lirty lenrs, and hence upon protection is
loumled her manufacturing supremacy.
Yet her emissaries come to this country,
and for minister purposes, extol " free
trade," epeak seoffingly of "protection,"
and endeavor to persuade our peopla to
telifcve and adopt the absurd theory
' taiiffii hinder the development of in
dustry and the growth of j
The great Republican
CcßvetJSoJ) which nominated Abraham ,
Lincoln, in Chicnjo, in 19(31), tis if pre |
paring for the very war which most of j
our statesmen were al that period atixious
to postpone,adopted a resolution, "which," j
to use the language oi an cminout'Pciin
nvlvanian. "declared that the produce of
the farm ihoaid no longer be compelled
iu remain inert aud latiinpt interest while j
waiting demand in distant markets; that
the capital which J lily took the form of
labor power should no longer bo allowed
togo to waste ; that the fuel which un.
denied our soil should no longer there re
main to be a mere support for foreign
i ails j that ths po*sr which lay th n pet
>ifleJ in the form of coal sh >uld cvoy
■where be brought to aid the human arm ;
that our vast deposits of iron ore should
be made to take the form of engines and
ether machinery, to be used as substi'utes
for mere muscular force ; and that all our,
wonderful resources, material und moral,
must and should he at once developed,
tjueh was the intent and meaning of the
brief resolution theu and there adopted,
to be at the earliest practicable moment
ratified by Congress, as proved to bo the j
pase wheu Jhe Morrill tariff, on the mem
orable 2d of March, 1801, was made the
law of the land. To that law aided as
it was by the admirable action of tho
Treasury in supplying of cir
culation, wo Bland BOW indebted for the
fact that we have, in the short space of
five years, produced more food, built
more houses and mills, opened more
mine*, constructed more roads than ever
and so greatly added to the wealth
of the country, that the property of the
loyal States would this day exchange for
twice the quantity of gold that could
tire years since have been obtained for all
the real and peisonil property, southern
ohattels excepted, of the whole of the
States and territories of which the Union
tt&nds composed."
If tho principle of protection proved to
be su?h a talisman in tha time of war,
ehail we reject it iu time of peace 112 If
un answer wore nee led to this question,
reference could be hud to the repeated
concessions to this principle by the recent
free-traders of the South. Hoareely one
of the ambitious men who led their uu—
foitunate people into rebellion, but now
freely admits that if the South had nian>
ufaetured their own fabrics, on their own
plantations, and cultivated fki'ded labor
iu their great cities, they would have been
able to prolopg their conflict with the
government; and.pow to enjoy substan
tial, instead of artificial prosperity, they
must invoke the very agencies they had
»o long and so fatally disregarded. Words j
need not be multiplied upon this import- |
ant theme, cither to make my own posi* ;
tion stronger, or to impress upon the pco
plo the value of adhering to a system
which has proved itself worthy of our
continued support, and of the imitation
of its former oppotieuts.
FINANCES
The exhibit of tho finanoes of the Com
monwealth. as presenved in the late an
nual message of my predecessor, and tlie
report of the State Treasurer, is eerta-n
ly very gratifying; and the flittering
prospect of the speedy extirgui hi e it of
the debt which La* bceu hanging, for so i
many years, like a dark oloud over the ;
prospects of our combined with the
nope that a reasonable red.c ion will be
made in our habitual annual expendi- ;
tures, will cheer the people onward in
tho pathway of duty.
Among the most delicate and import
ant obligations required of thos: iu offi
«nal positions, is a strict and faithful
management of the public revenues and
expenditures of the Commonwealth. —
Taxation should be applied where its bur
dens may be lea.°t felt, and where it is
most just that it should be borne. Kvery |
resource should be carefully husbanded, i
and tho Btrietest economy practised, so
that the credit of tho State shall be •
maintained ou a firm and enduring basis,
and the debt surely and steadily dimin
ished, until its final extinguishment.—
Unnecessary delay iu this would, in my
opinion, be incompatible with oar true in
teroats.
That these expectation? are capable of
speedy and certain consummation, has
ulready becu demonstrated. The public
improvements, the cause of our heavy
debt, which seemed to be an incubus upon
the prosperity of the State, so long as
tb.ey were managed by her agonts, have
beta sold ; the tax on real estate has been
abolished, ind considerable reductions
have already been made on the State debt.
This importaut branch of the adminis
tration shall receive my constaut and zeal
cu. attention.
EXECUTION OF THF LAWS
The general and essential principles of
law and liberty,, dcclarod iu the Consti
tution of Pennsylvania, shall be watch
fully guarded. It will be niv highest
nmbitiou to administer tho government
in the tiue spirit of that instrument.—
Care shall be taken ' that the laws be
faithfully executed," and (he decisions of 1
the courts respected and enforced, if with
in their authorized jurisdiction- In- j
fiueaccd only by considerations for the
public welfare, it id my impe'ative duty
to see that justice bo impartially admin
istered. Thai merciful provision, thenar
donxng pourer , conferred upon tho Exec
utive doubtlessly for correcting only the
errors of criminal jurisprudence, and so
curing justice, shall not be perverted to
the indiscriminate protection of those
who may l>e justly sentenced to bear
penalties for infractions of tbe laws made
for the security and protection of society.
