idtplAttrg k`ompiltr. FRIDAY AFTIRNOON, AUG. 23, 1887 PEMO(RATIP' STATE NU)IIN TION vox Jrnamor'si•MlLVE COURT, HON. GEORGE SHAREWOOD, or PHILADILLP/I/A. Ihootion, Tuesday, October 8, 1887 @•4 dear tart we shall late Peraytva• Ma tile wont *leafless. I do net think we have enaaastnese enottah fa the State to null. nail drew oat the Reps blleast Wham the Iterabliewn portant of one Laalsdature Me been no openly. note. Heady and shamefully corrupt. that an the bonest people In thelltate are Millman ewe/ aad IDS7I/OCSAT/C COENTT CONVENTION' At a meeting of the Democratic County Count'RV', at Wolf's Hotel, in Gettys bqrg, on Saturday last, the ((Wowing resole:olra unanimously adopted : Remit Thtt the Democratic voters of Adams countSw be, and they arc here by, requested to meetat their usual places of holding Delegate Elections, on SAT URDAY, the 24th day of A.l.:(i 11ST lust., for the purpose of choosing Delegates to represent tbeni in u County Convention to be bald in Gettysburg, on MONDAY following, (August 2Utb,) at to o'clock, A. 31., to nominate a County Ticket, and transact such other business as may be deemed necessary. The Delegate Elec tions to open at 4 and close' at 6 o'clock, P. M., in all the districts except Gettysburg—in the latter to open at 7 and close at 8 o'clock, P. M.- Wm. A. DUNCAN, Chairman. ROBERT WATSON, Seey. Aug. 12, 1887., I= • °Quippromleeto ENLARGE the COMMER Is - to-day redeemed. That the improve ment is a marked oho, a glance at the paper will prove; and that our friends will be pleased with it, we have the egotism to believe. Certainly no effort or means have been spared to Well it. It Is now twenty-two years since the establishment passed into our hands— having entered upon Its possession on the 19th of August, 1845. This Is the second enlargement during that period. In May, 1857, we added a‘eolunin to each 'page, and lengthened them all; and now another column is added, witica corres ponding increase in length—making a difference in space of nearly nine of the old columns, tufd.placlng the COMPILF.R among the largest papers In the State. Votthe steadily grdwing patronage which hits necessitated j.kese Inaprovementa, we take occasion here,-In a word, to express our most profound, and heart-felt ac knowledgments. For the_ kind favors of the many who have stood by us, in storm as well as eitinshine—wehave had both— feelings of gratitude will ever be cher ished. During our occupancy of this poet, the political complexion of the county has undergone a gratifyin4 change. From six or eight hundred against, the majori ty has turned toseveral hundred infavor of the I,,emucracy. Aud the old (.:oxtrt- LEE, from the small six-column sheet of 1845, has grown Into one of the largest (dare we nut say handsomest?) of coun try journals. In the former improve ment, every Democrat Must feel au hon est, animating pride; in the latter we are happy to believe that somethfng of the same feeling will be experienced. We have tried to deserve some such. de gree of appreciation, and think that these now large and ample pages eannot but win it. The Coatribmu was established by fa cob Lefever, Esq.—to whom life and comparative health are, thanks to a kind Providence; still spared—tu September, 1518. Since then it has appealed regu larly every week, (with .but an excep tion or two) always the faithful advocate of its principles—always true to the land marks established by the fathers of the Republic. , During the many years in which the paper has been In our hands, we have never missed a publication but one, (du ring the battle here):—never Issued a half sheet—and were never a day late. Few publishers can say as much. Monday has been the day for the Com rAntt's appearance throughout more than a quarter of a century. We have long been inclined to change the day, the better to suit ,the local malls and therefore our county readers, but an hr disposition to innovate has thus far pre vented. - Thin, however, seems to be an auspicious -period, and, we take advan tage of. it to make the change. The COMPILER will, therefore, hereafter ap- pear on Friday ..Afternoon, and may be looked for at all points reached by the t•taturclay mails. IL is hoped that the change will be generally satisfactory to our patmns. It is made solely with a view to their better accommodation. Just here another matter comes in. The paper Is now printed—this number is the first—on °neat Potter & Co's. large cylinder Power Presses. It will be ob served, ton, that the advertising depart ment is In type different from that for merly used—much smaller In the body, but still full and clear in the face. This is all new—as is nearly everything now used in the establishment. To procure 'this machinery and these materials, a heavy nullity (to us) has been, and still is, required. Three thousand dollars will hardly see us through. Some of this expense might have been eared for the present by continuing the use of the old type, but once fairly launched upon the enterprise, we felt that it was uo time to stop at any point within our means (or credit, rather,) to furnish a gnat-elasa country newspaper, at least in liPPelsrunoe end amount of matter—and this solthotit any increase in the price of subscriplloa. Whether the risk has been indksiodely assumed, will depend entire ly upon those whom we have thus sought to servaand please. The enlargement involves as in con siderable debt—more than is comfortable, es ~y st a sewn when weekly ex penses require every dollar of income to met them. We must, therefore, appall, dowdy and emphatically, t o n u in sesapoo oar books; to lend us a helping hand without delay. Many owe in small antonats, sad they may not think It worth while to give themselves any trouble on the subject; but we beg, them to remember that a large aggregate may thus be reached, and with it our indebt edness wiped out, or so reduced as to occasion little annoyance or concern. Thus relieved fromfinancial cares, more attention could a paid Co the paper— which ought to, and would, be "all the better for it." subscribers fend business in every way) should be added. Who of our pees eut patrons cannot secure another? Few, If any. 'A little effort—aud what Demo crat should hesitate to make it, especial ly in threatening times like these ?