BELL EFONTE REPUBLICAN.
W. W. BROWN,
A. B. HUTCHISON,
Terms, $2 per Annum, in Advance.
BELLEFONTE, PA
Wednesday Morning, Zept. 8, '69.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Gen. Jno. W. Geary,
Cumberland County
FOR SUPREXE jUDOE,
Hen'y W. Williams,
Allegheny County
COUNTY TICKET.
FOR ASSEMBLY,
JAMES P. COBURN, of Haines
FOR SHERIFF,
JEREMIAH B. BUTTS, of Bellefonte
FOR TREASURER,
H. P. CADWALLADER, of Pottor
FOR. PROTHONOTARY,
SAMUEL L. BARR, of Bellefonte,
FOB REGISTER ANT/ CLERK,
"WILLIAM CURTIN, of Boggs
FOR RECORDER,
DANIEL H. ROTE, of Haines
FOR COMMISSIONER,
LEWIS HESS, of Rush
FOR AIIRITOR,
BENJAMIN F. LIGGETT, of Liberty
-• FOR CORONER,
Dr. WILLIAM B. REIBER, of Ferguson
ADVEATISING. - The BELLEFONTE
REPUBLICAN Tias a larger circulation
than any other Republican paper pub
lisked in the county. Our merchants
and business men will please make a
note of this.
GET UP CLUBS. — We hope that our
friends in each of the townships will
go to work to secure us a list of sub
scribers for the campaign. The price
of the Republican for three Months is
—5O cts. Every memberof the party
should subscribe for it. We appeal to
Post Masters and others to get up
clubs for the Republican.
ARE You REGISTERED ?—All citi
zens who desire to vote at the October
election, should see to it that their
names are on the Registry, as made
by the Assessors, under the new Reg
istry law. Naturalized citizens must
present their certificates to the As—
sessor when applying for registration,
unless they have been voters in the
district five consecutive years. It is
veil to attend to this matter in time,
so that all who are entitled to vote
shall 'be registered.
WooPRING has already assumed
charge of the jail. Several Repair.
licans desirous of seeing some .prison
ers were blandly told that :visitors
•were.not admitted, Within ten min
-ntes-thereafterm party-of half.a dozen
Democrats applied for admission, and
-no objection was offered to their en
trance. Has :it come to this that the
?sei:vants of the people, -clothed with a
little lirief authority, shall be permit
ted to hoist themselves on a pair of
flea's legs, and assume the ownship
of our county buildings ?
ZW - The Watcliman, with malice
aforefluf t, inherent as a prime necessi
ty with the Democratic party, attempts
:to, spring a pint alleged to exist be
tween our Candidates for Sheriff and
Prothonotary—Jerry Butts and Capt.
Barr. We do not, of course, antici
pate the least concern on the part of
the Republicans of Centre county
on account of this chronic intimation
of Meek's,and sympathetically suggest
that facial grimaces over unfounded
but hoped for results, be turned to
wry (not rye,) contortions over the ter
ribly apparent breach existing between
several of the Democratic nominees in
this county. " Such a time as never
vas."
NEXT WEEK.—Our paper is full,
and we are not. half done. The Reg
istry Law, a most important, and yet
the least understood of our late State
•enactments—the unfitness, specifical
ly, personally and otherwise, of cer
tain Democratic county nominees
-several good personal notices of Mill
helm-and Aaronsburg celebrities—a
whole batch of live points on various
copperhead sinners—several "big
things" undreamed of by the public
—a continuation of J. G. Moyer's,
alias Meyer's "peculiarities"—in fact,
the biggest, livest, truest, best RE
PUBLICAN ever issued, will be mailed
next week,- and its equal every suc
ceeding week until the Court House
Ring is squelched, and the Republic
an party of Centre county are declared
the.viators.
.
WHAT a mellifluous quartette—Ja
cob G. Maynr, alias Meyer, Jim.
Burns, Gen. Jim. Potter, and, occas
ionally, when in town after stamps,
Fred. Kurtz—it will be when Moyer,
‘ofMdyer, gets his singing claSs
ganized in the lobby at Harrisburg.
Miles - township singers, whom lie
-pronounces incompetent to compre—
lend his system of teaching, will
; . please take back seats. Glorious quar—
tette—illustrious warblers—renown—
,ed children of song, "Ile" your
throats—Haines oil is good—and sound
-the chord. This was the programme;
'but the people of Centre county have
;decided to disband the band, and sui—
Ar Moyer, alias Meyer, to continue
sod laing whenever he can find
I people with "capacity" .to compre—
lend his "system."
_TOYER, alias Meyer, is making ar
rangements to open a singing school
in one of the lobby rooms at Harris
burg. Jim. Burns is to be first tenor,
and Gen. Jim. Potter Sergeant—at-
Arms. Bcady, sing.
The Democratic Ticket
The Republicans, as well as hun
dreds of Democrats in Centre county,
agree with us in the opinion that the
Democratic county ticket is eminently
one not "fit to be made." The voice
of the honest masses of the Democrat
ic party was ignored, and the will of
the Court House Ring ruled supreme.
