,fr THE: EEAVEB. ARGUS. - , AUGUST 80th, 1868, Union I State ; i YOB AOhITOK oeKsbav •• 1 Cfefe JOHIT *. ttAETRAHTT, ■ if Montgomery' minty, i , ; | : FOR SURVETOR ORNRBAI, CoV JACOB it CAMBBfitl 1 -V d/V Cambria county. 1 Union- County. Nominations Assembly. j tIIATTHEtt B- Eeavov •jambs b. kellEy, Washington, •JOSEPH B. WELSH, Waahingcony treasurer. . •MILO B. ADAMS, Now Brighton District" Attorney. , : S. Borough; • El Commissioner. | ' ; JOHN WILSON, Industry; County .Surveyor. : AZABIAffWYNH, Beaver; . ’ Poorl House: Director. ■ \- *SAMUKD ;GrIB3ONi .Brighton; j J ■'(. Audited,- f ..-I ■ 1 fIUOH J. MARSHALL, Big Beaver; •: : Coroneh '.J' TSOIiAS McCOY, Moon; • . trustees ot Academy. .T" | ! a T. SHALLENBERGER.Kochester; •> ‘ Eev. Beaver; | ■••WWebegan on the 16th, and will continue until the clectiorij to punish ttjfbft 'our outside-'jiage, some choice 'extracts from the record of the Deim ocratio party for. the last fiveycarfl.—r Read them and. show them to any Democrats of-your acquaintance vrhb Veaily seek to know the truth. , i —-—- ~'\ti .T flOjtAT” writes us that jhe 'hub ■ been toW that the senior editor of this paper last year, as a member of the Legislature, voted for a bill to pay the damages done by the rebels upon our border, which would bave'tahcp j out of tfte,Treasury for the 1 benefit of a few speculators intp whoso hand* the claims for reimbprsemenf : had passed at nominal prices, and aske ns to say, through the/^u^ ' whether the report is true. It is false, and as the best answer to it we pub lish the bill, which will be found in an other column. “Ml” will. obshr vc tbat it provides for: tho assessinent 5 ofljlum!- fcges suffered from the marcji of our own ttoopa, State militia and ■volun teers, and. of the rebels, and for the presentation of the claims as adjudica ted by the Gpvernol tojtho National Government payment. ■ Bripn'u cavalry, mentioned in the first sect' ■ Uothjwg.ft re^}tMa^ J lin and Adams counties. h.. The Denioc ! iracy of some* of the border, counties to prevent the enfoicemont of the draft the banns and, the property of the enrolli i ing officers to compel' their reaignai tion, and the damage wrought byj . these “incendiary traitors” is included . in the' hill. By its express terms' those Who have purchased claims are! to be awarded merely the amount ofj V* jthe purchase money; so that there is) ■no room! for speculation upon the no« feessitios of The sufferers; and as to the;' it is the object of the law toll ascertain itf whether half a million orjj eight millions. The bill, in our opin< : - ion, was fair, just and politic. We vo-| jted for it last winter, and, if elected, . and it is again presented, would agaiu give it our support. ; / i The question of the payment of these Claims is entirely beyond and distinct that of their adjudication. Wo have small dope that the National {treasury will foot the: bill, Whjjst the I State has not the money to pay them, and the Oonstitutiorrprohibits the ne gotiation of a loan for that purpose.' as our people already, are, to . j ;tfi%limit of jendfl.rahce,; no legislature I ■|i would be ;fpnnd willing to authorize |l| '| thellevy pf a tax for the purpose, ' can scarcely conceive how f,his ques -1 tion can have a legislative solution lor . : - L . some years, but if any method could 1 * be disvised for indemnifying loyal cit izens," for these losses,, without impos f ing atiy additional' burden upon the people of the State, it would paeot our heai.ty approbation. Wo would vote tbe> indemnity as freely to the people pi the border as wewpuld Iconstituqnts, had Beaver coinufy, in 74 The vicissitudes Of war, become the theater of hostilities, .and our fields . beeiT'hatTied, our stock confiscated, ■and our villages shared the fate of I Cbambersburgh.. Why'the Democrats Nominated ;• ■ Davis- . l the". Democrats nominated. Colonel Davis for 1 : Auditor General oat of puce lovefor his ham?, whiab k tower of /strength in the lurty. The CsthalioJirisU in,4he mining re- the. of the or ganization', who can’t read;-anti hate a soldier ' ire made to believe that they are voting: for ' eUI Jeff. Wijo is a great favorite amongst them. .