BKOFOBB. PA., raiPAT, MAY 15, IS6B
STATE TICKET.
AUDITOR GENERAL:
GEN. JOHN F. HARTRANFT,
OK MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
SURVEYOR GENERAL:
ecu JACOB M. CAMPBELL,
OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.
IMPEACHMENT.
We expected to be able to announce to
our readers, to-day, that the President ol
the United States, Andrew Johnson, bad
been convicted of "High Crimes and Misde
meanors." or that he had been acquitted.
Last week, when the case was closed on
the part of the Managers of the House, by
Judge Bingham, the (Senate determined to
take the final vote, on Tuesday last, at
twelve o'clock. 1 his was accepted by the
country as the conclusion of the great trial,
■and the settlement of the political excite
ment which has been manifest throughout
the country. But all were doomed to dis
appointment. Humor had reached us, time
and again, during the trial, that there
would be a number of Republican Senators
who would vote for acquittal. Then again
these reports were as -rrenuously denied.
However it was generally considered that
Grimes of lowa, and Fowlar of Tennessee,
would vote against conviction. Up to la-t
Monday it was generally acknowledged
that, in the main, the Republicans would
stand firm. During Monday night and
Tuesday morning, the opposition to convic
tion developed their strength and amongst
the number was Fcs.-enden of Maiue,
Trumbull of Illinois, and Henderson of Mis
souri. This caused a feeling of depression
only heretofore felt at the defeat of our ar
mies. in the late struggle, or the assassina
tion of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Fessenden
was not regarded at any time, as any to
reliable. He has been ?n expectant, and
somewhat soared, and he has no doubt
lowed Lis sensitiveness to get the advan
tage of his judgment; but why Judge
Trumbull and Mr. Henderson should take
this strange position no one com J divin .
At twelve o'clock on Tuesday, when tht
Senate assembled to east the final vote, Mr.
Howard of Michigan, was lying dangerous
ly ill in the hands of several physicians,
who had been in attendance upon him
through the night previous. Howard in
Mated that, if the final vote was to be cast,
he would be in his place in the Sen
ate, if it should even cause his death.
These facts were communicated to the Sen
ate. and it adjourned over as a court until
Saturdr. ••••z- Tt is claimed that oil a
careful ci.'.ti-- of the vote, there is still a
majority of two in the Senate, in favor of
conviction, without the votes of Howard
and Wade. This is very likely correct.
What is to be said of those Senators b"
so far forget the welfare of their couutry
rnd the will of the people, as to vote for
the acquittal of Andrew Johnson and
thereby approve his usurpations? The
country has demanded a conviction of
this presidential criminal, and the man
who. as a Republican, votes for his ac
quittal under all the evidence which lir,.
been presented against him, can have no
lot with the Republican party, nor will he
ever lo sustained by suy party. The.
Democratic party, as ide of the few ofh
cc - which it receives at the hands of the
I'resident, despises hint as thoroughly as
the Republican party dies. Let those
.Senators who have dit -mined to eat
their lot with Andrew Job : ton remember
that the American people have branded
him a train arid those who now s ust tin
him :n L.s conflict with the people, will
share the same fate.
Oil SHAME! WHERE IS TIIY
BLI NU!
Hie professional American politician: vre
mean the constant seeker after plats; and the
preferment of the public: has never been re
garded as th most righteous of the people,
on the other hand, he has Keen generally
classed with men of mean impulses, capable
of doing,that which would be scorned and
loathed by an honest and upright man.
I here was a time vrhen the politician exor
cised his ingenuity and shrewdness with
great care, and dealt masterly strokes of
policy, by which he moved the masses to
support his cause, and thereby made his
• calling and election sure,' but that day
has gone by, in a great luea.vvre. The arts
and sophistries which were then used rue
no louger the resorts of the leaders of our
huntings. Thcv are neglected by and useless
to the skilful professional manipulator of
the ballots of freemen, and it i> only in the
hands of some one, who is not fully fledg
ed, or wlwse conscience was early com
mitted to the tender keeping of those who
know not the wu\ of the world, that they
arc resorted to. Aotc the unscrupulous
demagogue fill- his pocket, with gold, or
greenbacks: the one is as potent as the
other: and stalks h.rth to corrupt the mass
es, or iuto the deliberative bodies of the na
tion and pours out his treasure to those who
do his wishes, with an apparent boldness
and shamelessness that should send the
blush to the check of any honest 111:111.
Bribery and Corruption arc no longer felons,
hiding from the light of day in the secluded
places known only to the abandoned and
the vicious, but they arc popular characters,
who live ; n style, patronized by the high
and the low. and frequently are ap
plauded for their virtues. Men of eminence
bow to them and become their pliant instru
ments. lovely women smile upon them and
become their aecessries. and the advocates
of morality and religion pas, them over in
snence. "Ihe Prose, the great lever of the
u"\ c world. lauds them and advertises
tor the means with whiol , l 0 CI , aW(% , he|n to
3 g^ l ' ll their infamous end.".
i , rRX ®e great power iu the
' People must be manipulated
to cany the election of some... who is a
mill-stone about the nocfc of the party.
lands must be :U vl men
bribed to eome to the rescue; if a measure
is to be secured at the bands of the Legis
lature. there are those, wearing the robes of
Senators and Representatives who desire to
know bow much money there is in it, and
tai when the President is to be convicted of
Uigh£rimv and Misdemeanors."' inac-
people, money is called for by the million to
corrupt honored and reverend Senators.
Such is the history of the nineteenth centu
ry and such the state of fiolitics in the lat
ter part of our first century. Men set up
and practice bribery, and recommend them
selves on their expe-rtoeas, mammoth Rail
Road corporations have Bribery or politi
cal bureaus, with experienced politicians to
run them, and the people are bought up to
acquiesce. "Oh shame! where is thv
blush?"
What is the cau.-o of t his state of political
morals?
There is only one answer; the mercenary
character of our people. Here it begins
and here it ends. The desire to possess the
almighty dollar is the true alchemy which
does transmute politics, religion, and all the
graces and virtues into gold. There is no na
tion under the sun. civilized or uncivilized
that presentiTsuch a terrible state of depravi
ty in this respect as the American nation, and
that. too. liefbre we have reached our first
centennial anniversary. It is time that both
church and State, high and low, were direc
ted to this rapidly growing evil. Heavier
penalties must be inflicted for the punish
ment of it. and heavier rewards for its
detection. But this alone will not put a
stop to it.
