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HUNTINGDON, PA.
Wednesday morning, July 31, 1867.
WM. LE WIS,
1 EDITORS
HUGH LINDSAY,
rte. free born negro, bearing the
rather iuelogant name of Aaron Sweat,
living in North Carolina, has announ
ced himself as a candidate for Con
gress, and is now bard at work among
his brethren in complexion.
867'The Surratt trial is drawing to
a close. The case will be given to the
jury the latter part of next week, and
if the lawyers do not take up too much
time in summing up, the trial may be
over by the 10th of August.. '
THE CE.4.WFORD COUNTY SYSTEM.
The Republican party of Lancaster
county-at-a late Convention, decided
to nominate their county ticket by the
"Prawford County System" which is
by a direct vote of all the voters in
stead of by "delegates." Other coun
ties aro moving in the same direction,
to - get rid of the corrupt office seekers.
ittsk.A,n Anti-Temperance association
has been organized in Eris, styled the
"Sons of Liberty." They propose to
oppose the election of any candidate to
the Legislature who is in favor of a
license Jaw. Such action as this may
call forth a demonstration from the
temperance men, which the opposition
may find very difficult to overcome.
1/69.411 the bills passed by Congress
at the recent session became laws, ex
'eppt 'that introduced by Mr. Sumner
Making negroes eligible for office in the
- - pistriet of Columbia. This bill was
_delivered to the President one hour
before Congress adjourned. Ho did
not roturn it, and it therefore failed to'
become a law. •
should not bo forgotten at this
time•that the laseLegislatare was very
corrupt, nor should the Republican
journals forgot their many professions
of seeing that good, honest men be
elected. Let us have an honest set of
Legislators for Pennsylvania once at
toast: .The way to do this is to select
men who are known to be honest, and
who , :are not loud-mouthed in making
pledges.whiCh.in secret they violate.
akst,.Tennessee is a troubled State.
It is governed by a Parson named
Brownlow, who has no respect for the
reconstructed rights of tho late rebels.
The accounts of riots are numerous,
and the interference of the military is
petitioned to be prosont at the polls to,
preserve order and peace. And yet
Tennessee is reconstructed to tho
ing of the Radicals, in having a Radical
Governor, and tho repeated success of
the Republican ticket. If all the South
ern States are to be "reconstructed" in
the same manner we will have a pan
demonium surely. -
,The Journal & American will have
it that we publish a "copperhead" sheet.
We would liko to please our neighbors
bat we must most positively decline to
associate with them on the dark side of
a political question. Wo have no incli
nation to follow in the footsteps of
Philips, Stevens & Co., or to allow them
to use us to accomplish their purpose.
When the struggle was for the Union
we threw party asido and joined
hands with every man who felt with
us, and now that the struggle is politi
cal power,and to place the colored man
on an equal political footing in every
respect with the white man, we join
hands in opposition.
PourroAL.— Tho Republican and
Democratic nominating Conventions
will meet in Huntingdon first week of
August Court. Tho elections for del
egates will be held on the Saturday
previous.
Henry S. Wharton is announced in
the Journal & American as a candidate
for re-election. David Black and Rob
ort McDivitt are also announced as
candidates for County Treasurer. We
hear also that Henry , Graffiusof Porter
township,.will be brought before the
Republican Convention for nomination
for Assembly. For, Senator on the
Republican side Lewis W. Hall, Dr.
Henry Orlady and Samuel MeVitty are
named. On the Democratic side R. B.
Petrikin and,. David Caldwell are con
testing for the nomination for Senator.
The above are all we hear of as candi
dates, bat.we sUpPose, there are other
men in the county who, will not refuse
a nomination or an election.
A. &MIT • MISTAKE.-SOMO Of the
Southern papers are exceedingly glee
ful over a blunder which is said to have
been Perpetrated by an army officer in
Richmond recently. On the 4th of
July a party of people went on a pie
me, and, as an appropriate exorcise for
the day, ono of the number read the
Declaration of Independence. The offi
cer in question, who was not as famil
iar with tho document as he ought to
have been, mistook Ur. Jefferson's
denunciations of George 111. and of
the British Parliament, for reflections
upon the President and Congress, and
ordered the whole party to be arrest.
ed. The "unreconstructed robs" of the
vicinity enjoyed the joke immensely,
and they were particularly jubilant
over the idea of the United States of
ficer mistaking the Declaration of In
dependence for a treasonable address.
THE population of China is about
four hundred millicinl; that of Japan
forty millions more. Theso two coun
tries contain nearly half the popula
tion cf the globe.
Who is to be Sold ?
Some sharp political manceuvring is
going on just now in high polities,Leir
cies. Gen. Grant says ho is n& party
man—that ho does not .trouble hie
mind with any of the paiticaf notions
or questions of the diy, and yet hols.
already spoken of by the majority of
the Republican organs throughout the
States, as likely to be the candidate for
President in the next contest. The
Democratic preseand politicians make
no opposition, and this fact alarms the
more radical of the Republican party
who are in favor of the nomination of
a "representative man"—a man pub
licly known to be in favor of radical
ism and all the radical measures of
Congress. If the Republican party ac
cepts Gun. Grant as its candidate it
will be because the party is afraid to
go before the people with a fair repre
sentative man of the party, admitting
in the very commencement of the con
test that radicalism is unpopular with
the people. To our mind the election
of Gen. Grant would bring about a very
happy result—the destruction of the
present corrupt party organizations.
