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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
J£IMMELL AND LINGENFELTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BXDFOBD, PA.
Have formed a partnership in the practice of
the Law, in new brick building near the Lutheran
Church. [April 1, 1860-tf
A. POINTS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Respectfully tenders his professional services
to the public. Office in the IXQCIKBBUIIII ing,
( second floor.)
SsUCollections promptly made. [April, 1'69-tf.
INSPY M. ALSLP,
!I ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Will faithfnlly and promptly attend to all busi
ness entrusted to his care in Bedford andadjoin
ng counties. Military claims, Pensions, back
pay. Bounty, Ac. speedily collected. Office with
Mann T Spang, on Juliana street, 2 doors south
of the Mengel House. apl 1, 1869.— tf.
T R. DURBORROW,
J . ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BEBFORP, PA.,
Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to
bis rare. Collections made on the shortest no
tice.
He it, also, a regularly licensed Claim Agent
and II give special attention to the prosecution
, 'lis.s against the Government for Pensions,
Back lay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
Office on Juliana street, one door South of the
Inquirer office, and nearly opposite the 'Mengel
House" April 1, 18B9:tf
S. L. RUSSELL. J. H. LOSGENET'KER
RUSSELL A LONOENECKER,
ASTTORSETS A COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Bedford, Pa.,
Will attend promptly and faithfully to all busi
ness entrusted to their care. Special attention
given to collections and the prosecution of claims
for Back Pay, Bounty, Pensions, Ac.
AAR-OFFICE on Juliana street, south of the Court
House. Apri L;69:lyr.
J- M'P. SHARPS _.. K. P. EERR
SIIARFE A KERR.
A TTORNE YS-A T-LA W.
Will practice in the Courts of Bedford and ad
joining counties. All business entrusted to their
care will receive careful and prompt attention.
Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, Ac., speedily col
lected from the Government.
Office on Juliana street, opposite the banking
house of Keed A Schell. Bedford, Pa. Apr L;69:tf
JY C. SCHAEFFER
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BEDFORD, PA.,
Office with J. W. Dickerson Esq- 2.laprly
FHYSIC:FA NS.
J JR. B. F. HARRY,
Respectfully tenders his professional ser
vices to the citisens of Bedford and vicinity.
Office an i residence on Pitt Street, in the building
formerly occupied by Dr. J. H. Hofius. [Ap'L 1,89.
MISCELLANEOUS.
IACOB BRENNEMAN,
W WOODBERRY, PA.,
SCRIVENER, CONVEYANCER, LICENSED
CLAIM AGENT, and Ex-Officio JUSTICE
OF THE PEACE,
Will attend to all business entrusted into bis hands
with promptness and despatch. Will remit mon
ey by draft to any part of the country. 17sely
O E. SHANNON, BANKER,
. BEDFORD, PA.
BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
Collections made for the East, West, North and
South, and the general business of Exchange
transacted. Notes and Accounts Collected and
Remittances promptlymade. REAL ESTATE
bought and sold. April 1:69
DANIEL BORDER,
PITT STREET, TWO DOORS WEST or THE BED
FORD HOTEL, BEIFORD, PA.
WATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY. SPECTACLES. AC.
He keeps on hand a stock of fine Gold and Sil
ver Watches, Spectacles of Brilliant Double Refin
el Glasses also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold
Watch Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings, best
quality of Go'.,! P"U. He will supply to order
any thing in his line not on hand. [apr.2S/85.
DW. CROUSE,
• DEALER I*
CIGARS, TOBACCO, PIPES, kC.
On Pitt street one door east of Geo. R. Ostcr
A Co.'s Store, Bedford, Pa., is now prepared
to sell by wholesale all kinds of CIGARS. All
orders promptly filled. Persons desiring anything
in bis line will do well to give him a call.
Bedford April 1. '69.,
ri N. IIICKOK,
VY. DENTIST.
Office at the old stand in
BANK BUILDING, Juliana St., BEDFORD.
All operations pertaining to
Surgical and Mechanical Dentistry
performed with care and
WARRANTED.
Anifthitif administered, when desired. Ar
tificial teeth inserted at, per set, S£.oO and vp
icard.
As I am detimined to do a CASH BUSINESS
or none, I have reduced the prices for Artificial
Teeth of the various kinds. 20 per cent., and of
Gold Filling* 33 per cent. This reduction will he
made only to strictly Cash Patients, and ali such
will receive prompt attention. 7feb6B
YY ASHINGTON HOTEL
This lurge and commodious house, having been
re-taken by the subscriber, is now open for the re
ception of visitors and boarders. The room? are
large, well ventilated, and comfortably furnished.
The table will always be supplied with the best
the A arket can afford. The Bar is stocked with
the choicest liquors. In short, it is my purpose
to keep a FIRST-CLASS HOTEL. Thanking
the public for past favors, I respectfully solicit a
renewal of their patronage.
