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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

"A SAD lNDIcATloS-"Next year the
negroes will be without q single rep
resentative in Congress, sadly mur-
murs the Pittsburg Leader. True, too
true. Out of hundred and thirty
representatives and thirty-two Sena.
tors-all Rcpublicans--thc negroes,
who constitute fifth of the voting
power of the party, are denied 3 soil.
tary place. And yet, TO hear their ora.
tory, or read their platforms, one would
think that the Republican party was
created and existed only for the ben
eft of the colored man. Why this dis
crepancyY
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

soLID.--The Washington Post of the
18th remarked; "For number ol
days the Republicans have been mass.
ing their forces to make dash upon
the Democratic line in the House, and
yesterday, as soon as the veto message
was read, attempted 1t. The result
was not encouraging. The Democratic
majority stood as firm as a Macedonian
nhnlanxn
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

The MAN ON HoRsEBAcK.-Grant
will run no better in 1880 than he was
able to make run IN 1876. In 1876
Grant held tho purse and sword, and
his President of the Senate held the
count, but in 1880 weak President
holds but the shadow of sword and a
very empty purse, and the occupation
OF the returning board is gone. Mobile
Re1iSfer.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

MARRIAGE LAws.-ln the United
States Circuit Court, at Richmond, Va,
on Wednesday, Judge Hughes refused
the writ of habeas corpus in the case
of Kinney and his wife, confined in the
Penitentiary for violation of the law
prohibiting the intcrmarriage of the
white and colored people. The judge
decided that the United States Courts
have no Jurisdiction over questions of
marriage that the marriage laws are
under the control of each State, un'
affected by any provision of the Con
stitution Of the United States that
admitting marriage to be q contract
the privilege Of enforcing it extends
only to lawful marriages, and that I'll
q citizen of Virginia went to the Dis
trict of Columbia or to the Territory
OF Utah, and was there married in &C,
coyda ma .s;,h .ha iee~i i~.-- t--~svli
sorts to Virginia and expect to subor
dinate her laws of marriages to the
other jurisdiction"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

FREp Ksows.-That exclusively
smart negro, Fred. Douglass said in
his Staunton, Va, lecture the other
night at is a mistake for the
negro to move North one of the most
unfortunate predicamonts that can bc
Imagined is negro in a snow bank /;
u don't look right--the colors don't
olcnd tremendously.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

They SrIcK.-It now looks as though
the members OF our Legislature would
remain together, joking with each other
until the Fourth of July. The Senate
passed resolution, fixing May Goth
as adjournment day but whom the
resolution was sent to the House IL
was amended by substituting June
18th, and there It hangs. The vote
stood SO to 32.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

The SrALwARTs' BLuSDER.-The
Boston Globe says; 1t was a mistake,
and fatal one, on the part OF the Re
publican managers, to permit this issue
to be made so definitely. For on no
occasion when 1t has been brought
into politics for peaceable settlement
by the people has the fundamental
American idea of local selfgovern-
ment failed to carry the day. This
idea is essential to our system. With
out it the American Republic would
soon sink into the rank of despotism
to which it was almost reduced under
the bayonet rule of the Grant admin.
stration.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21
DEFEAT or AN ARsURD BlLL.


A few days ago there was on the
calendar Of the Harrisburg House OF
Representatives II bill imposing n fine
Of five thousand dollars, or an impris
onnent OF not less than five years, on
any employer of labor compelling any
person to work more than eight hours
a day. This utterly absurd thing had
passed second reading, but whom il or
a similar bill came up again the other
day it was in the very much modified
form of a fine of one hundred dollars
or an Imprisonment Of thirty days.
Even in the very much mitigated
snape isEas rather too much for the
House, and it was postponed indefi.
nitely by decisive vote. or course
IL had been put forward under the
pretence of benefting working people,
but il would have required very little
thought among the intelligent work
ing men to enable them to see that
such law is incapable OF equitable
execution, and must have been cause
of embarrassment to them. A very
largo proportion OF the work done in
these days must, from its nature, be
done as "pece work." another large
proportion depends upon the seasons
and the weather, and advantage must
be taken OF the favorable time for do
ing it, still another, and much the
larger proportion of any, is done under
agreement by the hour; and yet an
other proportion is done by the lumT
J Job All these would have TO be count
} cd out from the operation Of the bill
making it extremely partial and in
equitable in its operation. And then
} if the design of the bill was to MAKE
eight hours work the equivalent OF tel
: hours in the matter of pay, that woul'
) fail for two reasons: First, all new
. contracts engagements would be base'
. on the lesser amount OF labor to b
! performed, or else they would be mad
!. TO run by the week Of sixty hours.
8 Real working men themselves-"rea
/. working men" in contradiction TO th
e noisy demagogucs who use their nam
+: and assume TO speak for them-ur
/ derstand this right well. They kno'
+ that such n system cannot he made I
: work out its pretended purpose.
The shallow legislators whotry thei
G hands at such w.making might a
:. we'll attempt to legislate upon tn
b northeast wind or enact that it sha
...l Lat ft.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21