It is true that P. G. MEEK failed to
get the nomination, which failure
might lead some to think that. so far
as MEEK was concerned, the people
triumphed over the Ring. But this is
not so. MEEK had been served by the
Ring. They had secured him the nom
ination and election to the State Leg
islature, twice. They thought this
sufficient for PETER.. Considering him
served, the Ring had fixed upon G.
MEYER as his successor. But BURNS
came to town,as we have before stated,
and insisted upon little PETER trying
his , hand again. He must have PETER
in Harrisburg this winter. So MEEK
came out and announced his willing
ness to go to the Legislature " dree
dimes." He was pretty strong. He
had the paper in his interest. He had
an associate employed so that he had
abundance of time to travel. And
'travel he did. What he did when he
traveled, and how he - abused his
fellow-Democrats and competitors for
office while he traveled, was fully re-
EDITORS
ported by us, and never contradicted
by PETER. He made a good fight.—
He abused JACOB G. MEYER. He
abused JARED FISHER because JARED
insisted on the Delegates of' Gregg tp.
giving MEYER a complimentay vote.
His classic language to JARED, when
told that the vote of Gregg tp., would
be simply complimentary,was—"Com
plimentary h--]—a complimentary
vote may nominate him." But JARED
persisted in it, and that complimenta
ry vote did nominate the Ring's can
didate for Assembly, JACOB G. MEY—
ER.
MEEK fizzled,flash'd in the pan, "ause
ker speilt," and let the whole world
see that he did not amount to a row of
pins when he undertook to fight FRED
KURTZ and the Court House Ring.—
FRED did betray MEEK' outrageously.
He professed to be for PETER—drank
his whiskey, had GRAY . carry it to his
office by the bottlefull ; cajoled, bam—
boozled : made fair promises to work
for PETER—for work back when
FRED'S turn came—played the hypo
crite, the sycophant, the traitor, on
Col. LOVE and others, and thus pull
ed the wool over PETER'S eyes most
effectually. He was for MEYER' s and
the Ring all through.. Now MEEK
says, "that little dutch villain FRED
KURTZ defeated" him. No matter,
PETER, how - it - was - done: We know
that you were defeated. .That compli
.tuentary vote of Gregg tp. played the
very deuce with you. .You were knock
ed into " pi," set 'aside with other
" dead matter," . while the Ring tri—
umphed in nominating for Assembly,
JACOB G. MEYER
NOW Who iS JACOB G. DIETER?—
And what are his qualifications for the
office to which he has been nominated ?
We have no .disposition to anisrepre ,
sent Mr. METER. We do 'not think
it honorable to do so. Moreover we
do not deem it necessary, for he has
not the shadow of a chance for an elec
don. He may be a more honest man
than MEEK; but it is universally con
ceded that he has not as much brain
as PETER. MEEK himself has a very
poor opinion of JACOB G. MEYER.—
Suppose we quote a line from MEEtc's
travels. In this way we can learn what
he thinks of MEYER. PETER said
"! I've carried the party on my back
for the last five or six years, and if
such mullet-headed dolts as JAKE
MEYER are to crowd me off the track,
I say the sooner the party goes to
the better. Besides, Judge, who ever
heard of a travelling singing -teacher
amounting to anything? Humph,
JAKE MEYER ! a sweet stick he'd
make to represent Centre county at
Harrisburg. He'd better attend to his
me-fa-sol-la-ing," &c.
So PETER tho't. We thank him for
his honest opinion of JACOB. G., and
from what we can learn of the man,
MEEK was right.
The Reporter says, "Mr. MEYER is
a farmer." Now, we think-the truth
is, that he never farmed enough to
hurt either himself or the ground. He
and work are not good friends. We
have been told that at a very early age
he and work had a fall-out—that in
short, he made up his mind that it was
not very respectable to work. So he
concluded to make his living by "me
fa sol-la-ing," as MEEK has it. Nor is
this all. When lie became singing
master, he felt nice—got too big for his
clothes—got ashamed of his old asso
ciates and the name of his father,
mother, brothers, A ke. MoYER, was
too dutch a name for a Singing-teach
er. MEYER, in his opinion, was more
genteel. So he changed his name from
J. G. Moyxu. to J. G. 11.1.EvErt. His
brothers still write their names MoY
ER. Such a man can never be elect
ed to the Legislature by the votes of
the honest yeomen of Centre county.
Suppose he would succeed in being
elected ! What use will he be to the
People of the county? What will he
do in Harrisburg? Will he not be a
tool for such men as Jas. BURNS and
Gen. JAS. PorrEtt ? They will use
him to accomplish their own purposes
—to put money in their pockets. But
his domo is sealed. He cannot be elec
ted. JACOB G. Norm, alias MEYER,
will be elected to stay at home. Jes.
P. COBURN is the people's choice.—
He is able and competent.
Our space is too limited to go into
derail on these candidates; we must,
therefore, give the 'balance of the tick,
et but a passing notice. The candidate
for Prothonotary is
JOHN MORAN.
