THE LIERALI) CARLISLE, PENN:A J. M. Wallace J. M. Weakley, EDITORS 414 D -PROPRIETORS Volume LXXII. COMMITTEE MEET/NG! The: members of the Republican County Committee are: -`requested to Inca iu Ream's Hall, Carlisle, on Tues day, Fabruhry 20, at 11/ o'clock, a. in., for the purpose of electing a Represe.nta live Didegate to the Republican State Convention, and of appointing conferees to settle a Senatorial Delogafc: WILL A LINDSEY, - January 31, 1872. Chairman. COUNTY FINANCES. The statement of finances of the bounty, which is published by the com missioners for the present year, will doubtless be of interest to our readds. We will endeavor to condense all the im portant facts contained in ft, for their cenvenielice. The receipts of county fiom,old sources amount iu.round numbers to $126,000 which is disburtied for the following pur poses For making assessments and register ing votes $3,213, aro required. 'pads and bridges consume $1,253. The courts spent $9,801, in all., of which witnesses for the Commonwealth in criminal cases got $1,130, grand jurors $743 and traverse jurors, $3,173. It Cost to try the Kiehl murder case, iu addition to its propor tionate share of the general expenses of the courts; $1,814.. The county offices cost about $1,900, and thb Commissioners' office almost $3,000. Tho constables were paid $383, the elations made away with $832, and inquests $l4B. The jail came in for over $13,000, and the Poor House for $17,000, the public buildi43: were re paired to the tune of $1,092, and four en terprising printing establishments of the county were patronized to the extent of $1,209. The rest of the statement of expenditures cdnslsts of miscellaneous affairs which are not necessaey to enu merate. There-are some features of the whole statement which need some attention. The Commissidhers claim credit for the payment of interest and loans, $27,713,- 626, which is all right as a matter of boolt Creeping; but all wrong if it deludes any one into suppdsing that the .county_ fathers are reducing our indebtedness. A glance at tge debit column of the iitateinent will Show that they have re ceived from loam; $22,161.61. Without knowing tht. ,4 facts we should "guess" that this rep . resented the 'pro ceeds of a larger loan after deducting excessive interest in advance. Now if we knew what the real debt of the county was, we could tell exactly how much of it was paid last year from these figures. It could not have exceeded $2,000, how ever by anramount that would take lung time to spend. If the suggestion is'not impertinent we would advise the com missioners in the future to inform the tax-payers just how t much the county debt is; and whether it his been increased or decreased durin; the. current year. Let. us have light. :T - from Oar statement to have been pretty impartial this year be twden prisoner;:. and vagrants. It cost 1,141 to board the former soil $.1,175. to board the latter, Then the "drunks and disorderlies," who were " jugged" because they had no friend, stuck the county for a boarding hill for $O2O more. Now, this whole li.cu ding business is simply a big speculation at the expense of the tax.payers, and is endured rather inioatientir by thetn, while P is enjoyed hugely by the Sheriff. The net pr , lits of the three items given above are scarcely less, than $:i,000, but what would be the Use of a jail if it &Li': p those who keep it. 'rho Treasuler's different items of compensation foot up the neat little sum of 0,771:„.:2. Perhaps. this may be nec essary, but we can't see it. Thera arc very many gentlemen who would do this business fur and then think they had a very neat Uwe.; of it. The Cash ier of the State Treasury handles about seven millions of dollars a , mitally, and receives his little $1.700. responsi bilities Mid I,oeir ate al, ea seventy times granter thau those of • Ciantv . Tiyasurer. nut then he cu: Attend to nu other business, but a: our Treasurer is aften burthened with two or three other pursuits at the same trine, of course he ought to be paid a little more than double. Tim lion. it'r\nick Jordan, Secretary of the COMlllollWealth, will read a paper on the Jwoposed amendments to th'e constitution of Pennsylvania, before the 'Social Science Associathm, at Moreautile Library Hall, Philadelphia; this (Thurs day) evening. The sfteake . i' and the suldq,t both of.suthuient importance and familiarity to Jim. members of the .bar, to insure their attendance, as well 'as a share of the discussion .tvhich will ) follow the_ address. We are vary glad that this question of a ; constitutional amendment is taken in hand, and at, an early day, by a gentleman or such largo experience in' the requirements of the State. and we bespeak for his views a careful study. • REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS REPEIMICAN STATE CESi- TRAL commifymil O PENNSYLVA::ZIA PfiII,AI)ELI.IIIA, Fold. r, 1872 In lausuaoce of the resolutiOn of the Republican State Central 'Committee, adopted - at Harrisburg, 'Loma ry, 18 - , 1879, a Republican State C invention, composed of delegates from ittell Sunihoidhold and Repronentative Ai , triet, in the number to which such ilist.riut is 04U liel ill the Legislature, 1A11 . 111'34 fit 00.1tall'iot'lli,5 House of fieprescntativasot Harrisburg, at 12 o'cloglcomion, on WedeesditY, the tenth day of April, A. D. 1872, tii-iionii nato_caudidateiiffor- uf the Supreine, Court, ,Auditor General (should the Logiglature provide fur the choicoMf. one by the people), and an Electoral Ticket ; and also to elect Sena torial and Representative delegatn6 to represent this State' in the Republican - National Convention, to be hold at Phila delphia Juno 5,.1872." RUSSELL ERRETT, Chairman. • ELLIOTT;93I. E D. F. HOUSTON,. lt4 LUICE/413, Pi M. LYTLE, Bporetaries Cl,flin.`unr. CULLEN has issued a .194er in Grant • Britia'n 'against wrilies'hind crowded funerals during the ,prevalenes of small pox, "as 'they frequeialy • end in riotous •Oxcess and area sure 'means of spreading contnglon" . I. HARRISBURG LETTER..: AIMIRIBIII.IIIO, FRIIIIII,2110:" 18: 187 t • The Legislature Works along thus far harmoniongly and with reasonable dili gence. Perhaps as much progress. iu legislative work has bon made, during the past month, ae iii the first month of any previous Legislature. Bills-are in troduced, referred and passed with can siderable. rapidity. People who want banks, railroad_ companies, bridge com panies, gas companies, divorces and all the other kinds of - speCial legislation, which hard become the rage during Llie past few years, have been thus far ac commodated with reasonable prompt- RIM IMEM On Wednesday last, a bill canto up fixing the salaries of superintendents of schools, for the , several couni ice. It proposed to lix the salaries of the euper intendoills at rev 'dollars for each school, 1 one dollar for each square mile of t iv respeeti vs 00tIlltlOS ; no salary Low eve• to he less than one tlinsand,d otters, except in counties having loss than one hundred sehools, where the salary stall be eight hundred. After coneidyruble debate .the bill was : postponed- for the present. On tire same day a bill was called up amending the libel law of the State, so as to allow the truth of the matter charged as libellous, to be given in evi dence. The Senate refused, however, to proceed to a second reading, and there is very little probability that the bill will be passed by the present Legisla ture. A report of the committee ap pointed to examine the report of the Commissioners to - revise the civil code .was made, which condemned 'in genera , terms the new curie, and ' recoininended that it should not be adopted. This will, most lik, ly dispose of thisccode InNine.is r winch will not likely be soon revived, and thus dm labors of the Cod,: Commis sioners have been practically useless. On Thursday Mr. Davis, of JAti.ladel phia, presented the petition r ef - certain citizens contesting the scat of lieury W. Gray, Senat'ar from th'e fourth district. As soon as - it was - presented it use, on motion of i Mr. Strang, referred to the General Judiciary committee, to inquire whether the same "cotild be entertained runlet' the esi tit ing act. The difficulty has arisen limier the wording of the act of Assembly, of 18:19, which provided that no petition-should be acted upon, unless the same re:li pre sented within ten days - after the urganiza tion of tire Legislature, sueceedinwthe 'election.