Horace Greeley says Grant's nomi
nation by the New York Republican
General Committee was broughtahout
through the influence of Secretary
Seward, and therefore should be look
ed upon as a Democratic movement to
cheat the Republican party. The Mass
achusetts radicals have a committee to
follow the General everywhere to watch
what company he keeps, and to report
to radical headquarters.
"Worse, and More of Its"
Sir. Sumner recently admonished
the members of the U. S. Senate that it
would be well to prepare their minds
for the recoption,within the next twelve
Months or so, of a sprinkling of Sena
torti,of African descent from Southern
States._ Many Republicans will assert
that such an event will never occur.
But what will be their wonder when
such is the case within the time speci
fied.-; Judging from the signs of the
times in the South, we think it cannot
bo avoided, unless the Radicals lose the
power which they are so rapidly gain
ingby the accumulation of bltick voters.
The Radicals appeal to the colored
Southerners whose votes are to save
them, and what more can wo expect
than what wo in the last campaign
predicted—that if the colored nian was
allowed to vote he must be also allow
ed to hold office. The colored man is
being taught by the bolder Radicals
that he should not give his votes and
receive no reward. They will ask for
the offices, and they will have no hesi
tation in asking for the highest offices
in the gift of the American people. If
the Republicans seek their votes, they
will expect offices from the hands of the
Republicans, and in order to keep pow
er, the Republicans will share the
"loaves and fishes" of office with thorn;
and in that event the "sprinkling" re
ferred to by Sumner will be noticed
in the two chambers of Congress.
Mr. Stevens Gives it up.
Thaddeus Stevens, in the course of
a debate in the House on Friday last,
admitted that the President cannot ho
impeached by the present Congress.
He gives up the job in the following
language: '
Wo cannot impeach the President of
the United States. But I say to our
friends on this side who are urging
that measure, that they are urging it
in vain. The result of my motion the
other day clearly disclosed that. And,
without attempting to make disclosures,
I undertake to say that there are un
seen agencies at work, there aro inn's.
ible, powers at ,Work in this country
which will prevent the impeachment
of the President.
I have taken some pains to under
stand- tho composition of the House
and the composition of the Senate, and
I am quite certain that there aro enough
of persons in the Hoilso, firstly, to pre
vent the presentation of articles of im
peachment; and, secondly, that there
are enough persons in the Senate, if
articles of impeachment were voted,
to prevent the conviction of the Presi
dent;* so that, I repeat, an attempt to
impeach the President will be vain and
futile. It is impossible to pierce the
panoply which surrounds the White
House.
Those members who have boon so
fierce for impeaching the President
have got themselves into a disagreea
ble position. They have led the coun
try to expect groat things in the way
of evidence against the President, and
have taken a ton or two of testimony,
which, according to Mr.' Stovens,
aniountei to nothing.
TILE New York whisky dealers aro
getting up a grand demonstration
against the Sunday and Prohibitory
laws, preparatory to a more forcible
resistanco of them. The great banner
which is to go at the head of the pro•
cession, and-the smaller badges, boar a
representation of Christ, blessing the
wino at Cana. This sublimo concep
tion could only come from Mr. Wilkes,
who is the head and front of tho now
movement, as very few of his present
followers ever hoard- of:Christ. Tho
whisky dealers of New York, carrying
a banner with Christ blessing wino
painted upon it, and George Wilkes ri
ding at the hoad, would ho a spectacle
almost as imposing as the London riot
ers when Lord George Gordon com
manded.
A. curious story is currant that
General Grant recently discovered that
his" movements wore watched by a de
tective who had been persistently fol
lowing him, and who, it is further re
ported, is employed by a Massachusetts
politician in Washington. The detec
tive, on being questioned by tho Gene
ral, said he was hunting up testimony
for r. Congressional Committee.
,Bay-The National Union State Con-
tral Committee held a meeting at the
Girard House; Philadelphia, on Tues
day of lait week. The following re
solutions. Were nnitnimeusly • adopted
by the committee r -
-Whereas, the present condition of
the country, in all its relations, respec
ting its nationality'and constitutional
obligation, fills the'minds of all patri
otic citizens with just anxiety and ap
prehension, and that the future wel-
fare and permanent continuance of
republican institutions call imperative
ly for early, earnest and concentrated
action 'fun the part of the people, to
aid to save and preserve the grand and
glorious ideas upon which the govern
ment of the United States was origi
nally based and founded; therefore be
it
Resolved, That a close and strict ad
herence, and honest obedience to the
Constitution of a common country is
the surest protection to liberty and
the safest and e best established guaran
tee that in these "old form~ and time
honored doctrines and opinions" the
rights of all men aro most securely
confided and best maintained.
