BEDFORD GAZETTE.!
Q. F. MEYERS, EDITOR.
FRIDAY : : ; : JUNE 23, 1*65.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
JOHN PALMER, Bedford Borough.
ASSOCIATE JUDGE,
W. G. EIC'HOLTZ, S. Woodberry.
TREASURER,
GEORGE MARDORFF, Bedford Bor.
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
P DONAHOE, Southampton
JURY COMMISSIONER.,
I KENSINGER, Liberty
•COMMISSIONER,
M. S. RTTCHEY, Snake Spring.
POOR DIRECTOR, 3 years,
D. R ANDERSON, C. Valley
POOR DIRECTOR, 2 years,
SAMUEL BERKLEY, St. -Clair.
AUDITOR ,
JAMES MATTINGLY, Londonderry.
CORONER,
JOHN FILLER, E. Providence-*
Grand Union Celebration
OF
Tho Eighty-Ninth Anniversary
OF
.American Independence-
In accordance with resolutions adopted Dy the
Burgess and Council of the Borough of Bedford, the
citizens of Bedford county, without distinction of
party, are respeettully invited to attend a celebra
tion of the Eighty-Ninth Anniversary of American
Independence, to be held on ".Mann'-s Hili," imme
diately N'oith of Bedford, July 4th, pro*. Come
er.e and aii-and give one day to the commemoration
of that glorious -epoch in the history of the world,
which set en the hill-tops of America, the beacon
light of civil and religious liberty I Came, Soldiers,
who periled your lives under the banner nequeathed
to yon by the patriots of the Revolution I Come,
■ Citizens, who would transmit to your children, the
sacred love cf liberty which you inherited from
■your forefathers.l Come, I.aiti3, and lay the tribute
ci your smiles upon the altar of Liberty, wreathed
with chaplets of glory by the maidens of '76 !
A FREE DIETER
•will be given or. the occasion. Tna reading of the
Declaration of Independence, pai.vMic addresetg. !
gaging of Natio'iai Songs, wili be BTvr.g j,u ,
exercises of the day.
A GRAND PROCESSION
wi.l be formed at tne Court House, in which al' are j
u.v iUd to join. Should the weather be inclement, ■
... - cx.tini ..ill ire W.lO m the fnurt Boom. Men
Of all parties are invited to attend, end will be ;
made heartily welcome. Let our watchword be,
"Liberty and Union, Now and forever, One and !
Inseparable!" BY THE COMMITTEE, j
Impression of Oiidoin.
Tor the benefit cf those of our readers whose !
eyee Lave never rejoiced in n sight of the lar.fi
of petroleum, wo will jo! down a few recollec
tions impressed trpon our inind by a recent visit j
to thai ultaginous country
How we r.or the EE.
There are several ways of getting to the "oil
regivas" besides walkfng. 'I it? traveler can go '
byway of Pittsburg on tbe Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne ;
and Chicago Railway, I'ittsburg and Erie R. R. ;
and Atiunticand Great Western Railway. This j
route is preferable on account of its "close con
nections," the Atlantic and Great Western end
especially, because of thecommodiousnes of the j
cars Another route i 3 via Harrisbnrg and the
Philadelphia and Erie R. R. On this route
you .go to Corry and thence to Shaffer, the
present terminue of the Oil Creek If. K Re- !
lieving in the German adage, "Mittelmaas die
beste straas," we diverged from the Pnn?ylva- .
Bia Railroad at Tyrone, taking the Raid Eagle
Valley road which intersects the Philadelphia
and Eric R- R at Lock Haven. This is akind
of compromise between the tworoutss above men-
Lonod, but we found that twelve hours inter
vene between the time of the arrival of the R.
E V. train at Lock Haven and the departure
of the cars from that place, on the P. A E. R.
R., fur Corry This involved the spending of
a night in Lock Haven, for which delay we
were amply repaid by t-tie kind hospitality of
Mr Dieflfenbach, of the Clinton Z)emoa-at. and
the obliging attentions of our old friend and
former fellow townsmtyi, Mr J. J San3om,
who, is now a resident of that beautiful and flour
ishing village. The country between Lock Haven
and Warren i generally mountainous and very
heavily timbered The scenery along this part |
of the 1* &. E R R. is grandly romantic and ,
must be wen to bo appreciated.
