) t If
THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN
IS iiitiiiin i:ti:ui fuiiiav johm.mi
H Ebensburg, Pa., by H. A. McPike.
,,('"'' ed Cimtlatlon - I,OOS
VNP sril.l. A HOOMINO. MATCH IT?
Sl IiM RIl' I I OX KATES.
in-, cm- your, cash in advance 1 .5)1
c.. " if nut i il wiihin .1 moa. 1.7
" " if ""t i'1 wit hin K moa. 2.m
" " if not 'ii within year.. 2."5
rr-T. person resiilinjr outside Iho county
,,,(,ni l-liiional per sear will be chanted to
'' iVl'i event will the above ti-rras bo de
"... i tieo. those whi don't consult their
r4' n bv nivimr In ndvanre must n.n
The lare ami reliable eireuIati.iTi of the Caw
Rr.lA Frf.kw an eomnicnd it to Hi. laTuraole n.
Pnlfr.il um of advertisers, whose In Ton will be In
serted at the tallowing low rate :
I Inch, 3 time
1 M
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, 1 o
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. in ')
s.ov
. 12 '
. lu.OO
. so .
. 36 UO
. 44 0
. 7S.PO.
. X M
. a no
1 3 month
1 " f month"... ..
1 " 1 year
" 6 months
S " 1 year
S 6 Tii"nt lid.. . .
3 " 1 year
i col'n 8 month.....
" "month....
1 rear..
f M 6 monthi
1 " 1 year
Administrator' anil Executor' Notices
Auditor' Notice
Stra ami similar Notice
Huslness Item, first Insertion loc.per line ; each
ul. sequent insertion be. er line.
tff Brtolutiont or prorrrdirto of tiny corporation
or tortrtv. and communication d, tinned to call nitra
tion to antr matter of hmttrd or individual intcrrxt9
must bf patd J or at otfrrrtitrmrnt$.
Job I'RtKTiiro of all kind neatly am! expcl'tl
ouii; executol at lowest pricci. lion t you lorge
It.
H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
"HE is a freeman whom the truth makes free, and all are slaves beside.
n i' " : . . i ." " "
SI.50 and postage per year, in advance.
CM
nil
j to re i "in " - s - Mimmn ns i nosc
i lies !u t he distinctly understood
Inrwar-i
i-l' i , r our l'-P,-r bfioro you strip H, if
nit V"" None hut s.-aluwavs do ot h
f ' . Ji,. n't be a citlawn iiti- loo short.
VOLUME XIV.
E BENS BURG, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1. 18S0.
NUMBER
W U w w U w
'o
ar.t: f
. I
STILL LAiJUK
N SUMS1EII GOODS
IN (iJti:.T I'ltOFUsiON VT
FKEiOKOFrS CHEA? STORE!
I(-;,,7, so ,,,.1,111 nrc ht'tknxf forward to the rominn Presidential 'w; i.
,-., ,r i. K,, the hcriher co,ulJed to rc.Z anZr J
AT PRICES SO LOW
Til AT SO XII VAX Oil I) A III: COMPUTE WITH JIIM.
ohm,,, find aftdl and dr.jant 0ek ofererythi.v, to be found in gentrul
More. conipt tt,,j a eon,vUtc lr of W
M GOODS, DRESS GOODS, II0TI0HS, HITS, CAPS,
Bools, Shoes, Groceries Hardware, Tinware,
Qnsenswara Glassware, Wooienvare, Cigars, Totoco, Camiefl Goois, k k
UIItIH PATKNT CORN SIIILr.lIII,
t'.i, h trill br told at the remarkable fore price of GO trntt each. Alto for tale, the
mi AND QUICKEST BUTTER-PRODUCING CHURN EVER INVENTED.
r-A r.r-'e in, rr-n.corhusilnr-.lninece?sit.ite,l the enlargement of my t ore-room and the erec
. n . :n ;,.-!.ti..nal wareroom. an. all I my Mtal.lt,htaent is literally crow.le.l with Choi" oS5s ISd
, :I,r rn altr bargains. Mill beitiK .leterinine.t to accomimnbUe all who come anil esoeclallv
Ev r, ,,:- m m the country, to when, the l.ihe rices in tra le will be pnlTl "i" " u k(n" o I lcl
; iir.ve r wn ..ju-n my lare and eommoilM.u tablL- r,.r the free u.-e of all who dist wKli to xTut nn
i(;t o-.-. Tl..ukrul lor ran Urors and boielul l..r many lut.aie ones I remain as ever 1 P
Iliiili Mrfel, r.heiMbnrc, Marrh, lSto.
1SSO
NOW
Pittsburgh's Fourth
EXPOSITION AXD FAIR!
AND WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL
SATURDAY,
Ailiuitf
'I by all to 1h- the largest and finest
T: ,i - i f i ri d on ben and perfect Half-mile Trotting Course.
Fail i.uw in tail operation.
ii. :. l . -. 1 1 i 1 1 . itii.ii of Art. Science, Manufactures, Horticulture and Agriculture.
Ar; " ' i;i, !:ts fi tiie comfort and convenience of visitors perfect In every respect.
N.-.v lu h.:i: f..r M: him rv, Flowers, Iive Stock and Farm I'roducts.
f.-lO.IHHl IV F.UU I I'TN'KNT,
J 'I KM I UMS : IS 'EK i,K,"vMKN"r-
( 1,INHI IN" C'l T k I.OWKK DKI'AItTMKNT.
Ii'i:tig Department is under the supervision of a first-class Hotel Keeper.
i'- .'lid Lunches at molerate prices.
.n at remarkably low rates on all Uailroads.
'. Y'll'Xd. (Undid yianatjrr.
Jnll.X D. HA I LEY,
NOW the LOUD WELKIN RINGS
WITH THE NEWS THAT IT BRINGS
' 1 lM'.U 1 V IV 1
FOR THE FOLKS OF
an.l t.. I n more explicit, there is -jreat rejolciiKT arr.onv the people of Northeastern
i,.,!,r. i it 1 1... i.i.on . i. in I -lu st Si.n nir.-i. at what is known as the Old
Tump t orn'-r.
Msv Store by S. B. Corn & Co.J
A ' ' r. r:,,! r. -i.lent in the nci::hborlioo,l siionM patronire. as the proprietors are lctr- ,
'It..- :: at th.s lowest A.toi.iiii prices lor cither cash or country produce. I hey will keep a
b'OODS'K KJIvOK VA1UOLS KIM) OF GOODS
it's -I,,.) children, and can obtain from their store In Altoenr. at short mtice any style or
i lr...sr.HHs Silk- .Satin-. Carpets. Oil Cloths. A-c. Uiar may ie iirire.l.
Hue Kooiri h.is been lined up and filled exclusively with
CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS and olher Furnishing Goods
1' ir men and bovs. wiiilc the otiier Koom Is .levotcd to
LADIES' GOODS OF1 ALL KIND,
' -.wi'Mi.iti in ft... Mill, nerv and K..i,-v C,.x"l- Iin.-. sach a-Trimmed and Intrimtned Hats
f..r I .ii ..-s i.o.l i-liil.lren Kibhons.
A
COItlHAT. I TV A' I
10 3. .org an.l out. ri-n 1 ai 1 l-"r.
