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Special attention given to collections and the prosecution of claims tor Back Pay, Bounty, Pensions, Ac. OFFICE, on Juliana Street, south of the Court House. aprs,'67tf J. MOD. SHARUE. E. F. KERR. Li 11 AItPE A KERIt, ATTC)ItNEYS 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 A Schell. |March 2, '66. J. R. DURBORROW. | JOHN LUTZ. nURBORROW & LUTZ, 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 Ciaim 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 pnblic. Office second door North of the Mengel House. Bedford, Aug, 1, 1381. INSPY M. ALSIP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and promptly attend to all business entrusted to his care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military claims, back pay, bounty, Ac., speedily collected. Office with Miinn A Spang, on Ju!iana street, t.vo doors South of the Mengel House. Jan. 22, 1864, F. M. KIMMELL. I J. W. LINGENFELTER. KIMMELL & LINGENFELTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA., Have formed a partnership in the practice of the Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors South of the -'Mengel House," 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, three doors south of the "Mengel House," opposite the residence ot Mjrs. Tate. May 13, 1364. B. F. SEVERS. I J. w. DICKKRSON, MEYERS & DICKERSON, AT TORNEYS AT LAW, Bedford, Pa., office same as formerly occupied by Hon. S. L. Russell, a few doors south ot 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,'66. HAYS IRVINE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bloody Run, Pa Office in Harris' New Building. uini-13'68 OOMETHING NEW. The undersigned has just returned from the city with all the LATE IMPROVEMENTS in Photography, and is introducing the new Style of Picture called the "CABINET SIZE PHOTOGRAPH," which has attracted so much attention in New York and Philadelphia. Having gone to considerable expense in refit ting and improving his Gallery, he is enabled to make any of the NEW STYLES OF PICTURES A T VER V LOW PRICES, FROM 25 CENTS UP. * He would also invito attention to his splendid stock of ALBUMS AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES ; also GILT, ROSEWOOD, and WALNUT FRAMES and MOULDINGS, very cheap. Also Brackets for Ornamenting Parlors. lIIS FANCY CASES are of the latest style and made of the best material. Photographs copied and Enlarged from old De guorreotypes, Ambrotypcs, Paintings or any other kind of Picture. Thankful to his friends for their patronage dur ing the past fifteen years, he hopes to merit a continuance of the same, and would respectfully invite all who wish a correct likeness of them selves, to call and examine his work before going elsewhere, satisfied that he can give entire satis faction to any who may favor him with their cus tem. T. R. GETTYS. junl9m3 RJMLE COMING CONFLICT! We give greater inducements to Agents than any other House in the trade. Ladies and Gents, get up Clubs in our great ONE DOLLAR SALE of Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, Silver Ware, Plated Ware, &c., &c. Thousands can testify as to the superior quality and the large remuneration received for selling our goods. We wi!l present to any person, ( free of cost), sending us a club, goods worth $3 to §3OO, or will pay cash if necessary. All goods sold at an uniform price of ONE DOL LAR for each article. We have made special arrangements with the celebrated ORIENTAL TEA COMPANY, to sup ply their standard Teas and Coffees, at their best prices. Agents wanted everywhere. Descriptive Circu lars will be sent free, on application. CHAS. LETTS & CO., Manfrs' Agents, 64 A 66 Federal Street, Boston, Mass. jun26wi I FURNITURE AND CABINET 1 ROOMS. THOMAS MERWINE, AT TIIE 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. maylm3 WATERSIDE WOOLEN FAC 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, Casuneres, Tweeds, Sattinetts, Jeans, Blankets, Coverlets, Flannel, Ac., which they will exchange lor wool, as has been the custom heretofore. Carpets will be made to order, at all times. Stocking yarn ot all kinds always on hand. Our Peddler, W. If. Ralston, will call on all the old customers, and the public generally, in due time, for the pur pose of exchanging goods for wool. Tha highest market price will be paid tor wool in cash. N. H. Wool carding spinning and country Full ing will be done in the best manner and at short notice JOHN I. NOBLE A BRO., may22m3 Waterside, Pa. rpilE Local circulation of the BEI> I FORD G AZETTE is larger than that of any other paper in this section ol country, and therefore of ersthe greatest inducements to business men to fdvertise in its columns. @l)c BcftforD #a?dte. BY MEYERS & MENGEL. iltooU;uurs Column. you ALL HAVE HEARD OF IIOOFLAND S GERMAN BITTERS, AND HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC. Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia. Their introduction into this country from Ger many occurred in 1825. THEY CURED YOUR FATHERS AND MOTHERS, And will cure you and your children. They are entirely different from-W-T the many preparations now in the country cal l—l led Bitters or Tonics. They are no tavern A-*-preparatin. 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 OF 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 tho Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried or Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Senßa fl I tions when in a Lying Posture, Dimness of V/ Vision, Dots or Webs before the sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Defi ciency ot Perspiration, Yellowness of tho 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. HOOFLAND 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 ss. traetcd from them by a scientific Chemist, s ■ 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 tho Bitters, hence it is the only Bitters that can be used in esses where alcoholic stimulants arc not advisable. HOOFLAND'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 are 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 Iloofland's Ger- I man Bitters or Tonic ■■ in cases of Debility. They impart a tone |4 and vigor to the whole system, strengthen JL the appetite, cause an enjoyment of the food, enable the stomach to di gest it, purify tho blood, give a good, sound, healthy complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge from the eye, impart a bloom to the checks, and change the patient from a short-breathed, emaci ated, weak, and nervous invalid, to a full-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 safety 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 blood. Keep yjur blood pure; keep your Liver in order; keep your digestive organs in a sound, I healthy condition, by the use of these reme JLJ dies, and no diseases will ever assail you. The best men in thecountry recommend them. If years of honest reputation go for anything, you must try these preparations. FROM HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva nia. PHILADELPHIA, March lfi, 1867 I find that "Iloofland'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. .AJL Yours, with respect, JAMES THOMPSON. FROM REV. JOSEPH 11. KENNARD, D. D., Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia. DR. JACKSON —DEAR SIR: —I have been fre quently requested to connect my name with rec ommendations of different kinds of medicines, but regarding the piactice as out of my appropriate sphere, I have in all cases declined; but with a clear-proof in Various instances, and particularly in my own family, of the usefulness of Dr. Iloof 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 TK-y- plaint, it is a safe and valuable prepara tion. In some cases it may fail; bnt usual It ly, I doubt not, it will be very beneficial to those who suffer from the above causes. Yours, very respectfully, J. 11. KENNARD, Eigth, below Coates Street. CAUTION. Iloofland's German Remedies arc 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, $1 50 per bottle ; Or, a half dozen for $7 50. The tonic is put up in quart bottles. Recollect that it is Dr. Iloofland's German Remedies that are so universally used and so highly recommended and do not allow the Druggist to induce I lyou to take anything else that he may say-l_-'is just as good, be cause he makes a larger profit on it. Thvse 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. CIIAS. M. EVANS, PROPRIETOR. Formerly C. M. JACKSON St 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. may29'6Byi Ib? fynttit. OI K CANDIDATES. Hon. Horatio Seymour, the stand ard bearer of the Democracy in the coming Presidential election, is a na tive of New York State. Ho was horn in Onondaga county, in the year 1811. His early advantages in schooling were superior to those of most Ameri cans of the time, and his education from the beginning has been a most liberal one. Developing a preference for the law, he set to work at an early age to educate himself for the bar. Ilis keen perception, quick intellect, not less than his constancy and perse verance, enabled him to acquire an en viable position as a lawyer, while still a young man. He commenced his practice in Utica, New York State; and his professional career, in relation to his clients, to his legal confreres, and to his general reputation, was eminent ly successful. It is scarcely to he won dered at that, with such prominent ele ments of success and popularity, he should at once have been called to the public service. The first prominent office which Mr. Seymour accepted was in the year 1842, vthen he was a little more than 30 years of age. He was in that year elected to represent his district in the legislative assembly ; and ho continued to discharge his duties as a member of the State legislature until 1815. Dur ing this service, he showed