SENTINEL & REPUBLICAN
MIFFMNTOWN.
tredaesdajr, January 4, IS .
B. F. SCIIWKIEIt,
arret aaa rur ikto.
Their Waj-Fonr Ways or Metl
oda of Counting tie Electoral
Vote-What are the Would-be
Changeless Men Going to do
with the Three Methods of the
Fast that they Themselves Sup
ported f The People are With
the Flan of Settlement as Re
ported by the Committee.
Eighteen buodred jears ago they
ailed ibe bands and feet of criminals
to erosses and set tbe erosses in tbe
ground and allowed tbe fiction to die
on them.
Tbe Redeemer of man died tbat way.
Tbat waa the aietbod of execution in
those dars and among tbat people, and
those who proposed some other way
were considered a rather dangerous set,
to be watched with the greatest of
caution.
Kighteen bnndred years ago tbe in
Labiterts of Englsud, Scotland and Ire
land, in summer-time ran naked aa
when tbcy were born, and in winter
time a few of them wore a ekio or robe
eruutid them, as tbe American Indian
c j.. cow. TLat was their way, and to
do -iiffereotly was to incur great otpo-
ait-on. Now, however, tbey view things
ia another light.
Eight buodred years sgo, in Europe,
when a dispute arose auiong gentlemen
they settled it by individual eucounter.
To settle otherwise was not their way.
it was oomanly to settle any other way.
Five hundred years ago, in K'nrope,
they burned heretics, that is, people
who did not believe in tbe orthodox
church, and tbe church tbat waa not or
thodox did fully as bad by be!ping to
burn witches.
These are all facts, as clearly attest
ed aa it is possible to attest human ac
tion, and all the practices or customs
enumerated were in the regular ways
of those days, and to do otherwise, or
to propose otherwise, was to do or pro
rre something new tbat was wrong and
contrary to the ways of tbe fathers,
though the ways of the fathers were
manifestly wrong. But by degrees tbe
people of those countries have come to
a-iopt oiber and better ways, more hu
mane ways of executing criminals, bet
ter ways of livin, a wore tolerant
spirit of religion, less eupeisiition, and
a coniparativelv better way for society
for tbe settlement of disputes.
If such things were tbe every day
occurrences among tbe people, it re
quies no long article to tell a hat tbe
inspiration or main-spring of action
ainoog the kings and princes would be,
as between tbe different couctries.
Whenever in insult, real or fancied waa
given, or a dupute arose, the troops of
tbe respective parties were marshalled
and (he question was settled by war.
The American people affect to discard
such ways.
The people of this ccuntry profess to
have an adjustable system of govern
ment that admits of the framing of such
law? tbat redress for all grievances may
be obtained, if not immediately when
the wrotig complained of is perpetrated,
as soon as it has become so mani
, feat that tbera is no question that a
wrong exists. That is the way tbe peo
ple of this country claim their system
provides fur.
In last November tbe psopla of tbis
country parsed through an election for
President of the Uuited States, aud
since that time the country baa been in
a greater or lesj slate of excitement as
to who has been elected, both parties
claiming the President. A number of
States have got into such a wrang'e over
the electoral vote that they have come
U Congress with a double set of
ciors, and say to that body, here,
settle this busiucss between us. If they
bad settled the question of electors at
borne and presented only one set to
Congress the case would have no trou
ble iu it, but a comber bave not done
ao ; they bave a double aet at Wash
iegton for the consideration of Congress
in joint session on the 1 lib day of Feb
ruary. The whule mass of the people, irre
spectire of party, say to Congress,
You must settle the question submitted,
in a peaceable way. That is the way
in accordance with the spirit f the
governmental system of the Republic.
Outside of a few office-holders and
(Si.'ial aspirants the whole country says
to Cocgress, settle the dispute on the
lLhd.iyof February, the day aet by
the Constitution for tbe counting of tbe
electoral rote, and announce who has
been elected, tlie announcement of
which is encumbent on the President of
tie Senate.
The actiea ef Congress in the past,
in the eoootiog of electoral rotes, baa
been limited to four methods.
Tbe first one was, tbat on the assem
bling of Congress in joint session on
the day appointed by tbe Constitution,
tbe President of tha Senate in tbe pres
ence of beth houses opened and counted
tiic electoral vote and declared George
U'asbiogtoa electei.
Tbe second method was adopted be
tween the first President and James
Uucliaua.i, Mid consisted in appointing
tellera from both houses to keep a rec
ord of ibe votes aa tbcy were opened,
and then baud them to the President of
tbe Senate to anooutiee to both bouses.
ben Jtaies Buchaua waa elected,
tellers were appointed, and they re
ported that by had counted the vote
of th State cast for President aud
Y.e President, and then tha President
of tbe Senate announced the same re
sult, snd thts may be claised as tbe
third uietbcd.
Mr. Lineola Wis decfared elected in
the same way, tbe first time'.
The fourth method was" adnpled in
Februarv,T?G5, and is known aa the
juiut rule, which plovides that no
electoral ri te to which clj-ction is
urged ghail be oountad, except by the
agreement of both bouses. This last
method was repealed by a recent Con
greas, and sacb are tbe Ways or methods
by which an annonncement of the ra
suit of past Presidential elections bave
beec reached.
Our predecessors ia this country
have not been quite so dogmatic in their
waya aa the cruciGera, as those who ran
naked, aa those who settled personal
grievances then and there just as thty
happened, or as those who barned her
etics and witches.
Uoder the almost unanimous expres
sion of tbe people for a settlement of
tbe present dispute in a way that will
give satisfaction to the general public,
a committee of fourteen Congressmen
was appointed by Congress to devise a
plan to count the vote on tbe day ap
pointed by tbe Constitution and :n ac
cordance with tbe provisions of tbat
document.