-I i : ■ ’> . IgtHetehum, the gold.gambler who fobbed the New York banks and bro- kers of 84,000,000, attended tho Dem. > ’ Oorafie National Convention al Chi (iPMjo and kept open nouso for ihodol deleyatea during its session. He,was : arrestee in New York on Saturday. ■ - * IN THIS m Irk I I . I I /it " Resolve i, Thlai this’ ConventionjW 'explicitly declare,:ns tMo of the American people, that Ip/ler fouTyears of failure i o restore the Wnion by the ex periment of umr ly during! which, under, i the pretence of military necessityor I war pow er big tier thap the Constitu tion, the [Constitution itself has bean disregarded in overypart, and public liberty and private^light alike trod" den down, and the material proaperi of the country essentially impaired, JUSTICE' HUMASfITY, LIBERTY, AND THE PUBLIC WELFARE DEMAND THAT IMME DIATE , IBE MAI E FOB A CESSA TION op hostilities, Wi h a vjowto an ultimateiConvention : of the States, or. other peaceable meins jto the end that At the Earliest practicable moment peace may bejirestored on the basis of the PedWal Onion ,of the States.— 2 d Resolution! ,pf -Da i. National <Jofi ivention.Mvqxisf 1864. * : .ResotJd, Th|t if the counsels of the Democratic pafty had prevailed; the Union wo'uld Sbftvo be< n Bayed in gli its integrity 1 and honor without the slaughter, debt]and disgrace of a civ_ ! il war But wpen the formation of seetionallparties in the North and in South, and tho'idyent if one of these parties into thejseats at power. made ■WAB' A FACT, iwHIOH "WE COULD .NOT COUNTERACT, we SUSTAINED THE FED ERAL Authorities in good ; faith, at theit hands, except a decent respect for oor legal rights and some show; of common honesty in the management of pnr- financial af fairs, but in both these particulars we were disappointedmtjd betrayed, ~d Resolution of jDem. State Convention of Pennsylvania., vlwjHsf,l!B6s. ‘‘You ajee, gemlmen,! thimbles, .and this yit calls the Li ttle ticker, under this thimble a thimbles 1 ' man in the parity tell r thimble tjhe Lilillo Jokl jjSP'Th k Local of* I article upon tke dooing pblicy,’| worth; tion of those who (lout aims f of ipateni I>emoc 1 ment is that thh South i to a large o?cte|nt 3 con political action;by the ers, and|t|hat ifithe Adf sires thdi to'thj eaf{bc(yj’ ; ‘Ale?aodcrli instafljco” % aild j soncl I Would! the popular sen Sttphcjus at the oull ities, exerted all the irj sesacd tohold Georgia] . itigs, b.ut We bayo an" i the State ting for moment he wad inr for _ why should ho lie inovl ijovernmc nt-,iiOW. Bu the YfcoJ’roßidisnt of cy, j ßavis |is thoj-Presic foriof officer should bt count oil i not | linguishod eyo of th taiuly tho| If 'the people afo 'controlled by their loaders, then the leaders brought upon Us the.rebellion; and are respon sible for it. ■lf the people are. not guilty.)and the Ipadetiiiare to be par doned, none can] be pi mshed rightful ly. This is inter,t of the Local and of the party [fora fraction of which it speaks, and under tno plea of poli cy which they Offer i.s an excuse for the universal amnesty they advocate,- lies a ; bel ef that tht rebellion wai right, .and its failure . They how desire that the red-handed rebel leaders shall be, sent homo, to re-appear| at once aS Congressmen Und Senators,Hand State officials,'to join the Northern Democracy in the re pudiation of the National Debt, the revival of jthe heresy 6f State Eights, the restpr; ition of slavery, imd ulti •mate inauguration of another in testine wir. Every Democrat' who owns a United States/pond, or balds a noto or share of stock in a National Bank, who abhors human bondage.] or dreads civil War, slJould come out] -from amongst 1 them,’ ami lend his sup port to the Adminsstration of Andrew' ;Johnson. 1 The continued success of the party 1 of the lUfripn, is the only ■security for the iNational finances, and the only ghacanty |of thoperpotu itypf i the |(^orerhtpentj I®,' ! Tbe I>l on t: beliCvo Xba “negro is equal but \he superior’ • whites.'’—l i What the Argus saiil| negroes .were' nqt only the superiors of jdisloyi appropriation by the latter class as their whil [honest, j' The party'of ,no fellowshipswiih then racy claim and oWn the ' T "iTr Mt ICTEREI HIE his!' ■! jhtfs these three tie ball, which 1 I puts this bali md shoves the Can ahy gem’- me under which ir is V be ISlh.haa an jet of ‘‘the par !-jof the alten , the spirit and acy. Its argu iru people are trolled in their |r political lead-: ninistration de- ; i o status of loy . Stephens for. Jhem.' home to \Liu»cnt. >reak of hosliU Iftoonce he pos i'to her moor npreaslon that was found i lie, Confedc: tornly ( . combat acy, to tbo last existence. As its rivisera^ll my good ithen. ■j useful to the ; ti Stephens was the Confedora-f c ent. If the id e. released or. ao- jij&i standing] (bo superior] 1 prisoners p Local, th I* and influence, | ?t)f the dis- SFdibold, in the |j fatter is cor- most J.'disti guished." ernes Baythe|y not only. the of some of our was that loyal the, equals but 1 whites. The Local of this ss is frank and he Union has i—the Democ ■in all. ']■; •. I 1 ■ -TioeM in itsJafit issue limits | its inquiry as to our views upon i|o gro juff^age,'ito tho Slates oi Penn sylvania-and Texas,Sq_lfar as