person shall be 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 years of State or County tax assessed agreea bly to the Constitution, and give satisfactory evi dence on his own oath or affirmation of another that he has paid such a tax, or in failure to pro duce a receipt shall make oath to the payment thereof; or second, if he claim a right to vote by being an elector between the age of twenty-one and twenty-two years shall depose onoathorat firmation. that he has 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 does verily believe from the account given him that he is of the age aforesaid, and gives sueh other evidence as is required by this act. whereupon the name of the person so ad mi'ted to vote shall be inserted in the alphabet ical li-t by the Inspecto', 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 the word "age" ifhe shallbe admitted to vote by reason of age, and in either case the reason of such a vote shall be called out to the clerks, who shall make a like note in the list of voters kept by them. '•ln all cases where the name of the person claiming to vote is not foand on the list furnished by the Commissioners, or his right to vote wheth er found thereon or not, is objected to by any qualified citizen, it shall be the duty of the In spectors to examine such person on oath as to his qualifications, and if he claims to have resided within the State for one year or more, his oath shall be sufficient proof thereof, but he shall make proof by at least one competent witness, who shall be a qualified elector, that he has resided within the district for 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 ting. Cvery 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 whico he shall reside. If any person Rhall prevent or attempt to pre vent any officer of an election, under this act from holding such election, or use or threaten any viu lence to any such officer, and shall interrupt or improperly interfere with him in 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, or shall riotously disturb the 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 biut from voting, or to restrain the freedom of choice, such persons on conviction shal l be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be imprisoned for any time not less 'ban one nor more than twelve months, and if it sha.l he 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 offence 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 be imprisoned not less than six months nor more than two years auction Vrorlamation. "If any person or persons shall make any bet or wager upon the result of an election within the Commonwealth, or shall offer to make any such bet or wager, either by verbal proclamation there of, or by any written'or printed advertisement, or invite any person or persons to make such bet or wager, upon conviction thereof he 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 be 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 shall administer the oath or affirmation to him. "The inspectors, 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. 20th and 21st sections of the act of the 2d day of July 1839, entitled "An act relating to the elections of this common wealth," which oaths or affirmations shall be prepared and administered in the manner prescrib ed in the 18th aed 22d sections of said act, and in addition to tbe power conferred by the 18th 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 the form of the oath or affirmation to be taken by each inspector, via : T (A. B) do that I will" duly attend to the en suing election during the continuance thereof, as an inspector, and that I will not receive any tick et or vote 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, entitled to vote at such 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 believe 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 as 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 laws of tbiscommonwealth, 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 tbe 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 lam not directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager on 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 ) do that I will impartially and truly write down the name of each eiector who shall vote at the ensuing election, which shall be given me in charge, and also the name of the towßghip, ward or district, wherein such elector resides, and care fully and truly writedown the number of votes that shall be given for each candidate at the elec tion, as often as his name shall be read to me by the inspectors thereof, and in all things truly and faithfully perform my duty respecting the same to the best of my judgment and ability, and that I am not directly or indirectly interested in any 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, 1866 : Ax ACT. Regulating the mode of voting at all elections, in the several counties of this Commonwealth. SECTION 1. Bo it 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 t 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, Rnd members of Congress, it voted for. and be 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 labelled, "borough;" and each class shall be deposited in seperate ballot-boxes. Sueriox 2. That it shall be the duty of the 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 ofthe House of Representatives. DAVID FLEMING, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED —the thirtieth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. A. G. CURTIN. Election officers will take notice that the act entitled "A Further Supplement to the Election Laws of this Commonwealth." disqua.ifying de serters from the army of the United States from vo ting.has recently been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, is now null and void, and that all persons formerly disqualified thereunder are now lawful voters, if otherwise qualified. The act decided unconstitutional by the Supreme Court provided as follows : "A FL'RTHKR SL'PPLEMEXT TO THE ELEPTIOX LAWS OF THIS COMMOXWEALTH. Whereas, By the act of the Congress of the U nited States, entitled "An Act to amend the sev eral acta 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 rights of citizenship, 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 tbe constitution and laws of Pennsylvania, qualified electors 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 tbe authority of the same, That in all elections hereafter to be held in this commonwealth, it shall be unlawful for the judge or inspector* of any such election to receive any ballot, or ballots, from any person, or persons, embraced in the provisions, and subject to the 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 ballots. Section 2 That if any such judge and inspec tors of election, or any one of them shall receive, or consent to receive, any such unlawful ballot, or ballot*, from any such disqualified person, he, or they, so oflending, shall be guilty of a misdemean or, and, upon oonviction thereof, in any court of quarter sessions of this commonwealth, he shall, for 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 any person deprived of citi zenship, and disqualified as aforesaid, shall, at any election, hereafter to be held in this common wealth. vote, or tender to the officers thereof, and offer to vote, a ballot, or ballots, any person, so of fending, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, in any court of quarter sessions of this commonwealth, shall, for each of fence, be punished in like manner as is provided in the preceding section of this act, in the case of officers of election receiving such unlawful ballot, or ballots. Section 4. That if any person shall hereafter persuade, or advise, any person, or persons, de prived of citizenship, "and disqualified as afore said, to offer any ballot, or ballots, to the officers of any election, hereafter to be held in this com monwealth, or shall persuade, or advise, any such officer to receive any ballot, or ballots, from any person deprived of citizenship, and disqualified as aforesaid, such person, so offendiDg, shall he guil ty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, in any court of quarter sessions of this common wealth, shall be punished iD like manner as is pro vided in the seoond section of this act, in the case of officers ofsuoh election receiving suoh unlawful ballot, or ballots. JAMES R. KELLEY, Speaker ofthe House of Representatives DAVID FLEMING, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The fourth day of June, Anno Domi ni one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six_ A- O- CLKTIJI. ADd the Judges of the respective districts afore said, are required to meet at Bedtord, oo 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 9th day of Oct., 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 Sheriff's Office, Bedford. ) Oct 9 1868- \ II VERY VARIETY AND STYLE J OF JOB PRINTING neatly executed at low rites at Toe BKDPORD OAXBTTB office. Call and leave yeurorderi. tfolumn. Y° u ALL HAVK HEARD OF HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS, AXD 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-* y the many preparations now in the country cal I—l led Bitters or Tonics. They are no tavern -I Apreparatien, 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 the Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the Head. Hurried or Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the y—. Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensa f I tions when in a Lying Posture, Dimness of VA Vision, Dots or Webs before the sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Defi ciency ot 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 vrith 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 virtuens 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 kiml used in compounding the Bitters, hence it is the only Bitters that can be used in esses where alcoholic stimulants are not advisable. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit ters, with pi'RE Santa Cruz Rum.Orauge, etc. It is used for the same diseases as the Bitters, in case where some pure alcoholic stimulus is required. Yon 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 prepaialiuua wf medicinal extracts, while the Oth ers are mere decoctiong of rum in some form. The TONIC is decidedly one of the most pleasant and agreeable remedies ever offered to the publio. 