The committee was composed of sev
en Republicans and seven Democrats.
They reported a plan last Thursday,
which hud and read carefully in another
column, and ali signed it but Senator
Morton, of Indira.
Thirteen for the plan, and one against
tbe plan, certainly an overwhelming
majority, and a niiuority so small tbat
if it bad been leas it would be nolLiug
whatever.
Congress should take the report and
pass it, and thus secure the way for a
satisfactory settleu.ent of the vexatious
question. Already a number of men
are ahouting, Give us the old, old way,
just like the sticklers for the crucifix
ion and the stake. Tbey say tbe com
mittee's way is not tbe way of the Con
stitution. For what the Constitution says see
Article 2nd. All that instrument says
has been enlarged on in times past by
tbe passage of the 22nd juiut rnle, aud
tbe counts of February, 1?65, Febru
ary, 1SC9, and February, 1873, held
uoder it. Tbe rule was repealed last
session. W ere tbe counts of the votes
uoder that rule for the aecond term of
Abraham Lincoln and the two terms of
President Grant unconstitutional ! Wbo
will so declare them ?
Tbe Constitution says tbe President
of tbe Senate shall in tbe presence of
the Senate and House of Representa
tives open all tbe certificates, -and the
votes shall then be counted."
Tbat ia tbe way It does not say
tbat the President of tbe Senate shall
count tbe votes.
When the Constitution aaya that each
State shall bave a Republican form ol
government guaranteed to it, it does
uot enter in'o details as to bow the
guarantee shall be vitalised into a code
ot laws fur the State. Congress must
do that. So with tbe countiug of tbe
votes. That ia the way.
Tbe Constitutional declaration "and
the votes shall then be counttd," ia a
command tbat they shall be counted,
without telling how tbcy shall be count
ed, aud tbe fact that it provides no way
for the counting tf the votes render the
proposed bill of the committee of four
teen perfectly constitutional.
The Constitution is positive as to the
time when the work shall be done. It
is positive as to who shall be present on
tbe occasion, but as to tbe way it is not
positive, as to lb way is the least pos
itive point of the document on tbe
question, and therefore to cry out in
favor of tbe first way, as described
above, remind on 3 of the unyielding
ways of the crucificrs, heretic and
witch burners, and all tbat class of
people wbo fail to recognize tbe
progress of better methods for the
suppression of crime aud settlement of
disputes.
What in the world are these profess
edly changeless men going to do with
the tbree other ways undtr which Con
gress bas acted in tbe counting oi
tbe electoral votes .' aud wbat in the
world are they going to do with their
own action in sanctioning the three dif
ferent ways, that they now wish to pro
nounce unconstitutional
The people are with tbe plan of set
tlement as reported by tbe C immittee.
One Million to Arm the Militia.
Last week it was proposed at Har
risbuxg to pass a bill to appropriate
one million of dollars to place tbe
militia of tbis Commonwealth on a
war footing, to be used in case of
Democratic rebellion at Washington.
But by the advice of Governor Hart
rauft, the bill was not offered in the
Legislature, but held in the hands of
committees of both houses, to be put
on its immediate passage if the rebel
lion takes place. That was the wisest
stroke of diplomacy that the Gover
nor ever made.
The Whipping Post.
"Virginia is re-establishing tbe whip
ping post. Tbe reason fur it is a bad
one. It ia in order that white whips
may be laid n black backs. Rut Vir
ginia ia this bss adopted what might
end the tramp business, if Pennsylva
nia feluuld pass au aet to whip all va
grants found prowling ab tut this conn
tiy with no visible means of support.
It may be a relic of barbarism, but the
stocks and whipping post might yet
serve a very useful purpose." Ex.
Jake Keboe waa found guilty of a
murder committed fourteen years ago
in the Schuylkill region. Murder will
out.
President Lincoln's Ancestry.
Don. GHeoo Welles contributes to
the Jaflaary number of the Galaxy an
article on the Administration of Abra
ham LinColu, whiuh contains soma in-ter-8tin
and hitherto unpublished in
formation abct Lincoln's ancestry.
Tbis was a sul-jert of which Lincoln
confessed his own ignorsnee. In 1875
there died in Rellefoote, in this Slate, a
Mrs. Luey Potter, who Was a great
aunt ol Presideot Lincoln. Her father,
William Winters, was born in 1728 aud
died in 1794. Ha emigrated from
Berks eoHflty to Northumberland now
Lyenming eoemty, in 1738. He bad
by two wivea nineteen children, and
there was an interval of forty-two years
between tbe birtb of tbe oldest and tbat
of the youngest. Ilia first wife, whom
be married in 1747 in the then prov
ince of Virgiuia, was Ann Boone, a sis
ter of Colonel Daniel -Roooe, the fa
mous Kentucky pioneer. By her be
bad four sons and seven daughters.
Tbe eldest daughter, Hannah, married
Abraham Lincoln, grandfather of tbe
President, in Rockingham county, Vir
ginia. He emigrated to Kentucky,
from which State he made a visit to Lis
father-in law in Pennsylvania, and
when be returned took with bim a
brother-in-law, John Winters. Not
long afterward Lincoln was killed by
tbe Indians, leaving a son six years old,
wbo became tbe father of the Presided
Mr. William Winters married bis
second wife Ellen Campbell, in 1784,
and from this union were born three
sons and five daughters, of whom Lucy,
wbo died less than two years ago, was
tbe youngest After tbe death of Wil
liam U inters, his widow was licensed to
keep a "bouse of entertainment" where
Williamsport now is. There she lived
and reared ber own large family and
several of her step children. Her
daughters seem to have been very for
tunate ia their marriages. Tbe bus
bauds of two of them became justices
ol tbe Supreme Court of the Slate, and
Lucy, the youngest, was tbe wife of W.
