- - ' .1 - 3 ' - P 1 H rd ! .1 ' ' ' ' ' .1 ; u .; ii."1 .. .;' .V. '.V 'i . - . ... V ' 1 Si ' . . 'S- 3 r-:-.- I I I f I t. ' ,i R (' is St? s o, pa. oaturday Mcrr'ng, : : July 13, 1872. Dtmocrille National Kotilt uat Ions. FOR PRESIIVENT : HORACE GREELEY, of New York. FOB TICE yBEEOiE.NT: B. GRATZ BROWN, of Missouri. Demormtir Htatc xminalIoiw. rtR oovERxon : CHAS. H. BrCKALEW, of Columbia County. " fob srPRiE jcixik: J A WES "lIlOMPSON, of Erie County. FOR AUDITOR GttltAL: waHAM HAUTLEV, of lUntford Couaty. FOR CONORES8MEIC AT LARQE! TCirARD VAVX. of Philadelphia. .TMI It. HOPKINS, of Plttbujvh. IIEMHiiC K U. WKIGHT, of Luzerne County. rxlftiites f Coiixtitiitioiuil Ctnventitn: 1. O eo roe W. Wood ward, Philadelphia. 2. Jeremiah S. Bick. York. 3. William liifii.tu, Cicariield. 4. Wi,i.iAM J. ItAKH, Sosnerset. 5. Wii.u.vM H. mith. Allegheny. V. U. (miwes, Philadelp):ia. V. Jom H. 1mp i u I'hiladelphia. S. Ii. Kkyxulds, I.aiicasier. V, .Iameh Elms S hu ylkill. 10. S. '. T. LioDL), Veuamro. 11. i. M. Dallas, PbilaleljiriiA. 12. It. A. Eamhkrton. Dunphin. W. A. A. Pt'HM V.v, (IrenTv. U. William M. I'ohuett, Clarion, frfmorrntic County Xoiulnut len. AniMy JOHX TIANNAV, JohnPtown. ih'l.aifl Jiec J AS. M. hi. Mi Kit. Jackson Twp. C.mf.!iinn ANTHONY ANN A, t hist Twp. f. Director J(IJ.N HI.OCH. Johnstown. AudHorl'ZTEll lJUl'UHEUl'Y, Sumuiltville. Tostjcript. Tbe opinion of the Suprerr. Court id II te vs. Swank came to hand wh n we were about going to press. The opini if suspends the District C urt as well as tl e Crerk. We will give it in full next week JSamuw, J. Rasdall, of Philadelphia, has leen appointed Chairman of the Democratic btate Committee. As a genoral rule, the o.cma x utiHucipuia puuuoian. vrneiiitT ; democrat cr radical, h as a vtry confuted and j indefinite knowledge of the prominent men j of his party in the interior of the State, cr j of the geographical connection of tbe several j couotictj. lie in perfectly familiar with th political wire pulJirg in the different wards of his owu city, but beyond thai he is not of ranch account. We believe, however, that JVr. Randall will prove to be an txception to the rule. He has ably and faithfully rep resented his district in Congress for several years, and is regarded as oie of the most laborious and u.-eful members of that body. He possesses all the elements to fit him for i the new position to which lie has been in viud, and we predict that he will make the campaign a lively one, and that through his efficiency and energy he will fully meet the expectations, not only of his friends, but of the Democracy of the State. Tlie Ualtlnvore Convention. ine uemocrauc Aationai ixtnvention met j at Ford's Opera House, in Baltimore, last j Tuesday. ery one of the thirty-seven j States was fully represented, the r. umber of j delegates being 732. At 12 o'clock, August BePmont, of New York, Chairman of the j National Executive Committee., called the! Convntio to order and delivered an appro priate and abl address. Thomas Jtflerson who was sick and uot Senator Cowan, and Randolph, of Virginia, was elected tempore- that Mr. Cowan had obtained leave of ab ry Chairman aod returned his thanks for Ihe ! sente for Mr. Buckalew for two days on kojor, in a brief and eloquent speech. Mr. Randolph is eighty years of 'age, and is a grandson of Thomas Jefferson, the founder f the Democratic parly. He is a gentleman pf high character 'and great influence in his' own State, and he is not a professional poli tician, but dvotcs bis time to the cultiva tion cf his own firm, near the -pot where the athes of h:6 l!rutrictia anefstor repose. Hon. James R. Doolittle, ex-United States Senator from Wisconsin, was elected perma nent President of the Convention auJ deliv ered a lengthy address. After the appoint ment of the usual Committees, the Conven- tion adjourRod until Wednesday at 10 o'clock. ! On Wednesday, as soon as" the Convention j was called to order. Mr. Burr, of Connecticut, j Chairman of. tbe Committee on Resolutions, J made a report preceded by a preamble and j fallowed by the Cincinnati platform. A call j of the States was then proceeded with, and i the Cincinnati platform was unanimously adopted. A ballot was then taken for Pres ident and resulted as follows: Greeley R6 Black 21 Baxard 1C Grosbeck 2 Blank 7 After the Chair had announced the result, William A. Wallace. Chairman of the Tenn sylvania delegation, arose and Raid : Ma. Ciiairm r Pennsylvania, second only virtue, intelligence and patriotism, of her peo ... in.!, o. -.Tu.uon eo.. o. any .n me . . 1 pie Pennsylvania, the pivotal Mate in tins content asks to be beard. In obedience to a dirids'l sentiment among the democracy of the j jrreat commonwealth we lepiefml, a part of I this delrgatior. has cast its votes against the j pentleman, who in accordance with the rnles ! and usages of the orLiitiou. is now i-.snDn.- 1 inee. Tbe men w Lave thus sought to rcpre- j sent, from their characteristics of race, of leach- I inpr, and of thought, are slow to move. They re cautious in movement and steady of pur- ' pose anu ttiey regard with suspicion and dis trut every departure from the doctrines of their fathers. They have seen no reason to re verse their traditions or to choose as their leader one who has heretofore been the embodiment of antagonism to every thought and Durpo'eof their minds; but, sir, they are proud cf their organization, for they arc the men who oie.Med it; they deire to peipetnate its existence in crde-r that its glorious record and its benefits nay le th heritage of their children, and they will jild obedience to its discipline. They will accept the result tint the tiibunal of th last rrsort, tbe high court of their party, lias decreed, and in October, under the lead ol a staletman of national reputation, will con centrate their forces iu an in incible phalanx that shall emit with dotroing power the ranks of a disorganised and divided enemv. i ennsyivatna, followiag the standard of the democracy, jn the hands of its 110w accented ' canCidate, waits to lead the column to viceory iwul,oul Pausing lor a moment to inquire Sir, on bthalf of the Fennsylvania delcai i ,1t,,er be called or calls himself a Itepub tin, and in ohediencc to its' infciinc-.ions" I ' !'can. Radical or a Democrat; and hence it tarrrt te make this nomination uuanimom. ' t lul,t ot the candidates now in the field, the The motion cf Mr. Wallace was unani- ' '!,e 7b"se eieclion 'e would now urSe. 