daxrltr.
Friday - n j lt g. April 27, 1866.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
FOU GOVERNOR,
Hon. HIESTER CLYMER,
OF BERKS COUNTY.
to deeinqi ents.
Of thirteen hundred subscribers to
this journal, not quite four hundred
have paid for the year of which nine
months have passed away. Now, is
this not really too bad? If the nine
hundred delinquents had paid up, as
they should have done, there would be
no necessity for any more dunning. In f
that case we would not now need a cent
of money ; but as it is, we need every
cent they owe us. We have paid out
our own money to meet the expenses
of furnishing these nine hundred with
their weekly copy of our paper. It is
really a loan to them. Now. we appeal
to our delinquent friends to pay up.
You have already permitted yourselves
to lose the advantage of our advance
rates. If you neglect to make payment
for three months longer, you will have
to pay $3.00 per year for your paper.—
We do not wish to exact this from you.
But we must enforce our rates, or quit
publishing a paper. Shall this be the
last dun ? Delinquents will decide for
themselves.
NEGROES VS. FOREIGNERS.
The passage of the "Negro Civil
Rights Bill/' is a direct blow at every
foreigner, be he Englishman, French
man, Scotchman, Welshman, or j
what not, for the reason that it
discriminates against him and in fa-1
vor of the Negro. As the law now
stands, a Negro who was six months
ago a slave, who cannot read nor write
any language, without regard to his
characteror disposition "to the good
oder and happiness" of the nation, is
declared to be a citizen ; but the thou
sands of white foreigners who have re
sided in this country, two, three, or I
four years, the vast majority of whom
are intelligent and well educated, are!
"left out in the cold" of their alienage,
and must bide their time, make proof
of five years' residence and of their
good moral character, their attachment
to the Constitution of the United
States, and their disposition "to the
good orderand happiness of thesame,"
besides abjuring the government of
which they were subjects and taking
the oath of allegiance to the United
States. President Johnson, in his mes
sage returning the Civil Rights Bill to
the Senate, says: "The bill in effect
proposes a discrimination against large
numbers of intelligent, worthy and pa
triotic foreigners, and in favor of the i
Negro, to whom after long years of
bondage, the avenues to freedom and
intelligence have just now been sudden
ly opened.'' Let this fact he impress
ed upon the minds of all who desire
to do justice to per-on- of foreign birth
in our midst. Let the object of the
Disunionists in tliu- favoring tlx* Ne
gro and slighting the foreigner, be
made clear to the minds of citizens of
foreign birth, so that they will cease to
vote a ticket which cuts their own
throats. Men of every nationality are
interested in this matter. Old preju
dices and aniincities sink under this
sweeping insult to all foreigners. If
this class of the American people isnot
to be degraded beneath the level of the
Negro, it is about time for those who
compose it to bestir the uselvesin their
own behalf.
BLMST NEGRO RIOT IN NORFOLK.
We are already realizing the first fruits
of 4 the Upas tree planted by the Disun
ion Radicals. They have -taught and
are daily engaged in teaching the Ne
gro that he is the equal of the White
Man and that he must and shall have
all the civil and political privileges in
herent in American citizenship. En
couraged by the assurances of these
men, it is not surprising that the Negro
should strike for rights which he is told
are his, but which are yet denied him.
A few days ago an outbreak of the col
ored people occurred in the city of Nor
folk, Va., which resulted in the death
of a number of whites and blacks and
in the wounding of many more. It is
said to have been a frightful affair.—
Notwithstanding the danger which
this occurrence portends, the Disunion
istsin Congress still continue to legis
late and talk in favor of white and
black equality, and still inflame the ;
mind of the Negro against those who
do not choose to acknowledge him as
their equal. If people want another ,
San Domingo massacre, or the repeti
tion of the recent butcheries in Jamai
cn, let them continue in power the Dis
union Radicals, and they will be grati
fied soon enough. Beware! The men
in Congress who preach Negro Suffrage
and the equality of whites and blacks,
are stirring up an element which they
cannot control and which will cause
blood to flow ere it can be quelled.
A FEW WORDS TO CANDIDATES.