WHAT WE SAW THKKE.
•Corry is one of the newest of towns, right in
a forest wtlderne*", and looks for all the world
a? though it had been imported to order, from
the far West iiritk and mortar are at an aw- j
ful discount, for lumber is king ia Corry. Leav
ing Corry, you take the cars on the Oil Creek
R. R. and going due South, you pass through a
comparatively uncultivated region, until you
reach Shaffer on Oil Creek. Desiring to go to
tTtimer, a little town on Cherry Run, we found
it necessary to travel afoot, the distance to be tra
versed being about seven miles. A high ridge
.Bterccnes here between Oil Creek and Cherry
Run and w£ could not help thinking of the fight
at Lookout Mountain, as we slow ly clambered
up the Eteep acclivity. Oncoo the summit of
r.dge you traverse H plateau several miles in
width, whencey-u. slowly descend to the waters
ot Cherry Run. This stream is aptly named,
aj its bants are covered with wild cherry toees
for n number of miles. Oar impression is that
this stream at and N. E. of Plumer, is consid
erably above the altitude of Oil Creek. Some
three miles above Plumer there are a number
of wells being bored, and we were tcld that the
"shows" of oil were good. J ust above Plumer
there are many derricks and between that place
and tho Humboldt Refinery every half acre has
art angino upon it, giving the place an air of ac
tivity which we saw nowhere elsa in all our
travels, Right here the "Bedford Mutual" is
sinking a well, boring having just commenced
w hen we visited the place. The territory in this
neighborhood has not yet been fairly tested, but
a few months will determine whether the
Cherry Run basin extends to this locality. There
are certair.ly strong indications that it does. A
flowing well was struck here the day prior to
our arrival at Plumer; as the seed-bag (an ar
rangement to shut oti the water in the well) was
not put ic tight, it is hard to tell the amount
of oil produced by it per day. The oil and
water flows out together at the rate ot about
150 barrels per day. The depth of the well
is -ISO feet. It is about 500 yards South oi
the "Mutual'?* well. Another well has been
struck on the hill a few hundred yards East of
the one just described, which it is thought will
be a good one. A well producing at one time
at the rote of a hundred barrels per day (so we
were told by the operators) and within a stone's
throw of the scene* of the "MutualV opera
tions, through some disarrangement of the tub
ing, has ceased to yield. There seems to be
ar. indefinite amount of trouble with the break
ing; of boring tools, the improper tubing of
wells, and the misplacing of seed-bags,
it is thought, has prevented mora than one well
from enriching its owners.
FEOM PLUMER to OIL Cirr.
From Pluuier we continued our trip afoot
till we readied Oil City. Wc followed the
course of Cherry Run to its junction with Oil
cteoh, visiting on our way, the "Reed," "Yan
kee" aud other famous wells. It la -called a
mile aiid a l-.alf from lTumer to the Reed weli. j
But by the Run read, we think it two miles, I
at least. We were very anx-ion? to see the
flow of tbe Reed well ami a" ther -1 •va- no
I
er way ct petting to the top of the tank, than
by ci'.tnbing -a greasy pole, va performed that j
slippery operation to the serious detriment of!
linen coat and cassimere pnr.taloons. The flow cf
this famous well, is irregular, the oil come- ;
time? gushing forth t J CAPACITY of the j
pipe, at other time a •• Lin stream, '
but we wer* informed its orig
inal flow cf about "00 barn's. In the imme-'
diate neighborhood of this well, there are many 1
*
tanks and tbe yield of oil seems to be large.;
New wells are going dawn on the hillside?, some'
good ones having been struck far above the lev- i
el of the Run. Rut even in this locality, con- i
sidered by many U ie most Tortile ; n t he c iaa e ;n. ;
ous pro<luct, there are. ten "dry holes" for every
paying well that is struck, showing that oil
' seeking is, more or less, a lottery. 1 his is ac
| counted for by the theory of the geologists, that
' petroleum is found in vertical crevices in the
! sand rock?, which crevices muit be tapped in
order to obtain any considerable quantityof oil.
