BKffFOaD, PA., FEIDAY, APEIL 44, 1868.
STATE TICKET.
AUDITOR GENERAL :
GEN. JOHN F. HARTKANFT,
OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
SrBVETOB GENERAL:
Cn.. JACOB M. CAMPBELL,
OF CAMBRIA COL"NTT,
IMPEACHMENT.
On Monday the Impeachment Managers
closed the testimony in the case. The evi
idence being all in, there remains now, but
the discussion, which will occupy several
days, and then the finding of the verdict by
the Senate, which may occupy a few days
more. By the first ot May we may reason
ably expect to know, definitely, the result
of the first Presidential Impeachment.
Mr. Boutwell opened the argument on
behalf of the Managers, which was to have
begun on Wednesday. The arguments for
the defence will then be made by Stanberry
ttU vl ritaibS) "Leu Ovum-VI *-
half of the Managers will close the
argument, and the case will be left
with the Senate. Will the President be
found guilty is the question now asked by
every one who feels any interest in either
the present or future welfare of the nation.
From the most cursory glance at the evi
dence on both sides, supposing that every
Senator does his duty, without fear or fa
vor, no one can doubt the decision of the
august tribunal, before which lie is ou trial.
A clear case of deliberate violation of the
plaiu letter of tho law in defiance of both
the letter and spirit of the Constitution, and
the plainly expressed will of Congress and
the people, has been proven agaiust him
from the plainest and most incontrovertible
of record evidence. The defence has not
even attempted to refute the evidence. The
most they have attempted has been to ex
plain, not that he did not, but why he did,
violate and defy the plain letter of the law,
which it was his sworn duty to execute
The President's copper-head friends were
quito elated a day or two ago, that such ev
idence had been admitted, and predicted at
ODce that it was a sign that tho President
would be aequk-tod This was a very rash
jnmp at a most unwarrantable conclusion.
The very attempt to explain why he did
violate tho law, is a clear admission of his
guilt, and must be so construed by all sen
sible men. It is true that the President's
coußSelhave been permitted to give in cvi- j
dence, matter that would Dever for a mo
ment have been allowed in any Court of law
in the land. This leniency toward the crim
inal on trial, is not to be taken as any evi
dence of an intent on the part of the Sen
ate to acquit him; but rather asa precaution
that when he is found guilty and removed,
even the most captious shall have no just or
reasonable cause of complaint, that lie bad
not a fuli and fair bearing. It is due alone
to the magnanimity ul £tie Senate, ami uui
to any merit in tbe case of the criminal.
Andrew Johnson stands to day before the
people of the United States, and indeed the
whole wcrld, convicted of high crimes and
misdemeanors, and the form of announcing
tho verdict and penalty alone remains to be
complied with by the Senate. In the hon
est and fearless discharge of duty, its mem
bers can do nothing less. If that verdict is
not rendered and speedily carried into cxc
cation, it will be alone because the men on
whom the high official duty devolves, fail
of the integrity and courage to conscien
tiously discharge it. The Republican mem
bers of the Senate have, to their credit be
h said, differed on minor points in deciding
upon the conduct of the trial, and admissi
bility of evidence, wbtle the oppositon have
continually voted solid. : . favor of every
question that seemed to have the least bear
ing in favor of the President. The only
construction to be put upon conduct like
this, is that one side is actuated by an hon
est desire and determination to discharge
their high duty impartially, while the oth
er has never for a moment been able to rise
Above a narrow partizan view of their duties
and responsibilities. When it comes to the
final decision we liavo no doubt they will be
equal to the occasion, and have the courage
to quit themselves, as men in their high po
sition should, and consign Andrew Johnson
to the disgraceful oblivion he deserves. But
wo be to the man who falters, and. fails to
meet tbe requirements of his sworn duty as
a Senator, and a sworn Juror in the High
Court of Impeachment. 'Twere better for
any such that he had never emerged from
the obscurity of private life. The Presi
dent has utterly failed in his defence, and
there will bo no shadow of an excuse for any
one to votft tor tie b<y|uiital.
THE GETTYSBURG LOTTERY swindle lias
at last collapsed, those who have invested
in the concern may l>e interested to know,
that their money has been given, not to aid
a patriotic cause, or a benevolent enterprise,
but, to fill the pockets of a set of men,
whose only object was to filch from the
foolish and unwary, by inducing them to
believe that they might obtain large prizes
by giving a very meagre sum towards an os
tensibly benevolent and patriotic enter
prise. We refused to publish their adver
tisement, and warned our readers in ad
vance that it was a swindle. If any of them
have invested in the concern and lost their
money, it was because their avarice led
them to disregard our caution. And now
we would caution our readers generally,
never to invest their money in gift enter
prizes and lotteries. They are swindles ev
ery one, and the truly benevolent never re
sort to any such immoral means to obtain
support for charitable or benevolent insti
tutions. They who really and honestly wish
to assist such institutions, can find plenty of
places to give it directly into the handg of
those who will devote it to its proper use
And they who wish to replenish their own
pockets, by hypocritically giving a small
sum towards some benenevolent enterprise
in the hope of receiving a much larger
amount in return, deserve to bo cheated out
uf what they give, and disappointed in what
they h ope to receive
HOW THE THING WAS DONE.
The trial of the contested election case in
the Luzerne Senatorial District, elicited
some rich things and furnished a striking
illustration of the imnncr in which immense
Copperhead majorities are sometimes very
suddenly and unexpectedly rolled up. Sena
tor Wallace, Chairman of the Copperhead
state central Committee, is supposed to un
derstand this business perfectly. It i= barely
possible he has sent his recipe up to Con
necticut. If so it will account for the ijucer
anomaly of the Cops carrying the Governor
and losing the Legislature, as the excess in
these cases occurs all in oue or two places
and docs not affect the result by districts.
