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Friday Morning Ortotwr 9. SHfiG.
Democratic and National Union
Nominations.
STATE TICKET.
FOK'GOVEKNOU,
Hon. HIESTER CLYMER.
OF BF.KKS COUNTY'.
DISTRICT TICKET.
FOR CONGRESS,
J. McD. SHARPE, of Franklin co'y.
FOR SENATOR,
B. F. MEYERS, of Bedford county.
FOR ASSEMBLY,
HIRAM FINDLAY, of Somerset eo.
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COUNTY TICKET.
rROTHOHOTART,
<>. E. SHANNON, of Bedford Bor.
SHERIFF,
ROBT. STECKMAN, of Bloody Run.
ASSOCIATE jrnGK,
GEORGE W. GUMP, of Napier.
COMMISSIONER,
DAY Ll> IB )WS ARE, of Southampton
POOR DIRECTOR,
MICHAEL 1)1 Ell L, of Colerain.
AUDITOR,
JOHN D. LUCAS, of Jlloody Run.
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ELECTION, TUESDAY. Oct. 9.
FOR issi;nni.v.
We arc to announce Col. John H.
Killer of Bedford county, Man independent can- !
didatc for Assembly, subject to the decision of the
people on the second Tuesday of October next.
THE DEVIL UNCHAINED!
The nethermost hell must have spew- !
etl out its vilest fiend; the toughest
devil of all the damned that are roast
ing in purgatorial fires, must have re
visited earth; nay, the prince of Pan-1
demouium himself must be unchained; j
for no human heart could conceive so
malignant, so wicked and so diabolical j
a trick as that attempted to t>e palmed
off upon the public in a telegram sent
from this place, the tenor of which is j
that Mr. Meyers, the Democratic can
didate for Senator, in a late speech eu
logized J. Wilkes Booth. The miser
able, unanointed, unwashed scoundrel
who sent that telegram dares not face
Mr. Meyers and acknowledge its au
thorship. He is a liar, a villain and a
coward! His stabs in the dark are
those-of an assassin whose heart is
blacker than that of Booth, but unlike
Booth's, his blows, though nerved with
a malicious and deadly intent, are per
fectly harmless and only recoil upon
those whom he would serve. A vaunt,
thou cowardly devil! "Get thee back
into the tempest, and the Night's Plu
tonian shore!" In other words, go to
the Devil who has a mortgage upon
you for a hundred times the value of
your petty three cent soul!
What for Bedford County ?
Shall Bedford county have represen
tation in the next Legislature ? That is
the quest ion. TheConstitutionof Penn
sylvania gave Bedford county separate
representation and under it one John
Cessna once < ibta i ned a seat in the I louse
of Representatives, though largely de
feated in the district, Somerset and
Bedford. If Bedford county was then
entitled to separate representation, why
should she not be now? If Bedford is
to lie represented in the next Legisla
ture, by her own citizens, she must be
represented by Col. Filler and B. F.
Meyers. There are no other candidates
for either branch of the Legislature, in
Bedford county. 1 fence Bedford coun
ty must be unrepresented in the Legis
lature, or represented by Somerset and
Fulton men, if Filler and Meyers are
not elected.
A CALCULATION.
The Radical papers of this Congres
sional district have been flattering their
readers witlycaleulatioiis on the vote of
the district, which are about as near the
truth as Munchausen's story about
elimbing to the moon on a Iwan-stalk.
Now, we will give some figures:
Democratic. Disunion.
Adams, Job maj.
Bedford, olio "
Franklin, I<HI "
Fulton, 2so 44
Somerset, o°°
1,250
two
Dem. maj. J-'iO
We Call Do It Again.
In istil, Bedford county gave McClel
lan iL'il majority. She can do it again,
if her full Democratic vote be polled.
There are :},UUO Democratic voters in
Bedford county. Let them all lie got
to the polls and our majority cannot fall
below 000. Now let us see whether the
full vote cannot be polled.
