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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-02-06
AN r. HORROR,

On Tuesday, January 29th, the steam
ship Metropolis left the Philadelphia
wharf Tor Brazil, with 257 passengers
and a crew of twenty FIVE, together
with five hundred tons Of railroad iron,
ava eas ssapsSet heyrsl. ct a9gr X.
q Ir,'.'f~ -Gr
iohs, On the 3lst, the vessel cncoun.
tered an awful Southeastern gale, and
sometime in the afternoon Of that day,
was driven on the reefs ut Kitty
Hawk, on the coast Of North Carolina,
near siaere the III iatcd steamer Hu
ron was wrecked u short time ago.
The latest information is TO the effect
that about ono hall OF the passengers
and crew arc lost. The details Of this
awful disaster are Of the most horriiy.
ing character. When the vessel struck
the rocks, nearly one-half Of the pas
sengers were on deck, and n wave
Of the sea swept sixty overheard, II
large portion Of whom were washed ON
the shore and saved. Those who did
not swim on that wave went down, AMI
have since been spewed on shore dead.
The excitement in Philadelphia over
this disater is wonderful. This was
tho second vessel that had started from
that port recently for the Brazil mis-
sion, and the steamship, City OF Rich
mond, is billed to sail on the llth for
the mouth OF the Amazon. A number
Of those who have taken passage on
the City oil Richmond, had made ar
rangements to sail on the Metropolis,
but for various causes did not go.
Among the number was Mr.. Thomas
Collins, m the gentlemen well known
to many Of our people, who had char
tered the vessel.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-02-06
A COSTLY URUR y.

H
The Harrisburg correspondent Of the
philadelphia Record, tells a thing or
two in this way "The true inward.
ness of Governor Hartranfi's recon.
mendation 10 his message that the
Assessor hij I~randp,fed. u i.iag PisN.
is wanted for Mr.. VIM. b. Hart. the
defeated candidate for State Treas
urer. Should the Legislature not prove
tractable he will TALL back upon the
position of State Librarian. Under
existing law the State Treasurer and
Auditor General appoint Assessors
throughout the Commonwealth who
examine and make report upon the
banking institutions operating under
its laws. This assessment OF the banks
is performed once a year in u sort OF
loose and perfunctory way. The banks
fill up the blank forms that are fur.
nished them by the Assessors. These
reports are put on file, the Assessors
draw their salaries and the thing ia
over. And referring TO the Auditor
Generals report, Just published, ] find
that the cost of these bank assessors
to tho State for the last year was sl5,-
362 81, while the expenses of the en-.
tire Treasury Department, with the
salary of the Treasury and clerks and
the contingent expenses, were sl5,-
542.6l. The names OF the bank As.
SCISSORS tor your city are t. N. Pierce,
II. G. Selby, q. s. Greene, W. K.
Thompson and T. A. McDevitt. The
sum they divided among them was
s5,96i. These bank sssessorshlps are
much coveted by u certain class of pol.
iticians, az there is little or no labor
required. The Auditor General and
State Treasurer parcelled them out to
their personal friends. But as both
these offices are in the hands of the
Democrats, it has occurred to Cover
nor Hartranft that it would be a good
thing TO abolish them and create a
bank assessorship, the appointment of
which he can control. When Gov.
ernor H~artranft held the office OF Au
ditor General the idea OF relieving that
official of his small patronage and
transferring il to the Governor never
seems TO have occurred to him"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-02-06
TIE EASTERN WAR.

The conflict between Russia and
Turkey seems to have come TO II close
nearly as suddenly as II commenced.
An armisticc has been agreed upon,
and articles signed TO that effect by
both tho ~contcnding powers. All this
seems to have occurred without the
knowledge and consent OF the other
European powers, the heads of which
expected to participate in a treaty be.
tween belligorents, If not in open war.
fare. England and Austria now ieel
like fighting than eyer, but We
hope the bear and the turkey have ont.
witted the civilized portion of Europe
in their diplomacy, and will go on and
make n treaty of peace without invit.
ing either to the council boards Never
before wal such q rare opportunity
presented to the Russians and the
Turks to form an alliance against the
balance of Europe. They started a
war OF thor own which highly pleased
their neigbbors, who never dreamed
that they could settle IT without call
lag upon them, Now, let these two
powerful nations close out the war
and appropriate the Black Sea TO their
own use and beboof, and let England,
Germany and Austria growl as much
AS they rlcase, and show them that a
code Of war and diplomacy exists out,
side Of their dominlons as potent as
theirs.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-02-06

DEATH OF Mr.. MILLER.-We record
with profound sorrow the death Of
John Miller, Esq, Of Chester county,
which occurred IN Philadelphia on the
3lst ultimo. Mr.. Miller was widely
known as a public man. He never
held many offices, but was always re-
garded by the mass of the Democratic
party is q safe and ~sagacious leader.
His great executive ability was always
sought by those who were called u
organize the campaigns Of the party.
In 1874 he was made chairman of the
State committee and to his tact and
energy as an organizer the victory of
that year was IN great part due. He
had been rendered the appointment of
chief clerk of tho Treasury by the
State Treasurer-elect, Colonel Noyes,
and bad he lived would undoubtedly
have filed that position. The death
Of John Miller Is q sad loss To his par.
~ and TO the State.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-02-06
mAxlms FOR THE DAY.