So universal is the desire tor gold,
or its equivalent, that the most sanc
tified and holy places tire not free from its
influences. Men who desire to walk upright
before the world, who would scorn the idea
of taking that which docs not lioar upon its
face "for value received," shave the church
of the last penny to gratify their greed,
quarrel with their neighbor tor half this
amount, and allow their judgment to be
biased for even loss. We have frequently
regarded men, in whose judgment we have
placed great confidence, in matters of this
kind, and we have seen thorn for a trifling :
interest, change their whole nature and in- 1
sist upon concessions of a few pennies. |
which had it been the work of another,
their judgment would have spurned it. and
they would have condemned the author of
itch paltryue,> as unworthy of confidence.
We have seen the grossest wrong become
'all right" when it has worked a few
dimes into the purse of some men.
Here is the beginniftg ofthis terrible evil.
When we see a man. for the mere Jove of
money, impose upon his neighbor, allow his j
judgment to !><; biased, and growl and grasp. ]
without any other motive, we believe the
keen eyes of scrutiny should follow him.
I lis desires overcome his conscience and he
forgets- to deal honestly with those around
itiui. and he solaces himself with " It is my
luty to take can; of myself and let others do
likewise." We pity the man who is indif
ferent to the grossest wrong, provided it
■'tings "grist to his mill. The man who
seizes every advantage to lienefit himself,
without any reference to the interest of oth
er-:. i s the man to be improperly approached.
He is ready for bribery; he only awaits the
opportunity. Hie classes of men referred
to above are the ones from which the poli
ticians. with well filled pockets, reap their
harvests. When men allow themselves to
is-come slaves to the " beggar's vice " they
generally become too exact to be honest.
There is 110 reason though why men should
not be able to transact business fairly and
honestly, gentlemanly and scrupulously ex
act, without becoming the mere shavers
'lid eneroaebers upon the interests of those
•]io are compelled to deal with them. The
1 nut-actions of the community are reciprocal,
nil every one can aftord to give an honest
equivalent. If every individual were to a-k
himself whether he is treating the person
with whom he is dealing its he would wish
to lie treated, and then do as he would wish
to be dune by, there wonld lie very few in
tin- community who would fall into the
meshes of those who live by bribery and
corruption.
And, now. a few word- more in regard to
• voiding the terrible fate which hangs over
us. Because if bribery and corruption are
t'i continue to role the actions of our leading
men. woe must come unto us! First and
foremost the cause of political regeneration
must be taught in our schools: our text
' -xiks -hou'.d be crowded with it. then onr
pulpits should resound, week after week,
with the admonitions and cautions of those
whose duty it is to pray for and administer
uto the wants of the people, and then let the
honest jieople trust only those who prove
themselves worthy of confidence, and spurn
the creature- who deal in bribery and
corruption, and instead of rewarding nteu
for their expertiioss in these crimes, let men
be rewarded for their g'xsl and honest qual
iti's. Frequently men are selected for
p i-ition lieeause they can mure successfully
e"i< at and defraud their opponents than
(>• tiers who are less skilled, it is a common
thing; it is the test of party fitness. What
degeneracy! The tune has come to discon
tinue such di.-repu* .le practices and to re
e.novate our }Kilitical system. This alone
will preserve our institutions and fierjietuate
our liberties.
THE LEGAL ABILITY' IN THE RE
PUBLICAN PARTY
The following statement is being exten
sively circulated by the Democratic press,
under the head of "Who Mr. Evarts is":
"It i? a singular fact that very few really
great lawyers are left in the Republican par
ty. They cannot support it without stnlifying
themselves. Its doctrines are so perfectly
subversive of the Constitution, and of all law
that no honest man. with a well trained intel
lect, can tail to condemn them."
'IVi- kind of stuff may In; very palatable
to Democratic ears, but it is as far from the
truth a- the Democratic papers generally
get. and this is saying considerable, as they
seldom get near enough to Truth to be sure
of her existence. On the other hand, there
is hardly a judicial district in the United
States, where Republican lawyers are not
equal, if not superior, to those on the Dem
ocratic side of the house- and there is not a
Bench from the Supreme Court down to
a Court of Appeals, but the legal ability of
the Republican party stands out as favora
bly as that of the opposite party, and it
strikes us a little more prominently. Per
haps this may not be considered as very mod
est, hut we utter it partly in the same strain
of vanity in which the above was uttered.
We feel that we have a right to he proud
of the splendid legal minds that to-day
adorn the Republican party, uud that it is our
duty to resist any such imputation as is to
be found in tho above paragraph. We can
not leave this subject without saying that
we will submit the question of the relative
ability displayed, by the Managers of the
House of Representatives and the IVesi
dent's Counsel, in the great Inqieadimcnt
trial of the nineteenth eontury. to the
judgment of the civilized world, without
any fear of the verdict. And the United
States Senate as a Court contains more le
gal ability than is to be found iu tbe wlmle
Democratic party, and there are only two or
three Democratic lawyers in it. Let it also
he understood that the gentleman who has
called forth this vain and groundless boast.
Mr. Evarts, is a Republican, at- the head ol
the Republican party in the State of New
York, and it will be seen how shallow is
the premises upon which our Democratic
ootemporaries base their assertiou.-.
GEN. JAMES A. BEAVER, of Centre
county, chairman of the State Convention
of soldiers, which met in Philadelphia on
the Bth of January last, has appointed a
State Central Committee to take an active
part in the approaching State and National
elections. Lieutenant J. H. Longnccker,
of this place, is the member for this coun
ty. This is an excellent selection. Mr.
Longenecker, who is now Chairman of the
Republican County Committee, has some
experience in running the political machine,
and will make a valuable member. We are
glad to know that the brave men who fought
our battles and conquered our foes, are de
termined to maintain their principles at the
ballot box.
Cot.. A. K. MCCLURE has modestly made
his valedictory bow, and retired from the
editotial control of the Franklin Repository.
flic Colonel has been connected with this
journal for a number of years, and made it
one el the most popular country papers in
(lie State. We hope that his retirement
from the chair editorial is only temporary,
and that we may soon hear from him in a
more enlarged field of editorial labor, llis
successors on the Repository are Messrs.
J ere. Cook and T. W. Hays, oftheCbani
bersburg Bar.
THE Congressional plan of lie eonstiuc
tion is working its way steadily into favor
in all the seceded States. South Carolina,
Arkansas, Louisiana, North Carolina,
Georgia and Florida have accepted it, and
will, in a few weeks, be represented in Con
gress. Alabama, Mississippi, Texas end
Virginia will soon follow in the ssiue chan
nel. "My Policy" is no go.