N. B. Hack? will run constantly between the
Hotel and the Springs.
mayl7,'69:ly WM. DIBERT, Prop'r.
E NXCHANGE HOTEL.
J HUNTINGDON, PA.
This old establishment having been leased by
J. MORRISON, formerly proprietor of the Mor
rison House, has been entirely renovated and rt
lurnished and supplied with all the modern im
provements and conveniences necessary to a first
class Hotel.
The dining room has been removed to the first
fiour and is now spacious and airy, and the cham
bers are all well ventilated, and the proprietor
will endeavor to make his guests perfectly at
home. Address, J. MORRISON,
EXCHANGE HOTIL,
Gjoljtf Huntingdon, Pa.
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ITEMS.
THE Prussian Bible Society in Berlin ha?
distributed since its foundation in IS J 4
'more than three millions of copies of the
Holy Scriptures. In the year 1807 alone
the number was 90,000.
• A SEMINARY has lately been founded near
Berlin to educate preachers and teachers foi
the German emigrants in North America.
It is called the Stercnhaus (star-house) after
the banner of the United States.
WHEN Asa Packer was a member of Con
gress, during the session of nine months, he
was only in attendance fifty four days, yet
he drew pay for the whole time. Do the
people of Pennsylvania want such a man for
their Governor?
THE Pemocratic papers fly at the head
of their columns "For Governor, Asa Pack
er, of Carlton County," and then they de
clare that he does not live there at ail. but
that his home is in Philadelphia. Why
can't they tell the truth?— Lebanon Courier.
WHY does not the Democratic State Cen- ;
tral Committee furnish the people of Penn
sylvania with the record of Cyrus L Persh
ing? Ills votes in the Legislature during
the war, on all measures looking to the sup
port of our soldiers in the field, would prove
instructive reading to loyal men.
IT is estimated by the Treasury officials
that the public debt statement this month
will show a further decrease of $lO,OOO, OX).
The good work goes bravely on. Republi
can integrity in the collection and disburse
ment of the revenues, is steadily and surely
pulling down the public debt.
THE cattle disease is dying out fast in
Prussia. In the province of Bradenburg
special precautions have been abandoned
in the districts of Lebus, Landsberg, and
Sternberg, with the exception of two or
three small localities. In the province of
Prussia proper no new eases have appeared
for weeks.
THE Chambersburg Repository says that
.he Democratic aspirants for the Congres
sional nomination next fall are taking time
by the forelock. There are already in the
field from that district viz: Win. S. Steng
er, of the Valley Spirit, B. F. Meyers, of
the Harri-burg Patriot, and Alexander Cof
froth, an ex M. C. Thus far Stenger is
ahead.
AN exchange says the copperheads are
busy at secret work. They are canvassing
every district in the county, and expect to
get out their full vote. They think they
are catching the Republicans napping, and
are already congratulating each other on
their expected gain. Republicans, will you
sleep while the enemy are working for your
overthrow ?
THE Chicago Republican of Tuesday says:
"The jury called for the trial of criminal |
causes in this Court was discharged yester
day morning by Judge McAllister appar- ■
ently for the reason that their general ap
pearance was scarcely more creditable than
the prisoners arraigned.''
THE St. Crispins, in Massachusetts, who
have 110 lodges with a membership of over
30,000, have made arrangements to pur
chase coal in Philadelphia and flour in the
West, and to transport them to that State
for their use. They expect to obtain these ;
articles by this means at a very cheap rate.
A FRENCH convict, after having served
twenty-five years imprisonment for his crime j
at Cayenne, returned to France and attract
ed the attention of the police by his lavish
expenditure of money. He was arrested,
and stated that he Lad found the money of
the man whom he Lad murdered in the
place where he had concealed it.
A domestic romance comes from New
York. Twenty-two years ago a couple were
married, had one son, lived together ten
years, and then, after losing all their prop- '
erty, procured a divorce. The woman mar
ried again, and got a fortune: the husband
didn't, and remained poor. And now that
the woman has become a rich widow, she i
has re married her first husband.
AN enterprising colored man in Trenton,
N. J., devised a petition to the common
council of that city, asking for an enlarge- i
ment of the school house for colored child
ren. It occurred to him that the signatures
of certain white folks might be servie. able,
and he applied for and obtained a large
number. The petition commences, "We,
the parents of the colored children!"
SOME excitement has been created at Col
umbus, Miss., by the appearance there of
four immense insects, supposed to be Egyp
tain locusts. They were three times as
large as the common locusts, with large
black eyes, legs of great strength, feathers
like a Shanghai chicken, tails similarly
adorned, and a hard shell covering. The
like of them was never seen before by the
oldest inhabitants.
