BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
THX BKDRORD GAZETTE is published every Thurs
day morning by METEHS A M*OEL,.at $2.00 per
annum, if paid strictly tn advance ; $2.50 if paid
within six months; $3.00 if not paid within six
months. All subscription accounts MUST be
settled annually. No paper will be sent out of
the State unless paid for m ADVANCE, and all such
übacriptions will invariably be discontinued at
the expiration of the time for which they are
aid.
All ADVERTISEMENTS for a less term than
three months TEN CENTS per line for each In
sertion. Special notices one-half additional All
resolutions of Associations; communications of
limited or individual interest, and notices of mar
riages and deaths exceeding five lines, ten cents
per line. Editorial notices fifteen cents per liae.
All legal Notices of every kind, and Orphans'
Court and Judictal Sales, are required by law
t be published in both papers published in this
place.
iy All advertising due after first insertion.
A liberal discount is made to persons advertising
by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows:
3 months. 6 months. 1 year.
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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 e.rtistie manner and at the lowest
rates.—TERMS CASH.
EPAII letters should be addressd to
MEYERS A MENGEL,
Publishers.
ftintintj.
H E BE DFO R D GAZETTE
PO WEtt PRESS
P RINTINO ESTABLISHMENT,
BEDFORD, PA.
MEYERS & MENGEL
PROPRIETORS.
Having recently made additional im
provements tc our office, we are pre
pared* to execute all orders for
PLAIN AND FANCY
JO B PRINTING,
With dispatch and in the most
JS U PERI 011 ST YL E.
CIRCULARS, LETTER HEADS, BILL
HE A OS, Cll ECKS, CER TIFICA TES,
BLANKS. DEEDS, REGISTERS, RE
CEIPTS, CARDS. HEADINGS, ENVEL
OPES, SHOWBILLS, HANDBILLS, IN
VITA TIONS, LABELS,
Our facilities for printing
POSTERS, PROGRAMMES, Ac.,
FOR
CONCERTS AND EXHIBITIONS,
ARE UNSURPASSED.
"PUBLIC SALE" BILLS
Printed at short notice.
We can insure complete satisfaction
as to time and price
rjMIE INQUIRER
BOOK STORE,
opposite the Mengel House,
BEDFORD. PA.
The proprietor takes pleasure in offering to the
public the following articles belonging to the
Book Business, at CITY RETAIL PRICES :
MISCELLANE(>US BOOKS.
N O V E L S.
BIBLES, HYMN BOOKS, AC.:
Large Family Bibles,
Small Bibles.
Medium Bibles,
Lutheran Hymn Bonks,
Methodist Hymn Books,
Smith's Dictionary of the Bible,
History of the Books of the Bible,
Piljjritn s Progress, Ae., Ac.. Ac.
Episcopal Prayer Books,
Presbyterian Hymn Books,
SCHOOL BOOKS.
TOY BOOKS.
STATIONERY,
Congress, Legal,
Record, Foolscap,
Letter, Congress Letter,
Sermon, Commercial Note,
Ladies' (lilt, Ladies' Octavo,
Mourning. French Note.
Batb Post, Damask Laid Note,
Cream Laid Note, Envelopes, 4c.
WALL PAPER.
•Several Hundred Different Figures, the Largest
lot ever brought to Bedford county, for
sale at prices CHEAPER THAN
FIVER SOLD in Bedford.
BLANK BOOKS.
Day Books, Ledgers,
Account Books, Cash Books.
Pocket Ledgers, Time Books,
Tuck Memorandums, Pass Books,
Money Books, Pocket Books,
Blank Judgment Notes, drafts, receipts, 4c
INKS AND INKSTANDS.
Barometer Inkstands,
Gutta Pereha,
Cocoa, and
Morocco Spring Pocket Inkstands,
Glass and Ordinary Stands for Schools,
Flat Glass Ink Wells and Rack,
Arnold's Writing Fluids,
Hover's Inks,
Carmine Inks, Purple Inks,
Charlton's inks,
Eukolon for pasting, 4c.
PENS AND PENCILS.