such ability, firmness, and faithfulness to duty, that, skipping the usual intermediate steps of distinction, the Democratic party nominated him for the Governorship of the State of New York in the year 1850. Ills opponent was Mr. Wash ington Hunt, who, indeed, was elect ed ; but Mr. Seymour ma e, hy his own personal efforts, the contest one of the sharpest that have ever been re corded in the political annals of the State. At the very next election, in 1852, the New York Democracy confirmed their faith in Mr. Seymour, and, by nominating him again for the office of Governor, testified that they attribu ted their defeat in no wise to their candidate, to his want of ability, ener gy, or integrity. The result proved tiiat they were right in their faith, for Mr. Seymour was elected to the chief office of the State of New York by an overwhelming majority. He took his seat as Governor, and his term of office was characterized by many measures of great benefit to the commonwealth. His native dignity, of which a good idea may be termed by those of Chica go's citizens who saw him preside at the Chieagh Convention in 1564, is singularly adapted to any position that demands earnestness and decis ion. Even at this early day, he evinc ed a determination to counteract the growing tendency to fanaticism, cen tralization, and the undue assumption of power, inconsistent with the spirit of our government. One of the most noteworthy acts of his term was in his veto of the Maine-law liquor bill. His foresight was penetrating enough to discern the evils that would follow a measure that had no basis of principle upon which to stand. In 185(5, Mr. Seymour's name was prominently mentioned in the Demo cratic National convention in connec tion with the Presidency, and he was already regarded as one of the ablest statesmen and truest Democrats in the land. In 1862, he received the nomi nation for the governorship of New York, in opposition to General Wads worth. This contest is memorable in the history of the country. Governor Seymour met the issue, as ho always does, openly and clearly. With a heart and a will for the preservation of the Union, which was afterwards practically and satisfactorily put to the test, he opposed the corruption of the party in power with all his strength. In order to forestall any efforts which may be made to challenge his devotion to the Union, we give an extract from a speech which he delivered during his canvass in 1862. In his glowing, polished style, he said : "Now, when the men of the South make the bayonet and the sword the arbiter (they elected, and not we;) when they determined to settle it by blood (and not we),—the sword, so far as the present is concerned, must be the arbiter; and in our strong arms it shall make vigorous and true blows for the life of our country, for its institutions,- and for its flag. Now, let me say this to the higher law men of the North, and to the higher law men of the South, and to the whole world that looks on, witnesses to the mighty events tran spiring in this country, that this Union shall never be severed, —no, never. Whatever other men may say, as for the conservative people of this country, and as for myself as an individual, — let other men say and think what they please,—as for the division of this U nion, and the breaking up of that great natural alliance which is made by na ture and by nature's God, I never will consent to it,—no, never, as long as I have a voice to raise or a hand to fight for this, our glorious land." At his inauguration as Governor of New York, on January 1, 186.1, Air. Seymour at once sprang into national prominence. He announced himself, in his inaugural, as being prepared to support at once, the constitution of the United States, and that of the State -of New York, which, he said, do not con flict. The line of separation between BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING; JULY 31, 1868. the responsibilities and obligations which each imposes is well defined." In July, their culminated, in an alarming riot in New York city, the difficulties which had been brewing during the year, with reference to the draft. It was justly believed, by the citizens of New York, that that city was being unjustly drawn upon for quotas of troops. The outbreak was serious and men aced revolution. It was at this critical period that Gov. Seymour became the master spirit of the occasion and its oc currences. On the one hand, he exert ed his personal influence to quiet the tremendous excitement that prevailed in the city ; and, on the Other, he ap plied himself to using such efforts at Washington as would secure a remov al of the unjust inequality of the en rolment, and thereby remove the cause of the outbreak. He .first addressed a letter asking that the quotas might be equalized, and that the draft he sus pended until the result of the recruit ing could be ascertained. On the re fusal