El2e 61abt.
HUNTINGDON, PA.
W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor
Hugh Lindsay, Associate Editor.
Wednesday morning, May 9,1866.
• FOR OOVFIRNOO,
Maj. Gen. John W. Geary;
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The Reconstruction Committee,
after laboring five mon ths,have brought
forth something, which is called an
"amendment" for sake of convenience.
Of course nobody doubts but what it
is a good thing; but why is it that the
Republicans don't like it? Members
of Congress are patching it up and
plastering it over, so as to hide the
holes which they imagine they see in
it; and the report like every other has
to go through a screeching • flint mill
efore it will suit the notions of some
of the most radical. Go back to your
Nest, Reeonstruotio, and hatch forth
something else.
The most that can be said of Con
gress is, that after five Months conten•
Lion, the members have agreed to dis.
agree.
Ds. There is reason to suppose that
the President will take his stand on
the proposition for a national conven
tion to amend the Constitution, the
delegates to be chosen from all the
States by the people, and in fits-or of
this immediate admission of loyal
members of Congress. It is contended
that "loyal members" will be no more
nor less than loyal, and in no way es.
sentially different, whether admitted
now or five years hence ; and that,
therefore, there exists no sound reason
why their admission should be defer.
red. On the contrary, it is maintain
e4l, their admission, even though the
number be small, would stimulate loy
alty and would amount to a pledge by
Congress to recognize and support loy
alty by discriminating in its favor
whenever and wherever it shows
itself.
THE PnosrEer.Tlie ..Washington
correspondent of the N. Y. Commercial
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"Thus far I have not seen either a
Senator• or Representative who would
admit that the propositions submitted
by the Joint Comlnittee on Recon—
struction were exactly what they re•
girded as right, and the differences of
Opinion are very wide, so wide that I
doubt whether they can be carried by
the requisite two thirds vote. The sec
tion of the proposed amendment exclu
ding all who participated in the rebel
lion from the polls until 1370, is . cspes
chilly objectionable. In 1862 Congress
authorized the President to grant am
nesty and pardon tinder certain con
ditions, and both Mr. Lincoln and Mr.
Johnson have granted pardons to
thousands. Surely it is not right to
disfranchise those thus pardoned under
authority of law!' The samecorrespon
dent says Governor Andrews is in
'Washington "and is understood to in
cline slightly toward the President's
policy. •
The Negro's Friend.
When the President declared in his
speech last week that he was the true
friend of the negro, the radicals, who
simply want to ride him for ; political
and other. base purposes, became
greatly incensed at the declaralion,and
asserted that it was they and not Pres_
_ident Johnson who were the real
friends of the negro.
Well, there has occurred this week
nn opportunity to test the strength of
the fricindship of one and the other to
ward the unfbrtunate Black. The edi
tor of the Tennesseean, a journal pub:
lished in the interest of the "freedmen,"
happened in Washington on Monday,
aml called on a number of persons for .
subscriptions. Among these were the
oilydongued Sumner and the Presi
dMit; and which of the two, reader,
do you think was most liberal in aid of
the spread of intelligence among the.
blacks ?
, We wi I tell you in two lines, copied
from the list of subscriptions :
Andrew Johnson,
Charles Sumner,
"By their works ye shall know
-4- them."
WE are willing that the five millions
of ex-Rebels shall have equal power,
man for man, with the loyal people,
North and South.—N. Y. Tribune.
7 The Tribune represents the radical
SentiMents in Congress. They are will
ing to wipe out the sins of every traitor .
lirovided negro suffrage in every State
is made a part of the contract. In other
words, they would favor the infliction
of one wrong upon the people tO . se•
cure the - infliction of another.
QUESTION.- Whim the' Itcebristrne.
tion Committee agreed that the Presi
dent of the so called Confederate Slates
sb,ould not hereafter ho eligible to any
office under the Government of the
United States, did it mean that that
was all the plinislinient Jeff. Davis
_should reoeiye for the crime of treason?
rEirlf the ;Southern States are not
States of the Union why _.does the Re
nonstruetion -Committee allow them to
Aalto any part in making any amend.
.meats to the.eanstitution of the United
States? A.tieNt: they inconsistent, -Or
flon't they make some big admissions.
).10 we go blundering on.
RECONSTRUCTION,
Views of the President's Cabinet
They Opposg the Plan of Oongress,
WASIIINGTO:sI CITY, Alay 1
It is understood that in the cabinet
meeting to-day, the President invited
an expression of opinion from the
Heads of respecting the
propositioris reported on Monday last
by the Committee on Reconstruction.
An interesting and animated discus
sion ensued. Secretary Seward declar
ed himself in very decided and empha
tic terms against the plan of the Com
mittee, and in favor of the immediate
admission of the loyal representatives
from lately rebellious States.
Secretary McCullough was as posi
tive as the Secretary of State in his
oppOsition to the plan recoMmended
by theSiemmittce, and expressed him
self as strongly in favor of the imme
diate consummation of the President's
restoration policy by the admission in
to Congress of loyal men from the
Southern States.
Secretary Stanton was equally de
cided in' his opposition to the Commit.:
tee's proposition, lie was for adher
ing to the policy which had been
agreed upon and consistently pursued
by tho Adthinistration, and ho was
gratified that the President had brought
the subject to the consideration of the
Cabinet.