W. Potter, who died while a member
of Congress in 1833. She survived
bim thirty seven years, continuing a
widow. Wbat is new in these facta is
the connection of the Winter family
with tbe Lincolns, which was not known
to tbe President Mr. Welles aav
tbat be bas no doubt of tbe au
thenticity of the relation, and tbat the
President's ancestry in this country,
paternal and maternal Liocoln, Boone
and Winters is to be traced to tbe
county of Berks in thia State.
The Connecting Link Men With
Tails.
The latest news from Africa is that a
tribe nf people bave been fouud in tbe
interior of tbat country that bave tails,
and speak a language of tbeir own.
now bappy Darwin will now be. Tbe
newly discovered race will be pro
nouooed the connecting link between
man and the monkey tribe. Moon
abine, that is, tbe connecting link.
Wanting a Place.
The colored Republicans of Phila
delphia held a meeting last week for
tbe purpose of influencing the appoint
ment of one of their race to a place in
the city government.
News Items.
Among the lectures in the West this
season is great-gradou of Tecuiuseh
he Shawnee chief', who was killeJ iu
the war o: 1812.
A Chester exchange says a larfe
bawk was lately captured in tbe woods
near tbat place, tbe bird's feet being
frozen to the limb of a tree ao tbat it
could not fly.
The true sportsmen of Delaware
county are paying twenty five cants per
pair for partridges, in order to keep
them during the winter and turn them
loose in tbe spring.
The prad jury cf Allegheny connty
has decided that nooe but cowards carry
concealed weapons. The Pittsburg
Dispatch thinks tbe " grand jury ought
to be a reporter crossing a lonely bridge
at three iu the morning, and bave two
or three fellows meet him io a dark
place and ask him tbe time."
There are twenty-fire colored men on
the Philadelphia police force.
Thursday afternoon a week Louis
Hare, a married man, living iu Read
ing was coming down Elm street at
'lightning speed," when be came in
eon tact wt'n two sleds tbat were bem
drawn up the bill by young men. He
struck bis cbia against the front part
of one of the sleds, which broke bis jaw
bone in front, and a piece of tin spout
ing tbat lay in the gutter cut bis throat
immediately under the chin, and nearly
severed the wind pipe.
A Bedford lawyer mined J. S. Moy
er, Esq has been charged with forging
notes to the extent of several thousand
dollars.
A postal clerk in Dubuque opened a
letter just to see if a certa n girl wae
very sweet on a certain fellow. She
was and the Government ia also very
sweet on tbe postal clerk.
A peculiar borse transaction took
place at Reuiscbcid, in Germany, tbe
other day. It was agreed tbat if tbe
horse should weigh 1,000 pounds, or
less the purchaser should pay nothing
for him, bnt that if be weighed over
1,000 pounds 300 marks (about $15)
should be paid for each pound over tbe
1,000. Tbe horse, cn being driven on
tbe scales, was found to. weigh 1,148
pounds, which, under the agreement,
made his price 44,400 marks, equal to
about $11,000.
Tbe Rev. R. F. Parabill, of Vallejo.
Cal., tried to kiss a church sister, she
indignantly repulsed bim, whereupon
he wrote to ber. "My dear aister 1 wish
you could see this matter as I do, and
1 believe God will bring you to see it "
As be and she were both married to
other partiea his fervor was tn good for
tbe sister to keep, she told an other sis
ter, and now the whole congregation,
and everybody else know it, and are
talking about seeing matters as the
preacher sees tbem.
The Report of the Committee of
I ourteen.
The Committee of fourteen, ap
pointed by the Senate and Lower
House of Congress to devise a plan
by which the unplmeant wrangle over
the result of the Presidential elec
tion mar be satisfactorily Buttled, re
ported last Thursday.
The plan is a good dnal after the
plan of the celebrated 22nd joint
rule that waa repealed at a former
tessJon.
This is the report of the commit
tee of fourteen i
A bill to pro Tide for and regulate
the counting of Totes for President
and Vice President, and the decision
of questions arising thereon for the
term commencing March 4, 1877.
Be it enacted, by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America, la Con
gress assembled, that the Senate and
House of Representatives shall meet
in the hall of tbe House of Repre
sentatives, at the hour of 1 o'clock
post meridian on the first Thursday
in February, Anno Domini 1877, and
the President of the Senate shall be
their presiding officer. Two tellers
shall previously be appointed on the
part of the Senate, and two on the
part of the House of Representatives,
to whom shall be handed, as they are
opened by the President of the Sen
ate, all the certificates and papers
purporting to be certificates of the
electoral votes, which certificates and
papers shull be opened, presented
and acted upon in the Alphabetical
order of the States, beginning with
the letter A, and said tellers having
then read the same in the presence
and hearing of the two houses shall
make a list of votes as they Appear
from the said certificates, and the
votes having been ascertained and
counted as in this act provided, the
result of the same shull be delivered
to the President of the Senate, who
shall thereupon announce the state
of the vote and the names of the per
sons, if any, elected, which announce
ment shall be deemed a sufficient
declaration of the persons elected
President and Vice President of the
United States, and together with a
list of the votes be entered on the
journals of the two houses.
