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GRATITUDE AND THANKS.

fe((o'o- Citizens :-Honored by the Sc
lection of the sovereign people of my ma
tive State as their choice for Chief Magis-
trate osthe Commonwealth of Pennsylva-
MA, 1t is With mingled feelings of Humility
and gratitude that [ have appeared in the
presence of my fellow countrymen, and
before the Searcher of all Hearts, to take
the solemn obligation prescribed as a
qualification for that exalted station, % to
support the Constitution of the United
States and the Constitution of Pennsylva-
MIA, and to perform my official duties with
fidelity"
Profoundly sensible of everything that
is implied by this manifestation of the
peoples confidence, and more deeply i'm
pressed with the vast importance and res
possibilities of the Office, than elevated
by its attendant honors, let it be our first
grateful duty to return fervent thanks
givings to Almighty God for his constant
providence and unnumbered blessings to
US as 4 people. and especially mine to i'm
plore His aid and counsel in the discharge
of civil trusts, who has been my shield
and buckler amidst scenes Of peril and
Death
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rREEpom ANp sl.AvERY.

The iniatuation of treason, the down
fall of slavery, the yindication of freedom,
and the complete triumph of the govern
ment of the people, are all so many proofs
of the Divinity that has shaped our
ends" and so many promises of a future
crowned with success if we are only true
to our mission Six years ago the spec
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-01-24
sTRoUDsBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PAJANUARY "a 1851

rles, unsurpassed in brilliancy and in the
Importance of their consequences. Tc
the dead-the thrice honored dead-we
are deeply indebted, for without their ser.
vices 1t is possible our cause might not
have been successful.
OUR SOLDIERS.
1t is natural and cminently proper that
we, as people, should feel deep and
lasting interest in the present and future
welfare of the soldiers who have borne SO
distinguished part in the great contest
which has resulted in the maintenance OF
the life, honor and prosperity of the ma
ton. The high claims of the private
soldiers upon the country are universally
acknowledged, and the generous senti-
ment prevails that the amplest care should
be taken by the Government to compen.
safe them, equally and generously, with
bounties and pensions, for their services
and sacrifices
[ desire that it may be distinctly under
stood that l do not speak of myself, in
connection with this subject; but [ am
happy to avail myself of this opportunity
to speak kind words of Pennsylvania S
gallant private soldiers, and the noble Of
ficers who commanded them
The generosity of the people of Penn
sylvania to the Union soldiers has been
initiated, but not equaled, by other
States. There is something peculiar in
the loyalty of Pennsylvania. She seemed
to feel, from the first, as if upon her de-
volved the setting of superior example.
The fact that she carried upon her stand
ard the brightest jewel of the Republic,
that in her bosom was conceived and
from her commercial capital was issued
the Declaration Of Indendence, gave to
her contributions, in men and money, and
her unparalleled charitable organizations
all the dignity and force of model for
others to copy. The Rebel foe seemed to
feel that if he could strike a fatal blow at
Pennsylvania, he would recover all his
losses, and establish a resistless prestige
in the Old World. But, thanks to Di-
vim Providence, and to the enduring
bravery Of our citizen soldiers, the inva.
sion of our beloved State sealed her more
closely to the cause of freedom.
The result of the battle of Gettysburg
broke the power of the Rebellion, and al
though the final issue was delayed, it was
inevitable from the date of that event
That battle rescued all the other free
States; and when the arch of victory was
completed by Sherman's successful ad-
vance from the sea, so that the two con-
querors could shake hands over the two
fields that closed the war, the soldiers of
Pennsylvania were equal sharers in the
glorious. .consummation.
No people in the worlds history have
ever been saved from so incalculable a
and no people have ever had such
cause for gratitude towards their defend
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-01-24
THE NEW GOVERNOR