Secretary Wells was unequivocally
against the committee's scheme, and
w•as earnest in his support of the Pres
ident's policy, comprehending instant
admission into Congress of loyal Rep
resentatives from the States lately in
rebellion.
Secretary Harlan was rather rcti.
cent, and expressed no opinion.
Postmaster General Denison was in
favor of the President's policy, but ex
pressed doubts as to the precisn time
at which loyal Representatives should
be admitted.
Attorney General Speed w•as not
present:
The President was earnest in his
opposition to the report of the Com
mittee, and declared himself against
all measures precedent to adthission
of loyal representatives from Southern
States in shape of amendments to the
Constitution or by passage of law.
He insisted that under the Constitution
no State could be deprived of its equal
Suffrage in the Senate, and that Sena
tors and Representatives ought to be
at onceadmitted into the respective
Houses as prescribed by law and the
Constitution. He was for a rigid ad—
herebce to the Constitution as it is,and
remarked, that having sustained our
selves under a terrible rebellion, ho
thought the Government could be re
stored without resort to amendments•
He remarked in general terms that if
the organic law is to be changed at all,
it should be 'at a time when all the
States and all the people can partici,
pate in the alteration.
[Prom tho Now York herald.]
Reconstruction—The President and
the Committee of Fifteen,
Cop gress made war on the President
as ono who had gone against the true
interests of the country. Prominent
men in the Republican party denoun•
end- the President as a traitor, and the
chosen•pbrasemonger of that party des
(dared that Andrew Johnson had given
up to the South the fruits of the North.
ern victory ; that ho had shorn our tri
umph of all that made it valuable. On
the floor of Congress he was anathe
matized as an "executive usurper and
despot." He was charged with an in
tention to destroy the Constitution by
substituting for its equable distribution
of political forces a "one man power."
He was habitually called, in entire dis
regard of public decorum, "the man at
the other end of the avenue;" and in
the Senate a member blaspbeinously
thanked God for• the visitation of ill
ness that kept from their seats men
who would, if present, have voted to
sustain the President.
Judging from all the obloquy thus
heaped upon the President, the eoun.
try naturally thought that he had been
guilty of some heinous act: The peo
ple, it is true did not know what his
crime was. So far as they could see,
the President had been engaged only
in one great labor—that of restoring
the Southern States to their relations
with the Union. But this the people
thought was carrying to its ultimate
result the great purpose for which the
country had gone to war, and there.
fore they thought his efforts at recon
struction' entitled only to praise, and
to the more praise as they wore evi
dently successful. However, trusting
their party leaders, many of them ac
cepted the fact that the President had
committed some great crime, and
hoped to learn what the crime was by
and-by, They waited patiently. It
was known that a committee of Con
gress, appointed on reconstruction,was
busy bottling and labeling the radical
wrath soon to be poured on the devoted
head of Mr.,lohnson. This committee
was to see, weigh, inquire, judge, and
report. No one could say what hor
rors, what wonders of political villany
that report might reveal. Impeach
, ment ()Rho President wasvaguely whis
pered as one of the less considerable of
its possible results. Its propositions for
reconstruction would, at least, show,
by their direct contrariness to what
had been done by the President, that
he had defied Congress, common sense,
and the country. Congress oould not,
for very shame, show less than that,
after all it had said. .
• This Congressional committee of fif
teen has reported. Shut up in a dark
room for nearby five months, it had
abundant time to frame, mature and
elaborate tliat report that was to in.
elude the groat radical plan, and has
finally laid its labors before the world.
And the first and most obvious fact in
relation to this radical programme is
that not only does not object to any
single act of the President in the - mat
ter of reconstruction, but absolutely
accepts all that he has done, and in
dorses his course in the strongest pos
sible terms. "It is expedient," says the
commiteee, "that the States lately in
insurrection should at the earliest day
'consistenOvith the future peace and
safety 'of the Union lie restored - to par.
ticipation in all political rights."
`These - words embrace the whole basis
of the President's course; they express
the. very spirit of his policy. Not one
word against the acts of Andrew John•
son. Not even klittle clause to involve
or imply a rebuke for ; or to poi•nt mit
$25 00
5 00
to • thes people the eels that made him a
"usurper and a despot."
By this report of the Reconstruction
Committee Congress swallows its
words—‘-almest swallows itself. It tells
the country in the most emphatic way
that the President was right all the
time, and-that its reconstruction com
mittee, after a patient search of five
months, cannot put its finger on a point
iii the Presideht's plan to justify its
abuse. What must be the result ?
Simply- that the whole mass of the par:
ty arrayed against the President must
go over or under; simply that the par
ty must perceive immediately the
great error it fell into in following the
lead of the insane Stevens,!and rectify
that error, Already this is begun.
Mr. Stanton adheres to the President.
Finding that nothing can be said
against his policy, that there is no oth
'er course to take, he gives in his al
legiance to the great practical recon
structionist, and thus signalizes the
commencing disintegration of the lad.
ical faction.
The Reconstruction Committee's Re-
port in Congress.
