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8. L. RITSSELL. J. H. LOSGESECKE^.
RUSSELL A* LONGEXECKER,
ATTORNEYS AND COCNSELLORS AT LAW,
BEDFORD. PA.,
Will attend promptly and faithfully to all busi
ness entrusted to their care. Special attention
given to collections and the prosecution of claims
for BackPay, Bounty, Pensions, Ac.
OFFICE, on Juliana Street, south of the Court
House. a pro, 67tf
J. MCD. SHARPS. E - P • KERR.
SI I All PE & KERR, ATTORNEYS
AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA., will practice in
the courts of Bedford and adjoining counties Of
fice on Juliana st., opposite the Banking House of
Reed & Schell. |March 2, 66.
J. R. DL T SI BORROW. | JOBS LVT/,.
DU RBOR Ro W & LUT Z ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to
their care. Collections made on the shortest no
tice.
They are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
and will give special attention to the prosecution
of claims against the Government for Pensions,
Back Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
Office on Juliana street, one door South of the
"Mengel House," and nearly opposite the Inquirer
office.
JOHN P.REED, ATTORNEY AT
LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Respectfully tenders
his services to the public.
Office second door North of the Mengel House.
Bedford, Aug, i, 1861.
I7U3FY M ALSIP, ATTORNEY AT
J LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and
promptly attend to all business entrusted to his
care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military
tlaims, back pay, bounty, Ac., speedily collected.
Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street,
t vo doors South of thp Mengel House.
Jan. 22, 1864,
F. M. KIMM ELL. | J. W. LINCENFELTER.
KIMMELL & LINGENFELTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Have formed a partnership in the practice of
the Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors South
ofthc -'Mengel House,"
G1 H. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT
r. LAW BEDFORD. PA. Will promptly at
tend to collections and all business entrusted to
his care in Bedford and adjoining counties.
Office on Juliana Street, throe doors south of the
'■Mengel House," opposite the residence of Mrs.
Tate.
May 13, 1864. _
B. F. MEYERS. | • W. DICKERSON.
MEYERS & DICKERSOX, AT
TORNEYS AT LAW, Bedford, Pa., office
same as formerly occupied by Hon. S. L. Russell,
a few doors south of the Court House, will practice
in the several courts of Bedford county. Pensions,
bounty and back pay obtained and the purchase
and sale of real estate attended to. [mayll,'o6.
HAYS IRVINE, ATTORNEY AT
LAW, Bloody Run, Pa Office in Harris'
New Building. marl 3 68
BJ. WILLIAMS & SONS,
. No. 16 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia
LARGEST MAHUFACTIRERS OF
VENETIA N BLINDS
WINDOW SHADES,
Ftf-SELL AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
Blinds Repaired. Storo Shades, Trimmings,
Fixtures. Plain Shades of all kinds Curtain Cor
nices. Picture Tassels, Cord Bell Pulls, Ac.
apr24m2
T7URNITURE AND CABINET
P ROOMS.
THOMAS MERWINK,
AT THE
OLD STAHL WORK-SHOP,
has re-opened the Furniture and Cabinet business
in that part of town, and is prepared to furnish
ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE, at remarkably
cheap rates. Call and examine his work before
purchasing elsewhere. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Special attention paid to'the manufacture and
furnishing of coffins. Terms reasonable.
maylmd
DLL. H. FHAESSLEY, PHYSICI AN
FOR TIIE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC
DISEASES, and formerly attending Physician in
one of the most celebrated hcspitals in the world
for Chronic Diseases, will make his first visit
through this county, for the treatment of chronic
diseases, and may be consulted at the following
places and times, FREE OF CHARGE.
If the Doctor cannot tell and explain the na
ture of a disease of a Patient after a thorough
examination, without making many questions,
he eon sillers hi niseit not tilde to treat the case,
lie submits himself to be judged from that
standpoint, if the patient is not satisfied it will
not cost him anything,
Saxton, Saturday, May lfi.
Woodbury, Monday, May IS.
Pattonville, Tuesday, May 19.
Enterprise, Wednesday, May 211
St. Clairsville. Thursday, May 21.
Lewisville, Friday, May 22.
Marietta, Saturday. May 22.
Pleasantville, Monday, May 2i>.
New Paris, Tuesday, May 2ti.
Sehellsburg, Wednesday, May 27. t
Buena Vista, Thursday, May 28.
Dry Ridge, Friday, May 29.
Rockville, Saturday, May 30.
Bridgeport. Monday, June 1.
