Cly Q3lobc.
HUNTINGDON, PA
Wednesday morning, June 5, 1867
WM. LEWIS, J
EDITons
JIM( LINDSAY,
I know cf 110 111044! in Which a loyal
ma may so zed/ tleino,i,t,,,,h; his d er ai,,,, to
Into eotllliry as by xuNtai , lin:i Mt: Flag the
Conz4ilation and tine Union, under all circa,
,taare,, pill UNDRII EVERT" ADM IN IST RA TION
IiEO.IkM,HSS P.IHTY AGAIN'r Al!
ASSAILANTS, AT MIME AND A IlitoAD,"
A. DouGi.As.
THE "organ" has got itself into very
deep and muddy water. When it gets
out. it will have seriously damaged its
best friends and its party.
SOME very good Republicans and
Democrats have suggested the holding
of a mass county meeting to select
proper persons to be voted for next
fell. The honest voters of the county
aro getting tired of having the wool
pulled over their eyes by the office
seeking politicians.
WE aro indebted to Hon. Louis W.
Hall, Speaker of the Senate, for a copy
of the General Laws of Pennsylvania,
for which ho has our thanks. Wo con
fess wo are beginning to he a little
posted as to what our Legislature done
at the last session, since wo have scan
ned its contents. There taco been
sovonty.threo General Laws passed.
M. A number of citizens in Mifflin
county, have organized a new political
party called the Workingmen's Party.
They set forth in their preamble that
"in our-opinion, both the existing po.
lilical parties have become so corrupt
that they have lost sight of the inter.
-est of the great mass of people," &e.—
The leaven is beginning to work.
TIIE editor of the Portage (Wiscon
sin) State Register takes a now view of
the question of Women Voting. Ile
says that for a number of years regu
larly ho has paid considerable sums of
money for teams to haul indifferent,
lazy or crippled men to the polls; and
he thinks it would be decidedly prefer.
able to get up a horse and buggy and
escort young ladies to the voting pla
ces. Clearly the romance has not been
Laken out of that follow yet.
The *Globe, aho , true to its Cop
perhead instincts, furnishes its readers
with the rebel version of the late ne
gro riot taken from the Richmond pa
pers, together with a half column of
falsehood, misrepresentation and soph
istry, connected therewith.—JourUat
at; American.
Wo refer our readers to the "rebel
version" in question, and respectfully
leave to their decision whether the
New York Herald, from which it is ex
tracted, is a Richmond paper, and
again whether the Philadelphia Press,
Philadelphia 'Telegraph, Pittsburg Con
nzercial, and Pittsburg Gazette, (all of
which copied the “rebel version") are
Richmond papers. All the papers we
have quoted aro Republican, and our
comments of a "half column of false-
hood, misrepresentation and sophistry"
are based upon the "rebel version"
published in a Republican paper. We
charged rabid politicians for inciting
tho riot, and it is nothing more than
the sequel showed; for a Massachu_
setts politician named J. K. Haywood;
was arrested for making an incendiary
speech at the negro meeting, and re
leased on $4,000 bail. It is a remarka
ble fact that the Journal has not frnb
fished a more loyal version of the riot,
aor did it condescend to give its read
ers the benefit of the "rebel version."
Wo have in vain sought for a loyal
version of the negro riot in the Repub
lican papers, and we believe that we
could not find a more truthful one.
TROUBLE AHEAD.—Tho Now York
Herald, a strong Radical paper, is not
afraid to complain of the conduct of its
party leaders in power. There is ono
thing certain, if the party in power
fail to bring about a reform, other par
ty leaders will soon be in power. Tho
_Herald says :
"We are in great danger. Tho ex
penses of the country are greater than
it can safely bear. The machinery now
employed by the Government, inclu
ding the military government of the
South, the Freedmen's Bureau, the
army of tax gatherers, and the numer
ous other expedients for spending moo•
ey, is four times as extensive and cost
ly ae it. was. before the war. We did
not feel it when we were borrowing
money and expending the currency,
but now pay day is. at hand. Legiti
timato business throughout the North
and \Vest is in a prostrate condition.
vitality has been sapped by taxation.
The South is not only bankrupt, but.
actually starving. The people every
where are suffering Pram the burdens
heaped upon them. Prices of food, of
rents, of clothing, are increasing, and
our taxes aro growing higher every
year. Tho remedy is in the hands of
the people, and if they do not exercise
it they have no right to complain. But
if they think that we have enjoyed as
much as we can afford of such luxur
ies, we call upon them to kick over• all
platforms built upon abstract dogmas,
and choose servants who will act for
the best interests of t h e country. We
are on the wrong track."
The Pen Iv..nm State Temperance
Union is shout to begin its working
duties. The State has been divided
into the eastern, middle and western
departments, each to have a traveling
agent and lecturer, to effect the object
of the society in earnest and perpetual
efforts for the general practice of total
abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.