negro tennsylvacia^scohcerqed, we bavodnly, to- mention for the |in formation of the th'eCon stitullon of Penney!vabnift cdnfjncß the right of suffrage to whites, j-bat qo negro jiaan legally : vote t and ttia we are opposed'to^llegalivoting. In the State of Texas," as in < rebel States,- wh are ii conviction that no suffrage.wbi negro, sbonld be allowed* and that the only^National law -that ibese .States Should know, for thenext gef* • I oration, is the law of the 1 , bayonet>r We are satisfied that the rebel States are bitterly hostile to the Government which has subdued them, land that if admitted ip a voice io;its councils, they will use the power giving themto em barrass and destroy ; it, haying mean while the hearty co-operation of the northern Democracy in iheir work.— These/are our individual opinions. elections to he held in pmsuance of the Presidents plan of reconstruction,, in which as an experiment we cheerfully, acquiesce will demonstrate their; cor. roctness or fallacy.. We beg the Jjocal, in cooclusicn/to rememberitlis they, not .us, who ;oro “absorbed”[By. this queatioO;.lbo|l)e-'! mocracy, not the Union meu, who are agitating-H. ; And having answered their' interrogatories,-we would new be gtaid to have tbeir views and those ot ‘their candidates, upon rebel suf frage and ecjuiility, which is really; a | question ibefpry. the country. ■ “ j ■' Bgv,rursu>\Ot to call, -the Democratic coun- r ty convention met on Monday last. We were not present, but are informed that it was the smallest .pofiticalj contention which ever as sembled in Bearer, scarcely half the county being represented. As n matter of course its 'proceedings were harmonious in the last de gree, ■ i £ ! The irrepressible Benton Kerr was onJiShd. Whether Qen, Cass had ordered him dojwn to look after bis interests in the Gubernatorial matter, or whether he had been imported be cause, no Beaver county Democrat.would de scend to personal'abuse of the Union-candi dates, we do not know, anyhow he wnsilbere, and addressed the pontracted but admiring circle. Hb directed his special-attention to the,editors of the Argiu, for which be has their thanks. He ahnouuccdHiiat though both [soldiers, they had never smelt pCwdcv-.which he knew to be false, if be kifew anything up on the subject. He stated that the senior ed itor had Toted in the Legislature to j increase his own salary,- though .Benton- sat in the,lob by, of which he is.a distinguished ornament, when he voted against it. He wished tie edi tors of the Arn to.' wu mar xur required to give the negro tire .right.of suffrage! In answer tp tins wo haVe | but lb aay that but for pro slavery ngitafign I by the -Democratic paijt.y, slaverywould haVe passed unscathed until it. went down in the [ course of a century on so before the caligh'l ened , sentiment of the people of Ibc Slave States, and that a like agitation upon the suf frage question by Benton and his friends will undoubtedly produce a like result. Their tac tics and oratory arc certain death to any cause they? advocate. " , A committee was appointed to report a iick -et. With their usual implacable hostility to! the soldiers, they saddled the”nominations and | the expenses of a hopeless campaign upon a,] few returned veterans of .their party, some of I them wounded men at that. Wc are acquaint-1 ed with a number of'thoir candidates, who are'clever fellows, and deserve better treati. ment. Had the Democracy a particle of hope of electing their ticket, these gentlemcd would have stood out in the cold. The ticket is, so ‘far as we learned it, as follows; -j. Assembly, J.,Adams Veran Treasurer, Jos'. Boggs; Commissioner, Shipman Douthitt; District Attorney, James Conway; Auditor, Thomas Clark.- ) t B®.Tho Local demands the hanging i of, the shoddy'eontiactors who have been defrauding tho-government and . realizing fortunes but of tho soldiers. We heartily endorse these Sentiments, and vote for an execution ; previous , ip the Fall elections. It is a notorious r fact" that nine out of ton of the grand schemes-pf plunder and iniquity which have bcen iTnearthcd during the last five years, from the' adulterated medi cines furnished,at’Philadelphia to thp clpthicg fra'uds'in Cincinnati apd Lou isville, have been engineered by Dem ocrats, many pf them the veteran con tractors olj the Mormon war under Bidnanah’s administration. Prompt: action 4n accordance, with the view’s of the Local wilt. materially diminish ' the Democratic vote. 1 Messrs, John Borch and Asa Man chester, have been nominated for As sembly', by the Democracy of. Wash ington county. ■'< • Gent M. B. McClennan and Lieut; Joseph P. Moore, have been nomi nated lor Assembly, by the Union men lot Montgomery bounty. •!