Wrong End Foremost!
The Radicals won't agree that the
Southern States shall come back to the
Union, unless they come in black end
foremost. We object to that! We want
the white end foremost.
To the Polls.
Forward, the whole Line! From
left to right, from Woodberry to Cen
tre vi lie, from Ray's Hill to Buena Vis
ta, charge! You are fighting for a glo
rious cause! Democracy, the bright
est jewel in the historian's pen, the sub
limest theme on the poet's page, the
grandest theory that ever came from
the statesman'sbrain ; Democracy, the
corner-stone of liberty, the life-blood
of the nation, the very breath in the
nostrils of the people; Democracy, the
gift of heaven to a free and virtuous
people, the blood-bought legacy of our
Revolutionary fathers, the gentle bap
tism, sprinkled upon the greatest peo
ple that ever lived; O, will you not
all rally, rally as one man for Democra
cy? Come, old men, who would see
peace and re-union ere you close your
eyes in everlasting sleep! Come, ye
middle-aged, who would do a good
work for yourselves an<l posterity !
Come, youth, with your heart of fire
and your visions of a glorious future!
Gather around that banner which has
never been trailed in the dust, which
bears upon it thirty-six stars, the em
blem of an unbroken Union, come and
do battle under its bright and glorious
folds.
"Strike! till the last Hark foe expires.
Strike for your altars and your fires.
Strike! for the green graves of your sires,
(iod and your native land
Another Draft!
Quotas for Bedford County!
Democrats of Bedford county! On
Tuesday next you can and must poll
3,<HK) votes! If you getout every Dem
ocrat to the polls, you can and will do
it. Geary rail not get over 21<>0, to do
his best. This would leave I'lyiner
600 majority. In order that the men
in each township may know what they
will have to do in order to poll this
number of votes, we givethefollowing
quotas. Let every district strive to
come up to and if possible to exceed
these figures. Now, men, fill your
quotas! Now, good and true and faith
ful working-men, strive as you have
never striven before! ltoll up your
sleeves and let's give them thunder!
The several districts will please give
us the following Democratic vote:
Bedford bor., 11"
Bedford tp., 2*o
Broad Top, To
Bloody Run, 35
Coaldale, 15
C. Valley, ?'
Colerain, ' s(>
Harrison, s:
Hopewell, TO
Juniata, 105
Londonderry, HO
Liberty, I ~j,
Saxton, j
Monroe, 125
Napier, 100
Prov. E. 1"
Prov. W. oo
Schellsburg, 50
Southampton, 2T5
Snake Spring, *•"
St. Clair, 21"
Union, 10"
Wood berry M., 15"
Wood berry S., 130
3,000
Wagons! Wagons!
Southampton township is very ex
tended in territory and many of its
voters must travel a great distance to
get to the polls. But old Southamp
ton must pott even/ Democratic vote
within it* borders at this election. The
same may be said of Cumberland Val
ley and several other townships. Let
wagons be prepared in every nook and
corner of these townships and let the
voters ride out to the polls. Let the
Disunionists hear thunder from these
districts. Attend to the wagons, hoys!
Front Face!
Kycs right! Flankers, advance!
Now, boys,CHARGE! Hurrah! J/ur
roh! Hurrah! CLYMHit leads the
van! Follow the white plume of your
gallant leader! The black feather will
IK- dotlcd before your irresistible onset!
Here we go over the enemy's breast
works! Geary's ditch is on the wrong
side! Bresson! Now they fly! Dis
union surrenders! The flag of fhtrip
six stars floats in triumph over the
Keystone State! Hip, Hip, Hurrah!
Justice!
We appeal to our "Republican''
friends who know, that instead of eu
logizing the assassin Rooth, we de
nounced the crime he committed and
condemned any thing that might he
said in its favor, to say whether it is
not an outrage to attempt to blacken
our good name by representing us as
saying the very opposite of what we
did say ? We are profit Ito say that we
have many personal friends among the
"Republicans" who cannot fail to see
the foul attempt to injure us iu this un
fair and contemptible manner. We
ask for justice at their hands will they
accord it?
