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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20

that among English- speaking nations, after
the ciyH wars Of England for instance. and
amer the Napoleonic wars. the people In
every walk OF NE. In public ONCE and out Of
il. inclnding the ladies and women Of the
Court submitted themselves willingly to
being plundered by The oflcials Of the Brit
ish Government and INDUCED themselves
in latitude Of immortality which was sim
ply and wickediy shocking. Pepy's Me-
moirs have preserved to posterity the
record Of one Of these infamous periods.
When we recall Il now for the purpose Of
comparison, we find ourselves compelled to
admit that the American people, uotwith-
standing the fact that they have gone
through o greater civil war than the world
ever saw before, and have emerged from
the control Of q corrupt slayeocracy, stand
to-day the peers of any nation on the fAce
Of the globe as regards the purity of their
morals and the integrity Of their public on
cials. But . mania fer Islander seems to
have taken possession Of portion
of the public press. Every man
seems to doubt the honor Of his neighbor
when tina. neighbor. Is fortunate or unfor-
tunate enough TO hold an Office OF dignity
or trust, A feeling Of expectancy is on the
alert to discover indications of fraud, and
the slightest intimation Of its existence
based upon no matter how trihing or
shadowy and indefinite foundation, is &C.
copied with the greed Of an insatiats appe-
tite. How long this condition Of affairs
may last Is problem; but We believe that
1t Is exhausting ITSELF and, iusatiate as the
appetite may now appear to be, it win soon
prove to be its own emetic, In the mean
time we find poor consolation in the belief
that the world. and particularly the so
called independent press, is given to lying.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20
THE LOUISIANA CASE IN BRIEF

THE 10 ULSLANA CASE IN BRIEF.
A vote Is likely to be taken In the Senate
early In the presentweek which viii be de-
cisiVe Of the Louisiana question, and indi-
este the sense Of the Senate as to the pro-
pFiety of the Presidents having sustained
Governor Kellogg as the lawful executive
Of the State. It may be well TO give, for
the information of those who are ignorant
ofthe precise condition Of the case as now
before the Senate, brief history Of the
action of that body upon it, and to present
In short and compact form the arguments
made by the Senators who have spoken
for and against Mr.. Csrpeuter's bill pro
Yiding for new election and the setting
aside Of that held In 1872.
The question Of the validity Of the
present State government first came up In
the Senate In January Of last year, (1873, }
when Messrs. John Ray and w. L. Nc
Mullen each presented his credentials a.
Senator for the short term to supply the
vacancy made by the resignation Of Mr..
Kellogg. Mr.. Rays credentials were
signed by Governor Kellogg and Mr.. Nc
NiIlen's by John McEnery, whereupon the
6snAte passed tbs following resolution:
Rssolped, That the COMMITTEES on Priv.
Isges and Elections be instructed TO inquire
and report to the Senate whether there q
any existing State government In Louisians,
and how and BY whom II Is constituted
On the 20th Of February following ma
jcrity Of that committee, through Mr.. Car
penter, submitted . report, and recon-
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20

WHEN we remember that the investiga-
ton into the affairs of the District was be-
gun for the avowed object Of proving some-
thing terrible against the District officials,
[ the amount Of irrelevant testimony taken,
,sQme Of which simply smuts the character
bf disihterested parties, presents an argu-
ment almost unanswerable against the pol
Icy of allowing witnesses before Congress
slenal committees the latitude they now en-
10y p vent their spleen against personal or
political opponents. Fortunately, however,
the drag net business works both ways and
has resulted in an exposure of the private
aHelrs Of some Of the enemies of the Dis
, trict. In this way it has been discovered
that the Just and the unjust hava alike been
benefited by the rise In property values.
But the public is beginning to tire of this
smut machine, and has lost its interest in
the price Of dirt-hauling. or the value of
the services Of any attorney for concrete
pavement swindler.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20
THE KANIA FoR ISLANDER.

