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BY MEYERS & MENGEL
tftcrtion grurlamatimi.
( \ £N ; ERAL ELECTION PROCLA
VXMATION. — WHEREAS, in and by an act of
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, entitled "An Act to regulate the Gen
eral Elections within this Commonwealth," it is
enjoined Upon me to give public notice of said e
lectioof and to enumerate in said notice what offi
cers are to be elected. I, ROBERT STECKMAN,
Sheriff of the county of Bedford, do hereby make
knowp and give this public notice to the electors
of the county of Bedford, that a General Election
will beheld in said county, on the
SECOND TUESDA Yl\M) OF OCTOBER,
1868, at the several election districts, vis :
The electors of the Borough of Bedford and
township of Bedford, to meet at the Court House
in said borough.
The electors of Bmad Top township and Coal
Bale borough to meet at the school house in said
borough
The electors of the borough of Bloody Run to
meet at the House of Buniel B. Ott, in said bor
ough.
The electors ofColerajn township to meet at the
house of And'w Pennell in Rainsburg in said town
ship.'
Thp electors of Cumberland Valley township to
meet at the new school house erected on the land
owucdhy John Whip's heirs in said township.
The electors of Harrison township to meet at
the house of Jacob Feightner, in said township
Thfe electors of Juniata township to meet at lvey
ser s school house in said township.
The elector? of Hopewell township to meet at
the stdihol hotisc near the house of John Basher in
said township.
The electors of Londonderry township to meet
at the house now occupied by Wm. H. Hill as a
shop in Bridgeport in said township.
The electors of Liberty township to meet at the
school house in Stonerstown in said township.
The elector?of Monroe township to meet at the
house lately ocenpied by James Camel! in Clear
ville in said township
The electors of Schellsburg borough to meet at
the brick school house in said borough.
The electors of Napier township to meet at the
brick school house in the borough of ScheFsbufg.
The electors of East Providence township to
meet at the house lately occupied by John Nycuin,
jr.. in said township.
The electors of Snake Spring township to meet
at the school house near the Methodist church on
the fand of John G. Hartley.
The electors of West Providence township to
meet at the house of Philip Hollar in said town
ship.
The electors of St. Clair township to meet at tho
school house near the residence of Joseph Griffith
in said township.
The electors of the borough of St. Clairsville to
meet at the school-house in said borough.
The electors of Union township to meet at the
school houso near Mowry's mill in said township.
The electors of South W'oodberry township to
meet at the house of Samuel Oster, near Noble's
mill in said township.
The electors of Southampton township to meet
at the house of Win. Adams in said township.
The electors of Saxton Borough to meet at the
schoolhouse in said borough.
The ejectors of M iddle W'oodberry township to
meet at the house of Henry Fluke in the village of
W'oodberry.
The electors of W'oodberry borough to meet at
the house of Wm. M. Pearson in said borough
At which time and places the qualified electors
will elect by baUdt ?'. ' /
ONE PERSON for the office of Auditor General
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
ONE PERSON for the office of Surveyor Gener
al of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
ONE PERdON, in conjunction with the counties
of Somerset. Fulton and Franklin, for the office of
additional Law Judge.
ONE PERSON, in conjunction with the counties
of Somerset, Fulton. Franklin and Adams, for the
office of Representative in the Congress of the
United States.
TWO PERSONS, in conjunction with the coun
ties of Somerset and Fulton, for the office of Mem
bers of the House of Representatives of Pennsyl
vania
ONE PERSON for the office of Commissioner for
said county.
ONE PERSON for the office of Poor Director for
said county.
ONE PF.RSON for the office of County Survey
or for said ceuaty.
ONE PERSON for county Auditor for said
county.
ONE PERSON for Coroner of said county.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That every person
excepting Justices of the Peace who shall hold any
offiee or appointment of profit or trust under the
United States, or of this State, or any city or cor
porated district, whether a eothmissioDed officer
~r otherwise, a subordinate officer or agent who is
■or shall be employed under the legislative, execu
tive or judiciary department of this Stpte, or of
any city, or of any incorporated district, and nlso,
that every member of Congress and of tho State
Legislature, and ot the select or common counoil
of any city, or commissioners of any incorporated
district, is by law incapable of holding or exorcis
ing at the time, the office or appointment of Judge,
Inspector or Clerk of amy election of this Common
wealth. and that no Inspector, Judge or other of
ficer of such election shall bo elegible to be then
voted for.
And the said act of assembly entitled "an act
relating to elections Of this Commonwealth,"
passed July 2,1819, farther provides as follows,
viz; i -i
"That the Inspector and Judges shall meet at
the respective places appointed for holding the
election in the district at which they respectively
belong, before 8 o'clock in the morning of the
SECOND Tl ESI)AY OF OCTOBER, and each
said inspector shall appoint one clerk, who shall
be a qualified voterofsuch district.