A number of gentlemen have an
nounced themselves as candidates for
the Democratic nomination for the va
rious offices to be filled at the coming
election. All of them, in their an
nouncements, pledge themselves to a
hide by "the decision of the Democratic
County Convention." Is it generally
understood what the full meaning of
this promise to abide by "the decision
of the Convention" comprehends. It
involves a maids persona! honor, and he
is dishonored and disgraced if he violates
that pledge. It is the essence, the very
life and soul, of party organization, and
must be lived up to under all circum
stances. The man who submits his
, name to a party convention, with the
promise to abide by its decision, and
failing to receive its nomination, oppo
ses, or is lukewarm in regard to, the
election of his successful competitor, i
treacherous at heart and does not de
serve, in any degree, the confidence of
his fellow men. We do not believe, for
a moment, that any such person now
seeks a nomination at the hands of the
Democracy of Bedford county. If we
did. we would expose him at once.
But in the past, we have had some ex
amples of infidelity in this regard, and
it is this fact that induces us to talk in
this strain. Had the office-seekers in
the Democratic party always proved
honorable and faithful, our majority in
this county would long ago have reach
ed a thousand votes. Nothing under
the sun. but the dissensions caused by
disappointed office-hunters, has kept
our majority from reaching that figure.
It i- true that Conventions sometimes
make mistakes, hut within the party
there can be no appeal from their deci
sion. Far better that those who feel ag
grieved hide their time and appeal to
subsequent conventions for justice, than
to take the matter into their own hands
and seek redress by a mode which can
hut prove their own political ruin. And
just here let us urge that it should al
ways be a point to elect the moat intel
ligent and upright men in the -everal j
districts as delegates to conventions.
Such men are not likely to do inju-tice
to any one, or to disobey the voice of j
the people. As to the mode of election
eering for nominations, it should he
entirely free from personalities. As
but one person can receive the nomina
tion for the office to which he aspires, |
candidates should remember that if
nominated, it is important that they
have the good w ill of their defeated :
competitor-. It isnot enough that they
have a right to their support, which is
j certainly true under all circumstances, j
| but they should -o conduct themselves
! in the canvass for ihe nomination, that
such support will he cordial and whole
hearted. We cannot afford to haveany
more bickerings and heart-burnings in ,
; our organization. We say to the can
i delates, be men, treat each other hon
; orably, kindly and fairly. It i- not
merely success in office-get ting that de
mands the-e things at your hands.
The welfare of the country depends
upon the triumph of Democratic prin
ciple-, and, therefore, require- of you
such deportment as will contribute
; most to the success of the Democratic
party. .So mote it he.
NNOTIIER GREAT SI'KKITI BY THE
DKIJiIDKN r.
A large concourse of Soldiers and
Sailors, assembled in Washington, on
Wednesday evening of last week, and
proceeded, with the Marine Band at
their head, to the Executive Mansion
for the purpose of serenading President
Johnson. The President appeared and
addressed theassem biage at some length
| upon the issues of the day. We will
publish his speech entire in our next.
There is a nervous force in what the
President says that carries conviction
With it, and we cannot help thinking
that he will ere long have many fol
lowers in his own party. He is evi
dently a man of great firmness and te
nacity of purpose, such a man as can
not fail to make converts to his cause.
Of his enemies he speaks in terms of
the bitterest contempt. The following
which were loudly cheered by the Sol
diers and Sailors, are some of his ut
terances in regard to the opponents of
his policy.
"While I was thus exposed personal
ly and publicly (in the midst of the re
bellion) and in everyway, some of my
present traducers and calumniators
were far remove 1 from the foe, and were
enjoying case and comfort. But I c-are
not for them ; I care not for their slan
der. Thefoul whelp of sin has been turn
ed loose against me. I care not for all
that, and let me tell you here 10-day
that, although pretty well advanced in
: life, I feel that 1 shall live long enough
to live down the whole pack of tradu
cers. (Applause). They have turned
the whole pack loose to lower me in
j your estimation. (Voices, "They can
not do it.") "Tray, Blanche and Sweet
i heart, little dogs and all" come snarl
ing and snapping at my heels, but I
heed them not. The American people,
citizens, soldiers and sailors, know that
; from my advent into public life to the
; present moment, I have always stood
unyielding and unwavering as the ad
vocate and defender of their rights and
interests."
How many of the so-called "Repub
lican" papers will dare to lay before
i their readers this speech of the Presi
dent? We venture to predict that the
number will not reach a half dozen
in this state.
AOAIXST THE AM OX |.\l> FOR THE
NEGRO.
