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HUNTINGDON, PA
Wednesday morning, Nov. 2, 1864,
W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor
Our Flag Forever.
" I know of no mode in Which a loyal °lei
ten may so well demonstrate his devotion to
lies country as by sustaining the Flag, the
Constitution and the Union, under all circum
stances, and UNDER RVERY ADMINISTRATION
REGARDLISS OT PARTY POLITICS, AGAINST AN,
ASSAILANTS, AT NONE AND ABROAD."—STEPHEN
DearaLso.
NATIONAL UNION TICKET,
FOR PRESIDENT,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
OF ILLINOIS,
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
' ANDREW JOHNSON,
OF TENNESSEE.
Union State Electoral Ticket
SENATOItIAL
liorton .112.1Vichael, Philadelphia
thos. Cunningham, Beaver co.
REPRESENTATIVE.
1 Robt. P Bing, 13 Elias W. little,
2 Geo. Morrison 14 Chs. H. Shriner,
Coates; 15 Mister,
3 Henry Buinin, 16 D. M'Conaugliy
-4 Wm. H. Kern, 17 D. W. Woods,
5 33. H. Jenks, 18 Isaac' Benson,
0 Chas. M. Runk, 19 John Patton,
7 Robt. Parke, 20 S. B. Dick,
8 W. Taylor, 21 Ev. Bioror,
9 J. A. ILicstand, 22 Jno. P. Penney
10 B. 11. Coryell , 23 Eb. Itl'Junkin,
11 Ed. Haliday, 24 J. W. Blanch'rd
12 Chas. F. _Reed.
MASS MEETEIGS.
Loyal Voters Rally!
Mass Meetings will be held at the
following places, and the people are
expected to turn out en masse:
Cassville, Wednesday, Nov. 2d, after
noon and evening.
.illarklesburg, Friday, NOV. 4th, af
ternoon and evening.
Able and distinguished .speakers
will be present to address the people.
HENRY GRAFFIIS,
Chairman Co. Committee,
yet. 17, 1864. _
TO THE POLLS AND SAVE YOUR
COUNTRY I
Loyal men of the county,—"Demo
crats," "War Democrats," "Republi
cans," "Abolitionists" or whatever
name you wish to be known by, YOU
have a country to save, and you can
only save it by doing your whole duty
on Tuesday next. You cannot save it
by permitting the Suceess of. the men
who are in sympathy with the army
now struggling to destroy our Govern
ment. Yon must either vote to sus
tain the Rebel cause or you must Note
to sustain the party giving its whole
power to strengthen our Government.
Lincoln and Johnson are the represen
tatives of the loyal people. IllcClellan
and Pendleton are the candidates of
the leaders of the so-called Democratic
party—men who do not hesitate to
denounce our brave soldiers as "Lin
coln hirelings"—men who have asked
our victorious soldiers to surrender to
the enemy—men who rejoice when
our army is defeated—men who are
Rebels at heart. Voters, you cannot
be neutral on next Tuesday, you must
either vote to please the Rebels in
arms against you, or you-mu.st.vote as
our soldiers will vote, to strengthen_
and defend our Government against all
opposition. Go to the polls and vote
for Lincoln and Johnson and you will
have crippled the enemy in front and
the enemy in the roar of our brave
boys. Go to the polls and say by your
vote that you aro loyal citizens and
cannot give aid. - and comfort to an ene
my of the . flag you delight to . honor.
Vote for Lincoln and Johnson and you
will havo a victory at , beam that will
aid our soldiers in achieving a glorious
victory over traitors at an early day.
NOTICE TO PASBiNOERS.—There is
now running daily on the Pennsylva
nia Railroad, five passenger trains east
and six west--see change of schedule
in another column. The ticket office
in this place will bo open half a hour
before the arrival of each train-due
between the hours of 7.20 A. M., and
7.46 P. AL, and also for night trains
due between the hours of 11.01 P. M.,
and 4.49 A.. M., tickets will be sold
from 7.00 to 7.46 P. M.
PASSENGER TRAlNS.—Trains leave
this place east at 4.05 and 9.35 a. in.,
and 2.10, 7.46 and 11.01 p. tn., and west
at 1.05, 4.49, 6.30 and 7.20 a. m., and
5.59 and 7.29 p. m. Mail train west
6.59 p. m., and emigrant 1.05 a. in,
Fast mail east 9.35 a: in., and Harris.
burg accommodation at 2.10 p. m.
Mail and emigrant trains west, and
Harrisburg accommodation train east
will stop at all regular stations.
SW" Wo call attention to Sale of
land of the Kerr estate, on the 12th
111 A.
Union Meetings.