Hence a i: drv hole'' and well may be
bored ivithin a few feet other. Not
withstanding this fact many persons have be
come immensely wealthy, through this business
of oil flecking, and thousands are now trying
1 their luck with the "jars," the "reamer" and
I "sandpump." The region from the Reed well
! to Oil city is literally "pepperboxed" with wells,
j some of "which never produced anything but
i water, a number of which yielded oil at one
time, but have been abandoned, and many of
i which are still paying handsome profits to their
! owners. The flood in the spring did great
damage to the operations along Oil Creek and
many wells had to be abandoned on that account.
FROM OH. CITY TO EMIJETTTON.
Oil City, the centre of the red tape portion
of oil-dom, is built along the base of a steep
ridge, which -overlooks the west bank of the
Allegheny river. It extends from above the
mouth of Oil creek, about half a mile below it.
The single street in the place, is beautifully
diversified with numerous mud-holes, and the
way teams flounder about in them, is a caution
to horse-flesh. There are a number of hotels
at which tolerable fare is to be had at the rate
of four dollars per day. The stage of water in
the river, at this place, is too low at this season
for navigation by steamboat, but flat-boats are
still "dragging their slow length along," and
assist very materially in the transportation of.
oil. These are towed up 6tream by horses,
three or four being attached to a single boat, J
each bestrode by a rider, to gunk- it along the!
banks of tue river and over rough places in the
water. We left Oil city for Franklin, by the,
Franklin I'ranch It. It., and arrived at the
latter place in time to take the coach for East
Sandy. Franklin is the county scat of Ven
ango county, and is a pretty, thriving village.
There are a number of good oil wells, on the
banks of the Allegheny river, near this place.
After trundling along for about six hours, over
a road without any apparent bottom, we arrived
at East Sandy, whence we took passage in a
bay wagon returning from Oil city. We rode
about seven miles in this conveyance and wher
we alighted therefrom, wo were about as sore
as Davy Crocket after his fight with the young
bears. We then "watched our chance and
walked" the remainder of the road to Emlentcn,
which place we reached just before night. Era
lentou is a pleasant little village on the East
bank of the A Hegheny riv er, at the Southern
extremity of Venango county, 20 miles due
South from Oil city. Here we found our friend
Elias Widel, to whose kiud attentions nrul the
friendly hospitality of his family we ae deeply
indebted lu company with .Mr. W. v. e vi*ited
the well in process of being bored by "the "Stump
Islands Oil Company," of this place. The op
erators at this well have been very unlucky in
breaking tbeir boring implements. A reamer
is now fast in the well and cannot be removed
except by reaming from the top or drilling it
out. The surface indications here are good
and there arc strong hopes that the company
will get a good well. From Emlenton we were
compelled to travel a* far as Kittauniug, in a
small, leaky skiff'. Our traveling companion
was kept constantly employed in bailing out the
water, whdst a young man, who managed the
skiff for us, and ourselt did the rowing. Eleven
"mortal hours" were spent in coming the dis
tance between Emlenton and Kittnnning, with
the sun beaming upon us isi unusual intensity,
and the wind, hot and sultry, squarely against us
all the while. With our hands blistered, our
feet soaked and our face tanned a beautiful
brown, we stepped ashore at Kittanning unu
soen were on our homeward way rejoicing.
The Coming Celebration.
In accordance with an almost universal prac
tice, the Burgess and Council of this Borough
have recommended the appropriate celebra
tion of the coming anniversary of American
Independence. The recommendation is to the
t •ilizens without distinction of party. We quote
thei# resolution t
"Resolved, That the Burgess and "Council of
the Borough of Bedford, do recommend that
the coming anrHvesary of our Independence be
celebrated by Jffi citizens in an appropriate and
becoming mv.r.ner.'j^**
The Burgess appointed a committee of ton,
consisting of five Democrats and five Repub
licans, to make arrangements for the celebra
tion and also proposed that there should be two
orations delivered, one by a Democrat and the
other by a Republican, politics to be excluded
from both. That the course of the Burgees and
Council was perfectly proper and entirely fair
to all parties cannot be denied. Nay, that it
was liberal, as coming from the majority (polit
eally speaking! is equally indisputable. But
mark the rcouit 1 Whilst many Republicans
wore willing to respond to this recommendation
of the Burgess and Council, a little intolerant
clique, which would "rather rule in hell than
serve in heaven," refused to join in the Union
celebration, i sued a cail for a jrctriz't:. meeting
an 1 arc now .striving to divide the people on this
sacred occasion, when the American people
! should be one in their commemoration of the
! natal day of Independence. This were provo
cation enough to Democrats to justify them in
! getting up a counter political celebration. But
they will riot permit ar.y feelings of resent
: ment against any human creature, to enter into
: their observance of tins glorious day. They
, respect the recommendation of the B #>ugu
i authorities, and, therefore, will not engage in any
j P --i~~-i- ; n r otci~~~ to the celebrating in
; which they expect to participate. Thay are
i fur the restoration cf harmony and fraternal
j kindness among our people, and not in favor of
j continuing bitterness and strife such as the
; clique before spoken of are striving to pe r pe£-
I uate. Having given the reaommendation of
f the Burgess and Council, we will now submit
' to the judgment- of the people, fhe call issued
by the clique of malcontents. [lt is just to say
j that some cf the names attached to this call,
; were appended to it under a misapprehension
! of its contents].