,.. ,w,r
:irg-i:ns i-Ti-r i. It. re. 1 in .Norincni
t . . v 1, ,t.Ke wool. , id-s. chicken-.
lor l:r-t 1 ij- merchandise at tho
i:i:.Mi;.Mi;i:n tiii:
CORN &CO.'S BRANCH STORE,
Chest Springs,
o;.v,( to
l'roprietor.
rUSItK&UUIMU
!1 5 & li: CLINTON STREET, JOHNSTOWN, PA.,
AI.WAVN HAVE TIIE
Kai crest smtl ChoJipost tocU oi
Di-y ixiTcl Dress G oods,
NOTIONS, MILLINERY, CARPETS, ETC.,
r-miid in Ctnbria or adjoining counties. Forget not the street and numbers
. - ' . . ,. 1..... 1 ... nal.tiV.
and fail not to can,
.v. 1 " " m
...1 inHICPJftMlt In ailMrt.i.IlBCCii-:w,
tysr '.-a cna:j, ar.a uiroucu " -"
1 . Kn-i..ii . . ...nri.T.hnva
U-e c.MKd ert:3T j, and through them
hv-'Zr-7. 'LfJZ-eZZ'-Jr We
n"""
We
ftiv l iLZtevT-ae Alcnollc Bitters,
'.VV' f--D:,"I and bealtb. w
CT;
whirtt, fin '
nd bealta will bo qtilckly
1 rri pai'l.l
It h. ) !;
r dav at h.,111.'
-. A-p!....s s
Kamih s worth S
in ( '.. I'ort-T'..-ly.J
AND BETTER
!
remain as ever.
188()
OCTOBER 9. !
i
exhibition ever held in Western JVnnsyl- j
OPEN
issiftnnt Jlamtiift- and C ashier.
J. ('. PA TTKI'SOX, Scr rrtary .
U V- V 17 I A J. A a 1
..w.
CHEST SPRINGS.
'' or iKU!liis4 I'ri.perty, of a
Huclics. inioiis, etc., o..
TAT IOTV TO
CAI.I.
u-rave and gay. ail of whom win i.e accoo.u...... 1. ..
-.".i'.... Whether thev bring the ca-l
-h or
1 a na. Bt .... i.jh.
bMtt - r. egg-, or other .b-sirablc produce, at Hie nign
lowest AUooiia city price.
Namh
AM)
l'LACK:
Cairibrin Co., 3?'i
- . $. jr. DOUGLASS, Salesman.
" " ' i
o"j " 1 i
CONSTIPATION
AND PILES
rrl J ,. Za wonderful remedy which ti
clsanaea -ae VYf File. Ccm-tpauon, Enranititn,
. . - .mmnLitMl DOISODOUI
.-j ;!n piiea, Conetpation, tucumiusa,
b-a curea, rcso ruw s -- . ,
have Tob.me. oflrt&W"r:'"--
- " , r-.:t.moT!T of ita woraermicuraiivo
k. VhMod or drMtto pilla. but nee nature
cVt n ot your Dross's. Price, $1.
reKaLnea.
J
,tjr- T VKAIt and exj
W- ill cittrtt h. c. Add
V I I I EHV. Auu.-ta, M
VKAIt and expenses to na-ent.
ire-s r. o. iv jw-
taitie.
ESTABLISHED FOR THIRTY-FOUR YEARS-
HAY BROTHERS
TVI a. 11 vi fit c t xi r e r
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
-OF
-AND-
Sheet Iron Wares
AND DEALERS IN
HEATING, PARLOR ail COOKING
STOVES,
SHEET METALS,
AND
HOUSE-FL'RMSIilNG GOODS GENERALLY
,
Joltirir in
TIN, COPrER&.SIIERT-IIlON
j i
PKOMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
Nos.278, 2S0 and 282 Washington Si.
JOHNSTOWN. PA.
OIIPIIAM' COURT SALE.
1Y virtue of a second plttrir order issnlnif out
of the Court ot Common l'lcas of t'ambria
county and to me directed, I will expose to public
i sale, at the Col nT Horse in Kiiknsiu ito, on
SATURDAY. OCTOBKR
1NN0.
Commeut-imf nt 2 o'n.i.t K. r. m.. tl:o
de-orlbet! re:il w.-tiili, t wit :
tollowin
T'KuVKlr MM situate in itintri: townhii.
) lounl!l by thn t'iil;ih r;i!. lamN t .Io?pph Wil-
man. lifirs of JfiitifP and tei-rire 1 iilp. nnrt othf-rs,
I cttntainiiar sity-tvc ACKas and kk;iitv-
TMI'KK (V,; l'KI'clIi:-:.
o. i. pik'K mr it ok oiiorxn u-
: iinrp in Sho West warl of KSeiiPhiir otm". houn i
I fi by the Turnpike. I-.!yl troc :hi! Wo.-t strvt-t,
i c-rit;iiniiiic at tout onf. '1 j a i::: iiii fen '"(.
' a. .. A HALF Ulf UK ;U(MM situate
I In the West wnnl of KbriiFburv honmli. boumle-l
1 on the imrth by lot of Mrs. S.irnh I;ivH. on lb"
I' east hy lot of J. c If. A. Nhonnnkcr. on tho ?oiUh
by Ijb.y.l strort, an! on th west by an Miry.
Xo. 6. Tho nmlivi-b'"! one-hair intrrrst of. in
i an.l to a riKC'Kf W PA Kt 'KI OK I.AM ituaie
in Hlaoklirk township, known ns the "John filbin
j Kiirm," bonndel on the nortfi by land? of IVtcr
Vaa!'r nnd Kobert FTn-nn. onth ct by bind
j ot Isaac WisMnifor, on the outii by land ot A. W.
J Kowtand and I a viil m I iavis, conTinin-r jvk m
! niTKi a mtwknty-thiu-:k f At hk.". more or lesn.
about mkventy ac i:ks t t which are cleared and n
1 der fence, liavln thereon erected a trood two story
(Stone ficrlfhuf ?. a frame Hum and nil neorf
Pary (MitbuUdin-. There is also a kmI Orchard
on the prrmifea and a oa! JJar.k open, tlie land
bemu; undriiaid by i four-fi"'t vein id t-xerilent
j r:ii. f The ot her lei: ! InTerL in thi farm, ownetl
' by If. 1. Johnston, will oM r' t for sale at
: the same time nnd uhhi the puine term. o that
i tbepnrebiisercan buv the firm entire it he wish.
o. 7. -A I'lW'K OK rAKt'KI. ok 1M
rHOVKI LAM) situate in tlie West Ward of
: Kbensbnrir lionmh. bounded on the ca-t t-v West
street, on the south bv II ih street. bt of Mart man
. -
'two Ayn osK.ror.n-H ac,..' l.avimr M,creo,f .
eri'ctcil a lanrc two-story r rn:ur Virriiunj oueand
having n son. I orchard on the premises.
. H. A Stir A UK ( iKiilii if ".'1 situate in
tho West ward ot Kbenshunr rtorouarh. bounded on
the north by I.loyd street, on tlic cast by Spruce
ailcy, on t!.e souMi by I lirlc street, an.l on the west
by e-.t street. i-n n:a.oiui; dm: anii.si: i: i-:i:ii-rii .