"In ease the person who shall have received
the highest number of votes for inspector shall not
uttend on the day of any election, then the per
son who shall have received the second highest
number of votes for Judge at the next preceding
election shall act as Inspector in his place. And
in case the person who has received the second
highest number of votes for Inspector shall not at
tend. the persoh elected Judge shall appoint an
Inspector in his place, and if ar.y vacancy still
continue in the board for the space of one hour
after the time fixed by law for the opening uf the
-election the qualified voter? of the township; ward
■or district for which such officer shall have been
elected, preseut at the election, shall elect oue of
itheir number to fill such vacancy.
"It shall be the duty of the several assessors re
spectively to attend at the place of holding every
general, special or township election, during the
whole time nueh election is kept open, for the pur
y seof giving information to the Inspectors and
udge. when called on, in relation tithe right of
anv ponton ostesred by them to vote at such elec
tion' aad ><n such wilier matters in relation to the
assessment of voter*, ass the said Inspectors or
■ether ot them shall from tiinc to time require.
"No person shall be permitted to vote at any
election a? aforesaid. than a white citizen of tho
age >rf twenty-one or tpore, who shall have resided
in this State at least one year, and in the election
district Where Me offers to vote, ten days immedi
ately preceding such election, and within two
years paid a State or County tax, which shall
have been assessed at least ten days before the c
leetion. But a citizen of the United States who
ha? previously been a qualified TOtcr of this State
and removed therefrom and returned, and who
shall have resided iu the election district and
paid taxes aforesaid, shall l>e entitled to vote af
ter residing in this State six months. Provided
That tho white freemen, citizens of the United
Jstates. between the age of twenty-one and twen
ty two years who have resided in the election dis
trict ten days as aforesaid shall be entiUed to vote,
although they shall not have paid tax.
"No penson shall bo permitted to vote whose
name is not contained in the list of taxable inhab
itants, furnished by the Commissioners, unless :
First, he produce a receipt of payment, within
two year? of State or County tax assessed agreea
bly to the Constitution, and give satisfactory evi-
K-uce on his own oath or affirmation of another
thathohas paid such a tax, or in failure to pro
duce a receipt shall make oath to the payment
thereof; or seeond, if he claim a right to vote by
being an elector between the age of twenty-one
and twenyr-two years shall depose on oath or af
firmation. that he bos resided in the State at least
one year before his application, ' and make such
proof of residence in the district as is required by
this act, and that he doe* verily believe from the
account given him that he is of the age aforesaid,
and gives such other evidence as i* required by
this aet. whereupon the name of the person so ad
mitted to vote shall be inserted in the alphabet
ical li-t by the Inspect®*', and a note made oppo
site thereto by writing the word "tax," if he shall
be admitted to vote by reason of having paid tax,
and tho word-'age" if he shall bo admitted to Tote
by reason of age, and in either case the reason of
such a vote ahall be called ont t© the clerks, who
shall make a like note in the list of voters kept by
them. , t . •
"In all eases where the name of the person
claiming to vote is not found on the list furnished
by the Commissioners, or his right to vote wheth
er f..und thereon or not, is objected to by any
qualified citizen, it shall be the duty of the In
spector* to examine such person on oath as to his
qualifications, and ir he claims to have resided
within the State foroneyearor more, hisoath
shall be sufficient proof tbi-reof. but he shall make
proof by at least one competent witness, who shall
be a qualified elector, that he has resided within
the district Gjr more than ten days immediately
preceding said election and shall also swear that
his bona fide residence, in pursuance of his lawful
calling is within the district, and that he did not
remove within the district for the purpose of vo
ing. * "
"Every person qualified as aforesaid, and who
shall make due proof if required, of his residence
and payment of taxes aforesaid, shall be admitted
to vote in the township, ward or district in which
he shall reside.
' If any person shall prevent or attempt to pre
vent any officer of an election, under this act from
holding such election, or use or threaten any vio
lence to any such officer, and shall interrupt or
improperly interfere with him iu the execution of
his duty, shall block up or attempt to block up
the window or avenue to any window where the
same may beholden, ortfhall -riotously disturb the
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ttttrtion i'toflamation.
peace of such election, or shall use or practice in
timidation. threats, force or violence, with the
design to influence unduly or overawe any elec
tor. or prevent him from voting, or to restrain tho
freedom of choice, such persons on conviction shall
be fined in any sura not exceeding five hundred
dollars, to be imprisoned for any timenot less than
one nor more than twelve months, and if it shall
be shown to the court where the trial of such of
fence shall be had, that the person so offending
was not a resident of the city, ward or district
where the said offenco was committed, and not
entitled to vote therein, on conviction, he shall
be sentenced to pay a fine not less than one hun
dred or more than one thousand dollars, and he
imprisoned not less than six months nor more than
two years.