In the good old Democratic days,
when Cornelius Wendell, 'Jim" sseadman
and others Of like ilk thrived by means
which, to say the least were questionable;
when the consular service Of the Govern
ment was made tributary to the Golfers Of
the then dominant party, and when Q per
nicious system of letting Government con-
tracts without the competition insured by
public advertising enabled officials Of high
and low degree to gain money with which
to support innumersble gambling hsllA and
to riot lasciviously with pampered mis-
tresses, there were but few investigations,
and they were not followed by the exposure
Of any of the facts which we have but
family outlined. We do not mean to be un-
derstood as speaking unexpectedly of the
dead, or as intending to be personal In our
illusions to the living. but we do intend to
truthfully characterize the era Of which
we speak, when the Democratic party had
reached the zenith Of It's power, ss profit
gate In the extreme Of RIGHTEOUSNESS, as
dishonest and dsmoralised as airy that has
occurred since the foundation Of the Gov
eminent. The clear, ringing morality
which sustained the anti-slavery move
mens and sustained 1t even to the verge of
fanaticism, was just beginning to be
felt The horse-breeders, slave-traders
and aristocrats Of the South. with their
despicable following from the scum Of
the North, ruled affairs with high handed
and unblushing efrontery. It would be
unfair to say that everybody gambled or
that all the leading men Of that day were
licentious;- but It cannot be truthfully de-
MED that gambling and the grossest i'm
morality, the natural vices outgrowing from
the peculiar institution, I" existed to such
an alarming extent 90 to give TO Washing
ton the name from which Il has not entirely
freed ITSELF Of being place Astounding In
wicked denominations. We see men on our
streets to-day, residents of the adjoining
States Of Virginia and Maryland, who were
then In the. habit Of coming to the city to
spend the earnings Of the year on their
tobacco plantations and who not infre-
quently gambied away their horses. car
riages, negro drivers or coschmen. and all
their available means, before they returned
to their homes The dens Of vice, the gilded
palaces wherein bacchsnalian rsvels were
nightly held, wers more numerous than
now, and . general laxity Of moral rsgula-
tons BY the authorities permitted . pub
hcity OF the crime Of prostitution which
even now brings the blush 70 the cheeks Of
those who recall e.
Since then We have passed through the
cruel and demoralizing experience Of cisil
war; hare been submitted 10 . disruption Of
our entire social fabric, and things have
been turned topsy-tuvy. History shows
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20

M. BEReH, in his anxiety to prevent the
-suffe-ings of dumb brutes by the cruel treat
Iment of mankind, now insists that dogs
bught not to be muzzled. He fails, how
ever, to provide for the protection of man
kind against the cruelty of the dogs
Thereupon genius suggests that pedes-
trians shall encsse their legs in stove-pipe.
We commend this to the consideration of
bur Board of Health.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20
JENNINGS, THE ALIEN.

Col. George 81. Butler, the. spicy New
York correspondent Of our cotemporary,
the Sunday Hsrold. paying attention to
current political topics, has not failed to
notice the gossip about Louis ]. Jennings,
the managing editor Of the New York
Times. Speaking Of indecent foreigners"
writes Col Butler, naturally brings to
"mind Louis Jennings the English editor
"of the New York Times man as odious
Gin manner as he is repulsiye in appear
"snce. Thackeray certainly had Jennings
Gin his mind when he wrote the Book of
"Snobs.' The word 'snob was happy
inspiration to describe Jennings, and II 1t
" had only served that purpose and then
"been lost 1t would have fulfilled useful
Emission. Jennings, who Is pragmatic,
" unpleasant prig, has lately been
making himself excessively obnox-
"ious TO leading Republicans by his
"insuferable. prstensions and affscta-
elton Of superior ability. To give the dis
''tingushed John Bull an opportunity to
declare himself fully on vexed question.
Douglas Taylor, Commissioners Of Juries,
Summoned the intellectual exile from his
task of misreprssenting public affairs to q
tour Of Jury duty. Jennings was furious
cat what he termed the insult, and rushed
"tmadly about the halls Of the Times build
'fng, vehemently ssseverating that he was
90 British subject and not liable to the
"duties Of American citizenship. 30 that
problem, which 1t was feared would be
added to the great riddles involved in the
sTron Mask and the Junius letters. Is solved
sat last.
ttNice youth. that, to conduct an Ameri-
''can journal, and Republican journal.
ga man who represents everything brutal
'tand disagreeable In English character,
'.from besotted contempt for other nations
clown to becr-drinking and wifs-besting.
''Ths ass really regards himself as mis-
'tsionary among heather. and acts and writes
''on that hypothesis. He sits In judgment
con public men and national affairs with all
''the gravity and stolid ignorance ofSancho
'Panza on his island. without any Of the
Spanish clowns honesty and occasional
"gleams Of common sense. Its about time
"some daily metropolitan journal took this
'1ackdaw In hand and stripped the
splumage from him, to show the few
people LEFT who read the New York
Times the real character Of this rank i'm
poster. Happy thought.
Jennings boasts that he is . member of
several clubs; which one Of them does he
'fbeat his wife WITH
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20
SKETCH OF SENATOR WILLIAM
B. WASHBURN

