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Year: 1875

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but he was deprived Of that opportu-
nifty.


Judge Hall was not only lawyer
and Judge, but he was in other respects
man endowed with qualities fitted for
the statesman or publicist. Noman in
the history of this State has ever filled
higher positions. After he was called
to the bench he WAS made by the pee
pie member of the convention which
framed the present constitution of our
State. In the performance of this duty
he commanded universal respect, and
when 1t was concluded the Legislature
devolved upon him the duty of codi-
flying our laws.


This was work of peculiar difficult
ty. The laws of this State were then
in two large volumes and several small
ones and constituted mass which but
few understood. When he formed the
digest, he met the appreciation of the
people who were grateful in turn for
his ability. Soon after he was select
cd by the Legislature to form system
OF public schools, and he formed sys-
tenn which has never since been i'm.
proved upon, system of free educa-
tion and system in which Judge Hall
showed peculiar faculty. When we
look at these incidents in his long and
busy life, where can you point your
finger to a man in the history of this
State who has filed such important
positions. He was free from personal
bias and performed his duties coolly
and calmly, as good man. As q Judge,
no man who practiced uader him could
condemn the motive Of his decisions.
Year: 1875

rom lIlt hOtutsltt EADle-H.-


When the time comes for holding Republi-
can National ConVcntion-say the 1st of July,
1S1G-the deliberations Of that bedy will be OF
the greatest public interest, because its deter
limitations will be supposed to reflect the Will
of the people represented. If it does not do
just that, its proceedings will be of no possible
consequence-less important than the jambOEee
at Cincinnati in 1872. No man or clique can
capture a properly constituted National Con-
Vention. OF course it will be agitated by
cliques, stormed at by localities, vexed by
varying personal preferences, shaken by
jealousies; but the majority will be governed
by the great motives of public interest, and
the desire to carry the election worthily, for
the good Of the whole people, will be para
mount. This has been the controlling in
fuence in all Republican conventions hitherto,
and no ring of plundeTers, no combination of
interested office holders has been able to shape
the decision of the representative body from
which the successful nominations and the plat
form of principles have come. Now, what
sense is there in the persistent clamor of some
so-called Republican and Independent journals
about the third candidacy Of General Grant (:
Do they suppose the nomination can be dicta-
ted from Washington, or that a convention of
delegates, popularity chosen, can be compelled
to nominate a man whom the people do not
want ard will not vote for: If not, why not
submit the question as to the candidate first to
the people, and then to the convention, trus :
ing to the patriotism and intelligence of the
one and the honor and fidelity of the otherl
Why distract the party in advance, SOW dissen-
sion and ensure present defeats, which will dis
courage one party and give the other the ad-
vantage of general preliminary success?
Year: 1875

Mr.. VICE PRESIDENT WILSON is either
an exceedingly guileless individual, or he
has been grossly misrepresented. In a re-
cent interview he is reported to have dis
closed his desire that the Republican party
Shall retain control of the National Gov
ment, and belief that the people Of the
South-meaning the natives of that section
arc satisfied that negro suffrage shall re-
main unimpaired. In the first proposition
tie masses Of the people will heartily join
him. but in the second not a single man
who knows what Democracy is in the
North. as well as in the South, will place
any faith. With the exception of a few
meaningless and glittering generalities
served up to gull the credulOus, the Dem
Ocratic platforms, both State and National,
and every feature of Democratic legisla-
ton, have been in opposition to the exten-
sion or retention Of suffrage by the blacks.
Opposition to negro suffrage is, in fact, one
Of the cardinal principles Of the Democ-
acy. Its assaults on the Republican party
re based upon it. and next to its devotion
the State Rights fallacy it relies upon


lie prejudice of race to secure popular ia
ror. Mr. Wilson must know this. He
undoubtedly does know it, but his desire
TO he ranked as a great public conciliator
has blinded his judgment, and led him to
deceive the loyal people of the country,
while he attempts to win favor with the
so called Independents by deprecating the
policy of holding the Democrats to strict
accountability for acts of which every one
knows they have been guilty, and are will
ing and anxious to be guilty again.
Year: 1875

Immediately whipped round and asked to amend
their pIeaGings, and on leave granted they put in
a new claim to the privileges they were exercising
under a deed from one Patrick b Urn, who claimed
the property under O grant from the State o.
Maryland This issue raised the question of the
proper division line between the States of Mary
land and Virginia, and opened prospect of end
lees litigation, upon which the purchasers were
unwilling to embark. They accordingly ten
dered the property back to the Government and
asked to be relieved from the payment of the
purchase money.