He has been Commissioner's clerk
since 1861. The Ring has now deter
mined to rotate JOHN out of one office
into another. They profess to love the
soldier, but their hypocrisy is apparent
in the very fact that they refused to
nominate liaj. HARRY FORSTER, a
wounded soldier,and placed upon their
ticket, Mr :11.1onAN. Such hypocrisy
deserves a rebuke from the people.—
We have no personal feeling against
Mr. MORAN. We shall say nothing
about his moral or private character,
unless compelled to do so. We shall
confine ourselves to his political prin
ciples—his qualifications for the office.
He is not the man for Prothonotary.—
He has no qualifications for the office.
The lack of order in, and the present
condition of the Commissioner's office
is all the proof we deem necessary on
this point. The Ring know this just
as well, nay, better than we do. They
nominated him,not because they deem
ed him fit, but because he was in the
"ring" and was one of their best work
ers. Here again, in proof of our as
sertion we will quote from MEEK'S
travels, to wit :
"We can always count on JNO; he is
in the Ring , and if you want a re
nomination, Judge, you cannot do any
thing better than to tie to MonAN.
He is one of the best workers we have
got in the ring."
This was MEEK's opinion of MORAN
before the nomination was made, and
is, in our opinion, all the qualification
he has for the office. lie will be defeat
ed by the people and the honest, in
dependent portion of the Democratic
party. Joxx 'will find that he will not
rotate worth a continental red. SAM'L
BARR, Esq., that true and noble sol
dier will fill that office for the next
three years.
The Democratic candidate for Reg
ister and Clerk is
JOHN H. MORRISON.
He is well known to the people of Cen
tre county. As there is not the slight
est chance for his election, we shall say
but little pro or con. Here, again,
we are tempted to quote from MEEK's
travels, giving his opinion of Captain
MonnisoN. MEEK said :
" We want somebody who can, at
least, write his name ; and the Capt..
was exceedingly unfortunate in his
youth in not getting to school. It wo'd
be a great shame to put in Morrison,
who never could make a decent liv
ing."
Now Meek should know whereof he
affirms. We believe that he is not
qualified to fill the office. His election
wo'd be a great misfortune to the peo
ple of the county, and especially our
PennsvalleyGerman friends. The Reg
ister should be a - German, or able at
least to speak the German. language
fluently. This Mr. Morrison cannot
do.• His opponent can. The wealthy
German farmers of the county must
die as well as others. Their Executors
or Administrators are generally Ger
man. They must settle up these large
estates. They feel best when they can
address the Register in their own lan
guage. It is right and proper that the
wishes of this large portion of our fel—
low.eitizens should be consulted. This
the ".Ring" refused to do. They treat
ed, with contempt, the claims of that
high-minded, honorable man, Samuel
Herring, of Gregg tp., and sold out J.
P. Gephart, The nomination of John
H. Morrison over such men, was a di.
rect, and we believe, an intentional in
sult not only to Mr Herring, but to the
people of Pennsvalley,and more espe
cially to Gregg tp. We believe that
the independent German Democrats of
Centre county will resent this insult at
the polls on the 2nd Tuesday of Octo
ber next. The Republican Conven
tion placed in nomination a first. class
man for the office, in the person of WT,
Curtin, Esq. Upon this subject we
will have more to say, anon.
For Commissioner the Ring nomina
ted
JOSEPH MCCLOSKEY,
of Curtin tp. He was promised the
nomination last year, and was cheated
out of it. So they had to do some
thing for Joseph this time. He has
been a good Democrat since the break
ing up of the Know-Nothing party.
All thro' the war he "Rah' d" for Jeff
Davis, and spent his time in inducing
his friends to desert from the Union
army. For these services the Ring
nominated him. He is unfit to fill the
office: He does not possess any quali
fication whatever. He can scarcely
write his own name, and is, therefore,
not the man to watch over the interests
of the tax-payers of Centre county.—
His nomination is an insult to every
intelligent DeMocrat in the county,—
There are honest and-intelligent Dem
ocrats in Curtin tp. Why were they
not nominated ? Where was Peter
Robb, David Brickley, Conrad Sing
er, Win. Mann, and a dozen others
that we might name? Why were these
men who are able and competent, cast
aside ? Why were the claims of John
Sweeny overlooked? Where were Hen
rylDunkle and Benj. Schaffer, of Walk
er tn. ? It is the duty of a party to put
forth its best men. By nominating Mr.
McCloskey, the Ring has said that he
is the best man in Curtin tp. How is
this Mr. Robb, and ye intelligent Dem
ocrats of Curtin? But for the present
we must forbear. We will have more
to say of Mr. McCloskey next week.
We will also notice the balance of
the Democratic ticket. Daniel W.
Woodring and Simon S. Wolf will re
ceive our especial attention.
WE understand that poor Gronoble,
who received such an unkind cut from
Fred. Kurtz, last week, has promised
Fred. a half barrel of kraut. Kurtz
is to apologize for his outrageous as
sertion that Gronoble was "unfit for
any kind of labor."
Our Sentiments.