of Mr. Lincoln to suspend the draft as requested he then forwarded a statement showing a monstrous ex cess in the New York quotas over those of Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire. This time, he was partially successful; and the war de partment allowed the reduction of the excessive quotas of certain districts. On July 30, General Dix notified Governor Seymour that the State troops would be called 01; to enforce, if necessary, the draft, which, for the times, had been suspended by the in fluence of Governor Seymour. Still believing the quota excessive, (lie Gov ernor applied for a further suspension. Air. Lincoln refused ; the Secretary of War promised General Dix an ade quate force of troops to enforce the draft; and there was imminent dan ger that a collision would occur be tween the Federal troops and the citi zens of New York. It was at this critical juncture that Governor Sey mour brought into play all his cool ness and wisdom. He did not inter mit, for a moment, his effort to secure such a reduction of the quotas as would remove the disturbing cause of excite ment and incipient rebellion He steadily gave himself to this work ; and so successful was he that he se cured the desired reduc ion, and there by saved New York fro.n the horror of what would have been a bloody and wide spread insurrection. For this service, he won the thanks of the peo ple of the whole I4tto *<n<l oaurvtry, as he did those of the legislature of New York. - Any man with less- coolness and judgment would have surrendered to the outrageous demands of the war department, and thereby haveprodueed a revolution. A revolution, in the summer of 1863, in New York, would have imperiled the cause for which the nation was fighting. Lest the opposition may undertake to misrepresent the position of Gov ernor Seymour, we reproduce the clos ing portion of his proclamation, issued upon the resumption of the draft : "I again repeat the warning which I gave to you during the riotous proceed ings of the past month, that 'The only opposition to the conscription which can he allowed is an appeal to the courts. The right of every citizen to make such an appeal wili be maintain ed, and the decisions of the courts must be respected and obeyed by rulers and people alike. No other course is consistent with the maintenance of the laws, the peace and order of the city, and the safety of its inhabitants. Ri otous proceedings must and shall be put down. The laws of the State of New York must be enforced, peace and order maintained, and the lives and property of all citizens protected, at any and every hazard; The rights of every citizen will be properly guarded and defended by the chief magistrate of the State.' " "I hereby admonish all judicial and executive officers whose duty it is to enforce the law and preserve public or der that they take vigorous and effec tive measures to put down any riotous or unlawful assemblages ; ami, if they find their .power insufficient for that purpose, to call upon the military in the manner pointed out by the statutes of the State. If these measures should prove insufficient, 1 shall then exert the full power of the State, in order that the public order may be preserv ed, and the persons and property of the citizens be fully protected." As an evidence of the interest which Governor Seymour took in the success ful termination of the war for the U nion, his action at the time of the in vasion of the State of Pennsylvania is well worth recitation. It will be re membered that the governor of Penn sylvania called upon Governor Sey mour for a certain number of troops, lie promptly forwarded more than the quota of militia demanded. In the following year, the most no ticeable act of Governor Seymour's ad ministration took place, with refer ence to the resolution of the legislature of the State to pay the foreign and do mestic holders of the State debt the in terest in the same funds. While mak ing no objection to the principle in volved in this determination, the gov ernor, in a message to the legislature, took the ground that it would be a vi olation of faith, inasmuch as the same body had before resolved to pay foreign holders their interest in coin. He ar gued against the policy of violating the pledged faith of the State; and so cogent were his arguments that they achieved success. The act of the legislature of New York to allow the soldiers absent to vote was signed by Governor Sey mour, and, in a circular soon issued, lie recommended an honorable carrying out of the legislative act. In Noverubpr of 1804, the Presiden tial election was approaching, and, as will be recollected, there existed a bitterness of partisanship such as was never before known. In view of this, Governor Seymour applied himself to the labor of pouring oil upon the troub led waters. In a proclamation which he then issued, there occurred the fol lowing passages: . "The existance