Resolved, That the wise, consistent
and patriotic action of Andrew John•
son, our worthy President, in his ef
forts to stay the march of radicalism,
either in the North or ,South, and his
unselfish endeavors to preserve the
Constitution, to restore the .unity of,
the States, and to secure to all the
people of a common country the rights
which the madnefro and crimes of a few
desperate men have involved in doubt
or placed in jeopardy, demands the
most earnest and thorough regard and
support off' the people. That the bold
and intrepid conduct of the President
in the entire contest with Congress
furnishes evidences of the truthfulness
and value of constitutional liberty.
Resolved, That the health of repub
lican institutions, the continuity of the
same, and an assurance that with us
all people of all nations may safely
and happily find an abiding place and
home, depend upon the honest and
faithful preservation of our Constitu
tion.
Resolved, That the action of aidpre
sent and late Congress, representing
less than one-third of the population
of the United States, in their efforts to
keep our country distracted and divi
ded, our Constitution and its guaran
tees of rights to States and people sus
pended, indicate a disposition to estab
lish a central despotism i to be lodged in
one department of government, equal
ly destructive of rational liberty in
these States demanding the stern • re
buke of every lover of his country.
Resolved, That in order to bring
these great truths before the people,and
to place before them an exposition of
their principles, it is recommended to
the citizens of the several •eountios in
their several election districts, to meet
together and elect proper representa
tives to a convention of the counties
and States, to place candidates before
the country to carry these views into
effect.
Resolved, That our thanks are due
to the members of the Senate and
House of Representatives of the last
and present Congress, who have sue
tained and by their votes defended the
President in his holiest endeavors tel
maintain and preserve the dignity of
tlmUnion of the American nation, and
the Maintenance of its supremo law,
the glorious Constitution of Washing
ton and his compeers of the-• revolu
tion.
The liberties of tho people are at
stake, the Constitution is to bo preser
ved, the Union of the States is to be
restored, the supretnaoy of races is to
be established and continued ; an hour
may be more productive of results than
years of labor hereafter. The Nation
al Union party appeal to the country
to unite in a great effort to arrest the
tyranny and oligarchism which has
characterized the late and present Con
gress, and which demands undivided
condemnation at the hands of good
citizens.
New Jersey and the suffrage Question
The Republican State Convention of
New Jersey, at Trenton, Tuesday, ad
opted a lengthy address to the Repub
licans of the State on the subject of
universal suffrage and the striking of
tho word "white" from the constitu
tion. Among the resolutions adopted
were the following:
Resolved, That pledging ourselves
for the eradication of the word "white"
from the constitution of New Jersey
by every legal and honorable means,
we also call. upon Congress to take
measures to induce or compel all the
States of the Union to establish a just
and uniform rule of suffrage, exclu
ding all distinctions of class, and race
and color, so that the citizens of each
State shall be entitled to all privileges
and immunities of citizens in the sev
eral States, and the United States shall
redeem its original promise to guaran•
too to every State in the Union a re
publican form of government.
Resolved, That this doctrine of the
absolute equality of all men before the
law, of which impartial suffrage is a
necessary corollary, is in strict accord
ance with that sublime declaration of
the fathers of the Republic, that "All
mon are . created • iitial," which was
and is the corner-stone of all our dem
ocratic institutions. •
Resolved, That by our action this
day, we intend heartily to indorse the
votes of Senators and Representatives
in Congress, in favor of securing im
partial suffrage to the people of the
States lately in rebellion, and to repu
diate the charge that we aro willing to
mpoSe upon others - a fundamental
principle of government which we are
not prepared to accept for ourselves.
WEA-KENED VISION FROM TOBACCO
SMOKING—In some cases the impair
ment of vision which goes by the name
of amblyopia precedes its entitle loss,
from palsy of the optic nerve. Objects
aro perceived but imperfectly; they
appear more or less obscured by cloud
or haziness; the letters of a book run
into each other and become confused;
the eye is soon tired, and waters or be
comes bloodshot if exertion is con
tinued. M. Varidin has reported three
cases of this disease caused from smok
ing. In the treatment of these cases
the quantity of tobacco smoked was
reduced, under the direction of M.
Viardia, and the sight was restored in
the course of a few weeks.' Ho must
be a very slave to the use of the wood
who, having once recovered from its
poisoning effects, would persist in the
habit.
[Fronk The New York Timex ]
Affairs in Tennessee-Brownlow's Rule,
The proposal of ultra radicals to
subjoet the constitutions of Maryland !
and Kentucky to Congressioal revis- '
ion, under the pretense of providing
therefore a republican form of Govern--
merit, invests with interest all that re
lates to the political condition of Ten
nessee, where Brownlow is carrying
out their theories to perfection.
To the knowledge possessed by the
public on this subject a correspondent
yesterday furnished a noteworthy ad
dition. The writer of the letter is a
citizen of Tennessee, a consistent friend
of the Union cause, and a man whose
statements.are, worthy of the fullest
credence. There is nothing in them
absolutely übvel i they reiterate repre
sentations which have been received
from other sources, and tho literal truth
of which can no longer be doubted.