—is all that It necessary to even double our already large list. Friends, go to work at once—NOW—and thus help to sow the good seed that must ultimately spring up for the salvation of our country, if it Is ever to be rescued from the hands of the bold, bad men who are now exercis ing power for their own selfish and fana tical ends, and to the destruCtion of the rights and Interests of the people. STANTON WOOPENDSD Edwin M. Stanton has been suspen ded, and General Grant appointed Sec retary of War in his place. This action of the President will meet the hearty approved of every real friend of the U• n ion, of concession, harmony, and peace. Mr. Stanton has been a cold, hard, un feeling public officer. He has prostitu ted the power of his office to base uses. He has acted as the lof a party. .trr it. He has opposed all effo to reunite the States. He has played; the spy and in former. He' has disclosed important Cabinet matters, and thus enabled the Radicals to anticipate the mdvements of the government by legislative aetion. He half held power as the agent of a fac tion. He has disregarded the responsi bilities of his place and conspired with Stevens, Sumner and Wade to destroy the Republic, and erect upon its ruins a military despotism, more intolerant and exactlnK than that by which Russia 1101(15 Poland, or Anstra, Hungary. XII these things Edwin M. Stanton has done, and because he has thus acted, the President has suspended him, and in structed General Grant to assume the duties of Secretary of War. Right—ex actly right! SHERIDAN SeSPENDED.—Gen. Sheri dan has been removed from his com mand, at New Orleans, and Oen. Thom as appointed in his stead. This is a very proper change, and should have been made long ago. Sheridan is not the man for such important duties. Gen. Hancock is to take Gen. Thom. as's place, at Louisville, and.. Sheridan Is Ordered to Fnrt Leavenworth—first re portingrat Washington. Gen. Grant issu ed this order, for which, of course, Hadi bald= won't thank him. -WrrnT rr COsTS !—The Treasury De partment states that from thirty-five to forty millirem of dollars will be needed to support the army in the Southern States daring the present year, and all for the purpose of keeping the Radical Destructives in power. It used to be thought a Jest crime for an adminis tration to use Its influence with office holders to perpetuate its power; but now the dominant party uses the entire Army and Navy, and all the resources of the country, to elect a President of its own stripe in 1888! Just think of it. Forty millions of dollars per year to make four 'millions of 'permit negroes the masters of eight millions of intelligent white people ' ADDRESS.—Don't fail to read the Ad- dress of the Democratic ,State Central Committee, printed on our first page. It is written In "Ir. Wallace's peculiarly terse and forcible style, and contains a series of charges against the Radical corruptiouists and dent ionists which are entirely irrefutable, ar must have weight with thinking, pat otic men, of all parties. COUNTY TicxErs.—The Democracy of Cumberland county, on the 12th instant, nominated the following strong ticket: Assembly, Theodore Cullman ; Sheriff, Joseph C. Thompson ; Treasurer, Chris tian Ilellinger ; Commissioner, Allen Floyd; Director, David Wolf; Auditor, E. Mounts; Jury Commissioner, John B. Drawbangh. The Democracy of York county made their nominations on Tuesday week, as follows : Assembly, Col. Levi Maish, Stephen G. Boyd ; Treasurer, John Glat felter; Commissioner, Wm. Wintermoy er ; Director, David Small; Jury Com missioner, Thomas Platt ; Auditor, J. B. Pfaltzgroff. Tne Convention was full and harmonious, and the ticket is an un exceptionable one. Trtsi Democratic Delegate Elections in this county will be held to-morrow, and the County Convention on Monday. We have only to repeat—send the best men as Delegates, and a good ticket will be the result; and when nominated, let every Democrat put his shoulder to the wheel, in order to secure a li , irge majori ty in Adams, and assist in rescuing the old Keystone from the hands of the ne gro Radicals. Tas Democratic County Meeting of Berks county, held on the 6th inst., was largely attended. The Reading (Jazrfle, in noticing the meeting, says : "Every district was represented by some of its best men, and all were governed by a common motive—the united.. thorough and vigorous organization of The party, for the impending State canvass. The proceedings were conducted in the most perfect good feeling and harniony, and the sentiments of the meeting, as ex pressed by the rssoiutions and the sever al speeches, were those of concord, unani mity, and mutual confidence in the fu turtsillb TrrE: Reading Gazzetc appeared last week ih a new dress, very decidedly im proving Its looks. The Gazette is unable and spirited defender of Democratic principles, and we are glad to know that it is handsomely supported by the De mocracy of old Berks. THERE is almost a universal demand, on the part of the Conservative press and people, that President Johnson should bring Ashley, Butler, Holt and the rest of the conspirators against his character and life to a fair though rigorous trial. GeitmorOu Geary- ordered a salute to be tired at the State Capitol on the re ceipt of intelligence of Brownlow's tri umph over law, order and decency in Tennessee. It is a new thing for a gov ernor to order the State's power to be burnt to celebrate a political party'e vio tory ! IT le said tlistsitusslitauton's removal a great change has oome over the subor dinates in the War office. " Arrogance is laid aside, and civil answers can be had to civil question'—a thing that could not be had when the tyrant Stanton ruled. cosarntAcy AT WAJIHINOir•IT A DiaidUral Selena* agalait the Sorrel deal Revealed. rl Terrible (luwil . re& airahnt Asaior mad antler lielPsEskisegoessest se the Inter Revelations of a most extraordinary land startling character were given to the public, through the newspapers, week before last, as embodied in a communi cation from the Attorney General's office to the President of the United States.