unlnirj) fliiuriran. H. S. JKASSER, . ILVERT. i Ed 'tors. SUXBUKY, OCTOBEP. 1G, 1874. Republican State Ticket. i on LIEUTENANT f;OYEI:NOH, AKTIU'R G. OLMSTEAD, of Pottn Co. you ai ditou ;eni:kai., 1 1 ABBI SON ALLEN, of Warruti County. run SECRETARY OF INTERNAL All'AIKS PiOBKKT B. BEAT I, of Schuylkill Co. TOR JCIXiE OK THE SUlTiEME COURT, EMVABI) M. FAXSONof Philnilvljihia. t oll CONGRK-, JIOX..10IIX B. PACKER, of Sirulntry. ! Republican County Ticket. I i'Oli ASsEMHLY, JOIIX 1. PARKER, of McEwatisviile. DR. ,nSE J. JOIIX, of Shamokin. FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ..EX. JNO. K. CLEMENT, of Sunbury. FOR COMMISIONKR, AMOS VAST1XE, of fsliamokia vv.p. FOR Al'DITOR, B.C. IUXKMAX. of Lt-wis. FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR, DAVID ROCKEFELLER, of Sunbury. ItKrcKLieAM nnj..(iti; i'oMiTTi:r.. Tlf following ; 1-n.uiw uu.e ben h) pointed t V:j;:l:':iif 'i.ninil!le- 111 Ilflmut f. '.K'Il ilwtrietM l' 11 1- Ill'l'lllllK'.iU 'ouuty tnini.fiN. : IH-Iarv Joeti W. liuliivt. Aiihw Muni ltl J. A. H:u. l.rwv 1. H. L..-!o, 11. L. M'-ulf'-iner; i.l S. II. Sey- I :!rhuti 'Mr I j)m W. i;liii..i. . Silmm (-' nl 1imj1 :..i .-.vi;iJ-a ilnl v S. Tru :eTinlli-r ainl ....... . - I lu id tlmil.l, Jr. I 1 in aa Jehn lu ni. Mam Hut.i.-i : tl.tf i.ii !:llon. X. W. rapt. I lll.tf, I. P.. Kuuoiii.ll nu.i W. i k. v..tmu. J ..iiitou, r. W. P. K. liufk. l)r. '-a.iti. II. Drnqr il ini'l i nr. w. u. sinker. ; .i.mMin.MH MfSt-5:, A.in. .Mi.n .ft Win. Mi . ! t'li.ut t. i. Marti. i NirLutnlN?rUud Iteulicii .l..ti".!, V. I.. Tjji.ir and Hiram Y'limif. j Suiitiun. W. W. VI- x. Muli I". W. iirv mid rli.t. ! .smwuinfi. ' j sm,t,ory, k. v.-.. . Smit-. . -o H..t -r,rt v. i , .it A.i:-u-t--tiiry itui:pi. , i..iwt-r AHKUt3 Win. ItttlttT, 4. H-i-'ljoiem' vr. Km. l' Id- S. Snv-l. r. :niiii..kni iwp Hoi. M if.-. Or. 1 P. l!olilltlN hlni .ti nr rii.pt-ii. I.ui-li t. P. l"iitti"i, I.. M I i-r 1: :i l . Hnirbe.-. !iir...tn., V. xx. Ah-i. Inlloii, 1 lae..h. ..l'-ru Jormh M r'l. Siiiiiiii.iiii, K. W. !l. II. Rjw.t. I)-. HoIl.lueU tu-l J. 11. .'dam. tm 4,-ort' Ujiio-h-. .I.irti-i.ft ""jl.liurtu tTi JiiHii St rauM-r. Mi. tvmicl twp VI 1. Curnirl liiro. A. i.,,...! . e uud ! !. A 1 i h.. Keutt. ,-rt-? Wm lK-ppni, S. Unup' Tin". -". nr. uiruu Ijoji- T.-i- iu. J. H. H:-l ai i. 5'- l;iyer. I p. Mabanoy Jom-ih Sliudrl. 1. ' j:v.:- r ami Hi.-L ird Siiti'.a. koii All. Zeiflc-r, .len-pii ! ; i.l-r and V. H t.i. T- j j , j iordjii 1. C. lk'liiii-r, H. 0. l-i'iii IVr hi.d li. Tr-ietTiiuu. Low. MuIkti'iv. J-ll' .1 ,1 . Slt i llini-.- uli-l -t. .Vl-m l.-i. it-r. it.iiitiv.-ii K JL Ki.li.-li s-bwly, tivd'ltew fi Win. I'al--nv J. M. 1 SI.KJI . lni-i,.i'li -l rttLii.hu iv.lf. I'ufh li. P. f-ttoli. 1-. l'l'-r:nid t V,Hi:i::tin A P.'i: -t r. .! r. PlMl-t. j..tiir Vlaiiaa.y Huj.-ie V ! il.'- .. . ... . , : minded reader, infer from the profound si- i Some three yea.s age wo slatetl that tlic ... . ! ...... . ' leiu-fc observed then, and which they stub- i Irish citizens coming to this country were 1 , . , ' J ! , . - 1 t -l r .1 ' bornly keci up stih as to this mat tier. ! creit'v deceived by the nu xaders of the ... , 1 , . , , . , . 1 though, m the very article to which the I Deraoctacy, and were ivuido '.lie tools to aid 1 n them into ofliceb. A. oo3 as they landed 1 ''T' ""''-tu.ally attempts the ; they wen-made believe that the Democratic I vnvd to' :,re Pally dial- . . .1 - .t - ..'Icugen to explaiu thus "pmd transaction: jiartv would protc.-t them in everything if , . , ' J. . . . ....... J . H . oflSt TV" But thai there mav be 11.1 1011 bt. : tiiev would aUiMTC lo me ti;ket, ana tnai . J r,- ., , n . , j as to our on:; for explanation in this re in course ('funic they would all get oflice, ' I w . I . . . ....... ... . it... Ti.. 1 aud live cathe fat of the land ir;.i. .t.: the Irish as a body have support- :kef, but how few have ever rea- ' til i-ii Ltiia i leceplioa eil that ticket 'ifi'A 1 tii nr. itnicrts milo 1 1ifm On! v Lv rnni. i pulsion have a few instances occurred. In ! J,i- count vtl.ere were probably cases where j Lvcc-ity compelled the lead-rs to recognize I the Irish bv a nomination, but defeated i them afterwards. In one instance an elec- lien could not be avoided, and then the of- j licer was made the subject of ruin by the Ring party. The following article from the ViVi World, the Irish organ in this coun try coroborates our statements, and very forcibly warns its fellow countrymen against the deception constantly being prac ticed upon them. They havc become tired of being classed as "hewers of wood and drawers of water'' for the party : "Whatever may be urged against the Re publican party, tbe charge of ingratitude, ut least, cannot be laid at its door. It made capital out of tbe negro; but it, iu turn, cotifertcd rights on the negro and lifted him into a position of honor. The Democracy, on the other hand, haa studiously ignored the claims of the Irish. And yet you De mocratic stump speakers will have the effrontery to come before our race in Xo vember and ask us for voles ! Such im pudence is certainly refreshing. All wc have to say in this matter is that if you get our votes then wc deserve the contempt you throw upon us. v The Repub lican party has treated the negroes as men ; the Democratic party lias treated the Irish as niggers.'' "Till now a crushing tyranny lias hung ! on the necks of the Irish iu this land. Xo man of the Irish race dare vote outside the I lemocratic party. From the day he land ed at Castle Garden till the day lie drew his last paper he was given to understand by tbe satraps of Tammany that he belonged to them and to their chiefs. If he voted otherwise he was called a renegade. This tyranny must be broken ! This domineer ing inso'eucc must be rebuked ! Our peo ple must be free to dispose of their suffrages a thir consciences may dictate. It is im material to us how individuals go. You who think f;t to vote the Republican ticket, do so. You who deem it proper lo vote the Democratic ticket, do so. Assert your citizenship. Act like men who feel that their votes belong to themselves, and not to brazen politicians.' We cony tbe following notice of the Re- -.uolieari candidate from the upper end, j from the Money Lnminui ti of last weik : The many friends of John I. Barker, of McLwensvi'ile, will be pleased to learn of Lis nomination for member of Assembly in Northumberland county. Mr. Parker is a mechanic, and a gentleman of strict integ rity, and if elected will be an honor to the position. May success attend you John. Wr. ask t he editor of the Ihnwrat to ex plain why Mr. Henry, the Democratic can didate for County Commissioner, took a duplicate which he must have knowu amounted to ?-4 O'J mors than the tuiru wherewith he stood charged by the Demo cratic Commisioncrs on the Treasurer's Looks. And why he was not only willing to settle by that shoit count, but insisted j (hat the county and iax-paer are con cluded, or in other words are prevented from making any further claim, by tho T- on the Treasurer's books While giving the above information ct him also explain why tbe Democratic Com ...;;nnr of 1fio7 left no tiace of the a mouuts received for the peoples' lands they fold that Year? Aud why they returned ...-.m.arativi.lv nothins into the county reasury out of their sales of the choice and i ospecialy selected tracts oi lanu u account W value and marketable availability ? ",Vf. have been looking iu tbe Democratic paper? cf this county for complimentary notices from papers iu Tioga county of Mr. Sherwood, -hut have thus far failed to sec any. M it is only a few years since Mr. Sherwood left Tioga for this county, to get oSice, his former friends ought not to forget him so foon. Particularly if he was r.s Sood a man the King represent him to HII.VI.KTS OM JIISS.OVI.KK. 'fish received from ownrn uf lots (seated) to redeem from ri.-iitity ?SJ.1 s Cash received at. n ili inpiion money for unseated latids ." IP.-J '.'S Cu-li received from taxc on returned i.m.1 10 C.;! Cast, received trout hind Mild tiy K. M. Cuiiitiiiiii:, ag't for I niiimissioiieis.. T;.-Jt',."i .Mi Cash leeched from l:,ul s.iM b t'oin- misionci ' i.stty 17 Tolal ninoiiut received. 