'th mously adopted. The roll was then called I uleeley. "" P' " U"Ce n the nomination for Vice President, result- inn., '"T"? 7 , , ini? as ft.llowa- m ,fil,nS3 around the roots of the bush mg as lullows . I make tte roeg blj Ltcr Brown '13 Elevens; n G D;ai.k 13 At (ce p m. the cci.vtntic.a ailjjurned sw:c fis. INtxt wttk v,e will publish the f ncf ciiinics iQ fail. In obediatce to the 'ecibkjn of the Con veiitiaa, we place the names of Horace Gree ley and B. Gratz Brown at the head of oar paper, and will take t-ccas-ioa next week to xpres8 our views at length on tbe action of the Convention. TLat the ticket will be tri umphantly elected is as certain as that tbe eun will rise on the first Tuesday of nest November. In 1SC3 PetiofjlTama expended about $701, 00 J in pay and equipment of cmerRenc troops upon tbe Veojiei ion of the goverrment of the United Siates. This sum could uot be tepiid without an act or Cooprees, and Got. Curtfu and Wm. II. Kemble. then State Treasurer, accordingly went to Washington City, aud by their personal jfforts procure.! the necesary lepis.'ation. The bill readily parsed the lower j Houfc. One hour beloie it came up in the Un'red States Sena:e the gentlemen we have named went to Mr. finckalew, who was then in his feat, announced that the Pennsylvania bill would be reached in a Jew moments, and asked tiiat he should speak and vote for it. Mr. Butkalew picked up his bat aud left the Senate Chamber and did not return until the bi'-l bad D.isFed finally through the cordial support of Senators from otKer States, Mr Cowan being absent on account of ill health. This bill of such vast importance to l'dinfiylratiin passed with neither Senator from Pennsylvania in bis seat. Talk of the " Evans buit,ess !" Ilnre is a man who refuses to vote to refund to his own Scare nearly a million of dollar, spent in sustenance of her citizen soldiers, dimply be cause it was so expended, yet aks the patri otic people of TeLtisylvania to place him in the seat of Curtin. The foregoing article, which has been I published in several obscure radical paper, found its way irtoa recent number of the j Herald of this place. It is a mcst foul and . villliinous libel on the official career of Qik. , R. Buckalew so mean and contemptible that those who give it currency are ashamed veu te state the source Irom wnence it J originally pr. ceeded. It is a political waif j tioating on the sea ot radical calumny ana detraction The course of Mr. Buckalew in the Senate of the United States is fortunately a matter of record, and therefore, unlike radical newspapers, cannot lie. It proves conclusively, that his vote was never with held from any demand, either f r otn or money, ma3e by the administration of Pre6i dent Lincoln for the purpose of suppressing the rebellion. In his speech at Philadelphia three wetks ago, referring to his courts in the Sepate on tha subject of appropriations to carry on the j war, Mr. Buckalew said : j "I can recollect upon one occasion sitting in i a coiderence coiizniiuee after the hour of midnight, eiif;a:ed iu considering an nprtopria j tion for war purposes, am.mir.ing to io.'0,Oi,0,- ! 000, aud that enormous sum was voted, and i necessarily voted, by my-elf and others a j representatives of ihe adhering States. We j voted that prodigious mars of money, creating a correspond iug amount of public debt, because ' the necessity demBnded it. It was a plain ; duty to nop at notliing within ti e limit ot j henor to save our natioual cause from defeat, I and to maintain that union of Slates unon ' 'whicu our great luture happiness depends." This is cot sittft.t with his all his acts iu the Senate, and no man who has any regard for the truth will assert otherwise. If Ao drew G. Curtin ever sres this attack on Charles R. Buckalew he will pronounce it false in every paiticular. Tbe i urnal of the Senate shows that it was Mr. Buckalew account of his ilness. Mr. Cowan was not absent at the time referred to, but was in his seat in the Senate. Mr. Buckalew was absent, fir the very satisfactory reason be fore stated. The friends cf Charles R Btukalew are uot ashamed of any act of his whole public life aud no amount of radical defamation can blot or blur it. His public record is without spot or blemish, and of which aDy man may well feel proud. Tnt New York A'arionaJ Quarterly Review was a warm advocate of Grant's eleection four years ago, but repudiates him cow. and for precisely the same reasons which have heen urged by the D3mocracy against his re-election for the latt ihiee years. In the course cf an able and brilliant article in its 'as' number on the subject of the next PresU dency, the Review fays : We urge J th election of General Grant for having contributed so much to the salva tion of the republic from, dismemberment, be cause, although we did not believe he hid any knowledge ol statesmanship, his rival were little, if anything, better in that respect than lie, while we felt certain that be was more hocest and lss selfish than they. It is chiefly because we must acknowledge thit we never made a greater mitake than this becauso he has convinced us himself by his conduct that be is neither more honest nor less selfish than Mr. Seyrour, or any other politician that has ever received the nomina tion lrom any or our great parties for the frequency of the United States, that we now most earnestly oppose his re-election. We say .