Upon such reading of any such cer
tificate or paper, when there shall be
only one return from a State, the
President of the Senate shall call for
objections, if any. Every objection
shall be made in writing, and shall
state clearly and concisely, and with
out argument, the ground thereof,
and shall be signed by at least one
Senator and one member of the
House of Representatives before the
same shall be received. 'When all
objections so made to any vote or
paper from a State shall have Ieen
received and read the Senate 6liail
thereupon withdraw, and such ob
jections shall be submitted to the
Senate for its decision, and the
Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives shall in like manner submit
suoh objections to the House of Rep
resentatives fev its decision ; and no
electoral votes from any State from
which but one return has been re
ceived shall be rejected except by the
affirmative vote of the two houses.
When the two houses have voted they
shall immediately again meet, an J
the presiding officer shall then an
nounce the decision of the question
submittted.
Sec. 2. That if more than one re
turn or paper purporting to be a re
turn from the State shall have been
received by the President of the Sen
ate purporting to be the certificates
of electoral votes given at the last
preceding election for President and
Vice President in such State (unless
they 6hall be duplicates of the same
return), all such returns and papers
shall be opened by him in the pres
ence of the two houses, when met as
aforesaid, and read by the tellers,
and all such returns and papers shall
thereupon be submitted to the judg
ment and decision as to which is the
true and lawful electoral vote of such
State, of a commission constituted as
follows, namely : During the session
of each house on the Tuesday next
preceding the first Thursday in Feb
ruary, 1877, each house shall by viva
voce vote appoint five of its members,
who, with the five Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court of the United
States to be ascertained as herein
after provided, shall constitute a com
mission for the decision of all ques
tions upon or in respect of such dou-
i ble returns named in this section.
On the Tuesday next preceding the
first Thursday in February, A. D.
1877, or as soon thereafter as may be,
the Associate Justices of the Su
preme Court of the United States,
now assigned to the First, Third,
Eighth and Ninth circuits, shall se
lect in such manner as a majirity of
them shall deem fit another of the
Associate Justices of said court,
which five persons shall be members
of said commission, and the person
longest . in commission of said five
Justices shall be the president of said
commission. The members of said
commission shall respectively take
and subscribe the following oath :
I, , do solemnly swe.r (or affirm,
as I lie case mar I.) that I will impartially
examine aud consider all qurstioua submit
ted io the commission ol which I am a mem
ber, and a true judgment giro thereon,
agreeably to tbe Constitution aud the laws,
so help me God.
which oath shall be fi.'ed with tbe
Secretary of ibe Senate.
When tbe eommisaion shall bave been
tb us orgaoized, it shall not be in the
power of either bouse to dissolve the
same or to withdraw any of it mem
bers, but if ttif suub member shall die
or become physically unable to perform
the dutiea required by this act tbe fact
Of such death of physical inability shall
be by said commission, before it snail
Troceed further, communicated t-i the
Senate or House of Representatives as
the ease may be, which body shall im
mediately and without debate proceed
by viva vooe vote to fill the place ao
vaeated, and the person so appointed
shall take and subscribe tbe oath here
iubefore prescribed and become a mem
ber of aaid commission ; and in like
manner, if auy of the Justiees of the
Suprene Court shall die or become
physically incapable of performing the
dutiea required by tbis act, the other
of said Justices, members of said com
mission, shall immediately appoint an
other Justice of said Court a member
of aaid commission, and in suoh ap
pointments regard shall be bad to tbe
impartiality and freedom flora bias
sought the original appointment to
said commission, who shall thereupon
immediately take and subscribe tbe
oatb hereinbefore prescribed and be
come a member of said commission to
fill tbe vacancy so occasioned.
All tbe certificates and papr pur
porting to be certificates of tbe elec
toral vote of each State shall be opened
.in the alphabetical older of t- States,
as provided in section 1 of t'jis act, aud
when there shall be more tlao one .f
such certifies tea or papers, as the cer
tificate and papers fro.u such State
shall be opened (excepting duplicates of
the same return), tbey shall be read by
tbe teller, and thereupon tbe President
of tbe Seuate shall call for objections,
if any. Every objection shall be made
in writing, and shall state clearly and
concisely, and without argument, tbe
ground thereof, and shall be signed by
at least one Senator and one member
of the House of Representatives before
Ibe aani ahall be received. When all
each objections so made to any certifi
cate, vote or paper from a State shall
bave been received and read, all auch
certificates, votea and papers so object
ed to and all papera accompanying tbe
same, together with snch objections,
shall be forthwith submitted to said
commission, which shall proceed to con
sider the same with the same powers, if
any, now possessed for that purpose by
the two bause acting separately or to
gether, and by a majority of vote de
cide whether and wbat vote of any
sncb State are tbe vote provided fir
by the Constitution of the United
States, and bow many and what persons
were duly appointed electors in sueb
State, and may therein take into view
such petitions, depositions and other
papers, if any, ar shall, by the Const!
tution and now existing law, be compe
tent and pertinent in such considera
tion ; which decision shall be made in
writing, stating only the ground thereof,
and signed by the member of said
commission agreeing therein, where
upon the two bousea shall again meet,
and such decision shall be read and en
tered on the journal of each bouse, and
the cuuutiug of the votes shall proceed
in conformity therewith uulesa, upon
objection made thereto ia writing by at
least five Senators aod five members of
the House of Representatives, the two
houses shall separately concur in order
ing otherwise, iu which case such eon
current ordes shall govern No votes
and other papers from at-y other Slate
shall be aoted upon until tbe objections
previously made to the votes or papers
from sny State shall have bsen finally
disposed of.
ec. 3. That while tbe two hruses
shall be in meeting, as provided in tbis
act, no debate shall be allowed, and no
question shall be put by the presiding
officer, except to either bouse on a mo
tion do withdraw, aid he ahall have
power to preserve order.