The letter,,bewever, throws additional
light upon some points which have not
been properly appreciated, and illuS
trates the approach of a crisis which
Brownlow's lust for power seems on
the eve of precipitating upon the State.
What republican government in
Tennessee at/mints to is plainly shown
in the means which Brownlow is em
ploying to insure success for himself
and friend in 'the next election. The
1 1 system of proscription which he has in
stituted has culminated in the disfran
chisement of over four-fifths of the
white men of the State - ; and still it is
pushed further wherever there is' dan
ger of a Browplow' defeat. In - some
counties the white voters are fewer in
number than thooffices to be filled. In
others, the Governor is availing him
self of a law enacted by his creatures in
the Legislatdre by which he is ompOw
ered at plea'suro to set aside the regis
tration where it is unsatisfactory, and
to appoint a Lew -Registrar• with the
view of making matters more agree
able. Thus adverse ,majorities , are
overcome by a'short and simple pro
cess, enabling the government to die
franchise all who withhold from him
support.
This extraordinary power lie is exor
cising to an extent that renders the
holding of an election a farce, the re
gular registration under the law being
sot aside, and a new registration made
under the direction o Brownlow's
agents. Evon the candidates in - some
places officiate as registrars and. pre
pare thelists 'of those who shall vote,
a shameless substitute for the old meth
od of ballot-stuffing. Where the affin
ities of tho,eitizen are not known the
certificate of a regular Brownlow man
is required t and the result is the whole
sale exclusion of loyalists,
tried and
true, as well as of former Rebels. Nay,
the latter 'sometimes fare better .than
the former, as a circumstance- men
tioned by -,v!ruit correspondent proves.
An anti-Brownlow Unionist, who ser
ved as a Federal officer during the war,
has in one instance been required to
procure the indorsation of a Rebel Col
onel who happens now to be on Brown
low's side.
The effect of the condition of affairs
upon the white people of the State may
be conceived. We have but to suppose
ourselves in. the position of four fifths
of the white Tennesseettne—including
a majority of original and steadfast
Unionist .. - --sr'2"M'jtufge of the anger and
indignation which the course of the
Brownlow faction is everywhere ex
citing. ft is_not surprising that fears
of ex-tended-trouble aro entertained,or
that conflicts on a small scale continu
ally occur during the progress of the
canvass. Infinitely more astonishing
would it be if the outrages perpetrated
by the party of extremists who seek
to intrench themselves pomanently in
power, were permitted to pass wholly
unresented. The pretenses under
which they are perpetrated add to
their enormity. A band of outlaws
holding the 'offices of the - State, and
trying by force and fraud to keep them,
would be d spectacle sad enough in all.
conscience.;. Hero, however, we have
usurpation, tyranny, injustice, and
crime carried on in the name of loyalty
and Union, with former Rebels, now
in the Brownlow interest, helping to
commit them, and thousands of faith
ful Unionists among the victims.
To make . matters yet worse, the
same disregard of principle which
marks the conduct of the ruling faction
in regard to registration and disfran
chisement, governs their appeals to
the negro element. The four-fifths of
the whites who worship not Brown
low are held up to the blacks as ene
mies who must,bo kept down—as pos
sessors of property which the blacks
may righteously appropriate. The
bitterness- of a partisan contest • is,
therefore, intensified by. the , passions
incident to an antagonism •of races.
The two causes, combined, are rapidly
reducing the State to a condition com
pared with which that of the people
of Georgia or Mississippi is superlative
bliss. Instead :of wondering at the
bad blood, of which all accounts from
Tennessee speak, rather let us wonder
at the patience that prevails and the re•
spoct for order which _Om leaders op
posed to Broiinlow enjoin upon their
supporters.
Unless a 'phange come, and that
speedily, ie torforenee of some sort will
bo called for to rescue Tennessee from
tl3e faction that dominates over and
disgraces it, and to institute, recon
struction after the,fashiop. of tho mili
tary government plan. Certainly,
neither Maryland nor Kentucky af
fords a hundredth part of justification
for interference which Tennessee pro
seats, whether considered in reference
to wrongs done or the legitimacy of
the wrong - doors. The unconstitution
ality and illegality which attached to
the organization of the ten Govern
ment now termed '"provisional," also
taint the foundation of the present
Government of Tennessee. We see no
method of purging it of the foul hu
' mors which find vent in the Brownlow
regime except that of reconstruction
from without. Let the wants of Ten
nessee be remembered when help for
Maryland and -Kentucky is invoked.
m.lmmoose deposits of tin ore have
been discovered in Madison county,
Wisconsin. Ono lode is between five
and six hundred foot wide.
ME`There are fifty lodges of tho or
der of Good Ternplars in the State of
Maryland, comprising fifty thousand
members.
Little "All Bight," the Japanese per
former, died in Chicago on the 15th
from ininriee oust:tined- at New York.