Pal a Alto, Tuesday, June 2.
Ccntreville, Wednesday, June 3.
Kainsburg, Thursday, June 4.
Charlesville, Friday, June 5.
Springville, Saturday, June fi.
Clearville, Monday, June 8.
Chencysville, Tuesday, June 9.
Elbinsville, Wednesday, June 10.
Robisonville, Thursday, June 11.
Brush Creek, Friday, June 12.
Rayshill, Saturday, June 13.
Bloody Run, Monday, June 13.
Yellow Creek, Tuesday, June 16
Hopewell, Wednesday, June 17.
Riddlesburg, Thursday, June iS.
Fairplay, Friday, June 19.
Bedford, (Mengel House) Saturday, June 20.
H. Fraessley is a regular educated
German Physician, having practiced Medicine
nearly twenty years in Europo and this country.
Call at your principal post-office and get one of
Dr. Fraessley's circulars.
maylsw4*
\T 7~ A TERSIDE WOOLEN FAC
VJ TORY !—30,000 LBS. WOOL WANTED !
The undersigned having leased the Large New
Woolen Factory, erected recently at Waterside,
for a number of years, respectfully informs the old
customers of the Factory and the public generally,
that they will need at least the above amount of
wool. They have on hand a large lot of Cloths,
Casimeres, Tweeds. Sattiuetts, Jeans, Blankets,
Coverlets, Flannel, Ac., which they will exchange
tor wool, as has been the custom heretofore. Carpets
will be made to order, at all times. Stocking
yarn of all kinds always on hand. Our Peddler,
W. H. Ralston, will ell on all the old customers,
and the public generally, in due time, for the pur
pose of exchanging goods for wool. The highest
market price will be paid for wool in cash.
N. B. Wool carding spinning and country Full
ing will be done in the best manner and at short
notice. JOHN L NOBLE A BRO.,
mav22in3 Waterside. Pa.
the lic&forit ©fljcttc.
BY MEYERS & MENGEL,
soof land's (fotumn.
you ALL
HAVE HEARD OF
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS.
AND
HOG FLAN D'S GERMAN TONIC.
Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia.
Their introduction into this country from Ger
many occurred in
182.').
THEY CURED YOUR
FATHERS AND MOTHERS,
And will cure you and your children. They are
entirely different from-* -p the many preparations
now in the country cal I—l led Bitters or Tonics.
They are no tavern JL-L preparation, or any
thing like one; but good, honest, reliable medi
cines. They are
The greatest known remedies for
Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debility,
JAUNDICE,
Diseases of the Kidneys,
ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN,
and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver,
stomach, or
IMPURITY OP THE BLOOD.
Constipation, Flatulence. Inward Piles, Fullnes
of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach,
Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Full
ness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eruc
tations, Sinking or Fluttering at the
Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the
Head, Hurried or Difficult Breathing,
Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or
Suffocating Sensa I I tions when in a Lying
Posture* Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webs
before the sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Defi
ciency of Perspiration, Yellowness of the Skin
and Eyes, Pain in the Side, Back, Chest,
Limbs, etc., Sudden Flushes of Heat,
Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imagi
nings of Evil and Great Depression of Spirits.
All these indicate diseases of the Liver or Di
gestive Organs, combined with impure blood.
IIOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS
is entirely vegetable and contains no liquor. It
is a compound of Fluid Extracts. The Roots.
Herbs, and Barks from which these extracts are
made, are gathered in Germany. -All the medi
cinal virtueus are ex , traded from them by
a scientific Chemist. I ft These extracts are
then forwarded to this country to be used ex
pressly for the manufacture of these Bitters.
There is no alcoholic substance of any kind used
in compounding the Bitters, hence it is the only
Bitters that can be used in cßses where alcoholic
stimulants are not advisable.
IIOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC
is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit
ters, with PURE Santa Cruz Rum, Orange, etc. It
is used for the same diseases as the Bitters, in case
where some pure alcoholic stimulus is required.
You will bear in mind that these remedies ure en
tirely different from any others advertised for the
cure of the diseases named, these being scientific
preparations of medicinal extracts, while the oth
ers are mere decoctions of rum in some form. The
TONIC is decidedly one of the most pleasant and
agreeable remedies ever offered to the public. Its
taste is exquisite. It is a pleasure to take it, while
its life-giving, exhilarating, and medicinal quali
ties have caused it to be known as the greatest of
all tonics.
DEBILITY.
There is no medicine equal to Hoofland's Ger
man Bitters or Tonic in cases of Debility.