THE last .-uiviviDg soldier of the Revo
lution pensioned under the general laws
died in 1867, and of the two soldiers pen
sioned by special acts of Congrc-s, David
F. Bakemau, of New York, survived at
the date of last year's pension report.
Nancy Serena, of I'ittsbureh. Pa., is the
only survivor of revolutionary widows
married prior to the close of tLe war. Of
those married to soldiers of the Revolu
tion since January 1, 1793, BSB remained
upon the rolls November 1, 1868, but as
the decrease by death in the year preceding
that date amounted to 109. the number will
now probably not reach 800. The total
amount of pensions paid to revolutionary
soldiers is $46,082,175, and to their widows
and orphans, $19,254,755. The revolu
tionary widows will disappear from the rolls
with INCREASING ratio each year, and in a
short time the revolutionary pension list
will have ceased to exist.
NATHANIEL MAPES, RESIDING near Tuuk
hannock, was recently bitten in the hand
by a "pet" rattlesnake. His hand and arm
soon became much swollen, and turned to a
dark spotted color far some days, but by
reason of the copious flow of blood pro
duced by the fangs of the snake, or the
prompt application of proper remedies, or
both, no very great inconvenience has beeu
experienced by him. This interesting pet,
one of the largest of his species, having
twelve rattles, had been captured a few
weeks previously — had been kept in a box
about the mill as a curiosity. His teeth or
fangs having been drawn out, he was sup
posed to be harmless, and was therefore
handled by his keeper in a careless way.
After the ungrateful bite, it was found that
new fangs to the length of nearly an inch
had grown since the first dental operation
on him.
BEDFORD, PA.. FRIDAY, O T. N- 1869.
GTOTNI,
INDIAN SUMMER.
Jnst after the death of the flowers,
And before they are buried in snow,
There comes a festival season.
When nature is all aglow—
Aglow with a mystical splendor
That rivals the beauties of Spring—
Aglow with a beauty more tender
Than aught which fair Summer could hriig.
Some spirit akin to the rainbow,
Then borrows its magical dyes,
And mantles the far spreading landscape
In hues that bewilder the eyes.
The Sun from its cloud-pillowed chamDcr
Smiles soft on a vision so gay, 4
And dreams that bis favorite cbildrei,
The flowers have not yet passed nwiy.
There's a luminous mist on the maintains,
A light, azure haze in the air,
As if angels, while heavenward soaring,
Had left their bright robes floating there ;
The breeze is so soft, so caressing,
It seems a mute token of love,
And floals to the heart like a blessing,
From some happy spirit above.
These d >ys so serene and so charming,
Awaker. a dreamy delight—
A tremulous, tearful enjoyment,
Like soft strains of music at night ;
We know they're fading and fleeting,
That quickly, too quickly they'll end,
An'd we watch them with a yearning affection,
As at parting we watch a dear friend.
Oh ! beautiful Indian Summer!
Thou favorite child of the year,
Thou darling whom Nature enriches,
With gifts and adornments so dear !
llow fain would we woo thee to linger
On mountains and meadow awhile,
For our hearts, like the sweet haunts of Na
ture,
Rejoice aRd grow young in thy smile.
.iUi.'.-Ciilanvcuf;,
ALDERMAN M'.HULLIN.
This notorious Philadelphia desperado,
the associate of thieves and rowdies, and,
at the same time, a prominent leader of
the Democracy, played a bold part the
other day in the Board of Aldermen, while
that body was engaged in the appoint
ment of election officers for the Fourth
ward, the ward in which he resides, and
where, among the Democracy, he exer
cises the power of a despot—his word be
ing the law by which they are governed.
While the question on the election of cer
tain officers named (who were objectiona
ble to Alderman M'Mullini was pending,
the following dialogue, as reported in the
Philadelphia Bulelin, took place:
Alderman M'Mulliu —They cau never
go there. I will bet a hundred dollars on
it.
Alderman Jones —We will have to move
the ward out, then.
Alderman M'Mullin—When the day of
election come? we will crowd the place with
meD.
The Chair—Alderman. you should be
ashamed of yourself. lam surprised that
you make threats.
Alderman M'Muffin—On election day
don't let them go in. There will be murder
if they do.
Alueriuau Cloud moved that the resolu
tion as read be adopted.
Alderman M Muffin proposed as an
amendment a long list of names.
Alderman Cloud moved to lay the amend
ment on the table.
Alderman M'Mullio characterized the
motion a? being unfair.
The Chair said the question was not de
batable.
Alderman M'Mullin—Well, there will be
trouble there then.
The Chair—The gentleman should be
ashamed of making threats.
Alderman Joues asked that the room be
cleared.
Alderman M'Mullio—You Lad better
attempt to put them out; you will see
what you will get. There will bo threo or
four thousand men let loose on the day oi
election.