5-i".,4lC 51 The above we tr.kn from the receipt col umn in the Kep jrt. Ikrwro.t'if last ,nek. We clip the altove from a much l.iboied leader in tl.e last week' lh n.wi'f. In this article it was attempted tvj be insinua ted, in reply to a candid statement of facts which did not ivlU ct much credit on the I democratic otiim'S who preceded 1 lie pre sent board of Jiepuhlican ('onimissioiiors 1 ..it,... 41 .1.,. 1 1 1 111 in.ii.L-, Hint niu liitttc n:iu lioi wi-ciy ,1J"lli mauageu ss.cs 01 certain ia- lilies to certain buds laid by the county j for many c,u.i, and that they had 11.1!. J 1 . 1 1 . . 1 1 . : I lull v aud idirly account vu for the in-meys i received f:om such sales. ! It steias manifestly to have J-eeii iiiUml- 1 tal by the writer of that article that the. 1 reader should peruse only ihe caption ; for, j otherwise, it could scarcely havii cscapi.'d his attention that theroiiudlcssuessof the insinuation must have been detected by an evil, the most cursory-reader. Xoto the lauuae of tin; Ihi.iiintt itself: "the above we take from the receipt column of the (Auditors') Report." Does this not expressly contradict the insinuation intend ed ? This is an official report of the lerral-; i ly t.'i instituted agents of iuvestiyatiou, the ! i peoples' own tleltctivcs, especially appoint- ! j ed and el ctcd for the express purpose of j 1 examininr c n account, tlie receivts and ! .1 : t 1' . 1. . d ' tAlU'IIUiLUH'S, I'l I lie. CJUUlt V liillUli'MOII- J crs, and their verdict is that t vrv dollar - has liei-n liouestiy and faithtally account- r . 1 . 1 . ,1 1 , , 1,1 ,or alu l!a,l ml the peoples' treasury. Wliat Utter proof can an heuest officer le- i 1 site of his fidelity V iii trust than that ! , J j tne J iioer lias Lu'ji obuged to turmsli, ! 1. . , .1 , ,- , 1 1 .1 ! because this public record, made by the j tax-pavers' own txmso rs, would tell no other; mere anoal hn' tale It sneaks loudlv in praise of t'.mse the Dt n.ocnjf would have i roudeiv&ed. , ! But why did tint the Democratic Com- i tuissioners who were in power during, and ; who managed the sales of, 1S7 furnish some j j evidence to thoe same agents, or to the ': People themselves who surely have not ' forfeited all their right to enquire into aud i to kdow, as to what was done by Vum whiie. in oiLce and iower, or as to how ' - 1 much money tlwj received from their sales j of the. most available aud selected of all the tra :ts of laud which took ia e that year 'i Why 1I0 they slill refuse to enlighten the tax-payer as to how much "the column of: rec-pts"' should in justice and common right have shown for that year? I What must the honest voter, the fair card, we now repeat, let the lrcnt'rrat ex J'laiuwh;it lho Dalure ,,f transaction xvas llnkr ,he 1' Commissioners' . sriic'i n xjjt z nun mi mem luiorm inoir r"aders how a,,,dl "f ,Iie IPlw' moncy roc,:v,d from those sales? and how, mudl of ,ho who,e Ml,n went i,,t0 rriv;ltc ! ock,,tf' ? Wu w'nill likc t0 l,:lvu t,ie j i)le 8, e tLe ,f tLl! I,ame8 of tl)e Vvas- an1 llf,w ,''u-', purchase money they i I paia, ana to wnom 11 was paid. I i Those houi'bt iK-inocrats have It-It no ! such jiapers on file in the office of the Coin- nitsbioners, where we would naturally ex pect to find them, aud therefore we call for light. Is it possible they carried away, deep down in their private pocket", those papers, as well as the latge sums of money they are fairly presumed to have received ? Where are those evidences which alone can throw light on "these dark transactions V" Why cau't we fiud an Auditor's Report on these public duties of the Democratic Board of Commissioners jierformed in lSt'7 in reference to the sales of the peoples lands effected by them f The editor of the Democrat has quoted the statement at the head of this article from the Auditor's Re port on the public conduct of the Republi can Commissioners as to the sales of 173, and why not favor the public with a simi lar quotation from the Auditor's Report as to the transactions of the Democratic Commissioners of 1807 ? Haven't the peo ple as good and inalienable a right to re quire a strict account from tin- latter as the former ? When did thy relinquish this right to' Itotnocratic office holders May they, therefore, not inquire how much money was received by the Demo cratic Commissioners in loT with the same propriety that they have been fully informed bow much was received by the Republican Commissioners iu 1873 '( Are they not both equally accountable to the people, and on- not a whit more than the other 't But the large sum of money which the Republican Commissioners realized for the jieople and actually paid into their treasury, is attempted to be depreciated by the article of the D' i.w, 'it. To ( fleet this, the editor descants at great length on the maguitude of the expenditure while acknowledging, as the records referred to oblige him to do, that the receipts are much larger and more highly creditable so far as concerns the land transactions of the Republican Coimnis- sionets. He cannot blot out that from the sales of lS73ai.il ls-71, the large sum of nearly s;1,'hhi above all expenditures con neeted with the transaction, has actually leen paid into the county livasuiy, and al ready appropriated to the utterextinguish meiit of the oiiro nt county debt contracted, and sluggishly diminished under I)emocra tic rul". It is the faithful application of this fund as well as of all others belonging to the people's treasury that the Republican Com missioners, though in power less thau two j years, have been enabled to accomplish j this most gratify iug result. It is the same fidelity to the trust in them reposed by the people that has enabled th se Republican Commissioners to lower the lates oi taxa tion for the current year of 1ST J, after hav- ! ing paid off the debt of tho county, and still leaving a large surplus iu tr.e pi ople's trt.ahurv in ,. shatie of large assets and actual casli on band. How does this com pare with Democratic rule ? Let the voters of the county judge as they see and feel the results of the respective powers ! "There needs no ghost to tell us" what the official jiajs rs and records show so far as Repub lican rule is concerned, and what the en tire ab-ence of all these evidences indicate so fir as :esjects the iK niocrntic r-ign in the county offices. Whose "pigs are in the county clover patch" now ? Covernor Ilartranft bns issued the war rants for the execution of Williams Fdder zook, Daniel O'Mara, and Patrick Lrvin on Thurednv, Xoyember P.'. MiIVTH OF IIOX. JOIIX l. Pi:oM the annexed card, which we find in that able and sterling Republican papir, tho Ijhnuim Covric received just as wc are joins press, it will be seen that the Hon. John V. Killinger, of Lebanon, gracefully concedes the nomination in this Congressional District to Hon. John B. Packer, and in a characteristic letter, which reflects much credit upon himself, and will add very greatly to the high esteem iu which he is already held by the Republi can masses, tiroes Ids friends in Lebanon county to give t heir earnest support to Mr. Packer, who having already received the unanimous nomination of the Republi can Conventions of Dauphiu and Xorth umbeiland, i liy this coinuieudable action of Mr. Kiilinger, made the Republican standard bearer of this Congressional Dis- j trict, without the formal proceedings of a contt u.-tice. T My iM rL"i;i.ir.N Fellow Citi zi N-. -The Republican Conventions of Northumberland and Dauphin counties havo designated Hon. John B. Packer as the candidate for t 'ougress from this Dis trict. The counties named with Ix-banon compose the ourteeutli Congressional ! 1 1-...... 