THK FREEMAN.
FSFSSEVfiG, PA.,
TiiCtoDAT, : : : ; : Skit. 2 J, 16CS.
HON. HORATIO SEYMOUR,
OF NEW YOKK.
Voll VICE PWVKDENT :
GEN. FRANK P. BLAIR,
X! EC XT' 9
CEO. W. CiS.
district
1 C. K. Kemerl?.
2. Chme M. L?t-eBX.
3. C.'haa.Pui.-k waiter.
4 Gtii. R. Lerritt.
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W P. Witbington.
Win. P. Oorgn.
Wro. r. Schell.
C L. Pershing,
A. C- Noves.
W. A. GalbraHh.
Join R- Packard.
James C. Clark.
Jag. II. Hooltius.
Edw'd S. GoIJen
Stu'l B. Wilson.
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H. K. Coshrll.
Reuben Suihler.
11. E. Mor abtin
D. L Wenierick.
I'ernrd M'Grau.
10. Wiiliira Ijliai.
11. A. O. i'rodheid.
12. John Blauiig.
FOR AUDITOR OENBRAL .
HON. CHARLES E. BOYLE,
J' FjL'jeile County.
fos f-rr.vBTOB crKKL:
GEN. WELLINGTON II. ENT,
" Columbia County.
FOR CONGRESS :
COL. JOHN V. LINTON, Jth.ietown.
TOR ESPHIStMATIVt :
Ci;:(. JOHN PORTER. Wellington Tp.
I On TROTHOSOTAEY .
Cap. J. K.HITE. Johnstown.
F"R DISTRICT ATTORNEY:
F. P. TIERNEY, Kwp, Ebentburg.
Fi r. roMvisSio.HSft :
MAL'KIC;; 1RNAMARA, Johnstown.
ret poor hcrcE pibsctob:
CL'P.lsTIAN SNYDER, Juck-ou Tp.
ron acditor:
J Ail Erf 'NULL, Al'egheny Tp.
fot ncBVEvr v. :
HENRY SCANLAN, Carrolltown.
Are Yua ..seel f
Democrat, are you aasessed ? If not
it is the firtit and most important duty
you owe to yourself and to your country
to n!rfrni. Let evekt Democrat see to
it that Lis name ia on toe assessment life t .
Our strength U sutlicitnt to carry Penn
sylvania beyonl a pcral venture in the ap
proaching election, ai:d all that is neces-
eary for us to do ae a party ia to bring
on tLut strength when iLe proper time
arrives. Tbe Chairman of the Disunion
State Control Committee baa instructed
Disunion AsoCaeors in the State to assess
nj Democrat, unless they are compelled
bo to do, and for thii reason Democrats
should go to tbe Aeoebors at once and see
that their names are put upon the assess
ment list, bo that they may be enabled to
exercise the right of franchise at the com
ing elections in October and November.
tOSGR.tllLA IOItl' AIlKi:SS.
DtMOCiiTic State Committee Rooms,
001 Aucu SrnttT, I'iiila. J
To tfte Democracy of Pennsylvania :
The sturdy Democracy of Maine have
covered themselves with glory.
In the very citadel of Radicalism they
demonstrated that you are upon the eve of
a magnificent victory.
The two parties were last arrayed at
the polls upon national issues in 1866.
Maine then polled a vote nearly equal to
Ler vote of 1361, whilst Pennsylvania
polled her largest vote.
In 1866 Radicalism received in Maine
ti'J,G37 votes. Iu 18G3 it receives, as they
themselves estimate, 7o,002 votes. This
is an increase of 8 per cent upon the vote
of I860.
In 18riG Democracy there received 41,
547 votes, and iu 1868 it receives 55,725
votes. This is an incrcaeo of SO per cent,
upon the vote of 1866.
In 18C6 Radicalism receives in Penn
sylvania 307,274 vote?, and Democracy
received 290,000 votes.
Apply the test of Maine to this vote,
find Radicalism will receive in Pennsyl
vania an increase of 8 per cent , or 24,581
votes, making a total of 331,855 votes,
and Democracy will reccivo an increase of
30 percent., or 87,028 vote, making a
total of 377,124 Democratic votes, bhow.
ing that we will have a clear Democratic
majority of 45,269 votes.
Whilst the totals shown by this estimate
are too lurge for tbe vote that wo will cast
in October, no man who knows the condi
tion of public sentiment in Pennsylvania
will at-serttbat the relative proportion will
be lessened.
Maine voted for John C Fremont, yet
James Buchanan was elected PrcsiJent,
and Pennsylvania led the column of States
that made him tbe Chief Executive of the
nation.
The Lope of the Republic is in the De
mocracy of the Keystone.
As in 1856, the responsibility of deter,
mining tbe contest now rests with you.
Maine baa proven that you can again
bring triumph to the principles you love.
Let oa aronsq to renewed energy and
more determined effort.
By order of tbe Democratic State Com
mittee. WILLIAM A. WALLACE,
Chairman.
. . Both Houses of CoDgress met on
Monday and agreed to adjourn until the
16th of October, and from that day to
Itovcmber 1 0, and from that day to
flrrt Monday in Deeec&btr.
Keep It Before tbe People.