"If any person or persons shall make any bet or
wager npon the result of an election within the
Commonwealth, or shall offer to make any such
bet or wageT, either by verbal proclamation there
of. or by auy written or printed advertisement,
or invite any person or persons to make such bet
or wager, upon conviction thereof be or they shall
forfeit and pay three times the amount so bet or
offered to be bet.
And the election laws of the Commonwealth
further provide that '-The Inspectors, Judges
and clerks shall, beforo entering on the duties of
their offices, severally take and subscribe the oath
or affirmation hereinafter directed, which shall be
administered to them by any judge, alderman or
justice of the peace, but if no such magistrate ho
present, one of the inspectors of the election shall
administer the oath or affirmation to the other
judge and inspector, and then the inspector so
qualified shali administer the oath or affirmation
to him.
"The inspector?, judge and clerks required by
law to hold township and general elections, shall
take and subscribe the several oaths and affirma
tions, required by the 19th, 2Uth and 21st sections
of the act of the 2d day of July 1839, entitled
"Au act relating to the elections of this common
wealth," which oaths or affirmations shall ho
prepared and administered in the manner prescrib
ed in the lStih aed 22d sections of said act. and in
addition to the poweii conferred by the lbth sec
tion of said act. the judge, or either of the inspec
tors, shall have power to administer the oaths
prescribed by said act, to any clerk of a general,
special or township election.
"The following shall be tho form of Ihe oath or
affirmation to be taken by each inspector, viz : 'I
(A. B ) do that I will duly attend to the en
suing election during the continuauoc thereof, as
an inspector, and that I will not receive any tick
et or Tote from any person, other than such as I
shall firmly believe to be. according to the pro
visions of the constitution and the laws of this
commonwealth, eutitled to vote at sueh election,
without requiring such evidence (of the right to
vote as is directed by law, nor will I vexatiously
delay or refuse to receive any vote from any per
son who I shall bplieve to be entitled to vote as
aforesaid, but that I will in all things truly, im
partially and faithfully perform my duty therein,
to the best of my judgment and abilities, and that
I am not directly, nor indirectly, interested in
any bet, or wager on the result of this election.'
"The following shall be the oath or affirmation
of each judge, viz : 'I (A. B.) do that I will
ks judge duly attend the ensuing election during
the continuance thereof, and faithfully assist the
inspectors in carrying on the same; that I will
not give my consent that any vote or ticket shall
be received from any person other than such as I
firmly believe to be. according to the provisions
of the constitution and law.- of this commonwealth,
entitled to vote at such election, without requiring
such evidence of the right to vote as is directed by
law, and that I will use my best endeavors to pre
vent any fraud, deceit or abuse, in carrying on
the same by citizens qualified to vote, or others,
and that I will make a true and perfect return of
the said election, and will in all things truly, im
partially and faithfully perform my duty respec
ting the same, to the best of my judgment and
abilities, and that I am not directly or indirectly
interested in any bet or wager en the result of
this election.' *
"The following shall be the form of the oath or
affirmation to be taken by each clerk, viz : 'I (A.
B.) jo that I will impartially and truly write
down the name of each elector who shall vote at the
ensuing election, which shall be given me in
charge, and also the name of Ihe towaship, ward
or district, wherein such olector resides, and care
fully and truly writedown the number of votes
that shall be given for each candidate at the elec
tion, ae often a? his name shall be read to ma by
the inspectors thereof, anil in " --i, — 1
faithfully ray duty respecting the same to
the best of my judgment and ability, and that I
an) not directly or indirectly interested in auy bet
or wager on the result of this election '
The qualified electors will take notice of the
following act of Assembly, approved 12th day of
March. 1666: AN ACT. Regulating the mode of
voting at all elections, in the-several counties of
this Commonwealth.
SECTION 1. Beit enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is
hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That the qualified voters of the several counties of
this Commonwealth, at all general, township,
borough and special elections, are hereby, hereaf
ter, authorized and required to vote, by tickets,
printed, or written, or partly printed and partly
written, severally classified as follows : One tick
et shall embrace the names of all judges of courts
voted for, and to be labelled, outside, "judicia
ry." one ticket shall embrace the names of all
state officers voted for, and be labelled, "state
one ticket shall embrace the names of all county
officers voted for, including office of senator, mem
ber. and members of assembly, if voted for, and
members of Congress, it voted for. and bo labell
ed, "county;" one ticket shall embrace the names
of all township officers voted for, and be labelled,
"township;" one ticket shall embrace the names
of all borough officers voted for, and be labellt 1,
• borough;" and each class shall be deposited in
seperate ballot-boxes.