Sec. 4. That when the two houses
separate to decide upon on objection
tbat may bave been made to the count
ing of any electoral vote or votes fioui
auy State, or upon objection to a report
of said commission or other question
arising uoder this act, each Senator or
Representative may speak on such ob
jection or question ten minutes, and not
ofteuer than once, bnt after such debate
ahall bave lasted two boars it shall be
the duty of each bouse to put the main
questiou without further debate.
Sec. 5. Tbat at such joint meeting
of the two houses seats shall be provid
ed as follows: For the President of the
Senate, the Speaker's chair; for tbe
Speaker, immediately upon bis left ;
the Senators in the body of tbe ball
npon tbe right of th4 presiding officer ;
for the Representatives, in the body of
the ball not provided for the Seuators ;
for the tellers, Secretary of tbe Senate
aud Clerk of tbe House of Representa
tives, at tbe clerk's desk ; for the other
officers nf the two bouses, iu front of the
clerk's desk aud upon each side of the
Speaker's platform. Huch joint meet
ing shall nut be dissolved until ibe
oouot of the electoral Votes ahall he
completed and the result declared, and
no recess shall be taken unless a ques
tion shall bave arisen in regard to
counting any such votes or otherwise
under this aot, iu which case it shall be
competent for either house, aoting sep
arately in the manner hereinbefore pro
vided, to direct a recess of suoh bouse,
not beyond tbe next day, Sunday ex
cepted, at the hour of 10 o'clock io the
forenoon, and while any question is
being oousidered by said commission,
either bouse may proceed with its leg
islative r othrr busioesa.
Sec C. Tbat nothing in this aet
aball be held to impair or afteoi any
right now existing under the Constitu
tion aud laws to question, by proceed
ing in tbe judicial courts of tbe United
Stiles, the right or title of tbe person
wbo shall be djclared elected or wbo
shall elaiui to be President or Vice
President of ibe Uui'ed States, if any
i-uch right exists.
Sac. 7. That saii commission abalJ
male it own roles, keep a record of its
proceedings, and shall bave power to
employ sucb persons as may be neces
sary for tbe transaction of its business
and tbe execution of Us powers.
. M
TIa Wroaff Coat.
Senator Gold bwaite, of Alabama,
bas long been afflicted with absent
mindeduess. He also bs the habit of
taking other people' coats by mistake,
particularly if tbey happen to bang
near bis own peg. One Jay a Senator
missed bis eoat, which had about $3500
in money in it. Four day afterward
two detective oalled at tiuldthwaite's
house and asked biut if be had his own
eoat After searching bis closet for a
time be returued, bringing tbe lost
eoat, and aayiog, "Tbis does not look
quite like my eoat." The lost money
was found safe in the pocket.
The Vongent Days.
At London aud lirtuija the longest
day bail sixteen hours.
At Stockholm, in Sweden, the longest
dav has eighteen and a halt bonrs.
At Hamburg, Oeruiauy, and Dantxig,
Prussia, the longest day bas seventeen
hiiurs and the sb trtest soveo hours.
At St Petersburg, in Russia, and To
bnUk, Siberia, tbe longest day has sev
enteen botlra and the shortest five hour.
At Toinea, in Finland, the longest j
dav has tweotv-ona and a half hours
anil the shorter! two and a half hours.
At VVardnuys, Norway, the day lasts
from May 21 to July 21 without inter
raptton, and at Spitzbergen tbe longest
day ia three and a half months.
Tbe Pennsylvania Agricultural Soci
ety met in Harrisburg on tbe 17th inst.
and elected tbe following officers : Jcbn
V. Hammond, of Erie, president J.
B. Rutherford, treasurer ; Eldridge Mc
Coukey, corresponding secretary ) D.
W. Seller, recording secretary ; 9. 8.
Haldeman, chemist and geologist.
Harry Sankey, a on of tbe evangel
ist, is engaged in religions work among
boys, lid is 15 years of aife.
A Valuable Book.
nistnrr of the United States from the Ab
original Times to the Present Ihiy. by
John Clark Kiupatb, A. St., frolessor Y
History and Bulles-Leltres, Indian As-
bury Lntversity. Koyal IXia.o. Illua
1 rated with Yai. Chart. Portraits aud I
Di igratna. Sold otity tiy subscription. ! character, mil be prosecnled for a miMie
Prkre 93.00. Jones Brothers Jl Co., Pbil I lueanor, because thre is no premium vn
adelubia, Chicago aaj Clociuuati. I the scalp of an an i mil nt full gm i
-ii-i OQ Juniata count. Bv order of the Board of
Tbe eireunistaotul detail of 384 . CouutT commissioners.
years the years tbat bave opened a! JAMES DEEX, Cltrk.
new world aud created a mighty nation! Jan. 13, 1877.
waa never given in better style than I
7 - .. . " .. 6
toe DuiKy volumes o Bancroft we wou-j
der tbat one man should attempt toi. -
w...e . nie u.o.o., Vi ur oi'uuirt .
wuen tbe preliminary portion of It takes :
np so oiuuti paoe. out e cannot see
that Prolessor KiJpatb bas omitted a
single material fact tbat is contained iu
Bancroft, while be bas avoided that
tedious detail which unfits the woik of
tbe latter for popular use. Tbe in
trigues of tbe English Court and Cabi
net, the petty squabbles of tbe House
of Commons, the rise and fall of parties
in Kuiand, which are supposed to bave
had an influence on Autericaa affairs.
i these are indeed omitted from Prot.
