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ON EVERY CASE.*** -
Yonr attention Lscalled to the store of W. E.
Ralston, the Jeweler No, 9<i. South Main stree-t,
where you wIU tlnd a choice selection of
Witches. Clocks and Jewelry of every descrlp
tion. Watch and t'lock repairing a specialty,
W. E. RALSTON,
No. 90, south Main street,
Butler, Pa;
Hotel Brady
T. W. TAIT, Prop'r.
New Hotel and Restaurant on tbe Dlaraoud,
Butler. Pa.
Mr. T. W. TALL bus refitted and furnished the
Brady Hoi;se. aud is now prepared to accommo
date the public.
His Restaurant. In connection with the hotel
will oe open dav aud night. The tables will b
furnished with everything tlie market affords,
FRESH GAME AND OYSTERS
RECEIVED DAILY.
Your patronage respectfully solicited.
NRRASCI Woaders exist In thousands ot
11L L llforms. but are surpassed by tho mar
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Will u»-ed of protttable work that can be
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send their address to Hallett d Co., Portland,
Maine, and receive free, full Information how
either sex. of aU ages, oen earn from $5 to $25
per day and upwards wherever they live. You
are started free. Capital not required. Some
have made over S6O in a single day at this work,
AU ewewd.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
The I'eoole's Great
EXPOSITION!
4, GREAT SHOWS HONE, 4.
j We annouuee to the people far and wide that
1 we will exhibit our collossal aggregation of
startling wonders, to secure which all parts ot
the earth—Europe. Asia, and portions of the C
-5. have been searched, and such an aggregation
as has never been seen since the day Noah enter
ed the Ark. The mighty Elephant,the great Rhi
noceros, the HippopottomiA. the I'hlmpanzle.the
Ou-rang-outang or run-out-and-fitlck-out-your
tongue-out. the greatest living wonders of the
age will excite no wonder wnen compared with
the multitude of monster attractions on exhibi
tion at our great moral Orctis and Menagerie.
The roars and howls of the would-be competi
tor wlio Apes the methods, but cries down the
attractions of our own and ouly Greatest Show
on earth will be drowned In the Joyful acclam
ations of a delighted populace. Rememlier this
great show possesses no objectionable features
and Is the delight of the cultured and retlned.
We show under one canopy four great shows,
the Largest Stock—Greatest variety—Best
Goods and styles—Lowest Prices. We have se
cured a magnltlcent Brass Band which will be
a prominent feat ure of our great show. 3 rings
with a separate and coutinuous performance
being enacted In each ring.
NEW AND NOVEL
attractions. 3 Jolly Clowns. The greatest liv
ing, walking, breathing, talking curiosities of
the age. Pliunny Pliellows—sure to fell you
and all the people laugh when they see the bar
gains they offer. Other and greater attractions
greet the delighted eye on every side—the Pro
prietor and Managers swinging in the flvHig
trapeze attached to the highest pinacle of suc
: cess, give such exhibitions of nerve and daring
in sweeping reductions, gor/eous displays ana
woudf rlul bargains as to call forth the plaudits
of the most prudent auu economical. The man
agement beg leave to annouuee that in their uu
tlring zeal in the search for the rare and curious,
astonishing results have always followed and
we open for your Inspection a collos
sal collection 01 bright and new Fall
Styles in Mens' Boys' and Childrens'
Clothing, llats, CajJs Underwear, Shirts,
Collars, Cnffs. Ties. Hosiery, Handker
chiefs. Mufflers. Gloves, Mltteus, Umbrel
las. Trunks. Valises, satchels. Straps,
Brushes. Combs, Jewelry, Corsets, Jer
seys, Stockings with a full line of Notions, Sc.
Big bargains all through tbe show,
.Song by the Clown : -
Men and youth and boys and all,
Short and So.'ld.lean and tall.
Wno need a suit ol clothes this fail,
We do invite you now to call
For we are rolling on the ball.
And you are sure to make a haul.
Whatever you purchase, great or small.
Song 2 :-"What are tbe wild waves saying."
Buy vout Clothing aad Furnishing goods of
D. A. HECK.
Song 3"Her bright smile haunts me still,"
The smile of satisfaction that beamed from
the face of the lady who dressed her little
boy In one ol Heck's irreslstable suits.
If yon want to save money and Increase your
pile droppin and C HECK, and he'll make you
all smile.
He possesses the power to spread happiness
around.
And his store is the place where bargains are
tound.
Doors open at TA. SI. Close at 8 r. M. Ad
mittance. Gents Free. Ladies and Children half
price. Remember the place.
D. JL. HECK'S,
So. 11, North Xaln St., Dairy's Blck,
BUTLER, - PA.
Organs! Organs! Organs!
The Dyer & Hugh's lends,
them nil, 35,000 in actual use.
The following are a few of
the many using this organ in
Qutler county: Wm. Sarver,
Sarversvillc; Jas. Dougherty,
Donegal; D Lardin, Baldridge;
1.. Xhorn,- Thorn Creek; Jacob
Shoup, Thorn Creek; Baptist
Church, Butler; Presbyterian
Church, Muddycreek; St. John
Church, Hallston Station.
These all recommend the
Dyer & Hugh's Organ highly.
I have contracted to sell a
hundred ol these organs during
1888, and will offer them at
greatly reduced prices, organs
from $47 to S3OO. Come to
Butler and take one of them
homo on trial.
A full line of violins.guitars,
banjoes, horns and all musical
instruments. Don't forget
the name and place
ALEX WILLIAMS.
Next to Berg & Cypher's hard
ware store, Butler, Pa.