Those "cruelly" or ' excessively" punish
ed, or erroneously convicted, are alone
entitled to it,s beneficent protect ; on. and
only such should expect its exercise in
their behalf-
Whenever the people deem it expedi
ent or necessary, from actual experience,
to alter the 1 iws, or to amend the Consti
tution, it is, their uudoabt-.'d right tj do
fo, according to the mode prescribed with
in itself. 1 here rep 'at, what I have said
elsewhere, that "so long as the people
feel that the power to alter or change tbe j
character of the governmoat abides iu i
them, eo long will they be iinpressol
with a sense of security and uf dignity |
which must ever spring from the eon- '
sciousuess tint they hold within their
own hands a remedy for evefy pi litlcal
evil, a corrective for every governmental
j abuse and usurpation."
THE NATIONAL BtfI'ATION
j \\*e arc confessedly in a transition {
.j state. It is maiveloui how prejudice has j
i perished in the furnace uf war, and how,
I from tho veiy ashes of oil hatred.! £.ud :
I old parties, tho truth rises purified aud ■
i triumphaot The contest between tha ,
hxecutive and a Congress twice elected
i by substantially the samj suffrag m, a
i contest so anomalous in our experience as j
| not to have been anticipated by the 1
lia<r.;rj of the National Constitution, has
only ecrved to develop the remarkable :
; anergics of our people, and to strengthen j
tl.cni for future conflicts. That contest'
is virtually decided.
I The victorious foreef, physical and .
moral, of the patriotic millions, are simply
paujiug before they perfect the work ol
reconstruction. Twenty-six State-; have
not only been saved from the coufl igra- j
i tion of war. but have been crystalir. 'd in |
'the savin". Ihe unrestoied ten, still
I disaffected and still defiant, seem to be j
i Providentially delaying th.ir return to
i the Union, so that when they re enter
j upon its obligations and its blessings they '
j will be the better able to fulfil the one
! and enjoy the other. Their coudition is |
a fearful warning to moil and nations, and
i especially to ouiselyes.
i Until slavery fell wp did not fully un- j
j derstacd the uilueof Republican institu |
tions. Accustomed to tolerate, and in
I many cases to defend slavery, we did not j
i feel that its close proximity, so far from i
j assisting, was gradually destroying our i
I liberties; aud r. wis only when rebellion j
tore away the mask, that we saw tic hid
eous features of the mon.-ter that was eat -
i ing out the vitals of the Hcpublic.
j If we are now astonished and shocked i
at the exhibition of cruelty and ingratl- j
tudc tmong those who, having inaugura-'
ted and prosecuted fi causeless war against i
a generous government, and having been i
permitted to escape the punishment they j
| deserve, are once more arrogantly clam- (
oring to assume coutrol of the destinies
j of this great nation, how much greater j
i cause would we have had for surprise, '
j had slavery hcen permitted to increase j
i aud multiply '■
iioast as wc may of our material and ;
i our moral victories, yet is it not true that 1
' there is no such tlnug as a Hepublican |
go-ernmeut in the ten States that began i
and carried on the war ? There is ijqt, :
to-day, a despotic State in Europe where (
the rights of the individual man a'e so
defiantly tratiipled under foot, as in the.
J sections which wore supposed to have
| been brought into full submission to the i
| government of the I. mtcd States. Hut
j the disease has suggested its Providential
| cure.
The abhorrent doctrine, that defeated j
| treason shall not only be magnanimously
j pardoned, but introduced to yet stronger i
! privileges, because of its guilty failure,
I seems tc have been insisted upon, as if to
Btrengiheu the better aud the contrasting
! doctrine, th. t a nation, having conquered
! its freedom, is its own best guardian, and
l that those who were defeated in houora
i bx battle should be constrained to sub- |
j mit to all the tcinis of the conqueror.
The violators of the most soletnu obli- j
| gations, the perpetrators of the mostatro
clous crimes in the annals of time, the j
[ murderers of our heroic soldiers ou ti ilds !
! of battle, aud in loathsome duugeonsand :
barbarous prisous, t hjy must not, shall not, j
| te appear in the council chambers of the |
| nation, to aid in its legislation, or control j
j its destinies, unless it shall be on condi- j
i tions which will prescive our institutions
j from their baleiui purposes and influence, !
aud secure republican forms of govern- I
ment, iu their purity aud vigor, in every
section of the country.
That they are indisposed to accept such
conditions, is maliilest from their recent
and even arrogant reject on c.t tho pro
i posed aniend'uentj of the national <Jnn,»
I sututiou—amendments which are behev
! Ed, by many true and patriotic citizens
' aud etat'smcu. to be tOD mild and gen»
J crous.
They havo, however, been fuily consider
ed by the people during the late elections, j
and approved by majorities so large as to
give tlvcnj a raaetion «hieh it would be
improper to cither overlook or disregard. '
And certainly iu view ot this fact, none 1
of the late rebel States should be admit- ;
ted to their former ''practical relations" j
to the Ueneral Government, while they i
continue to oppose these amendments
To the Congress ot the United State? I
the heartfelt sympathies and overwhelm j
ing suffrages of the people have becu
g 'nerously given. TUey have f.-arlessly
proclaimed their unequivocal verdict
•• WELL DCNE GOOD A.NP FAITHFUL PER
VANra " Upou the deliberation-*ail'd ao-'
lions of Congress our present interests i
• and fu a e w<4f re all deptnl. In its
firmuGss and courage tho whole oxperi
i mnnt of gouuiuc republicanism is indis- j
ailubly involved. That this fii tnnes" and
oouragc will be fully exhibited by its con !
trdlling majorities, in the origination and
adoption of measures of wisdom and dis.
oration, even more radical aud decisive,if t
| necessary, than those of the past ( I en
i tertaio UJ doubt. Such measures will
Nl'.et with JBV cordial approval. Aud 1
may well add, that while Pennsylvania
will confide in a Ipyal Co igreas, shi; will
not hesitate to sustain it with her entire
influence aud power.
