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rIIEMIUM LIST OF THE BED
FORD COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR,
to be held in BEDFORD, on WEDNESDAY.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, the 2n, 3 and 4TH
DAYS OF OCTOBER. 1867
FIELD CROPS.
Best 5 acres of wheat $3
Second best do Agriculturist.
Best a acres of Oats _ _ 3
Second best do Agriculturist.
Best 5 acres of Corn 5
Second best do 3
Best 5 acres of Timothy 2
Best bushel of Wheat I
M " Spring Wheat 1
44 44 R>e 1
44 44 Buckwheat 1
41 44 Corn 1
44 44 Oats 1
44 44 Flaxseed 1
44 44 Cloverseed 1
44 44 Timothy seed I
44 - 4 Turnips 1
44 " Ruta Baga 1
44 "Mangel Wurtzel 1
44 i acre Potatoes 3
44 44 Turnips 3
IIORSES—CIass first. Heavy Draught.
Best Stallion over 4 years old $6
Firet Best Stallion, between 2 A 4 year old 3
Best Gelding over 4 yrs. old for heavy Draught 2
First best Brood Mare with colt at her side 5
Second 44 44 44 44 44 " 2
Best colt three years old 2
Second best do Agriculturist.
Best two year old 3
Second best do Agriculturist.
Best one year old colt 2
Second best do 1
Best spring colt 2
Second best do 1
Best pair of match horses 4
do riding horse 3
do buggy horse 3
Best pair buggy horses 3 00
Best walking horse 2 00
Best 4 year old driving horse 3 00
Best 3 year old driving horse 3 00
CA TTLE.
Best Bull over 3 years old 5
Second 44 44 44 Agriculturist.
Best Bull between 2 and 3 years old 2
44 44 44 44 1 A 2 Agriculturist.
44 44 under 1 year old, Agriculturist.
Best Cow 4
Best Heifer between 2 and 3 years old 1
Second 44 44 44 44 44 Agriculturist.
Best Heifer under 2 yearsold. Agriculturist.
Best Yoke of Oxen 4
Second 44 44 Agriculturist.
Best Fat Bullock 3
Best lot of cattle not less than 5 4
SHEEP.
Best Merino Buck 2
Best South Down Buck 2
Second best South Down Buck Agriculturist.
Best Leicester or Bakewell Buck 2
Best Common Buck 1
Best lot of ewes (not less than six) 4
Best Southdown ewe Agriculturist.
Best Merino Agriculturist.
Best lot fat Sheep not lesg than 6 3
llOGS—Class first, Large Breed.
Best Boar Chester County Breed $4
Second 44 44 44 2
Best Berkshire Boar 3
Second best 44 Agriculturist.
Best Sow, Chester county Breed 2
Second best 44 44 44 1
Best brood Sow of any breed not less than 5
pigs at her side 3
Class hi Small or Cottage Breed.
Best boar, Suffolk breed $3
44 44 China improved 3
Best sow under this head 2
Best pair pigs under 8 months old 2
Best lot of Swine not less than 6 2
POULTRY.
Best pair of Shanghai fowls $1 00
Second best pair do 50
Best pair Java fowls 1 00
Second best do 50
Best pair Bramah Pootra 1 00
Second best do 50
Best pair native 1 00
Second best do
Best pair Poland 1 00
Second best do • 50
Best pair Turkeys 1 00
Second best do 50
Best pair of Geese 1 00
Second best do 50
Best pair of Ducks I 00
Second best do 50
Best pair Pea fowls 1 00
Second best do 30
Best pair Guinea 1 00
Second best do 50
Best lot Pigeons 1 00
Second best do 30
PRODUCE OF THE DAIRY , Ac.
Best fresh butter, 5 pounds or more I 1 00
Second best 50
Best pack butter, 20 pounds or more, 3
months or more old Agriculturist A 1 00
Second best 1 00
Best Ham 1 00
Best Hard Soap 50
1 gallon best Applebutter 50
44 44 Plum butter 50
44 44 Maple syrup 50
44 44 Sorghum 44
Best box of Honey 1 00
GARDEN PRODUCTS.