- „, -J < The recehtr.Detr.oeratic State Con vention, of Maine, passed resolu tions endorsing President Johnson. ’> The nominations; of both parties harebeen made for thelcityf of Philadelphia. ’’Daniel M. Fox is the Dettipcratic candidate for May or. and Samuel Hit Daria, Jr., and Q. W. H. Smith, forjthe State Senate. | Quigley, Josephs pad Donnellyj Democratic-members' of the last bouse, are ro-nominaied for Assem bly,.from theJJd, pth and 13th District. On our side, Morton McMlohael has boen nomi nated for Mayor, and Jacob B. Ridgwsy and George'Connell,renominated for Senate. The; Union nominations for Assembly, ore' as far as ascertained as follows: Geo Gcegan, W; H. Buddiman, W.W.Watt, Jds. T. Thomas, James Freeoorn, Jod.Supers, James N. Kerns, E. W. Davis, F, D. Steiner,: Alex ,Adair, Francis Hood, Geo. De Haven,' Daniel A*. Wallace, E. G. Lee. ; , -i KB~n»t[irii<i iijnflnn ctprm-' 1 <t, * t the Democracy atpreseniniototally absorbed upon the question of nigro, equality, and .so oUmorous In their ! hostility to measures tv the elevation of the negroraee, whichno on? ii urging. Upoathe public.- There are two reasons, i Thejnore intelligent among I them persist in keeping the. negro in the wood-pile for want of a better excuse Ip oppoSe ithe measures oif the Government; the otherclass really fear that unless the present distinction of color, .is maintained and enforced-by-fur. j tier legislation! the black mia will supplant | them In the- counting-room, the work-shops | sad the corn-field, land w'ai sooii|;be giving and taking in marriage amongst, their i amities it* j ter the most approved fashion oftheiWhite race. ■ • | A '.'-i I '' ’T. ■ : 1 **• For the former class there Ik-no apology— the latter.however, if they Wally feelthatthey irounable ta co|opete in intelligence labor with the negro, and,that they have propensi ties toward, amalgamation or miscegenation, which they control without auxiliary legislation, we are rather inclined to 1 justify in ' their. course. - Republicans feel -ho interest in the question, as they don’: restraining enactments to prevent theirj marriage and social intercourse with" ne and -are not afraid that the latter will; fere in the least with them in the race fr or honors. .her qdr 3larthftGtinder, a inarriod residing in Allegheny city;,has arrested opou a charge of ,pbi*< Her victims are alleged to-be number, and no inotivo can bo imag ined for her She asseverates Political i ■:'& i Miscellaneous. her •innocence. . 1 '< . .The Steamship Brother Jonathan , was w peeked cu the ,27th alt., on the. coast of. Oregon, and from 200 to 300 lives lost. Only fourteen men and' one woman were saved of the crow and passengers. Amongst the missing arc Ma|/Geti. Wright, recontlycbmmancl ing the Sixth Corps,and his Heihad been, assigned to the. Depar tment of Columbia,* and was or?., his way toHhis post. 1 1 , 1 j Tbe stories 'of outrages upon pegroes at Fayctterille, Ni ci, are" officially deniedv.- The pirate, Shenandoah is still' 1 is making sad havoc amongst .of ■ the North Pacific. • • ’’if 1 ' "Vd A collision occurred upon the’ Oil Creek Railroad last week, resulting in tlie death of nine persons, and the, injury of 7 o others. A passenger train from Nashville tp;Hunts ville, on the 25th inst., ran off a higlfj'trcstle work near Reynold’s station, and wascrushed to.pieces. Ten'or twelvc'>ers< ed and about, twenty wounded. A fire broke out in the fire v ih ment of Mr. Jones, 16 John str ’*• on the 2oth, destroying the.bn. )n ‘ tents. Two female employees perished in the flames. ■ ' 1 ' “The body of a murdered man was found on Thursday morning last, on Boyd’s Hill, Pitts burg. His throat was out fronear tocar, a mftrtal stab-inflicted in his backhand his jaws were- broken bv n blow front a stone or club vtr. ’ieai-iTiamc-om" “ine .ooay naSTJpi befcti .identified, nor hasjvny clue b'ocn discov dto thp murderers. 1 , i 1 ,; l r . .’’©rf-tho same'morning the body of a mur dered man was found in the, 18tfi Ward,Cin cinnati. His head was also broken by a stone, and liehnd been slabbed threfe times in the breast with a.|carving knife, which; was 'still sticking in the wound. His hoots were gom); :.aud his pockets rifled. The body had not a* I last accounts lieen identified; I 1 THE RAID BILL; Supplement, to an act paused the, t yenly-second day of : April,! Annp_ Domini one thousand bnndrccf and sixty-three entitled “An Act' to proyidp lor the adjudication and pay- merit of claims a lit-in g from the loss of horses and other property Uiken dr destroyed in the bdrdcr eoniilies •by the rebels ir. October, Anno [Domi ni one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and for properly and horses ■impressed lor the use of military of the .Stale in September, one thous at'd'eighl hundred and sixiyttwo.” .