The following •synopsis of business
bearing on the Report of the Recon.
struction Committee to Congress, will
show how it is received in that body:
In the Senate, Mr. Williams, of Or
egon, submitted an amendment, inten
ded to ho offered to the bill to provide
for restoring the Slates lately in in—
surrection to their full political rights,
in lieu of section first of said bill:
Section Ist. Whenever any ono of
the States in insurrection shall ratify
the above proposed amendment, as re.
quire(' by the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, and shall conform its con
stitution and hlWs thereto, the Sena
tors and I: Treentatives from such
State after the fourilt day of March,
1567, if found duly elected and quali•
fled, shall, upon taking the required
oaths, be admitted.into Congress:—
Provided, That Senators and Repre
sentatives from Tennessee and Arkan
sas respectively shall be admitted, if
elected and qualified as aforesaid,when
either of the said States shall ratify as
aforesaid said proposed amendment.
Mr. Dixon, of Connecticut, gave no
tice of his intention ,to offer an amend
ment to the hills and resolutions repor
ted by the joint Committee on Recon
struction, and as a substitute therefor,
as follows:
Resolved, &c., That the interests of
peace and the interests of the Union
require the admission of every State
to its share in public legislation when
ever it presents itself, not only in
. an
attitude of loyalty and harmony, but
in the persons of representatives
whose loyalty cannot be questioned
under any constitutional or legal test.
The report has not yet come before
Congress, for debate, and as it is pre
sumed the deliberation of the new Re
venue Bill tvill take up the - time of
this week, wo do not expect to have
any further business on the report till
next week. Several members appear
anxious to have negro suffrage in the
bill somewhere or somehow.
RECONSTRUCTION PROSPECT.- The
Washington correspondent of the Now
York Commercial Advertiser says:
The Congressional policy is not re
ceived with touch enthusiasm, and if it
is adopted, it will be by party discip
line, and under the previous question.
Indeed one of the ablest men on the
Committee, Governor Pmutwell, of
Massachusetts, has to day given notice
of an amendment applicable to Arkan
sas and Tennessee, which shows that
his hopes of carrying through the
"policy" as reported can»oL be san
guine. The real object of the majori•
ties in Congress, apparently, is delay,
and if this be the case, the Congres
sional policy is well chosen. Those
who are competent to judge, and who
have carefully examined the proposed
Constitutional amendment and the ac
companying bills, say that it leaves
the future no more secure, and also no
protection - that does not now exist,
but that it postpones restoration and
the much to be desired settlement of
our difficulties.
The Fiend Probst Sentenced.
In the Criminal Court of Philadel
phia, on Tuesday ' the motion of eoun•
sel for a new trial of Antoine Probst,
convicted of the massacre of the Doer
ing family, was refused, and District
Attorney Mann inked fbr the judgment
of the court. Judge Allison directed
Mr. Moore, the elm k, to •direct the
pisoner to stand up and inquire if he
had anything to say why sentence of
death should not be pronounced. The
interpreter standing by the dock in.
formed Probst of the order. The pri
soner shook his head in the negative
in reply to the inquiry whether he had
anything to say. Judge Allison then
proceeded to pass sentence.
Anton Probst-You stand at the bar
of this Court, convicted of murder of
the first degree. A jury of your own
selection pronounced you, after a pai
tient trial, guilty of a crime, the pun—
ishMent of which is death.
Without cause and with malice pre
meditated, you took the life of Christo
pher Deering. This, the verdict, re—
corded against you, establishes as a
fact, judicially ascertained, after a so
lemn and impartial trial, in which
your every right was most carefully
'guarded. No one of the forms, which
the law has declared to be of the sub
stance of such a trial, in the jealous
watch and care which it kcops over'
the life of the citizen and alien alike,
has been neglected in your case. A
stranger in a strange land ; alone but
not friendless, for the law itself became
your friend ; provided you with able
and conscientious counsel; shielded you
from popular violence ; watched over
and guarded ypur lifb with sleepless
vigilance; and by the direct interpo
sitioti - bllts - miglit and its power, ob
tained for you a trial, aecording , to the
form of the Constitution. All this was
secured to you by none other but by
legal evidence, not in the least degree
by your own . confession, but by evi
dence from which there was no escape,
most conclusive in its character you
have been found guilty of the commis
sion of one of the most appalling
crimes of which the records of civilized
jurisprudence make any mention.
A felony of murder unpararelled;
your heart Conceived and your hands
executed; in plan most comprehensive;
in miutrteness of detail, unequaled ; in
execution,• relentless, brutal, savage
beyond precedent:: . .
A husband grid father ; returning
to his home, iii all the strength and
glory of his Manhood; a wife and moth
er, toilingThr .the little, loved ones,
whom Geirba.d. given to
at her donieSticalfar- , ---her humble - fire,
side; a comiaMoii:of - your: daily labor,
who with - you shared your bed ; who
.almost slept la your• arms; at peace
with yoil; the irery.:breatil of whose
life you brcatlted; your fbutth
an inoffenSiverisiter, whose sex would
have not in vain appealed to your coin
passion, if compassion you possess,ba.d
you but thought of the . mother who
gave you birth. And four• helpless chil
dren of these slaughtered parents; four
little ones, who had never dcno you
harm ;of three of these, in innocent
and-happy cbildhood,you had been the
daily witness; listened to their young
and merry voices, and perhaps have
had them play in confidence and trust
about you ; and the fourth a smiling,
gentle, tender babe, who had not yet
learned tci.lisp your name, or to know
you as a stranger in that household,
whose tiny, bloody garments, brought
here by other hands, bore testimony
most crushing against the monster•, in
the shape of man, who cut and hacked
its young life away.