We had tho plcasuro of attending
three largo Union meetings in this
county last week, but for want of room
at a late hour, it will be impossible for
us to give as full a notieo of them as
wo would Elio to.
The meeting at MeConnellstown on
Wednesday afternoon and evening was
a very good one. In that hot bed of
treason, the traitors, or the poor mis
erable tools of traitors, exposed to
public view the real character of the
rebel guerrillas. The afternoon meet
ing went off without being disturbed,
but at bight, shortly after J. Sewell
Stewart, Esq.,had commenced address
ing the crowd, it was discovered that
the barn of Mr. Geo. Lang was on fire,
and in a short time the barn with its
contents, a threshing machine, grain,
straw, etc., was completely detroyed.
The burning of the barn was the work
of some one or more of the Vile secesh
of that town, and wo hope the loss to
Mr. Lang will bo made up by the loyal
people of the county. Mr. Lang is an
earnest Union man and he was con
spicuous on that day in aiding the
Union cause. His house was thrown
open free to the loyal crowd present,
and this net of kindness, we suppose,
drove the secesh to madness. Mr.
Lang's loss was about MO. We
heard ono man who had been a Me
Milan man up to the firing of the
barn, openly declare in the street that
ho would keep such company no lon
ger, and wo would not be surprised if
the vote in Walker on Tuesday next
shows that other honest Democrats
have also come out from among the
traitors to their country. This meet
ing was addressed in the afternoon by
()apt. J. D. Cadipbell, and John Scott,
Esq., and in the evening by J. Sowell
Stewart, John Williamson and David
Blair, Eq.'ll.
: The next meeting we attended was '
at Mooresville, West township, on
Thursday afternoon rund - nigiitiltrat-n•
must fail for want of room, to do it
justice. We arrived at Manor Hill
about half past 10 A. M., where we
joined in with a procession of about
150 ladies on horseback, a largo num
ber of wagons and carriages, and men
on horseback, the whole lino extending
' along the road for a distance, as we
were told by or.e of the marshals, of
' over seventeen miles. We are not sure
' that the line was quite so long, but we
are very sure we could not see both
ends at any ono time. From Lower
West and Porter township, another
largo delegation arrived at about 1
o'clock. The village was full to run
ning over. The meeting was organ ,
ized by calling Rev. Adair to the chair,
and was opened with prayer by Rev.
Gibson. John Scott and Samna -CnT
yin, Esq's,, spoke in the afternoon.—
During
the afternnoon a challenge, was
received from a bogus Democratic
meeting then being held at Saulsburg,
both parties to meet in the evening for
public discussion—the challenge was
accepted, and the discussion came off
in the Mooresville Academy, and wo
wish every Democrat in the county
now following in the footsteps of such
traitors as Vallandigham, Voorhees
S.; Co.; could have been present. R
Brude Petrikin opened the discussion
and he was followed by T. Sewell
Stewart. Next a Mr. Huyott, from
Connecticut, took the stand, and he
was followed by John Scott, and by
the time he (dosed, the whole crowd
came to the conclusion that somebody
had been hurt. Poor 13ruce and his
"distinguished stranger"-they felt as if
they had been badly sold. They didn't
leave the house as they came—their
masks were torn off and the people
could see them in their true character.
Treason in that neighborhood got a
stab it will feel most sensibly on next
Tuesday.
The next meeting we attended was
at Warriorsmarlc on Saturday after
noon and evening last. It was another
grand demonstration—at least 1,500
people were present. The procession
of wagons and carriages was a mag
nificent display of patriotism. The
afternoon meeting was held in the
woods, and we saw upon the platform
a Democrat aged 110 years. Ho had
walked six miles to attend the meet
ing. Wm. Dorris, jr., and John Scott,
Esq:; addressed the crowd in the after
noon, and Hon. George Taylor, J. Se
well Stewart and John Williamson,.
Esq's., addressed tho crowd in the
Methodist church in the evening. This
was one of the finest meetings we
have seen this fall, and we have reason
to believe Warriorsmark and Franklin
will "do better" on next Tuesday.
*The Altoona Brass Band was at
Warriorsinark, and the Boalshurg .
Brass Baud was at Moorsville. Both
excellent bands, but the Altoona "a
little nioro so."
Come to the aid of our brave Soldiers.
—ln answer to the call from many
hundreds of sick and wounded soldiers
at the York Hospitals, the Soldiers'
AiclSociety of this place solicits con
tributions in money, clothing of deli
cacies, to be forwarded to them. The
box or boxes will be packed at Mrs.