- The-committee was increased to nine 11101111/eni by sblisevent vot,,, or the Senate, and after hearing arginmens from the counsel, b,thr oVhe contOftit and the sit tine - member ,"I,lllr , irniFiFifFiir the committee reported on Mondayintorn ing that ac the law now stands, the Ren ate had no jeriSdietioll iu the case. The minority reported that the Senate had the power and proposed a time for draw ing. After considerable debate, during, each of the three sessions held that day, a vote was harkon each proposition and both were lost by a tie vote. ljhe Senate has been unusually afflicted -- since the election, by the loss'ef two or its members by death. Mr. Connell's. death, which was formally announced on Frithay last, in appropriate speeches and re,olutions, has been followed by that of lion. Henry S. Evans, of the Chester !list Ha.. In this , case, r as it .My, .(20n, 11 , 11 ' s, the Senate has becOme a tie politi cally. Mr. Evans was 0110 of the oldest Senators, arid enjoyed to a 'great degree, the respect aii,l confidence of the Senate, and of his constituency. Ile was well poeteil on all questions or I,gi,L,ti„n, was actiyc, courteous and inten live to his donee, and was thoroughly honest in all respects. His lose is greatiy do plinrstl. As we write tins runner is that Hon. Jess,: Knight, Senator from th e ll,reks district, is not expected to re cover. It is hoped the rumor inty not be well friumienl. Por some weeks something like gut in.- 0 cipient cholera has been 'prevailing in the city somewhat, to the alarm of' every body. During the past week it has spiced so rapidly that it is estimated that one-third of the entire population is suffering Conn it. I,ast, Saturday at wasdirected t.o.the water works te., containing the pr,6able....tanie of the trotible,‘ atkd an examination revealed the fact that the pter which is pumped nil., the re-terveirWor Cho die or the city 11.15 been for some tulle taken from the very mouth of one or the -sewer , . It ,eema incredible that those in elticgo of the works should be guilty of suet' awl culpable negligence,- and it is equally bmrvelloutt that this trouble should have existed for several weeks be fore its origin should have been discov ered. Now, howevdr, remedies are being' applied vigorously.' The pipe through which the water is _obtained is Irving extended into the river far enough to prevent any impuritiet front entering ; the reservoir is being thoroughly cleansed and every means tried to remove the cause of this very alarming disease which has bf,n so proyalmt. TT appears now to be conceded by the Demo - many that their only hope to suc ceed in the next campaign will be to nomMate Republicans for President and Vico President. They will find, how ever, that; but little ad_y_antage will ;gip. .rue to them from any such tactics. Their experience with the "new de parture" last year Ought to convince them that, they can't win in that way. They had .)etior prepare to shuffle off their political coil promptly. , CONS T I IT UTIO L REFORM: ADDRESS fIV..IION. FRANC.IS JORDAN, BE FORE TEE SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIA CPION ON PIIILADELPILIA, FEBRUARY 15, 572.- MIL PIiiSIDENT, ANIi GENTI. EMEN. I t, was not without reluctance I accepted the invitation of Your executive 'coin 'in i It ee, to submit to your association ,ny views, in' writing, on the funeficoentK, wh kb . should be made to the Constitu tion of the State, by the conventem about to be called. That reluctance was hosed not only upon a want, of !cisme, hut-adoullt, ()filly ability to do hist Mc to the great. suldect. 'l' heartily—agiee. ;. wit 2 i your committee, that " there .is no qu stion nompeibie the people of this State more important than the changes to be made in our Constitution." The fact that the people have, declared for a , convention ' by a popular majority of about two hundred. and fifty thousand - -votes,may be accepted as an 'unmistak able declaration that they are M earnest; and that every citizen is expected to' Ai, Ids duty. Even should I fail to aceonis OEM what others might have done', Or what might, under more favorable Mr cumstanees, he reasonably- expected -of itiyAelf,'Yet-1 IMP°, through:the kind nil of your association, at least to attract, the, attention of others to the grave is sues and duties before us, to.excite dis mission, reflection, and delilieration; and thus lead ultimately to wise ,concluslons and actron. Hence.l am here to con tribute my mite into the coalition trees-, Airy of knowledge; indulging the Mini Miro that many others - only be found 'who out of their greater' treasures will cast in more abundardlY. ,• . • -• , "Iv American constitutional law, the word'ain - stgliticm is used. in a restricted sense, as implying the written instru ment agreed• upon by the pooplo.of the Union, or of any one of the *,tates,, as the absolute rule' of action and decision for all departments arid officer:4ot the _goy ernment,--in -.respect to all the 'points colored by it; until it shall be-changed by the authority which, established it, - and in opposition to which any act or rule of any department or officer of the government, or even, of the people thenAplves, will be altogether void.'-' In this discus:don we have nothing to do with the Constitution of the United States, except to boar in mind its supe rior authority as. to all powers and juris diction conferred by it; and what is written must be construed as applica bib only_ to the Constitution of the State, unless otherwise expressed. ___Long_ago our_wise_and patriotic fore fathers laid lite strong political founda lions of our 'Commonwealth, upon the grand-, and fundamental principles of equality and justice--" Virtue, Liberty, and Independence." By the,, , Constitu tion, filmy dishiluthid the powers ii the Government. ett.tt three hi:inches—din executive, And the .jutli vial. It is not now proposed, as I un derstand it, to destroy or reniMm those anoient landmarks, .to re-orgalnize our Government, .or to pull down and re-con struct our social 'fabric ; but rather to strengthen the old feundation, to fol dry against external violence and internal distraction . , to - impose further restraints Upon ourselves ;Intl our agents, anti to utilize and. adorn the noble Arnett/iv , in - evel7 part. Under this view of the situation, whilst keeping in remem brance.. established elementary -princi ples, wo may safely dispense with all profoUnd disquisitions upon the science of abstract government,"tor the philoso phy of Republicanism; - - liVaceept and build npon that wisp 'system of organic law • which we inheri l / 4 9,1 as our birth right, making only' such alterations and , improvements as time, experi ence,.' advanced, hat-Align:me, itnd ex pansion have made ndcessary.; W e know by both observation add ex ' perience that every alteration is not an amendment, _nor every eletni. , ,, an improrumen "t. Prove all things, hold lam, that, which is good," ie ai i injunction, :1 , 4 ~uund in constitutional lirw as in 111,•.1,1g y. (fur i,eople ale Awe, to move for raiii,..ll uis apt ttl Illy :lif,;tit bill. hilthe p.010110(1 or reKfmat Cur UMW \VII., slataiw l it ',form general ly, lint \iito ate linable - to point out clearly existing evil;, and' plausible remedies for their correction. We live in a practic,tl and utilitarian age; hurl in tile nature lof things, the puoplo be ing the source ()I all polit power, the government • ' if the people, by the pc., pie, and for the people," must confo:ln to antleanbody the. popular ideas, senti ments and convictions. in the vege table, mineral, and animal kingdom~, growth tel development are gcadual. In our every day life the goatesi •amodnt or imponess p; upon lwriornxineu of 1 11111.1tint,10 of south ditties ; and so, I appr,,li w ,i, it , will be found that the greatest, practical vod, and the best, Constitutional reform, Rill' i'C:SIIIS front a number of what nt,ii ly Might co n sider, viewed separately, as comparat vc,• , l , y small amend.nont,. 