Oiliot's, Cohen's,
Hollowbush 4 Carey's, l'ayson,
Dunton, and Scribner's Pens,
Clark's lmtellible, Faber'sTablet,
Cohen's Eagle,
Office, FaScr's
Guttknecbt's, Carpenter's Pencils.
PERIODICALS.
Atlantic Monthly,
Harper's Magazine,
Madame Demurest's Mirror of Fashions,
Electie Magazine,
Godey's Lady's Book,
Galaxy.
Lady's Friend,
Ladies' Repository,
Our Young Folks,
Rick Nax.
Yankee Notions,
Budget of Fun,
Jolly Joker,
Pbunny Phellow.
Lippincott's Magazine,
Riverside Magazine.
Waverly Magazine,
Ballou's Magazine,
Gardnes's Monthly.
Harper's Weekly,
Frank Leslie's Illustrated,
Chimney Corner,
New York Ledger,
New York Weekly,
Harper's Bazar,
Every Saturday.
Living Age,
Putnam's Monthly Magazine,
Arthur's Hume Magazine,
Oliver Optic's Boys and Girl's Magazine 4c.
Constantly on hand to .accomodate those who want
to nurchase living reading inattter.
Only a part of the vast number of articles per
taining to the Book and Stationery business,
which we are prepared to sell cheaper than the
cheapest, are above enumerated Give us a call
We buy and sell for CASH, and by this arrange
ment we expect to sell as cheap as goods of this
class are sold anywhere
SHisrilUwous.
T.l L E C T R I C
TELEGRAPH IN CHINA.
THE EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY 3
OFFICE,
Nos. 23 & 25 Nassau Street,
NEW YORK.
Organized under special charter from the State
of New York.
CAPITAL $5,000,000
50,000 SHARKS, SIOO EACH.
DIRECTORS.
HON ANDREW (1. CURTIN, Philadelphia.
PAUL S. FORBES, of Russell A Co., China.
FRED. BUTTERFIELD, of F. Bu tterfleld A C
New \*ork.
ISAAC LIYERMORE, Treasurer Michigan Cen
tral Railroad, Boston.
ALEXANDER HOLLAND, Treasurer American
Express Company, New York.
HOD. JAMES NOXON, Syracuse, N. Y.
O. 11. PALMER, Treasurer Western Union Tele
graph Company, New York.
FLETCHER WESTKAY, of Westray, Oihbs A
Ilardcastle, New York.
NICHOLAS MICKLES, New York.
OFFICE FIS.
A G. CURTIN. President.
N. MICKLES, Vice President
GEORGE ELLIS (Cashier National Bank Com
monwealth,) Treasurer.
HON. A. K. McCLURE, Philadelphia, Solicitor.
The Chinese Government having (through the
Hon. Anson Burlingame) conceded to this Com
pany the privilege of connecting the great sea
ports of the Empire by submarine electric tele
graph cable, we propose commencing operations
in China, and laying down a line of nine hundred
miles at once, between the following ports, viz :
Population.
Canton 1,000,000
Macoa 60,000
Hong-Kong 250.000
Swatow 200,000
Arnoy 250^000
Foo-Chow 1,250,000
Wan-Chu 200.000
Ningpo 400,000
Hang Chean 1,200,000
Shanghai 1,000.000
Total 5,910.000
These ports have a foreign commerce of $900,-
000.000, and an enormous domestic trade, besides
which we have the immense internal commerce of
the Empire, radiating from these points, through
its canals and navigable rivers.
The cable being laid, this company proposes
erecting land lines, and establishing a speedy and
trustworthy means of communication, which must
command there, as everywhere else, the commu
nications of the Government, of business, and of
social life especially in China. She has no postal
system, and her only means nowofcommuuicating
information is by couriers on land, and by steam
ers on water.
The Western World knows that China is a very
large country, in the main densely peopled; but
few yet realize that she contains more than a third
of the human race. The latest returns made to
her central authorities for taxing purposes by the
local magistrate make her population Four hun
dred ami Fourteen millions, and this is more
likely to be under than over the actual aggregate.