David Blairs on Thursday next where
all contributions should be sent on the
morning of that day or on the day
previous. _Make comfortable the brave
boys who have lost their health or
Italie been wounded in fighting the en
emies of our country. •
See that every Union voter ie at the
polls early.
McClellan's Election--Intervention--
Foreign War,
In our last wo gave the statement
of Mr. Pennington, Secretary of the
French Legation, to the effect that the
election of McClellan would be imme
diately followed by the recognition of
Southern independence by France and
England; and we showed that conse
quently the Chicago ticket., instead of
meaning peace of any kind, really
meant intervention, Southern indepen
dence, and foreign war.
Wo hare the important testimony
of the Hon. Rtbert J." Walker on this
point, and it is the same purport. The
opportunities of this gentleman, as a
sojourner abroad, for knowing the
temper and intention's of France and
England, are such as enable him to
speak with little less than absolute
knowledge. We quote so much of his
recent letter on the Presidential con
test as relates to this subject
It is the boast of the Confederate
leaders in Europe, since the adoption
of the platform at Chicago, that upon
the election of their candidate', with
out waiting four months for the hm.
guration of March next,- :Napoleon
will at once recognize the Confederate
Government. Indeed I do not doubt
from the circumstan [dal evidence (al
though I do not know the fact,) that
there is already a secret understanding
between Jeff. Davis and Napoleon the
Third to recognize the independence
.of the South, upon the election of the
Chicago candidates. Why wait four
months until the fourth of March next,
when the American people, by endors
in.°. the Chicago platform, shall have
declared
. for peace, with the additional
announcement in that platform,.that
the war for the suppression of the re
bellion has failed ?
If, indeed, the war has failed, and
we cannot thus suppress the rebellion,
it would not only be the right, but
upon the principles of international
law, the duty of every foreign power
to soknowledge Southern indepen
dence. Thus is it that the Chicago
McClellan platform invites recognition.
What is the meaning of the recogni
-tion-of the LI cloparadcalco_a_tlan South
by France under such circumstances?
It means war. It means, in the first
'place, commercial treaties stipulating
great advantages in favor of France,
and perhaps other powers. It Means,
of course, the overthrow of the block
ade,. so as to carry on those treaties.
It means conditions destructive of our
interests, and favorable to'the recog•
nizing powers.
There will be no recognition of .the in
dependence of the South by Prance or
England or any other Power, if Abraham
Lincoln should be re-elected in Arovember
next. The American people will then
have loudly proclaimed through the
ballot-box that they can and will sub
due the rebellion by force of arms;
and that they will continue to negoti
ate from the months of our cannon
until the southern armies shall have
been dispersed and vanquished. Upon
the news of the re-election of Mr.
Lineotn - reaching Europe, the Confed
erate stock, now waiting the success
of the Chicago candidates, will fall
like Lucifer, to rise no more. Ameri
can securities, including those of the
federal and loyal State governments,
of railroads, and other companies with
real capital, will all bo immensely ap
preciated • -The difference in favor of
our country, including the rise, in
greenbacks, would be equivalent in a
few months to hundreds of millions of
dollars. Nor is it‘mly our stocks that
will rise at home and abroad, but the
national character will be immensely
tec:.*
The high character of both Mr.
Pennington and Mr. Walker, who ap
pear to have given their testimony
Without knowledge of each other, and
their ninuirpttased opportunities for
correct information, will ROCHIT for
their statements perfect credence. In
deed, the liveliest apprehensions may
well be felt by every reflecting man in
the land, in view of the grave contin
gency so reliably set before the coun
try. There is scarcely an intelligent
man in the North who has not felt
that foreign intervention in behalf of
the South was a contingency too pro
bable to be treated lightly. From the
very outset it has been the star of
hope to the South; and the aid and
favor which she has enjoyed from both
France and England, as the result of
her immense efforts, serve to show
how considerable have been the ap
proaches she has made to the accom
plishment of this object. Every ono
has felt that the many evidences of
favor and friendship by those Govern
ments were proof of the latent dispo
sition, if not intention, to ultimately
interpose in behalf of the South.—
"When England is ready, I am," has
been the purport of the French Empe
ror's language. 'The time has not
yet come," was the language of Lord
Palmerston, speaking for the already
willing British Cabinet, And so the
two have been waiting for the oppor
tunity when they might rejoice the
hearts of the rebels, and the heart of
every hater of this Government and
republicanism throughout the world,
jointly interposing their great influ
ence to complete the overthrow of the
United States.