of a terrible civil war, and the assertion of the right of military commanders in some sections to interfere with elections, have caused fearful and exciting doubts in the minds of many with regard to the free and uutrammeled exercise of the elec tive franchise. I therefore appeal to all men of all political parties to unite with those holding official positions, in their efforts to allay undue excite ment, soften the harshness of party prejudice, and to avoid all measures which tend to strife or disorder." He concludes these temperate re marks by commanding sheriffs and all other peace officers to "see that no mil itary or other organized forces shall be allowed to show themselves in the vicinity of the places were 'elections are held, with any view of intimida tion or menacing citizens in atten dance thereon." These passages from tho official career of Governor Seymour prove his temperate, logical, conservative char acter. Holding correct views of the obligations of one who is a citizen of a Statoand of tho United States, he was ever prompt to protect the former against the aggressions of the federal power ; and equally prominent in ex acting full obedience on the part of the State when it owed duty to the general government. In 1864, Mr. Seymour was renomi nated for Governor, but was defeated by a small majority. Ilis retirement from tiie gubanatorial chair of New York was the close of his official career, Since that time, he has occupied him self with his private affairs, only occa sionally appearing in public in order to give utterance to sentiments having bearing upon the polities or finances of the nation. In tho Democraticconventionof 1864, Mr. Seymour was niado permanent chairman of the convention. In his speech upon taking the chair, he ar raigned the dominant party for its usurapations, gave utterance to senti ments whose beauty of diction, patri otism, and inspiration have rarely been equaled in modern oratory. The nominee of the Democracy is eminently a scholar, a statesman, and a gentleman. To his guidance can safely he committed the task of regen erating the nation. FRANK P. BLAIR, JR., The Democratic nominee for Vice- President, the son of Francis P. Blair, Sr., the veteran statesman and jour nalist, was born in Lexington, Ken tucky, on the 16th of February, 1821. After completing his education at Princeton college, he applied himself to the study of law in his native town, and, after being admitted to the bar, removed to St. Louis, and commenced practice in 1843. During the war with Mexico, he served as Lieutenant of Volunteers. After the peace, ho re turned to St. Louis and resumed the practice of his profession. Entering into politics with the zeal characteris tic of his nature and patriotic tempera ment he became identified with the so-calldd "free soil" party, by suppor ting Mr. Van Buren for the Presidency on the Buffalo platform. He was elec ted to the legislature of Missouri in 1852 as a delegate from St. Louis, and was re-elected in 1854. Upon lite ex piration of his second term, in 1856, he was chosen to represent the St. Louis district in ('engross, and was successive ly re-elected in the years 1858, IS6O and-1862. From the spring of Iso I un til he left his seat in Congress, he was chairman of the committee on military affairs in the House. Upon the breaking out of (ho rebell ion, Mr. Blair raised the Ist regiment of Missouri volunteers ; and, on thoTtli of August, having, in the meantime, attended the special session of Congress, he was appointed a Brigadier General of Volunteers. The brigade of which he first assumed command was raised by his own efforts among the citizens of Missouri. He was promoted to the rank of a Major-General in November of the following year. General Blair's military record while in command of a brigade at Chickasaw bayou and Arkansas Post; of Sherman's old division of the loth army corps in the siege of Vicksburg and theeaptureof Jackson, Mississippi; of the loth corps in its marches from liika to Chattanooga, and thence to Knoxville, including the battle of Mission Ridge; and of the 17th army corps in the ever memorable Atlanta campaign—is familiar to all who fol lowed the events, or have made them selves acquainted with the history, of the gieat rebellion. When the army of the Tennssee went into winter quarters at Ilunts ville, in 18G3, General Blair, at the personal request of President Lincoln, returned to Washington and resumed his place in Congress. At the opening VOL 62.