— This document embraces a statement of Charles A. Dunham, nlins Sanford Con over, (under sentence to the Albany pen. itentiary for swearing falsely and procur ing others tobiwear falsely before the military commission which tried Mrs. Surratt,) and reveals a plot by Congress men Ashley, Butler, and other impeach ers, for procuring manufacture) testi mony to connect President Johnson with the Booth and 'Payne couspiricy to mur der President Lincoln. This attempt is one of the boldest and basest on record, and has startled the 'Country, as it will startle the world. In order to a full comprehensionof its char acter, ft is necessary to state that the communication starts out with copies of letters front Ashley, the head impeacher, A. G. Riddle, late a member of Congress from Ohio, and Judge Advocate General Holt, asking the President to pardon Conover—the latter f Holt) arguing thus : "A principle of public policy leads governments to encourage, by all honor able means, those charged with crime to make disclosures which may, and often do, result in unmasking even greater of. fenders than those who make them hence when they are found to have acted voluntarily, and in good faith, the high est public considerations requivathal their conduct shall be generouslyepre elated. The services of Dunham, with the details of which Mr. Riddle must be entirely familiar, as one of the counsel in the case, seem to have been performed without solicitation, and in the interests of truth and Justice, in connection with one of the most Important criminal trials which has occurred in the history of the 'country; and although his disclosures were not directly connected with the criminality of which he himself has been 'convicted, yet it is believed that they de ,not the less bring his ease within the 'spirit and reason of the policy reterred Next comes the remarkable letter of Conover to President Johnson, setting forth In detail the conspiracy to ruin the Chief Executive of the nation. We publish it entire, to the exclusion of sev eral other articles Intended for this page, RS follows : WA:,IUNG I rON July Z 9, Pit37.—To hitt xcellency, Andrew Johnson, President tf the United States: En applying to our Excellency for pardon, I had not Mended to otter any disclosures con erning the plotting of your onemitst :ainst you which could be regarded • inducement for granting my applies ion. I instructed my Bite, In present ng the petition, to refer to the conspira y of Ashley and company , o far only , . appeared necessary 10 remove nny nn .riendly feeling that might have been ingendered within you to‘i,atd me by the lew-paper reports that I had engaged assist your enemies in their nefarious esigns. I adopted this reserve in the belief that the services I had rendered title Government, as certified to by Judge olt, the Hon. Mr. Riddle and Mr. Ash ley, would, in your view and Judgment, render. me deserving of Executive clemency; Lid because I desired that it should appear on the record, and on the face of my pardm., that in consid eration of my services to the Govern talent, and exclusively on the recoru- Mendation of prominent Radicals, to the cad that, when I should conic to expose the atrocious plot of Ashley and com pany, the Radicals would not be in a position or able to charge me with doing so in consideration of a pardon ; or that the President had pardoned me on con dition of my implicating his enemies ill an infamous conspiracy. o ' r e qu a " j t ini e o h m t en e, e t I ve' f rotor 01l with trai ti to s rsostariconel(id into i as I con eas s, I determined, it 1, uld be released, to place In the hands f t ofi your Excellency or lay before the pitblie a complete exposure of their di abolical designs anti most astoundinik mceedings. This, I believe, would 'be sacred duty; for, although accused of crime, I ant not so destitute of honor at -patriotism as not to feel some inter.. i es in e and iat e o r b e l s i t g a theseti ns - to persons my have country. felt, ant the etPtrt they have made (which would have succeeded ere this but fm th blunder of one of them 1, and which th y still propose to make for my release, I know were prompted by the most selsh motives, in order that they might us me as an instrument to accomplish th e ir devilish designs; and I shall not, / th i t y e four.: wife be guilty l,e l 1 e o , f . , , ingratitude d in t ab ndoning and exposing their villainy. yo how Ashley, first through his man Fr day, Matchett, anti afterwards in per- BM , managed to make known to me his al hes, aims and purposes, and enlist m , as far as a forced promise would go, in his enterprise. I shall, therefore, on • advert here to sonic things which Ita e been said and done by the conspire to , which are susceptible of being prov ed leftist them by the most irrefutable evi .ence. fter obtaining my promise to render all the assistance in my power, Mr. Ashley explained to me the kind of 'evidence he thought it most advisable ;to present against you. He thought it 'would be very plausible to prove : flirst. That Booth had on several oc casions paid you familiar visits at the Kipkwood. This, it was hoped, I might be ible to induce some of the old female ser lints to testily to. If this could rlbt be done, then it should be proved by s mile of mv friends who happened to he at the house at the time, who knsiw Booth, kc., and saw the visit. Secondly. That your correspondence with Booth, which should be shown by one or more pen-ons who had taken notes from Booth to you, and your replies (contents unknown) thereto to Booth. The witnesses should be per sons who would profeis to have been intimate with Booth, and to have been enllted by him to take part in the assas sination. Thirdly. That the placing of Atzerott, with weapons, at the Kirkwood House, was! only a sham—to make it appear that you were intended as a victim, and Ulna distract all suspicion from you of conniving at Lincoln's murder. This, also, it was suggested, could be proved bypersons who could testily that they had, been induced to enter into the conspiracy with Booth, and had per fortried a part iu organizing it, etc., which persons, it was to be understood, were induced to testify under an assur ance from the Uovernmeut that they shotild not be prosecuted for any part they bad taken. The resolution under which Butler's committee was appointed, it will be observed, provides fur the protection of such persons—who are furnished with a good excuse for not coming forward befote—by offering iniusunity to all who were connected with the conspiracy who will!, now come forward and disclose their knowledge on the subject. Fourthly. That Booth, just after the 4th of March, stated to intimate friends hi Vew York, whom he endeavored to enlist in the new conspiracy, that he was acting with the knowledge of the Vice President and that it had been arranged to kill Lincoln on the day of the inauguration, which would ac count for Mr. Johnson's strange conduct on that occaalon, which had provoked so much ciamment in the press. That you expected the tragedy to be enacted then, and had taken several potations to compose and nerve you for the event ; and that you were not so much intoxi cated as nervous and excited. • I feel much delicacy In referring to such topics, but I cannot Inform you of your enemies' plan and proJeets without being plain, and I am obliged to write Lu 400 great haste to be uhotce in my langtinge. issurred Jumpy that I should have as dtakaday In finding venom of dead standing and mond rassetsek to pow. these matters, and It was agreed that I would do so as soon as released. As an earnest that I, possessed the ability to do what I engeged, and in order to satisfy some of their party who the (entsterreer of evident° -to connect you with the assassination con spiracy, Ashley and Butler desired and premed me to send for two or three per sons of whose Intelligence and qualifi cations they meld satisfy themselves, and whom they could parade before their Itierestalista friends. 