RidpatV work ; but in their stead ia
given a brief and masterly summary of
the causes whicb led to the Americau
Revolution, which wo venture to sav,
confess a better understanding nf the
matter to ninety nine iu every hundred
readers. Take for iustance tbe follow
ing extract :
Another cause leading to tbe Revolu
tion aa lound in the natural ditpontmn md
iArrirrf tkaraeltr of Ik cvloMt: TIm-v
Wdre, lor the moat part, republicans in pol
itics and dissenters in religion. Ihe puw
ple of England were monarchists and High
Churchmen. The colonists had never seen
a kiuz. Tbe Atlantic lay between them and
the British ministry. Their dealings i h
tbe royal officers had been such as to engen
der a dUlike for monarchia! institutiona.
The people ot America bad not forgotten
Could not well forget the eireiiruslances
under which tbeir anewtors had ciu lo
the New kVoiM. For six generations the
Colonists had inanagid thtir own u Hairs;
and their methods ot government were ne
cessarily republican. The experiences vf
tlw French and 1 mil ha War hid showathat
Americans were luhy able Io deleud them
selves and their country."
As one important cause, is not that
more satisfactory than a volume ol com
mentary ?
The author' rare ability to condense
a vast amount of information iuto a sin
gle paragraph is shown iu any of his
numerous, graceful biographies. Take
the following on Benjamin Franklin :
"BisjAHrs Fa3ELi. the author of the
first treaty between the I'niled St iles and a
foreign nation, was born in Boston on the
inaoi January, i i. ins lather was a
manufacturer of sosp and candles. To this
nutuoie vocation ine young iseniinin was
aevoieu ny nis parents; bin the walls of a
candle-simp were too narrow for his aspir
ing genius. At the age of twelve he was
apprenticed to hi t brother to learn the art
ol printing ; but the brother beat him, and
he ran off to New York. There he lound
no employment. In 172-1 he repured to
Philadelphia, entered a riming nrtice, and
rose to distinction. He vbiwd England ;
relumed ; founded tue ttist circulating libra
ry in America; became a man of science;
edited Foot Ricar,C Jlmanae; originated
the American Philosophical Society ; dis
covered the identity of eleclriciiy and light
ning; made hiu.s-.-il known in bith hemi
spheres; opoused thccauseol Ihepatiiots;
and devoted tho unimpaired energies ol bis
old age to perfecting tbe American Union.
The name l Franklin is one ot the bright
est in the history vf any nation."
In this work Prof. Ridpath has sur
mounted one difficulty which confronts
all historians; to aet forth all tbe facts,
with fitting comments, without on tbe
one band making bis work too volumi
nous for common nse, or on the other
making it a mere outline of dry aud
disconnected facts.
A aerie of Charts show the cotem
porary men and events, and colored
maps illustrate tbe changes in political
boundaries fr.uu t me to time. These
are of y reat asntan.ot; t. the reader,
la short it is difficult to 6ad particu
lar in which this Ilislcry dues not meet
every want nf the eitisen aud patriot
It ia the work of a cultured mind and
careful historian, aod must take rank
as tbe best History of 'the United
State yet published.
News Items.
A factory for making bottef fram
tallow has been started in Scranton.
Tbe process bas not yet been made
public.
A Kentucky Bun was froxen to death
in bed, rcoeut'y, and his wife dsdu't
Cud it out until morning, when be failed
to remind ber to get op acd kindle the
Ore.
Mrs. Worbmao bas been held to an
awer tbe charge of beating ber husband
at St. Louis.
The cold spell has killed hundreds of
thousands of cabbage plant in Vir
ginia, and it is feaied there will be a
considerate advance in tbe price of
pure Havana segars in consequence.
JS'ornstote lleruld.
A Chicago man, lately imprisoned
for beating his wife, said, U be was
locked tip, ' I've one comfort, anyhow,
and that i, that I'm not aent to jail for
doing a mean tbing. -
A half pound of powder in a chest
out log thoroughly demoralised a family
in Lycoming county a few days ago.
Tjo log bad been borrowed withoat tbe
owner' consent.
Manffleld Island, in Lake Erie bas
been bought by a man who inteuds to
stock it with black eats, and kill tbeir
progeny for their fur.
JJaltimore dealers say that entire
oyster beds are destroyed by drum fish
voracious creatures, atrong enough
to break the shells with their teetb.
Miss Linny, of Sacramento, wis in
clined to marry Mr. Robert, but she
said sbe could not become the wife of
a poor mm. Sh would wait a reason
able time for bito to make a fortune.
Mj whenever he reached a condition
to support her finely he might claim
ber. lie Went to California and en
gaged in mining speculation, and made
a fortune of ooe hundred thousand dol
lar. He wrote to tbat effect to his
love of by gne days, she wrote warm
ly back that any day would suit ber,
tben be wrote back that be could not
marry ber. ?be bas sQod him for
breach of promise.
During a heavy rain storm on Mon
day a week, a fall of small live snakt
was observed in tbe southern part of
Memphis, where, thousands of them
could be seen nn Tuesday. The snake
are from one foot to eighteen inches in
length.
Notice to Justices of tbe Peace.
JUSTICES OF THK PEACE are herebv
Dotrtiett that heres.'ter they mnt eerlity
th it the animals ai'h-d were full (Tour
whether foxes, wiM-rats or nui-k that
herralter premitmn will only be p-ii t npon
full grown anlruais. Anv Justice of the
grown anlruais.
Peare issuing a certificate -if an other
.
'I I 1 - JLJJL1, th luouey lender.
III
- .V.
Interest paid senii-annuily in X
i. .1. c ; . : ... .1. .
i,,all l mil a!on3. exclusive of tha bu Id-
ing. (Present cash value b srn ap-
pratsers.) No inveilment aater. Ho pay-
menta more promptly ioj. . Evst of r w.
ences girru. Send stamp for particuiafs.