In view of the approaching election in
this State, on the 13th of next mouth, it
is important that the people should have
a full understanding of what Radical rule
has cost them during the few years that
party has had control of the governmental
affairs of this Commonwealth, and this
understanding may be obtained by a pe-
t rud of the following facts and figures fur
nished by the Ilarrisburg Patriot. We
caLnot conceive how any honest man can
r-ad such damnable proofs of Radical mis
rule, corruption cnl dishonesty, and then
go f the polls and cast his vote in favor of
that swindling policy which has and is
cotiug tha tax-payers of our State such
an immense sum to maintain. Rut here
are the charges and specifications, briifly
presented, and not one of them can be
truthfully denied or explained away. We
hope our Democratic friends will ponder
these facts well, and then hand them to
their Republican neighbors for perusal a:.d
consideration.
KEEP IT BEFORE TIIE PEOPLE that
;nce the Iiadicals have had possession of the
State Government SIXTY-FIVE MILLIONS
OF DOLLAILS have been received at the
State Treasury, only foor millions of which
have been applied to tbe payment of the
fc'Uta debt.
KEEP IT BEFORE TIIE PEOPLE that
:cce tLo rudrcals came into pos-fss:on of
the State Oovernrnt-nt, TWENTY -FIVE
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS were received
at ;ht t-tate Treasury, which uuder the law,
should have g'-ne into the Sinking Fund for
the pavmcnt of the State Debt, and that
TWENTY-ONE MILLIONS of that sum
went Hoinewbere "ls.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE that
the Indicate have increas'.-d the rate of in
terest on the State Debt from 4 and 6 to 6
per cent., making the ioterett J202.000 per
annum more than it wps ender Democratic
rule.
KEf.P IT BEFORE TIIE PEOPLE that
during the ten years ct Radical ascendancy
in the Legislature, the expenses of that body
were ONE MILLION. ONE HUNDRED
AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
more than the preceding ten 3 ears of Demo
cratic ascendancy.
KEEP IT BEFORE TIIE PEOPLE that
the Aalitor General' effico, under llart
rar.ft, has cist nearly 520,000 more than un
der his predtc(-n.sirs.
KEEP IT LEFJI1E TIIE PEOPLE that
the Radical Auditor General, Hartranft, and
the Radical State Treasurer, Kemble, paid
out to ypccial coru unit tees of the Lr-gis'ature.
neir!y $10,000, lat year, in defiance of the
law forbidding the Bame.
KEEP IT BE Ft RE THE PEOPLE that
Gioc-ral ILirtrinft, Mr. Kemble. the Radi
cal St.te Committee, not a single Radical
rwvrspsper in the Stat DARES DiiNY
THESE FACTS.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE that
we wi!l firfoTt one thousand dollars to Audi
tor Gcceral Hartranft, or any other Radical,
if, upon a public in vetigtion, before an
impartial tribunal, the above statements are
found est to w true.
Look at flic figures.
The Radi.-ala are just now throwing up
their bats in great glee over the result of
the Maine election, End vary their rejoic
ings with an occasional allusion to the re
cent election in Vermont. Roth these
elections, our Radical friends would have
us believe, resulted in great triumphs for
them, but the real facts are that they sus
tained very heavy lo?ses in both caBen, as
indeed they have in all elections which
have occurred throughout the country
within the past year or two. The follow
ing States are the only one9 which have
voted during the present year, and if the
Radicals can draw any consolation from
a couopariiion of the figures with those of
the year 18G6, they are certainly welcome
to it :
1S6S.
Rep Dern. Rpp. Dem.
Maine 6 ,6,iG 4 1 . ti 75,(100 55.5i.-0
Connecticut. 43,374 43.4.U 4-j77 5.64l
Oregon 10 2S3 y,956 ln,5e0 l!,7fi)
Kentucky. .. 5s,ti35 95,875 27 .205 115,5-24
Vermont 34.117 11.22 42,527 15.274
Rhode Island 8,197 2,fcl4 lu.004 5.7UM
N. Ramp. .. 35.137 30,481 3'J,724 37.093
250 .39 23o.!;9-2 253,879 291.435
255,fc9-2 2.V2.677
Hop. xnaj.. 23,477 Deia. maj . 37.558
From the above statement it will be
seen that the Democracy have gained in
seven small States no less than 61,035 on
the vote of 1866. On the vote of 1867
we have an aggregate gain in the States
above named of 19,453, notwithstanding
the Radicals are crowing lustily over the
increased majority in Maine as compared
with I heir majority last year, when local
issues divided and demoralized their party.
Such a ratio of increase in other States of
the Union will leave the Radical party so
far in the background that it can never
again enter the lists as a political organi
zation. Tbe SkJes are Bright.
From every section of Pennsylvania, as
indeed from all parts of the country, come
the tuost cheering indications of great
Democratic victories iu October and No
vember next. Everywhere Democratic
tneeting9 are being more largely attended
than they have been for years, and in near
ly every election district prominent and
influential men who have heretofore acted
against us, are now with up, and their in
fluence and example cannot but induce
many others to vote with as when election
day comes around. These changes are
numerous and widespread, and with their
aid our triumph In this State at the Octo
ber election is beyond the shadow of doubt,
if proper effort ia only made to get out the
full Democratic vote. Thi3 is the one
thing needful, and no Democrat should
rest content on election day uiitil this duty
is thoroughly accomplished.
Attacks upon Grant.