We agree with the Philadelphia
Press when it speaks om:boldly in fa,
vor of an active and vigorous cam
paign. There is no time for idleness
or apathy. Every Republican worthy
of the name should be up and doing,
exerting every nerve for:the success of
our time-honored principles.' Centre
county must be: redeemed from the
rule of the Court House Ring. The
7i- mills county tax assessed to keep up
these lazy ,and corrupt dignitaries must
be diminished,. and our county expen
ses reduced to the old
.RePublican
standard of 2k, mills. - •
Just here, let us - ask the question :
why is our county tax, under the rule
of the Court House Ring, 7%). Mills to
the dollar, when it was only mills to
the dollar when the 'Republican party
controlled the county? And still''-an
other. Why does it cost the Demo
crats 5 mills more to the dollar to man
age the affairs of the county than it
did the Republicans? These are ques
tions of importance to the tax=payers
of Centre county. Do you not :think
Democracy rather an expensive luxu
ry? We know you do. We must have
a change. This Court House Clique
must be defeated. The whole ".Ring"
must be cleaned out.
But how il p it to be done? Why, Sim
ply by earnest effort-4y active; ener
getic work. By convincing the peo•
ple—the tax-payers of Centre county
—that they have been wronged, and
outrageously imposed upon by a seta
unprincipled men who have grown rich
on small salaries. Can honest labor
ing men, or farmers, amass fortunes
and build $lO, - 000 houses on salaries of
$3OO or $4OO per annum ? Can work
ing men clear $lO,OOO in ten years on
a salary of $3OO a • year ? No ! Of
course they cannot. Then low do
the pimps manage to do it? Tax-pay
ers of Centre, will you never arouse to
a sense of your duty? Will you for
ever -fold your arms and consent to be
robbed by shrewd but unprincipled
men, whose only love of Democracy
consists in gathering in the spoils ?
Awake ! arise ! gird on your armor
and go forth, as freemen, determined
to be free. Cast off the shackles which
have so long bound you, and with a
resolute will, and a giants alau,., strike
the blow That will hurl from ikkwerand
place, the men who have So long. be
trayed and robbed you..
To this end we must work— work vig- -
orously, unitedly, harmoniously. Ap
athy must be driven from our ranks.
Every hour mast be imprOved. The
cathpaign must be• opened in eayliest.
The Democrats expect to find ussTeep
ing at our post, and thus gain an'eavy
victory; but-in this- we must disap
point them. Let us have meetings in
every school house. 'Let e-forribWn
ship or school .district-be closely can
vassed. Let us see to it that ovary, vo
ter is registered and prepared fOr : the
great work before us. Centre county
must be redeemed, and the iState:;Ad 7
ministration and the Supreme' -Bench
saved to Liberty and the Republican
party. -
The-Phira. Press, as we said in the
outset, speaks our sentiments when it
says:
"It is evident that the Democrats
intend to do their work without umeh
" noise. Men who operate chiefly with
" money in elections avoid all other ar
t. gztments. In fact, they have so lit
" tle to say for themselves that they
"fear the field of reason. With the
"Republicans it is different. They
"court discussion. They live by the
" exhibition and vindication of their
" record. They must not, therefore,
" allow themselves to be deluded by a
" silent campaign. The more public
" their efforts, the more active their
" canvassers and orators, the better for
"themselves."
WY - The Green Bay Advocate,. one
of the oldest most consistent, and re
liable Democratic journals published
in Wisconsin, in which the negt9 now
enjoys the right of suffrage, in its is
sue of the Bth inst., says:
"The whole subject is a dead issue,
and in passing from theory to prac
tice we are glad it is so near a solu
tion. If the African race in the South
ern States were on a par with the col
ored people as we find then among
us, we should have little fear of the
result. We have no more prejudice
against a man on account of the color
of his skin than the color of his coat.
We have watched with interest the
course of life of the colored people of
this State, and, so far as we have been
able to determine; they are well qualifi
ed to vote and are clearly entitled to
that privilege. They are industrious,
temperate, law-abiding, and 'intelli—
gent.".
EThe Scranton I?epublican. says:
—"A good many people who are
opposed to monopolies will be asked to
vote for Asa Packer - for Governor.—
This wealthy 'gentleman' is not only
President of • the Lehigh Valley mo
nopoly, but he is' a 'director of the
Jersey Central and Morris and Essex
and thus directly interested in the
dominant interests of the Lackawan
na Valley. Anybody who . votes for
him in the hope of striking a bio - W at
overshadowing: corporate interests will
commit a grievouS error. 1 If there is
a man in Pennsylvania who more than
another embodies the idea that the
interests of consolidated capital are
opposed to those of the general pub
lic and of the laboring classes, that
man is Asa Packer. With him in
stalled at Harrisburg, the railroad
company would have everything their
own way."
MEEK's "little dutch villain " of
the Centre Hall Reporter, FRED.
KURTZ, says we called him an "ass."
Not so, FRED. We said nine._., Ass—
i-9, was the word. Forsteigh sell,
FRED
From the Pitedbarg Commercial.
Asa Packer--His Course During The
War And Since.
