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Der Lecha Caunty patriot. [volume] (Allentaun, Pa.) 1859-1872, 1869-01-26
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FROM GOlUMEsGS,
,CoLUMBus, O., Jan. 20. 1869,

FNoLCMBuS, w., jan. ~, 1908.
Ed. SrIRIr: We have been very busy
here since the adjourned session conven
ed. We now have almost all the mem.
bers at their desks, and all appear very
anxious to get through with the absolute
necessary workst be done, and have al,
early adjournment.
To day there Isl serious and animated
DEBATE in the House concerning the cree.
ting the Central Lunatic Asylum on the
old site. DR. Scott, of Warren, takes
strong ground in favor of the removal
of said Asylum from the old site, while
Mann, OF Franklin, Walling, of Picka
way, and others, are in favor of rebuild
ing the Asylum on the old site. | shall
vote to rebuild on the old site, as 1 think
it will save very large sum of money
and at the same time will be amply suf
ficient for the care and protection of this
unfortunate portion Of our citizens.
There is arery strong feeling among c
portion Of the members of this House tC
suspend the tcOrk on the Athens asylum
till the Central Asylum is finished.
There are very large crowd of lobby
members and visitors in the city all arr
looking after some local matter, or som,
special legislation for the benefit o
themselves or friends.
More anon. HEADLEY.
The italicised portion. of the above il
ours.-ED. SPIRIT.
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From the National Intelligencer.]
Hon. John Il. Stockton

The Hon. John P. Stockton has been
nominated by acclamation inthe Demo
cratic caucus ofnew Jersey, and will GER
tainly be chosen Senator. We have for
borne heretofore to interfere by word
with this subject, but it is needless, we
hope, to express our great qualification at
the result. thought to have been done,
too, exactly in this way. The country
has not forgotten how, in the violence
and excess ofparty feeling some years
ago, this gentleman was unjustly expelled
from the seat to which he had been duly
elected, some of his most conspicuous
party opponents maintaining his right
This sympathy, the respect of the coun-
try followed him to his retirement, and
now today we behold this wrong redress
ed, and hail also the accession of another
judicious, upright, and experienced Sen
ator to the public councils.
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History of the KEabeas Corpus.

About six hundred and fifty years ago,
on an island meadow in the river
Thames, still known as Runnymede, on
the 18th of August, the iron-clad friends
of freedom, in England met King John
and wrested from him Magma Chalta,
the great charter of English liberty. 1t
contained these words: mo man shall
be arrested, imprisoned, or deprived of
his own free household, or of his liber-
ties, or of his own free customs, or out
lawed and banished, or injured in any
manner; nor will we pass sentence upon
him, nor send trial upon him, unless by
the legal judgment of his peers, or by
the law of the land" This is the great
germ Of our civil liberty. 1t was de-
Tended in England by many bloody
wars, and has been ratified by many acts
of Parliament, and at the present day
no king or Parliament of England
would dare in any way to restrict the
privilege of the habeds corpus. 1t was
engraited as a fundamental principle in
our Constitution, and our forefathers be-
lieved it to be sure guarantee for the
rights of future generations.
About six years before the Federal
Constitution was adopted, a remarkable
prophecy was uttered under the follow
ing circumstances: In ITO, HenIy
Laurens, former President of the CONT
mental Congress, was sent as Minister
to Holland On his way he was cap
tured and imprisoned in the Tower of
London for fourteen months. When
Lord Shelburne became Premier, Lau-
rens was brought up on habeas corpus
and released. After bis release he dined
with Lord Shelburne, when the conver-
sation turned on the separation of the
two countries Lord Shelburne remark
ed: 81 am sorry for your people. y
"Why so?" asked Laurens. "They will
lose the hdbeas corpus" was the reply.
''Lose the habcds corpus" said Laurens,
in astonishment "Yes," said Lord
Shelburne. "We purchased it with cen
turies of wrangling, many years of fight
ing, and had it confirmed by at least if
ty acts of Parliament All this taught
the nation its value; and it is so ingram
ed into their creed, as the very founda-
ton to their liberty, that no man or
party will pick it up and attempt to use
it, but, having cost them nothing, they
will not know how to appreciate it. At
the first great internal feud that you
have, the majority will trample upon it,
and SO will go your liberty"
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Extraordinary PISTOL Practice.