Best Half peck Tomatoes $ 50
Best six heads of Cibbage 50
Best bushel of Onions 50
Best hunch Radishes 50
Best dozen Cucumbers 50
Best halt dozen ted Beets 50
Best half dozen sugar Beets 50
Best half dozen Carrots 50
Best specimen of Potatoes mot less than one
bushel 1 00
Bst half peck Sweet Potatoes 1 00
Best display of Vegetables 1 00
Best specimen House Plants 1 00
Best variety of House Plants 1 00
Second do 50 '
Best Celery 6 stocks 5u
Best Squash 50
1 quart best Lima Beans 50
1 peck best dried Beans 50
Best Egg Plant 50
PRESERVES,^.
Best selection of Preserved Fruits $1 00
Second best 50
Best Pound Cake 1 00
44 Sponge 44 1 HO
44 Preserves 1 HO
44 Specimen of Pickles 1 00
44 Jelly 1 00
44 Grape Wine I 00
44 Currant 44 1 00
44 Best Vinegar 50
44 peck Dried Apples . 50
" 44 4 * Peaches 50
44 44 44 Plums 50
44 44 44 Cherries 50
FRUITS, ire.
Best half bushel 3 or more, Apples $1 00
2d best 44 44 44 50
Best peck, or more, Pears 1 00
2d 44 44 44 50
Best half dozeu Pears 50
Largest and best variety of Pears 1 00
Largest and best variety of Apples 1 00
Best half bushel Peaches 1 00
2d 44 4 4 44 50
Largest and best variety of Peaches 1 00
Best variety of Plums 50
Best display of Native Grapes 100
2d Best 44 44 44 50
Best display of Foreign Grapes 1 00
Best peck of Quinc-s 50
FLOWERS.
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44 44 44 Evergreens 50
SI)C Rcbfori) (Shijcttc.
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" •' Shrubs 50
Best and richest Boquets • 50
Best specimen House Plants 1 00
Second do 50
Best variety of House Plants 1 00
Second do 50
MA NUFA C TUR ES.
Best 10 yards carpet (all wool) $3 00
" " (rag) 2 00
Best pair of Blankets 2 00
Second do 1 00
Best 10 yards red flannel 2 00
Second do 1 00
Best pair of knit Socks 50
Best pair woolen Gloves 50
Best pair woolen Mittens • 50
Best 4 cuts Stocking Yarn 50
Best 4 cuts Sewing Thread 50
Best Quilt 2 50
Second best Quilt 2 00
Third " 1 00
Best Coverlet 2 50
Second best Coverlet 1 50
Best 5 yds strock striped Linen 2 00
Best 5 yds tow Linen 2 00
Best 5 yds flax Linen 2 00
Best 5 yds Table Diaper 2 00
Best 5 yds barred Flannel 2 00
Best domestic Shawl 2 00
Second " 1 00
Best and Second best straw Hats 1 50
Best Broad Cloth 3 00
Best Cassimere 2 50
Best Satinett 2 00
FANCY NEEDLEWORK
Best Foot Stool Cover $1 00
Best Chair I 00
Best Chair Tidy 1 00
Best Slipper 1 00
Best Child's Dress I 00
Best Chair Cushion 1 00
Best Silk Bonnet 1 00
Best Straw Bonnet 1 00
Best Straw Hat 1 60
Best Braided Hair Work 1 00
Best Bead Work 1 00
Best Wax Flowers 1 00
Best Ornamental Needle Work 1 00
DOMES TIC MANUFAC TURES.
Bestbbl. of Wheat Flour $2 00
Second best 1 00
Best sample of Corn Meal 1 00
" " Buckwheat 1 00
" Loaf of Bread 50
Second best 25
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
Best Reaper and Mower $1 00
" Mower 3 00
" Seed Drill 3 00
" Hay Hake 2 00
" 2-horse- Plough 200
" 1-horse do 2 00
" Hill-side do 200
" Threshing Machine 400
" Cultivator 1 00
" Hay and Fodder Cutter 200
" Cider Mill 2 00
" 4-horse Wagon 4 00
2 " 2 00
" 2-horse Spring Wagon 2 00
1 " 2 00
" Buggy with Top 300
" " without Top 2 00
" 2-horse Family Carriage 4 00
Best two-horse Threshing Machine 2 00
Best one-horse Threshing Machine 1 00
CABINET6r CARPENTER WORK.
