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lINTINGDON, PA.
Wednesday; iiigning; April
•
lII.T6II4II.Nj.?bAY EIiITORS
- CANDIDATES:
OP; PRESIDENT, - •
U. S. 0-RANT.
FOR -VIDE PRESIDENT,
, . • •••4 • •
OUR/ 111 W ••
FOR AVIATOR; GENERAL; '
(1-41\71,E.IITAR TRANFT,
-; - OF 140 . 7.70011ERY COUNTY; : •
p4kSURVEYOR GENERAL, .
C i ab.W. 9B • M.-.C.411 - PB,ELL,
OF CAMEO= COUNTY.
A Free Railroad bill has again
passed . tho. IJegislaty,ro : and has beon
approved by. the, Governor.
- 0E1" • ' We ndde'istand that Milton S.
Lytle, Chairman, of -Republican county
Committee,:b at): sent to . each Member
of Ilie'COMMittee a circular'calling a
meeting for Tuesday,. next, the 14tb
inst., at 2 o'clock, P. M. This is in
aceoidaciee with a resoliition passed at
last-meeting.
THE RHODE ISLAND E GEOTION. —The
fell-reternr . of the Rhode Island elan
tion 'have been ,roceived. Goy. Burn
side, Repnblican, received 10,038;
Pierce, Democrat, 5,731. The. General
Assembly - -staniP—:-Senate 28 Republi
:CADO D,erno'cratc, one vacanoy; House,
64 RipubHowls, 7 Democrnti, - one va
cancy. • .-• .
Ct4OSED AT LA§T.—The Robison—
Simgart contested seat case closed Fri
day.laSt in faVor of.the contestant Mr.
Robison; whO:Wae sworn in and took
vis4t. 4i:reeolution was also passed
giving lir. Shugart pay froui.tho com
inentement of the session until he was
-reqloilet :7)4: Robison will of, course
also_receiVe pay for' the - cession. .The
report of the majority of the commit
tee will be found in another column.
.The minority report, if not-too lohg,
will be.'ptiblichedptixt week. ,
THS ' Impz.tortuvir.- 1 -"-The: impeach
ment trial is going on from day today,
without creating any unusual excite
moot in Washington or any Where else.
It' is:-generally believed in Washing
ton that the trial :will be got through
'with by the first of Tune; perhaps by
the middle of May, or sooner, and the
. President donvitted.:,
"Mr.
, Butler,..en Saturday, informed
the Senate that the . testimony on the
part of- the •11ouse of Representatives
was substantially closed.
Counsel- for the defense wore, on
their own 'motion, allowed tillTburs•
dayhort tO arrange their evidence,
When Judge Curtis will open the case
on behalf of the President.
Washington' deEpatch says
that the President has no idea• of his
being convioted of the present imPeach
ment charges. The only article, ho
said, on'WhichtheY coild' find a Shad
ow_ of a pretence. for convicting him of
a misdemeanor was that relating to the
removal of Stanton,' but' even this, he
thinks, 'is 'wholly • inenflicient. The
Managers the,part the House
andAkeir friendsare . just as confident
of theii , ability to 'convict the Prisident,
aehe'aridhitiriririesellare of an acquit
s!: On the Whele question of im
pea4inept, and - eyerything connected
with maybe said that the- state
meritif published from time to timo as
to tti . i)Matiner in which
.certain Sena
tors' Will Vote on the piesticin are'pure
spe9ulations.
Itaiak 1;)e farther stated that the
votes i9f • Senatere ' the, questions
before'coming them. during , : the pro-,
gross of „the trial, futveao significance
as regards their. vote on the final ques
tion as to the 'President's guilt•or in
nocence..
Ur Many of the Repuhlican journals
3C
of the State are 'e4nshrin4,Chief
ticeChasefor the apparent coneeria
tivemluree he. is pursuing i snd some
of.them -were those that at he late per
iod-were)o#cl'in their praises of him,
and strenuous in their advoCacy of his
claims for the Presidency. • Now, they
do notlrtist him, and' with one accord
they favor 'the 'llitopte'll of:Lek:a—Gen.
„Grant, This is significant its
showkag the unreliability of .certain
men when .they-are to . be . ehosen as
publio.leaders andrtalers. Geri. Grant
was thought to be too conservative by
the Chase men,and therefore they oppo
sed him ; :hut:yet time and experience
have shown them that it is just . such
conservatism as is acceptable to the
people. He. has not the bitterness - of
a sectionalist, nor the Tellies of a
tician. -He is a man whom wo consid
er has the welfare - of his whole coun
try at heart, and is not ready to bar
ter his principles for the sake of . party
nomination. •Ho is undeniably the
people's - choice, and we are pleased to
recognier the readinetts with which the
Republican 'party' of the East and of
the -test, pt their' State Conventions,
resolve with unprecedented unanimity
to support him for the Presidency.
Would that the party was equally
unanimous fa their choice for the Yice
rresitionpy.
CONNECTICUT ELECTION.—The elec
tion on Monday, from the latest news,
resulted in the re-election of English,
Demoorat, for Governor, by proba
bly a decreased majority.
TILE SHERIFEALTY.—ThO Office of
Sheriff of this county is no small affair,
as is well evinced by the number of
eager candidates whom wo understand
are making every ondeavor.in receive
tho nomination of the Reptlblican par
ty. Twenty-- aspirants, and perhaps
more! Ye honest voter:, what f;l6 . yon
think of it. If :you wore all like us,
you would no doubt think as wo do,
and wo know we are right when wo
say that out of this stall number there
will be. only oncWho will receive the
nomination, no matter what may be
the spirit of the contest. What, may
wo ask, is to come of our• Legislators,
our PrOthonotaries, our Registors,
if all our Office sectors aro going to lay
claim to one offloo ? Will we turn all
the rest of the offices into Sheriffs, in
order to satisfy this host, or will we
abolish the office of Sheriff entirely,
in order•to save the aspirants from do
feat and disappointment 7 As either
proposition is out of tho question, of
course we Will have to wait until the
Convention assembles, and then, like
MicaWber, see what will turn up. If.
we had the powerwe would make all
of them Sheriffs, bit gentlemen, this is
impossible; but Nvle would kindly ad
vise none of you'. to build too high
hopes upon your success; but like good
citizens await your chances, and in the
meantime,- secure a situation in some
other pursuit, so that if you are disap
pointed you will taro something, to
fall back upon. ..,•,;
Poor. limn AccOuprs.--We find in
an oxchango tho following, showing
the population of goveral . counties in
the State including our own, and the
amount of money • paid last.' y.car f by
each for
_the maintonanco of their re
spective Poor House establishments :
COUNTY. • POPULATION. 'EXPENSES.
