JOUS O. HAIL. H.iruRl rKOPHlKTOk. J. . MOOItr, I'l UI.18IIFH. JT1IU WSDAY : - Fabruori'.th. 1807. For llie Advocate. Ridqway, Feb. 16th 1867. Mr. Editor : ' M.'' in the last issue of Aih'oea'e, attempts ib ' pen censorious " in his article on the Immorality of the Age. 1 freely admit tliui the lute war has been detriment!) to soeit'ty ; and believe tbnt liiuc-teuths of the outrages, murders, in cendiarisms, robberies, etc. lire its legiti. uiate consequences. War is, of necessity, domoraliiing, and strikes at the root of law and society. But " M " not content, with giving youv readers his terse opinion as above, must needs turn his lash upon the county officers of Elk. Even in our own little county, withiu the past year, says " M, " there have b"cn two cases of man slaughter at least, of which no notice has been taken by the authorities. &c. Indeed ! and when pray, did Mr. " M " become the repositary of the proceedings of the Coun ty officers? Probably it would be better to keep such measures as may have been taken, for the apprehension of the offen ders, secret. Or. would !" prefer that such slops should bo given to ttie public, in order that criminals may be informed of them, through the columns of the Advocate Which seems to be the better mode after due reflection M ? But before proceeding to his severe c:i"tigntions it might be well for ' M " to inform himself correctly. In both cases referred to by " M," there was an inquest held ; and both inquests made returns upon which no bill of Indictment could be found. It is true that upon in formation made before a Justice of the Peace, a warrant could, and would bo is sued for the nppichensiou of any person charged with, or suspected of having com mitted the ' manslaughters at least," of which " M " so eloquently and pathetically Fpenks, but as in neither case information hns been made, the fair inference is that in neither case was " manslaughter at least " committed. LEX. Lex. appears to be hurt by our ar ticle in the Advocate of the 14th iast. "Well, we cannot help it. Wo did not suppose wheu we published it that the shoe would not find a wearer, and as .Lex. has some inclination to martyrize himself in defending the wrong side, we cannot say that wo have any serious oh jections to him doing so, us it will the better enable us to discuss the matter more freely. We know that in one case there was an inquest held by the Coro. nor, and a verdict rendered in accor. dance with the facts. We refer to the killing of Cotter, at Wilcox, last June. In that case the inquest found that the deceased came to his death by the hand of Elijah Darril. Before the inquest was held this man Elijah Darril, gave himself up to the Justice of the Peace, who, after a short hearing allowed him to depurt on his giving his word to ap pear agaiu when called on but Binee tben nothing has been heard of him. Though not versed in legal lore M. thiuks that upon the finding of the in quest as well as upon the returns of Con stable, Justice of the Peace and Grand Jurors, au indictment might have been framed and u bill found. Had a bill been found, then the County Commiss ioners would have been justified in off ering a reward for his capture. If no buch findings and returns were made then the said officers neglected their du ty. If they were made, then somebody else neglected his. For the Advocate RiiHiwAT, Feb. 22nd, 18CC. Mr. Editor: It is unnecessary for any true American, native or naturaliied to be told that to day we celebrate the auiiiversa iy birthday of him, of whom it may be said " Sap trum tirannii enpuit" the immortal Washington. Immortal not alone for his brilliant achievements in war, though forming themes upon which the historian may d.late, and the soldier vainly endeavor to emulate ; not alone immortal for the tiu. heard of sufferings, he uncomplainingly bore, in body and mind, thtough Lie long and weary groping for Liberty in the days of 177G. Not only immortal for these, but. lor the bright example of wisdom, piety and moderation he set for coming genera, utions. Wise, without pride ; pious, with out ostentation ; moderate, not lacking a proper and just appreciation of himself, he Mood fearless aud uoapproachab'e ,' the bravest of the brave s anil wise among doc tors. Among master minds, he directed ; and where brave men faltered it was Wash ing who sustained. Ciesar refused the thrice offered crown, in public that his ac ceptance at last, might seem compulsory. Washington refused a crown, and even dei r lined being the Executive for a longer pe riod than eight years. Ctesardicd a tyrant's death, and