The critical readers of our paper
ought to be pretty well posted in re
gard to the antecedents . of the Demo
cratic nominee for Governor. We
have now, however, procured some
new evidence of his skill in eluding
taxation, but will very briefly notice
the points heretofore made before fur
nishing our readers with it. .Asa Pack
er was one of the thirty-five anti-Doug
las delegates from Penn'a to the Na
tionalDemoeraticConvention in April,
1860, and during that memorable con
vention at Charleston, Baltimore and
Richmond,did everything in his power
to disrupt the Democratic party and
bring on the rebellion headed by Jeff.
Davis & Co.
As has been fully explained by
Captain F. H. Rauch, and not denied
by any one, Mr. Packer bolted the
nomination of Douglas and zealously
supported Breckinridge and Lane in
1860. His influence during the war
was entirely with the Copperheads ;
all his surroundings were of the ex
cremest pro-slavery character. Val
landigham, when driven from home
by the loyalty of the Buckeye State,
sought refuge on the banks of. the
Lehigh,and at the home of this same
Asa Packer. At a still later period,
when the Confederacy was crumbling
beneath sturdy blows inflicted by the
Union arms, he went to Europe to
avoid seeing the miseries inflicted
upon his rebel friends.
In filling the Union army, the pon
derous legal opinion of his special
friend, Judge Woodward, failed to
set aside the acts of Congress, .and
the inexorable draft wont on. To avoid
it Carbon county had to resort to
bOunties to volunteers, and of course
a bounty tax had to be assessed.. The
assessing under the solemnity of an
oath, estimated the personal proper
ty of Aaa Packer, not at $20,000,000,
but at $1,000,000. The fifteenth sect
ion of the act of May, 1841, gave him
the right of appeal to the County
Commissioners of Carbon county, who
in that case would have heard his own
atatement under oath, and reduced
the valuation accordingly. The law
gave him this right. His own person
al, political friends were the adminis
trators of the law. Did he, like an
honest man,seek redress in this way?
Thousands have had resort to this
simple and efficacious remedy of a
wrong: No ! He pretended that he
had removed to Phil'a,—was as he
said, domiciled at the Merchants'
Hotel, 'in that city=. - His taxes for
bounty, -school, horough, county and
State purposes amounted to $32,500.
A goodly - sum we admit, but only as
the same' rate the poorest miner in
his employ paid on his property. Asa
Packet's house, furniture,farnily,aye.
himself, too, to all appearances, re
mained at Mauch Chunk, as they had
done for thirty years before. His own
political friends could not see this
trumped- up keno oval as a genuine one,
and refused to abate his taxation.
The case went to Court. Two law
firms were retained to enforce the col
lection by the county and borough
authorities. This resulted in a com
promise, by which he engaged to pay
the taxes of 1867, and the authorities
let him off in the future,on the ground
of his payment of his personal taxes
in Philadelphia.
We have before us the certificate of
Mr.W.F. Smith, that he has carefully
examined the assessments of the Sixth
ward,Philadelphia, where Mr. Pack
er claims his residence is, from 1864
to 1869, and that Asa Packer's name
only appears for one year, to wit:
1867-8. The other five years arc all
blanks. In 1867-S his name appears
on the tax list as follows: First, his
salary as railroad president, $,2,800;
second, money at interest, $13,500;
third, gold watches, $2. The whole
tax would probably be $32 50, instead
of $32,500 at Mauch Chunk. And
having accomplished his purpose by
gating off the assessor's books at his
own proper home, he mysteriously
disappears from the tax records of
Philadelphia, and since this twenty
millionaire is a wandering carpet
bagger, and pays taxes nowhere.
This, however, is not the whole of
the exhibit. We have also before us,
as we write, the certificate of James
N. Kerns that Asa Packers's return
to the Assessor of the United states
for internal taxes is one gold watch
and some silver plate, the tax upon
which amounted to the exormous
sum of $8 95. This bloated bond
holder, "worth over . $20,000,000," as
the Chairman of the Democratic
Committee certified to his Allegheny
County Committee two days since,
pays no personal taxes in Pennsyl
vania, and only $8 95 to the United
States internal Revenue. If he did
not hurt the rebels much during the
war, certainly he will not help the
soldiers and sailors mush during peace.
Asa Packer's friends boast that he
gave a half million to his church for
a .college, and that he gave $20,000
annually to run the party machine in
the State,. and this year is to give
them one hunlred thousind to elect
him Governor, and yet all that ever
rumor has credited him with contrib
uting to put down the rebellion is the
paltry sum of $5O, though for two
years past he has not paid one cent of
personal tax to the borough, county
or State wherein he resides, and only
the paltry sum of $3 95 to the United
States. These certificates are left at
the office of the Commercial to be
seen by any Democrat who questions
them statements.
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The Sectional Democrat
The Frankfort (Ky.) Yeoman, a
paper as antediluvian in its propensi
ties as the better class of Democratic
journals in Pennsylvania, calls the
Louisville Courier and Journal to ac
count for showing symptoms of good
sense by calling public attention to the
disease-stricken character of the Dem
ocratic party. With a horrified air the
Yeoman inquires:
Does it mean to be understood as
saying that the Democratic party now
has no common ground to stand upon ;
or that the highest measure ofjust lib
erality does not extend to all its parts?