Nearly all of these, who are over ten years old,
not only can but do read and write. Iter civili
zation is peculiar, but her literature is as exten
sive as that of Eurepe. China is a land of teach
ers and traders ; and the latter are exceedingly
quick to avail themselves of every proflered facili
ty for procuring early information. It is observed
in California that the Chinese make great use of
the telegraph, though it there transmits messages
in English alone. To-day great numbers of fleet
steamers are owned by Chinese merchants, and
used by them exclusively for the transmission of
early intelligence. If the telegraph we propose
connecting all their groat seaports, were now in
existence, it is believed that its business would
pay the cost within the first two years of its suc
cessful operation, and would steadily increase
thereafter
No enterprise commends itself as in a greater
degree renumerative to capitalists, and to our
whole people. It is of vast national importance
commercially, politically and evangelically.
{jjr'The stock of this Company has been un
qualifiedly recommended to capitalists and busi
ness men, as a desirable investment by editorial
articles in the New York Herald, Tribune,
World, Times, Post, Express, Independent, and
in the Philadelphia North American, Press,
Ledger, Inquirer, Age, Bulletin and Telegraph.
Shares of this company, to a limited number,
may be obtained at SSO each, $lO payable down,
sls on the Ist of November, and $25 payable in
monthly instalments of $2.50 each, commencing
December I, 1868, on application to
DREXEL & CO.,
34 South Third Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Shares can be obtained in Bedford by applica
tion to Reed A Schell, Bankers, who are author
ized to receive subscriptions, and can give all ne
cessary information on the subject. sept2syl
E combine stylo with neatness of fit.
And moderate price* with the best workmanship
\
JONES' ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE
604 MARKET STREET,
GEO \V. NIEMANN. PHILADELPHIA.
[sepll.'SS.yl |
SAVE YOUR TIME and MONEY
by going t®G. R.Oster A Co. for cheap
stockings, and be convinced that tbe assertion of
one man selling 100 per cent, cheaper than an
other is Dimply nousense. Ladies' cotton huge at
10, 12, 16, 20 eta- and upwards. an2smi
§rv}-&ood;S, &c.
NEW GOODS JUST RECEIVED
AT J M. SHOEMAKER'S BARGAIN
STORE
NEW GOODS just Received at J.
M. Shoemaker's Bargain Store.
NEW GOODS just Received at J.
M. Shoemaker's Bargain Store
NEW GOODS just Received at J.
M. Shoemaker's Bargain Store.
NEW GOODS just Received at J.
M. Shoemaker s Bargain Store.
NEW GOODS just Received at J.
M Shoemaker's Bargain Store.
BUY your Dry Goods, Groceries,
Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes, Queensware,
Fish, Notions, Leather, Tobacco, Ac., at J. M.
Shoemaker's Bargain Store.
BUY your Dry Goods, Groceries,
Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes Queensware,
Leather, Fish, Notions, Tobacco, Ac., at J. M.
Shoemaker's Bargain Store.
BUY your Dry Goods, Groceries,
Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes, Qucensware.
Notions. Leather, Tobacco, Fish, Ac , at J. M
Shoemaker's Bargain Store.
BUY your Dry Goods, Groceries,
Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes, Queensware,
Notione, Leather, Tobacco, Fish, Ac., at J. M
Shoemaker's Bargain Store
BUY your Dry Goods, Groceries,
Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes, Queensware,
Notions, Leather, Tobacco, Fish, Ac., at J. M
Shoemaker's Bargain Store.
BUY your Dry Goods, Groceries,
Clothing. Hats, Boots and Shoes, Queensware.
Notions, Leather, Tobacco, Fish Ac , at J. M
Shoemaker's Bargain Store.
Bedford, Pa., June 11, 1869.
Q R. OSTER & CO.
READ AND SPEAK OF IT!
COME SEE AND HE CONVINCED !
We are now receiving our usual extensive and
well assorted STOCK OF NEW AND
CIIE A P BUM ME R GOOi> S,
And are now prepared to offer SMASHING BIG
BARGAINS TO
CASH B U Y E It S ,
In Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Notions, Car
pets, Oil Cloths, Cotton Yarns, Carpet
Chains, Hats, Boots, Shoes,
Clothing, Brooms, Baskets,
Wall and Window
Papers, Groceries, Queens -
scire, Tobaccos Cigars, Fish, Salt,
ft c invite everybody to call and sec for them
selves. NO TRUBLE TO SHOW GOODS.