The Disunion majority in Congress,
are true to their antecedents. When
we were a united and happy people,
blessed with peace, prosperity and am
ity, they and their associates attacked
the Union of the States, and the Con
stitution of our fathers; the one was
denounced, the other vilified. Con
cord. amity and forbearance, the silver
cords that bound our people in a com
mon destiny, were rudely sundered,
and in their stead came a career of hate,
vituperation and bloodshed : love for
the Negro prompted its inception, anx
iety for his freedom nerved them in
their progress, and a desire for his so
cial elevation rou-ed them to renewed
exertion. As the peculiar friend- of
the Negro they nullified the plain pro
visions of the organic law, and violated
laws enacted under its requirements.
A- hi- zealous advocate-, they now vi
olate the elementary principles of the
Constitution, and refuse representation
to the people who are true to the laws
and faithful to the government. They
were against the Union at the liegin
ning. and they an?but con-istein in op
posing it now. They are for the Ne
gro, and against the poor white man,
and their policy of to-day i- but the
retiex of their sentiment- in the past.
Their true rallying cry is: Ui* WITH
THE NEGRO AND DOWN WITH THE
UNION. They are Di-unionists in
thought, Disunioni-t- in word, and
Disunionists in deed.
THE nisi AIOXI.STS ItITIM !) TO VOTE
THE ftErnsßl lUi HEROES
\ MEIIAI..
In the Senate of Pennsylvania, on
the Sthof April, 18(14, Senator Lamber
ton. a Democrat, offered the following
resolution.
"Resolved, That the committee on fi
nance lie instructed to bring in a bill
authorizing the governor of this Com
monwealth to cause a .suitable medal
in gold to be struck and presented to
General .Meade, and such other suita
ble testimonial as it may desire, to be
presented to the other commissioned
and non-commissioned officers and pri
vates of this State who wrought for
thi- commonwealth a great deliverance
from rebel invasion, on the sanguinary
and victorious field of Gettysburg."
Senator Johnson, disunionist, moved
to amend by directing the committee
to inquire into the expediency of doing .so.
The Democrats voted against amend
ing the resolution and the di-unionists
for it. The amendment was carried.
The committee did not crenxider it exped
ient and never brought in tin- bill, and
no medal was ever presented to Gen
eral Meade ami his soldiers, because of
this vote of the disunionists. Look
at the Record, page "9.j.
THE New York Herald, a Republi
can paper, but now supporting Presi
dent Johnson in his struggle with the
Disunionists, thus forcibly epitomizes
the vetoed Civil Rights Bill:
"Shali the negro intermarry with our
daughters, and take an equal place in
our households? The Civil-rights hill
says that he shall."
"Shall negroes intermingle with our
refined ladies in steaming hot theatres,
ball rooms, opera houses, and railroad
ears? The civil-rights hill declares that
they must."
"Shall a negro supercede Grant as
genera.-in-chief of the United States
army? The civil-rights hill says that
he can do so.
"Is a negro tive time's better than a
white man that the former should vote
immediately, while the latter has to
undergo five years probation if he brings
hi- skill, labor and money to this coun
try from abroad? The civil rights
bill declares that the negro i- tive times
better."
"Shall the farms of the great West
aud the whole country be owned by ne
groes and white labor be made subser
vient to negro proprietorship? The civ
il-rights bid provides for this condition
of tilings."
"Are we to have negroes tilling the
position of post captains in the United
States navy? The civil rights bill says
that we are."
"Is this a white man'? Government
for white men? The civil rights bill
says that it is not."
"Are we to have negroes representing
this Government as United States min
ister.- at the courts of France and Eng
land? The civil-rights hill says that we
are."
"Shall negroes sit in Congress in the
Cabinet and other high stations side by
side with white men? The civil-rights
hill says that he may."
"Shall our children see a negro in the
Presidential chair? The civil-rights
bill provides for such a contingency."
niSl 1.1.1.AM lU S SEWN.
—A call lias been issued for a conven
tion to meet at Kunxvilleon May3,com
posed of delegates from all counties in
East Tennessee, to memorialize tiie
Legislature for leave to form a new-
State, to be called the State of East Ten
nessee.
—The excitement at Quebec has very
generally subsided, and the gates of
the city are again permitted to remain
open, instead of being dosed at mid
night, as they have been since the in
vasion alarm.
—The government sales of hospital
stores which have taken place in Wash
ington from time to time, during the
past six months, have netted the gov
ernment about $1,000,000.
—There is considerable alarm in Bal
timore about the approach of the chol
era, and active preparations arc making
by the authorities and citizens to ward
it off.