-chiefly.- because if I,. wr. r, t,Z'J. and free from selfishnet" as the ir.t W.h. :,., i,:mJi. . ..i.'m iiiiiucii) tw o ruuuiu wnMucr nis lnteiii. geuce too limited, his admiuistrstive abilities too f r below nieoi crpy, and his tastes too vulgar and grove. ing, to be able to discharge the duties ot chief magistrate ol the republic iu a manner to do credit eiifier to himself or the country. Th it he has not d )nc credit to either, but brought discredit on both during the paat ihiee years, no intelligent, cindid person, not blinded by partisan prejudice, or some more scljiish feeling, would Tor a moment deny. j he artie'e concludes with tbe avowal of a deeided preference for Greeley, in a choice botweeu him and Grant, hut adds with regard to the expected action in his favor by the Uimocratic Cvnvention : Should they nominate a more competent man. however, and one more generally accept able to tke intelligent classes throughout the country, then we would urge our readers to vote for the Democratic candidate. But to ask any one to vote lor a candidate merely because he has obtained the Democratic nom ination or the Republican nomination, seems to us so senseless a proceeding that we should be ashamed to be guilty of it. When t'ifferent candidates are b!ote the public we are in " -" '"-uu ui me one w nom w a re K. s tLe best tjualified and most honest, Tlae Late Editorial ELcnrslou. 1 An Agrcenble 1'itrty, a Dellglitftil Trip una S'lcMsat "Hrle far All. In this age of startling progress, when tha events of the day are known all over the World within a few hours after they have happened, it smacks somewhat of old fogy itm to f peak at so late a day of the State Ed itorial excursion, now fur two weeks num bered among the things that were, but the pleasant experiences of that delightful trip are too vivid in our memory, too much cher ished amocg the agreeable recollections of our usually huaidrum life, too much fraught with heartfelt gratitude for the kind treat mei.t vouchsafed us. to permit this, the first opportunity afforded since our return, to pass by without putting cn record at least a bur tied and imperfect sketch of what ve saw and how we were treated cn that occasion. Be it known, then, to all who think worth while to peruse this narrative, that on Mon day evening, 24th ult., in company with our "better half," we left home for the purpose of participating with others of the Pennsyl vania State Editorial Association in what proved to be a .most delightful and interest ing excursion to the renowned city of Eiie and thence down through the oil regions and j back again to the starting point fic which pleasant trip we had been kindly equipped with the necessary "please piss" over the Pa. It. R. to Pittsburgh and from thtnee by the Erie and Pittsburgh R R., via Home wood, to tb beautiful city of Erie, located on the southern hore of Lake Erie, rendered fanj'us as the scene of Commodore Perry's decisiva victory over the English fleefon the men:orabte 0th day of September, 181 . , immortalized by thedjing words of the brave aQ,j iutrepiJ Lawrence. "Don I g;ce VJ, (tlC ship!" as well as by the no less ,.lConic buf fXl,ressive message sent to Geu. IIarr;60n at Fort Meiss, " We have met the pn.m , f. ar4 r8 It u need!ess to b.tv th;it in tlif mnrrb ra?sen7er coaches and ... ,Itnr,j,il m,namPnt ,f iLp railroad company fitst named we reached Pittsburgh on scheJuIe time tnd put tip fur the rest of the night at the St. James, one of the best cqoducteJ hotels of which any c ty can boast, and which is special!' recornmei:d ed to the patronage of Cumbrians from the fact that two f rmer citizens of Summitville, this county, Messrs. Robert Black and Jas. McGinley, are proprietor and manager re spectively. Monday had brought logfther at Pitts burgh a goodly number of the fraternity and a fair sprinkling of the fair sex from West ern Pennsylvania, and with these we took the cars fur Erie at an early hour on Tuesday morning. Along the route our party in creased in numbers, every newcomer adding his or her quota to the interest and enjoy ment of the occasion. Past Allegheny City, Beaver Falls, New Castle, Sharoa, Green, ville, Girard, and other places of less impor tance, we were cawied ia our onward course, bringing up at our destination, after enjying a mo'it delightful ride fnm Pittsburgh cf nearly one hundred and fifty milts in length, at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Ouce in Erie, we were not lot:g in seeking shelter from the broiling sun at the Reed House, one of the largest and most elegantly furnished hotels in Western Pennsyl vana. but, owing to the illness of the proprietor and a strike among some of the employees, as we were assured, the excursionists found little else thon theelegant'furniture and the;comfortable rooms to elicit their admiration. The early hour at which the western editors and their ladies arrived enabled all of us to secure the necessary rooms without much trouble, but tbe greater body of tbe excursionists, those from ths eastern part of the State, who did not arrive until about 7 o'clock, had to en dure many discomforts before tby finally, succeeded in ensconscing themselves in their respective apartments. However, all came to erjiy all that was to be enjoyed, and that they did without wasting much time in vain regrets about the want of management and lack cf system so painfully apparent at the Resd Uutiie. Sight-scein; occupied the rest of the d.iy, and the time so occupied was in deed pleasantly spent. The regularly laid out streets and avenues, the latter fully one hundred feet wide, the two beautiful public parks and elegant fountains, the handsome churches, public buildings and private resi dences, to say nothing of the delightful loca-. tion and the beautiful panorama which the lake presents, especially to the one who