Captain John Travis gave another ex-
hibition Of pistol shooting at his gallery
in Chicago recently, in which he excelled
any Of his previous astonishing perform
ances, by series of hazardous feats re-
quiring the most consummate skill on
his part, and extraordinary daring in
the gentleman who assisted in them. Mr..
John Rover, of Texas, held cap on
his head, and Travis fired pistol bullet
through it, from the distance Of twelve
PAGES The feat was repeated twice, the
ball going each time within an inch of
the cranlum Of the venturesome holder.
The ssmc gentleman also held between
his fingers small lemon, and afterwards
a business card about an inch and half
square, and through each Captain Travis
put a bullet, at the same distance, with
one Of the regular gallery pistols, Few
people would care to run such risk as
Mr.. Rover did, and fewer still could
successfully initiate Captain Travis won
derfdl skill.
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Lottery SyyindieS.

They that will be rich fall into temp
tation and snare" So says Paul, and
rs the wife of Bath assures US, ''Paurs a
sound divine" We suppose it is the
desire of every man to be suddenly rich
that keeps life into these never ending
gift enterprises and dollar shops; but
what folly can be greater than the folly
these swindlers trade upon? Dear,
good people of the. metropolis, cannot
you reach to the conclusion that the man
is evidently fooling you who sells you a
ticket for one dollar and positively de-
clares that every ticket holder shall get
a prize worth two dollars and thata doz-
en- holders of favorite numbers shall get
from one to ten thousand dollars each
Will you insist that there is certainly
some mystery in it? Well, the whole
mystery is this: the seller of the ticket
is a knave and the buyer is fool
". Y, Herald
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Shoe and Stocking Gazers.

''IIattie Hateful" talks in the follow
ing exceedingly pointed and plain mar
ner to class of men who delight to
peek at pretty foot whenever favor
able circumstances permit. The lady
talks sharply enough, and as many of
our masculine readers ,are addicted to
the habit Miss Hattie reprimands in
such a lively style and with so caustic y.
pen, we print her protest for their ben
eft, and advise them to go and sin no
more: - .tF<
l am really ashamed of those mon
who are always hanging around the street
crossings, stairways, post offices and
other public places, to get glimpse Of
a female. .footh handle. You have heard
of s.ar- r-gakers Well, shall call those
fellows shoe and stocking gazers,and the
way they stare ladies' shoes and stock
ings in the face is worthy nobler Object:
Now /, and every other woman, know
that there is not a woman in creation,
who possesses handsome foot and an
kle that does not like to display it; but
she don't want every fellow peeping for
glance OF it. Only give her chance,
land she will manage to show the beauty
OF. her foot by accident, but if you fore
stall her, by anxiously watching for a
sight of her shoe and stocking she is al.
ways indignant.
l have great deal more respect for. 3.
man who will step up to woman and.
ask her to show him her foot than have
for sneaking fellow who tries to steal
glimpse; for in the former case, YOU.
could box his ears, if you choose to do
so, but in the latter you could only
snake face" at him. | don't care how
much fellow looks at my face-ouE
faces were made for public exhibition;;
but for Heavens sake, don't go peeking
round at my feet it makes me feel mean /:
somehow it lowers me in my own esi-
nation, to know that so many fellows
have look at my ankles. 1t is not
from my extra modesty, but l always
speak out when anything displeases me.
Now, You fellows who. are so fond of
shoe and stocking gazing, go1hame and
go to work, earn dollar and give it to
the first dry goods dealer you meet, for
the privilege of examining his stock of
CATERS, hosiery, hoop skirts and balmo-
rails; it will be a, great deal more honor
able than the practice of looking at such
articles for nothing, and it would save
us great deal of trouble besides. ''f9'
If lady is obliged to go OUT in wet
weather she must. either let her skirts
drag in the mud and slop, or expose, her
ankles to the gaze of every streetloafer
who may choose to peek We don't
look at the gentlemen's feet in this way
why should they annoy us SO ?.aip,
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One Righteous Act,