To the Soldiers and Union People of Bet
ford County;
Through the heroic daring and endurance of
j the brave soldiery of the Union, our country
j has been preserved, and the respect by the na-
I tions of the earth been continued as—if possi
i 'ole, to a greater degree than ever before—and
, all against the machinations of Rcbeis and their
1 sympathisers everywhere; we, the loyal people
j of Bedford county, who have sorrowed with
j your sorrows, and who have rejoiced with your
i rejoicings, who have also regained tor you the
' rights of suffrage; who say you have conquer*
j ed the enemy of our nationality, and not "com
; promised with the mightiest of traitors," that,
| therefore, the war was not a failure and the
i principles of Copperhcadism have not trium
phed, in order to manifest a due regard for your
services to the country, do propose to give you
the soldiers of the whole country, a benefit on
the 4th of July, next. Come and have a free
| dinner and be greeted by your friends,
j Loyal people from the country, throughout
| the county, come all, anil each family bring a
basket of good things for our brave soldiers.
W. IV. SHUCK,
JOHN T. KEAGY,
JOHN G. MiNNICid, Ja ,
JOHN R. JORD AN,
K. M. ALSIP,
D. Z. SIL'E,
J. 11. HUT TON,
A. B. CARN,
COLIN LOYEIt,
V AL. VONDERSM ITU,
JOSIAII HALEY,
WM. HORN,
MAT. SRI DEL.
Comment is unnecessary. Let every man
judge for himself, as between the Union cele
bration and the political meeting. s for ourself.
we Lave determined to disregard the conduct of
the few discontented spirits who are striving to
keep the people divided, and hope that Demo
crats wiii set their political opponents tuch an
example of forbearance as will put to lasting
shame the intolerance and bigotry exhibited by
some of the would-be honorable and patriotic
people of this borough. We hope that ;!*e peo
ple from every part Off the county wit! attend.
Returned soldiers are respectfully requested to
participate iu the celebration and to vome dres
sed iu uniform. Come everybody, and show
your dovcrtioa to the principles of the fathers.
Cy^UASte.—The Chief Burgess cf this Borough
has had two sons killed in The army, one of the
Connciltneii had a son who was a long time a Fed
eral prisoner in the Sooth, another had a eon who
lost his life through exposure in the discharge of
bis official duties at the funeral services of Presi
dent Lincoln; another was the only maa in this
place who volunteered for the defence ol Hariis
burg at the time of J.ee's invasion{ not til these
sacrifices don't
gle in a Fourth of July celsbrt*#h with same men
in '.U* towa. Sterne' Shame i
The County Convention.
The Democratic County Convention which
mat in the Court Ilou**', on Monday last, was a
body such as any party might well be proud of.
Every district in the county was represented,
forty-four delegates being in attendance. In
forming the ticket tho convention ignored nil
personal considerations and did what, in their
judgment, seemed best calculated to promote
the success o? the party and the furtherance of
Democratic principles. The gentlemen chosen
as candicateson the ticket, are indisputably
good and true men. We have not roc:a to
speak of them separately in tbi3 issue, but will
do so at an early cay. Suffice it for the present,
to say, what no man will dcr.y, that they are
well known to be among the worthiest citizens
of the county, several of them having served
their country as soldiers. IVe commend the
ticket to the consideration of the people and
ask for it that liberal support which its charac
ter deserves. Let the conservative masses, all
who are opposed to striking the word WHITE
out of our Constitution, as proposed by the
Pittsburg Gazette, rally around this ticket and
give it at least 1,000 majority. The war is over.