Best Bureau $2 00
Best Beastead 2 00
Best Wash or Toilet Table 1 00 ;
Best Table * 1 00
Best set of Cane bottom Chairs 2 00 |
Best set of Hair Cloth Chairs 2 00
Best set of Common Chairs 1 00 j
Best Rocking Chair 1 00 j
Best specimen of Carpenter Work 3 00
Best Coopers Work 1 50
STOVE AND OTHER CASTINGS.
Best Parlor Stove $2 00
" Cooking Stove 2 00 '
" Coal Stove * 1 00
" Fence Railing 2 00
" Display of Castings 2 00
TIN \ COPPER WARE.
Best display of Tin-Ware $2 00
" " C' pper-Ware 2 00
BOOTS iV SHOES.
Best pair Gentlemen's fine Boots $1 00 j
" " Common Boots 1 00 j
" Ladies' Gaiters 1 00 J
" Children's Shoes 1 00 !
LEATHER
Best side of Sole Leather $1 00
" Upper " $1 00
" Harness " 1 00
Best Calf-skin 1 00
" Kip 1 00
Best finished Sheep Leather 1 00
SMITH WORK.
Best pair Traces $1 00
set Horse Shoes 1 00
" Horse-shoe Nails 50 ,
display of Smith work 2 00 1
TEAMS.
Best 6 Horse Team $1 00 !
" 4 " " 2 00
2 " " 2 00 j
" 6 Mule " 4 00 |
4 " " 2 00
PLO WING MA TCII
First premium for best Ploughing $3 00
Second ' *' " 2 00 '
Third " " " 1 00 \
Best Plough Team 2 00 !
COOPER S WOKK
Best Tight Work $1 50 !
" Flour Barrels 100 j
Second u " 75
SADDLERY.
Best Saddle, gents, $2 00 ;
" " ladies 200 j
" single Harness 2 00 :
" double " 200 j
'• wagon gears 200 1
PICTURES.
Best display of Ambrotype pictures 1 00
do do Photograph do 2 00
[_jf Any article exhibited and not named in
premium list will be attended to, and if worthy
will be awarded a suitable premium.
sepl3 J. W. DICKERSON, Sec y.
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grjt-d&oodss, ftr.
GOODS and NEW TERMS!
CASH AND PRODUCE STORE!
J. M. SHOEMAKER has just re
turned from the East and is now opening a
NEW AND CHEAP STOCK OF GOODS,
bought at the late decline in prices.
The following comprise a few of his prices:
Calicoes, 8, 10, 12, 14, 10, 18 cents.
Muslins, 10,12, 15, 18,20, and best, 22.
Cassimeres, 75, 90, 100, 110, 120, 150 a
yard.
Ginghams, 12 cents up to 25.
Cottonades, from 18] cents up to 50.
Ladies' Hose, 12, 10, 20, 25, 50.
Gents' Half-Hose, 12, 20, 25, 10, 50.
Roots and Shoes, all sizes and prices.
Hats, a large assortment, from 15
cents up.
Coffee, 25, 28 and 30.
Green and Black Teas, from $1.50 up
to $2.20.
Sugars, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, and best at
19 cents.
Rice, 121 cts per lb.
Clothing—Linen Coats, $1.50, 1.75
and $2.00.
We will sell Goods for CASH and PRODUCE
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jun2B,'67. No. 1 Anderson's Row
gPLENDID
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SUMMER
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AT
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New liar gain Store,
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MUSLINS, brown, - - 10c.
do (best) - - 20c.
do bleachsd, - 10c.
do (best) - - 25c.
DELAINES, best styles, - 25c.
DRESS GOODS
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Brown SUGAR - from 10 to 150
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Uhc Hfftlfotfl OVa^Tttr.
UEAII! WHITE JIEX. READ!
l'onnsylvami" (o be Reconstructed !
Her Government Xot Kefiiibliean !
Tlie Su in 11 or-K el ley Negro Equality bill
to be I'axsed at Once.