Of 'all who gathered beneath the
humble roof of Ohristbpber Deering,
but one remains, a lonely,solitary
boy, saved not by your mercy, for
mercy you had none, but . by miter.
posing Providence,protected from your
murderous arm, and uplifted axe, with
which you sought to kill them all.
All 4 this You performed alone, or aid.
ded by another, it matters not which,
HO feu• as the legal and moral guilt of
all these murders committed by you is
concerned; and much more that ha.
man eye bath not seen you did, with
malice inconceivable.
Almost without motive you wont at
your work self imposed, and eight vie
tints you plow; not suddenly, not in a
temper or resistless passion, but in the
coolness of a premeditated design—one
by one, -at intervals, with solomn
pause, with calm deliberation,and with
a quenchless thirst for blood, you cons;
od not until all that.you set out. to do
was fully ended, and you found your
self alone with the dead. Your triumph
wus•then complete.
This is a pJor picture:of your work,
and of this I hero remind you, that
you may even now, at this dread hour
for you, realize if it indeed be possible
for you to do so, the enormity of your
deeds of blood, and before God seek
for pardon for your crime.
No ono may limit His power to for
give, but you can find mercy only in
redeeming love. Man cannot,will not,
dare not, pass by unavenged, a crime
so fearful, as to be almost nameless.
Society demand. 4 protection and vio
lated law its vindication. But the Om
nipotent God bath said, "Whatsoever
will, let hint come." To his mercy I
commend you.
But what you have to do, do speed
ily; for the night 'of death casts
its shadows already around you. The
avenger of blood has followed steadily
after you, and in the darkness of the
night, the invisible -finger• of the Al
mighty pointed' you out to your pur
subrs, and justice now claims you as
its own. And that which it requires
tobo done shall not long be delayed.
Ytiu had your, dtleeo:3B in the execution
of your fell purpose. But it demands
it's triumph now, in the detection, ex
posure, conviction, and promptest and
severest punishment of the
who has defied alike the laWs of God
and man, and outraged all the nobler
sympathies of his nature.
It only remains for me to pass on
you the judgment of the Ittiv, which is
that—Plere the fon r Judges arose, and
amid breathlesS silence concluded the
senteneq—ANTON PROBST, the prison
er at the bar, be•taken from, hence, to
the jail of the county of Philadelphia,
frimi whence ho came, and thence to
the place of execution, and that he
there be hanged by the neck until he
is dead, and may God harp mercy on
his soul!
During the timo the awful recital of
th 6 crimes
from
by Probst was
falling from the lips of Judge Allison,
and when the terrible words of doom
that consigned the murderer to the
gallows and demanded blood for blood,
were being uttered, the prisoner stood
in the dock as impassive as a statue.—
At no point did he evince a disposition
to give way to any feeling of emotion,
and he resumed his seat with as much
apparent indifference as though he had
Merely been sentenced to do penance
in the county prison for wringing the
necks of a few of the inmates of some
farmer's chicken coop.
A Sorrowful Theme.
A Richmond paper, ono that has not
been behind its fellows in supporting
the rebellion and villifying the Gov
ernment of the United States and its
supporters, alluding to the orders and
measures of the Government for scour
in,' decent sepulture to! the remains of
Federal soldiers, appeals earnestly and
pathetically to have the same extend
ed to the dead who fell in their
fare against the Union.
It is a sorrowful subject, bringing 'to
mind scenes of suffering and death
which have no parallels iu our history.
The number of not only brave, but in
telligent, hopeful and promising young
men who were cut down by disease
and casualty; :in that four years' con- j
test,is appalling to think of. How many
happy families, too, were broken up!
How many homes desolated! How
many loving._ hearts pierced with
wiguish I They fell on . both sides
all e, and their fall carried grief and
mourning equally to the bosoms of
those to whom they were dear. The
vast common graves to which they
were hurried alter the battles, the lit
tle groups of graves beside the field
hospitals, and their solitary resting
places by the transient camps, appeal
with - nqUalfdree and tenderness for the
remembrances - of lov - e and the teas of
borrow. Humanity and religion inter
pose noAilikler to the . flow of those
tears.
But thateciiial honors should be paid
by the Gbibchment to the remains of
those who died opposing its rightful
authority, as to those who fell defend•
ing it, it, is not reasonable to ask. Die.
erimination is not only jtistifted, but is
even demarided by the suggestions of
political wisdom and.propriety. It does
not affect the'dondition of the dead,
but it has no small influence on the
sentiments of the living. And the
lencliwg of loyalty ivitla disloyalty in
a common method of treatment would
narrow the difference between them in
the son: smelt of mankind. The ten
dency of such a course would be whol
ly adverse to political virtue, both by
robbing it of a measure of its just
claims and by proffering reward to po
litical wrong. The verdict of human
nature is against it, and that verdict
does but justice to the dead, while it
sways a wholesome and stimulating
power over the minds of the living.