Let me add in conclusion that the Judiciary
Committee of the House have twice careful y
examined this subject, and twice reported a bill
to relieve the purchasers, and bill for that pur-
pose has passed both the Senate and House, but
in GiffereLt Congresses, so that 1t has failed to
become law.


inclose a copy of the report of the Judiciary
Committee in the last Congress, which think
you will find sustains the statements Ihsve made.


Your obedient servant, CLINTON LLOYD.
Year: 1875

THE saddcst feature connected with the
recent mysterious disappearance Of 81, 900
fIom the cash-room of the Treasury De
pmtmcnt resides in the fact that many in
nocent persons employed in the Treas,
mCrs Office are Just now, necessarily and
naturally, the object OF unjust suspicion.
il is, in fact, one of those cases in which
every person directly interested is apt to be
subjected 10 suspicion Of guilt until he is
proved to be honest, or the real culprit is
discovered. The sympathy Of every fair
minded person will voluntarily be rendered
t. these gentlemen, and their exculpation
Will be hailed with feeling of gratifca-
Year: 1875

THE Shepherdstown Register has the
following deservedly complimentary allu-
sion to a gentleman who is well known
and widely respected in Washington;


''While at Martinsburg last Wednesday it was
orr pleasure to meet with Colonel Ward H..
Lamon, the gentleman who is so universally
81 oxen of throughout the State as the next
candidate for Governor of West Virginia. We
feel satisfied that Colonel LamOn would fill
tie Gubernatorial chair as well as any other
man in the state. He is a gentleman of large
experience and liberal views, and is well quail
frvd for the position in every particular"
Year: 1875

To the Editor orths National RsDHbtfeaH:


SIR: Whether or not the Republican party will
enominate Gen. Grant, it is now plain that,
wen in the event OF his declinatiOn and the
nomination Of another man, the Republicans
.TI he strong enough to give the opposition
Year: 1875

The Board OF Managers may dlstributa the
duties to be performed by them among their
own number as they may deem right and proper
The said board NAV engage the services of eaeh
employee and subordinates or either as they
may deem necessary and proper to carry ON the
business of the corporation, all Of whom shall
be known by such names AZ the Board OF Msna-
gers may assign to them or each of them and
al If whom shall hold their respective POSITIONS
during the plenSuro Of said board
Year: 1875

No dividend less than five per cent upon the
amount Of stock actually subscribed and taken
shall ever be made, a dividend not less than
herein above stated may be declared whenever
a majority of the whole number Of managers
may consider It for The interest Of the corpora
ton to do 50. but no dividend shall ever be de-
made equal to par. and in ascertsining the par
value Of the stock. the property Of the corpora
tion. real personal and mixed, shall be es-
tirnated 1T it's actual cash vaue and no more.
Year: 1875

The stock shall be transferred only on tha
books Of the corporation. and the said stock or
the price there9f, sought to be transferred, shall
what nature soever, whether exigbIe or not,
against any and every stoekhoider proposing to
sell transfer his stock the stock of each and
every stockholder shall stand pledged to the cor
poration for all demands claims as herenbe-
fore stated. which the corporation may have or
hold against each and every stakeholder. and the
substance of this article shall be written or
printed on tho face Of each Certificate Of stock.
Year: 1875

entered an order calling on all parties in
terested in the above to show cause on or
before the opening of the court on March
80, inst, why the compromise SO urged
should not be made in the terms set out
in MIR. Ferry's report.
Year: 1875

We now enter the field for
the fall and coming Winter
and are furnishing the bes-
paying and most easily worked
in the world. Our
agents have always been the
most successful, and we have
lately added ne y and exceed


ingiy taking inducements, re


quirlng only intelligence and
for any one, young
or old, of either sex, to make
really frst-class paying bust
Year: 1875