D. S. B. JOUN9TOV, jfrgotiator of Mort
gage Loans, St. Paul, aliuncsot.
$68;.
wet-k iu your own town. Terms and
outfit free. U. I1ALLETT fc CO.,
Portland, .Maine.
Cfff YEAR. Aaivrs Wasr
yJaJUU ao on our Grand Combina
tion Prospectus, repfeseating
150 distinct BOOKS
wanted every here The Biig-st Thing
Ever Tried. Sales made from ibis when ail
single Books tail. Also. Azrnls wanted on
uur MAGNIFICENT FAMILY BIBLES.
Sitpe-ior to all others. With invaluable II
ltralti Jids and Suprrt BtuJinqt Tese
looks beat the World full particulars
tree. Addrrm Johs B. Potts a Jl Co., pub
lishers, Philadelphia.
C:C fn (77 to Agents.
Samples
tpuu iiU mil ( Ktt.
P. O.
VICKEiir,
Angusta, Maine.
The Little Rock
and Fort Smith
RAILWAY
Bas
FOE SALE
Farmit.g Lands G raxing Lands. Fruit Lands,
Vine Lands, Coal ljnds. Wood Lands,
some Prairie Lands. Bottom ljiri'U.anil Up-
UniU. on term to suit tbe purchaser-
Mi per cesit. mtcrt-.i no
Uiflerred payments. Tcta per Cent.
discount for cash. For lull particular,
nntps and pamphlets, apply to W. D.
S L..4C H, Land Commissioner, LiUle Kock,
Aikansas.
$12
OutHt and terms free. TRUE at CO..
Augusta, Haiue.
SMOKY 'cured. Tile! saved, and
Clll.nXEYS $ heat increased by apply
ing Hie spiral Draft. S.-nd stamp for cir
cular (with testimonials) to HE! RY COL
FORD, 726 Sansuin Mn Philadelphia, Pa.
CAA A MONTH to Active Men sell
WwU VJ' ig our Letter Copying Book.
No prexs Hater nsed. Sample copy worth
a-i.oo iree. -no slimn tor circular. IX
CELSIOR M'F'G CO , U9 Madison, and li'i
fea- oorn sireei, Chicago
E.VIOS No matter bow slightlv
ni.ial.ird. Increaxes now paid. Advice
and circular free. T. McMicaasL, Att'y,
707 Sansoui street, Philadelphia.
to tfyfl rrday at home. Terms free.
pu e V?uu
Portland, Me,
Address Geo. Srissoa a. Co.,
SP,i n 'TS. to AD.OIS
tJ Lil! U CO.. Box 166H. Phila
delphia, Pa. (Vanntscuirv in Howell'a mar
ble building. Ninth and Chestnut sts.) and
receive by return mail, potige pi r paid, a
complete net of the Bve principal
fETrCXUAL BtriLDIJGS.
elegantly carved in Blsck Walanr, Wood,
and finely finished. Exact duplicates of
thue which were mtrulactured in Machin
ery Hall during th Exposition, and which
thousands were unable lo purchase.
JUNIATA VALLEY BASK.
MIFFLINT0WN,
JUNIATA COUNTY, PZNN'A.
JAMES N-ORTfT, President.
T. VAN IRT1X, Caahier.
BtatCToas :
Noah Flertxler.
James North.
J. Serin Poroeroy.
Abraham Stoufler.
Jerome Hetriek.
William Banks.
Ephraim B. McCrum.
Sale Bill of all klada printed ea short
Boitee at thia offle.
Leg i! .IJvtTtismtnis.
IJltfcCsaAM ATlO W H E RE 3.
the Hon. besj. t Jccai, President
JtiSge of the" Court of Cofliuon Pleas for
the 4lsf Judicial District, composed of tb
counties of Juniata, and Perry, and tho
Hononib'.es Noah A. Elder and Francis
Hartley, Asaocia'es Judgea of tbe said
Court of Common Pleas of Juniata count,
bave iaauel tboir pretejt to me directed,
bearing date the 8lh day or December, 178,
for holding a Court of Oyer aud Terminer
and General Jail DeliVery, and General
Quarter Sessions of the Peace, at Jti
FLINTOWJi, on the FIRST JfOXDW
ot FEBRUARY, 1S77, being tbe ilk dsr
of the month.
IVoticc is IIikibt Gives, to tbe Cor
oner, J ustices ol the Peace and Constable
of the County of Juniata, that they be then
and therein their proper persons, at one
o'clock on the afternoon of aaid djy, wi'.h
their records, inquisitions, examinations
I aud oyer remembrances, to do those tlriLgs
that Io their omces respectively appertain,
and those that are bound by recognisance to
prosecute against the prisoners that are or
then may be in the Jail of said county,
be ttiL-D and there to prosecute against
them as shall be just.
By an Act of Assembly, passed the I he
day of May, A. !., It is made tha
duty of the Justices of tbe Peare, of tbe
several counties of this CominouweaRh. ts
return to the Clerk of this Court ot (Ji urtoi
Sessions vf the respoctives counties. ail l!ie
recognizance entered iuto belore them by
any person or persons chaiged with the
coinniixion of any crime, except such i-s
as may be ended before a Justice ol ;h
Peace, under existing laws, at least ten day
belore the couiiWPeebient of the acsitioa
of tbe Court to whicb they are made re
turnable respectively, and in all cases h-.-re
any recognisances are entered into l--s
than ten days before the eommeuce'uena
of the session to w hich they are made re
turnable, the said Justices are to return
tbe same in the same manner as if said ac '
had not been pebmud.