NEW
Clothing Store
| J ' * *
CLOTHING, HATS,
GENTS' FURNISHING
GOODS,
UNDERWEAR, NECK
WEAR,
OVERCOATS, RUBBER
COATS, GLOVES,
SUSPENDERS,
UM B R ELLAS. SHI RTS,
CAPS, SHOEs FOR MEN
AND BOYS, &C.,
All at most reasonable prices,
•*.
JOHN T. KELLY,
G9 S,, Main St., door to p, o.)
S U R VE Y I NG
LAND,
COAL BANKS,
AND LEVELING.
Particular attention given to tbe Retracing ot
old lines. Address,
B.F. HILLI AItD,
Co. Knrveyor
North Hope P. 0., Butler Co., Pa.
«ABl.ly
QA LBSMEAT
WANTED I \
—' to ranvass for the sale of Nur--A». 1
seiy BU>ck I Steady employment guaranteed.
I HALAKY AND EXPENSES PAID. Apply a*
, once, stating age. (Refer to this paper.)
i Chase Brothers Cc., ko^TT e . b
j JSigr - Advertise ID tbe Crnziir.
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likejhis
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Nasal Passag
sores, restore 1
the Senses
Ta«t A an U.fJL I
Smell, H^.teveft
Try the cure tin's Ceam Balm,
4 particle is applied Into each nostril and is
agreeable. Price r>o cents at Druggists :by mail,
registered, 60 cis. Circulars free, KLv BROS,
235 Greenwich St. New York.
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>% ■ ■ m. Crick, Sprains, Wrenches, IUI.U
--qH finl* m-i!i.'::i, Nouralgi*, Sciatica,
_" _ _ i'lourisy Pain', Stitoh in tho
I■! 43 Side, Backache, Swollen Joints,
■ #% IIV IK-art Disease, Soro Muscles,
Pain in the Chest, and all pains and aches cither local or
doep-ccated arc instantly relieved and speedily cured by
the well-known Bop Platter. Compounded, as it is, of
the medicinal Tirtues of fresh Hops, Gums, Balsams and
Extract*, it is Indeed tfu best pain-killing, stimnlatinr,
•oothin* and strengthening Porons 1 luster erer mada
nop Plasters are sotd by aUdrsssistsand country norea
Ift cents orflTe for SI.OO. i ■ ■
Mailed on receipt of I 1,,# f
price. Hop FUuterCo.,l
Proprietors and Manu- PLASTER
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
G, M. ZIMMERMAN.
PHYSICIAN AND SCKGEO.V,
Office at No. 45, S. Malu street, over Frank &
C'o's Diug Store, Butler, Pa,
J. F. BRITTAIN,
Att'y at Law—Office at S. E. Cor. Main St, and
Diamond, Butler, Pa.
NEWTON BLACK
Att'y at Law—OtUce on South side ot .lliaruo nd,
Butler, Pa.
IRA McJL'NKIN,
Attorney at Law. Office at No. 17, East Jeffer
son St., Butler, Pa,
MR R. J. LAMB
Organist and Choir Master,
St. Peter's German Church, Butler.
OKUAN, PIANOI-OUTK. VinUNi'SlSl-IXO AND UAK
SIOKT.
llanofortes aud Organs Tun6d aud itegulat
ed. T jrrns on application, 50 West Jefferson
street.
"ITS. McJUiVIKtST"
Insurance and Real Estate Ag't.
17 EAST JEFFERSON ST,
BUTLER, - PA.
Dr. S. A. JOHNSTON,
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the profession execut
ed in the neatest manner.
Specialties :—Gold Killings, and Painless Ex
traction of Teeth. Vitalized Air administered.
OBee «■ Jefferson Street, ene door Kait of I/O wry
Home, Up Stain.
Office open dally, except Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Communications by mail receive
prompt attention.
N. B.— The only Dentist In Batter using the
brat makes of teeth.
JOHN E. BYERS,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office No. 65 So.nth Main Street,
BUTLELL, - PA.
SAMUELM. BIPPUS,
Physician and Surgeon.
No. 10 West Cunningham St.,
BUTLER, IPEZNTZSPA
DENTISTB X .
Qlf WALPRON, Graduate of the Phlla
• IV. delphia Dental College, Is prepared
to do anything );i the line of his profession in a
satisfactory manner.
Office oh Main street, Butler, Union Block
up stain.
J S LUSK, M.D,,
lias removed from Harmony to Bnller ana hag
ills oftlce at No. 9, Main St., three doors below
Lcrwry House. apr-30-tf.
mm™;
No. 88 and 90, S. Main St.,
BUTLER> - -
Near New Court House— formerly Donaldson
House—Kood accommodations for travelers.
"TSFGSI? "TMUDULLEIL. IWR.
A J FRANK & CO,
DIALERS IN
DRUGS,
MEDICINES, , .
AND CHEMICALS,
FANCY and TOILET ARTICES,
BPONGES, BRUSHES, PERFUMERY, 4c.
or* Physicians' Prescriptions corofully coji
pounded.
40 S. M«TO Street, Butter, Pa.
I A Motto For The New Year.
"Serve God and be cheerful !" The motto
1 Shall be mine, as the Bishops of ul«l;
On my «ou!'s coat-of-arms I will write it
In letters of purple ami goM.
"Serve God and be cheerful
Whether fortune smile sweetly or frown
Christ stood King before Pilate. Within me
I carry the sceptre and crown.
"Serve God aud be cheerful!" Make brighter
The brightness that falls on your lot;
And the rare or the daily sent blessing
Profane not with gloom and with doubt.
"Serve God ami be cfceerfnl!" Each sorrow
Is—with your will in God's—for the best.