Contributions and communications to
be sent to William Nicholson, E sq .,
reident, secretary, at the office, 118
Kmtlt Seventh street, Philadelphia.
How to Put Good Men in Office.
The offer made by the Loyal
League of Philadelphia of $5OO for the
best 'essay on "the legal organization of
the people to select candidates for of
fice," is producing some discussion,
and it is not impossible that no incon
siderable good results may come of it.
One thing is certain, the wish and in
tention in the popular mind to work
a reform in this respect have taken a
deeper lodgment than over before, and
simply because the necessity is felt to
be greater than over before. In every
quarter are to be found men who have
deliberately determined to live on of
fice, whether the peoplo want thorn,
or whether they are fit or not. The
fact.that such a purpose exists, is Trot
ty good evidence of unfitness, and
should be good reason, even if fitness
existed, why the man who has thus
determined should be rejected by the
people. Few offices will pay an hon
est man, unless he be in somo manner
physically disabled for more active
business, so well as to be an induce
ment for seeking them as a perma
nent employment ; and when wo find
small offices—or offices with small sal
aries—actually sought for by men who
in almost any other way could make
four times the salary, the presump
tion is either that they already are so
rich that pay is of but little cons°.
quenco,or that they expect the pay will
prove to be but a small part of what
they will realize. Every day obser
vation is fruitful of conclusions on this
point; and in view of the extent to
which these things have. come to be
systematized, the people are casting
around for a remedy. The New York
Tribune, in making reference to the
Philadelphia movement, makes some
suggestions of a practical character, as
follows :
These offers will doubtless elicit several
good essays; yet we wish the field of inquiry
had been made far broader. "How shall
those citizens who desire to vote for compe
tent, upright legislators and rulers, and HUGO
others, achieve their end ? Ilow shall they
achieve such an understanding or concert
that they will be enabled to combine their
strength, and not be constrained either to
throw away their votes on candidates who
stand no chance of election, or to vote for
1111311 ill whom they have no confidence, and
whom they support only because they must?"
There are few problems now to be solved of
greater practical importance.
Each of us is now virtually compelled to
vote for candidates in whose integrity and
capacity we feel no confidence. There may
be a very good name at the head of our ballot,
with two or three more scattered through it ;
but of three-fourths of those named thereon
we neither know nothing or no good. How
shall wo mend this ?
-STEVILLN
Our advice, briefly, would be:
1. Let us elect by popular vote fewer offi
cers than now, leaving more to he appointed.
2. Let us discard for the most part, the
swindling machinery of "Regular Nomina
tions," and call by public requisition upon fit
persons to stand as candidates fur elective of
ficers,
A requisition is a very simple matter. It
reads :
"To--, Esq ,
-The undersigned, residents and electors
of the--District, respectfully request you
to stand as the Republican (or Democratic,
or Conservative, as the case may be) candi
date for Representative in Congress [or State
Senate, or Assembly] at the ensuing elec
tion."
(Here follow the signatures.]
Of course, there may he two or more rival
requisitions ; but almost any ono might de
termine, by a simple scrutiny of the names
attached to each, which or them was the
more responsibly and worthily signed,thmgh
it should have the fewer names attached to
it, Usually, the weaker candidates would be
withdrawn or quickly dropped, leaving the
field clear on either side to the man who
ought to be supported. But, admit that the
strongest party in a district would sometimes
lose the day through a plurality of candidates
in its interest, we insist that the evil would
be far less serious than that now endured
from the rottenness or incapacity of the can
didatqe forced upon us by "regular nomina
tions."
When they who control conven
tions como once to know that bad
nominations will bo sure to lead to de
feat, they will be likely to make good
ones—and there aro many signs that
•it will bo extremely hazardous lon
ger to act so as to provoke the people
to taking matters of this sort in their
own bands.
POWER CF CONGRESS OVER SUFFRAGE.
—The Rev. Dr. Bacon, a strong Re
publican, in allusion to Charles Sum
ner's proposition that Congress control
the right of suffrage in all the States,
says: "Suppose such a law be enacted,
how shall it be executed ? The Na
tional Government has undertaken to
determine who shall vote and who not,
in the State of Massachusetts. What
next? The •National Government
must make a registration of voters, (as
it is now doing in the Southern States,)
by officers of its own. What next ?
The National Government must take
care that no man whom it invests
with this right of voting is in any way
restrained from voting; and therefore
the ballot boxes must be under the in
spection and in the custody of United
States officers, and United States po•
licemen or soldiers must keep order at
the voting places. The National Gov
ernment, having taken this matter in
hand, must go through with it, and
must take care that no man's vote is
thrown out in the counting, and that
the returns aro made, or the result
declared, correctly ; and this too it
must do by its own officers. A few
years' experience of elections conduct
ed by authority and undor regulations
proceeding from the scat of the Na
tional Government, would prove the
destruction of the reserved right of the
States, and the consequent centraliza
tion of power at the National Capital,
is identical with the subversion of lib
erty.