•Suction I. Be it enacted by.the \Senato and. House of Representatives, of the, Comnwnwealt'i of Pennsylvania in Gen eral' Assembly met, and if is hereby en acted by the authority of the same, That the powers, authority and duties con ferred upon the,appraisers appointed, by the court of.conimon please! •Dau phin county pursuant to thei]provis ions of the act, to which.this is a sup pleitiertt, bo, arid they arb hereby ex tended jto the examination jaucf.ascct' tainment of the character and amount of loss and damage to real and person al property,occasioned bythe'invasion of thb insurgent forces into the; terri tory ,]of this Gammon wealth’ iin the summer of the year one thousand eight hundred and siic£y-threoj also the' loss dr damages, occasioned hy Brian’s cavaliy in the autumn ofi ! the year one thousand eighilhundred ; l and sixty-two, and also all losses and j damages to real and personal property 1 |occasioned by the Stewart raid, and] the rebel raids of one thousand sight;! hundred and sixty-four wiihtrr the limits.of this Statu not covered by the act of twenty-scjcor.d day of April, one thousand;, eight lipndred and sixty three, and (injury to The property .of] citizehs-cjmpioyed as enrolling officers under tbp [national railitury laws in consequence of the destruction [there- j of by incendiary traitors, opposed to the execution of said laws .whether any. such loss !or damages waaocca-; sioned directly by said insurgents or hy the] military forces called ir.tol ser- j vice to repel said invasion or by the I execution of works pt other devices, | 'and also all damages done to real and| personal,property by the Rebels in th|e] year one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-fpur, and by tile troops jib the service ot the United States and lof thb State j within the limits of this State for the defence of any pnrtj of this State thteatbned by said insur gents; Provided, That nothing jn this act contained shall be construed] to apply to any moneys dr other valua ble thing paid, delivered or given [to said insurgents or any of them, j ' \ /Section 2. That besides tho ; duties specified in the act to which this is a supplement, it: shall be.-the duty of said appraisers to; ascertain land state intheir report the manner as neatly, as may beinywhfohin each pjtrtfon.lgr; caeei tbe datr.ag«r!or loss occurred, also wbat I6*s bt damage to property ;wa« otcasionedb'y ord.er of officert ,in tho sprviee of ffae United the name; of sdch officer, manner.of such order, andfbe anfonnt of such loss and damage. :";j i [ Section 3. That the said apprajsess may' if they deem expedient,receive apd consider the evidence in writing if any taken'by, any commissioned or appraisers | heretofore appointed’by the Governor of this Commonwealth tb ascertain i6ss Or damagesoccasiOD ed in the manner set forth In the first section pf lhis act; f/Vwided, Xtfsball appear that] such evidence when it shal! hpve f>een oral was taken under qath or affirmation,rind if! document!-: ary that the documents art properly antheuticated,|and the said shall retard all the evidence upon 1 which they* shall have proceeded in considering j the, claims for .toss or ! damage aforbsa.idr’ndd-jtho claimspre-. ? pared in mapner hereafter mentfoned. | with their report to the court of com mon pleas of Dauphin county; ! Sectioh'A. That each claimant shall present to the-appraiscrshisclainr ip writing,setting out under oath or affir- i ■nation sobscnbed'bylhim or, her .with as much particularity as the" nature jdf the case . tvill permit the'JtemS bf hip ; loss and [damage with the amopnt i thereof, tb|e names'of ill parties ifo, i lorestod in 1 the same, and the ap-] praisers shall not consider- ainy claim 1 Which ahail. not be in conformity Imre- ‘i with, nor shall the said appraisers, re]- i ceive or, consider any claim unlesyfho cljaimant shall take and subscribe ‘an dntb 'or affirihation ■ to be ppponded thereto that be has never dipectlyj Or Indirectly, by word or act, given aid, comfort or counlenanco or cncpUHage ineht to the traitors, in hr otherwise; that he has never fidmi municated op attempted or taken any i j means to cdnjmqrticate to them or any n Of them any information which could i in any way be of advantage to them; jthalhe has not resisted-or. evaded, or ■ advised others to'resist or evade any jaw of the United States; thatffie will bupport the Constitution dnd laws of the United States: pursuance ns the supreme law of the land, anti wiil beai’true.faith and .art legiance to the same,and that ho.takes ibis Obligation