O'er the clcud hangs the rainbow. To
morrow
Will see the bine sky in the West.
"Serve God and be cheerful.'" The darkness
Only makes the surprises of dawn;
And the deeper and grimmer the midnight
The brighter and sweeter the m^rn.
"Serve God and be cheerful!" The winter
Rolls'round to the beautiful spriu?;
And o'er the green grave of the snowdrift
Tha nest-building robins will sing.
"Serve God and bu cheerful!" Look up
ward!
God's countenance scatters the gloona,
And the soft summer light of nis heaven
Shines ever the cross aud the tomb.
"Serve God and be cheerful!" The wrinkles
Of age we may take with a smile;
But the wrinkles of faithless foreboding
Are the crow's feet of Satan's own guile
"Serve God and be cheerful!" Religion
Looks all the more lovely in white
And God loves to be served by His servant
When smiling he serves in the light.
And lives out the glad tidings ot Jesus,
In the sunehine He came to impart;
For the fruit of His word and His spirit
Is "Love, Joy and Peace" in the heart.
"Serve God aud be cheerful!" Live nobly,
Do right aud da good; make the best
Of the gifts and the work set before you,
And to God. without fear, leave the rest.
The Buckshot War.
A few days ago, a New York pa
per announced tbe death in Ohio of
ex-Representative Hamlin, who was
believed to have been the last surviv
ing member of the Pennsylvania Leg
islature of the exciting session of
1839-40, when the efforts of the Anti-
Masons and Whigs, under tho lead of
Thaddeus Stevens, to secure control
of the Legislature and the State Ad
ministration led to what became
known as the Buckshot War. Fol
lowing close on the death of this long
forgotten legislator comes the an
nouncement of the death in Indiana
of ''Baity" Sowers, once a Philadel
phia terror and a rowdy, whose repu
tation 40 years ago was national.
Sowers left his haunts in Philadel
phia about tbe time the war broke
out, and until his death his wherea
bouts were not known. He was the
last survivor of the once notorious
Spring Garden "Butcher Boy" gang,
and his demise, almost simultaneous
ly with that of the last member of
the Buckshot War Legislature, recalls
the fact that he was a prominent fig
ure in that disturbance, and that, but
for a fortunate chance, the career of
Thaddeus Stevens, then just began,
would have beyond a doubt been
brought to a tragic close at bis hands,
as one result of that political crisis
The history of Pennsylvania has
been written several times since the
Buckshot War, but although that af
fair was one of the most important
and critical occutreuces in the State's
record, the historian has not deemed its
story worth the telling. Two bodies
of men in session, each claiming to
be the legal House Representatives;
a Governor, the heads of every State
department, tbe Speaker of the Sen
ate, and other prominent men, all vir
tually in hiding for a week; tbe State
Arsenal in the hands of an nnautbor
| ized force; Ilarrisburg in charge of
a self-appointed Commitee of Safety;
the State department building closed
and, together with the Capitol
grounds, guard by militia, and admis
sion denied to all not having a mili
tary pass — these, certainly, were suf
ficient to have furnished material for a
stirring chapter in any history, but
tho story of it all is only to be found
between the musty covers of official
documents, where it is told in the dry,
unsatisfactory, uudramatic verbiage
of the State paper 50 years ago.
In 1835 Joseph Ritner had been
elected Governor of Pennsylvania as
the Whig and Anti-Masonic candi
date—Thaddeus Stevens, then a
Gettysburg lawyer, was elected to
the Legislature the same year. 110
had more than any other mao, built
up the Anti-Masonic strength in the
State, and he became Gov. Ritner'S
chief unofficial adviser. The first an
ti-slavery message ever promulgated
by A Northern Governor was signed
by Gov. Ritner, and the author of it
was then, and is today, believed bv
many to have been Thaddeus Stevens.
It was referred to by Wbittier in a
poem writen by him soon afterward,
and created a great sensation all over
the country. Thomas H. Burrows of
Lancaster was made the chief of Gov.
Ritner'B Cabinet, as Secretary of the
Commonwealth. The political tri
umvirate of Stevens Ritner and Bur
rows soon became as famous
in Pennsylvania as was that of
Seward, Weed and Greely in New
York State in later years Gov Rit
ner' Administration was aggressive,
bitterly partisan, and aroused the vio
lent hatred of the opposition. Tho
great political engine of Pennsylvania
then was the Public Works. The
State owned all the internal improve
ments canals, railroads and every
thing These were being increased in
extent and enlarged in capacity.
Thousands of men were employed on
them, innumerable and remunerative
contracts were at the disposal of those
in authority, aud the patrrnage was
unlimited. By tbe end of Ritner's
administration the political machin
ery of the Public Works was all in
the hands of Stevens, Ritner and Bur
rows, and there was no opposition to
Gov. Ritner's nomination for a sec
ond term by the Whigs and Anti-
Masons in 1838 The last-mention
ed allies of tbe Whigs bad decreased
largely in numbers since 1835. Rit
ner'B former antagonist, David Ritten
house Porter, was nominated by tbe
Democrats. Tbe adoption of a Consti
tution was to be voted for at tbe same
election. The campaign was the
fierceest politically and
personally, in the history of parties
in tbe State. Thomas H. Burrows was
Chairman of the Whig State Commit
tee. The result of tbe campaign was
the election of Porter by about 5,000
majority. The now Constitution was
also adopted by a small majority.