(i7H) .c i: !:.-. having thereon erected a sulistiutial i
twit-story Frame ItireUlntj Ilmwr. a h'rome Stable.
and nil necorirv outl nilclinirs. There is also an
es'-cllent On-hard on this lot."
o. 9. A 1(AT,F 1 A T OF .;i:')CNIi in the
West ward of Khcnsbunr borouli. sitimtc on the i
north-west cornrr of Hiuh and Julian streets, hav
Ini thereon erected a large two-story llrick Itirrll-
inn llot'xe. with a f'ramr Kitrhrn attached, and
Frame Stahlr. all in irood repair. This is one of the
most dcsirar.lc properties in Kbensbunr.
Ternn or nle. One-third of the purchase
money to be paid on confirmation of sale, and the -balance
In two eoual annual payments, with inter
est, to be seemed by thc.uils;mcnt bond and mort
jragc of tho purchaser. '
M A Rf r A K ET K ITTKI.T..
Administratrix ot Win. Kitteil, dee'd.
o
KI'II ANS- CorilT SALK. r.v vir-
tuc ol an order oT the irph ins' Court ol C.im-
bria county, to me dirccteo. I will oiler at public
1 sale at the Hotel 01 .lame- uanii-. in llie oono-.gri
. of tJallitzin. on Nalnrila), Orf. I, ISHO. at
' 9 o'clock, r. r , the loliowing described real estate,
i ot wl'i.-h Hugh Mi-Cormick died sei7ed. to wit : A
i I'l EOF. on PA IW'KIi ok KAMI situate in (ralliirin
j township. Cambria county. l'a.,ndoininir lands of
I Kiehard lleiiny. H.-rnard Wcise. 3 lan'l Hark, a-.d
I otiier. containing S-- Aere, more or less, about
I..' Arrr cleared, having thereon erected a two story
J'lrnt Hove. The land will be divided into three
1 or tour pie-.-s to suit pur. .as.-r.
Tkcms 'K Sat.k. 'lie-1 iurd ol the purchase mon-
cv to I'c paid on continuation of sale, and the hai
i nnee in two equal annual payments, with interest.
to be secured bv the judi'mrnt bore!- and mortgige
: of the purchaser. .1 A .M KS HtihAMi,
1 Acting Executor of Hugh McCormick, dee'd.
Sept. Jt. 18si.-Jt.
OlM'lIANS'COntTSALK. Hy vir
tue of an alias order of the t rphan' Court ol
Cambria county, to me d i reefed. I will otler at pub
lic sale on the premises on Katfirflaj'. Oct. Ift,
1SMO. at 2 o'clock, r. m.. the loliowlns described
rc-il estate, of which .Tas. urv died seized. ti wit :
A 1'IKCK t" r.VKi'KI. ok liAMl situate in .Mini
ster t'.wn-hip. Cambria c-ouity. Pa., adfoininic
lands of Cornelius I lever. Michael Hraw lev. John
ltel. ami others, containing Si Aeree, more or less,
about 40 .b-rc of which arc cU-.irc l and in a good
state ot cultivation, having thereon erected a two
Pt rv Flank iiraw ami l.on llarn.
Tkums ok Si.e. ine third of the purchase mon
ey to be paid on continuation of sale, and the bal
ance in two equal annual payments, with interest,
to be secured by the juilaim-nt i.ond and inert gasc
of the purchaser. .liill.N' 11'EI, Adm'r.
Minister Twp..;Scpt 'J-t, lssj.,-,t.
F
A KM FOR S. LE. The ui.dersign-
i-rM, situated on t'.ieTurnpike in .Miinstcrtown-
sliip. one mile from Creson, havintr thereon erect
ed a lame two story Fin Iihki i.im; Hocsk. a
i.k StaiiI-k, and all neeesarv outbuildinos
There is also an a!iun.laa-e of apple", pear and Plum
j trees and plenty ol troil water 011 the premises.
iins .:i...-n. . i.iiu .i nest in ir.e countvior
the purix.ses of a funimrr resort, and as such could
be made very proMabic. It will be .old at a bar
pain and on easy payments. For lur'licr tnlur. na
tion call on or address Wm. (rARKKTT, .MunMr,
Cambria Co., I'.i., or apply to the owner
Slits. ALICE, SMYTH
A"s- 'J", ls9-Cin. '.ij Pike St.. rittsbiin;li.
IOR SALE. A JIorsK and Eot in
the West ward of Ebensbunr borough, known
as the Clark property and occupied by Mr. Fred'k
'riiei. will be sold cheap and on easy payments.
There is a rood stable and iicccsarv omhuildings
un the preuiists. Apply l A. W . HI CJ.
E'.-.n-imrg. Au.'. -7, is. .-it.
"THE BI.EA"1IF.I SHIRT."
Kisc in yonr mlht. Conservatives,
Ye Ftalwarta, brave and true,
Nor falter In the glorious work
Your honor 'tis to do :
And hold the standard high aloft.
Nor li t It trail in dirt.
Which bear a name that "piked the puns,
"And bleached the bloody shirt I'
No need have wc to offer proof.
Oh. that nn."iiliied name.
The country. North, South, Kast and AVet-t,
tilow? with its honored lame:
For perjury and jobs and bribe s
It cannot be impeached
ne charge It owns it spiked the tcuns,
"The bloody shirt It bleached r'
Tho 'ruby" ensign now no more
Republicans can wave.
Who, to attain lirnoble ends,
Would rob the soldier" (rrave ;
Instead of war's dread emblem now
The flatr of peace we'll flirt.
Since Hancock's name haa spiked the fruns,
" And bleached the blooily shirt I"
No more we'll hear of " Solid South,
r "rebel briiradlers "
They're " soliil ' for ' )ne Country, " and
Of loyal men are peers ;
The treasured ROal lor which they strovo
At last, thank Ond, is reached.
For Hancix-k now has spiked the :rniiH,
"The lilmMly shirt has bleached !"
Danville (la.) Pott.
Senntor Ht'inlriokK' (ircal Spcerh.
J Nrathfnyr F.xriosin re Of Oarflelil' Pari
t in the l'rclleiit lal I'ranil.
j r.AHKIKI.H'S 8TAK I'H.IMIIKR.
TIkto is (Jarfii'liI at New irlcans tin man
I tliat asks to jiri'siili' in tin cliii'f ntlicp of tliis
I trreat nation. TIhtc is I iat li.-lil sittimj in tliat
' innorriMim in the custom lions-, viicro, tlic
I lifjlit of day and the jinlsmicnt of tin. Aniori
, can peoiili' wt cut off. and roccivin tlio
witnesses tliat turned the parish of West Fe
lieiana. and examining them as tliouli lie
were a lawyer in the ease.
THK KAI.SETKSTIMON V (i A RKIKI.D C'ONt'fK TKI1
) Now. notice what lias sworn to: That
tiiuoiiy was all handed to him relating to the
i jiarish of West Feliciana lie examined il and
J the testimony, and he made out a list of one-
L'111"' ,,r two-thirds of the witnesses, and lie
i sent for them one hy one. He examined
mem ami wuen tneir lestmiony was not as
full us he desired, he )ireiared additional in-terro-ratories.
which went, in some eases at
least, before the returnim; hoard. This comes
really very close around ( iartiehl. '-The sum-
I mary in the case or est l-cliciana was pre-
tared bv
le .lid :'
l bv me. A little further aliotit what
I iAl!KIK.I.n"S CHIKK WIT.NKSS.
