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HUNTINGDON,
Wednesday morning, Aprills,lB6B,
WM. LE WIS,
EDITORS
LINDSAY,
OUR CANDIDATES:
FOR PRESIDENT,
TT. S. GRANT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,,
A. G.. OT_TBITIN.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
GEN. JOHN P. HARTRAiVFT,
OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
COL. JACOB M. CAMPBELL,
OF CAMBRIA. COUNTY.
.The inquiry is made what pun
ishment will President Johnson receive
if he is convicted by the Senate. His
only - Punishment, according to the
Constitution, will be removal from
office.
liar The gold, silver and bronze mod
als which wore awarded to the - United
States exhibitorsat the Paris exhibi
tion, have arrived, and have been sent
to Washington whore they will be ex
hibited a short time, and then distrib
uted to the owners.
.The Massachusetts Homceopath
is MedicUl Society held " a meeting in
Boston on the Bth inst., in which the
admission of Mrs. Mercy B. Jackson as
a practicing female physician• in Bos
ton was discussed. The admission was
refused by a vote of 33 - against 31.
' Rumor has it that "Gen. Grant
will not accept a nomination on a plat
form favoring negro voting." Our
conviction is that the Republican par
ty, after the recent reverses in Ohio
and Michigan, will not bothor itself
about making him father any such
platform.
13 .Word has at last been received
from Africa that Dr. Livingston is
still alivo, and this time there can bo
no mistake, since the information
eomes from the intrepid traveler him
self, in the shape of a letter to Sir Rod
erick Murchison. The doctor writes
that ho is in good health, that his ex
pedition has been completely success
ful and that he expects to return to
England at an early day.
XerMrs. ?Lyra Clark Gaines, widow
of the late Gen. Gaines, after lawsuits
running over thirty years to sustain
her claims, finally succeeded in gaining
her case in the Supreme Court of the
United . States. Tho decision places
her in possession of property in New
Orleans, mainly real estate, valued at
twenty millions of dollars. Mrs. G.
who is about sixty-five years of age, is
now , the richest woman in Ainerica.
.Some dozen or more of the Re
publican prose of the State, with Simon
Cameron's organ at Harrisburg at the
lead,.are making a desperate effort to
defeat Andy Curtin for Vice President.
The same party of mon .who elected
Cameron U. S. Senator over Curtin in
opposition to the will of the largo ma
jority of the party, aro again deter
mined to defeat the most popular man
with the people,in the State: -
, THE PUBLIC DEBT. —The statement
of the public debt up to April Ist, has
just been published. The' total ac
count of debt bearing coin interest is
$1,944,440,841; bearing currency in
terest, $281,166,630; matured debt not
presented, for payment, $9,036,333
debt bearing no interest, 8406,475,476 ';
total debt, $2,641,719,332; amount in
treasury, coin $99,279,617; currency,
$23,230,027; total 8122,509,645; amount
of debt less cash in treasury, $2,519,-
209,687.
Jai-The United States Senate has
acted wisely in passing a bill provi
ding that the expression of opinion
founded on public rumors or state
ments in public journals, shall Rot dis
qualify a juror, otherwise competent,
who shall take an oath that he can
give a verdict according to the evi
dence. Intelligent mon cannot ab
-Main from reading the papers; but
- they can take an oatiCand give an im
- partial verdict as readily as one who
does mot read the papers.
, Isrvnacnurarr:—On Thursday last
the defense was opened by Judge Cur
tis in a long argument which was con•
tinned the second day. The informa
tion wo receive from Washington as to
public opinion there on the impeach
mentquestion, is contradictory. The
friends of the President say there has
not been evidence offered to convict
him—while his opponents say convic
tion is certain. We wait the result
patiently as we would any other un
certainty.
- /165'1t is an undeniable fact that
many parents desire to give their chil
dren a goo t d education, and many in
stances are recorded, and daily trans
piring, wherein this has been a reason
for removal from one' location to,an-
Other, where the advantages in this
respect are superior. It is very im
portant that this fact should be ponder
ed by the residents of our town and
county at this time, and it should have
its influence in leading them to oontrib
uto liberally of their means in behalf
of the Normal School which is to be
located in our midst.