The motion to lay upon the table was
agreed to.
Alderman Jones called the previous
question, which was the adoption of the
resolution. Agreed to.
The resolution, as read by the clerk, was
then agreed to. The Chair declared the
names as the officers to conduct the election
in October.
Alderman M'Mullin—You will have club
law, then on election day.
The Chair —It is beneath your dignity
to make any such threats, or use such lan
guage."
This bold and bloody threat of club law
and murder—this open and shameless
declaration of resistence to law and breach
of the peace, was made by M'Mullin, him
self an alderman, in the face of the Board
and iu utter di-rogard of the moral sense
of the sober-minded citizens of Philadel
phia. The man himself is regardless of all
moral aud legal restraints. Hill M Muffin
is a reckless desperado, ready at any timo
to perform what he threatens, and we
may therefore expeet serious trouble iu
the Fourth ward on the day of election.
But if the Alderman is a villain, he is not
a sneaking one, and in this respect differs
from some other leaders of his party, lie
has openly proclaimed hi? intention of
resorting to violence, and committing
"murder," if necessary to prevent the
officers of election, regularly and legally
chosen, from acting. The citiiens of Phila
delphia being thus "forcwarntd" of the
impending danger, will no doult be pre
pared to meet and overcome it. But
what must the decent Democracy t'rink < A
leader who thus declares bis intention to he
come a murderer unless he can have nscn of
like character to act as officers of election in
his ward? They should feel ashamad of
even party association with such an in
grained scoundrel; and yet it is notorious
that this same bloody minded Bill H'Mulha
ruled the State Convention that nominated
Packer, and played a conspicuous part in
buying delegates to vote for him. To hire,
in fact, more than to any other man, Packer
owes his nomination; and not a Democratic
paper in the State dares now to condemn
his btutal conduct in the Board of Aldtr
men. M'Mullio rules them ali.
BE not proud of riches, but afraid qf them
lest they be a silver bar to cross the way to
heaven. You must answer for riches, but
riches cannot answer for you.
ASA PACKER'S TREASON
AND ROBBERY.
He True hies to Traitors in Europe,
and Disgusts his Traveling
Companions.
He litiiUlsa Mansion near his Unl
et rsiiy for the Xicce of Jeff.
DavisJ!
She is Supported in Luxury and
Splendor by Asa the Copper
head ! !
Jeff. Davis' Brother t Col. Joe Davis \
of the Rebel army, now a
Guest of the Demo
cratic Candidate.'!
How Poor Loyal Men fare white He ]
Maintains Rebels in Opulent
Splendor !.'
The Increase of Tolls on the Lehiyh
Road since May last, Fifty-
Seven Cents per ton It
Tin "Poor Man's Friend" makes
the Poor Man Pay for the
Support of Jeff. Davis'
Brother ami Niece ! !
The Consumers of Coal Bobbed of
One Thousand Dollars a
Day to Pamper Rebels,
and Corrupt the
Voters !
Ilotv the Half Million Gift was made
to the Lehiyh University.'.'
Pennsylvania Robbed to Corrupt the
Popular Morals, and Clothe
Traitors in Purple and
Fine Linen.'!
One Thousand Dollars a Day Ex
torted from the Poor to make
Packer Governor '. .'
830,000 PER MONTH !!
$360,000 Per Year "Special Tax!"
With a desire to show A-a Packer up be j
fore the people whose votes he solicits on j
the second Tuesday of October, and desir-!
inn to do him no injustice, we wrote to one
of his neighbors, agentlemanof unimpeach
able integrity, to give us such reliable
proofs of Packer's alleged extortions and
Rebel sympathies as might be depended on,
and proven when assailed. While we were
fully convicted of his turpitude and treason,
we confess we were unprepared for the in
iquitous depths of this bad man's record
during the war aud since its close.
The astounding revelations of our corres-1
pondent will startle every one, and it must
disgust every man not sunk in the bigotry
of party aud hopelessly given over to com
plicity with any crime which may be com
mitted by a Democrat. Our correspondent
says, "since May last the Lehigh A'alley
Railroad, of which Asa Packer owns three
fifths, has advanced its tolls 57 cents per
tOli 0U vonl. Tlo tvllo io May WdC 81 punt a
per ton ; in June 94 cents ; in duly ?1 15;
and in August and September $1 3S per
ton. The amount of coal shipped on that
road in the dullest month was 88,000 tons,
and this all comes off the consumers." It
will tbus appear that the advance in four
months has been as follows, on 90,000 tons
per month :
Advance in June sc. per ton $4,500 tK)
" July 34e. " 30,600 00
" Aug. 57c. " 51,500 00
•' Sept. 57c. " 51,300 00
Total extorted in 4 m0nth5...5137,700 00
Or s'l,4-5 per month—ju-t $1,110,50 per
day !