1 consented, and Ashley supplied the facts it was desired they should know and repeat, and I forwarded them to a trusty friend, with secret explanations ns to my own purposes, and instructions for him to procure two other friends to commit to memory the statements en-' c;osed to him, and *hen sent for to come hero and repeat them (but noel under oath) to such persons as I should indicate. After allowing my friends sufficient time to learn their parts, the Rev. Mr. Matehett wseeent for them, in order that It might be said that he, agent for the impeachers, had found the witnesses, and that their character for veracity was above suspicion. On arriving here these persons were inspected by Ashley and Butler, and were found to possess the requisite quali fications as to intelligence and personal appearance, but unfortunately for the inspectors it was deemed necessary to make some changes, modifications in some and additions to other portions of their statements, before presenting them 141' the lukeworm Radicals it as their intention to inflame. It being impracticable for the men to see nie at the jail on such business, and equally so for me to communicate to them the desired changes and necessary explana tions in writing to enable them to incor porate these changes in their original statements without leading to confusion or contradiction, it was found necessary for somebody else to take 111 V office of preceptor, &c. This, with slight hesi tation, was done by Mr. Ashley, on my assurance that the parties were Rad icals, died in the wool, and men of honor in whom he could safely repose con fldence. I have learned both from Ashley and the parties themselves what was said and done by and between them in the matter. The statements they were de sired to make were revised by Mr. Ashley, and they were assured by him that in cane it should be determined to examine them before the committee they should be splendidly rewarded. Mr. Ashley also discoursed to them on the propriety and justice of the course it was proposed to pursue to make cer tain of the impeachment of the Presi dent. He declared that you were a traitor to your party and country, That there was no doubt of your compli city in the assassination conspiracy, but that the evidence was in the hands of your friends and could not all he got at. That .4 enoug.h, however, had been recured to satisfy most reasonable men of your guilt ; but that, in order to sat isfy the most exactiug, the statement of these persons before the committee would be requisite. That the end fully justified the means, and that ev ery man who contributed in this way to the impeachment of the President would deserve well of the country, and that he (Mr. Ashley) would see them rewarded tenfold when your suc cessor should come Into power. Subsequently the parties were present ed to Mr. Butler, and after being inspect ed and passed by him, were introduced by him and Ashley to the several Radi cal members of the House, Nr, ho, it was understood, had hitherto doubted the existence of evidence implicating you in the assassination conspiracy, and who informally interrogated them as to the matters upon which they had been in structed. Mr. Butler desired to have taken the depOsitions of these men at the time, Mit I would not consent to its being done until I should be released, as at first agreed. These facts can be proved by these three persons and also by my wife, whose character for truth and veracity is not inferior to Mr. Ashley's, mil I shall take pleasure, if at liberty. in pro ducing them before any committee or tribunal for the impeachment of the impeachers. But the evidence of this conspiracy does not depend entirely upon oral proof. The letters from Ashley, herewith en closed, in themselves speak volumes. What statement from me could 4tave wanted, and for what purpose? Any thing it was in my power to state to hint could have been stated to him orally a dozen times during his previous visits to me. The statement he wanted was this, and for this purpose: There were many prominent Radicals, and especially among his own constituents, who were lukewarm on the subject of impeach ment, who were not prepared to believe that you were privy to the murder of Lincoln, and whose co-operation was greatly needed. Ashley therefore de sired to be able to place before them assurances that the most unquestionable evidence of your guilt could be produced. He therefore requested me to prepare an elaborate paper, setting forth that such and such persons could be produced who knew and would testify to this, that - and the other thing, including the pretensions that Booth had been seen in your room several times; that you had corresponded with him and Ns ith parties In Richmond ; and that the persons who could testify to these facts were of the most respectable standing, and would come forward and tell all they knew, if prOtected by the flovernment. He wished me to put it in a style and tone that would be sure to carry conviction with it. He desired that, In addition to the points of evidence we had conferred about, my statements should contain others, and he gave me a memorandum of other points, which he requested me to in corporate in my statement. This memo minium I inclose, and I believe It is in Matchett's hand writting. After pre paring the statement I sent ft to him, at Toledo, when he wished to make use of it. There is another note from Ashley en closed worthy of attention. It is in pen cil, and was written at the office of Judge Carter. - After the failure, through the blundering of Matchett, to secure my release at the time promised I became angry and used pretty severe language to Matchett. He went to Ashley and Butler in alarm, and report ed that I was going to expose the entire scheme to you. After the persons I had sent for to New York, as witnesses, bad returned, Ashley wrote, without my knowledge, to persuade them to come here again, and In his letters to two of them he thoughtlessly suggested some additions that it was desired they should make to their statements. He made the , e sug gestions by letter, as his letters explained, because lie was not certain that he should be here when they arrived, or