—WHOLE No. 5,453. of active operations, he hastened back to the army, and was assigned to the command of the 17th army corps, in place of General McPherson, who had succeeded General Sherman at the head of the army of the Tennessee. General Blair, as will be seen, is a representative of the citizen-soldiery of the nation. He is one of the very few volunteer officers, uneducated in the "regular" school, who has risen by his merits from the rank of a Lieuten ant of Infantry to that of a Major-Gen eral, and whose performances as a sol dier fully justified-in the wisdom of his promotion. In war or in politics, in the field or in the forum, Frank P. Blair has ever proved, by the test of the most thorough practice, a success. Ilis nomination to the second place on the Democratic ticket is a worthily bestowed Jionor to the statesmanly abilities as well a3 to the soldierly merits of the man. I.ETTI.It I'KOM Hit. DOOLITTM&. The Duly Conservative Republicans— Why all Patriotic .Hen Without Itistinctiou of" Party. Should Support Seymour and Blair. WASHINGTON, July 13,1868. O. 11. Odrunder, Esq., Danville, Pa: DEAR SIK: I am in receipt of your letter of the 10th inst.,in which, speak ing for yourself and a number of other Conservative Republicans ©f your town you express a "sense of disappoint ment and regret that no better names had been offered by the Democratic party to lead the conservative and pa triotic masses of the people to victory, and the Radical Republican party to de serving and merited defeat. As a gen tleman and a statesman Mr. Seymour holds our respect, but as a Peace Dem ocrat we are indisposed to vote for him and you are pleased to say, that, if my name, among others, had been placed at the head of the ticket,"all would have gone well and vtctory would have been certain." You de sire my opinion upon the situation and "the prospects of a third party." I thank you for the confidence thus reposed in me, and shall not shrink from the responsibility of stating frank ly my opinion. I do not think the organization of any third party is wise, or can work any practical good to the great cause in which we are engaged. In the very nature of things, when great priciples are at stake, there are, and therecan be, but two effective political parties.— "He that is not for me, is against me," in politics as well as in religion, is a truth upon which every wise man is compelled to act. What, then, is the great and para mount issue? What is that great and unpardonable wrong for which the Radical party is now arraigned and should be overthrown? It is substantially this: In violation of the Constitution—in violation of pledges made and often re peated, from the first battle of Bull Run to the end of the war; pledges to the North to get men and money; pledges especially made to the Democ racy to get their support in the field and in the elections ; pledges made to the South to induce them to lay down their allegiance, and pledges to foreign powers to prevent intervention—in vi olation of all these solemn pledges, up on which we invoked the blessing of Almighty God upon our cause, and by which alone we gained strength to mas ter the rebellion—in violation of the natural aud inalienable right of the civilized men of every State to govern themselves, and in violation of the clear provisions of the Constitution which leaves to each State for itself the right to regulate suffrage, this par ty has, without trial by ex /tod facto laws, disfranchised hundreds or thou sands of the most intelligent of their citizens, and has forced upon ten States and six millions of our own Anglo-Sax- I on race the universal and unqualified , suffrage of seven hundred thousand ig norant and in the main, half-civilized negroes. This is the great wrong for which that party is arraigned at the bar of public judgment, and for which it should be overthrown. To consummate that great wrong, they have abolished all civil government and civil liberty, even in these ten States; They have established five absolute military despotisms, wherein all rights to life, liberty, and property, are sub ject to the will of one man ; They have kept the Union divided ; They have prevented the restoration of industry ; They have kept down the credit of the Government, during three years of peace, to a point so low that, to the shame of every American, the six per cent, bonds of the United States sell for only 73 in gold, while the bonds of Bra zil, bearing only four percent, interest, bring over 90 in gold. They have encroached upon the just rights of the Executive ; They have threatened the indepen dence of the Supreme Court; They have unjustly, and without cause, j impeached and put upon trial the Pros- j ident himself, and, by every species of | denunciation, and even by threats of; assassination, have endeavored to force j the Senate to convict him, in order to place in the executive chair one who will use all its power to consummate that gigantic wrongagainst the Consti tution, against our plighted faith, a gainst civilization, aud against our own race and kindred. The Convention in New York met for I the purpose of organizing to over throw the party in power for this great wrong, aud to restore to the U nion and the Coilstitution, and the rights of the States and of all the States under it. Now, I do not say the nom