SOLDIER'S DISCHARGES. —We see that by
an Act of Assembly, Solder's discharges
shall be recorded free of tax. The future
value of these papers to their holders, should
make it an object to have them on record
at once. Bounty lands, pensions ike., that
most likely will be granted hereafter, can be
obtained on these records when witnesses
have died and the original papers have been
lost or mislaid.
LAV HE PRESENTATION AMONG
THE METHODISTS.
The following on Lay Representation in
the Methodist Church, from the New York
Evening Post, covers the ground so fully,
that we take pleasure iu giving it a place
in our columns, to enable those who have
thought very little upon the subject to fully
understand the reasons why the Church is
ah at to depart from some of its firmly cs-
I Üblishcd usages:
"The Methodist Episcopal Church in the
United States now numbcrsa million ofconi
muuicauts, representing, probably, a popula
tion of five millions who are under its influ
ence. The Methodist Episcopal Church
South, which has been seriously disorganiz
ed by the war, had 750,000 members in 1860,
and most of these will propably soon return
to the parent church, from which they sece
ded only on the question of slavery.
The General Conference is the supreme
ruling power of the Methodists. It is formed
of delegates elected by all the annual con
ferences of ministers, in proportion to their
numbers: and meetsonce in four years, with
full legislative authority over the whole
church, and with appellate jurisdiction as a
court over appeals from all its lower ecclcsi
astieal tribunals. It also elects by ballot the
bishops. Its discussion and actions are,
therefore, rewarded with interest through
out the country.
This Conference is now in session in
Chcago; and grave questions, affecting the
whole system of government hitherto estab
lished among Methodists, are likely to come
before it for action. The most important of
them is the project of "Lay Representation"
in the conferences.
From its foundation in this country, the
Methodist Episcopal Church has been gov
erned wholly by its clergy. They alone sit
in the annual conferences; and choose from
among themselves the members of the C< n
ural Conference. The bishops assign to each
congregation its pastor, and there is no con
stitutional provision for appeal, or even for
remonstrance or suggestion. Thus the clergy
wield the whole power of the organization,
I r scribing the conditions ofchurch member
ship, directing the appropriations of -the
general funds, admitting or rejecting can
didates from their own body, assiguing each
preacher to his people and his work, and
thus controlling at once the dublic policy
and the internal administration of the de
nomination.
For more than forty years this system
has met with open an l loud opposition.
The more radical minds have often joined
in bitter abuse of the clergy, charging them
with a determination to retain usurped and
wrongful power; but those who made such
attacks have usually seceded from the or
ganization without making a deep inipres
sivn upon it. The general conviction of
the members appears to have been that no
sweeping change was needed, so long as the
power possessed by the pastors was used
with wise moderation: and that the right of
wi'adrawal by members at any time, and
the certainly of its exercise by large num
bers, if not ruled in the church with Chris
tian prudence and justice, were a sufficient
check upon abuses.
The growth and prosperity of the main
body, and the comparative failure of the se
ceders to spread abroad their doctrines, has
confirmed this view. Certainly, the success
of Methodism as a missionary church in
America has been a sufficient refutation of
those who represent its government as a
priestly despotism. Yet for many years
the conviction has been growing among the
leading minds, both of the clergy and of
the laity, that a more elaborate organiza
tion will become necessary, which will give
to the pious laymen of the church the op
portunity and the inducement to serve it
more efficiently. The General Conference
itself, which, for a long scries of years, re
sisted the project of lay representation with
a rigid conservatism which offended many,
has of late taken the lead in preparing the
way for this wise reform.
Flight years ago the bishops presented
the proposed change in a favorable light to
the General Conference; ami that body
recommended the consideration of it to the
annual conferences and the laity. It also
ordered a vote to be taken throughout the
church on the general question, whether
lay representation should be admitted in
the General Conference. The vote, how
ever, indicated little interest in the propo
sition, and a decided majority aeinst the
change. In 1864 the General Conference
again approved the principle of admitting
the laity to a share of government, but post
poned action expressly on the ground that
the church did not yet desire it.
This roar, the expressions of opinion on
every side have been more favorable to the
reform than ever before. The resolutions
of the annual conferences show that among
the ministry, two-thirds of whom five years
ago were opposed to it, a majority now de
sire a change. There is no question that,
in the large cities, Hnd wherever the laity
are most capable of organized action in the
church it is earnestly demtrnded. The
weight of intelligence and of the hopeful
| element of youthful activity in religious
matters seems to bo more decidedly in favor
of the movement than that of cumbers.
An expectation prevails that the General
Conference, now in session will introduce
laymen into all the ruling bodies of the
church, and perhaps constitute a second
house, co-ordinate and equal with itself in
the supreme government and consisting en
tirely of lay delegates from lay oonstituen
! cies.
Such a change will now he received with
| general satisfaction throughout the Metho*
! di-t organization; and must be regarded by
all impartial observers as uu improvement.
I It will assimilate the organization of Metho
! distil to that of other Christian sects in this
! country; and will introduce into its govern
ment the same principles on which our civil
I institutions are founded. It will remove
what many minds, and even some considera
i ble congregations, have long regarded as a
I serious obstacle to connection with a body,
; whose doctrines and discipline on the whole
meet with heir cordial approval. It will
; thus strengthen for its work one of the im
portant powers for good in our laud, and
; add to its already great prosiiects of useful
! ttess.
DODDLE-I'ACE I).
Martin Van Burcn once ielared that the
; Democratic party had a face for the South
. and a face for the North—that it was Na
[ tional only so far as it was ready to prosti
tute its strength to the uses of all sections,
the better to maintain itself in power. It
is a long time since the Little Magician
daguerrcotyped his party, but tho picture
j still holds its resemblance to the life. Tno
I Democracy have not changed. In its own
| pecular sense it is still a national party, anl
i has a face for the North and a face for tin
South. Here is the proof of what w-
I assert:
Resolved, That we are opposed, both it
principle and in policy, to negro suffrage.—
Ohio Democratic resolutions , 1868.
Resolved, That under the action of tin
State of South Carolina, heretofore taker,
; vre recognize the yolor-ed population of thi
State as an integral element of the bod*
politic; and as such, in person and property
: entitled to full and equal laws. And that,
is citizens of South Carolina, we deelan
our willingness, when we have the power t
grant them with proper qualifications as t<
i property and intelligence, tho right of suf
I frage. South Carolina Democratic vetoln
| lions, 1868.