views it from a lofty house-top, as we did from the residence of Mr. Lisle White all were well calculated, in conjunction with much else of interest we might mention, to make exceed ing glad those of us at least who had never before visited the city by the lake. There are several natural gas wells in Erie, and not a few natural "gas houses." One of the for mer we visited at the elegant mansion of a Mr. Clark, who very courteously received the party and showed the several ways in which this gas is made available for heating cooking and illumination purposes. This well is some six hundred feet deep and sup plies two houses with light and fuel, and then there is probaoly enough to spare for a dozrn more bouses. Erie contains a popular tiou of some 25,000, and being convenient to tbe richest iron and copper ore fields in existence, as well as being in position to com mand much of the lake traffic, it should be, as we fear it is not, among tbe most prosper ous inland cities of the Union. Nature has done much for the locality, and there is seem ingly a disposition among many of the mon eyed men to let nature finisn the job. Wednesday morning the entire party and many of the citizens of Erie, numbering in all about three hundred persons, embarked rn board the steam propUor China, one of tbe three largt&t and handsomest passenger boats that ply tbe lakes, all of which are the property of the' Erie & Western Transporta tion Company, to the manager of which cor poration, John E. Payne, Esq., tbe excur sionists are undr many obligations, not only for the trip iUelf, but for groat kindness and attentiou to their comfoft while on board. The China is staunch and elegant in its cm stxuction and extremely luxuriant iu all its Strpoictments, and when is added to these features the fact that Captain Geo. B. Dick son, Engineer Boat, and the other officers of the boat, (no poetry intended,) are gentle men in every sense of the term, it may well be conceived that our lines (albeit we were not on a fishiDg excursion; were indeed cast in pleasant places. A Ti.it to the Canadian shore was on the programme, but the morn ing was deemed too foggy for the trip, so a run of five or six miles from shore, a whirl near the oatside of the peninsula, thence out on the lake some ten miles or more, and from there back to port, wa substitute, in lieu of the voyage originally intended. We were all sorry that owing to the mUt in the atmos phere we missed our promised visit to the British possessions, but nevertheless all were delighted with the trip, and when the party disembarked at Erie about one o'clock we are sure that every one, and especially those of us who had otvur navigated waters more extensive or turbulent than the billowy deep of tbe "raging canawl," fe4t that it was n "moighty foine lime we were afther havia" Hiid the China taken the short route to 6ee it namesake on the other side of the globe with us on board, our feelings would proba- bly have undergone a decided change. On board the boat the excursionists were made the recipients of a rare intellectual treat in listening to Miss Emma Gat field, a most ac complished elocutionist, who recited a poem, The Vagabonds Roger and I," in exquis site style. Mr. Kennedy King, of Erie, also gave several choice readings in a masterly manner, and Mr. Montgomery, of Philadel phia,, added sweet symphony by thi Binging of "John Anderson, my Joe," with a rich ness of voice that was pleasing to the ear. At 2J o'clock the Democratic Editorial Association met at the Court House, Erie, some 6ixty membeis being present, seventeen of whom joined on this occasion. H. J. Stahla, Esq., of the Gettysburg Compiler, was made temporary Chairman. A c mmunicaliou was received from Wil svn Laird, Lq , a.kiog the Ass ciatioo to visit Massassaugie Point. Accepted. ThetCicets elected for the ensuing year are President. John W. Brown, Patriot, Harrisurg: Vice President, H. A. McPike. Cumbria Freeman; Recording Secretary, J. lr;iti Steele, Ashfaud AJtcale ; Corres ponding Secretary, J. W. Hwley, Reading Ragle; Treasurer, J. W. Rihrer, Kiltan niijg Stnlinel. Executive Committee Wm. H. Hodgson, Westchester J-Jfersonian ; Wni. S. Black, New Castle Gazette; Cap tain H D. Woodruff, Johnstown Democrat The Esecutivf Committee were instructed to confer with the State Association in re ference to time and place to hold nnxt auaual meeting, the preference being for the An thracite coal regions. A vote of thanks to the Erie prssa was passed, after which the Convention arTjourned to take part in the proceedings at Tempos ance Hail of the State Editorial Association. At half pst 4 o'clock the State Editorial Association was called to oider by II. G. Sirw'.b, Esq., of the LaccatUr intelligencer. President of Uie Association. Hoa. J. B. Ga-a. on behalf of the authorities and reple of Erie, welcomed the editors and tioir ladie to ths tity io a nset and spiritel speech, to which li '-ting response was suade by Piesi dent Sn ith. R. S. Mvnansio, Esq.. Secretary, read his annual report, after whick the fol lowing resolutions were preeented aod unan imously adopted : Resolvld, Tkat eur thanks are eminently due to the Presidents, Supeiinw ndenU, and other efhcer3 ef the Pennsj Ivunia Railroad, the Reading, the Philadelphia L Erie, the Oil Creek & Alleghesy Kivcr, the Allegheny Tal ler, and the Kiie At Pttitburg Railroads, for tbe official and personal attention extended to t our members aud their lamiiies during that r.re..t curin? wot r..l in t,r,.,u..ttr i transioriaiiou but also iu the'marked wiping. nevs. w ith whioli their courtie lur. I,.rn ex. landed. Resoivio, That we tender to the Mayor ard City Councils, and through them to the citi tens of Erie, our thank lor the generous and cordial reception extended to as. j Rkkoi VKD. ThaL wn rolnrn mtr nrVnnvjta.lrr. ! , - .. . .. .. u ... . ment of the courtesies officially tendered us by ttie authorities aod cit.r.ecs of Titustilie and Oil City, and that we shall take pleasure in accepting them. Ri s lved. That we return tharks to fbe Erie ii We.