1 . . . : i'lsiiici. ji seems 10 me to oe unnecessary i 10 noiu a conieree meeting to discuss wnat is manifestly a settled matter. The elec tion is near at hand, aud the intervening time can be better improved in earnest preparation than useless controversy. With the consent of my friends, 1 propose therefore, to witiidraw from the canvass, and to urge the concentration of the Repub lican vote of the whole district upon Mr. Packer. lie lias virtually received the nomination from the majority portion of the district, and I shall give him my hearty support. From long acquaintance and frequent service with him in the legisla ture and in Congiess, 1 know him to be eminent iy tit for the piace to which he as pires, and to tie entirely sound in his politi cal views. J. W. Killing Lebanon, let. 13 LST-J. WlMLl-: the editor of lhe JJcuocntt ad mits, l.s he is obliged to do, because the official public records prow, that the Re publican ivouuty Commissioiiers have rea , r ,, , sales of the lands held Lv J - lized out of th . i . , , . . - the ( ounty under tax sales ami paid into i U , .... ... .11 r' ie (ounty Ireasury the largo sum of nearly 1 1,000, he still endeavors to de tract from the creiit justly and honestly due these officers by first throwing confu sion into facts anil figures, and then prating about receipts at. 1 expenditures. He feigns candor but his purposes oblige him to practice the most barren luoeit. Lo ! he begitis au atte. opted charge f dishonesty to which he would have, the public Ixilieve the Republican County Commissioners are open, with the recital of the Auditor's re- port, or so iniK-h of it. as relates to what be calls the "land transaction." But thoudi I he would si-cm anxious to have the reader lool. oT.ly to his delusive caption, yet, by his own stat. '-?nt he shows that the Re- publican Commissioners accounted for i everv dollar of the money received. Xot so did the Hemocratic Commissioners of IS-;:. They had sales during that year, ' and the record- !.ow, so far as ,,n;thin; ! apinars from them, that these Democratic 1 Commissioner sold all the most valuable i 4 , ,., ,. r -i i i nana jui i n i i.tii in iii.Ki; uuj tettuii ;tb all of the sums of money received by them, j Unlike the ancient. Joseph who had a j single coat "of many colors" this modern j Jacob seems possessed of many coats of no ! colors, aud is therefore ready always to shift his array for any emergency no mat- ter how desperate or how appalling to the honesty of ordinary men. There are many persons who cannot lie I House, and sent home mined and penni made to believe that Messrs. Yastine and j esS- Durham, (the Commissioners who have i r n . mm .i been runuintf things last year and this A,oi A,o-:i W.l hat s the game year,) would allow one mail such a "soft j llu'' trui! lo l'la' w,t" McFarlaud, but be snaj)" as they gave Cummings without was too smart for them, aud won't have making a little out of it themselves, and 1 anything to do with them, we argue that eve., they didn't get a j Ex.UlislaVr.- see that we can't do uitj, tin it t 'iiiiii. i t in tui iii.iL'i'i nan ; been weak, and shown them utterly uu wot thy and unable to conduct the affairs of the count-. lh lit ml. By the above it will be seen what the Ik nioc rot considers requisite for a worthy officer. If the' do not take a "soft snap" or a "divy" they are considered uuwortby to conduct the affairs of the county. The fact is the editor and his party have been to accustomed to "soft snaps'' and "divys" from the county, that they consider an hon est man unfit to ho'd an oflice. The above paragraph shows what would be done were a I emoeratie Commissionsr elected. Xo matter how honest be might be, the vul- j tures of the Ring would surround him and press him to liecome dishonest, and share "soft snaps"' and "divys" with them. It certainly conveys tin; idea how matters were formly managed by the Democrats, and gives every one the idea how they managed to get the county in debt, and bow the money of thi lax payers was disposed of. TllK Ii'tihi and the Jt i,irrat now aud then pitches into lieiirv Ward Beecher, and says he s!,o;;!.i not be allowed to preach while resting iiii.br charges. The old law maxim says a man is presumed to be innocent until proved guilty, but t!u Daily man reverses this mu:ioi, as it does a good many others, and insists that a man should be deemed guilty until he proves his innocence. If this rule was adopted by the editorial corps, we fear nine-tenths of the Democratic editors would be sus pended. Mr. Bccchcr's greatest crime, in the eyes of these" virtuous editors, is tbe fact that he is a Republican. TllK i toc.ki: Klkctions. The elec tions held on Tuesday last, in ditTerernl States passed off very quietlly. The re turns are not full, but from the latest ac counts, we glean the following results : OHIO. The State has gone Democratic by from i,000 to P 1,000 ma jority. The indi taions are that the Democrat elect twelve of the Congressmen. Iowa. - In ninety-two counties lhe Re publicans gain ;,0OO over last year's vote. The Republican majority in the State will lie about 40,01. I Mil ax a. The Democrats claim the State by C,0o0. The Congressional dele tion will Maud eight "icmocrats and live Republicans. Xkuk aska. The State gives 10,0o) Re publican ma jority in the face of all opposi tion and splits. Wis! Ynn.iMA. The vote is close aud both parties claim the victory. The Re publicans gain generally thougiiout the State. Dakota. Kidder the Republican can didate for Delegate to Congress will be elected by about g,0M0 majority. AliK ansa-. The returns show that the entire Democratic conservative ticket is elected by about 70U majority. Hon. John B. Packer member ol Con gress from this district, now from the 14th dial rict composed of Northumberland, Dau phin and Lebanon, received tbe unanimous retiomination for Congress at the county conventions in Northumberland and Dau phin counties. As he has uo opponent Lebanon will follow in the foot steps of the other two counties, and thus secure the nomination and election of one who has made himself the pride and admiration of he people all over the Utalo. Middkburtj TilK Itl MKM KITS IX COIXCII,. The following coll quy look place, seve ral days asro, between a knot of Dem ocratic politicians who weie discussing the prospects of the party at the approaching election. Among them was auditor, an ex-cd:tor and Ix-gitdator, a desponding candidate, an aspirant for member of As sembly or ('(ingress, an officeholder and others : Editor. 'Weil Mr. as yon are a can didate, I suppose you have been through the county ; how do things look 't 1 1 '((ici'ii't'i . Rather blue for eooifoi i. Editor. Why how Is that. I four plans are earriud out, and the stories 1 publish arc believed, we must give them a hard hustle if we even don't succeed. C't'ididnte. That's the thing. The De mocrats don't believe all you publish. I begin to believe the county is hopelessly Republican, and has bven for some years, and it's only when the Democrats are unit ed and poll a full vote, and the Republicans disorganized, that we have a chance for an election. Mutiii r. Mr. Editor you must put it on a little heavier, that's the. way theedi- tors uo in Lebauou. J'ifil r. Men, u s no use uenying me fact that the Republicans have gained ou us for ten years past, and that the vote is very close, and it may be true, loo, that we are iti the minority. But then we tuin out better at the polls thau they do; and we have the Irish with us that ought certainly give us the majority. Ex- LfijixhH'rr. That article I wrote last week for your paper, in regard to the Com missioners, ought to have some effect. EJitor. But 1 heard several say it didn't amount to anything, ns there was no foun dation for it, and tnauy of the Democrats read the Republican papers, and see that it is got up for effect. The fact is the pre sent Commissieners have paid oil' our debt, and reduced the taxes, and that's in their favor. Besides, if we publish stories about squandering money, and particularly about tlx: sale of un-eated lands, the Commission- ers show up the books, and then evervbo- . .... ." , .1.. ... ....i ..ii:..n ii... i.i.ii. T i y i in pvi; in: uiu nut iti ini: i ir uuui. a , J , , , . " , i . . . . . . . i . . . , it... i . . i ..... i , . . . . ....... Kliuvv iiiitt till; li:i:oiil9 il.-i nrpt, uv lull mull . , . . . . f . , were bad, and there is much that should ! have been covered up. Ex-1.((jish'tr. Well we mu6t make the ! best of it. We must get up a number of other stories, and publish them. Some per ; haps will be believed. j thflrv J,,M(,: That's so. The only way j to fetch thorn is to stick together, and cir ! culate a lot of stories. You know I am a good baud at that. ! Condidate. l.'nfortuuaiely the party : can't be made to stick together as foi aier- 1 l. -l 1 4 l T , ' "lm 'ooepeuueui. jjemo- cra'.s nave lost an commence in tiiose wiio profess to lead the party iu this county. There has been so much rascality and cor- Tjion i our party ring, especially about thc rUrt H'n,s"' au,t we havc 5xUvcd b:l,ll' l0Wur,U Irish iricndn who have klI'1 us UI ,or t!"' 1:lst lt" or fifiw that we cau liav,: t,,tt fat-u ' :,sk an honcfct Irisb,Man to votu wl licket' -V.itK.r.