It was clearly proven that through the uc
tivity and energy of Senator W allaee's aids
they succeeded in stealing the dies of the
County seal of Luzerne County and affixing
the seal to thousands of forged naturaliza
tion papers which were afterward hawked
about the streets at $1.73 each. No doubt
these forged papers have been scattered
broadcast over the state and are depended
ou by the Copperhead leaders to assist them
immensely in their effort to carry the state
next fall. A man by the name of Michael
0 Meara seems to have been one of their
chief instruments in bringing in these for
-1 cigners, employes u|>on the railroad, and
voting enough of thorn on the forged nat
nn)inti* noiwrc f_o crrv the (bitriff
When the investigation began it became
necessary to get O'Meara out of the way
and bow it was done is shown in the follow
ing evidence of Rev. Thomas Tracy before
the Committee:
Thomas Tracy, sworn —1 am the priest in
charge of tho congregation at Clearfield: 1
did pay Michael O'Meara S3OO beiore tbe in
vestigation commenced; it was in his own
house at Clearfield, in the evening, about a
week beforj the trial: in consideration of it
he was to leave the State, and to remain
absent for three months; Mr. O'Gorman, the
boss of Collins on the railroad, gave me tbe
money tc, give him for that purpose: I had
conversations with the man who gave me the
money: no other party had knowledge of the
transaction that I know of; 1 had correspon
dence t nth Mr. Wallace on the subject oj get
tiny him to leave the State; I understand that
he W:MJ to remain out until after this trial
should cease: he is tbe only perspn that knew
of the transaction that I am aware of: he was
the only one that gave me any money or au
thorized me to give any: he said, as regards
hiraself, he would not give any, as it was not
necessary: 1 saw O'Gorman within two weeks
at Clearfield; I know James Collins, have
reen him about two months ago; I do not know
from whom the money came that O'Gorman
paid me: the Mr. Wallace I mentioned tras
Senator Wallace, the Chairman of the Demo-
I cratic State Central Committee.
This is but a small part of the evidence
of a similar character elicited by the Com
mittee iu their investigation. In a single
election district in Centre county, no less
than 00 persons voted on these forged nat
uralization papers, purporting to have been
issued at the .September Session of the
Luzerne County Court. In the examination
before the committee the Prothonatorv tes
tified that of these 00 voters, on compari
son with his naturalization record of thai
date, not a naturalization paper was
issued to a single person among the CO
named. As a further evidence of their
recklessness and desperation, one of the wit
nesses brought to Harrisburg to testify in
the ease was brutally murdered, in cold
Uat. • Boon as he returned home nthors
begged piteously that their names should
not be made public as their property aud
lives would be greatly endangered thereby.
Such is a small part of the record of Cop
perhead fraud, crime and bloodshed delib
erately inaugurated in a peaceful com
munity, for the purpose of carrying a sena
torial district. What a comment upon the
intelligence, liberality and honesty, of men
who call themselves the leaders of the
white man's party. Union men both white
and black "arc being daily murdered in the
1 South for the same purpose and by the same
party. For ferretiDg out and punishing the
participators in such crimes, Andy Johnson
removed every Union General in the South,
and for the same reason he and his Cop
perhead allies now defame and abuse both
Meade and Grant.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGISLA
TURE.
The General Assembly of Pennsylvania
adjourned sine die on the 13th inst. After
a somewhat protraeted session, a large
number of bills have been passed, some
good, some indifferent and others of a still
more doubtful character. No amount of
watchfulness can entirely keep out bills of
a doubtful character, but there has often
been too much carelessness on this point
oc the part of those who have been other
wise willing to do their duty. In this mat
ter we think the session just closed has
been a decided improvement on some past
sessions. A large number of local and pur
sonal bills have been passed about the mer
its of which we can know but little, but in
regard to the general laws passed the Re
publican members can go home to their
constituents feeling that they have kept
their pledges and done their duty in giving
them a Free Railroad Law and a Registry
Bill, that will be productive of a vast
amount of good, the one by increasing the
facilities for building railroads and tlio other
in purifying the ballot-box. The general
call for retrenchment in public expenditure
has not gone unheeded and in both the leg
islation and administration of the affairs of
the state the Republican party in the past
two or three years has exercised an economy
that has resulted in a large reduction of the
state debt and at the same time removed
some ol the most burthensome of the taxes,
under which our people have labored for
many years.
TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE ON A BURNING
. ~r' l hc steamboat Sea Bird, which
left Milwaukee, Wis., on Wednesday night,
the Bth inst.. was burned to the water's edge
the next morning when off Waukegan, on
Lake . lichigan. Some fifty passengers
! Perished in the flames or in the lake. Only
three survivors remain to tell the story of the
catastrophe. On the breaking out of the
fire no effort was made to stop the engine.