-tern Tran-poi t ilion Company, owners of the Atlantic, Dululu and Pacific lake line, and of" the Anchqr line, for their ten der of the splendid prcpellor China for an excursion on the lake, which was highly enjoyed. More gentlemanly officers than those iu their em ploy are seldom met a-ith. Kisoivkb, That to our brethren of the Erie Tres', for their persistent efforts to secure our comfort and entertainment, we would exprea our feeling of fraternal appreciation. RrsOLVi-n, That we ackuow ledge our indebt edness to the Temperauce Association of Erie for the use of the spacious ball tendered by it for our meeting. After the adjournment of tbe Convention at Temperance Hall, to which a like invitation had been extended, a few of us availed our selves of the kindness of Mr. Laird, and we are free to say that the excursion to Massas laugie Fo nt, renowned in Indian history, which visit was made in a small steam yacht, was one of tbe most enjoyable features of the trip. Our course was up the harbor, paseing oa the way the place where Com. Perry's famous fleet was built and equipped. From ibis pleasant excursien we returned in.time for the banquet at the Reed House, which was certainly elegant in its get up, but the great lack of waitess and the absence of competent management so delayed the feast that it proved anything but an enjoyable re past. Owing to this celay the reading of tbe toasts and tbe responses thereto had to be dispensed with. After the bar quel a bop in the spacious hotel parlors was inaugurated and kept up until a late hour. At 8 o'clock on Thursday morning we bid farewell to Erie, and in a special train of ele gant new cars, kindly furnished by J. C. Hep burn, Esq., General Superintendent of the Oil Creek aud Allegheny Valley Railroads, we were soon steaming away in tbe direction of the Oil Regions. After running east twenty six miles oa the P. k E. R. R. to Union, our course was taken by way of the Oil Creek R. R ,' widen passes through the upper oil region and termiaates at Oil City, along which koute we behelt! with much curiousity countless mul titudes of oil derricks ancrotheT paraphrenalia pertaining to tbe preduciion and shipment of oil. Passing by several important points on our route, and getting a glimpse on .tee way of the beautiful city of Titusville, to which we ! SUbseoUentl v rotiii'iiAil mrtA iltn nf Atlir rlapua of but little less note, our train eveatually came to a bait fr an lur or wore at Columbia Farm, where our arrival was greeted by strains of sweetest music, rendered by an excellent cor net band composed of employees of the com panyamong "whom wereccgLixed the familiar face of Mr. Jacob Holtrworib, formerly of Al toona and Johnstown. Here also, without be ing made aware of the fact, we were received and accompanied iu our tour of inspection amonjr the wells by one ol our earliest play. mates, Mr George Bolton, Superintendent of the workf, and whom we are glao 10 know bas e his mark and much money in the oil re, gion. tie ana mt. jonn i . uarcron, iuana ger, did the honors of the occasion with all the grace and dignity becoming gentlemen, which most emphatically they are. Columbi Farm is claimed to be the best managed oil te.ritory in the world. It cost.thecompanv $20 0U Ct when we can t say a... has yielded dividend. but ,itile short of $4,000,000. There are 95 steam engi, ts on the premises, all which are in .: vl'c,"u"' aome uuipuif; uu ouu ..wicib uuiiK new wells. Last near 200,000,000 gallons of crude oil was brought up Irom the bowels ol tbe earili on this property alone, and the yield this tear, it is expected, will far exceed that amount. Our 6tay here was brief but interest- r .. ... . I l . . .i . . i . : i T i hi:, anu wueu aoout 10 uruin our irienu DOli -. n . a a .u ... i , tou very kindly tendered us the use of the band for tbe rest of day. which offer was of course gratefully accepted. On to Oil City was the next move, where we arrived about noon, bat before alighting tbe train was run down to Sivei ley ville, where we were afforded an opportunity to inspect the gi gantic works of the Imperial Refining Compa ny, which lias a capital stock of "00.000 and does an immense business. The process of re fining oil at these works was lucidly explained by Mr. Jehn Titcairn, jr., but want ol space lorbids further reference to our visit here. Returnii g to Oil City, the excursionists were welcomed to the free hospitalities of the city by Mayor Sowers, whose name is no indication of bis disposition. The Mayor is a gentleman of fine ptosique. and likewise a Democrat of the strictest school. Biiefly but heartily did be welcome us, and thankfully and becomingly was the iuvitation accepted bv the Association through its Prendeut. Mr. H. G. Smith. After that came dinner for the party at the Taylor, National, Petroleum and Duncan all tip-top hotels and rt is the universal sentiment ot all concerned that better "grub" than that served p at the several tables on this occasion never tickled the palate of an editor. And it didu't cost us a "red" either. Oil City has suffeied iu its time, having been twice destroyed by fire and once by flood, besides baring had its busi ness for the most part ruined by a fiuaneial cri sis. If it didn't suffer from our presence it was much more fortunate than the good things so bnuniifully spread before ns. Sevei.tyix j regular trains daily arrive at and depart from Oil City, and in this as in all other things it is a live town, bet its greatest prosperity ia yet to come. Here we mf another of the Bolton family, an elder brother of George and just as clever and whole souled, tbe inimitable dpt. Dan., wh made things lively lor us and did the handsome by alt whotn he knew or became acquainted with. A hurried vi-dt