Former political questions are settled. *'Oiu
things have passed away; behold, ail things are
become new."" Let tLc past be forgotten. Let
every man, calling himself by the name ot
l)emccrat{fov principle's sake) fall into the ranks
of the great conservative Democracy. "Come,
let us reason ore the 4 'night cometh
when no man can
Democratic County Convention
| Pursuant ts the rules of the Democratic
Party-of Bedford county, a convention of Del
' egates elected for the purpose of nominating a
County Ticket to be supported at the next elec
tion, was l.e'.d at tho Court House, in Bedford,
on Monday, 19th inst. The Convention was
; organized by the appointment of VALENTINE
STECKMAN, of Bedford Borough, as Presi
dent, and G. iV. G imp, of Napier, and B r .
Frnai, cf Bedford Borough, as Secretaries. The
following name ! delegates presented their cre
dentials :
Bedford Borough. —V. Steckman, W. Fyan.
Bedford tp. —M. Holderbaum, J. I'. Gcpbart.
i Bloody Run. —Fred. Steckman. Jere. Thomp
son.
Broad Top. —M. A. Hunter, Patrick Drhew
Colerain. —H. P. Dichl, B. F. Mrgirt.
Cumberland Valley. —Wm. Mason, Bobt. D< r
rimore.
Hopewell. —George Steel, Henry S Fluke.
Harrison. —Geo. R. Bailey, John J. Powell.
; Juniata .—Geo. Gardill. James K Burns.
Liberty. —Geo. Roarles, John C. Neury.
Londonderry. —James Mattingly, C. Devore.
' Monroe. —Lewis ilov -r: , 11. Means.
I Jfapier. —Abraham E oh. G. VV. Gump.
Prcv. E. —D. A. T. Black, M. Kitchey.
! Prcv. TV. —A. J. Morgart, Peter Koons.
Schtllsburg tor. —Win Srtive'y, A E. Schell.
I Snune Spring. —John G. Hanl-y, John Aeons.
' —Hugh YV;i-i n, A. Perdew.
St. Clair. —John Hcrshbeiyor, Siatot. Ih; a*
man.
i Union. —Samuel Dubhs, Jnat'o M. f lee'.,
r Wo'ouberry M. —Daniel Bar./, ileery Fiuck.
j " S. —J. S. Brumbaugh, John Grave.
On motion the Convention proceed d to the
! nomination of a county ticket. Hon. J. G
j Hartley stated thai, he was authorized to wi'.t
--j draw the name of E. F. Kerr, E-q., as a can
didate for the nomination of District Attorney,
j with the recommendation by Mr. Kerr, that the
delegates instructed for him support .Mr. Pul
j mer. Balloting was then had with the follow*
1 ing result:
j District Attorney, JOHN PALMER ,ESQ ,
; Bedford Borough.
Associate Judge, CAPT. VV. G. EICII-
I OLTZ, S. Woodberry.
Treasurer, GEO. MARDORFF, Bedford
liorongh.
County Surveyor, P. DON A HOE, Sonth
j ampton.
Jury Commssioner, I. KENSINGEE, Esq ~
Liberty.
Commissioner, M. S. BITCHEY, Snake
Spring.
Poor Director, 3 years. D. It. ANDERSON,
j C. Valley.
Poor Director, 2 years, SAMUEL BECK
LEY. St. Clair.
Auditor, JAMES MATTINGLY, London
| derry.
i Coroner, JOHN FILLER, E. Providence.
On motion the nominations were made unan
; imous. The following named persons '.-/ ere
then appointed a County Committee fur the en
suing year; E. F. Kerr. Chairman; I. T. Gcp
bart, Robert Steckman, John C- Figard, B. F.
Morgart, Thomas Fisher, George Steel, VV.
Ego If, Jonh S. Brumbaugh, John S. Sclieli,
John K. Sauer.
Messrs. /ohn Sill, A. .T. Morgan and D. A.
T. Black were appointed Representative Con
ferees. \V. Fyan, Esq., then read the follow
ing platform of resolutions, which was unani
mously adopted.
liesolved, by the Democracy of Bedford coun
ty in convention assembled, That we renew our
iidelit}- to the Constitution of eur common
country.
