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The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-01-03
ORPHANS COURT SALE
EWGbEe EEeGg Estate!

DY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF THE
I'D ORPHANS COURT OF ELK CO.,
the undersigned administrator and ad
mnistratrix of A S Rhines, OF the town.
ship Of Warsaw, county Of Jefferson,
deceased, will offer for sale on Tuesday,
The 9th Day Of January,
1857, at O'Clock, P. NJ, of said day,
the undivided onc-half Of the following
described piece or parcel Of land situate
in Spring Greek townsh p, Elk county,
Pennsylvania, described, to wit t:.
Beginning at fat rock on Clarion
River, thence down said river south
eighty.one degrees west thirty.six per-
chcs to u rock /; north seventy seven de.
grees west fifteen perches to flint rock
north fifty seven and a half degrees west,
sixty six perches, north fifty and a half
degrees west fourteen perches, north
twelve and a quarter degrees west eight.
cen perches and six tenths, north seven
teen aud three quarter degrees east
twelve and sixty eight hundredths per-
ches north seventeen and three quarter
degrees cast twelve aud sixty eight hun
dredth perches; north twenty seven
and three quarter degrees west twelve
perches,. thence by other lands south
eighty one and half degrees west one
aud two tenths perches, thence by lands
Of James Grow south ten and a half de-
grces west Thirty eight perches south
thirteen degrees east twenty perchcs,
south fifty two degrees east, sixteen
perches to Brick south one bundled
and seventy six hundredths perches to a
hemlock, thence by lands Of Wilhelm
Williuk e. Co., No. 2954 cast one hun.
dred and twenty eight and thirly six
hundredth perches TO hemlock, thence
by land Of John Nicholson No. 4044
north fifteen degrees west ninety per-
chcs to the beginning, containing Sixty
Four acres One Hundred and Forty
Three perches and allowance.
ALSO-The undivided one half oi
the following described piece or parce
Of land situate in Spring Crock town
ship, Elk county Pennsylvania, to wit
On the south by warrant Nor 1862
on the east by warrant No, 4044 ana Q
tract Of land warranted in the name Of
Smith Dow and Brown, on the north
partly by warrant No 4044, and partly
by land unknown, and on the west by
land unknown, which said tract Is known
numbered and marked as warrant mum
Der Two Thousand Nine Hundred ant
Fifty -Four (2954), warranted in th'
name Of Wilhelm Willink & Co., con
tanning nine hundred acres and allow
ance.
Said lands are we'll covered will
HEMLOCK and some PINE timber
Terms Of sale--CASH
CAROLINE RHINES, Admir-.
e. Il. S. HUNT, Administrator.
Dec. 9th, 1S66ts. 4...
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FRIDAY, JAN. 4th, 1867.
Triumph of Eetghs.

THE late decision of the Supreme
Coult oftho United States in the case
OF Milligan of Indiana, one of three cit
izens of that State who were condemned
to death by Military Commission for
some alleged offense during the war;
and afterwards pardoaed by the Fresi-
dents full Of hope to the country. 1t
not only vindicates the liberties guaran.
teed to the citizens by the Constitution,
but it entitlcs President johnson to the
enduring gratitude of his countrymen
for his timely interposition to prevent
two or three more national murders.
The Court was unanimous-the whole
ninc.. Judges asserting-.in the solemn
affirmation that "The Constitution is
the Supreme law of the land, in rar as
'ceH as n pcace," If this be true, then
it is very clear that the legion of acts
committed by the Lincoln dynasty, un,
der the plea Of "miIiory neccSsitY," were
nothing less than violations Of the Con.
stitutiou. Among those acts we're thou.
stands Of con6scations, imprisonmonts
and banishmcnts, aud not few murders,
The imprisoned, and banished, and con
fsca;cd may have hopes of redress
But what of the muders2 &? Their
mangled bodies can not be restored to
life There is no restitution for them.
What then? Shall the violated law be
vindicated, and its vengeance visited
upon their murderers The thought
is fearful, and we ardently hope that a
merciful Heaven will point out some
other means of plopitiatiug its offended
majesty,
This decision also triumphantly vim,
dicates the course Of the Democratic
press throughout the war 1t WIS with
an unanilnous voice that it appealed to
those iu authority not to go beyond the
Constitution and for these appeals in
behalf Of that sacred instrument mauy
editors became the victims Of these out
RACES, Let them have restitution to
the uttermost iarthlng; but let the
whole conntry remember that the De-
mocracy were then right, as they always
have been in every trying emergency,
And above all, let every good either
bear in mind that the highest Judicia
Department of the Governmcnt-ha
solemnly declared what is, and what i
not, the law, and that resistance to, o
disregard of, that law, is rebellion t.
tno Constitution. NJ.
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NOTICE.