The intelligence horn Montana indi
cates that the people of that Territory
are making extensive preparations for
a! eneral Indian war, which they ho w
a determination to push to the point of
extermination. Acting Gov. Meagher
is reported to have issued a proelama.
lion calling for six hundred mounted
men for immediate service, which was
being eagerly responded to, several
companies having boon organized in a
few hours. Indian outrages upon the
white settlers in tho Gallitin Valley
fleem to be the provocation for this
movement.
OUR FINANUES,
Interesting statement of Secretary
McCulloch,
WASIIINOTON, May 29,—Secretary
McCulloch has written a long letter to
Boston capitalists in reply to an in
quiry addressed to Min on the national
financial situation. In the course of
this letter lie says they must not ex
pect that cur monthly statements ler
the rest of the present and early part
of the next fiscal year will be as satis
factory as they have been for many
months past. The donations or boun
ties to soldiers,preparations fora threat-
ening Indian war, even if the war it
self should be avoided, and very
appropriations of a miscellaneous
character, will cause unusually heavy
drafts to be made upon the Treasury.
While on the other hand the general
failure'of the wheat crop and partial
failure of the corn last year ; slow pro
gress in the restoration of the South
ern States to their proper relation with
the Federal Government; the dullness
of trade throughout the country, partly
the result of a decrease of production
and partly of natural reaction, which
always follows periods of excitement
and speculation, together with reduced
taxes, will very considerably affect our
revenues. This combination of adverse
circumstances may retard a return to
specie payments, and with largejssues
of bonds to be made to the Pacific rail
road and its branches or divisions, will
prevent for a short season a reduction
of the public debt, and may even ren
der a temporary increase of it unavoid
able, but it will not weaken faith in
our ability to move on again in the
right direction at an early day.
lie says that in•reply to the surprise
expressed that he has not lately con
tracted the currency, and to show that
his opinions on contraction have under
gone no change, he reiterates that he
is as much persuaded as ever of the
the importance, of the necessity, of an
early return to specie payment. What
the country needs to secure this he
says is economy and industry. lie adds
that he has nevertheless suspended the
reduction of the circulation of United
States notes, and for the following rea
sons, either of which would perhaps
have justified his course, and all of
which have had more or less influence
in determining it.
First, The views of a majority of
the members of Congress, as indicated
by a number of votes last winter, were
adverse to immediate contraction, and
I have not felt at liberty to place my•
self in practical opposition to the law
making branch of the government,
without whose support I mush be pow
erless.
Second, There have existed for some
months past anxious forebodings of fi
nancial troubles, and while they con
tinued I have been apprehensive that
a contraction of the currency—the oh
ject and effect of it being understood or
misinterpreted—might produce a pan
ic in the commercial cities, which, ex
tending over the country and beyond•
the speculative interest, would injur
iously affect legitimate business, and
the revenue depending upon it.
Third, Large amounts of interest
bearing notes are to be paid or con
verted within the present and next fis.
cal year; to which it seemed prudent
for me to direct my attention touching
the question of a curtailment of the eir.
culating notes, to he determined from
mouth to month by the condition of
the country and of the Treasury. •
Fourth, Anticipating that the fail
ure of the crops, and the other circum
stances alluded to would seriously affect
business, I have considered it impor
tant that the public mind should not
be diverted by the criticisms and com
plaints of those who are opposed to
contraction from the real causes of
trouble; that a sound policy should
not be put in peril by being made the
scapegoat for evils resulting from dif
ferent causes.
Secretary McCulloch's letter con
cludes as follows :
"You will not infer from what I have
written that I am not hopeful in regard
to our financial future. It has been
my constant aim to so manage the na
tional finances as to aid in bringing the
country to a healthy financial condi.
Lion, without being subjected to severe
disasters which many judicious per
sons have supposed the largo debt and
derangement of business, the diminu
tion of industry, occasioned by the war,
and the redundant currency would
render inevitable.
My faith that this can be accom
plished, is unshaken. The causes
which aro now operating against us,
aro exceptional and temporary. The
prospect of a good crop of winter wheat
was never better; more spring wheat
has been sowed, and more corn has or
will be planted this season, than ever
before. The people are beginning to
comprehend again this important
truth, which seems to have been disre
garded for some years past, that pros
perity is the result of labor; that in
dustry and economy are as indispensa•
blo to national as individual wealth."