they might meet Bingham or some other person they had been introduced to when previously here, before he could see them and give them points, and he therefore wanted them "posted." After my talking to him so severely on account of the failure to have me re leased at the time promised, D. F. Mat chat became frightened and seemed to get the idea that I had his letters to those parties, and had sent them, or copies of them, to you. Possibly, in my anger, I had uttered as much. He, therefore. made known his fears to Ashley and Butler, and Ashley endeavored by this note to obtain the letters. I have just been ordered to get ready for the penitentiary. CELAS. A. DUNHAM. It is evident that Ashley and Co., flat tered Conover with the promise of a par don as the reward for his new crime, and Lhus induced him to fabricate testimony connecting Andrew Johnson with the Booth and Payne.conspinicy, and to pro cure witnesses who would swear to his manufactured testimony before the Con gressional Committee. And in order that Conover might come forth cleansed of the crime of which he bad been con victed, and be himself k competent witness, these conspirators had the hardi hood to recommend him to the President for pardon, alleging in his behalf that "the government was under great obli gations to him for much valuable infor mation." Thisitrap, as ingenious as infamous, the Pneident fortunately did not fall in to. It it had succeeded, Conover would have emerged hens his prisesi only to go betareabCongressionalecossuittwo with his suistant kiss swearers, and endeavor to blacken and forever ruin the charac ter of the distinguished Petwoulge to whose clemency be would have owed his freedom. But the President was not thus cheated, anti Dunham, finding that Ashley d. Co. had made promises whiph they could not perform, turned - round and addressed a letter to the President exposing the whole plot. It will not do for Ashley, Bolt it CO., to say that Conover, being a convicted perjurer, is not worthy of belief. They have endorsed hot as a person who could be relied upon to furnish "valuable in formation." They have borne testimony to the "value and Importance of his ser vices" to the government even while he lay in prison under sentence of perjury. Having voluntarily endorsed him as a trustworthy witness against others, they have made him a trmtworthy witness against theimelves, and on his testimony alone they would stand convict i ed before the world of the dark and daring crime of subornimr testimony, to effect the impeachment of the President. But the case does not rest on Dunham's testimony alone. What lie charges against them is eorroboratedby Ashley's written notes to Dunham, and by But ler's resolution in the House at the ad journed session of Congress, and by facts and circumstances si Mini the knowledge of the public in general. These revelations account for the dark hints thrown out iti Congress, that the President was connected with the assas sination plot, and that hi due time start ling evidence would be made public.— That evidence was no doubt the chain of perjury Ashley and his associates were concocting with Conover! The train was all laid and ready to be fired. But its disclosure Ihnlies upon the public by the confes4ion of one of the conspirators, and instead of destiuying the President, it consigns his scoundrelly persecutors to everlasting Infamy. A cr-rraiLL DEMPOTIAM. Forney's frees is daily _growing more outspoken in its hatred of our constitu tional system, and consequently, of trea• son to the Government. It says, echo ing the sentiments of a leading Massa chusetts Radical paper ; "We fought not for the Constitution, but for existence as an integral power among the nations. Our paper Constitu tion was but the condensation of British precedents, and can no more escape modifications from revolutionary force than its prototype. The Constitution eompromised part of the Declaration of Independence, to secure national unity —but the times are eliziged." In other words, the war, according to the Radical view, was fought to destroy the rights reserved to the btates by the Constitution, and to combine all govern ing powers in a central Government— the sole control of which is to be vested in a rump Congress. Treason like this to the republican system and the Consti tution founded by the wise men of the Revolution, as greatly merits indictment, trial and punishment as armed hostility against the Government; and when the people shall awaken to a full realization of the enormity of the despotic opinions disseminated by the Radical press and leaders, it will be a death-blow, - morally and politically—if not physically—to the Forneys, and titevenses, Camorons, Re/- ieys, and the rest of that faction of usur pers. They had better take the baCk track. The "times are changed," it is true, but the people have the same regard for civ il liberty, the same respect for the Con• stitution and the same jealous eye for the purity of the ballot box as in times past. They may submit to wrong, to persecu tion and the usurping domination of am bitious demagogues for a while, but, when forbearance ceases to be a virtue, they will strike like a thunderbolt And leave no vestige of the despots. Lel the "narrow-minded bitekheads" take war ning.—Patriot S Union. StIMENCKI9 ADDRESS. Mr. Schenck, in behalf of his party, announces that ''the present (Reptibli can party) campaign is but a continua -1 Wm of the war." This Is the declare -1 tion of the party that declares it wants 1 peace and union. The surrender and 1 dispersion of the Confederate army ; the treaty between Lee and Grant; tke proclamation of peace by the President; 1 the perfect submission of the South to ' the general government, and obedience to its Constitution and laws, are all Ig noted by Mr. Schenck and his political associates, and the continuation of the war 'proclaimed. This Is the theory of the party generally, and hence the "con quered territory" is not to enjoy peace as long as Radicalism can gain by nettle' or quasi war. To Ce sure, there is no re: sistauce ; the Radical, war Is one entirely of aggression ; yet we are told it is to be prosecuted at the pleasure of the domi nant party in Congress just so long as that party may consider it for its inter est to continue the work of tumult and national disintegration. Thus the pea: pie are to be taxed to continue a war for party ends—to gratify personal vanity, power and pecuniary advantage ; the business of the country is to be, sacrificed, its political interests ignored, and doubt and confusion allowed to distract it to continue a war for . the personal advan tage of Schenck, Stevens, Boutwell, Sum ner, Butler & Co. How long will the American people endure the control of such unscrupulous statesmen? Is the government to be sustained for the pro tection and benefit of all—is it to be maintained to establish liberty, equality, justice, or to continue air-internecine war for the advantage of those who thrive only amid violence, tyranny and spoliation ?