TN TIE COURT OF COMMON PLEAs
L of Elk County. No. Is, January T I'm,
1867.
In the matter of Petition Of 3 F. Ely
for a commission of de luaaE,o '1gu,ta9o,
iii behalf of Lucretia Warner. Of EjIgway,
Elk county, Pa, widow of Zebulon Waraer,
deceased"
To the friends or relatives of tie "a d Lu.
cretia Warner;
Notice is hereby given in pursuance of
an order of said Court, that Jury viii he
empanelled from the Jurors Intending the
next Court of Common Pleas the 81 Non
: day Of January, 1867. n the Court II ruse
in Ridgway, at . o'clock p. VI. Of sa;3 aay,
and that the inquisition viii he held by me
Of the Judges of said Court 10 inquire "a to
the lunacy Of the said Lucretja Warner.
SOUTIIER Il WILLIS,
dec2Otc Att'ys for Petr
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Correspondents Of tht l(tocatt.
Acsser from EBCnsingcr.

In the turmoil of war and politics it
appears to have escaped the attention of
the pubic, that religious instruction
forms part Of the regular exercise in
many of our public schools.
Our early State Superinteudents
guarded carefully against the indroduc.
ton OF anything of q sectarian character
into. our public schools. But more recent
ly what ourschool authorities choose to
call moral instruction has come 20 be a
part Of the system under the present i'm.
proved management We accordingly
the County Superintendent of Elk have
county, stating in his annual report that
the moral instruction impaired in the
schools OF our county, consists in reading
the Bible ard making prayers. Now ii
reading The Bible is a proper exercise
it should certainly be explained so that
the children could understand the more
diflicult passages (and [ ain told that it
is done in some. Of the schools) and if
explained it should be correctly done,
for it would he very wrong to mislcad
! youthful minds in g matter Of such vast
importance. To meet the requirements
Of the case | would suggest that appli-
| can,s for situations as teachers should be
| carefully examined in regard to their
orthodoxy, their knowledge of scripture,
their capacity to explain them, and their
ability in prayer, and that their certiti-
Gates set forth their qualifications in
these Respects for the guidance of
school directors.
would believe the whole thing was
wrong ii this was not the age Of progress
and "great moral ideas" But some.
times people progress backward, and
here we are back in this matter to .he
point from which the last generation
departed on the establishment Of free
1t is to be hoped that our County Super
intendent, in Bis next report, will call
1 things by their right names, aud ii
school teachers turn their schools into
prayer meetings for the young let him
say So, that people may know where We
are drifting.
Moral and religious instruction toe
(tor they are sometimes very different,
may be without doubt we'll enough =
but there are ample opportunities fol
i'm parting both without forcing then
int the public schools, which should
simply impart a secular education, anC
nothing else. five must have mora
instruction in our schools, let it be en-
tirely free from the suspicion of secta
rianism-but even then there are man,
who would prefer to instruct their chill
dren in morals themselves, or at least t.
! choose their teachers. ACER.
BoHzjngcr, Dee. 1911, 1866.
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4 ICENSE NOTTCE.-The following nam.
4 4 cd persons have filed in the office of
The Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions
Elk county, their petitions for License at
he January Sessions next, agreeable to
the Act, of Assembly of March 3lsi, 1s56.
Untitled AN Act to regulate the ssle of
liquors."
TAVERN LICENSES.
David Thayer, Ridgway.
john Heuly, Ridgway.
Mrs. +. o. Clements, Ridgway.
II. B. Shons y II I.argy Ceutreyille.
Amos Wheeler, CcntrevlIe.
Joseph Wipdfclder, st Noyy's
Charles II. Volk, St Nary'>.
A. Forhtman, st. Ma,y's,
d. G. Oyster, Fox twp
Joseph Nocb, Centery,le.
Herman Kretz. St Mny'a. .
j. f. Martin, Fox TOWNSHIP.
STORE LICENSES.
Frederick Rudolph, st Mary's.
Joseph Wilhelm, st. Mary's
Coyne & McVean, St Marys
James MeClo,key, Centre ,iio
Edward Fletcher, Benezett,.
B. Il. Morey, Benezette
GEO A RATHBUN,
dec 20, 1860. Prothonotary
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order requiring 'haV an "o'oe' "uu u"'e'
which belong to the Un''eu states anu
are in the hands OF private c't'zoHS win.
in the limits OF tn's department. "ne'h'
er lent to them by the military ou'noF'-
ties alter the close OF the war, taken up
astray, Or otherwise ae CURED snail DC
at once returned to the UoVernmen
through the nearest o Incers OF '"9 army
or Freedmen S bureau lne o'"'i i"'
created quite commot'on among INC
farmers OF the valley
About Two years ago " eau i'"n
cisco Judge sentenced ayoonS Hi'" ~ u.
PRISON loF na'l"6 u''' = 0''
'a'esr' ,,1 n'''' " nonn;lass ID
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,..;,.onoac ~, n,roh,sors
d;snotob from Nashville sneak,
;a.ot tho CnnorossioooI excprsioDists
rovs. nNot the least insignificant Of The
Incidents connected with the congress
iopal banquet was the fact Of its being
Overwhelmingly attended by leading reb
81 citizens The rebel Generals j. S
,.7boa,bam and Maury, and Governor
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N-OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A
y MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLD-
ors of the Daguscahonda Improvement
Company, will be held on the first Tues
day Of February, 5th day, at the office
of the company at No. 80, Trinity bull
dings, Broadway, New York, at 10
o'clock, A. NJ. for the purpose of choos-
ing officers for the ensuing year, and the
transaction of such other business as
may come before the meeting.
JOHN S. GRIFFITH,
Secretary.
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LICENSED AUCTIONEER.