SECTION 2. That it shall be the duty of tho Sher
iffs. in the several counties of this Commonwealth,
to insert in their election proclamations, hereafter
issued the first section of this act.
JAMES R. KELLEY.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID FLEMING,
Speaker of the Senate.
APPROVED —the thirtieth day of March, Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixtv-six.
A. G. CUKTIN.
Election officers wili take notice that the act
entitled "A Further Supplement to the Election
Laws of this Commonwealth," disqualifying de
serters from the army of the United States from vo
ting.has recently been declared unconstitutional by
thesupreme Court of Pennsylvania, is now null and
voitf, and that all pereoils formerly disqualified
thereunder are now lawful voters, if otherwise
qualified. The act decided unconstitutional by
the Supreme Court provided as follows :
"A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT TO THE ELECTION LAWS
OF THIS COMMONWEALTH.
Whereas, By the act of the Congress of the U
nitcd States, entitled "An Act to amend the sev
eral acts heretofore passed, to provide for the en
rolling and calling out the national forces, and for
other purposes," and approved March third, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, all per
sons who have deserted the military or naval ser
vice of the United States, and who have not been
discharged, or relieved from the penalty, or disa
bility therein provided, are deemed, and taken, to
have voluntarily relinquished, and forfeited,
their right* of eitixenship, and their rights to be
come citizens, and are deprived of exercising any
rights of citizens thereof :
And whereas, persons, not citizens of the Uni
ted States, are not, under the constitution and
laws of Pennsylvania, qualified elector* of this
commonwealth :
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representative* of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly qaet, and it
is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That in all elections hereafter to be held in this
commonwealth, it shall be unlawful for the judge
or inspectors of any such election to receive any
ballot, or ballots, from any person, or persons,
embraced in the provisions, and subject to tho
disability, imposed by said act of Congress, ap
proved March third, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-five, and it shall be unlawful for any
such person to offer to vote any ballot, or ballot*.
Section 2 That if auy such judge and inspec
tors fif election, or any One of them shall receive,
or consent to receive, any such uulawful ballot, or
ballots, from auy such disqualified person, he, or
they, so offending, shall be guilty of a misdemean
or. and. upon convict ion thereof, in any court of
quarter session* of this commonwealth, he shall,
lor each offence, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
less than one hundred dollars, and to undergo an
imprisonment, in the jail of the proper county, for
not less than sixty days.
Section 3. That if nny person deprived of citi
zenship. and disqualified as aforesaid, shall, at any
election, hereafter to bo held in this common
wealth, vote, or tender to the officers thereof, and
offer to vo'e, a ballot, or ballots, any person, so of
feuding, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction thereof, in any court of quarter
sessions of this oommonwealth, shall, lor each of
fence. be punished in like manner as is provided
in the preceding section of this act, in tho caso of
officers of election receiving sach unlawful billot,
or ballots.
Section 4. That if any person shall hereafter
persuaflo, or aflvise, any person, or persons, de
prived of citizenship, and disqualified as afore
said. to offer any ballot, ar ballots, to tho officers
of any election, beroaftcr to be held in thi* com
monwealth, or shall persuade, or advise, any such
officer to receive any bailor, or ballots, from any
person deprived of citizenship, arid disqualified as
•foresaid, such person, so offending, shall be guil
ty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof,
in any court of quarter sessions of this common
wealth, shall be punish'cd in like manner as is pro
vided in the second section of this act, in the caso
of officers of such election receiving such unlawful
ballot, or ballots.
JAMES R. KELLEY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
- DAVID FLEMING,
Speaker of the Senate.
APFROVKD— The fourth day of June, Anno Domi
ni one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
A- G- CUKTIN."
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1868.
(•Mcction i'rorlamation.
And the Judges of the respective districts afore
said, are required to meet at Bedford, on the Fri
day next following the holding of said election,
then and there to perform those things required
of them by law. _
Given under my hand, at my office in Bedford,
this Ist day of Sept., in the year of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and
in the ninety-third of the Independence of the
United States.
ROBERT STECKMAN, Sheriff.
Sheriffs Office, Bedford. )
Sept. 4 1868. 1
you ALL
HATE HEARD OP
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
AND
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC.
Prepared by Br. 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 *- the many preparations
now in the country cal |— I led Bitters or Tonics.
They arc no tavern A • preparation, or any
thing like one; but good, honest, reliable medt
eines. 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, Futlnes
of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach,
Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Full
ness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eruc
tations, Stoking or Fluttering at the
Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the
Head, Hurried or Difficult Breathing,
Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or
Suffocating Sei.sa 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 t/ie ie 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 oxtracts are
made, are gathered in Germany. All the medi
cinal virtueus are ex s tracted 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 he used in cuses where alcoholic
stimulants are 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
i„ „ in. uanip <1 ;■•" the Bitters, in case
where some pure alcoholic stimulus is requirea.