The Democratic papers keep the
name of A. r.. Wright standing al
the head of their columns and the
tail Of their ticket as n quaker gun,
and call him their candidate for
State Superintendent of public In
struction, although more than a
month ago he gave notice the honor
(9) was declined, and said that Alb
ernethy, the Republican nominee,
was the man for the place.
Year: 1875




SIR: IN your issue of to-day you say, in
an article entitled September Advertisements, I'VE CEN
sured the weltodo classes In the cities the other day
because they seized the first relaxing OF the monetary
presste TO indulge In imported luxurcs," &c desire
TO take issue with you this proposition In Its connec-
ton with the article of which forms part The Idea
upon which this proposition Is founded that In view
of the present condition Of affairs economy should be tho
rule for all classes As rule Of human conduct II
true that economy virtue that should be cultivated
But these are exceptional times. The difficulty now Is
not that money scarcc-for the banks full ofu-but
that it does circulate In flush times display by tho
rich is wrong the example thus set is certain TO
be followed by those OF smaller aad tho appetite
once whettcd soon outgrows the 10 supply 1t.
But the theories OF universal economy do not apply
when as now circumstances change The question now
ia not whether the diminished purse afford ts pos
SCISSOR this or that luxury, bt whether Il will furnish
what is actually necessary and the rich, instead Of
adding to weath-aready than adequate to their
greatest wans-by accumulation should scatter their
business whirling with fresh vigor. When the
poor that they cannot economze the rich must either
feed them In ideness provide work for them to earn
food Which shall they dot It Is not souphouses but
work the honest needs 1t Is not his example
that the small tradesnan and manufacturer ana tho
laborer for his daily bread In want or but the
use Of the rich mans money, which, once looscned from


its unproductye resting will pass around the circle
OF waiting hands, and with its increase return to him
precious with the blessings 1t has bestowed THIS Is true
imitation. JAMES MVS".oAEf'
| Eer- York, Sept %, 1875
Year: 1875

e but stun DO hfE Ss:,s s:s m as We
Ing Into City shops and stores The love Il health doe.
% s S. s SsS S
class Of laborers nation OF shopkeepers .tnat Is
he eSs na and


things as close as possible to the men who make them
the distributor is essentially honorable az any other
aborer he certainly and speaks Ill for our
are crowdng the distributing class apparently from
mistaken fancy that yardstick is the symbol OF
some higher dignity than an AK a hoe' hammer OF


The unreal character Of our faith in the dignity Of work
work is most painfully exemphed In the training or
every boy has definite object in View There has
been much improvement here within the last ten OF
twenty years. but in the wealthier classes Of society It is
still regarded highly questionable If not certainly ds.
graceful for woman 10 engage in any remunerave or
sefsupporting toll Fond mothers, little pnched In
their resources stammer and blush when they confess
that their daughters engaged In some regular ana
paid employment. They blush and stammer even more


painfully when this action Of their Daughters is
and Of what is Just +, and nGeat rg9 gadras
%c4F af 1ss Sead Pa ar charity IN DO nothing


to play the dyOtee as an attachment to some


able to read eaSads 10 o, hG5 ana Is
dgnifcd than to work for money 1or wonan "
ceiIeDt money" says About, "you make more moral
whoever handles YOU" There sound u run der ~ sr%t ~
MAE St TS MONEY ssln thai we good
slow we are to part with it, how much we wlsh 70 70
get foI It, To work for money disgrace III IL means
Of grace one of the appointed methods OF salvation
twentieth century will not come ere II ls s
culpabe and cruel for parent TO rear daughter WIFI
out constant reference to her ultimate selfsupport as IL
is now TO rear son in this haphazard way. such re.
form will do away with any amount OF ennu any amount
of misery aud hate of e VIII il not also 40 away with
more unhappy marriages than all the divorce courts ad
social freedom sulphurous specifics put together An
ounce of prevention is worth pound of cure Give her
q the fruit Of her hands and let her works praise her in
the gates" s,