William B. Washburn, says the New
York Herald, the gentleman who has been
elected Senator of the I'm tied States from
Massachusetts,, h olds at present an equally
high place in the esteem Of his fellow.citi-
zens. He Is Governor of the State which
has chosen, after long. serious and com
bative struggle, to give him the best gift
that the Old Bay State can possibly confer
to i'll the chair Of Charles Sumner. Three
times this gentleman has been elected as
Governor of Massachusetts,, and 1t may be
said that he has filed nearly every political
Office Of worth and consideration In the
choice of the people Of his State. On the
s1st of January, 1920. William B. Wash
burn was born In the town Of Winchendon,
Mass. Preparatory to entering college his
studies were pursued at the Groton Acad.
envy, and he graduated from the University
of Yale with honors in the year 1874, being
then In HIS early prime of life, twenty-four
years Of age. He was business man and
Is to this day engaged In and interested in
manufactures. Being LEFT an orphan at an
early age his youth was one earnest and
persistent struggle for an education and a
livelihood. He has resided for many years
in Greenfield. Mass, and was for length
ened term president of the Greenfield bank.
In 1850 Mr.. Washburn entered political
life, and four years later he was sent tc the
General Assembly Of Massachusetts,. In
1856, like all the young and brilliant men
of his time, he was swept into the tide and
became an ardent Republican. For eigh:
teen years he has acted with honest purpose
toward his party, and his integrity is beyond
the breath of reproach. Senator Washburn
was elected for the first time to Congress in
1862, and then he was three times reelected.
In 1871 Mr.. Washburn LEFT his seat In Con-
gress to become Governor of the Common
wealth Of Massachusetts, defeating General
Butler for the Republican nomination. In
the memorable contest with General B. F.
Butler last year, the subject Of this sketch
was again nominated, and of course elected.
Personally, Senator Washburn has fine
appearance-broad, open brow, the wide,
firm mouth. which Is characteristic Of all
the Washburns. In private and public life
he bears stainless reputation among the
citizens Of his State.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20
MAKSTRO RARIL.

Tomorrow evening, at the Congregational
church, Maestro Barili gives bis last annual
concert. II Is his intention 10 soon leave for
Europe, and bis patrons, pupils, and friends
propose on this occasion most Substantial
recognition Of HIS valusble services ~ teacher
of the higher and better forms Of music.
Maestro Barili VIII not only have the sssist-
ance Of Prof. KttoFs Barili, Miss Lizzie Macart-
ney, and several talented amateur, but that Of
the famous Mrs.. Charles Mouiton. Her pres
ence IN this concert VIII Be Q bright sttraetion,
and abe grants Il out Of pure regard and apprs-
citation Of her ffiend,s talent e an instructor,
and his high character ~ . gentleman. seats
for this concert may Be obtained ct The mnsic
stores. = sizsss, :.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20

santa Anna has returned to Mexioo, End b ~
want II The museum Eansgsa througkort The
VIII rsiurn y be vii b abls % sstsbiish wood
yard.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20

what Has the Temperance Movsmsnt Asoou-
piishedf queries the xsnia TorckiiqAks Il has
kept The truly good editor q the forenoon paper
from taxing quiet, comforfabls drink NJ three
months What moro could one askf
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-20
CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.