They impart a tone |q and vigor to the whole
system, strengthen -L the appetite, cause an
enjoyment of the food, enable the stomach to di
gest it, purify the blood, give a good, sound,
healthy complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge
from the eye. impart a bloom to the cheeks, and
change the patient from a short-breathed, emaci
ated, weak, and nervous invalid, to a lull-faced,
stout, and vigorous person.
Weak and Delicate Children are
made strong by using the Bitters or Tonic. In
fact, they are Family Medicines. They can be
administered with perfect sufety to a child three
months old, the most delicate female, or a man of
ninety.
These remedies are the best
Blood Purifiers
ever known and will cure all diseases resulting
from'bad blond. Keep y)ur blood pure; keep
your Liver in order; * keep your digestive
organs in a sound, I healthy condition, by
the use of these renie JL-i dies, and no .diseases
will ever assail you. The best men inthecountry
recommend them. If years of honest reputation
go for anything, you must try these preparations.
FROM HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD.
Chiel'Justice of tbe Supreme Court of Pennsylva
nia.
PHILADELPHIA, March 16, 1867.
I find that "Hoofland's German Bitters ' is not
an intoxicating beverage, but is a good tonic, use
ful in disorders of the digestive organs, and of
great benefit in cases of debility and want of ner
vous action in the system.
Yours Truly,
GEO. W. WOODWARD.
FROM HON. JAMES TAOMPSON.
Judge of the Supreme Conrt of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA. April 28, 1866.
I consider "Hoofland's German Bitters'' a valua
ble medicine in case . of attacks of Indiges
tion or Dyspepsia. I \ can certify this from
my experience of it- -L\- Yours, with respect,
' JAMES THOMPSON.
FROM REV. JOSEPH H. KENNARD. D. D..
Pastor of tbe Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
Du. JACKSON —DEAR SIR I have been fre
quently requested to connect my name with rec
ommendations of different kinds of medicines, hut
regarding the pi actice as out of my appropriate
sphere, I have in all cases declined; but with a
clear proof in various instances, and particularly
in uiy own family, of the usefulness of Dr. Hoof
land's German Bitters, I depart for once from
my usual course, to express my full conviction
that for general debility of the system, and es
pecially for Liver Com -my plaint, it is a safe
and valuable preparation. In some cases
it may fail; bnt usual A-x ly, I doubt not, it
will be very beneficial to those who suffer from the
above causes. Yours, very respectfully,
J. H. KENNARD,
Eigth, below Coates Street.
CAUTION.
Hoofland's German Remedies are counterfeited.
The Genuine have the signature of C. M. JACK
SON on the front of the outside wrapper of each
bottle, and the name of the article blown in each
bottle. All others are counterfeit.
Price of the Bitters, $1 per bottle;
Or, a half dozen for $5.
Price of the Tonic, 81 50 per bottle ;
Or, a half dozen for 87 50.
The tonic is put up in quart bottles.
Recollect that it is Dr. Hoofland's German
Remedies that are so universally used and so
highly recommended Iqpx and do not allow the
Druggist to induee I ftyou to take anything
else that he may say-L'is just as good, be
cause he makes a larger profit on it. These Reme
dies will be sent by express to any locality upon
application to the
PRINCIPAL OFFICE,
At the German Medicine Store.
No. 631 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia.
CHAS. M. EVANS,
PROPRIETOR.
Formerly C. M. JACKSON A Co.
These Remedies are for sale by Druggists, Store
keepers and Medicine Dealers everywhere.
Do not forget to examine the article you buy,
in order to get the genuine.
mav29'6Bvl
Illf!
THE KKI'IRI.ICAA PARTY IEAI>--A
LIVELY FUN'EIIAL DISCOURSE BY
DON PLATT.
Don Piatt, a well known Western
radical politician, writes as follows to
the Cincinnati Commercial , under date
Mac-a-Cheek, May 17:
I wish to make a few observations of
a philosophical sort, touching tbe late :
Republican party.
I assisted some twelve or thirteen 1
years since at the birth of the party
just demised, having traveled from the
Mac-a-Uheek valley to Buffalo, cairy-l
ing a plank for the platform on which |
the newly born was to be cradled, and
my affections have grown with its
growth to such an extent that its sud
den death threw me into a state of pro
found grief, disturbed by indignation, j
I passed from lamentation to an indig
nation meeting, and from an indigna- j
tion meeting to deep grief. But with
reflection came consolation. I came to
the consoling thought that I was not 1
the only sufferer, and handing out my
surplus affliction to my beloved coun
try at large, I found my share could ■
be carried without much inconven
ience.
