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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18
4 THEOLOGIANs HIEIH.

The Presbyterian Banner, in lea,
ing editorial, entitled "Thc Difference,
u review of the Bcccher case, says
1T makes wide difference witt
many whether u minister accused o
crime Is poor, unknown TO fame, ant
without influential friends, or whethe
he Is rich, popular, Of world wide rcpu
talion, and surrounded with wealth,
admirers. Within few years tw,
country clergymen in Pennsylvania
have been accused of immortality, trie,
and acquitted. They left the court
room quietly aud went their ways
having no one TO congratulate then
and none TO shout them welcome n,
they passed along. Many years agt
most godly country clergyman was
accused of u crime, aud tried twice bc.
fore the court Of this county, the Jury
disagrceing both times. During the
first trial the late venerable DR.. Her.
ron, and two or three other ministers
were in the courtroom, and in his ad.
dress to the jury, one OF the counsel
Tor the prosecution animadvcrted with
intense severity upon the fact of their
presence, and denounced il us an at
tempt to influence the jury. Az the
second trial no ministers or otherfriends
were in attendance. And when the
jury failed TO agree u second time, the
accused went home to his work, hay
ing no boquets presented to him, re.
celvlng no ovations, and without any
increase of salary to pay the expenses
incurred in defending his reputation !;
nor did hc try to tighten the load of
grief resting upon him by smart say
ings.
"But how different is everything in
the case Of Mr.. Beecher. During the
trial he is surrounded by wife, child.
rem and sympathiEing friends. Talent
and buea,y, wv.i,h and distinction arr,
eager to make an impression favorable
to the celebrated Brooklyn pastor-
Tho choicest flowers are sbowered
upon him, and he j. received with the
-. J, Wv" WV
,' n,oss "pPvVsn,s snhics ana the soitest
platform in the pnyermeeting room
~ Is omccreu' anuin ms Friday even
n u'Ns "hu oapoath sermons, his
m,'.lc,slllsLol. ,,,a'A ,a repeated as most OF
Them have been--Gc applauded to the
sGno Wn' paas, As .ne u,s'Ngreelng jury retires,
.In ,s' oeecncr 'akel most oil them by
.ho % hanu anu 'hmks them Tor what
.n.y ~ n"vouohe. ~ At ttneresnit--though
oon,,,,. nos ah acqu,laa'-t,ymou,h ';., church is
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

TICKLE Nv, RTc. VOTERS REMEMBER.
In 1867 and 1868, VIM. B. Mann
was paid over s30,00O for examining
the accounts Of foreign insurance
agencies r. b. Brown, editor of the
Clarion Democifa, who was member
of the House in 1859, believing this
bill to be swindlc, introduced n res
olution requesting the Auditor Gen
eral TO present statement of the
services rendered, and Mr.. Mann's
itemized bill. lie believed that $500
would be a fair compensation for tho
work. The Radical majority promptly
voted down the resolution The peo-
pie, in this connection, should rcmem-
bcr that John H. Haitranft was Aud
itor General when Mann's bill was
audited, and that VIM. B. Mann moved
at Lancaster that Gov. John 4. Hart
ranit be re-nominatcd for Governor by
reclamation. "You tickle me- etc. 7.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

The CoNFERENoE.-We have been
authorized to state that the Democrat.
ic conierees of this XXXIVth Senate.
rial district, will meet at Bcllcfonte on
Tuesday, the I'd day of September
for the purpose of selecting delegate
to the Erie Convention. Our Clinton
county friends do not hold their coun.
ty convention until Tuesday, the 3lst,
at which time the conferces will be ap.
pointed to meet as-abovc Indicated
The conferees of Centre arc J. p. Gep-
hart, Belleionte; T. NJ. Hall, Miles
burg, and George McGafiey, Phillips
burg. Col. James +, Weaver, of
Milesburg, and ]. G, Meyer, Esq, of
Aaronsburg, were selected as repre-
sentative delegates to the Erie Con.
vcntion. .f0 m 9.a 9Anf
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

Two of Senator Sharon's Chinese
servants were married recently in a
San Francisco Methodist church. The
bridegroom wore full dress, Mclean
style, but the bride was attired in the
manner Of her countrywomen.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

The Sheriff of Northumberland
county took nine prisoners to tho pen.
itentiary at Philadelphia on Saturday
morning last, Their terms in that in.
stitntion ran from Is months (Charles
Kelly, colored, for ligamy) to l3 years
Patrick Cory, for rape.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

