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Xtrittts
Id polz
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- for filtetNeter jbirrnaL;s6 'lO
SPEAk s" h"
i f - • ,*,
-. Speak kindly ; Ais &cheering thing .
-To bear a loving word; .
And ever when 'tie spoken thua,
- Atfectioa2s fount is stirred.
And often in affliction's cup, • •
It is a drop of balm,: •
That heals the sorrow-stricketrbreast, •
And soothes it to be cairn.
When the head is lowly bowed
With grief's oppressive load,
It is an arm on whick.to ken,-
And smooth the mourner:a road. L
Speak Itindli to the wayv A ard youth,'
And lie will turn aside( ' ' '
To hear the gentle words of truth, '
Perhaps too oft'denied.
'Tis thus God speaketh unto us, ,„:
Persuasively and mild,---• , rtui,
Speak kindly to the erring,
If thou wouldst be his,thild.
Eacttmotm, July, 21, 1860..
eitints
The Property of Mind.
From " Why I ani a .Temperemee Mang' by T.
W. Brown, editor of Wisconsin
Chief.
"There is a kind of property destroyed
which is seldom thought of, in viewing
the consequences of the rum traffic, and
the destruction of which forms due of our
strongest objections to it.
" As the traveler stands in the Seven
billed City and dreams of the greatness
of the once proud 'mistress, he honks .
around with awe for the evidence of that
greatness. The winds sigh amid the
crutublinn• e ruins, like the footsteps of the
past, and he finds himself alone in the si
lence of desolation. The ruins have out
lived the greatness of the proud empire.
He sits upon the broken columns which
silently yet eloquently speak of the 'Greek's
skill; but that classic land is only re
membered in history and perpetuated in
her exquisitely chiselled marble. The
proudest structures of earth pass away.
The ivy ere •ps over the ruins, and dust
gathers thiekly_nport them, Even the
pyramids,should time continue, will waste
away under-the beatings of the storm, and
mingle with the sands of the desert.. But
there are monuments which, never crunt-: .
ble. There are structures which lift up
proudly amid the surgings of sees, and
bid defiance to time cud storm. We
muse sadly where lie the ruins of empires,
and tread carefully where nations are, en
tombed. But to us there is no sight so
utterly saddeninr , as a MIND in ruins.
We weep from elle:ivy heart as we See
the gloom of a rayless. niglit, ghthering
over the mind, and the structure which
. was moulded by the hand of God maim•
bling into ruins, The Mind is property
—property which is of more value than
all the wealth of. the material universe.
And here is where we find one of the
most startling effects of intemperance.
Here is where the system wars upon 'a
class of property which cannot be gauged
by dollars and cents'. Hete are ruins,
thickly strewn . up . and dOwn the lind,
over . which the patriot, philanthropist,
and • Christian can weep with keenest
sorrow. •
E. 4_. JONES
Look into the bar-room, where swarm
the infatuated inebriates. Their slaver
ing nonsense disgusts, and their wicked
ness shocks. • You turn away ? No, Sir,
stand within the threshhold. It is a li
censed house, and that man behind the
bar has been declared fit and competent
to keep a tavern. You voted for the
Commissioners who licensed him to do
this. Now, Sir, stand within the throat
of the.seetbing crater, and snuff the fumes
which come up from the ever• - active and
consuming fires. Turn away from the
hoary drunkard in rags, whose shaking
hand is lifting the glasstto his lips,. to a
scene close by: Stretched upon-his back,
with leaden.,eyes rolled hack in, the head,
and.the arms thrown out, lies a'inan of
middle age, slowly breathing in the deep
stupor of lowest drunkenness.' The, face
is -nearly a livid purple, still darkening
beneath the eyes, and, assuming a livid,
burning red upon , the brow and temples.
