Carlisle herald. (Carlisle, Pa.) 1845-1881, February 15, 1872, Image 2

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.