Judge Williams to Enforce It.
The East Disguise Cast Aside!
If there is a man in Pennsylvania
who still doubts that the Radicals are
determined to force Sumner's universal
negro suffrage and negro equality bill
through at the next session of Congress,
to him especially do we commend a pe
rusal of the account of the "Equal
Rights Meeting" at Wilmington, Dela
ware, as reported at length in Forney's
Press of yesterday. The assemblage is
said to have been large, and the special
reporter of the Press exhausts tiie vo
vocabulary in describing the exciting
scenes of the occasion. We make the
following extracts :
(Special Correspondence of the Press.]
WILMINGTON, September 4.
The largest political meeting ever
held in the State of Delaware assembled
yesterday at Wilmington, to demand
the recogn it ion by law, over all the country,
of the entire equality of all American citi
zens in all civil and political rights, with
out regard, to color , and to appoint dele
gates'to a Convention of the Rorder
States, to be held at Raltimore on the
13th instant, to solicit the passage by
Congress of the Sumner- Keiley bill estab
lishing impartial suffrage throughout
the whole Union.
The vast assemblage convened in and
overflowed the large hall of the Wil
mington Institute, and was called to
order at twelve o'clock.
After the appointment of a long list
of officers, part negroes and part white
men, the Press goes on to say:
A list of a hundred delegates to the
coining Convention at Raltimore was
then read by Samuel Bancroft, Jr., Esq.,
and unanimously adopted, a third of
the delegates chosen being colored men,
about six hundred of whom were present
at the meeting.
The following resolutions as read l>y
Mr. Harrington, were received with
the greatest enthusiasm, and adopted
by acclamation, the whole audience ris
ing to their feet:
Resolved, That the theory of our gov- j
eminent, the claims of impartial jus-!
tice, the equal rights of citizens, and the j
loyalty and faithful services ot the col
ored people, demand that the right of j
suffrage shad be extended to them in com
mon with alt other hnjal citizens ; and we '
respectfully petition Congress to confer
and secure this right at the earliest possi
ble period, by siu'lv legislation as they
may deem right and appropriate.
Resolved, That in the Stale of Dela
ware there does not exist a Republican
form of government because of the exclu
sion of a large number of her colored citi
zens from participation in the enjoyment
and exercise of political rights, and be
cause of the gross inequality of repre
sentation in the Legislature, whereby
less than one halfof the citizens wield
the power of the State. We hereby
call upon Congress to assure to us the
guarantees of the Constitution of the
United States in every particular.
Resolved, That we demand (he recogni
tion by law of the entire equality of all A
merican citizens, without regard to color,
in all civil and political rights and
privileges, and the protection and en
couragement of the Government to en
able every man to occupy whatever
position his virtues and intelligence
may qualify him to hold.
John Andrew Jackson Cress well, of
Maryland, an ex-United States Senator,
made a long and exceedingly Radical
speech, demanding that the Sumner-
Kelley bill be passed at the very begin
ning of the next Session of Congress.
He took the ground that no State which
refused the negroes a vote or the right
to hold office could be said to have a
republican form of government, and
expressed the firm conviction that the
next Congress would at once pass a law
abolishing every distinction between
the races in every State of the Union.
A prominent Radical Congressman
from Pennsylvania followed the blus
teringex-Senator from Maryland. We
give the Press, report of bow he was re
ceived and what he said:
The colored band of Wilmington then
played "Hail to the Chief," when the
president, amidst a perfect storm of
i enthusiasm, introduced Hon. William
| D. Kelley, member of Congress from
j Philadelphia, the colored portion of the
] audience especially rising to their feet
\ and giving nine cheers for the Judge,
whom, since his Southern tour, they
seem to consider their especial spokes
j man in the halls of Congress.