Th© Trial of Purratt,
On Monday Rev. Charles Boucher,
of Canada, testified that Surratt was
concealed in his house for three montils
after the assassination and previous to
his departure for Europe. He also sta- -
ted-that be considered the character of
Dr. McMillan very bad, and there was a
number of persons who would not be- -
lieve him under• oath. The examine
tion of this witness closed the direct
testimony for the defenco,and the pros
ecution commenced the rebuttal. - It
was shown by several witnesses that
about the middle of the month of - April,
1865, the trains did not run regularly
between Canandaigua and Elmira on
account of the floods. Maurey Dro
han,
who had charge of the ferryboat
at Williamsport, testified that be took
the prisoner across the river-at that
place sometime in April, 1865.
On Tuesday the counsel for the pros
ecution offered in evidence some papers
which had been mentioned by 'witnes
ses as having a bearing on tho ease.
Attachments were issued for witnesses
who had refused .tosattend. k number
of witnesses testified in regard to the
running of trains on the-Philadelphia
and Erieißailroad, .The good charac--
ter of Dr. McMillan was testified to.
Charles IL Blim testified that Detee4
Live Hallohan did not lose the hand
kerchief with Surratt's name upon it.
Witnesses were examined
-in regard to
the characters of S. F. Cameron and
John T. Tippotis. ,
On Wednesday testimony was taken
in regard to the good and bad charac
ter of witnesses. Col. Stewart,. who
was at the theatre when the asfsessina,
tion took place, ,testified •tbUtit the,at•
mosphoro was hazy; but that.the moon
was sufficiently bright for• him to see
Booth as he• mounted his horse.-..,-
On Thursday the character of Dr.
Bissell, a witness for the defence, was
shown to, be very bad. Considerable
time was occupied in determining the
running tithe on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and a long argument took
place betlimen counsel in regard to the
ad - missibility of certain evidence. The
.counsel for the defence offered to sub!
mit the case to the jury without argu
ment but the'prosecution objected.
On Friday Judge Fisher read a
lengthy decision refusing to allow the
evidence regarding the running of the
trains between:Washington and New ./
York to be stricken - out. The testi
mony in regard to the telegraphic com
munication between Washington and
Elmira was also declared .admiasible.
Several witnesses testified that ' the
character of Di. Bissell - was Very bad,
and an equal number declared that it
was very good.' The - counsel then pre
ceeded: to discuss the motions'-to strike
out certain testimony, and 'during the
arguments the jury were allowed to
return to their hotel.
On Saturday the examination of
witnesses closed. Mr. Carrington,'Dis
triet Attorney, opened the argument.
The Indian War.
A. K. McClure says: "I have been
OD the plains since the Gth of May, and
I deem it as duo to trutlr to say that
to the obstinacy or imbecility of mili
tary managements wo are indebted for
the crimsoned record the overland
route presents,this year. The govern•
merit did everything that could' have
been asked in furnishing men, bnt un
til this day there has been no practical
use made of the thousands of troops,
riow nearly as' largo on the plains as
Sherman required to march against a
powerful and well commanded foe from
Chattanooga to Atlanta. . •
"I do not know who is to blame for
the wasteful'expenditure of money in
the character of troops sent to 'contend
with Indians. I believe that not more
than one-fourth of the force west of
the Mississippi is cavalry, while fully
one-half of it should be mounted in the
West. First of all, the troops should
be taken from the far West, as the
people of the Territories understand
the Indian character, cherish the in
tensest hatred toward them, and will
fight them 'until they can't rest,' to
use a favorite western saying. On the
other hand, the regulars prefer any
sort of warfare to 'lndian warfare.
They both despise , and fear the sava
ges, and fight them only when they
cannot avoid it. They have deserted
until many regiments are reduced
thirty per cent, and in some instances,
it is believed, have joined the Indians
in plundering - trains. Certain it is that
the marks of whiter men have been de
tected in a number ,of the,raids upon
the ranches and stations. Our Ameri
can, horses, on which, the cavalrymen
are'inourited,- are utterly--afit for In
dian—campaigns.: 'They, , are ,heavy,
sluggish;' and cannot Mari:lt'd,' week'
without grain, while .tberlndian pony
and bronelmwilltravelalftho summer
on prairie ginsa, - and"out' Strip' even a
well fed•Atuoyican charger. ; One thou
sand then ficoh' Colorado: Naratiliit, s or
Montana, mounted on such horses as
they would select, would be worth
double their number of regular troops
mounted as is our re,gular cavalry:, It
seems to mo impossible that these facts,
which aro so patent to,every western
roan, .ha ,- ve:norlbeen pressed upon the
military authorities, and ,if so, upon
whom does - this costly; bloody blun
der rest 7" '
A Mum's. RUM —The following
beautiful 'holdout is recorded in the
Pi ttab rgh"-Dispatch, ) i - 7 f • -•
• The noble deeds of robin red breast
haVe been celebt:ated for generations
in both song and story, and l i htender
sympathy whith this bird_ is supPOsed
to feel for : stray babe.s has gained-
,for
it the higheet °pillion' of the beetilkints
of the nursery. A painful little
cir
cumstance, which will interest our
young readers, and at the same - time
serve to confirm their regard for the
robin, was brought.to„ light
. aftor.,,the,
fire at the;residenco•olgr.