He is
_evidently a man of middle age,and
his form was once one of. rare and, noble
beauty. Both mind and body , are now
crumbling into decay.. His comrade
have gone . through the mockery of plac
log coppers upon his eyes - and straighten
ing out. his, legs upon the floor._ And
'there he,lies in the, promiguons,4lol,of
the ,har-rooie.. Bven•the dog . wim_ctunes
in snuffs daintily,. and
,tarns aw'ay _from
the, bloatedcogutenanc.e.Nvith,signs , . of
loathing and repugnai:ce. - One ,15(ilic
company has practised spitting tobacco
juice into his lace and hair: - '• Naturelias
attempted to beat one tlio poisen;and the
froth &the' edeiliet;:lias oozed up; froin
the . stomadlii and ' courses Mid . dis.
ltustingly'' down 'the 'side 'of his-faCe:' A
etie of a mae;s'ilikeuing 'and' huwiliat
L•haraeter &kid hardly to pies'entdd:.*:
Ahd yet that was cn.c r e'e noble and 'gifted
*Drawn from fact.' -
.
et) ofeD to tile,
,4.l . Aaiil,:':s„"Of . :
.",,j•tiz . V.S.,5131:11111i ' li011 of 311ONlitil,.. Vehs.
COODERSPOO *OTTER" COUNTY ) P4)TEURSDAt M 1 UST 2, 1060.
- .
rda.n. /Tim was a'brilliant - ititUpOYerfill
ixififl The Ima aty ofshissform -was
=odic a ble ness integrity, and
moral rtyorth.. , was. adored. by his
friends and relatives, honored by his fel
low:eitiZeps; aild'respeeted by all. His
waslt'brighe'promise for the future. The
eloqiiiint, the noble,•-the and. the
true, lies there !' That -mind is 14 ruins.
Villar•after pg,lar has peep undermined
by. the stibtle_ stream, until theire scarce:
ly enoUghleft,"-_tti:tilit*4l, dultit'elassie
beauty of the 'structure: fortiftie lath
-vanished like-the:taliteing mist.
A lave
wife; has I .go,ne, ts) , tke-, graye brolc ec
hearted, with the ,bahe ,dtroyed by .a
brutal band, sleeping..on beibesom. Her
old-father andAnether have gone down in
sorrow. to their rest: A sister , with a de
votion which never wavered, clung to her
Only brother, until a blow from that broth
'cilistfucli her down, and'she sits a dream . -
inglunatie •in thvahylunt. See ITV ISO
destruction of!afroperty here,?„- The clo.
quence which thrinpil in, the Senate of his
State, and that wisdetn t ivhieb 'gave dig
*uity to her councils,' haillieeri• trodden
down.' - - The orator and the gratesman
the ainiable husband:and the upright cit
izen, lives lower than the • beast, in the
common drunkery. : Every hope - in life is
blasted, and with a . reind reeling on the
verge of madness; the poor benighted
Wanderer stumbleson to a premature and
dishonored 's
, ( , raye.
a
areit God ,how thickly such sketch
es-are upon the record of the past. We
need not disturb,the dust which has long
gathered - , or leayV our own shores. There
_ .
was-poor Poe; what a mindl what a mine
of wealth to him and to. the world of let
ters I but destroyed: There was the gift
ed Dr. Lofland. There was the warm
hearted McConnell. There was the high . -
mitided. Drotugoole, of Virginia. There
—but the catalogue is endless. • Take the
wealth of one drunkard's mind, and look
with awe. upon_ its waste, and then, with
the wide grasp of thought, gather in the
innumerable hosts which have passed frinu
the fields of life, and you have a destruc
tion of property, from the contemplation
of .which the mind turns shuddering away.
There is no resurrection from the wide
waste ofruins, Here are wit oleztemples
of genius, where everything that islutel
lectual and god-like in humanity is buried
beneath that lava-tide which has so long
swept on its course.
" Aye, the property of the mind. Leave
us that, though all' else perish. Let us
grapple with poverty and want, but leave
us that. Let us struggle with life's deep
est, bitterest sorrows. but leave us that.
