Igke eadiolt 1 1, 1 told
VOL. 71. NO. llt
• •Fiejiublican, State Ticket.
?OR AUDITOR. ORA 'ERA!.
" COL. DAVID STANTON, of Bosibr,
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
COL, HOIERT-E, DEATH, of Bohnylkil
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
• x.REBIDENT JODOE,
LEMUETJ TODD:*
SUBJECT TO THE. DECISION OF TUE DIS
TRICT CONFERENCE.
ASSOCIATE .111 DOES,
WM. MeLBAN,
- BAMUEL EBERLEY
B s tATE BENATOD,
J. Ii(IVEA.KLEY.4 - '
OF
Kt EJECT TO
JAC
DIRT . ItICT ATTORNEN,
W. F. SADLER.
• TRIPEASIIRER,
W. D. 6TEWART.
commxwolgEß,
J. C. SAMPLE.
arnauson,
30IIN K. SEIFERT,
DIPMOTOP. OP roux:,
HENRY RUPP.
itttorrolt,
W. 0. BANKS
STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING
The members of the Standing Com
mittee, appointed at the late Conven
tiory-will-meet-in-Rheemts-palk on-Sat
urday, August 26, at 11.80, a. for
the transaction of important busiriess—
election of officers for the ensuing year.
By order of
3. N; WALLACE,
'Fun Editor of the IlanaLD bogs leave
to thank the Volunteer for a very kind,
and even flattering personal notice in
connection with his recent nomination.
Our neighbor, however, feels constrained
to say that "our politics are wretchedly
bad, and our political associations ob
jectionable" and as in the iresent aspect
of affairs, our opinions may bo just now
of some interest to our follow-citizens,
We will rise to explain. Our political
faith is about as follows
1. We recognise the binding obligation
Of all the provisions o tieConstitlithforc
of the United States, as they now exist;
and we deprecate the discussion of issues,
whioh have been aettled in the !Anwar
and by the authority constitutionally
appointed. Does the Voluisteer muskier
this wretchedly bad ?
2. We believe that the yablio debt, is
binding on the' naties, and mine.' bo
paid, and that we aro unalterably op-.
posed to alley and all movements looking
towatda repudiation, direct or indirect,
but ill justice to the laboring and pro
ducing classes, the rate of interest
thereon should be reduced at the 6arliest
practicable date. How does our neigh
bor like that articleHs it wretchedly
bad,-or otherwise ?
8. That we are very decidedly ep.
posed to any and all raids made upon
the 'Sinking Fond of the State, for the
benefit of corporations or individuals.
Is this bad ?
4. We are In favor of a liberal
policy toward the orphans of the soldiers
of the late war, and insist that it is the
duty of the Commonwealth', to feed,
clothe and' properly educate thorn until
they are old enough to take care of
thenteelvos. Is this bad?
-
5. 'We are in favor of a tariff which
will aid in the development of all
the resources of our own
. Btate,
particularly of our immense deposits
of ooal and iron ore ; which willstimulate
the bytildiri ot'fornaces, factories and
railroads,: thoreby 'making employment .
abundant for all who desire to labor, and
Moreasing the general wealth and pros
perity of . the State. Is this bad?
8. We approve the ,Action of the
general government, in giLing free home
steads, to all citizens out' of the public
lands, and also that liberal policy which
has stimulated the construction of rail
roads by which these homesteads' are
made accessible and valuable. Is this
bad?
If there is anything hi the above that
is really "bad" wo will reform as soon
as wo aro convinced of the "badness."
In the meantime the •Volunteer might
Inform us what change in our creed,
would be an improvement.
1 THE EVANS TROUBLE
A very decided sensation was made
last wesk,:by the publication in a Phila
delphia .nowspaper, of some disclosures,.
charging that a(aerfous defalcation ex
isted in the accounts of the Special
.Agent of
- the State, appointed to collect
the 'war blaims against the General Gov
ernment. Of course, any statment that
charges or insinuates dishonesty or cor
ruption,, is seized upon eagerly, and cir
culated.ladestriously. 'The whole facts
connected with these. charges. may bo
briefly stated as follows :
The 'Legislature of 1867'pas'sed a joint
resolution, authorizing the appointment
of a special Agent, to collect the claims
of the State against the General Govern
ment; 'en' iiecountof,.expenses incurred
during the rebellion. 'tinder this resolu-,
tion, Oovernor:Goary appointed George
0. Evans, of Philadelphia, who immedi-'
ately proCcedeit colleet 'and adjust' the
claimeivhich- had-,PrOviousty 'been filed,
and bad heindisallolved;oy suspended.
The "resoliition which" provided for his,
appoiiiiment, enacted that the corn.
peneatien fer ahis service. 'fshall.
,not
oxceiAtO per oak, Ol"'thO' 'amoaata
and, shall paid out of each
colleetions."' bir.. Evans hes yepoyted to
the GOvernor; that lie has collected from
the p;,1,107,A143 9 , iu,rnrp0n, round:num
bers; $2,000,000, of Whicksl,oo6,ooo Was'
applied to diti34 takeil and advanceMents
duo
,itein,the"Otate to the Vnited Stites,
that 470,000,110 ,I)ooli paid ; into„ the
Tro4aiiiiiic tl o.Stptq, and that $200,000
remahiqla his
,hands, which ho claimed,
as his own, it ten pit cent of the,
amount of his collections, and the com
pensation allowed himby the 4ct. ' •
This is the plain statement of the Whole
matter. I, 'lmmediately on the appearance
c , ) , of the.charge of embeseloment,' Gloyerher
Cleaty,ordered Mr. , .4.Evatui tp •repprt at
Harrisburg, for , the purpose of 'havin* ,
his aocounts settled by the Auditor Gen.
erakand the Stet* Treasurer. , •,, Accord- .
Mr. •ZVans appeared, and subs
, mittod Lis 'accounts to. 'those officers.
Their) is nO." . diserepaney, vilttover; in
the accounts, as . he admits the. toceiPt
of •all the moneys that are charged
against him. The whole question is one
of compensation. Tho Treasury officers
very properly decline to allow him the
ten' er cont commission,'as this would
be an enormously largo amount, and
much beyond, the value of any known
service, an agent can render the State
in the space of'-four years. They have,
therefore, made a formal demand on air.
Evans for the payment of all the money
ho received from, the Government re
soil/flog tho question of his compensation
for after consideration. Mr. Evans has
refused to comply with the demand, and
the officers will irumedisltely take legal
steps to enforce payment. .
The publication of this affair, and
nearly all the comments on it ho.Ve been
ill-advised, malicious, and mischievous.
Mr. Evans is not entitled to tenyercent.
on those collections, or anything like
such'a sum, unless he can prove very ex
traordinary labor and expense in the
transactions. It is the business of the
Auditor General to determine his com
pensation, and to do it upon the facts
and merits of the ease. Evans has paid
over large sums Ugh° Treasury, and obr
tained for the" State large additional
credits, orakiims which had previously
been disalloWed. This-is very importaiat
and valuable service, and every tax.
payer in the State has boon benefited
thereby. Ho should be paid: fairly and
liberally, and-after his compensation is
ascertained, ho should bo compelled to
-disgorge the balance dile the State. It
is idle to say that he cannot retain his
compensation out of the money collected.
There is not a collector, attorney or
agent in The Commonwealth, Or out of
it, who don't retain his - percentage out
of the funds in his hands. Evans',de
falcation" is just the-difference between
a faincomponsation for his services and
the amount he has in his hands, and no
more,--and the newspapers who are'pa
rading the fig - M.os of the " defalcation"
now are acting with very great silliness.