Resolved, That the right of suffrage-hali
be limited to the white race in this country.—
; Illinois Democratic resolutions, 1,868.
"A very large torchlight procession of
\ democratic niggers arc marching through
j :he streets while 1 write. 1 have addressed
i a large audience to-night in tbe court house
square —a large proportion being negroes.
They carried transparencies with mo-t aj.>-
j propriate democratic mottoes. Proclaim it
j throughout Upper Georgiathatevervthing
is safe—honor saved, peace seeured. le
mocracy triumphant."— Lethe of B. 11.
■ Ili/I, a leading Democrat in Georgia, Az>rd
11 th , 1868.
"YVe have a word for our colored citizens
: who are anxious to vote for Governor at
the ensuing election. Y our protested friends
i have nominated a man of the name of Bui
j lock for that office, and it is right that you
; should know tit-forehand what sort of a can
: lie is who solicits your suffrage."—S-i< ' <
I nah uYetcs, (Democratic, i April, Is.
It does not require much study to being
to a party thus accommodating in its doo ;
trines. In the South, a Democrat can be
an amalgauiationist, while in tho North a
' Democrat is hound to hate all negroes—and ;
i yet both Democrats arc sound ott the goose |
question. The practice is pay your money (
j and take your choice.— Stale Guard.
The l'endleton Schemc~What it is?
What the Pendletonian Greenback
' scheme really is can be described l>v none *o j
well as its supporters. We have said it i
was a scheme for flooding the country wfb
\ paper issues which would speedily degenir
| ate to worthless rags, destroy all valuis,
I prostrate credit and business and lead di
ll cctly to repudiation. That this is its 'Tie 1
meaning anl intent, we call the Chicago ;
: Times one of Pendleton's most energttic
j supporters —to prove. We call the La
1 Crosse Democrat, but our Democratic
I eotemporary, the Post, has already shorn a
i disposition to impeach the witne. - -il.ere
| fore produce the following from the Chicago
i Times of December Ist, DGB
- first group contains the Cincinnati
| plan (i. c. the Pendleton scheme.) The grand
' feature of this scheme is what is called 'psy
nient of the national debt in greenbacks. It
contemplates a new issue of greenbacks
equal in amount to tbe bonds which it i
proposed to redeem. Over twelve hundrtd
millions of five twenty bonds will become
redeemable before 1872. Five hundred m l
lions are redeemable now. The way to psy
them, according to this plan, is to set the
printing presses in motion. So long as the
rags and lampblack hold out wo will have j
no trouble in paying the bond- at maturity. •
When all have been thus paid, wc shall j
have added to our paper money the hilling
inflation of about $1,600,000,00;), making, i
all told a circulating medium of $2,300,000,-
fK)O. Then we shall have what are called
"g"od times," "splendid times." Y\ heat ,
and greenbacks will be exchanged bushel for .
t-ushel. A barrel of whiskey will he sold
I for two barrels of legal tenders. Collectors
of Government revenue will go about with j
wagons having lofty and capacious recepta
cles on them, like those used in handling
charcoal, and will gather in the public taxes
with pitchforks. To levy $5 in gold will re i
quire one horse wagon load of greenbacks. \
I'ut the government bonds will he "paid." ;
The only question will be how to pay the
government greenbacks. This is something
this plan does not contemplate. Specie
payments under it will be reached— nevrT'
Since the Times drew the above picture,
it.has swung around the circle and joined
the ranks of the PENDLETONITES. But its
definition of the universal Greenback scheme
remains as correct as ever. — Pittsburgh
Commercial.
President Johnson's Position.
The jYational Intelligencer (President j
Johnson's organ), in an editorial article on I
Friday, says that President .Johnson's posi- j
tion is "entirely misapprehended," and'
promises for him that if he be acquitted by ;
the Senate he. wiil not be guilty of ahy fur- |
ther violation of the laws, will not commitj
any "acts of aggression or retaliation," but
will obey the laws, behave himself, etc., for
the remainder of his term. It says:
We can assure them that the President is
wholly without excitement, passion or bit
terness. Personally, we imagine he regards
the proceedings of the impeachment with
serene indifference. Public considerations
unquestionably weigh heavily upon him.
Anchored in solid convictions of constitu
tional duty, conscientious in the opinion
that he is entirely innocent of all offence,
anxious only for the welfare of the country,
he believes that an adverse decision of the
8-enate Court will inflict a deep wound upon
the institutions of the State, which will be
fatal to their future maintenance.
If we have correctly stated the position of
the President, the thoughtful will see in it
an assurance of moderation and conciliation
on his part when the verdict of acquittal
shall have been rendered. What the public
most needs is accommodation of political
differences. The national character demands
it. The integrity of the constitutional sys
tem demands it. Patriotism pleads for it.
\\ e owe it to ourselves and all our great na
tional interests, to the past and to the future
to compose our differences and strifes. We
have a right to speak for the President in
the matter, because he is the Chief Magis 1
trate of the nation, with but a few short ;
months of service before him; and we know
.fie would deem it the crowning glory of ■
Ins life to be able, on the Ith ofMarch next 1
to transfer to his successor an unimpaired I
Constitution, in the keeping of a united,
hippy and prosperous people.
3'hia is evidently a promise on the Presi
dent's part that if the Senate will overlook
lis past offences he will promise to do better
!it the future. As a partial plea of guilty it
nay have some significance; but as for the
promise of the President, they maybe taken
! a- only meant to deceive and betray again if
| mother opportunity is granted him. — Baltb
I aore American.
I'he It HI lor the Admission of Arkansas.
The following Bill for the admission of
Arkansas passed the House of lteprcscn
tatives and wassentto the Senate Arkansas
is the second State to ask representation in
Congress:
A bill to admit the State of Arkansas to
representation in Congress.
Whereat, The people of Arkansas, in
pursuance of the provisions of an act entitled
"An act for the more efficient government
of the rebel States," passed March 2, 1867,
and the acts supplementary thereto, have
framed and adopted a constitution of State
government which is republican in form,
and the Legislature of said State has duly
ratified the amendment to the Constitution
of the United States proposed by the Thirty
ninth Congress, and known us article
fourteen : therefore.