M.Gov. Geary has approved the bill
repealing the liquor law of 1867:
air• The Ku-Klux-Klan, it appears,
is an organization of more dreadful
earnest than curiosity. It is a rebel
society, and if not checked by tho
powers that be it will prove as death
dealing and destructive to our Nation's
interests as the rebel army in the late
rebellion. • The Union mon in the
South aro marked by the members of
this organization, and when a favora
ble opportunity offers, they vont their
spleen upon them, and murder thorn.
Recently, the residence of ion. G. W.
Ashburn, in Columbus, Ga., was sur
rounded by - about thirty persons, the
doors broke open, and he murdered in
his room. All the assassins woro masks,
and they wore all said to be members
of the Ku-Klux-Klan. Placards have
been posted up at the doors of Union
men in the city, containing their mys
tic letters and signs, with skulls, cof
fin; skeletons, cross-bones, deadly
weapons, and written sentences breath
ing out most terrible threatenings
against them. Such proceedings as
these are designed to throw the com
munity into a fretful state, which can
only be removed by ferreting out the
authors of this new affliction and mak
ing them pay tho penalty.
rsy-The Harrisburg Telegraph has '
run up to its mast-head the name of
Benj. F. Wade for Vice President. We
believe the Republican State Conven
tion by a very large majority declar
ed for Andy Curtin for Vico President.
It don't look well for a Republican or
gan at the Capitol of the State to bolt
a Republican nomination, especially
when the nominee is the strongest
man in the party. Perhaps the pub.
lisher of the Telegraph is sure Presi
dent Johnson will bo turned out in a
few weeks and Mr. Wade turnod in,
when the Harrisburg Post Office would
bo in the market, and at the disposal
. of Mr. Wade. Onee in, and General
Grant elected, the surroundings would
be able to keep the publisher in a fat
situation. If President Johnson should
net turned out, the editor of the
Telegraph .could not bo rewarded by
Mr. Wade for playing traitor to the
almost unanimous - voice of the Repub
lican party of this State.
NEW GAME LAW.—The now Game
law, which will be passed; we presume,
this session, makes it unlawful to shoot,
kill, trap, or destroy any blue-bird,
swallow, marten, or other insectivor
ous bird, at any season of the year.
Deer, fawn, or elk are only to be bun
ted or killed during the months of
September, October and November ;
wild turkeys, pheasants, or rabbits,
from September 1 to January 1; par
tridges or quails from the 20th of Oc
tober to the 20th of December; wood
cock or snipe from the Ist of Septem
ber to the let of March. No birds to
be trapped or taken by means of nets,
or any other method than by shooting,
and no eggs to be destroyed. Penalty,
a fine not exceeding 825 for each of
fence, with costs, and imprisonment
not excoedingthirty days. The bill Is
a general one throUghout the State.
Ate - Michigan held- an election on
Monday a • week on a now Constitu
tion just framed for that State. It
contained a clause authorizing negroes
to vote, and - on this account, mainly
was defeated by some 20,000 majority,
many of the Republicans, as well as all
the Democrats, voting against it. The
question of liquor prohibition was also
submitted to a vote and defeated. The
question of negro suffrage is therefore
decisively negatived in that State. It
is better that the question should have
come up then than at the Presidential
election, as it would have materially
lessened the handsome Republican ma
jority that State is wont to give.
DIE CONNECTICUT ELECTION.—Tho
returns of the recent election in Con
necticut for Governor, give English
(Dem.,) 49,666; Jewell, (f10p.,) 48,-
095; a majority for the Domocratie
Governor of 1,571. Both branches of
the Legislature are Republican. The
Senate stands 12 Republicans to 9
Dettiocrats; last year it stood 11 Re
publicans to 8 Democrats. The House
stands 130 Republicans to 108 Demo
crats. Majority on joint ballot, 25.
This secures the election of a Republi
can 11. S. Senator in place of Dixon.
In 1864 Connecticut gave Lincoln 2,405
majority, and thore are no fears that
it will go all right for Grant.
,The Pennsylvania Senate on the
4th inst., passed the act to incorporate
the Fort Loudon railroad company.