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 1-4 and vigor to the whole system, strengthen -ft- the appetite, cause an enjoyment of the food, enable the stomach to di fest it, purify the blood, give a good, sound, ealthy 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 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, y keep your digestive organs in a sound, I healthy condition, by the use of these reme J—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 of the 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 tbe 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 A ofattaeksof Indiges tion or Dyspepsia. I \ can certify this from my experience of it. JCJL. Yours, with respect, JAMES THOMPSON. FROM REV. JOSEPH H. KENNARD, D. D., Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia. DR. JACKSON—DEAR SIB: —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 ot Dr. Hoot land s German Bitters, I depart for once from ray usual course, to express my full conviction that for general debility of the system, and es pecially for Liver Com -jay plaint, it is a safe and valuable preparation. In some cases it may fail ; but usual X i ly, I doubt uot, it will be very beneficial to those whosuffcr from the above causes. Yours, very respectfally, J. fl. KENNARD, Eigth, below CoatesStreet. CAUTION. Hoofland's German Remedies are counterfeited. The Genuine have the signature of C. M. JACK SON OD 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 Qf 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 ftyou to take anything else that he may say JL* is just as good, be cause he makes a larger profit on it. Those 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. may29'6Byl BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1868. TERMS OF PUBLICATION. 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A liberal discount is made to persons advertising by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows : 3 months. 6 months. 1 yoar. *One square - - - $4 50 $6 00 $lO 00 Two squares ... 600 900 16 00 Three squares - • - 8 00 12 00 20 00 Quarter column - - 14 00 20 00 35 00 Half column - - - 18 00 25 00 45 00 One column - - - - 30 00 45 00 80 00 *One square to occupy one inch of space JOB PRINTING, of every kind, done with neatness and dispatch. THE GAZETTE OFFICE has just been refitted with a Power Press and new type, and everything in the Printing line can be execu ted in the most artistic manner and at tbe lowest rates — TERMS CASH. Alters should be addressd to MEYERS A MENGEL, Publishers. ADDKFNK OF THE DEMOCRATIC NA TIONAL COMMITTEE TO THE CON SERVATIVE VOTERS OF THE UNITED STATES. NEW YORK, October 20. FELLOW-CITIZENS : It is a privilege and duty to address you on the eve of the great battle which we are to fight, and which is to decide whether the Government of this Republic is to re main four years more in the hands of the Radical party, or whether by an energetic, united, and last effort you will wrest the power from its grasp, and give to us, under a Democratic Conservative administration, a Gov ernment based upon principles of jus tice, economy, and constitutional lib erty. The issues of the present campaign are plain and self-evident. They ap peal to the inteligence and patriotism of every voter in the most unmistaka ble terms. They have l>een ably dis cussed by distinguished orators and leaders of our party since the nom ination of our candidates. What the Democratic party intends to do, if placed in power by your suff rages, is to restore peace and union to our country ; to heal the wounds and sufferings caused by the rebellion ; to give to the people of the South the rights to which they are entitled un der the Constitution, and by which a lone we can bring back prosperity and quiet to that distracted section ; to reduce materially our military and naval establishments, kept up now on an immense scale and at an enormous cost, to introduce in every department of Government the strictest economy, and to develope, by an equitable sys tem of imposts and taxation, the grow ing resources of our country, and thus to place the Federal finances on a solid and stable footing and to pave the way to a gradual and safe return to specie payments. We are charged by the Radical party, the party of violence and usurpation, which for the last four years, to prolong its own existence, has set at nought the Constitution and and the fundamental principles of our Government, that we intend revolu tion and defiance of established laws. The accusation is unfounded and ab surd ; it cannot lie entertained for a mo ment by any intelligent voter, who has even the most superficial knowl edge of the history of his country.— The Democratic party can proudly point to every page of its record. It has never violated a single obligation ofthe fundamental compact by which these United States entered into the family of nations. Its watchword, in peace as in war, has been and will al ways be the Union, the Constitution, and the Laws. And no man nor any set of men, however high they might lie placed by the suffrages of their fel low-citizens. can everexpect to receive the support of this great Conservative party in any revolutionary attempt against established laws. The ballot box and the supreme will of the A merican people are the only means of redress to which we look. Fellow Democrats! You are fighting for a good-and righteous cause. You have for your leader a tried statesman; a patriot who stood by the Union in its darkest hour; a man equally be loved for the purity of his private character as honored for his public vir tues. Opposed to you are the men who have subverted the structure of our system of representative self-govern ment, vindicated to the world by more than half a century of prosperity and greatness; the men who have increased our enormous debt by profligacy and corruption unparalleled; tbe men who in two successive Congresses have demonstrated their incompetency to diminish our burdens by economy or apportion them with equity ; the