The new Constitution gave tbe
Governor-elect all tbe power of tbe
Governor tfoeo in CE fa tbo W*y of
BUTLPR PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 13.1858
appointments, until a law should be
I passed by the Legislature under tbe
| Constitution prescribing the manner
of making appointments designed by
J it. The Constitution also extended
! the term of tbe sitting Governor un
til the third Monday in January,
1839, and in case there was
a contest over the elec-
I tion, he was to hold over until the
' contest was decided. The appointing
, power was an important one, as
1 among tb# appointments were the
Board of Canal Commissioners, which
bad entire control of the Public
Works, Auditor General, Secretary of
tbe Land Office, and a small army of
J county and district officers, including
Judges of the courts.
The election of Porter was entire
|ly unexpected by his opponents,
and the leaders at once set to work to
contest the election. Steyens had
been returned to the lower house of
the Legislature from Adams county
The success of uhe political plans of
the administration triumvirate neces
sitated their having a majority in the
House of Representatives. The Senate
was theirs by a sure majority, and to
secure tbe House they must have cer
tain members of the Philadelphia del
egation, which wa3 to be contested.
There was a United States Senator
to elect, and Thaddeus Stevens was
slated for the place. The programme
was to admit to seats in tbe Uousa,
pending their contest, the members of
the Philadelphia delegation returned
as elected on the Whig ticket, orga
nize tho House, elect their candidate
tor United States Senator, confirm all
of Gov. Ritaer'S appointments, and
pass all necessary legislation in re
gard to them, as provided by tbe
Constitution and then even if the
Philadelphia members were unseated
and the contest of tbe Governor's
election a failure, Gov. Porter would
be shorn of all patronage in the State
and the Democrats would have gain
ed a barren victory. But for tbe vi
olent utterances of the whig papers
immediately after the election, and an
unwise and revolutionary address is
sued by Burrows as Chairman of the
Whig State Committee, the plans of
the Whig leaders might have succeed
ed. Burrows closed bis address with
these words; "Let us trea: the elec
tion of tbe 9th inst as if we bad not
been defeated, and in that attitude
abide tbe result."
He called a meeting of the Whigs
aud Anti-Masonic Senators and Re
presentatives at Harrisburg several
days before the Legislature convened,
at which meeting their order of proce
dure was agreed upon. The House
of Reprentatives met on Dec. 4. Har
risburg was crowded with all sorts of
people from every part of the State,
as a big figbt was anticipated. Fran
cis R. Shunk, afterward Governor,
was Clerk of the House, and accord
ing to recognized usage, be called the
House to order aud proceeded with
the roll call. When he came to the
members from Philadelphia he called
the names from the list that had
come from Burrows Secretary of tho
Commonwealth After he had read
the list Charles Pray, who claimed
a seat from Philadelphia, arose and
said tbat tbe list read by Clerk did
not contain tbe names of the members
legally elected. He produced a cer
tified copy of what he said was the
proper elections, and handed it to the
Clerk. With the four members el
ected, according to the returns from
the Secretary of the Commonwjalth's
office the Administration had 52 votes
to 48 for tbe opposition, but if the four
elected by the returns handed in by
Pray were recognizrd the majority in
the House would be reversed The
claim of the Democrats was that Bur
rows had suppressed the legal returus
from certain districts in Philadelphia
and sent in those prepared for tbe oc
casion. Tbe returns that came from
the Secretary's office included the
vote of but seven of tbe seventeen el
ection districts ot Spriug Garden and
Northern Liberties, and were signed
by but seven of the seventeen judges
They declared rro one elected, but
simply were indorsed as being so
many votes cast for "members of As
sembly," an office unknown to the
laws of the State. They had been
sent to Harrisburg from Philadelphia
on a special locomotive hired at tbe
suggestion of Thaddeus Stevens, it
beiug understood that the first returns
received at the office of the Secretary
of the Commonwealth should be re
garded as official. Ttoe other set of
returns was sent to Harrisburg next
day. The Secretary declared tbey
were informal and improperly ad
dressed, and they were not opened
by him.
After tbe uproar that followed the
production of the two sets of returns
in the House had somewhat subsid
ed Thaddeus Stevens arose and car
ried out probably tbe most audacious
aud unheard of proceeding ever
known in a legislative body. Ho
made a motion tbat the II >use pro
ceed to elect a speaker. Toe motion
being seconded, be put it to a vote
aud decided it carried. He then ap
pointed two tellers, and they took
their places by the side of Clerk
Shunk, who was about to proceed
with the election of a Speaker in the
regular way. Amid the greatest con
fusion the two elections were held
The Stevens party elected Thomas S.
Cunningham Speaker vive voce, Ste
ven's declaring tbe result. Cunniog
bam was escorted to the Speaker's
chair. The Democrats elected Wil
liam Hopkins by calling the roll
Cunningham swore in the Stevens
members on a Testament he took
from his pocket. When Hopkins WA*
escorted toward the Speaker's chair
Cunningham arose and announced
that the House stood adjourned until
the next day The Stevens party
theu left the hall. Hopkins took his
seat, and the Democrats organized
the House in the regular order.
Among the outsiders who had come
to Harrisburg from all quarters of tbe
State to take sides in tbe quarrel was
what Thaddeus Stevens call "a gang
rough ferocious men, addicted to the
lowest habits and vices." The men
thus described by Stevens were from
Philadelphia, and their leader was
"Baity" Sowers. He wa3 a Spring
Garden butcher, which was the top
round in tbe ladder of fame in rowdy
dom in those days. Sowers original
ly came from Baltimore, and for that
reason he was dubbed "Baity." Tbe
Democratic leaders always disclaimed
any knowledge of tbe bringing of
Sowers and bis gang to Harrisburg,
and the weight of evidence is that
local Philadelphia politicians, with a
deadly grudge sgainst Thaddeus Ste
vons, were alone responsible for "Bai
ty V presence at the capital daring
tbe excitement. There is no official
evidence to tbat effect, but tbe con-
TENYJTOWWOUS tefctlrafotoy OF QIOD and
prints points unmistakably to tbe fact
tbat if Stevens, Burrows and Penrose,
Speaker of the Senate had been killed
during the Buckshot War tbe mission
of "Baity" Sowers and his Philadel
phia followers would have been en
tirely successful.