SECOND PAen-Distriot Investigation, toontinusd
<. from nrSt page.)
THRD PAsz-A ramble in Burmah;' Auction
Sales; Proposals; State Lot
terieS Brokers; Medical, 30.
SIxrH PAaK-A- Great Panther Feast; Dry
~ - Goods Groceries, Wines and
q Gez Liquors, Merchant tAilors,
Financial, Insurance, JOB
49, .- g. Printing, SO. r.. o..
EKYKETH PAeH-Louise Rasmussen; An Old Su-
? - perstition; Our Railroad Inter.
49, ests; Painting; Awnings; Den
~ lists; Stoves; Wines and Il
quors; Real Estate Agents
r.e~ wood and Coal; Groceries
--.- Printing; Attorneys and
Agentst Railroads, &c, &c.
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The largest Single Sheet News
paper In the World,

rFB REPUBLIcAE HAS A LlRgER clRCr-
n 1TToY THAFLYY OTHER MORNING PAPER
riE TEE DISTRICT OF COL V1BLA. -
G55nSY MoRNINa:::i:.T;::i:::I ANN %, is7i.
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thirty thousand dollars. ! took thirty thou
sand dollars over to him on ono occasion, and
was Monumental In getting his accounts set
tied, and I worked for them. was not to
collect and hold the money In my hands.
was to receive 0 percentage on al he would
receive thereafter from the board.
O. How much has he received since that
timel A. don't know. I have been trying to
get statement; don't recollect about It.
ceased on the day when he wrote the order
which he spoke TO you of. Ieeased then to do
business for him, except In 90 far a. was
interested In having Q settlement.
Q. You stfll have the ~, 00oi A. have.
Q. How much had you received up TO that
timei A. Oh, hadn't received anything but
$50 900; didn't collect Il. he collected u; I
didn't.
@. How much was settled up to that timei
A. ! cannot say; It may have been $780, 700, or
somewhere there. There Is coming to him, as
be claims. yet one hundred and odd thoussnd
BY Mr.. Stewart: o. Didn't you receive some
thing before you received the 81, ooof A. Yes,
Q. How muchi A. received three orders,
I think; one Of . ei 900, and ono Of 5000
which ! paid over to him on his order, and
have the receipts for them. Ipsid over TO
some Of his employers. ss
Q. You didn't receive that a. feesi A. No,
sir; that Is not 90. I never got any money; I
always got orders. 81 z - 5gff
Q. You didn't gst any portion Of that rs your
feesi A. No, sif.
q. Then You retained the $50 900. Now
upon what theory did you retain Il exactlyi A.
Just a. he and agreed that Il was 70 Be, 70
pay me for services rendered up TO that period
-she 5th day Of Decsmber-end for my future
services. I did 20 on until point, Of time,
two months after thatr-wheu he ATTEMPTED TO
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-04-22

NAuTiON.-AI persons are hereby warned
~ against purchasing, or in any way meddlinr
with the following property In the possession,
OF John Ross, Of wallaccton, vis: One BAY narc.
enc bay horse, one wagon, one sled, and two sets
OF harness. rs the said property belongs TO me
ana "i ien with him on loan only subject 10 my
order. JAMES H. TiiRNRn
Walaccton. March 2A. lR1I-ats
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-04-22

calcined Plaster for sale BY II. F. Biglsr A Co.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-04-22

SUPPLEMENTAL AssEssMENT.---The
u section Of an Act Of Assembly, approved the
day Of May, 1854, (Pwdon's Digest, page l72
edition, section 90, page 24o), relating to
sssments and Common Schools, requires the
seral Assessors TO rate and assess such persons
nay remove into their respective boroughs or
nships, between the last assessment and the
day Of May next, or such as may have been
Itted last fall, and to return their names, to-
Per with the property 90 assessed, TO the County
missioners and their respective School Boards
eocordance with tho Act in question, the
~ Commissioners mailed circular, on the
insf'' enclosing the necessary blanks, direct.
oAeh Assessor to proceed, on the LIST day Of
nest, to assess and return the names Of the
~ and the property indicated, and within
oays thereafter to lodge a copy Of the same
NE Secretary ofths School Board, and trans.
enc copy by mall 70 the address Of the County
nissioners u clsArhsld, and kssp copy In
ewn possession. Should there BE- sn Inds-
1sst School District in the township, be must
y dupliosts return 10 that Board, provided
ssssssss any one within The bosBds of ths
listsiss.
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ENCOURAGE HOME LABOR.