Let every friend pass from earth, and we
die away from our kindred; let disease
exhaust the fountains of life by drops,
but leave us our mind. Even when the
body crumbles away, and the shadows of
the night of death shut out a brief clay of
life, the mind unbroken „looks. unmoved
over the material waste, and with a smile
rises to Him who placed it in the tene
ment of clay. . *- •* '
"There - .is still another .reason - why I
abhor the - rum traffic. It*spares neither
age nor sex. Its trophies are more to be
dreaded than those at the red man's belt,
snatched from the throbbing brow of in
noCence. The - system is cruel, merciless
'Teruel. It wars upon the defeneeleis,—
upon women and children. Its most des
orating strife is at the fireside. We exe
crate it fcr its cowardice, as well as its in
justice and cruelty. Those Who are ;lei
er seen abroad, and Who never lifted a
hand or voiceitgaiiist the seller, are crush
ed down with remorseless. coolness. if
men alone were destroyed, without wring
ing the hearts that are linked with them,
it-would not seem so damnable. But why
should 'a :Christian government and a
Christilin people war upon the happiness
of the household? Why should woe and
want be carried into our 'homes ?. Why
should our mothers,and wives, and daugh
ters be semi - Ted until - they Weep drops of
blood? •Why-ShOuld children be turned
out with no ;inheritance but orphanage'
and, disgrace ? . Why should the, props
and pride pf old hearts be snatched away
and broken ? Why—in Godrs name tell
us!-in this laud of plenty, where our
fields groati under' the haivests which roil
like golden'oceans to-the kiss *of the sun
beams'and, where ; ,an .ever-kind. Provi
dence has scattered his blessings on every
hand,-should women and children go hun
gry for bread r ;Why should - our sons be
turned ont• to be drawn' into the whirl
pool of erfnie; and our daughters to forget
all t hat.s wmpanly, and sink, into vice for
theirdaily bread?- zls this Christianliket
Is it .like;fveem•en ?• • - - Why should - our
holies be transforided-into hells, and the
husbai4anilfather into,a demon,to tor
ture and 41111. -,Why m ust, those
. ) i-hcith
welove lc: torn; with hunger and grief,
that a few memmay bitten by selling-rum? •
•",
The; infant' sleeps: i m its *cradle,- and
koLis,nuthiiieof life'srealitics, but smiles
as it-,looks -up:jut:9.th° .f ilhwnless_ lore-
light of a mother's eve.. The-rum traffic
reaelies in' and rends that I:wilier's - heart
*Until the 'life grow dVy; and
th't tender hifS'ilt wails' for food. That,
bale is pinched with cold. if it lives, iti.
WA
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=NM
• . •
finds hfe's hay darkenediwith gloom.
It is tilted iaiit Out frdni the shribe of the pa
rental teared in vibe."' In after
years,A.6 tild3l3 of theeiadle iitit'ads upon
the scafrolikateeowlsii the: dungeon, or
wallctillf,vied`•' A • great ipeopte have
looked 531341ii14 ftigfatit nef-inirk if their
acenriirtioNy'hilitotind'ehe victim band
and Mfg &Ist bird Adrinj _• '
bride'stands°4 tile altar,
iricaming ClOudlessTutnii; and look
ing! tsi.th.akworuan'3 ' - ddiptikt and; pride
upon the loiekone Ofiler halo : -To
gether, she dreams of a bright, journey
through life.. - A great 'people _reach, into
her happy borne, and wring,ery fibre
of her young heart, and blast every bright
dream, yoking her,for lifetiMe to a liv
ing corpse. -
. .
." A young •man 'stands at the thresh
hold of manhood, the pride of the home
circle, and. a f t:mart throbbing: with high'
and noble 'resolves. The Mother's eye
has kindled as ~it. has watched his ripening
years, The sister loves hint With asi .. :
ter's changrelesigove. I . & :great peopl
reach in and shiver - the idol of the of
mother at the very altar, until ;he weeps :
and Trays over the .blighting* of all her
hopes,- and sinks herself, like -a blasted
thing, to her grave. : That. sister may]
tread alone the pilgrimage of life; : thel
people have no tears ftir her.. !. . :• 11
• " A father, with his 'sun in its evening
decline, leans with increasing affectionl:
upon the stalwart forth of au only son.
A great people blast the bright hope oil:
the father's old age, and lea've hitn:te turn ) ,
alone to his-broken home, and no child's''
hand to lay his white' head in the grave.!
" Nen who
_will pally and deliberately
fold their arms while such: ruin is being
wrought in our social ' -relations, are un
worthy of the name.of freeinen."
,
Improper ,laMillayltiles.
BY STEBLE..
From" The Taller," No, 225 2 Sept. IC, 1710.