-Ta!LinS about Irish, 1 think the sooner we get clear of them the better. In Lebanon we never rt cognized them. ( j)icc Jloldi r. Did'nt we give them seve ral candidates, and did we not elect (ieo. McKliece Treasurer. Candiduti. The less said about that the better. McKiiccc was elected because wc could not get out. of it. But what makes matters worse, when he got into office he was plundered by the Ring at the Court j auy thing better thau keep up stories about the unseated land sales. I will do the writing from now until the election for the Jh iiHR-rut, aud get the editor to put large heads over the articles so as to draw atten tion. Ujqur End Dtiuocrat. The story about the land sales will do us more harm than good wbeu it is understood. Muny will inquire into it, and will find thru it is not as bad after all. I understand the Com missioners agreed to give Cummings a share of the proceeds of the sales. He was to hunt up the lands, aud bear all expenses and run all the risks. He ' undertook these cases as an Attorney often does a doubtful case iu court, taking the risk, and getting a share if he recovers, and nothing if he looses his case. Cummings got about $3,000 for his trouble, and several years' work, aud the county about S10,)00. That is certainly much better thau the Iemo cratic Commissioners did in IS07, when they sold PJ tracts of land for which the county recovered only forty-seven dollars, and what is worse, there is nothing iu the oflice to show what has become of the lands or the money, all tbe deeds aud papers having taken wings and disappeared. In my opinion tbe less we say about this land business the better it will be for our party. The Republican Commissioners in their dealings with Cummiugs have a full ac count of all their transactions ou the re cords, fair and square, which all can see. This is greatly in their favr. Manoijir. Wc must make our men be lieve that those records are all spurious, and that they had better not go near the Commissioners. In Iebanon wc used to make them believe in hobgoblins, and al most anything but the truth. Office Holder. I lielieve myself lh:it we can't make anything out of the land sale story among intelligent voters who read other papers beside the Democrat, but it might be used quiet ly among a certain class of voters. Editor. Yes, it is certainly best for peo ple who live in glass houses not to throw stones. But we have bigger trouble on our bands. Some officers and leaders havo some ugly charges against them that can't be covered up, and they will hurt us unless we can get around it. Offv-r Holder. What do you mean V Editor. I mean the mistakes which some people call frauds iu the duplicates of the tax collectors given out by the for mer Democratic board of Commissioners, and most probably for a consideration by the Ring. Oj'i'f Holder Mistakes are made "oy the best of people. 1'iqicr End Dtmonat. Those mistakes will be called by a worse name, as they are all in favor of the collectors. Out of 22 du plicates examined and settled by the Re publican commissioners with the Democra tic collectors, every one had been charged with a less amount than was due the comi ty, amounting altogether to about 1,700, varying in sums from 20 to ?240 ; the big gest mistake being in the duplicate of Har rison Henry, our candidate for Commis sioner. Editor. But then Mr. Heury made it all right when the mistake was discovered. Upper End Itcnon-at. So did all others when they found they had to do so, but none of them forked over without grum bling. Th other L'O or more duplicates that had been settled before the Republi can Commissioners came into office, had, I sjppose, the same unfortunate mistake,biit tho Commissioncis could not get bold of them, the collectors having lost them. Per haps if the mistakes bad been on the other Bide, they might havi been found. Candidate.-- aai convinced that it's a bad record for the party, and, if these things are stirred up, we bhall have to suf fer. E.c-Lcijislut,:-htu I published the l)c i((er'. I managed to cover up all such bad records by crying nigger, or getting up some uood story that would take among our people. Editi am convinced, too, mat we have a bard road to travel, but wc have covered up some awful ugly things before to-day, aud wc must do it again if it takes cart loads of dirt to fill them up, and smooth things over. That's what has to he done. Will you help Ex-Legislator ? Ee- Lr iiisloUn:- Of course ; I will do my share. Cnndid'ttc l understand that formerly the collectors of taxi s had to pay for their appointments. Is that so ; and who got the money ? T'per End Democrat. The same par ties, I suppose, who fixed up the duplicates aud swindled the county. The collectors certainly did not get all the stealings. JEMor. Yon candidates must not be too inquisitive. Its often best to be a Know Xothing. Nnmvje : guess we better drop this conversation. Jt H llvert gets nolo, oi n, he'll publish it. Lnjiyhitor. Wilvcrt's name should be iu nil the headings of our articles in the lk-vxKi-at, and our friends will believe more readily, as we have taught them to believe, nothing that is in a Republican paper. Mam.ujer. It won't amount to any thing. It will only bring him into notice. A cou ple of years ago bur friends used to men tion his name in speeches through the Ma hanoys, and it didn't do us any good for our candidates. I would never meution his name in any oi my Dutch speeches. Editor. I suppose, that's the way they did in Ixsbanou. The editor of the Democrat, last week, in reference to his charges for Sheriff sales says : "The 1 Hiericoi'.s article is false from begiuuing to end." In the same article, he admits just what we stated. He says he charged .'!0 cts. per line for nonpariel lines, and20cts. for brevier lines. His bills show that lie tiiargcd the uniform price of ."0 cts. p'.r line, so we infer they must all have been nonpariel lines. He also fixo( price for this other papers at :i0 cts, tlAV in( grumbled because we reduced the rates. As li.- acknowledges what we stated, it will ' - . , require no proof.and wc cannot see wherein ! nnr irticto is f-i !.- IDAHO. Another Eftjlrt Willi Indians Ciiicaoo, Oct. 11. (iencral Miles, in his su bcquent report of the second light with the Indians, says : "On the night of the tenth of. September a party, consisting of Sergeant Marshall aud five others, were sent as bearers of a dispatch to Camp Sup ply. On the 12th, when approaching Wachita river, they were surrounded by a band of one hundred and twenty-five Kio was and Cotnanches, who recently left the agency. At the first attack all were struck, Private Smith mortally, and three others severely wounded. Although inclosed on ail sides, and under a severe lire at short rauge, one succeeded, with a knife and hands in digging a slight cover. The party got within this, the wounded walking with brave and painful efforts, and Smith mortally wounded, sitting upright to conceal the parties in a crippled condi tion. From morning till dark the party defended themselves, without food, and their only drink was rain water, collected iu a pool, mingled with their own blood. There is no doubt they killed more than double their number of Indians, beside wounding many. The Indians abandoned tbe attack at night. Sergeant Marshall, Private Harrington and Scout Chapman were seriously wounded. Smith died on the 13th. Private Roth and Scout Dixon were also disabled. Miles, in a report, compliments the party for their brave re sistance. EOI ISIANA. Situation ofA Hairs Yestrrriuy. Nf.w Oklkans. Oct. 11. The appear ance of a squad of twenty armed White Leaguers on Canal street, last night, was officially rcpoited to the (.overnor, the military authorities and Marshal Packard, by the chief of p liee. The Adjutant tleneral of State militia officially reports that the following arms belonging to the State, captured in the operations of Sep tember 14, and the following days had not been returned to the State authorites or surrendered to the I'uited States authori ties, as directed by the President's procla mation, viz : Two twelve pounder howitz ers, 1GS2 improved small arms, l-"00 bayo nets, So swords and a large quantity of ammunition, uniforms and accoutrements. In the place of these arms the Adjutant Cctieral states that the authorities have been put in possession of a quantity of J comparatively worthless and damaged Belgian ritles, believed to belong to citizens of New Orlans. These communications have been transmitted to General Emory. To-day's I'icugvne. contains a specific and duly authorized offer on the part of the fusionist to accept the proposition made by Governor Kellogg in his address, viz. to test the question of the Louisiana State Government by a canvass of the actual re turns, all parties to abide by the result. These returns arc in the custody of the MeEntry party, and can be produced au thenticated at any time. General Penny packer, for some time commanding the United States troops in this city, left last evening under orders to resume his post at Nashville. Correspondence. OI K NKU YOKIi I.KTTl:it. THE r.l'SINKSS OUTLOOK STEEKS ON" THE THE KAMI'AOE CRIMINAL HEECIIER MA KINK MONEY. New Yohk. Oct. 13. 