The immediate cause of its death :
was dyspepsia, aggravated by whis
key.
But tbe seeds of weakness and dis
ease were planted in its birth. We be-.
gan a party of reform, of agitation, of
aggression, and we took into our em
braces the old whig party, that was a 1
party of conservatism, aggravated by i
great dignity and timidity. The re
sult lias been internal dissensions. The
ultra reform party could not digest the !
conservative lump, and we have been j
afflicted with eholic, so to speak, that.
well nigh destroyed our usefulness.
Our actions, in consequence, have been j
contradictory. While at one time we!
create a John Brown, and glory in i
John Brown as our greatest and best;
beloved, organized huge armies, fought
out big wars and liberated a race, on
the other hand we have been busy
smoothing our war's wrinkled front
with the decayed plasters of past wrong
doing. It is called compromise—
which means to give the devil your
soul in a dignified, peaceful manner.
The last interna! convulsion exhibi
ted with great clearness tbe different
elements. On the one side we had
Butler, Stevens, Bingham, Logan,
Sumner and Drake; on the other stood,
in calm renosp, KWsp.nden n.ui Tram. .
bull, while between floated another j
element, born of the revolutionary i
times, that had its marketable value,
and fluctuated as either party bid.
Now, I am prepared to admit that
Messrs. Fessenden and Trumbull were
actuated by the highest and the most
honorable motives. I do not believe
they could be bought with money or
swayed by prejudice. They felt that
they were jurors, under oath, answera
ble to their God for the verdict they
rendered. Nor do 1 blame them for
responding as they did to the solemn
question asked them by the Chief Jus
tice. I believe that the thirty-five vo
ting "guilty" were honorable, honest
men. But in political life a blunder is
worse than a crime, and Messrs. Fes
senden and Trumbull blundered in be
longing to the republican organization j
at all. They should have gone over to
the party of Stanbery and Groesiieek,
where the old whig dignity is preserv
ed intact, and where conservatism isso ;
intense that an ancient wrong is pre
ferred to a new right, and where offi
cial position is so glorified that a halo
is thorwn around an inebriated mule,;
than an all-wise Providence, through j
some inscrutable reason, has set on end
and made our President.
When Impeachment was first broach
ed the evidence was as well known as
it was at the end of the trial. At the
beginning Messrs. Fessenden and,
Trumbull should have made their!
fight. Failing to defeat it they Should
have resigned their positions, as hon
orable men, and washed their digni
fied hands of the responsibility. But j
they chose to reserve themselves for a
conflict when their triumph would be
our death, and are somewhat astonish
ed at the popular howl of wrath and
indignation that comes up over their
dignified, honest, honorable stupidity. |
We could have survived a blunder
great as this is had it come alone, but
it is the concluding act of a long series, j
Through the unsettled condition of a
country suffering from civil wars we
have developed more rascality than
any organization ever called into exis
tence. . We have filled the offices with j
thieves and their pockets with steal- j
ings. We have organized rings that
in turn create officeholders and control
the government. Men go in poor and
j come out millionaires. For one dollar
paid to the government from hard
earned taxes, hundreds stick to the dir
ty fingers of official scoundrels. We
have whiskey rings, Indian Bureau
rings, manufacturers' rings, national
bank rings, railroad rings, landjobbing
rings and internal improvement rings.
From the lowest officials up to Sena
! tors and Cabinet officers, the taint of
corruption runs, until the people, dazed
and confused, confound the right and
I listen with indifference to the threats
of exposure.
When charged with all this they
' have responded, "Andy Johnson is
corrupt and appointed scoundrels to
office." Well, Messrs. Fessenden and
Trumbull have, under oath, pronounc
ed him not guilty, and let him go ac
quit.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 12, 1868.
At the end of a fearful war the peo
ple had a right to expect that the ex
penses of the Government should be
brought back at once to a peace foot
ing. They demandeda reduction of the
army to what it was in 18G0; that the
useless monitors should be sold for old
iron; that the hundred thousand
thieves called office-holders should be
dismissed, and the appropriations cut
down to a reasonable expenditure.
We have replied that Andrew John
son, who came in through assassina
tion, has organized assassination at the
South, and an arrmy of at least fifty
thousand men is necessary to keep the
peace. Messrs. Fessenden and Trum
bull have voted not guilty, and let An
drew go acquit.