INITIAL ADDRESS TO THE COMMON
WEALTH-THE LATE WARTS CAUS-
rs AND CES-IMPORTANCE
OF COMMON sCHoOLs-THE NECESSITY
OF STATE MILITIA-PROTECTIo TO
HOME INDUSTRY = THE WEALTH oF
OUR STATE-EXECUTIoNo OF THE LAWS
COY. GEARY's POSITION ON NATION
AL AFFAIRS
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Pennsylvania should be the vanguard
in the great mission of education. She
should remember that as she has been
the mother of States, she should also be
the teacher of States. The great pro-
blem of Civilization is how to bring the
highest intelligence Of the community,
and its better moral feelings, to bear upon
the masses of the people, so that the low
est grades of intelligence and morals
shall always be approaching the higher,
and the higher still rising. A church
purified of superstition solves part of this
problem, and good school system does
the rest"
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TF YOU WANT A GOOD MELODEON,

IF YOU WANT A GOOD MELODEON,
L from one of the best makers in the Uni
ted States, solid Rosewood Case, warranted
5 years, call at MCCARTY'S, he would es
pecialIy invite all who are good judges OF
Music to come and test them. He will sell
you from any maker you wish, SO less than
those who sell on commission. The reason
is he buys for cash and sells for the same,
with less than one-half the usual per centage
that agents want. J. II; MCCARf ".
May j, I666.-tf.
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RES, unsurpassed in brilliancy and in the
Importance of their consequences. TC
the dead-the thrice honored dead-we
are deeply indebted, for without their ser.
vices 1t is possible our cause might not
have been successful
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UNDERTAKING IN ALL IT'S BRAN
~ ches.
Particular attention will be given to this
branch of the Subscribers business. He will
always study to please and consult the
wants and wishes Of those who employ him.
From the number Of years experience he has
had in this branch Of business he cannot and
will not not be excelIed either in city or
country. Prices one-third less than Is usual
ly charged, from so to 70 finished Cotiins al
ways on hand. Trimmings to suit the best
9earse in the country. Funerals attended
st one hour's notice. ]. II. MCCARTHY.
Nav II, 1566.-tf.
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tacle of four m illions of slaves, increasing
steadily both their own numbers and the
pride and the material and political pow
/ er OF their masters, presented problem
SO appalling, statesmen contempla ted it
with undisguised alarm, and the moralist
with shame. To day these four millions,
no longer slaves, but freemen, have inter-
mediately proved their humanity towards
their oppressors, their fidelity to society,
and their loyalty to the Governme are
peacefully incorporated into the body po-
litic, and are rapidly preparing to assume
their rights as citizens of the United
States. Notwithstanding this unparallel-
ed change was only affected after an aw-
full expenditure of blood and treasure It's
consummation may well be cited as the
sublimest proof of the fitness of the Anne
lean people to administer the Government
according to the pledges Of the Declara-
ton of Independence
! We have but to estimate where human
slavery would have carried our country,
IN the course of another generation, to re-
alize the force of this commanding truth.
And as we dwell upon the dangers we
have escaped, we may the better under
stand what Jefferson meant when, in the
comparative infancy of human slavery, he
exclaimed, q tremble for my country
when | reflect that God is just"
A simple glance at what must have
been our fate had slavery been permitted
to increase will be sufficient. In 1860
the slave population amounted, in exact
numbers, to three millions nine hundred
and flty-three thousand seven hundred
and sixty. Taking the increase, 2339
per cent, from 1850 to 1860, as the basis
of calculation for every ten years, in 1900
they would have numbered at least up
wards of nine millions. What Christian
states sman, us he thanks God for the -tri-
umph of the Union arms, does not shud-
der at the terrible prospect presented by
these startling figures?
But while there is cause for constant
solicitude in the natural irritations pro-
duced by such conflict, he is bat a
gloomy prophet who does not anticipate
that the agencies which accomplished
these tremendous results will successful
ly cope with and put down all who at
tempt to govern the nation in the inte-
rests of defeated ambition and vanquished
treason.
The people of the conquering North
and West have omparatively little to do
but to complete the good work. They
command the position. The courage of
the soldier and the sagacity of the states
man, working harmonio~ly, have now
sealed and confirmed the victory, and no.
thing more is required but faithful ad-
herence to the doctrines which have
achieved such marvellous results
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-01-24
EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE.