He it enacted by the Senate and Home, of
Reprcsentatiri s of the. United Statet of
America, in Covgreja assembled, That the
Sate of Arkansas is (entitled and admitted
to representation in Congress, as one of the
States of the Union, upon the following
fundamental conditions: That the constitu
tion of Arkansas shall never be so amended
or changed as to deprive any citizen or any
class of citizens of the United States of the
right to vote who are entitled to vote by the
constitution herein recognized, except as a
punishment for such crimes as are now
felonies at common law, whereof they shall
have been duly convicted.
Negro Sullrugc in the South.
The late elections have fully indicated
the policy of negro suffrage in the rebel
States. Neither the white nor black
vote was cast all on one side. Taking
the representations of the Democratic
papers for authority, both were divided—
not in the middle uor anywhere near it,
perhaps —but some blacks went to the
Democrats, and probably more whites
went with the radicals—and tho division
destroyed whatever ground there was for
the clamor there previously had been
about the whites being arrayed against
a free Constitution, whereby five States
will shortly resume their proper places in
the Union, the election of loyal State offi
cers and a large majority of Republicans
to Congress. The loyal whites could not
have achieved this alone. It was by re
inforcing them with the no leas loyal
blacks that recomtruction has been carried
forward almost to completion, in the inter
est of the principles of Freedom and Pro
gress, against which the South rebelled.
Herein was the necessity, and the result
is the complete vindication of the policy
of Congress. The negro armed with the
ballot, has done a service of which nobody
else was capable. The ballot was given to
him as the musket had been—to help put
the rebellion down. But for such a necessity,
it is to be doubted whether the South would
have seen universal suffrage. The previous
condition of the blacks naturally suggested
grave doubts; but the suggestion of the
alternative, that is the supremacy of the
rebels and the re-enactment, in a variety of'
ways, of the slave code, instantly dispelled
them. If the blacks were so utterly ig
norant, they must have learned rapidly; for
the result shows that avast majority of them
have voted like intelligent men. The re
sult proves everything. We have ouly to
reverse the case and consider for a moment
how it would have been had not the loyal
Southern whites been thus reinforced.
The worst element left alive by the war
would be in the ascendency in the South.
No loyal man would dare to raise his voice
there, and all tho Southern States would j
to-day be ruled by men bout on nothing so
much as the redemption of the lost cause. ;
All this was foreseen, and the country has j
abundant reason for expret-ing its gratitude j
to Congress for arming the blacks with the j
ballot, as it armed theui with the musket in i
the dark days of the rebellion. Negro *uf '
frage in the South has worked welt.— Pitt.
Commercial.
Dr. Livingstone—Letter from the Great
African Explorer.
A letter was received in Kdiuburg from j
Dr. Livingstone, by a friend of the celehra- 1
ted traveler. The following are extracts:
CfU'NTRY OF THE CtIIPKTA, Nov. 10, 1860.
; —lt has been quite impossible to send a
j letter coastwise ever since we left the Rovu
ma. The Arab slave traders take to their
, heels as soon as they hear that the English
are on the road, iam a perfect bugbear
:to them. Eight parties thus skedaddled,
j ana last of all my .Johanna men, frightened
out of their wits by the stories told them by
a member of a ninth party who had been
plundered of bis slave-, walked off and left
me to face the terrible Mazitu with nine
1 Na-sick hoys. The fear which the English
| na no has struck into the souls of the slave
■ traders has thus been an inconvenience. I
could not go round the north end of the
; la.ee for fear that my Johanna men at sight
of danger, would do there what they actu
ally did at the southern end, and the own
ers of two dhows on the lake kept them out
oi sight, lest 1 should burn them as slavers,
and could not cross in the middle. Round
i the southern end, wc got up to Kirk's
range, and among Mangaja not yet made
slave-sellers. This was a great treat, for,
i like all who have not been contaminated by
, that blight, they were very kind, and hav
ing been worried enough by unwilling se
phoys and cowardly .Johanna men, i f'ol
| lowed my bent by easy marches among
friendly, generous people, to whom
Ito impart some new ideas in return for
their hospitality. The country is elevated,
and the climate cool. One of the wonders
told of us in successive villages was that we
slept without fires. The boys having blan
kets did not need fire, while the inhabi
tants, being scantily clad, have their huts
plastered inside and out, and even the roofs,
to make themselves comfortable. Our pro
gress since has been slow from other and
ess agreeable causes. Some parts have
cen denuded of food by marauding Mazitu
or Zulus: we have been fain to avoid these
t.nd gone zigzag. < )ncc we nearly walked
into the hands of a party, and several times
we have been detained bv rutnois of the
OACtuy in front. January. IS<V7.—I men
ton several causes of delay. 1 must add,
the rainy season is more potent than all,
except hunger. In passing through the
Babisa country we found that food was not
to he had. The Babisa are great slave
traders and have, in consequence, little in
dustry. This seems to be the cause of their
having no food to spare. The rains, too,
are more copious than I ever saw them any
where in Africa; but wo shall get on in
tone. February, I.—l am in Bomba, or
Lobemha, and at the chief man's place,
which has three stockades around it, and a
deep dry ditch; round the inner one. He
seems to ho a fine fellow, and gave us a cow
to slaughter on our arrival yesterday. We
are going to hold a Christmas feast off it to
morrow, as I promised the boys a blow out
when we came to a place of plenty. We
have had precious hard times, and I would
not complain if it had not been gnawing
hunger for many a day, and our hones stick
inr* through as if they would burst the skin.
When wc were in a part where game
abounded and I filled the poi with a first
rate rifle given mc by Captain Eraser; but
elsewhere wc had but vcrv short rations of
a species of millet called "niacre," which
passes the stomach almost unchanged. The
aorest grief of all was the loss of the medi
cine box which your friend at. Apothecaries
Hall so kindly fitted up All other things
I divided among the bundles, so that if'oue
or two were lost we should not be destitute
of such articles; but this I gave to a steady
boy and trusted him. He exchanged for a
march with two volunteers, who behaved
remarkably well, till at last hungry marches
through a dripping forest, cold hungry
nights, and fatiguing days overcame their
virtue, and they made off with "Mteady's"
load—all his clothes, our plates, dishes,
much of our powder, and two guns, and it
was impossible to track them after the first
drenching shower, which fell immediately
after they left us. The forests arc so dense
and leafy that one cannot see fifty jards on
odc side. This loss, with all our medicines,
fell on my heart like a sentence of death by
fever, as was the case with poor bishop
Mackenzie; hut I shall try my native reme
dies, trusting Him who has led me hitherto
to help rne still. We have been mostly on
elevated land, between 8,000 and 5,000 feet
above the sea. I think we are now on the
water-shed for which I was to seek. We
are 4,500 feet above the sea level, and will
begin to descend when wo go. This may he
put down as 16 deg. fOinin. south bit., and
long., 51 deg. 50min" 2sec We found a
party of black-caste Arab slaves here, and
one promised to take letters to Zanzibar,
hut they give rne only half a-day to write.