to the Dem ocratic club room, a latge and handsorne'y fur nished apartment, ended our sight-seeing in Oil City, wh icli we ielt with feelings akin t-j regret in parting with people so generous, so warm hearted aud so full of enterprise and good w ill. And bow comes a part of the story which we feel that our feeble pen can scaroely do justice to. It was the princely reception and unpar alleled ovation vouchsafed to us at the beueti in city of Titusville, which place we reached about 4 o'clock iu tbe afternoon. Here we ! were met by a large concourse of citizens, two more elrcaut cornet bauds, handsome coaches, ! carriages and other conveyances in large nun.. ber, ami by a spirit of cordiality and generosity that, aginatively speaking,- knockeJ us com- pletely off our pedal extremities. It was the intention to eik-conce us in those veh'des arid place '.he three bands in the line of proees-ion t proper distances, and thus provided lor, we were to be tirKen about the city, but just then a violent wind and ran, storm u.t.uded upon the scene, and lor the time being our triumphal match was changed to an exciting stampede fT the several hotels. It was our good fortune to be driven to the I'uraliall iiunse. not because th gentleman who did the dtiting was more partial to ui than he would have been toothers ol the party uuder like circumstances, biK like ly hecause his instructions led hiir. iu that di rection. Be that as it may, our experience at the Parshall Home made us so partial to its management and o partial to its excellent ac commodations, that we became partially im- pressed with the idet that part of the house belonged to us, and under that impre?sion (or some other) put the key of Room No 8J in our pantaloons pocket and carried it all the way to Cresson. tP S. We don't driuk. (N. Ii. lT we owned the substitutes who run the Reed House. Erie, while we were there, we would vuCVU i.. v,. shall House, to learn how to keep a hotel .) After an early supper, tire vehicles and the ! music were again brought out, and through all 1 the princi ' the principal streets ot that giy aud lovelv city j we w.er conveyed in grand style, its lo U00 inhabitants, or a goouly number of them at least, greeting us with smiles of welcuaie, wa ving handkerchief?, flying fltgs, and like evi dences of good feeling. God bless them all they made us forget for tbe time being that we were nothing more thau a hard-working eouu- try printer, aud one of the poorest class. Thirteen years ago Titesville was a himlet of three buudred inhabitints to-day it is with out a superior, if indeed a rival, ia the magnifi cence of its bui'dins, the beauty ot its yards and gardens, the elegance of its streets, the en terprise, intelligence and generosity of its citi zens, and the liberality of its Oil Exchange, under whose auspices and at whose expense the two hundred ladies aud gentlemen who mnde up our party were entertained so supeiblv. In the evening a most brilliant hop was in augurated at the Parshall Opera House, one of the finest exhibition halls outside the larger cities, a temporary floor having been erected over the parquetle for that purpose, and here the beauty, grace, dignity and fashion of the city displayed its most gorgeous attractions The fair daughters of Titusvillle as a class are as handsome and attractive as any of their sex the sun of heaven ever shone upon or the sons of men ever smiied upon, and if the bachelor hearts among us didn't go pit a pat while con templating ihe enchanting scene before them, we are much mistaken in our guess What say ye, Bros. Sai h, Memmin, Hodgson, Exsly, ard others ? Following the ball, or rather in terpolated with it, came the banquet at the Parshall House, and it was a banquet well de serving of the name. All who partook of it were highly pleased with it. and that is its best eulogy. Before the feast P. W. Garfield, Esq.. President of the Oil Exchange, made a very happy speech of welcome, to which President Smith replied in bis usual felicitous style. All in all, we had a glorious time in the oil regions, and in our heart of hearts we shall ever cherish a kindly remembraece of what we experienced among its noble hearted people Especially will pleasant memories henceforth tie us tight in spirit to Titusville, and it any of its oil princes should have occasion to seek an heir to their vast possessions, we hope they will bear ia mind that we spoke first. Home ward "we came on the Allegheny Val ley Railroad, by way of Pittsburgh, shaking hands with Johnny Thompson at Parker, and finally parting company with rutny of the ex cursionist3 at Cresson on Saturday rooming. So ended our pleasant trip, and so ends our story for the present. May next year's excur sion be equally enjoyable. At Seymour, Indiana, on the evening cf the Fourth, a man named Norris. in produc ing lightning, preparatory - to a theatrical performance, let fall a coal oil lamp in the midst of a crowd of children. The lamp burst, spreading the burning oil in every direction, setting the clothing of the children on fire. The little nufferers ran wildly through the hall, and before the flimea were extinguished three of the children, little girls, were so badly burned that they died in seven hours. Norris was als9 badly, but net fatally, burned. It is said he was drunk. an4 only his injuries prevented him from being roughly usod by th horrified and io.s uigoant citizens. r Address oTIlic EXrmocratic Stale Committee. To tlie recjle r,f Pennsylvania : According to the usa-s apd customs of; the democratic party of Peniit.y Ivaoia a slate CT.anyiiieiiu&viTauiiiMie ,Sconoedin the city of Bead- th of May last, charged l;v its convention was 104 on the oO-h ol May ) :..;,,.., :,u ,i. i,;,u , f . ,. , f r t: r " . . " ' ""J . . , . , .. . ii .... .. .! i .. J i vj-uc.i. . 