That the party at present has no pol
icy, or, at least, no national policy?
And that, as a national organization,
the party is so far behind the "spirit
of the age," that the intelligence of
the country cannot organize under its
banner? If it does not mean these
things, what, we ask again does it
mean ?
Whereupon the Courier administers
solace by saying that it does "in part
mean these things," but prefers to
state them in its own way. In its own
way, then, it proceeds : "The Democ
racyhas,at the present timeno common
ground to stand on, and presents no
policy that can be called national."
Then comes a very natural glorifica—
tion of this party with "no common
ground," and with "no policy that
can be called national," wherein it is
claimed to .be liberal. But as if in
hasty repentance for the extravagant
claim,the eulogy winds up thus: "But
to the extent that some of its parti
tions cling to the dry bones and dead
languages of a former political gener
ation, it is "behind the spirit of the
age,' "
At the risk of having the Courier
lampooned by every pre-Adamite jour
nal in Pennsylvania, we give its evi
dence of this want of 'common ground'
and "nationality :"
" Take the negro question. Is the
Democracy united on that? In Missis
sippi, in Massachuse Its, and in Ten
nessee, the Democratic or Conserva—
tive elements are committed to negro
suffrage. In Kentucky the negro is
not even allowed to testify in the
courts. Take the finances. Do they
furnish common ground for the Dem
ocracy to stand on ? We find the East
ern wing of the party committed to a
policy that is absolutely rejected in the
West, whilst at the South repudia
tion outright is the prevailing senti
ment."
The next announcement is such a
Bru:us thrust at the proscriptive and
intolerant proclivities of the party, es
pecially in the South, that we won
der at the temerity of the Courier.
Perhaps the "Regulators" have some
thing to do with this seeming neces
sity for free discussion. No, we ;he
the Courier credit for genuineness,
and shall look to it to see that here
after the -right to entertain and ex
press an opinion, in Kentucky espe
cially, .is not a cause for immediate
ostracism, if that opinion happens to
conflict with the Azoic Democracy.
But we give the words:. "The Re
publicans derive a great advantage
from the freedom with which their
newspapers discuss internal questions
of policy. Hitherto the Ochnocratic
press has stuck too close under the
shadow of the mouldering wall which
marks the existence of its past glory."
"These things" lose none of their
suggestiveness when transferred from
Kentucky to Penn's, for nothing can
be more obsolete than the Packerite
philosophy. It is as barren of princi
ple as the rocks of Terra del Fuego
are of verdure. Without nationality,
without common ground,without any
thing invigorating and manly, the
Democracy are here running a bro
ken-down machine on the expectation
of a handsome dividend from a twen
ty million purse.
SIXTY times was Major General J.
W. GEARY under fire,and he was nev
er defeated when in command. In one
of the fiercest battles of the war, his
first-born son was shot down near him .
but he never faltered, His field-ser
vice was of the hardest kind from the
opening to the close of the war.
Now let us have AsA PACKER'S rec
ord. Where did he expose his pre
cious person— -on the field? How much,
if any, of his $20,000,000 went to sup
port the Government when imperilled
by traitors and rebels ?
How can soldiers set with a party
whose standard-bearer is AsA PACK
ER ? And how can the Watch7naii
implore its readers to vote for soldiers
on the Democratic county ticket, and
in the very same breath denounce that
gallant soldier—Gen. JOHN W. QEA
RY ?
te—The Boston Transcript says:—
"The Republican party has been se
verely criticised and condemned for
maintaining martial law in the South
at the time of its greatest disturbance
since the war, when outrages and
murders were constantly occurring.—
Horatio Seymour and John T. Hoff
man were among the fiercest declaim
ers against Republican usurpation
in this regard. Yet at the first indi.
cation of trouble between the employ
ees of two railroads, Governor Hoff-
Man threatens to put the whole dis
trict, where the disturbance occurs,
under martial law."
THE Light in which the Southern
people regard the Chinese movement
is shown by a paragraph in the Sa—
vannah Republican which coolly re
marks that " some fifteen hundred"
Chinamen have been ordered through
the" agency here, chiefly by citizens
and planters along the coast." What's
the difference between " ordering"
fifteen hundred black men from Africa
and the same number of yellow men
from China ?
Tha-The Alexandria . (Va.) Gazette
of last Tuesday says : "We have a
report from Richmond that there is
a talk in political circles there of a
proposed `fusion' of the present po—
litical committees—by each of these
committees choosing five more mem
bers, constituting what is to be called
the'Grant Republican Committee for
the State,' and they to request as
many of the elected members of the
Legislature as will be necessary to
make a quorum to resign,so that men
may be elected who will take the oath.
Then for this 'quorum' to meet,
pass the fifteenth amendment, elect
United States Senators, and adjourn
until Congreis meets and ratifies the
action. We give this scheme as re—
ported.' It is in agitation, no doubt."
re... Gov. Geary has reduced the
State debt at the rate of a million
dollars a year, since he was Governor,
notwithstanding the State tax has
been entirely taken off real estate.
In the five months that Gen. Gran t
has been I'reEident he has reduced
the national debt $40,000,000.