Lot this whole matterhalairlyinve4.ti
gated, the claims of the State ftiliy u s .
certained and adjudicated, the 'valance
demanded and collected, and 0 ..,en if the
State has been wronged lot the matter
be stated,--anL
_commented upon as the
ascertained facts deniar.d. But until
the.. State officers have finished their
duties in the matter, ' , or have refused to
perform them e lot ar.i.this clamor cease.
Chairman
SYSTEMATIC • D INTENTIONAL
DECEPTION.--HOW DEMOCRATIC
FACTS AR .E MANUFACTURED TO
ORDER
Wo,begin this article not without some
hesitation, tieing fully aware that it will
grow to considerable length. We bog
our readers, however, not to throw it
aside on that account, as we think we
- earr - demtiruqrato - b3rlt - tliat - ther - Demo,.-
cratic lov.ders; intentionally nod sync.-
naatienlV, deceive the people with state
' wants that they must know to be false.
Some time since, Mr. Russell Errett,
Chairman of the Republican State Com
mittee, issued an address, in which he
contrasted the management of the State
Government under Denfocratia and Re
publican- administrations, somewhat tar
the disadvantage of the Democracy.
This document evidently told, and it be
came necessary to answer it. The Pitts
burgh Post, the organ of the Democracy,
undertook the task, •and produced an ar
ticle which is going the rounds of the
country papers of that party: We will
copy it, as we find it in an exchange, and
make some foot notes to each section.
It runs as follows
"The public debt was not $40,000,-
000 in round numbers in 1861. The Au
ditor General's report to Governor Pack
er for that year puts it at $37,963,847.50.
Against this was a Sinking Fund of $lO,-
981,000, leaving tho actual indebtedness
of the State on the first of January, 1861,
$26,988,847.50, or some $14,000,000 leas
than Mr.
,Errett alleges, and some three
millions less than it is now, after ten
years of Radical rule."
This is about as impudent a piece of
lying as wo ever saw in print, except the
remainderGof the article, which we will
quote in
.order. Tho Anditor.Deneral's
Report for 1860, Ex. -Doc. page 110,
makes the debt of the State $67,968,847.
The same officer's report for 1861, Ex.
Doc. page 154, makes the debt $40,580,-
660. Tho securities in the Sinking. Fund
that year were $10,881,000, as per same
report. The remaining misstatements
will be corrected in connection with the
next section. which reads thus :
"But our financier stops several
leagues short of the truth in the exposi
tion. If .he .will call upon our affable
friend, the Hon. B. W. Mackey, State
Treasurer, he will find that at the close
orthe last fiscal year, the State debt of
Pennsylvania was $31.,111, 681:9 0 , instead
of twenty-nine millions, and .thia, too,
after deducting all Sinking Funds. Ho
will also find out several other things
worth publishing." ,
On filo first of liocombot
1870, the debt of the
State was $31,111,00190
Since then there have
been paid the following
amounts : •
December, $ 14,400
February,
Mardi,
April,
May,
August,
The asseition that iii sinking funds
have been deducted from the amount
given above, is simply an infamous false
hood. There are to-day in the Treasury
NINE AND ONE-ILALF MILLIONS Of interest
bearing bonds, which aro, at least, worth
their face, and whip have been kept there
by a Republican administration, in spite
of tho Schemes of leading De mocials to
stoat. them. Thos' remain an offset to
•the indebtedness above stated, and
makes the account stand as follovis-:
Debt, $20,476,088 71
, Sinking Fund, ' 9;500,000 00
The balance in the Treasury. now, and
in process of collection, will enable the
State officers. to reduce , this to about
slB,ooo,ooo,before the close of the year.
It will be °Mont from this that the
debt is pow nine millions less than it
Was, when. the • Democrats left power,
by the root's statement, and nearly
twelye • millions less than' 'it actually .
was • at that. t t. Writer
of the :•• „Post . article : .• nkust. have
had all this•information..
'within kis recollection, when he wrote,i
but that wasn't , roateriarto his purpose.
Ho excels, himself, homier, in the next
snetion, which reads ; - • . ,
Among other things,. IM ,will Sad:
that. in, the matter, of Sinking - Auk&
'Shine; the people of remisylvania,haye .
been.robliett, \ during 'tlie past ton yeara,
'to the , tun0,0r414;8815,702.21Y.'' We pro
pose.triftlethoustmte;this feet.: "During
the past, ten years the Badieal.State gov.
omment has disposed' , of the public
works, worth, to'the Strata $35,90,088.-.
01, for which:it realized the sum °f M,-
254,821:62. and which was carried to the
Sinking Vend for the ovidelit ptfrposo of
showing reduction of the debt." . •
5,468 72
179,500 45
1,816,299 02
49,400 -
70,500 '
1,635,578 19
$29,470,088 71
19,970,088 71
_lf_ it bo_true _that _tho Radicals hav:e
stolon, about $.15,000,000, ao ahove
charged, and have, as we haro demon
strated, paid fully one-third of P.m whole
. .
debt in addition, besides paylng . abotit
$2,000,000 direct .tax to 'the. General
Government, defrairng 'the enormous
war charges, r ' a PP°rtinf the soldiers' or
phans, and reducing the taxes all.tho
while, they must ha: ye it good deal of
taleti“iia wo our gest they had better
b 3144 akKle• n.is would hive required
the putting into the Treasury of 'at least,
thirty million s of dollars withi,n ten .
years, in adedtion to about forty millions"
that were used up in running the gov . .
enimentp,.paying interest, and other in
cident:at:o: Before anybody is accused of
steatirg such sum, it might be - I
-well
exinurgh to show that it was on baud to
The information concerning the sale
of pnblio wort is interesting, but not
true. I'ho bill authorizing the',
sale of tho main lino, was passed in the'
session of 1857, some fourteen years ago,
when the
° House was Democratic, and
the Senate Komi - Nothing. The sale
Was made %July, of .that year, by Gov
ernor Pollock, a' man never yet accused
of any dishonesty. Thogil. authorizing.
the sale of the Delawarir division ; Up
per and Lower North Branch divisions,
West Branch division, and Susquehanna
division, was enacted by the Legislature
of 1858, which was Deniocratie in, both
branches, and the sale was.. made on
May - 19; 1858, by ono W. F. Packer,
who will be memorable ever inoro as the
last of the Democratic Governors of The
State. The re-sales of these branches
by the Sunbury and Erie Railroad were
alio effected during Packer's 'admin
istration, ant approved by him.
There is a if tie secret history connected
with there operations, which some Demo
cratic 'politicians in this State could put
intr., the shape of interesting' reading if
t...uey would, but we suspect they will
not.
—But r forthermore r it-is-said4--
" But oven that amount, added to the
ten millions of Sinking Fund of ten years
ago, and subtracted from the State debt,
leaves it three millions greater than it
was under ,the last. Democratic adminis
tration ; or, in other words, the State
debt has increased about fifteen millions
of dollars in the last ten years; or at the
rate of a million and a half per year,
which is the actual increase of• the State
debt for the past-year, as will appear by
an inspection of the books of the Sato
Treasurer and the Adjutant General."