Now, gentlemen, I will turn over a pajre
and see what the -ase of Amy Mitchell was
Iturniiu' the leaves of hook. She first made
; an albdavit in the custom house, where she
I was examined privately by Mr. (inrlield.
i That affidavit was not full cnouoli. He pre
j pared additional interrogatories to be pro
I iHinnded to her. and she answered those in
; terro'atories, and in her testimony Itefore
I this same committee she afterwards herself
i swore that there was no truth in the state
j ment given in resjtonse to (iartield's interror
: atories. In answer to a ttestion proiiound
: ed by (Jovernor Cox, of Ohio, who is a IJe
' publican, Amy Mitchell said she reie:itcd
her direct testimony that even sta'einent
, contained in the affidavit was false: that she
ilid not say ainthinc; liecatise she knew it,
but said what they told her to say. Her tes
timony also showed that she had been trained
in the'custoni house to tcstifv In-fore the eom
: mittee. I don't s;)y that larfield was jn-es.-nt
when she wore to the interro'iatoi-irs. but he
prepared me inrerroL'aiones tliat were an
swered, and he prepared the interrogatories
after he hail an interview with that colored
woman, when there was no person besides
themselves present : and the same woman
conies before the committee of Democrats
and Wcpuluicans, and in that testimonv, given
under oath and under the test of a cross ex
amination by the l.'cptihlican mcmliers of the
committee, she says there is not a word of
truth in the testimony rvhich she gave in an
swer to (iarlield's (uestions. Applause.
r..ntriKi.i) k n r. w that tii.dkx haiu aiiiiikii
I.H IS1 ANA.
The next ttestion is. what did (Jarfield
know in regard to Louisiana ? That we find
on page sn l. I say he knew that Louisiana
was Democratic by k.oimi niajoritv when In
sat in that inner room and h id private conver
sation with, the witnesses and prepared inter
rogatories to guide and control their testimo
ny, when be was at that work, and when he
was writing a brief to make it appear tin
other way, he knew that Louisiana had cast
a Democratic majority of s.imiii. and here is
his sworn testimony oil that subject :
i. Hid yon ifct any Idea how the rote of Ionijj-
niin stood Irom the la'-e of the returns ? A. I hml
had. oc..iirc. c-yliininl..riiiiiti..ii of that sort.
!r""""?i .'.""VLl'.l"
10 irow n i.m oy me n-riirning t...:ir.l. it was
ycry elcnr that the state had iron b.r Nichiills and
iiim-ii. was ir. net 7 A. It was Tervwril unilcr
stiHid by the time 1 ifot there, and in.lrv-,1 Ix lore 1
u..t thrre. that il notliiusf but the fuce ol the re
turns was to be considered, and il crerv vote sent
up was to be treated as a legal vote. Air. Tiblcn
was ahead.
ti. And if every vote sent up was a legal vote
1 and some more republican cite.- were not found
i it was very clear that the state had ifone for Ni
. clmlls and Tilden ? A. Yes
A TMXTF.IK ANHIDATE.
There is your man. republicans, that you
propose to place in the chair that 'Washing
ton occupied a voice: "No, never". H
will never be done. No man with a record,
like that did ever take that chair, and in the
kind providence of an eternal ;k1 it will
never occur. He knew by the returns that
; Tilden for president and S'icholls for govern- ;
or were elected in the state of Louisiana, and
; yet when he knew that, be savs when he got
to New Orleans he staved "there eighteen
j days, and all that he did was to sit in that
inner room where liolmdy could find him, ex- -.
cept they passed from tlic public ball through ;
' another room : and there alone with p.Hir, fg
j norant witnesses he prepared interrogatories
! and talked with them, and those interrogator- '
j ies and that, talk went to the returning hoard j
and furnished the .scoundrels of that ltoard :
the pretext to return against the truth that 1
i Tilden was beaten in Louisiana.
j G.vRK! EI.lt OX THE ELECTOR A I, COMMISSION. I
His work was completed, and an honest 1
return was defeated. lie came on to YVash
ington, and then what do you think he did
J when there was a bill proposed in congress
. the bill that did finally pass t'i appoint a
commission composed of five members of the
, house and five members of the senate, and
j five members of the supreme court, to hold
j a conference upon this great issue. When
'that bill was pending, Oarfieid gut up and
: said : "No, it must not be," and here are
, the reasons that he gave. Let me give them
in his own words, if 1 can: it is very fine
print and difficult to read. Speaking of.the
j bill then pending in congress he says fthis
I was on the LVttn of January ; he got back t.)
ashington by the I'd of December, and the
: inn came up lor consideration n; the house, as
J to whether this comi'iission should be np
: pointed to pass upon the right of president
i or vice president, liarfield opposing). This
j is' what General Garfield said. ''This bill
1 assumes the right of congress to go down in-
to the colleges and inquire into all the acts
and facts connected with tlieir work. It as- j
sumes tlie right of congTess to jjo down into j
the states to review the act of every officer, j
to open every ballot east by 7,ikm,0mi of
Americans.'" That was Garfield's objection
to the bill that if it did pass and these? lit'- 1
teen men were appointed under the law, it
would be their duty to go back if t nil techni- i
calities and returns, and to pass upon the I
real facts of the case; to go into the ballot
box and see bow the voles were, and to de
cide the case upon the real truth. And af
ter that, when the bill was passed and he
lieeanie one of the fifteen, he voted every
time that they should not open the door to
investigate, but that the law closed the door,
lie said that Kelloeg's certificate of the re-
! turning board was stronger than law and
the constitution and the judgment of con
' g,rcs. And his v de was the eighth vole
npainst seven that declared that they should
not no behind the returning board.
OAIIFIEI.D'S OATH.
When he stood in the house, it was Gar
field speaking; but when be wan upon the
commission it was the party demanding pow
er, money and office Applause. I-t ine
read yon" this oath be took: "I, James A.
(Jarfield, do solemnly swear that I will im
partially examine and consider all questions
submitted to the commission of which I am
a inemlier, and a true judgment render there
on agreeably to the constitution ana the
laws, so help me God." Applause and
laughter. They say be is a x,r,,aeher.
Laughter. I don't pretend to be anything
but a wicked lawyer that's nil; but there
is not wealth enough in tin- state of Indiana
to get me, in my place in the house or in the
senate of the 1'nited States, to say, "If you
pass this law I hoM that It opens the door to
investigation, ami we can go down to New
Orleans and ascertain bow the vote was in
fact," and then after I got upon the comuiis
; sion to turn around and say that the return
ing hoard and its findings is conclusive uji
j on us, and we cannot investigate it at all. I
j would not do it for a thousand years of ten
ure in the great office for which he is a can
didate. SAItKIKI.I I!l: M)KI).