The overthrow of the Rebellion has
changed the whole system of Southern
society, and proportionately affected other
interests and sections. Demanding the
enlightenment of millions long benighted,
it forces upon the North and West the
consideration of more perfect and per-
vading educational policy,
Much as we have boasted, and have
reason to boast, of our common schools,
we cannot deny, when we compare them
with those of New England, and contrast
them with the preparations for the educa-
tion of the Southern people of all classes,
that we have much to overcome if we
would equal the one or stimulate the 9TH
er The recent Convention of County
School Superinteudents Of Pennsylvania
exhibits some startly facts, which deserve
the attention OF the people and their rep
resentatives. Yet it is not by legislation
alone that any people can be brought to
understand their relations to each other
as citizens. Their best instructors are
themselves. However liberal the appro-
priatious may be, if these are not second
ed by that commendable spirit which i'm
pels the parent to impress upon the child
the necessity Of a sound moral and intel
lectual training, your representatives are
generous in vain Everything depends
upon the people; hence the great COM
plant, preferred by the convention Of
teachers, in shortness of terms ia some
districts, of the small attendance Of en-
rolled scholars, of the employment Of un-
qualified instructors and of the want Of
proper school houses, results unquestion-
ably not so much from the Indifference of
the State, as from the negligence of those
who are invited to share and enjoy the
blessings of cheap and admirable system
of popular education. If my fellow-c -citi-
zens will only recollect the difference be-
tween the opportunities of the present
generation and those of their fathers,
and how much is to be gained by cult
vation of modern facilities, they will re-
quire little exhortation to the discharge
Of duties which relate almost exclusively
to themselves and to those nearest and
dearest to them.
The Importance Of common schools, in
a republican government, can never be
fully estimated. 70 educate the people
is the highest duty. To permit them to
remain in ignorance is inexcusable. Ey-
erything, therefore, should be encourag-
ed that tends to build up, strengthen and
elevate our State On the sure foundation
of the education of the people. Every
interest and industrial pursuit will be aid
ed and promoted by its operations; every
man who is educated is improved in use
fulness, in proportion as he is skilled IN
labor, or intelligent in the professions,
and is in every respect moro valuable to
society. Education seems to be essential
to loyalty, for no State in the full enjoy
ment of free schools ever rebelled against
the Government.
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PUNISHMENT oF REBELS.

And here [ cannot refrain from an ex-
preston of regret that the General Gov
ernment has not taken any steps to infiict
the property penalties Of the Constitution
and laws upon the leaders of those who
ruaely and ferociously invaded the ever
sacred soil our State.
1t is certainly "a morbid clemency,
and censurable forbearance, which fail to
punish the greatest crimes A." known to
the laws of civilized nations" and may
not the hope be reasonably INDUCED, that
the Federal authorities will cease to ex-
tend unmerited mercy to those who in
augurated the Rebellion and controlled
the movements Of its armies? If this be
done, treason aeW be " rendered odious, y
and it will be distintly proclaimed, on the
pages of our future history, that no at
tempt can be made with impunity to de-
stroy our republican form of government.
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IF YOU WANT A GOOD PARLOR
l. Suit in Rose, Mahogany or Walnut,
MCCARTHY has it. May II, 1866.-tf
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VOL. 25.
Published by Theodore Schoch,

TERMS--Two dollars year in advance-an and if not
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Its WILDE charged.
No paper discontinued until all arreaiages are paid
except at the option OF The Editor.
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BOB PRINTING,
OF ALL KINDS,
Executed in he highest style of the Art and ont he
most Reasonable terms.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-02-05
MORE INIOUITY.

Inc carpet-bag and ovcr>coat stealers, and
political rights robbers, who constitute the
Legislative body of the stolen State of West
Virginia, are trying to surpass in meanness
and ultraism, the rump Congress at Wash
ington. Not content with robbing Mr. Yam
lis of this county of his seat in the House of
Delegates, they are now making arrangements
to rob him of the costs incurred by his oppo-
ncnt, Koonce, in contcsting his seat. 4 man
named McQuilkin, who in consequence of the
revolution, has been vomtcd to the surface as
81 politician, and who holds . seat in the Leg
islature from the neighboring county of Berke-
ley, has offered in the House of Delegates,
the following infamous resolution
Jicsozcea, That the Speaker of the House
of Delegates be authorized to ascertain the
costs incurred by George koonce in the con-
tested election case between said Geo Koon ce
and S. V. Yantis, which costs shall be paid
by said S. V. Yantis.
Row, Mr.. Yantis went from this county to
Wheeling as its accredited delegate. He had
been elected over George Koonce by a very
decided majority, notwithstanding the out-
RACES rerpetratcd by the Board of Rcgistra-
ton. of which the brother cf Kooncc was a
member. All tl:e manipulation of the polls
failed to secure the election of Kooncc. The
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-02-05