BOOTH'S BoDv.—The following par
agraph will show what disposition was
made of the body of J. Wilkes Booth;
which was in charge of Gen. L. C. Ba
ker, Chief Detective of the War De
partment:
"Immediately after the conclusion
of the examination, the Secretary of
War gave orders as to the disposition
of the body, which had become very
offensive, owing to the condition in
which it had remained after death ; the
leg, broken in jumping from the box to
the stage, was much discolored and
swollen, the blood from the wound hav
ing saturated his under clothing. With
the assistance of Lieut. L. G. Baker, I
took the body from the gunboat di
rect to the old Penitentiary, adjoining
the old Arsenal grounds. The building
had not been used as a prison for some
years previously. The Ordnance De
partment had filled the ground-floor
cells with fixed ammuuitioti—ono of
the largest of these cells was selected
as the burial-place of Booth—the am
munition was removed, a largo flat
stone was lilted from its place, and a
rude grave dug; the boy was dropped
in, the grave filled up, the stono repla
ced, and there rests to this hour all
that remained of John Wilkes Booth."
Russia has an active army number
ing nearly a million soldiers. This
force can be increased fifty per cont.
at the slightest notice.
IMPORTANT MEXICAN NEWS.
Queretaro Taken by the Liberals.
Matamoros, May 23d, via Yew Or
leans, May 27th.—Tho following was
received from General Eseobedo to
day :
Citizen Minister of War—At three
o'clock on the morning of the 15th, La
Cruz was taken by our forces, who
surprised the enemy. Shortly after
the garrison were made prisoners, and
our troops occupied the Plaza. Mean•
while the enemy retreated towards
Cerro Do La Campana, where our ar
tillery caused him to surrender. At
eight o'clock A. M., Maximilian and
his Generals, Mejia and Castello, sur
rendered unconditionally.
You will please give the President
my congratulations on this triumph of
the national army.
[Signed.] Esconzne.
Gen. Escobede reports from the inte
rior that, Presiden Juarez has ordered
Arch Duke Maximilian and all his Gen
erals to be shot.
Matamoras, Nag 25.—The Liberal
force which took possession of Quere
taro has started for the Capital.
Commodore' J. D. Payan, cf the
Mexican navy, has been ordered by
General Berriozabal to the command
of an expedition against Vera Cruz.
The Liberals have taken possession
of the steamer General Sheridan, for
naval purposes.
So ends the struggle in Mexico.
Latest News from Mexico.
Maximilian Ordered to be Executed.
NEW ORLEANS, May 31, 1867.—The
city of Mexico has certainly capitula
ted. Gen. O'Hara was shot there for
correspondence with the Liberals.—
Vera Ortiz will soon surrender.
Upon the surrender of Maximilian,
'Juarez sent to Vera Cruz, Puebla and
the city of Mexico dispatches similar
to that sent to General Berriozabal at
Matamoros. These state that all the
Imperialists, their ammunition and
supplies, wore captured on tho 15th
inst. Maximilian and all officers above
tho rank of Lieutenant are reported
to have been shot at seven o'clock on
the evening of the 15th, by officers who
escaped and arrived at Brownsville on
the 27th from Queretaro. Private lot
tors received at Matamoras state that
Juarez had ordered Escobedo to exe
cute Maximilian and his Generals, and
the official paper at San Louis Potosi,
after narrating the particulars of the
fall of .Querotaro, states that the Sec
retary of War forwarded orders to Es
cobedo on the 15th to shoot Maximilian
and his generals.
:Minister Campbell has received no
dispatches, but believes the news to be
correct. He is indignant that the let
ter of the United States government
has been so unworthily received. The
news is universally believed here of
the shooting of all.
THE 'REPLY TO ➢IINISTER CAMPBELL
The following is taken from the re
ply of Sebastian Lords do Tajoda to
the United States Minister Mr. Camp
bell, who in behalf of our Government
tried to save the lives of Maximilian
and his Generals:
"The French gone, the Archduke
Maximihan has desired to continue
shedding the blood of Mexicans. With
the exception of three or four cities
yet domineered by force, he has seen
the entire republic rise against him.
Notwithstanding this ho has desired
to continue the work of desolation and
ruin by a civil war, without object, sur
rounded by some men known by their
plui.dering, and grave assassinations
and the most forward in bringing mis
fortunes upon the republic. In case
there be captured persons on whom
rest such responsibilities, it does not
appear to me that they can be consid
ered as simple prisoners of war, for
these aro responsibilities defined by
the laws of nations and by the . laws of
the republic.
The Government, which has given
many proofit of its principles of hu
manity and sentiments of generosity,
is also obliged to consider, according
to the circumstances of the eases,
what the principles of justice demand
and the duties which it has to perform
for the welfare of the Mexican pee•
Movement Against Canada.
ST. ALBANS, May 28.—Again our ci•
tizens aro on the qui vice respecting
Fenian movements, and this time there
appears to be some reason for antici
pating a raid on the Provinces at no
distant day. I have conversed with
two officers of the Fenian army,whoso
acquaintance I formed while they
were in service at this point last sum
mer, and the substance of their state
ment is that they, with four thousand
picked men, who aro located on the
borders between this place and Ma
lone, Now York, are only awaiting an
opportune moment to strike a decis
ive blow at British rule on the Ameri
can continent; and if they cannot
form the nucleus for an Irish republic
in Canada, they can, at least, instil dem
ocratic ideas into the minds of the peo
ple, and endeavor to procure the an
nexation of Canada to the United
States.