NOTICE is hereby given that have TAX
en- out license as anctioneer, and
will attend promptly to the calling Of all
sales entrusted to my care.
Any person calling sales without license
vii be held answerable to the strict letter of
the law. p. W BARRETT.
Dec241866tf. ..., Auctioneer.
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MIR. EDITOR Your correspondent
N. W. Pa" in closing his sketch Of
the nast history Of our county, casts Il
look at its future, and predicts that it
will soon number 10000 inhabitants
will export from 1900 to 5000 tons of
coal, and 800 TO 400 tons of lumber
per day, aud so become one OF the
most interesting parts Of the State
If this estimate is correct, (aud | am
unable to show that it is not, then there
are two or three thoughts suggested by
it which seem to me worth the atten-
OF all wno are now residents of Elk
COUNTY,
And, in the FIRST place, We need not
be afraid to settle here. The country
is new and somewhat rough, it is true
but no where on earth do we find
Paradise; and prosperity comfort and
happiness may be found in Elk
county as well as elsewhere There is
wealth iD these hills and forests for
somebody; why should not those now
here stay and take their share Of ii ?
We might go further and fare a great
deul worse. The greatest diff icultles
have already been overcome-why go a
thousand miles west to begin a new set
tlement? IF all the inhabitants Of Elk
would consider themselves settled here,
they would naturally feel an interest in
developing the resources of the county,
and making 1t, in all respects desira-
bic place of residence, This feeling, if
properly carried out in action, would go
far towards realizing the predictions of
your historian.
But what decent man would wish to
make his home in Elk county, it the
people cnly come here to make money,
intending to 20 elsewhere and enjoy it ;
if each one, lives by himself and for
himself, not much regarding man nor
fearing God An intelligent commu-
nifty is needed in order to make our
1.-THE county " one Of the most interest,
ing parts of the State"
| say con,muniy, for though we
have not all things common, we have
some things-such as the public roads,
the public schools, and all public insti,
tutions, whether civil or religious. In
regard to all these things there should
be what we may call Il public spirit =
Every citizen should endcGvor to do all
in his power to have good roads, good
schools, good officers, good churches
and good religious instruction, to have
thrift, intelligence, morality aud piety
prevail throughout the county. And
for the turtherance Of these ends We
want a good county paper-one that tol
the interests of Elk county, whether
material OF spiritual shall be an cficien
AdrOcdte
Without insinuatiug, Mr.. Editor, tina
you have been derelict in duty az least
} that sou have not devoted to the pape
as much care and labor as you could at
: ford; you will pardon me for sayinI
that have felt somewhat disappointed
in the AUpocate as doubtless others have
and Yourself also-since it came int
your hands. And say this for the
sake of adding that it is matter o
common interest to have good count.
paper; and that all the people of III
, county (who are supposed to be mum
bcred among your rcaders) should d
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TNFOR SALE.--The Store, house and Lot
occupied by Burke and Wood is ofIrred
iOr sale. 4 desirable location in the
thriving borough of St. Mary's. Apply
to CHAS. McYEAN,
Denziuger p. o.
Jan. 9, G7.tf, Elk Co. Pa
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B9y-We need not refer back to the
history of past ages to find instances
where legislative usurpation takes the
place of justice. A few weeks since we
were told in the papers that an appdca
tion had been made before Judge Trur.
key, for the release of c. V. Culver, NJ
c., from custody, on the ground that he,
as il rnember of Congress, was entitled to
freedom from arrest. The application
was very properly refused, But a few
days elapse when an order from the
Rump is given to the sergeant-at-arms
of that body to produce the person ol
the Honorable {. Y. Culver, and thai
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-01-03