The President has appointed Henry
N. Blake to be Associate Justice for
Montana Territory. He has also
signed the commission OF Henry H..
Wells to be United States Attorney
for the District OF Columbia, vice
Fisher.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

The Pittsburgh Post says tho debt
of that city is sl3,500,OO0, and that
the city tax rate is fifteen mills on the
dollar on an assessment twenty-five
per cent above the cash value Of the
property assessed. This is the work
of radicalism pure and simple.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

u. g. johnson, State Senator from
Columbia county, Florida, was lately
shot dead in cold blood by an unknown
assassin. BY his death the Republi-
cans lose their majority in the State
Senate. f
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18


An ABLE AReUMENr,-The argu.
ment of +, b, Gowen, Esq, President
OF the Reading Railroad, before the
Legislative Committee recently, i.
certainly the ablest production in law
and on rail roading ever presented to
the American public on this subject,
1t seems to us to be a complete vindi.
cation of the company, and puts the
retail coal dealers of Philadelphia in
an awkward position before the people
as honest men. We are jealous OF
corporations but while they carry
out the designs of their creation by
doing the most good to the greatest
number, we will be last to condemn
them. lNI0 IUH
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18
TO THE "CHRlSTZAN PUBLIc'


The Indian commissioners publish
a long and carefully written appeal
to the Christian Public" entreatlng
them not te believe the stories told
against Dclano and Smith which "ori.
ginatcd with disappointed contractors
and which are sustained only by Sir.
responsible witnesses" There may be
some small frauds on the Indians, they
admit, but the department is doing its
best to ferret them out, and the charge
that thereisany wholesale corruption Is
not to be believed. The agencies are
in charge ofmen especially recommend
ed TO the President by the Quakers,
Episoopalians pnsbyterians, Mctho-
dists, etc. representing "nino different
communions" The cause of religion
itself, they urge, will suffer, if these
church agents be admitted to be guilty
of selling short rations and shoddy
blankets for good ones, and therefore
the agents must 10 sustained, at least
until the Department Investigating
committee shall ,sceitain the facts.
This appeal" does not strike us ia
vorably. The commission in the first
place certainly mstates the facts
The charge of fraud in the Sioux agon-
cies were not madet disappointed con
tractors"or irresponsible witnesses
Prof Marsh, of Ylle college, the prin.
cipal witness, is ndther; but gentle
man of the highest character, The
other witnesses are almost all officers
of the regular amy, on duty on the
plains, and theirs should certainly be
tirstclass testimony ltisvery strong,
and upon it Grant requested Delano
to resign.
As for the fairncis of the invcstiga-
tion for whose decision the public is rc-
quested TO wait, II Is sufficient to say
that the members weremostly appoint
ed on Delanos Recommendation It
is, we fear, washing commits
sion.
But IL is the assumption that the
cause of religion is at stake in the mat
ter that we are disposed to take the
gravest exception TO. Religion is not
at stake. The question between Prof
Marsh and the Indian department is
simply whether there has been fraud
and mismanagement at the agencies.
If there has been "the cause Of rclig.
ion" equally with the cause of public
decency and morality requires that II
be exposed and the rascals and neon
petents discharged no matter whether
they are Episcopalans, Quakers, Jews
or ln6dels. III there has been no
swipdling the interests of religion re.
quire that the suspicious cast on the
agencies be dissipatod by the fullest
publicity and Investigation. In either
case any appeal is but of place
The interests of the "Christian public"
in this case are precisely the same as
the interests Of the general public, and
il argues i'll for the caisc of the com
mission that II should attempt TO inhu-
cnce a portion of the people by an ap-
peal TO their sympatEics and fears be.
fore the evidence is in and the case ad
Judged. - Pttsb,agh Despatch.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

II is as true as ever that no man.
end can be determined until his death
VIM. Nichol lived through all danger
TO be cighty-scvcn years old, and last
Tuesday was killed by a bull in hi.
own barn in Richmond, Mass.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

The richest woman in America Il
the wife of Prof Gamme, formerly Of
Brown University, r. |. She has an
income of at least a million year, hel
fathers estate, which she has just in,
herited, being estimated at fully $780,
900, 900.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

Wade II. Bolton, of Memphis, Tenn,
died in the carly part of this year,
and left by his will $4,000 to the
widow of Stonewall jackson. One
half the amount has just boon paid to
Mrs, Saoksop.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18
ANOTHER Coon Baoronr Dow