wjfrjjoUt reservation or ptirpoWbrevasion. [ Section the appraisers ap pointed, pursuant' tb'lho act of twen ty second f'pf April, one tlifusand C i ght hindrbi .an daix ly - three, to which I [this act is af supplement, shall each receive as a cbmpctisationf-for tils^ De vices the sum of dour dollars for each. ■day actually .and nOeftssafily employed [by them or either of . them' in -tlio 'charge of the duties them by said act of Assenvbly“!pf twenty-second. day' of April, Anno.j .Domini one thousand eight hundred : fww? Ytmtrm L moir aplfomthitmV^foy■'C{ic; icouft of common pleas of Dajijtbin I county aforesaid until the date oif,| the j passage of thfs'act, and -from and after ] [the passage.'of-this acb- the mud ljap-1 jpra'isors Shall each receive for thoiser-J 1) vices -td) be - rendered . in pursuance i hereof tbp suni of four dollars per di em' continuously/until their. dlilies -herein,defined are fully discharged, do bo paid to them out ot an}’ 11101103’ 'i]n -the-State treasury not otherwise ap propriated, Bfiid appraisers djhilll hd.vc authority to employ ope pertojVj 1 to. ■ perform the duties both of a clerk and messonger.'al a salary not exceeding, three dollars tor - each day .that' he "shall 60 actually and nopess.-irily crn ployed in performing the duties of Ids said office j ; ;, t t . Section 6. That .the. appraise! s ap pointed byi the Govemor of this Com monwealth or by any of The effifrts. tberjuof prior .do • the passage .-.of j tihia, said[ act; of twonty,-Bcc66d- pf/Aprily Anup Dcjmini one thousand eight huh: dred and sixty throe, to which": this ■ act is.a supplement, for, tile purposes lierpinbotbro mentioned, shall; eaejh ; receive a compensation'of four dollars ;for each day.jn which,[they -are actual ly and necessarily employed in -dis cnarging the duties of their suichap ] pediument. ■ - -.- .j\ ' j-V 1 Section 7. That any. two of said iap pniisors shall constitute ii^quorfrih,for | the'hearing but not Tor deciding on | ([{aims,and all claims heretofore heard i ajnd;examined by a less number of shid appraisers than the full number ‘shall not on : that account bo r !nvalitda-■ ifc?d, and said appraisers or amajorily i of them sb'all have power to adminis ter oaths'or affirmations,,and shall rd- ‘ duce the tostimonlj taken by the hi to ! 'writing, and reXurn it with their rejr-' port.to the court,uny-person swearing | falsely ip any matters-to bo examined | by virtite of this act bo doomed j ’guilty of perjury, arid bo liable to all i -the .penalties thereof... , | / Section That tfie .Attorney (feno/ ral is hereby authorized to depute; an J attorney'lo^appear heforo said apprais- j ers on behalf of. tile Gommonwoalth, which [attorney shall receive as com pensation jfivei dollars for each day employed by. hini in attending to the duties for which he shall be deputed. ■f . Sjetfkp 9. ; Thei court *of common pljias of county, on the ker turn of tho-feporls of said appraisers, are directed to review, Revise, approve dr set asideithe e&ime whole or in part] and shall cortifyj tfsp same to the I Governor,who is requested-to present. 1 the; same Id the feoyerbmett o/ :th6] [United States for ihq piymeut of ;tho | s amount of [damages ascertained by] said repor-t to have been sustained,and j tho|Governor shall report at the n§xa liegislatare ■ his prococdinas iin the premises together action] of j ihejGovernm'enl of the United States] iihdreon.; -I >J, ,J Section 10. The said [appraisers shall return to skid Coart an aocouht of [all the; expenses incurred by virtue of .this act. andlthe act to which this is a supplement,| including a roakcnhjhle sum for givipg notice to claimants j of thokirac and place of mboting of said apprtiseta by public-notice in one Tor: ' r ■ ■ ■ "• ■ j - : I ■■■ 'I need ■|lnler egroes, 1 inter r bread. dman: been . i imrig. iix in r ' ! m / i; T ’, ‘.■«r4Ss* the re newspapers* of tbd county ip Wlldh the damages may besieged to hayd been for at least three wc efca 'before the sitting of said ap praisers, and also a reason aole sura foe stationary, and the court shall ex amine said account, and if necessary ddfrect the same and the said account together with the costs of the pro ceedings in court shall bo cerUßed cadet 1 the. seal of thecoarrt and. paid iby ‘ the State Treasurer out pt any 1 money’ih f lie Treasury notpiher'Wise, , v : .