The opportunity only was wanted,
*and this the rebels at home and abroad
knew. It became essential, therefore,
to create one, and pave the way for
Franco and _England to act. This con
nected view of the subject throws a
flood of light on the Niagara Falls
conferences, between the lending rebels
congregated there and the Dethocratie
leaders, prior to the Chicago Conven
tion. Considering the object, and the
part which. England was to play, it
was entirely proper that these meet
ings should be held on British soil,
under British influence. It is not
denied, we believe, that at these Co
nferences the Chicago Platform wall
mainly agreed upon. Whatever mani
pulation is subsequently underwent
effected only its form, not its substance,
The adoption of the Platform ; there
fore, was an iinportant and deliberately
planned stop in the scheme of recog
nition and Southern independence.—
All that remains to perfect the scheme,,
is for the people to adopt the Platform.
The next step will be intervention,-
followed either by quiet submission by,
the North or a war with the interpos
ing governments and the South.
Were this mere speculation on pos
sibilities T-a theory, without tangible
evidence—we would expect to have
the subject treated lightly, or only for
what its ingenuity entitled it. But it
is neither speculation nor - an unsup
ported theory. It is a'grave proba
bility, amounting as much to absointe
certainty as an untranspired event can ;
for there is net the shadow of a doubt
that in the event of McClellan's elec
tion, France and England will, as Mr.
Walker says, "at one() recognize the
Confederate Government."
We need not diScuss what would
follow—the strengthening of South
ern arms by foreign support—the
raising of the blockade—the exposure
of the long line of Northern coast and
frontiers—the new draft for men-L-the
transferring of the war to the North,
—a picture which the dnllest
imngiiia
tion can paint,—a picture that would
embody the speedy and sad reality of
of the success of the Chicago Ticket.—
_Pittsburg Commercial. •
The October. Election,
The following is the full official
home and soldiers' vote for Hunting
don county, which it Will be soon gives
the Union candidates handsome mu
jorities. The majority in the county,
with the soldiers' vote, for Lincoln
and ,Tohnson; will not be less than one
thousand :
CONGRV.SB.
A. A. Barker', 2832
110h1. - L7J - olirist?iii77l24l
muj. 688
ATE,
L. W. Hall, 2329
11. J. Walters. 2131
—Union ninj. 698
Kirk Ilnino9, • 2810
B. }V, Christy : . 2112
• ---Union inaj. 698
• . ASSEMBLY
John N. Swoops 2880
J. S. Africa. • 2138
--Union inaj. 742
John lialsbneb, 2820
J. W. Kearns. 2090
—Union mnj. 739
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
JemesD. earapbel), '2722
Wm. Stephens. 2153
tnaj. 565
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Jacob Miller, 2770
11, L. Thum, 2117
mnj. 653
, DIRECTOR , 3F TIIE POOR
Henry Davis, 2757
MEI
A. Slim Lr
Llinion ratij:. 818
11. A. Mark; : - 2752
J. Enyeart. 2136
mai. 616
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
Henry Wilson, 2751
W. W. Greenland 2136
lunj. 615
A ILIA TUR.
Livingston Robb, 2703
R. 3.1. Alexander. 2130
—Union rnaj. 633
Congress,
The following in the official homo
and Soldiers.' vote in tho District:
BAnront. Jon NSTON.
2895 2317
ITantinzdon, 2832 2144.
Cambria, 1836 2688
Mifflin, 1610 1567
9223 8716
Barker's majority, 505
SENATE,
The following is the official home and col
diet's' vote for our Senatorial Dietriut:
HALL. HAINES. WALTER. 4. Cu viola'
lhleir, 2984 2849 2149 2247
Hunt. 2829 2510 2131 2112
Centre, 2443 2445 3141 3141
Mifflin, 1539 1559 1663 1615
Juniata, 1231 1250 1594 1007
Perry, 2152 2179 2213 2220
13,178 13,09 12,891 12,942
SQLDIERS' VOTE.-111r. Janus E.
Glasgow, of Co. 11, Ist Pa. Res. Bat
tery, writes to a friend and gives the
following as the vote of the company :
114 votes were polled—Union 83, bo
gus Democracy 31—Union majority
52. 13 of the company are from this
county and voted Union- 11, bogus
Democracy 2: A larger vote will be
given for Father Abraham.
THE DISCUSSION AT. SPRUCE CREEK.
—A discussion came off at Spruce
Creek on Friday night last, between
Samuel Calvin and Wm. Doris, jr., on
the Union side; and B. B. Petrikin
and a Mr. llnyett, of Connecticut, on
the sidh of the White flag party. The
loyal hearers were perfectly satisfied
that the Union cause lost nothing in
the discussion. Bruce was pushed so
hard that be almost denied belonging
to the great Democratic (I) party.