Hie motion of the vessel made the conflagra
tion so rapid that the boats could not be
lowered in time, It is also reported that
owing to this gross carelessness, the boat
ran away from aschooner which, had the
engine been stoped at the first alarm, could
have approached her on the windward side
within a few minutes. In consequence, the
Inspector at Chicago has decided to issue
an order to the engineers of all steamers on
the lake, to stop their engines on the in
wuL 5 re a,arm < without awaiting
an v mt j* Start tl,em a ß ain without
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
In less than thirty days the Republican
National Convention will assemble in Chi
cago, for the purpose of placing candidates
for President and V'kse President, in nomi
nation, to be supported at the approaching
Presidential election, bv the men who main
tained the national honor, when assailed
by traitor hands. Have the Republicans of
the country fully weighed the great impor
tance of this Convention? Let it be re
membered that it will be the first Republi
can Convention after the trial of our Re
publican institutions, in the terrible ordeal
of civil war, and all the complications grow
iug out of it. The first after the over-throw
of slavery; the first alter the assassination
of a Chief Magistrate; the first after the
apo.-tacy of Andrew Johnson; the first after
a long and tyubulcnt conflict between the
President and the Representatives of the
people, and the first after t he Impeachment
of a President. In four short years we have
passed through au epoch iu our history
which has developed infancy into the stal
wart form of mature manhood. Tho strides
which we have made have been the strides
ofa giant. Are the Republicans prepared
to keep pace and to realiic fully the
hopes of the friends- of democratic insti
tutions throughout the world? No half
IT-OV 1)0 l£Hlinri>nii*e hotweer
the Convention of fur years ago and
I the present, will do. The Convention must
act for the present and the future, without
j any reference to the past. Tho truckling
I politician who thinks of nothing but fatoffi
oes lot himself and lriends, should be taught
| that the people demand measures in accord- I
j ance with the spirit of the age in which we
live. It is not necessary that policy should
be entirely ignored; wise measures, brimful!
j of patriotism and the principles enunciated
j by our forefathers four score and twelve
i years ago, with Gen. I lyases S. Grant as the
i nominee for President, will sweep the coun
try from Maine to Texas, and from Califor
I nia to Florida, without a break in the wave
| of triumph.
The Republican party has a bright I'uture
iu store if its representative men will only
appreciate tho greatness of the trust repo
sed in them. They have the elements of a
great nation, whose dominion almost covens
a continent, to conciliate, and it can be done
if only wisdom prevails in this great Coun
cil. We hope to hear of no backward steps,
no halting between the present and the past,
but a bold and determined movement to
to the front, which will Pave the Democrat
ic party where it has been for ten years,
merely skirmishing with our rear guard.
A GRAIN OF < II LUC H POLITICS.
A correspondent of the Lutheran and
Missionary, writes as follows from Baltimore
concerning the difficulties in the Methodist
Church in that City and the manner in
which the Methodist Episcopal Church
South have attempted to get control oi
Churches and property of the Methodist
Episcopal Church throughout tire whole
State of Maryland:
Our state politics, in general, will be ofno
interest to your readers, but I wish to
allude to one fact, touching church affairs,
in which all religious people feel some
Tau are doubtless aware that the Metho
dist Episcopal Church South has got a pret
ty extensive foothold in this city, and has
materially damaged some of the regular
Methodist congregations. These Southern
ers have sent here some of their most able
men, (and they have not a few eloquent and
earnest men,) and the result is, that they
have established several stroDg congrega
s tions. and built some costly houses of wor
i ship. Hundreds of what we call Seccsh
, Methodists have joined tbcm, and they are
[ constantly receiving accessions from that
! numerous party. Many still remain in the
' old communion but probably only wiih
the intent of doing mischief by stirring up
. strife, and finally of acquiring a majority.
But even with a majority they could not
1 Blienate the property, which, L believe, is
i deeded, not to those who paid for it, but to
the Bishop, or the Conference. The Seeesh
) have recently had a bill before the Legisla
ture, which was passed, and which gave
power to any five members to call a meeting
, of the church, which meeting could oust the
incumbents, and dispose of the property as
j the majority pleased. This roused the
"brethren," and the whole Methodist hive
was in a state of buzzingexcitcment. Strong
delegations were sent to Annapolis, an it is
> now said that the Governor has withheld his
I signature from the bill.
I he bill passed by the Geueral Assembly,
, affecting church property, excited more in
terest in the public mind throughout the
State than any matter of legislation that has
engaged public attention for a long time.
This interest has arisen uot alone from the
fact that the effect of the bill would be to
unsettle all church property, trusteeships,
and open the door to wide spread ecclesias
tical revolution, wherever five disaffected
persons might be found in one church, but
more especially from the fact that the advo
cates of the bill, in both houses of the Gener
al Assembly, as well as the multitude of paid
lobbyists outside, openly and emphatically
declared that it was intended to damage the
largest ecclesiastical body in the State—the
Methodist Episcopal Church—and promote
he interests of the smallest—Methodist
Episcopal Church South.
1 he measure was carefully concocted and
shaped by hired lobbyists, the contract with
whom was that they should see the bill put
through with the least possible delay, and
under a mask that should conceal from the
public its despicable features. Hence, in the
published proceedings, the only record that
went to the newspapers was "A hill relat
ing to Religious Corporations.'' Thus, wit h
seeming innocence was announced the birth
of the serpent within whose coils the Metho
dist Episcopal Church in Maryland was ex
pected to be crushed.
IMPEACHMENT.
In the Impeachment trial, on Wednesday
of last week, at which time we closed our
report, the Senate laid on the table Mr.
Sumner's amendment to the rules, propos
ing to allow counsel on both sides to print
and file arguments before the final argu
ment of the prosecution. Other proposi
tions favoring the granting of further time
for speeches than that allowed by the rules,
were all voted down, as well as a motion
that tho Senate meet hereafter at eleven,
instead of twelve o'clock. The triai was
then resumed, notwithstanding the absence
of Mr. Stanbery, Mr. Evarts stating that
the Pre eident's counsel would occupy the
day with the presentation of documentary
testimony. They then offered President
Johnson's message of the 24tb of February
to the Senate, in reply to the resolution of
that body declaring that Secretary Stanton's
removal was in violation of the Constitution
and laws of Congress.
On Thursday following the incidents in
the progress jf the trial yesterday were not
important no- specially interesting. At the
openiog of tie Court Senator Sumner nub- j
mitted a proposition setting forth that the
Senate are th judges of the law and the
facts, and thatin impeachment trials there
is a freedom of latitude and xclusion of
technical objecfxms, and that, therefore, all
evidence offered on either hide, not of a tri
vial or irrelevrpt character, should he re
ceived. The proposition was laid o* the
table by a vote of yeas 33, nays 11. Mr.