I shall send what I can, and hope they will
jhe as good as their word. We have not
had a single difficulty with the people, but
we have been very slow. Eight miles a day
is a very good march for us, loaded as the
boys arc, and we have often been obliged to
go ligzag, as I montioned. Blessing on you
all. IJOVC to Mrs.
From yours, ever affectionately,
■ DAVID LIVINCWTONE.
The Sauriwich Islamts--Terrible Vol
canic. Eruption.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 7. —The hark
Comet, from the Sandwich Islands, brings
accounts of a terrible volcauie eruption of
Mauna Leo. The demonstrations began
March 27. On the 28th over one hundred
shocks were felt at Helena. During the
two weeks following, to April 13, two thou
sand earthquake shocks occurred. At War
schcna the earth opened in many places, a
tidal wave, sixty icet high, going over the
tops of the cocoa trees, a quarter of a mile
inland, sweeping human beings, horses,
and everything moveable before it.
A terrible shock prostrated churches and
; houses, killing many persons. In all one
! hundred lives were lost, besides one thou
; sand horses and cattle. The craters vomit
} ed tire, rocks and lava, and a river of red
; hot lava, five or six miles long, flowed to
. the sea at the rati of ten miles an hour, de
, stroying everything before it and terming
: in island in the sea. A new crater, two
miles wide, opened and threw rocks and
| streams of fire one thousand feet high,
j The streams of lava rolled to the sea at one
, time, illuminating at night an extent of fifty
I miles.
The lava has nushed out from the shore
one mile. At Warschena, three miles from
shore, a conical island rose suddenly, emit
ting a column of steam and smoke, while
the Kona packet was passing, spattering
mud on the deck. The greatest shock oc
curred April 2, prior to the eruption, and
there was a great shower of a.-hes and
pumice stone. During the great shock the
swaying motion of the earth was dreadful—
no person could stand trect. In the inid.-t
of this tremendous shock an eruption of red
earth poured down the mountain, rushing
! across the plain three miles in three inin
j utes, and then ceased.
Then came the great tidal wave, and then
j the streams of lava. The villages on shore
were all destroyed by this wave. The earth
opened under the sea and reddened the
i water. The earth eruption swallowed thir
j ty persons, and the sea wave many more.
Great suffering and terror prevailed in
the whole region affected. The sloop Live
j Yankee had been despatched with provi
| visions, Ac., to rescue and relieve the suf
: ferers.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 7.—The Honolulu
correspondence of the Bulletin gives details
. of the volcanic disturbances, showing that
the earthquake shocks extended to all the
j islands of the Hawaiian group, but no dam
age is known to have occurred except
j around Mauna Loa. Numerous extensive
land slides accompanied the other phenom
ena. destroying life and property.
The summit and side ot a hill one thou
sand five hundred feet high, were thrown
one thousand feet over the tops of the trees
and landed in the valley below. The gases
that issued afterwards, destroyed all vege
table life. A bottomless fissure opened in
! the mountainside. One of the lava streams
! flowed under ground, breaking out in four
| jets six miles from the sea. and throwing
| lava and stones one thousand or fifteen hun
i drcd feet high.
| The new island thrown up is 400 feet high
j and is now joined to the mainland by a
stream oflava a mile wide. A large stream
iof water has bur.-t from the mountain
| where the earth eruption occurred. At the
j base of tbe volcano about three hundred
I miles circumference, are desolated. At
j least $500,000 in property is destroyed,
j The King of the Sandwich Islands has is
i sued a proclamation for the relief of the
I sufferers. Many visitors have gone from
; Honolulu, and others will go from this city
jto visit the scene. The worst is thought to
; be over, hut the lava now continues to be a
! grand spectacle.
An earthquake shock occurred at Hearlds
burg last night, which awoke all the inhab
itants. Several shocks were felt in Califor
nia about the time of the outbreak iu Ha
waii.
WESTON READY FUR A 5,000 MILE
WALK. —Edward Parson Weston, tbe
pioneer and best known of American ped
estrians, is in town, and preparing foranoth
er and greater feat than that which he ac
complished so handsomely last Autumn.
This time this pedestrian is to walk from
Banger, Maine, to St. Paul. Minnesota,
and return to Buffalo, New York, making
in all 5,000 miles to be completed in 100
consecutive days. This feat is to he done
for a wager of $25.000 a side, in all $50,000.
Mr. Goodwin stdl backing Weston and
Messrs. Win. B. Fredericks, Sam. G.
Brock, Wm. B. Perkins, J. G. Carroll and
Engence M. Ball, backing tinio. A purse
of $25,000 is also being raised to he presented
to Weston if he should accomplish this
monster feat. As he will not be allowed to
walk on Sunday, he will only have 86 secu
lar days in which to accomplish the feat,
and will have tomake the enormous average '
of osl miles daily in order to win. He will j
also have to walk 100 miles inside of 23 con j
sccutive hours five times during the march i
of the 5,000, that is to say, once in each;
thousand, and should lie fail in doing this
feat once, be forfeits all claim to the $25,000
purse, and forfeits $2,000 for each event to
the backers of time in the wager. He will
also walk fifty miies in tenconsccutivs hours,
once in each thousand miles, making five
times in all. In both of these feats he will
be allowed two trials at each event. If
Weston succeeds in accomplishing this he
will certainly give the British pedestrians
who have been talking so much oflate, a les
son that will in all probability drive them
back to their enterprise. Mr. Weston pur
poses about Buffalo, N. Y., on
Nov. 26. lie will be accompanied during
his entire walk by a party of six sworn
judges, and there will be attached to the
carriage an odometer for the correct meas
urement of the distance. During his walk
he will pass through twelve different States,
and inumerable cities and towns. The first
deposit of $5,000 was made last night in
the hands of the stakeholder, Mr. Eli&s.— j
AYio I'orlc Tribune , May 9.