Wo have already shown in detail, the
falsity pf this section. The debt is, at
Least, nine millions loss than under the
last Democratic administration ; five
millions of war debt have also boon paid
in addition to this, which wore created
by Democratic treason, and -the rato of
decrease of the State debt for the last
year, has been more than one and a half
ens Tho assurance . of the omen
who can circulate such preposterous
falsehoods as those above quoted, is
amazing. But we, have more of it, for
the Pose winds the matter np in this
wise :
a_ " What . has become of the Public!Works of the State ? Within the past
ton years the Radical State government
has sold thorn for less than one-third of
their actual value. We shall
.not stop
here to discuss the Rings that grew HO
in the transfer, nor make mention of the
favored gougers, who thumbled the eyes
of a confiding publj.c and beslavered
their victims with protestations of
honesty, while they gouged. That is a
,subject which- - we promise to ventilate
between this and the , October election,
and we cordially invite the ingenious
Chairman of the Radical State Com
mittee, who is in the secrets of the
Ring, to assist us in the undertaking."
Our Democratic friends need hardly
call for information concerning the Pub
lic Works. They'were constructed un
der a Democratic administration, and a
debt incurred for their construction
I which burthens the COmmonwealth to
this day. Whilst there is no doubt that
the project was a wise one considered in
itself, it is notorious' that a very large
amount of the money expended in the
enterprise was stolen" by Democratic
politicians. They wore run through a
long series of years by Democratic poli
ticians, who so notoriously mismanaged
them, and squandered their revenues
that the whole people demanded that
they should bo sold at any price they
would
„ bring. They wore Ball at
atime when the Radical party in Puma
sylvania had no distinct political exist
ence, and had no voice in the Govern
ment of the State, for less than one
third their actual cost, and as is pretty
generally known, during a period when
many Democratic .politicians, who, are
now happily in oblivion, were making
:very large fortunes. And as a fitting so
quol to all the villainies that were porpo
trated on-the State, through the medium
of the Public Works, by the Democracy,
there was an organized effort made by,
and for the interest of their politicians,
a little more than a year ago, to steal
froth tho Treasury the bonds which wore
given for the sale of those works. This,
however, was happily prevented by tho
veto of a Republican Governor. Wo
hope the Post will ;effectually ventilate
all the connected,' vrith the con
struction, running and sale of the Public
Worka r pf_Pennsylvania. The .protiont
generation is forgetting 'many of the
crimes of that wicked party, which
the peep% hurled from power ton years
ago, and a rehearsal of their sitealings
would. be: mighty interesting reading.
just now.
Our readers. will now understand how
thoroughly desperate and 'unscrupulous
are the manhers of the Democratic
party: Tho article wo have dissected,
and which is relied upon as their most
potent campaign document, is, as we,
have shown, a willful perversion of facts'
in' every line. Ilow• long will peoplO
tolerate such miserable falsehoods?
VIE NEW COMMISSIONER OF
AGRICULTURE.
q.pelting orllon. Fred. r lN: , atte,. of
Pcnneylvanla, the .vow "commissioner of
Agriculture, tho . Reek River Fanner
•
s:tys :
. ,
Of Mr. Wdtts' qualifications for this
position but little is' known: It would
seem no more thin just that the agrioul
thriSts of the country—for who.sO benefit
this department is ostensibly maiptained
-should, at least, have boon giydn time
to express , whd, In their judgment, was
'boat qualified to fill this important' post
tiOn." • ' "' '
Wp ; take - pleasure in , assuring the
Partner that-it need have no questioreAs
to the qualilleationedg, the now 'Own's.'
'6llier of agriculture. , ,- We- Miro . known'
hiia personally Irma boyhood, andld our
.0 1Vnion the Prosidlint could have found
iio man combining inorrrof the qualities
required to 1111 that. oillimitisfacMillY.
iudgo, Watts is resident of '
CuMberland county; Pa In earl:y.llli lie.
practiced lrivr, standing-At the head of
the professiod in that part of the . ' State*,
agd served a term as Tudgo , in AIM.. OM:
cult Court. In politics: ho'wee 'an 'old
lino Whig, mild thoujih aoiciioirltiditid to
bp ono of the ' liarty's ablest 'room 'ho
never seught'nor'aeceited` erg '~olitioal
poSitiop whittovor. Ella
wore always toward agriculture, practi.
cally as 'well - as theoretically.' In the
°enroo of time he purchased several
,fine
farms in the, heart of the Cumberland,
valley, graduallyiving up his law prac-:
ticeaud deVating himself to their scientific
Cultivation; 'He served for years: al
president of his county agricultural to
alety; president' of the Pennsylvania -
Btate agrieulthral society ; president of
the board of trustees of the State agricul
tinal college, and wai also .president of
,e
the Cuinberland Valley th . Ile fs
a man of large and va led experience.
an accomplished schol ~ a practical
agriculturist, has fine exe ntive ability,
a nd a reputation for solid integrityh , bich
has never been assailed. -
The appointment as commissioner of
agriculture was prnffered him without
solicitation. Ho_acceptea the_ex
press condition that ho should be alloWed
to select his own clerks and. assistants,.
and manage his &Tarim - tint Without any
partizan interference or dictation. With
out intending any disparagement to his
predecessor, General Horace Capron, we
believe Judge Watts is his Superior in
practical knowledge , of agriculture and
in executive ability. - ' His selection is a
credit to the administration. Ho will,
give dignity and thoroughness to, the
office, and his sterling virtue will raise
Lim above the attacks of partizans.—
ifedlay Union, Rock ,leland,'llllnois.
Items 'ribald Home.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1871.
DEDICATORY - _EXERCISES;
UNVEILING OP TffE MONUMENT
GRAND AND IMPOSING ; PARADE OP THU
MILITARY AND CIVIC SOCIETIES
The Citizens Turn Out En Afasse
According to previous announcement,
the Monument erected on the' Court
: ouso square, to the memory o ie
"fallen brave," of Cumberland county,
was unveiled, with appropriate and im
posing ceremonies, of the military and
civic organizations, on Saturday last. "
The day was all that Could be desired.
Old Sol in "all hie glory," appearing in
a cloudless sky, whilst the air was pleasant
and.hracing.
Many iiirangers had arrived in town
the day previous, and were " registered"
at the principal hotels. Tho 6.30 a. m.,
train, numbering several mars coaches,
having on board the Keystone Band of
Newville, members of the Big Spring
Encampment and of the I. 0. 0. F. of
NeWville, together with a largo crowd of
persons from the "upper end," arrived,
while the residents of the rural districts
began to assemble in large numbers, All
intent upon paying.the last sad tribute
of respect to our "hifinil--blrave;ivirci
fell while in tho defence of the Union."
By 8 o'clock the streets were ; thronged
with persons, and assistant Marshals on
gaily caparisoned _steeds wore engaged
in completing the arrangements. The
9. a. in., train, numbering ton coaches,
having on bciard the Zouav'es, Knights
of Pythias, the Singer Cornet Band, the
Shiremanstown band, West Fairview
band, and hundreds of citizens from the
"lower end" of the county, Served
greatly to augment the surging . crowd.
Soon after the Assistant Marshals, Under
the direction of Chief Marshal General
Lemuel Todd, formed the lino of proces
sion on the Public Squato, with right
rearing on South Hanover 'street. The
following is a complete list of the dif
ferent bands, military companies and
secret societies •that took part in the
parade;
Chief Marshal—General Lemuel Todd,
mounted.
Aids to Chiof Marshal—Messrs. Bon
der, • Hall, Henderson, King, Landis,
Low, Noble, Batton and Zug, mounted.