men who have so distributed our burdens so as that they press with excessive weight upon the labor and industry of the country, marking rich men richer by making poor men poorer. Opposed to you are the men who have denied for three years of peace, and will continue to deny nntil your votes arrest them, self-government to the people of ten States ; the men who have taken away the power of our Chief Magistrate to insure a faithful execution of the laws, or to command the army and the navy of the United States; the men who did their worst to expel the President from the White House for obeying faithfully the be hests of your supreme law; the men who, being conscious of their crimes, dreaded to have the Supreme Court de clare their quality, and therefore a- bridged its jurisdiction and silenced its voice; the men who have usurped and are grasping and wielding powers not possessed to-day by any monarch among civilized nations. Against these men and all their de spotic purposes, which General Grant would be as powerless to hinder as lie whom they elected four years ago has been ; against these men, their crimes in the past, their fast aceomplishingde sigus in the future, you are soon to make one final and determined on slaught. Four years ago we failed to expel them from power, though we predicted then, as we now predict, their incom petency to give to the people peace; declaring then, as we now declare, the revolutionary purposes of their most active leaders, who rule their party, as they would rule thecountry, with a despotic sway. But these four years havejustified our warning. Our worst predictions then are their enactments now. What we feared they have done. The revolution has made steady pro gress. Once more we call every pa triot to join our ranks. If the people will now rise in their majesty and might, they can save their institutions, and rebuild them. If they are supine and regardless of their sac red interests, so much in the last four years has been accomplished, and so much in the next four years may easi ly be accomplished, no obstacle then remaining, that the Revolution will become a fixed fact, the structure of our government will have been completely remodelled. It may be a government; still, it will no longer be your Represen tative Self-government. For this final struggle then fellow- Democrats of the United States, let us invigorate every muscle and nerve ev ery heart. The time is short. The foe is stubborn and desperate, for our victory woulu be the death blow to the Republican party. It could have been held togother by no other nomination. It cannot survive your successful as sault. One victory is enough. Your triumph in November will finally re establish the Union and the Constitu tion for another generation of men ; it will restore peace and good order to the South, prosperity to the North, and a wise and frugal rule to both. The great prize is worthy your most stren uous endeavor. Our ranks are unbroken ; our courage is unabated. Once more to the breach, and this time Victory ! For the Democratic National Com mittee. AUGUST BELMONT, Chairman. IMPEACHMENT OF THE KADICAI. PARTY, Behold their Guilt ! We give below, from the Boston Cou rier, an enumeration of specific high crimes and misdemeanors, of which the Radical party, through its leaders and agents in Congress, stands arraigned be fore the bar of the country. It will be seen that the different counts embrace every act subversive of the principles of civil liberty, and equally derogatory to the rights of the people: I. It has set aside the Constitution of the United States, the basis, pledgeand security for Republioan freedom. 11. It has practically abrogated State governments in the ten Southern States ranging them in military districts, and placing over those districts military commanders. 111. It ha;-deprived every white man of his vote who would not aid in the Radical plan of "reconstruction." IV. It has bestowed the power of suffrage upon every negro disposed to lend himself to that purpose. V. It has substituted military com missions for the civil tribunals. VI. It has thus taken away the con stitutional right of trial by jury. VII. It has deprived the people of the sacred right of the writ of habeas corpus. VIII. It has prohibited free speech. IX. It has broken and silenced a free press. X. It has inflicted "cruel and unusu al punishments" XI. It has violated the right of the people "to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unrea sonable searches and seizures." XII. It has deprived the Executive of his constitutional, just and necessary powers, by means of which it was in tended by the trainers of the Constitu tion that this "co-ordinate branch of the government" should help to main tain a due balance of authority, for the common safety and welfare. XI 11. It has overawed that other co ordinate branch of the government, the Judiciary, which was also intended to help maintain a due balaticeof author ity, for the common safety and welfare —by unconstitutional and threatening legislation, so as to intimidate the Su preme Judicial tribunal and thus .to pre vent the declaration of a judgment rea dy to be pronounced, from which would have flowed the necessary legal conse quences, that the whole series of recon struction acts was "unconstitutional, revolutionary and utterly void." XIV. It has required of the Southern States taxation without allowing them representation. XV. It denies the right of voting at the coming election, to three of those