Berke,. 94,043 $39,551 08
Washington, 47,319 8,772 72
Lancaster, ' 116,621 30,300 00
Montgomery, 70,494 40,282 68
Juniata, 16,300 9,737 86
Perry, ' . 21,640 .• " .8,328 60
Dauphin, 48,940 " . 20,000. 00
I}lbanon, ' 30,030 1T,290.01
'Westmoreland, • 44,020 17,023 03
Cumberland, , .40,402 15.107 00
Mifflin, •- , 16,378 6,102 08
Huntingdon,_'2B;2o4 5,848 54
Chester, . 74,749 " 18,772 20
York; ' • • 63;088 "• " 39,500 00
Mt; above figurikshoW a creditable
account favor of Hunt.ingdon.eoun
thand the people of the county cannot
complain of tho management of the
Vocir " The:Accounts show that
thore,is either loss pauperism hi 'Hun
tingdon county, or else more economi•
zing of expenses than in any other
ciounty.perhaps in the State. Our Di
rectors of tife.Ppor deserve credit for
the rrititinor in 'which they have kept
down the expenses-,of this institution.
A, TERRIBLE 140T.---111t01 I igenc o
reached. the - city Wednesday evening
that a desperate riot w Ae ut,
the coal mines of .1 - olin & Son,
at Pine Run, on the Monongahela riv
er, three ‘miles above McKeesport.—
The first intimation of
,the riot was
received by the Mayor, who was Lein
graphed to send • up iihmediately : ton
or twelve policeman And the Coroner.
Chief, Green enrolled thirty mon who
were properly Armed and drilled for
the encounter they would probably be
engaged in, but previous to,tho limo
for. the departure of, the train,. a . tele,
gram ,was .received - ,istatieg that the
services of the police, would not be
needed last, night, as t .tho, rioters had
diSP9rse4 , .
Relative to the origin of the riot, it
seems that some time ago - the miners
in the employ of Mr. O'Neill & Son
Struck ford certain-rate of wages. Af
ter holding - out until yesterday they
returned to Work, which so exaspera
ted the millers in- the neighboring
works - that they determined to corn,
poi them to quit labor and hold out.--
Witb,this object in view some two
hundied mon from the neighborhood
of Six Milo Ferry arrived about noon
yesterday*, O'Noill's works, armed
with- clip. They..called upon the
minors to come out and cease work.—
Their demand was refused by
: Mr. O'-
Neill and his men, and a collision en
sued between the parties. Mr,, O'Neill
and his men were armed ,in anticipa
tion of the trouble, and - at the onset of
the rioters discharged their .weapono
at them; killing ono man, and wound
ing five, only ono of . the latter, how
ever, seriously. In he melee 141 r. O'-
Neill was severely, but not.dangerous
ly wounded by
.blows ,from clubs.
Having met with a N . var - mor reception
than they anticipated, aad not caring
to prolong the fight with clubs against
powder and lead, the mob•dispersed.
After rioters had
.left, Mr. O'Neill
was reinforced from the neighborhood,
and last night himself . and , property
was guarded by ono hundred armed
men. His son will be in the city to
day, and make an information before
Mayor Blaekmore against the rioters,'
when a,sufficient armed force, will: be
sent up. for their., arrest.—Pittsburg
Commerafal.
Perhaps some persons may think it
not a little strange that two influential
Romin'Ootholic papers of the Demo
cratic 'Peisnaskin politically- ono in
New York, the other in Cincinnati- 7.
shenld - within - the last ! few days have
come out for Mr. : Chase 'for presickoit.
With Mein, not as
. cortain jour
nals which havil proposed Mr. Otiose
more in derision than earnest, they ap
pear to be catirely sincere, a fact which,
while there is- not the least likelihood
of the Democracy adopting Mr. Chase,
proves that really there is something
at the bottom of the, idea. The fact
denotes liberality in another respect—
Mr. Chase being a loading Methodist.
Says a New York letter : In the
event of the removal of the Pre'sident
Mr. Seward writes to' his friends here,
so I am informed, that ho will at MI6
leave the Cabinet. In Wall street, Mr.
McCullough's friends are in doubt as to
his course, in the_ Same contingency,
but those of them who sustain the clo
sest business relations with him, ap
pear to be pretty confident that he like
wise will resign hiS place. Horace
Greely is confidently spoken of as Mr.
Randall's sucriessior in the Postoffice
Department.
Report in the Untested Election Case,
Mr. Landon, from the committee se
looted to try the contested election
case of Robison vs. Shugart, made the
following report, viz :
In the matter of the contested elec
tion in-the Twenty-first Senatorial dis
trict, the select committee present .the
,following report :
The last election returns gave Sam'l
T. Shugart, the Democratic candidate
14,124 votes, and John K. Robison, the
Republican candidate, 14,102 votes,
1 the first mentioned, therefore, having
twenty-two (22) majority, claimed and I
was accorded a seat in the Senate.
The election is contested by the said
Robison, upon the ground of fraudulent
and, illegal voting upon the day of
election, claiming that if all illegal and
unauthorized votes be excluded from
the count, that ho and not the sitting
member would be clearly and positive.
ly entitled to tho seat.
Your committee was drawn on the
9th day of January, 1868. They met
on the same day and organized; H. B.
Swoops and John Cessna appearing as
counsel for the contestant, and Hon.