'rue' 111.111 all to • ' " IT, rCt S-1,1,10. V • "Li his hit is vain ; he ivho '14444s witli ddigenre whakocver his hand timbal' -to do, may aecomph.h nlneh. This spirit actuate 1 those who preceded us ; and in wisdom, we may rollow their ex ample. The first Constitution of the State was adopted in 1775; it was atuended in 17110, and again 'by the Convention of 1838. Since then more than thirty years have elapsed ; and in that. period no less than seventeen am endtnents have Wen added, at sundry times, by 4 . joint resolutions or the Legislature, ap proved by popular vol C. Another Loll stitutional - Convention having now been ti tiered, the practical questimt is, what rUrthm:' - amrmdmentS 511440141 it adopt ? I do not undurstaud your Itssocroiou as exPooting tho f"ons of suggostcd t.l) be ; but rather. toiltu4su4lh. r ol. idea-; Ns 'itch glt,' , alrl Ita iu.orporatod Lire ion. In toitiorilative with ohiniiintary principles, unit iioneritl viti.vs or 1 . 14 t: Nllll . jeGL, I proceed LO Ulllllll - i I rti end:Hi:tit s I have t.ii sitig - i4eNt ; t.Lciniipanying thorn only with such and exiilaiii?Tious as will inaku hem inLelligible, and', iL is hoped, coal- Ilona them Lo.pulitic Cavity. T. The, Constitution should require the LogislAturo to einnit goner:ditty' uni form have on every subject, which . can, be so re2;ititied ; and prohibit local, and special legislation in all cases where the same cilds can be itttained by general laws • lezislatiod is one of the great est evils our system, and of mir gen eration, In a reetnit letter, upon eons( i tutional . reform, in reply to slindry gentlemen of th,ls city, some of whom, I Relieve, ineinhersmf this association, I save my views, argument,: and illuatre tions on 'his ii'tibjeet is drolicd. u:lllrces.i;uy In re 11,;11 then. IS in oni 111'llly inii I;,' no Ille prin. iidni n i uC eau eI ring l ire .11.1 5,11111 ; 11.0111 111'1 In Ili , iS" •inyll Or (he L •gb-la( 1. ~.(th a ll ,o na h. Ou (h a e..yt.. a ry, winkt. many .f those c to In., throe by (foe ourts, it, at I R.•11 , ".' , 11.1Vi` LZI)11V gniir en•ltigk i:1 I tlil, etiu.t 1 have ;11,i!ling faith in the soundm,...s of the iny which the powers or wive; mocint, are divided into the legislative, exemitive a nd ißdi cial departments; and it follows that each of theso three CO-411 . t1 iII 13 lint nelleg should, as a gener.i.l Ill'etmlitied to its •legitiniate and natural ,funetions. All enetoaelimenis by the one depart ment, on the domain or ,jurisdiction of the other, arc departures from sound and established principles; and if not arrested or continua to nal l'Ow and ceptional limits, will destroy the syni netry of our wiiole system ;. ;old sooner or later will result, iu disastrous cense .> quences. Special legislation hat demor alized the .Legislat . ore, ,because bas tomptiitions greater than it could bear. Thu judges of our courts arc' but. men, of like passions and in lirmities ; and it is unwise to subject ! them to the influences and temptations by which others _have fallen. "l i pad us not into temptation," is an utterance of divine wisdom ; and the principle is.ap plicable at all times, and to :di cl a ss es . 11. Our Constitution ii6eds amend ment in that ,part which confers au -I.lwrity•upon the subject of education. At present it ri.duls thus : "ART. VII, Sic. I. TM; Legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide; by law for OM establishment of schools 1.11 - ffiigheitt the State; -in--such man nor 'that Mu poor may ho taught ratio." 4, In. a democratic or - republican govern. Inerilorinciple and policy unite in joint pretest againt.d; all distinctions and ffis criminationn among the people. All such classifications are odious in thorn selves ; and apt to bring any laws which embody theni•-into disrepute ; and make them diffic•ult or impossible .of enforce ment; and especially where 'finch distiac tlons aro maddbet wean the rich aid the poor. This wai the - main reason why our early public school laws wore a failure ; and the present Constitution, though a great advance• in the right •di realm, falls fanill'Ortof What it ought_ olhe in this respect. Instead, therefore, of thc-equivocal Mal • invillious provision just cited. I i woultt,entistitute the clear and manlydicelitrallon of the now Consti: tution of the State-of Illinois, as f.dlows : "The General Assembly shall provide a thorough and efficient system of free schools, wheyoby all thu . childron of. the State nutytee - Olve gopd common school education!" • 1.1.1 -What...aro known at the sinlclitg (owl sections-of the Constitution sltbuld boamended. Those were amendments - 0 181i7T and their history sheiks how impossible it is to foresee, and properly provided for the indefinite .future.. The ,balance In.l the sinlciug fund op thirtieth Novcimbor, 1899, was two bight hundred and fifteen thousand.five hundred and forty live dollars and twenty bents, whilst lilo bid:nice in the Treasury, at the same date, Aviv; only $1,400,802.49: The bal ance in the sinking fend thirtieth No: voinber, 1871),' *;is $3;014,829.40, and the balance iii the:. Treasury • at ititb same time was pulysl,3o2 ' 742.82. Tile bal- RLICO'in the sinking fund thirtieth No yernbet',' 1871, was $3,478,933.40, and the balande in the Treasuryat samedate,, only •$1,473,803.59. It thus 'appears that the balance in the Sinking fund is annuo:lly inereasing„i and that the-State Treasury is annually becoming more in debted to the sinking fund.. The State Treasurer is annually usilig the moneys in the sinking fund, to defray. the - oidi- - nary ckpenseal of the Government, not withstanding an existing Coultitutional prohibition, and the fart that by the seventh section of, the Act of Assembly creating.the sinking fund it, is made a criminal offense to use this hind, or any part oh it, for any other purpose than. tho payment, of tli.• public richt, and in terest thereon. This part of the Con stitution, and the :Let tot mitten it, are habitually violatod_ by a- sworn public .oftleer. -Thcr — T-Trate Treasurer is corn-. Tolled pallet; bud's-regard t h e Constitu tion anti the ,t.onte,„,,, pro;titlic.i the credit of the,,ST to, •hy 't I,: pay current demands on the treasury when there are no flunk on hind to meet them, except tim.ai iu I* • rum ; and practically,tho a lt erna ti ve is always chosen N so inchkes it contempt, for, ;ml of the law, whether ciiip:titat'inial 4taimite, as e „„m- au t v i o i n t,o n with impunity by the sworn officers chosen for its exccaion ; and it, can ri•gllire 110 1 . 1111.110 r argumentto (10111011titrilto Flle iw . oprray and neces sity for some change t.o rim - wily' this.con dition-of things. - --- TV. That pall of the C,lnstitution -regulating the election 'Ofjust ices of the peace and aldermen should It, so modi fied as to adapt, its provisions to the pub lic convenience. It now deClares that the, , e officers "shall ,he . elected; veral wards, borOuglis and. ,toiFicsli ins, at tly; t of the election, of Constables " in practice this constitaithinal fixation of the day on which these elections float he held is found very inconvenient, in the filling of. vacancies ; especially In these dis tticts,in which butt, 01W .. .ill:if or alder man is - antlio-ia , 2d by law. Inefrect, ordinary vacancies, by death. I,SPZIla tiOll, tr otherwiie, and them, mlice, in newly,cuatiut disc ricis, have 'Often to r ' ro unlined rm. or quite a year. This he roQarded by s.nne minor llnporralice ; bul the ft:im:l4.y of the 'antio . yaileos arking- It cm this ....ausc.,:nal the numbers prgpt dicially a'Pe; to l therohy, not:A:MR more ineonvenhmee and hardship than other eim.t itut lanai d , ;feets of apparently much entice nut..fiit tido. ;;rnidi.y statutes have heel; p.t , sed in Lim vain ,iticiiipt to oliviat.Q Il,i , difreailfy inns; he apparent, notliiii;,;; Lit appropri:lte amendment to Lit• Cons! Hulion is ade quate for the purpose. V. The State l'rda,urer should lie elected by the popular vale, and not by the LogiAlAttire. :;•111 eXperieLlee iia.ilkfilonNi rated our p11,1 . 