Stanbcrry was not present, but the counsel
for the defence announced their readiness to
proceed with the examination of their wit ;
nesses. Nearl; the whole day was occupied
in the examination of two witnesses, Messrs.
Walter 8. Cox and Richard T. Merrick,
lawyers of the District, and engaged as
eounsel for the President and General
Thomas. The object sought in introducing
their testimony was to prove certain facts
in regard to the arrest of General Thomas
at the suit of Mr. Stanton, and ah-o as to
the President'! alleged purpose to get out
a writ o t'auo tmrranto to test Mr. Stanton s
right to the War Office and the constitu
tionality of the Civil Tenure law.
The Senate on Friday adopted an order
that for the future the Court will meet at
eleven o'clock each day. Mr. otanberywa*
again absent. All the members of the Cab
incnt were present, having been summoned
as witnesses by the defence. The examiua
-1 tion of witnesses was resumed, and several
gave evidence concerning Mr. Johnson s
speech at Cleveland in denunciation of Con
gress. Secretary Welles was then exam in
ed. His testimony was in relation to llo
in formation ho had given '''V 1
w. hH the dtspo
silion of troops lu Washington by General
Emory. Mr.nager Butler objected to Mr.
Welles giviig the particulars of an inter
view lietweej the President and himself on
the day of fleneral Lorenzo Thomas' ap
pointment. During the discussion between
the eounsel and the Managers upon the ad
mission of this question, Mr. Evarts said
that the counsel for the defence proposed to
prove that at the Cabinet meeting of the
21st of Februtry. the President communi
cated tn Mr. Welles and other members of
the Cabinet the fact that he had removal
Mr. Stanton and appointed General Tho
mas Secretary of War nil interim. Mr. Hut
ler again objected to this evidence being pu'
in, and in the course of hi? argument main
tained that it proved that the President had
acted, in the removal of Mr. Stanton, with
out consulting his Cabinet. Mr. Evarts, in
his reply, said that the testimony did not
shew that the President had not previously
consulted with his Cahinet in regard to this
step, but that he at this time communicated
to them the fact that it had been taken.
Chief Justice Chase declared the evidence
admissable, and the Senate, by a vote of 2i>
vcas to 23 nays, sustained bis decision.
DEATH OK REV DR. BAIGIIKR —.Wo
have the melancholy duty of announcing
the death _of Re7. Henry L. Baugher. D.
D.. President of Pennsylvania College,
which took plate last evening about 7
o'clock. Dr. B. s iflered severely from acnte
di ease for several years, under which, with
the arduous executive duties incident to his
profession, his system had been much bro
ken; but being of buoyant spirits few other
than bis most intimate friends knew how
much be suffered. About ten day -ago he
took a severe cold, which settled in his
throat and breast, but without specially
alarming symptoms until Monday evening,
when serious apprehensions began to he en
tertained. The disease made rapid pro
grass, terminating in death last evening.
Dr. Baugher has been connected with
Pennsylvania College since its organization
in 1562, first as Professer of Greek and
Belles Lottres. and subsequently as Prcsi
dent, succeeding the late Dr. C. P Krauth,
and the College is largo'v indebted to him
for its present ooiiimtndinc position as an
educational institution His death occa
sions a loss wjaVfl it -witl be difficult to sup
ply
Dr. Baugler was not only an aecompli.-h
--ed scholar ind successful educator, but
more—he wii a Christian gentleman. Em
inently social genial in maoncr, gifted with
unusual comsrsaticnai powers, all adorned
with the graits of an earnest, active Chris
tian faith anilife—he commanded the con
fidence, and ton the love and esteem, of a
large circle o (devoted friends. Dr. B. pos
sessed pu!pi/abi 1 ities of a high order—and
for many yerrs commanded a marked influ
ence in the uitheran Church, ranking as
one of its abhtt divines. His religious faith
was an earned one, exemplified by a life of
devotion to lis Master's service, and adorn
ed by all goodworks. After a well spent
life of active earnest usefulness, he has
gone to meet Jtc Saviour he so deariv loved.
on whom be lovingly leaned in sickness
and health, aid WIIOK: cause he so earnestly
pleaded from Jay to day, in chapel and pul
pit. in the soebl circle, and in private life,
during a periol nearly forty years. He died
in the 64th \ar of hi* age.— G'ttj/drvry
Star and SeiiHr,' !, April 15.
Assassinates OF HON D'Abcy MR
GEE. — The mtfder of Hon. T. D' Atcy >le-
Gce, at Ottawt, has occasioned much ex
citement and ijquiry. Public meeting-- to
express indignation and abhorrence of the
crime, have bein held in different parts of
the Provinces. Last Thursday the body of
Mr. McGee ttos taken from Ottawa to
Montreal. Th) procession escorting the re
mains to the Ottawa depot, extended half a
mile. AHthe 'jhops, in the streets through
which it passe<| were closed, and religious
services were mid in the Romania eathe
dral. The funcal took place at Montreal
last Tuesday, aid was a very imposing de
monstration. flags were at half mast. At
St. Patrick's cihedral, Rev. Father (J Far
rell pronounced# eulogy, and the Bishop de
livered a shortlddress at the French parish
-church. The (recession. after pausing at
these two poiits, entered the Romanist
cemetery, wheie the body was interred.
Minute guns wire fired and bells tolled
during the entiit service: 80,000 people were
in the streets and 30,000 in the procession.
"Thousands at they stood on the sidewalk
wept aloud." l
Mr. McGee iw as born in Ireland in I*2.">.
and came to tii> country in 1*42, and was
first a printcrand then an editor in Boston.