—Bostoa Poet. AN exchange well says, "out, of every dollar the laboring man earns, about sixty cents is taken indirsctly to keep the indolent negroes, to maintain military despotisms over eleven States, and enrich Abolition officials. This is why our poor men are kept poor, and our laboring men complain of hard times. It is the high prices and high taxes that take their money, and it is the negro Bureau, military despotisms, and aboli tion officials, that make the taxes high. To get rid of these, Radicalism must be voted out of power." THE Springfield (Mass.) Republican recently said that "the re-election of Brownlow was a matter of satisfaction to few beside himself." That is the opinion of the great mass of the Repub licans; if they had the courage and hon esty to give expiessiop to it. AT a Democratic meeting in Waverly, Ohio, a few days ago, Judge Hempstead, heretofore a prominent Radical, gave in his adherence to the Democratic par ty and was made president of the meet ing. FORNEY'S organ says that before the second trial of Barran can take place Congress will pass the negro juror bill and a black jury will be summoned to convict him. A packed jury of nigger,' Is the Radical idea of a fair trial and even-handed justice. Tius Cincinnati rinuit (Badkal) has nominated Stanton and Magid= as 0 4 wet Presideittisi ticket, Otboe iiadical Mem have /Wowed mit, It is a rod sejeetimi—for defeat, foul pepartmtnt TOWN, COUNTY DID SURROUNDING VOONTIES. Poiver Press.—The-Comrit.sa is now printed oq nue of Potter do to.'s large cylinder Power Prow*. Our friends, from town and country, air invited to call and see the machine in operation. Destructive Fire in Buchanan Valley.— On Saturday night week, a most destruc tive fire occurred in Buchanan Valley, this county, involving the entire loss of Miltenberger & Brady's Steam Saw Mill, with probably a thousand dollars' worth of manufactured lumber and logs. The fire is supposed to have been the work of some devilish ineehdlary. The total loss, we are told, is between four and five thousand dollars, on which there was un fortunately no insurance. Messrs. Miltenberger & Brady are en terprising, industrious young men, to whom this loss is very serious. By close application and hard work, they were doing wonders in the mountain, and It is lobe hoped that they will soon be able to rebuild. They furnished work to quite a number of hands about the nail, with a large amount of hauling to the farmers in the neighborhood. Viewed in all as• pects, the destruction of this property is a calamity of no ordinary character, and one which is deeply regreted. We have since been told that on the night of the tire, nearly ull the spring houses In the Valley were entered, and their most valuable contents carried off. Truly, it was an unfortunate night for that region, Barn Burnt The splendid new barn of Adam Shorb, in bloUntplettaant town ship, was destroyed by lightning on Tuesday evening week, consuming his entire crops of grain and hay, with a new buggy, wagon, threghing machine and many other agricultural Implements. There was also in the barn a large por tion of Mr. Shorb's household furniture, put there for safe keeping, during the erection of a new dwelling, and all of it was burnt. The loss is heavy ; partially insured In the , Mummashurg Company. Mr. Shorb is generally sympathized with in this sevt•re loss. Another.—On the same night, the barn of Peter Myers, in the neighborhood of Hampton, this county, was also struck and consumed, with all his hay and grain. We have not learned the ex tent of the loss, nor whether Insured. Court is still in session as we go to press. Josiah H. Ryland has been con victed of stealing Dr. Gochenour's horse and Dr. Peffer's saddle and bridle, and senteneed to the penitentiary for three years. lease Kane found guilty of steal ing Jacob R. Witmer's horse. Motion for a new trial. Joseph Snow convicted of disfiguring a horse belonging to Eliza beth Slunk, and sent to the House of Refuge. Henry Remmers, charged with stealing oats, saw and chisel, from C. B. Polley and Noah Lott, was cleared.— George W. Thompson convicted of at tempt to commit a rape on Miss Pitzer, and sentencedto one year in the peniten tiary.. Full proceedings next week. Advertiging.—The business character of a town is indicated in its newspapers. Show us a newspaper with plenty of home advertisements, and we will show you an enterprising people. Gettysburg is doing tolerably well in this line, but to wipe out the "one-horse" Impression which some outsiders have, our business men must all show their go-ahead-ative ness by their cards in the papers. It will pay them as a business tninsaction, and show well for the town. So mote it be. ZOWI.VC4I. —We neglected to men tion in our last that the "Gettysburg Zouuves," Capt. Norris, made their first parade in full uniform on Friday even ing week. Their appearance was very attractive, winning expressions of ad miration frOm all beholders. The uni form eonsiats'of a dark blue jacket, faced and trimmed with red, and wide red pants, trimmed with blue; red cap, with blue band; linen leggings complet ing - the dress. Altogether, it is a splen did Zouave 'make-up. The company marched and drilled excellently on the occasion. That it will become a crack affair nobody doubts. -_ Military' Company.—A military com pany has been formed in Butler and Franklin townships. With eighty-six members already, an organization will soon be had. It will be composed of ex cellent material, and prove a credit to those townships. Jfait Change. —The P. O. Department has ordered a change in the mail route between Gettysburg and - Hagerstown. After Monday next, the mail will leave Gettysburg ou Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday, returning orllonday,Wednes day and Friday. • Railroad Arciticnt.—Charles nahter, aged five years, son of Ferdinand Rah ter, of Harrisburg, was run over at the depot, on Monday, by a train, and had one arm and both legs cut off, causing death in a short time. lie had accom panied his mother to the depot, and had left her but a moment when the accident occurred. The remains were interred at Littlestown, i Mr. Rahter's former home) on Tuesday evening. Church Dccliecrtion.