That in tl e administration of the govs
ernment I may err, : s ml 7 vha- should
bo expectel from the infirimtiea of the
human miad ; but as I enter up<>n tho
disehaige of my responsible duties v?itb
a firm resolution to act with honesty and
•impartiality, 1 trust my errors will be le
garded with charity and treated with the
gentleness of magnanimous forgiveness.
And T earnestly tiopa that mi inter
course with my telloweiusauai of the Sen
ate and House oj Representatives will be
frauk aud cordial, that onr duties to a
common constituency will be ple nautly
and faithfully discharged. Diflfe eot
branches of the government as we ai«,
with distinctive duties, we are uevorifce
less parts of one organized and well reg
ulated system, and as we co-operate or
disagree, the interests of the State will
| probably bo promoted or retarde ! Elect
ed by itie people,desirous to promote the
| welfare of every citizen, mere party difi
fercnoe should pot be allowed to interfere
with the niajnteuanee of a generous, a
true and Comprehensive public polity
! It was the illustrious Washington
i equally distinguiihe 1 as a warrior and a
j -tatesman. who gave utterance to the dec-
J laratiiu, "that the propitious smiles of i
j Ueavou cannot be expeetad on a natiou |
that disreuards tho otej q,al rules of order
and right;" and Jeffjrson, who a-seited j
i that "whatever is morally wrong cannJt
j t>e politically right." 'i'hesc utterances !
'express my deepest convictions of the
rules aud principles which shoubl pe me
j ate and control all governments. Let us, ,
i fellow citizens, adhcro to them, be gov- 1
ernoJ by them, and our efforts will be .
■ happily united iu surrounding the insti- |
I tutions of our State, as well as those of
I our nation, with a rampart of truth that :
i will repel tho niaduess of ambition, the 1
| schemes of usutpation, and successfully
1 resist the change? aud agitations of nil
i eouiing time.
i
HE MAKES A SPEECH.
HIS OPINION OF A. JOHNSON.
II AKRISBURQ, January 15. j
I This afternoon a public gathering was
| held at eujs of the hotels of tiiia city, at
! which fpeee'.ies were made by Attorney
I Genera! Brewster, Senators Lowry and
Landon, and General Cameron. In the
| course of his remarks, Mr. Cameron said :
j I thank God that in spite of the slaudefs
j my enemies have heaped ou sue for 20
| yeais, my fellow citizens who have seen
jmy life from day today have always stood
i by my tile and helped me to repel them.
This of luy political life has
pended in yicfory. 1 d'osircd this a3 an
ansiycr to vindicate my honesty to luy
j children and friends. I now propose to
| put these slanders behind me aud forget
I alike the liar who cone octud them and
j the fact that good men in sonic pases, by
j repetition of them, were induced to be
} lieve and repeat them
Mr. Cameron continued : Six years ago
' I thought slavery was the strength of the
I rebellion, and ought to be destroyed with-
I out delay. I wished also to arm the
I black men who would volunteer. Of
c airse I thought clothing a black man in
: the American uniform clot lied him with
j the rights of au American citizen, and I
j am sad to see a black soldter, and reflect
I tlt'at even Pennsylvania denies him the
| ballot, the only weapon whereby he can
; protect himself. I hopo to live to see the
! word "white" Btricken from our own con
' stitution, and the spirit of caste upon
! color utterly destroyed.
| 'i he South, however, is more cent roll
| ed by social influence than by political
! principles. It you aie wise and firm,
j you may pos-tbly educate the rising gen
j eration into loyalty ; but there is no meth
|od of statesman-hip which will make
| this generation of the South loyal to tho
| Union und flag. '1 he poison of thirty ,
j years cannot be eradicated by the sut-
I servieney of a President or by the stat
' utesof Congress. Let us lo k ihe truth
jin the face, The Southern territory is
| disloyal. The loyal men of to-day must >
j yuard their children against tieasouab e
! rebellion. The Constitutio i d Amend
inend, impuitial suffrage, wi.l h Ip to do
this, but anino- y will ho Ito u ilo ii.
Of Andrew Jofin.-ou. 1 said 1 ng ago
\ lie was a traitor to his party, and an en-
I emy to his country and a bad man lie
| has done many bad things, but nothing
worse than ottering the offioes of tho
! country to those few unprincipled men
I v?ho agreed to desert aud betray the
great Republication organization for his
patronage. He joined the Democratic
psrtv long a :0. He his a t> givo
them offices, but lie bits uo right to dij
po.-e ot tliem at auction to weak-kneed i
Republicans.
The pauper labor of Europe is again
competing with our lo' or, and onr liian
ufacturc* lan'-r.wh for want of protection
| airain-t it. Pennsylvania needs no as-
I suranco of my devotion to her iuterests !
j in this regard, which are the interests
of the whole country. I will continue to
labor, iu season or out of season.»to pro
-1 tcct Jo'rr manufacturers from ruin and
| their working men from being thrown
I out of employment, or their re-
I daeed to the starvation point, for I hold
| that the true welfare of the nation de-
Spends ou the welfare of its laboring
i class.
- t r m ■»
IMPORTANT TO YOUNG MEN AND
TEACHERS.
r.ytry iuan, whatever may be his fntor® calling
in lift), wilt fiu>l a thorough and practical buaineft* euo- '
' cation hi« fd-eateff aidVo euccr* . Bneb a ctinrec way
; be had by ail, ua the expau»o and tim* uecestary for a
| thorough preparation can readily V« Kpared from tho '
earnings of fery fndnetrioue yooth in the country.