Resolved, That the Constitution was ordained
and adopted for the purpose of forming a more
perfect Union, to establish juotice, insure domes
tic tranquility, provide for the common defence,
promote the general welfare, and secure the
blessings of liberty to the citizens of these Uni
te.! states.
Therefore, Be it further Resolved, That the
States which form our federal Union, ai i sove
reign and independent communities, bound to
gether by the Constitution, and possessed of all
the powers belonging to distinct and separate
States, excepting such as they delegated in the
Constitution to the general government.
Resolved, That the Democratic Party would
bail with delight, the restoration of the writ of
Habeas Corpus , believing it to be the greatest
bulwark of personal liberty, as well as one of
the strongest pillars of Republican Government
—that abolishing it, we lost our best protec
tion in time of peace and our noblest defence in
time of war, that being one of the inalienable
rights bequeathed to the freemen of our coun
try by the sages who framed the Constitution,
its restoration would be hailed with glad heart*
I and unbounded joy by the Democratic and con
, servativc masses of this great and powerful Re
-1 public.
| Resolved, That tho late speech delivered b}
j that arch fanatic, Wendell Phillip*, urging a
repudiation of the national debt, for the saki-oi
negro suffrage, should receive the contempt and
condemnation ot alt good men, beiicv-ng that,
repudiation would cause bankruptcy to *'
Government, and its concomitant, insolvency to
! its people.
Resolved, That we find much in the adminis
tration of President Johnson, worthy of commen
dation. and his opening of the bastiles, his par
don cf persons whose conviction bv courts
martial sitting in Slates in which the civil courts
were not obstructed, his opening of the South
ern ports, thus destroying a foul monoDoly in
trade, as well as his stern resistance of the at
teir.pLs of the Radicals to force him into a rec
ommendation of negro suffrage, induce us to
hope that he will he true to his Democratic an
tecedents and faithful in the fulfilment of the
high office .vhic'n in the inscrutable Providence
of <!.: Rnler* of the Universe, lie Las been cal
led to fill.
At solve-'', That we congratulate our follow
citizens upon the re'nrn erf peace and the pros
pect of a speedy re-union ot alt the States ;
that while we lament the desolation and sorrow
bequeathed to the Republic. Toy .the fiatricidal
war which has just ended, onr hearts are glad
dened at i'ue return of th® survivors of the LarJ
fonght fields of the South, and we v.'. lco~c uicm
to the avocations of civil life, with ihc hope
that they may never more be celled iheicfrom
by the battle-cries of sectional or civil feuds.
Resolved, That as the Democratic Party, net
j uated by the grand precept of the D : vine Teu
' eher, strove to maintain peace before the war
j broke out, as it endeavored to re-unite,ln peace,
j the broken sections of the country when war
1 existed, so now it will strive to restore to eon
i cord and perfect amity, the divided people and
to keep forever alive among them that frater
! nal love which aiose can make a nation great
and prosperous.
! Resolved, That as we warned the re >p!e (with
} what faithfulness to truth tlie past four years
! have shown) against the fanaticism of those
! restless agitators whose innovations assisted in
j bringing upon tlie country, disunion and civil
j war, so we again urge that their efforts to dis
quiet and distract the public mind, with their
j radical and revolutionary teachings, whether
in the pulpit, the rostrum,"or the press, he dis
' countenanced and frowned upon by every man
! who values the peace of society an l the etabil
• it v of our <.h.'vcrnfwn.h
■cr. tis asiunishir g efficacy in expelling worms ! *
8 " vvon r o* it many friends wherever known, and !
hesa are speak ing its praise ,
tH.s, so thatS <, it is fast being !
produced into TO Severy family in j
ne land, demand for it is i I
eco.n.ng DESTROY < mense. To make , $
Mnl moreo S worthy the nr.c • •
.■et.ee t , Tf fftg ties'-? t. is day nominated,
is composed of true, honest, and reliable men—
-1 men who possess integrity and ability to dis-
I charac the duties pertaining to the several ofS
-1 ces for which tliey are named, wit it honor to
' themselves, and credit to the Democratic party ;
i and \va pledge to them our united and undivi
• aed support.
The Convention then adjourned, with Da .3
leh tars for "the il-ke', i:.c v'.elu ticket and
nothing ' ut the tick i."