people detested him, and they repudiated him
as unworthy to represent thcm. The Board
of Supervisors, when they counted the vote,
without hesitation, gave the certificate to Dir.
Yantis.- He was the first returned candidate.
Koouce smarting under his defeat, and CALLED
at the realization Of his unpopnlarity with
the people, thundered in the ears ofthe Board
of Supervisors his determination to have his
seat. lie had just sense enough to know the
complexion of the body before which his case
would come up. Inscriptions himself; he
knew that he had an inscriptions set to deal
with, aud that they would not regard the de-
cision of the people. He took an appeal from
the decision of the Board of Supervisors of
the county to the House of Delegates of West
Virginia. The latter body was radical; its
leader, man named Ferguson, was thief
who had been indicted by grand jury in
Kentucky; the Governor of Kentucky had
pardoned him; other members did not stand
wonderfully high in the scale of honesty; if
they had not stolen personal effects they had
done worse-they had robbed whole people
Of their political privileges, and they would
not hesitate 10 repeat the rascality. Koonce
knew all this, and he went before that body
with an mistaken confidence that they would
throw Yantis cut of the seat to which he had
been elected by the people, and give the place
thus made vacant to the said Koonce. The
whole transaction was an outrage gross,
palpable political iniquity-a usurpation of
the rights of the people by Legislative body.
Here these usurpcrs should have rested con.
tent. But not so with them.
Their pet, their favorite, their Hounshcll
bully, their man Friday, the pure, the. eleva-
ted, the learned, the pugilistic Koonce-who
had never risked much for the restoration of
the Union, but who had lacked himself up
pecuniarily by the sale of contraband goods
this same Koonce had spent some money to
secure the scat from which the people of the
county had spurned him, and this must be
refunded. Tic State Treasury, which is
kept in blast by cxtortionatc taxes .wrung
from the pockets of DISTINGUISHED citizens,
could not be resorted to to defray the expen-
scs Of the contest, but the certified delegate,
who has been dishonesty deprived of his
scat, must pay the expenses. Oh ! shame
where is thy blush! Certainly not upon the
cheek of George Kocnce
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versations were filed with threats aca;ns.
remedy. As earlysas JUN Of Of isss 10 =
believed 10 hate told Hester CIymer.' Of
Pennsylyanis, that if Congress attempted %
impeash him he would arrest the parties con.
cerned in it. One of his newspapers Dub.
] Iseed IN this city. few evenings ago direct
" lntimated that he sfas- preparing to tak9
this step; and the .Natioaql intcLfqsacer this
morning equiyocaily suggests the same idea.
That the threat to resort to force against the
two houses of the Congress of the United
States for the discharge of their constitutions
al duties, is in itself a high crime or misde1
meanorsneeds no logic to establfsh.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-02-05
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