1S7L nrsiNEss. There have been numbers of failures this week, which have excitei! some apprehen sion in business circles. But I see iu them no new cause for alarm, for they do not im press me as indications of new trouble. To me these failures mean that the old trouble is not yet over. The present failures are the result of last year's panic and subse quent depression of business. A shrinkage of values, and the difficulty of disposing of the goods on hand, havo been steadily forc ing a certain class of dealers into bankrupt cy. The recovery of public confidence has been slow, and business is bad. People have grown cautious, and are buying so little that those who were hit last fall, but did not die, and who expected to do busi ness enough this season to recover, have been disappointed, and have been compell ed to haul down their flags. There will be more of these failures ; but there will be no general panic. Tho weak firms will go under, for there isn't business enough to keep them afloat ; but they will go under one at a time and not in such ninsses a a to create a general smash. AX EXCITING SCENE. i Last Sunday (1th) one of the most exeit- ing sc.". res that Xew York has been treated j to look place. Sixty wild Texas steers were bring (Liven through the crowded streets to their Dual goal, tho slaughter house, when, as might have been expected, the' look fright. A genuine stampedj en sued. Bewildered and frightened, the long horned beasts became transformed into so many demons, lliey cliargid m a wild. furious flight up the densely crowded street, ! attacking whatever came in their way. I Xow a man would bo tossed frota their : fi-arfu! lun iisnoe.- ti cni t wi.n',1 l.n m-,.r. ' turned, en and women climbed awning posts, and crowded into doorways for safe ty. Finally the herd became separated, and one by one, the furious beasts were cap tured. But they made it lively while they were about it. To havo sixty wild stcrs. mad and blind with rage;, charge through a street crowded with vehicles and men. women, and children, is anything but ! a joke. It is a wonder that no lives were i lost and that so few were injured. SOME CRIMINAL STATISTICS. The annual inventory of the criminal sit uation has been taken, and the figures given are startling. For instance, tbe'eost of car ing for the dangerous classc. courts, po lice and prisoners, foots up s.1,oiji,0iW an nually. The nrreests per year amount to ll'J.OUO, and the criminals, that is to say the people who live by violating laws, num ber oi,D0(). There are in the city 12,000 actual prostitutes, kuown and open in their j pursuits, and probably as many more who ' live by prostitution, but who carry on their j , SAMUEL II. KOTHERMEL, High nefarious business qmet.y and not in a pub-, sheriff of Northumberland county, Com be way. 1 hern are ., 000 known pick- j ni0nweaith of Pennsylvania, do hereby jMjiui; ttiiir tiaue an tue nine, men there are (i.000 thieves who have no special ty, but who steal anything that comes in j their way. There are 1,0' M) female shop- lifters who make their living by plunder ing stores, and there are UOO fences, or to use. Knglish, receivers of stolen goods. When 1 put the number of crimiuals at o1, 000, I do not. of course, include the Demo cratic politicians. Add that class to the estimate and the number would be swelled at once to 75,000. Put the show is suffi ciently frightful without adding this most daugerous of all the classes. LEECIIEK-TILTON. At last this matter has come to a head. Beecher has commenced suit against Tilton and Moultou for libel, and tho nastiness will go to the courts for final adjudication. This is where it should have gone at tho be ginning. In the courts the ((. in the case will be brought out, for there can be uo suppression of evidence and no dodiring. If Tilton and Moulton have conspired to j rum an innocent man, tliat fact will be made apparent, and if on the other hand the man is not innocent, it will be so shown. Bui right, in the midst of the satisfaction that this terrible trouble will be settled by the Courts comes one terrible draw-back, which goes to show that human felicity cannot be perfect. The bitte;- drop in mi cup is Mrs. Tilton is going to make a state ment ! She has got to have her innings. Tilton has made two, Beecher one, Moul- i ton one, Miss Catherine Beecher one, al most everybody else one or two, and now Elizabeth is going to rush into prin to tell what she knows about it. Will she tell it all V Ah, that's the rub. She knows r.s j much about the matter asany one, bt : will j she tell all she knows V And if she docs, j will it be believed ? Like all the rest of j them, it is to her a "painful duty," but she j feels it a duty, and she is going to do it. For your sakes, Mts srs. Editors, I iirav she may be more economical of words than the rest of them have been. May she keep within thirty ordinary newspaper columns. But there is no telling. Tho people con cerned in thi3 quarrel have a passion for six syllable words, and a most exasperat ing number of them they have heaved upon the world. 1 fear me the gentle Elizabeth will not prove an exception to tlie rule. MAKING MONEY. The individual who supposes that to get very rich it is only necessary locome to Xew York and "go into busiuess," labors under a feaiful delusion. Xot one man in a hundred who goes into business iu this city retires with a competency or anything like it. You see when you pay ?1.0AW a year rent, when you pay clerk hire, commissions for the business you do, and when the sim ple item of gas alone amounts to . 1,000 a year, you have got to sell a great many goods and do a great deal of business to get anything ahead. The curse of Xew York is expenses. Xothing is done for love or friendship money enters into everything, and the money question is so prominent, so ever present, that he who makes any of it in business Ins got to have an extraordin ary capacity for business combinations, and enormous capital on which to make money. The most money that has been made here for years has been made in real estate. The enormous appreciation of real estate up town has made everybody rich who was lucky tnough to secure any considerable amount. Lots on Broadway, near 20th street, which a few years ago were sold for 1,S00. have advanced in value to as high as 7o,000. The immense increase in popu lation and business in the city has made property un-towu very valuable, und has made great fortunes for the shrewd or the lucky. But the business man labors and sweats for these lucky fellows. A store on a lot which is valued at 675,000, has to pa iuterest on that sum, and when the unfor tunate occupant has paid that rent, he has very little left for himself. Oh, ye dwellers iu the country, keep out of Gotham. If you havc a good square living and a fair business, slick to it, for it is a thousand times better than anything you will get here. There is a great deal of glitter and show, but it is all plated. Stick to your own places and be happy. Pietkc ilcto ijbcrlismcnto. E0. A. ritlNCE & CO. Organs & Melodeons. Tli" ;.!-' Largest, and Most J'l-rf.