A Radical paper complains bitterly of
the atrocious attacks of the Democratic
" press on the private character and mili-
tary record of General Grant. ISow,
it is a simple fact, which we can prove
beyond denial, that of the serious imputa
tions now retting on the Radical candidate,
not one can be traced to a Democratic
source. When the nomination of Grant
was yet uncertain, the Radical leaders op
posed it, on the score of his perponal hab
its. It was Theodore Tilton, the editor
of the rabid Radical sheet, the Indeptnd
enf, who led off with circumstantial charg
es of intemperances, and Wendell Pnillips
ar.d Horace Greeley reiterated and rein
fore d them. Tbe criticism of Grant's
military success, as due to ibe mere reck,
less expenditure of his soldiers' lives
which be had not the talent or the human
ity to spare or to husband, came from
Radical sources. The present Radical
Senator from Iowe, Mr. Harlan, was the
first to impugn the military reputation of
Grant, in an elaborate speech in the Sen
ate, He said : "The Iowa troops have
no confidence in his capacity and fitness
for the post he holds. They regard
" him as the author of the useless slauh
" ter of their comrades." Congressional
Globe, Thirty-seventh Congress, p. 200G.
But the wor?t charge of all comes from a
source nearer ftill to General Grant.
Here no promptings of Democratic hostil
ity can be fancied. Grant's connection
with tbe cotton speculations is proved by
the oath of bis own father! We will
give again the formal record in this case
Its accuracy has never been denied, 6ince
its first publication, months ago, in this
and othrr journals. Here we have the
statement of Jesse Grant, the plaintiff,
verifi .d by his oath, that be "at once and
faithfully carried out bis agreement," and
that agreement was that "plaintiff on his
44 part was to go with the men, &c, to tbe
" headquarters to General Grant, and
' procure a permit for them to purchase
cotton, 6ecure transportation, &c." He
had to prove this to show that be wa
entitled to the profits he sued for. There
was, however, no doubt about the facts.
The defendant, indeed, admits them, but
d ;murs that the agreement, being "con
trary to public policy," should not be
enforced in a court of justice. To all this
the Radicals have as yet framed no co
Lerent answer. What purports to be a
letter to his father, was lately published,
in which Grant is made to say be would
not give the permits. But here we have
old Jesse swearing and proving a a court
of justice, that his son did give him the
permits. We do not know any worse
chapter of family history than this of the
Grants, contained in the following record:
THE SCPEBIOB COURT OT CINCINNATI, HAM
ILTON COCSIT, OHIi.
Jeste R. Grant
v.
Harman Hack, Henry Mack, Petition.
and Simon Mck, partut rs
as Mack Brothers. J
The plaintiff states that on or about the
sixth day of December, A. U. 1832. he
entered into an agreement with the defend
ants for the purpose of partnership purchases
of cotton in the Military Department com
manded bj General TJ. S. Grant, the coudN
liens of said agreement bein; as follows .
Defendants were to furnish all the money
that might be rcpiired in the said bu?iness,
and tbe cecessary number of men to porehase
and elvp the cottm, they being allowed
sevi-n per cent, per annum for the money
so employed during the iiroe it was necessa
rily used. Plaintiff, on his part, was to go
with the men farnihel as aforesaid by the
defendants, to the headquarters of Genera!
Grant, and procure a permit for them to
purchase cotton, secure transportation and
such other facilities as might be consistent
with the usages and interests of tbe army.
The defendants were to have the cotton thus
purchased shipped immediately to New Y'ork
and sold, and the net profit? of sales, after
deducting from the gross proceeds the neces
sary expenses of buying, freight and selling,
except the wages of the men furnished as
aforesaid by the defendant, were to be divided
among the parties, in the proportion of three
fourths to the defendants and one-fourth t
the plaintiff, the plaintiff in no event being
liable for any portion of loss that might be
incurred. Plaintiff says that said agreement
was at once ami faithfully carried out upon
his part, and also was by the defendants so
far a3 the purchase of cotton, its transporta
tion to New York and sale were concerned,
but defendants having broken said agreement
in this that they have utterly failed and re
fused to render to plaintiff any account of
such transactions, or to pay over to him any
portion of his share ot the profits arising from
the same, although said account and pay
ment have been repeatedly demanded by the
plaintiff Plaiuiifi" says that under said
contract a large amount of cotton was pur
chased , as many as three hundred bales or
more, at an average cost of from fifty to fifty
four cents per pound, and which was sold in
New Y'ork at such prices as to realize a n-t
pri fit of forty thousand dollars or over. The
exact number of bales purchased, the precise
price of such purchase, and the exact amount
of expenses and of proceeds of sale, he is
unable to state, the account of the same be
ing in the possession of the defendants, who
refuse to furnish a 6tatemeut of it. But the
amount purchased, and the net profits real
ized, are not less than as above stated, while
the same may, and probably will, exceed the
amounts before stated.
Plaintiff asks th-it an account may be taken
between himself and the defendants, and that
the defendants may be ordered to pay over
to him such an amount as may be found duj
to him from them, under the agreement
hereinbefore set forth, and that all such
other orders may be made in his behalf as
he may be equitably entitled to in tbe
premises. (Signed) H. Snow,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
The State of Ohio, Hamilton County, ss.:
Jesse R. Grant, tbe plaintiff, makes oath
tbat he believes the statements of the fore
going petition to be true.
Jesse R. Gbant.
Subscribed and sworn to bifore me this
3 lot day of December, A. D. 1603.
Wm. E. Jones,
Notary Public, Hamilton County, Ohio.
Notarial seal.J
SUPERIOR, COURT OF CINCINNATI.
Harman Mack tl al. vs. J ease R. Grant.