- ■ .1 Section 11. That ton days’persona* iaqtico shall be given ‘to tire Attorney GehefaVtif the lime andjdace of th® Bitting of said appraisers, and;; also pt i tbe 'bearings in court iii any matter amine out of the proceedings had by virtue of this act; andl the said court shall hayo power to mate Shch tales and? orders as may bo necpsSary ,to darry this act into effect according ! the true intent and meanirig therefil. Section 12. Any claimant presenting claim to said board otappraisers mil swear or), affirm thupjip or she sis|not parted wiliHiis orherinlerest 0 said claim or any part tbci|"eol, d M d when any claim is presented hy »n assignee or by any ! assignor "-for the benefit of any assignee, said [assignee 4hall be. required-to show satislacior’u jy to said apptfaisers the actual amount ifiaild for the 'same; and the; amount awarded by said appraisers in such ekse shall bo; the amount proyonto; have been paid and no more.] 1 1 Section ,13. The: said appraisers shall nbt! sit or be, engaged exceeding three reionlhs iirimscerlaining said damages, hnd that nothing fin their report and nothing IP this act shall be Itagen or cdiistraeii & any present or future Hgh f oWbbUgation upon this Common 'lehlth to pay said damagei>,injd claims. i . ]■ NUMBER SIX'.. ' |, | Political prejudice one j gmbngst the many:forme of jihat.eyilj iiiosJto be dreaded; in our country.*--' Aei Jill-' prejudice springs primarily ■fponi ignorance, I am Ivapp3' to notice dast week while the Republican SLale f Convention;, was,ij> at ffdrrisburg, there was also ■janoMier session havin'* other and hdifferebt object? in j vie (This gjreaji:'waking up of the educators cl ourdfind 'argues much good; foi?‘.ho iil lhrc>'of our beloved colintjry. W r o all ofiii4 rejoice that the toach-j iidrSlbrc at to realize that they too'are a power in the land,] arid when exercised: in,concert one of (he mightiest powers, ever' wielded.'— XiCt its then hid' them’ t4oi '.ispeed in (heir nibble: calling, until thpre shall 4ot be left a single human being lipon * ur 6 oit that shall not have the advan- liases cf education offered him = j For i take it, wo cannot.afford-: to jniiss of citizen* who shall jireserilly |>o clamoring-for the election franchise At o'nr very .doors. We dare not com mit the ballot to them while in soAh' tlcbasing ignorance, arid \vu cannot ■j tykli hold it certainly many yeura-wiih/ ( Out serious trouble. JFcnceoilr. efforts V: i ; I For the Argus. RANDOM PAPERS. -V Of ~\ r' BY BOBEUT RA-NDOM. 1 * I it j'ii? send information .abroad !*ji rough- I' Vul-ihe land shouldjbo radoul|ied, and jXQOfibft .spared to lender the people I jfcligUtened r and educated., !• ' 1 ..-There is one thing I have generally loticed in Regard' to ibis qupationXpf j .negro' suffrage and the prejudice a gainst negroes on account [of color, j lli.'jit it is mainly con fined do [those of i jirnitt-H) education., Wlierevvi!you find ij. man, of|u liberal cdueaihin, you.gou i {urilly find' Him ulsb op with Viiio most] !b’-ogrcssijvo spirit of fho age upon this j •giiuil and momentous questioju..- -I t is j jf-mungstitlip illiterate and u'i||nilighi-rj lined that the tie roust opposition to"| this great reformatory movement is to j be found. That same blind nt[ireason pig prejudice, which 1 "prompted ■ the i.Pharisee of-old -lip condemn Ijfho Sa,--.j ■ viiir for. eating wiitli Piibhcijn&tand tiiii and Which* ! at the present day ji ivjquld express thwsamo WOI3- HpiiroV of \ ncijroes hud mulattos;is the great ob jlalaeJer-to-th'e accomplishmentt of }his Ijroforiii.; .'■ ■ j •• ■ I Just prcciselj’ how to overgo mo-this j obstacle,in the .most expeditious man i;i er, and by „thb most compendious lialhod, is the groat probleinjj of the :,(lay- with our ; political loaders. OUr good friends at Harrisburg Tipi dcle i gates to the; Republican Slate Concern itiiops, -seem to have Concludeil that {'upon this topic discretion isTlie boiler [.part of valor. They were; in la polit j mat sense, as wise is serpents [and- as i harmless as doves.''That is to iiajr.pro jvjidod w-isdoni consists in avoiding that which is unpleasant and obnoxious. [ j But .let not-.the radical tool hastily condemn tlio convention for want of .backbone' in, this action or rather,r.on delioipin regard to fbe most pressing question of the oaj*, and if iti should lie found thatthe part of Ham let was omitted from the play because those were good and sufficient reasons there for. ' If, it should [turn oul| tHat the ! action taken by Tlio - convention was, caking, all things into dqn'sideratioh,i perhaps!the best that coujtlhavw been taken, why then of course wo car. very well afford to wail till limes suffi iqiently. change to allow of ai ruoro definite and decided course; ft is plain That 1 the time for.iin advanced mo.ve-4 iinent upon ihis question inihe- State qf, [Pennsylvania, lips not iarrived in .the opinion of tlie ibe par ty. Blit whiit the convention has done . will entitle -ii to the thanks of th®pe,pple ana of every thinking mind in the ; State! It Las taken good ground and; popular ground, ills can. didatos will be elected by a large ma jority i:ala political sense [this is ways of, the.lut most importance It ■ would bo; a sad thing for the country fior lhe llepubliean party to lobe that fiold upon the populace with which it lias already [acquired, by any move ment bpwovorl weirinlentionodl: "No, the convention has acted .wisely, if dot 100 wcll,and the edming campaign i|-H|'6h6w it!'