VETo NUMBER Two.-Hayes' veto
of the bill prohibiting military inter.
ference at the polls was sustained in
the House today. The usual question
was put; "Shall the bill pass, the Pres
ident's objections to the contrary not
withstanding!" The veto was 1877 in
the Affirmative to 81 in the negative,
not the necessary two.thirds requisite
to pass the bill. 1t was, of course, a
strict party veto, with the exception
Of the Greenbackers. De La Matyr,
Ford, Gillette, Jones, Ladd, Lowe,
Murch, Stevenson, Weaver and Yocum
voted with tho Democrats, and Bar
low, Forsyth and Russell, of North
Carolina, with tho Radicals
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

A BAD ExoDus.-Thc negro exodus
is reported to be dying out. Any
crowd of discontented blacks can find
Moses, but there are no Egyptians
innocent enough 10 lend them gold and
silver, nor any mama and poultry Ia
be picked up en- route, except by risk.
ing sojourn in county iails.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

NAuTiON.--All persons are hereby warned
" against purchasing or iE any way neddlnE
with the following property now In the possession
Of Patrick Wadron and his wife, Of Decatur twp !.
via Three bed tteads and the bedding, one cook
stove, one heating stove, six common, and two
rocking chairs, three tables, two bureaus on CUP
board, one clock, two cows aud two calves. The
foregoing property was purchased by me at pri-
vate sale on the sth day Of May, and Ia allowed
70 remain 10 the possession of said waldron aud
his wife on loan only, subject to my order at any
nme. 49,, ELLEN LYONS,
0scocla Mills, May iith, is79-3te
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

The Legislator who votes for a tax
on coal and votes against tax on oil
is either fool or knavc or, he sup.
poses that his constituents are such.
When II Is notorious that we must
have more revenue, why not tax the
natural products Of the State and let
the poor mans COW go frecY
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21
COMMERCIAL SHORTCUTS.


For more than six thousand years
has the commercial world ycarned tor
short.c routes for trade--instead OF
doubling Capes Horn and Good Hope
The excavation OF the Suez canal has
cut of the Good Hope route, and ca
nal across the lsthmus Of Darien VIII
ignore the Cape Horn route and its
danger. The Philadelphia Record, in
alludine TO this commercial lookout,
says: "The proposed Darien ship ca
nal will prove more expensive un-
dertaking than was the Suez canal,
but its benefits TO the commerce of the
world would be quite as great. Since
1869 our government has surveyed ten
routes, varying in length from one
hundred and eighty miles to forty-fve
miles. The Tehuantepec route is one
hundred and twenty miles long, but
requires heavy tunnel work, and its
harbors would be poor BY the Hon
duras route, ninety.three miles long,
good harbors would be secured, but
the mountains interpose barrier
which could only be passed at great
expense. The shortest route is that
following the Panama railroad. Lieu
tenant Wyse, Of the French Navy, ad-
vocates route along the valley of the
Tuyra river to the gulf OF San Miguel
and he is confident the Columbian
Government would grant valuable
: subsidy should it be selected. The
: : route which fnds most favor in thi
= country, however, is that via Lak'
Nicaragua. The report OF Comman
+ der Tull TO our Government show
. that the total distance from sea to SCI
by this line would be one hundred am
: eighty miles. OF this, sixty-one mile
!. would have to be excavated for ca
nal, sixty three miles would be slacl
It water, and fifty.six miles would b
Of lake navigation, The cost woul
g probably reach one hundred millio
'g dollars, although half that sum ha
y been considered fair estimate. Th
estimated expense of the Suez cant
was thirty-six million dollars, and il
cost was nearly ninety million dollar
Fewer obstacles would be encountere
on the Nicaragua route than an
: other, and it will probably be the OF
o. selected. The climate is much MOI
10 salubrious than that of the lower po
ton of Isthmus. Whatever course
decided upon, it viii take ten or fifte'
lis years to complete the work. M.
It's Lesseps, the engineer of the sucz c
n nal, says one hundred million dollar
or more, can easily be raised amor
the nations interested whenever
he route is determined upon"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