0..w ..v...., J in October next. This convention, for the j first time in the history of the state, was re- j quired to nominate three pc rsons f-..r congress. l hd reasor) fur s fuut,d jn tlie f.rt that tiie federal congress by statute awarded to syIvauia tTiree additioLal memLers. It , , , , . , , ,. therefore devolved upon he state convention i t,. nnrr.inat thir rai.dnlates to be voted fur . j at large by the peop.e The last legislature havirg authorized a j convention to be held to nronose amendments , h nr,tit..i'.n tfc.. Aormrvtii mn. rr,,;.,:,. f,...,.n r.nifi r i : r : 1 for the constitutional con veutuu in conformi- ! I . . , , . , , , ! 'Un ,he act of a-sembly. ' weuiuciau 01 i consy n atna, your oiio'svu ; agents in ine state convention were required , to peiioroi inese several most import jiii gu- i t a. That the v have ftx thru! v an,! we! . . . ... w. ... discharged them is acknowledged by all, fit the work of the Reading convention has bteu hailed with general satisfaction. The duty now devolves em you to labor earnestly and harmoniously to ratify at the polls in October this action of j-our delegates The conteit before you is a most iinpuitaut one. It is to decide many vitil questions direct- ly connected with the dearest interests of tbe people. It is to determtnn u the liioor, capital. Ialorers in ttie woikidioi s . f,,; p, wages, income, property and tlie prosperity j successful was Mr. Wilson ti.at of the people of this state are longer to be j nets of his darklantern r-.: t the prey of unscrupulous spcculatators iu ; elected. Gardner was rr.ad g v :: politics, who regard the tax-s of the people j the hpislnttire stoo l : 11 u e K: as money io be taken by combinations known ling". 372; Whigs. 2 ; D-tn j as tings," cicated solely to eniich ihore fo . Soil. 1. Senate Km w N ti n-,, associated, and accomplished by the votes e'f j other, 0. This Legislature iiv.t: the agents of the people selected to protect! Wilson United States Sioat' r. their lights, fitter their industry, and e3iLO- I elected hiin Senator, it tl.n mizi the expenditure of the public funds. i Slate constitution, f. r the per; It is also to determine if reform in ublic ! eluding f .reinera from the Stv uiirs is possible lor the people, or if their agents are so arrogant and puweiful as to be beyond the reach of the opinion and votes of the honest toilers, business men, and yeoman of this state. It is to determine if the great principles of representative republican government as established by our fatheis a:e to be over thrown in order to set up a personal military dictatorship, under which the people ef r . l : i. i . i - . responsible power and military rule with- ut r enuvy ivauia win leeorne ine slaves I ir- a voice iu the management of their govern- j r' V , . . J , J r ment. cr the right to regti'ate their domestic " J"h"n - affairs or to protect their political int. rests. KDUW Ltr'J' f ,ve 8iIlrul It is to dctsrrrine if tLesfa'es cf the Uai n ' are to be free and independent, and the peo- Thk cathartics used r.n 1 npi r,"! ' pie there.f to retain thj inherent political physicians c .ir.priin2 the var:. ;s rights by the xcir-e cf which they created ; ft' I !ior.-of t his S'ate are r ow c v. the federal "overnrner t tnd ordained tbe fed i pral rnn?irnrinn fri K ll nrr-r:o law r j land 1 I " j . -e i . ' I , II 18 to determine if personal LWrty is . nr 10 t.e preservea or u mat nearest sn i highest right ef freemen is to be destroyed ! at the caprice of a military cabal f.r the i purpose of cnf"rcig odious and arbitrary j rule nr.dcr the color rf p r ular approval. j Tt j8 to determine if legi.'lati. n is to b- ld ! to 4h, most corrBpt bidder if the money e f ! ,he le Uff(i , h composed of men in ffice and their allies ! j il frauds on the treasury are to ba igr.ord I and the gui'ty parties exempted from pun- j j ishmeot. and if the privilege of the elective j franchise is to became a fare-, because frau !s j ; the m-st icfamr.ns are f erpetrated on tbe bal- i Io Si x,an 1 avowed as the only mea's to over I I the state. Dimocrats of Pennsylvania. You are s j Ue6 upn earnestly to consider these qties- j tions anu to rentier at the p.iu in WAooer ; next your dccis!fn. J Tbe memorii 9 of the past, the patriotism j of jout fathers, the trials and sacnEces they i made to establish and give to their posterity ) the blessings of liberty and free government, ! invoke yon to earnest, active, united effort i to reform the administration of public af-. ! lairs. We earnestly invite the chairman the several county committees carefully to orsaniz their counties for the coming con test. We respectfully and affectionately call oc every democrat to devote. time and labor to aid in the success of tbe principles of the I party anil its candidates. I We bvg leave to call on every patriot in ' the state, whatever heretofore may have been j his party associations, to look at the peri's I which now threaten the great interests of the people, the state, and publix,l:berty, and to unite In the efforts now being made which have for their ol j-ct libeity regulated by law. reform, pr isperity and peace. We present to the men of Pennsylvania the decision of the momentous issti-'s invo!v.d in the October election, because it is the government of the state on which is directly and primarily devolved tbe re-ponsi biiify of protecting the people in their rights, liberty and happiness. Men of Pennsylvania! we appeal to you with a confidence proportionate to our cause and the necessities of the times, and with a deep conviction that upon ths due orginiz- tioc of the state administrate n under fit men depends the protection of all our people in their rights, liberty and happiness. By order of the democratic stite commit tee. Sam'l J. Randall, July 4,1872. Chairman. A Tooa Bot's Victort The examina tion of candidates f.r G1. Wm. R. Roberts nomination to Annapolis academy was re cently held in the board of education. New York. Twenty-six boys were present, says the Sun, thirteen from the public and thir teen from tha private schools of ihe Fifth congressional district. Sixteen cf the num ber were rejected by Dr. Skiff, the medical exsirniner. The exam inalion was conducted by Superintendent Kidd'e and his assistant. Mr. Harrison. Mister John O'Keefe, aged fifteen years, of 107 Washington street. 