Returned to Ireland and took part in the
political evens of IS4S. He then fled the
country and etgagedin editing in New York,
whence he sowi removed to Canada. He
represented Montreal in the Canadian
Parliament in J857, and was President ot
the ExecutivcGouncil from iMi4, to J867,
when he was ri-eieeted to the Parliament of
the new Dominion of Canada. He was
Minister of Apiculture in the now Cabinet,
and Commissitncr to the Paris Exposition.
Mr. McGee wlote several books on Irish
and Canadian topics. He had opposed the
Fenian movemtnt from tbe beginning, with
great bitternesi, and it is surmised that bis
assassination Tas in consequence of this
hostility. A man calling himself Whelan,
who lived in o*ebee during 1*0;") ami IH6V,
under the name of Sullivan, has been
arrested by tbe detectives on suspicion of
being tho assasan of 31 r. McGee. \\ helan
is a Fenian sympathizer and a member of
the St. Patrick s Society of Montreal.
THE Union Pacific Railroad has been
completed to the highest point of the Rooky
Mountains to be traversed between the
Atlantic and Pacific, at n distance of four
bundled and fifty miles west of Omaha
City. It is estimated that at least three
hundred miles more will bo completed the
present yeaT, when there will still remain
about six hundred miles to be built to
complete the railroad connection across
the continent.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
W LEU AM M. EVARTS, one of the President's
counsel, is the grandson of Soger Sherman.
Dettixo the first three months of the year
1,190 persons wore arrested for various
reasons by the police of Nashvilh-
A DISPATCH from Alaska says that an at
tack upon the Americans in Sitka was ex
pected from the Indians and Russians.
IT is estimated that Dixon's and Paine'*
majority in Wisconsin will probably reach
above 1,000, which is a very heavy Repub
lican gain.
THE Republicans of Jackson, Miss., cel
ebrated the Republican victory in Arkansas
by firing one hundred guns and holding a
public meeting.
CASKICS M. CI.AV. Minister to Russia, is
still in St. Petersburg. His resignation of
his post has been accepted, and Secretary
Seward has ordered Mr. (,'urtin. the Secre
tary of Legation, to take charge of the
otfiee.
TUB largest income in N'ew Hampshire is
that of the proprietor of a "iruir restorer."
He has got to be the richest inuri in that
State in six years, by advertising. At least,
it is to printer's ink, mainly, that he attributes
his pecuniary prosperity.
GECHC.E At. KREI) TOW.VBEXD calls Jerry
Black the great e-rpectorationist. While
arguing tne m.-Arate •.- i.„ muj eighteen
spittoons. When he had finished the
seventeenth, the .opposing counsel whispered,
"We are gone up: he Iras another spittoon in
reserve." •'
*1 HE lion. Wilmer Worthingion, of Chester
county, was elected Speaker of the State
Senate on Tuesday lass, before the final ad
journment of that body, in the room of
Speaker Graham resigned, according to the
custom of that body.
COL. A. K. M< CI .< RJS, according to rumor,
is not going to Mor.t.-iila to reside, after all,
but will stay East. It is said be is to become
the editor of a new Republican daily paper in
Philadelphia: and, further, that he is to be
tire Chairman of the Republican State Com
mittee for the ensuing year.
REV. U. L. BAIOBEB, D. D., President cf
1 Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg, died
i 'ast Tuesday evening. lie bad beeu Presi
| dent of the College lor 18 years. The de
! ceased was the father of Rev. L. H. Haugher
j until recently pastor of the Lutheran Church
I in Norristown.
MB. ILI-KKXS is advertised to -tart ou his
return voyag- t ( England on the 23d of April
■Shakspeare'a birthday. Mr. Dickens lias
favorite days. He started for thi# country on
the Hth of .November, I.ord Mayor's day.
I ulikc moat peop'e, Friday is a favorite day
with him. Many men will never begin any
work on a Friday. Dickens regards Friday
as his lucky day.
TUB Richmond Dispatch says: It seems
to be generally understood among those who
ought to know that Mr. Davis will certainly
be tried at the spring term of the United
States Circuit Court, which commences on
the first Monday in May. A venire of sixty
men has been ordered.
j TUB Legi.-lalure, previous to adjournment,
repealed the liquor law of last session; known
as the Police bill, l ite repeal of this law
gives us the act known as the Buckalew law,
vhich is the severest license enactment ever
passed. The law prohibiting the selling ot
liquor on Sunday, is stili in force.
I SERGEANT BATES has carried the i'nited
States flag from Vicksburg to Washington
without being shot at. Wonderful aebiev
meut! lie wjs m, re luekey than many other
sergeants of whom wc know. Rates also
carried a Rebel horn made by a Rebel prison
er at Elmira, New York. No doubt he blew
it very loudly.
Gov. WELI.s, of Virginia, in his inaugural
says that be is a thorough Republican and
in favor ol universal suffrage. lie advises
the adoption ot the new Constitution, and
says it.is the only sure way of speedily bring
ing peace and quiet to the .State. The Rich
mond press is not much better pleased with
Wells than it was with Pierpont.
THE election of William A. Leech, for
Register of Wills, of Joseph Magary, for
Cler c of the Orphans' Court, and of John F.
lialiier, for City Commissioner, that has been
contested for some time and hanging in Court,
was decided by Judge Allison in the Common
Pleas, in Philadelphia. The election was held
in October last. The Democratic noutiuees
were returned as elected. The defeated can
didates challenged the result, ami carried it
into Court. The decision is against the con
teet&nti.