When I saw flint tl .Ttitirnnl :iiil tlint if 1
. : - -- -; - ;
did not make this good, I was disgraced, ami I
ii i .mi, mm w.uni-i.i ,.s iiisgi.ici-ii men, ;
j gentlemen, as soon as I saw that. I longed to
I see you and scak to you with more earnest-
j ness and felling than ever 1 longed to do Ik-- ,
fore. If 1 have failed in anyone of theories- j
tions presented by the Journal I know it not. ,
i nave apiieaieii 10 no witnesses except i.ar-
! field himself, and bv Garfield is Garfield this
'night disgraced. Applause. You fair
! minded republicans, vou gentli -men that lovt
your country lietter than Mm do the .lunrtml,
lietter than you do (iartiehl, lw-tter than you
love combinations of party, I apiieal to you
now, by this test publicly. I have said that
if the sliort.hand rejwirtcr is not here for the
Journal I have a report of mv sikmscIi to-night.
and I will furnish it to the Journal and ask j
that it appear, and if it does not apjiear to
morrow morning then it is admitted, as
though it was written in the broadest and i
brightest capitals, "We can't stand upon the !
issues that we made yesterday morning."
Applause. If they don't publish what I
have saiil to you to-night, not in any inner
room, but in this temple, then you may know
that they admit that Thomas A. Hendricks is
not disgraced, but that James A. iartiehl is
disgraced. Applause.
THE MX OF SECTIONALISM.
sc vthixii ai1uaicnmknt ok sknathu i o.vk
link i:y hi;h iikpi iii.u ax ai tihiuity.
Ncnator Conklin is one of the leaders of
that portion of the Kepublican party whose
only iMiiitical principles are the loaves and
fishes and an undying hatred for the South.
Extracts from his recent speech in New York
city have been widely published by l.'eptibli
can papers all over the country, but one of
them at least, the New York E,rninj l'oal. a
staunch Kepublican journal, and, by the way, j
an esiH-cial friend of Gartield because of his j
free trade record, takes decided exceptions to '
Coiikling's utterances and so effectually dis- 1
puses of bis -'bloody shirt" sentiments that
no further reply seems to be necessary. Tbe
Kreitiny rot says : '.
It has liecn intimated for some time that
the egregious vanity of Mr. 'onkling has ren- !
dereil lit 111 indifferent to the success of the
candidate nominated at Chicago. He was in I
favor of the nomination of Oeueral Orant, in :
spiteof the infamous corruptions and joblier- i
ies that signalized his last administraticii. and
in spite ot its infringement of a practice which
had become a sort of unwritten law of tin
constitution, and made a third term repulsive
to the jtopular instincts. Hid his choice was '
not approved, and not being able to rule, he
has, it i sai,!. vjtli true satanie ambition, re
solved to ruin, t 'ei tainly his speech at the ,
Academy of Music last Friday would seem
to confirm these suspicions. It was through
out an insidious assauit upon the best char
acter, purposes iMid hopes of the Keimbiican
party, and under a pretence of vindicating
and defending it put the argument in such a
shape that the ctVecfof it must Ik- to repel '
every man of generous feelings and honest
logic by w bom it is read. Its only object was
to revive and reinforce that narrow, odious
and malignant sectionalism against which all
the lteiter members of the party have been ,
struggling for the last ten years. It says in
so many words that the issue of tin- present
campaign is sectional and only sectional : and '
in order tit prove that it frames wh it Ibirke
thought to be impossible, "the indictment of
the whole jieo.!e." in the lowest spirit of the
1 carpet-bagger and the demagogue.
Before considering that aspect of his ad
dress, however, let us s,.(. wlmt Mr. Conk
ling's notions of the duties of a l'lesideot of
the I'nited States are. Washington. Ad mis.
Jefferson. Madison and others have taught 1
us that, though olVicers are chosen 1 y parties. 1
, the moment they are chosen they become the ;
representatives and organs of the whole na- '
lion. General Jackson was a most earnest ,
and vehement partisan, whose prejudices. ;
naturally bitter, were aggravated by the kind '
1 of personal abuse with which he had met :
vet Jackson had the manliness and patriot
ism to proclaim tin t "the chief magistrate of
a great and powerful nation should never in
dulge in party feeling : lie should always bear :
in mind that be acts for the whole and not
a part of the coiiinuiiilty." Mr. Coii',ling
thinks otherwise. In order to give a sly stall ,
at l'res'nh-nt II.iycshesnysth.it "the candi
date of a pruty is the exponent of a party,
and. after he is elected, can have no will but
the will of bis party." "Few things," bo
adds, in a sneering way. "are more di-spi.-a- :
hie than first to secure elevation :it the hands ,
of a party, and thru in the hope of winning !
pretentious non-partisan applause, toalleet
. superior sanctity, and meanly to imply that ,
' those whose support and confidence were e:l
geily and ilefeieutially sought are wanting
in purity, patriotism, or some otiier title to
respect." In oilier words, a public officer is 1
not to be controlled by bis eonstitutianal o!i-
ligations as he interprets them, nor by a con
scientious sense of duty to the whole people.
1 but by the wishes of tiiose who elected him
: specially : or, as things now go, by the ln iii
j agers of the iuacb:ne. Never lias the ma. b: tie
j theory rf polith-s lteen stated more openly ir
With more unblushing audacity. .
The entire animus of Mr. Conkling's rea
soning is thi't the "resident should be elected
1 by the machine, and when elected be Con-
'trolled by the machine; he is not to address i
j himself to an impartial administration of the i
j duties of his oifi.-e according to certain fixed
j principles, but he is to ltoeoiie the instrument
ot predominating intoresrs, or 01 1 nose pans
of the nation wI'.-tc "ppiduction, consump
tion, building, tilled acreage," etc., happen '
to in; in the ascendant. l!ut that is not the t
spirit of our constitution. The constitution
fixes, with ;rc,!t minuteness of deta.il. all ,
modes of our elections, and w hen an election j
is closed it regards the result as the act of the
wb ile people. In order to get an expre-ioii :
of the manhood of the nation, each vote ,
counts as one and is as good as anv other
i vut--: and. a
. Mr. Conkling himself says in '
his address, "the supreme, the i
i the outset of
final, the only peaceful arbiter is the ballot
box. In that urn should be gathered, and
from it should be sacredly recorded, the con
science, the judgment . the intelligence ot ;d I."
i'.ut no, argues Mr. Conklin afterw ird, it i-;
not the votes that ought to lie considered, but
j the
aces thai the votes come from. If they
are nut in bv the Sordii, wiik-ii is r.iiioiTu-
j nately impoverished by a longciil war and
many years of ca rpet-bag extort -on and riot.
i thev are bad and dangerous votes, but tl thev
I are put in bv the North, win re comm. -ret
: 1
I industry and ma'iufa.-t .ires thrive, and large
revenues are paid, they are goo-,! and w 'uoie
i some votes, and are entitled to rule.
I in order to justify his cold-blooded section
i a'.ism, and to carry the i.'epu'ilieaii cause
j back to tin- state in "which it was at tin- close
of Grant s administration, ignoring Lie no
ble and efficient services of Mr. Haves am
his cabinet in healing old sores and bringing
aliout. kind and conciliatory feelings, lr.
Coiikling gets una tremeihlous bugaboo. It
would be a frighifii! bugaboo if il were not
of the kind that bites ol its own head. His
mode of cm 1 1 11 t ing t!u; s.-.u ci row-, put a
!e
a!
lip-
W
1
b
tut-
l'!l-i i !pj
Democratic party, if it succeeds, would tve
controlled by the south : second, but the
South is only alMiut one-seventh of the ikm
ple of the t'nion, and has but one-fourteenth
of the producing, commercial, indus
trial, taxpaying and proiicrty interests of the
country : anil rr;io. third, the whole vast bus
iness of the country will Ik- at the lisiwsal of
a very Inconsidentiile iiuiiiIht of i those w ho
arc concerned in it. A formidable conclu
sion, if it were valid; but assumptions of
fallacy lurk both in the premise and conclu
sion, ami nobody needs to lie frightened out
of bis senses.