To add anything to this shameful, grasp
ing robbery of the poor for the sake of an
office by A-a Packer would be idleness.
But what follows, showing his bitter hostili
ty to his native land, and his cringing adula
tion of rebels, is a separate and lonely base
ness, in the depths of which his other
groveling te ins honorable. Our corres
pondent proceeds. "Wl-en Packer was in
Kurope, ( I hare this from one of his travel
ing companions), he was hobnobbing with
Breckinridge, Slidell and Jake Thompson,
while his companions refused to be intro
duced to them. He has built a house near
his University for the widow of Senator
Broadhead, the niece and adopted daughter
of Jeff. Davir, and when Davis was released
from Fortress Monroe Packer went to New
York, expre&dy to meet him, while he was
'■n mute to Canada. Col. Joe Davis, of the
rebel army, a brother of Jef}., is now an oc
cupant of tin House built by Packer for Jeff.
Davis' niece." We add no comments. We
only de:-ire to say that if any man desires to
assure himself of these disgraceful facts
about the Democratic candidate for Gover
nor of our State, we will endeavor to assist
him if he will call at cur office.
Loyal Pennsylvanians ! Tlow does Packer
suit you ?— Jfarrisburg Telegraph.
HOW TO MAKE A LOVING WIFE.
A correspondent sends the following to
the Phrenological Journal:
If you would have a loving wife, be as
gentle in your words after as 1 efore nr r
riage ; treat her quite as tenderly whew a
matron as when a miss; don't make her the
maid of all work, and a>k her why she looks
less tidy aud neat than wfceu you "'first
knew Iter;" don't buy cheap, tough beef,
and scold because it tloe3 not come on the
table "porter-house;" don't grumble about
squalling babies if you cannot afford a "nur
sery," and remember that "baby may take
after his papa" in his disposition; don t
smoke and chew tobacco, and thus shatter
your nerves, spoil your temper, and make
your breath a nuisance, and complain that
your wife declines to kiss you ; go home
joyous and cheerful to supper, and tell your
tired wife the good news you have heard,
and not silently put on your hat and go out
to the "dub" or "lodge," aud let ber after
ward learn tbat you spent the evening at the
opera or fancy ball with .Mrs. Dash. Love
i your wife; be patient; remember you are
: not perfect, but try to be; let whisky, to
bacco and vulgar company aloDe, spend
your evenings with your wife, live a decent,
Christian life, and the will be loving and
true—if you did not marry a heartless
beauty without sense or worth ; if you did,
who is to blame if you suffer the conse
quences?
IN Mississippi the Democracy are sup
porting a negro for Secretary of State. Oh,
[ consistency, thou art a jewel.
THE JIAUCU CHUNK WAR MEET-!
ING,
For some time past the Democratic pa
pers in this State have been trying to make
capital for Asa Packer by publishing aud
commenting on the proceedings of a war
meeting held at Mauch Chunk during Lee's
invasion, and in which Mr. P. participated.
Such tactics on the part of papers that
never said a word in favor of the war while
it was in progress, but, on the contrary,
frequently denounced it as unnecessary, un
constitutional, and cruel, is somewhat re
markable, and noteworthy as showing a
great change of sentiment, or, otherwise,
contemptible hypocrisy. But be this
may, they will fail utterly in their purpose,
which is to create a soldier sentiment in
favor of their candidate. The brave men
who served in the ranks of the army during
the war have had too wide a field of expe
rience to be easily imposed upon. They
know who sustained and who opposed the
war, and no death bed repentance, or hypo
critical pretense of patriotism on the part
of the latter can mislead or deceive them.
In regard to the Mauch Chunk meeting,
the simple facts will show how little credit
attaches to Asa Packer for the part he
played. The meeting was held daring Lee's
invasion, when every property bolder in
the State trembled for the safety of his pos
sessions ; and Asa Packer, who had opposed
the war while it only "thundered in the dis
tance," shook like Belshazzer in all his
members when it approached his own door.
He was moved, in what he did, by self in
terest, not by patriotism and loyalty.
In order to show clearly the part he act
ed and the credit h# deserves, we repub
lish the following from the Mauch Chunk
Gazette :
"Judge Packer's presence at the war
meeting, was caused entirely by the preva
lent fear that the rebel raiders were coming
over into the coal region to tear up the rail
roads, destroy property generally and, es
pecially, put an end to the coal supplies,
which were vital to our government. His
whole conduct on that occasion, in nervous
ly urging men to volunteer, was totally at
variance with his course during all the pre
ceding years of the war, and so soon as this
imminent danger had passed away, he sub
sided at once into his former lethargic in
difference to the country's fate. This proves
conclusively enough, that his momentary
zeal was caused entirely by selfish considera
tions. In short, his conduct in that mat
ter, was on a par with his coarse concern
ing his taxes. He cared nothing for the
country, but everything for bis own prop
erty..