THE GREAT ISSUE AT THE
COMINU ELECTION ISTIIHQFKS
TION OF NEGRO SUFFRAGE.—
7 Tuul. .Stevens (see Bedford Inquirer).
Now for Clymer!
Honest Hiester Clymer, of Berks
County! Who would not vote for him
in preference to the renegade Geary
who hits changed his polities half a doz
en times for the sake of getting office;
who hid himself in a ditch at Cliepul
tepee, and who ran and left his bravo
soldiers in the lurch at Sniokersvillc!
Why, even the Franklin Repository,
so late as last week, spoke of Clymer as
a man of "BLAMEDESS PERSON A L
CHARACTER"—the Franklin Repos
itory, edited by Col. McClure who ad
dressed the Radical Mass Meeting, in
Bedford, on Tuesday evening of Court
j week Now, for Clymer and the Union!
The Union forever, hurrah boys, hurrah,
| Down with Tbad. Stevens
And up with the law.
For we'll rally 'round the flag, boy,,
We'll rally once again.
Shouting the battle-ery of Freedom
Hon. J. McD. Sharpe.
One of the noblest men in this Con
gressional district, is Hon. J. McD.
Sharpe, of Chambersburg. He is an
honorable,talented,educated gentleman
and will reflect credit upon the district
if elected. We commend him to the
support of the people and bespeak lor
him the united support of the Democ
racy of Bedford county.
0. E. Shannon.
Now, what Democrat can refuse to
vote for O. E. Shannon, a man who
has done as much for the party as any
man in Bedford county, a man who
has always been true, a man who is re
spected and loved by all who know
him? We say, cling to Shannon! You
cannot lind it in your hearts to '"scratch
him! What! Would you-strike down
a true man like Shannon? Impossi
ble! If Esq. Lingcnfelter had remain
ed in the Democratic party, he would
have received your votes; he could
have asked them with a good grace.
But, clever ft How as he is, iie has done
the Democratic party too much harm
by his course, to ask a reward for what
he has done. We are sorry, and we
know many others are sorry that he
acted as he did, but he chose to do so,
and he cannot blame us now for refu
sing to vote for him. Stick to Shan
non andgivelum an old-fashioned ma
jority.
Robert Steckman.
Democrats, you have an excellent
man for Sheriff. Robert •Steckman is
widely known us one of the best busi
ness men in thccounty. lle isa straight
forward, honest, fair-minded man.
Stand by him and elect him by an o
verwhelming majority.
David Howsare, Esq.
There is no better man in Bedford
county, morally speakiqg, than David
Howsare. Besides, lie is a man of Rood
business qualifications, writes a good
hand, is a man of excellent judgment
and will do justice in all matters per
taining to the office for which he is a
candidate. He will make a first-rate
Commissioner. We refer all who
doubt thisstatemont to 1 lon. Job Mann,
who has had many business transac
tions with him.
Honest Mike Diehl.
Every body in this neighborhood
knows honest old Michael Diehl. He
will make a first rate Director < f the
Poor. No man can say a word against
him. Stand np for him, Democrats!
He L a good and true man and deserves
your support.
Geo. W. Gump. Esq.
For Associate Judge, our ticket hears
the name of G. W. (Jump. Mr. Gump
is a gentleman eminently qualified for
the position for which he is a candi
date. He gave a son to the service of
the Fnion, a noble boy, who sleeps the
quiet slumber of death on the hanks of
the Juniata. Mr. (jump has always
been a patriot and a good Fnion man.
Terribly Scared!
The great uprising of the people a
gainst Disunion and Negro Equality,
thunders its terrors from the political
Sinai, in the ears of the Radical lead
ers. They are frightened to death !