The hours which We spend in converj
sation are the. most pleasing,orany which
we enjoy; yet, me-thinks, Were is very
little care taken to improve ourselves for
the 'frequent repetition of them. The
common fault in this case is that of grow
iug to intimate, end, ta p ing into.displeasi i
inn fa - Miliaritiei; for it, is a Very ordinary
thing for men to make no other use of
close acquaintance with each other's at.
fairs, but to tease ono another with *llan!
ceptable - allusions.. One would pass over
patiently such as converse like anituids
and salute each Other with bangs on the
shoulder, sly raps with canes, or other
robust pleasantries practised by the rural
gentry of this nation ; but;even among
those who should have - more polite ideas
of things, you see a set of people who innk
vent the design of conversation, and make
frequent mention olunarateful subjects;
nay, mention them because they are' tin-t
-grateful; as if the perfection" of • society
were in knowing• how to offend on the one
part, and how to bear an offence on: the',
other. In all parts of this populous town;
you find the merry world. made up of a 4
active and a passive conipaniod; one wile.
has good nature enough to. buffer,
.all hibt
friend shall think fit to say, : and one who
is resolved to ruakethe most of his good
humor to show hiSpartec. In the trading
part of mankind, I' Wive ever observed
the jest went. by the weight of .puries
and the, ridicule is made up' by. the gains
which arise from it. Thus the packet
allows the clothier to say what he plerises;
and• the broker has his countenance readY
to laugh with the merchant, though the
abuse is to fall on himself, because
knows that, as a go-tween, he ,shall find
his account in being in the .goot grace's
of a man of wealth. Among these ju4
and punctual people the richest man is
ever the better jester and they know
such thing as a person twholdiall preten
to a superior laugh nt , a man,- who doe
not make him amends by opportunitieli
of advantage in another kind; but among . ,
people of a different .way, wbere . the pre=
tendeddistinciion in company is only
what' is raided from bense-ana tin deistand
log, it is very absurd to carry du a rougb
raillery so far, ns that the whole:discourse
should turn upon each otheesinfirwiticsi j
i
follies, or nisfoituntts. , •
, „1
I was this eveningwhit a set Of 'W:10
of this class. Tney appear generally by
two and two ;,and what is, most . eztraor
dinary, that; those : very persons with
are most together appcarleast of a Mind
when joined by- other company. Thi
evils proceeds from un indiscreet' famili
arity, whereby - a mantis allowed to saY
the most grating thing • imaginable- f a i
another, and it shallEbe aceounted weak ,
;aces' to, show •an impatin.nee. tor -the pp
kindness. But this.auld all ether devia
tioiti from the pleasing — each
otherwhen - we meet, lire derived from kr
_
tSrliiperS in society .;= who -want :capacity .
to put in a i'stock ;atnouggular cou r
panions, and tliargo4supplY.their wants
by.stale histories, sly -obsenatious, and
rude - hints, which
of whom . All colliabitatits - in,generaFrun
into this unhappy - fitult - ; . Men and- the
wives break into„teffectioue, ,e
like so much Arabic thel teat of the
!company : sisters and brothers often make
the' like 'figure, from the same unjust
,lens© "of the art-oDbeing intimate and tit
!wilier. ' It isafteh said, such a one.cannot
I (stand the mention of such a circumstance;
if tot cannot ' I am sure it is for ;grant of
,discourie, or ,a.worie reason, that any
!companion Othie.ttitiches upon it.
Familiarityi alum the truly well-bred,
;never gives authority -to trespass upon
!one 'another in the most minute cir
!cumstances; but.it allows us to be kinder
than We - aught - otherwise to presutne to
'be. "Eusebius has humour and spirit;
but there never! wawa man in - his coin,
patsy who wisliedlie had less k for hefias
derstands. familihrity so well, that lie
knows how to•make use of it in a; why,
that neither makes himself or his -friend
contemptible; but if - any one is lessened
by hislieedotn, it is lie himself,' rlio;a1-
ways likes tlie ‘ ylace, the diet, and the
reception, when he is in the company of
his friends. ' l liquality is the life of con
ver..,ation ; and, he is as much out who
assumes to himself any pareaboveanothr
er, as he who'Conaidershiroself below the
rest of the society - . Familiarity in infe
riors is sauciness ; in superiors ' condescen
sion neither, of which are to have being
among comp anions, the very word imply
ing that they are to be equal. When,
therefore, we have abstracted the com
pany from all considerations of their qual
ity or fortune, it will immediately appear,
that tb make it happy and polite, there
must nothing be started which shall dis
cover that our thoughts run upon. any
Such distinctions. Hence it will arise,
that benevolence must become the rule
of society, and he that is niast obliging
must be most diverting.