1a 'mode of election hybe unwise. .1, administered, this is Ilia most profi table efilee in the l;tate ; end a-;•:i conse (looney great. eltOrtS ill,' 111 'di' to secure it. When the Legislature meets,, and long before, the. Aneinlews elect - are im pwt oiled by the e.inilhlates and their friends ; and it. is notorious that legis lators are bought, - and sold in .the un seemly a lid d t reel: f u tSlF.{;FAk4Yt+~t_uS 1y —t erne' t3titte • Treasimer. The Leeislaf tire is demoral- sesgion ;_the people of the State are 1111 Mina ; the wll6lO pet formanee is a scandal upon the fair fame of thf, State. Let us save out . selves from all this, by . proper -const itutional,a Mendment, mak," the Treasurer elective by popular vote. The term should be. two years and for ni)vious reasons t he person elected should thereafter be ineligible, at least until one full term had intervened. VI. The extensiiM of oflieial terms I h,v legislative enailiment should be pTo hibited. 'rids it; one variety of special legisla tion; but so peculiar, and of such im portance, as to justify special notice Almost every seAsiirn the iingislatiirn is occupied more or less by the consid eration of hills of.this eh:train er. Some times they Include only on:: finhier, and .ethers. a .whole class; - The iricirm - bents having been Plot - Rod. or appointed a. the ease limy be, fie- the preset lite() legal 1,1111, , tWilt , llle distrust ful of their ,consi it twins, or of the appointing Power, and appeal to tho Legislature to grant, Them second tetras,ol• nt least an ext,en siini or (-6:41, 4 ; ones. are ittortlied, the pnictitte knot if in legis lative pailaine tot 100--rifiling is in voked, and every lair and unfair nieatis used to 4left4llllllilill di.,j11 . 011 remits Ruch ell'orls and pracl ices arc departures from all sound ifftid just print•iples of legislation ; the •accompanying- scenes and contlintA Jive unseemly, and some times ; and the whole evil should be sternly prohibited by consti -tutif inal amendment. VII. TI, eompenNttion of the !nem ber, of the.Ueneral A,:setubly shonhUbe fixed hy the Constitution. _1 have known representatives of char aot er ;hal intolligenye, who on all twill in:ry ipiestinns might be regarded - as nitit of 1 ,, ; who coitlit be safely (Mail upon for an lionpridtle vote in al 11l any etanygeney, alai yet who could ir,,ist the temptation to via,: an eatnl pa,‘„",rhani,ver the niipar witty \rt. , ' lireittito.l. ()thins Mote .are, a but naive cunning, Ce :to tri stc"l iOla.i.nn .11c ham! exlitusting all Mail :Mitt} and ,ecare the eo‘,.teil mei ea.f=1"5.1,1-.t:e.l at' s tine lime stith a reootilma that t.lt.ar colisiittiaws nt ly 'tit lie able 'hold Mein respiittsiLla. Sr.oh 1,1,Fit2.s belittle reiiri setitat iv, in 111.• e<limat ion vl'the puling, tail in their mtu e,t,ITVL tIII ; ;L:1,1 III) tlt•Vel• 011 , , or its thiB ..tentleih,y, it a puLain toil , an.r . itight, if possiele, to he rettleilich , ... in this ease it can lie tittle liy rem iv ag the teinplat hitt. Let, the coin pcnsali tn, Ihrt alma., Ite !bully settled in the it.gattie lame ; ur :it least so atlitisteil that, any legislation on the suldilet shall nut, apply to hose win) make it. VIII. 11113 official terms of the oem hers of the Legislature should he dell tiitely fixed by the Constitution. In the financial crash of 1857 the banks all suspended speifie payments, and it was . coneedeillhe Governor should call a special i•kissioa of the Legislature. But the October election was just hand and-the question at once arose, who compose the LegislatOre?—or, ratlalr, who will compose it after the second Timothy of October next? It was con tended by some that the Members alroa'ly elected continued to be members • until the time of mooting lixed by the Constitution, in January, Ott ar gued that by the October election the terms of all old members 'of the House not 'remlected ipau facto expired; and that 'under any proclamation of the Governor for an extra session the new members would joke the places of their _predecessors. This grave and knotty question was evaded ..at, the am bytho Governor calling an iinmediate session, en ',short notice,; taking it for grAnted the members would - hurry through the business for which they were spe cially convened, and adjourn before the &cotton.' This was accordingly done ; but the important Tuts - lion . raised remained: unsettled ; and so remains to this day.: Suppose a rock less administrat Multi the last year of its power, and the old members of the Leg islature in - sympathy with . lt, on certain measures, and. the people at the October, election to have. repudiated the meas. ores and the members of the ,Legittla- • taro who wore identified, with them. -What-is-thore-to-hinder-the _Executive, inrniediately after the elect4on,-or even before - it, -When the handwrithig Was already visible on the wall from conven ing the 'old Legislature in Mara-session, and thus enabling them tfi consummate their pet schemes, in defiance of the ,popular will? Even after thu., election the' newly chosen Members' could not legally-- attend - the place , of meeting without notice Or authority ; and if they made their appearance at the plum of meeting, it would - only be to dud others in their, place's, and with the . power to . Mt - elude thiSiii.l -- Acm - ay be said this Is not a' Supposable case—that no Executive would presume 'or dare to dO - this. But whxpot Would.not'such Action be in stud accordanee with tlie, very letter of the Constitution? Under our theory and system of 'government the Legisla-. tore may lawfully do what it is not pro-. Whited by the Constitifilon from 'doing. Constitutional- provisions 'aro but .re-f straints upon the powers and agents of 1 : the government-in "the' case supposed, ou the Executive and Legislature—and •to argue that such restraints are not nocmary,:is a ho'ggiog or tho (location ;. and a virtual adthission •that constitu tions are unnecessary. In • this papar theeSntrary is assumed. It is assumed also that all apparent defects - should be remedied , when- praoticable-; , and that the people should be thus wisely pro tected front threatened dangers, leSt in times pf public commotion, political ex citement,- and partystrife, the evils break forth in confusion, anarchy, and - The partiMilar day on which the leg - - isltire term should begin and end is of secondary importance ; but I would silk gest the Tuesday next after the election. In this ago of mails - and telegraphs, ono week would - enable all, necessary returns to be made ; and the representatives last chosen Should be the only Ones thereafter to meet the act. • Cionst itution should provide clifferentregiilations for filling vacancies in the LegiBlaturel Disclaiming all attention to cast re flections on any person of party, it must he confessed our present, Constitution does not work satisfactorily in this par- Menial% Poe example and' illUstration, take the Fourth Senatorial district in this city of Philadelphia. 'The Honor able cleorge Cjsmelldied in October hot, after fhe election of that month, Alms creating a vacancy. • This deatti was publicly known at the time, and ever since, to every intelligent per.ion in the State ; and yet no practical steps were taken toward Tilling the vacancy no created until the meeting of the Legisla ture, more than two months afterwards. As a consequence, ' the people of one fourth of your large city were intrepre :tented in the State Senate for a whole month, or one-third of an average ses sion j and the great principle of republi can representative government, so far as that district was concerned. were ri prac herd failure The same thing has cc:purr:4l. and may again occur any day, in the House of Representatives. There -is no necessity or mason . for this deprivation of initial rights at, least none which cannot be remedied by au stilt ailment to our organic it:v., requiring the eI...CHOW; iii Su , ;li rases lobe, called by the Speaker itf the Senate. or 1 louse, as the ease May be, :Is ill Oilier States, by the Ottvernor, within a fixed 'smellier tif days a they the decease , of the member. or the cc ourrentto of the vacancy. 