They are depressed, dispirited, almost
broken-hearted! Poor fellows! They
whistle like a boy going through a
grave-yard after night, to keep up their
courage! It's all over with them!
They shall return
"To the vile dust from whence they sprung,
Unwept, unhou >re<i end unsung !
Lying Handbills!
The Radical Disunionists are flood
ing the county with hand-bills con
taining the most and outra
geous lies. Beware of them! They
are gotten up to decievt*!
Colonizing.
Ijook out for imported voters. We
have information that the enemy have
imported into Broad Top and ot her dis
tricts ahuig the railroad, a large num
ber of men from Maryland and other
States, for the purpose of voting them
at-thecoining eleetion. We eaution the
the Democrats of those districts and par
ticularly of Broad Top lp., against this
scheme. Lot a challenger he at the polls
and let every stranger be sworn as to
his residence in the State and district.
Also, let his papers be examined, if a
foreigner. Numbers of these men vote
annually at the Broad Top polls on their
first papers, wfraudulent ones. This
must be prevented. Look out, men of
Broad Top! And let the eleetion board
also look out, for such frauds shall not
go unpunished.
Buying Voters.
I iust year the Abolitionists used mon
ey to keep Democratic voters at home
in this county. We have spotted the
man whoftieni-lwd it, and the men who
were bought. This game is being tried
on again, and ice know the men engaged
in it. If they attempt to carry out
their nefarious design, we shall see that
the Court of QuartcrSessions has some
business with them. Stick a pin right
there!
Defaming the Dead.
The Radieil loaders have fixed up a
list of so-called "deserters," whom tiiey
propose to disfranchise, and among this
list arc the names of numbers of sol
diers who laid down their lives for their
country. In the list for Bloody Run
borough, appears the name of Herman
K lull re, who died whilst in the ser
vice. Jsn't this a shame?
Last Cards.
Beware of eleventh hour roor-backs,
such as the hand-bills circulated by the"
Radicals about Gen. Grant, and others
of a similar character. They are all
false, from beginning to end, and in
tended to gull the unwary. Beware of
them!
Voting Minors.
The enemy will undertake to vote per
sons under w/r by having them assessed
and their taxes paid. This is an old
trick of theirs and our friends should
object to and examine every voter
whose beard looks rather downy.—
Watch this game!
We're all a-climbing.
We Clymer boys are all a-climbing!
j climb! climb! climbing! We're all
a-climbing over Geary's works! And
we'll climb to the citadel and plant our
banner, in victory, upon its highest
I pinnacle! For we're all a-climbing,
: tkc.
Tie Your Tickets!
<)ur friends in every election district
should have their tickets readycw/,/oM
cd and fit if be/ore cfeefioi+rfaj/ ! Have
your ammunition well prepared! Let
it be to the enemy as the needle-gun of
the Prussians was to the Austrians !
Ready, AIM, FIRE!
Early to the Polls.
Go to the polls EARLY! Vote at
| once and then see that your neighbors
turn out and vote. Get out every man!
GLORIOUS OLD ALD3TADT!
if ever there wasafriendof the rights
| of the white man, it is Sheriff Ald
stadt. He has always stood by the lib
erties of the people. When the ballot
box was surrounded by armed men
sfnt to intimidate voters in ISfil, he
j stood between them and the people.
So now when aset of political despera
does are trying to disfranchise white
men for the purpose of enfranchising
negroes, he refuses to yield to them one
i inch. Hurrah for Aldstadt! What
does he care for your scare-crow of an
i Abolition prosecution ! Ile knows the
right and dares maintain it, and he
I will be .sustained. ,
WHITE END FOREMOST !
The difference between t'lyiner and
Geary is just this : Clymer is in favor
of bringing the Southern States into
the ITiion white cnrlforemost; Ileary
is in favor of bringing them in block
end foremost or not atoll. Which end
are you in favor of?
General Grant.