Keystone Cornet Band of Nowvillo.
A. dquhmont of 10 United States sol
diersi from Carlisle Barracks; un.
der command'of Sergt. Horace.
Returned soldiers of the late Rebellion,
numbering 80 mon—each man wear
ing a badge of red, white . and
blue ribbon—commanded by
Capt. William E. Miller. '
Mechanicsburg Zouaves, headed by the
Drum Corps—numbering 40 men, in
command of Capt. Ed. S. Lamont.
Big Spring Encampment, No. 88 ; Car
lisle Encampment, No. 183, and
members of the Subordinate Lodge
of Odd Follows 'Of Newvillo—
J. M. Wallaco, Marshal.
Mout Holly Lodgo of Odd FollOwa—
A. G 4 :MaCommon, Marshal
Binger Cornet Band of Mechanicsburg
Malita Lodo, No. 83, K. of P..of Me
chanicabt4—S. B. King, Marshal
Truo Friends' Lodgo, No. 56,. K. of P. of
Carlisle—Capt. W. E. Karns, Marshal.
Marion Council, No. 88, Jr. 0. U. A. M.
of Carlislo, Al. Spangler, Marshal.
Boiling , Springs Council, 0. U. A. M.,
and Car Halo Counoil, No. 205, 0. U
- A. M.-.--..Tonatfian.Cornman,
IVeat,-rairview Band.
Oonodoguinet Tribe, No:408,1. O R. M
of Carlisle—C. Faber,
Fred Nolfsinger, 'ABA, Marshal.
Union Firo Company, followed by their
steamer, drawn by two grey horses
—A. E. Monasmitli, Marshal. '
Good Will Steamer drawn by four grey
horses..—Harry FishbutA . Marshal."
Shiremanstown Band. • •
q'ohn's Commandeiy, of - - Knights
Templar, No . pembere,
mounted-HE. C.—Theo. ben
t man, in command.
Followed by a barouche containing Mr
Jacob Squires and 'Colon's' Gutsball
Mr. Squires is said to be tbe old-
oat member ot the Kriights" Tern-
plar in this borough, and with 4411,1-
gle exception the oldest 'albs county.
Upon the• formation -- o - f) the line, the
procession moved over the following
route : Down Hanover to Pomfret; up
Pomfrot to - West ; .across West to Main,;'
down Main to' Bast ; acipse Best to
Louther ; up Louther to Bediol# ; up
Bedford to North ; North to Hanover ;
up Hanover to the CoUrt_ House, where
it halted ; iront of ' the Monument.
The • ceremonies connected with the
dedication of the Monument then coin:.
mended on'the' platfcirm emoted for tho
officers of GM:Association' and the drator
of the day. ' " '• • ' - •
, • , •
Th'o stand Was
~tasto'fully draped and
decorated with' National flags., pn the,
platfMtnt :wo• noticed Afaj. Gon, P.
Fteirdzolman; Army, now
On a visit to Qu'r;:town with is
and 'also 'Brig : ' Gen., ,Qeor e U. Blake,
for Mer Oonnandiminbfparlislollarraukit.
The U. Nat* '15 . 7m also represontod•
With' dqindtliStinotion, ;Roar Admiral•
J. B. MonigonscUy ,
Gommottere.l7
`Marchand; pow residents of our borougk.
Of • the,oilleorts of the blonunsent
tlon, 'th ' er'o, wort) fume nt B. if. Ilendorson,
T 543,80014 '; A. t'lponster, , Treasurer ;
COL E. Beatty, 'o3Cefetaly ; and • lloptus,
/old woy. Palo, Ohas
II; Main, Zug .and At
Whitaker, Ex Corn. The, audience around
the stand' dinounted to thousands ; a.
large humber of ladies gracing the scene.
After an appropriate air by the. Meehan.
icsburg Band, the exercises
Dr.
'opened
with prayer, by the Rev. Dr. Swartz, of,
the
. Lutheran Church; followed by , the
performance of another• air by the New
vine Band. • • ' •
A4Kief but eloquent address was thori
made by Gen. R. M. Henderson, giving
a historical statement, of the origin and
.orgabization of the Monument_Assecia-.
tion, - whose efforts toward. securing a
monument for the perpetuation of the
memory of the gallant' soldiers ,of Cum.
berland county had been. crowned with
success, through the liberal co-operation
of those who had responded to ..their ap
peal for funds. The speaker also Minded
In.:warmly.oulogistio terms _to the_aichi
toot, Mr. Richard Owen, a mechanic of
our own borough, to. whose taste and
skill the orection.of the monument was
confided, and who
.has• completed his
wsfrk in a, style which commands the
warmest admiration of the whole
public, Gen. Henderson concluded by
introducing to the audience Maj.. Gon.
Eicin4elman, who would now unveil the
statue. The distinguished soldier was
greeted with deafening cheers, and at a
signal the beautiful stet - tie of the eagle
was fully disclosed- to the ..publio gaze,
the Bands breaking forth in stirring
Gon. L. Todd, Chief Marshal, then
arose and explained to the audience the
causes which had unavoidally.prevented
Gov. Geary being present, as had boeu
fully expected until within a day or two
of the occasion.
- Gen. Todd then introduced,withnfew
pertinent remarks, the Orator of the day
in the , person of Rev. Dr. Robert DaVid
son, formerly a resident of Carlisle, and
son of Rev. Dr. Davidson, a former dis
tinguished President of' Dickinson Col
lege. The most eloquent address of Dr.
Davidson, was requested for publication,
immediately after deliver . We there-
fore, have the pleasure of presenting it
in full, as follows. We need scarcely
say that it Was attentively listened to,
and that during its delivery the vast
audience manifested their satisfaction
by frequent out-bursts of applause.
DR. DAVIDSON'S ADDRESS
I appear before you, felloW-citixons,
under peculiar circumstances. At only
twenty four hours' notice, I come to take
the place of a distinguished Orator, whO
was expected to deliver the address on
this interesting occasion, but who is
unable to be present. preVent any
disappointment, I have consented to
discharge the duty, or rather to attempt
to do so, even at such. short notice ; and
I have mentioned the - fact just- recited,
in order to ask your indulgence under
the circumstances.
At the same time, permit me to say,
that — although--'necessarily--an absenteci
for the greatest part of my life, boyhood
and manhood included, I can never forget
that I am ono of you, a native of this .
ancient borough, and always proud to
acknowledge it, ''however far fate may
have commandeifiY. - footsteps. As a
native of Cumberland county, and having
as an original subscriber, a feather in
the eagle unveiled to-day, I do not feel
like a stranger in appearing among you,
and sharing your joy.
'Anniversary days and commemorative
monuments, have great antiquity and uni
versalitytobe adduced in their favor. From
the earliest periods known to history there
seems to have been no nation with any
pretence to civilization that has not had
such days and monuments. Rude
the struclures . inay have been, and un
adorned with the finished graces of art,
yet they answered the purpose and kept
green the memory of old transactions.
Some archteologists, indeed, have
fancied that they detected in this prac
tice the primordial germ of hero-worship,
and that that widelyspread species of Idol
atry originated from the veneration paid
to the statue of ,Ninus, or Nimrod, the
groat Lion-hunter of Assyria. -
Granting the possible perversion of the
practice, its antiquity and universality
may be adduced in proof of its rising
from a native instinct of our common
humanity, which prompts us to held in
honor the benefactors of our race, and
to celebrate the memorable epochs of a
nation's history. And it has ever been
regarded by the profoundest reasonors,
as an unimpeachable argument in favor
of any practice or tradition being an in
stinct of our common nature, and, there
fore, reasonable and right in its funda
mental principles at least, that it has
been observed always, everywhere and
by all.