Throe mouibe »>piy are necctmary for a prepai ation that
. shall introduce any fertuer'n «on, teacher «r mechanic,
into' a bußtneM position <hst >hall bring bim a pood i
1 salary, and th;ti may lead him onto a business sueces«
I At Philadelphia, Pa., a system of inatruition hai'been"
introduced Into J. C. Mnroford'f Bu*ines« and TelrjrrMph !
College that most be thoroughly practical- and woi k a
;cvuluti >a in c mmcrcial.isilmction m all achools bar
ing pupils enough so that it bt introduced. Un
lortnnrteW th*a eystsm of uMractloa can only be tax
ned m s few &112 the larger achools in the United
Btate.*. as It requjrrg for Its succenfti! operation a great
number of stcdentt in daily attendance. This course
( is'receiving the encauragem«mt and enthusiastic *pp- j
port of the leading bnsineae men and educators throng h
out tho country, and Is drawing for this College pa
tronage from nearly every Btate in the Union. Tne
Aractjcsl arrangement of ever} department males If
profitable for yonng men to ■ -me hundred) of mttee te
etifojr its advantages, as at no .•cjoo* in tho coun
try caj. advantages be Lad tar business education.
Rev.' Xtazander Clark, editor Clark's Bchn J Vi»l~
'Jor, in a note's vi'tUat ius»it«tiot». eaid :—" Th« Com
rosrcial of J C. Mumfortl tfbmbiim in it4 plan
mare practi<-aiiitt«a. and better its tiudeute
for Mucceecful than any similar institution with
which lam a* pouted iu lUe city, aud but one in our
wbol« country in acV wise computes with it, and that
one put tint's a &oiu£«hat the same-hut perhaps
UMt ad fully developed,
huch ft report from Rov. Alexander Chrk is strong
e/idsiiceot the character and standiug of this school.
The College frem its flan of icsbuctiou, invites the at
tention of the masses, arid as ii issue* many publications
explanatory of its working, which arc mailed free of
chargtr, we suggvet that thoee interestedKu edu< atfof
sepl an «ppTlcatlnn for circular*, as they will no dottbt «
be f>)ruMisd imuiodiatel) oo reoeijK uf re«mest.
Address J. C Mumford, Phil ulelphis, Pa
%Tan uo Oj 2m"
- '. , - "
eUc glmcticiui Citizen.
US?" 2'A« Largest Circulation oj
J a«_y Paper in the County.
C- E. ANDERSON, - - - Editor.
BUTLER PA.
vT.ri^raaTrNttf.
" Liberty and Union. Now and Forever, Oe»
•nieparable."—D. WetMter.
SnprcincConrt ot'theU/8.
The lollowibg is the Court as a i prcs
; ent constituted :
18(53 —S. 1\ Chase, Ohio, chiefjuitice
1883—James M Wayne, Georgia
1845—Camuel Nelson, New l'ork,
I- 1816—Rubt C. Gricr, Pennsylvania.
1858—Nathan Clifford, Maine.
1852—Noa'i N. Swaync, Ohio.
1861—David Davis. Illinois.
18(52—Samuel P. Miller, I ov> a.
1803—Stephen J. Field, California.
illrnUeucc or JurorN,
Th; law with regard to the attcndence
,of persons who have been selected as
Jurors, is rts follows, \iz: "Every poison
whose name shall bo drawn, and who
shall have been legally summoned, but
who slinll not appear before the Court,
after being called three times, nnd due
proof nude by oath or affirmalien of the
Sheriff' or other creditable person that
, each perjou so making default had been
lawfully summoned, shall forfeit and pay
| for such default in not appearing any
lino not exceeding thirty dollar' that the
Court may think proper to inflict, and
every Juror, including those who shall
not have appeared ns aforesaid, shall for
feit s;nd pay' for every default in not r.n
swciing when called during tj.e said
form, such fine, not exceeding live dol
iars.as the Court may think proper; which
fines the Court may direct the Sheriff to
levy and cdlect in the usual maimer;
(Said fine, to be appropriated towards
the expense of paying jurors). Provided
That the Crnrt, upon the reasonable and
satisfactory cause being made to appear
to thestu. may remit the whole, or nny |
part of such fines."
pro n the above, it is plain that those
so selected as Jurors are not at liberty
to absent themselves on trivial excuses ;
and, further, that answering to their
fiamcs in the morning of each day ol
Court it not sufficient; they are required i
to answer every time they are called,
under a penalty of five dollars for oacli
and every default. If' this law wasstrict
ly enforced, much time would be saved,
and suits now ponding would be reached
and the business of the court progress
more rapidly.
An Immoral Husiness.
I he following, which we clip from the
Ntw York Observer of the 17th inst.,
and the facts therein ?et forlk. compiled
and taken lrom the reports of committees
of inveiligation appointed by the Gov
ernment, brought to light a vast amount
of moral delinquency, and shows very
conclusively that the manufacture and
sale of aident spirits is well calculated
to demoralize, degrade, p< 'lute and de
struy the morals of the individual who
engages in itje ?aijjo. It is useless to
j talk about hum.sty in a business that will
lead nicy to delraud the government that
many of them have sworn to protect and
defend, by perfect obedience tu the laws
and rules regulating the business in
which they are engaged. To say the
least, the Distillation and sale of ardent
spirits is a busicess in which no moral
man can engage with safety to him
self, his family or those around fiiin. It
is immoral from beginning to eud.