General Granthu-s again rebuked the
Radicals in their attempt to manufac
ture political opinions -for him. In a
letter to a Itrigadier General who had
attributed certain political sentiments
to Grant, the latter makes use of the
following language:
44 You nor no man fi( in 'J Is out horizcl
to speakfo- me fir. po' :r -' '' out'' /
icunt errrif riwn'f" n >nr<linp to his
own j nil;) met it without injlurrw from
me."
Read.
Letter from a late "Republican."
The following extracts are from a
letter of Dr. J. Kigafoos, brother of
Rev. Geo. Sigafoos, formerly of this
place, who has been a life-long " Re
publican" and who was a surgeon in
the army during the war. Read it:
WEST MILTON, MIAMI CO ,O. )
Sept. 23, 1866. j
Df.au Brother:—l am determined
now to leave here, for the Radical Dis
unionists are getting so tyrannical that
a man's life is not safe if he will not a
gree to let them traduce the character
of the best men in the land and say
nothing. In the last few weeks they
have been busy calling President John
son a "traitor." A member of Con
gress said here in a speech, "Johnson,
the old traitor, would and should by
bis vote, be tried for treason and driv
en from his seat." When they try this
game, you will hear of your brother
James going to the "wars again." I
helped to put down the Southern rebel
lion and will go again to put down the
Northern traitors, if they do notecase
their usurpation. If I were President
Johnson, Congress should not legislate
another day, unless when they meet
again, the clerk of the House calls the
roll of all the States. There is no time
for Union men to while away. We j
had better "take the bull by the horns" |
at once. If we only beat them at the i
ballot-box in the coming election, we j
are safe. Their treason would be so j
glaring, if they would attempt, after a
defeat at the polls, to overthrow the !
government, that they could muster
but a small force to back them. Many
of the soldiers are leavingtheir sinking
ship. How a Union soldier can sup
port such a motley crew is more than I
can divine. Fred. Douglass, Ben But
ler Anna Dickinson, Randolph (darkey)
and Theo. Tilton, marching into their
den, two and two, like the beasts into
Noah's ark, "each after their kind,"
and not much difference in the kind
either! Phew! Get away with such
a mixture! I have just read the speech
of that old arch traitor, Thad. Stevens,
made at Bedford, a few days since! A
more damnable black-guard does not
exist. He is now getting the people
of the North just where Jeff Davis &
Co. got theSouth before its destruction,
and let me say to the people of Bed
bird county, that if they sustain Thad
deus Stevens' traitorous schemes,
THEY WILL HEAR THE THUN
DER OF CANNON AND THE
CRASH OF CONTENDING ARMS
in every State and county of theXorth,
before three years shall roll around.
The soldiers at ( ieveland have gi von
us to understand where they will he
found. Let the Disunion leaders of
the North beware, or they will find
themselves down at Fortress Monroe,
in irons, keeping company with Jeff
Davis, some of these days. For twen
ty years I have voted in opposition to
the Democratic party, but now for the
sake of the Union and for the sake of
peace, I shall vote its ticket and hope
all good Union men in your county
j will do likewise.
JAMES SIGAFOOS.
To the Peace People.
There i.s a large hotly of religionists,
who are among our best citizens, and
whom we respect very highly, whose
creed is adverse to war, and to partici
pation in battle. These men profess to
"love peace and to desire harmony among
men. I ience, we are induced to appeal
to them to aid us in restoring peace and
fraternal relations between the people
of the North and the South. Do you
not see that the Radical party is striving
to keep up bitterness and bad blood be
tween the people of the two sections?
Do they not appeal to the passions ofthe
Northern people by denouncing and vil
iifying the people of the South? Do
they not scatter broad-cast prints of
scenes during the late horrible war in
order to excite hatred in the hearts of
the Northern people as against those of
the South? llowthen, if you are for
peace and good will among men, can
you approve of such conduct and how
can you vote with such a party? We
speak plainly. We address you as
Hunkers, and Friends and as Peace
Christians. Will you practice what you
profess? Some of you will, we know.