The first assumption or implication is that
the South can succeed by itself, which it can
not. Even if we sup'xise it solid (and it is
by no means certain that it wiil 1m so in N'o
vcmlier) it cannot succeed without the aid of
twoor three of the great Middle States which
are most ini'Hirtaut factors in that sum of
"producing, commercial, industrial, taxpay
ing interests" which Mr. t'onkling nourishes
jn its face. It cannot si.ccecd without secur
inj; a majority of votes in New Jersey, New
York, Indiana, and sonic State in New Eng
land and on the Pacific slopes. Now these
determining States represent a very large
part of those commercial, industrial anil pro
iicrty interests which are used to make the
j contrast lictween the North and South. If
: our orator had lecn an honest statesman, as
in- i. .111 u oi-iii jmiiu ii-iaii, lit v i ill ii i nil e lii-
stituted a comparison, not between the North
be is an ardent politician, be would have in-
;in, south, but In tween the Kenubliean and
Democratic States; but then the entire basis
of his suiMTstructine would have fallen a way
and he would have had no scarecrow at all."
The second assumption is that the South.
which can onlv win l.v the iK.kt:n of tho
great Middle states, would originate a imlicv.
s 1 ir it Had the power, certain to alienate their nominee of the Democratic party for the of
I ! "V"!i"..r.i:1.s!,V,,H.:. l!",.whill'::"..V: ; fice of Auditor-General of lVnnsvlTaida. is a
111.. 1.- i .-msh i- 1 mis lllilll losiipjfiise it v.illli I
run counter to the convictions and political :
prospects, not only of these great Middle
States, but of that verv large minoritv in the
Kepublican States which constitutes an es
sential part of the Democratic force nearly
half the people in fact '.' How soon would it
sink into utter imitotence if it attempted to
outrage the opinions or even the prejudices
of the North and West? It could not live a
year in the enjoyment of its power : and its
allies at the North would be irreparably des
troyed, liesjde, the largest States of" "the
South." and those which are likely to have
the most to sav in its counsels, are Marvland.
! Virginia. Kentucky. Tennessee, Missouri
and Arkansas, which ltclong to the jrre-at
middle group, and w hose interests are nearly
I identical with those of Indiana, Ohio, New
' York and Pennsylvania. 1'nder the opera
i tions of the living forces which bring loeal
j ities together they would gravitate more and
; ni'tre towards these : and no political party.
: call it by what name you w ill, would dare to
I come in conflict with the feudalities of opin
: ion in these mighty centres of civilization.
trade and activity. These States, though
I nominally ltelonging to "the South." ltocause
of their former tolerance of slavery, are now.
tinder free int'.uences, rapidly amalgamating
! with the States near and around them. They
were never strongly Southern : and have in
come decidedlv Northern. Thev would .lever
cling for anv length of time
to'a polic-'deci- !
sively Southern : their alliances are with the
North and West, and with them in the end
they will be found.
The truth is that, since the extinction of
slavery, the interests of the whole count rv
are so consolidated that as Mr. Gartield said,
he that attempts to build a cause or a partv
upon sectional issues flings himself athwart
elf athwart .
s. and must
leh hitherto
the stream of national tendencie
tall. Mr. 1 onklmg has done mm
to drive independent thinkers from their Ke
publican adhesions, and bis present ill judg
ed, illogical and malicious speech will, we
fear, fjuickrwi the d'-partuii-s.
The MvTKi:inrs Fiu kks. A llourbon ,
(Ind.) di-sii.itch of Sept. L'lst tells of an un
exampled excitement which prevailed in that
place at the time stated. It says :
We arc having a unique timeout here, flu
Saturday night several siiKtll boys chalked
the mysterious figures j
:rf
all ever the city. Th'-y appeared 011 every
fence, wall, pot and curb lrom one end of
llie city to tin- other. They were chalk. -d on
the doors of the Post rfi. e' and of the ( amp-beliit.-
church. Even the thresholds of dis
tinguished citizens did not escape. All the
Hancock ni'-n in town lx-gan to laugh, and a
fair share of the Garfield in.-n began to curse.
Altout midnight a brigade of Kepiibhcans.
armed with mops, scrubbing brushes, brooms.
and pails of w.iter. scattered il -(-It ail over
the city, and bega u to wa- '1 out the figures.
Small boys, however, travelled in the wake
of the scrubs, and the figures
reappeared as fist as erased. After five
lours' work tin- scrubbing brigade w ent home
in disgust. Senator Allison, of Iowa, was
announced to speak on the following Mon
day. 11- received telegraphic l-oti -e rf the
ciopping out of the mysterious figures, and
baited within forty miles of the city. After
a council of war he took the back track for
home.. On Monday the excitement broke out
afresh. Haifa dozen prominent Kepuhlicans
appeared on the street wit h the mysterious
figures ciiaiked on tlair backs. A distin
guished Csmpbcllitr clergyman awoke at 7
a. m. . and was enraged to find
J:i'2
o'l the soles of bis loots. T.itt'e white Hags
bearing the cabalistic s mbels floated from
various prints. A Garfield butcher went into
hvsterics because someone bad biscrilied the
figures 011 the collar of bis dog. The whole
t iwn was in an uproar. The Hancock men
laughed more heart ilv than ever, and the
Garfield men cursed like an army in Flan
ders. They were even n--r- excited th?n
thev were when thev received the n-'V.s of
their lt-feat from M-hie. After again vainly
trying to wash out the figures they threaten
ed to resort to the shotgun policy. These
threats made the Hancock men roar with
laughter. The curses of the Garfield crowd
were so appalling that even the imported col
ored element stood aghast. The worst or
best of it is that the
mania has spread to adjoining twns. and it
threatens to run over nor1 hern Indiana like
wildfire. If it reaches Ohio the Lord
alone
knows what will happen.
T::r. other nig'it. on aft.-ra Garfield meet
ing had been organized, one of the electors
begin edging for the door. He was s(..n
stopped by a friend, who said: "Don't leave
us iiow." "I have got to edge along towards
home," was the reply. "I! en.-: Great l ea
vens, bow (-.in you talk of going heme un-il
he has f-irshf-d 'that speech '. There lie g-es
again! He ;sks if you want t 1 s.-e grass
growing in the street's of our eiti-s, our fer
tile farms returned to the wiiderne-s. our
families crowding th" p"o:'oiiM's until there
is no longer room to receive another. He
savs vour country will bless y.-n." "1 can't
say as to that." replied tin- i-.i,.ii as lie crowd
ed aliing. "but I'm dead snr- that tiie old
woman will if 1 don't pit homo in time to put
this codfish to soak for breakfast." "Great
guns ! but do you prefer codfish to liberty'.'"
exclaimed the'other. "1 don't know as 1 do,
but I gd more of it.". "Am! you will see
this count : y ruined see her piing to destruc
tion'.'" "I'd be kinder sorry to --; her .-1
down hi!!." slowiv observed the !ei::i e.uerit
as he reached the l.mr.
but
if vou had a !
nt ten o'clock '
d.tvlight, and i
wife w !i
red not
t could begin seoldii!-.
h-sc a minute until
tiien w u-.d up w
.'It!