inations made at New York are the ve ry best that could have been made for that purpose. The elements to be organized into a victorious army were four-fold. To use a military figure, there were four army corps to be organized into one grand army: First. The great Democratic Corps : Second. The War Democratic Corps : Third. The Conservative Republi can Corps: Forth. The Civilized Southern Corps. The fiirst, or Democratic Corps, was fully organized, with ranks well filled, but not in sufiicient numbers to secure the victory. There was the War Democratic Corps, which supported Lincoln in 1864 ; but which in consequence of the great wrong above mentioned, was ready to sever itself from the Radical Army un der General Grant; and there was the Conservative Republican Corps, of which you are pleased to speak of me as leader, who for the same reasons, were ready to join the Grand Army, and do all in their power to bring suc cess to our cause. The two last are the recruiting corps. They hold the balance of power. As a matter of policy, had the first office been given to a eheif of 'he one or of the other, it would have made our vic tory more easy, if not certain. Everybody knows that the result of this contest is to depend upon the im portant question, whether we shall be able to recruit those two corps in suffi cient numbers, and carry them to the hearty support of Mr. Seymour. If we can, victory is with us: if we cannot, victory is against us. In my judgment, it is our duty to do so. The very life of the Constitution is involved and, with it the rights of the States and liberties of the [>eople. I cannot hesitate one momeut; my judgment is for it; my whole heart is in it. So far from relaxing, we should redouble our efforts. Bear in mind that the war was ended three years ago, when a new era was opened in political affairs; that Mr. Sey mour is a man of high character, of unquestioned patriotism, of great abili ty and experience, wholly with us upon the living aud paramount issue ; and that, if elected, he will make a most able and dignified President; and certainly no Pennsylvanian will forget that, but for his promptness and energy in forwarding the forces of New York to Gettysburg, that great battle might have been lost and Pennsylva nia overrun. While in General Blair we have a civilian and a soldier, whose promptness and indomitable resolution seized Camp Jackson and saved Mis souri from secession; who always stood among the foremost of the war Repub licans, in council and in the field, while the war lasted ; and, when it was over, was among the first to demand that for which the war wasprosecutoil—the Union of the States under the Consti tution, with their rights, equality, and dignity unimpaired. Let us unite for a victory! Let us have peace—a peace which comes not from a violated Constitution, and the despotism of the sword, but a peace which comes from a resorted Union and the supremacy of constitutional law, by which alone liberty is secured. Respectfully, yours, J. It. DOOLUTTLE. A Young' man sent his father in the country his photogarph, statiugthat he was poor and required money. The father refused, statiugthat he could not be very poor to be livingsurrounded by marble vases,rose wood furniture and choice flowers, as his photograph repre sented him. To shake off trouble, you must set a bout doing good to somebody. Put on your hat, and go visit thepoor ; inquire into their wants and admininister unto them; seek out the disconsolate and console them ; bind up the wounds of the afflicted, and in so doing you youj self shall be filled with the oil of joy. THR "CARPEL bag" Legislature or Ar kansas has officially declared that no man shall keep a stallion who does not accept "the civil and political equality of all men." A new plank in the Grant platform. A LIVELY urchin accosted a travel ing dealer on Market street, the other day, and cried, in an earnest voice: "Mr.— —, please give me an apple; my brother goes with your sister." He'll do. A man whom Dr. Johnson once re proved for a useless and demoralized business, said: "You know, Doctor, that I must live." The brave old hater of everything mean and hateful, coolly replied that he did not "see the least necessity for that." WHEN a man speaks to a lamp post, and cautions it not to "bob roun' so," it shows that the post is getting irreg ular in its habits, and needs looking after. IN TOWN— The boy with the long nose. We advise him to be careful where he puts it, and not to be poking it into things that do not concern him. CAPITAL punishment in Arkansas —to be locked up two days with eleven pretty girls in a jury-box. Oh, my ! who would ever find a verdict. AN Illinois paper says there is a man in Olney so dirty that the assessors put him down as real estate. "POETRY,"— If we had more farmers and fewer fops, we'd have more good men and better crops.
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