"A workman that needeth not to be ashamed" , such
him with cheerful courage and with steady fahlulness
No matter what the work may be- so that II be morally
sweet and cean II cannot be 30 humble but that III the
light of principles it will transhgure the man WIN
celestial radiance Let us, then have no more OF these
invdious comparisons. Let respect and honor every
workman who, in the measure OF lis ability Is adln8
something to the worlds great stock OF use " VIII
make man. the Scriptures say more precious Gus % .naa
the gold of Ophr" Man is the finest product the most
potent use of ALL To contribute most TO the protecton
of such product the creation Of such use Is TO be most
useful. lie is q workman least OF all neodlng 10 We
ashamed who does his best, either in the way OF self
culture of fellow service to make TINS nest prooue
,nnr ain iIut
Year: 1875

IdE bEECuEn 1hlhL'
Is it possible to watch the strangenets, the
improbability and the numberless complications
of the Beecher case2 Volumes have been writ |
ten about. it-whole libraries rather-yet it is as
fascinating in its uncertainty ever. 1t is USE
less for novebsts to tell the public to drop the
theme, that.ts discussion can do no good it di-
vides attention to-day with the exciting events
transpiring in Louisiana and people might as
well be told to drop one subject as the other.
Now that the long deferred trial has been fairly
begun readers who fancied they were sick of
the Brooklyn Scandal begin, spite of them
selves to feel their interest revive. 1t is a
cause unparalleled in law, and why should it not
excite interest? 1t concerns some of the weigh
tiest social principles and the central figure is
one of the most prominent of our atter-day no.
liabilities the interest felt ia thus everyway to
be understood


If the same could but be said of the case it
self And the most unsatisfactory thought of
all is that this trial will settle nothing There is
no evidence which the public has not already in
its possession and all that the lawyers can dc is
to simplify that evidence, though they may quite
possibly mystify it yet further. There is n for
lorn feeling upon all who are about to set them
selves to the work Of following the trial that the
result will leave them no nearer the truth than
they now are that the jury will disagree and
the world be left then as before unable to make
up its mind wholly as regards the justice of the
claims of the various parties. But the strange
ness of the situation grows no less notwith-
standing this conviction is general. We see Mr..
Beecher with these terrible accusations hanging
over him sustained by his church and at SUCCESS
ful in his ministrations as ever. We see the an
nual sale of Plymouth pews, held after the trial
of the Pastor had commenced, netting a larger
sum of money than ever before. We hear Mr..
Beecher declaring from his pulpit that he will be
standing there year from now, and will doubt
less hear Of his Lecture Room talk this
evening and of his sermon on next Sunday being
delivered just as though we were all dwelling in
Already and such things as crime or slander were
unknown On the other side we see Tilton af-
ter his principal witness has been markedly dis
proved and dishonored, bearing himself as def
antly as ever sparing no energy in the effort to
destroy the great preacher, and knowing that if
lie fails he himself must go under socially, with
out hope of resurrection. These things are all
passing strange, but the strangest of all is the
reflection that there must be villany somewhere,
yet that, virtually, from the mpossbiity of form
ing judgment, all parties, innocent and guilty,
are regarded alike. If Mr. Beecher has been all
this time maligned who can measure tile outrag e
put upon him. And 80 of Mr. Tilton. One must
be right, the other wrong. Yet we treat them in
our thoughts practically the same. Who is the
tdipus who shall solve us the riddle Mr.
Evarts, or Mr.. Beach, or the twelve good men and
true Possibly, but as yet very few people be
lieve it.
Year: 1875

The subject of the basin was finally set
tied, last evening The original plan of Mr..
Graeff and the old Water Committee was cut
down to one-half its size, which will relieve the
city of considerable expense, while the reduced
size of the basin will be sufficiently ample to pro-
vide an abundant supply of water for many years
to come. Or if it should be found out after the
work is completed that Mr.. Morris is mistaken in
his calculations, then the work can be finished
in accordance with the original plan. BY that
time the present stress of circumstances will
have passed away, and the city will be better
able, with an economical administration, to nm
dertake 80 vast an Improvement
Year: 1875

The following suits our theory land prac-
tice) to a fraction:


All this talk about early rising is moon
shine. The habit of turning out Of bed in
the middle of the night suits some people;
let them enjoy it. But it is only folly to lay
down a general rule upon the subject. Some
men are fit for nothing all day after they
have risen early every morning, Their en-
ergies are dcadencd, their imaginations are
heavy, their spirits are depressed, 1t is said
you can work so well in the morning. Some
people can, but others can work best at
night; others again in the afternoon. Long
trial and experiment form the only conclu-
siye tests upon these points.