was execrated as a tyrant by the people which he had made the rulers of tba globe. Washington died a Christian's death, aud his people niourued him as their father. The grave of the one is in the blood of conquered nations; the grave of the other in the heart of the world. What more fit ting time than now sincerely to invoke the e-pirit of Washington ? War has ceased, it is true ; the sword has been sheathed, but it peeuiH none the less ready tospriug from its scabbard. Let us hope however, that the counsels of Washington, and his compatri ots whom we love aud reverence may be heeded; let us hope for the speedy return of peace and good will ; that another return of this anniversary way see the hands re. noved, which would dim the lustre of our constellation and, fratricidal, break tho bonds knit by the hands of Washington. LEX. Thera will bo anJnternationui Aotl Fiavery Conferauccat Paris durn the )t tiding of the Exposition, probibiy the K cond or third week iu June. The Home J uriwlt iyt everul young i ..in haveappwred at fashinnabie, recep tannin New York, reeutly, in some thing like court dresH'js, warou-i velvet oat and breechuH, with Bilk btuckings. It is said that two Munich brewera iirot o pay 1''J,0J'1 franon for the apace . Hutted them at theOrand Exposition it Viennese brwer 2UU.0i0 traoea, and Home loHi tun eflaMiihtntfirt 1,000,000 franc. The Military Subjugation Hit I The blackest record ever made by an assembly of the representatives of a free people stained yesterday the proceedings of tho House of Representatives. Nev cr, in the most tyrannnous hour of the long Pailiatncnt misrule; never, amid the utmost subservience to the roytil mandate of an English king; never, in the most blood thirsty epoch of a Krcuch convention, did the representatives of the people stamp themselves with great er unotuitiy.. The bill, which passed by a vote ol 109 to 5-, hands one-third of the nuoplu of this country over to military government. For the rule of law, it substitutes the will of nn officer. For the tribuual of a judge, it furnishes a drumhead court martial for a military commission. For the process of a court and the peaceful visit of a sheriff, it proffers the order of a petty satrap and the presence of a squad of bayonets. It ignores the Chief Magistrate of the Un ited States. It invests a general with absolute power over one. third of his countrymen. It erects subordinate die. tutors, armed with unbridled power, from the Potomac to the llio Grande. Throughout this btoad domain, compri. sing the fairest and most fer'ile see'ion of the Republic, no :n:tn is to have a so euro title to his property ; no niau's house is free from search ; no man's chat, tels exempt lrom seizure; no man's lib erty unexpused to assault; no man's life safe from peril. An army officer, a sol dier, exalted above the law, tuny ruth lesssly invade a citizen's homo, and drag him from the bosom of his family. Such a bill makes a mockery of free instttu. tions. It despises all the great safe guards of popular liberty. It tram, pies on the freedom of the press. It annihilates the right of free assemblage. It silences the lips of free speech. It infringes the right of the people to bear arms. It wipes out the guaranty of a grand jury presentment' It abolishes the exemption of freedom from seizure and from search. It abrogates the right of trial by a jury of one's peets in the vicinage of the commission of the alleged offense. It tramples upon the prerogative of the President, it makes war upon tho Constitution, it rebels agaiust the authority of the Supreme Court. It invades the sacred constitu. tional rights of the c'tizen. It is trea son enveloped in the lorms of law. It is rebellion wearing the garb of a legiti mate power. It is usurpation assuming the sanctity of constitutional enactment. National Intelligencer. Liberty in Tknnesbee The follow ing comes to us from good authority, and is a pungent satire on American repub licanism as administered by the revolu tionists : A firm in Nashville, one of the largest and most resbeetable mer cantile houses in the West, paying an, nuully many thousand dollars of taxes, and, doubtless, well known to most of our Market street merchants, has in. eluding clerks, six persous employed in the concern besides the porter, who is a negro. The latter is now the only one of the whole concern alowed a vote un der the present lirownlow Constitu. tion. The point of the joke is, that the negro was the bitterest rebel of all, and was an officer's servant in the late rebel army, and when fighting by his master's side, he was