The Judge said he cou Id nothelpthink
iug how rapidly the world does move I
and how good old John Brown's soul
is leading it on. He hoped that some
one of the distinguished delegates just
appointed to attend the Border States'
Convention would bear to it a message
Irom him, viz: that he endorsed every j
word of the admirable resolutions re
ported by his friend General Harring- !
ton. He saw early in the war that it j
was the duty of the Government toral- '
ly all of its citizens around its flag, and
to allow all to peril their lives in its do- j
fence. From the beginning of our great j
conflict he saw that an imperilled coun
try needed the aid of four millions of its j
most robust citizens, and felt that the
Almighty would not allow victory to j
perch upon our banners till we at last
did justice to our American citizens of
African descent. And now we need the
political power of these four millions of
people, as we needed their military
power before. Without their aid we
cannot reconstruct a single loyal State
in theSouth. Some ti me a state govern
ment must be organized there. We can
not send;white men there because they do
not want to go,and ifthey did 11 °y would
hasslly be welcomed by the.r white
j brethren. But in all those States there
are brave and true men, who all
, through the war perilled their lives in
gallantly serving their country in their
humble way. But it is said these black
heroes are ignorant. How many of the
"white gentry" (?) of theSouth are the
reverse? The last census shows that
j in Virginia alone7o.ooo whites don't no
B. from a bull's foot." So in all the
other States of the ex-Confederacy.—
Yet these ignoramuses are to be cloth
ed with all political privileges, rebs as
i tlu-y are, because tliey are white.
Judge Keiley logically reviewed the
present State of Southern society, illus
j trating by the experience of his late
i tour, through the reconstructed region,
the necessity of impartial suffrage as
the sole remedy for the political evils
now afflfeting the Southern people.—
llv believed that, in the logical con me of
j events, the colored man would, hi/ the gear
1870, vote in both Mary/and and Delaware.
He refered to a speech made by him as
long since as February, 1866, advocating
the constitutional right of the Congress
to regulate suffrage in all the States,
and supported the positions then assum
ed by him with ample legal arguments,
i He next took up and considered the re
j lations of the labor question to that of
I suffrage, showing their intimate con
! nection and the importance to the
I Northern laboring man of the adoption
jof principles of civil justice. Ry his
well-known mixture of wit, logic and
sarcasm, the Judge carried con\ iction to
many previously doubting minds on
this important branch of the suffrage
question, and was repeatedly greeted"
with loud applause, lie then resum
ed :
The hour of triumph will come to
the loyal men of the Rorder States
long before it is expected. The tine
arts, the mechanical arts and religion
itself, are all the on side of right. No
poet ever sung the praises of slavery; no
painter limns on his canvas the gran
deur of tyranny; no sculptor perpetua
tes in marble the wrong-doer or the op
pressor. God and nature are on our
side. 1 1 e have de/ermined that the bond
man ', his broken shuc ■ les yet clinging to
him, shall vote, shall eider /he jury box,
and shall hare all (he rights of a citizen.
The North and South have alike en
tered on a new and grander march of
progress, but our work is even greater
than the regeneration of our own bright
land. The eyes of all Europe are upon
us, and the struggling millions of the
Old World begin to realize that what A
merica is doing, England, France and
Italy may do. Let us then cheer and
gladden the hearts of the oppressed ev
ery where, and make our land in the
future, as in the past, the lode-star to
which all lovers of liberty will be at
tracted.
The Judge closed amidst great enthu
siasm, and after three tremendous
| cheers for Keiley, the convention, on
motion of General Harrington, adjourn-
I cd sine die.
Comment upon the above account i
would he superflu' >us. None is needed.
The resolutions speak for the Radicals
of Pennsylvania as well as for those of 1
Delaware. The Keystone and the little
Diamond State are in the same boat.
In the estimation of Congress neither
of them has a republican form of gov
ernment. They will both be recon- j
structed by the Sumner-Kelley bill,
unless Radicalism receives a check in
this State at the coming election. The
Yankee Judge Williams is a firm be
liever in the high-flown rhapsodies in- 1
dulged in by Hill Kelley. He is pledged
to decide the Sumner-Keliey bill to be
constitutional and binding on every
election officer in Pennsylvania. He
will not deny that charge. No Repub
lican paper dare deny it for him. It is i
part and parcel of the plan of the pres
ent political campaign. The Republi
can press in different parts of the State
have so announced it. The issue is
fairly and squarely made up, and it
must be boldly met. Nothing can pre
vent the passage of a biil making all
the negroes of Pennsylvania the full
political and social equals of the whites,
except the election of Judge Shars
wood. Even that may not be sufficient
to deter Congress;-but with him upon
the bench of our Supreme Court the j
obnoxious law could not be enforced.