The mingling of the flags that waved
over the armies, forts and prisons of
the rebellion, in equal honor with the
proud and triumphant banners of the
Union, would be, for the same reasons,
incompatible with the common and
correct sentiment of pal dodo virtue.
These remarks relate directly but to
Government action in the case. Indi
rectly, the same important principle
precludes public • demonstrations and
monuments, by others, that would tend
to cherish disloyal and hostile ieelinks
in the country, or to lower, to the ex
tent of involving danger to peace and
unity, the respect of people for their
lawful Government. This is a part
of the penalty unavoidable as the con
sequence of so great a wrong. With
private BonLiments and kindred grief,
public considerations do- not interfere.
humanity is not subjected to restraint.
The sad theme suggests other re
flections. How fearful is the crime of
those who have, by their insane ambi•
Lion filled our land with death and sor
row! And how terrible is the rotri•
bution that has followed it, upon their
own portion of the land ! It is sad
and pitiful to hear the proud journalist
plead for this act of Government, on
the ground that it can be done with
little addition of expense How bare
and stripped is that fair and beautiful
section of our couutry,by the rebellion,
that it cannot give sepulture to the
dead who fell victims to the fatal crime.
We give our sympathy to the mourn
ers. We proffer friendship to all. We
deplore their calamities, and wo hope
for happier times and fellowships un•
des a united Government. —Pittsburg
Commercial.
NEWS SUMMARY.
LARGE Fortudes have been made in
Scotland by striking oil.
THE salary of the governor of Cali
fornia is $1.1,000 in gold.
TUE number of masked balls which
took place in Paris on the night of the
Micareine was eleven hundred.
TUE rebel General Dick Taylor is
about to engage in the development of
the Georgia gold regions.
FORTY thousand panes of glass were
broken in Baltimore by the recent hail
storm. Much damage was also done
in the surrounding country..
AT Mobile, on the 20th instant, a
boy scarcely fifteen years old was hang
ed for the murder of another boy of
thirteen.
THERE is a fisherman in EtaMx who
is said to have one hundred and twen
ty five children and grand children.
Quite a progeny that. •
PROBST has confessedjo the murder
of the whole of the Dearing family and
of the boy Carey. The confession con
firms the general belief that he had na
Accomplice.
A. rather fast lad of nineteen com
mitted suicide io St. Louis the other
day, through mortification at being
slapped in the face by his father in
presence of his boon companions;
A cow of the Durham breed sold for
$7OO in New Bedford (Mass.) the oth
er day. She averaged 40 quarts of
milk a day. Wouldn't care to have
such stock in this neck o' timber, as
butter might gereheap.
A GREAT- many of our cotemporaries
are having a great deal to say about
the Demoralizer Skirts. Better let
these things alone. Many a man has
got into difficulty by meddling too
111116.
TUE editor of. an Eastern daper says:
"We have adopted the eight hour sys
tem in this office. We commence work
at eight o'clock in the morning and
erase work 'at eight in the evening."
H. F. Remington, of Springfield, has
obtained a patent for a paper shirt—
to be got up for the modest sum of
twenty-fide cents and to' be sweat
proof. What next out of paper.
Two young men in Troy, who were
serenading a, beautiful damsel, had
their ardor suddenly cooled by the en
raged papa, who throw boiling water
on them. Did that pa do right?
ON Thursday last a tdrpodo explo•
ded at Sullivan's Island, in Charleston
harbor, throwing up an immense quan
tity of water. It had been sunk over
three years.
IT appeared by the testimony in a
case now pending in Connecticut, that
one of the parties thereto, a Mrs. Phil.
lips, has had fourteen husbands. We
submit• that she had morn than her
share.
D.C. Williams, Jr. of.Tefferson coon
ty, Tenn., has been convicted of trea
son and sentenced to tho penitentiary
fbr fourteen years. This is the first
caso of punisi4Ment for treason adjud•
god before the civil court of that State.
T/1 PI tomb of the immortal Jefferson,
his kite and children, is said to be in
a most wretched state of repair. ou
riosity hunters have ehipped the.mon
urnent until it is irreparably defaced.
liven the tombstime of Mrs. Jefferson
is similarly injured..
Tun imlA•ession most current in
Washington, concerning the suffrage
question in the District, is that the no.
gro suffrage bill will be laid over and
qualified suffrage taken up in its place.
A property qualification and military
service appear to be most in favor just
now.
By the census returns of 1860, it ap
pears that there were at that time in
the United States, 30,793 miles of com
mercial railroads, costing 81,151,530,-
820; and 402 miles of city passenger
railways, • costing 814,862,840. Since
that date, of course largo additions
have been made t,p both the steam and
horse railroads of the country.
THE chief causes of missing loiters
are—first, misdirection; and, secondly,
neglect to stamp them properly. Ex
cept in eases where the writers aro
known (by having their card upon the
envelope), these are sent to the-dead
letter office. It should be known that
a revenue stamp is not recognized-on
letter; and a groat many letters are
deposited with siielil3taraps upon them.