V. STjaOivM AN, President.
V,' ! Secretaries,
jG. \\ . Gt iiP, J
A New VOL. 1 Loose AX T'tv JCJA NO.!—
Dni ~ It-' of Presi'h ' t Jthnscu—two views;
j Secretary Harlan, Queen Victoria; the Eri
prcsfl Eugenie; ;ho Emperor Alexander; Julius
) Caesar, with sketches of Character; the Con
! spiratonq and how they lock; the Physiognomy
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Tlie Revealed Testimony.
; Sanford. Conovcr vs. Jrnnr* if. Willact— Jij
fvlnnts of the R<al iViA^oe—F'lz Hundred
Uoilers Re.vntr<l Offered j <r the Arrest of
J Conovrr- VVhnt / hov.p*r>n Said About \
t'ropozuivn to DeAroij Water Works in
JVor i hem Cities lain Depositiong
[From lue Montreal Evcn'r-g Tei-?rspb, Jr.'lO ]
To the Eldor of the Evening 'Eh jro t ;
: Pio i~3 publish my aflWv.i* 1 w hand
ed yon, fad the adverti.-em":< bed. 1
will obtain and ftc - ish o.iier - .r ■ hlication
liersaftti- I will add that if t Jh„n
will fend me a t-'.fe corxiu L to go -.<) Wash
ington an ■ return'to, I will pro- thither
: and go before the military .;•< ,i .Aejwv
fertof mysett in ortl.-that tS-" may . whether
.or not 1 am the Sanford ' .oov' i who Bwon>
j as suited.
JAMES W. \YM .CI .
j Montreal, June 8, TAL
PROVINCE OK CAN;' )
: District of M W ni._ai. J
J..O.es \V":\T: n Wallace, OF the city sad
J trLi of MONTREAL, counsellor at law, BEING DAIY
. '.sworn upon the Holy Evangelist, doth DEPOSE
■ AND.":);': 1 am the SAME James Watson Wal
! lace who gave evidence C HE subject :fthe
I St. ALBUMS raid, which evidence appears npage
; 212 of t'.J printed report cf the said E J
1 arn a native of the county of Loud*. O IHO
' (Jonimonwcn'th A Virginia. I arrived in Yo&-
| trenl iu THE month of October last past. ! RE .
I A.<'• 1 durin" a portion of last winter and JRIN
J in HOUSES in Craig frost and Montague V.EET"
AN the city of MURT***!. I have I-cea : EX
| AMNJED IHE report ci' what : • th- S ,P T .RCSSI ; F .
' idcnce before THE court-mar' a A*..- UEIRIC ' DEN
Jat Washington ity on MISTRESS Surra* t, DNE
; and others ; :*XJ I LAIC looked carefully T TT
J the report of the evidence in the New Yori J.
: oersof a person calling himself San FED C
HER who DEPOSED to the facte that '. MIST in ? .N
--i treai he went by the name of Jam . W ,, A
! Wallace, and gave evidence in the St. A.
• j raid inve; ligation ; that LUE s:UL Sanford Con •
;er F, \i iontly personated ME before the sai l
j martini} *lmt I never gave any testimony W! ♦-
I soever before the said court-martial at V< [ T .
■ i city; that F neve.- had knowledge o T.
I ' Wikes iioctu except seeing hitn upon the si, E,
I , and did not know be was in Montreal unto I
• saw it published, cfter the MUMCR of Presideet
' Lincoln; that I never WRIST CORRESPONDENT ,f
■ : the NEW York Tritvne; TOOT I never went I -
• d r the nr.me of Sat ford Conov ; that In< r
i hr.u ;,ny confidential '•omnnmir; .ior. with
• i George N. SANDERS. Bevcny 'l' sker, Hon. ".
iThotnps .n, General Carr of Tennessee, Dr.
SF M. A. PaUen, or ~.J CT toe others therein me. -
>1 tioncd. That roy acquaintane- with every <>,
Hof THESE gentlemen was slight and in HAS
It Lave no hesitation in stating !' the eviden
It f the said Sanf-.V., Conovcr personating L
JFCS fah-E, untrue, an! unfounded IN fact, and
from beginning to end a tissue C. falsehood?
I have made this deposition vobmt
IU JOSII to MY own char:: BT ranl 'I .
(Signed) r . V . .:- .