OFFICE Of THE OIL Creek AND
I y RIDGWAY RAILROAD COMPANY.
Philadelphia, Dec. 5lst, 1866. Notice
to Stockholders.-The annual meeting
of the Stockholders of the Oil Creek
and R.dgway Railroad Company will be
held on Monday the fourteenth day of
January, 1867, at l o'clock P. NJ, at No.
23S, South Sd street Philadelphia.
Annual election for President and Di-
rectors will be held same day and place.
JOS. LESLIE, Secretary.
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1itw advertisements.

Y OST.-Srayed away on Thursday, 21th
ult., small black mule both shoul'
ders sore from Collar gals Any person
returning him to the Alpine House, or
leaving information, where the mule can
be found, will be suitably rewarded.
St. Marys. Jan. 3, 1867.
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Confscation of Cotton.


The Father of Waters, whose gigantic
SWEEP defes human control, is likely to
conGscate, in advance, great portiou. of
the cotton crop Of ] 867. tits entirely pro-
babe that the present flood will not subside
in time to allow planters on the river to
plant a crop. We have no means at land of
estimating the product of the Mississippi
bottom but it is quite an item in the es-
innate of yield for 1867. When this great
river oveT6ows its banks, its waters extend
a distance.aon- an average, of twenty-five
miles. We may, therefore, conclude that
this. section, embracing the finest cotton
lands in the South, will, the present year,
remain unproductiue. The condition of the
South generally is such that not even a
spasmodic attempt will be made to grow
cotton. InIviewof confseation, it viii be
hazardous experiment. Not even ava
rice itself will prove sufficiently powerful
to force the Southern people into an enter
prise that may turn out profitable, but mag
turn out quite otherwise. The fortieth
Congress is undoubtedly for sweeping
eonfscation, and looks with gEttering eyes
to a great cotton crop in the South. Let
that cotton crop fail, but let corn triumph.
If any follish southerner doubts because
we give no proof of an intention on the part
of Congress- to confscate the property OF
rebels in the South, We can fortify our po-
sitiou with the highest authority. Who
will doubt that Henry J. Raymond. late
member of Congress, and now editor of the
New York Times, knows the programme
ofsCongress. He says that it els very
| we'll understood that bills are in course of
| preparation for early introduction into the
next Congress, providing for. sweeping
confscation of rebel property in the South
ern States, and for its distribution among
the enfranchised slaves, for paying claims
Of loyal men for property destroyed during
the war, and for giving farms to Northern
soldiers who will settle in the South. Mr..
Stevens has declared his purpose, ''God
willing and he living" to press such a
measure as thes upon Congress, and Gen.
Banks in debate declared himself in favor
of such distribution of Southern farms
among Northern soldiers as the only eff
fectual mode of reconsructing Southern
! society. 1t may safely be assumed that the
whole body of Radicals in. Congress will
go for such measure and it is confident
ly expected that the rejection by the South
of the new terms now proposed Will create
fresh feeling of resentment which will
give it popularity and strength throughout
the North. The measure itself has elements
af attraction for many classes, and is ex-
pected to secure the support of the soldiers
in body" 1t viii be fatal to doubt lon
ger on this subject. No cotton, but corn,
corn, is the polioy.-Nemphis Ledger.
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Raveranad Thief.

The Rev. VIM. Wells, pastor OF
the African NJ E. Church North, at Clarks-
vile, Tenn. hired horse and buggy re-
Gently, drove to a neighbOring town, and
sold the turnout on the public square for
eighty-fye dollars, and absconded success
fully. It turned ont afterwards that he
carried with him about eight hundred dol
lars belonging to the aforementioned At
rfcan Church, which was in his hands for
safe-keeping. -Louisville Courier.
Well, suppose the Rev. William Wells
did do all that? Is he not loyal man,
and has nota loyal man a right to do just
what he pleases. ----.-- -
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RIVER FoRrr MILES WIDE AL MEMpHrs

RIVER Forty MILES WIDE AL MEMPHIS.
The Bulletin of the 18th inst says:
Memphis is at present literally Situated
on the border of an immense inland sea-
The river just opposite is forty miles wide,
amp this width extends up and down the
river for three hundred miles. A great
many cattle are drowned in the swamps, and
the greatest distress everywhere prevails.
From above, we learn that the water is
within three inches of the top of the levee
which protects Cairo. Three inches more
of rise, and that town will be swept
away-most of the town lying several feet
below the levee.