CLARKE CoURT-A FINE DIvSER.-On
Monday Of last week, being the fourth in
the month of January, actuated by strong
and very pressing desire to replenish our col
lapsed exchcquer, we chartered seat in a
sleigh, and after cold drive of nearly three
hours, found ourselves at Harfords Hotel in
Berryvillc. Here We found hot stove,
which soon thawed us out, SO that VIC were
enabled to walk round and shake hands with
many people whom we knew, and good ma
ny we didn't know. We were trying to make
ourselves popular and extended our hands,
with GLOW dye ?" to everybody We
heard several inquire, ''who is that fellow ?''
but we didn't care for that. We were for
cultivating the acquaintance OF the Clarke
sovercigns, and we knew that politeness, with
a certain degree Of familiarity, is no bad rec
omulcndation for stranger. We didn't try
to come the yankee over them however, and
there wasn't horse or a set of spoons in the
whole town that we felt the slightest incl;na-
ton to steal. But we thought that in ''the
course of human events" and West Virginia
Legislation, we might possibly be forced into
exile, and we were looking for resting place
Lot too far from basc-we use this word as a
noun and do not refer to the Jaseness of West
Virginia, which we would like to have re-
moved to great distance. We liked the sit
uation of Berryville; we were pleased with
the cordially of the people gathered there.
They seemed like Virginians-they had a
cern-but real, old Virginia magistrate
court-one that knows herself four justices
and the big Squire in the centre. We thought
upon the past as we gozed upon this specta-
Gle, and we found ourselves mentally inquir-
ing, elbow long, oh, how long," before we
too, shall have court and big squire to
look at.
We didn't feel any particular interest in
the proceedings of the court-we had no case
before it, so we "sloshed" round among the
people, but we didn't make much. Our ex-
penses, counting toll, seat in sleigh, and din
ner, were s2.70. We collected $780, This
was our success in replenishing the ex-
chequer But We didn't grieve. We had
met the sovereigns, and we got good din,
ner, and for this we felt thankful.
On the subject of the dinner, which was
provided by the ladies of the Baptist Church,
we ought to dwell awhile, but we have said
too much about the people and the court
~ more bountiful repast-of all that was rich
and elegant-wc have never partaken Of
Chief among the attractions of the table
eatably-speaking, we mean-was n hnoe frnit
CAKE presented to the Ladies of the, Baptist
Church of Bcrryvillc, by Mr.. GusrAyE
BRowN, one of our town confectioners. But
there were other attractions besides the oat-
ables, and of these, we leave tho susceptible
bachelor local of the Winchester Times to
speak. lie left us quoting poetry, verse of
which ran thus
Isaw her on The Sabbath tay
When she looked grand
riding OF her old grey horse
Across the limestone laud"'
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-02-05
MORE TIME TO THE sHER1FFs

The following act, recently passed by the
Legislature Of Virginia, being of general i'm
portance, We publish it in certified form for
general information:
l. Be 1t enacted By the General assembly
Of Virginia, That the sherifs of the Com
monwealth be, and they are hereby, allowed
two months beyond the time now required by
law to pay in the revenue for the year 1866 !;
but this extension shall NOT apply to revenue
arising from licenses, or to revenue already
collected.
2. This act shall be in force from its pas
sage.
A copy from the rolls-Testc:
J. BELL BIGGER,
G. II. D. and K. of R. of Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-02-05
From the New Albany Ledger.T
The Man who Drew the Opera Ho1se-5
Who He Is,

A telegram from Chicago announces that
a. II. Lee, of Prairie du' Roch. Randolph
county, Illinois, is the owner OF ticket No
81 500, which drew the Chicago Opera House.
We have it in our power TO tell our read
eTs something about the lucky man.. His
name is Abraham Hagarrpan Lee, and he has
an own cousin, Abraham ii. Harritt. neWs[
paper man in this city. Dir. Leo is a native
OF Circlevilie, Ohio, but his fathers family
afterwards removed to Finley, In the sarSs
State. At the age of fifteen he left home
and went to live with an aunt, who sent him
to school for three years at Cincinnati. At
the age OF Gig hteen Lee went on a Cincinnati
and Memphis steamboat as cabin bow. but
having an ambition beyond that station, lie
subsequently became clerk OF Memphis and
New Orleans boat, and afterwards was captain
OF st. Louis and New Orleans packet. At
the breaking out Of the war Capt Lee,
raised regiment OF Illinois troops and was;
appointed IT'S Colonel 1t twas reported that:
he was wounded, but Wether this was the
case our informant is not advised. Col I.oo
married a French lady of wealth and settled
at Prairie. du Roch, a small place in IIliDo;s:
near the Mississippi river, below st. Louis
lie owns large tracts Of land in Iowa. besides
much other property. Tie drawing of the
Opera House, which is valued at six hundred
thousand dollars, will probably make Col
Lee one OF the weslthiest men in IIIinois.-
We wish him much joy of his fortune, and
doubt not he will make good use of it.. The
boat commanded by Col. Lee was the Nash
vile.
P. s.-A. II. Crosby, of Chicago. "a sa.
turday, bought the Opera House irofit &. II.
Lee, the lucky ticket holder in the Lste lo.-
terry, for 5000 1000.