THE New York Jfa aid's last "sensation"
is that there is a Radical conspiracy on foot
to extend the term of office of the Presidency
to ten years, to strip the Supreme Court of j
its power, to pass upon the constitutionality
of any act ot Congress, to elect Grant, in
doubtful States, by the bayonet, and an un
limited inflation of currency by meaii3 of the
National Banks.— White
>.r. To I BLOW WEED makes an important
announcement in the New York Commercial,
to the cfleet that no considerations whatever
could induce Mr. Seward to remain in office
a single day alter Mr. Johnson is removed,
if removed he is to be, by the impeachment
court. The importance of the statement
cousists in the getiernl belief that when Mr.
Seward goesali his Custom House, Postoflice,
and Internal Revenue appointees will have
to go too.
THE second annual meeting t>F the Penn
sylvania Reserve Association, will be held at
Pittsburg, May 30. when all the surviving
members of the corps, who can make it con
venient, are earnestly invited to attend. All
who intend to participate will notify Major
John C. Harvey, recording secretary of the
association.
I.N York, Pennsylvania, the citizens have
voted, by one hundred and seven ly-tlirce roa
jority, against authorizing the corporate au
thorities to buy two steam (ire engines, lor
the fire companies of the town. The people
of York seem to desire to cling to old habits,
and have not acted in this matter very wisely.
No better investment for the protection of
property can be made in a town than the pur
chase of a steam fire engine.
SENATOR WALLACE, Chairman of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee. Ex-Senator
Cowan, and other worthies, met at Harris
burg last week with a view cf bringing out
Gen. Huuoock for the Presidency. Johnson
favors the movement. Pendleton, all agree,
will make no sort of run. Our own view is
that since the Connecticut election. Ex-Gov.
Seymour of that Stale is likely to dislauce all
competitors in the New York Convention.
I
A National Temperance Convention will
be held in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, on
Wednesday, July 29) 1868, to which are in
vited ul! religious and temperance organiza
tions. Each organization will be entitled to
seven delegates, of which the presiding officer
and secretary shall be two. the other five to
be appointed by the body.
Tilt liireetor of the National Bureau of
Statistics has just received the first retnrus
from the United States Customs District of
Sitka, iu the Territory of Alaska, for the
quarter ending December 31, 1867. Four
vessels arrived during the quarter. The im
ports which amounted to $3,973, consisted of
179 tons of coal, tiOO pounds of apples, 16
bushels of calibages. 2.173 proof gallons of
spirits, 20 auteo bottles of spirits, and 10
dozen bottles of cbatnpaigne. During the
quarter, 187 passengers departed, but none
arrived.
Arkan a has ratified the Anti-Slavery
amendment—elected two 0. S. Seualors and
three Representatives to Congress, all Re
jiui/Ucaim, and is virtually buck into the Union
las a staunch Republican State. Her Con
gressmen are already at Washington and will
|be admitted at once. With Johnson, the
Great Obstructionist, cut of tbe way, jtbe 4th
of July will findthe Southern States all restor
ed.
'■ Evsav Fhtladciphian will be glad to learn
by tbe Mayor's authority, that after alt of the
nb i, u b and anxiety of two years, League
Islam! i (ixuilly s„r.-ur O (J as a United Stales
Naval Station, and that nothing is wauling to
perfect tbe matter, but the formal deeds of
conveyance, This closes the contract on
the part of the city. The government theu
baa to perform its part and to improve and
use the Island.
Part of the impeachment Managers think
favorably of the proposition to have tbe
i speeches of the Managers who cannot be
heard in the Senate delivered in the House
in Committee of the Whole, before the case
is closed iu the Court; but it is probable that
the matter wilt net come before the House as
| a measure reported by the Managers. It is
{ understood that the arguments ot ail tbe
i Managers who choose to make them shall
| go before the country in some form.
| Oxe of the best signs of the times we have
| -bc-ii for many a day. is the evidence in
I Republican journals ul 1 over the State, thai
j they will not support bad men for office who
1 may manage by tricks and money to get
| nominations. The Republican jonrnals of
j Philadelphia are evincing a determination
j on this subject, which will be emulated for
! good everywhere. The newspapers and the
people must make common cause against
political jobbers.
Tiie Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial in a description of
the impeachment trial, says that Mr. Curtis
"Is a man without a smile or a trifle. Somber
is his vesture, purple is his color, he is very
much like Daniel Webster in stature, face
and manner, lie seldom walks iu anybody's
company—but with a slow, deliberate stride,
leaning on a cane, he comes alone to the
Capitol, ponderously taouuts the steps, wipes
• his forehead in the ante room, and, entering
the Senate, sits iu a condition of vigilaut
retirement. He exchanges no words with
his legal brethren. If he is introduced to
anybody, he shakes hands with that gravity
that Webster used to revel in.. He weighs
about J'JO pounds, perhaps more. Nature
gave him a good, large Websterian bead, and
bis face is a fine old liver color.
j QRPHANS' COURT SALK.
By i ittue of an order of the Orphans' Court of
Bedford county, tbe undersigned, Guardian of tbe
minor children ol .1A CO It DIBERT, de-caotd,
will expose and sell at public sale, on the premi
se*, on SATURDAY, AI'RIL 2a, 1&8S, the fol
lowing valuable real estate:
\ TRACT Oh I.AXti in Bedford township,
i adjoining Wm. Hammond, Rachel and Sarah
, iiautfinan, Adam ShOTer and others, containing
; 11. acres: having a two story Log lfou-e and
Double Log Barn, net so apple orchard thereon.
Fale to commence at IU o*cloek-of said day.
A pn. ,1: It MM PHILLIPS, Guardian.
f -X THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI-
I TED ST/ I'ES.
Fin Tn. Wemski District of Pissivlvasu.
iX BANKRUPTCY.
AT BEDFORD APRIL 13, 18(58.
The undesigned herein give notice of his
appointment as Assignee of FREDERICK BEN
EDICT, of Bedford, is the county of Bedford,
ami htateof Pennsylvania, within said District,
j who has been adjudged u bankrupt, upon his own
I petition, by the said District Court.