SARCASM MIXED WITH TRurn. The
Cincinnati Enquirer remarks "Tbe
Pennsylvania Legislature is so COR
rupt that a rotten egg smashed against
the Speakers desk smells like bank
Of violcts." We are glad there are
not enough Democrats TO give that
body some respectability and the con-
duct of it's mcmbcrshipa higher moral
tone so as to be in harmony with the
great majority of the people Of the
State.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21
SAPPING THE FOUNDATION
OF THE REPUBLIC

From appearances VIC asa nation are
slowly but imporceptibly drifting in
the direction which proved fatal to the
stability of Republics that have passed
away. This drifting is treated lightly
by the people from the fact that the
drift ia not violent but moves insidl..
ously. The time was during the Van
Buren, administration made the sugges-
ton made by one Of the ministers to
increase the standing army, startled
the nation and proved fatal to that
Presidents reelection. But times have
changed the familiarity with bayonet
rule has bunted the spirit of the peo'
pie. This is seen in the general accep'
tance by great party of the Third
Term suggestion. At first, it was
secuted by many leading members of
that party and irowned on by the rank
and file But skilful, cunning political
managers, who anticipate pelf and
power and place if the movement sue
ceeds, have adroitly allayed most oil
the opposition, and the conservative
tradition ofTwo Terms has given way
before the cry that "the party needs
soldier as chief magistrate to save tht
Government And should this Thirc
Term succeed, Fourth Term will b'
demanded, aud then permanent
Presidency. And as another move il
this direction of a consolidated Empir'
comes the impudent demand of Heye
that he as President must hold th'
sword overthe head Of tho voter at th
polls. All this tends in one direction
centralized power, which once accom-
plished, means monarchy. Reader
think Democratic and Republican vote
think Remember thatitis by such slo'
! and insidious processes Republics hav
= been in the past undermined and de'
!. troyed, and ours win follow also unles
t resistance is made to such Innovation
t as we have described and restoratio
D is demanded to first principles.-Da'
rile iatelHqenca.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

The FIrcH-SHERMAN JEWEL. An
exchange states that Lieutenant Fitch,
who five years ago married Miss Min
ME Sherman, is now n successful mer.
chant in 81. Louis. The diamond
necklace presented Mrs Fitch by the
Khediyc of Egypt, and the most valu-
able article ofjewelry ever brought to
this country, is still locked up in the
United States Treasury at New York.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

A BLuSDEa.-The Legislature hav-
ing refused to pass bill taxing oil for
the purpose of rcplenishing the bank.
rupt State Treasury, should now, for
the sake of consistency, repeal tho Act
taxing coal. II the ono should be OK.
empt 80 should the other
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21
CENTRAL
State Normal School.
Eighth Normal School District
Lock Haven, Clinton Co., Pa.
A. ". RA UB, A. A., Principal.