These - are all: tielift'leltie• dead letlet.
office.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Patent Box Blue and Bleaching
Preparation. •
• Tlio boot thing out. Ladies, try it and you will use na
other. To be hod in largo or email quantities, at
71ay,0.3t* J, 11. WESTBROOK, Unutingdon.
VOTICE TO .THOSE INDEBTED.
..L.l All &
per4ons indebted to Wm. March & Bro., and
li.• Straus Co., in busluolo transactions at Marklesbtirg,
on book or note account, will please call nod settle imme
diato/y, otborwiso all claims will bo loft !kith a Altaic,' for
collection. • WM. MARCH & BRO.
Huntingdon, May 7,11611-1 t
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.-
[Estate of Samuel Foust, dec'd.)
Letters of Administration upon the eatato of Samuel
Foust, into of Shirley township, Huntingdon county
deed, haring been granted to the undersigned, all persons
having claims against the estate are requested to present
them to the undersigned, and all persons Indebted will
melte immediate payment. JACOB FOUST,
Crlvin, May 9-Gtr Administrator.
TO THE LADIES.
The besi — essorrment of
MMT_I.PriStO
Just received this day from Now York and for sale at the
cheap cash atm, of WM. MA ROIL A BRO.
A splendid assortment of •
LADIES' DRESS GOODS,
FANCY Tr/mammas AND BUTTONS
Just received rots dny from New York and for eels cheap
at [may7l Wat. MARGIT. & BRO.
'.ff.E: * ':::', 74;_ .. 7 . : 1:...7?"' .. , 7`''.:: : '''''''':-.:::
:it •s ,e •.4 s , I 1 . , c •: : . -,, - :::', 4
0
For uso against MOTHS IN CLOTHING. Best. Ito
advantages—EMciency, Economy; imports sweet odor to
the clothes, and sure to lust through twelve months.—
Every druggist has it. HARRIS & CHAPMAN,
my 9 I m Boston.
WHO? WHO? WHO?
OUR NEXT GOVERNOR.
We have a correct and striking photograph, of the next
Governor of Pennsylvania. which we will send by mail for
25 xents. If wo mistake the man; the money will be re.
funded immediately niter election next October. Is it
Geary or Clymer? Writeand see. Address
myo.2m. lIAItTLESON & CO., 01.1 CIIESTNUT
GEARY! CLYMER!
We have photographs, large and small, of Geary and
Clymer. Agents wanted 108011 them. Send 75 con's far
sprcimen copies by mail. postage paid. Address
my6.2m BARTLESOSI S, CO., 611 Chestnut st., Phila.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
[Estate of Itosannah NPLanghlin. deceased]
In tho Orphans' Count of Huntingdon comity.
The undereigned Atulftor appointed by tho Orphans'
Court of said county to hear exceptions to the Oust no-
cunt of George C anchor, Trustee to sell tho real estate
of Rosati nal, Metesoghiin, dec'd., and to distribute tho
balance in tho hands of odd trustee, will attend at the
(Alice of Benedict, c'towart 5: Lytle, in the borough of thin
tingdoa on ettivAx, the 245 tit day of Mae ' 7.468, ten t
o'clock, A. M., when and where all persons interested in
said fund are required to be present.
rnay9 P. M. LYTLE, Auditor.
ni 5 al - TD L E
J. M. WISE,• -
Manufacturer and Dealer in
2Ft. 241" X '3O 3Elt. 311
Respectfully Invites the attention or tho public to hie
stand on Hill et., liiintinedon, in the rear of George 1Y
Swartz' Watch god Jewelry store, where he manufactures;
and keeps all kinds of Furniture at reduced prices. Per
sons wishing to purchase, will do well to give him a call.
Repairing of all kinds attended to promptly and charges
reasonable.
0" . Also, Undertaking carried on, and Cortina made in
any style desired, nt short notice.
The subscriber has a
1 -IBM . Rim , AND ELEGANT HEARSE,
and is prepated to attend Funerals at soy Once in town
ur country. d. SI. WISH.
llnn •
thigtion, May 9, 1866-tf
.La-g,•ent Wanblaitacl.
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ANECDOTES AND INCIDENTS
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This work for genial humor, tender pathos, startling
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ting surprise.; Wonderful escapes, Famous words and
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bore thrillitrgly and startlingly portrayed in a masterly
manner, at once historical and romantic, rendering It the
m ,st ample, brilliant and readable book that the war hoe
called forth.
Didabled officers and'soldiers, teachers, energetic young
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this the best chance to make money ever yet offered.—
South for circulars and see our terms,
Address
NATIONAI, HOUSE,
No. 507 Minor street,
Philadelphia, Pa
my94m
ITU.NTINGDON LitoAD. & BROAD TOP
On and after Titursdny, MAX 10th, 1966, Passenger
Trains will arrive and depart as follows:
SOUTHWARD TRAINS. NORTHWARD TRAINS.
STATIONS .
EXPRESS . MAIL.
• ' MAlLEarnr.33
AND
P. M. A. M. P. M. P.M.
1 ? SIDINGS. 1 .