—Justice Wayne, of the United States
Supreme Court, is about to proceed to
Georgia for the purpos* 1 of holding a
Court ihere. Chief Justice Chase still
declines to hold a Court In Virginia.
THE corm MPEBIXTENDEVCY.
As all our readers are interested in 1
the welfare of the common school sys-'
tem, we feel it incumbent upon us to
make some remarks upon the duties of!
the Convention of Directors which will
assemble in this place, on Tuesday !
next.
During the past three years the com
mon schools of our county have made ;
considerable progress. The present
County Superintendent has shown, by
his close attention to the duties of his
office, that he has the interest of the j
system at heart, lie, doubtless, felt, j
also, that he could afford to devote his
time to the discharge of those duties,
for he received a reasonable salary. 1 n
order that the school- may not retro
grade, but rather make further prog
ress, it is necessary that his successor
be a gentleman who will take a sinii- 1
lar interest in the welfare ofthe sys
tem and that he shall be paid a salary
which will justify him in the thorough
performanceof his onerous duties. We
shall not undertake to advise the Con- j
vent-ion as to a choice among the sever
al candidate-, but we beg leave most j
re-peetfully to urge upon , members
the importance of paying the Superin
tendent a good -alary. We think the
sum now paid to that officer not too
great for hi-services, and hoper.het 'in
vention will not le--cn it. A mi-taken
notion prevails in some ipiancr- that
the salary of the County Sup rintend
ent i- paid out of the State appropria
tion coming to tpc county, it i- paid
out of the gros- amount of the appro
priation for the entire Slate. It does
notatfe.-; taxation in any way whatev
er, for it i- paid by the whole State, out
of the State Treasury, and not by the
county out of any money- belonging
to the county. Of course, the county
pays its share of the -alary, I tut that
share is very small. Suppose that the
otlice of County Superintendent were
abolished in this county, the£l,ooo now
paid to the Superintendent would be
distributed among the taxables of the
State. Now, there are otJ,i'9l taxables
in Pennsylvania, and of liiis number.
Bed ford county has6,oJ7. Hence, Bed
ford county's share of thesl,ono would
be but £9.40, all told! If the salary
were reduced to sboO, it would make a
difference to the tax-pavers of Bedford
county, of only ($4.70 \ four dollar* ami
seven')/ eenls, in the upjripitr ()ar
county has a much larger number of
taxables itr proportion to its wealth
than the richer parts of the State.
When money is taken from the State
Treasury and distributed per taxable,
the richer countie- are the losers and
the poorer the gainers. Therefore, we
would stand in our own light, if we
were to hssen the salary of the County
Superintendent. It is, at any rate, a
safe principle,to pay well for any thing
you expect to do well, and we hope and
believe that the Convention will act
upon this principle.
As some of the Directors who are
readers of our paper, may desire to post
themselves upon thelaw which governs
the action of the Triennial < 'onvention,
we publish it below, with the decisions
of the State Superintendent.
That the school dire -tors of the sev-
• ■nil counties of the Con'imonwealth
shall meet in convention, at the seat of
justice of the propereountjgon the first
fuesday of May, every third year, and
select vim roc . by a majority of the
whole number of director- ps< - nt, one
person of literary and M-ientiiicueqiiire
ments, and of skill and experience in
the art of teaching, a- county -uperin
tendent for the three succeeding school
years; and the school directors, or a
majority of them, in such convention,
shall determine the amount of com
pensation for the county -uporintend
ent, whicii said compensation shall he
paid by the Superintendent of Common
Schools, by his w arrantdrawn upon the
State Treasurer, in half yearly instal
ments if desired.
That it shall be the duty of the presi
dent and secretary of the triennial con
vention of directors, to certify t<> the
Superintendent of Common Schools,
the name and post office address of the
person elected county superintendent,
in pursuance of the provisions of the
act of May Bth, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-four, and those of all
theothercandidates, who received votes
together with the amount of compen
sation fixed upon by said convention;
upon the receipt of such certificate, if
no valid objection be received within
thirty days after the day of the elec
tion, the' Superintendent of Common
Schools shali commission the person,
so elected, for the term of three years;
but if objections to issuing such eom
tnision be made within thirty days,
and such objections be signed, among
others, by a majority of the members
of not less than one-fifth of all the
school boards in the county, from which
such objections arc received, and certi
fied to, under oath or affirmation, by at
least three of the signers, the Superin
tendent of Common Schools may re
quire such evidence, under oath or af
firmation, in regard to the legality of
the election and the qualifications of
the person elected county superintend
ent, as he shall deem necessary, and
then, shall issue the commission to the
person properly pualified, who received
the greatest number of votes; and the
Superintendent of Common Schools,
when engaged in the investigations ol"
objections, filed against the issuing of
commissions to county superinten
dents, shall have power to issue subpoe
nas, and administer oaths, and any per
son refining or neglecting to attend and
give evidence at such investigation,
when legally subpoenaed, shall be liable
to the same fines and penalties, as if
be had tefused to appear and give evi
dence in the court of record, and the
costs to be paid by the party subpoena
ing the witnesses.