In the House, on the 18th inst, Mr.
HOLMAN, of Indiana, offered the follow.
ing resolutions:
"Resolred, That in the present condi
ton of national finance, no further sub
sidies ought to be given by Congress
either in bonds or money, to railroads OIL
other corporations, or to promote loca'
enterprises; but the whole resources OF
the country ought to be applied to the
pressing necessities of public service, il
such manner as will relieve the people
from the burdens of taxation.
"Resolred, That the grants of public
lands to corporations ought to be discon
tinued, and the whole of such lands
ought to be held as a sacred trust, to Sc
cure homcsteads for actual settlers"
The first was adopted by yeas 80, nays
81.
The second was laid on the table by
yeas ITO, nays 81.
This action of Congress will have the
effect of clearing Washington of the
presence of the army of men who are
seeking subsidies for railroad projects
Wonder how the Pacific Railroad mana
gers feel2
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Corruption and Radical sIisrule

DoNN PIArT, in his Washington City
letter to the Cincinnati Commercial,
January 18th, says:
cit sounds like exaggeration to say
that the entire service of the Govern
ment is rotten. But such is the fact, and
one treating Of the subject is puzzled
and appalled, by its variety and extent
He scarcely knows where to begin, and
finds that there is no end And here
another difficulty attends the reporter
He works up one piece of iniquity and
spreads it before the public seizes on
that, and follows it up in blind wrath to
the exclusion of every thing else. And
so fifty rogues laugh and steal while one
rogue is Icing run down."
Just now we are after the railroads
To read the daily journals oAe would
suppose that the railroad rings had mo-
nopolized Washington, and if we could
only drive them out, we would be. safe
in the promised land, and could lie down
and sleep the sleep of innocence and
peace. 10 give away the public land,
and create huge monopolies is bad
enough, but this is the smallest iniquity
after all. The lands, to be made avail
able, have to be sold and settled, and
the railroad must be built And,
although we have squandered the pub
lie domain, filled the pockets of the ring
and created huge monopoly-yet
there is some return. But from the
whisky ring that runs the Treasury; the
National Bank ring, that robs the Gov
ernment while skinning the people; the
manufacturing monopoly that lives on
bounties voted by the Government; !;
the Indian Bureau ring that fills its pock.
cts with money stained by human blood,
there is no return. For these, peniten-
tiaries are built in vain, the gallovs
stand idle, and hell alone yawns ready !;
while our Government is run by them !;
and socially they are recognized, and
wives and daughters, in MORE antique,
silks and satins, amidst stunning uphol-
stery, receive in smiles, and are bowed
to with profound respect"
"Come to Washington, if you want to
make consort with these thieves. They
throng the avenues, fill the hotels, crowd
the lobbies, and, like a million of rats
about rotten crib, or sharks around a
stranded whale, they eat, and fight, and
gorge"
IF an indignant public singles out
I 4 "a 4 ~ f,>t,, -,
the chase. This is part of the game
while one Is being pursued, all the rest
steal unnoticcd And the game just
now is to run down the railroad ring
All over Washington you hear these
hounds-each standing oyer the plumber
he hides-howling in wrath at the rail-
road ring"
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Worse and Worse.

Mr.. POLAND, who he is we don't
know, but suspect he belongs to New
England, offered the following bill, III
Congress, on the 18th inst:
BY Mr.. Poland: proposing the issue
of coupons or registered bonds to the
amount of one thousand millions OF
dollars redeemable in coin after so and
50 years respectively; the 30 year bonds
to bear interest at ! per cent. in coin
and the so year bonds to bear interest al
1 per cent. the bonds to be exempt from
national, State and municipal taxes, ex-
cept income tax.
That is ten years more Infamous than
SHERMANs infamous funding bill. His
bill would increase the tax payers bur
den ssoO,0OO,OO0, while this would in
crease it 81, 900, 100000 in gold,
Why don't Congress pass bill to re-
li"vc tax payers, in lieu of the dozens to
put gold into the pockets Of the Bond
holders and National Banks?
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The Athens Asylum.