The °Mears say they have had spe
cial orders from headquarters since the
trial of Colonel Burke and his fellow
prisonors,in Ireland,and they aver that
if they aro hanged Britain will pay
dearly in this country as well as Ire
land. Large quantities of small arms
and ammunition, they tell me are bur.
ied on Canadian soil, within their
reach, which will be used as soon as an
opportune moment arrives. This
precaution was taken some weeks
since, so that when the "boys in green"
again cross the border their supplies
will be out of the reach of the United
State officers.. My informants allege
that when the army crosses the lino
they will be joined by several hundred
Irish Canadians, whose names are en
rolled at headquarters in Now York,
and who have in their keeping the
munitions above mentioned. The in
vading army will be • all officered and
equipped, and supplied with enough
provisions to last it until it gains a
sufficient foothold upon the country
to live thereon.
There is now exhibiting at Rodcar, n small
Tillage in England, a cork model of Lincoln
cathedral, made by a Lincolnshire plowman,
which contains the extraordinary number of
1,800,000 old corks, and occupied ten and a
half years in building.
The United States and Mexico.
By the fall of the empire ono chance
of civilization has been lost to Mexico.
The actual state of that wretched
country is worse, if that be possible,
than it was before the arrival of the
allies. The anarchy is apparently
more desperate, and the character of
the strife more sanguinary and horri
ble. Nor is there any prospect of pa
cification, for Juarez, though he could
destroy a government, can neither
construct or maintain one; and it
ap
pears to be believed that the United
States, after forbidding and disconcert
ing the intervention of others, must
attempt an intervention of their own.
The Mexicans aro incapable of self-go
vernment. If life and property are to
be secure in the country, and if it is to
be included in the community of civil
ized States, the strong arm of some
foreign power must be employed to do
what Maximilian was compelled to
leave undone. There may be a change
in the instruments, but the work will
still be the same. It will not bi) easy,
and we can well imagine that the Am
ericans may be reluctant to undertake
it, but they have brought it upon their
own bands.
There would bo little profit now in
reviewing the errors of that policy in
which the ill starred empire took its
rise. Public opinion has been miscal
culated even in France itself', where
the expedition was unpopular from
first to last; but except for the termi
nation of the civil war and the victory
of the Fedora's in the United States,
the new monarchy would undoubtedly
have been consolidated, and the re
generation of Mexico gradually ac
complished. The opposition offered
in the country itself amounted to no
more than the struggle of a despairing
faction, and was soon overcome. It is
not long since Juarez was a fugitive
on the borders of Texas, preparing for
flight into American territory; but
with the defeat of the Confederates
and the rea.seendancy of the Union
and its principles, the whole prospect
was changed. Maximilian's enemies
were encouraged, and his patrons for
bidden to interfere.
The American Government said the
French must quit Mexico, and that
was enough to threw Mexico into an
archy once more. Maximilian accep
ted his now part of a Mexican chief;
and encountered the consequences.
His resolution did credit to his brave
ry and intentions, if not to his wisdom.
It will probably be the opinion of
everybody that be has deserved a bet
ter fate than ho has found, and we
can but trust that he may yet escape
with life from an enterprise which,
whatever may have been its disasters,
can never be sot clown to his dishonor.
As far as his personal administration
was concerned, it was exercised in the
interests of his subjects, and it might
by this time borne fruit in a stable
Government and tranquillized society,
had the experiment not been intur
rupted. Perhaps the. Americans will
now resume the attempt. They will
experience the same resistance, but
they will have greater advantages in
overcoming it. What ever cause or
pritktiple or policy they may proclaim,
they will find a faction in Mexico ready
to oppose their intervation, and to rise
in insurrection, like Juarez and his
partisans, against the authorities es
tablished. This opposition they must
suppress, as the French would have
done, by fin ce of arms, and with little
respect to the doctrines of natibnality
or independence. The work will prob
ably be troublesome, but as there will
at any rate, be nobody to' hinder it,
we may presume that it will be accom
plished at last.—London Times.
A despatch from Mobile of the 31st
ult. says : Yesterday's National Repub
lican newspaper, published in this city',
was suppressed by order of tho milita
ry commandant. A guard was placed
over the office, and its future publica
tion prohibited until the proof sheets
are submitted. The commandant, in
the order suppressing the paper, says
the paper is rendered amenable to the.
last paragraph of the general order of
May 19, prohibiting publication of ar
tidies inciting to riot and violence, or
public use of incendiary language.—
The article referred to was instructing
the freedmen when, where and how to
use fire arms.