DECISIONS.
Men who will be engaged in other pro
fessions, while attempting to discharge
the duties of this office, should not re
ceive the support of directors.
The qualifications for this office/with
out which the person elected cannot he
commissioned, are literary and scientif
ic acquirements, skill and experience
in the art of teaching, sound moral char
acter, and citizenship in the county..
Irreproachable moral character is es
sential, and \Vill not lie dispensed with.
This is as much a professional qualifica
tion of the teacher and of the officer
who presides over teachers, as it is in
any other profession. Habitual or .fre
quent intemperance, gambling,
esty, or anyot her immorality, that would
degrade a minister of the gospel from
his position, will prevent the issue of
the commission of county superinten
dents. Sufficient health and vigor of
the body to hear the labors of the office,
are also'indispensable.
The '"literary and scientific acquire
ments" required by tin-law, will beheld,
in all cases hereafter, to mean sufficient
scholarship to enable the applicant to
give sound and thorough instruction in
all the studies taught in every common
school of the county, from the lowest to
the highest; and consequently to ex
amine teachers in any and all of those
brandies. *
The "skill in the art of teaching" speci
fied, will he held to embrace a sound
knowledge of the theory of teaching as
set forth in the usually read works on
the subject, and 'the methods thereof,"
(No. ("il.j as practiced in good schools.
The 'experience in the art of teaching,'
demanded by the law. will hereafter he
taken tomean actual experience in teach
ing a common or other school, within
the preceding six vears, as a profession
al and not asan occassional employment,
and for a sufficient length of time to
have imparted the requisite degree of
practical knowledge.
The evidence of literary acquirement
will be the production of a full profes
sional certificate, either from a county
superintendent in good standing or a
State Normal school—showing, howev
er. the amount and kind of knowledge
required by the be-t schools in the coun
ty, and obtained, not for the occasion,
but in the regular exercise of the pro
fession ; or, in the absence of a certifi
cate, a special examination by direction
of the State Superintendent.
The salaries of county superintendents
are payable out of the gross amount of
State appropriation. Kach is not paid
out of the amount or dividend of State
appropriation coming to his proper
county. This mode was adopted dur
ing the first year ofthe office, lias been
ever since sanctioned by the Legislature
in milking the annual appropriations,
and will bo adhered to while the law
remains unehangi•< 1.
TJIE OISJK \\< !l IS IMEYT or rttIJTE
MEN".
An Aet—ttint whonlrt IK'-CSIIIIIHI .*I Act
litdcyrailc While .Men to thelevel of X>-
jjroe*.
We publish below the Bill passed by
the late Legislature for the disfranchise
ment of Deserters, Non-reporting Con
scripts, and other White Men. The
infamy of this proposed law i> appa
rent, when it is remembered that it is
based upon an Act of Congress which
the best and purest Jurists of both po
litical parties pronounce unconstitu
tional. But it has not yet become a
law, as it lacks the Governor's signa
ture. Should it. however, be signed
by the Governor, it will be a dead let
ter upon the statute-book, for no law
disfranchising, at one fell swoop, thou
sands of citizens of Pennsylvania, can
ever be executed in this country. Let
the class at whose liberty this blow i
leveled, feel no alarm. Not a hair of
their heads shall he touched. Thank
God! the Constitution of Pennsylva
nia is the master of the dastard wretch
es who would drag down their own
constituents into political slavery. For
the information of our readers we pub
lish the Bill as it was sent to the Gov
ernor. It is as follows:
A further supplement to the Election
Line.-- of tht ( oniinonurn/th :
Wit '.UK \s. By the act-of the Congress
of the I nited States, entitled, An act
to amend the several acts heretofore
passed to provide for the enrollingaud
calling out the national force-, and for
other purposes," and approved March
third, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-five, all persons who have deser
ted the military or naval service of the
United States, and who have not been
discharged or relieved from the penal
ty or disability therein provided, are
deemed and taken to have voluntarily
relinquished and forfeited their rights
of citizenship and their rights to be
come citizens, and are deprived of ex
ercising any rights of citizens tiiereof;
and
WHEUEAS, Persons not citizens of
the United States are not, under the
constitution and laws of Pennsylva
nia, qualified electors of this Common
wealth ;
SEC. l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in
General Assembly met, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same,
that in nil elections hereafter to beheld
in this Commonwealth, it shall be un
lawful for the judge or inspectors of a
ny such election to receive any ballot
or ballots from any person or persons
embraced in the provisions and subject
to the disability imposed by said act of
Congress, approved March third, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five,
and it shall be unlawful for any such
person to offer to vote an v ballot or bal
lots.