No man worthy tho office Of President should
be willing to hold 1t II counted In. or placed there
by any fraud. "RANr;
could never have been reennolled 10 The ele-
walton by the smallest aid Of mine Of u person.
however respectable In private life, who must
forever carry upon his brow the stamp Of fraud
nrst triumphant in American history. No sub
rcqueni action. however meritorious, can wash
away the letters Of that record.
CnARLEs fR,sois AnAss.
Under the forms Of law, Rutherford u. Hayes
has been declared President OF the United States
His title rests upon Acknowledgement Of lawful
voters. the false certificates Of tho returning Off
GERS acting coruptly, aud the decision Of a COM
mission which has refused 10 bear evidence OF al
legged fraud, For the first tim o are Tho American
people con frontcd with the fact of fraudulently-
elected President. Let Il not be understood that
the fraud will be silently acquiosced in by the
country. Let no hour pass In which .bo usurPa-
ton Is forgotten.
ADDnEss or DEnocRAric M. Cis.
One hundred years Of human deTravity aecu-
muiated and concentrated into q climax Of crime.
Never aaain IN Eve hundred years shall they have
an opportunity TO repeat the wrong.
DASiEL W. NooRHKgs.
I would rather have the endorsement Of a quar-
ter Of a million of the American people than that
Of the Louisiana Returning Board, or Of the Com
mission ahich excluded the facts and decided
the question on a technicAlity.
Tnos. A. HEsDRIeKs.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-02-06
boLLAn oP THE DADpIHa.
CLEARyIrLD, Pa, Feb. 2, 1873.

A Coop FArHEk.-Mr. Speaker
Meyer--of our Lower House, has
adopted the Grant style. He has a
son posted on zach side OF himself.
One serves as Page at 81 per day, and
the other rs Clerk at 81 per day. The
Chiefclerk, we learn, removed Billiards.
son and appointed his own In his stead.
Billiards. father wac locked up in the
Delaware county prison for some
crookedncss, and alter the son was
dismissed, the House sent an officer
after the father. and brought him to
Harrisburg for tho purposc of lesrning
whether HE personal rights had not
been infringed upon in sending him to
jail, instead Of allowing him 10 20 to
Harrisburg and take his seat as a Leg.
islator. Billiard was introduced to hi-
brethren, drew $3.50 on account OF
salary, and pocketed 800 worth of
postage stamps and made his escape
from the Capitol and prison.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-02-06

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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-02-06

SUPERINTENDENT SALARY.-An Of.
fort is being made in the Legislature to
change the mode of fixing the salaries
of our Schoo. Superintendent. The
following is q copy of House u" N"ao'
which has passed second reading:
An act prescribing the mode o. hxing the ri.
aries Of county Supsrintendenti Of Common
schools, was read and agreed to tue fret time AZ
Section !. BE ii enacted by the Sen.
ate and House of Representatives Of
the Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority Of the same.
That the salary of each county Super.
intendent OF Common Schools elected
according to Inv in the year one thous.
and eight hundred and seventy eight,
and thereafter, shall be two dollars Tor
each school in his Jurisdiction at the
time of his election, and u dollar Tor
each square mile OF territory in his
county, to be paid out Of the general
fund appropriated to Common Schools /;
Provided. That the salary Of county
Superintendent shall IN no case be les-
than eight hundred dollars per annum
and in counties with over one hundred
schools, II shall not DO loss than one
thousand dollars And provided fur
Their, That conventions Of school direc-
tors, when assembled for the purpose
of electing a county Superintendent,
may vote him q salary greater than
the amount he would receive by this
act, such increase TO be in all Eases TAX
On from the school fund Of the county
thus voting.
SEC. 2. That so much Of section thir.
ty-nins, Of the act Of May eight, one
thousand eight hundred and ffty.four,
as requires that a convention of school
directors shall determine the compen-
sation of . county Superintendent, is
hereby repealed, except 10 far as pro-
vided for In this act.
There is no question, but that the
Legislature should settle this salary
question. That body has fixed the fees
and salary for all the other officers in
the Commonwealth, and why not set
tic this case, too,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-02-06

HnuMr PROCLAMATION.