Buteven nowthe Radical leaders in this
town boast that they have you in their
leading strings and that they will have
you vote contrary to the tenets of your
own religious creed. Are they lying a
bout you, or not? We shall see.
The Great Seare-crow!
The Radical Disunionists hang all
their hopes upon scaring those persons
whom they have branded as ''deser
ters" from attending the election. This
is their great scare-crow. Let no man
be frightened thereat. Let every citi
zen goto the polls and UKMAND HIS
Y< >TE. 1 leeannot be hurt for it. Not
a hair of his head will be touched. Go
and vote—aye, VOTE AT TDK RISK
OF P.FLEETS!
Beware of Corruption.
The Radicals, here, are using every
corrupt agency that can possibly be re
sorted to, to make a vote. Elforte of
the mod infamous character are being
made all over the county. Eel low
Democrats, good men and true, lu-ware
of them.
The Law of the Land.
DECISIO.Y.OF THE NEPKEWE COERT,
ox the kioht or so-< \i.ij:i>
OESEKTEUS TO VOTE!
Election Officers. Read!
The following i 3 the opinion of the j
Supreme Court in regard to the right of
so-called "deserters" to vote. It de- j
elares the Act of Congress void and of
course the art of the Legislature based
upon the void Act of Congress is also
void. A MAN MUST FIRST BE
TBI ED, (X )X VICTED A XI) KEX
TEN( El) as a deserter before he can be
deprived of his right to vote. So say the
Supreme Court. Read for yourselves:
The act of l SO6 provided for general
courts martial, and made minute and
careful regulations for their organiza
tion, for the conduct of their proeeed
j ings, and for the approval or disappro
| vai of their sentences. Subsequent acts
j made some changes, but they have not
restrained the jurisdiction or dirninish
ied the powers of such courts. It is to
such a code of laws, forming a system
devised for the punishment of desertion,
that the twenty-first section of the act
of March 3,1 SUA, was added. It refers
S plainly to pre-existing laws. It has the
j single object of increasing the penalties,
! but it does not undertake to change or
dispense with the machinery provided
! for punishing the crime. The common
rules of construction demand that it be
read as if it had been incorporated into
! former acts. And if it had been, if the
1 act of 1806 and its supplements had pre
scribed that the penalty for desertion or
failure to report within a designated
! time after notice ordraft (which the act
i of 1860 declares desertion) should be
! punished, on conviction of the same,
| with forfeitureofcitizenshipamldeath,
1 or in lieu of the latter, such other pun
i ishmont as by the sentence of a court
j martial may beinflicted,would anyone
i contend that any portion of this pun
ishment could be inflicted without con
viction and sentence? Assuredly not.
: And ifnot, so must the act of 1860 be con
: strued now. ft means that the forfeit
. urewhichit prescribes, like all other pen
! allies for desertion, must bo adjudged to
the convict, d person after trial by a
j court martial and sentence approved.
For the conviction and sentence of such
a court there can be no substitute. They
j alone establish the guilt of the accused
! and fasten upon him the legal conse
j quences. Such, we think, is the true
meaning of the act, a construction that
I cannot he denied to it without losing
! sight of all the previous legislation re
specting the same subject matter, no part
j of which does this act profess to alter.
It in;# be added that this construc
tion is not onlv required by the univer-;
sallv admitted rules of statutory inter
pretation, but it is in harmony with the
personal rights secured by the Consti
tution, and which Congress must be pre
sumed to have kept in view. It gives to
the accused a trial before sworn judges,
a right to challenge, an opportunity of
defense, the privilege of hearing the
witnesses against him, and of calling
witnesses in his behalf. It preserves to
him the common-law presumption of
innocence until he has been adjudged
guilty, according to the forms of law.