Tbe uproar in the llouss during
the organization proceeding was tame
compared with the proceedings in the
the Senate sooa afterward. When
Thaddeus Stevens and his followers
left the House after the Cunuinerham
adjournment bo went to the Senate
Chamber accompanied by Secretary
of the Commonwealth Burrows. Tbe
Senate had a Wbig majority. Char
les B. Penrose was Speaker. There
were several contested seats that ses
sion, but the one that attracted the
most attention was that contested by
Charles Browa, Democrat, with
James Hanna, Wbig, on the ground
of gross fraud. The district was in
Philadelphia The Senate Chamber
was packed with outsiders. The ac
tion of Speaker Penrose in admitting
Hanna to his seat called forth violent
speeches from several Democrats, and
Brown, the contestant, having ob
tained tho privilege of speaking, made
a harangue that aroused tbe crowds
in tbe galleries that ware friendly to
him and shouts of "Kill Stevens!"
"Kill Penrose!" "Kill Burrows!"
drowned the gavel of the Speaker and
the cries for order. Stevens and
Burrows stood by a window near the
Speaker, S desk - Penrose finally left
the chair and joined them. Accord
ing to the testimony of George V.
Hall of Cumberland county tho can
dles had been lighted iu the Cham
ber, it being late in the afternoon.
From the outside Stevens, Burrows,
and Penrose could bo seen where they
stood. Hall was in the corrider where
he and Editor Cox of tbe Ilarrisburg
Iron Qrey, a radical Democratic pi
per, talking with three or four rough
looking men. He heard one of them
say: "Anything less than death is too
gjod for Burrows, Penrose and Stev
ens " The fellows were armed with
dirks and clubs. Cox also had a
club. Hall hud been standing ou a
stepladder near the Chamber door.
While be was standing looking at
the men the noise of a great fracas
was heard in tbe chamber, and Hall
ran to get his place on tbe ladder
again. Editor Cox and the man with
him ran too see what the fuss was,
and they got a position near Hal!
The commotion in the Senate had
been caused by an inflammatory
speech made by Brown, the contest
ant of Hanua'S seat. The crowd had
broken through the bar of the Senate
and was making its way with angry
threats toward Burrows. Stevens and
Penrose. While the uproar inside
was at its height a man came run
ning iuto the corrider from outdoors,
and tapping two of the men who
were with Cox on the shoulder ex
claimed:
"Steven3, Penrose and Burrows
have escaped by a back window."
Cox and his companions harried
out. Tbey ran TO the window,
through which they had been watch
ing the three Wbig leaders. George
M. Phillips, a leading Whig and edi
tor ot tbe Carlisle Herald, was jump
ing out of the window as Cox, his
rough companions, and Hall got
there,
"They're gone!" exclaimad Cox
with an oath, "If we hadn't run back
to the Senate we'd have had 'EM."
Then they started in pursuit of the
three men. It was afterward learned
that one of the three men with Cox
was "Baity" Sowers, and it was sup
posed the the editor was with him,,
to point out to him Stevens and the
others.
On the morniDg of the Cth, Cun
ningham, Speaker of the Stevens
House of Representatives, did not
deem it safe to take the chair, and he
deputed Henry Spackman, a Phila
delphia member, to act in bis place.
Mr. Spackman attempted to take tbe
chair, BUI be was ejected from the
House, and the Cunningham body
met iu room 40 in Wilsou.s Hotel
The Governor recognized it as the
legal House, as did the Senate, but
tho latter body bad no Speaker and
no quorum for several days after tbe
disturbance of the 4tb. and the Cun
ningham House of course had no
quorum. Tne Hopkins House had
all the records aud appurtenances of
that branch of the Legislature, and
met daily, but had no quorum. The
Governor called out tho militia and
placed Gen.Patterson of Philadelphia
iu command. He placed the State
arsenal in the hands ot a force of
Whigs and Anti-Masons, aud Gen.
Diller, of the Committee of Safety,
with a force of citizens, captured the
arsenal and held it against tbe Gov
ernor's people. In tho capture of
the arsenal and the subsequent chase
of a number of the force that had
held it "Baity," Sowers took an em
phatic but independent part, introduc
ing tbe fighting tactics of Spring Gar
den.
The weight of popular sentiment
was entirely against the proceedings
of Thaddeus Stevens and Gov. Ritner.
President Van Buren, having been
appealed to tor United States troops
byGov. Ritner, refused through his
Secretary of War to send them. The
proprietor of Wilson's Hotel, where
the sessions of the Cunningham
House were held, finally locked his
doors against it, aud thereafter it
met in the Supreme Court Chamber.
After a week of this farce, which was
a constant provocation to tragedy,
three of the Cunningham House —
Chester Butler and John Sturetvant
of Luzerne county and John Montol
ius ot Union — deserted that body aud
took tbeir seats in the Hopkins
House, giving that body a quorum.
Thaddeus Stevens read the three
men out of the party in a fierce arti
cle of excommunication. The Sen
ate refused to recognize the Hopkins
House even after it bad a gquorum,
but at last the Cunningham forces
capitulated, and all but Thaddeus
Stevens and the four Philadelphia
members claiming seats under the re
turns sent in by the Secretary of tbe
Common woalth took their seats in
the Hopkins House and acknowledg
ed its legality. Tbe contest ot Gov.