John Maynard, Wm. H. Miller and
John H. Orvis, Esq., for the sitting
member. The committee has met
daily, as required by law, and during
most of the time have held two meet
ings per day. Ono hundred and sev
enty-six (178), witnesses were called
and heard on the part of the petitioner
and contestants, , during a period of
three weeks, two hundred and fear
witnesses on the part of the ,respon
dent, during a period of six weeks,
making the total number of witnesses
examined three hundred and eighty.
The business sessions of the com
mittee wore hold at the capitol except
one, when a meeting was held in
Wilkesbarre, Luzerne county, for the
examination of the naturalization re
cords of that county, for the purpose
of ferreting out certain alleged natur
alization frauds claimed to have
-origi
nated in that locality.
A minute analysis of the vast =1
of evidence taken would be tedious
and unnecessary in this, report. The
nommittee_presents herein the promi
nent and determining facts of the case
without elaborating details, only add
ing in,their own behalf that they have
performed the duty assigned them
with all possible industry and 'care,
and present this conclusion• of their
protracted labors -free from partisan
bias upon - their candor and sworn
•
The counsel for the respondent have
earnestly. contended that the whole
Of Taylor township, in the county of
Centre, should be thrown out, for the
reason, as they. allsge, that it
_was not
held at the place fixed by law. In this
township, the contestant had eighteen
majority.. It seems that by an act of
Assembly in 1848, it was provided
that the election in, Taylor township,
in the county of Centro, should be hold
at the school house near Hannah Fur
mice. In August, 1856, a petition of
the citizens of the township was pre
sented to the court of quarter sessions
of the county, setting forth that the
school house near Hannah Furnace,
where the election was appointed by
law to be held, had been removed, and
praying the court to order the election
-to be beld-Rty-nuothur-onnei-ur anther.
izo an election to be held in the town
ship, for the purpose of fixing a place
at which to hold the general election,
On the back of this petition the court
endorsed an order, fixing Friday, the
26th of September, as the day for hold
ing au election in the township, for
the purpose of determining where the
general election should be held. This
order was made on the 25th day of
August, 1850. A paper was produced
by the prothonotary which he states
he found in his office, but which is not
marked filed, purporting to bo the re
turn of the election so authorized by
the court. This paper shows for the
house of William' Adanis, fourteen
votes; for the Henderson school house,
five votes; and for the Hannah school
house, three votes. No action seems
ever to have been taken upoici it by
the court. No order or 'decree was
ever made fixing the house of Wiliam
Adams as the place of holding', the
election. The parol proof in this ease
showed that the election was held for
a while at the house of Wm. Adams';
that it was transferred in some man
ner from there to a wagon-maker shop
on land of Thomas Merryman, about
the year 1860; that in the fall of 1860
the wagon-maker shop was torn down,
and Thomas Merryman forbid the offi
cers from holding any more elections
on his premises; that they went to the
nearest school houie (the Henderson
school house, one and a half mile dis
tant from Morryman's,) ' whore they
held the spring election in_ 1867,
and also the full election, which
we aro asked to decide invalid. With
out a further statement' of facts, the
committee excludes this poll from the
election returns,
which , deducts eigh
teen votes from the returned vote for
Tim K. Robison...
The respondent claims to have prov
ed sixty-eight illegal' scattering votes
cast - for the contestant, comprising
minors, non-residents and non-tax pay
mil- This being the whole number
claimed; the committee allows the full
number and deducts the same from the
vote of John K. Robison..
- .Both
: parties have proved a' large
number of deierter votes. The de
fense claims that this whole questiOn
should be ignored. Without stating
tho argument, in the case and realiz
ing the .difficulties gathering about, the
subject, the _committee accede 'to - the
claim, and leaVe this class of voters
where the general election returns have
placed them, without expressing any
opinion upon the legal questions in
volved in the Matter.
The returns from Carbon township,
Huntingdon county, give the sitting
member sixty-five majority.' This the
committee exclude from the count, for
the following reasons :
:1. Because the election was improp
-orly held. It, was in a . hotel; there
was a crowd around the table upon
which the ballots were being deposit
ed, and a great deal of disorder while
the tickets wore, being counted. At
one time during' the day the whole
board, except one inspector, was ab
sent, and ho continued taking votes,
recoving, among others, the vote of
one William Plumb, an unnaturalized
foreigner.
2. Because there was no certificate
of the oaths of the - officers filed in the
prothonotary's office, as required by
law.
3. Because when the ballot box was
opened. in the presence of the commit
tee, it was found to contain newspa
pers, old election returns, pamplet
laws, &c., but no tickets and no list of
taxables.
4. Because a certified copy of the
list of taxables from - the commission
er's office showed that forty-one names
on the list of voters were not on the
assessment, and in the absence of the
list of taxableg frona-the ballot box, it
was impossible to ascertain how or
why these persons - were permitted to
vote.
Tho committee are of opinion that
the irregularities surrounding this
election aro of so gross and flagrant a
kind as to render . it impossible to as
certain what Was the true expression
of the pdpular will.
One of the material allegations of
the petitioners was that a gross fraud
had been perpetrated" in the borough
of Phillipsburg and in Rush township,
in the county of - Centre. 'ln - support
of this charge, the following facts and
circumstances were relied on :
That about twelve days previous to
the election Irish • railroad hands, to
the number of eighty' and . upwards,
were sent from the unfinished work
hi Clearfield county, to Phillipsburg
and Rush township, in Centre county,
ostensibly for the purpose 'of comple
ting about forty rods of road on the
Centre county side of the line; that
these men, instead of being boarded at
the shanties, erected for that purpose,
in proximity to the work on the Clear- -
field side of the line, whore quartered
at the hotels in' Phillipsburg and Rush
township ; that they wore illegally as
sessed before they came into the dis
trict, from lists furnished the assessors
by one Mark Leddy, as boss on the
railroad; that it was expressly said by
James Collins, one.of the contractors,
and Richard O'Gormon, his foreman,
when the mon were ordered to Phil
lipsburg, that theY.were - sent there to
vote and carry the district for the De
mocratic ticket; and they did vote,
litiving been brought up to the polls
by Leddy and Sheriff Perks,
who furnished the special tickets that
had been printed and prepared for the
purpose; that thirty-seven of these
tickets wore found in the Phillipsburg
.box, and twenty.,sevea in the box of
Rush township.; tba . t they voted on
forged mitUralization papers, purport
ing to be issued by the court of com
mon pleas of Luzerne county; that
these paper's word shoWn. to be forged
by an examination of the records of
the court, madp'hy the committee, and
clear proof that similar papere,boaring
the seal of the
,court, and purporting
to be signed by.M.l. Philbin, the pro
thonotary, were strewn all over _Lu
zern° county, to be, obtained for the
asking'; and that immediately after
having thus voted, these men return
ed to Clearfield county, all of thorn
having left the hotels in Phillipsburg
and Rush township, within four days
after, the election. All those facts,
with many corrobbrating circumstan
ces, were clearly' established, to the
satisfaction of the,committee, by evi
dence too voluminous to he recited
in this respect.