, The American people, though only
emerging into notice in modern- times,
have felt and glowed:with this natural
-Instinct; and from Bunker Hillto Balti
more, (I am ashamed to allude to the
abortive attempt at Washington)—have
multiplied•the proofs of it in enduring
gralite or marble'; eilneing their un
willingness to allow the 'names of the
benefactors or defenders of their coun
try, to sink into oblivion. Fven when
unable to identify the' remains of indi
viduals among the rank • and file, they
have done all In their :power to testify,
whore they could not carry out, their do
sires. In the National 'Cemetery at
Gettysburg, the 'long semi-circular rows
of granite, if they can show nothing
else, are, at least, inscribed with' an ap
propriate date, and the number of ilia
regiment, according. to states ; while
high over all towers, in the centre of the
semi-circle, the majestic and beautiful
monument, surmounted with a statue of
Victory, and surrounded at the base with
figures of War and Peace, History and
Art, erected equally to the glory of
patriots distinguished by name, mid 'of
the unknown and unnamed "demigods
of the, people." , -
Wo have assembled hero today •to
dedicate'this neat and graceful column
to the memory of the patriotic dead
from this county, who fell in the varfAue
battles of the late war. On the sides of
this shaft are engraved , the names of
twenty officers and three hundred non
commissioned officers and, private, sol
diers, all from Cumberland county.
From memoranda placed in my hends;,
it appears that these officers and men
represent forty regimental organizations
of volunteers, and four regiments of the
regular army, The town of Carlisle
contributed one company to the three
months'; service. Two ,full. companies
from Carlisle anol vioinity, wore • cm
hraced, in the First Regiment of the well- .
known Pennsylvania Reserve - .Corps.
'Another Bill company from Carlisle, and
one fr'rt Mechanicsburg, were embraced
is itha Boyienth Regiment of. Pennsylva
nia Reserve's, ; There was a full company
froin•Carlislo and- vicinity, in the regi
ment faMiliarly known as the ",cold'
:FlOventh."
_There were two coinpanie's
oldetly from Carlisle, and throe compa.;
nititi from, liewville, Shipponsburg and
11Techanfesburg, in the 1.130 th -regiment.
There was, also, ono full company-from
noiir Boilinit Springs and Chttrolitown,
ip th04:09t14 liOgimout, Thu Sith, Entli t • •
158t1-187thi206th f and 202d - Regimenta .
of Pennsylvania- Volunteers, contained
largo representations from the various
towns and rural districts of Cumberland
county. In the 3rd regiment of Penn=
sylvania Cavalry, there was a company'
from NeirVille and Shippensburg. In:
the 7th Penniiylvania. Cavalry there was
a company from Newvillo and neighbors
hood. In the Oth.Ponnsyivaniirikvalry,
there was a company from Centreville
and vicinity.
In the artillery, cavalry and infantry,
'constituting 200 regiments of Penney].
vania.Volunteers, there was 'scarcely. :a
regiment, in which Cumberland county
was not represented. It is estimated
that the total nhmber of volunteers from
this. .county amounted ( to '2,500.men._
They participated in every battle, from
-that at Dranesville f in- 1861-, - to -
render at Appomatox Court House, In
the Spring.of 1865. It" may be added
that troops from this region were en
gaged at various times in the West and
South, as well as in the East. SOme,
indeed, found their way South against
their will. A large part 'of one of the
companies from Carlisle and another
from Mechanicsburg wore captured in
the Wilderness campaign, and marched
to the too well-known prison-cam f p at
Andersonville, Georgia, in which a num
ber died, as it was reported, of cruelty
and starvation. , '
It is gratifying' to find the Pennsyl
vania troops well reported for
,bravery,
coolness and uniform reliableness. Al
ways were they found "occupying post
'of honor and of danger, and always
proving equal to the emergency;- never
- betraying the confidence reposed in
thorn, and winning 'for themselves a
proud record. At We battle' of Gettys
burg they greatly distinguished them
selveS. The two most brilliant charges,
which virtually decided the contest, were
made by the gallant Pennsylvania Re
serves. The first charge was -made on
the second day, afterthe first had closed
in disaster when they repulsed the enom •
flushed with previous success, and took
possession of Little. Round Top, which
they fortified and held to the last. The
second charge was made on the third
day, when they again repulsed the enemy,
captured their battery, and. drove them
half a mile beyond their lines. This was
at b o'clock 'in, the afternoon, "and,"
says the historian, "with it ended the
battle of Gettysburg.''
It will not be disputed, that the battle
of Gettysburg, was the pivotal point of
the war. Lee seized the propitious mo
ment Ivlion the Union forces seemed to
be depleted and weakened, and public
sentiment in the North was inharmo
nious. The first day's fight terminated
favorably to the invatiers." 'Flushed With
the insolence of success, they anticipated
an easy triumph. Had they not been.
finally repulsed, the consequences would
liaveiamem_deplorable. _Carlisle had_a
small taste of the horrors of War, but
only a taste. You heard hostile bugles
sounding in this public square, you heard
the shells screaming afnidst your dwell-
ings,.yon had forced requiSitiong made
upon 'your stores. You may congratu
late yourself it was no worse, and tliat
you did not share the calamities of
Clormbersburg. You were spared the
torch. You wore saved from the edge
of the sword. Had the invasion not
been repelled just when and-'-whore it
was, the victorious columns, 00,000
'strong, with 200 cannon, would have
mished - on - to - the'capitalmr - the - StateT
they would have found. no force to in
tercept them on their march to 'Philadel
-phia• and Now York; they would. have
watered their horses in the Schuylkill
and the Hudson ; and Toombs might
have fulfilled his threat of calling the roll
of his slaves on Bunker Hill. Complete
subjugation might have ensued, the Slave
Power might have risen rampant in its
Fide, and assorted its control from Casco
Bay t% the . Golden Gate.-
All honor then to the bravo mon who
fearlessly sacrificed themselves in those
terrible conflicts of the three days of
July, 1803, to defend the country and the. ,
Union which they loved better than life ;
and perish the hand that would pluck a
single laurel froM their brow I
. But some crabbed utilitarian, groat as
Gradgrind on "facts," hero interposes a
question. It is all well enough to honor
the meritorious, but what is the use of
erecting a' costly lnonuinent of marble
to their memory? Will they not. sloop'
as sweetly beneath the turf? This is
not a schoolhouse, or a, church, or an
asylum. Thera th no useful purpose
which it suhserves, and the money might
be more judiciously expended on objects
mom .valuable and importard,l . _ as the
soldiers' orphans, or the peer.
Ah Judas 'are you there ? I Aliink
Ivo hav'e 'heard something lilco that strain
-.before. The question was once put in a
very similar shape. "To what purp?so
is this wasto?" • But I remember afro,
the manner in which the sordid question
was disposed of by the lips of Wisdom
and Goodness unsurmuised ; and that an
swer has settled the question forever.
There aro some things worth more
than money. Ono of thotrt is unsullied
Individual honor. Not less so is Na
tional Honor.
0 Tho puFont Wimp.° mortal tlinee''sfrord y.
Ie epolloaa rupulattan,. That away,
Mon aro but...glided painted clay," .