the third man over the ramparts of Fort Pillow, where he fell like an avenging thunderbo't upon the negroos who so gullantly surrendered that stroajjho'.d. l'h kuMjihia Ajc. Breakers Ahead A Gigantic Secret Organization. There is no better proof of the unpatriotic and dis. loyal designs of the Radicals, than the developments which have just been made regarding a secret organization culled the "Grand Army of the Republic" It seems that ulthough,it was orignally started as a benevolent organization into which all honorably discharged soldiers were admissable, it has now became a vast secret army, organized a quietlj as a snow flake falls, f'.jr the avowed purpose of declaring against the President aud fighting against bis friends, in case he is disposed an object for which, with the Radical Congressmen, it labois. There are 500,000 men banded together all vetetans but according to a state ruent of tho New York paper, no arms or uniforms have yet been furnished the men. This plot fur it is a plot; has lost half its terror from this comparatively early discovery of its objects. The lead, ers, all Radicals, admit that in the ranks of the '-grand army" are Democrats as well as Republicans. Under the spe cious pretext of benevolence it has de ceived Democratic soldiers, and now that they know that they are deceived, they will abandon it. Vhilii. lLraldtk. The last remains of Table Rock, on the Canada side, has fallen into the river. The Italian Opera baa been suppress ed in St. Petersburg for the year 18(37 by the Empress of Russia. Cost too much. An Ohio furnace company has sent specimens of its coal, iron ore, limestone, and pig iron, to the Paris Exposition. Thirteen of the prominent railways in Great Britain paid nearly two million dollurs ror pcrsoual injures during the year I860. ' A lady had bcr dress cut open and robbed of eleven hundred dollars, on Tuesday, while pushing her way through crowd on Fourth street, Cinoionaoi. The money was secreted between her crinoline and dress. A New Orleans woman reoently gave a thousand dollars to a poor man, forinely her husband, who bad deserted her ten years before. After his abandonment bhe married again, and was made very I rich by tho death of bcr liege lord. A Column for the Young Fodts Our Young Folks' Column is bejom ing quite nn interesting feature in our paper, if we are to judge by the num ber of new contributors. J. sends a so lution to OstrandorV problem of Inst week, with another problem appended, wo give them below, thinking, however that his solution is incorrect : Wn.cox, Feb. 25th, 1807. Mr. Editor: -My solution of Ostranlor'e example in your last is ns follows, and Will apply in all cases of tho kind: The centre of gravity of the stick of tim ber is at fifteen feet al each end or tho Cen tre of the stick. Now if the man atone end of the stick or 15 feet from its centre of gravity is td carry one-third of it he must be twice the distance from the centre that the -bar is, that the two men carry with. Hence if he be 15 feet from the cen tre and that twice the distance of the oth er men the two men must bo one-half of 15 feet from the centre which is seven and onc.half feet, which is also 7 and one-half feet from the end of the Btick. From this you will see that in carrying any stick in like manner, it is only necessary to meas ure off one-fourth the length of the stick to find the point where the bar is to be pla ced. Yours. J. Mr. B. has a piece of land beginning at a stone in lino of road. East Ci rods to a stone in line of said road, thence thence by same road in a direct line to place of beginning. Now I am required to run a line parellel to the first line so as to cut off one-third of the contents from the South side of lot. At what point on the road must I begin to run the line west? Will some one give a solutiou, and use numerals in the work? Yours, J. A. R is on hand with another lot of problems, aud the following solution : Mr. Editor; Our friend Will wants a so lution for Ostrandor's Problems No. 80 and fl. Then let him suppose A had $ti()0, subtract it from a thousand, then four times the remainder (1000) will be the amount B and C must have to correspond with the supposition, then by Double Po sition to find B's corresponding sum ($700) 710 nnd 720 are very convenient for suppo sitions, then one-sixth of the amount of A's nnd B s sums tub led to the nine hundred left for C must make a thousand, the dif ference (lit! and four-sixths is the first er ror, then to find the second error (27 and three-sixths suppose it had $020, and pro ceed the sams as above, then if Will