"All this has been fully shown before.
But, the Packer organ here, being reduced
to the most desperate stiaits, has hunted up
the resolutions passed at that meeting, and
published them as representing the senti
ments of Mr. Packer. This may be called
decidedly rich. The committee which
drafted the resolurions numbered fifteen,
comprising many of our most undoubted and
entliu-iactic loyalist, both Republaeans and
War Democrats, including Dr. D. Shoe
! maker, Joshua Bullock, and others of equal
prominence. Asa Packer's name was the
second from the last in the list. He had
no hand in drawing up the resolutions, but
when they were read to the whole commit
tee, he objected to all the more emphatic
and positive statements of Union sentiments,
and succeeded in getting several sentences
modified, which reflected severely upon
Northern sympathizers with the rebellion.
One clause in particular, tchich denounced
"traitors, both North and South," was
erased entirely in consequence of his violent
opjtosilion to it.
"We desire it to be distinctly understood,
in the remotest corners of the State, as it is
known here, in his home, that the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylva
nia, was in the closest sympathy with the
Peace or Secession wing of the Northern De
mocracy, that he was one of those who re
joiced in our defeats and mourned over our
victories. ''
DO YOU COMPREHEND the PERIL!
la 1871 tbo LEGISLATURE will havo dornlv
ed upon it the duty of apportioning Penn
sylvania both for Congressional and Legis
tive representation. Both of these appor
tionments have not fallen on the same year
since 180.1, and will not fall on the same
year again till 1041. This consideration is
of the utmost political importance.
It has been demonstrated in all the recent
contests in this State, that the Republicans
have a handsome majority of the votes on
a full poll, and that the Democrats hold a
majority of the counties. Every experien
ced politician comprehends that the State
can be divided into Congressional and Leg
islative districts, on purely territorial bases,
and in conformity with the letter of the
Constitution, while giving the minority the
larger part of the representation. This
would be to contemn and frustrate the es
sential spirit of a democracy, which incul
cates that the majority shall rule.
livery politician comprehends, moreover,
that the State can bo districted with due
reference to territorial considerations, and
yet respect the intrinsic rights of the major
ty to govern, thus complying with the spirit
as well as the letter of the Constitution.
That this may be done, it is indispensa- I
lie that General Geary be rc-e'eefed to the
governorship. With Mr. Packer in the
Executive chamber, apportionment bills
might be coerced which would strip the Re
publicans of power, and hand over the con
trol to the Democrats, though these should
bo fouud at every recurring election thence
forward to be in a decided minority on the
popular vote.
We press this point. If the Republicans
of this State do not wish to find themselves
shorn of power, and to have their mouths
stopped from uttering reasonable com
plaints, they must demonstrate at the com
ing election by the re-election of Governor
Geary that their array is unbroken, that tbey
are the majority, and hence have the natu
ral and legal right to govern. Nothing will j
satisfy the requirements of the present case j
but a round majority of lawful ballots. Re- j
publicans ! if you fail in this, multiplied J
disasters will be likely to come upon you.
Having the power, see to it that you use it
effectively. — Pittsburgh Gazette.
EVERY' Republican will appreciate the im
portance of the present campaign, in view of
the fact that the election of Pershing would
give the Democracy tho control of the Su
preme Court of the State, and enable them
again, as last year, to deluge us with fraud
ulent naturalization papers.
VOL.. 42: NO 37.
HORACE GREELEY'S OLD DRIVER.
The old story of Horace Greeley's ride
over the mountains to Placerville has been
much laughed over, but not generally be
lieved. But at Reno we found the identi
cal driver, Mr. Hank Monk byname, sport
ing a watch presented by the citizens of
Placerville in honor of that ride, inscribed,
"Be seated, Horace, and I'll take you
through in time." He drove Mr. Wade
from near Virginia City to Reno. He came
out from the latter place by request to do
this driving as a matter of compliment.
Mr. Monk is a slight, wiry man of me
dium stature, with a round face, blue eyes
which look deep, and with a solemn ex
pression of countenance which suggests a
curtain drawn there over the very abode of
mischief. His gloves told of four in hand
under full headway, and a loose scarf around
his neck was another insignia of his office.
"Mr. Monk, you drove Mr. Greeley pret
ty fast," said Mr. Wade. Mr. Monk looked
unutterable things, but replied quietly, "we
went a pretty fair gait."
"Mr. Greeley was a little frightened we
are told ?"
"I guess Horace was a little scared," was
his reply.