TERMS CASH.
BRISO ALONG YOUB CASH and we will guarantee
to SELL you Goods as CHEAP as the same styles
and qualities can be sold in Ceutral Pennsylva
nia.
Be assured that CASH in hand is a wonderfully
winning argument, and that those who BI:Y and
SKLL for CASH are always masters of the situation.
junelßnf3 G. R. OSTER A CO.
17 M. FISHER AND BABIES,
Nrxt Door to the Bedford llote!.
GOOD NE W S A T LAS T.
The, Cheapest Goods ever brought to Bedford.
W# will sell GOODS CHKAPKR. BV 15 to 25 per
cent, than ever sold in Bedford county.
The beat COFFEE at 25 cents, but the leas
we sell the better we are off.
Tho LADIES' HOSE, at 10 cents we will not
have this time, but come at us for 15, 20 and 25
cents, and we will make you howl.
You will all be waited on by ELI and the BA
BIES, as the OLD ELI cannot do anything
himself. A great variety of Parasols, Sunuuibrel
las, Pocket-books Ac. Linen HandkPs (Ladies
and Gents) from 5 cents to 25 cents. CALICOES,
from 10, 12 and a few pieces at 15 cents. MUS
LINS. from 10 to 25 cents, luu all know that we
sell NOTIONS 100 percent, cheaper than anybody
else All Wool Cassimeres, from 50 cents to sl,Oll.
All Wool Dress Goods, from 15 to 25 cents Tick
ing, from 20 to 40 cents. Paper Collars. 10cents;
best. 25 cents per box. 4 pair Men's Half Hose,
for 25 cents. Clear Glass Tumblers, 60 cents a
dozen, or 5 cents a peace. A great lot of Boots
and Shoes, to be sold cheap Queens ani Glass
ware, very low. Syrup, 80 cents and $1 00.
$1 30 for best as clear as honey, and thick as tar.
Bakers' Molasses, 50 cents per gallon, or 15 cents
a quart. These Goods will " positively " not be
sold unless for Cash or Produce. Come and see
us, it will not cost anything to see the Goods and
Babies. N. B. All these (foods ware bought at
slaughtered prices in New York
E M FISHER k BABIES
These Goods we sell so low, that we cannot af
ford to sing (Auld Lang Syne.)
AH accounts must be settled by the middle of
July next, by cash or note, or they will be left in
the hands of E. M. ALSIP, Esq., for collection.
JnnlSaS
T^OTIJE.— I hereby give notice to
all persons not to barber or trust my wife,
SARAH, on my account, as I will not be respon
sible for any debts she may contract—she having
left my bed and board without just cause or pro
vocation. ANDREW POTE.
Union tp., Aug 12 w3*
BEDFORD, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 1869.
DE*(RATI< PIATFOB*.
1. That the federal government is
limited in power to the grants contain
ed in the Federal Constitution; that
the exercise of doubtful constitutional
powers is dangerous to the stability of
the government and the safety of the
people, and the democratic party will
never consent that the State of Penn
sylvania shall surrender her great right
of local self-government.
2. That the attempted ratification of
the proposed fifteenth amendment to
the Federal Constitution by the radi
cal members of the last legislature, and
their refusal to submit the same to a
vote of the people, was a deliberate
breach of their official duty and an
outrage upon every citizen of the State,
and the resolution making such ratifi
cation should be promptly repealed
and the amendment submitted to the
people at the polls for acceptance or re
jection.
3. That the Democratic party of
Pennsylvania is opposed to conferring
upon the negro the right to vote, and
we do emphatically deny that there
is any right or power in Congress or
elsewhere to impose negro suffrage up
on the people of this Shite in opposi
tion to their will.
J. That reform in the administration
of the federal and State governments,
and in the management of their finan
cial affairs is imperatively demanded.
5. That the movements now being
made for the amelioration of the con
dition of the laboring man has our
most cordial co-operation.