States, for non-compliance with its un constitutional, unjust and arbitrary de mands. XVI. In order to maintain this mon strous and iniquitous system of legis lation, it has been compelled to keep up the public debt, instead of taking steady economical means for ite reduc tion and gradual extinction ; and, for a period of peace almost as long as that of the war, has ground down the peo ple by an ever increasing burden of ex tortionate taxation—the expenses of the government in this fourth year af ter the war, being more than six times as much as in the year before the war began, Finally, apprehending that their scheme of "reconstruction" which meant always subjugation of the South to uphold Radical supremacy in the North, the agents of which were the military force, the freedmen's bureau and the "carpet-baggers," paidforthese services out of the pockets of the peo ple, had failed to cajole the majority of the uegroes to its support—a bill was introduced into Congress, at its last session, provided for a large supply of arms to the blacks in the Southern States by which the armed minority might regulate the franchise of the white and black majority in the Radi cal interest. What dreadful scenes must have ensued, had this bill pass ed through a conflict of races, speedily involving the whole country in a civil war far more tremendous and horrible than the sectional war iu which we have been engaged—the humane, the prudent and the patriotic would wish to banish from the imagination. Such is, in part, the amply sufficient foundation for the arraignment of the Radical party. Every specification is a solid, indisputable fact. Of these "high crimes and misdemeanors," clearly subversive of the very princi ples of civil liberty, it is manifestly guilty. Upon such a specification no jury in Christendom would hesitate to pronounce sentence. % GF.N. BI.AIR AT HOME. Im|M>rtAiit SiM-ccli from hi in on thf pro |IOSH! < LILTIIJJF of LEADERSHIP. ST. LOUIS, MO., October 16.—Gener al Blair was serenaded to-night at his residence. The Democratic clubs, with torches, banners and music, were pres ent, and a large crowd filled thestreets. After referring briefly to local mat ters, Gen. Blair said: GENERAL BLAIR'S SPEECH. I am the candidate of the Democratic party for a very distinguished posi tion. I expect to be a candidate so long as they desire it; so long as I can avail to help the great cause which we all have at heart. My fellow-citizens, it will be no sacrifice to me, or rather it will be a work of pleasure to me, to surrender that position, whenever by so doing I can add one vote to the strength of the Democracy in this State or in any other of the States. I am ready to make any sacrifice, and so am I ready to go and do anything ; to take upon my shoulders any burden, or lay down any that may have been conferred on me heretofore. And this brings me to allude to that rumor in our midst to-day. [A voice—That's what we want.] It has been said here that both the candidates for the Presidency and for the Vice Presidency have signified their intention to decline in favor of some other candidates. All I nave to say is, that both candidates will always be ready to lay down their candidacy when it can no longer be of service to the Democratic party of the country. [Cheers.] If it should be thought now, —if it should be believed that by so doing we could add to the strength of the Democratic party, and give it better chances of victory. [A voice— "We want no Chase;" other voices, "No, no." That is for you to say. [Voices—"Well done," and cries of "Hurrah for Blair."] 1 want you to review it calmly, and without regard to the feelings of any man ; because the feelings of individuals are nothing as compared with the great objects we have in view—of success and the res toration of our country. I do not in tend to abandon the field, in one sense at least. I mean to bear my share of the battle; whether in the ranks or as an officer will depend on the wishes of the Democratic party. Gen Blair then thanked the crowd and bade them good night. In the opening part of his speech, the General announced that he was neither dismayed, terrified, iior discouraged, at the result of the recent election, which announcement • was received with cheers. THE RANK AND FILE. The masses of the Democratic party in Pennsylvania, the rank and file, the great body of the party, the three hun dred and twenty thousand firm and true men who voted for Boyle and Ent, are still in line. Nowhere can a straggler he seen. None have gone over to the enemy. All are true. Ev ery man of them is more determined to stand by the graudold party of their choice than ever they were before. They feel proud of what they have ac complished. They know that the meagre majority which the Radicals have secured was not honestly won. They feel assuied that they can carry the good old Commonwealth of Penn sylvania in any fair contest. And they are ready to renew the struggle on the third uay of November. The devotion ofthe masses to the Democratic party is no weak attachment. They adhere to it with tenacity, because they recog nize in it the defender of their rights and the protector of their interests. Their love for it is a sentiment as strong as the faith of the devotee in his religious belief.