He then went on to tell and embeiished
with much twinkling of eyes and evident in
ward enjoyment, bow he started under or
ders to make Placerville in time for the lec
ture Mr. Greeley was to deliver; how he
drew out slowly to lfct his team get in good
trim, and how he slowly, very slowly, as
cended the mountains; how Mr. Greeley
frequently consulted his watch, and leaned
out of the window to ask if it would be pos
sible to reach Placerville in time. So all
the way up the long mountain Mr. Greeley
was continually inquiring:
"Mr. Monk, don't you think that we had
better drive a little faster?" and Mr. Monk
was often replying, "Don't give yourself any
concern, Mr. Greeley, I'll take you through
in time."
But no sooner was the descent begun,
with a crack of the lash from the driver, and
a slight setting of the break, for fear of an
accident, than one class of fears abandoned
Mr. Greeley's breast to make room tor an
other. Mr. Monk asserts that he had hard
ly got under headway before Mr. Greeley
shouted, "Mr. Monk, do you think that
there is any need for such hurry ?'' and then,
"Mi. Monk, we seem to be getting ahead of
time," and next. "Mr. Mook, I believe I J
will give up the idea of lecturing to-night
and last of all, "Mr. Monk, I have given up j
that lecture, had'nt we better slow up a lit- |
tie?" To all of which Mr. Monk made:
answer: "I have my orders, Mr. Greeley, I
think we will get in in time ; be seated, sir,
I have my orders." And so at last Mr.
Greeley got in, first to the tavern and then
to his bed. But the story is old. For us
it will henceforth be true, since we have laid
eyes on Mr. Monk, and heard him tell the
tale.
\TeaLTH7
One great cause of the poverty of the
present day is, the failure of the common
people to appreciate small things, They
feel that if they cannot save large sums
they will not save anything. They do not
realize how a daily addition, be it ever so
small, will soon make a large pile. If the
young men and young women of to-day
will only begin, and begin now, to save a
little from their earnings, and plant it in
the soil of some good savings bank, and
weekly or monthly add their mite, they
will wear a happy smile of confidence and
' independence when they reach middle life.
Not only the pile itself will increase, but
the desire and ability to increase it will also
grow. Let clerk and tradesmen, laborer
and artisan, make now and at once a be
ginning. Store up some of your youthful
force and vigor for future contingency. Let
parents teach their children to begin early
to save. Begin at the fountain-head to
! control the stream of extravagance, and
then work will be easy. To choose between
j spending and saving is to choose between
| poverty and riches. Let your youth go on
in habits of extravagance, for fifty years to
| come, as they have for fifty years past, and
we shall be a uatluu uf beggars with a
I moneyed aristocracy. I jet a generation of
such as save in small sums be reared, and
we shall be free from want. Do not be am
bitious for extravagant fortunes, but do
seek that which is the duty of every one to
obtain independence and a comfortable
home. Wealth and enough is within the
reach of all. It is obtainable by one pro
! cess, and by only one —saving.
VOTER, DON'T FORGET,
That John W. Geary has proved himself
a gallant soldier as well as a good Governor!
That on the 23th of June, 1861, he was
mustered into the service as a Colonel and
successfully fought those who attempted to
destroy the Union!
That on the 25th of April, 1562, he was
promoted Brigadier General!
That on the 11th of January, 1865, he
was made Major-General!
That he was wounded at Bolivar, Cedar
Mountain, and Cbaneellorsville!
That to the present day he carries rebel
lead in his body 1
That as
Mayor of San Francisco!
Governor of Kansas!
Military Governor of Savannah !
And, finally, as
Governor of Pennsylvania!
He has invariably discharged the duties im
posed upon him with honor to himself and
credit to his native State!
Who can show a better record ?
We ask you, then, to work from now un
til election day for the continuance in office
of this faithful public servant. Let it not
be said that you discarded a roan you knew
to be true and faithful for one who had
nothing but money to recommend him for
the high office he seeks. — TunUuinnock Re
publican. ______
SETTLE WHILE YOU AHE YOUNG.—
Think of this, my good friend, and as you
have kind affections to make some good girl
happy, settle yourself in life while you are
young, and lay up, by so doing, a stock of
domestic happiness, agaiost age or bodily
decay. There are many good things in life,
whatever satirists and misanthropes may say
to the contrary; but probably the best of
! all, next to a conscience void of offence (but
without which, by the bye, they can hardly
exist), are the quiet exercise and enjoyment
| of the social feelings, in which we are at
once happy in ourselves, and the cause of
happiness to thoae who are dearest to us.—
| Sir Waller Scott.
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BATHING IN OH. -—lt Las often been ask
ed whether it would be possible form man to
swiiu in oil. The question was practically
solved, the other day, by a workman em
ployed in an oil manufactory at Nice, who
fell into a tank of olive oil nine feet deep.
He was an expert swimmer, but be went to
the bottom like a plummet, and was only
saved from drowning by the timely aid of a
comrade. Oil is too light to swim in; it is
not sufficiently buoyant, and does not offer
the resistance necessary to keep a man afloat.