is fa miliar with Double Position ho can't fail in finding A's true sum $026 and eightecn one hundred and sevenths. Subtract A's sum thus found from a thousand, then four times the remainder (14'Jo ami thirty-five- I one hundred and sevenths is the true amount af B's and C's sum, then by Dou ble Position to find B's sums $719 and six-ty-scven-one hundred and sevenths 720 and 726 are the most convenient supposi tions, then subtract B's sum from the amount of It's aud C's sums, and the re mainder (775 and seventy-five one hundred and seven is the amount of C's purse. Our friend Will is getting to be almost a match for Devil Joe and as I have given (as I think) the most convenient supposi tions to solve No. 81. 1 would be pleased if Will would send me tho most convenient ones to solve, No. 80 as both problems can be solved by the same process. Four men enter into partnership aud gain a sum of money of which A, C and D took 120; R, C and D took $180 ; C, D and A took $100; and D, A and B $140. How much was each ones gain separately ? If eight rails fence one rod in length how large must that square of land be that one rail may fenee one acre, that is the square must contain as many acres asihere is rails in the fence that encloses it? A. R. Will sends us the following. We are inclined to tho belief that his solutiou is correct, though not sure. Ostraudor will confer a favor by sending the cor rect solution : ' Riboway, Feb. 27th 1867. Mr. Editor: In copying my problem last week you omitted the words, Jiunge of the in beginning of the ninth line, as it would make a ditference in tho answer, 1 notice it. The lever at which the two men carry, should be placed five feet from the end, so that they euch may carry the same as one at the other end of the stick if thirty feet iu length. WILL. Log Cabin sends ua solutions to the previous problems puolislied in this col umn, but as they have already been solved, we will not republish them ; Log Cabin is welcome. Ho sends the follow ing : A ladder 60 feet in length leaning up against the top of a building is so placed it it is drawn out six feet at the loot, it will lower four feet at the top What was tho heighth of the building, and what was the original base. LOU CABIN. Andy Botts was amusing himself, iu Louisville, on Tuesday evening, by dis charging a repeating rifle in the street, cudutjgering the lifes of women and children. Patrick O'Neill attempted to expostulate, when Botts shot him in the abdomen, tho wound proving fatal. A Kki'Cblicax I'icitui of Conobess A Washington correspondent writes to the New York 1'ott : ' The Republicans are by no means un ited. A part of them, in both Houses, do not really desire to complete any practical method of recoustruction. They mean to keep tho Southern' States out, as long as they can, to treat them as harshly as pos sible, to force through Congiess measures which shall increase instead of diminish the divergence between the President and Congress. These men oppose the Blaine amendment to the military bill, and insist on the passage of the military bill alone. The violent and extreme Republicans in both Houses exercise an influence dispro portioned to their numbers, by reason of their viruleneo and intolerance. They de nounce as a copperhead every Republican who otters to differ from them, and exer cise really a system of terrorism, which has broken down tho independent judgment of very many, and makes tome of the ablest men in the Houso and Senate so anxious to avoid their proscription, that they are si lent or acquiescent in measures which their judgment condemns." They are about importing nion Lies into Texas for cotton picking pur. poses- Th i cost will be about 12.UUU per head aud when they are well train, ed, six ot them will pick a thousand pounds per day. This will be a great advantage to the cor ton growers of that Sute, if congress, should uot wake the monkies voters. During the recent stoims on the English coast Otis hundred and two lives werestved by the Natioual Lifeboat In stitution. Christopher Columbus, Jr., des cendant of the great discoverer, has taken possession of his father's estate and title, Duke of Veragua. Henry Vincent, the English lec turer, recently mistook Oswego for Owego, and disappointed tho latter city by going to the other where he bad no engagement. The present appearance is that iHe New York Constitutional Convention will be composed of 198 members, four to be elected in each Senatorial district and 32 at large. A False friend is like a shadow on a dial- it appears iu clear weather, but vanishes as soon as it is