-' t Aboiufac torv in tlii- United States. . j No'.v in iiiic. No other MiiMiul fn-itrnment ever ;itt:iim'd the same I'opularit v . i-'r' isen.i for Prire .A. AMrc, Itl FI'AI.O, N. Y. SIIF.ItlFFS- .SAI.KS. Y Virtue of certain YVrits of Fieri Facias uid Venditioni Exponas, issued out of the Coin t of Common Ileus of Northumliprland Comity, nnd to m? directed, will ! rrpo-'-d to puMic sale or outcry, on Saturday, Itlst iliiy f Orf ober, I71, at the Court Hone in tin borough of Sunbury, nt - o'clock iu tlie allcrniMin, the following pro perty : The right, title and interet-t of John McK.'c, in nnd to six certain triicts of land, situati in Dela ware township, Northumberland comity, Penn sylvania, O ) adjoining lands of II. llowcr.Simon Metzgar, Thomas Wallace, Amos Moore and benjamin Iloitm.in, containing nun hundred and feven acres, one hundred r.nd fifty four percht?, more or less, with the appurtenances consisting of a two story brick dwelling house, barn and other buildings ; ("i) adjoining lands of Simpson Smith, Stephen F.llis, ;. C. McKee an I Kobeit MeKoe, containing one hundred anil fourteen acres and two perches, more or less, with the ap purtenances consisting of a two story brick dwelling houe, barn and other buildings ; (3) adjoining land of David Stahlnecker, and An drew Armstrong, containing seven ucres. one hundred and thirty nine perches, more or less ; )4) adjoining lands of .James Everett's heirs.Da- viil Stahlnecker mid Andrew Armstrong ar.d oth ers, contaii.iiiitig two hundred and live aeres,one hundred and one peiches more or less, with the appurtenances consisting of a two story brick dwelling house, two barns and other buildings ; (5) adjoining lands of Samuel M. Miller, (j. C. Me Ker aud David Peittctibacher, containing se venty four acres, one hundred and fifty five per ches, more or less ; (II) adjoining lands of Sam uel Whitmer, (i. C. McKee, Philip Winterateiu, Win. V. Kink and Samuel Caldwell, containing fifty four acres, sixty one perches, more or l"'i-s, with tl.e appurtenances, consisting of a brick dwelling house and barn.and other buildings ; ns the property of JOHN McKKE. ALSO, All that certain lot or piece of fund, ditnate in the borough of Tuibiitville, county of Northnin besland, and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows: beginning at a pot iu Front street, thence along said street south forty four degrees, west three and ei'ht tenths perche to a post ; thence by lot occupied by William Johnson, south forty sis degrees, east, thiitean and four tenths perches to a post at an alley; thenee by said alley, uorth forty four degree, east three and eight tenths perches to a post ; thence bv lot of Michael Render, north fortv r I tlcirrecs, wet. tbirteen and four tenths porches to j ti e place of biglnning, containing one fonrth of ! au acre, more or less, v:ith the a purtcminces coni ting of u two etory log bouse, we ttber boartieit, a two story frame furniture store, and cabinet-maker shop, frame stable anft other bu!(lir.2S ; as the pi ,piTtv of JOHN W. OIL LESWK. Jx LSO : All th;it ccrtniu lot or pi'jee of -jronnd situate 1 in Joi-'au towiiiihip, Noriuiimljerland county, j l'a.,t)ounili'.i northward by land of Elias Fagcly, rn .1 lt-fi I'll 1 . f t.iri.l rvf .Ii-iki-i li SnTfirly cimii niva i-l hv :,nd .f and westward by land of Peter Thomas, containing about fourteen acre?, all voo 1 lam!. Ai-'i that certain lot or piece of laud, sitn- atc a aiun'S.iui, Mounaea noriawara oy i:ma oi euPtvrur l ,y land of Kradley Uonahne, southward by land of (ieorgo Shart'e, and west ward by IVter Kol)!t. containing twenty five acres more or lcs, about fifteen acres of which nrc clearer1, w hi reon is erected a frame dwelling house log ham, am! other outbuildings: as the property of AAltON T. KOBLE. Taken in execution and to be sold by SAMUEL II. KOTHERMEL, Shc'fT. Sunbury, Oct. 10, is.74. CIIARTEU NOTICE. "XrOTICE is hereby given that application has been made to the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County, to change the Cor porate name of "1 lie Temperance and Hall and Li brary Association," to "Histotieal and Scientific Library Association," and that the prayer of the petitioners will be granted at next November Term of Court, if no sufficient cause be shown to the contrarv. L. T. lCOIIRBACn, Prothonotary. Sunbury, Oct. 1ST4. "t. ELECTION PROCLAMATION. make known and give notice to the elec to ks of the county aforesaid, that an elec tion will Im; held in the said county of Northumberland, on Tuesday, the 3l Iar of Nov., 1H7-I, for tlie purpose of electing the several per sons hereinafter named, viz : ue person for the office of Lieutenant fJoverniir of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania. One person for the office of Auditor Gen eral of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia. One person for office of Secretary of In ternal Affairs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Two persons for the office of Judge of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. One person to represent iius District in the Congress of the United States. Two persons to represent this County in the General Assembly of Pennsylvania. One person for District Attorney of Xor- Ihu.nberlanu county One person for County Commissioner of orthuinberlauu county. One person for County Surveyor of Nor thumberland county. One persou for ('ounty Auditor of Nor thumberland county. I a'.po hereby make known and give no tice that the place of holding the aforesaid (lection iu the scvertil wards, boroughs, oistriets and townships within the county of Northumberland, are as follows, to wit : Sunbury, West Ward, at the Court House, Sunbury, Pa.; East Ward, at the public house of E. T. Drumheller. I'pper Augusta township, at the public house of Henry Conrad. Lower Augusta township, at the public house of Peter Dunkelberger. Northumberland borough, at the public house of ( i. W. Donahue. Point District, at the house of Mrs. John son, in the borough of Northumberland. Milton, South Ward, at the house of C W. Sticker ; North Ward, at the public house of J. M. Huff. Turbut township, at tlie house of Abra ham Kissinger. J Delaware township, at the house of Jacob Iluntzinger. Chillisquaque, at the house of Charles Ilartman. Watsontown, lower room of Academy building. Lewi9 township, at the house of D. II. Dreisbacb, in Turbutville borough. Shamokin township, at the house of T. II. Ncsbit. Upper Mahanoy township, at the house of Em'l Geist. Little Mahanoy township, at the house of Conrad Raker. Lower Mahanoy, at the house of A. Roadarmel. Hush township, at Liberty-Pole school house. Jackson township, at the house of John Albert, Ilerndon, Pa. Coal township, at the house of Job Don neys. Shamokin borough. East Ward, at the house of Wm. M. Weaver ; West Ward, at the house of Patrick Kairns. Zerbe township, at the house of Thomas Foulds, jr. Cameron township, at the house of .Tared Neninger, Gowen City. Jordan township, at the house of Jacob Masser. Mt. Carmel borough, at the Mt. Carmel House. Washington township, at the house of II. C. Fisher. McEwensville, at the house of Henry Heeder. Turbutville, at the house of Wetzel. Mt. Carmel township, at the house of Michael Graham. Riverside borough, at the public school house of said borough. Snydertown borough, at the public house of William Farrow. At all elections hereafter held under the laws of thi Commonwealth, tlie polls shall be opened at seven o'clock A. M., and closed ill seven o'clock r. m. The qualified elector w ill taiie notice of the following Act of Assembly, approved the 12th day of March, lstiO : '-An Act regulating the mode of voting nt nil elections iu the several counties of this Commonwealth :;' Section 1. He it enacted by the Senate ami IIjne of HcpreMntutire of the Commonwealth of Pennyl-i-unia, iu (ieneral Assembly met, amt it i hereby enacted by the authority of the name, That theqnali lied voters of the several counties of this Com monwealth, nt nil general township, borough and special elections, are hereby hereafter authorized and required to vole by tickets, printed or writ ten, or partly printed or partly written, several ly classified as follows: One ticket shall em brace the names of all judges of courts voted for, ami to be labeled outside, "Judiciary;" one ticket shall embrace the names of nil Slate offi cers voted for, and be labeled "State :" one tick et shall embrace the names of all officers voted for, including the office of Senator nnd members' of A-semb!v, 'f voted for, and be labeled "Coun tv ;" one ticket shall embrace the namus of all township otlicers Toted for.and be labeled "Town ship ;" one ticket shail embrace the names of all borough officers voted fur, and shall be labeled 'Borough ; ' and each class shall bo deposited in M i.arate ballot boxes. Skc. -. That it shall be the duty of the Slierill' in the