ANOTHER Coon BRoronr Down.
Congressman White, from Alabama
was the reputed author Of the infamous
Force Bill which did not pass Congress
last winter. One Datus h. Coon, who
lives at Montgomery, in the same
State, ran as the Radical candidate
last week for an office in which Mont
gomery is situated, and in order to
render his calling and election sure,
issued an address to the people defend
ing the odious provisions OF Whites
defunct Force Bill. There were 2,400
votes polled, 1900, or more than tco-
thirds, Of which were Republican, and
of that number Coon received Just
seren. This Alabama coon surrendered
as promptly to the ballots of his in
dignant neighbors, after publishing his
address, as bis namcsalSe up a tree did
to the unerring aim OF the rifle in the
hands of that mighty hunter of the
west, Captain Scott he Just came
d0pn. - Cambria Freeman. iU
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

A statue of Christopher Columbus
Is TO be erected in Paramount park,
Philadelphia, by Italian workman, and
the money furnished by Italian sub.
scriptions, IL will be unveiled July
4, 1876. ~
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18
GEORGIA & FLORIDA

Georgia or Florida, should subscribe for tho
MoRsisG Nkws. Published at Savannah, Ga.
Daiiy, slOi Weekly, 90 per annum. Advertisers
desiring customers in these States, should use its
columns. u is tie best poper IL hs southeast.
ssPecimen copies sent on receipt Of cents. Ad-
dress J. II. EsTILL, Savannah, Ga. s.Is-sm
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18
4fW advertisements.
CAUTION.

All peron' are hereby warned against purch
nnsing or In any manner meddiing with the fol.
lowing property, nov In the porsessiOp Of jacob
"reen' o. bradford township ! COW, l hog
cupboard, trny, beds and bedding. chair
table, clock, tuh, lot Of sheaf-oats and b
lot OF potatoes In the ground. The f1regoin 2
property was purchased by me at Constable
sale on the 18th Of August, and is left with said
Green ou loan only, subject to my order.
ISAAC GAINES.
Woodland, Aug. IS, '75.gt
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

Willie, aged about eleven years, and
son of A. j. Kathcrman, of Miflin.
burg, was recently burned 10 death
while pouring coal oil on fire which
was kindlcd to burn potato bugs.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

/ pNlOafI
to public safe, at Woodland, Clearield county,
Pa, on
saturday, September II, 1915,
at o'clock. p. IN the following described
property All the undivided one-eighih interest
OF J. A. blattenbcrger, decd in and 10 the sIlope
fire Brick Works consisting Of the following e
real estate;
e-eghth part Of all that certain tract or piece
OF land, situate in the township II Bradford.
county u clesrdeld and State Of Pennsylvania,
described AS follows beginning at a post set ss
ieet from the centre Of the Tyrone aud clenrfsld
Railroad, aud opposite the Woodland steam saw
mill; thence north $50 east 1858 4-lO feet 10 a
post set IS feet from the the centre of the rail.
road thence by other lands Of the grantors
south ! 10 east 3ii feet to post ; thence sslo
west 1853 40 feet to post thence north ssio
west to post and place Of beginning, con tanning
two acres neat measure. and being part of a
larger tract originally surveyed on warrant grant.
cd to Jane Campbell, with the right to mine fire
clay for the use Of said works together with four
dwelling houses, and tramway. The Hone
fire Brick Works proper having capacity for
manufacturing 10000 per day, together with
other improvements.
Said Fire Brick Works having an established
reputation with large and increasing trade. being
an Investment that will recommend itself 10 CAP
iialists on being seen. -aHf III
TEnrs OF SALr.-0ne. third Of price bid upon
continuation of sale by the Court, the balance In
two equal annual payments, secured BY bond and
mortgage on the premises.
For further particulars, address
MRS. CAROLINE BLATTENBERGER,
Woodland, Pa,
or WALLACE KRKns, Atty's,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

Henry Gentle was shot and killed at
Charlotte, N. Y, on Thursday, BY a
stray bullet from picnic party, who
were shooting at target on the OPP
poslte side Of the rivor from him.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

Emperor William will make short
visit in September to Rome to zee his
friend Victor. Bismarck, Moltkc, and
several other generals will accompany
him.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