4
This School as at present constituted, offers the
very best facilities for Professional and Classical
learning.
Buildings spacious, inviting and eommodious;
completely heated by steam, well ventilated and
furnished with a bouutiful supply Of pure water,
soft sprirg water.
Location healthful and easy Of access.
Surrounding scenery unsurpassed.
Teachers experienced, efficient, and alive to
their work.
Discipline, firm but kind, uniform and thorough.
Expenses moderate.
Fly cents week deduction TO tho preparing
10 teach.
Students admitted any time.
Courses Of study prescribed BY the State; |.
Model School. II. Preparatory. iii. Elemen-
tary. ". Scientific
ADJUScr COURSE;
/. Academic. III. Commercial. III. Music.
". Art.
The Elementary and Scientific course are Pro-
fessionai and students graduating therein receive
State Diplomas, comforting the following cores
pondins degrees Master Of the Sciences. Grad
yates in the other courses receive Normal Certii-
Gates Of their attainments signed by the Faculty.
The Professional courses are liberal. and are
in thoroughness not inferior to those Of our best
colleges.
The State requires a higher order OF citizen
ship. The times demand IL. 1t is enc Of the
prime objects Of this school to help to II by
furnishing intelligent and efficient teachers for
her schools. To this end It solieits young per-
sons Of good abilities and good purposes-those
who desire to improve their time aud their tai
ents, as students. To all such 1t promises aid In
developing their powers and abundant opportu.
mites Tor we'll paid labor after leaving school
For catalogue and terms address tho Principal
S. D. BALL,
President Board Of Trustees.
T. G. HIPPLK,
Secretary.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES;
Clinton sounty.--S. D. Ball. I. c. Nipple, DR..
]. II. Barton, A. IL. Best. Jacob Brown, Wilson
Kiser, A. N. Raub. W. W. Rankin, r. -. Cook,
Samuel Christ, @. KNITTING, S. NJ. Biekford, II. L.
niar--l--a a q H.y--, Q. n fcaie.
Centre-Ex- Gov. A q. Curtin.
Clearhed-Ex- Gov. WIN. Bigl .r.
Elk Charles R. Farley.
Lock Haven, Feb. 20. '19-ly
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

Now AND TnEs.-In 1866, Morton
McMicbacl, then Mayor of the city Of
Philadelphia, fed the city like fclon
seeking to escape the just sins of the
law, to avoid officially receiving An
drew johnson, President Of the United
States, In 1879, William A. Wheeler,
Vice President Of the United States,
left Washington--for what9 To avoid
presiding over a Democratic Senate {?
Ye gods what thought
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

Tux OTHER PATTERSON. III.
nance Committee of the Senate is au.
thority for the statement that there is
deficiency of $4,000 in the accounts
Of the late Superintendent Of Public
Buildings and Grounds, Mr.. Patterson.
Another explanation from Speaker
Long Is now in order.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

The Pittsburg riot bribery investi-
CATION makes some of the members of
the Legislature look spring
flower.like, What posies some OF
the Harrisburg Statesmen are
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

Mr. Hayes takes occasion in bis in.
solent message to twice assure Con.
gress that he does not intend to use
the army at the polls. A Democratic
Congress does not intend that you
shall, Your Frauduloncy. And in or
der to make assurance doubly sure, it
has determined to yoke every dollar
that it appropriates to a declaration
that you shall not, Your Accidcncy.--
WASHINGTON Post.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

Now let us have the old army bill
brought forward in the House 10Th a
restriction attached to erery clause that
not one dollar therein appropriated
shall be used to transport any portion
of the army or navy to any place
whore elections are being held or to
be held. Then let Mr.. Hayes veto that
ifho dares. Exchange. Exactly That
is the dose that should be administer.
ed TO his Fraudulency and his confed.
crate towards.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

WELL DoSE.-This note of warning
rs sounded by the Atlanta Constitution
at is meant that John Sherman should
nurse his bloom carefully. There is
no telling at what moment Liza Pink.
ston may appear upon the scene with
her back hair down" and inject anoth-
or letter into him. Liza is great on
debating letters.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

NAUTlON.--All persons are hereby warned
~ against purchasing or in any way meddling
with the following property now in the possession
OF Thomas Grant, Of Karthaus township, viz z
scres Of wheat one acre Of rye, and all the wheat
rye oats, and corn that will be raised on he farm
within two years, and half the fruit The foiero-
ing property was purchased by me at private sale,
and is allowed to remain In the possession of said
Thos. Grant on loan only, subject TO my order at
any time. AUGUST BBAs.
Leconte's Mills, May llth, ls79-st
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21


REBELLION CROPPING OUr.-As the
Southern "man and brother" refuses
tovote "solid" for the Republican party,
and The Democrats in Congress are
trying to wipe out such unconstitu.
tional legislation as was intended To
give Republicans the control of elec.
tions and the control Of juries, they
now threaten another rebellion. The
Lewistown Gasette,,saysso so, and evident.
ly favors rebellion" It says
There is no doubt the President will veto the
iniquiious bill get up by the Confederate caucus
with view Of crippling the Government. All
the signs point 10 the fact that we are In times
similar 10 ls60-l--hrst weaken the government. 1.
next destroy It's credit and then another rebel.
iion. That's about the way things begin to look
As the Democrats have no idea of
rebelling and do not pretend to rebel
against anything, the Gazette ofcourse
must mean that the Republicans in
tend TO rebel. Well, lot us see them
do it. Lewistown would be a good
place TO begin Selinsqrope Times.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

RqJtsman's journal please copy.