6tond first in the order of merit, and i to be the mminca. His parents are in vpry hrmb'e circumstances, his fither, Timothy O'Keefe. being an ordinary dock laborer. The an nouncement of the decision of the committee was received with applause, as the appear ance of the lad denoted his condition in lifj. He was heartily congratulated by all pres ent, but by none with so much rride and emotion a his principal teacher. Mr. Duffv. Master O'Keefe, it was remarked by all present, bore a striking resemblance to ex President Lincoln. A subscription is to be immediately started in the First ward for the purpose of securing his necessary outfit. The New Orleans Times gives an ac count of the Voudoo festival one of their advanced steps towards enlightened citizen shipwhich recently took place on the shores of one of the bayous near that ci'y Some 300 negroes of both sexes gathered around a cauldron in which a snake a cat and a cock were boiled together, and j.iucd in a hideous incantation aud tho most hca theuish daucca. Evf.i'.v FxfEKtt: c If j. ., hod were pain 01 i:ie first throat and Im ps l y dixa-Cimparativt-ly lewdta'!, fr !,.;. ljiIst' as 'nw R; confirm ns in tbe truth tt .lt" . - , "'itc ; !"e ?ct f,f ln L'f l!" e - .r,. ! d,e ' rme TH'e of ,, f '"L. ; ' bumpii' " pvi.inpn. at ii:.t. I proccc proceeds t'j tliat state, wi. . Ii ltd 1 ! t, mi a. I 1 ; i u . . '. 1)2.. KeYskkV Lr:-o Vvc, , v." t, !.;... . j f p ttbt ' ' e .WM,S, "', .e T.' ltJ f ' " !:: ! v l'?ve began to f in, a h .,, Krp,R tNG Lt I;f: Iv-. ,. I l,m an'.! "rr,cs tl(. ' - - f Y ctt.f-ts i btis3ss to be theie. j rtMa(, , .. U'l," 13 '( lr rf . t 1;, i T UNG ('L-;K ty a new r.'-ss . t . which, in is etrarid f if t ,.r.v i utes IO eve.r ''arl: -Kir- ,.. i to rnn 6tnoo;t.i.es an 1 r( -v .- to run with stnoo;l.i.es aCOO U.r.g l(ev.r IULCtl.,1, t,,f : . r . ti':-. nature has assigned it. Dr.. Ki.v.-u'. ei-v-t .x.i ... like 1 1 iu per ooitie. or b l tt't f Dr. Keyser's private ffire f .r l:lr j. . tiot s. 1C7 Libert- street I'.ttrLur day. except Sunday and Tut-y.i-.v." r . y r I ,,ul" . "-ni C L The Btiffdo Courier snys it is a ilea that H-nry Vi'ti was n founders e-f the Republican pir'y. li"n the Republican pmtv vr, , , ll! everv ether Stale, Mr. ;. I was orgniz:ng the Know X ; ty V - I' Mas.-acb limits. The rreat i i w;.s to prohibit German anr! J .j, n i women from settlir in New P. ; the d compete w-.tij were not only di-qua.iufd from f, tlio comitifj from tun-k'ng'ish cURtries. already citizens, were p'a.i peciliar disabilities as to voting. " ult wag tbt the Germans abaud.r State in large numbers. We crj-y the following from an n : which is iniportant if ttua: t'i.r. i, a-r! or-a of long standing, also ily.-e-f.. ! 'i:n51"r c u; j !aint. c. ...m, , r.i l .i - i n"""i nn.er tLe Laf ul I'uiaoh s ( . Ztre liiS Geis & Foster.- Nos. 113 and 115 Clinton Street. Jolitisit oavii. I'a. of . invite the attention of t.uvers to tl : and i k'iHiut stock of SPRIXGJADSnniCRIISi CONSISTING or DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, MILLINERY GOODS, FANCY G"v- CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, 4c, at r.vt: vv.uv: LOOK SHARP AT THIS! 136. THE ONLY CATHOLIC 12:. BOOK & PERIODICAL STORE IX CAMBRIA ClirMV. M P- MEAGHER, Wholesale f.r 1 IV: : lor in STAXUABD t'AIHIil n V..iks kind. Prater Hiwiks. Hi hi h. Hi-toi h I'ONTHOVEKStAI. WollKS. 1" VII . O II A ! - ! Tt-KKjs, Fit AMES, Ac. Ac. i:w l'ninSii.n "r Jolinstow-n. I'a. Will soli everv artu ; t.' timoreor I'hilrielphia price-. . 7 -oU'.irW ti, the lice. li nni. IM-rari, . ' ' " lave lot". IJooks In. nnl hp! r framed at the lowe-st possible pricr. -V '" K.ustem Weekly 1'apers for :. 136 Franklin Street, Johnstov.n. 3 i j j ; j i i j AT RF.DK KD RIl: DTt. L. P. HOFFMAN", rra dilate or 1"otit:i. -jrery. respectfully informs the otino.-h-. has permaneiTtly locntfd in r.IlKXM l i where he- tuny be found ererv da v of tin- Hit. Hoffman, alter having had t - tiee for tho space of seven years. I t in t ! tate in athrininjr that he can rive pvi f : faction in every case relaiinsr to the i-r.'t- ' All branches of Mechanical and SnrKn ni tistry carefully and se-ientirical I v pt-ri"r:rr: Particular attention given to filling .i teeth. Also, teeth extracted without a:i:. (: further information e-onc-e-rninir prii'-. "''' c-all at his office on Hiirh street. i pi - '' ; t'umbria Houso. where may lie xanun' i -'f pies of his work, which rued vnlu I". 1 ' .' ajjrrcitt'd. ni:.v President!:! Camps V CArs.CArrXi Td: n-- Send for It Tf-r;5Tr? ClKi'l'LAK and l'nn' f CCKNINGH AM .V H MANfFAlTrltl'KS. Xo. VOI linrcri VirJl VlJU.Al'l i.rnn June l;J.--i!i STliAYS. Came to the rpiemis. the subscriber, in White Townsiiip. about June l."th. instant, ono iron -ra v " ,r . about 10 years old, and a dark bay h.i--'. 4 tail, mane, and ltrs. star in foreheii 1. n-ol r .- eye out. The owner will come forward at reclaim Ids property. ., JV. ...Ol. A I I - WM. M. LLOYD & CO , V I1AXKKRS. ALT"ONA. r.. Drafts tn the principul eilies' ami Gold for !. tVllections nia.Te. -Ni,,i;'r,.! t-eived on deposit, payable on tleir.a:i.. 11 Interest or upim time with interest at ihoJ O ATM AN & Ul'CK, IM.y,iciai.H and S.ir-ein' Vi, OfBce In rear of Thn Hook's -'" - v j -alU may bo mailo either ;it the i r-i' Dr. Oatuiau cr at Johu liuck s resi.iei" Knives ar.d Forks, yf ltL SPOONS. f3CIS50HS, .? II J Hinges, Nails, Files, etc. llCarpenter's, Blacksmith's, ardV aB agricultural tools, r9. .nt PITT88UB6K, PA., gC Ccr. Litertv & Sixth, f?! 111; rfl 1
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