Mrs. Attorney General Williams
does not drive the government landau
let since her husband has been relieved
by Judge Pierrepont. Strangel If it
was Fhern,' as claimed by the @gov.
ernment organs, why did she give il
up when Mrs. Picrrepont came upon
the stage2 80 l
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

NEARLY 4 DUEL.-Two French ce-
lebrities, Paul de Cassagnac, the Impe-
rialist leader,and the Commune leader,
Henri Roachefort, and their friends
have been trying to fight a duel for a
fortnight, but it is pretty plain now
that neither win be shot. Not only
France but Europes peace would be
moro endurable if both were banished.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

Go AND Boor THEM.-Thc editors
of tho Lancaster Inteiligcncer are dis
pleased at the action of the Demo
Gratis of York county, at their recent
convention. Were we as handy to
those York county fellows as Messrs.
stcinman 4 Hensel, we would cross
the Susquehanna, via. the Columbia
bridge, and enter York county and
kick those delegates to the Erie Con.
vention as long as We could find them.
And If we should happen to come
across some of the township delegates
who acted so ioolishly as to vote
against Chauncey Black, we would
drown them in Codorus creek. Such
independence as those York county
Democrats put forth in their late con.
vention needs to be snubbcd in tho
bud. Ii is too bad.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

X. Audley Brown, the temperance
candidate for Governor of this State,
is pastor Of the First United Presbytc.
rian church in New Castle.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

Fanny Kemble has written an auto.
biography II will be no tame per.
formancc, for Fanny can read and
write. trtt =
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

The STATE SESATE-Wc notice by
the Clinton Democrat that s. r. Peale
of Lock Haven, and A. J. Quiglcy, OF
Chapman township, are candidates for
the State Senate. N..n.I ...
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

Herschel V. johnson Is said TO be q
candidate for Governor of Goorgia, with
strong prospcctes Of success.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18
ALEAKlN THEslyKJNG puyD

Any one who will take up the Re-
port OF the Commissioners Of the Sink.
ing Fund, for the year ending Noyem.
bcr 30th, 1874 VIII observe IN il some.
thing that requires explanation. In a
summary of the payments made by
the commissioners during the curuent
year, they take credit for So, 8G7, ,8l7 .32,
credited in sinking fund ledger, in
order to equalizc the general and sink.
ing fund, and 10 enable the State
Treasurer to properly keep the account
under the provisions Of the act of May
., 1874 This is taking credit for
this large amount of money the same
as though it had been used for the re-
demption Of the public debt, But not
one o., dollar was used for that purpse.-
This money, without any authority of
law, and in direct violation of the Con.
slitution, had been taken before this
time, from the Sinking Fund. and
placed in the General Fund, and this
specious entry is intended to square
the accounts. Section II, Article TX,
OF the constitution, prohibits the use of
any part Of the moneys of the Sinking
FUND for any other purpose than to
pay the interest and reduce the public
debt, "unlcss in case Of war invasion
or Instruction" The act of MAY 9th
1874, gives no authority to divert a
dollar of the Sinking Fund, or to take
credit for dollar already diverted
but only directs how the State Treas.
urer shall keep his accounts and in |
what books. This s2,s67, ,sl7.32 had
been taken from the Sinking Fund
previously, and placed in the General
Fund, and this happy method was hit
upon to settle the account. At the
same time the commissioners carried
5000, 900 additional to the General Fund
Tor which they took credit, the same
as though it had been applied to the
extlngulshment of the public debt
Here we discovered how and where
The large sum Of s3,367 ,sl732 was
snakcd from the Sinking Fund and
given to Maclley to loan to his favor.
to banks. Here is big leak discov-
'red, and we pause TO allow oppor-
unity forsomc Of the treasury ring to
explain it.-D0yiest0ion Democrat.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18


SUBLIME The Bcllefonte Watch.
man a few weeks ago made the charge
that State Treasurer Mackcy paid A
carpenter 1000 for repairing Govern.
or Hartranft's horse stable, and that
the building was embellished with wal
nut doors. This is Indignantly de-
MED by the loyal organs, and some Of
the editors have nearly worked them.
selves up in fighting mood over this
charge. We know nothing about the
facts, bnt we suspect that it is true. II
is not a bit worse than the taking of
s4i3O6l41 ont of the State treasury to
bury Ex-Governor Geary. If that was
lawful and proper what is there to
prohibit the friends of the surviving
ex-Governors, Bigler, Pollock and
Curtin from making a similar raid on
the taxpayers for funeral cxpenses.-
So many of these dirty tricks have
been played off on the State treasury
of late years that there can scarcely
be mistake made by accusing our
public servants with hcinous frauds.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