'Pen days is suggested as reasonable, To Wail until the leveling of the Legislature to get official notice of the, death or vacancy is sacrificing, substance to form. and de priving the dist riot of its rightful repot sou t aticpi On a fliers question of et iquel to. X. di thereat mode should be pro vided for choosing the Speaker, or pre -siding °lncur of Om Senate. This part ~r• the . unchiners of our dovernment works badly ; and is In great need "of - radical amendment, or thorough repairs. In 186 1, the Senati . i renutined unorganized for almost two mouths Tht' want, of a Speaker, and dur ing the present session wit narrowly. esorped a similar calaulity. Observa tion and costly experitlice hare demon strated that Whenever from this, or any other cause, the two branches of the Legislature are unable to progitess wlth the public business, it is a public mis fort u ne., n paAtt.x,ev44l_emelit, wntr - EbiffireTs:Thre . afit, ensue, pr,rda •stiii,,l”4,l7-itte-pl II ittrirtMlf,t4;'tnifrivlifit? ever is token of is sure to he added to the other ; thu,s prolonging the duration, 'and greatlT increaaintg the c4ense of the session, with no compensatory publie good. Surely fhb wisdom of this age is 11111113 than adequate the correction of so palpable and unniitigated an evil. XI. The qualifications of electors should bu changed in two particulars : 1. The ri4lns or citizens being . no longer dependent on color, the word "white" should ho stricken out front the qualifications of electors, jit con fin Indy with the Constitution and laws of the United States. which are `;the supreme law of the land, . any thing in the ronsfitution or laws of any St ite to the contrary notwithstanding* Om. Stale hit 4 already approval the,l 'amendments to the Comaitni ion of the f. high which make ,the word in operattli dins , connecti on r ,_and -we owe it to the progressive spirit of libeity to diseard• the qualiflearion as a useless nelie of a by.gone age. 2. Instead of a residence within the election district for ten days preceding the election, as now . piescribed, thirty days should be required. Neither the Constitution roll 7 -6 or of 1790 proseill,e any dorinite pltrirrirT. of 4 rtruidiriee': hot the present regilatiou Wits one of the amend ments of 1•31.1 S. Experience has demon strated it a mistake. The polity and equality of (decried.; ace essentiisl vie. ments of repriblicanigevernment: ou r reeent history has shown more fraud at. elections from this sonic, than non) any. other. It operates as a pie petual tem', tati o n to designing and unsernintliiii's men. A surplus of voters. in one district can be removed on the eve of an election to another where they It'll` wanted ; and interested iiart iris can always be foetid willing to pa'y the boarding for len days, and sometimes wages also, to insure the titans of those colonized. lint wake the reSldelliiii thirty days, Or OP- W:11 mull you thereby in the it tor ex peninVO rll, and ae tsonplis:ied much to the purity of the ballot boK.. The ineon,einein•e of a low iiiilol;ttits ::13,121t1 olseigh the glazerof ll , ,,llo. I • / 1 . • 1 . 1i. , i/S ail 1 OW p u ba r g SI Thi• 11 ill, lffir i utuu,r l l . ,(ll \!1'1111,/ changod oetottert to t he Toestitty next after the til.t Monday of November. In my reemut hurler 'int this stihicet eimstitiltiomil reform, 4 suggusteit tins amendment, "to prevent wilat is called uutoniztliuu ri WTI surrounding Sta es, and 11/ 111,,,15r• Wail 0110 011.1.1 not t'Vt.t"i rim; " not tr.ily ttl tilalii iu full f,1(.1,3, lint since then hive :re quired additional strength. Undo, the Consul (Ines of the United States, Om gross flax the right, to ilk the times for the eirmt ion of President and Vice Pi esident, and I . ol' the n.u.iuual House of Hem esentat Ives. At - au early — day this pillytir was exercised as to presi dential elections ; and tron , ress at the present session has enacted that, Ito rho yeiir 875 members of the national House -of . Representatives. shall. be chosen, in All the States, on' " the Tues day next after the first Monday in November." Unless we change, there fore, in compliance with this congress Sional requirement, wu Will !MVO two fall elections every alternate year. The. surrounding States of. New York, Now Jersey, and 'Maryland, have all-antici pated us in this change ' • and that which was heretofore optional, appealing only to our discretion, has now • become im perative. These twelve propositions are consid ered important ; and the whole, if adopted, would ;old greatly to the value of our Constitution. Others, less Mani -fest perhaps, Liut_. not _lem__valuable might be submitted, did time and space permit ; but the imuiber of pages of this manuscript admonishes me to stop, at least for,tbo present. We live in an ago when the great medium' of 'communica: tout with our fulloi , nlen is the public press. The demands upon- it aro such it often VC filHith pnblicity to-.anything ex cept short communications. One ob ject we all'have in view is to enlighten public opinion ; and to this end a short address, extensively published, is vastly (note effective than a long one unpub lished,' or presented to.th& world in par tial extracts: It is probable some pres ent expected me to treat, on other ques tions and amendments than those I have enumerated ; and such a course would have afforded me great pleasure, but for •tho— consideration& just Mentioned. Moreover, I intended thht what 1. sub-. milled should be as - directly responsive to•the invitation of your committee as practicable.' The requiist was to 0 pre pare a paper on-the amendments to the Constitution whiCh ought to he submit ted • to the approaching convention." • This is precisely , what I have done, to the best 'of my ; and so far as, practicable in ;one communication of 'reasonable Length. To. some it might have been - more 'agreeable to have listened to a disserta tion, on ',vital is known as cumblative voting or minority representation, on the advantages '• of biennial sessions of the : Legislature, -on an Increase of the 'numbers of Senators and Representa tives in the General Assembly, or upon a change In Che...tentai and mode-, of choosing our judiciary. , These are' all interesting and important • questions ; buy aro more or loss theoretical and ; spoculative,.and open wide fields for al', gamut, investigation and discussion ; and the.approaching convention may or may not p, onMdor them favorably.' to do justice to any one of them, or to the 'person who would advocate or oppose them, would require a paper As long as the ono now presented for your- considera tion ; and such a paper; in my 2 juddment, howevd able or learned, *mild not, have boon a compliance with the request made by your committee. ' If- I have erred in this view of the situation, I're gret it ; but the error has been made on, due reflection, and fur it I alone am re sponsible. is fortunate, also, that the mistake, if made, is open to correction, by all wild see proper to avail them selves 4, of the opportunity. •- - • [Por.the Nntany CarcAoo, February 8, 1872. F[it:—A friend in the East has sent Ilio A • Slip front the HERALD, in which a I;'q for which tells about Carlisle poolas, or wh - oin I nevdr heard before, and about whom 7 do not much care. But he litentioiled, a family of the name of Paterson, which interesNted „Jim very mileh ; for it was an exceptional family. They lived in the street, - and yet the sons all learned trades I Now during Lh . three years: I spent in Carlisle, I never heard of a boy there, belonging to what would be considered a genteel faintly, leaching a trade. What ' the writer says inO:l3R me with great respect for therineipory of, that 55 WOW and lie . her roar sonic. •The worst, jot) my father (win. did for me, was to send ins to Dickinson Col lege: He spoiled a good mechanic to make a poor lawyer ; for I believe I - had in ins tlic making of a good mechanic. ['tried the, law but I got on lint poorly. I made a bare lining, and did - nol acquire much honor. I suppose if I had sat down in some country town, and plbfided and pettifogged and persevered, f, might have been what they call a right smart, lawyer ; and perhaps by a little manage ment and a good deal of meanness, I might have worked my way into the Legislat,ue, or eV9rl into Congress - ; but I was not one of that •tind. So I kept on in the city, till I found it was no use. In competition with hundreds nc,pthers, scone of whom were of the very , first ability; , eminent for