11,..N0te the fact that the Emanci—
pation policy is vindicated by the reb—
els. The rebel 'Governor Allen, as
late as September 26th, wrote to the
Government: "The time has come
for us to put into the army every able—
bodied negro man as a - soldier. *
Ho caused the fight, arid he will have
his portion of the burthen to bear.
* * * I would rtt . Ey. all abte to bear
arms, and put them into the field at once."
Cannot Mr. Lincoln do for the -Uni
on what the rebels want to do against
it
m. Go to the polls and vote for
Lincoln and against Jeff, Davis.
Chicago Secrets.
Vallandighitm has written a letter,
letting out some of the Chicago secrets,
having been prompted thereto by an
article in the Albany Argus ; which
asserted that he "was in a miserable
minority: at Chicago." In reply the
Chief Copperhead denies this with
spirit, and proceeds to say
Mr. Yallandigham wan not "beaten
two to one" for the chairmanship of
the Committee on Resofaking.—
Through the artifices of Cassidy, Til
den, and other New York politicians,
Mr. Guthrie, of Kentucky, received
twelve votes to his eight for the post,
but Mr. Guthrie, was himself after
ward emphatically repudiated by the
convention when 7presented by "the
ring" as . , their candidate for the 'Tice
Presidency. . Mr. Vallandigham, wrote
the second, do material resolution of
the Chicago Platforin, and 'carried it
through the Sub-:Committee and the
General Committee, in spite of ::the
most desperate, persistent opposition
on the part of Cassidy and his friends.
Air. Cassidy • hiniself, in an adjoining
room, laboring todefeat it. But the
various substitutes never at any time
received more than three votes.
The "second and material resolu
tion" to which Mr. Vallandigham
refers, is that wherein the war is pro
nounced "a failure," wherein an gina.
mediate cessation of hostilities" is
demanded, and the, proposition to sur
render to the rebels is imv.lo.
More, then, we have a disputed point
cleared up.- The Chicago Convention,
in that whereby it set itself in opposi
int to the Coverninent,, and virtually
took sides with the rebels, was led by
a loan who to-day would prefer to see
Jeff: Davis President, and who since
the, war began has done everything he
could to help the rebel cause.
There is a plain question . which
every voter should take to himself;
whether• ho will follow such leaders
up to the polls, or he au independent
and truly loyal man ? •
The Bitter Fruits.
The legitimate results of the crimin
al teachings by the Copperheads are
aptly illustrated in the following from
the Johnstown Tribune: '-
Old man Fox, when exantineil before
Provost Marshal Loyd, at Hollidays
burg, and asked why be harbored :his
sons after they wore drafted, cud ro
sisted the soldiers . sent to arrest them,
said : "I was told there was no need
Of their reporting; that those who .ra
ported more made to go, but those
who stayed at home were cleared,"
CaptainLoyed asked him who told
him this. He replied "A groat many
people told me; I beard it on the
street; it was common talk; and I
saw in a newspaper that the law was
no good, and ought not not to be obey
ed?„
On whoni rests the respencibility
for the blood of young Fox, shot while
- Who-are to blame
for the sad situation in which old man
Vox is placed, and the trouble and dis
grace brought upon his family ? The
admissions of old man Fox ansiver
these questions. Here was a law regu
larly enacted by a Congress represent
ing the people of; the States,
which the President was bound to on
force, and every citzen bound to obey-
Yet men were found so base as to per
suade an old German that it was no
good, and ought not to be obeyed.
Youne , Fos acted upon these. teach
ings,.,
-
and has 'a mortal wound. Ills
old father is a criminal, arraigned on
a capital charge. They resisted the
execution of a I..lnited..,tates,ta..w, A nd
are now receiving their reward. But
the men who-counseled them to defy
the Government, and thus help the
Rebellion, are more — guilty than they.
The admissions of old man Fox tell
the story. They fix the responsibility
where it belongs.