We hope every Democrat will put
this article into the hands of his Re-j
publican neighbors. They might not
believe what we say, but they cannot i
refuse to credit Forney's Press and 1
Judge Kelley's speech.— Lancaster In- \
telligencer.
INUiITICA I. KKACTIOV.
The conservative triumph in Califor
nia, which in 1804 gave a radical ma
jority of 20,000, evinces, we trust, the
beginning of a reaction from the un
founded assumptions and excesses of
j ultraism which it is to be hoped will
j extend throughout tlie country. It is
true that the radical party was divided
| on the Governor, but the general result,
j including the Legislature and Con
j gressmcn, cannot be ascribed to the
split upon the Governor, or even if it
; be admitted that personal issues and
! discords are already obtaining such as
cendancy over party discipline in Hie
radical ranks as to produce such results
as we see in California, it is a symptom
i of elements of disintegration and de
cline within itself which is of hopeful
augury to the best interests ofthecoun
! try. Itisevident, however, that broad
j er issues than those of a personal char
| acter hav<? revolutionized this impor
! taut western State, and that whilst the j
' result is not indicative ot a mere party j
reaction, or of any tendency to revive |
! political ideas which belong to a state j
'of things that has passed away, it is a j
| distinct and emphatic condemnation ■
by men of all parties of the false politi-1
| cal theories, extravagant assumptions j
i and wild experiments in government
which ultraism has endeavored to build
on the changed state of things brought
about by the war. No State has ex
hibited or can claim greater devotion j
to the Union or a firmer purpose to j
abide by the legitimate consequences of
the war than California, but thesignifi
c.iyice of the late surprising revolution
is in its expression of the idea that the
interests of country are superior to
those of party,andthatany party which
jeopards and sacrifices the welfare of
the country for political purposes is un
worthy of public confidence.
The result in California is the more
remarkable because it was achieved
not only without, but against, the oi
fice-holding patronage and influence,
s Without and against the action of these
VOL. 62.—WHOLE No. 5,410.
powerful agencies, and with very little
of disciplined organization, the people
of California have overcome the hereto
fore large radical majority in that State,
and emphatically declared against the
destructive spirit which has so long pre
vailed in the national legislature, and
which is threatening to go to still great
er extremes. The diminished radical
majorities in New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, West Virginia, and now in
Maine, the conservative triumph in
Connecticut, and the signal political
revolution in California, encourage the
hope that a turn of the tide of popular
sentiment has begun in the North and
West which will end in the redemption
of the country from the ruinous coun
sels which have hitherto been iu the
ascendant. It is to be hoped that these
results will animate conservatives in
the elections about to come off in the
TTiddle States to jnake a powerful
struggle for the deliverance of those
States from radical misrule, and for
the consumamtion of a triumph which
will preserve the constitution, restore
the Union in fact, as well as in name,
and give peace and prosperity to the
land. The people of the United States
are heartily tired of turmoil and dis
order and the paralyzing effects upon
all the great interests of the country,
which bid fair to become chronic, un
less the popular voice shall be heard in
such tones of condemnation as will
compel Congress to change its destruc
tive policy.— llattimove >Snn.
EKV V !
K:lifiil l'.liort (> iluiubiig; lax-jwj'i'rs!
lip) Ihe I'pojdc Road!
The Ilarrisburg Telegraph makes a
"big blow" abdut a reduction of the Slate
debt. It claims that $1,794,644 have
been paid in one year without collect
ing one single dollar from the farmer
and mechanic in the shape of tax on his
Ileal Estate. It neglects to state how
ever, in what other shape the tax has
been levied and collected. Geary,
Kemble and Ilartranft have not paid
that amount from their private pock
ets,and there is not the remotest proba
bility that the shoddy thieves advan
ced the money, it is not true, howev
ever, that not a doliar of this amount
was collected as a tax upon real estate.
In 18GG an act was passed remitting the
real estate tax, but there is no evidence
that it has been discontinued. There is
abundant evidence, however, that the
taxes upon the people—the "mechanic
and farmer" included—have been
more than doubled during the past
year.