Did anybody ever hear of the COD
perhead party reducing a State or
National debt? We should like to be
pointed to the instance. Under John
:on the taxes were heavier than they
are under Grant,but Democratic rings
and plunderers in general stole the
greater part of it in excess of the le
gitimate expenses of running the gov
ernment.
It is now stated that General
Canby made known to the Walkor
party in Virginia, previous to the
late election, that he would consider it
his duty to enforce the test oath in
the admission of members of the Leg
islature. Tic did this that they might
choose candidates understandingly,
but the leaders of that party, with
extraordinary duplicity, suppressed
the knowledge and proceeded to sup
port men who could not take the
oath. General Canby, will now act as
shall be resolved upon at Washington.
ta—The Detroit Free Press (Demo
cratic) deems it already settled that
no party can succeed in the next
Presidential election without inscrib
ing upon its banner universal am
nesty; and probably universal suff
rage, a tariff for purposes of revenue
and not prOtedtion, a' speedy return
to specie pnyments, and a most rigidly
honest, faithful and economical:ad
ministration of the Government, to
the end that taxes may be largely
diminished.
NEW APVEIZTESIOTENIS
kY,
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This INPAILIDLE REMEDY (foes Our, Ilse
the poisonous irritating snuffs and s:r
caustic solutions with which the people h
long been humbusrged, simply palliate for a
short time, or drive the disease to the lu spa,
as there is danger of doing in the use of such
nostrums, bvt if:produces PERFECT AND PER
MANENT CURES OF THE WORST CASES 61•'
CHRONIC CA7A.RRII, as thousands can testify.
''Cra.n IN THE HEAD" is cured with a few ap
plications. CATARRHAL HEADACHE is re
leaved and cured as if by magic. It removes
offensive I.areath, Loss or Impairment of the
sense of taste, smell or hearing; Waterin , f or
Weak Eyes, and Impained Memory, when
caused by the violence of Catarrh, as they
all frequently are. We offer in good faith a
standing reward of $51.1.1. for a case of
Catarrh that we cannot cure.
rOR SALE BY MOST DRUGGISTS EV-
RRYWHERE.
PRICE ONLY PIPIT CENTS
Ask your druggist for the REMEDY, but if
be has not yet got it on sale, don't be pile, off
by acceptingnny miserable worse than worth
less substitute, but enclose sixty cents to me,
and the Remedy will be sent you post pa id.
Four packages $2,00, or one cozen for sb,oo.
Send a two cent stamp for Dr. Sage's pam
phlet en Catarrh. Address the Proprietor,
B. 1. PIERCE, M.
fe2 BUFFALO, N. Y.
O NE DOLLAR BAITED
IS A DOLLAR MADE
This can be done by going to
ZIMMERMAN BRO'S & CU'S
No. 11, Bush's Arcade, Bellefonte, Pa
SUMMER DRESS GOODS AT COST !
Calicoes 121 cents per yard.
Muslins and everything else Cheap. They
hase constantly on hand, the best
assortment of flue
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
in the Market
We are Agents for the justly celebrated
American Button Hole Overseaming aml
Sewing Machine.
This machine is now admitted to be the
BEST IN THE MARKET
It is durable, the principle part of the ma-
chinery being made of the finest
ENGLISII STEEL. It is SIMPLE,CON-
VENIENT, and the LIGTE ST RIJN-
Machine made
Price of Combination Machnic with
cover, $75,00
Price of Plain Machine,without hut
ton-hole attachment, with cover,.. $60,00
Every machine warranted, and instructions
free. Give them a call
ZIMMERMAN BROS. & CO
sep tB-ly
N AILS, all °iZCS and kinds, at
IRWIN WILSON'S.d
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
TN THE ORPHANS' COURT OF OEN
tre.County.
Estata of Casper Peters, dee'd. Petition
of Thomas Whippo for specific performance
of contract.
The undersigned a commissioner appoint
ed to take testimony in the above case,will
meet the parties for the purpose of taking
said testimony, at his office in Bellefonte,on
Friday the Ist day of October, A. D., 1369,
at 10 o'clock, a. In., and continue from day
to day until said testimony is taken.
JESSE }CLINGER,
Com missioner.
septS'69-3t
F OR SALE.
PURE BRED HOGS AND FOWLS.
WINTER SEED WHEAT
And other FARM SEEDS, From DEITZ'S
EXPERIMENTAL FARM, Chambersburg, Pa.
Diehl's and Boughton Beardless; Week's
and Treadwell's Beardless White Wheats ;
French White and Red Chaff; Purple Straw
Bearded Mediterranean, and German Am
ber Beardless, aro the best, earliest,hardiest
and most productive Wheats that can be
reccommended for general cultivation.—
Price $5 per bushel. 4 pounds of any kind
by Mail, post paid, $L Twenty heads of
different varieties sent post paid, for sl.
T wen ty other varieties of Wheat,Barley and
Oats, of last year's importation. See Delta's
Experimental Farm Journal ; send and sub
scribe fot it; only $1 50 per year; the most
useful Journal printed. Address
GEO. A. DEITZ, Chambersburg, Pa.