It was shownby the inspector and
clerk of the election that at least thir
ty-three of these fraudulent votes were
received and included in the return in
too - b - oTeiight rhitlipsh - urg. The com
mittee are fully satisfied that these
thirty-three votes should be deducted
from the number returned for the sit
tin.. member.
In Rush township, the number of
those fraudulent votes actually. receiv
ed and counted could not be ascertain
ed from the evidence. For this and
other reasons, .the. contestant claims
that the whole vote of Rush, township
should be thrown, out, and
,excluded
from the return, Ile bases this claim
on the following facts :
1. Becanse'the' beard, which was en
tirely of one party, was not legally
constituted, the only officer elected by
the people being the judge; both the
inspectors
.being
.deserters, and having
been appointed improperlyby thojudgo,
out of the same political party, and
not in accordance with the provisions
of the law regulating elections.
2. That the election was improperly
conducted, the house being open all
day, the collector sitting
, at the table
with the ballot box upon • receiving
taxes with a largo crowd'arounct
and a largo number of persons in the
room when the votes were being coun
ted off.
3. That no list of taxables wasfound
in the ballot. box, and no record was
kept or produced to show how many
persons voted.
4. That a large number Of votes
was received from persons with forged
naturalization papers, only one of
whom was sworn, and when they were
challenged, the challenges were' die.
regarded; that it Was impossible, un
der the circumstances, to ascertain
what was the truo• expression• of the
popular will. The committee are un
able to determine how many illegal
votes were received and counted in
this township, the respondent having
failed to call before thorn either the in
spectors or clerks of the election, and
no record having been found in the
ballot box, as required by law. When
it had been show on the part of the con
testant, that fraudulent votes had been
received, that the officers absolutely
refused to discharge their sworn duty,
and admitted every vote offered in
spite' of remonstrances and challenges,
the integrity of the return was at once
destroyed.
The committee is constrained, there
fore,, to exclude from the count the
whole vote of Bush township, which
gave fifty-ono inajhrity for the sitting
member."
This hasty review - of 'tho prominent
facts, put in a condensed recapitulation,
stands thus:
The original election returns
gave Samuel T. Shugart - 14,124
At Phillipsburg ... . . 33
Rush township • 51
Miscellaneous illegal,votes, es
' elusive Of deserters' votbe 23
Carbon township!
The general election rettiiciti
gaVe John K. Robison 14,102
From this deduct rejected ma
jority
..
of Taylor Township 18
Miscellaneous illegal vote, ex
clusive of deserters' votes 68 86
Leaving to the contestant, John IC. Robi
son, a legal majority of sixty.four votes, and
said Robison is therefore entitled to the seat.
•LAIIDON,
JACOB E. RIDWAY,
J. W. FISIICR,
TAYLOR,
•
WARREN COW I:&A,
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE IMPEACHMENT.
WASHINGTON, April 1, 1888.—The
Republicans are well satisfied with the
progress and .character of the day's
proceedings in the trial. The legisla
tion in both branches is practically sus
pended. The House met at noon, and
dispensing with the reading, after a
few sentences of the journal, went ita
mediatly over to the Senate. The at
tendance of members is daily decreas
ing. At the opening of the trial lir.
Sumner obtained the sense of the Sen
ate on the question Of the right of
Chief Justice to vote when the Senate
was equally divided, which was decid
ed in favor of Mr: Chase by 26 to 21.
The counsel for the President labored
strenuously to have the various con=
vorsations of Thomas ruled out, but in
alt eases they Were overruled either by
the Chief Justice or the Senatd.
Mr. *rleigh of Daltotah, finished
his testimony begun= - yesterday by re
lating that Thomas had declared that
ho should use force to get into the War
Department if necessary, and after
wards that his arrest by. civil authori
ties alone had prevented him. Stan
bery's Cross-examination of 'this wit
ness was of a higher order than that
of yesterday.
Samuel Wilkinson; thc:well-known
journalist, gives a very clear account
of an interview with Thomas and the
statements Of the latter on two occa
sions that, be-should call on Grant for
troops, and that ho did not see how
Grant could refuse. Evidence was at
tentively listened to by all present, and
the examination. of the next witness
gave rise to continued and' violent
laughter on all sides.-
A Mid h.Provoking Witneso
Mr. Icaraner, of Delawarp, is one of
the large, farmers ',ef•that State,."a Del
aware bby," ag,he termed . himself,
though some forty-fiVe years old.. 'Ho
was perfectly unConcerned and 'appar
ently utterly ignorant that either style
or words were in the least ludicrous,
but the account of his visit to the
White - House; his Meeting; Gen. Thom
as in the east roomitelling him the eyes
of Delaware'weite,on him,:and his re
lating it all afterward to-a man named
Smith, and whose " first name was not
John but William, was droll to the last
degree. The Chief Justiedi laughed till
he shook. Counsel laughed. The Man
agers put their heads down . on the ta•
ble and laughed till "the tumblers rat
tled on it. Senators held their'Sides
and laughed-, -th - e gallerioa responded
heartily,,and in fact the whole •audi
mace, official and unofficial, filling the
inside of the chamber, shook till the
old comparision to a bowl of jelly was
quite applicable to the audience as a
It isosafe to say there-has nev
er been such general and long contin
ued laughter in the Senate chamber
before.