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 ono 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 he known as the greatest of
all tonics.
DEBILITY.
There is no medicine equal to Hoofland's Ger
man Bitters or Tonic -w-q in cases of Debility.
They impart a tone and vigor to the whole
system, strengthen -A 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 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 bo
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 blosd. Keep blood pure; keep
your Liver in order;-* keep your digestive
organs in a sound, I healthy condition, by
the use of these reuie A J 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 ot the Supreme Court of Pennsylva
nia.
Pnrr.ADEl.paiA, March 16, 1867.
I find that "HooHand'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 IION JAMES TAOMPSOX.
Judge of the Supreme Conrt of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, April 28, 1868.
f consider "Hoofland's German Bitters" a valua
ble medicine in case . of attacks of Indiges
tion or Dyspepsia. I /ft can certify this from
my experience of it. XJL Yours, with respect,
JAMES THOMPSON.
FROM REV. JOSEPH 11 KENXARD, 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 practice as out of ray 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. 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 -m plaint, it is a safe
and valuable prepare jX; tion. In some cases
it may fail; bnt usual -i. a ly, I doubt not, it
will be very bene6cial to those who suffer from tho
above causes. Yours, very respectfully,
J. H. KENXARD,
Eigth, below Coates Street.
CAUTION.
Hoofland'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 hal f 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. Hoofland's German
Remedies that are so universally used and so
highly recommended and do not allow the
Druggist to induce I lyon to take anything
else that he may 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 yon buy
in order to get the genuine.
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I met her, hut I darcd^not^groet,
Though fain I'd worshipped at her feet—
Y'ea! kissed the dust, she was so sweet,
The fascinating creature I
She knew it not, nor will sho ever know
Who at her shrine would bow so low ;
The Fates forbid, and mine is woe,
Ah 1 inauspicious feature !
Her matchless beauty set my soul on fire;
Her sylph-like form did love intense inspire,
And filled my soul with vast desire—
Oh : futile dream !
A goddess lithe from out enchanted bowers,
Or fairy queen from land of flowers,
Where fragrant fall perennial showers,
The nymph did seem.
She tossed her head and passed me by,
And left me there to muse and sigh—
For strangers we—Oh ! ask not.why—
Or why this dearth.
Rut yet tiiat bright vision of the past
That took my heart a captife fast,
Will hald it spell-bound to the last—
Until the last of earth.
KIBIDXF.SS OF RADICAL KI'LE.
The overbearing rabidness of ltadi
rule in this country is getting to be al
most unbearable, and all lovers of the
Union and respecters of the Constitu
tion begin to see the true situation of
affairs, and are organizing against this
accursed Jocobi u ism.
It has been a noted and aspiring idea
of Puritanical luvto t/A miKrule rub
idly overbear in every event of being
placed in power in this country. From
the "blue laws" of Connecticut down
to the worse than fellon's chains they
have put upon the necks of the people
of the South in the shape of laws and
negro troops, their course is marked
with inconsistency and their true spirit
exhibited.
The spirit of Jacobinism is to stir up
strife !
It was the hate and intolerance of
puritanical New England that occa
sioned the late war.
It is the damnable rabidness of Radi
cal rule that is forcing negro suffrage
on the South at the point of the bayo
net.
It is the spirit of overbearing petty
tyrants that is manifest in all the deal
ings and measures adopted for recon
structing the Southern States.
It is the Radical hell-hounds and
carpet-bagging infidels who discard
the Golden Rule and impiously declare
laws for one portion of the country
which they vote down in their own
section.
Nothing is too bad for Radicalism fo
attempt!
„The leaders of the party are liars,
thieves, pimps, and murderers, wlio
carry their schemes by the aid of ille
gal negro votes, and for fear of being
defeated they abolish the right of
Presidential electors in three States
and transfer the right to three well
known Radical legislatures.
They declare it a crime in three
States to vote for President, simply
because those States are Democratic,
thus doing away with a constitutional
and GOD given right.
Six States are thus declared by Radi
cals against Democrrcy in advance.
They declare that there shall be no
Union, except that it gives to them
military, political and social domina
tion over all classes and sections.
The Constitution has been ignomiui
ously set aside and the powers of the
Supreme Court assailed by the rabid
ness of these ruffians.
The constitutional right? of the Presi
dent have been curtailed by this mob
of fanatical law breakers, and we must
rally at the November election and
destroy this party root and branch, for
if they are successful, their deviltries
will be doubled and the American
people will be so persecuted that more
vigorous and bold measures will have
to be adopted for their riddance.