A Rebuke to Copperheads
If there is anything calculated to ho-.
miliate the Copporhea!l Tories ,vho are
doing all they can to defeat. tlieltneas
ures of the Government for the sup
pression of the Rebellion, it is the fatt
that our breve soldiers have no rasort
to extrabrdittary methods to fneiliate
their warfare against . the Rebels: et
home—in the rear, and the Rebels in
their front. When these: soldiers re
turn to their homes, "when the war is
over, "who . would went to be
known to them as the 'Copperheads
whom they
.had to fight iVhile they
wore yet in the field ? Look out,
Sons of Liberty, your names are writ.
ten where you least imagine. The
soldiers Will one day demand a eovy
of the record for publieation This
much has _been suggested by the:fol
lowing dispatch to the Cincinnati Ga
zette, dated Columbus, 20th :
"An offleer of the 99th Ohio, who
arrived here yesterday from: the front,
states that nearly all the Ohio troops
With Sherman voted at the late elec
tion,, that they were forced to do so
white on the march and subject all day
to attack from the rebels. The polls
were held in the ambulances following
the regiments. The men were sent
to the rear by 'squads to fight, the ene
my at home with ballots, which they
would do with a hearty good will and
then return to their positions, and
with bullets open ont.again upon the
foe before them with renewed vigor
and increased 7,eal. The scene was in
spiring, and will never be forgotten
by those who witnessed it. - McClellan
was the war cry of the rebels in their
atatcks on that day."
Let no enemy of• the Government
who is either actively or covertly en
gaged in efforts to ruin this nation on
Anglo-Chicago principals, think that
our soldiers will forget Alio peculiar
movements they made while they
were marching, on the 11th of Octo
ber,lB64.
DS.. Will the Union men in each
district in the county make the neces
sary arrangement's to have their vote
sent to town as early as possible.
STARTLING DISCLOSURE,
DEMOCRATIC FRAUDS UPON SOLDIERS
Tam LETTERS OPENED AND TUE VOTES
• CHANGED.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.
The Military Commission, Major-
General : Doubleday, President, was or
dered to suspend the trial of the block
ade -traders - to-day, and proceed to
Baltimore forthwith to investigate and
try a recently discovered case of most
astounding fraud and forgery connect
ed with the New York State soldiers'
votes. • -* • .
The commission will leave by the
first train to-morrow- morning. The
charges are, in brief,, substituting
"McClellan" for "Lincoln" votes in,the
original envolope.s submitted by the
soldiers, 'and in forging names thereto.
One box, over three feet long, contain
ing, many thousands of these fraudu
leht votes, has" been seized : Others
are known tci' have been sent to New
York. The devolopmdnts in-this case
promise to be of the most startling
character. . . - - -
FURTHER PARTICULARS
WAsniNoroti, Oct. 26..
Astoundin g discoVeries .have been
made by thOGovernmerit of intended
frauds in regard to :soldiers'
'The grounds: of the confidence of the
leading Democrats. of being able to
carry New York are now understood.
A systematic and Wide-spread con
spiracy has been brought' to light;
carried on by agents: hero; at- Balti
mere, Harper's Ferry, and. in-the army
of the Potomac, under the immediate
-
supervision and direction of the party
in that State Several of these agents
have been arrested; and era' noW in
jail, and others will be arrested as fast
as proof can be collected; and proper
provision can be made for their trial.
Ken now in custody have been
actively engaged in this business for
weeks, and, as one of the parties in
volved declares, forged-ballots of this
kind have beep forwarded in. dry
goods boxes full .to Now York and
Albany.
Judge 11 - oh, the Juge Advocate
Geacral,has .had the papers laid . before
him, and has prepared a brief report
on the subject: He pronounces the
crime thus'committed to be one . of the
Most serious character, and.: it will be
doalt with an sanh'by the Govornmert
A Military Commission has already
been ordered , and will Meet to•mor.
. .
row morning in Baltimore, under the
Presidency of General Doubleday, for
the trial of two of the leading - actors
of this conspiracy,,who are known to
have boon in direct and constant com
munication with leading members of
the pariy.
The testimony_in.theii cases, which
I have seen and .read, is Tull, direct,
and conclusive. .It will leave not the
slightest room for doeht, that a gigan
tic conspiracy' has been at work - for
months in maturing and executing a
plan for defrauding the soldiers of
their votes, and for, overwhelming the
suffrage of citizens at home by the
forged Votes of thousands and tens of
thousands of soldiers who have fallen
in battle or died in the hospitals, .or
who have never existed. .
In some cases sealed - envelopEk con:"
taming, 6 Lincole, ballets , have been
opened;'and "MCGlelan" bnliots ha's'e
heen substituted but the main
anco of the `conspirators 'has; been in
the forgery of signatures of pretended
soldiers to papers transmitting "Ite-
Clellan and Seymour". votes.
The court martial whiell meets to
morrow fbr the purpose of trying the
parties already arrested,- will make
shoit work of the cassontl the Gov
ernment will not hesitate to carry into
effect Whittever sentence they may
pronounce.
Other parties implicated will be
sent before them as rapidly as possi
ble;: agents in the atthir aro
under the vigilant surveillance of the
GoVernment: • -
You must not ho sniprised if those
disclosures and :arrests should, touch
some persons high in political authori—
ty.