The people have expected that in our
hands reconstruction at the South
would progress with reasonable speed,
and that unhappy region restored to a
state of quiet and prosperity. The ex
pectation might not be reasonable, for
tbe blind bigotry that hurried us into
a bloody war has developed in hate
that, with stupid fury, casts aside all
social and legal restraint. But we an
swer that our wise acts of legislation
have been rendered null and void by
an Executive that plants itself squarely
in opposition to the law-making pow
er. Now, Messrs. Fessenden and
Trumbull vote "not guilty," and the
accused goes acquit.
We awaken to the unpleasant fact
that not Andrew Johnson, but the Re
publican party, has been 011 trial, and
the sentence is a sentence of death, ren
dered by our own Senators, who have
grown fat, rich and great through our
organization. To have such a trial,
with such a result (and Fes
senden and Trumbull knew it as well
at the beginning as they did at the
end,) is a great blunder—a blunder
worse than a crime. It may bo that
the disgust felt by the country at large
for the democratic peace party may
call into existence a new organization ;
but the Republican party is dead, and
we may as well gracefully admit the
fact and accept the situation.
COLFAX ON FREE SPEECH.
lii his letter of acceptance Schuyler
Colfax says:
"If there had boon 110 Republican
party, a free press and free speech
would he as unknown from the Poto
mac to the Rio Grande as ten years
ago."
Perhaps Schuyler has not heard of the
doings of the military Satraps in the
South during the past year. Undoubt
edly he is ignorant that an euiun in
Tennessee and another in South Caro
lina were lately imprisoned for stric
tures published upon military govern
ment; that several others have been
compelled to relinquish their positions
upon notice from the military authori
ties that free speech is a crime; that
scores of newspapers have been warn
ed to cease opposition to the "recon
struction" acts or be closed up. He
does not know, probably, that Judges
have been dragged to prison for refus
ing to empanel negro juries; that all
public officers have been debarred from
the right to speak in opposition to the
Africanization acts of the Rump;
that thousands of white men have
been rejected from the registry list
for electioneering for a white man's
government, and that negroes have
been mobbed, beaten and murdered
by "loyal" mobs for daring to speak
for and vote the Democratic ticket.
Of course he lias forgotten (Radicals
have short memories, you know) the
reign of terror which existed during
1862-3-1, during which more than one
hundred Democratic newspaper offices
werem o bbed an d dest n>y ed, a1 ul sco reso f
editors thrown into prison and their pa
pers pesuppressed, excluded from tbe
mails, Ac., because they dared to pub
lish truth. Ileneverheardthe tinkle of
the little bell, which sent hundreds of
honest and guiltless men to dungeons
for the "crime" of It-lling the Radical
despots and plunderers that they were
hypocrites and scoundrels and that
they were dragging the country down
to the ruin and degradation which it
is now so rapidly nearing. Certainly
Mr. Colfax never knew or heard of
these circumstances or he would not
attempt to impose upon the American
people so palpable an untruth as the
above. —Patriot and Union.
THE SUPPLY OF FOAL.
Punch and other jokers have had a
good time laughing at the scientific
and statistical prophecies of the failure
of English coal mines to supply the
great demand, some centuries hence.
Even should these predictions not
come strictly to pass, they may become
virtually true, as the enormous stores
of coal already opened in America
must, when they are in full develop
ment, make English coal much less
valuable, while the vast extent of new
deposits continually being found make
that probability a certainty. The
Government geological survey of Ne
braska has shown immense deposits
to exist along the line of the Pacific-
Railroad. These, on the Laramie
Plains alone, occupy a basin five thous
and square miles in extent, and exhib
it tine coal beds of five, and from that
to eleven, feet thick. Colorado tells
a similar tale, although her coal is light
er than either the bituminous or
anthracite, being of later formation
and of the variety called lignite. These
stretch along the base of the moun
tains, the remains of vast forests that
once waved along their sides. We
are only beginning to know the treas
ures of this great continent.—
Times.
OEXERAL GRANT S SPEECH OF AC- '
< EPTANUE.
The speech made by General GRANT
in reply to the address of the President
of the Chicago Convention giving him
ceremonious notice of his nomination,
is very brief, as was to have been ex
pected; and it is as flat and common
place as it is short. It contains but
one thought beyond thanks and a
promise to do his duty; and that
thought is discreditable to him. We
copy it as follows: " You have truly
said, in the course of your address,
(hat I shall have no policy of my own to
interfere against the will of the peo
ple."