a week or two ago. In a tree near by,
a robin built -her nest, and batched her
brood. The birdlings were too young
to fiy, and although the flames pro
gressed, and the heat became more
intense, the mother bird refused to for
sake her nest, and perished in her ef
forts to protect her little ones from
harm. The nest was afterwards dis
covered, and the parent bird was
found, with her little brood still under
her, but all wore dead. What a won-'
derail instinct has the Creator bestow
od upon this little creature, thatWoUld
impel it thus to sacrifice its own life,
in a manner so peculiarly painful, in its
efforts to shield-the helpless little ones
committed to its charge I Sure, many
men and women might learn a lesson
of wisdom from this martyr bird.
BLACK ANGELS.—A short time be
fore the French Revolution the mania
for liberty : was•manifested many times
by the excessive . - protection given to
the negroeik:i
- Among tjie fairciriteS-;of this color
was one, young falOW.,iviiii.enjoyed the
retoutatienoUbeing a.:goairitytist. Bon
apart° ,beingi First 'Consul, the negro
Dame mierday to askiiis' protection in
a"PieCurOwlftell he wished-to
place tiatbre the public, but it had been
criticised so much that he dare not
show it without the favor and sanction
of the Consul. ; Bonaparte manifested
a - desire to - sco it, and it was accord
ingly brought into his presence.
The painting represented the Eter
nal Father, the Virgin and the Son of
God, surrounded -by -angels, - but all
were black 1
~,At seeing. it Bonaparte
was unable tto . contain' himself, and
burst . into a'iond laugh. •The: artist
vindicated himself, saying:
"The whites 'believe that a black
skin is a mark of infamy
,by which the
descendants of Cain are condemned;
we on the contrary, - believe that the
whit 6 skin was given to men as a curse.
You believe that God and the angels":
are white, and why should we,not
lieve tlnit they are black ?"-
"You have an indisputable right to
make them so, and -to paint, as many
black angels as you choose," *replied
the Consul;
"but, when they"are com
pleted, the best use yon can -make of
them is to send them to- the island of
St. Domingo.' _
.v 5- Mr. Greeley, in an article in the
Independent, this•week, descriptive-of:a
recent visit, to Niagara, says : "Of the
grand sigKs I ,liaVe enjoyed—Rome
from tho demo of St. Peter's—ltaly
from the southern brow of Mount Ce-'
nis—the Alps from the valley of Lake
Gorno—Mont Blanc and ,her glaciers
from Chinn° n d the Yo
somite—l judge the last named the
most uninue and,stupendous.. It_is fi,
partially - wooded gorge, 100' to 300
rods wide, and 3 ) 000 to 4,000 feet deep
between almost perpendicular walls.of
gray granite, and here and there a
dark yellow pine rooted in a crevice of
either wall, and clinging with -despe
rate tenacityAo .- its! dizzy ;elevation.
The isolation of:the Yoiemite—the ab
solute wild,neds of its sy Ran .ifelitadei,
many mile's - french - dm:Ai) 'Settler:fent or_
cultivation—its cascade 2 000 feet nigh,
though the stream makes this
leap has worn a channel in the hard
bed rock to a depth 0f,1,000 feetren--
dors it the grandest marvel that ever
mot my gaze. Next to Yosemite, I
judge that _Niagara has more distinct
and diverse attribute's of sublimity
than any other. Its volume is so vast
that its height is dwarfed when mews
ured by th - o eye:along. You,: do
believe that it can be 150 feet from
the surfaCe below' the fall till you .have
given your apprehension time to expand
. 4 1 : nd adjust itself to the grand propor
tions of the scone."
Der At New Albany, Ind., a very
singular and fatal desease is prevailing
to some extent among the chickens.
The chicken is suddenly attacked by
this disease, and at the moment when
the attack occurs will sluing straight
up into the air two or three feet and
fall helpless to the ground. The head
and neck is cramped and rests upon
the back, and thus remains until the
fowl dies, which it generally does in
from five to ten minutes. The legs of
the chickens attacked aro also much
contracted by cramp. Persons have
lost as high as forty and fifty chickens
by this disease in a single week. Very
often from half a dozen to a dozen
will be found of a morning lying dead
under their roosts.
A GYPSY FUNERAL —A singular trait
of the gypsies is reported by the Day
ton Journal. It seems that some years
ago a man named Stanley, the king of
the tribe in this country, was buriedirf
great state in the Woodland Cemetery
Since the - n, no matter where a member
of the tribe in this country has died,
the remains have been to the
same place for interment. Last fall
and winter four children of the tribe
died in Texas, and the remains were
sent to the vault in Woodland, until a
sufrthienf delegation'of , the" tribe &Mid'
bo gathered to. celebrate.
,the ceremo
nies properly. The Dayton :Journal
speaks very well of the conduct of the
gypsies in that neighborhood.