Dar"lt is reported than an energetic
effort is being made by the impeach
ment party, Mr. Sumner and others, to
bring a sufficient number of members
of Congress in July to form a quorum
of both Houses. Mr. Sumner says he
only remains here himself to make up
that quorum, and if possible pass a law
to give suffrage to the negroes in the
Northwestern States and Territories.
Thirty-three letters to members were
sent off last week by the impeachment
party, urging them to come on, and a
largo number have been written by
Sumner who urges them to come in aid
of his suffrage proposition.
The report of the Famine Commis
sioners of India confirms previous ac
counts of the terrible severity in that
country. The Commissioners estimate
that not loss than one fourth of the en
tire population of the provinces of Or
issa and Midnaporo havo perished—
say about ono million persons ! In
two other districts (Cole and Southral
districts) the official report gives the
number of deaths in a population of
half a million, as 32,5961
The President, and Attorney Gene
ral are receiving an immense number
of letters from all portions of the south,
containing suffgestions and complaints
of every conceivable nature, which
they,profess have arisen under the re
construction act. No attempt is made
to answer these letters, but when im
portant inquiries are proposed, they
aro referred to the Attorney General
for such action as he may deem proper.
The excessive wet and cold rains
this spring have not boon without some
rmill benefits. It is stated by those
claiming to be aegriainted with the
fuel, that the caterpillars, or army
worm, which »tripped the trees and
and vines of their foliage last year,
have boon entirely destroyed. -
The International Ocean Telegraph
Company expects to open a line to the
public as far as the island of Cuba, du
ring July. Dispatches from &lorida
report that the land lino will be com
pleted by the first of June. The Cuba
Cable was manufactured in England,
is completed, and the new steamer o -
r a chartered to lay it.
By this Morning's Mail.
Municipal Election in Washington,
How the Colored Men Vote—Exciting
Scenes and Incidents, &O.
Special despatch to the Phila. Telegraph
WASHINGTON, June 3.—The munici
pal election is proceeding quietly to
day, and the result, will show a largo
Republican majority. The colored
peoplo 'were out at 2 a. m., marching
through tho wards with bugles and
horns, rallying the colored voters to
the polls.
At some of tho voting precincts the
colored voters were in line, four
abreast, to the number of one thousand,
as early as 4 a. m., and up to 12 o'clock
they have almost ontiro possession of
the polls in soveral of the Wards, as
the whites refuse to fall into line with
them.
In the Seventh Ward, whore the ne
groes are largely in the preponderance,
they have camped down on the line of
the polls with umbrellas and refresh•
ments, prepared' to wait all day for
their turn to vote. In this ward the
colored vote is so heavy that it will be
impossible for all registered to vote
before the polls close, at 7 p. m.
sEEk. A law regulating the amount of
baggage each passenger oil Pennsyva
nia railroad shall hereafter be allowed
to carry, was passed at the last ses
sion of the Legislature. It provides
that each passenger shall be entitled to
carry ono trunk or box, not exceeding
one hundred pounds in weight; that
when baggage shall be lost and dam
ages claimed, not to exceed three hud
drod dollars shall be allowed for each
trunk or box together with its con
tents; that if any person wishes to car
ry more weight or greater value of
baggage than this, he or she must have
the trunk or box weighed by the bag
gage agent before starting, disclose the
value that will be claimed in case of
loss, and pay extra for excess as may
be required by the particular railroad
company.
Late adrices from British ILonduras
state that about 30,000 acres of land
was bought by American Southrons,
at fifty cents . per acre, for purposes of
colonization. Nearly one hundred fa
milies were expected by the next stea
mer from the Statca.
n A young lady residing in the
vicinity of Brooklyn complains that
she became so interested in a young
man who visited her that while it his
society she lost her diamond ring and
found a brass one on"her finger in
stead, and adds if the ring is re
turned she will ,nsk no questions."
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
-.I,' it T . OT.I.OII—W. S. ENTaIKEN having
dlspos,sl of his store at Coffee Hun to JOSEPH
/MARCH A IMO., requests those having unsettled ac
counts with him to call and sottlo up immediately. 4-at
UNITED STATES
Authorized WAR CLAIM AGENCY
'HUNTINGDON, PA
SOLDIER4V HEIRS, ATTENTION !
The Oct of Congress approved March 2. 1867, gives to
Heirs of Soldiers who died prisoners of war,
COMMUTATION FOIL RATIONS,
for thn time the soldier was so held a prisoner, at the
rate of twenty-five cents per day, to he paid the follow
ing order: Ist. To the widow, if unmarried ; 2.d. To the
children • 3d. To the parents, to both pint!). if they ore
living, if eit her is dead, to the survivor; 4th. To the bro
thers and sisters.