These same parties—who now an
nounce this reduction of the State debt
—lately sent requisitions to the various
county authorities for amounts of mon
ey aggregating (judging from the a
mounts claimed from Berks, York,
Fayette, Allegheny, Indiana and West
moreland) fully two million dollars
(s2,ooo,lThis, they said, was to
be paid in lieu of the real estate tax for
1 SOU and ISG7. Theadditional sum thus
demanded amounts, for each of those
years, to nearly the total of the origi
nal levy, and the whole sum for both
years will have to be paid during the
present year. To do this a new tax levy
will have to be made. The State otli
cialscan well pay off $1,704,041 of the
.State debt out of the $3,000,000 in the
Treasury, when they have so good a
prospect of getting $2,000,000, before
the year is out, by means of an extra
tax levy. By that time, however, the
people will have learned, to their cost
how State debts are reduced under
itadical otiiciuis. Those who paid real
estate tax from 1805 to the present time
know that there has been no reduction
in their taxes. When they come to
pay during this year, the extra levy
for ISGG and ISG7, they will discover, al
so, that their taxes have been more than
doubled over 18(44 and l$G~.
Not only are the people required to
pay in extra taxes the whole sum thus
denominated a "reduction of the State
debt," but they are required to make
up, in the same way, about three hund
red thousand dollars lbr increased sal
aries authorized by the late corrupt
Legislature; about one million dollars
for sums squandered in contracts and
donations to political favorites by the
same body, and about half a million
dollars lost to the State on the twenty
thee million loan, by paying six per
cent, interest on untaxed bonds to take
up taxed bonds of the State bearing live
per cent, interest.
It is entirely too late in the day to set
up a claim of good management in fi
nances for Radical officials—State or
Federal. The people have a constant
refutation of the claim in the vast bur
den of taxation under which they are
wearily plodding, and, whilst comforts
are abridged and all luxuries are de
barred the majority of the working
classes, it will require something more
tangible than words to convince them
that the Radical State administration
is a success. When the people feel re
lieved, they will not need to he told that
their burdens have been lightened.—Pa
triot & Union.
G rumple its. —These are everywhere !
and they seize upon everything which
goes wrong, to find fault about. Ha
mosquito flits across their pillow, the
announcement is made next morning
that not a wink of sleep had they dur
ing the night. A slight pain is magni
fied into cholera, and a grumbling
toothache inloexerutiating torture. It
the sun shines it is too hot, and it it
rains it is 100 wet. it they lose a dol
lar, ruin stares them in the face, and
anticipated sickness is kej)t constantly
on the slate.
THE TWO CANDIDATE#.
In one of her letters to the Chambers
burg depository, (Radical), Mrs. Swiss
helm gave the followingas her estimate
ot the Radical candidate for the Su
preme Court. It may be premised
I that Mrs. S. is a thorough-going Radi
cal, a shrewd observer, and probably
as good a judge of mental abilities and
stamina as any one of her sex in public
life:
it appears to he an acknowledged
fact that the Pittsburg bar is to-day as
little burdened with brains as at any
period since it was a bar—and no bet
ter evidence of its appreciation of res
pectable mediocrity could beollered than
the selection of Judge Williams for the
Supreme Pencil, in '4l and '42, when
he was a law student in the office of
Judge Cowrie, 1 had some business in
settling my father's estate. Judge
Lowne was my attorney. Going to
the office one day, 1 found him explain
ing to Mr. Williams and another stu
dent a point of law, and he asked me
to sit down and wait. T silt down and
had the benefit of the explanation;
heard the questions propounded by Mr.