—They recognized it as the party of the people; tbe de fender of the masses against the en croachments of unconstitutional and arbitrary power; the protection of the laborer against grasping and oppres sive monopolies; the champion of poor against privileged classes. The Demo cratic party has always been ready to do vigorous battle for every right of each individual citizen, no matter who the assailant might be, or what his strength. It has thus endeared itself to the people, and they will not cease their exertions until it is enthroned in power, and enabled to give to the mass es all the rights and blessings which they enjoyed in the happy and peace ful past. — Lancaster Intelligencer. Grant's sea of trobules—the Black OAQ VOL. 64.—WHOLE No. 5,466. OIK DUTY. In the hour of adversity, the patriot who is devoted to principles which he feels is right and just, never falters, but with renewed energy again hotly enga ges in the conflict with wrong. He battles not for office or spoils, but for the rightful administration of Government and the perpetuation of free institutions, Higher than all merely personal con siderations does he esteem his country, and on the alter of patriotism he unhesitatingly sacrifices self. Of such men is the Democratic party com posed, and for such there can be no lasting defeat. They may meet with temporary reverses, but it is only the coward and the faint-hearted who are not inspired by them to still more vig orous and persistent effort. Let us then close upour ranks and with unflinching determination prepare to renew our at tack upon the enemies of the reserved rights of the States and of the rights of a free jieople. The laboring men of the Nation are with us. The men who left their homes in foreign lands to enjoy the blessings of Constitutional government, are with us. The ablest and most pa triotic men, who have heretofore acted with our opponents, are with us. We can, if we will, gain a victory next month in Pennsylvania. But how? We answer by simply performing our duty; which is to poll every Dem ocratic vote in the State at the ap proaching Presidential election, and to be like true men, superior to all the bribes, threats or short-lived successes of our corrupt, unscrupulous and revo lutionary Itadieal opponents.— York Gazette. A SCENE IN COURT.— An individu al possessing unmistakable evidences of African extraction was arraigned for larceny. The judge, as of right, was dignified, but with severe presence, "Are you guilty or not?" he inquired. "Sar." Did you steal these clothes?" he inquired. "Golly, boss 'clar I nev er done it." "This man says you did." "He ain't nothin' but white trash." "And what are you?" "Me! Why don't you know me. I rid with you in de procession. I helped to tote you home when you got tired dat night— don't yer 'member me now?" There was the "suddenest" nol pros, in that darkey's case thatjudicial annals afford an example of. So much for the ad vantages of good society.— New Orleans Picayune, October 13. A GOOD ONE.— As tho Grant Legion were parading the other night In Mount Holly, a sweetheart of one of them threw a soft tomato out of the window at her "lovyer," as he was passing her domicile, it struck the youth in the mouth—he imagined himself the vic tim of Ku Klux malevolence. He threw himself into the arms of a com rade, exclaiming; "Kiss me for my mother." "Oh, tell mother that I perished for what I thought was right— comrades avenge my death." It was a long time before he could be unde ceived, and for the same period it threw the gailant ranks into inextricable con fusion. Two Sucker girls, driving in a bugr gv On a plank road, were stopped and asked for toll. "How much is it?" "For a man and a horse" replied the gate-keeper, "the charge is fifty cents." "Well, then, get out of the way, for we are two gals and a mare. Get up, Jenny !" And away they went, leav ing the man in mute astonishment. RADICAL BILL OF FAKE.— The fol lowing is the bill of fare of the banquet to which the Radicals invite the peo ple : No Meat. Old Clothes. r lhe Almshouse. No taxes for the Rich. Gold for the Bondholders. High taxes for the Poor. Rags for the People. Eternal War. Low Wages. WAYNE McVeigh, said in his speech, at the Radical meeting in Concert Hall, Philadelphia, a few nights since: I think that I see the mailed hand of General Grant on the sth of March clutching the .Southern ruffians by the throat and crushing the life out of them. "Let us have peace." A certain cockney, overcome by his sensibilities, fainted at the grave of his fourth spouse. "What shall we do with him ?" asked a perplexed friend of his. "Let him alone," said a wag gish bystander, "he'll soon re-wive." THE editor of an exchange duns his delinquent patrons as follows: "We might as well attempt to quench the phosphorescent emanations from the tail end of a lightning bug with a squirt gun, as to try to run a newspaper without _. WHITE men have to make their own living in this country or starve. Negroes are provided with rations and clothing by a ireedman's Bureau. A Californian writes to the papers a bout a snake with a head as large as a milk-pan and eyes like apples. He saw twenty feet of the snake and didn't stay for Ihe rest. Brownlow complains that "the rebel Democracy are circulating various re ports in regard to the militia." If he wishes to prevent it, he should quit circulating the militia.—[Prentice. "I SHALL have no policy of my own."— Grant. "That man deserves to be a slave who would vote for a mum candidate when his liberties are at stake."— Jack' SOn. A BABY is said to be like wheat, be cause it is first cradled; then thrashed, and finally becomes the flower of the family. The School boys in Russia have 250 holidays in a year,