On the other hand it is worth knowing that
it a bath in oil offers dangers to swimmers;
there are occasions on which it may be of
valuable use; for it is the best remedy for
serious burns. A German ballet girl, whose
dress had caught fire, and who had been
horribly burned in consequence, was put in
to a bath of oil by the chief physician of the
Leipsic Hospital. She was suffering atro
cious agonies; but the oil caused her pains
to cease almost immediately. She remain
ed in the bath nine days and nights, the oil
being renewed five times during that jieriod;
and her burns were then so far healed
A- u .-fa. nnt without twin or dan
ger
USEFUL HINTS.—A bit of glue dissolved
io skim milk will restore crape.
Strong ley put in water will make it as
soft as rain water.
Half a cranberry, it is Baid, bound on a
com, will soon kill it.
Ribbons of every kind should be washed
iu suds and not rinsed.
Scotch snuff put in holes where crickets
come out will destroy them.
A bit of soap rubbed on the hinges of
doors will prevent their creaking.
Wood ashes and common salt wet with
water will stop the crack of a stove.
If your flat irons are rough, rub them
with fine salt and it will make them smooth.
If you wish to avoid a cold, keep your
mouth shut. The same plan also keeps the
teeth from getting sunburnt and people
from noticing them if they are.
PROP. HENRY, in the meeting of the
Academy of Sciences at Hartford, speaking
of the electric spark, said ho "'could judge
better of the duration of the spark when
seen perpendicularly than horizontally."
When it appeared in print it read: '"He
could better judge of the duration of the
! -quash when seen perpendicularly than hori
j zontally." That is equal to Mr. Burlingame's
eloquent allusion to the "granite shaft" on
j Bunker Hill—but which was printed the
"grog shop" on Bunker Hill.
AN anecdote is told of a German student
in theology, who, after waiting an un
conscionable time for admission, appeared
before the examiner "bearded like a pard. '
The learned examiner fell back, astonished,
exclaiming, "A student in theology with a
beard!" "A beard!" cried the student,
with an air of equal astonishment, and
putting his hand up to his face, "bless me,
why it must have grown while 1 have been
waiting in the ante-room !"
SHOULD Asa Packer be elected, the influ
ences that will surround him will be mostas
trocious. Bill McMullen, the notorious row
dy and outlaw of Philadelphia, is bis bosom
friend, and will be one of his confidential ad
visers in case of his election. Do the people
of Pennsylvania desire to see the Executive
of their State controlled by such influences?
If they do not, let them elect John W.
Geary for their Governor.
A GENTLEMAN riding, came to the edge
of a morass which he considered not safe.
Seeing a peasant lad, he asked whether the
bog was hard at bottom "O, yes, quite
hard," replied the youth. The gentleman
rode on, but his horse began to sink. "You
rascal," shouted he, "did you not say it was
hard at bottom?" "So it is," rejoined
the rogue, "but you're not half way to it
yet."
WHEN a stranger treats me with want of
proper respoot," oaid a pKilooopbio poor
man, "I comfort myself with the reflection
that it is not myself he slights, but my old
shabby coat and hat, which, to say the truth
have no particular claims to admiration. So
if my hat and coat choose to fret about it,
let them: it is nothing to me."
AT no moment of difficulty does a hus
band, knowing his own utter helplessness,
draw so closely to his wife's side for comfort
and assistance, as when he wants a button
sewed on his shirt collar.
Two Million Dollars per year is the rate
at which Republicanism has been paying off
the State debt of Pennsylvania. Governor
Geary and the Republican party stand
pledged to continue it at this rate.
WHEN vice wants a license to desalote, it
only has to ask the Democratic party for a
passport When treason would disrupt a
nation, it found in Democracy an abettor.
ASA PACKER says he never read the let
ter of General Rosecrans. Has he ever
read the Ten Commandments or the Rev
enue laws ?
IF running after the women be a sin, it is
one which is very easily checked. All that's
necessary is for the women to stop running
away tiom the men.
IT will be an evil hour for Pennsylvania
when Assemblyman C. L. Pershing has the
opportunity to turn his votes into judicial
decisions.
A MAN in the rigbt, though he be alone,
is in the majority, for God is on his side,
and is multitudinous above all populations
of the earth.
NONE of the Democratic papers appear
to have heard from Omaha since the elec
tion. Reason —Increased Republican ma
jorities.
IT S estimated by intelligent parties that
the Republican majority in Ohio will reach
40,000. ■
AFTER the election the Democratic Ps
which they are now so anxiously praying for,
will be Pity Pity Poor Packer.
GREAT excitement exists in Cincinnati
over the attempt of the Democracy to abol
ish the Bible from the public schools.
FOR Supreme Judge of Pennsylvania we
want two things—a lawyer and a loyal man.