We have shown only a small part of
the rabidness, fury and hate that char
acterizes the progress of the Radical
party, and now we call upon Ameri
can freemen, to come forward in the
majesty and grandeur of their MIGHT,
and by a united effort in behalf of
glorious Democratic principles in No
vember, strike this gould Radicalism,
dead. It is a shame upon the Ameri
can people to stand idly by and allow
such outrages against freedom and the
rights of States to be i>erpetrated with
impunity.
We dwell at length upon these out
rages on the Constitution and laws, in
the hope of enlightening the poor tax
payers of the country—to show them
the crime of further insulting this
country by electing any man from that
party, and that the sacred right of jus
tice demands that the Democracy shall
triumph. In this event, all will soon
be peace and prosperity, and the more
complete and overwhelming it is, the
longer it will be before this country is
again allowed to be cursed with Jacob
inism and the rabid rule of a Radical
"God-and-morality" party.
SUI.DIKK. A WORD WITH YOU
We met you on the bank of the
James in 1864. Have you forgotten it?
It was in October of that year; the
steeples of Richmond and Petersburg
were in sight; it was the night after
an attack on the Danville Railroad.
As there was but one attack in that
month, of that year, you cannot fail to
recollect the time. \ r ou were one of
the slightly wounded, and lay in hos
pital when we met you. We had a
conversation"relative to the war, and
its management.
You said you were fighting for the
Union. We said that you would nev
er yet Union save at the hands of the
Democratic party. You said there
would be Union the moment armed op
position to the government ceased.—
We said that the party in power caret]
nothing for the Union. That they
went into the contest for negro suprem
acy, and the spoils of war. That there
was no hope of a cessation of hostili
ties, as long as the radicals ruled, and
there should be spoils to get, and ne
groes to evalate(?).
You said you believed we were de
ceived, and that if it proved otherwise
you would come over square and pat
upon the democratic platform.
We said that the Bads cared more
for the negro than for you, and that
you would discover it sooner or later.
You said that the government would
take care of its soldiers.
We said that the abolition hell-born
government didn't care a nickel cent
for its soldiers, only to use them for its
own aggrandizement.
How is it?
Don't say you won't talk with us.
Stand fare and square on your declar
ation.
Look the facts in the face.
You were told that there would he
Union the moment armed opposition
ceased. Armed opposition ceased
more than three years a r o. Is there
Union ?
You were told that the rights of the
Slates were to be left intact; that the
general government would not seek to
subjugate, it only sought to conquer
armies. How has the promise been ful
filled ?
What of freedmen's bureaus? What
of enacting negro suffrage by the gen
eral government? What of interfer
ing in elections? What of removing
officers which the people hail elected?
It was comparatively of little mo
ment whether negro suffrage carried in
Ohio and othor Northern States or not.
Yet the people voted it down. Y'et,
did net the Radical representatives of
these same people impose, force, thrust
negro suffrage on the South at a time,
and in such a manner as to make ne
gro suffrage negro supremacy?
What shall we call subjugation?
What deed was ever done on earth
more damnable, more hell-impregna
ted, than this?
Will you sanction it?
Will you have anything further to
do with men who can conceive such a
monstrosity ?
Another thing.
11 concerns pott.
How does the government take care
of its soldiers?
You cannot he rich.
You were in the ranks.
You have a little home of your own
it may be. Perhaps you work from
morning till night, for the necessaries
of life. Y r ou trusted the Radical tyrans
to take care of ycu. Surely you had
some reason. But how stands the
case ?
Negroes are cared for. Those who
staid at home and cheated you, are car
ed for.
But you are left out in the cold, now
that you have been usetl. You m est pay
taxes, to support the elegant equipage,
and luxurous larder of the bondhold
ing aristocrats. The kind of money
that is good enough for you is not good
enough for them. So say your Jacobin
friends.
Now, soldier, this is a land of lib
erty. Every man who has been wrong
ed, has a right to turn upon those who
wronged him, and demand justice. It
is no disgrace to a man that.he has been
deceived. There is an opportunity now
to get-
Satisfaction for the past.
A perfect Union.
White man's government.
One kind of money for all.
Equality of States.
Taxation to all alike,
by voting the straight Democratic tick
et.
If you wanted the Union enough to
fight for it, you do assuredly continue
to want it enough to vote for it. Vote
for HORATIO SEYMOUR and you will
hare it.
"lUEFI-ECT!"
Wavering Republicans! Reflect for
a moment! This is the first Presiden
tial election since the war ! and yet the
rebels ask to be rewarded for attempt
ing to destroy the Union and putting
its defenders to an expense of oceans of
blood and three billions of treasure, by
being intrusted on the very first occa
sion with its management and control!