No. 17.537.J
And the said derendanta came and demur
to the petition of the said plaintiff, and for
cause of demurrer say :
First. The said petition does not Btate
facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.
Second. The petitien does Dot state any
legal and vaiid consideration for tbe alleged
undertaking and obligation of the defendants.
Third. The contract on which the suit is
brought ia contrary t-i policy.
The defendants, therefore, ask judgment,
and that they may be dismissed with their
costs. Caldwell & Tildes,
Attorneys for Defendants.
Indorsed No. 17.6S7. Superior Court,
Cincinnati. Harman Mack el al. vs. Jess
R. Grant. Demurrer of defendants.
Caldwell. & Tildkic .
Does any one suppose that the Demo
cratic press can ignore facts thus present
ed to them ; but which we have not
elicited nor heightened ? But what has
been the example of the Radical press ?
Their charges against Seymour are the
fruits of their own invention, contradicted
by a thousand proofs, and a?tEined by
none. He did not support the govern
ment, they cry ; when the gushing thanks
of Lincoln and Stanton express their sense
of his services. It is true, be quelled a
formidable riot ; but then be used the old
formula of civil magistrates, and spoke to
the excited people as "my friends." Ter
rible charges these ; tbe fruits, indeed, of
political calumny. But the charges against
Grant cannot be thus traced to bis politi
cal opponents. Phila. Agt.
Political and Xcw Items. s
..James Glines. of Lynn, a few days
ago made fifteen pairs of ladies gaiters in
less than ten hours, making $7,50. the
greatest feat known to be accomplished by
any shoemaker..
..Geary, the Chief Magistrate, says
he knew General Grant in Mexico in
1816. As the Chief Magistrate didn't
arrive in Mexico until 1847, itisEurmiscd
that be must have a good memory.
. .News of defalcation by Radical offi
cials are of almost daily occurrence. The
latest is that of Col. E 1$ Olmstead, who
has just absconded with a big pile stolen
from tbe Post-oLace Department at Wash
ington. . . A papr mill, in which was manu
factured paper used by Benjamin Frank
lin, in his office, is still in operation in
Delaware county, Pa. It is named the
"Ivy Mill," and was erected as long ago
as the year 173.
..A Ku Klux Klan in Terre Haute,
Indiana, turned out to be a Radical or
ganization, got up with a view to com
mitting offenses and then charging them
upon the Democratic party. So bays the
Terre Haute Journal.
..Edwin M. Stanton waa announced
to take tbe stump in Illinois. The Radi
cal committee squelched him, by frankly
declaring that his appearance in the State
would be dangerous to the party, and
might be dangerous to himself.
..Nearly all of the bank note paper
used in this country is made in Philadel
phia. There are two other mills in this
country, but the one in Philadelphia does
the most work by far. The paper is made
of only linen ras, imported for the pur
pose from Ireland, and is as white as snow.
. .The Radicals, during their ten years'
ascendency in the Pennsylvania Legisla
ture, increased the expenses of tbat body
one million one hundred and twenty
thousand dollars. Yet all this time there
were exactly the same number of Senators
arid Representatives that there were under
Democratic rule. What became of the
money ?
. .Ten years since there emigrated to
Nebraska a party of one hundred Irish
men, all of them without a dollar in the
world. They were worth only their
spades and a Democratic vote apiece.
They took land in Douglas county, around
the then unknown town of Omaha, and
now all of them are enjoying affluence and
many of them wealth,
. .The citizens of the Nineteenth Ward,
Philadelphia, in which the murder of the
little girl named Mary Mohieman occurred,
have offered n reward of $1,000 for the
capture and conviction of the murderer,
and a wealthy citizen has offered n hand
some brick house to the captor. The re
ward thua far is 2,000 and a handsome
brick house
..Ooeof the "loyal" members of the
Georgia Legislature recently announced
that in three months one hundred and
sixty negroes had been killed in Stewart
county alone. The Coroner of the county
lately testified that but five had been killed
in two years. The carpet-bagger at once
folded np his "bloody shirt," put it in his
carpet-bag, and has said nothing upon the
subject since.
. . A dispatch from Fortress Monroe,
dated 17tb, says : Yesterday afternoon a
fiendish outrage was perpetrated on the
person of a young girl residing about four
miles from Hampton, on tbe Yorktown
road, by two negroes named Henry Har
rison and William Jones. The young
Kdy belongs to a highly respectable family.
The perpetrators were arrested and are
now held in military prison awaiting their
hial by the civil authorities.
. .One of tho Grant electors in Alaba
ma is an ex-Confederate captain, who
sworo a solemn oath never to take a Fed
eral prisoner alive. Being a convert to
Radicalism, he is now regarded as a
sound teacher of the people, and bis pre
vious sins have all been condoned. Any
fellow that blows the Radical bpgle and
carries a carpet-bag, is considered a fit
champion for Grant and Colfax, no matter
what may Lave been his conduct daring
the war.
. . Joe Brown, of Georgia, the landlord
of Andersonvi'.le prison, and one of the
rebels who helped to nominate Grant, ex
pects to rnako a good thing out of his new
fledged loyality. He is a high priced
patriot, and demands five thousand dollars
to act as counsel for the Government in
the prosecution of the alleged Ashburn
murderers. Of course bo will get it.
Gen. Meade, being anxious about his
"personal vindication," ha9 urged tbe
employment of tho "original secessionist."
. .Some of the Radical Stato or Nation
al Committees are flooding the country
with documents which find circulation
under the forged frank of Hon. Samuel J.