0. That the legislation of the late re
publican Congress "outside of the Con
stitution," the disregard of the major
ity therein of the will of the people and
sanctity of the ballot box, in the exclu
sion from their seats in Congress of
representatives clearly elected, the
I establishment of military governments
[ in States in the Union and the o
i verthrow of all civil governments
therein, are acts of tyranny and usur
pation that tend directly to the de
struction of all republican government
and tiie creation of the worst form 3 of
despotism.
7. That our soldiers and sailors, who
carried the flag of our country to victo
ry must be gratefully remembered,
and all the guaranties giveu in their
favoi must be faithfully carried into
execution.
8. Equal rights and protection for
naturalized and native-born citizens
at home and abroad ; the assertion of
American nationality which shall
command the respect of foreign pow
ers and furnish an example an encour
agement to people struggling for na
tional integrity, constitutional liberty
and individual rights.
9. That the present internal revenue
and taxing system of the general gov
ern meat- is grossly unjust, and means
ought at once to be adopted to cause a
modification thereof.
The report was aceeepted and unani
t mously adopted.
The Registry Law.
A I.ri'l D FX I*l. A> ITIOX OF ITS
JPUOYISIOXS.
and Keep for Future ltefereuee.
For the purpose of showing you what
you will have to do this fall in order to
vote, we have had the following expo
sition of the new election law, (or as it
is called the Registry Law,) prepared
for your use. We call the special at
tention of naturalized voters to the
provisions concerning them. They
are picked out to be specially worried
before they can vote; and finally,
when they are allowed to vote, their
certificate of citizenship is to be mar
ked on the back, like a store due biil
every time it is traded on, with the
word "voted" and the date. The
same party that passed this law, passed
one similar last year, (IS(HJ,) which the
Supreme Court declared unconstitution
al. This law is in spirit wifionstitu
sional no doubt, too, inasmuch as it
necessarily obstructs the freedom of
voting and worries the voter in yield
ing up his franchise, particularly in
this county, where a separate ticket
for all the townships county and State
officers must now be voted, will it pre
vent and obstruct the exercise of the
right of suffrage guaranteed by our
constitution? But read the exposi
tion of the law for yourselves.
1. On the first Monday of June the
assessors are to begin a revision of the
transcripts of names furnished them by
the county commissioners. This du
ty consists of the several particulars
following:
1. Strike out the name of every per
son whom the assessor knows perso
nally or by reliable information, to
have died or removed from the dis
trict since the last previous assess
ment.
2. Add the nameof any qualified vo
ter whom the assessor shall know, per
sonally or by reliable information, to
have removed into the district since
the last previons assessment.
3. Add the names of all persons who
shall claim t-o be qualified voters in
your district; assess them with a tax,
and ascertain by inquiry upon" what
ground the person so assessed claims to
be a voter. This duty involves no
discretion upon the part of the asses
sor. lie is not to decide upon the
claimant's right to vote, but only to
report his name and the grounds of his
claim.
4. The assessor is next to visit every
dwelling house in his district, and
make careful inquiry if any person
whose name is on his list has died, or
removed from 'lie district, and if so,
take his name from the list; or wheth
er any qualified voter resides therein
whose name is not on his list, aud if so,
to add the same thereto, and assess
him with a tax. In tl*i3 instance the
assessor is to judge the claimant's right
to vote, for he is only to add "qualified
voters," whom he discovers by visi
ting each dwelling.
5. Upon the completion of this work
the assessor is to make out a list, in
alphabetical order, of the white free
men above twenty-one years of age
claiming to l>e qualified voters in the
ward, borough, or district of which he
is assessor, and opposite each of said
names state the following particulars:
a. Housekeeper or not a housekeep
er.
b. If a housekeeper, the number of
his residence, with the street, alley,
lane or court, if in a town where
houses are numbered; if not, then the
street, alley, lane or court ou which
the house fronts.
c. The occupation of the person, and
where he is not a housekeeper, the oc
cupation, place of boarding, and with
whom, and if working for another, the
name of the employer.