M. A. POINTS, Assignee.
To the creditors of sai l Bankrupt. apritTSt
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI-
I TED STATES.
; I 'on tub W ehtbbn District or PeasNVtvAMa,
IN BANKRUPTCY,
AT BEDFORD APRIL, IS, is#s.
The undersigned hereby g:\es notice of his ap
intuient as Assignee ol DANIEL METZUER,
: of Harrison Township, in the County of Bedford.
; end State of Pennsylvania, within said District,
I who bas bvpn adjudged a bankrupt, np™ his own
petition, by the said District Court.
M. A. POINTS. Assignee.
To the creditors of -aid Bankrupt. npr:l7 3t
IX THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE INI
i TED STATE®.
Fop. Tits. WfsTKRv District op Pkxxsvt v vsia
IN BANKRUPTCY.
AT BEDFORD, AI'RIL 13, 1868.
The undersigned hereby gives notice of his ap
pointment as Assignee o< ISAAC F. GROVE, of
Bedford, in the county of Bad lord, and the .state
of Pennsylvania, within said District, who has
been adjudged a bankrupt, upon his own petition,
be the fiiid District Court.
J- K. BOWLEG,
| To the creditors of said Bankrupt. apr:l7 3t
MAXWI.LI, KINKKAD.
w tTII
„CHAi: 1,15*5 lIENDEIISON A SON,
( rsT.ißi t.-nsn 1838.)
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in
HATB, CAPS, FURS AND STRAW GOODS.
No. 112 Mavkct st., above 4th,
rnar27;".ui PHILADELPHIA.
/ lAI TION,—AiI persona are cautioned against
\ hunting, 6shtng. A-. n|mn env of my tand,
as I aut determined to enforce th law against all
-ai h offenders. i.apHCOi, HENRI MOSES.
\I7AN I KD—An Agent in this County for the
> -YEIU KS GLAXO Ml TV A I LIFE IS
.B 7ItA AVE CO. This is the oldest Mutual Or
ganisation in the country. Handsome compen
sation git en. Address
STltOi D A MAR-TON, General Agents,
A) ribhfit No. 32 North Fifth St, Pbila.
I \ BEER'S WALK AS TED TKKSH A XI)
I / VhWrjM; GARMKX SXtbS, and a full
assortment of Spades. Spading Forks, Hoes.
Bakes. Shovels. Ac. Ac., can he bought at HAKT
LEV A MKTZGKR'S very low for cash. mr2otf
rpilE St/l JOH ,V VItAXKLIX nit VHAU-
I HEHSBVRO COOKING STO VE. —This
celebrated stove is now off, red to the public by
HARTLEY A METZGAK. Agents for Bedford
o *unty, who have ou hand a full supply for wood
or coal, - tr.nrkOU"
ftShfiA
01V/UD I Of BOOTS and SHOES
of every description and best manufacture. Just
received and for sale 2i per <*■. rhe-rper than
heretofore. The ROOT and SHOE department of
G . R . 0S TE R A CO.
has become a leading lentute ha their business,
and is now THE PLACE to get GOOD as well as
CIII.AP BOOTS and BHOKS, as they have tbe
LARGEST and RRST a*i>urtincnt in town.
m Kf,ot i K,KTj ' ■*
WM.T. HOPKINS' "OWN MAKE" „ t
"KKVoTOKK SKIRTS,
iir tbi best, and Chenpt Low Priced)[ op Sk r .
in the market. Trail Skirt., 25 tpring ft Ml
spring*, <1.20: and 40prjng,$M.,. PUiaSkirt
6 taper, 20 rpring., 80 rente: 25 rpring, #5 '
::0 rprings, *1.15: and 34 ajiringa, 11.25.' wrr.,
ted ir every reepect.
"Our OWN Make" of "UNION HKTHT- "
Eleven Tape Trail*, from 20 to 50 sprin-M i
to 82-50. Plain. Six Tapoe, 20 to 50 •prinr. i. ~
t's cent* to s2*o. Th**<• skirte are better' than
those aold by other establishment* as fir** el a,,
good*, and at much lower prices.
"Our OWN Make" of CHAMPION SKIRT,
'are in every way auperior to ail other Hoop Ski,.,
before the public, and only have to lie exaui
or worn to cunt incc every one of ibe fa. ■ *\;
ufacturod ot the.beat linen-hniehed Eneliih v t ># i
Springe, very enperior tapee, and the k t T l e of
metalio fastening, and manner of securing th
•urpaae for durability and excellence any oC
Skirt in tbi. country, and are lighter. more c'
will wear longer, jgtve uiorc satisfaction, and
really cheaper than all other*. Every lady sh'"
tyy tfcem They are being .old extena'ively ! .
: Merchant* throughout this and tbe ad ofmi
-.tales at very moderate pricea. If yen wan, ,v.I
i hut, ak lor " Hopkin's Champion Skirta" u
you do not find them, get the merchant w.th wh'm
| von deal to ..,.|er theui f> r y or
direct to u-. Merchants will End our diS.re,.
: grade* of Skirt, exactly what tbey ne-il and
: especially invite them to call and exaiie'e o„
extensive aesortincnt or nend lor VV'ho'esale Pr cc
. List.
! To be had at lletail at Manufactory, an lof tb,
Retrai! trade generally, and at Wholesale of tb
' Munutaeturer only, to whom ail orders should be
; addrvsted.
1 Manufactory and Saleroom, 028 Areh steer
; between lit and 7th Sis., Philadelphia.
March2o:lom WM. T. HOPKINS.