Here is the article referred to, read
and ponder it well.
j "lhe recent investigations ot the gov-
I ernment pTovc that a vflst illegal traffic
has been carried on in whiskey,by which
the government has been deprivei of
1 millions of dollars of revenuo. Thedis
-1 closures which have beeu made arc as
tounding. A special eomuiittee fur the
investigation of these frauds has discov
ered that in tho city of New York there
aro over 3,000 small disidlerics carried
on in the cellars and outliuuses ol p'i-;
vate dwellings, where whiskey is made j
for the purpose of evading the fax of 82
J per gallon. Among the witnesses oxam 1
, iued were several eoppcismiths, who le.su
1 titled that the demand for such vessels !
! as are u.-td for illicit distillation in these
private establishments has been unpre
cedented the "past year Merchants tcs
i tiffed that they had purchased whiskey
for 81 75 per gallon, of 25c. less' thau |
' the Government tax, and the proprietors
of largo distilleries told the Committee
that they could not ceoipatc with the
smuggles, aiid tad in many instates tl'
suspend *ork entirely'
Ihe revenue enitee' r if Dot '.io.while
in office, levied r,t wi.; ,»ey to
the value of S6O In brookiyn,'
where the iuvestig-tiuui < ;uu,thc amount
of these frauds upon jtWre Venue leached
seveial millions; one manufacturer alone j
deposited in "Hirce months uiorc than
8600,000 as the result of bi» unlawful 1
sales. The magnitude ot swindle at- '
.tempted Upon the Government may he <
judged lioui the fact that according to',
the census of 1860 the amount of whis- J
key med* ib the United States was up- !
ward ot 1)0,000,000 gallons, ana the lust j '
teport of the revenue commissioners gives \ I
I .'s-j than 1 TOOO.WO I (
This enormous difference is not due to
any decrease in either demand or supply,
but simply to the tact that tue tax oil
whigkef is uow two dollais a gallon.—
l.veu supposing that the manufacture is
"one third less thau iu 186J, t ijore wjuid
still be reason to believe tln»t the frfefc
ury has been defrauded o at le'a-t#ldO.
000,000. The Committee find 'feat the
reputed proprietors yi tlw uiMille|iea
which have perpetrated these frauds upon
the leveaue ai» mostly agents'of wealthy
capitalists, and that iu eiime cases they
have been aided it> their swindle by the
connivance or direct assistance (if dis
henest revenue officers. It is not our
purpjse to explain how th'C3 frauds hjve
been committed, nor to exhibit them as
result of tho i j::positi<Jn uf
too high a tax upon distilled spirits, as
same of the papers have In id to show—'
\\ e cite theso facts as furnljliiug decided
evidence of the demoralising character
of the business. It is readily admitted
that liquor drinking leads directly to iiii
morality and crime, but we think this
enormous nnd wide spread dishonesty,
involving the corruption of officials, false
swearing, and innumerable illicit prac
tices, proves inclusively the immorality
of the butiupss. A business that is car
ried on aluust entirely for the purpose of
gratifying a base nppcti'c for intoxicating
liquor is by this very puippse branded
as injurious and wrong, but it has been
said that it did uot demoralize the men
who made their living by it. The evi
dencc before us shows the fa I ity ofsuch
a statement. We ; eo hundreds an I thou
sands of these manufacturers of poison,
attempting a fraud upon the Government
w.thheld by no terrors of lav, - , by no
scruples of conscience, and stooping 'to
the practice of wholesale bribery, and to
petty tricks tint! artifices, in order to
swell their unlawful girtns.
Such'an exposure of mora) delinquen
cy surely indicates the natura) effect (if
business ip which it occurs, and shows j
plainly that the' than who has no scruples j
of conscience about manufacturing an ar j
tiele which will cause ihe temporal and!
cteral destruction ani} tftisery of multi
tudes of his follow uicn, will usually be j
unscrupulous enough to cheat the gov '
ernuient, to corrupt its officials, itnd 'o i
render his employees an I us-istaiits ; i
ble to disgrace and vmt ■ with u m
punction. The is e r pn
and demoralizing mid public o (l ,uioli '
ought to brand it as disi ymiiuMn; it pours 1
atidcof evil through otfr c iu'.try. des 1
troying thousands of •.tir y •«• >•: nd»
olbting homes, mul)i|ilyi<ig i aii|i in
creasing taxes, uiuider? an ! * ( A evil-.
No bolter evidence i o■! u ii 'n-d t
show that it is a.i c i' t'M .
many of th > e wh V a un u'e 1 ill it i.r.-
willing to eolnnnt Ir.iu v i to an; ex e u in
| order tu make it product : ■ "
fi-ora our llanieliuig CArrosp-'ttd nee.
IIArRUHi'RO, Jari 15. 1867
Mxi. A.ndkp.<-ON. Sir: Today, at 12
o'clock, M , G' n Geary tilok' the oath oj
office and be ame Governor ol I'enusyU
vatra. and A. G. Curtin retires to prU
! vate life arid is now one of the • -people"
who are his friends and whom lie - has
served, so well and faithfully for the last
. i, ~ „ , i .
six years.
This nidroitig opennl up inauspiuious
ly for inauguration purposfts —snow fell
all forenoon, which, udded to what fell on
Sunday last, wc have about eight inch
es in depth. I.argi tidier* wero in con
slant use f/om curly thorn unto the time
of formingtlrt parade, pin king the ai>ov
on the route the procession was *to pass
over. At 11 o'clock. A. M . the first
gun of the salute was fired and the pro
cession moved, traveling the principal
streets, the right ni riving at ihe South
west gate of the Capitol grounds, on
S'atc street, at a quarter before twelve,
when a half was made ranks opened, nd
the military" came to » present arms,
while Gen. Geary (Kid Gov. Outtiji pass*
fid along the line to the head of tha'pro.
cession, and theneo to the"platibrm
ted at the South west portico of the Cap.
itol, followed by the Military, Firemen,
State Officials, "Hoys in lliue," sol iier*
of 1812, civic societies, city ofliciuls and
citizens, each headed by a band of music.