Amor e other tbings'diseovered iu
this city was the headquarters of a Set
Of gentlemen .iusily engaged in filling
up commissions of Ilg,ents, signed in
blank, and some of the parties involv—
ed themselves hold cormitisiitions.
N. Y.' Tribune.
ASTOUNDING REVELATIONS OF
CRIME,
Vlore Particulars of. the Forgery
bel Plots to Into:fere with the Presi
dential vote, Refugees and _Deserters
;Stint froin Caikala to' Trote.---Speeeh
of Judge Advocate Foster.
BALTINEORE, Oct.' 29.
At Lilo coooluoion of Clio hearing of
Edward Donahup,. whiOh took place
yestorday, Judge Actvocato FoSter de
livered the following address to the
court: -
It appear:sin this case that - the de
fendant, Edward Donahue, Jr., a young
man connected with the. New:.York
Central Railroad—a road to those who
Jive in theicitY of New York, alMost
'synonymous 'with treason= has for the
past twe:Or three Weeka been engaged
in one of the most gigantic frauds ever
attempted to he perpetrated on this
nation—a frond which, if it shall be
successful, will, in -my opinion, - have
produced a .disruptiOn of -our entire
country, and our war for the preser
vation of the Union will be practical
ly- at an end, and useless.
It appears from the evidence of the
two witnesses produced before you,
that on one occasion, when a Republi
can, who happened to hear somothin
that was said by . .one of the State
agents Of the State . of Now - York, that
frauds wore being perpetrated, went to
the office of tho State agent in this
city, he found.him willing and ready
to make false "votes, and prudently
representing hithself 'as ono of tho par
ty they were working for, ingratiated
himself into their confidence. and Was
allowed to sec the working .of their
party. .
It appears that tho regular' blanks
for soldiers are forged, the names of
the officers who are purporting to
swear the soldiers are written out by
one party, the names of tho soldiers
who cast this vote, by , anothsr, and
still a third ono, who fills Up the blanks.
These aro then left oither sealed or un
sealed, with the oleetoral tioket of the
party which they represent, and as the
first witness testified to you,. several
dry goods boxes full of votes
have already left the city - of Washing
ton,
At • that time it 'will be borne in
mind that Edward Donahue was in
Washington. He earner to this
How is this statement as compared
With his accompli's, Edward NeiV
comb, and with,thst of the first wit
ness, Mr. Ward f • Was it they who
induced him to commit this fraud, C.r
did he induce them? Does Newconlb
say that .Ward asked him, or Was it
Donahue who asked him to write these
letters ?
Ho found Donahue in full blast, Wri
ting as fast he could; sometimes the
name of a soldier, and sothetimes. of
an officer; Sometimes giving ''ono
rank and sometimes another; the oth
er on filling up their names, and still
a third one the full blank. Thus, the
persons around this table, in the course
of Sunday afternoon, filled up to the
number of nearly a- hundred; and, if
three persons could in one afternoon
manufacture some one or two hundred
such fraudulent votes, what could not
twenty men similarly employed for
tiro weeks effeei,
The enormity of the fraud Was appal
ling. The judge .Advocate coati - tided
by dwelling
.upon.the heincatSties.s of.
the offence.. "11ere," he said, "was to
fraud that might well call for the in
fliction of the severest penalty lcnown
to the court. The most sacred right
of the brave men who are absent from
their homes, perilling their livee in.the
face of the enemy to uphold ourliber
ties, is invaded, and the votes are
fraudulently sought to begiven . against
the cause fin. which they have - been
perilling their lives. Whilst' absent
in the field, these plotters at horde
seek to cast the ballots of these' braVe
men without their consent, and whilst
they cannot be present to speak for
themselves or defend their :right's.
This prisoner, who, though one of a
numerous family of children, cannot
show that he has even one brother in
the field, upholding the flag of 'his
country, is here "proven to have corres
ponded with others to defraud bar
brave soldiers of their exercise of the
sacred elective franchise. A crime so
enormous as this calls for vigorous
.punishment, and he hesitated 'uot to
say it merited the' extreme penalty of
death." - '
Genetal Hgoker on the Eleotion.
•
General Hooker "got capturod:h3r..
crowd in Springfield, Illinois, last Fri
day, and was:carried to the Itepresen
tatives' Hall and Made 'to speak. In
the course of his patriotic.and Soldier
ly talk he said : - .