—The Centenary M. E. Church of Benderaville, York Springs Circuit, Rev. Messrs. Clark and Feight Pastors, In to be dedicated on Sunday, the Bth day of September next. Rev. Dr. Ryan, of Baltimore, Rev. Messrs. Creaver, J. a. ROM and others, will officiate during the day. • Preaching.—Rev. A. K. M. floas will preach in tho United Presbyterian Church, Gettysburg, on Sabbath first, the 2.5 th of August, (D. V.,) at 10 o'clock, A. M., and at 7P. M. in the Presbyteri an, 0. S. Pie-Xica.—The Pic-Sic season is fully inaugurated, and young and old are en joying themselves in this agreeable way in all quarters of the county. The fol lowing are to come off At Cashtown Springs to-morrow ; near Mummasburg on the 31st instant; at Camp's Woods, near Arendtaville, on the 7th of September; and near Green mount on the same day. The Red Men will have a Pie-Nis at of Springs, on Friday. the sth of September. Property Sala.—Joshua T. Brown has purchased the property of Nicholas Selt zer, in Cumberland township-42 acres, at $4,300 cash. Moses Schwartz has purchased the farm of Abraham Scott, in Franklin township, known as the old Scott farm —MO acres, at $lO,OOO. Peter Beitier bought, on Saturday week, at Sheriff's sale, the NeLustedt , lots-22 acrearat ss9o. The Rose proper ty was withdrawn. Andrew Law, Esq., has Sold his pro perly, near Fairfield, to Wm. Walter -25 acres, at $2,700. Daniel King has sold his house and lot In Fairfield, to Jacob L. Firer, for $BOO. Re ( lino sealer on every page—egri eoltorel on the fourth. York (Inotty Items.—The York Oa scone, of Tuesday, says : On Thursday iaste , t(uddy creek, in this county, was greatly swollen by the heavy rains, and what, several persons, including Son and. daughter of Benjamin Pymer, and a grandson of Alexander Anderson, allbf Fawn township, were standing on Morton's stone bridge over the creek, in Fawn and Lower Chanceford townships, one of the arches of said bridge gave way and precipitated the three children above mentioned into the raging waters. Every effort was made to rescue them, but all failed, and the terror stricken re latives and friends of the, victims could only look on in despair. Mr. Pym er's children were aged respectively five and eight years, and Mr. Anderson's grand child about live years. The body of only one, Mr. Pymer's son, was rescued on Sunday last. On Saturday, the 27th of July, two young men named Darius Drorbaugh and Ambrose Jessup, of Uoldsborough, had a dispute at that place, during which the latter threw a stone at the former, striking him on the head and fracturing the skull. After the affair, the wounded man was able to walk to his home (about one mile,) and nos able to be about the next day, after having the wound dress ed. Re became worse afterwards, how ever, and died on the second Tuesday following. Jessup was arrested and brought to the county prison, where he remains to await his trial at the August Court. • The Pr arts says that as Wm. Leek rone, of Hellam township, was on his way from the field to the barn, with aloud of oats, in descending a hill the Lame string of the horse upon which he was riding broke, the horse became unmana geable, when L. fell to the ground, and the wheels of the wagon passed over his neck, causing his death In a few mil, utes afterwards. The high water of last week was very destructive in that county. The Spring Forge dam was swept away, as was that at P. A. ,k S. Small's Springgarden. n:1111, on Diehl's run. Uodorua creek was higher than at any time since the great flood of 1860. Sehool Items.—As this is the season of the year when teachers are employed to teach during the ensuing term, directors should be careful to employ none but such as have valid certificates, otherwise they will forfeit their share of the State appropriation. Directors should in all cases see the certificate before making a positive engagement, as they are requir ed to make oath to the fact. We wish to remind teachers that the last Legislauire passed au act making the History of the United States one of the branches to be taught iu the Common Schools—hence all who wish certificates must be examined in that branch. The last Legislature also passed An net authorizing the County Institute to draw, annually, a small sum of money from the county funds, for the purpose of em ploying lecturers and instructors at the meetings of the Institute. The safe guards of the act are such that the mo ney must be" property and legitimately expended. The act makeilt binding upon teachers to attend these meetings. Gears for Sale.—Jacol. Rime, on the Harrisburg road, a mile or two from town, has a large lot of first-rate Gov ernment front gears for sale, which he is disposing of cheaply.- He desires all In wort of the article to give him an early call. Notice to the Stek.—Tha Indian Doctor, having been called on professional duty to Pittsburg, respectfully announces to his patients and those who muy need his services, that he will be in Gettysburg again, at the Eilgle Hotel, from Satur day, August , plth, until Saturday, Au gust 31st. It. Job Printing.—With witlitional press power, and any quantity of new muter. leis, the CoNtruxn office is turning out Job Printing of u very superior charac ter—up to city work. Jobs executed with more promptness than ever. e haw - . Aiken, Pastor of the Deaver Street Methodist Church, in Allegheny, Pa., states that he has been permanently cured of Dyspepsia, after 15 years suffering, by the use of Coe's Dyspepsia Cure. This Is but one of a thousand who have had the same expe rience. Thirty-Iwo Coltorina.—The COMPILER Is now a thirty-two column paper ! Price same as before! Flen,d In your subscrip tions: Deferred.—A number of advertise ments (with some other platter) must go over to next Week, for want of time to get them in type. Advertisers are re quested to hand in their favors as early as possible. • .Radial ameenticm.—The Radicals of this county will nominate their ticket on Monday, the 2nd of September. No use —labor lost. For neat and handsome Pic-Nle in vitations, -on card or note paper, the Comml.mt office can't be beat, even in the cities. Prices REF 10W as the lowest. /be Sale.—We are requested to state that Jacob B. Millar's farm, near Hun terstown, is still in the market. Capital ists should make a note of it. Mai/ Missed.—We had no Philadelphia mall yesterday, canned by the washing away of a bridge on the Northern Cen tral Railroad. Shaeffer's new Gallery at Hanover, is the place to have your Pictures taken. None better, none cheaper. Money refunded if not satisfactory. ` Old Price.