It gives finality to a single trial. If tried
by a court martial and acquitted, his in
nocence can never again be called in
question, and he can be made to suffer
no part of the penalties prescribed for
guilt. On the other hand, if a record of
conviction by a lawful court be not a pre
requisite to suffering the penalty of the
law.theact of Congress may work intol
erable hardships. The accused will then
be obliged to prove his innocence when
ever the registry' of the provost marshal
is adduced against him. No decision of
a board of election office; s will protect
him against the necessity of renewing
his defense at every subsequent election,
and each time with increased difficulty
arising from the possible death or ab
sence of witnesses. In many cases this
niav prove a gross wrong. It cannot
lie doubted that ih some instances there
were causes that prevented a return to
service, or a report by persons register
ed as deserters by provost marshals,
that would have been held justifying
reasons by a court martial, or at least
would have prevented an approval of
the court's sentence. It is well known,
; also, that some who were registered des
erters were, at the time, actually in the
; military service as volunteers, and hon
i orably discharging their duties to the
i government. To hold that the act of
! Congress imposes upon such the necessi
| ty of proving their innocence, without
any conviction of guilt, would be an
unreasonable construction of tiie act,
and would be attributing to the Nation
! ;d Legislaturejan intention not waran
ted by the language and connection of
| the enactment.
It follows that the judgment of the
! Court below, upon the ease stated, was
right. The plaintiff not having heeii con
victed of di section and failure to return to
\ Hn service, or to report to a provost mar
i shut, and not having hern sentenced to the
j penalties and forfeiture of the law, was
I entitled to vote.
Election Officers,
BEWARE
Look Out For Prosecutions!
The .Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
have decided that no so-called deserter
can be deprived of his right to vote by
an election-board. A man must have
been tried and convicted of desertion, and
a copy of his conviction must be laid be
fore the election-board before he can be <lc
prired of his vote. Such is the decision
of the Supreme Court and any Judge
; or Inspector of election, who will refuse
any so-called "deserter" the right to
vote, WILL BE PROSECUTED AND
PUNISHED! A few days ago, an c
leeti on-board was tried in BeUefonte,
Centre county, for refusing a so-called
"deserter" the right to vote. Judge
Linn (a "Republican" Judge) presided
at the trial. The "Republican" Judge
and Inspector who rejected the com
plainants vote were convicted, whilst the
Democratic Inspector, who protested a
gainst their action, was siequitted. The
following account ol'this trial is from
tlit- BeUefonte Watchman:
(\>N V I( TIOX OK A \ Em-XT ION BoAIil)
K<; 11K KlSl\<i TO It K.<' KIV E I'LL EVI>T K
OKAN A LLHGEO "UKSEKTEK." The
trial of .Josiah 11. Brown, 1). M. Hetts
ami i). 11. Yeager, Election Board of
Snow Shoe township, for illegally refus
ing the vote of John Dayton, at the < )c-'
tober election in 1866, resulted in the
conviction of Brown and Betts and the
acquittal of Yeager, the Court having
instructed the jury that they could not
convict the latter under the evidence.
The facts of the case, as given in evi
dence on the trial, are about as follows:
John Davton, a man of foreign birth,
presented himself at the window at the
October election in 1860, offering his
ballot in one hand and his naturaliza
tion paper and a receipt for taxes in the
other. He was challenged by one of the
Board as a deserter, as he had been ale
sent from the township during one of
| the drafts. They refused to allow him
| to vote unless he would take an oath
j that he had not left the township to a
-1 void thedraft. Mr. Dayton refused to
do this and his vote was rejected, .Mr.
Yeager protesting against the action of
\ the Board and being over-ruled by hp
companions. Mr. Orvis assisted the
District Attorney in the prosecution
! and Mr. Mclllister conducted the dc
-1 fence. The jury were out but a short
| time when they returned with a vcr
: diet of guilty as to Brown and Betts and
, not guilty as to Yeager.