I think all,the battles we , ivill..have
to, fight are already fought - , • [Tre
mendous cheers.] The election early
next month will pass off quietly,. and
it will. pass off 43uccessfully. [Renew
ed cheers.] The victory at the ballot
box will be in vindication of the :Uni
on and of our authority. It will be; in
support of your armies.. in the field,
mid it will be in • support of the honor
of the nation. (Applause.) That vin
dication will be far beyond what: the
most sanguine who aro here antiCipate.
It will be more than a Waterloo defeat
to those who are arrayed against our
country. (gontinued applanse.) .It
will be 'almost a death blow_; it, will he
n. staggering blcw. - to the rebels -that
we. have been fighting in the war in
which. your. brothers, and your - eons
have boon engaged..for the last . three
years and a, half; it will bo A withering
blow to them - arid - it will.be worse to this
.Copperheads. ; • - (Tremendous_ cheers.)
would not for the world say any
thing to, excite hopes.that may not.bo
realized ; but I will say this,' that it is
the opinion of those who have a mu.oli
better opportunity of knowing than I
have,, that•in the next election we will
Achieve the greatest victory that has .
.been won from the beginning of .this
rebellion to the present time: It. will
he a two-edged sword, cutting both
ways, is.:ortli and South. (Cheers.) :
State this confididently, believing,.fro,m
.those who have intwb, better opportu
nities. of knowing than I. have, : that
every single State in this Union.will
cast its vote for Abraham Lincoln.--
[Loud applause and cries of ‘lhat's,
so;"] : . .
. .
twx.. The Union majority o 1 tho State
at the late election will not be Tess
than 13,000. It will be 'more than
doubled on next Tuesday when all vo
ters will vote square for or
. apinst
the Rebels.
More Potatoes.—Mr. David Hare ; of
Porter township, loft with uS. last
week, a half
.bashel of large and very
fine Peach Blow .and other varieties of
Lincoln potatoes, for which he will
please accept our thanks..
tte.. Go to tho polls early , and wotbic
until the polls close.
MARRIED,
On the 30th day of October, 1864,
in West:township by John Tbompson,,
Esq. Mr. WILLIAM J. HEsay, to Afis's
MARCIARET C. DAVIS, both of said
township.
Ch . i Thursday, 27th ult,:, by Rev. S.
11. Reid, Mr. JOHN SMITH, tO. Miss
FAABER, both of Bedfoycl
county, Pa.
ORPHAN'S COURT SALE
OF REAL ESTATE, NEAR HIINTHMON PENNA.
TN pursuance of orders of the .or
_lv pilau's Court of Huntingdon county, will.bo oared
for sale at the Court House, in Huntingdon, on •
,SATURRAY, 12TH OF .11r0r.E.3113E12,.
•
.01 16 o'clock; A. M., tha ton. ta of. .land. Ontelnatvi.
cribed, situated chiefly iu Walker, township, said county,
being the unsold and 'unaccented 'portions of the real
estate of Hon. John Kerr:, late of laid township; deceased,
:to wit:
. .
All that tract of land marked-B In the dingranito the
,writ or Partition of valuation 'Annexed 23 acres, •AT
perches, 100 acme of which aro cleared and tinder cultiva
tion; tho uncleared portion is heaVily timbered; princi
pally white oak, and yellow pino, no buildings thereon.
Also—the tract marked 1 , fn said diagram, containing
179 acres, 124 porches, with a dwelling house and barn
thereon erected;. about BO acres of this tract are cleared
and uudor cultivation and the rosiduo heavily timbered;
Crooked Creek running through this tract furnishes a
a good water power, by means of which tho valuable tint
-her on this tract could bn speedily converted into money.
Huntingdon and Broad Top railroad also passes through
this tract; the portion undor cultivation produces excel
lent crape and tho whole offers rare advaqtages for real
izing it largo profit on the amount invested; this tract is
situated within 14 miles of Ilitutingdm borough. •
Four tracts of Woodland containing soverally,.ll9
acres-87 acres 147 perches-148 acres 83 perehoe. 'There
is a flue limo kiln and limo steno quarry, on last tract.
Another containing 117 acres 147 perches. .
Attandance will ho given by
. Nor. 2d, 1844. , DAVID KRIM, Trustee.
CRAY lIOG. Came •to the reel.,
den. of Amos Smith, In Urlion toWnshitcabOut Hie
dine of September' last; n While Hog With..black.spot
on right hip, and left, ear off, supposed to weigh about
275 pounds. The owner is requested td coins forward,
prove property, pay chargea and take ot4ar•
wise ho trill ho disposed of accorcliokr, to law.
'Nor, 2i 1.01. • • " • AMOS suns.,