GEN. HANCOCK AND SECRETARY STAN
TON. —The New York Herald of December
23, 1865, contained a report of Gen. Han
cock's speech at a New England dinner the
day previous, from which we make the fol
lowing extract. The General said :
"Much credit has been given to the army,
and praise without stint has been accorded
by a grateful people to its Generals. We
have had many Generals, among whom the
honors have been divided, and whose fauie
will live in more enduring form than in
wreathes of laurel, but during the period of
our greatest perils, we have had but one
Minister of\\ ar, and during his administra
tion substantial victories crowned our arms.
One who has been unequaled in furnishing
the means of war and placing them in the
hands of our Generals; one who rivaled
Carnot in all that is accorded to him for
preparation; one who never faltered, howev
er dark the hour. And shall we not honor
liitn? I know him to be generous and mind
ful of faithful service. Among the people I
predict an increasing tide of popularity in
his favor, and that he will be one of those
whom the country will delight to honor—
Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. A
model for a War Minister; in momentous
times, wise, firm, fruitful of resources,
patriotic, incorruptible. To him a nation's
gratitude is due.
THE fifteenth annual session of the Grand
Lodge of Good Templars of Pennsylvania
will meet at IVilliamsport, Lycoming county,
on June 10. Each lodge is entitled to one
representative, and all lodges having two
hundred members ou the 30th of April are
entitled to two representatives and one for
each additional hundred members.
VEXEBAL NEWS ITEMS.
Gouen'a voice is failing, but his brain is
as strong as ever.
THE Radicals of Memphis have the most
thorough organization in the South.
TUB rebel spirit of assassination is still
rampant in North Carolina.
Aso HEW JOHNSON'S conviction will put a
stop to murder of Union men in the South.
THE merchants of New York are clamor
ing fcr the erection of a new postofEce build
ing. •
Etivcx colored delegates from Southern
States are to be sent to the Chicago Conven
tion.
Ho*. JAS. K. MOOBHEAD positively declines
to be a candidate lor renomination from the
Pittsburg Congressional District.
THE jury in the Cole case in Albany came
into court, and their foreman stating that
they were enable to agree, they were dis
charged. They stood, from first to last, six
for acquittal aud six lor conviction.
A MAN named Gregg was arrested at Tus
caloosa, by the military authorities, for shoot
ing and painfully, though not dangerously,
wounding a negro. He was take* to Seima.
Alabama, in irons.
Tut Attorney General of California de
cides that mining claims must he taxed like
other private property, in accordance with
the late decision of the State Supreme Court.
This will add largely to the revenue of many
counties.
THE "reaction" has commenced. At the
late charter election in Lancaster, the Re
publican party gained JB7 votes on the may
oralty and eight councilmen, showing for
the first time in many years a majority in one
branch and a tie on joint ballot. 'I he follow
ing officers, all Republicans were elected :
City Treasurer, -lames F. Rickseeker.
City Solicitor. J. W. Johnson Esq., Su
perintendent of Water Works, Wm. Kirkpat
rick; Steeet Commission. George Huffnagle;
City Regulator, Charles E. Hayes; Assistant
Regulators, George Leonard, Abraham Mil
ler; Messenger of Councils, John lvahns.
MR. THOMAS WII.I.IAMS has published a
card, in which he states, in substance, that,
while he wili accept a renomination for Con
gress, be will not canvass to obtain it. As
yet, no competitor with him for the nomina
tion has been brought forward, and, perhaps,
considering how near the day of the nomina
ting convention is. it is reasonable to con
clude that none will be named.
THE Inviticibles, a very influential organi
zation in tbe Republican party of Philadel
phia. are bitterly opposed to the renomination
of Wm. B. Mann for District Attorney.
They will bold a meeting during the present
mouth, at which they will protest against his
selection as the Republican candidate.
JEFIV DAVIS' bail bond was renewed last
week. Cornelias Vanderbilt, Gerrit Smith
and Horace Greeley, all of New York, being
sureties in s2s.o<X)each, and several citizens
of Richmond, Va., for the remaining $20,-
000- Chief Justice Cbae has said that with
in two days after President Johnson's trial
he will be in Richmond ready to preside over
the trial of the rebel leader.
THE Altoona Tribuiu'. says: Our distin
guished fellow-citizen, Hon. L. W. Hall, re
turned to this place, on Tuesday morning
last, from his trip through Europe, and as
vras fitting, a few of his friends tendered him
a reception at tbe Logan House, in the even
ing. (Juite a goodly number were present,
and at a few minutes pasi ten the company
sat down to a splendid repast.
THE Tribune says there is one sense, and
one only, in which the removal of Andrew
Johnson can be called a party necessity.
The Republican partv cannot afford to be
recreaotto its duty. When it loses thecourage
or the will to do right, it is time for it to die.
Its plain duty to the country is to convict the
President. The necessity for it to perform
that duty is of the same kind which makes it
imperative upon every individual man to obey
tbe Ten Commandments.
] THE Argentine journals state that priv.ite
letters received in Buenos Ayres from Rio
Janeiro enounce the intended alaiication
of His Majesty Don Pedro 11, Emperor of
Brazil. 1 hey say that the Emperor recent
ly called a conference of the principal per
sonages of the country to arrange definitely
; the terms of his abdication, to whom he
; announced the reasons prompting him to
• take that step, stating at the same time that
his resolution was irrevocable. It appears
i (hat he is tired of the fatigues ot Govern
ment, and will probably retire to Europe.
FT will be a pleasure for the loyal press of
Pennsylvania to publish the result of the Com
mittee of Contingent Expenses of the United
States Senate, completely exonerating Col.
John W. Forney, Secretary of the Senate,
against the allegations charging him with an
; abuse of his trust in the disbursements of the
contingent fund of that body. The committee
consi -ted of Senators Cragin of New Hamp
shire, Drake of Missouri, (Republicans), and
Buckalew of Pennsylvania.! Democrat).
HON. G. A. Grow, chairman of the Repub
lican State Central Committee, requests the
' Delegates and Alternates to the Chicago
; Convention to send their post office ad
-1 dresses to liitn as soon as possible, at the
l Continental hotel, Philadelphia. The Chair-
I man of the National Executive Committee,
Gov. Ward, of New Jersey, also desires to
secure a correct list of delegates with their
post office addresses.
THE Republican State Convention of
Illinois has made the following nomina
tions; General J. M. Pa'mer for Governor:
Colonel John Dougherty for Lieutenant-
Governor: John A. Logan for Congressman
at large: E. linmmoll, of Pooria, for Secre
tary of State; J. L. 1/ippincott, of Cass, for
Auditor: M. Bates, of Marion, for State
Treasurer; and Washington Bushnell, of La
Salle, for Attorney General. The delegates
to the National Convention, were instructed
to vote for General Grant.