SEC. 2. That if any such judge and
inspectors of election, or any one of
them, shall receive or consent to receive
any siicli unlawful ballot or ballots from
any such disqualified person, he or
they so offending shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and on conviction there
of in any Court of Quarter Sessions of
this Commonwealth, he shall, for each
offense, be sentenced to pay a tine of
not less than one hundred dollars, and
to undergo an imprisonment in the
jail of the proper county for not less
than sixty days.
Six'. 3. That if any person deprived
of citizenship and disqualified as afore
said, shall at any election hereafter to
he held in this Commonwealth, vote,
or tender to the officers thereof, and of
fer to vote, a ballot or ballots, any per
son so he deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and 011 conviction
thereof in any Court of Quarter Ses
sions of this Commonwealth, shall for
each offence be punished in like man
ner as provided in the preceding sec
tion of this act in the case of officers of
election receiving such unlawful bal
lot or ballots.
Six-. 4. That if any person shall here
after persuade or advise any person or
persons, deprived of citizenship and
disqualified as aforesaid, to offer any
| ballot or ballots to the offieenrofTiny
election hereafter to be held in this
I Commonwealth, such persons so offen
! ding shall l>e guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof in anv!
Court of Quarter Sessions of this Coin-1
i monwealth, shall be punished in like
' manner a- is provided in the section r
! of this act in the ease of officers of such |
| election receiving such unlawful bal
; lot or ballots.
SEC. •>. That it shall be the duty of
! the Adjutant General of this Common
wealth to procure from the proper of
ficers of the United States, certified
; copies of all rolls and records contain
ing official evidence of the fact of. the
desertion of all persons who were citi-
Izensof this Commonwealth, and who
were deprived of citizenship and dis- 1
qualified by the said act of Congress of I
March third, one thousand eight bund- j
red and sixty-five, and to cause to be j
recorded and preserve in books to bo
provided and kept for that purpose in
his office, full and complete exemplifi
; cations of such rolls and records; and
to cause true copies to he made thcreoi
and furnished to the clerks of the sev
eral Courts of Quarter Sessions of this
( ommon wealth, accurate duplicates or
exemplifications of such rolls and rec
ords embracing the names of all such
disqualified persons as had their resi
dence within the limits of aaidcounties
respectively at the time of their being
marked or designated as deserter-; and
it shall be the duty of the clerks of the
several Courts of Quarter Sessions ol
this Commonwealth to preserve in
books to be kept for the purpose of all
copies and exemplifications of such
-.rollsand records so fm-nioiiod. ami to
; allow access thereto, and furnish certi
fied copies therefrom 011 request, in
like manner as in the case of other rec
ords of such courts.
SEC. 6. That a certified copy or ex
tracts of any such record trom the
clerk of a Court of Quarter Sessions ol
this Commonwealth shall be prima fa-1
cia evidence before any election board
of the fact of desertion and consequent
disability and disqualification as an e
lector. Provided, that if any person
shall wilfully use or present any false,
fraudulent or forged paper purporting
to be a certified copy or extract as a
foresaid, he shall lie deemed guilty ol
a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be punished as misde
meanor-are now by law punishable.
And provided, however, that if by the
production of a certificate of his hon
orable discharge it .-hall appear that
such person so offering to vote was in
the military service of the United
States before and at the time of his be
ing drafted into such service, and there
upon failing to report, or in rase of the
fact of /Insertion appearing by certified
copy of bis company roll, if it shall ap
pear that he was afterwards acquitt d
thereof, and honorably discharged,
such proof shall be received as evidence
to /I is prove his said disqualification.