Randall. While this contemptible trie
does not surprise up, coming, as it does,
from the Radicals, it demands prompt
suppression-. Any Democrat who here
after receives a Radical document with
the honorable gentleman's franky ,?vill
know that tbt frank is counterfeited, four
exchanges will plaase notice. Kv&nirtg
Herald.
The merchants' Protective Union.
Ratings as to Standing and Cbedit
It is generally known that there are in the
city of New-York establishments styling
themselves " Institutions," Commercial
Agencies," which are supposed to have great
influence and actual power in producing or
prejudicing the standing and credit of busi
ness men throughout tbe Union. Having
their own secret agents in nearly every city,
town, village, and at almost every cross-road
in the length and bieadth of the whole land,
these concei ns have become interwoven with
the whole mercantile system of the country.
Every merchant, trader, manufacturer, and
banker, whether bkely or not to make pur
chases ou time or to ask frr credit in any of
the principal cities, is fully reported at their
headquarters his business, means, 're
spectability." standing, are published, and
even his private habits are detailed and open
to tbe inquiry of their customeis. So com
plete and thorough a system of espionage as
these concerns have everywhere ex tended ,'is
probably uoknown even to the police depart
ments of France or Austria.
So long as business shall continue to be
done upon the credit system, establ.sbmeuts
of this nature will probably continue to ex
ist, in some form or another ; but the mode
iu which they have been conducted namely,
by printiag Books of Reports, in which tens
of thousands of business men are denoted by
a dath ( ), or &u asterisk (), an interro
gation poiut (1), or some similar mark, sig
nifying tbat the party so indicated is Tot
recommended for credit," or tint the cus
tomer should "inquire at the office" must,
in view of recent decisions in slander and
libel suits, be materially modified.
Those establishments, with their Dumerous
clerks standing behind long rows of desks,
on which lie ponderous volumes wherein can
be learned a story, whether true or false, of
every merchant in any part of the country
whatever, will probably modify their busi
ness, or pats away the liability, in view of
recent decisions to slander suits arising out of
their operations, being too heay to incur.
In the Mercantile Agency case of Beards
ley against Tappan, the plaintiff recovered
ten thousand dollars ; and upon a motion fur
a new trial, made before the United States
Ciicuit Court for the Southern District of
Nw-York, the Hon. Samuel Nel.son, one of
the ablest Justices of the Supreme Court, has
delivered an opinion denying the motioD,
holding that the publicity given to informa
tion depreciatory of the standing and char
acter of merchants, "by recording the libel
ous words in a book, deprived the commu
n: cat ion of its otherwise privileged charac
ter." He was further of opinion that "to
legalize these establishments in the manner
and to th extent used by tho defendant, is
placing one portion of the mercantile com
munity under an organized system of espion
age and inquisition for the bentfit ot the
other, exited, from the very nature of the
organization, to perversion and abuse."
With the view of obviating the objection
able features of the former systems a com
pany, with a capital stock of $000,000,
divided into S10 shares, has been organize!,
and incorporated under the laws of the State
of Ne-York, under the title of The Mer
chants' Protective Union, 00 a basis which
seems to be free from the evi'.s, difficulties,
and embarrassments under which thc-se here
tofore in existence have labored.
The plan adopted by the Merchants' Pro
tective Union, though analogous in some
particulars to that cf the establishments
above referred to, yet difhsrs in such material
respects as not to be amenable to the o y-c-tions
urged against them, the main poiuts of
difference being the following ;
First. All Decessary information as to
the pecuniary responsibility or fiuancial con
dition and standiug of business men will be
based upon the written statements of tbe
parties themselves so far as attainable to
be furnished at least twice each year, the
agents of the Union examining and revising
such statements when deemed erroneous,
aud, where same caa not be obtained from
the parties themselves, by reason of their
declining or refusing to furnish it, such in
formation will be supplied by the reliable
and responsible correspondents of the insti
tution, whose name will also be published in
the Mercantile Reference Reports, to be is
sued every six months. Tbe ehiractc-r of its
correspondents, and the publicity thu given
to their connection with tbe organization,
will prove a sufficient guarrantee of the cor
rectness of the information thus obtained,
and the justice of the reports furnished by
them- There will be 'nothing "secrcC or
'stricly confidential" iu its reports of the
ratings and markings of the credit and capi
tal of busiucss men there will be no futile
prohibition to the effect that sucn informa
tion 'Shall never, in any way, be communi
cated to the persons reported" there will
bo nothing that may not be exposed to the
light of day.
Second. The reports and information fur
nished by The Merchants' Protective Union
will be confined to those who are considered
worthy of credit of some grade ; and the
names of none who can not be recommended
for some line or degree of credit will be men
tioned or in any way referred to.
I: is believed tho above plan, ad p'el after
cocsuHation with some of the ablest counsel
iu nearly every State, will avoid the evils of
those heretofore iu operation ; will be pr
dnctive of no harm ; will work substantial
justice to all ; and will, at the same time,
furnish leports more truthful and complete,
and therefore of much greater value than
any previously issued.