si.vi-ral counties of this Commonwealth to insert in their election proclamations hereafter issued the tirt section of this act. JAMES U. KELLEV, Sm-a'se' of the House of Representatives. DAVID FLE.MINC;, Speaker of the Senate. Approved tint thirteenth day of March. A. D., one thousand eight hundred and sixtv-six. A. (i. CTKTIN. (iiven under my hand, at my o'lice in Sunbnry, this 7th day of October, A. D. 171, and in the nincty-ninfit year of the independence of the United States. Disoc vi.iKii.ATioN or r.i.rrTios OrFICEKS. S r.c. 1". No person Khnll .! qn:ilifiil lo svrve b ail iliilion eilicer who nball hold, vr rhall within two months liae held any ulliii-, ni'i'oiiitmeiit or emrloy nient in or under the Uiiveriuurut uf these I'mted Stat. or of thin State, or of any city, or enmity, or of any municipal lioard, ctniiiiiiou or trust iu auy city, wive onlv instu-es of tar pe:iee and aldermen, notanea public ami pemotisin (he militia servic of the State ; nor shall mv i lei-tion olHcer I rliRil'le to any eivjl oftu-e to be nlled at au i-lecOoli at wlni h he shall serve, save only to such Htiltordiiiatp municipal or local nfliet-s, below the irrade of eitv or eeinity othei-p. as shall t-e dt-sinstd by KOnerul taw. who vi:e orvt.trir.n votf.ks. l'.vt ry male citizen twenty-one yearn of ape, i onsi-ssing the foliuwim; iiia!ihe:itiim., shall lie eiititleil to vote at nil elections. First He shall have le-u a citizen of the t'llited States a! least olir mouth. Sn oiid He shall have resided In the Stnte one year (or if. havinir previ ously lw-en a iiiiitted elector or native boru citizen of the Stnte. he shall h-ive removed therefrom ami return ed, then siv months.) Immediately prei-edinc Ihe elec tion. Third He ha'l have resided in (be election dis trict where he shall oiler to vote at leasi two mouths im mediately preceding the election. I'nurth If twenty two i ears of sjre or upwards, he shall have paid within two years a stale or comity tax, which Fhali have ben assessed at least two months anil paid at leas one month before the election. Sr.. .. In all election districts where a vacancy frxists by n-a .nil of the disqualification of the officer orother wis in an election Isiard heretofore appointed, or where any new district shaU lie formed, the judge or judges of thi-mart o! common pleas of the proper iwuuly shall. .-m davs Is-ioi-e any general or special elee'ion, appoint competent ersons to till said vacancies and to conduct tin flection in said new district : and in theapjsiint nieut of inspectors in nj election district both shall not 1 of the s-one political party; and tbe judge of elec tions shall, in all eases, le of the political party having the majority of votes iu said district, as nearly as the said judtie or judges can ascertain the tact : sn.l in case of the disagreement of ihe judges as to the selection of inspectors, the political majority of the judges shall se lect one of such insxn torn, and the minority judge or Judges shall select the otuet. Ski'. 7. Whenever there shall be a vacancy in nn elec tion lioard on the morning of an election, said vacancy shall lv tilled in eont'.-eniitv with e-viiiii laws, to wii : In cane the pern n who shall have received the second hig .est uumlr of totes for Inspector a-iall not attend on the day of election, tuen the person who shall have received the second hi(?hest number of T iten fr Jndge at the nest pre-nlnig election shall act aa Inspector in his iilaee. And ir. case the person who has received the highest number of votes for Inspector shall not tttend the person elected Judge shr.ll appoint an Inspector ill his i ace, and in case the pe-aun elected Judge shall not at'eud, then the Inspector who received the highest number of volea ahull appoint a Judge in his plw ; and if any vacancy shall continue in the board for the space of one hour after tl.e time fixed by law for 0ien-iig of the election, the qualified voters of the township, ward or district for which snch officer shall have been elected, present at the time of the election, shall elect one of their minil.fr to till the .aeancy. 'Sf,C; lje;'',' of tne'polls at all elections it snail be the d ityof the judges of election for their respective ai.-itnets to dwguate oi.e of the iinipector whose il ity it shall be to have in custody the retnjtrv of voters, and to make the entries therein required by law and it shall be the duty of the other of raid inspectors to receive and number the ballots piese.-ited at said elec tion. Sf.c. 0. All el.-ctioiiH by tbe citizens sbali be bv lallci ere7 ballot voted shall l.e numbered ii-the order in which it sliill I received, and the number recorded by the clerks nu the list of voters opposite the name of the elector from whom received. And any voter voting two or more tickets, the several ticke's so voted shuil each be nuralierrd with tne number corresponding with the unrulier to the name of the voter. Any elector may write his name npjn his ticket, or cause tne same to be written thereon, and attested bv a citizen of the district. In addition to the oath now prescribed by law to be taken aud subscribed by election oSBcers, thev shall severuliy be sworn or atlirmed not to disclose Low any elector shall have voted, unless required to do so as wit nesses in a judicial proceeding. All judges, held un der this art aiiali, before entering upon their dnties, be duly swim or atlirmed in the presence of each otner. it' i'v'ge snail be sworn by tne minority iupector,if there stiaii be such minority ii spector, and in ease there oe no minority inspector, then by a justice of the peace or alderman, and the inspectors, overseers and clerks shall Is) sw orn by the judge. Certificates of sucn swear ing or ktttrmii,fc- shall be duly made out, and signed by the otlicers so sworn, and attested by the officer who ad ministered the oath. II any judge or minority jnsnee tor refuses or fails to swear the otlicers of election in the manner required by this net, or if any otbeerof election shall act without lieuig first duly sworn, or if anv omce r of election shall sign the form of oath without being du ly sworn, or if any judge or minority inspector shall certify that any oiSeer was sworn when he was not, it snail be deemed a misdemeanor, and nj-on conviction, the officer or officers so offenihug shall be fined not ex ceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not eicee-.l-ing one year, or both, iu the discretion of the court. SlPrr,EMR"T to an Act regulating Elections, approi- ei tne -aim rfannary, iti4. 'Src. 3. In ail elections hereafter the certificate of na turalization, if genuine, shall be conclusive evidence of the tacts mentioned therein, and where the person of fering to vote claims the right on the vavnieut of tax. tlie receipt for snch tax. It signed ly the proper officer, snail ne me eviuence tnereot ; if such does not produce such receipt, then the payment of the tax may be prov ed by the oatliof such person, or other evidence, stating when, wh.re and to whom snch tax v.'ae paid." kc. li. If any election omcer shall mime or neglect to require snch proof of the right of suffrage a is pre sented by this law, or the laws to which tlus is a sup plement, from a".y jierson offering to vote whose name is not ou the Lst of assessed voters ; or whose right to vote is challenged by any qualified voter present, aud Bhall admit such person to vote without requiring such proof, every person so off ending shall, npon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced, fur every such otfeuee, to pay a tine not exceeding five hun dred dollars, or to undergo an imprisonment of not more than one year, or both, at tLe discretion of the court. Section 13. Asuoou as the polls shall close, the otHcers of election shall proceed to count all the votes cast for each caudidute voted for, and make a full return of the same in triplicate, with a return sheet in addition, in all of which the votes received by each candidate shall be given after his or her name, first in name aud ags'ni iu figurct, iinJ shall be signed by all of said officers and certified by overseers, if any, or if not so certified, the overseers and any officer refusing to sin or certify, or either of them, shall write npon each of the returns his or their reasons for not sijjnb"; or certifying them. The vote, as soon as counted, shall also be pnblicly and fully