Porter's election was abandoned. He
was inagnrated, the Senate recognis
ed the House, and the revolutionary
episode W. aat an end. A Senate
committee to investigate the "late
disturbance" and its cause was ap
pointed. Voluminous testimony
was taken, but there is no printed re
cord of any report over having been
made by this committee.
Among the interesting fasts thit
were made known by the investiga
tion was tbe existence of a conspiracy
among certain Democrats to blow up
tbe railroad train carrying tbe militia
from PhifttdeJp'hia TO H&RRIABUI'G. THE
leader in this conspiracy wns Thomas
B McElwee, member of the Legis
lature from Bedford county Gen. A
J Pleasanton testified that McElwee
bad purchased three barrels of pow
der, and had arranged for the layiug
of A mine under the railroad track,
to be sprung as the train containing
the solders was passing. The infor
mation being received tbat the major
ity of the troops wore Democrats,
that deadly scheme was abandoned
McElwee admitted tbe truth cf Gen.
Pleasanton's statement
Tbe position taken by the Demo
crats in the Buckshot War —A name
arising from the fact that the mus
kets o R the militia were loaded with
buckshot — was greatly strengthened
by Brown, over whose case the ses
sion of the Senate bad been broken up
in so threatening a manner on the 4T.li
of December, establishing bis right to
the seat that had been gives to Han
na, and being admitted to it on the
report of a committee the majority of
whose members were Whigs
Thaddeus Stevens refused to recog
nize the legal status of the House of
Representatives, and in a letter to his
constituents virtually resigned as a
member. A special session was call
ed to meet May, 1839. and Stevens
took his seat. Representative Mc-
Elwee raised the point that Stevens
was not a member of the House. The
point was sustained. Stevens was
refused his seat, and Speaker Hop
kins issued a call for a now election.
Stevens was returned and at the
next session bad tbe satisfaction of
voting for the expulsion of bis enemy,
McElwee, from the House for grossly
insulting A fellow-member while
drunk.
The Justice's First Ceremony.
Dick Brown, of the Seventh dis
trict, hasn't been a Justice of the
Peace a great while. He perfomed
his marriage ceremony last
week. It WAS a runaway couple
and they were being hotly pursued.
DLK is a little timid at best, and was
depending on reading the ceremony.
Ci rcumstaßces were of such a nature
that it was necessary to perform tha
ceremony at such place as the bride
and groom would be safe from their
pursuers He had to leave h ;me_and
though tho moon was shining, the
light was dim to read well by it He
had been hastily summoned and in
the hurry getting Irum home picked
up a code of Georgia instead of the
book containing the marriage ceremo
ny He found tbe couple in a cot.on
field concealed in a fence corner aad
was ready to proceed. But oponiug
the book he found himself iu a dilem
ma He asked them if they loved
each other, and being more familiar
•with the form of deeds tbau of mar
riaares, said:
"Know all men by these presents
tbat for aud in consideration of the
love and affectiou they bear to each
other aad by the authority in me
vested by the laws of Georgia, I
hereby pronounce you man and wife,
with all tbe rights aud appurtenances
thereunto belonging, to have and to
bold to them and their hiirs in fee
simple forever, and I will forever war
rant and defend said title against all
others "
After congratulating the newly
wedded pair he pronounced a bene
diction, asked the groom for a fresh
chew of tobacco aud returued home
to speud tbe REMIND ;r of the night
trying to memorize tho marriage cer
emony.—Cuthbert (Ga.) Liberal.
The Modern Languages.
Tbe gathering of so important &
body as tho Modern Language Asso
ciation iudicates the prominence
which the study of spoken tongues
has assumed in the educational sys
tem of the day. These modern lin
guists are not at war with the classi
cal curriculum, in which most of
them laid the. essential foundation of
their latter studies, but they are seek
ing to make the teaching of modern
languages more systematic, thorough
and useful- Some of them maintain,
indeed, that even as a means of liter
ary discipline the intelligent study of
French or German or even of Eog iuh
affords a field that is not inferior to
the well-tried course in Latin and
Greek; but there probably are few
educators or educated men who would
adopt the more utilitarian view often
advanced, that a conversational
knowledge of contemporary tongues
is all that teachers or students need
concern themselves with.
It is only within a century or two
that the standards of our own litera
ture have been so established that the
studyof English has claimed serious at
tention besides the -ancient classics.
The body of French literature is even
more recent and the German more re
cent still. To know either one of
them well would make an educated
man And perhaps it is of less im
portance what particular line a stud
ent shall select than that he shall
pursue it thoroughly. The problem
that confronts the teachers and col
bge directors of to-day is how to
select 'rom the multiplying mass of
subjects that demand attention those
which shall prove of greatest service
to the greatest number.
It is to one part of this problem
that tbe M idem Language Associa
tion baa addressed itself. It is made
up mainly of teachers, each cue most
concerned in his own specialty, but
all interested alike in the common aim
of making the coming generation of
young Americana educated men and
women. The teachers of to-day look
back with envy to the times wben two
or three languages and tbe mathe
matics were all that an ordinary col
lege had to teach. The modern
sciences, which no man can master,
the modern languages and literature,
and tbe countless branches of knowl
edge that used to be left to the learned
professions, but now must be tasted
by everybody, all are jostling for
recognition. Even the professional
men aud the college professors have
to divide themselves up into special
groups aud associations to keep in
touch with one another, and the
student who has not yet fouud what
his vocation is can but look oa be
wildered.
— People will not have a new
cough remedy, when they know the
value of Dr. Bull's Congh Syrup.