their legal and educational acquirements, I found enuld make little or no headway. So I gave np professional life, and turned my attention to "the industries." I began in a. small way and . l.worked up. I bought a lot and built a house. I superintended lie building, having - a natural taste, both fur masonry and carpentiiiha. it was finished, I was offered fifty per cent more than it cost me, and I sold it. I bought two more -, -lotg-and—built-two-rrrrirtrit - tUrges 1441-, .e-r-Y-411441g--"WrOT ,loco both well am economically. Bcforci they were finisltec I had them sold . at a profit of nearly 3:1 per cent.. My vocation in life was now plaiu to me. It was to build houses for people to live in ; a useful occupation and an honorable one if honorably per-' sued. So to that I devoted myself, with good success, but with some drawbacks, the chief of which arose from my not being a practical mechanic': There are nice in Chicago,'Milwau kee and St. Look wife have made money hand over fist as master mechanics. Some of them arc among our most prominent business men, influential in . society, and respected by all classes, You woud thitk from their looks and in` that ihl' , 3;fiad been - to col lege, but they have had nothing but a New England common school edueatitm. They are practical mechanics: they solved, when boys, a regular apprentice ship. They aro plumbers, painters, car penters, bricklayers, machinists, iMint ers, stooe-cutters, &c., &c. And; I tell you, they all mako, money, and are a r:at deal morn res,pected than third rale 'i . ,rofes..ional men. They know both how to handle fonts amt how to "calcn lu for a cootiact. All I wish now is that my f..ther;, instead of sending me to rollege, 100 l apprenticed me - to a nil:t rate carpenter. I tell you it. would 001110 good to mite now. It is s a great mistake iu parents to he - making their children third-rate lawyers awl fourth-rate doc tors and lift li7rate preachers, in a eounti y tv It, chiof n'Oed is lirst.rate meeltanis ; a 011,1111 ry whero prosporily is sore to Int the to‘varcl of all who help to olovolop tiliticoi.d resoutco;;. I knots it woo (tot hero in 1.1111 }Vest who wits tows ot (;:.lisle tot a.white. 0110 11.41 Lis n:iii,• snub i ' ol the 111111IN11 . S. 1111 1111r11;41i1 110 11.1.1 a ( . 311 " 1111 pncavll.r, "'ow: horst:" 11 c'ourch in small "IMO [11,1,1• •• 1 , 1 , 11. L. a SA.II) . 01. ;dill!! a yotit• tool Ito It.ts if4l tiffee t•Illid1011, ha, Ilan' 801 . aLCilllig 1.1 ; ; rt. along. if it was hot, for 1,110 hied Itts Meta -110:, 111:11:1 , fur 1.,111 -t• t v.. 11 1 li,'l N.• 15 Il VO. N.,W i 1h..1. m um Mid goiei 011 with/.1(1e•, ‘'.(11(1!1 NV.VI I '111:51, of a bl.lrkawith, •lull had e.ttorte 'tau: hole 1,0 till it, lie might have been a Well (Ill * :111(1 :111 li.motable anti much re,peet d tawl a VVl'y . 11SO1 . 111 man. As it. is, 110 is PIMr and lOW spirited, and a man of very lit tie ;10(,/11t1 He is :Iti pleased when olio of his" p.trishioners sends him a side of park,;( cwt of dour, or dresst for hiswife, - iisl:t beg gar when lie gets it basket of " broken victuals." Ile slia%es in his shoes when he hears of a "revival" in the Metho dist or Baptist church, for fear HOMO or his people may kayo him, or HOMO of the new comers prove eleittnnet'S for another shop'. I - don't say this because I ram Methodist, and and prejudiced against Presbyterians. I say it because it is G'od's truth which I don't feel at liberty to keep back. Let some of your people come out hero and see for themsolVes. I tell you a man with a good Common edncatmiris - Master of the situa tion. I don't cite whrther his object is to make mouey or to promote religion, he can do both twice as well out hero— if he has a good trade to begin on—then be can if ho'is likerthe general 'run of fellows '‘vho think thommolves ‘' oat cola ted for the bar," or ." balled to the min= istry." If the Conference will take 'lily advice they will sell Dickinson College and use thc,thoney to ' spread useful Icnowledge some other way. And if the people of Carlisle should cqnstilt me as to We lLebt.Things.khey eau do mote the moral, material and. Nliginus 'interests of tho town; I would - tell then 'to got np a joint stook company and buy the College buildings and convert them into a steam s'aw-mill and. iron foundry.. Then if some great railway corporation will buy,the barracks and convert tinint into shops for the Manufacture of cars, car wheels, engines, 45,;(i., a groat future will open - up Wore_ the .people of Car-. lisle, and bettor days 'soon by their children. bush is the sincere. opim km of Yours Respectfully, DURBIN MCDLINTOCIC A...COUPLE of weeks 'Since, oar citizens wear supplied with a' quanfity'nf . Bab bitt's soap- 7 a., gratuitous distribution. Some evil-disposed boys followed' the wagon at a slkort distance, ithestokq the soap from the doorsteps and subsoOtiontly Home .and County Items, TIIURBDAY, FEBIiVARIk Nit w moon the other eyiining _ . Dunitzu thO past few days wo have been enjoying a real, old-fashioned rob ruary thaw. Pleasant overhead but desperately sloppy under foot. So wo go. A. J. SITES, on West Pomfiet, street is still in the huckstering business, and , can be found at his stand in the Market louse regularly every Wednesday and Sabi rd dy. J. P. NEFIAvrNo. 2d West Main street, is constantly receiving large addi tions to his already extensive 'assort -mina -of 'paper collars, cuin, nockties, scarfs,- cigars, tobacco and fancy goods:" Remember the place, and do not con found it with ally other establishment. 1, TIIE property .of Win. 13.thines, situ ated in Dieltinsini - township, on the Yellow Breeches creek, one-hall mils East of MilltOWn, containing 30 -acres, and known as Chambers's Mill, was sold to David Coover and Marion C. Sheaffer, residing in said township, Col. the suni of $7,000. . GRAND CONCERT. The Keystone Coructiktna of New.ville, assisted by the renowned war-horse, Prof. Jelin Alc- Keelian, will give a grand inimical en. tertainment in treason, on ' ,, aturday evening, February 24. The musical. ability of this lewd needs no comment ; it speaks fin. itself. The citizens of O. will be delightfully entertained. PdHTDONED. —Owing to the rain on Tuesday evening last, the 'Grand Gift Entertainment of Professors Campbell & .lames, has 'been postponed until Fri day evening, February 111. They adver tise 100 useful presents to be adven away. These gentlemen will give an entertainment in Literary. Hall, Nevi, ville, this (Thursday) evening. Ad mission 31 cents. DON'T forget the oyttter supper in eirt Will Hall this (Thursday) evenin, by the Ladies' Mite Society of the En glish Ltrtheran church of this place. It piiimis , es to be the supper of the season, and we would urge those of our citizens who wish to enjoy :t pleasant evening to visit Good Will. The proceeds are t.o.ks , applied to the purehaso of an organ for the congregation. ma,ter General A. J.' Cresswell issued a very' iiniottant tine on the tlrst instant. It is earnestly desired that in all cases the oaten of the roll sty, as well as the and SI ft e, be superscribed upon all letters, circa lats, newgpapers, and other matter to be forwarded, by -- man. The Departmont urgently req u ests a strict compliance of this order, to facilitate the diskibetion and - . , ..rkegLure , a-speedytranstnissionof- th e y m - heavails.now passirm-over the -, difT. -e»t-nribroa-ds. SUPPEII,—The members of Cumber land Circle No, 119. gave an anniversary supper in their room, in " Mat ion Ball," on last Thursday evening. Between 50 and lift members were present and par took of the sumptuous repast prepared for the occasion. After the wants of the "inner man" had been satisfied, those present were entertained with a feepithy remarks by Mr. Then. Corn man and Di'. S.-B. Kieffer. At an early hour the members • dNyersed, pleased ith the events of the evening. CON SOLI DATION. —The Trani rie and Herald, piiblished ttt Oreensburg,. have been consol i dated, and, will here after be knoWn 3s thu Greensburg Tri -Lund-.uud ,ilerald. MeSsrs. - - :11 - eAffeer, Atkinson & Weddell, are the editors and proprietors. Mr. I). W Shryne , c, late the editor of (he He'rald, mires to the sh:eleF, of private life with the best wishes of his brethren of the quill. Success to the Herald and Tribune VITRIOL TrutowEits.