declared fn;n the window to the citizens present, and a brief statement showing the votes receivsd by tach candidate shall be made and signed by the election oK"ers as soon as the vote la count ed, and the same shall be iminedia'sly posted np on the door of the election house for information of the public. The triplicate rt'urns shall be en closed in envelopes and be sealed in presence of tin otlicers, and one envelope, with the unsealed return sheet, given to the jude, which shall contain one list of voters, tally-paper, and oaths of officers, and anotTier of said envelopes shall be given to the minority inspector. AU judges liv ing within twelve miles of the prothonotary s office, or within twenty-four miles, if their resi dence be in a town, village or city upon the Una of a railroad leading to the county seat, shall before two o'clock post meridian of the day after the el ction. and all other judges shall, before twelve o'clock meridian of the second day after i ntc tiiriiiiii, iinoci a.iiu lemius, t,ui;ci.uci wuii ... ..... I . . . i return snen, to me proinonoiary oi me court oi common pleas of the county, which said return sheet shall be tiled; and the day aud hour of lilimr marked thereon, and shall be preserved by the prothonotary for public inspec.ion. At 13 o'clock on the said second day following any election, the prothonotary of the court of com mon pleas shall present the said returns to the said court. In counties where there is no resi dent president jndge, the associate judges shall perform the duties imposed r.pon the court of common pleas, which shall convene for said pur pose ; the returns presented by the prothonotary shall be opened by said court and computed by such of its officers and such sworn assistants as the court shall appoint, iu the presence of the judsre or judges of said court, aud the returns certified and certificates uf election issued under the seal of the court ns is now required to he done by return judscs ; and the vote as so com puted and certified shall be made a matter of record in said court. The sessions of the said court are open to the public. And in case the return of any election district shall be missing when the returns are presented, or in case f complaint of a qualified elector under oath, charging palpable fraud or mistake, and parti cularly specifying the alleged fraud or mistake, or where fraud or mistake is apparent on the re turn, the court shall examine the return, and if in the judgment of the court it shall be necessary to a just return, said court shall issne summary process ngaiust the election officers and over seers, If any, of the election district complained of, to bring them forthwith into court, with all election papers in their possession ; and if any palpable mistake or fraud shall be discovered, it shall, npon such hearing as may be deemed ne cessary to enlighten the court, be corrected by the court, and so certified ; but all allegations of palpable fraud or mistake shall be decided by tbe said court within three days after the day the returns are brought into court for computa tion ; and the said inquiry shall be directed only to palpable fraud or mistake, and shall not be deemed a judicial adjudication to conclude any contest now or hereafter to be provided by law; and the other of said triplicate returns shall be placed in the bos and sealed up with the ballots. Nothing In this act shall require the returns of election of township or borough officers to be made to the court as directed In this section, but all returns of the election of township and bo rongh officers shall be enclosed in a scaled cover, directed to the prothonotary of the court of com mon pleas of the proper county, and shall by some one of them, be delivered into his office within three days after every such election and filed theiein. In counties where there are three or more judges of said court learned in the law, at least to judges shall sit to compute and certi fy returns, unless unavoidably prevented. If any of the said judges himself shall be a candi date for any office at any election, he shall not sit with tbe court, or act in counting the returns of such election, and in snch cases the other judges, if any, shall act ; and if In any county there shall be no judge qualified to hold the said conrt, under the provisions of this act, present and able to act, then, and in every such case, the register of wills, the sheriff and county com missioners of the proper county shall be and constitute a botrd who, or a majority of whom, shall have and exercise all the powers and per form all the duties vested in, or required to he performed by the court of common pleas of such county, by and under the provisions of such section ; but none of the said officers shall act as a member of such board when himself a candi date for any office at the election, tbe re turns of which the said board is required to count under the provisions of this section. When two or more counties are connected for the election of auy officer, the courts of such counties shall each appoint a return judge to meet at such time an I place, as required by law, to compute and certify the vo'.e of such district. All officers provii ed lor by this act shall be com pensated ns like officers are paid by existing laws. Whenever a place has been or shall be provided by the authorities of any city, county, township or borough for the safe-keeping of the ballot boxes, the judge ami minority inspector shall, after the election shall be finished, and the ballot-box or boxes containing the tickets, list of voters nnd other papers, have been secure ly bound with tape and sealed, and the signa tures of judges and inspectors affixed thereto, forthwith deliver the same, together with the re maining boxes, to the mayor and recorder of such city, or in counties, townships or boroughs, to such person or persons as the court of com mon pleas of the proper county may designate, at the place provided, as aforesaid, who shall then deposit the said boxes and keep the same to answer the call of any court or tribunal, author ized to try the merits of such election. When ever the election officers of any district shall re quire the election boxes of such district, to bold any election, which, by law, they are or shall be required to hold, they shall keep the same se curely in their possession without opening, until the morning of such election, and until they shall severally be sworn or affirmed not to dis close how any elector shall have votedtnd after having been so sworn or affirmed, they shall open the said ooxesand burn and totally destroy all the ballots and other papers which they shall find therein, before proceeding to hold snch elec tion. Sec. IT. The respective assessors, inspectors and judge of the electous shall each have the power to ad minister oaths to any person claiming the right to be assessed, or the right of suffrage, or in regard to any other matter or thing required to he done or inquired into by auy of said officer under this act , and any wil ful false swearing by any person in relation to any mat ter or thing, concerning which they shall be lawfully iulomgateil by any of said officers or overseers shall be perjury. sue. ii. Any person who shall, on the day of any election, visit a polling pUre in any elec tion district at which he is not entitled to vote, and shall use any intimidation or violence for the purpose of pre venting anv election officer from performing the duties required ot him by law, or for the purpose of preventing any qualified voter of such district exercising his right to Vote, or from exercising his right to challenge any person offering to vote, such person shall be deemed guiitv of a misdemeanor, and npon conviction thereof shall he punished by a flue not exceeding one thousand dollurs, or bv imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both, at the discretion of the conrt. Any clerk, over seer or election officer, who shall have voted, unless re quired to do so as a witness a judicial proceeding, shall be guiltj ol a misdemeanor, and npon conviction there of snail be punished by a fine not exceeding one tlumsand dollars, or by imf risonment not exceeding two years,or both, at the discretion of the court. S. II. ROTIIERMEL, Sheriff. Sheriff? Offi"e. Snnhrtry. ct. 0. 174.
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