NEWS FOR THE FARMERSY
THE following kind, of
IT II ESHING MACH IN K
CONSTANTLY ON HAND AT THE MA
CHINE SHOP OF
P. H. SHIRKS, BEDFORD, PA.
XL* Celebrated RAILWAY, or TREAD-PO'.v
ER Threshing Machines with a!! the latest ink
best improvements.
ONE AND TWO-HORSK POWERS.
The Two-horse Machine with two h"r*es an i
four hands will thresh from 100 to 125 bushel,
wheat or rye, and twice as much oats per day
ONE HORSEMACHINKS
with three hands, will thresh from 40 to 75 bush
per day.
' Two and focr-horse TUMBLING SHAFT Ma.
i chines, also, four-horse STRAP MACHINE -
STRAW SHAKERS ofthe ino" approved kind a*.
j tached to ail Machines.
ALL MACHINES WAnKANIED.
REPAIRING of all kinds of Machines done on
[ the shortest notice.
j asu HORSES. PIG METAL, GRAIN and
: LI MBER taken inpayment.
Farmer*' wanting Machines, will do well tu
give me a cail.
PETER IX. SHIRES,
Proprietor and Mine/a-
J J E 8 T I 8 T R Y.
DR. J. G. MIXNJCH,
DENTIST,
Successor to Dr. H. V. Portkk,
In Harris' New Building,
BLOODY Rl'X, PA.
Ail operations on the natural teeth, such as
FILLING, REGULATING,EXTRACTING, A
performed in the best style.
ARTIFICIAL TEETH
Of all kinds, and of best materials insert*
operations warranted.
TERMS—CASH.
' Mar7,fiS:Cm
! Q xTnTc ko k
I> K N T IST.
Office at the old stand in Banc Br ilbixo, J: '
ASA STRtBT, BEDFORD.
All operations, pertaining to
Surgical aad Mechanical l)tnt : -
pcrlortned with care in i
W ARRANTED.
.4 uatsiAef ire administered, when dteited. A
tijicial let th inserted at, per set, 18.00 e W
xrard.
As I am determined to do a CASH BUSINESS
or none. I have reduced the price? for Artificial
Teeth of the various kinds. 20 jwr cent., and
Gold Fiilings 33 per ceDt. This reduction *.
made only to strictly Cash Patients, and all ■- ■>,
will receive prompt attention. lei "
UMBER! LUMBER!
MUNSOX, JONES A CO.,
PHILLIPSBURU, Pa
W O R K K I) L U M BKR.
oftvwy kind for e*!t. Flooring, Sa.b, We&tb
I warding, Ac. Inquire of
F. BENEDICT. Agent,
at J. \V. Lingcnfelters office, Bedford. V \
feb2l:3m.
SELLERS A FOLWELL.
O WHOLES ALB
CONFECTIONERS AND FRCITEHS.
No. 161 NORTH THIRD STREET.
PHILADELPHIA.
Orders promptly attended to. feb.'iu.
INSTATE of JOSEPH IIKXRY S.VYDI
J deceased.—Letters lestamcntaty having been
granted by tbe Register of Bedford county, to the
undersigned, Executor of the la.-t Will an 1 I
tamcnt of Jos-ej h Henry Snyder, late of S- ur:
amptou township, dee'd*. all persons indebted :
said estate are hereby notified to make immediate
payment, and Iboge lia\ ing claims against the
estate will present them properly authentica'<"x
for settlement. XATIIAN EOBISON, Ex r
mar 27. of tbe last wiil Ac. of Jo?. 11. Snyder
SIOOO~ KFWA^T~
Just received at THE NEW IMPERIAL BAR
GAIN STORE, a handsome iMortuett of
NEW SPRING GO OD S '
As goods arc now advanciug daily and n>
will be much higher, we think
FAMILIES CANNOT BUY TO SOON
feb.2Stn2 G. R. OSTKR ,k CO.
\y ASH IMi TON IIOTEL.
This large and comuiodions house, iiaving be
re-taken by tbe subscriber, is now open f.-r tbe re
ception of visitors and boarders. Tbe rooms ire
large, well ventilated, and comfortably furTht ;
The table will always be supplied with tbe be*'
the it arket van afford. The Bar is stocked w;tu
the choicest liquors. In short, it is utv puiporc
to keep a FIR>T CLASS HOTEL. Thsniticg
the public for past favors. I respectfully solicit
renewal of their patronage.
X. E. Hacks will run constantly between the
Hotel and the Springs.
inayl7,'#7:lj W.M. DIBEKT, Pror'r.
OA INT ING.
o. A- <ni.P XATTnt.iv r. si ipit.
IULD vV: SPIDKJs
Respectfully inform the public, tha? having t
cd h partnership, fhev are now prepnr-d to d .i
kinds of PLAIN and FANCY PAIN HNC. LA;
PER HANGING, Ac. k>ign Painting, auii . >
kinds of Wood lirtitathrn executed beantifu'i
Price* moderate. Tbe patronage <t the
is solicited. We refer to Judge Ling. M u\. La'
ley, O. E. Shannon. S. L. Russell. jaati K
BOOK AGENTS WANTED-For Dr. Wiiliaw
Smith's Dictionary of the Bible—Written , v
70 of the most dietinguished Divines in Lurojc
and America. Illustrated nirh over I- • >:e ' i
and Wood Engravings. In one large Octv ■ vi- •
( nine. Price $C> 59. The only edition pub'id,
in America, condensed by Dr. Smith's own
We employ no General Agents and offer extra in
ducement* to Agents dealing with us. Send b r
descriptive circulars, and see onr terms.
.?. B BURR A CO.,
mm 6 Publishers, Hartford, Ct.
MARRIAGE certifcates.—On hand and
for sale at tbe hfqmirer office, a fine assort
men tof Marriage Certificate;*. Clergy men ami
•Tastier* should have them.