This Way of talking I am fallen into
from the reflection that I am, wherever I
go, entertained With some absurdity,,mis
fake, weakness, or ill-luck of some man
or (Aber, whom not only.l, but the per
son who , makes mo those relations, has a
value for. It would therefore be a great
benefit tothe world, if it could be brought
to pass, that: no story should be a taking
one, but what was to the advantage of
the person of whom it is related. By
this means, he that is now a. wit in con-1
'creation, would be considered as. . a
spreader of false news is in business.
But above all, to make a familiar fit
for a bosom friend, it is absolutely neces
sary that we should always be inclined
lather to hide, than rally - each other's in
suffer for a fault is a' sort
of atonemea; and nobody is concerned
for the offence for which ha has made
reparation.
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The -New Law Relating to
Township Officers. - •
. [Below we publish the sections of
law relative to township officers, 'passed
in 1850 for ScLuslkill county; and
tended to: this ~county by an act of last
session'.—ED. POTTER, J OURNAL ]
AN ACT
To secure a Stricter accountability of Zertaiii
Public Officers in Schuykill county.
SECTION -1. Be -it enacted by the Sen
ate
itte and house of Representatives of the
• Conzmontscalth . of Pennsylvania in Gen
eral Assembly met - , and it is :hereby en
acted by the authority of the same, That
hereafter, all. supervisors of townships, all
township, borou,glp.and school district treas
urers, for both road- and school•purpbses,,and
all collectors of borough; road and school
laseS within' theCoutity of Schuylkill, shall,
before- entering upon. the duties of their 'Sey
oral offices, Sleln the of of the .clerk of
the Court of general quarter sessions of the
peace in and for said county, bonds With war
rants of attorney to confess judgment thereon,
- in sueliamoinitS itS"the said 'court of quarter
sessions shall direct, nod with. one or -Idore
suffcicut. sureties ' to
be approved by said
court, conditioned for the faithful performance
~of the duties:of their several.offices according
to law; anditshall be the duty .of the clerk
of said 'ar quarter sessions 'to, filo -the
said bondS among the records of his office, on
payment of the usual fee for filing similar pa
per:* by the. officer by whom said bond. is; giv
en, there to remain,subject to the order of the
pont% for tbe security-of said tolin.shipsebor
ouglis and' school districts and all; others in'-
, terested in 'said-bonds, legalzpro
ceedings shall. be necessary thereon. • •
Six,. 2. That hereafter. all. township and
school. district auditors, in
_the y. -
. Connt
Schuylkill; shall within- ten' flaysafter,inak
ing the yearly settlements with theaflicers of
said teWitihips'aiid school' districts, -file ;the
accounts so audited and settled, tog,ethemyith
a list of orders, issued and cancelled during
- the : year ; stating . their-cumber and .page :on
the eider resister, .their 'datel f hintpit,' the
16m6, or the payee; nod theletnigAe'rattiort for
.said orders,' iitthe office , of7the - clerk. of the
court of quarter sessions,, • who shall! . fi e
stinae . ,..on,paymeit 9fithe Ice la.; said
townships and, school 'districts,. ` for . -the 'in
sr et~dit or 'said accounts.
"‘.Bee. 3 That Uptiii the Petititin of three 'or
mire taxim*erS- - uf-any tecnship , or - sebuol
districk in ilaid:collaty,Of , Schpylkill,.verified
by the oatl.i?r affiriiiaqou,of,tyyt?„or,more -of
said petitioners, settin,..l . out itNtsons therefor,
the cenit OfhOmolOil PleitS 'orthe s *saill comity
of Schn,y - lkill disCret lob," upon
the Se tliciency :of :the;rest:fcins set .eit 1 in. Said
Petition, PPPoidi ib,rees or-Wore dpec4a.audi,
tors to revise,. io-state. and , re-lettle any of
the accounts filed In the: office of the clerk - off
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quarter sessions ace,drilitigtO the: proviliton
of the Aecond'seetied of this:act f.lbb.reperit
of saidiboard of special auditorsii whe4: : ,st .7, .