- " ! | - ' . ' =EI IMMEIMiI lAst;of Juror* ■ u Tom, i J«a«a ■. P'h>o: DRnielipkWdQß' ‘ over U% sd MmJf**: ; ■■lSiSfSp is.KsSgf !?««.•* Chippewa; Petei Claiko- ‘ i I BarhugWn; | Seo DilworA j Marks, f ) , " " Brighton: qeo- Elliott, u. -0 Patrick. j ;■ / -.. • A,l «* BochesUi-; Joseph Hajg -. Economy; juries Moore; f '■’ , Big Beaver.; Fergus M’Glell..a * j Raccoon: Wjn Robb,Michael er.]'‘ r : ' \ -', h-' - ■ ./ n °s". -Fadlsloh: GIN Taylor; : Hopewell: iHenrjr Temp). W H Rochester; pips Jackson .’ t * > ' •I•' ! ’ ■ pfcTir jurork.'' : - Industry; Jpi«» Aber, Jofanito.* 1 Jack, Jae Potter, ■j.- 1 Reaver Borb: Wui Barclav L' No\y Brighion: r Geo S Bart,. V Corbug. Jan McQarrell; Bridge water:" Vf Economy: i-Rartooa L Anderson, James Sala; 1 ™ jßlg Beaver; Jas K Calhono, n Grant; ' ,‘i - ■ v ’ •> (Darlington: A J -Cookj. Joseph Iw tbitt; . jv ■■•;.,■ (■: j R:icCoon: J G Christy;.;. *., I Ohio: John Barclay, JoWDutcu (of Bainlj)' Joinston Laaghlin, B(5 Thompson; . ' v ’ ;; Rochester: 3co. C Canning Lam. - Green; Jobiistoff Cpllioun. Saaw Reed. |, -■ '’“IL" ■■■ •..' '■ ~ ■'' I Chippewa; David Dunlap, Jno Wil soh; !• ■' New Sami Deaii.Ahri Hunter, Jesse; R.Oakluw' - Haaover: William Gilliland; . 1 FaHston: Thomas C Hays; , Marion: Geo HartzeU. ,af; North Sewickly: James- ilarshali, JamesvTliomas; | " ! •• ' Uppeweli: Sami'Ncely.JC Uitcl Pulaski; Ephraim Smith; Fran k lor t: Robert Yanco. . r|amphlet Laws.’ THE Pamphlet Laws for 1865 have snii ami are how ready for delivery loti entitled by law to receiwythcin. ■ augSihift* | M. WEVAND, Prolir. ITCH SALE: A tot frowning bn THIRD StRK.'T, hundred mid fifty feel by three injf to an alley. ■-h . - . . ; mb For particulars apply to • ■ CAVT.-JOHS M.VY..ijrt: v CATT. CU'A'S. Vd. Sfi, ./ . '! 4t) Congress sh. Vi.v' Id OR SALIC: 'TCTHEELER’S Patent .Water Draw J.W _Exlra Chain for •’ 4» 4» . ; ao ' imciteis lor do Aj 'Weights and jlron J Dry lumber of all kinds; - Flooring. Siding, “Shingles Lai stautly kept ori-hand. 1 Building tiniher sawed to order ■ delay. '£ J.lis. & 11. DAHHAGH. aug3o'6s:t>t j i Sharoh Mile nugSO'Go 3£ar!shal 5 si,-Satie; *- BV virtue ot|ii‘vrrit of sale‘by the ' Wilson M\Can\llcs&,' ; J,Udge ‘of ihe trict Court of llie*.United State, inaadto Western District of Pennsylvania, in-a of forfeit lire,• to uic.directed,-will bo sol tiic CUSTOM HOUSE, in.tie jDIJTY OF PITTSBUE' x .- On '\FriJ<i'y, September. Is/, IS at !'vi o’clock, u. m.‘, ‘tire; '’following propertvi, to wit: *-,■ \ ■' * , A 'certain DISTILLEUV, with all the. lass appltrtenntijt thereto, together fith LOT OFj GKOUKU- oh which the same knuaiojiu IJndgew.ater* Beavtf v Va., the same being ilicproperty pr Jae.Pw ■ Also ,Ltlic Copper , Distills. J-Woros ' Mash Tubs, abd empty barrel.** about . Haiti .Distillery,- ailJ /*5 JtJarreu ' AVLiskcyi ** ' V '''■S' I r &&*' Terms ,1 of sale. llfunds. I A, JIi’RDOCH. 1 , ,; :-UJ s’ Marshal B est rioist of Tenu'n U. S. Marshal's pScc. \ . j I'ittsbui‘g, Aiig :1b 1855. ).■ ? _ •: BZEIA-^nEH* ACADEMY' TI}E f all‘ Term of this Institution ** commence : .J- ' Tuesday Sept: lit /i j 1565,. .■ under the! charge 'of ■., ;{ . /' M. ‘ ■■ Principal- ■ , It is the desire,'and will be this!thorough English’. Classical meitial School, and to sustain tac 8 auldrit hits heretofore maintained., Good opportunities will be affovdW •. men and boys who desire to obtain* „ 1 English and. Business Education! an [ who may desire a Classical rAp fit themse ves for entering the hig“ e classes.- ' i 1 , , ‘ unSt For rates of tuition, &fe., send for _ • v ltt Address the Principal at Neff, » Beaver county. Pa.,. dr the undersign'• I H. Hlh®' ■ ’ Sec. Board of Trustees, CABHABT^ Parlor Oi'gW* _■ ' ’ ORGAN JfARMONIVM 5 - irABLISHED lN I*®*. The qU of *.ht eat .p9p u^*'r ■ nStr kimi lathis country • ;!2 Wood st., ; li Agents' for CarhMi's ?jestom J’cnn'a. /ja?*'soi( rans for W [■ NOTICE To Stockholders of the Smith* and Little Beaver Petro leuj t rft Subscribers ,to u>e capital 7, abore Company Will pleas® ca [(I til fico of theCempßuy and iceeiyo „-f Oates. , L CUAS ;^.Il U ffit |. KocEeiter, 3uag 21, 65. ”***•*' I »• n'3 i •j Y; ' r I.A-i 1 O/Jj i. ; J CM ...AS For ■'‘Sale oiil£ n * LEBER & 1 BRO’S -
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