She stood at tbe gate in the late
Spring twilight, and wben she said
good-bye, she felt neuralgia kiss her
rosy cheek; but she only smiled, for
ber mother bad invested 25 cents in
& bottle of Salvation Oil.
— John T. Henderson, and wife, of
Simpson county, Ky., will celebrate
the seventieth auniversary of their
marriage in a few days. The husband
is 04 and t"be wffu $3.
Home Song,
Stay, iby at hjiu?, n:y heart, a:;.l real:
Home keeping h> aru are happiest,
Fir those tuat waaJrr they know not where
Are full of tro'i I }!® ao't fall of cure;
To star at home ii best.
Weary, aiul homesick, an.l Jut'-esseJ,
They wan ler east, they whaler weit.
And are baitlel, an! beatea, and blown a?> .tit
By the win-Is of the wilJcraess of doubt;
To stay at hoaii is best.
Then stay at home, ujy heart, and rest:
Th« bird is safest in it* nj-t:
O'er all that flatter
A hawk is hovering in the sky:
To stay at home is be.U.
—Longfellow.
SHERMAN Oi\ THE MESSAGE
The Ohio Senator Attacks the
Views of President Cleveland.
WASHINGTON Jan. 4. S3nator
Sherman to-day made Lis promised
speech upon the President's Message.
The subject came up under the reso
lution for the distribution of the Pros
dent's message.
He said the President, departing
from the practice of his illustrious
predecessors, dropped from his recent
annual message all reference to the
foreign relations ut the country aud to
the interesting questions in national
affairs, even omitting the usual recog
nition of the Supreme Ruler of the
Universe, and postponing all thin?*,
celestial and terrestial, until the sur
plus revenue be got rid of. This ex
traordinary message Mr Sherman
felt called upon to consider, to inquire
whether the dangers spoken of iu it
were exaggerated or not and to ex
amine the remedies proposed. The
existence of a surplus revenue had
been a constant occurrence before aud
since the close of the war. Instead
of its being a danger it was an indi
cation of the continuous increase of
the dor estic productions of tho coun
try and its foreign and domestic com
merce and of the steady improvement
of its financial condition.
ATTACKING TIIE ADMINISTRATION.
The President, had on what Mr.
Sherman regarded as a frivolous rea
son, refused his siguature to the river
aud harbor bill, which would have
appropriated more than ton millions
for necessary public work; and by bis
yeto of the dependent pension bill he
had withheld from Union soldiers ap
propriations made for their relief.
The House, too, had refused to pro
vide for a system of coast defenses,
for a proper increase and building up
of the navy and commercial marine,
for postal communication with the
South American States, and for the
encouragement and support of schools
It had also neglected or refused to
appropriate for eight millions of the
deficieuces admitted to be due, or to
pass the Senate bill for the refunding
to the teveral States the direct tax
levied in 18(52 ($14,000,000). Had
these several appropriations, sanction
ed by the Senate, been marie by the
House and approved by the President,
and the residue of the surplus been
applied to the purchase of tho public
debt, the condition of the Treasury
which now so alarmed the President,
would not have existed, the public
debt would have been greatly reduc
ed and improvements of vital import
ance to Americau commerce would be
in course of construction.
FAVORS REVENUE REDUCTION.
He asrrecd (as he said more than
once in the last Congresses) the rev
enue should be reduced. It would be
a pleasing and a grateful task, and the
moment that the House of Represen
tatives would give the Senate juris
diction of the subject matter, the
Senate would be ready to share in
that duty, as it has done as many as
six times since the close of the war.
And if the Secretary of the Treasury
would, from time to time, only do his
part by applying the revenue to cur
rent appropriations and to judicious
purchase of the public debt, the delays
of the Democratic party might bo
repaired and taxation reduced with
out crippling industry.
He did not attribute either to the
President or the Secretary of the
Treasury an intent to produce the
dangers and difficulties by which the
country was threatened; nor did he
call in question their integrity or fi
delity. But when they tried to alarm
the country so as to induce Congress
to break down great industrial inter
ests, he pointed them to tho neglect
of a public duty entrusted to their dis
cretion as the foundation of their
woes. If evil came to the Republic
by this surplus it was their fault
They had this power now,and a pow
er neglected was often as great a
crime as a power usurped. An arti
ficial scare could not be made to cover
tho faults and defects of the adminis
tration.
SYSTEMS OF TAXATION.
The country had two distinct sys
tems of taxation; one upon the Amer
ican productions of spirits, tobacco
and beer and the other upon imported
goods,the products of foreign nations.
The first of tbe?e the President had
dismissed with a single sentence, say
ing that none of these articles were
necessaries; that there seemed to be
no just complaint of such taxation by
consumers, and that there seemed to
be nothing so well able to bear the
burden without hardship to any por
tion of the people. It might be that
there was no complaint of consumers,
but could that be said of the produc
ers of these articles ? They were all
either the product of the farm or im
mediate fruits of the product of the
farm. Their chief cost was in the
leaf tobacco, the corn, the rye, the
wheat and the barley. Did not the
farmers complain of the tax ? If the
President thought they did not he
was greatly mistaken. Tobacco man
ufacturers, distillers and brewers
might not complain (because the nec
essary requirements of collection laws
gave them a close monopoly) but the
farmers, who bad to sell to licensed
dealers alone, did complain.
But the President proposed to con
tinue these taxes,without diminution,
so that he might strike a more effect
ive blow at the taxes now resting up
on foreign productions. It was of
these latter that he had used the epi
thets "vicious, inequitable, and illog
ical." It was at the tariff laws that
the President aud the Socretary of
the Treasury aimed their epithets
and arguments—the surplus revenue
being the mere pretext or occasiou.