The net of February 23. 1867, provides for the refund
ing of the $3OO Commutation Moony. where the same per
son WIN again drafted, and was required to Inter the ser
vice or furnish n substitute.
DISCHARGED SOLDIERS
Tiro net of March 2,1007, also makes proTisions for the
payment of tho
$l.OO ADDITIONAL BOUNTY
to such soldiers as hare aceid,ntally lost their ilischar
ges
All persons having any claims under any of the above
mentioned Acts, or any other hind of claim against the
United States or State Governments, can liars them
promptly collected, by addressing the undersigned. Im
formation and advice cheerfully given to soldiers or their
friends, free of charge.
W. 11. WOODS,
Ald7orim2 Army and Navy Mtr-C7aim, Agent,
m 3 ,29,1867 HUNTINODON, Iluntingdon co., Pa
„F 4 Xf POD PEND IT II RES & RECEIPTS
o vnsl p al Ito,
mty Fond.
it. March, 1804.
10 men recruited at $3OO each, $ 5700 00
Expenses paid committees for recru:ting, 291 00
&Timber, 1864.
10 men recruited at $lOO each, 4000 00
6 440 tt 2640 00
3 ” 510 , t 1530 00
Expenses paid for recruiting, 379 32
h 5, nary, 1865.
1 man nt $350
12 men at .010 each,
Expenses paid for recruiting
Net amount of original indebtedness fend by
John lirlllllll, Treasurer, as par amount re
ceived of collectors, $6913 62
Treasurer's percentage,
=I
loon recruited, 165 00
A mount roceivedfrom subscription, 2253 00
10420 20
Probable amt. of Irterent on outstanding bonds, 1250 00
Amount remaining to be assumed,
Nom—The amounts paid to volunteers in September,
1864. was $2.170 more than by law could be levied in tax ;
for the payment of wit kb there was sidmaription to the
amount of $2563, of which V 2253 have been paid, leaving
a balance of $2ll of [lto mnotintrequired not yet satisfied.
We, the undersigned Auditoreof Ted township, do cer
tify awe 10,00 audited the accounts of John Griffith,
Treasurer, and examined the foregoing statements and
find them correct as per statement; and that there re
mains to be assessed $11670 20, or thereabouts. Also,
that the accounts of said township have been regularly
audited.
tneas our Lands, this B t h day af s l o ipl'Aik t i s l:/i1! ) 1 11 K,
ALLEN EDWARDS,
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uty20,67 •
Auditors.
DECRIPTS & EXPENDITURES
tof WALKER Township Election District Bounty
Food.
IS6I. To nmt. rec'd orduplicato per ',mg. $2„968 2
.. n ~
1506 W. L. States, 235 00
To amount received on subscription, :1670 00
To annum to yet to be received,
Notes from (J. If. Long on sundry persons, 600 00
Amount from Wilson Watson. 300 00
0 " Wm. L. States, about 475 00
1221. By 23 men recruited as follows 1
22 men at $.. ton each, woo 00
3 veterans at. $lOO sad), 200 00
Interest and east on veterans. 53 00
Interest on money borrowed from John Miles
and .T. Moore, • 830 00
Expenses fOr recruit in g, '
330 83
$9363 S 3
Balance to be provided for, BS 00
There would be enough money standing on - subscrip.
tion if it con ho collated, and tax on unseated lands, to
fully liquidate the above balance.
We, the undersigned, Auditors of Walker township,
having examined the within account do Sod it just nun
true to the best of our knowledgeand belief.
Audited this 11th day of May, ISSi.
ABBAUA3I GRUBB,
JOUN BREWSTER,
ÜBO, W. STATES,
Auditors.
QTOLEN.—On the morning of the
k ' Dm, inst., front the stable at Union Furnace, Morris
township, a kW ;MEI, 1101100, with white mane and tail.
right hind foot white and ringhone, left hied foot corked.
Thu torso to betWeerl fit lOW seven years add, middling
thin in flesh.
$Ol nmvAnn will be paid by the subscriber for the
delivery of the ',eras to Union Furnace, and VD fur the
apprehension of the thief.
JONA. W. WERTZ.
Post Office Address, Spruce Creek, Huntingdon co., Pa,
Slay 22, 1067-31 . .
A..DAIINISTRATRIX' NOTICE.
(Estate rif James Watson, tlec'd,3
Letters of administration upon the estate of James
Watson, deceased. Into of Jackson township, having been
granted to the undersigned, bll persons indebted to the
estate will maim payment, and those having claims will
present them for settlement.
may 22, IIIAitTITA WATSON,
. Administratris.
NEW
LEATHER STORE.
HE undersigned would respectfully
T
announce that, in connection with their TANNERY,.
they have Just opened a splendid assortment of
FINE LEATHER,
Consisting in part of
FRENCH CALF SKIN,
KIP,
MOROCCO,
LININGS, •
BINDINGS,
SOLE,
UPPER,
HARNESS,
SKIRTING, StC.;,
Together with a general assortment of
UEDEEW.