Those Wishing Liehtnine Reds erected On
sosir buildings need but address us BY letter. Of
ssu 10 psrson. We will put them up ywksrs
~ y, the county, and warrant them. The Rods ~
our store. H.F nforfp "a
oleafhsid. March 20. isYs.u ~
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The Lightning Tanner,

THE undersigncd are the sole Agents. IN .h,s
Il county for the North Ame erican (3slvspi,sS
LIGHTNING RODS" These are the orlv 40
rods now In use, and are endorsed by III ths
scientific men in the country.
We hereby notify the citizens Of the ss~,sv
,na' wo VIII rut them ~ better rod, ana sc,
lem money than is charged BY he fcrs,Ss
ss.n" sno Annually traverse the county ~
carry on our rttls cash, never 10 return,
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MARROW EscApE.-The Philipsburp

Journal says;
"clarence Richards and lady, who LEFT this
place for San francisco, California, on February
26th, sailed in one of tho steamers belonging to
the Pacific Steamship Company, from New York
and were A days making the voyage, the steamer
breaking three Of her screw-paddles and putting
in at an pninhabited island Of the Pacific, where
the provisions were exhausted and the passengers
were obliged to catch fish. Crews were sent out
in e-boats to sight and signal n vessel and were
successful at last in bringing assistance"
Richards formerly resided near Luthersburg,
from where he started for the Golden State.
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

Methodist Episcopal Church--Rsv. A. D.
Yocux, Psstor.-Publio Service every Sabbath
at lol A. M, and 7AP.M.
Sabbath School ate A. NJ.
Prayer Meeting every Thursdsy, at n m.
Communion Service, frst Sabbath Of every
month, 1t 10A A. NJ.
Presbyterian Church--Rev. II. 8. BUTLER.
Sabbath services morning and evcning-Sab-
bath School at p. .M.--Prayer Meeting wednes-
day evening.
st. Francis' Church--C athollc--Rev p.
j. SHERIDAS.-Mass at 10l O'Clock A. M, on the
second and fourth Sundays OF each month.
Lutheran Church.--Rev. A. J. HARrsocx--
Preaching every Sabbath, morning and evening.
Sabbath School at a. m. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday evening. M no
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The Kittanning Sentinel says: olive
years and six months ago subscriber mailed ui
letter contain ing one dollar, to be credited or
subscription. On Monday last we received
Through the dead letter Office at Washington, th,
identical one dollar greenback, with the letter
Since that time the postmaster and our subscriber
have both died. II seems fitting, therefore, thai
our letter from dead subscribcr--dead for som,
ftwo or three years-shouId reach us through tn,
dead letter Office"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-04-22

RAFrINa.-The river has been at a
rafti ng stage for n week past, and nearly all of
the lumber has gone down. gentleman from
the upper end Of tho river Informs us that but a
small number Of RATS are left behind. On Satur-
day and Sunday, there was probably larger run
Of timber than on any two days in several years.
II our lumbermen are successful in procuring
good prices for their timber, matters will brighten
up in this county when returns are made.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-04-22

Gov. CuRrIN.-Hon. Andrew G..
Curtin aud wife reached here from the South and
West on Tuesday evening after an extended and
pleasant sojourn. They were gladly welcomed by
the community, of whom they are such agreeable
social members. We are glad tasay both are in
the enjoyment Of their usual good health, and tn,
general wish is that II may be long before any
cause shall take them from our midst again
Bellefonte Waterman.
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DEAD FOR THIS 7

DEAD FOR THIS TIME.-The defeat
Of tho compulsatory school bill BY the House, is
the most sensible thing that body has done this
winter. This generation has not been inflated
enough with European ideas to put up with such
royal governmental views, and we now say to the
friends of popular education II they persist in
pressing this odious measure that they viii upset
the present school system.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-04-22

GOING TO DELAwARE.-Mr. Thomas
Groom, of West Hemp6eld, will leave on the 18th
inst, for the State Of Delaware, where he will
Breakwater Railroad, at handsome salary. We
extend our congratulations on his good fortune.
The farming and milling business will be con-
Quoted as eretofore.--Coiunbia Herald.
Mr.. Groom formerly lived in this county.