It is undoubtedly two that ,the dead
are not benefited. • They can sloop as
sweetly on'tho fold of liattl'S where they
fell
"With tholc martial cloak around Mow,"
till Alm left trumpet shall awaken
thorn from their long repose. , flut even
for thOm wo plead. For the sake, of that
spark of immortality which allies flesh
to deity, which is the loftiest 'sentiment
of our nature, and whim confers dignity
upon the very 'frame which it Once ani
mated, we shrink from , such neglectful
treatment. We respect the house where .
.a hero puce slept, whore a groat, core
mender hold his headquarters; 'and for
a like 'reitaon.wo 'should treat with rever
ence and- decorum what was onco • tho
tabernacle of a bravo and deathless soul.
Brit chiefly, we acknowledge, it is for
the living that we do.. this. It is to
dOmmistrato to all, to•the young and
prossiblo .mind especially,, that virtue
and valor, nebleness and generosity, aro
not mere names, that they attract the
veneration and love of mankind; and that'
the bravo ; •and good survive in the re
collections and •praises of their min
generation not only, but of suodeeding
generations as • well, ' Expenditu'res ofi
the sort objected to,' are theieforo not
ho considered-as -.thrown iavvay.,
Memorial Marble,' is the visible einlanli
xnent of the
,purest and stiblirriest sontl
ments 'of mankind.; it nourishes the
seeds Of a grand tinsoltledmeis ; it teal:MOS:
the,. nobleness' , of golf-saorifice : forLthe
good of Others '; it sots • toith the Moral
beauty. and Idirelinesit Or a, 'generidis and
large.heatted patriotism.; • • -
• Quoattons that AnTolro ontimalaam,
cannot lfro decided ivithoartietbuslatto.
FOgiB;:tiniquip4hotio n boartlosa natures"
ate thagualifiod to t?o “arbitOra of tho'
ouiotional, Ono 'Wu) , is 'n 'atittngsr to
he - fooling of patriotism, who mocks it,
or' is indifferent to .it, has, no right to
open. is lips on the subject, any more
than olio who has no eal"shoUld presume
.to act the connoisseur at a concert.
Through our 'e:Omplex organization, the
material affeets .the mental, and the
heart is reached through the medium of
the eye. . . The feelings are exalted and
intensified by appeals to the senses.
These things are indisputable, and
whosoever doubts or denies them, shows
either that he is a person of very limited
obsersfation, or else - that he sots himself
up to be wiser than his Maker. From
such cold-blooded sceptics we take' our
appeal to all the, warm, generous, uncal
oulating, univoisal — initiitets of our
nature, which speak with the same voice
in every ago and clime, and are so plain
as - to need - nointerpreter,---We are -Men,
we are hunian, and wo are not ashamed
of anything that makes part of our
common humanity.OVe holier with
Dr. Johnson, that thai'man is not to be
envied, whose patriotism does not re
ceive a fresh impulse on the plain of
Marathon, or whose piety is pot- re
inforced at_the ruins of lona.
"Such graves as these nro pilgrim shrines,
Shrines to no code or creed confined; •
The Delphian vales, the Polestines,
The Meccas O't ko mind!"
What has betilt said, may suffice in
vindication of the practice of setting
apart Anniversary Days, and of Ake
erection of Commemorative Monuments.
Permit me, in hastening to a close,- to
draW your attention to some of the signal
benefits and advantages resulting from
the Into war, and its victorious issue.
1. The ,noral (doe of the station has
been elevated: Some mayhe dh3posed to
call this in
,question. Some may con
tend that the times never were worse
than they are-now ; that there is a sad
degeneracy ; that the malaria of comp
tion has infected all ranks and classes of
society, and that as a people; we aro
going to the had:'Nvith railroad . ,,ipeett I
do not deny that there is much in our
Imes to o
,ep ore., ut am aware,
also, that this is no new •cry. A gentle
man said to ono of these croakers, who
was finding fault with everything, "you
must be right, sir ! what you say is all
undeniable, for my father heard his
grandfather saying just the same thing !"
Bad as matters are in some quarters, I
believe in my heart, that prior to the
War they were a great deal worse, and
had not the war interposed, we would'
have been plunged lute a moral "Lard=
thrum. There was -a - deadening of the
public; conscience. ; there was a fading
out of high honorable principle; there
was a subsceviency and truckling to base
dominant influences Ltlicii c :o was a want
of independence, or of backbone, as it
has been quaintly styled ; there was a
growing deficiency of moral courage, to'
face the tyranny of party, clique, or sect,
or to insist on the correction of abuses;
in short-therewns'a gradual hut decided
lowering of th&' standard of rectitude
and honor, and of the moral tone of the
nation. And all this, with imbecility in
the chair, and treason in - the cabinet,
made the war .possible, and ensured its
early disasters.
But war came. It came suddenly
and unexpectedly. It roused the nation
from apathy, hiacrnd indolence, in
which it was fe, ring toward decay.
The young men liming' to. arms and
achieved prodigies of valor. The young
women quitted the sofa of ea. - (3 - a - fid lux
ury, and employed themselves in prepar-
ng lint- for tho wounded and usofu
material for the hospitals, in many in
stances entering the hospitals theinselve
as efficient nurses, and some of them fell
martyrs to their philanthropic exposures
and exertions: Then came the Sanitary
and Christian Commissions, inaugurating
a new era in the history of war, mitiga
ting its horrors, and softening its rugged
front, as flowers festoon a Mexican bar
mica. War is an evil ; but it cannot be
denied that war has a surprising power
of developing traits •of magnanimity,
generosity, public spirit, unselfishness,
and heroism, that would have slumbered
inert and unsuspected in times of quiet
peace. For a time, at least, the spell of
indolence and luxury was broken, and
patriotism, pure and unselfish, ruled the
hour. •
2. * Another slat of the tom. seas to
strengthen and Consolidate the
.Union
The Union, as interpreted by the light
of camp-Ilres and cannon, is seen and
'proved to be no rope of sand, liko the
old — Confederation. It has a secret
vitality and inherent energy that ensure
its continuance. The memorable words
of stalwart old Andrew Jaokson, "The
Union must and shall be Presciryed
have , , Aeon adopted enthusiastically as
the grad National motto. There is no
fear of any fresh experiments being made
in this direction, looking to its severance.
The last exporini‘ent was too costly to be
soon repeated.
A third be imp secured by the mar was
the settling forever of:ilie vexed question of
emancipiztion o .
,For years had there been
a blot on our National escutcheon, which
no vrisdern of sagas, no policy of * states.
men, no sagacity of philanthropists,
could see a method of removing. It was,
the opprobriuth of our land. It was an
incubuson:ourprosperity. It threatened
ao be the source of !bitti:ir and endless
lienation.i The war was entered into
on one`tude with the open avowal that
this solecism of human bondago was,.
and should be, the worthy "corner,stono"
of the new constitution of American free:
dom. On the other 'side, there was dis
avowed, 'on 111 r. critteilon's motion, any
intention to interfero with' that peculiar,
institutibii. At length military necessity
cut the Gordian knot, and compelled a
different Course of action: Gen. Butlers
lucky phrase, "contraband of war," re
lieved the , subjeet of a world of.di Inanity
and at last, after many throes of angUish,
the 'proclamatieh of .ereanoipatiOn was
born, and than the war, originally com
menced in tho intoned' of slavery, proved
the Moans of inflicting its death, blow.