Nor so Sow.--For many years New
England furnished the Radical com.
mittees in the Senate and the
House with leaders. That pow.
er has gone West, and is now
welded by two Michiganders--Zach
Chandler in the Senate, and Conger in
the House, are the levers that now
operate Radicalism at Washington.
The States of Massachusetts,, Connec-
ticut, etc, play second fiddle to Michi-
QaD
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

THE PLACE FOR TaAMPs.-Califor-
MIA having adopted Communist Con-
stitution, the Baltimore Gazette sug
costs "when tramp calls on you
this Summer give him crust of bread
A copy of the new California Constitu
words, Go West.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

The American who advocates the
right of the Army to hold elections,
should emigrate to Russia, where a
ukasc from the Gar makes and I'M
makes man.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21
AN IMPORTANT ASSEMBLY.

Il II q
The General Assembly OF tho Pres
bytcrIan Church of the United States {
Is now in session at Saratoga, New
York, and is worthy OF secular con {
as II is the supreme Judicial
body OF one OF the most powerful re-
ligious sects Of the country. ltwlll not
only bo composed Of representatives I
of the Presbyteries OF this country but
of many other countries Ibere are
present about six hundred delegates
representing all the Prcsbyteries oi that
ecclesiastical denomination throughout
the world. II consists oi thlrty'seven
synods, one OF which embraces CANA
and Japan, and another indla' III
represents one hundred ana seventy
eight Presbyterles, ono OF which Is IN
Africa, one in South America, one IN
Persia, five in India, five IN emma ana
one IN Japan. II has upon i's rol,
4,9Ol ministers, S3l iicehtiales' anu
636 candidates for the ministry anu
5,269 churches 1t embraces ooo, 500
communicates and a Saooath school
membership oio9s,SsZ' Lase year lls
various churches received oS,voo mem
bers, and the money faiSeu ior cor
gregational ana benevolent oolcc'S
amounted to the large sum oil so,zoh'
boO. The assembly Is composvu 0, vi
equal number OF teaching ana rniihg
elders, who are elected oy .he several ,a
Iresbyteries throughout 'nc wor'u
Each Presbytery, consisting oi hoe
more than twenty'iour ministers 10
allowed 10 send one minister anu ono
ruling elder. Each prespytery con
sisting OF more than twenty-iour 'hln'
listers is entitled TO senu TWO ministers
and two elders, and IN ilke pioportion
for every twenty'iour ministers III any
} Presbytery. Thls arrangement mas
been critlclseu on account u 'no l".So
representations wnlch " gives W 'u9
Assembly, rendering IL un",e'uy auu
cumDrons ana u scneinc ior lls ,euao' .ii',
, tion will be one oil the important topics
+ discussed during tne current SESSION, y.
: i9 ! n9 suSJIo. "a " Ssaaa, hlr M viii he !.
. 99nsluereu na ~ ehoroh ehU worl, most effi.
nov cai' .no hon poand Of phil
oi.n.y' .n'V ,Ie a;ssar;no,;on Of rel;g.
sas,u, eSn n, ,. ~ @ H. can sha throngb
,vus vs.ai i,'eiaiupo p.i % ~ pei;oc ra,;ave ,5e
~ s.,; 's'.i '"' a s,,o,.onno,ad ~ or bonor.
. "eIo'9,''ss s,'' os ,ho chprcb
AMY rotiieu hhhiSesi' W
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21
SALE OF TIMBER.

The Pine aud White Oak timber on Warrants
561o, ,567l and 1895, and middle one third Of 5672.
viii be offered at public sale at ~ ocloc k, D. IN on
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9th, 1879,
at Penheld, cearaeld county, Pa. Sufficient
security required. Terms Of payment easy. Con.
ditions made known on day Of sale. This land
has been mostly cut over for logs by Ardell and
others. The remainder will be cut over ia a simi.
lar manner. Possession given Immediately on ali
that Is logged over, aud Of the balance in a
reasonable time For further particulars inquire Of
Of the subscriber at Pcnheld
May u, 7s6t L. BIRD, Agent.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-05-21

Nor AMER1cAN.-Thc Indianapolis
Necs says; "Bayonets and ballots
is bad mixture. 1t may be Russian
but it isn't American"