And provided further, That if any
person liable to be objected to as dis
qualified, as aforesaid, shall produce
before any bo rd of election officers a
ny false or fraudulent paper, purport
ing or pretending to be his honorable
discharge from the United States ser
vice. he shall be deemed guilty of for
gery, and on conviction thereof shall
he punished as persons are how by law
punishable for forgery.
Skc. 7. That it slutii he the duty of
the judges and inspectors of elections
hereafter to be held in this Common
wealth, whenever the name of any
person offering to them a ballot or bai
iots should be found upon a certified
copy or extract furnished from -aid
roils or records by a clerk of a Court ol
Quarter Sessions, marked as a deserter,
or whenever any person ,-liall be objec
ted to as di.-quaiilioil as aforesaid at a
ny election by any qualified voter, at
the request or suggestion of any such
person offering a ballot, to exam
ine such person on oath or affirmation
as to the fact appearing from such cer
tificate or alleged against him by the
elector so objecting, and if he deny it,
as to his reasons therefor; provided,
however, that if any of his answers un
der such examination are false, such
person shall be deemed guilty of the
crime of perjury, and upon conviction
thereof he shall be punishedas persons
are now punishable by law for perjury.
SEC. 8. That it shall he the duty of
the sheriff's in the several counties ol
this Commonwealth to insert, in their
proclamations of elections hereafter to
be held, the first four sections of this
act, wit!) the preamble thereof.
SEC. 9 That in the trial of all cases
arising under this act.it shall be the
duty of the Courts trying the same, to
inquire into and determine any ques
tion of fact <is to alleged desertion in
voiced therein, upon proofs furnished
by exemplifications, or extract from
such rolls and records duly certified by
the proper clerk of a Court of Quarter
Sessions, which are hereby made evi
dence thereof, and also from such proofs
by either party.
HVi'l l, DISASTER.
Explosion <f Tweiily Case* of Xltro-Cil.v
oprine on Board Ihp Stoampr European
nt tninall—Sixty-tilree IVrtoiis Kill
ed. WOUIMIOII. aa<l Biwius.
[From the Panama Star and Herald, April 12. |
It is our painful duty to record to-day
j one of those terrible accidents which
throw a gloom over the wholeeommun
ity, and which occurred at Aspinwall
oil Tuesday morning, the 3d instant, by
tiie explosion of some of the cargo ol
the British steamer European, causing
the total destruction of the ship anil
the loss of the lives of her captain and
| the majority of her officers and crew,
I as well as of several persons resident
in Aspinwall, besidesdoingan immense
amount of damage to property on shore.
1 m mediately after the intelligence of
the disaster was telegraphed to Panama,
we proceeded to Aspinwall to ascertain
as correctly as possible the full extent
of the damage particulars of which we
are now enabled to place before out
readers.
THE FXPI.OSTON.
The European arrived at Aspinwall
j on the morning of the 2d inst., and on
! the afternoon of the same day came
'alongside the Railroad Company's
wharf, generally used by this line, and
commenced discharging her cargo.—
Nearly, if not all, the local freight had
been delivered, when about 7 o'clock on
the morning of the 3d a terri tie ex plos
ion occurred on board, which tore away
the upper parts of the ship and blow
away large plates on the side. The
wharf at which the ves-el was unload
ing, and which was some four hundred I
feet long, was literally torn to pieces;
the superstructure was completely de-j
molished to within a hundred feet of i
the freight-house, and hardly a plank |
remained in the entire length of the i
structure which was not wrenched from j
its fastenings. Immediately in front I
of where the vessel lay a gap was cut j
through the wharf, piles, planking A-e.,!
all disappearing. The ship and wharf!
both caught tire and the latter was sav- j
ed from entire destruction only by the
exertions of several citizens,who got I
the tire engine to work, and alter!
a few hours extinguished the Haines, :
regardless of the risk they incurred
from another explosion of the burning
ship. The I'. R. R. Co. 's splendid I
freight house is left a pile of ruins.— 1
The force of air caused by the concus- i
sion seems- to havmraised the road
winch was constructs! of iron and
—upwards, a few fee,, its own we i ,
bringing it down wi.h immense ti" J
, into the building, anf carrying \\j
j both the end walls, leaving the h ( ,.' ij
| excepting the side walls which an., j
: but little, if at all injured, am; iTI
j ruins. It would lie difficult to iir n .
a more complete wreck than that' Til
sented by the freight house and u i...