'provetilby_the court,,to lie final -And,„mcibet.„ •
sive ; and if any Valance, shall thipcarX sal
report,ito be due td such toWnslifp".or:rehlidct
district from toil. aceouittifig Cotheer,Oe Wit
eourt'shall order the rinforcertient of thelurfe•
went of such balatice, with intircist, Vyjndg7'
meat - upon the o ffi ciki blind of s uch officer
and execution thereupon,, which jicit:4:4liitl)
be removed into the office of the prothduk ii'
of the Court of common pleats fdr therstp4ied
of such judgment and executica. - ,'• •.: -o; :,
Sec 44.: That hereaf.er rola , coun ty, .town;
ship, borough or school district officeriAdt'
the county of Sehuirlkill, ilio sbalj. Wilfti. f
neglect or refuse to cletiiiPMF , ,tefilf inie
minstia l
eissrser tti o ffi ce, on tell-days' ralficflit . sfirlti
to:thatf effect from lipp-itattiotuta
mOneyi betas, pap'erl, Tolicinilt 4%19*
44e.,..04 1
or other property.belongleg4o,NAtert i Viltßet .
Shall lie deemed minty:, q( It a ffili4segYino
atid oti conviction' tare'or i 3 die Wda
quarter sessions; ablill• Vegeta c*:
or imprisonment, Cie b'ett.WsitttiltikilitlWthi
of the said-Dona. • ; -41.,taimMit le '''..,ll.Vfx.ttk•
SEci 5. That_ any . County; . t horotigh;j3ei:A...
ship o school distriOcs biltahr wftlicithe Chun7 •
ty of Schuylkill; Witte Slilt)l"ttifirthFi itifoney
er modeyi intritsted'Aii' his Ka7i,l ti ht's °Wit
use, of shall loan it to dtherspistin tiny,other
manner embezzle it, okitny,Darttjlergeifolieli
be dedmed &I/114- of a .misciemeirtor in effiacti•
and oil conviction the,iebf intliefediat'tif qtter-
ter sessions of said t ount-eliall ire' sentenced
to a f i le of not less than"- onelluildted,==not:
more than one thousand dollars, anctsball.ho
impritioned at the diseregon4fthe .. ccfairt,no '
exceeding two years.. ~, :
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Sac 'L That front years. , ,
after - the it'aistige - mr . •
this a t, no ,money; Order issued fly anysuper,l.
visor Or:supervisors of a toWnsliip, : tipois snit:
township 'treasurer. ' withlif the: cellokr or
Schuylkill, shall be!valid, nnless signed At'y
the supervisors, for supervisor, If there be hut
one supervisor of said township;)' and d.ttbitad,
by the township clerk. Evety such 'billet
shall bear in writing, upon its face, or byitti
account in writing securely attached thereto,:
a distinct statemeut i of the consideeation for
which the same Is given; shall be bititiberea
and rbgistered by the township elerki - in'ti
book to be kept by him for that purpose, stetject Id the inspection of the auditors and ta..
payerS of said township; and the •;:sotd toWne
ship clerk shall write upon the faeci.,:of.tb i ci
said order, " registered," together with the'
'
parre Of the register upon which thtenicie is
to be Ifound registered, and ;sign lig; Wadi,
thereto ; and no 'orders issued by. any. &het •
officers, or in any other mariner thaif.heeel4
provided for, shall be paid by thi.t.reciaurer;*
er be held valid and binding ugoit .. c.initotia- ,
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ship. i
SECt 8. That any liming-of': Ci'd'ers. npo tf
any township Or school district :. .treaitarer , ;
within the county of Schuylkill, with intent'
to defraud the said township op :selrboltlis:
trict, Shall be deemed and held bike a rili•-;
dentetcnor; on the part or the officer or officers
making such fraudulent issue, as. iVell - rts ott i
the Nett of•the person or persons ."receiving
with .r.ike fraudulent knowledge and ihte!it: -
and aqy such officer or officers, making , suet?
frauddlent issue of an order Or erders, arid'
any persen or persons receiving the'seane "wiirt,
such fraudulent intent, on conviction ; thereof
in the
. court of quarter sessions, shall Ve punt•
ished by line or itnprisonment,mr Ileth t at..gio'-
discretion of the said court. ~ ~.-,„ .