I r. 6 1011. z. 8 001Iluntingdon, AR 12 01 An 5 20
627 8 17111eConnellstown, 1 11 41 567
6 34 8 24 1 1 1 1eanant Grove 11 37 5 .50
, 48 8 3SiMarldesburg, 11 23 636
702 • 852 Coffee Runt , 11 10 522
• 709 59 Rough & Ready, 11 02 515
721 11 Core, 30 49 504
7 251 15,Fieherle 3umatit i 10 45 . 600
An 40 AR 301, , '. 10r. 10 3 4 LE 440
LE 10100 401" 1 "" 1 . lAtt 10 20 AR 435
10 1 001RIddleshurg 1.10 00 410
101 1 08IIIopowell . 962 307
30 1 20 Piper's Run
Cr 40 3 65
46 1 35 Tatesville, 025 .3 40
57 1 47 Bloody Run, 913 318
An 00 , atl. 50 Mount Dallas 100 9 10100 325
SUOUPS RUN BRANCII.
lee 10 40 1 :a - sten ,
I J 10 55 Coatinont,,
11 00 Crawford,.
An 11 10 Dudley, ...,
Inroad Top City,.
Huntingdon May 10, 1600. OLIVER AYERS,
NEW CHEAP CASH STORE
IN HUNTINGDON
NEW GOODS
FOR SPRING- AND SUMMER
WM. MARCH & BRO.
Respectfully Inform the public generally that they
havo j.9t received a large and splendid stock of goods at
their store in Iluntingdop, c 'misting in part of
• SILKS,
- DRY GOODS,
•
DRESS GOODS,
•
BOOTS & SHOES,
HATS, CAPS, 'FIN WARE,
•
LADIES' FANCY TRIMMINGS,
HOOP SKIRTS,BoNNErs, BUI7ONS,
WOOD AND WILLOW W ARE,
QUEENSWARE, HARDWARE,
PROVISIONS, GROCERIES,
CRACKERS, NOTIONS,
TOBACCO, SEGARS,
GLASS, NAILS,
• FISH, SALT,
&e., &C,
And in fact everything that Is usually kept in n Aral clam
store, all which wore bought law for cash and will be
sold at correspondingly low prices for cash, ur country
produce. and r...plest the public to give U 3 a call beltire
purcinising elsewhere, feeling 'satisfied we can otter supe
rior inducemeitts to cash buyers.
%Ve respectfully solicit the patronage of all. and the
public are cordially hivited to examine cur goods.
Everything taken in exchange for goods except Premi
ses. {VII. MARCH &BRO.
Iluntlog.lon, Apl. 24,180._
CJANNED PEACHES and Tomatoes
V./Mixed Pickles, Tuuuttoo Qatstip, Popper sauce, &e,, 8:e
for dale at Lewis & 'Co's Fussily tirocery.
•
IHOICL Dried Peaches, Apples
Currants, Prune.t; Sc., for We at
• •-I.TENVIS Co's Family Grocery.
"UOVE'S Pur'e and Superior Rio Oof
fee In packages or ono flotilla, for sale at
LEns i Co's Fatuity Grocery.
ATERMICELLI, Barley, Pee, nom
V iuy, Beaus, .Ic., nt Lewis 4 Co's Family Grocery.
.11EST SHORE FISH for sale
- 4. nt LEIVIS & CO'S Futajly Grocery.
---
(IHOIOR Teas, Coffee, Sugars • and
tjlloinsses, for sale at Lewis R Co'e Family Grocery.
HE BEST EAVERN CHEESE
_l. rahrlM .at OIMPLIAA27I c cittmtvoi
4 RPET GOF ALL SIND
at CIINIVESVHAM CA.1q010.9.
• IMICC)24TVIr
ECONOMY IS 910NEY SAVED G
The aubacriberla permanently located In Huntingdon,
Xtad Is prepared to purchase. or repair In the
heat style, and expeditinualy, broken
UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS.
Alt articles intrusted to him will be returned to the•
residence of the owner es soon as repaired, Umbrellas
and parasols for repair can be left at beats' Bonk store.
may2,lBBEtt FENTIIIAN.
ATTENTION, • SOLDIERS!
L i T a meeting of
1
3. diere , Campaign.. League," held this de),,; .•
a committee was appointed to mitt& ttia:oud.
diere of the several boroughs and townships of
the county to moot at their scoot . pluces of .)/l.
holding delegate elections, at o'clock. P. 4 1 1
Si., on Thursday, May lOtb; and elect two del-
egates to represent them in a Convention to'
be held at Huntingdon. at 1 o'clock, P. 14.„
on SATURDAY, MAY 12th; for the permanent'
organization of the Leagtie All soldiers are .1
earnestly urged to use their utmost exertions,'
to secure a full representation.
Huntingdon, April 23
NIAGARA FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY, OF NEW YORK,
MICE, 12 WALL STEAM.
Cash Capital, $1,000,000. Surplus, $270,000.
Total Assets, $1,270,000
This Company insures against ell,losy or damage by fire,
inland navigation, transportation. &c. The cove of Incur.
ing in this company is no more than the that cost would
be in these small Minna' Companies. -
With no Assessments!
This Company Is made safe by the State laws of New
York, which Is not the case with the Pennsylvatilalneu.
ranee Companies,
EIEELE, President. • • P. NOTHAM, Secretory
HENRY KIP, Supt. of Agencies..
-
ANDREW TON NSTON, Agent,
myl-Om fluntingdoni Penna.