It will be seen, from their announcement
in another column, that in September the
Merchants' Protective Union will publish in
one large quarto volume The Mercantile Re
ference Register, cotUioii.g, amoug other
things, the Names. Nature of Business,
Amount of Capital, ITioancial Stan 'Ing, and
Rating as to Credit, of over 400,000 tf the
principal merchants, traders, bankers, man
ufacturers, and public companies, in more
than 20,000 of the cities, towns, villages, and
settlements, throughout tbe United States,
their territories, and the British Provinces
of North America ; and embracing the most
important information attainable and ne
cessary to enable the merchaut to ascertain
at a glance tbe Capital, Character, and De
gree of Credit of sock customers as are deem
ed worthy of any gradation of credit ; with
a Newspaper Directory, containing tbe title,
character, price, and placo of publication,
with full particulars relative to each journal,
beiDg a complete guide to the press of every
county in the United States.
By aid of The Mercantile Reference Regis
tor, businftss-men will be enabled to ascertain
at a glanco the capital and gradation of credit
as compared with financial worth, of nearly
every merchant, manufacturer, trader, and
banker within the above-named geographical
limits. Tbe price of the work is 50. f
Those wishing for more information on the
subject of mercantile agencies will find the
question fully and ably discussed in the July
issue of the Monthly Chronicle of the Mer
chants' Protective Union. The pamphlet
contains, in addition, very Interesting details
as to the operations of the former and exist
ing agencies, and a list of legal correspon
dents throughout the United States. It may
be had gratis, by writing to The Merchants'
Protective Union, 128 Broadway, (Box 2566)
Nevr-York.
State Faib. The Pennsylvania State
Fair, which will be held at Ilarrlaburg, com
mencing Tuesday Sept. 29fA,and continuing
four days, promises to be one of unusual in
terest, and the largest ever held ia this
State.
We are informed by the Secretary that
the balls, buildings, and numerous sheds are
already erected, and other improvements are
rapidly being pushed to completion.
Preparation of Grounds. The grounds,
containing seventy acres, are beautifully
located north-west of llairisburg City, on
the east branch of the Susquehanna river,
within view of the State Capitol, a short
distance from the upper station on the Penn
evlvania Railroad, to which point Paeser er
Trains will be run at very short intervals : '
and also within half a mile of the termination ;
of the Passenger Railway. Tva large well ;
enclosed Halls, 64 by 2.2 feet, have been
erected for the reception of fine ai tides. '
Tw Tents, 110 by 90 feet have been put j
up one for the floral department, and the J
other for fruits, vegetables, farm products, j
nousenoia articles, ccc; ana ow Ret oi tneu-
ding for the display of carriages, machinery,
and agricultural implements; staus for
horses and cattle, capable of holding 250
head, together with numerous pecs for
sheep and swine.
Floral HaU.TiOTa. Hall will be laid out
in a beautiful garden and landscape scenery,
ornamented with a central lake, fountains of
spray, and revolving jets, and interspersed
with rockery patches of sbubbery and wild
flowers ail combining to form a most j
ple-ising and interesting retreat for visitors. !
Entries. Numerous entries have already Glass, ad recruit and enlarged it almost tn
been made, and much of the space alr-aly tire'y. besides refitting it with new machinery,
allotted to exhibitors; in fact more entries the subscribers are now prepared to furnish
have already been made than has occuired j COOK, PARLOR HEATING STOVES.
at so early a date at any former exhibition. of the latest and most approvoJ put
The Track The Track for the inspection THRESHING MACHINES. MILL GEAIt-
and exhibition of horses, and
trials of'en-ed
ile tracks in'the
11 t Li
is one of the best arranged m
State. OwiDg to the numerous liberal
premiums offered for horses from improved
and thorough bred sires, many of the best
animals in this and the adjoining States, are
already entered fjr competition. S me ex
citing contests of speed will be had between
horses held and used as farm stock cr road
sters daring the progress of the Fair.
Transportation. Articles for exhibition,
including live stock, are carried by all ti e
piincipal railroads charging full freiglit
rates goiDg to the fair, aud returning them
free to all stations from whence shipped.
Excursion Tickets. Ail the princ-pal
railn.ads ia this State will issue excursion
tickets at reduced rt-te, good duiirij the
week of the exhibition, as published upon
the la'ge railroa 1 posters. Any further in
f rmatmu can be obtained by addressing or
applying to A. B. Lqxgakik.
Secretary, Ilarristurg, Pa.
An I nx-id ext or thk Gkeat Earth-!
quake Gen. Kilpatrick, U. S. Min;s-er i
t China, reports the following singular j
and horriblvi sight that occurred at Anca,
in connection with the earthq i:tke : j
As the earth opened and yawned, thtre
came up Jive hundreil mwwiihs, who stnd
in long lines facing trie s?a, every one of ,
the skeletons in pvrteot pr servation, the ;
hands doubled up anJ supposing the chin, :
the kness drawn up aid the ft-et sopp r.
ing the fleshle-s bod'. This must be one :
of tbe most frightful sights p- ssibie. an 3
quite beyond description. The spot where
these mummies now stand was once an
old cemetery, some n'nety years ag ', it is
said, and these skeletons are doubtless the
f bbd Incas and Indians, who " either
buriedvlhemselves alive.Zpr were interred
in this manner. Tbey correspond exactly
tj the old mummies of the lnea?, which
I described in a former letter as among
the curiosities to be seen in the Museum
of Lim u As the ground receded, what
a ghast'y spectacle, amid the throes of the
earthquake, the coming up again to earth
of these long buried skeleton remains.
Five hundred ghostly mummies !