Opposite each name write the word
"voter."
e. If the person claims the right to
vote by reason of naturalization, he
must exhibit his certificate to the as
sessor, unless he has been five eonsec
tive years next preceding a voter in
said district, and in all cases where
the person has been naturalized his
name shall be marked with the letter
"N;" where he has merely declared
his intention to become a citizen his
name is to be marked "D. I.;" where
the claim is to vote between the ages
of twenty one any twenty two, the
word "age" is to be added to his name,
and if he ha 3 removed into the dis
trict since the last general election the
letter "R" is to be placed opposite his
name.
f. A separate list of all new assess
ments, and the amounts assesed upon
each person, is to be immediately fur
nished to the county commissioners,
together with the general list revised
and corrected, as aforesaid.
On receiving back from the county
commissioners duplicate copies of said
list with the observations and explana
tions noted as aforesaid, the assessor,
prior to the first day of August, is to
place one copy on the door, or other
conspicuous part of the house where
the election is required by law to be
held, and to retain the other in posess
ion, for the inspection, free of charge,
of any resident of the district.
h. The assessor is to add, from time
to time, to his list the names of any
one claiming the right to vote, mark
opposite the name the letters "C!. V.
assess a tax and note as in other cases,
his occupation, residence, whether a
house-keeper, or a boarder, and with
whom ho boards, and whether natural
ized, or dedging to be, marking in all
such cases the letter "N," or I). 1.,"
opposite his name. If the person
claiming to be assessed be naturalized,
he must exhibit his certificate to the
assessor; if he designs to be naturali
zed before the next election, he must
exhibit his certificate of declaration.
i. In all cases where any ward, bor
ough, township, or election district is
divided into two or more precincts, the
assessor shall note in all his assess
ments, the precinct in which each e
lector resides, and make a separate re
turn for each precinct to the county
commissioners, and when he receives
back the duplicate copies, one of them
is to be put upon the election house,
of the precinct.
j. On the tenth day proceeding the
second Tuesday of October, the assess
or shall "on the Monday immediately
following," return to the county com
missioners the names of all persons as
sessed by him since his former return,
noting the observations and explana
tions before specified, and it shall not
be lawful for any assessor to assess any
tax within ten days next preceding
the second Tuesday of October.
k. Assessors have power to adminis
ter oaths, and are to be paid by the
county commissioners for the time
necessarily spent in performing the du
ties imposed by the act.
11. The county commissioners have
various duties to preform under the
Registry law, but as they have counsel
to advise them it is not necessary to
set forth their duties in this expo
sition.
111. As to election officers. They
are to open the polls between the hours
of six and seven, a. in., on the day of
election. Before six o'clock in the
morning of second Tuesday of October
they are to receive from the county
commissioners the registered list of
voters and all necessary election
blanks, and they are to permit no man
to vote whose name is not on said list,
unless he shall make proof of his right
to vote a follows:
1. The person whose name is not on
the list, claiming the right to vote,
must produce a qualified voter of the
district to swear in written or printed
affidavit to the residence of the claim
ant in the district for at least ten days
next preceding said election, defining
clearly where the residence of the per
son was.
2. The party claiming the right to
vote shall also make an affidavit, slat
ing to the best of his knowledge and
belief where and when he was born,
that be is a citizen of Pennsylvania
and of the United States, that he has
resided in the State one year, or, if
formerly a citizen therein and removed
therefrom, that he has resided therein
six months next preceding said elec
tion, that he has not moved into the
district for the purpose of voting there
in, that he had paid a State or county
tax within two years, which was as
sessed at least ten days before I he elec
tion, and the afli lavit shall statewhen
and where the tax was assessed and
paid, and the tax receipt must be pro
duced unless the affiant shall state
that it has been lost or destroyed, or
that he received none.
3. If the applicant be a naturalized
citizen he must, in addition to the fore
going proofs, state in his affidavit
when, where, and by what court he
was naturalized, and produce his cer
tificate of naturalization.
4. Every person, claiming to be a
naturalized citizen, whether on the reg
istry list, or producing 'affidavits as
aforesaid, shall he required to produce
his naturalization certificate at the e
leetion before voting, except where he
has been for ten years consecutively a
voter in the district where he offers to
vote; and on the vote of such person
being received,'the election officers are
to write or stamp the word "voted" on
his certificate with the month and
year, and no other vote can be cast
that day in virtue of said certificate,
except where sons are entitlad to vote
upon the naturalization of their fath
er.
o. If the person claiming to vote
who is not registered shall make an af
fidavit that he is a native born citizen
of the United States, or, if born else
where, shall produce evidence of his
naturalization, or that he is entitled to
citizenship by reason of his father's
naturalization, and further, that he is
between 21 and 22 years of age, and
has resided in the State one year, and
in the election district ten days next
preceding the election, he shall be en
titled to vote though he shall not have
paid taxes.