Williams and the other, and the going
over and simplifying the case by the
teacher. I sat in tffank amazement,
wondering it that little man ever, ever,
EVEN, would get enough law into iiis
head to make any kind of living by
letting it out in quantities to suit cus
tomers; but he is sober, industrious,
patient, and plodding, and after all bis
dullness of comprehension, did learn a
good deal of law, and I think that iu
any case which was well established by
precedent, and which had been care
fully and lucidly explained, and sim
plified, lie could understand it, and
would decide according to the best of
his knowledge and belief. When be
comes to a new field of investigation,
the saints have com passion on the poor,
fat, short, puffy man. What a time
lie would have wading, floundering—
and what a muddle he would be likely
to mukeot it! A man of active brains
would not bo likely to run quite as
much to that substance most valuable
in whales, and ifthe Republican party
of Pennsylvania have no Utter material
out of which to manufacture a Supreme
Judge than Hon. W. W., or H. W., or
W. something of Pittsburg, they hail
Utter rote J'or the Democratic candidate,
whoever he may he, on the (/round that
they cannot be worsted.
In contrast with this notice of Judge
Williams, of Connecticut, from one
who, like him, is attached to the prin
ciples of the Radical party, we present
the following tribute to Judge Sliars
wood, of Pennsylvania, from the pen
of Hon. F. B. Penniman, of the Pitts
burgh (iazetle, a leading Radical
organ in the Western part of the
State: .
In nominating Judge Sharswood, as
their candidate for the Supreme bench,
the Democrats have made, a wise selec
tion-tax themselves during the progress
of the canvass, and for the people of the
whole Common wealth in ase he should
be elected. He is as suitable a man for
the place as they could have brought
forward. Naturally of sound and dis
criminating judgment, his faculties
have been matured by thorough study
ami a large and varied experience.
His reputation as a man is unblemish
ed. 1 mleed, he is a consistent and hon
ored office-bearer in the Presbyterian
church. A* a magistrate, a suspicion of
unfairness or partiality has never been
raised against him.
Who auk the Rkuels.'— The Radi
cal journals think it is a very smart
thing 1 to speak of the forty or fifty
thousand Democrats and Conservatives
who have just voted against Republi
canism in Kentucky as the' rebel" ma
jority, but they may rest assu ed the
day has gone by when that silly dis
play of partizan malice will deceive
anybody. The truth is, there are no
rebels in this country except the Radi
cals. Jeff. Davis never was a worse
rebel at heart than, for example, the
members of the Rump Congress who
voted the other day to exclude Ken
tucky members from their seats. The
rebels, in arms, fought to dissolve the
Cnion, but they did their work openly
and above-board—not in the sneaking,
hypocritical way affected by the Radi
cal rebels, who, with eulogies of the
Union eternally upon their lips, are ex
erting all their energies to keep that
Union divided. —JV. )'. Repress.
That's so!
TAX PAYER! your attention to the
following figures, the correctness of
which cannot be truthfully denied nor
-uccessfully contradicted :
Co.-l of the Legislature of
1807, 8-0.3,801 10
Cost of the Legislature of
ISI7, 42,270 1!)
$223,584 97
Behold this difference, tax payers!—
Your Legislature of 1807, with John W.
Geary as Governor, has cost you just
$223,4 M 97 more than did your Legisla
ture of 1847, with Francis R. Shunk as
Governor. Think of it, ye tax-burden
ed voters of Bed ford county, and remem
ber that Wellerand Richards, who now
seek a re-election at your hands, voted
for this enormous increased expendi
ture of your hard earned taxes.
To KEEP POTATOES.—A correspon
dent of th e Scientific American says tli.it
he has tried the following method of
keeping potatoes for years with com
plete success, though in some instances
the tubers were diseased when taken out
of the ground :—"l)ust the floor of the
bin with lime, and put in about six
j or seven incfies of potatoes and dust
with lime as before. Put six or seven
inches of potatoes and lime again; re
i peat the operation until all are stow
ed away. One bushel of lime will do
for forty bushels of potatoes, though
more will not hurt them—the lime
rather improving the flavor than other
! wise."
| LAW FOB LADIES. —In the year of
I grace 1770, a law was enacted by the
English Parlament: "That whoever
shall seduce into the bonds of matrimo
ny any of ids Majesty's male subjects,
by the use of scent, cosmetics, paints,
washes, artificial teeth, false hair, Span
ish wool, iron stays, hoops, high-heeled
shoes, or bolstere i hips, shall be prose
cuted for witchcraft, and the marriage
declared to be null and void." How
would such a law work in these latter
J days—in this year of our Lord 1807'.
I Think of it, oh, ye women !