P AM PULPIT LAWS. The Pamphlet j nd fal1 onvr.eat of Uetfs Turn;. j
Laws for the Session of 1 SOS have been ! jCV,I, , , r v ..
received, anJ are now readv tor delivery to the .Mr: '-t?sc i't , jr c"-.'or i
per-sous entitled to receive "thorn ' ? V; ? cM.i.-t:rn,:, ar.a no
GEO. C. K ZAUM. Proth'r. JeJfe9 0 '"forJra h;i fneJids ' t! e uhc r'
Prothy's Office, Ebensburg. Sept. 17, lSG3'-3t. "a !y that be has comrr.ecced busies m
J e e l res s b'.'i.Un;'', on C::r.ton sfe t, r.h a ttovs:
ANNOUNCEMENT. To the Voters 5WUS ' V .
, . - , t-- . r ' he is prepared to make ur ;r. ti.e l?.te;t stv:
of the Senatorial District composed of , am, 1 mo.lerate pricc3 f )r caih h : bv" at .
Carnbna. Indiana and Jeflerson Counties: I j teution to basinet to cu-rit a sharS cf pLbH:
hereby ofler myself as a .candidate tor the oihee!pitro e ad milin:u::i ,hlt u,-tf ShVa
of State Senator and 1 elected pledge myse.f ; iag aUfri.Jed hi ,.fT..rt ht rrviuci
to legislate for the welfare of rn v constituents j .rr,,. ,r t-, '.m
. K c .... Tr. i .nnr.r, 1 good rutins rarme-i's. L:ve t'iiii a c-.i.l.
v. ..... ... j- - - - -
IjVCUBUUIi CCW. Alt I -U "ICt
fpo TIIE VOTERS OF CAMBRIA
JL COUNTY". I announce mvelf as a can
didate for the office of DISTRICT ATTOR-
EXECUTOR S NOTICE. Letters
Testamentary on the estate of Aan Ken-
nedy, late of Munster township, dee'd, havii-g
been granted to the undersigned by the Regis
ter of Cambria county, notice is hereby given
to all persons indebted to said estate to make
payment without delay, and those having claims
against the same will present theui properly au
thenticated for settlement.
JOHN KENNEDV.
JAMES A. BROWN. Executor..
Munster Tp., Sept. 17, 1863 -Cc
O II N CROUSE,
WHOLESALE DEALEU IS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINES
AD LKilOICS.
BEST BRANDS OF BRANDY, WHISKY,
IRISH WHISKY, GIN, &c, &c.
The very best qualities of Liquors, Wines,
&c, for Medical purposes. Prices LOW.
CSfHotel and Saloon keepers will do well
to give rne a call at my store on Canal street,
in buildiug formerly occupied by T. O. Stewart
&. Co. Johnstown, Aug. 27, 1568. tf.
nnAILORING ESTABLISHMENT
jL REMOVED The subscriber wou'd re
spectfully announce to his customers and the
citizens of Ebcnshnrrr and vicinit? generally,
that he has removed to the rew building on
Centre street, opposite the Mountain House a
nd
adioinins the law office of Geo. M Reade, Esq.,
and is now not only prepared to manufacture
all goods which mav be brought to him but is
supplied with a Cne'line of CLOTHS, CASSI
MER KS, VE3TINGS, kc, which he will make
to order in the r-est style and at the lowest pri
ces. Feeling confident ot givinsr entire satis
faction, I hope for an increased patronage in
mv new location. D. J. EVANS.
Ebensburg. Sept. 10, 1SG3 -tf.
ALU A RLE FARM FOR SALE.
The subscrib r offers at Private Sale his
FARM, situate in Chest township, Cambria
county, 4 miles from Carrolltown and 6 miles
from Chest Springs. The Farm consists of 65
ACRES, of which 20 Acre are cleared and
in a good state of cultivation. The balance of
the land is well timbered with marketable lum
ber. There is a comfortable Frame House and
a Barn on the premises, besides a young and
thrifty orchard of choice fruit trees. There are
also a never failing spring of pure water aid
other conveniences on the land. The property
will be sold on lair terms and an indisputable
title will be riven. For further inforraatioa
apply to N. D. EASTMAN.
r. , anu respe.uuny souciv u.e suurages oi ; d of AasnH A. D. 1 ct, a Warru.t in Bank
the electors at the er..me election j rutcv waJ UsnoJ ,cs, th(? r?.a,c of j A M - ,
v JOSEPH M DONALD. HEX-RY, of Gallitzea. ia the Cuuntv ol Cim.
Ebensburg. Sept. S, ltfcd.te. j bria and State of rennsvivM. who ha ho--.
ROHRER'S WILD CHERRY
TONIC BITTERS
ARE THE
BEST IN USE!
RGHRER'S TOXIC BITTERS,
The very best in the Market.
R. E. SELLERS 6t CO.,
-Vo. -15 TiWi St.. oj-pciite St. Chailcj UUeL.
Also, Eclranc Nos. 102 & 1C4 TL'rJ :.,
PITTSTitTF.nTT P K .
j
i t2T" hole-sale Agents for the Y,"ti.
For sale by A- A. BAIlITER for Ebeasbur
and vicinity. 'e.ll.'G-i.-lr.
EBENSBURG FOUNDRY
AOAIV IV ri'LL BLAST t
NEW FIRM, NEWJUILDINGS, &c.
TTAVING purchased the well known EB-
11 ENSBCKG FOl NDK1 from Mr. LJw.
! INO. ROaE and WATER WHEELS of every
' description. IRON FF.NC1NO, PLOUGH
! and PLOUGH CASTINGS, asd ia fact M
FounJrT. Job Work of alI ki.;d ftUeiJdeJ u
; promDtlv and done cheuolv.