WASHINGTON, April 2, 1868
The House managers did not arrive
as promptly as usual, and a brief pause
ensued• At 12 O'clock and ton. : min
utes, the managers on the part of. the
House of Representatives were announ
ced and on their heels
House.' Not
the mem
bers of the Hou• Not twenty mem
bers however . were in . _ line,
_many of
them remaining - in their Own chamber,•
after tho Senate was in . session, writ
ting letters and indulging in specula
tive conversation as to the prospects
of impeachment. - - •
The first witness was Mr. Kersener,
of Delaware, who wail recalled at the
instance of Mr. Stan bevy. Only a few
unimportant questions were put to
him, after which he., was allowed to
depart.
Congressman Ferry of Michigan,
was then called to the stand, cud sub
stantiated the testimony of Hon. Burt
Van Horn and General Moorehead,
relative to the interview between Gen.
Thomas and Secretary Stanton at the
War Department.
Gen. Emory Commander of this dis
trict, was next called 'and examined
by General Butler:—He is a Colonel of
cavalry and a brevet Major-Geneneral;
has been in command of this depart
ment since December, 1867 ; had a
conversation with the President on
the subject of the forces here; can only
give the substance of that conversa
tion ; the Presidentasked him about
the facts and forces around Washing
ton ; he told him as
each
as he could
the strength of each post.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
M1LNW43033 ACADE MY
The next term open. filet
WEDNESDAY,' 6th of MAY.
Unsurpassed facilities in Music, Drawing and Painting.
Mr. D. F. TUSSEY, County Superintendent, wil I take
chargo of the Normal Department.
Send for a circular.
Addreaa R. S. KUIIN, Principal.
ap 8.31 or Rev. W. C. KUHN, Shade dap, Pit.
cTATISTICS of tho financial condi.
lion of the Local Bounty Accounts of Tod township.
Original indebtedness $19932 18
Amount paid 19765 90
Principal remaining unpaid $ 9166 26
Probable Interest due since last settle men° 660 00
Probable balanco of duplicate In - hands of Col
lector
Amount to bo migoseed
We tho undersigned Auditors of Tod Township having
examined the Local Bounty accounts of said township,
and (Ind; tho probable amount to bo assossed to liquidato
the indebtedness to ho seven thousand nine hundred and
tweivo dollars and sosenty.flye cent,.
IVituesa our bands this '27th day of March, A. D. 1868.
ALLEN I,I)WARDS,
E. 'FRENCH,
E. PLUMMER„
npB Auditors.
nUARTERLY: REPORT of the
) Condition of the FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Hon
tingdon, of the State of Pall mylvanitt, on tho morning of
tho lirst .Monday of April, 1868:
RESOURCES.
Mans and Discounts
Dunking House.
Furniture and Fixtures
Current expenses' 2,200 06
Duo from Banks and Bankors • 52,135 28
U. S. Bonds, deposited with Ti. S. Trertinrerto - - -
secure Circulating Notes - - - 150,000 00
U. S. Bonds and securities on band 80,600 00
Cash on hand, in circulating notes of other Na
tional banks 2,576 00
Specie •
1,281.. 00
Fractional currency
Legal Tender Notes
Compound Interest Notes..
=I
LI ABILITIES
Capital stock paid in - $170,000 00
Surplus fund 0,801 71
Circulating notus reed from Compt'r... 735.000
Less amount on hand ,o „ :1,250 133,750 00
Individual deposits • " 370,031 77
Duo to Banks and Bankora 4,408 25
ME
Discount and Exchanges
Interest..
Total Liabilities ;587,018 36
State of Pennsylvania, County of Huntingdon, SS,
I, George W, Gartnttson, Cashier of the Firs t National
Bank of Huntingdon, Pa., do solemnly swear that the
above statentont is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.[Signed.]
.
14,016
OEO. W. GARRETTSON, Cashion
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this, sixth day of
April, A.D., 186,8.. (Signed.] PETER SWOOP; J. P.
A LL KINDS OF CRACKERS
cono nutty on hand at -
OUNNIIVQHAISI 4 CARMON'S.
rFIREASURER'§'SA:LE OF UNSEA
A. TED LANDS IN HUNTINGDON COUNTY.
WIIEnEAS, by an net of the General Assembly or the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled iO 4,i act to
amend an act directing the mode ref selling unseated lands
for tares and other purposee,7 'mind 13th March, 1815,
and the other acts upon the subject, rho Troaant era of the
several counties within thia Commonwealth ore directed
to commence on the 2d Monday in Juno, in the year 1816,
and at the expiration of every two years thereafter, and
adjourn Irons day to dtiyi if it be necessary to do no, nod
make public sale of the whole or any part of such tenet
Of unseated land, !situate in the - proper county, as still
pay the encamps df the taxes which shall have then
remained doe ,or unpaid for, the space of ono year before,
together with all costs necestarlly accruing by lemon or
ouch delinquency, &c. Therefore, I, M. 51. LOGAN, Treas.
nrer of the county of Duntingdon, do hereby give notice
timt, upon the following tracts of unseated land, situate
no hereinafter described, the eaveral sums stated aro the
arrearages of times, respectively, due and unpaid for one
year, and that In raccoonce of the direction of the afore
said Act of Assembly, I shall, on MONDAY, TILE BTII
DAY 01 JUNE NEXT, .at -the Court House, in the bor
ough of Huntingdon., commend, the Public Sale of the
whole or any part of - such tracts of unseated land, upon
which all or any part of the taxes heroin specified shall
then be due; and continue such eels by adjournment un
til all the tracts upon vadat .ihk taxes shall remain duo
and unpaid, shell be sold.
' M. M. LOGAN,
_new. of Hunt. C 6
Treasurer's Office, Aprll 4,1868.
,
Amount of Taxes due and unpaid on the following Tracts
of nes , ated Lands, up to and including the year 1801:
,
Acres.' Perches. - ' Warranties or 'Owners. . Tax
- • Barret Totowship. .. . i .
.. a. c.
