel B. Donelson.
Petition for License'
TO the Honor:Ale the Judges of the Court of
Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the County of
Huntingdon : The petition of McDonald Stew.
art respectfully showeth : That your petitioner
occupies that well known tavern house at Mc.
Alevy's fort, in Jackson township, on the7pub
lic road leading from Petersburg to Lewistown,
which has heretofore been used and occupied as
a public house of entertainment for severalyea.rs
last past, and is desirous of continuing to keep
a public 'house therein. He therefore prays
your Honors to grant him a yiecnsc to keep a
public house at the place aforesaid fot the en.
suing year, and he will pray &e.
INI'DONA LI) STEWART.
Wo, the subscribers, citizens of Jackson town.
ship, in the county of Huntingdon, recommend
the above petitioner and certify that the inn or
tavern above mentioned is necesary to accom.
niodate the public and entertain strangers and
travellers, and the petitioner above named is of
good repute fur honesty and temperance, and is
well provided with house room and convenien.
ecs for theh:olging and accommodation of stran
gers and travellers.
W. G. Bigelow, William Mitchell, Thomas
Ozhurn, John Irvin, Samuel. McCord, Samuel
Powell, Samuel Mitchell, Solomon Hainer , Wil
liam Talley, Henry Selfridge, J. J. Otlurn,
Thomas Huston.
reb. 28, 1855.'
EZEKIEL WHITE,
NATHAN WHITE.