The special attei;t:onof F irmers is invite
I to two newlv patented PLOUGHS which we
i possess the sole righv. to Eiai,ulf:tTire fiiil stU
i iu tbia counrv. and which tre a liur-ei ti bo
! the best ever" introduced to the public,
i Belicvi: g ourretves capable of perform:n
i any work in our line in the ra ti?actory
manner, sn-i XiiOtiing thit we csn i!j work at
j lower pricls limn have been charged ia this
: community heretofore e c. iiti ie itly hope- th.V
j we will be o'Jiid woithy ol liberal ratroi.-tge.
j Fair reductions made to li"!e-;'.f dealers,
j 3""The hiLest price pd in cs.sb tor oil
j me?ttl, or castings pven in es.char.wc.
OfR TF.ESCS ABB STEICTLT CASH OR CVXT.V
: puoi-uck. CON VERY. VINliOE & CO.
i Eoeiiiburg, Sept. 2, lt6?.
! iMCRICAN'
j Anti-lncrustaticn Company's Office.
'e.
147 S'l'TH Foism Strejt,
PHILADELPHIA.
THE ANTI-IXCRUSTATOIZ
Will remve s. ali.s lroa STEAM '.'OTLEil-A
and keep them cltav. re'-ir t-.e B-i:ir ics
llah'.e to siro.'sux, am. caistno a ceiu jif-
of ti..
Thc-se In?t?.vj;f.nt e brn in s':c;E33Ft!'.
' use during the !hs'. two Tr ir. rrnnv ct" th-j
LABOR rT ABllrH M F.VJS o! Fhi'-l-! '
' er p.irts ot the L'i.I.ei S'.v.i?-, tr
h t-.la ar.J oth
3!j which tho
MOST rLll TEEING T ST'liOMATS of
PtRFl L SAV1 CF FILL AM' I.AD.E
their ws
Live teo
i received
i ARTIES h..vr FOILEHS wr-u'J
we!! to call at the t:Ti.e jnd ev?.nvne t tis.i-.
nials. el2. JOIIX FAKEIRA. Fr-:,'t
j Fzba Lvkrn". Scc'y an I Tres. ja 1.
ANDREW" MOST:, "
j MERCHANT TAILOR,
I SCITFS'S F.CILDING, CliNTOS Sr., JOHN-TO-VV,
HAS just received hU f-v" sr 5 -....!
of fine French. Ljnn nr. i A i.;.-r ;v.-
CLO IIS, CASSIMEIiES ar.-t VFS ITN'
Johnstown, ftept. Z. Itod. tf.
US. MARSHAL'S OFFICE, V.
D. OF PEN-NSTlVANii, PitLst.--.-gb, All.'.
18:h. 1?6?.
Tins is to c.rc notice
That on lb--
' judged a Bankrupt, on" hi? own petition; rh-t
j the Pymeut of ny debt aiui tlelivwy cf r.r,y
prorertv belonging to eurh B tukrnpi, O hint
or for his use, and the transfer of :ny pv:rty
by him, are forbidden by law ; t'-.ut a. myelin-.;
of the ere litors of said Bankrupt, to prove .heir
debts, and to choose one or more Assigr.ecs of
his E.Ute, will be he'd at ;t Court of Bankrupt
cy, to be bolden at the office ot the Regis f-r in
Bankiuptcy, in HoMidaysburg-, before John.
Brotherline, Register, on the 19ih d.ty of Sep
tember, A. D. lf8, at 10 o'clock, a v.
THOMAS A. ROWLEY. -Auk-
27.-4t. L". S Maroh.il, ns llesseaeer.
rVHY HCMOLD GAS MACHINE
-- FOR srrPLTINQ
Dwtllings. Stores, Factories, ChurcJies an J
Public Buildings with Gas!
GENERATES OAS W1THOCT FIKK OR BEAT.
The simplicity and e-ise with which ih's Ma
chine is managed, as also its economy and gret
merit, recommends it to public favor. Call and.
see machine in operation at the store.
MA.VlFACri'RtR AND S IE AGEST,
DAVID JONES.
Tin FcRNisniNO Store, No. 733 G.eim St..
Scud for Illustrated Catalogue. FIIiLA,
August 20, l;'fJ3.-3ia.
lilOK SALE. Ihe undersizned otfers
! JL far sale the FARM on which they uox
reside, situate in Alleghenv township, Cambria
county, within two niles of Lore to, (formerly
owned bv James MoAtcer,) containing ONE
HUNDRED ani EIGHTY-SEVEN ACRES,
more or lest, 11)0 Acres of which are cleared
the bal nice well timbered. There is erected
on the premises a good DWELLING HOI SE
aud splendid BARN, together with other ne
cessary outbuildings, such as Blacksmith bhop.
Corn Crib, Sheep House, Ac ; also, n excel
lent ORCHARD of choice fruit. Title per
feet. For terms apply on the jagjjj
Loretto P. O.. Aug. 20, 1868.-tf.
GREAT BARGAINS!!!
Will be sold at a great sacrifice, if sold sooir
a number of
THRESHING MACHINES, PLOUGHS,
POINTS and other FARMING IMPLE
MENTS, and CASTINGS
CO-SIE AND SEE, FARMERS,
and you cannot fail to purchase.
Ebensburg, July 30, 1868. E. GLASS-
f J.l I ' 1 j