437 Moses Vamoost, 10 60
505 James Ash & Wm. Shannon, 3l 62
436 Robert Austin, „ • "58 01
- Brady. -
54 Lewis Igo, ' '4 05
402 John Wateon, • ' ' 764
43 33 Andrew Bell, 2 30
425, Wm. Watson, - - ' ' - -' ' . 12 81
33• Christian Kauffman, . . • 265
33 Daniel Ring, • -' • 383
Chrbon.
200 F. C. Reamer, 3 80
1 lot in Coalmont, J. W. Curry,6o
17 Clanton.' heirs, . , ;
1 07
8 John Howard, lB
4 lots in New Grounds, John Howard, 38
133 Cook & Elder, now Schell & Bowman, 250
400 Wm. Spring, 760
400 John Murphy,. 760
.
400 Wm. Dian, • 7 80
400 John Blan ' 750
200 Benjamin Price, 3 80
400 Alexander Henry, 780
4111 Wm, Mowan, . „ 793
336 James Manse, 19 19
394 Isaac Mowan, ' 17 55
107 90 Benjamin Penn, 1 91
12 Henry Miller, (part) 24
100 Jonathan Pow or Pugh, 190
438 40 Speer & Dougherty, 8 91
100 Daniel Newcomer, 190
400 Shoemaker'. heirs, A. 5.4. E. Roberts & Co., 320
21. A. S. &E. Roberts &Co,A. W. Andorson, 40
60 , • do de John McLane, 40.
172 - W; Settle, . 6'53
47 A. S. &E. Roberts & Co., Joe. Martin's heirs; 37
.432 Speer & Dougherty, tt 1 • •8 34
400 87 Samuel Iffirteack, . • •.'25 70
209 03 Edward Naels„ 20 21
289110 John Nash,• • =•- • • 13 37 .
237 Henry Sill, • ,13 18
137 135 Samuel Morrison, 8 36
400 John Freed, 24 70
240 , Hugh Morrison,.!: - ! ~' : • . . 1 2 bb
400 , Robert 51111er, ,"-, I,- , , - . - t •4 20
400 IVm .51111er, 020
100 /Mate Sillti, , "
207 . John 6111 e, " •.. - .
14 12
.
•
157 Neal Clark, . 10 01
' 450 Sarah Harteock, Jr., _2O 40
4,0 Sarah Barrack,.• • ' , ' 45 70
405 '"Jacob Barrack, - 26 99
„
400- Peter Hartsock, ' , 21 10
400 Elizabeth Itartsock;,', •25 70
,
Clay. .
252 132 Zachartah Chaney, . • 4.78
Cromwell. .
• -
,
418 20 John Jourdon; ., r , , .- ,"" 836
393 41 Samuel Galbraith, . 6 94
, .
400 70 Jeeeph Galbraith, • - - 740
408 77 'John Galbraith, .• -• I ' ; t 501
153 George,Stovenson, (H. 012egew ) 208
425 John Forrest,- •, : 200
350 James Old, (part.) - 333
40 John Gilliland, -- • .1 52
120 J. Kelley, ; , • 3 -42
110 A. Potts, - ' • ' " '•4 18
111. A. WHIN Heir., . , -
,- - - , ; • -,, 423
400 D. Caldwell, , , _ _ - , 330
Franklin. ; • • - . ; _ _ I
40 , , David Caldwoll, -- : ' • ' ;'" • 456
'5 - James Logan, (J. liforio;v,) .- 57
Hopewell., .
210 Pater Herring, ' - ,17 41
200 Conrad Herring,' , 14 80
212 David Shaffer,
.14 59
202 Sarah Levi, . . 14 91
207 Margaret Lout, ' ' 10 20
205 Adam Levi, - . 13 00
200 A brabom Levi, 9 50
97 Hannah Herring, . - 715
37 Frederick Het ring, _ .. .. .". 272
200 Belfry Bates, 13 70
220 Sanlual Davis, • • • - : 15 21
210 Joseph 51111er, -
200 " Jacob Weiner, • 14 45
206 Jacob Weaver, , • -' • -15 24
1 raran t lot it, acre, Recce Griune t, 68
Juniata. -
100 Samuel Caldwell, 5' 30
200 William Barrack, (part,) 15 80
Jackson. '
400 - 'Monies Partner, - 4Or
400 George stover, -
400 Jacob Ililtzuner, 4
400 Andrew 13036, • 4
400 George or Robert Grazier,
400 George Engli.,
400 Adam Striker, .
400 Binary Baker,
400 Thomas Russell,
400 Thomas Balstou,
400 David Ralston, Jr., •
400 David Ralston, ,
400 EphtnimJonee, • •
400 John Brown .
437 Jonathan Priestly,
400 William Johnston, •
400 Rebut Johnston,
450 Charles Caldwell,
422 Jamee Dean,
400 Henry Carmen,
400 John Adams,
400 Henry West, • . ...
400 Alexander Johnston,
400 Hugh Johnston,
400 Thomas McClure or McCune,
400 John Russell,. l. . ". • •
400 John Ralston.
400 • James West, :, -
400 -- William Steel; • •
395 Abraham Dean, •
400 James Fulton, ; I
400 Samuel Marshall, -
..
400 Robert Caldwell, ' .
400 Matthew 9111ipS(M,
400 James McCune, -
400 Samuel Steel, ~ •
400 John Fulton,
400 John Galbraith, .
400 Joseph McCune, .
400 George Wice, . • - 4
37 Dovinneye_Heirs, 1 1
Oneida.
120 John Johnston, ' 420
11 William B. Zeigler, .47
Penn. .
402 Jane Sells, •3 82
397 Peter Shaver, • • . - 2 26
Porter. ~ •
150 'Wm. Smith, D. D., 14 91,
100 'do " " 13 40
70107 Samuel Fisher, (J. S. leett, owner,) 6 77
100 Benjamin K. Neff, 893
402 'Wm. Smith, ' 2660
275 John N. SWoope & Co., 24 40
106 do •do - . 8 99
224 . do, do-, 15 76
188 do do 13 71
298 do do 20 47
382 Wm. Smith, 21 78
Shirley.- -
411 60 PeterWertz,.. --' - -. , "1 03
405158 James Caldwell, '
420120 Benjamin Brown,2 00
175 z' :Wm; & John.Patteraon", " - ,• _
1 '-83
, SprinwielL . '
400 Stacey Young, 335
.