ADVERTIEME.KIY6 7 . -
EsTriA.Y.' " •
Came to the property of the euhocriber residing to
Potter township; llnntingdon County, tiro head of young
cattle, in the month of June. cc follows: 4 two year old
Ileilforo, red and whito, 1 two year old Steer, light red
and white. Tho owner is requested to come roman'
more property. pay charges, and take them away, othor
who they till 'mould accordiug to law.
July 31, '67-41, - - - SAMUEL HATFIELD, Jo.
AGRECULTURAL"SOCIETY.
. ,
A regular mooting of thn ComitY Agricultural
:Moiety, will ho hell in the Court House, on Tuesday
evening of the coming Court, lgth prox. The question
of holding a County Nair during the present year will be
determined. an well an other Ismineskof importance. - A
general attendance is requested. ' =
By order of the Society,
It, WIJIYITT, Scc'y.
Hun ting,76n; July 31,'67
THE LEHIGH UNIVERSITY,
SCUTII DETIILEIIESI, PA.,,,
(Founded and endowed by And Packer.)
.
The second yea'r opens Solitelnbar lat, for Students in
the lat and 2d classes, and in tho special schools of EN
GINEERING, (Civil, Mechanical and Mining,) and of AN
ALYTICAL. CIIESIISTIIY. Applicants examined from
the 15th to the 20th of August, for registers, avith par
ticulars, apply to " DENNY COPPED, ' r.L. D.
julySldm
. president.
_
"Beyond the Mississippi.:
A Compete Ilistrriw of the Nan States and i'errilories, from
the Great River to the Ocean.
ALBERT D. RICHARDSON
Over 20009 Copies sold In one °tenth
Lifer. ,ii Ad vim turCs on - Prairies, Mqintaiiis and the Pa
cific Coast. With over 200 Descriptive and Photographic
Vtesvalcof the Scenery, Cities, Lands, Manes,. Pecplo and
Curiosities of the item States andTerritorietl. 7
To protpectit emigrants and settlers in the "Fa*
West,' this History of that vast and , rertile region will
prove an invaluable assistance, supplying as it does a
want long fell of a full, antlientle anti reliable guide to
climate. soil, ptreluctsy 'rmits of travel, the., de, •
AGENTS' Ai ANTED.—Send for Circulars :int' see'our
terms, and a foil description of the work.
Addeo's NATIO:1 At. PUUIdW Q, CQ..
july:3l.lt • 501' Miner St, Philadelphia, l'a,'
THE LAMB IMPROVED
FAMILY KNITTING MACHINE;
Please roll and seo this valuable Machine, mid the
work whiph It preduces. Maohines with alt the apron,
inhumes, for silo at the low price of SGS; nest 'Waytnntetr
as represented. CALL, AND UNE I]'.
—ltoom, on VVASIIINGTON Street. (opposite the
n(11,013 K." Printing office.) lIUNTINOD IN, Pa.
An asset tomtit of Knit Goods on html, for sale, and
made to order on short notice, Such es Ladies,' Misses',
and Cialdron'S Stockings,Gents'lVoolen and Cotton Seeks
also, Scarfs, Afghans, Puke Warmers, Caps, Tubs, Ac.
The LAMB KNITTING Machine is very simple, and
finishes its work; capable of producing more than a
dozen different stitches; It is unlike:any other Machine Of
the . kind In the market; It will do the .wUrk of to only
women and is suitable for institutes as well as foipt lies.
- It is complete in every particular, unit n it bout a wheel
70,11.3Et.11/13ZIDEte,
And their LADIeS should Bee thil!Nlachineln - operation,
no REM WIDER. the pinee and do not Nil to ere it.
WASHINGTON STREET,
(Opposite the • GLOBE" (Moo)
HUNTINGDON, Penn'a.
jly3l 674 f
S. DI. LONCilypj., Agt
LAST NOTICE:
All accounts.on the books of Dr. J. B. WHEN,
, not closed either by payment or note before the Ist
of September next, will, after that date be put In process
of collection. Books aro at the office of _Scott, Brown and.
Dailey, with whom settlements can be made
' JOHN SCOTT,
July 17, '643t. Administrator.
NoTicE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that I have this day purchased the following pro
perty of Henry Ilumgartner,4l wit: Ono cow and calf,
two hogs, all the grain In the ground, and ell the house
hold and kitchen furniture belonging to said Br:inert
ner. All of the above described property I am • booing
in thOpossesvion of the sold Henry Hurogertner, end all
persona are hereby cautioned from Interfering or med.
riling with the same. JOHN Ot7H,FHAN.
•
Calvin. July 3,1387-3 ts
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
[Estate of Matthias Sayler, deed.]
The undersigned A udi tor, appointed to hear and decido
upon the exceptions tided to the account of ttmes Green
land, administrator of Matthias Saylor, dec'd., and re
port distribution of the balance in the hands, of the ac
countant, 'Nat attend to the duties of his appointment at
his office in the borough - of Efentitigdon, ou
DAY, ,the 24th day Of JULY, next, at 10 o'clock, A. IL
M. - 8it1.10.13 PETRI/UN,
Auditor.