—Yes, we hauu them right in our town. We' have read great,tioal of late of the operations of this class of people, but did not suppose there wore any pen Boss 11l our borough that would he guilty of sueln conduct. We sh tWII a fine coat, a few days since, u1:11 ‘V3, almost "unfit for service," from 'lie lot that a quantity of .vitriol 11.1 I Iwo Ihru.cu On the back of the gar ment!. Tho acid, no doubt, had - been t.n.,,cin ou the coat :trier night-fall as th.• 'Of tine "dark trnnin.,ardion" until the following morning. it is no; known who committo I the deed, bun it was no doubt done inn a Spirit of ntion. ‘Nis,t As Is. —This Look is for the tjm,s. II is nii ,tantlanl worlc of flit) ant It2 , rity. Its facts aro fully 5.11,.t..te,1 by ert-liblo testimony; its ;tre the best attain:ll,l,i ainl Jr: newally. n VV de,Ll ,%1:11 Cho liv )Inca or it, has 1110 tl.ty 1/01.1) ranNli? el! directly from tbo--a,c crt..tliittil Latin stltnilards or tho — n.,m.to I'n Wt~dic cliiircli. Tint woi lc is highly 01,11,10k1 I.)' .1 Ist . illl,lll,llthi olergy - C. 111031.1., ;1,11,1 110 ‘vsvaiwrr. ?Sr. Itincs 11. :Old 8611 or itev. 11,1t.pt,r, Shipn.ntiltarg: will calivas4Callole and vicinity daring tho ii si fow wocits e•iih tile 4VI trk. ON Satin clay last . „ Lodge No. 598, GO. of It, I'., or Now l'.t., 'hi tho seventh year of its existomi,. w 4 t, o.lllel on for .the first -time to convoy to its last rooting ',taco the tholy or ono of its members, Adain S. ,Lonsdorf. Mr. L. was a'uthisumpti cc and had gone South last fall to escape the vigori of a North ern wintor. Ile died in Augusta, on the fifth inotam, , and his‘remains hav ing boon brought home wore interred on the tenth. His funeral was unusually largo. Phe deceased was a good citizen, is man of integrity of unimpeachable character and beloved by 'all. .lo leaves a wife and small son to mourn his early loss. JlETyuNzo.—Dr. W. C. Corbett, th e well-known an veterinary, - sur geon has arriveil in town and is stopping at Thudium's betel until the twenty fifth instant) Thu Doctor can bo con sulted at all times on Cho anatomy and different diseases of hursils. He operates on all diseases that are curable, ;and if satisfaction is nut given no charge will be made. 'After a successful practice of 14 years, ho feels, assured that he can give satisfaction in every instance. No charges, made fur. examination. Wo would advise those in need of his stirricos - to give-him - a-calf - during - liis brief - BO- - j9111:1) ill our town.. JAMIN E. 11IenDocrt.--.This distiu guiAllud eloeutionist will give the fifth entertainment of 'tle . "course'," in 111100111'3 Hall, Tuesday evening, Feb.' nary 90. The evening's entertainment will consist in part of readingx-froili Shakspeare, Dio Icons, Tennyson -and • modern poets. This will be the only opportunity our citizens will lu - ve of hearing the eminent and famous clean tiunist , their own: u town,• and they shoul4ot fail to 6. and listen to the finest and most cultured roadorlip tips world: • Prof.: Widney's gaintotto :quadrille • ,Band, will out .twin tho' audienco pre vious to the rem ; with Some of their choicest -and I music: AdiniS;ieu 75 conts.', Tieke to be had of S. if. Bolder, A. Blair and ,John O. Orr, com mittee. . . . \ "A. U. C."-Tho articles : u..." XII- Mout Carlisle," from the pe'o "A. U. C." have produced (Pike a Rd cation among thC rmiders of Tutz4.4liter, „and partiottlarly - the older „portion of the community. There seems to - lie a general regret that these articles should be discontinued, especially. when tiley were getting so "intensely interesting." We trust that we may again he favort:d with articles from his pen. STELIECT SCITOOL.—Wo stric''requented to say, that Tits. Kegler, a lady of su perior Intelligence and reflnement, has opened a select. School for young chil dren—special attention lreing directed, to rehgious oulture —mental and'physicali development. Such an'-opening cannot I fail to unsure success. Mrs. Kegler's, residence is No. 84 West street. - ret,IIIIIIIIII lett talli 'WASHINGTON, Foblll3ry 12, 1872 MEssns. EDITO Its your paper of last week you call up m boys and girls to give a solmiou to the' fulloiiiing problem •.'lr 3 etts 0 rats in 0 min - utes, how many eats, w:II kill I g o ra.ts:_o k 100 yainutes I any not a Carlinlo bi;3s, but my mother was bot•n in your town, 0 fact which,,l think, entitles the to enter the list, and I therefore send you the required number, which is one, -cat. MANNINC GERMA:Ny has got the monumental fever, no less than thirty-nine monni nients being nearly finished, far the different cities of Fathei land. b RAND GIF r ENVI.:.P.iv:NrENT. —Prof J. De!Antic, trim gnat gift wizard magician and ventrilramist, at 113)320311's ITall, for two only, Vriday and Sat mil ty Prili - . - 31kry 23 - awl 9 1. A gunnl mat SALM clAy Cur ladies :mil children --rummy .child u':II receive a present 15 scuts, 100 rich, cr istry and naerni presents g,ivon away , r-t , :trili evening. Single tielcets :35 cents, , reserved seats 50 and family iciccts,.aslini thing six,. $l.OO. Sintviciris IN ST. JOHN'S C/IUIiCII, )S72.—On Fua days, at. 11 a. in.. arid 7 p. m. Ash IVerlinisrlay, at, 1111. in. On other• day+, until I y ;reek. -- - nwsdays, p. m. 'Wednesdays (with leetureb 14 p. m. 9 1 a. at. Ott Sattirday,lnat try 21, (St. :11:tillias' and Ember n,ty,: , tr, a.' In. in 1/01y 11 - e4...----Monday, 1 p. Tuesday, p. m. Wednesday, fl 10.1 Phu ns.r.hz; -(Nritfirtholl Tll y - CilTriTiill7lll7, - 710. in. Qhod Friday, I I a. la., .tn,l I p. tn. Easter Elven, p. in. On Tuesday evening, April 9, sacred rite of r'ordirmation 74111 c. ad ministered by : the 111. Rev. Dr.' Mole, Bishop of the diucc..r of t'entral Peitils3l - WNr.T. LEN - J.:up:TT, siTector FiniEmEN's.--MrxriNo. —An adjourned ineeti'ilg, of the firemen and eitizedis Of Carlisle seas ,Ireld in the C•ourt on Prblay .evehing, Ifehrtriry9:l was 0011 ed to 'order by the - Mailman, Mr. Andrew Kerr. Op motion the report of tho committee on resointions was real, ae . cepted, and the committee dischargetE =I WHEREAS, TllO tax to e collocted for borough purposei to one- -half cent on the dollar ; and IViwi:F.ls, Said tax isin.sutlicient f,n borough purposes ; therefore be it - liesany , t, That the r,,,a4 - h-haturd he pe titioned to authorize the Burgess and Town Council of Carlislo to levy and collect an additional tax of live mills on each dollar of the valiiatiou for general purposes, in the sun rvi oilier. a, the levying and collectin4 taxes are now provided for by law. On the question, "Sleall the rebut as road be adopted," Capt. Miller moved to strike out the word " five" beroru `TIMIs" and insert„ the word " three" in place thereof, zu as to road ":in additional tax of three 'mills." Adopted. - Also to insert the clause, " That one mill be But apart fur Ole 'benefit. of the Fire Dopartanwit." Adopted. Mr. Jacob "Lug nio c.i oi insert, "And that' the remaining two wills be , set apat, fur the establishment, of a sinking food." ..111.1,ted. Tlo, I Ctil,llll wits Li 11 .1.1 to utOut the - To - 11ov, ing ‘vazi appo,illvkl lii rll3l/./I'L/ Lill ILakl ta iLIOI . I Lil 1110 : 7.114' a/1.1 ./ I. Oa 111./LW:I all j011111k:d \Li , 11. ADDANizt illE:isn4. Ent n»css--The Agri'unitural Colllgo of Pennsylvania ovum 11-C.r thu spring term un the twul:th or Pubruary. Thii institution t I riNt Coo I.,ttik it, tleicrvciti, as on, of the first Suienttlio and Literary ullllegai , n . In deed thuru is n7 - 7 . 17;i:d1..i. whoro a young man (or %von). ut ;IOW) such. a thorough awl pr.tcje.ti CLItIO.L.I.i9II at the same expon.e, the eliargo r.Sr tha4n tire year being but 41178, • ttuti this in ,elu los boarding, washing,' room and furniture rent, fuel, &c. _— Ad. one Limo no reputation of this now promising institution Was rather unenvi able, lint the election of Cron. Thomas H. Burrowes to the presidency was the comtnencomont of a new ors for the col logo. his able and popular administra tion was sadly terminated by Ilk decease in February, 1871 ; but not lviforo ho hail began to realize that suceois was fast crowning his efforts: Thu work so well begun is being worthily advanced by his successor,' Dr. daurts ealdoit, who - has admitted-ladioti-into.tho established. classes. The last commencement was sufficient evidence of the ultimate 811COOSS of the present, administration. Perham it fi would not be inappr prig° in this con imotion, even at di' i late date, to add a brief report of th exercises of " Coln - iiioneontopt Week at the P. A. C." Sunday 4 Dr. Calder' preached the Ham calaureato Sermon! Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday andwart of Thursday_ woye_ taken up with the exa initiationd of the various olasgos. The exorcises - Mimed: ately cennocted- witli- fho• conferillig of the'dogrees were opened at 7 p m., on Thursday, by a brief addross.from Presi dent 'Calder, followed by music. Pro-. fusser Hughes „of 13ellefonte lead in prayer. \ Good Night" by the - Choir was followed; by S. W. Douglass, White aitone, N. Y., and Curtia . G. 'CaMpbell, Jelinstown, two very good de clamations. Miss Nellie Robinson road a selection "The Outcast," ide.,nninner that weuld.Shamo many of our. publio. readers. Miss 'Rebecca Ewing,- Angola, Indiana, road an essay,' subject; " dnstry bettor than ee n nids," that "would have done credit to a man," ;led so have filled the heart of 'ally ‘f Wot”aW's Rights" advocate .with delight. Miss .Butteedeld,:the precePtreas, eielivMed lecture of "The Mission of Dhristian WorMinhoeit j ,"` - tiMVS.row high Ouceitl: tuns froniAL N. McAllister, osq., Rev. -Wiley ii,nd othersiticed all who heard it wore pleased. F. S 4 Burrowes (ion of the late president,) spoke. the Valedic tory. "Imagination" was his - . - subject. lln held his audience well; and the com position showed that ho was not destitute. of tha,t very desirabh; attribute of, which he was treating. The farewell AdJliii Faculty Mid students dam full of fccli9g, and showed how pleasant had been their felaitiOnd; •- Shall we Meet Again," was sung bg .the choir...Vhe President thou conferred the Degrees, and each happy graduate retired - with' the Coveted " Sbeep§k in" and b. "handle" to his name. Thernmsinwas all by the -- choir—a pare and parcel of the college of which it may well be proud. Not the learit pleasant part of the even ing's exercises, was the social gathering in the college parloni after the, conelu-i „Hien orthe speeches in the chapel. No one would care to forgot the pleasure yr an cycling spent in that cultivated dud refined society, " formality" bad been laid by, and instead the " pleasing fair" and -" gallant be&c." vied with each other in making the- "Sojourners -in a strange land"-feel at home in their midst. Their success trill be attested by many an Alumnus and by none ,sooner than Y ours Truly, ONE or TIIEII. • l'ErisoNs having sale hills printed at TIEN. OFFICE, 9,5111 ITCCEVO Et notico of the Saillt+ iu thesii columns until the day of sale. Rills for the following' sales have been pi intid here during the past week : By John Bectem, in Penn township, Iwo miles weNt of the Shme Tavern, and ono-fourth of a wile smith of Centre vino, horses, fat cattle, cows, favning utensils C. Also 12 lots of mountain land at the sanin.time and place. On Felo 0:1 15. fiv BronneMan, in Middlesex rship, ea.,: of C3IIiSIO, On tho .1:.0,0;, on Thursday, Feb y lint caws, 11111 , 101,10111. S G, 0. Washill. 0110 'mile west of Plainfield, on Tuesday, Febi Italy 20, eows, hogs, farm oten4ils, I:y A. 64m:1h:11; iu •.I'eno tw,vuship,. cmly2ll, lioeses, cuter;, yomp:4 \i rew I. 1.41115.•:Ji , 1d nurl kitelleu fel nil ett., &(• 11 %yr tbles(l,,y, Feb. 21. I.lr Ji.teeb Willeesday, nett_ le o:le-11.1H' 11111 , lteek, `1•, I.li ilL r , (':AI 11V, fanning. Dani.•l , , in 0111(2111ft., 111 , .. .1% ;Onto. It, tong 1.„1,1; . , ,1011 t .s te t• ,Ilt• of per,on:ll Wt-tltittrulay,••l'v-b- CI 11, in 1 .' 1,11:kfC , Ill OM p, Mileswv..: , if "nuns ,r..s. ri.lOl),H- 3 22, h.q., T.hriliin k 111,211,11 , , tX: C. 1% 1' W. lf. IL; :cold! 'Middleton, on 1 , , miles north 'of Collude, on Pi ilay, it'ebrintry 23. Stock, farming implements, tic. Ity Abram and Elizabeth ?Mowery, in Prankfind township, 21miles south-cast of illoservillo, on Frtday, February 23, ono mare, cows, Vitung cattle, sheep, household and► kitchen furnitute. 131 - A. Thum ma, in Fran!: ford tnw I!, miles noit h-west of Plain field, on Saturday, February 21, large xnle of ond kitchen furniture,' Liu. 4 • Pl , lieriCk Waits, on his farm, two miles ',VC:A of Cal ii h ie,Thn Tu es day, Feb:miry mines, cows, hogs, farming „implententi, pie. - About young horses, varying from one to four yetus ohl. I;v Christopher W:ittoti, in I)iekinson to ..iiship, six miles west, or lisle, and ono mule smith turnpike, cows, young t le, shoats, farming utensils, &e., oil 3lomlay, February 2G. liv Henry Silver Sp"rintr, los ',ship, 5 miles east of Cxrlisla , anti 4 inilea west of ,Meeluiniesburg, 011 Moll day, Febi wavy 2', horses, cows, ymmg cattle, hogs, sheep. f;irining implements, IX: C. • liv Peter Pik:ether. in Frani:ford towc ship, 2'' t miles not th-"cast litoserville, MI Wednesday, February 2', hot ses, horned cattle, fatuting implements, ttc. liv S. W. Diller, on t'he farm of David Ilvikes, deceased, in West Pennsboro' township, on Thursday, February 20," horses, colts, cows, young cattle, hogs, farming utensils, &c. By Geo. G. Davidson and John Tjuderv...). Pt!, in Westpennsboro' town ship, t,wo miles south cif Ncwville, on Thuisday,- February 211, hoises, cows, y.•ung runic , A...c !Iv Martin Shenk. on Thoisday, Feb rii n y in tho Yiii ono east or the stQno CO'NS,.. young cattle, hogs,' e i.IItIECNV Contrty, .sr. assignee of 11 !,,. .1 t orocry, ui , West lientisboro' I it 1 ° ,1:1110f Tobias :iites, c. 1,4 of • Ne .v,1!0, 1,01,c5, cows, pnlng sito.its, forming utensils, SEMI Slienl;, in Penn township, on Pi May, Marc•.'i I, iine-lialf south - WO, I Or Ilia Stone Ta.vern, and 2 miles east con's, shoots, Llireshing machine, to. Ito ;l:miucl ('iinv:n•, ill Penn township, one and timidialf miles south of Centre ville, on the State road, on Saturday, Mild eh 2, 0110 household anti kitchen' fu &c. 111,* John If. -Knnlcle, on 310iinY, lareli 4, in South Middleton township, 4l miles southeast of Carlisle, wutk hui se,, oohs, cows, yoting cattle, farm ing . 111, Francis Diller, in Frankford town ship, on Monday, March 4, horses, cows, 2 young •attle, &e. ~. BY 4 Jacob Bixler, in Westpennsboro' town. lip, dn Wednesday, March 6, extensive sale of household and kitchen furniture. Be Georg() Kutz, m Middlesex town ship,:two miles east Of Carlisle, on Thurs day, March 7, horses, mules, cows, young cattle, farming, implements, houx9liold r and kitchen furniture, &c. • By B. •Sprolh Woods, in Diokidson township, six miles west, of Cnrlislo, ou Thursday, March 7, extensive sale of horses, - blooded rattle, young heifers, fainting iinplementg, iker By J. G. Zeigler lip SiTver Spring Township, one-half mile north of llogues down, and two miles north of Now Kingston, on Friday, Mardi 8, horses, rows, young cattle, pigs, farming imple ment/4 &c. • 13 Daniel' Green, in Westpennsboro', teanship,!.onii. mile northwest of Plain field, on Friday, March 8, horses,,coly, cows, young cattle, hogs, farming utensils, Cc. By John A. Dellinger, in. Dickinson township, (me mile south .o Low_ Stone _- 'TIDWrit, on Friday, March 8, valuable real estato and_personaLproporty. -In tends removing - West'. : Michael Shipp, ono and one-half miles south of Centreville, on Saturday. March 9, mare, otiw, household and kitchen furniture, &c. • ,By David Mayberry, in Westpanns born township, about Lwo mi 1e.4 south west of Plainfield on Saturday, M.srch 9, large salo of horses, cows, young .dattlef. farming implements, BY Jacob Donor, in - Westpennsboro' • - township, 8 miles west - or Carlisl, and - 8 nines past of ;siewville, extensive sale or hprses; cows, fat cattle, young cattle, shOts, wagons, buggy, farming faints, furniture, &cf., on Tues.:inn March 'By Mrs. Francis troikas, in West fierinslairo' township, ono milli west of Plcinileld, on Friday, March, 15, wagon, rockaaray, household and lsitehen furni- , Lure; &c. . , . Y Jacob Gadder, in 'lVi.:itp.inoshorO' timiship," one' of. on Mouday, tunic, - cow, and household and hitoluidforniture.
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