75 George Eberle, 213
122 Brice Y. Blair, - - . 161
421 Nathan Ord, - . : . Bop
Tell. ' "
335 129 Simon Potter, • - „3'lB
414 10 John Pease, • 3 02-
431 30 Adam Clow, : .
.• 3 09
Tod.
250 Tempy Shaffer, • .
• 12 30
SO J. R. Flanagan, 3 75
395 08 Samuel Cornelius, . 19 54
96 Speer & Martin, • • 496
52 ]dial Smith, 763
400 Benjamin Rush, '. - • 18 32
200 Samuel, Sally and Belay Chambers, 14 86
455 Robert Chambers, . - 19 80
336 Nancy Chambers, 10 80
400 James Chambers, 19 80
400 James Witer, 19 80
409 Nancy Davis, 19 80
400 Imo Huston, 19 80
400 Johanna Huston, 19 Mr
400- ,Resin Davis,:.. - ' ' 19 SO
150 : ',Am° s now eal Clark, - "- t -
400 John Chambers,. 19 89
406 Sarah Hartoock, , .21 53
400 Mary Fred, , 19 BO
,
Union. .
355 Arthur Fea, 14 05
400 Frederick Sell, ,' 7 60 ,
420 James Pea, • B'ls
400 Abrahom Sell, - - . ' ,- , 789
400 Abraham Morrison, 760
400 Joseph Morrison, 760
200 John Sell. ' 3 80
420 Solomon Sell; 703
395 Margaret Sell, 751
26 Benjamin Elliott, 332
400 John Brewster, 4 40
.
300 Samuel Caldwel, 22 85.
IMEI3
ELM
4 7012 75
4229,997 00
. 7,909 00
833 29
ALSO—The following real estate upon which peisonal
property cannot bo found sufficient to pay the taxes re
turned by the several collectors. is charged with the taxes
thereon assessed for the years 1861 and 1862 and will bo
sold as unseated lands in pursuance of the directions of
the forty-first - section 'of the act of assembly.entitled ,•an
act to reduce the State debt and to incorporate tlio Penn
sylvania Canal and Railroad Company" approved tlw 20th
of April, JIM:
542 72
15,754 00
13,400 00
• SEATED LIST.
Hopewell townthip.
OU David Mountain's estate, 66
60 do do , 96
c.sz gip as
NOTICE.
The undersigned haring sold ont his entire store
will discontinue the mercantile business in Ifaiklesburg,
and earnestly requests all *llO are indebted to him to
call at his store room and make settlement by note or
otherwise., Very respectfully, •
Marklesburg, AmB.2rn - J. B. SIIONTZ.
6,494 a
5,012 24
AGRICULTURAL MEETING.
A regular meeting of the Huntingdon County
Agricultural Society will be held in the Court House, on
TUESDAY evening of the first week of the coming
Court (14th inst.,) at 7 o'clock. The propriety of hold.
lag a County Fair during the coming fall will be taken
into consideration, together with other bueinesa of ira•
portanco to the Society. A Dilluttendanoo Is desirable.
By order of the eociety,
R. MOM=
1. M. BAILEY, .
- ,
fiep'ys.
A Lti -KINDS OF BLANKS,mon Administrators' and Executors' Node,
Mort g a g es, Judgment Notes,
Promissory Notes, with and without waiver of exemp
tion,
Summons, Subprentui and EreUrition,
apt For fade at BLAIR'S BOOK STORK.
BOOKS &STATIONERY,
lONSTANTLY. FOR" SALE at whole
v) sale and retail, a large and well So-:
leered stock of • alp
srANDAin WORKS.
In every dopes tment of Literature. Also, •••
SCIIO.OL BOOKS,'
BLANK BOORS,
PAPER,
De., to which the attention of country merchants, com•
mittees of librarleseteneliers arid purchaser, generally, is .
invited by • J. C. BLAIR,
.
..
pl.:: - . • : • • "-, :-..-- Idonfaeller.
•
.WANTED
3124eis. 4:3 1 1.11..X" ] Day s
Or the Lives and Deeds bf gon c rais, Statesmen, Orators
and Political Leaders now on the stage of action, MOM-
Mg Grant, Sherman, Colfax, Sumner, Stanton, Sheridan,
Yates, Curtin, Trumbull, Feuten, Buckingham, Wilton,
Greeley, Wade, Morton, Philips Farragut, Chase, Logan,
Slovens. Beecher, Seward, Boutwell, Dix, Hamlin, Fes-
Bandon; Reward, and others,with over Forty Lifelike
, portraits of Living Men. eld only by agents. Great
" Inducements. Fen! for Circulars
yp ZHIG LER, lOCCItIfIr & CO.;
•
apt- 2 m : 514 Arch tits Philadelphia.
0
NOTICES 13AkTKRUPTCY.
DISTRICT COURT or Toe UNITED STATES, TOR TUE t
WESTERN DISTRIET or DENESYLVAN/A. r
_
A SSIGNEE APPOINTED: ' -
El Jo the mutter of ROBERT 1 1 .114SLETT, Bankrupt
To whom it may concern :
- .
The undersigned hereby glees notice of his appoint
ment as Assignee of the estate of ROBERT F.IIII.6IATT,
of Spruce Creek, in the county of Huntingdon, in the
mid district, who was, to •wit "on the lst day of
February, a. n 1566, adjudged a bankrupt, upon hid °ten
petition, by the District Quirt, of said District.. "
. Dated at Huntingdon, this 27th day of March, 4: D.