The trade is invited to call and examine our stock,
Store on HILL street, two doors west of the Presbyter -
lion church.
The highest price paid for HIDES and BARK.
C. 11. MILLER SSON.
Huntingdon, may 10867
NEW BOOT AND SHOE STORE.
WM. AFRICA
llnforms the public that he has Just .
opened at his old stand in the Diamond,
Huntingdon,
A Fme Assortment of all kinds of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Per Ladies, Gentlemen and Children.
All of which hewn] sell at fair prices. Quick Wu and
small profits. eau and examine my stock.
llianufacturing and Repairing done to order as usual.
I [Huntingdon, May 1, 1567.
FM GEO. SHAEFFER
. 11asf ust returned from the east with a
BOOTS, SHOES, GAITERS,- (ka.t.
IVllich be otters to the Inspection of his customers amd
the public generally. Ile will sell hie stock at the most.
REASONABLE PRICES,
and those who purchase _ once will surely cull again.
BOOTS a,- SHOES MADE TO ORDER,
and It EPAIItING done In the neatest and most expiate
boas manner.
Cull upon Mr. Schaeffer at his shop on 11111 street, a
few doors west of the Diamond. my 2
FOR THE HARVEST OF 1867
BUY THE GENUINE PItIZE MACHINE.
BUCKEYE
Mower and Reaper,
With Double-jointed Folding Bar.
THOS. BURCIIINELL,
General Agent for Huntingdon Co
Huntingdon, April 243 m
LOGAN ACADEMY,
BELL'S MILLS, BLAIR COUNTY, PA.
EvilwMo fleet cla s s
ituti 7 rordin et bent
fitltio t l preparing forTolege, uelaor
teaching.
Whole expense for Summer term of 6 months $ll5 50.
.5:" NO EXTRA CHARGES. ..eV
Next term begins May 6th. Sand fora circular.
Roy. ORR LAWSON, Principal..
51c11.6.-3m? Antletown, Pa.
, • •11 2 ”
SOllletiliffg New •
GLAZIER & BRO.
TirAvE just, opened upon the corner
WASOINOTON and 6311T11 strects, a now and..
COMPLETE: ASI‘ORTHENT OH
DRY GOODS,
DRESS GOODS.
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GROCERIES,
QUEENS WARE,
SHOES,
ETO 'ETC
, •)
no citizen,' of Huntingdon and vicinity are hereby
tendered a standing invitation to call and examine our
stock. Our aim will ever ho, that complete satisfaction,
Loth as regards goods and prices, ha given to erery pur
chaser. (HAZIER & BRO.
Ben tinganne. &larch 27, 1867.
Can't Be Beaten !
Good Stock & Low Prices I
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JOHN H. WESTBROOK pa
Respectfully informs the citizens of Huntingdon and
vicinity that ho has Just received from the city a NEW and
splendid stock of
GROCERIES, CONFECTIONERIES
BOOTS & SHOES,,HATS & CAPS,
Hosiery, Shoe Findings, Carpet Sacks,
Trunks, &c., &c., &c., &c. •
all of which ho is prepared 10101 at groatlyrodoced price%
Don't forget the old eland in tho Diamond. Old can
mere and the public generally are invited to call.
Huntingdon, may 1, 1867. . •
350 00
4800 00
233 86
$19932 18
BM
EOM
$ll6lO 20
WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
A LARG-E STOCK
AND •
SPLENDID ASSORTMENT
OA
Window Curtain Papers,
JUST RECEIVED
AT
BEWIS' BOOK STORE.
DOWN!•
DOWN!!
DOWN!!
The prkea of thou same quality of Goods are. MeiNCDOWMI : tho
at llto
FIRST NATIONAL STORE,
Than any other House in town.
ns a call and be convinced.
Husbands, come and bring your Wives,
For they're the comfort of your lives,. •
And let your judges he your oyes—.
AT OUR CHEAP STORE.
The only Place to get Goo&
CALICOES for Tea Cents a Yard.
SO Packages Fresh MACKEREL just received.
R 0 AR 4 MILLER.
Huntingdon, apIT,
lEEE
MUM
$3278 83
1111CGCOINT3M'Ir
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ECQITOAIY IS MONEY SAVED I;
The subscriber is permanently located in Huntingdon,
x t
and is prepared to purchase, or repair in the
A b esti7Zil?TlZV d j t itn , YAZTonzs.
All articles intrusted to him trill be retorny4An the.
residence of the owner as soon na repaired. Umbrellati
and parasols for repair Lou he loft at Lewis' Book store.
may2,lSti6tf WM. FENVAIAN.
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),IipPICKLES ready for 04. table
)31 . 1y thp doz.,dnz., or 1, doz.., for eolo ap
LEWIS' Family grocery,
SPLENDID STOCK