( Sworn to bef <M ME -T ~ -..FRCA'' i'.
day of June, ISBO.
A G . SMITH .. F.
I, Alfred Parry, cf MONTREAL, <FO HV Ey I,?r-
T'G that I S prcsc-.-t when the sal Jamc.
\* R . ?= >: WALLA •? gave TB: al>- vc DEPOSIT;, V, r.r. 1
' TL. IT. IN ijave it of HI; OWN free will and I
further ".dure bo is the same A. dividual WHO
pa* FT CVDER.EE '"ARC the Honorable Justic;
I Smith :n IH ; * of ihc St. A .!L...ns raiders,
ALFRED PERI'.r,
I ? T ontre&l. June 0.
E.R. iact from SUPPRESSED testimony given at
WS'shingicr. BEFORE THE military commision b;
Sanford Coaovdr, aha* J. Watroa Wallaca,
on the first two days of THE proceedings, as pub-
S ilshed ir the New York papers:
O —State whether you did testify on thequc?-
. lion of tiie gntulioness of that eigt.a'ure of
, Seddon ? A—l did.
Q —ln WHAT court I A—l tostifi 1 before
} Judge the signature was genuine.
1 (I — State to the court whether you ARE so
f quainteu a-, 1 familiar with the hand W .tic.'
. ' James A. Seddon, the rebel Secretary OF \V,U
„ A—Yes ir.
14 ,
— State to the court upon veer on*..
whether rtie signature of the blank COM on -A
1 you saw was the gcnidue signature or not : A
_ —it was his genuine signature.
*" * * ♦ •
Q —Did you GO to by the name of
Sanford Conpyer ? A—NO, TY;.
' I Q —What name did you GO there by ' A—
- J. Watson Wallace.
. J PROVINCE OF C ,NPA, )
J 1 GiM-ict of MOM real |
| YV'HA.M Hastings Kerr, cf the city AND
! t:ict of Montreal, ESQNL-E, advocato, KING UUIY
I -Avorn, doth despose and swear that be knows
.'James Watson Wallace, late ot Virginia, but
! now and for the last seven months re.-' dent of
1 | the city cf Montreal, counsellor at law ; TH IT hr,
- | this deponent, was one of the counsel ENGAGED
" j tor the defense in the aifair of the investigation
! before the lion. Judge Smith into the St. A>
| bans raid; that be was present in court AN-
J examined the said James Vvatson V> aliare
3 ' •vliilst the said investigation was going ON AN
I j report of whose testimony appears at page -Y
5 J of the printed case, published by John Lovei.
jof the said city of Montreal; that tiiii dep°*
j nent had frequently seen the said James V \"
" j son Wallace cn private business, NI-..YD
? as the said James Watson Wallace's protess: r-
R aladviserinMontre.il; that this deponent YES-
S terday seiw the said James Watson Wallace!* 1
( the said city of Montreal?; that he was PRF- ; ' :2 J
whilst the said James Watson Wallace ILEME*.
1 that he, the said James Watson Wallace, " ;
S the person who, under the name of Sar'-'T*-
' Conovcr, gave before the military COMMIT®
• or court martial now and for some TIME
assembled in Washington, evidence which HA-"
since been published as the suppressed evidence
C | in the New York papers. He, the said - UM =
s Watson Wallace, then and there declaring T ! -*
T some person had personated him, the said JN® FI
"\V R atson Wallace, and had given LE.WROONV ''
from beginning to end, was a TISSU E ■
hoods; that this deponent w.is p-
I th" statements and denials >F tl V
R son W dlace were r"du T. wri;. .■• ' L
presence, and signed by •.!. ! JAUI.S U !
Wallace, and sworn to by hira before G* '""v f
, Esq , one of lier MajestyVjustices of the PEA - •
that the said Jl.mies Watson Wallace D 11?RI AR
there declared tnat he made the said ATSDA V '
voluntarily, and in order to clear himself IW 2I
1 any Buspicion of being the Sanford Co.;over > N
3 question. And this deponent saith that no fof*
3 or violence WAS used toward the said LAS 1
I son Wallace, nor were any menaces or T " T L
! made use of toward him by any °'Y\
• j seemed to 'UE anxioas to MAKE the said A^-* 1 * 1 *
LAND to use ail means iu HIS power to disco*'- 1