1 a
ml sm isn
1 .-.iit'il kit
I rrivk-
er staui'.
erv an ! a fit of hv-t. ric
oil as I do a:d b-t this
squeeze thr'.u.gii s nn
hi iles. "
ioriou-- .
Inig'ntv
h! republic
line knot-
Tv I...
street the .
think Gar!
Die Maine
! he second
. iiug KepiiMic.nis iu
-therdav, when one sa
upon l!'c
1, "Do you
worse since
Id
S ciialle.
s I
au
II 1011 .
i doirt s
Well. 10," replied
how !'uc could."
1 i 1'o::tv vciirs ago Maine went
Hell-bent for Governor Kent :
I ".tic Kepubiiean rule so long dis;
That tpv it's gone the same for
--raced if
Piaistcd
Li: 1- ti
. .-lie
:r l '. -
M.-.;
I I
t- th
-i.
TAKF. VOI R IIOIt t'..
Here are integrity, honesty, bravery
Take your choice.
Here are rascality, briliery, knavery
Take your choice.
Here is a plain and old fashioned capacity
Take vour choice.
There is a sample of i?recl and rapacity
Take your choice.
Here is one blameless, juntas from the start he war
Take your choice.
There is one baser than ever his party was
Take your choice.
Here Is a man with a record unsullied yet
Take your choice.
f nc w ho has never lccn brltied orlccn bullied yet
Take vout choice.
There is a man who has been false to the trnst of u
Taks your choice.
What can he claim but the blame and di:ruft of n?
Take your choice.
Here is a man whose word is verity
Take your choice.
One who Is noted for truth and sincerity
Take your choice.
There is a man who was bribed and has liod to us
Take your choice.
How as a leader can he 1e a pride to us?
Take your choice.
X V. Sua.
Sketch or Col. Itohcit P. Ueciiert.
C'ol. Kobert Torter Decbeit, who is the
native of the city of Heading, but is now a
resident of 1 hilailelphia and a menilterof the
: bar i;i that city. At the breaking out of the
rebellion be was only eighteen years of age,
; but yielding to bis patriotic impulses be t-n-;
listed as a private soldier in the Twenty.
1 ninth liegiment of Pennsylvania volunteers.
I Ik-fore the regiment took the field, Col. John
1 K. Murphy, commanding, appointed youiif;
! Dechert to the position of Sergeant-Major 011
; his staff. This position be filled with great
; credit until February, l't2, when be was
promoted to be First Lieutenant of Co. C of
the same regiment. His promotion w as made
over all the Second Lieutenants of the regi
ment by the selection of the Colonel and was
considered to be merited by bis ability and
I attention to duty. In this rank be served
with his regiment in the campaign of Major
General Uanks In the Valley of the Shenan
doah in Virginia, and in the m.-nu. table re-
treat of that General. He also served with
his company "1:1 the Army of Virginia under 1 maml of tlie old Veteran Second Kegiment
Major-General Pope, including the battles of j better known to our readers as the "Nation
Cedar Mountain, Second Hull Kun and Chan- al Guards," formerly commanded by General
tilly, and subsequently at Antietain and
Cbaneellorsville. Immediately after the bat
tie of Aiitietam, he was selected by Ilriga-dier-(
ieneral George. L. Andrews, now a pro
fessor at West Point, to serve as bis Aide-de-Cauqi
and Assistant Adjutant-General, and
on that office being transferred tothe Depart-
. , ., .. . ,' .
n,e,lt of t,le I
foi med the same duty -
Lieuteiiant Dechert Jier-
011 the staff of lirevet
Major-t Ieneral Thomas II. linger, now a
Colonel in the regular army, and prominent
ly named for the position of Chief of the sig
nal Corps to succeed the late Krigadier-Gen-eral
Myer better known as "Old Probabili
ties." At tae great Pennsylvania Kettle of
(ieitysburg. Lieutenant De.-hert served as
Assistant Adjutant General of the First Di
vision of the old Twelfth Coips at Gulp's
Hill, and was honorably mentioned for gal
lant service in the official rcpart of that im
portant engagement.
Immediately after that battle the Western
troops of the Army of the Potomac were sent
to the city of New York under the command
of (ieneral linger to eiitorce the draft that
had been tcmiMirarily suspended by reason of
the removal of the troops from that city for
the defense of Pe-nisj lvania in the Gettys
burg campaign.
The draft being successfully accomplished
these troops were u-turned tothe Army of
the Potomac 0:1 the Kapidan, in Virginia,
and a few days afterw ard, in consequence of
ourrepulseat Cbickaniauga.th.- 11th and l'Jlh
Corps were transferred tothe Western Army.
No time was lost in their transportation, and
disembarking from the cars at Nashville,
Trim., they were marched to Chattanooga.
In December td tin- year ls.; t, the Twenty
ninth K.-gini'.-nt was the first in the army to
re-eniist fm another three years, and Lieu
tenant Dechert concluded to rejoin his regi
ment for thikt purpose, and he was immedi
ately promoted to the Captaincy of bis com
pany. The return of this regiment to their
homes, on availing themselves of the vcteian
furlough of thirty days, has nut been forgot
ten by tlie sni vivors or their friends. They
were received by the official authorities of
the city of Philadelphia al Old Independence
Hail and at the Cooper licfrcshmeiit Saloon,
and after recuperation an.l additional enlist
ments, the regiment was sent to the Hospital
building at Chester, and then was removed
to the scene of its former labors at Chatta
nooga, Tenn.
For several months Captain Dechert was
stationed at Philadelphia for the purpose of
enlisting additional rooruits, but he lej uned
his regiment in the Atlanta campaign, hav
ing been relieved from recruiting duty at
Philadelphia at his own request.
After the capture of Atlanta, he was again
selected by bis commanding General for im
port tiit service Major-Genera! II. W. slo
cum appointed him the Assistant Adjmant
( ieneral of Ibe Twentieth Army Corps that
Corps being the result of the consolidation of
the 11th and l'Jt'i Army Corps, which had
been shortly before commanded by Major
t ieneral -Etc Hooker.
When Major-General A. S. Williams was
advanced t the command of this corps, by
reason .f the promotion of General Slocum,
be retained CV plain Dechert in the same po
sition on the corps staff.
During the eventful march of Major-Gen-er.d
W '. T. She: man "to the sea," and at Sa
vannah, Georgia, Ge::eial Slocum again rec
ognized the eltieieiit sel ice of Captain Dech
ert by appointing him Assistant Adjutant
Geiteial of the Army of (ieorgi t on his staff,
which position be retained until after the
surrender ot .. nei a! Joe Johnson at l.' riiegh,
and after the Gland lb-view of Sherman's
Army in May, li'."i. He was meanwhile pro-
' motel to 1-e Major of t e I wcnty-nn.th K.-g-i'.iicl.t.
and at l-ie t ies.- of the war he was
i luvvttc.l by tin- President of the I'nited
State; on the recommendation of Gens. Slo
t-am and Sir. -i la in to be 1 .i utenaiit -Colonel 1
'. " for gailant and i!ieri.-ritis services during
: the war."