MEI
ADDITOR'S NOTICE.
[Estate of Benjamin Fittart, deo'd.j,
The undersigned Auditor, appointed to distribute the
balance in the hands of Caroline 0,-Bigart and. William ßurbank, Executors of Benjamin rigart, dee'd., - will at'
tend to the dutlea of his ikepeiutment,.nt the office of
Speer & Me:Duarte, on FRIDAY, the 10th day of JULY,
1167, at 10 o'clock, A It., when end whore all parties in
terested will present their claims. or be forever debarred
from eMning in for a ehdre of said fund.'
It. ..MILTON SPEER,
Huntingdon, June 19, 1067. Auditor,
Brasd, Musical InStriarri — dati
FOB"SALE. • =
Stlrer E flat Cornet, 2 pries E flat Cornets, 2 E fiat
Altos, 3 11 flat Tonal:3, 1, Baritone, 2 4 pat Bosees;l Base
Drum. , , •
•
The above onfllt for a Band will be sold at, very low
ratcvh and those desiring to ;ptivelinsa should avail thorn,
selves of thin opportunity. - ' '
• ' Apply to - n. W. THOMAS,
Ilantlngdon,Sanl64f - • Teachcr_of Garnet Bands.
By cethar(c,4o.4ro,a(fc
We are now receiving. by
nal and Railroad 'froth :the. east
ern and western. cities,-
DRY GOODS & GROCERIES
Of every descriiition,
'CARPETS, :OIL7CLiOTHS:.
FLpuR; - FEED;
13M
"fir®r~i®a~:,,
Of all kinds
~ ~.~.~0
Anthracite, Pittsburgh,_ Arid
Broad tops, Coal for sale by the
Cart or'Boat load.
LUMBER.
Boards, Plank, Shingles, Plas
teling- Lath, in large or small
quantities.
Nails and Bar ron, at manu
factureis' &fees.-
HENRY & CO.,
liuntingclon, Pti
RE
CUNNINGHAM &.C-ARMON,
ERE
CARPF,II GS,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
For Sale at Wholesale Prices,
• ' SUCU AS, ALL 'WOOL
INGRAIN, •
VENITIAN,
COTTAGE,
STAIR,
HE MP,
,RAG, &c.
Huntingdon, July ; 1367.
UNITED STATES
Authoriza . WAß CLAIM AGENCY
- -HUNTINGDON;-Pd
SOLDIERS' ,HEIRS, ATTENTION I
Tho net of Congroas approved March 2, 1867, gives to
news of Soldiers who died prisoners of sear,
COMIIITATION,FOR RATIONS,
• . •
for the tiNo - the tiOldrer WWI SO 'held a 'prisoner, at tho
rate of wontydive cents par day, to ho paid in the follow•
big order ,Ifid,mq if unmarried; 2d. To the
children 13d. To She parehts, to both jointly if thug are
hying. if either to dead, to tit. 'survivor; 4th. To the bro.
. . .
thorn and sisters, '
The act of February 28. 1887, provides for the refund.
log of the $3OO Commutation :Stoney, where the same per
son was again drafted, nod was required to enter the ser
vice or furnish a substitute.
DISCHARGED. SOLDIERS.
The net of :Welch arts 7, tilsciritak;lprorielotii for tho
payment of tho
• • $lOO ADDITIONAT. BOUNTY'
to such soldters•as hays accidentally lost their dischar
ges
All persons having any claims under any of the about
mentioned Acts, or any other kind of claim against the,
Untied Stiles or State Governments, can have them
promptly collected, by addressing the ucdersigacsl. In
formation anicticivickchearfally given to Saidlers or their
blonds, free Of charge,. - :
it uihorizeArm~'mid Navy lYdnCl6im Agent,
tneyg9,lBo7 Ilusrrtsooost,.Liontingdon co., Pa..,
GREA.T 01.3ENING
SPRING AND SUJII.V.NR:GQO-PSI
AT TT{E
szio
11 6 ..
,TOSERI - 1 XARCH BRO.,
CC krav, RUN,. ,PaI,T,N,:4.
Thu subscribers bays received a now and pomislote as
sorted stuck of'
Inclruliug'a largo and varied. assOrtmalt ',of 'LADIES
DRESS UOODS, of tlto latest styles sod fashions. Also
GROCERIES, , ,
,QUEENSW ARE;
READY-MADE cLoruiNG, .
-;4l9? A s xl - PAAMA s i ) s.
FISH,' SALT; BACON,
and ail other articles usually, kept in a well conducted
store, all of which ate offered as cheap as at any other as,
tab' ishineu t In this section of country.
•
• • • •
_COIIII try Produce talsmi in exchange for goods
Thankhil for homer p . alronage, ue hereby extend an
Invitation to our Trough Creek frlentls -and- the pablid
generally for n renewal of the same, promising by a close
a w n ta,,e to basin,. end {he waiiti of customers, to fully
intuit it.
jt•l9 doh. MARCH BRO.
FISH.
Bost MACKEREL and HERRING for Er& retail I.
Lei randly Grocery .