Ware not' indeed yet free from.,era
barrassmerits and now eereplicationearia
lug . out of these Sudden, and violent changoi,'' but such inconvoniences are
incidental' to ovary transition *state ; and
there is not the Scintilla era denbt, that
when once the friction shall have been
diminished, and the altered'couditiCM:
of affairs . univoisallY acquieticod in, All
parts of the land will reap Jietnifits and
irppro'venteids in the not distant faure,
rich' and Maple beyond' calenlatitni.
4; There is another adynniage,llo
the only other'which,lshall'inontion, for'
whi.Oh',wo'nro indohted to tho war and
its fortunate result, ilia raising of our
tidnai reputation and ' influence th'e
eyes of thiS' Tho"Revoluttonniy
Warthetidrnw to us the attention of the
Werlti:;'theihociend war, that with 'Great
Britain; .'gave ne prestige as,' a' naval
power ;'• but the laat,' has alevitted . yis to .
a etantling innong' the. Groat- rowers of
the earth. The !Int gun at Snmiter,
in the :apiessive leiignage of air" feet :
friondk 'the 'lste ' Count Gair;rini ;wit.
noaseet P' the uprising of a great pep.
'pie ei tba - world new 10,A4 911'.
wonder and admiration; not, unmixed
with• alarm, to see our rapid ieeitper
ativo power, and our uninterrupted ud
vanniirt, taking possessiOn. of the vast
territory between the ()mane.
I shall not trespass lon - ger on your pa
tience. After our gratitude to that Di
i vine and superintending' Providence
which' has smiled on us as a people from
the.beginning,. al . rd extiicated us out of
all our embarrassments, we are unspeak
ably •indebted to nogg bravo men to
whose - menlcory - We -this day dedicate this
marble shaft, together with their com
peers who -survive them. May h grate
ful Nation never be Insensible to the.ob
ligation 1
Upon the conclusion of the address,
the grand Dor2logy of Old Hundied was
beautifully renderedly ilia. Mechanics
burg —band,- after-which—the -exorcizes'
closed by'the pronouncing - of the Bene
diction, brßev. Dr. Swartz.
General R. M. Henderson in a few re
marks returned the thanks of the associ
ation to.the Returned soldiers, military
'companies, different secret organizations,
the bands and drum corps,. for kindly
participating in the dedicatory exercise .
Letters regretting their inability to
be present, were received from Gov.
Geary, Gen. George G. Meade, Geil.
Hartranft, Col. Frank Jordan, C. W.
.
Carrigan, esq., A. Lamberton, esq.,
and others.
The day was ono that wilr long be re m
membered by those that witnessed the
demonstration. The apperance of the
military, and tho varied and handsome
regalias of the members of the different
organizations, as they dazzled the eye,
preceded by the various bands, elicited
the warmest commendations, not only
from our own citizens, but from the thou
sands of visitors that thronged our
borough!'
HARVEST Homz..—The minual harvest
home of the Cumberland County Agri
cultural Society was held on the grounds
of the Society, on Saturday last. The
tteztdanee — wati muclr — largerTtlian — iir
usual upon such occasions,' land after
partaking of a hearty dinner, to Which
all seemed to do justico, the company
adjourned to one of the buildings adjoin
ing the restaurant, and organized by
calling Abraham Bosley, esq.; to the
chair. The following, resolutions. were
then adopted :
Resolved, Tliat we congratulate the
President of our Society, Judge Waits,
upon his appointment to the office_ of
Cominissioner of Agriculture, and the
appointing power in having secured bin
services, as we believe, from his well
'known business habits and hiS knowl-
edge of the wants of the agricultural
community, no man in • the State is
better qualified for the position.
Resolved, That our best wishes attend
the Judgo in his now home.
After the adoption of the resolutions,
Jude Wattn was called for and ad
dresse'd the meeting in lifs-iisual — pFaiff
and practical manner. 'After a few re
marks from R. R. Henderson, esq., the
meeting adjourned, every one pleased
with himself, "all the world, and the
rest of mankind."
Blum n DAY Suarmst.—On Thursday
evening of last week, the Mite Society
connected with the Lutheran church, of
this place, together with a largo number
of members of the congregation, met at
the parsonage to spend the evening with
the pastor and his family—it being the
Reverend gentleman's birth day. The
evening passed by quickly and pleasant
ly, being spent in congratulations, sing
ing and social intercourse until 9 o'clock.
The tnemhors of the Church Council
surprised the party, but more particu-
larly the Reverend Doctor and his esti
mable lady, by the presentation of a
andsomo eilver pitcher, waiter and go
leta. The Pres i entatiou speech, on the
part of the couuoil, was made by Mr. J.
C. Stock, in a few brief but appropriate
and affecting remarks, which was - re
sponded to by the pastor, in his usual
happy strain.
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WASHING SOA-P.—We have recently
noticed a good deal said in;, the Chain
bersbn rg papers about the superior qua&
ties of a newly patented washing soap
being introduced there by Dr. Wilt. We
learn that N. Gerlig & Son, of that place,
secured the right to manufacture and
sell said soap iii - aeverideOUnties, and aro
now introducing it into this market.
From a numerously signed certificate
by some of the best citizens of the same
place, (that was shown to us,) we predict
for it an unsurpassed sale, and an artiolo
that will ore long, flud a place in every
household. Wo were handed a batoh of
the soar; to be used by us, in mir family,
thatwo too might test-its merits, and aro
satisfied that.it will.do the work claimed
follt
Quito a 'number of our citizens are now
trying a sample of this soap, and; from
experience we aro satisfied': that .it will
soon be the popular soap in our market.
Nnw Y one Cruces.—About 6 o'clock,
on Friday morninijaiit;Othe — usadvance?'
of "the. Cirens made its appearance.
About ton O'clock, the grand street pa
rade took place, and true to the advertise,
inent, they "madello gaudy street show";
the procession comprising a single buggy,
and the gorgeous band chariot, followed
by a 'crowd of boys._ Trio °trona was very
poorly attended in the afternoon; and in
the evening, although there was plenty
of "sitting-room" yet there was a fair
audience. 'But the receipts were not
very large, judging from a few remarks
vzo, chance to overhear the treasurer
use of. The entertainment was an
imprOVement on previous shows 'of this
description, and kora the vociferous ap
plause which greeted the performers,
was appreciated by the audience:
CTP6II3.—A 'amber of gypsies linseed
through town last week, and encamped
at the mild Tho women shortly
afterwards returned, and visited the
houses of our citizens offering 'to tell
fortunes, Sco.' The men, • in the mean
time, were engaged in trading and sell
ing horses with our horse dealers. Our
renders would do well to keep an eye on
their preihise's them?, people aro
about, "for ways that are dark, &c,"
they are very peculiar. -
Ariivraun CABOOSE.-r-On • Monday
mOrtilng laid, we' noticed - , 'for - the 'firkit
tit e,' a new calioose attached to tho
se ond freight:kin the Cumberland Valley.
Wfo have been informed' that two first
class passenger, oars, are , approaching'
completion; and will shortly bo placed
upon, the road. ;.A poWder 'car and a
third caboose will, also, be added to the
rolling BP:TY oftlio company.
THE camp meeting, under, the, tliriic=
tiOn of the Church of God, Tor this coun
ty, , will be hold . ln Mr. floury Keefer's'
grove, four milosnorth ofOakville,:cOm
monolog on the . twonty-fourtb.• instatit
'and continuing' five Or al*, days. roc-'
oursica, tickets will be sold ' from all
stations on the C. V: R. R., to
daring tho coatinuanoo of the. dam,:
13itatuirions,— . Tlin, visiting I;lauds
Saturday last, Soronktdsd noverAl of Ouit
Valiant citizens,
'
TIIE EFEBAIJD 18 $2.00 per yoav—in
advanco.."