' In July, 1 .;.-., be being less.tiian twenty
three years of age, be returned to his home
wi;h his comrades, after an active service in
; the field of over four jams, lie imuie.li.'.Uiy
; cub red upon tlie study of the law in the of
i lice of his br.'l'.ior, Henry M. Dechert, Esq.,
I ii prominent me.mbi.rof the Philadelphia bar,
! and v. .is admitted to practice in November.
1 1:;,:;. The .-.ii.-- year he w s the can. lid.. te
' ol ids i-u'v in tiro i'-Aei.tj -s- v.n.h Wui'vl lor
Select Council, Rnd although iovernor Geary
bad a majority of upward of 4'K), be was re
turned defeated by but thirty-two votes. In
this canvass he was supported by many of
the most promiuent property owners of the
ward w ho were not inemliers of bis own po
litical party. In lst'.s, on the election of
Hon. Furman Shej.pard to the office of Dis
trict Attorney of the County of Philadelphia,.
C'olo-iel IVchcrt was appointed Assistant
District Attorney for three years, and wa
again appointed by tlie same official for the
same term on his re-electiot in 1ST4.
When Mr. Ilagert was elected to the; same
office in 1ST7, Colonel IK-cbeit declined a re
appointment, preferring to resume the gen
eral practice of bis profession, to which he has
devoted his attention until called, without
his own solicitation, to accept thenomiuatiou
for Auditor-General. During this service as
a prosecuting offieer, be was independent
and fearless, ami conducted many important
trials in which lie displayed abilities that
showed his eminent fitness for the require
ments of the post.
While Colonel Dechert lield the position of
Assistant District Attorney, a vacancy oc
cdrred in the First Senatorial District, to
which he had previously removed, by which
the Senate of Pennsylvania was left politi
cally a tie. Itoth parties looked altout them
for their strongest candidates, and Colonel
Dechett was, without any solicitation on his
part, unanimously made the candidate of his
party, ami after an active campaign, nt a
special election, on Deeemlter2'i, IsTO, he was
elected Senator by a majority of upward of
i.'fm, although the Kepublican candidate for
Sheriff at the election in Oetolter preceding
had, in the same district, received a majority
of upward of l.non. Colonel Dechert "s re
cord during the two years in the Senate was
creditable and uninieached.
He was the author of several iiuuirbint,
measures, of which the "Criminal Evidence"
law is one, by which persons charged with
certain minor criminal offences are permitted
to testify on their own behalf.
Colonel Dechert is an active member of a
riumlter of societies, among which are the
Military ordered the Ioyal Iogion, the M.r-n-nercbor
Society, the IV1111 Club, the Hi-tori-cal
Society of Pennsylvania, Hamilton I-tde,
No. "71, A. V. M., of West Philadelphia and
Post No. 1 Grand Army of the Kepu tlie.
In IsTs, Cloud Dechert accepted the coin-
Peter L le. This regiment has been brought
under bis efficient management t a high
state of discipline, and in Ibe recent encamp
ment at Fairinoutit Park it'reccived the high
est encomiums from soldiers and citizens.
The office for which be is a candidate i a
most responsible one, and be will, no doubt,
iceeive a large independent vote by reason
of his high character, and because it is often
thought that the auditing; officer of a com
monwealth Ci.n lx-st perforin bis duties wIh-ii
he .differs in politics from thos whose ac
counts are to be audited.
; How a P.i:TYioT Full Dimnk". Judgrs
Gildersleeve in the course of a recent lecture
, told a story to illu trate low quick men ar
j rested for felonious assaults put in a plea of
. self-defence. A party of revellers were at a
wake one night and their whisky running;
' shot t, they concluded to play a trick on tho
keeper of a saloon near by P get wl;iskc,'a
j they had no money. They took the corpse
and put its clothes on and walked it along in
the crowd to the saloon in question, and all
took seats around a table. They sat the
; corpse with its bead leaning on its bands,
and hat over '.be r es. They drank several
times around when one by one they left the
saloon, tho corpse remaining at the table.
: The landlord began to get uneasy about his
Pay for the drinks, when h" approached tho
, silert man at the table and demanded Ids
money. Of course there was no answer.
I Again and again be made the demand, ami
finally, getting angry, stepped behin.l the
I bar, and seized a cudgel dealt the corpse a
terrifi.- blow and knocked it oT the st.ol onto
, the floor. The revellers, who were watching
outside, rushed in ami charged the landlord
, with murdering their friend. He held his
bands up in holy horror and exclaimed :
, lie fore God I would not have hit him with
the club if be had imt struck at me w ith a
knife."
Whvt a Cm-iiiatf. Goits Tiir.oroH.
Whether the following, which we take from
an exchange, wiil apply to this particular bv
caiity we leave for the public and aspirants
for official honor to determine :
"The appeiranee in any of th" principal
salivtus of a candidate for a county otheo is,
anv time hi the evening, the signal for a gen
eral rush ti the bar. The daring can lidate
may peep in at the door ami see only one
man present besides tic lurk. , -p. -r. Hag s
in to treat the man, w hen, ! i! tlie saloon in
stantly becomes full of men. They drop in
at the front d. tot, they enter frotn lii- side,
they come forward Irom Ih" rear, up out of
the cellar and swarm dow n the stairs'. They
all slap the candidate on the back in turn
and inquire how he's doing. Then the shout
ffoe, i p, 'Who's a tn-atin'?" A desperate
sufii.-Hits over the candidate's face like a
gleam of sunshine on a wintry landscape
and be says, "lioys, what ye' re goin' t
have'.''' TI.en the ;li .y;' f.-.i in line befote
tiie bar twoor three .b.en of them and
when all the glass.. s are charged there's a
h.i'.f-tlrov'ned murmur of ' lire's t ve," and
the candidate rushes out into tiie night."
j A'oryi: Mr. Eat -lours was sittln i 0:1 the
j porch the other irgbt watching- a seventeen
j year old gir! tiying to keep awake long
i enough to see the morning star rise. They
I talked astronomy. ' I wish 1 was a star," he
said, smiling at bis own poetic fancy. -T
would lather you were a comet," she said
dreamily. Hi; heart beat tnmuituously.
"And why?" he asked tend. rly. at the same
time taking her unresisting li'tle hands in bis
own : "and why '.'" he repeated imperiously.
"Oh." she said Willi a bit toiling earnestness
j that fell upon bis s,.ul like a bare f-utt on a
I cold oilcloth, "because then vou would only
1 come around once ciery 1, .I'M years:" He
didn't say anything until he was half way t
' tlie front gate, when he turned around and
shook l.is list at the house and muttered be
tween bis teeth tliat "by tlic da.ls, it would
be a thundering sight lunger than that ln-hre
lie came around again." Kut by that time
the poor girl was in bed and soum! asleep.
Ax Englishman savs that no other if .pie
in tiie world, so far as be knows, can equal
the Arkansas in off band exaggerations.
"Do you see that spring, over there, stran
ger?" one of them said to him. not long ago.
"Yes," he replied. "Well, that's an iron
spring, tliat is, and it's so mighty powerful
that the horses about here that drink the wa
ter of it lv-vcr b ive to lie siio.l. T'.:e '; '
jaU e;o-.v ,i thei; levi li:.t'la"y."
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