—Chicago Post.
"Wavering Republicans, reflect for a
moment," that this is the third year in
peace and according to the official state
mentsof the Secretary of the Treasury,
the national debt has increased under
Jacobin management TWENTY
EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS with
in the past nine months, and over
THIRTEEN MILLIONS in the past
two months!
'lfldCed, it is high time fbr every
doubting man to " reflect " on this un
paralleled increase of debt, and that
too at a time when no extra demands
should be made on the Treasury for
means to carry on theaffairs of theGov
ernraent.
"Wavering Republicans, refUiCt!"
you are honest. You want to know
what is doue with all the money. We
will tell you.
Millions of dollars are wasted in sup
porting Negro Bureaus in the South,
in feeding lazy negroes while white
men are made toil and pay taxes for
the maintenance of those institutions.
Millions of dollars are expended in
supporting a standing army in the
South to defend carpet-bag govern
ments and force negro suffrage upon
unwilling white men.
Millions of dollars are wrung from
the people in taxes payable in gold, to
support a bonded aristocracy.
Millions of dollars are plundered
from the Treasury by Jacobin Con
gressmen to pay for gold pens, pocket
knives, d-c.
"Wavering Republicans, reflect!"
that unless you vote this fall to place
new men in Congress—men who have
been reared in the school of economy
—men of the Democratic party—this
increase in,debt will go on from year
to year till you and the country will
become completely bankrupt.
"Wavering Republicans, reflect for a
moment, that this is the first Presiden
tial election since the war," and if you
would have retrenchment in the con
duct of the government, equal taxa
tion and low tariffs you must discard
the Jacobin party which like the wiley
serpent coils itself about you as if in
fond embrace only to crush out your
very existence.
Then vote for the Democratic candi
dates for President and Vice Presi
dent, without further i catering!
SU A 1.1, WE?
Eight years, or nearly eight, have
passed since the late lamented was
elected President of the United States.
United Stales !
They were, indeed. Sweet the memo
ry. Is there a heart that does not pul
sate more rapidly, as the memory
comes freighted with recollections of
that good old time? Is there an A
merican citizen, North, South, East or
West, foreigu or native born, who
does not sigh long and deep at the re
membrance of the dear old Union ?
Eight years ago this Fall, in conse
quence of divisions in the Democratic
party, Mr. Lincoln was elected to the
Presidency.
Say, if you will, that there was an
error of judgment on the part of the
South in going.
Say (what we will never say) that
the war was conducted wisely by the
managers, on the part of the North.
Say that every iota of blame rests on
the heads of Southern men.
Say that the Radicals have notstolen,
intrigued, plundered, and needlessly
tormented.
Say that Lincoln was a fine speci
men, every way ritted for his high of
fice, and worthy all 'affection by the
American people.
Say that Beast Butler is an angel.
Swear all that the Tribune insists
thiit it is necessary to swear, touching
the holiness of eminent Radicals, and
the wickedness of Democrats;
Swear that the National debt is a
National blessing;
And yet—
Brother Democrats:
Workingmen:
Honest men:
Say-
Deliberately, calmly, honestly, un
flinchingly ; say whether the reign of
the Radicals has not been the greatest
curse which ever darkened America.
Say whether the Union that is, is not
immeasurably worse than the Union
that toas. We do not seek to excite.
We do not want another war, but we
want the people to think. There is al
ways a large amount of sophistry in a
heated canvass like the present.
There is lying freely, pointedly/square
ly and muchly. A great deal of fog is
raised to blind the eyes of the people.
But there is one. test that cannot be
concealed. No fog can hide it, no
clouds obscure it, no dust fo settle up
on and cover it. By their fruits ye shall
know then. Speak it in the streets;
sound it on the hill-sides ; publish it in
the valleys; let the wings of the wind
bear it everywhere.
The test is the result. It is before
us. Before us in one million green
graves. In one hundred thousand
maimed soldiers. In one hundred
thousand widows. In a nation torn,
bleeding, and outraged. In a debt of
$3,000,000,000.
Shall we continue an experiment
which has proved so costly ? Shall
we ?
Not beyond March 4, 1860.
I'll K I'lttMII".
What the Army Costs.
Fools At These Figures.
The Philadelphia Ledger has a high
reputation for honesty. The people of
Pennsylvania know that it would.not
publish any false statement in reference
to the expenditures by the Government.
Its figures can always be implicitly re
lied upon as being perfectly correct.
Its issue to-day contains the follow
ing despatch from Washington:
Secretary Stanton in his report of De
cember, 1 St Yt, gave as the cost of the War
Department for (he peace organization
the sum of TiIIIITY- THREE MIL
LIONS OF DOLL A US. From offi
cial records it is shown that the War
Department in the three years since the
close of the war has cost SIX IIEN
DUED AND TEX MILLIONS OF'
DO I LA ItS, or more than six times the
estimate of Mr. Stanton.