IV. As to the voters. 1. Any qual
ified citizen of the district has a right
to challenge any voter, though his name
be on the registry list, and the election
board are required to receive the proofs
publicly, and to admit or reject the
vote according to evidence.
2. On the petition of five or more cit
izens of the county, stating under oath
that they believe that frauds will bo
practiced at the election about to be
held in any district, it shall be the du
ty of the court of common pleas, or of
a judge thereof, to appoint two judi
cious, sober and intelligent citizens to
act as overseers of said election, who
are to belong to different parties, ex
cept where both inspectors belong to
the same political party, and then the
overseers are to be taken from the op
posite political party, and then the o
verseers are to have the right to be
present with the officers of elections,
to keep a list of voters, to challenge
voters, and generally to perforin the
same duties as inspectors.
The act is full of penalties and for
feitures; but as these are to be enforc
ed by courts of justice, it is not neces
sary to set them forth for the guidance
of assessors, election officers and vo
ters. A popular election will be very
difficult if all the provisions of the law
be strictly enforced. Indeed, it is not
easy to see how' election officers are to
find time to receive the ballots of the
qualified voters in some precincts, if
they investigate thoroughly all the is
sues that may be brought before them;
and when it is considered that all the
elections are to be thrown upon the
general election, and that seperate
tickets aro to be voted for State, coun
ty, township and municipal officers
at the same time that judicial ques
tions are to be investigated and decid
ed, it is apparent that many citizens
will be liable to lose their chance to
vote unless they are vigilant and vote
early.
Every man should see for himself
that he is registered, taxed, and if he
is a naturalized foreigner, that he is
provided with his proper papers. The
law will bear, as it designed to do,
very heavily on naturalized citizens.
It creates all possible obstructions to
their exercise of the right of saffrage,
and nothing but vigilance and perse
verance on their parts can secure their
rights. "The price of liberty is eter
nal vigilance."— Luzerne Union.
Jll><;>: RACKER.S LETTER.
Nothing will better satisfy the peo
ple of Pennsylvania as to the ability of
the Democratic candidate for Governor
than his letter of acceptance. Judge
PACK Kit makes no pretensions to ora
tory and very frankly says that his
pursuits and training have not quali
fied him for speech making, but it is
evident to any unbiased mind that he
is not deficient in tho art of composi
tion. He has boiled down into a few
short sentences the great principles
which he announces for his guidance
in case he is entrusted with Executive
power. He shows that he has a just
j appreciation of the real wants of the
State, and that he has his eyes wide
open to the abuse which have crept
into the State Administration. All
good men will see in this enunciation
of principals the comprehensive grasp
of a statesman and the devotion of a
noble Pennsyivanian to the interestsof
his adopted Commonwealth.
Conservative citizens of Pennsylva
nia, look at the ends for which this
honest man says lie will labor. lie
lias erystalized his principles into gems
of perfect beauty and utility. Here
they are:
The preservation of the State credit.
And again :
The reduction of the expenses of the
State government to their lowest prac
i ticable point, thereby lessening the bur
dens and taxation of the people.
And again :
The encouragement of a liberal sys
tem of improvements for intercourse
and trade, in order that production may
tie increased, labor more amply reward
ed, and general prosperity secured.
And again :
The just execution of the laws (in
volving a cautious and sparing use of
the power to pardon offenders) so that
good faith shall lie kept among the peo
ple, and crime be repressed.
Arid again:
The promotion of the education of
our youth by a general system of or
ganized shools, and by special in.sKtu
| tlons of learning, so that knowledge
I and virtue shall become more and mroe
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the solid foundations of our free politi
tical system.
And again :
The restoration of purity and charac
ter to our government by putting
down or preventing of special #nd eur
rupt legislation, and of all improp
er uses or management of the public
funds.