The Earliest, Hardiest, and most productive
Red Wheat is the French White Chaff.
sentS 4t
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Letters of Administration on the
cstate,ofJno. Bailcy,late of Furguson town
ship, deceased, having been granted to tho
undersigned, all persor s knowing themselves
indebted to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment, and those having claims
against the same, to present them duly
authenticated by law for settlement.
JOHN OLIVER.
A clm' rs
ang2s'll9-61.
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Letters of Administration on the estate
of Susan M. Mitchel),late of Harris tp.,dec'd
having been granted to the undersigned, all
persons knowing themselves indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate pa
ment. and those having claims against th
sit m- , to pre en t them duly autrienticat, d
by law for settlement.
nuglB'69 6t
T LIE WINCHESTER RIFLE(IB shots,)
SPENCER'S WESSON'S
and other
BREECH LOADING RIFLE' AND SHOT GUNS
DOUBLE AND SINGLE RIFLES,
Shot Guns, Revolvers and other Pistols
Also, Repairing done
AT DESCHNER'S GUN SHOP,
Bush's Arcade, High Se., Bellefunts,.Pa.
augll'69-Iy.
MC, DRAWING AND PAINTING
111. SCHOOL.
31tts. 31. S. DILIIIA.3I
- -
having been a tecessful teacher of Vocal
:411 ln....truniental Music—Piano. Mclodian.
0.-gan and thoruugh Bass—Painting and
Drawing, for the last twelve years, is now
prepared to admit a few more scholars to
her school, upon reasonable terms.
Having recently re"eiveel a splendid now
of a celebrated Boston manufacture.
which,pupils not having in itruments of their
own to practice in, ean have the use of.
Thankful fur theliberal patronage here
tofore.peciyed,.t.lic hopeo_ tomorika contin
uance of the same. ItooniS up one flight el
stairs, over Centre Co. -Banking lIouse; en
Allegheny street. Also, agent for all kinds
of good Musical Instruments. Address, or
call on her at her rooms, at Bellefonte, Pa.
jy21 . 69-tf." •
MEAT MARKET
N. W. Cur. Diamond, opposite Court louse
BELLEFONTE, PENN'A
JESSE MORGAN,
Would respectfully call the attention of: the
citizen.: of Bellefonte and vicinity, to these
perior quality of
FRESH MEAT !
Constantly to bo found on band
BEEF,
FORK
MUTTON,
VEAL,
POULTRY, Sc ,
ja6'69.tf.
always on hand
TAX PAYERS READ AND RF
-111 MI BER.—The undersigned, Treas
urer of the Board of School Directors of the
Borough of Bellefonte, hereby gives notice
the School Duplicate of said Borough has
been placed iu his hands for Collection, in
accordance with the provisions of the Act of
Assembly, approved April 21, 1869, entitled
"An Act relating to the collection of School
Tax in the School Districts of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania," and that he'will
Meet the tax payers of said Borough at his
Store Room, on Allegheny street, on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th, 1869
next, for the purpose of receiving their
School Taxes.
All persons making payment en raid day
or within one month thereafter, will be en
titled to a deduction of five per centum; those
1 eying within one month thereafter, will re
ceive no abatement, and on the 26th, day of
November, next, 5 per cent. will be added
to all School Taxes remaining unpaid, and
the same will bo placed in the hands of a
collector. WILLIAM .McCLELLAN,
septE6D-tf, Treasurer.
ORPHAN'S COURT SALE
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
[Estate of George Foust, Deceased.]
By virtue of an order of the Orphan's Court
of Centre county, there will be exposed to
Public Sale, on the premises, en the Seven
Mountains, Potter tp., on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2d, 1569,
A tract of improved land adjoining lands
of Drinker's heirs on the North; Cox's heirs
on the South, containing
212 ACRES, .110 RE OR LESS, •
having thereon erected a large new frame
Tavern House, Barn, Stables, and other out
houses; with never-failing water at the door,
an orchard of choice fruit; about 70 acres
cleared and in good state of cultivation, the
residue well timbered with pine. ice., and
known as the Cammeron tract. The Belle
fonte and Lewistown Turnpike passes thro'
this tract in front of the buildings, and the
Milroy and Bellefonte Railroad as surveyed
and will be located,passes through this tract
convenient to the main bui:ding. This tract
holds out great inducements to capitalists.
Also, one other tract of Timber Land, sur
veyed in the warrantee name of "John
Brown," adjoining the Cammeron tract,
Drinker's heirs, and others, containing
412 ACRES, MORE 01? LESS,
This tract is well timbered with pine and
of the first quality, and convenient to saw
mills. Title to those lands indisputable.
TER3IS OF SALE :—The widow's thirds to
remain in the land during her natural life,
the interest to be paid annually to said wid
ow, and at her death, her share or principle
to be paid to those legally entitled thereto.
One-third of the purchase money to be paid
on the confirmation of said sale, and the res
idue two annual payments with interest, to
be secured by bond and morgage.
J. G. CARSON, Acting Atha's..
Potter tp., sept.P69-4t.
1 .,.'
JAS. GLENN.
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