When the Gov*, elect took his position
on the platform lie was saluted by Uic
military coming to a present—by the
enthusiastic cJieers of the multitude and
the thunderings of Artillery.
A piaycr was then ' ffi red by our
worthy Senator, R. A. Browne.
the Oath of office was administered to
I the GOT. Elect by L. W. Hall, Speaker
of the Senate, after which the Governor
delivered his inaugural address, which
your readers, dptihl ess hav- I ■
fore this tirjie. .. ; .nityfta at 3
o*cl ek • ' 'he General As'-
j seuibiy n. ii. • ' »
I eeedeli tu the el" 112 .
i Senator; both Halls were ci w cu, (be.
' lobbies, passage ways, ind tfven the ro- J
t tuuda, were packed ; vet good order pre- >
vailed,except that occasionally the Sergt- '
at Arms had to iottfHeie and settle sotuo
"irregularities" tn' the crowd. Every I
man w'as a'ilxioUs t.i ln-.ir tho r<«tport«e of
the different member?, when 'heir names !
were called by "lather Becediet," who '■
was very slow lind deliberate fn said col!. •
ing, empln- z'r. etc>) Tf-'er In -*»;h I
nam. .so I v.-W' dip ■ va'ieH the !
'response which, ffoto (V,ry '
was Siijion C'ahtertfh a'r.d irrfru i>ve: !
Democrai; Eig.'ir Ccui'n
House, lbr i .iineiosi, o7 or ow..n ■
in ihe Senate. 19' for Ciiftiorun, 10 for '
Cowan. Qu'.e a tbi' ug i« here; indeed
It has I (Ui rO for the la.-t two week-,!
drawn here ttriur mrtivt-s of cniiosiiy. i
and I may ;i'ld, itit ' rost, on *acconni of
th • ninj the Senatoriai
Question, —ytt I See no famitiar luces |
from ljatlcf c'cuuty—she is tiot represtn-1
ted J
\V.iduesday, Jan. 1 j.—Today, at fi}'
o'clock. F. M., njjreeable to regulation,
botli brandies of 1 tin- Legislature procee
ded ,tu th'ij h zeoutivo Jl iuii iu on I' «(t
ft . to t;;k« leavaof tUe retiring Uovi, A.
(j Curtjn, who,] Icing Informed o>fjtlie
nature of the call—aftW th«iking those
present for the honor dono him—said,
lint lie wis ibout'to retire to civil life,
and become one of the people who had
so well sustained him : he was glad to be
relieved from the toils and responsibili
ties of the office given him by the peo
ple sit years ago—at which time he was
robuit, young, snd vigorous—bat nbw
wrecked and jirorn, neening rest. He
spoke sf the.war. the soldiers, and par
ticularly the urg
ing those present to stand by the plan for pdi)aation,and
pdi)aation,and with our full treasury
to poptiuue to provide for them and stand
by them—-and receive them from him as
a parting gift— the only 1 gicy lie had to
give —and GOD ALMIGHTY u-ould bless
us fur it. He was truly eloijucnt. Strong
.men wept, and all parted with liiui with
the deepest regret and sorrow.
Yours. &c. 11.
For the OTISKN.
Hrporl of Zeilcuoj It Srliool.
Jilli. 12, >BO7.
MR. EDITOR ; At your reqoest, 1 seud
you the fo'lowing report; hoping it iaay
j And a place in the columns qf yo'ur'paper.
I ain employed for a term of 6 months.
| I have three months yet to teach.
Wanes per month $45
I >?o. days'per month 22
| No. of pupils on toll 108
j Average attendance this month 90
■ Average progress and conduct 4}
My pupils organized a Union (literary
I Society. at the opening of the school
j term : and have met regularly otiee a
waek. There is mu"h int»r-ft i u.i'.
E.i t h * -in -iy tj hi' piij '.is. ,\i ut
five iiinilis ot t!:e pupils are menibt ; oi
the society 'I hey design tojjivej uli
j lie iizliil'ilioii in a lew «fvkj nnh one
alH'• i.i ilia eli se ol school term.
, I him* n I the |Mi iI -, under ihc age of
ill' yeaiH, and can apsll iri 8 syllables, to
menial iz words in ihtfir pelliiij' books,
and i ci'c ilmui ivtfly I*iT<!.:y afternoon
; l'jvorj word mu-t he spelled it till pronoun
cad enrreiiil). or they do Lot get credit
J fur it. To i'Ucnura_'C llicin I : uicmonx' ,
1 pruui.fuJ tu * CQlj tlio names uf those
who uouiiuitteJ tiie greatest number ol
words during the month, to he published.
I Vipe you will do so.
llighe&l ffo. at | No. of ipiids
I / collation | -iuriHg *i unth
Fliz.i Wallace • iInJJ lu;j(>
Sarah Miller 522 GS9
Lizzie Shaffer 152 415
Li;zVe King 172 4..1)
Pa'iSli Wild 1(18 408
Win. Miller 104 232
Caly Nicluas >l2 221
Fredrick Bloom 1)3 15!)
There arcijuitpa number that average
100 words during the lyjßtli. I think
at the close of the uext month the li.-t
for publication will be larger,
l'otjrs, respectfully,
J .J. RoCKWtf.L.