Dated at Xitliiutown, the 8th day ?
Deceubr, in the year of our Lord
thousand eight hundred and seventv-six.
VM. D. WALLS, Sheriff.
SherjfTs Office, Miltiintuwo,-
i'ebruary 10, 1877. )
SHERIFF'S SALEM.
BT virtue of sundry writs of Vend. Ex..
and Fi. Fa., issued out of the Court uf
Common Pleas of J aniata county aid tc
me directed, will be exposed to aale ly
public ontcry, at the Court House, in the
borough of Mifllintown, at 2 o'clock p. ,
FKIDAV, FEBKCAKV 2, 1177. the follow
ing described real estate, to wit :
A trsct of land situate in Greenwood
township, Junuta county, adjoining UoJ
of Frank Caum on the north, othrr Una. of
V". H Eby on the east, Adam Will' heirs
on the south and west, containing FIFTY
ACRES, more or less. ALSO, a tract cf
land in the same township, adjoin lands ot
Frank Caum and Levi Light on the south,
tbe above described tract on the net, land
of David Fisher on tbe north. ud Ad uu
Arnold and others on the east, containing
FORTY ACRES, more or less, and havi'ia;
thereon erected s Log Dwelling House and
Stable. To be sold as the property of W .
11. Eby.
A lot of gronnd situate on the southwest
corner of Main street acd Tboinpaonteww
road, in the town of MeAlisterTille, Fayefte
township, bounded on the west by lot of
Joxeph Long acre, and on the south by aa
alley, and having thereon erected a largo
lg and Frame Dwelling House, Two story
Frame Shop, Stable and Shed, and Ukuoi.
as the L'Dion Uolel property, to bo ft A as
the property of Cyrus Siebur.
Tbe undivided one-sixth of frarC o'
kind in Oreenwood township, Jnniati coun
ty, adjoining lands of Tbomas Mi!I-r end
others on the south, Duty, Parker Co., on
east, Paul Cox's heirs and others on tus
south, Doty. Parker Jl Co., Paul Cox :.J
James S. Cox on the west, containing 1".
HUNDRED AND TEN ACRES, more w
less, and hnving thereon erected a Urge Lo
and Frame House, Log Barn. Hog Stable,
and ontbnildings. To be sold as the prop
erty ot John Cox.
A tract of land sitnate in Walker towe
ship, said county, a !joi"ing lands of DaM
Divea and John Gingrk-h vn the north,
pnbMc ro-wl and Philip I tank nn th eaM,
Und of Saoinel Anker and puttie road oa
:he south, lands of Moses Yoder a:l Ji:ao
Tjws on the wt. containing ONE HUN
DRED AND FOURTEEN ACRES, more or
leas, about 90 acres ot which are i-W-arou,
and hiving thereon erected a Log-Fri:ue
t!one, Bauk Barn, anJ other necessary out
buildings. Tn be sold as the property c:
Martiu Weaver.
WM. D. WALLS, Sktrif.
ShurifTs 0!F.re, Miftiintown, i
Jan. io, ;:;.
JIOTHE.
ALL persons krx.wing themselves indebt
ed to the undersigned for recording
Deeds, Mortgages -jt otn-r matter, ana t'l
Administrators and Executors biviuj un
settled account i, will p!eae call at this
office and settle the same with the nn lr
igned, or I. D. Muster, on or before lb
ursleek of FEBRUARY next, aa alter
thit tune all unsettled aceonnts will be put
in the hand a of proper otlicers tor eoil.-e-ti-n
J. T. METL1N.
Recorder's Office, Miffintown,
January Z. lei -it
County Bond for Sale.
TUE County Commissioners hereby give
notice that we are prepared tu re lew
County Bonds, and also to sell a liiu:ttl
number of New Bonds, to prmnre no'.i'
to meet Bonds coming due. Said E-.ci to
te at 5 per cent, interest. By order ui ' -j
Board of County Commissioners.
JAMES DEEN, Clerk.
Dec. 8, 1876.
Assigned Estate of Mliler
Woodward.
TVTOTICE is herebv given that Miller
i.1 Woodward, of tireenwood township,
Juniata counlv, Pa., has nude au asa:ji
ment tor the benefit of his creditors to the
undersigned. All persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make payment, aud
those having claims to present the aaiue
without delav to
WILLIAM OIVEN, Assignee.
Patterson, Juuiau Cu i'a.
Dec. 13. 187G.
g B. LOUDON,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
in room nn second story of H. X. Parker's
new building, on
Main Street, Mifflintown, Pa.
FASHIONABLE GOODS alwaya
band.
CUSTOM WORK DONK oa th shortest
notice.
(JOODS SOLD by th yard or pattern.
PERSONS baying goods can have Shea
cut in garments free of charge.
BCTTERWVS F.4TTEft.S also for
sale.
ALI. WORK TO A It RATTED.
PRICES LOW.
Oct 22, 1873-tf
ATTENTION.
J. F. JACOBS,
niALta ia
Farming Machinery and Agriculture! Im
plements, such aa
Corn Planters, Corn Worker.,
CRUX SEPARATORS,
CLOVER SEED SEP.1R.nOR.
none Powers from One to Tea K.-
Power,
.l$ricnl:ural, Porttblt. and iofioaar,
Stan Enjtnfj,
FODDER CUTTERS. FODDER CRUSH
EhS, COKN S HELLERS.
Tider Mills, nay Forks Hay Rakes. Gr: .
Drills, and larming Machinery and ia ..
menta of ever; description. Addresa
J- F. J.UOba,
Port Rnyal, Jaaiaa Cw . F
April 1?. 7.