wnsr'As, Hon. @. A. MAYER. President
ludre NJ the Court Of Common Pleas Of
thr rw~nty-hfb Judicial District, e"inpo.rd Of
the Counties ~ rleHrdeid. centre aud riiptsn-
hn' li"B AHHaN ten \ and Hon. viscgSr b.
llnlr, AHsociatr Judges Of CieHrheld county
have issued ihrir p'reepi. To me directed. for the
budding Of n C"urt III Common Pleas. Orphans'
uari, nouri a Qusricr S~,ssiois Couri 81 oyer
aud f-fminer, aud Court Of General Jail Dsliv-
r'y, THE cour ll"usr n rlerrbcld. in and for The
cupniy # clenrhrld. commencing IN the third
Monday. he IL h day oil March. ISIS.
shd t. r"htihu. ~ weeks.
NOTICE. Is, therefore, hereby given. to the
carunci, Justices OF the Peace, aud constables,
N and Ter -aiJ county VI Clesrheld. To- ar,,rar in
their proper persons, with their Records. Rolls,
lnguisitions, Examinations. and other Remem-
hrlaors, Ia do those things which 20 their Offices,
and In their behalf. pertain Ia be done.
ny an Act " Assembly, passed the sth day 0f
May, A. u. 1891, II Is made The duty Of the JUS
iiecs Of the Peace of The several counties Of this
Commonwealth. to return 10 the Clerk Of the
Court Of Quarter Sessions Of the respective
counties, all the rseognikanees entered into before
them By any person or pcrsons charged with the
comm ssinn Of any crime. except such cases as
may be ended before q Justice u The Peace, I'M
der existing laws. at least ten days before the
commencement Of the Session OF the Court TO
~hich ihsy are made rrfurnable respectively ,and
IN al cases where any reoDgniIanctf are entered
into lefs titan ten day. before the commencement
OF the session 10 which they are made retarna-
Me. the said Jnstires are H. return the same in
tho sane manner NJ il said act had not been
passed
"iVEN gndcr my hand At Cisarnrld. this 9th
day OF iehru ~. 10 tho year 4 sur Lord, one
thousand eight HUNDRED ani seventy eight
i-bG &c ANDkbM rbNTZ. Jr. shsrid.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-02-06

CANDIDATE Hoyr. - The Philadel
phia Times hurls this brick ut Colonel
Hoytl gColonel Hoyt conducts his
g%ubcrnatorial campaign at closer quar-
tiers than does Mr.. Grow. He has
been In Philadelphia for several days,
with headquarters at Guys, and his
lines have been carefully reviewed by
Senator Cameron, Mackey, Quay, Ru.
tan and such trained Field Marshals,
oil Of whom have been IN bis councils
in This city. Grow must call In his
outposts at Washington, New York
and Massachusetts, and 20 for dele
gates in Pennsylvania. u would pay
for him to get Mackey to give him a
few lessons in tho rudiments of con.
Quoting primaries. W. can vouch for
the competency Of the master &c Grow
can command his services"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-02-06
NEW orr.


We notice that Congressman Glover,
Of Missouri, has introduced u bill in the
House 10 amend the revised statutes
relative TO Investigations by Congress
siunal committees, 40 as Ia authorize
any member 10 administer oaihs to
wllnesses md provide FOR the immedi.
pear, also that 4 wit,iess TefIsiIg q
testify shall forthwith he placed IN the
custody OF the Sergeant At Arms, with
out waiting for the House to order his
arrest, and his contumacy shall. ny uoon
MS practicable, be reported TO the
HnSsy tnr It's action. The bill makes
u refusal 10 testify q contempt of the
authority Of either house, punishable
with not more than u thousand dol.
lars tine or imprisonment Of not more
than one year, or both, in the discre.
ton OF the House or Senate. II also re-
wives tho provision Of the act oi Jan
uary "a. 1857, cxcmpting from all pen
altics witnesses who may criminatc
themselves in tertilying before commit.
tees, aud forbids the discharge of wit
nesscs in the several departments Of
The government who may testify on
corning abuses, corruption, exlrava.
gnnce or unlawful or immoral acts, OPP
preston, exioriion or other official mls-
conduct within m year from tho time
OF tertilying, or without ut least six
months n0llcv OF such removal, mclud-
ing thirty days leave oi absence with
pay, aud the payment IN iull for ser.
vices rendered by such persons.
A penalty is provided for a violat n
of this prohibition. Committees are
empowered to impose secrecy Oh wit
nesses concerning tho nature Of their
testimony. Penailles are also imposed
on persons attempting to induce wit
nesses to refuse to appear or testify, or
otherwise consllre 10 prevent commit
tees from ascertaining facts. Witnesses
are exempted from arrest by any other
authority while coming, going or at
tending COMMITTEES. The bill abolishes
the responsibility Of contumaclons wit
nesses To any court, the punishment TO
bc Inflicted by that house OF whuse au
thOrity the witness il in contempt.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-02-06