Tortlie CirUan-
MR J'.DITOFT:—Tn the last issue of
your paper thcie is a comroendable arti
ele, ligned ' F, ' on the doings and pros*
pects of our worthy neighbor. Slippery-
I rock township, Closing with a icqncst
I that other sections of the county might
be beard from.l hope to he pardoned
if I should indulge in sonic feeling! of
"rivalry, and the desire that good old
Centre township should not bo eclipsed
of her ar.'eicnt glory.
First,'l suppose it received the c igno
men " Centre," originally, because it
j Was regarded as the center 'of attraction,
around which lesser satelites, such a-
Slippcryroek should revolve But 1 will
: not insist on this idea being generally
adopted, hut merely claim it is the uie
-1 tropolig of the townships—modesty for
bids to enlarge—ami Unioiivi If is th
metropolis ol Centie Said ullage »
not as large as it would have been hud it
grown larger, or as it may yet become,
for there is land all around it on which
edifices of any proportion nr 1,: be ur -i
ed—-if If Winld 'r-riw p J |,.- ■ j u
Iliil a oUtf „e._... • : (J .
despair. It cannot be said nut a "va:,t
"•Ol lin'i of hfjsftjpss t« iloOf" Mit ; l.ilt
'' y hi ' 'b" ' i¥ 4 <(4pi ,' 1
jis left: dune. It hi.-! i/i.4] iii ,
accompliihed merchants, wuu»e puuoi.o
, still return againr, and this is evidence
1 that they were well served. Be.-ndes, its
inhabitants generally possess habitspf in
-1 du*try, the o.sbent.al element e( thrjft, so
[ that it may hoftdpe.j i wi,! ht„. keep u<fs
'
| we congraiuiato ourauives wc have
■ euiiparsuvoiy lew racki As to church
; " must be aclmiited they ure scinci;
i imt to ttie tredti o| good ininistuie, it
»»iy tin »uia, we .requetfuy iuvo guod
I pieaJutag in otu- cihooi-i*vMn«s; ind il
**' 00 lii: grow •ml.-oT and it w.il"
l'C our o.in lauic. AllhougU uiiiiy
' elmrches within oar specific boundaries,
we are a elmreli piling people to the
i respective plates OT«i<T fjluwee. We hav®
I four schools, nml ia tlwv re»pect ehiiui to
: be better off rha/l' 6ocie of our neighbors
who have ii t'TeAfep number. We geuur
-1 have good foA'cbets—we have now—and
always keep ifn the luokout for better, so
thjt WiJ bi.iy olaim (<> be in favor of "ptog
ress an 3' out of^'the n if6o'a^ w *
and not willing to be 'left out in the
112 cold," in contrast with others,
t Our territory abounds in coal, from
which is furnished a Urge supply t 0 « ur .'
* rounding townships, for we are a liberal
I r^Sj?P ,e ) wishing others to share in the'
, comforts of life we enjoy." Besides, wo
, hare a 1-irge nmount of'othcr mineral
1 "toe tedious to mention," —or too deep tc
• find. ' * •»
As to otir soil, it produces grain ant}
■ grass lusuriomly by the "aoro." As tc'
i railroads, we are ahead j better "F" had
said nothing on that point, for we have'
s one begun long agq—the North Western
■ —which our enterprising citisens hare
a large amount inveited at 0 per cent, in
terest, payablo semi-annually ; but thcu
they don t get it, and the principal
is worth about as much as the E&me'
; amonnt in Confederate scrip. In view of
i these facts, I atn sorry I boasted my about
i our railroad, for it will nevfr bc
l'hcro it is, a monument o"f human folly
—if not worse—dosolate, forsaken; tho
sound of fhri workman is hushod to si
lencj, aud the whistle of the N W. wi 1
sever be heard. It is run into the ground,
and that's the last of it. No, well ifit
hltd been, but th" people have to pay ta*-
is lor list money. Keduced to pauper*
ism, why don't lite Overseers of the l'oor
takq it in charge We repudiate this
kicl of ' progress and reform," and hope
oi|r neighbors will /'ave better success iu
their contemplated road—for we aie not'
an envious people.
In conclusion, should this at tide at*
tract any 112 rtunC seekers—'it rs not likely
it will—to our borders, Iptnuft'admonish
them to take shovels iiif a nPee sary cquip
:iue of present navel, that they may get
themselves out of t'je snow drifts which,
in some places is ten feet above terra
firtK'i; and so 1 w .uld say to the lovers
of ■' t^iNTRE
liUstuf <*»and J'uioildbi'viti T.16C7.
r -*. i ; • IS , t i i.y. j j Joliir
Li villi. 1 -,), V • ne, ill , Jjeasou,
linlla.o j Ou:ouion i h oops in, iJiaay,
. S«Uiuui i i.iy j J allies N'orrM, (Jiiu
lion; I'iin.uezei l)ouo>. Oonu'iiuentj-sing;
Be j i ou-tcti, Adaiiis; John lh<ini{«i
«■ ii. iiiioi si J; Hotiet: t' lv^Ki,
' I u.C HubL, Oakiauil, J'bo. L. .ilavwef'
. Sr., J)u i«: ; llogh (jiil .Jr., .Heicer; A.l
11C'l VVHSI,- Washmgfioiij Jas. dUiveosoii,
f-umniit; Hobt Ai jNair, hsq., J)' ,i ward }
, Bciij Si on u, Vtu.Higo; Cli II VVnk;
I'u'ke-; juo. liipjpc, '■ innkllif; Jainei
. L-'taYß, Mu'i.iycl,#k ;"A "N. ivrUiiiol.
iom, J*i-t. uuikr; !• .'i Cand.
r less, tlcnlie ; W Crocker,' Slip) er
ytoek ; ,ln6 li. Anderson, Allegheny.