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Seri, 10. That herea ft er the sitpeisoriMt
townships in Schuylkill county, bi If4litithe
rates dr assessments of taxes, tbr:pwltose,scni-1
thoriz4d by- law, shah take to theitassis,tancn
the township auditors, andato rate iiirbsieke-'
meat for any purposes, shall LC itiake without;
the aphroval of Said auditors or aititi.,Vorit . pii`t .
them: I.Pnvidell, Thht where, by - .cOrilifvcifice
between the township officers, a higher•inte;
cf tax bas been assessed chan.. the mbjectelof
whichit was assesse d reasonably re quire, it
.
shall be the euty of the cetirt. of:quarter sea:-
sions, on petition ' verified hy MatW,dialfirniq
tion of at least three.tet payeriMf (be Pro Per,
township, setting out the recta, ta...rqise the
said assessments and redaice.the atone; if id
their opinion found necessary,. , ..,...,,,..- ,
SEC! 11. That in defauit of the filing
- of,the .
bond required ofbil'offichr, by thiprovisioni,
of this' act, the ccattledf quarter Sessions of
said-County of Schnalkill,' at -any regular of
adjourned session .fif t ,said. court, _after, the.
election, or appointment of. &lid officer ; mak,
deelare the said office vacant arid appoitit_a„,
suitable person to fill the said "office; W ifo shalt
give bOnd as aforesaid. ••• .. . - . -...• i .
Tlu Chairman 01 aililenitierailo
Connty Coznmo463 *Ektiareti
' I • for
The Cliairnian of the:Dana Co: fYirii.y
Denio'cratio Central Cornipittee
• , • • •
ed his position/ for the folloWins.rea*:
soils ti
"I
" int impelled to take this 6Ouisti,, front'
the faia that I cannot "ecirisisterittt suppOt.t .
either la the Minuet:a:tic candidates for the
Presitieney, at the ensuing 'eke - HOT:4 - -
" 1 cannot- rote for,W. precitinrjAo
cause he stands upon the pro-Slaiet',y
"I form. fa
do not deem it adviAble fn . rotifer 3lr:
Donglis' for the feilleviing'reasOtis.:*
"h'ii•st: He cannot tie, ereeivi,f ;
"Second:, Voting for-him onlyincre.affsLOs'
chance of election of a Pro-Slarerf card.date;
The resoiuticfn adepiad, - tir Itadti:*
more Which is indorsed by Mi. Voitglitk;iii
letter aceepting the: nianitiatiotii - subAantitiiN
concedes, so far.as.pvineipte is coneer.ila ells
that th!e,secessicitista.;rlamande,cl. ,FirttatHy
declares. that the Pemocratie Hart; ;with iPC
only itrde by the 'Died bUt -
Yin o fatne Cringreisidnir td' enforei. anci'carry it into
I interv'entioni. if - A means •anythiii'g; , .•,:
FoUrth : The ultritistsosf
their, netipn in National p,nientirinand
it he r - v;littive 'Voiciti olio& die "Poldittilleti. Of
tha North Ilielieeslry - taltlni - Oil,i'frefiq,
or tlielotlieiTettriitel.artisryt
choice 4s. thci (er - PreeilortittOn
thp, exiietneforPWr,,erj.z,4 %.1-?
fi l itud; therefors.,toocole6f3ll);jiliiirgi t
v
lanceln for Pud.tdint, belleng 111, can,
elOclek,r,eaditliii b4 l ettkolVri'ilit
fedolitife dtgitit- - Q4
profitable lessoni:.ithtlaZ.: l lAo
forilkcifinj lest : in!eresl4,,of44loA‘fill
countri, .
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