Such a servile utterance is a self-pro
nounced satire on General Grant's in
tellect and bis moral independence.—
lie is told by General Haw ley that he
is expected to be the political thrall of
the party that has nominated him,
and lie responds by saying that the ex
pectation is well-founded, and that he
will have no policy of his own. Hav
ing deserted the Democratic faith in
which he was educated and given
up the ideas on reconstruction and ne- j
gro suffrage which he was known to
hold two years ago, he naturally finds
no difficulty in promising to have no
political opinions in the future. The
surrender of his mental independence
is the price General Grant is willing
to pay for an election to the Presiden
cy. He avows his willingness to go
into that office as a puppet, and let the
Radicals pull the strings.
This abject pledge probably affords
a correct measure of General Grant's
capacity as a statesman. He does not
propose to be "a pillar of state, but a
weathercock to show which way the
wind blows, veering as *the popular
breath changes and having 110 direc
tion of bis own. But tbe Presidency
is no place for a man without ideas
and destitute of a policy ; who knows
no rule of conduct but the servile one :
of doing as he is bid ; and because it 1
is bidden thinking it right. Such de
bility of understanding and servility |
of will cannot "take shelter under the!
truism that, in a republican govern
ment, the will of the people ought to j
prevail. Certainly it ought; but their j
deliberate, settled will as expressed in
the Constitution ought to prevail over
their fitful impulses 011 some fleeting
occasion. The Constitution is their,
permanent mandate. If by the will of;
the people be meant the caprice of
a transient majority, it is not at all
binding on the President. Unless we
adopt the tyrannical principle that in |
a republican government the minority ;
! have no rights which the majority ;
are bound to respect, it may be a base j
desertion of his duty for a President to j
have no policy of bis own in oppo- 1
sition to the will of a majority. If one
part of the community undertakes to
oppress the other, it is the clear duty
of the President to use all the influence
of his great office to prefect the weak.
The danger that majorities may be
come tyrannical is the reason for hav
ing a settled constitution ; and as eon
j stitutions do not execute themselves,
: ours is so framed as to make the Presi
dent the chief bulwark against the
tyranny and oppression of domineer-j
ing majorities. By swearing liiui, in j
a peculiar manner, to preserve, protect
and defend the Constitution, and mak
ing his single will equal in legislative
' efficiency to the combined wills of
nearly two-thirds of the members of
both Houses of Congress, it has clothed
him with a power which is pretectly
I idle and nugatory if it be his duty to
have no policy of his own and never to
resist the majority. If General Grant's
! servile view be the true theory of our
government, why was authority given
i to the President to thwart the majority
lof Congress, and to bold that body
j completely in check unless the majori
ty against him is fully two-thirds in
both Houses? Our Constitution is
built on the broad basis of human
rights ;it recognizes the rights of the
minority as being as sacred as those ot
the majority ; and it makes the Presi
dent tlieir defender by clothing him
with the veto power for their protec
tion. But General Grant declares, in
substance, that if he is elected Presi
: dent there will be no more vetoes; that
lie will never have a policy in oppo
i sition to the will of the majority ; that
when a majority tyrannize he will lx>
its subservient and willing tool. We
are proud to say that no candidate foi
President ever before debased himself
by such a servile abdication of all the
sentiments that befit a patriot and a
statesman.— JV. Y. World.
A PIGGISH ILLUSTRATION.— A coun
try girl several of whose sisters had
married badly, was hersell about to
take the dose. "How dare you get
married," asked a cousin of hers, al
ter having before you the unfortunate
example of your sisters." Exclaimed
the girl with spirit: "I chose to make
a trial for myself. Did you ever see
a parcel of pigs running to a trough of
hot swill? The first one stieks in his
nose, gets it scalded, and then draws
back and squeals. The second burns
his nose, and stands squealing inthesame
manner. The third follows suit, and
squeals too. But still it makes no dif
ference to those behind ; but all in turn
thrust in their noses ; just as if the first
hadn't got burned or squealed at all.
So it is with girls in regard to matri
mony—and now with this I hope you
are satisfied."
Two of Brownlow's police recently
outraged a negro woman at Memphis,
Tenn. Who can beat that ?
VOL. 62.—WHOLE No. 5,447.
OI ll SHORTER OATIX'HISJf.
What is the chief end of man? To
love his country, his kind, to vote the
Democratic ticket.
What is the chief end of the Radical
party ? The black end.
Who was the first man ? Adam.
Who was the first Radical ? The
devil.
Who was the meekest man ? Moses.
Who was the meanest man ? Gov
ernor Brown low.
Who was the most patient man ?
Job.
Who imitate him? The people of
the South.