That Is at the rate of over tico hun
dred millions a year.
Stanton deliberately lied about the
VOL. 64.—WHOLE No. 5,461.
cost of the army.
Radical newspapers and stump
speakers deliberately lie about it every
day.
They do this to deceive the people.
Grant is Stanton's candidate.
Grant lied to President Johnson, to
keep Stanton in the War Department.
Grant must have known that the
peeple were being deceived in reference
to the cost of the army.
Is such a man fit to be made Presi
dent?
The Democratic di to re and speakers
have been charged with exaggeration
when they asserted that the army was
costing one hundred and fifty millions
a year.
The figures show that their estimate
was fifty millions short of the actual
aura.
What is this vast and expensive ar
my doing?
Are not a few naked Indians roving
at will all over the far west, scalping
men, murdering innocent children and
ravishing white women?
Where is this army which has cost
six hundred and ten million dollars in
time of Peace, and what is it doing?
Does any one need to ask ?
Does not every voter know it was
employed in propping up negro state
governments in the South ?
This is the kind of peace we are to
have under Grant.
How do you like it, Reader?
Will you vote for it?— lxxcrosse
Democrat.
KOW FOK VICTORY!
Our ticket is made up.
Our forces are in line.
Every man is at his post.
Stand to your guns.
We will never surrender,
The right must prevail,
Go to work.
Convince your radical neighbor that
he is wrong.
Distribute Democratic newspapers
and Documents.
Talk to the young men who are a
bout to cast their first vote.
Visit every house in your school
district.
Get an accurate list of the voles in
the district and forward them to the
chairman of your county committee.
Do not wait for your neighbor to act
but do it yourself.
To work then.
Do not delay a day.
Perfect your organization.
Organize your school district clubs.
Attack the common enemy.
Attack in front.
In fiank.
In rear.
Assail him at every point.
N<> armistice.
No lagging.
No quarter.
Charge for victory.
Klealinc: at a < oiigrt-Mwiiiaii'M Fun
eral.
Hon. Philip Johnson, a member of
the39th Congress, died in Washington,
and his body was sent home to Easton,
Pa., at Government expense. The
Radical Congress appropriated $2,775
to pay the Sergeanl-at-Arms and un
dertaker's bill. Among the items we
find these:
Eighteen white silk sashes, $254 00
Eight black silk sashes, 90 00
Three hundred and ten pair kid
gloves, 762 00
Two hundred black scarfs, 300 00
Ninety-one hacks, 553 00
Fare and expenses on the way, 481 00
Mileage, &e., 131 00
Tax payers will remember that when
a dead Congressman is sent home, none
but a committee of half-dozen go a
long. But here we have 310 pairs of
kid gloves; 91 hacks; 100 scarfs, etc.,
charged to the people and paid. It is
only paralleled by the fellow who stole
the coppers off a dead negro's eyes.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
"Blair saved Missouri from secession
in 1861, and he and Seymour will save
the country from the Radicals in 1868."
"Colfax, in 1854, said that he would
not vote for a foreigner or a Catholic.
Will the foreigners or Catholics vole
for Colfax in 1808?"
"The Froedman's bureau—a device
for supporting the idle negro at the
expense of the white man— $16,000,000
per year."
"Blair fought to keep the Southern
States in the Union ; the Republicans
are lighting to keop them out of the
Union. Which is right?"
"Grant says, 'Let us have peace.'
Woe to him who says 'Peace, peace,
when their is no peace.' "
"The highroad to repudiation is the
constant increase of the national debt.
Under radical rule, from August, 1
1867 August 1, 1868, the increased
debt is over $12,000,000."
"Arms ! give us arms cry the carpet
baggers. 'Let us have peace,' says
Grant, ami their is no peace because
there is no Union."
"Radicals and traitors deny the bind
ing obligation of the Constitution. —
Grant has 'no policy.' "
"Seymour's policy—economy, reduc
tion of the national debt, less taxes,
specie payments. Grant has no poli
cy."
"Let there be no more robbing the
government under the cry of 'loyalty.'"
"Grant has no policy, consequently
his election is not insured. Seymour
has a policy, and his election is insured ;
the people are his underwriters."
"Temperance, sobernesss and chasti
ty, is the policy of Seymour. Grant
has 'no policy' of that kind."
"If General Grant was 'not fitted by
education and taste' to accept a diplo
matic mission to Mexico, is he fitted by
odncation or taste to be President of
the United States?"
"Yates says workingmen are'scabs,'
and pay no taxes. The people say
Yates is too debauched to know wheth
er taxes are paid at all,"
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