The following from the Peoples De-
fender, Jan. Is, published in Adams
County, Ohio, will cause the Ring to
howl!:
at has long been known that fraut's
the most yillalnous kind have been com
mitted in the erection of the New Luna,
tic Asylum, at Athens, though but little
has been said about it until lately. The
whole thing has been under the control
of Ring who have remorsclcssly bled
the State to considerable extent 1t is
now under the Investigation of a Com
miltee who are unearthine rascalities that
will make the Radicals cringe with
shame" - 3. u. r--..-.I
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How Mark Twain was Sold i'm
Newark,

The Newark Press contains the fol.
lowing exposition of what Mark Twain
terms "A Wicked Fraud" perpetra. ed
on him during his recent lecturing visit
to that city:
"Itis seldom pleasant to tell on ones
self, but sometimes it is a sort of relief
to man to make sad confession. |
wish to unburdcn my mind now, and vet
l almost believe that l am moved to do
it more because want to bring censure
upon another man than because desire
to pour balm upon my wounded heart.
| don't know what balm is, but / be-
! licve it is the correct expression to use
in this connection-never having seen
any balm. You may remember that
lectured in Newark lately for the young
gentlemen Of the Clayonian Society. l
did at any rate. During the afternoon
of that day l was talking with one of
the young gentlemen just referred to, and
he said he had an uncle who for some
cause or other, seemed to have grown
prematurely bereft of all emotion. And
with tears in his eyes this young man
said"
"Oh, if 1 could only see him laugh
once more! Oh, if l could only see
him weepw
l was touched. I could never with
stand distress. | said:
Bring HIM to my lecture. I'll start
him for YOU
"Oh if you could but do il If you
could but do it, all our family would
bless you forevermore-for he is very
dear to us. Oh, my benefactor, can you
make him laugh? Can you bring sooth.
ing tears to those parched orbs p
I was profoundly moved. l said:
"My, son, bring the old party around
I have got some Jokes in that lecture
that will make him laugh if there is any
laugh in hlm--and if they miss fire ]
have got some others that'll make him
cry or kill him, one or the other
Then the young man blessed me, and
wept upon my neck, and blew his nose
upon my coat tail, and went after his
uncle. He placed him in full view, il
the second row of benches that night
and | began on him. I tried him witt
, mild jokes, then with severe ones;
fired old stale jokes into him and pep
pered him fore and aft with red hot new
, ones; warmed up to my work, and as
saulted him on the right and left
in front and behind / fumed and sweat
ed, and charged and routed, till 1 wa
: hoarse and sick, frantic and furious
but | never moved him onee-I neve
started smile or tear! Never a ghos
of a smile, and never a suspicion ol
, moisture! I was astounded / closet
the lecture at last with one despairins
shriel-with one wild burst of humor-
, and hurled a joke of supernatural atroc
| ity full at him. 1t never phased him =
| Then | sat down bewildered and ex
hausted
The president of the society came III
and bathed my head in cold water ant
t said:
"What made you carry on so towarc
5 the last p
!. l said: "fwas trying to make tina
/ confounded old fool laugh in the secon,
> row."
|, And he said: swell, you were vast
ing your time-because he is deaf an
/ dumb, and as blind as badger
E Now was that any way for that oil
t mans nephew to impose on a strange
t and an orphan like me? 1 simply as
you, as man and brother, if that wa
, any way for him to do? ,
MARK TWAIN =
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The ALABAMA TREATY SIGNED.-We
learn by cable despatch from London
dated l5 inst, that the treaty between the
United States and Great Britain relative
to the Alabama claims has been signed
by the American Minister and the Brit
ish Foreign Secretary, on the basis OF
the original protocol. This, we.presume
refers to the appointment of commits
sion on the part of both government,
whose duty it shall be to consider the
merits of the different claims and adjudge
accordingly. 1t does not appear that
there are substantial grounds for the re-
port that the claims are to be offset by
those of British subjects against the Uni
ted States, although tbs not unlikely that
that point may be pressed at some per-
iod during the progress of the delibera-
tons Of the commission. E.s Fl
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~"Burleigh," writes to the Boston
Journal of the Sorosis in New York
1.-The badge is Dutch 'S,' of gold. 1t
is not worn as pin or common orna-
ment, but as badge land hung out prom
inently where all can see it, in the house
or in the street. The Sorosis holds its
regular meetings, at which good cheer,in
fine style, graces the board, while the
door is shut in the face of the men. No
working girls or women are admitted as
members. 1t is very aristocratic, and
does not seek to elevate or improve the
lowly, but receives members only among
those who are already refined and eleva
ted. Wealthy ladies, ladies intellectual
ladies at the heads of establishments, are
alone admitted. / understand that 8
course of lectures, under the auspices Of
the New York Sorosis, is to be opened
this winter"