With what did David slay Goliah ?
A Sling.
What is slewing our Rump Congress
men? Gin Slings.
Who kept back a part which belong
ed to others ? Annias and Sappliira.
Who kept back all ? Army contrac
tors of the shoddy kind.
Who stole the golden wedge ? A
clian.
Who stole the golden spoons ? Beast
Butler.— selali.
Who loved Uriah's wife because she
was white and pretty? David.
Who loved Dinah Brown because she
was black and ugly ? Thaddeus Ste
vens.
Who was struck dea 1 for telling
lies?—Annanias and Saphira.
Who are in danger of a similar visi
tation, generally. Grant.
Who permitted innocent blood to be
shed? Pontius Pilate.
Who did likewise ? Stanton, Bing
ham and llolt.
Who crucified the Savior of the
world ? The Jews.
Who crucified civil liberty? The
Radicals.
Who were destroyed for their wick
ed practices? The antediluvians.
Who deserve the same fate ? The
Jacobin leaders of the Radical party.
Who destroyed the temple at Jerusa
lem ? Nebuzarden.
Who destroyed the temple of freedom
at Washington ? The Radicals.
\Bho repaired the temple at Jerusa
lem? Cyrus the Persian.
Who will repair the temple of free
dom at Washington? The Democratic
party.
Why do the Radicals love the ne
groes? Because Radical instincts and
negro outstincts harmonize.
Who was cast in the den of lions?
Daniel.
Who ought to "follow suit ?" The
Abolition party that broke up the U
nion.
Who suckled a wolf? Rumulus and
Remus.
Who sucked the life-blood of the Na
tion ? Radical vampires.
What did Romulus and Remus
found ? The seveir-hilled city, of
! Rome.
What did the Radical party found ?
A military despotism—selah.
What word did the Jacobins of France
use to cover up their revolutionary de
signs? Liberty.
What word did the Jacobins of A
merica use to deceive the people and to
conceal their wicked practices? Loy
alty.
What became of the French Jaco
bins? They expiated their crimes on
the scatfold and on the block.
What will become of the American
Jacobins? They will be sent to Dry
Tortugas.
Why was Noah chosen commander
|of the ark? Because he was a Demo
! crat.
THE I>E.NEKTEK UT.
The case of Edward MeCatferty a-1
gainst George Gruger, .1. C. Dickson,
and Alexander Ale, election officers of
Warriorsmark township, Huntingdon
county, who had refused to receive
the plaintiff's vote, came before the
Supreme Court on appeal from the
Common Pleas of ITuningdon county,
and was argued on Wednesday, at
Harrisburg.
It was admitted that MeCatferty had
been drafted and had failed to report,
and that a certificate to that effect had ;
been presented to the defendants, as |
provided in the act of June 4, 18l><>, j
which disfranchises those whose do-1
sertion is so certified to; the question
of the constitutionality of this act of i
ism was therefore squarely presented, j
The Court reserved its decision, but j
tlie intimations thrown out by several j
of the Judges clearly indicate that the
act will be pronounced unconstitution
al; Justice Strong intimating that
when the Constitution prescribes the
qualifications of an elector, it is equiv
alent to a direct prohibition upon the
Legislature to add any other qualifi
cations. ____^ —
COEKAX A KNOW NOTHING. —Col-
fax, the Radical candidate for Vice Pres
ident, is a politician by trade, and has
always been notorious in Indiana as a
chronic office-beggar, lie was an orig
inal Know Nothing, and as such was
elected to Congress, being one of the
most bitter and loud mouthed defamers
of Catholics and of our foreign horn
citizens. Like others of his class, ho
naturally allied himself with the Re
publican party, when the fusion be
tween the Know-Nothing and the Ab
olitionists took place. The resolution
in reference to the naturalized citizens
adopted by the Chicago Convention
was merely a tub thrown to the whale;
I and when that is quoted every natural
• ized citizen will recall the antecedents
! of the party and of its nominee, Seuy
i ler Colfax, THE KNOW NOTIITNG. —
| Lancaster Intelligencer.
w.irirnrßXF AXI> TIIF KECRO PEL.
EHATE IV URIKrN PAIII OK.
The Washington Krpress gives the
following graphic sketch of the scenes
and tlie incidents which transpired at
i the house of General Grant on the e
vening when the Committee from the
Chicago Convention informed him of
his nomination :
To the eye of the observant last eve
ning was an interesting one, so far as
the scenes and incidents transpiring in
Gen. Grant's parlor were concerned.