'J It A V tils K Jt'ItOKS—ItRST WFHK.
, John Boiitbeit. AJains; Jiu. C. Am
'' dcrsoii, Allegheny, Zeph. ;Snyder, Bia Jy;
Oavid Kelly, i'.---(| , l>ufl;To ; Jas. l\e.-irusi
jliutler, iJieksnn Centre;
Samuel Find fry. Ch.y; Jus. Camplell,
Cheuy; IV:er Fenficll, Jr., Clearfield ;
Wui. Norris, Chuton ; Juo. 11. Cl risty,
Cpneord; Win. Jihu-ton, Cranberry;
Jos'ph Ltodds, Coiinofjuci'essiiip ; Manut
sesf'(j!lls«jile, robi-nI ; A. I, ( impbtll,
! Fai'vu w;J no S. Fisher, Franklin; t'aj ti
; Jno. Mai tin, Forward; Ju6. Knslen.Juck
t son; Juo. Fflg|i, J« QliVc-n pSnuiuci My
ers, I'limeaslcr ;'ll is Vandyke, iM»rH,n;
Kdwnrd Mel lice, Mercer; ilul.t, 'J'rin -.
blp, Middlesex ; Wil iaui Gar»cy, Mud
d \ ereck ; Lewis .Span-, O.ikhitid ; Wni.
! l'attirsiin, I'etin; Amns YoUDg, Farker;
! rf. 11. Christley, Nlippoiyrock; (ieurga
! Hartley, Summit Joseph Sloan, Venau
, I go; Juo. U adc, Washington ; Jno. Net
j selg< a 'r, Winticld; Th"i»as McNees,
Worth; Joseph Furvis, Bor. Butler;
' | 11. C. Me A boy, Uor. Butler; T. J Craig,
Bo'.\ Miijewtowu; IMJs Bor.
Fiiifipect; Kz kicl Wilsmi. Bor. (Jentre-
I ville; \llred Fearcc, f ßor. Harmony ; Jas.
I Newton, Bor. Forteisville ; l'hrlip l{urt«
ner. Bur. rfaionhurg; Lewi* IWod, Bor.
Zelienople; Jno. Black, Bor. Il arris-
I ville; W C. Brysou, Bor. SutiLury; Wni.
MeKlwain, Teiin ; J. c. JlcNees. Worth;
J .s. Jonea, Jackson ; Nprolan Ivirkland,
t Wiiifield; Juo. Gallatier, KSIJ ,' Clerr
fie'd ; Jas Gillespie, Sr., Donegal
TRAVEKSK JIiROBS—SKCO.VD WEEK.
John IJarr, Adateij; Stephen Stoops,
' Allegheny; Jno. I*. Thompson, Brady;
Patrick Kelly, Buffalo; Jacob W. Dursl •
iiucr, Butler; Jacob Fleeger, Centre; Kob
e't Brown, Clay ; Bryan Steel, Cherry ;
llubt Thompson, Clearfield : JQU Coul
ter, Jr. Concord; Samuel Montgomery,
' Ciim ii ; Johu Goehring, Cranberry;
t Hauiel Cable, Connoquenes-ing; Zepha
riah Double. Donegal ; Thos. Craig.
Fiilrvfew, Wnsh. Campbell, Franklin;
' hos Ma 1 tiu, F irward ; Ja-.. Douthett,
•' » -w : i ikr r. .Tiff 'sor ; Jen
' -• «/. V .tijtnt, Mar
" - , ll'. 1 . Ihg,
.'l idd.i-a-j ■> > -ngiisii Mu luyen- k ;
Jjaiah Nisjiuan. Oakland ; Wui. Morri
tu' ■'l'p-n ; Kj-erteier Wally, I'arker ;
vJM* 5 ■'
V»*.i- iK ,J, . i Ven .Ji ,0 ,
"T+tf . rr.-* Doilth
ett, \V intieia; #J«s- iiwciiei«bcity, \\ r ,i tb;
G. C- lioessiug, Bor. Butler; Andrew
Burnhart, Bur. Millerstowu ; Joseph Al
len, Bor. Froepect; Juo. MoCarns, Bor.
Centreville ; Peter Otto, Bor. Harmony;
John Ai*jr„,'Li F'j'li^-^aville; K F. Mti
d#r, B r 111 Kipper, J r
H..r. Z-. ; , T bi.uez;r BtKitty, Boi.
H trribvilie ; ivheuiiiiir Aiiiiiius, Bor. Suu
bury; Janics Meharg. Perm; Sam. P
Theiapson. Adaoii; Mathew Sloan, Al
legheny ; rhoma3 Wasson, Wa-ihington;
Jas. A Craig, Fairview; Uobi Black,
Parker; Jno Oronsmm, Franklin.
CcftjUi'rsOtjifc, butit-r, Jau. i4-i t>7.
JAS. B. SI OK if, Sheriff
A Vouihso INVENTOR.—ii i» MIU th. t A
eoiore-t li.'V named i>ouglH»s, residing in
Cony, P.i ,'t as nvented s new and deetruct
i»r firn wm in the shape of a
which i» on pzhiliiiun at Buffalo. It'i»
uoi.i-troo'L'd in meh a m.iio.er as to 'brow
one hundred and eight Mini* ball* at ono
discharge from perewbin shell cartridge*,
and thi-machM# ean be kept in continual
operation fciperienead military uieu bave
ciaoiinW- t&ft battery, and pronnuneni it •
one of the moat formidable piece# of ordi*
i.»nce vet invented;