cloudy. . A TRAGEDIAN had his nose broken. A lady on one occasion said to him : "I like your acting, but I cannot get over your nose. '"No wonaer, re plied he, "the bridge is gone " Wife (anxiously ) "What did that young lady observe that passed us just iow l Husband (with a smile of calm delight) "Why, my love, she observed rather a good-looking mail walking with quite an elderly femal e that's all !' Ahem !" An enterprising keeper of a confec tionery store in Waterbury, Coun., has taught a parrott to say "pretty crea ture" to each person that enters tho store. The result is that tho store is crowded all day. A modes'1 young lady, who was a passenger on board a packet ship, it is said, sprang out of her berth and jump, ed overboard on hearing the captain, during a storm, order the mate to haul down the sheets. The peach buds about St. Joseph, Michigan, are thus far safe, and promise an abundant crop of fruit the coming eason. The only danger to be nnpre. honded now is a long spring frost. In the neighborhood of Grand Haven, where there was a crop last year, the buds are injured, and no crop is promis. ed. The Citrard, 1.1 fe Insurance, Animity & Trust Co. OF PHILAD'A. CASH CAPITAL $ 300,000.00. ASSETS $2, 45,-., 355, 06. Mutual Insurance combined with the so. curity of capital. For insurance rply to JOHN O. HALL, feb21C7tf R:dgway, Pa. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.- The partnership heretofore existing between George P. lllntenach and George Imhop, under the title of HINTENACI & CO., is this day dissolved by mutual con sent. The accounts of the late firm will settled by O. P. IIINTENACH, who will continue business at the same place. G. P. HINTEN'CH, Feb. 12, 3t GKOItGE IMHOP. rilHi: AME1UCAN COW-MILKING MA X CHINE ! The GREATEST and most successful invention of tho Age ! ! Every prudent farmer should have one. Secure your own territory. Apply early at the office. EXCHANGE BUIDD1XO, Feb. 14, Ct Harrisburg, Pa. INTENSE EXCITEMENT! CLOTHING i CLOTHING ! CL.OTSII.YC for the Million t A Well Dressed Man BUYS HIS CLOTHING AT TIIK STORK OF GEO. P. IIINTENACH, IN ST. MARY'S. I BEST IS ALWAYS Till': P. IIINTENACH having taken en- J" tire control of tho establishment formerly ocoupied by G. 1'. Hintenach Si Co., would respectfully inform the cninc-ns of Elk county that he is prepared to furnish them with the Best Kind of Clothing atrates which defy competition. He has on hand a large assortment of READY-MADE CLOTHING, Consisting of PANTS, VESTS J- COATS, which he has lately purchased in the East, and which he will dispose of at a slight ud vance on cost. His Gentlemen', Furnising Apartment fs specially adapted to the wants of his customer. He has also a large and extensive stock of CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VEST INGS of the latest style aud pattern, which he will maH to order in a neat and durable manner, and as CHEAP as it can be done any place ia tho conn try. GIVE HIM A CALL. Satisfaction guar anteed, and goods warranted. All ha asks is a FAIK TRIAL to prove it, St. Mary's Pa., Feb. 14. 1807. "l10rt 8ALE. The Store-housa and Lot X? ocoupied by Burke and Wood is offrred lor sale. A desirable location in th thriving borough of St. Mary's. Apply to CI1AS. McVEAN, Benziner P. O. Jan. 3, 67.tf. Klk Co. Ta. CABLING ! CABLING ! 5 TONS Eest Quality just reoeived, and for aala at the LOWEST market prloe. fiend in your rdrrt. J. POWELU Coaliif's TtfeJicinc!'. QOSTAR'S EXTERMINATOR. 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AS LOW aS THEY CAN 15E HOUfiHT IN Erie City. GIVE US A CALL, AND TI E WILL rove it 0 R E A T EX C1TEM EN o o o o ro d t O o H O W M o XJTi n f c f n c 2 t3 o m V CD CO Hi PI H O w P3 O i t t? w H rs r c o 1-3 o M o H O t3 o tr f. W Vi C3 U9 w o to m o 2-' O CI o o INSURANCE AGAINST lofs or DAMAGE by FIRE. THE Lycoming County Mutual Insur ance Company at Muncey, l'a., con tiuues to Insure against Loss or Damage by Fire oa all kinds ef Merchandise, t'ublia and privatei uildings, either In town or county. Also on Mills, '.Tanneries, Barns, r. c. . ... biocks oi uiaiu, no., ai uie lowesi possiuie rates, uuubibivui kmu Mi'jijr iu iue insurer and Insured. The Lycoming County. Mu tual Insurance Company invites an invcslii gation us to its stability. Iu capital amounts to 89,800,000! Thus assuring to every one of iu patrons tnat their losses will be promptly aud satis faotori'y paid. . It management has always been prudent, aa its existence of twenty six years fully demonstrate" JAMES BLAKELY, Aa4 for E'k Muaty, at St. Mary'
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