We hope the effect of this trial may ho
j to prevent all such illegal attempts to
j deprive qualified voters of their rights
in the future.
HOW THE TICKETS AKE TO BE VOTED.
JO'iiit this Carefully.
The Legislature, last winter, passed a
law which changes the manner of vo
ting. All State officers voted for will
he voted 011 one slip, labeled "State;"
all county officers and members of Con
gress, Senators, and members of the
: Legislature voted for, will be voted on
1 h
another slip, labeled "County ;' 1 andall
Judges of Courts voted for, will be vo
ted on still another slip, labeled "Judi
: ciary;" which divides the ticket, at the
i present election into three slip.". All
■ ii'-ket." should he read// eat, folded (tad
tied, heftrre ehwticm-d'iy. Let Democrats
attend !o this everywhere,and see that
i all (he fh-kct is included in their ballot,
j The ticket will be printed as follows:
STATE.
( lover nor,
] < 'lymor.
COUNTY.
(bngress,
J. McDowell Sharpe.
Senator,
B. P. Meyers.
Assembly,
Hiram Eindlay,
John H. Filler.
1 'rolhonotary, R< gis/er
awl Recorder, Clerl: of
the Courts, Ac.,
O. E. Shannon.
Sheriff,
Robert Steekman.
Commissioner,
David Howsare.
I'nor liirector,
Michael l)iehl.
Auditor,
John I>. Lucas.
JUDICIARY.
Associate Judge,
G. AY. Gump.
The ticket must be cut apart at each
of the wide spaces, with the words
"State," "County," and "Judiciary"
folded oat.
THE GREAT ISSUE AT THE
COM ING ELECTION ISTHEQUKS
TION OF NEGRO RIGHTS."— Thud
Stevens (see Bedford Inquirer.)
NEW PARIS, PA., 1
Oct. 1,18(5(5.)
MESSRS. MEYERS & MEXGKI,:— It is
rumored that I have forsaken the ranks
of the old renowned Democratic par
ty, which gave me political birth, sim
ply because 1 discontinued the paper 1
done so for my own private reasons,
at this time) and for not attending
Mass Meetings. I deem it imprudent
and incompatible with the teachings
of the Bible to occupy the stump and
the pulpit; neither do I feel disposed
to carry politics into the sanctuary of
the Ruler of the Universe, nor to pro
mulgate the truths of the Gospel from
the stump, but to "render to Ctesar the
the things that are Ciesar's." 1 wish
it understood that I will cease to sup
port the principles of the Democratic
party when God dethrones my reason
to that degree that lean not distinguish
right from wrong, and when my nerves
are unstrung to disable me from carry
ing a ballot to its legal deposit. Then
and not till then will I cease to exert
mv humble influence in behalf of true
Democracy. Yours, Ac.,
W. J. STATLER.
THE BEDFORD DEMOCRATIC BBASS
RAX i). — This excellent band, under the
lead of Prof. G. B. Ileffley and L.
fibaugh, has done splendid service in
the present campaign. The hoys de
serve great credit for their rapid profi
ciency in learning to play and for the
sacrifices they have made for the party.
Mr.S.McFerron, a "Republican," who
belongs to the band, and as clever a fel
low as you find any where, also deserves
the thanks of the Democracy tor the
service he has rendered in the band. 1"
fact the boys are all clever fellows and
we would like to travel with them a
whole year.
"A VILLAGE CAMP MEETING" will
eounm'uee in the Methodist ('hurch, "i
Bedford, on Friday evening, lJthinst.,
and continue during the ensuing week.
Public services will be held three times
a daw at the hours of 101 A. M. and >
ami: P. M. The meeting will becoii
d lifted under the charge of the Presid
ing Elder of the Juniata District. The
services of several able ministers have
been seeun d for tin-occasion. On Sa' l '
bath at ;! o'clock, P. M.,a ('enk'nare
Meeting will be held, at which several
addresses will he delivered.
A. It. MILLER, Pastor.