And, lastly:
To these genera! objects, however,
should be added a careful attention by
government to the interests of labor.
Having earned my bread by the lals>r
of my hands during many, and, I may
add, the happiest years of my life, and
owning whatever I |>ossess (under the
providence of God) to patient and hon
est toil. I can never be unmindful of
the interest of those with whom my
entire life has been associated.
Who can read this platform, on
which Asa Packer stands as a candi
date, and not subscribe to it ? One of
the most trying evi! > which has fallen
upon us is that of special legislation.
To this Geary is committed. He is in
league with the currupt Ring which o
riginatesand passes all the low "jobs"
which disgrace our statute books. He
cannot refuse to consummate their
currupt schemes for he has sold him
self, body and soul, to these i*>Jitical
vultures.
Rut Judge Packer will not live in
such an atmosphere. These lobyists
will not dare to taint the air he
breaths. Honest himself, he will insist
upon honesty in others. Consequently,
all those currupt schemes, which have
for their object the aggrandizement of
the few at the expense of the many, will
find in him an uncompromising foe.
Like Governor Hoffman, of New York,
he will set his face against special leg
islation, and give the Legislature an
opportunity to pay attention to the in
terest of the whole people, instead of
consuming the time and spending the
money of the public for the benefit of
individuals and private corporations.
Good people of Pennsylvania, such a
Governor it is that we need. Will you
help to put him in the Executive chair?
—Ex.
Josh Billings says: You ain't oblig
ed to ask a gal's mammy if you may
go home with her from the partee;
git the gal's konsent, and sail in ; its
proper enuff to ask her to take your
arm; but, mind you, hev no rite to
put your arm around her waste unless
you meet a bear on the road, and then
you are bound to take your arm away
jest as soon as the bear gets safely by."
A countryman who had never paid
more than twenty-five cents to see an
exibition, went to a city theatre one
night to see the "Forty Thieves."
The ticket-seller charged him seven
ty-live cents for a ticket. Passing the
pasteboard back, he quietly remarked:
"Keep it, mister ; I don't want to see
the other thirty-nine," and out he
marched.
The managers of a theater in Lon
don having resolved to exclude chil
pren under five years of age, have es
tablished a sort of temporary nurs
ery in which they can be takan care of
while their mothers are amusing them
selves. Fancy a mother exchanging
her child for a check, as her husband
does his hat and over-coat!
Dr. Bcehm, a celebrated German sur
geon, recently separated two female
children, five years of age, who were
joined in the manner of the Siamese
twins. One of the patients died the
same day. The other is in good
health.
An old lady gave this as her idea of
a great man "One who is kcerful of
his clothes, don't drink spirits, kin
read the Bible without spellin the
words, and eat a cold dinner on wash
day without grumbling."
Horace Greeley has an umbrella
which he has used for forty years.
This umbrella has travelled through
nearly every State in the Union,and
must be the oldest in the countrj .
Punch has its little joke that the ca
ble plunged into the ocean from the
Brest of France. It has now connected
itself with the heart of America,
which may well thrill with satisfac
tion.
'AIf and 'Alf.—ln Pleasant Valley,
Polk county, lowa, the district school
has nine shcolars—four white, four
black, and the other half and half—a
mulatto. Even game.
"Mammy?" said a precious little
boy, who, against, his will, was made
to rock the cradle of his baby brother.
"If the Lord has any more babies to
giveaway, don't you take 'em."
Struggling actors and actresses, who
are making a bare subsistence, to be
summarily dismissed from their en
gagements and cautioned not to do it
again.
A married man was eowhided in
Troy, recently, for having correspon
ded clandestinely with a maiden of
sweet sixteen. A big brother wielded
the weapon.
A verdant Cape Codder, upon seeing
a locomotive for the first time, threw
up iiis hands exclaiming, "By thunder,
what a darned groat stove!"
"Goodness me!" cried a nice old
lady the other day, "If the world
comes to an end next year, what shall
I do for snuff?"
"I won't pay for steaks as tough as
these," said an angry boarder; "no
law can compel me—they're not legal
tender."
Sidney Smith compares the whistle
of a locomotive to the squeal of an at
torney when Satan first gets a hold of
him.