At tir-d the cause of thecxp!o*i„, fj
wrapped in mystery, and as no o, l( . u ."l
saved from the wreck who could " j
any satisfactory explanation all a','' j
to conjecture. A h<rler explo-i,,^' J
impossible, as there was nostra.. 1
the main boiler, and there Was'i,,, ]
cessity to use the engines, as the 'j j
! bad been lying at the wharf over. ,1
i teen hours discharging cargo,
i powder seemed most plausii,l t V
there was none known to he on q,, '
I excepting a few pounds in tlieiiiu r . ; ,'i
for ship's use, which could not ~,,7,
\ cause so much destruction. Ifativa-,'.'. 5
i on board it must be under a fab<-
j of lading, as none appeared on tin sj j,'.
j manifest. Besides, it seemed in,
ble that powder could explode in - a
immense quantities without creatiu '■
cloud of smoke, and leaving its tn-ir
on everything around, whereas in'tic'
case a few minutes after the (-xpi.,7'"l
no traces whatever were visible, e\.•
ing the general ruin. It was then r]
covered that some seventy ca.se> of u
noiue or \itro Glycerine, one of ti '7
most powerful explosive agents at ■]'!
present day, was on board under an, 7
dinary bill of lading. This at 0.,7J
cleared up the mystery. This com p0u.,1
fi lICO/1 for lUo.:tin erp(WN aud u-j
shipped from Liverpool for (.'aliform
It i-, we understand, of a similar conn
position, if not the same, a- a barrel or
box of oil which exploded in Grw''
wich street. New-York, a short time
ago. 11 will he remembered, the pact,
age was accidentally dropped on ie*
street, and immediately exploded, tear
ing down two or three large building
and damaging many others.
PARTIAL LIST OF THE KILLED.
The following is an official report nfl
the lives lost, so far as known last ev
ening, from the explosion on the Eur
pean:
Known to be killed on ship: Captain
Cole, Mr. Glass, chief officer; Mr. hi
son, second officer; Dr. Burrows, .-ur
geon; Edward Davis, carpenter; \V,
Pritchard, sailor; J. A. Young, sailor
\Y. Beremond, sailor; and Richarrf
cabin boy.
Also, mis>ing from ship, 12. Killed
on shore: Mr. Calvo, Mr. Swainson,
and 19 others.
Total killed and missing, 42. The
number of missing from shore has not
been definitely ascertained.
SIXTY-THREE KII.X.Krr, WOUNDED,AXI)
MISSING.
We have received from AspinwaU
the latest report of the killed, wound'
ed, and misusing by the late sa acvi
dent:
There have been buried up to the pres
ent time, 2>
Missing from the ship, 1;
Missing from the shore,
Seriously wounded in hospital, of whon
five will probably die, l;
Total, 6
Besides these there are a number a
their own homes slightly wounded.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
DU.TOBIAS' VENETIAN LIXIMFV
—Died of Croup—what a pretty and interest:!
child I saw last weak I But ic>v, alas! it is:
more. Sueb was the conversation of two gcr.
men riding down town in the c its. Died "f er.uj
how strange ! when Dr. Tobias' Venetian Litis)
is a certain cure, if taken in tine. Now
we appeal to Tou. It is not for the paltry fr
profit we make, bat for the sake of y'tcrit
child that now lies playing at your feet Cwnti
a dangerous disease : hut use Dr. Tobias' Ver.et.
Liniment in time, and it is robbed of its terror
Aiwavs keep it in the house; you may not wav
to-night, or to morrow, no te'ting when—but art
ed with this liniment you are prepared, letite :
when it will. Price only 40cents a bottle 06
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j rpo THE SCHOOL DIBECTO®
j 1 OF BEDFORD COUNTY ■.—Gentleme'i •-
' In pursuance of the forty-third section ef fj.'",",,
; of Sth ot May, 1854, you are hereby noting
j meet in convention, at the court house, in I
ford, ou the first Tuesday in May, A. D ■
ing the Ist day of the luonih. at I o clock in
afleraoon, and select, viva voce, by a uwj ,rl '.
the whole number of directors present, one ,
of literary and scientific acquirements, an
skill and experience in the art of teaching
county superintendent, for the three suceee in
years; determine the amount of compel'®
for the same; and certify the result to the 8 '
Superintendent, at Harrisburg. as required by
thirty-ninth and fortieth sections of said act
The time was vbauged from the Ist MOD IS;
Ist Tuesday in May, during the present session
the legislature. J W DiCKERSOo,
apr. Ut-dtH. County Sup't of Bedford C"Utv.
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