A one dollar note, issued by the city
of Pittsburgh on September l, ls4f,
was received by the comptroller Of
that city last week from a resident Of
Toronto, Canada.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

CLINTON CouNrY.-rhc Democratic
primary election comes off in this
county on Saturday, the 2sth day of
August, and the County Convention
ON Tuesday, the 3lst.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

BUsINEss.--Nearly six columns OF
sheriff s sales in the Wcstmoreland pa
pers Indicate the business affairs in
that county. What a glorious inheri.
tancc the Radical party has bcqucath-
ed to the American people How good
it makes a body feel to see fourteen
cent timber sell at secen, and pig.metal
worth sl2, sell for SIS, II is enough
to make all Yankeedom sing, 'Hail
Columbia r and embrace Beechcr the.
ology, so as to make n short cut to
Heaven in order to get rid ofbusiness.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18
A NOBLE HOBBY

The Pittsburgh Dispatch belongs tC
that class OF journals which had abou
as much respect for the Constitution oI
their country, which guaranteed th,
editors "liie, liberty and the pursuit Of
happiness" during war period, and fol
all time, Ms swine has for pearls.
Those writers were schoolcd unde,
the Lincoln-Stanton-Grant regime, and
they consequently feel more like the
subjects of dcspotism than tho in.
habitants of Republic. II Is, there.
fore, quito natural for those people
who prefer the will or caprice of a
ruler to written constitution, TO ig.
more and bring into disrepute so sacred
a document as that. This Radical
ring organ, two weeks ago, indited a
rather appreciative notice OF ex-Presi.
dent J ohnson, stating that his love for
the Constitution amounted to "a hob
by" The evils that now afflct us are
upon MS because our rulers and their
hackers attempted to ignore that in
strumcnt, which all had taken solemn
oath to ''protect and Defend The
crime they committed was double
one. Besides violating the written
law, they coupled with it the hcnious
crime ofperjury.
The Pittsburgh Leader, in alluding
to hc'Dispatch's article, appropriately
says: h 'ii l.W le .'lIgig q
This is curious language We shall next be
told that virtue was the "hobby" Of Socrates,
the Bible, tho "hobby," Of the true Christian. To
call the love OF the Constitution Of bis country BY
a statesman, "hobby,"i is to say the most sar.
castle thing possible about the rest of our public
men. The implication Is that fidelity to the Con.
stituton, the highest law of the land is SO strange
and unusual an attribute of our politicians that
the man Is little eccentric who possesses It. II
Out with sneh philosophy. hy"hobby'' was
thy great glory, poor Andy. Would to heaven
that more Of thy contemporaries had posses scd
successors The country Is now and aver m - ,ass @
the war ha, soen suffering from lax Ob.eIyancs
back TO Its honest observance. II was, they say,
Ssoa 1rS'I . 81 Iv NV wa, to make the
Bu, that necessity has entailed a dreadful cost
is general revival Of Mr. Jos0'oa. sosbs TS SsSs
al among .s. the American people north and south,
to obey the provisions Of the Constitution that hat
maze US . nAu0n' n
~ ,A.''' '''N'o'o '"'' 'noso VINO
n0'' .no .oo'o'' views III respect 10 the
''''''''o,', Always Proc'a'm tncm,
'''' p".''o.S apoVc al others' ana
nCD' :, '"0 'oD'''' ior 'nc unioh' .Wsr
'"' '''U commenced, -" "eOeT ogore' Inc
- ''n ""V' Oeio'o 'no wal, proclaimed
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

IL Is pleasant extract and readily taken by
children. II has often savcd life when ply ysicians
had despaircd. Keep II In the house aud use q
In time. Allwe ash for u lea uial. Don't y,
your dealer put you of with something else. Bay
IT, Try u. Sold by Druggists and store Keep
ora through out this State. preparcd only BY
nANskLI. A BRO, 1000 Market ST., phila'
July II, rs. SIN.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-08-18

THE BEST STILL ON HAND

A few moro good horscs and sets Of harness
on hand, which | will soil at a saeriacc. Also,
several carriages and buggics, and road wagon,
as sel as some good spring wagons. am
bound % sell at some price. Call on or address
me at clearfield, Pa. JAMES l.. LRAvY.
Aut T. '74.3m