Each and every member of Jthe Com
mittee seemed particularly desirous to
make himself conspicuous, especially
the brave and renowned Logan, who
who was ever gallant to the company
present.
Chief manager Washburne the sign
post of the Presidential candidate—im
pelled by duty—jumped around like
unto a hen upon a hot griddle. He
must be present at all introductions ;
he must bow every one in and every
one out; he must hear all remarks
made to his candidate, and if needs be,
assist in the answer. To the ladies he
was a perfect Charles]the Tenth ; to the
committee a Grandfather Whitehead ;
to the press an exceeding inconveni
ence and a decided bore, with the anx
ious remark of "be sure you've got it
right." As he stood at the refresh
ment table, smiling benignly upon his
protege, and glancing askance at the
different faces there presented, doubt
less revolving in his miud # which he
would send (when he l>eeame Secreta
ry of the State) to this mission or that,
his thoughts even forgot themselves,
and his destruction of strawberries and
cream was immense. Donnelly would
have had no* show with Manager
Washburne last evening.
Grant and Colfax were near each oth
er at the table, each enjoying an ice,
when up stalked a Western member of
the committee, with an inquiring
mind for facts, and addressing General
Grant, said : "Who writes your speech
es, General ?". General Grant looked at
the committee man, but made no an
swer. The anxious member from the
West again said : "We want to know ;
as Colfax can make his own speeches
and they say you can't." General
Grant turned away from the Speaker
and made no answer. Colfax turned
to the man from the West and reques
ted him not to make any such remarks
in future.
The great feature of the evening,
however, was the presence of the ne
gro delegate from North Carolina. —
His name is J. 11. Harris, a delegate in
the Chicago Convention from the
Fourth District of North Carolina, late
a member of the North Carolina Consti
tutional Convention, a candidate for
Congress (he declined however, in fa
vor of a carpet bagger,) and now a
member of the committee to apprise
the Radical nominees for their good
luck at Chicago.
lie was introduced, of course, by the
immense manager Washburne, but
neither General Grant, Coffax, the la
dies present, nor any other Great Rad
ical Monguls seemed to know Brother
Harris. The company at one time
were nearly all crowded in the back
pralor, while Harris was observed
standing solitary and alone in a corner
of the front parlor room. There he re
mained half an hour—the observed of
no one except the reporters, who pro
ceeded to take side notes of Brother
Harris' solitary condition. It was a
fact to which many can testify, that
neither Grant nor Colfax, save at the
introduction, took any notice of Harris
during the evening. He was like our
Jake on a pic-nic, "not fixed"—or
poor Sambo at a dance, "without Di
nah being dar."
Gen. Hawley, Gen. Logan, nor any
of the larger Radical guns deigned to
notice this practical innovation of black
upon white. He was not noticed by the
politicians, and only pitied by the re
porters. Ile "stuck" however, remain
ing until supper; secured a placeat the
table, and like all true breeds of the
j African type, did full justice to ices,
i berries, and sweatmeats, generally.
Tin: EVILS OF OI K FIXASfIAI MVS
VF.yi.
It is on the laboring and producing
classes of this nation that the evils ol
the infamous financial system of this
country, introduced under Republican
rule, are now falling. They, after all,
must pay the whole tax raised by the
system on the industry of the country.
This system grinds the face of the poor,
depresses their energies, disheartens
their spirits, embitters their life, vitia
tes their social habits, and impairs the
important sense of the equal dignity of
human nature.
But it is in its moral effect that the
injury is deepest and deadliest. The
heart of the nation is corrupted, and
its best principles, from which alone a
sound prosperity and happiness can
proceed, depraved. An effect is pro
duced analagous to that on the charac
ter of a gambler. The curse of avarice
enters and demoralizes it; and deaden
ing every good sentiment of justice,
virtue, high mindedness, benevolence,
frugality, gives birth to a sordid sel
fishness, a thirst after wealth as the su
preme good, a restless discount, a reck
lessness of means, a disregard of the
sanctity of promises, and indifference
to debt, and a fondness for display and
luxury. How far these fearful symp
toms of the worst of all possible evils
national demoralization—have been
manifested during the last six years
every one can judge for himself. He
can read the long catalogue of the crime
and beastliness for himself in the daily
journals and the proceedings of our
courts .—Evening Herald.
GEARY has made little use of his
official position except to inflate him
self and to pardon the criminals with
whom he has long consorted. No gov
ernor of our state has ever used the par
doning power to such an extent, yet
only those of his own party have been
able to secure his services,