TRuE ~ PRkApnlSq-A cotempora.
ry truthiully remarks: When IN the
South u Just deed is done or a gracious
word uttered hy Democrats whore Re
publioans are concerned, recognition "
the fact need not be expected in North
r Radical journals. Thus, though
we heard a great deal about intended
Democratic ouirages In II recent Sena.
torial election in South Carolina, there
has not yet been published any editori.
al admission that the Democratic Leg.
%islature seated the Republican candi-
date instantly, without the delay that
in ordinary oases would have interven.
ed. Nor do we believe that many Of
the Northern Republican papers will
have the fairness to reproduce such
words rs these iron the Augusta (Ga.)
ChrOnicie, speaking OF tho acquittal OF
ex Governor Bullock "Whcnthc Gov
ernor hed the State We had no desire
tn make him n political martyr. and for
that reason we never a " the wisdom
of bringing him to trial. Now. how
ever, that the trial has TAX n place, aud
that the verdict has been rendered, we
accept it, and we are in duty bound to
accept II US honorable men. We have
everything our own way politically Ia
Georgia We can afford not only TO
be just but to be magnan imous. 1t is
time that we should abandon all prose.
cutions growing out OF the Radical AL.
mlnistrtion. We can forgive and for.
get, aud march with confidence and
safety to reap tho rewards which come
no" good ~aorernment and onr avn
industry and enterprise" =
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-02-06

No DouDT OF 1.-THE Venango
Spectator volunteers thisremark: When
Mr.. Blame stood up in the Senate, the
other day with Gail Hamilton looking
down on him from the gallery, and
spoke OF the times when Maine and
Massachusetts, didn't stand shoulder to
shoulder, and ieel Wash-no, Madison's
great arm loan on them for support,
there wasn'ta Massachusetts nan with
in the sound Of bis voice who wouldn't
have planked down two dollars end n
half for tel minutes of Daniel Webster
on the floor OF that Senate.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-02-06

RADICAL ExoTrEMEsr.-The Phila.
delphia Times remarks: 1.-THE excite.
ment over the controversy between
Mr.. Macveagb and Ben Butler o few
months ago was as nothing compared
with the state Of anxiety into which
the country has been thrown by the
sanguinary kilograms OF Burke and
Chandler. The t~elcgraphic combat be.
tween Major Burke and Mr.. William
r. Chandler isn't likely 10 lead to any
general disruption Of the peace Of the
country, and 80 long as Burke keeps
at bis present distance from Chandler
he Is Asfe The proud son Of New
Hampshire Is no, q good long-range
shot"
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BLACK HILLs EL.rnASrs. "A Wash.
ington telegram says "a magnificent
pair Of fossil elephant jaw-bones has
just been received by the Smithsonian
Institution from the Black Hills. The
preservation of the specimen is unusu.
ally fine, being less broken than any
Others now in the collection and larger,
Tho Indications presented by this ami
NAL are that n now specics OF those
gigantic pachydcrmata peculiar to pre-
historic times has been discovered, and
pending this decision a lively time
among the psychologists may be antici.
patod," We hope this 10 20 Cardiff
Giant Job, played of on the smart PEG.
pie, In the Institute in question.
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GAnHAyraINo urur GoyrnNMrNr.,

VAIL IiAffh INC THE 10Y
AN exchange says; Gail Hamilton,
or as Mr. Mcdill Of tho Chicago 7r.b.
uRe calls her, Jim Blaine's sister in
law" has written some more OF her
iorcible letters, which have appeared
IN the Tribune during the past few days.
She entities them Tho Civil Service
Reform ofour Graadfathers n Review
r.AtS.n.r sSN4d1HR0~l
dental campaign We were no often ~
ierrcd to the purity Of the Adminirtra
lions IN thosc days, that we accepted
II as u matter OF fact. BY reading
these articles ones mind Ia freed some.
what from that impression, since they
DO not exhibit oar "GYaudeatAsySss y,
the light We have always c 9 them.
but show that public men in those days
had no hesitation whatever in securing
good places ut the public expense for
their friends, and IN several instances
had offices created Tor their benrit.
In AN editorial upon Senator Blaine'r
attack upon massachusetts, action in
the war of 1912. Mr.. Hunt ,fthc New.
urk Duty Advertiser says: ITO alltcr
ate, Blaine hliriered the Boston brah
minis, a class Of men who 20 moird
with their noses high IN the air and
gurty IN rhc,oric--a club of pciugo
CUES who have let the ports dccny aud
their commerce perish, aud their rail
roads-ownei el-ew here--suffrr 10 the
verge Of bankruptcy" ! am afraid
the B~ostonia,s won't appreciate that.