GENERAL MEADE has taken in hand the
Surratt Democracy of Georgia, who are con
spiring the murder of Foster Biodgctt. When
the leading organ of the party in the North
proposes the wholesale bribery of the Senate
at a million dollars a head, and the most
popular openly bids tor assassins, is it net
time that the preventive hand of the law take
hold of the abandoned " organization? When
politics descends to felony, it comes within
the range of the criminal jurisdiction of the
country, and calls for the Quarter Sessions,
not for argument.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY WB. B. Mann, of
Philadelphia, is one of the greediest politi
cians we know of. He has already been elec
ted to the lucrative position of Prosecuting
Attorney for three consecutive terms, during
which, from the high emoluments, he must
have made a princely fortune, and he is now
asking and intriguing for a fourth term, it
Mann is defeated he will try to make trouble, j
but ,ve hope for all that, the Republicans will
sooner risk defeat than allow this greed for !
office to go uucoodomneU.
T IIH borough election in I niontown. 011
Monday last, resulted in a Republican tri
umph by an increased majority over the elec
tion of last spring. This being the home of
Hon. C. E. Boyle, the Democratic candidate
for Auditor General, the Democrats used
every endeavor to elect their ticket so that
another "re-action" might be crowed over.
Hut the Republicans stood to their guns, and
electedtheir ticket by majorities ranging from
twenty to thirty, nn increase of nearly twenty
per cent, over last year.
TUB Methodist Annual Conference is en
gaged in a thorough discussion of the Equal
ity question. We noticed the introduction of
the topic in that body a few days since. The
discussion is marked with the usual features
of such discussions upon that issue in other
deliberative bodies. The arguments on one
side declare the intrinsic merits of the issue,
upon the broad, general basis of justice and
right, and are resisted on the other hand by
merely technical objections and hair-splitting
distinctions upon legal and disciplinary points.
This is not surprising, for arguments which
are unanswerable must be conceded or eva
ded.
IHE New York Tribune referring to the
recent appointment of Hon. GAI.ISHA A.
GROW to the Chairmanship of the Central
Committee of the Republican party iu this
State, expresses the opinion that, "if men as
eminent as Mr. Grow, and as fully acquaint
ed with the workings of the party, were
placed in charge of the campaign in all the
States, the vote would be largely increased."
The Tribune adds that "Pennsylvania has !
been rather tardy in getting her canvass
open; but now that Mr. Gitow has taken
command we look for a splendid fight."
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: n thrtc days,
! One in Boston, Mass, 10* .-u : .*ribers in 1- ir
j days.
| One in Memphis, Tcun. 10" libers in five
! daYS.
j Send for Circulars and - e our r : ;n? and a full
| description of she work, with Pre * not: es ol
advance sheets. Ac.
i Address NATIONAL PUBLISH IN*i CO.
20 South Seven'h St. i'i.'iadelpha, pa.
1 maj:4t
ORIGIN AND HISTORY
i - BOOKS OF T IIK I! I uLF
j a? B\ PROF. CALVIN E. STOVVE. D. D. _
! ' Shewing what the Bible is u*-t '• wbe.t it - '
; is: and how to use it: tracing the factory f
each book up to its origin with its inspired
j authors, and completely answering all inti
del chvils and objections to the rcripturep. X
r It is an ordinary library of Biblical hi>t >-
i w ry in a single volume; brief, clear, a c irate.
! w conclusive .and highly interesting.
The result of a life of study and putieat
research, Contains just what every L e
reader wants to know. Recommended b\ /
S leading men of all denominations. No
coin pet ititinn, for there is no other book on __
the same subject published >r .-old :i> the
i 3 countrv. Send for Circular.- Address
|a- ' ZEIGLER McCl KDV A Co.. .
Imafit til I Arch Street. Philadelphia, t'.
AfAXWELL KTNKEAD,
IVL WITH
CHARLES EteNHERSON k SON.
(ESTABLISHED IS3S.)
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in
IIATS, CAPS, FURS AND STRAW GCODS.
No. 412 .Market st., above 4th,
mnr27::tm PHILADELPHIA-
J DJIBER! LUMBER!
MI XSON, JONES A CO.,
PHI LI.I PS BU RO. PA-
I W OJKED LUJIB ER ,
lof every kind for sale. Flooring, Sash, Weather
' boarding, Ac. Inquire ot
F. BENEDICT, Agent,
at J. W. Lingvnfelters office, Bedford, Pa.
febll:3in.
fIOAAA WORTH!!
<J>t)UUu of BOOTS and SHOES
of every description and best manufacture. Just
received and tor sale 25 per rent, cheaper than
heretofore. The BOOT and SHOE department ot
G . R . OSIER A CO.
has Iwcomo a leading feature in their business,
! and is now THE PLACE to get GOOD as well as
I CHEAP BOOTS and SHOES, as they have the
LARGEST and BEST assortment in town.
I feb2Sui2
! DU.MMER SCHOOL.
O The undersigned will open a Summer Se : -
sion in the "Union School House," commencing
MONDAY, May IStb. to continue eight weeks.
Those who are desirous of becoming teachers can
receive instruction in the Theory ot Teaching,
with any other branches they desire to pursue.
All grades ofjcholurs.wih be admitted.
J. M. REYNOLDS,
Apl J4-4t S.J.JORDAN.
BLOODY RUN
MARBLE WORKS.
R. 11. SIPES having established a manufactory
of Monuments, Tomb-stones, Table-Tops, Coun
ter-slabs, Ac., at Bloody Run, Bedford cm,,la.
' and ba\ ing on baud a well selected stock ollor -
' eign und American Marble, is prepared to fill all
I orders promptly and do work in a neat andwor!:-
manlikc style, and on the most reasonable tcrun
All work warranted, and jobs delivered io at' parts
of this and adjoining counties without extra
aplllkly.
DENTIN THY.
I. N. BOWSER, RKSIOKXT DSSTIST, WOOD
■•KRr.r, Pa., visits Bloody Run three days of each
tuonth, commencing with the second Tuesday of
the month. Prepared to perform ell Dental oper
ations with which he may be favored. Term s
within tie reach of all and strvcr/y cath except ly
tpeciul contract. Work to be sent by mail oroth
wisc, must be paid for when impressions are taken.
augs, '64:tf.