—The Comm.En, though the largest. paper In this Congressional district, is published at the old price of two dollars per annum in tideaner! Let new subscribers come with g rush ! The Shretookury camp Meeting hi now in progress, and will continue hntil Fri day neat. Fare for the round trip from Gettysburg $2 W. Enlarged.—The GEITYSETTEG COM Pt- LER enlarged to thirty-two columns! No increase in. the price ! Now is the time to subscribe ! • THE Surratt trial ended on Saturday week, by the Jury not being able to agree. Some accounts say that the Jury stood, at the beginning, eight for acquittal to four for conviction—others six to six— and that no change was made during the time they were out. This result Is thought to be tantamount to an acquittal, as i t la not likely that he will again be arraigned. Wild Cherry Balxam.—The memory of Dr. Wildar is embalmed in the hearts of thousands, whom his Balsam of Wild Cherry has cured of coughs, colds, con sumption, or some other form of Pulmo nary disease. It is now over forty years since this preparation was brought be fore the public, and yet the demand for it is constantly increasing. TIIE Rev. Mr. Wendt, a AJutheran clergyman of Philadelphia, wtio has been Superintendent of an orphan asylum in that city for two years y peat, was arrested in Rochester , New ork, on the 11th lust., charged with having committed outrages on seven little giAs belonging to the institution. SPECIAL NOTICES. E=l Will ho In ClF:TTlisltlfitli ninln,at the 1.114t1e Ho. tel, from Matunlay, Augtudgith, until Paturday. August 'Mg. Aug. lA, 1867. It The Greatest Palmate!letter GI lble World. Warranted anporlor to any other, or no isiy, for the cum of Chronic Itliennistlsin, Toothache, Ileadai ha, Store Throat, Mu Mist, Burns, tints, In sect stings, Pants In the nark, and I,lmlm, Sprains, Old Hors, Swellings; Matt, to tab,• In tersuflly for Distrrhma, Ilyitenter , Colic, Stamm., Nan Siekttess, Vomiting, and (taut', It Is per Intit went tit take Internally, if foil nevonl lug to the directions, met never arils, as thou.— andstenn attest. It wax ninth Introduced in ISE% and now millions of bottles Are annually ml,l. EN cry one NI ho has once used it, continues to do so, and eccotnmentllt to their friends its the most ',rituality Medicine extant. l'ernnenter. omelet h, tilt a Elotell nem spiting% have lard reeristvi hl Tohlas. Ilia medicine, the Venitinn Lini ment, will do all that In stated, and mom. No one to 11l regret trying it. Throw resitling at a OM tatter (min n physician, ft 111 flntl It to reliable medicine to have on hand In enae of accidents. Ask nit Or TOO.' Venn - Inn Liniment, and 'alto no other. Price Jat•ento and SI. 1401,1 icy I.rnig. gist.. 10;1011,5a l'oriandt litasiet, N. T. July 2'2, POP. Ira Whines BsLanz of-Wild Cherry, Thiel remedy has long been cherished 'IIV MI. community for Its remarkable etheacy ht tellm lug, healing awl curing tho most obstinate, pain ful awl lonmetandlng came of Cough, Cold, In fluenza, !tore Throat, lbonchitht, Whooping Cough, Onntp, aauunn, bliillllllllAtintl of Longo: while oven Conftuntplltm %tacit WM yield ed to Ito ?tingle Influence when ell other manna have felled. Ito 'whole history pnwea that the lava Itla prodoml no remedy of (vial 'mine, an a cure (or 111111101%MA 1111.1 t1A111.11.1 . 01111 pulmonary atr•etlong N 11111•11 prevail all o%.`r the) bind. 1' N'AOLICITEI, TESTI MoN V From Andrew Arrhor, Ftto„ of Fairfield, Me, `t About eight yeartt atom, Henry, V.' 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When the 1,15 in a torpid state, When specie. of iteriii matter from the 1de..1 or it warms Until NllOlllll he eremite, nothin glntl better that, notlott) uolutitot 'it, g i tr 110011 V le.ulnit ger 1111, sr, felt stets k to riser portion or the x)xtetat ; the. porgy eottlit , ore ntll , lln openition, and when taken an• perteelli titateleaa, belimehignittli 1,4114'11 xhh auto. The al/tall 110111/11g b u t paid% eatitable propertieri, and are l'ollllllll.lol high authority, tile and anent purgatise knox u. They are revolt, mended for the Cure ot all d bionicl a of the 14111111- 01. Lis er, le/11,1 •111/14 , 11141. 4 1, 11111 {14 ice., 11,41.11,11 U, t11ain1 4 .1,04/+, 11111,1 US In tamroattlott of the liou and iu 111111411114 relllllllllK !Toni Inaonlerri of the e organ.. PI I. 1.2:o relll/4 per box, Sold It) Intigigitatt. Aug. 12, 18(17. 21v I =1 gen-green Is mitt to he the prevailing eoloronil THE Fisil-TAILFD MAIDENS; sit on the rinks and eolith their green locks as siduously. But the W.' EARTH prefer glossy browns and shining blanks to any other •tinges, and if nature has not given their fair heads these beautiful hues, or if misehanee has rubbed them of their onee exquisite beauty, the) don't rev about it, but resort at nom to I'ILISTAIIIOTH HAM DYE, Whirl' In the minutes does all lint natute a set did for an) head in her happiest mtel. Mann fartured by J. I'ItISTAD4/110, 141 Malden New York. kohl by all Druggists. Applied by all Hair Ilreta.ers, July 22„Pitt7 I=! DR. DUPONCO'S OODDEN PERIODIC U. P 11.1,14 FOR FEMALES. Infallible lei t ernv4- ing Irnytnlnrlltex, Retries leg Orstrurt loam or the Monthly Turns, from whnn•ver Cause, and al ways Sueresstul WY a Prevent Ise. It IS now over thirty years sin, a the aboveeele brate,l Pills were Una 111,cot ered by Dr DI:NIN- O.), of Paris. Ilarieu which time they base been extemivelv and successfully lint ht 111,101 of the petal, institutions, as well as 11l prix ate prat live, of both herhisphei es, with nava., ilelea In every ease, and It tv onIV •orak of re rplear e 1 the thous:Wahl of ladles who h:tt•e timal them, that lie Is Indurrd to nWtho Iho Pills publie for the alleviatthn of titt , se sent 111. a trout ally Ir reßuhfltlea w 11.1hwt•r,ax tt t•il an to la I,ulit Crease of faintly where hetsbli will m,t he. Intl ONE PILL. IS .1 DiNE. idlonted.or t hose ,nitip.lng themselves 50. ale I 11.1111011e.1 aglilmit 11slug tillV.• Pilbt while In that vondltlon 11 , 1 they "1110110 Itriloge. - aft, minionit i y., tit Pro prietor 11.11111e11 no tlo ogli their mild..n wilt preNWllnut mkt Met to loolltlb otherwise the Pint , In recommended tw n NIOST INVALUABLE 10:MEDI tor 111111 u., idlliettrig coinpluintit wt pet altar to them x i ONE BOX 1M SUFFIcI ENT. 10,000 BOXeS t IIOVe been Nola nlt kin 1,0 Years. Ten Thollisand Boxes Kent by Mall, both by Inv llall Agent., to all pails of the world, to whirls ILIDAVerfI have been returned. in 41131. 11 la lee say, nothing like the abut a Plll4 hnl e been knot, since time Selene,. of Medici...l.l\lolM Ilj3oll the world, In Removing Obstruction,' and Rewriting Nature lo I tql.ropi ri tiannel, quiellngt he Nerves and bringing Icb k the "lbw) color of Health" to the eboek of the most delicate. Price