Office 'formerly occupied by W. 11. Woods Esq. Hill et.
fel GEO:SHAEFFER
returned front the easi with .n
SPLENDID . STOCK
• .
. OF
BOOTS, SHOES, GAITERS, - (t-C.,
Mitch he offers to the inspection of his customers end
the public generally. Re will roll his stock at the most
REASONABLE.PRICES,
and those who purchase once will surely call again.
BOOTS & SHOES MADE TO ORDER,
and REPAIRING done In the neatest and most expedi
tious manner.
Call upon Mr. Schaeffer at his shop on Dill street, •
few doors west of tho Diamond. , my 2
STEAM PEARL MILL„
HUNTINGDON, PA.;
IS NOW
IN COMPLETE RUNNING ORDER,
FOR THE bIARUFACTURE OF FLOUR
Tho patronage of the town and country Is respectfully_
GRAIN, of every description„
Bought at this mill
untiogdon, May 2,1862
.1000 BUSHELS W H E A T
Wanted at Steam Pearl Milt.
NEW GOODS.
G. B, BRUMBATIGH & co.
nava lust received and now offer for sale at
MARKLESBURG, PA., A
•
"VERY SMALL" '
But •
WELL SELECTED=
• STOCK Or •
Fancy
and staple
Dry Goods, La. • -
dies' dress Goods, Ciro-
aeries, Queenswere, Kardwara,'
Glassware, Binge. Shoes, „
' Hats. Notioni; •l_
Fish. Salt,
Sic., . -
at the wry lowest cash prices.
Marklesbarg, May 2,11306 a
THE -
ITINFATILYGROCERY
OF
W. LEWIS & CO.
IS NOW . OPENED.
ALL WHO WANT
FRESH & CHOICE GROCERIES.
Of all kinds,
WILL PrpA5E CALL
AND
EXAMINE STOCK.
Store Room adjoining Lewis' Book
Store; Huntingdon, Pa,
WANTED;
At LEWIS & CO'S Family Grocery,
For which the highest market 'prices will be paid,
POTATOES in large or small quantities.
CORN AND OATS,
DRIED FRUIT of all kinds,
and COUNTRY PRODUCE generally
ap24-3t
0 05 4 1.5
8 55 4 05
8 60 4 00
EEO
QTRAY COW—Strayed away from
)tho subscriber on the lath inst., a red COW,
with white face. and broad horns. about 8 years )04'
old. Any person giving mo Information of hor "",
whereabouts will be suitably rewarded.
J. EL WAGGONER
Philipsburg, Centro Co., Ps, Apl 25-2t* •
• •
A DMINISTRATORS'• NOTICE.
[Estate of Charles W. Ilaril3%,.tiee'd.]
Letters of administration IVOn the estate of Charles
W. 'lardy, Into of Jackson twth, deceased, baSing been
granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted to the
estate will make payment; and those-haring elaimil will
present them for settlement,
ap3-80
ivDMINISTRITOWS NOTICE.
Letters of administration nylon the estate or &Mk
tewart, of Jock on township, deceased, having been
granted to the Undersigned. standrsons ar. requested to
mak.. immediate payment those having claims
against the Mll2lo, to present them fon
JAME settle
STEWART ment.
S ,
Administrator.
aplB-6t
DIVIDEND DECLARED.
OPTICS OP THE lOCULOID & ALIECHIENT OIL Can
Ilautingdou, Pa.. April 19, 1869.
At a meeting of the Directors of the Richland & Alle
gheny Oil Co., held Ode day a Dividend of T 22 th'iTY PER
CENT. tom declared upon the original' stock of said Com
pany payable on and after the 25th inst.
m r272l
. .llO. 91. BAILEY, Secretary.
DUNCANNON NAIL AGENCY.
[AS. A. BROWN is Agent for the
ti c nle Greer Nails sod Spikes/at Huntingdon, Pa. It
Is Well known that the Duncant on Nails ate, far superior
in quality teeny °Nu:reoffered n the linotingdourearket
De:ALMS, DUI LONRS. nn consumers generally mill
be supplied in quantities fro one pound to 0110` hundred
kegs itt.innnufacturers' uric s by sending their orders or
cattier; at his now mammoth Ilardtroro store, Hunting-.
don, Ps.. [aplol • DUNGANNON IRON CO.
•
LADIES' DRESS GOODS, compri
aing everything new and desirable, such as Dross
silk nveltair, and Irish repliers, alpacas, Cassiseere,
redrew, 'Alertness, all wool French Detainee, Gavial:
plaids, at S. E. HENRY CO. •
FLOWER and GARDEN SEEM
FOR SALE AT LEWIS' Epos. STORE,
ADE UP CLOTHING, BOOTS &
Queenaware, Crdar and Willow . Waro, lug
a; ntuck in the country, at S.C.IIhNRY 0 CO.
(110 TO S. E. HENRY & CO'S for
Vf good Cloths, cassimorn,estinoties; Treads, Honing.
by JOEIIIB, Velvet Card, &v.
•
JOS. A. GREEN,.
Chairman of Com
JUNIATA
solicitcd
=
McOAFIAT , I & SON
.
J. DI. SMITH,
W. R. SMITE!,
Administnitore
FRESH