It was the protective industrial policy
built op by the Republican party that
they would bretk down. Ths Presi
dent's message, fairly construed, was
a severe indictment of all engaged in
, manufactures—a sweeping accusation
i against the policy of protectidn as
supported by the great mass of his
countrymen and recommended by hia
illustrious predecessors. It showed
that he frvored a public policy which
wouli leove Americas manafae'.arers
and workmen to the bard, sharp and
grinding competition of the capital
and labor of the world.
Senator Sherman then wont into
an argument to show the advantages
of protectioa. quoting many figures
to i rove his position.
THE COUNTRY'S POSITION.
Tn conclusion he said: ''We do nut
appreciate as we ought the command
ing position now held by the United
States among the nations of the worlf\
Our fathers won the frefc<i«m cf tl e
ocean and they proclaimed the doc
trine of continental exemption from
European aggressions. We in our
day have tested the strength of tho
Union. We hare abolished slavery.
We have established the principles on
which our currency and public faith
ate founded, so as to command tho re
spect and approval of the civilized
world. We are now united in bonds
of growing strength and I trust in
perpetual union. We have built up
our industries by a policy founded
upon the highest patriotism. Its
success is marked by the general
wealth and prosperity of our people.
By not taxing them it seeks to benefit,
and it extends its benefits impartially
to every industry and to every sec
tion. It gives employment to the
laborer in every field It concentrates
in our own land and among our own
people agriculture, commerce and
manufacture, making each support
the other, all contributing to the
wealth and grandeur of the Republic."
These great departments of indus
try are not now divided by sectional
lines, but are interwoven, like the
veins, arteries and muecles of the
human body. What we want now is
the cultivation of the sentiment of
patriotism, an intense love of country,
a feeling of national pride. Every
American, whether native or natural
ized, ought to feel that this is his
country, to which he owes allegiance,
duty and pride. The President, any
President in his elevated seclusion,
approached only by flatterers and
office seekers, shonld regard the inter
ests and honor of his country, its de
velopment and prosperity and the en
joyment and happiness of histftountry
men, as higher far than the interests
of foreigners or the development of
their products. It is to the Senate
only that I have the right to appeal.
Men In Petticoats.
Men wore petticoats before women
usurped this prerogative. When
Henry VIII. went to meet Anne of
Cleves, he was habited, we read, "in
a coat of velvet somewhat made like
a frock, embroidered all over with
flattened gold of damaske, with small
lace mixed between, of the same gold,
and other laces of the same going
traversewise, that the ground little
appeared"; and in a descrtption of a
similar garment belonging to his
father Henry VII. we read of its be
iug decorated with bows of ribbons,
quite as a belle of the present day
would adorn a ball dress.
It is well known that the garment
was at first not only a skirt, but as
the name denotes, a little coat. How
it came to lose its upper half or body
we do not know, unless the petticoat
was made with long skirts for the
sake of warmth, and in each case it
was as mach petticoat, as we under
stand it. as anything else. Easily
enough, petticoats, as the possession
of man, are traced through the ages.
In the inventory of the effects of
Henry V. appears a "petticoat of red
damaske, with open sleeves," aud al
though it was a question whether
this had been fashioned for a man or
a woman, it would, if of a woman's be
the only instance known before Eliza
beth's time a woman using such a
garment. Thus <ve hear nothing of
a woman's petticoat before the Tudor
period. "Good Queen Bess," with
nil her learning, which was es eni al
ly masculine in her age and time, bad
the true instinct of womanliness as re
gards personal adomment.and women
have to thank her for their stockings
and petticoats and many other luxu
ries which have become necessities,
and which they now appropriate
with as true a belief in their sole pos
session as though the legacy had fal
len to them from Mother Eve,instead
of Maiden Elizabeth.
The Nose.
"The nose," says the St. James
Gazette, "is, if we are to believe M.
le Bee, a French savant, gradually
losing its power to discharge its tra
ditional function in the case of the
civilized peoples; and when the
sense of smejl vanishes altogether, as
will infallibly be the case one day, he
tells us the organ itself is bound to
follow its example sooner or later. It
is no doubt the fact, as he points out,
that the olfactory sense is ever so
much keener in the savage than iu
the civilized man, and it is reasona
ble to conclude that the more we pro
gress in civilization the duller the
sence will grow. Its complete ex
tinction, M. lo Bee assures us, is a
mere question of time, and it is cer
tain that nature never conserves use
less organs. When the nose loses its
power of smelling.the nose 'most go.'
Civilization is gradually making us
bald (about that there can bs no
doubt whatever,) and it will be a
heaay price to pay for it if w« are to
lose our noses as well as our hair. If
this ever happens, the civilized
world will for one thing have to re
vise its standard of comeliness. It
may be that the civilized man of the
future will see no beauty in a Greek
statue inleßS it ha 9 lost its no3e,
which, it is true, is the case with
most of them."
—Philadelphia has 233 newspapers
and periodicals.
—A flock of ants are as bu?y a?
they were in summer around a b lrn
inggas well at Oil City, though oaly
a few yards away the ground is froz
en solid.
—A single sheet of paper, six feet
wide and more than seven miles long
was made without a break, iu a papar
mill at Watertown, N". Y., a short
time ago.
—Catarrh originates in scrofulous
taint. Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies
the blood,and thus permanently cures
catarrh.
John Jonas sayg that when a wo
mau gets a red spot on her nose, the
world very charitably remarks that
her blood is out of order, but when a
nun gets a red spot on his nose,every
one will declwe that he smalls whis
ky when lie gets witbfn twenty feet
of bun,
NO. Ut