As for getting up early because Professor
Cannon has written letters to the papers
proving the necessity Of it, let no one be
goose enough to do it, We all know the
model man, aged eighty 81 invariably arise
at five; | work three hours, take a light
breakiast-namely, a cracker and pinch of
salt; work five hours more; never smoke,
never drink anything but barley-water, eat
no dinner and so to bed at six in the eve
ming"


If anybody finds that that donkeyfed sort
of life suits him, by all means let him con-
tinue it. But few people would care to live
to eighty on these terms, If man cannot
get all withered and crumpled up on easier
conditions than those, it is almost as well
that he should depart before he is a nui-
sance to himself and bore to everybody
else, School boys and young people gener-
ally, ought to get up early, for it is found
that nine-tenths of them can stand it, and il
does them good. But let no one torture
himself with the thought that he could have
been twice as good man as he is if he had
risen every morning at daylight, The habit
would kill half of us in less than five years
-
Year: 1875

THE PRINTING OFFICE.-The printing
Office has indeed proved better college to
many boy, has graduated more useful and
conspicuous members of society, has brought
more intellect out and turned it into practi.
cal, useful channels, awakened more minds
generated more active and elevated thoughts,
than many Of the literary collegs of the
country. A boy who commences in such "A
school as the printing Office will have his
talents and ideas brought out and if he is
a careful observer rexperience in his profession
will contribute more toward an education
that can be obtained in almost any other
manner,
Year: 1875

STARING DEATH IN THE FACE.-The
Scranton Republican of Friday has the
following: s'The passengers on a train
on the Lehigh and Susquehanna road
yesterday were startled by the thrilling
situation Of young woman upon the
track, little way from the Pittston
Station. It appears that she was walk
ing along the road, and by some mishap
had her foot caught between two rails.
This, in the presence of an approaching
train, made her p osition most alarming.
She grew white with terror, pulled at
her foot with all her might, and struggl-
el to free herself from what seemed to
be q fearful fate. At length, as the
train approached nearer, she managed,
| BIZ superhuman effort, to tear her foot
away from between the fatal rails, leav-
| ing the shoe that had been omit behind, and


fastening away ID sheer exhaustion from
| the spot. We could not learn her name,


but those who witnessed the incident
Will long remember that wonan's agony


as she seemed to stare death IN the
| face"
Year: 1875

From the York penn Democrat.l


Not long since two York men visited
Kansas. They stopped at hotel one
forenoon, and after dinner one of them
walked down to the barber's shop to be
shaved. TIE shop WAS shut, the barber
ha virg gone off to take his after dinner
nap. Then theYork man walked back
TO ms landlord and said, ''With your
mag --icent country, which IS the gar
den OF the world, you ought to be most the
prosperous people ON earth. That you
are not is due to the fact that you don't
attend to business. You don't look out
for coppers Here's yo1lr barber now,
shut up aud gone when he might have
earned ten cents by shaving me. Now
he don't get it, for I'm going to shave
myself, and save my cents. [ have a
razor in my yaiise, and if you will show
me a-nirror, [ will shave myself" The
landlord said the barber was q shiftless,
cuss, who, like most Western men,
couldn't compare with Pennsylvanians
for attention to business, and patience
in scooping in the dimes; but he hoped
they would all improve in time, and
then he showed our friend into o room
where he found q good-sized mirror. and
shaved himself. Soon after, he joined
his eomprnion and congratulated himself
on the success he had in saving ten cents,
and teaching Western men fnanciering.
After tea the pair paid their bills and
went to the depot to take the train. On
their way the man who hadn't shaved
said, ''Pretty reasonable house, that;
only dollar for dinner and supper"
ssOnly a dollar !" said the other, "why
I paid dollar and half" and little
further explanation showed that he had
been charged fifty per cent more than
his companion. So back he went and
demanded of the landlord an explana
ton, and got it in these words: "The
fifty cents extra is for the use of O room.
You don't suppose we can have our
rooms turned into barber shops for
nothing, do yop?" and the man who
shaved himself went to the depot sad
der if not better man. He doesn't
brag much of his return to York and it
will be some time before he attempts to
give another Western man lesson in
hnanciering.