Tan August term of court convenes on
Monday next.
on
NEWEL—The dog days will end
on -next - Monday. This will be good
news for ovory body.
Tn livery Stables reapod,ii, rich har
vest on Sabbath hat. Vehicles And
animals being in greardemand.
FIFTY - CENTi3 will pay for the CAM
PAIGN HERALD until the first of January,
1872. -
. True' Orphan's Court was in session on
Tuesday of this week. A number of
persons from the country wore in attend.
ands.
THE memberd of the newly elected
Standing Committee should bear% mind
that there will boa meeting of the Com
mittee on next Satu'rday—Angust
The exercises' next Sabbath evening,
will be hold on Louther street, between
-Pitt and-West,-under-the-auspices-of -the--
Young Men's Christian Association.
4 .LITTLA_ daughter Of Mr. m
Ste
Gtiuld's, residing ou South Bedfora%
street, fell off a .balcony,; pun; day last
week. The child sustained -no seriouii
" '-
injuries. •
Tun picnic held at the Sulphur Springs,
on Thursday last, by the R. E. C. L.
Club Waif largery'attended: The weather
was propitious, while everybody ap
peared to be enjoying themselves hugely.
Tim banks ofthis place were enclosed
on Saturday last,- in order to afford all
connected with these institutionenn op
portunity of wit:Missing the dedication
of the Monument. • •-• • • . •
, any
Ir you wish to obtain job work of
description, whatever, give us a call.
We combine neatness and dispatch with
reasonable terms. Pay US a visit before
going eliewhere.
TUE members of the Union FirejCom
pany exercised their steamer on the cor
ner of North Hanover and North streets,
on last Saturday evening. The trial was
witnessed by if large number of specta
tors, and proved very satisfactory. ,
Ma. J. P. NVIVS night blooming
coieus had several beautiful IloweM, in
full bloom the other evening. Many
persons visited his establishment during
the evening, to get a glimpse of these
lovely flowers.
nu l arves tome
pared by Mi.'Jaeob Pretz, of thior
ough. The rapidity with wl/ch tho
edibles disappeared, was ovidonjo enough
that the Major knows how to prepare a
repast for "hungry mortals."
C. P. ECKEL% proprietor or the now
livery stable on East Pomfret Street,, has
added a splendid two-seated carriage
and an ambulance to his " rolling stock"
(luring the past week. Fora good team,
at reasonable rates, visit tho-new-livery.
FAREWELL BMINION.—The 110 V, Dr.
Swart; pastor of the First English
Lutheran Cdngregation, of this, place,
will deliver his farewell sermon, on next
Sabbath a week—thw third day of Sep.
tomber. Service at the usual hour-11
a. M. -
OUR Public Schools arc now in suc-
cessful operation for the Fall term. The
pupils, of the different schools, we are
informed, having passed creditable pri
vate examinations were transforra to
the different grades. There are fully
1,000 children in attendance the present
tossion.
BILLS for the following sales have
• been printed at TIIIS OPSICE :
By John D. Sheaffer, administrator of
Samuel Spangler, a lot of ground in
South Middleton tOwnship, thii
of the South Mountain Railroad.. Hav
ing thereon erected a good frame bowie,
carpenter shop and all necessary eat,
buildings.
Be John Watson, adniinistrator of
Harriet Watson, deceased, on Saturday,
September 30, at 1 o'clock, m., a lot
of ground in Plainfield, luiying therebn
erected a largo two-story frame house
and all necessary out:buildings.
By Samuel Diller, sr., attorney in fact
for the heirs of Frederick Zeigler, de.
ceased, on the promises, in Plainfield,
,a
two-story.brick house, and frame stable.
PERSONAL.—Wo had the pleasure of a
call from Colonel D. A. Buehler, of the
Star and Sentinel, Gettysburg, one day
last 'week. Be representethe newspaper
business brisk in Adams county.
3fr; C. V. B. Kennedy, of the Now
York Times, has been visiting in our
borough during the past week.
Rev. W. R. Halbort and family of
Apalachin, N. Y., aro stopping in town
for a few weeks.
SAMMEL R. MURRAY, of tho .V4//ey
Sentinel, and William IT. Aughinbaugh,
foreman of the Star and Sentinel, paid
oun OFFICE a visit during the present.
week:
A vourio man employed at A. IT.
Sherk's carriage factory, on. South Pitt
stre'olts overcome by the :e,:cossive
heat of Welluesday last,. and was carried
to his home in an insensible condition.
Ho has since recovered, and has again
resumed work.
Tun. administrators' l sale of personal•
property of the late Jelin Noble, do;
ceased, on Thursday last, at the stonm
barn, near the Baltimore pike, was.
largely .attended. The bidding, was.
spirited, and good prices obtained for ,
the ProgorEy disposed of.
Tun "soap" man has boon in. towns
during the past week, holding forth,
nightly, on the publie Square. Ho didl
not appeni" to bo doing a "rushing"
businoss-- r only fifty canto a.. paokage t
Each packago , warranted, to contain front.
fife conta toy five dollars.
Tnn pionio to bo , hold on Saturday
noxt, is Mr.. Lyno'S Grove, about :ono
mile south oftho Stone Tavern, promisos
to be a grand.affair. . It is expected to
be ono of the largest pionios of Aio fame;
son, judging from the number of Iniaia
tiOns that have been extended. .-
IT is a fact worthy of mention, that
notwithstanding the thousands of atran
gars that
,visited This place on Baur.
day last, but lbw drunken or disorderly
men could be seen on our streets duriag
the day. Them bbing hut 'a sink,
rest for drunkenness. .
Tnr chambereboliZepaVeti 'faile'd to
arrive in timo on 'fiatitiday last, to
sake. "Part In the dedicatory 'exercises.
They did not roach. _ bero until_ 11.80 al
m., after the •routo of pieceiSion
,had
boon marched °Ter, and while tho Boy,
erena Robert Dayldson,,l4l., of
delphiaovas delivering the oratpa;
horse:,) attached to , a
13uAcy,•frl'Otpaed at tha' "early , train" •
on Tuesday morning, and despito.tho •'
efforts of ldm Orkor, i lybo, was en ,ter*
firmaattimiting' to. *Clack his flighty
succeeded in getting away, and dashed
down idainetroet actively rato. Tho ,
sulky was considerably* datmigod.
• CIIZA£ Fumy ;c4'..l4.—Tneee of our
Citizens desiring,a firet,olasuparloristoie t
of either of the latest designs, , should •
procure It. of Samuel R. Cloudy, in'tho
Mat Of liheem's Ha. endless varlet)?
of cook stoves at:unheard of low prices. '
The cheapest fruit carat
CtiTo him wean before purchasing else •
Srniurr ri"Ailtionirfo.rifhe • irien. alr.. '
Otereises on Sabbath evening. lest; • *ere
bold on South etreek b,etwooa Pitt and .
.A. gicatanany eltizons. wetek
ettendenea, r.,Addresses Ilarir delivered;
riee.,w. Hale•rt of A.palaohia, N.'
T.,- end liev. De.'Broilej, o We.
The exerpie.,3l ereio Of oi Teri improteiva •
oharaciteri and attentively listened Will ,
the audience.
inner was pre-