1663. „
IIARTE4 tA:ONGENECRER,
Assignee
313x1.0.4^ a to
T.IIE. Commissioners of: Huntingdon
county'will receive propoiali up to and including
Wednesday, the 20th day of May next, at their Mira, and
also, at Birmingham until 11 o'clock, A. 11., oil 'Thursday,
the 21st of h:ny. for • the erection of a bridge across the
Juniata river at Birroinghant • •
• All bidders aro requested to he at Birmingham at the
lotting, In order that the eueeeetfut • bidder cart at the
same-time enter in'o au mild° of agreement and give
bond with an annoyed security for the faithful berform
anCo of told bin tract:'
I) . 4ILTON 'S. LY TLE; •
A 4 1"2 4 :0./YE Y AT Le iY,
HUNTING DON, P.&
Will attend promptly to all klude of lognl imMuces en
trusted to Me cot e. ' •
- COLLECTIONS matle - adth theloanCitosaibla delay.
Special attention given to CONVEYANCINO.In ail its
branches, such an the preptuattou of Mods, Alitrigagos,
Leases, Betide, Articles of Akron. Ac. • ••••-•
AlLquesilous relating to • •
_
• ' LAND TITLES 111 PENNSYLVANIA .
carefully considered.
- -
lle will also atter:awn fur land °venom whethor their
lands aro patented and obtain
PATENTS
for those who mny desire them.
SINCER 1 SPNCER
SOWill[ Xacitillos.lSewilli Tilachillos.
_
THE'bINUERSEIVINGMAUHINE
EDIBLE COMPACT, DURABLE AND BEAUTIFUL.
It is quid, light winning, and canablo of porforming a
range and variety of work timer before attempted upon
a single machine,—using either Silk, Twist, Linen, or
allan Thread, and Sewing with ennal the vary
finest and coarsest sit:wort...ls, and anything between the
two eztremeu,' in the moat beaUtiful and 'aubstattlitit
manner.
Ite attachments Tor II mining, Brgiding, Cording, Tuck
ing, Quilling; Felling, Binding, etc, aro Irwin und ante-
Tlo.lL,.and have been invented cud adiudted especially for
this machine.
For sale by J. C. BLAIR, Agent,
apt Railroad street, Hun tiogdou. Pa
NEW
WALL p:?
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LOWEST,-P11„IOS
I kayo now In store, nnd•nm gaily receiving,
GOODS
Of the most Beautiful designs in
S TA .3f PED . 6' 0..E,D . :F TO E.Ol B
which, with the largest assortment of all grades of
X 3. a.)p 3t , 3ElCEtaa.girisa,
FORM/MCA AND CEILINGS,
I am prepared to offer nt the
Lowest prices the market trill afford,
, -
To Dealers, BuiWere, iieuseiceepers, and &here
Also, a fino az,ortmenrbf
Cloth Window Sii6deind Hullauds
at reditiell prices
O derehy _ niatl_isill rikarviiiiiiinit'sitleiiiroii." •-:
J. C. BLAIR,
••' : Bookseller and Stationer,
1 Railroad Street, Ilantingdon, Pa
DR Vim■ H.: ITT
Has been in successful practice for a number of years,
with the experience of tlardlirepent lioapitale In urope
and America. Arpty . and Hospital Surgeon during the
late Amelia - it War, coulinues to attend to ellirofesslon
al cases at his pfqcf, _
•: • ,
No. 928 - Filbe rt 'Street, Philadelphia.
„•
No Patent Illeilicines tine en:' recommended the
remedies administered are (hose which will not break
down the constitution; but renovate the system from nil
injuries if has sustalued fresh mineral medicines, and
leave the systemin a healthy and perfectly cured condi
tion. :• - • - •
bYSPEt'SIA,
that distressing disease and fell aestroyor of health and
happiness, .undermining the constitution and yearly cat'..
tying thonsmide 'to untimely 'graves, 'calf most emphati
cally bo cured. , - ,
•
MELANCHOLY ABERRATION,
that state of alienation and weakness of the mind which
tendons per noftpable or enjoying the pleasures or
pet forming the dutiee of life.
RHEUMATISM,
in any form or condition:chronic or Amato, warranted;
curable. • -
EPILEPSY,
or falling sickness, all chronic or etubinirn cases of•
• - --FEMALR•DIAEASTS --, v•
radically i'eatored; Itheum'antlevery description of
ulcerations; Piles and, Scrofulous Diseases 'which have
bafficd all plivieba medfcel skill, con he alined by my
treatment; and Ido say all disease. [see Consumption)
can bemired by wearing my Medicated Jacket, which itt
a protection to the lungs against all changes .of woad=
In all climates. Having investigated for years the cease
and character of intermittents [fever and ague] in all
parts of the, United States, will cure ,permenently . all
chronic or acute cases of ague and nervous diseekees 4ci
few days. . -
• .
cancer Cured without the sfso .4nO, or-Wl:twiny Blood.
Tspo Worm, that dread to the human family for years,
con be removed with two or three doses of my newly dis
covered remedy.!warranted in all cases. Consultation
in tho English and (lemon languages. Will make visits
any distance desired. May be adthessed by letter (confi
dentially) and medicine sent with proper directions tq
any part of the country. . • .
, .
.tiP•Offico; No. fj ' '2B FI11;;st et„ .
TINWARE'.
Tho largest neeortment of wall mad° TINIVAIIEU tho
city constantly kept on hood; also a genoTal mot imeut
of Hogs° FOrctishing Goode. --
Country otorercooporo svIG Mid it to • adraneago
call,
mh25.1 . m
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
(Estate of JOHN SHILEY, deceased.}
toe undereigned, appointed Auditor by the Orphans'
Court or Huntingdon county, to hoar exceptions to, mod
make distribution of, the balance found to be .duo on the
final account of John W. Slattern, Esq., Administrator
do bonis non, with the will annexed, of John Smiley, late .
of Brady township, deceased,-will Attend for theso purp'Ol
sea at tile office in'llutitingdon, on FRIDAY,IOth day
APRIL next, when and where all persons are require
to present their claims or bo.dobarred from coming in on
mid fund.
SEWELL STEWART,
Ye 1,171
STATIONERY,
ADAM WARFEL,
ADAM NOUSE,
SAML..CUMMINS, •
- - Comintedonare
apr6B
JNdl. M. 31ELt0Y,
728 Market Street,
Philadelphia