The read to run from Mt. Union, this
county, through Burnt Cabins, London
and Morcersburg, to a point on Cum
berland Valley railroad.
—The Legislature of our State re
cently passed a bill authorizing and
directing the Recorders of Deeds in the
several counties of this Commonwetlth
to record the discharges of all honora
bly discharged officers and soldiers.—
This will enable soldiers to avoid that
trouble which so frequently results
from the loss of discharge papers.
—Tho bankrupt law has now boon
in operation about nine months, and
during that period them have been
filed in New York two thousand peti
tions; in Massachusetts, eight hundred
And twenty-five; and in Pennsylvania,
over ono thousand two hundred.
—The Pennsylvania Legislature has
passed a law for the preservation of
fish in the streams throughout the
State, and to the systematic stocking
of tho waters, and the propagation of
fish in them.
Our Legislature adjourns sine die to
day, Tuesday.
Who Shall be the Republican Candi
date for Vice President ?
The Now York Sun reviews the list
of Republican candidates for the Vise
Presidency, and the prospect of the
several gentlemen named for the nom
ination. New England brings for
ward Gov. Buckingham, Senator Wil
son, Governor Banks, Governor Har
riman, and ox-Vice President Hamlin.
The Middle States present Governor
Fenton, Governor Curtin, and Sena
tor Cresswell. The West brings out
Senator Wade, Spanker Colfax, and
Senator Pomeroy. The Pacific slope
presents Senator Colo, Gov. Low, and
Senators Nyo, Corbett, and Williams.
Others of lesser note have also been
suggested. The Sun remarks that
"as General Grant's home is on the
banks of the Mississippi, the presump
tion is strong that the second candi
dato will be located cast of the Alle
ghenies; unless, indeed, the Pacific
States, because of their remote posi
tion, should claim that, viewed from
their stand point, Grant is not a West
ern man." Its opinion is that did not
Wade and Colfax "reside in such close
proximity to the principal candidate
they would present irresistible claims
on the nomination." As it is, however,
should Mr. Wade become President for
the residue of Mr. Johnson's term, the
circumstance would greatly strength
en his chances. "If the candidate is
selected this side of the mountains,"
says the Sun, "the list narrows down
to Gov. Curtin, Gov. Fenton, Governor
Buckingham, Senator Wilson, and
Vico President Hamlin." Of Ex• Gov.
Curtin the Sun speaks as follows
Gov. Curtin is the regular nominee
of the party in Pennsylvania. He is a
gentleman of high attainments, and
popular with the volunteers, because
of his active exertions in their behalf
during the war; but he encounters a
good deal of hostility from rivals in
his own State. Gov. Fenton has the
delegates from New York. He is an
indefatigable organizer and a shrewd
tactician, but the opposition to him in
some quarters is strenuous and has
recently shown itself in a marked
manner in the Legislature at Albany.
Gov. Buckingham ie popular in Con
necticut, and is a gentleman of great
purity of character. Though his State
is small, yet, should it go for theßepub
limns in the pending election, his name
would have a good deal of weight at
Chicago. _ _
The Sunconcludos its discussion of
the candidates as follows :
Senator Wilson received the party
nomination in the Massachusetts Con
vention. .Ro is a man of groat vigor,
a successful organizer, has made his
mark in the Senate, has a national
reputation, stands well with the Re-
publicans of the South, among whom
ho made an extensive tour last year,
and should he be able to combine at
the outset all the New England votes
in the Convention, would be very like
ly to receive the nomination. The
friends of Mr. Hamlin are numerous
throughout the Union. Formerly a
leader of tho Democracy, ho resigned
his seat in the Senate when tho party
undertook to force slavery upon the
people of Kansas. He was immedi
ately elected Governor of Maine by
about3o,ooo majority; earring with him
a large section of the Democracy. In
1861„ he made wa,y_foy the nomination
of Mr. JOhnson President.
Lincoln, just previous to his assassina
tion, appointed him Collector of the
Port of Boston. He subsequently re
signed this lucrative office because he
did not concur in the reconstruction
policy of Mr. Johnson. Of fixed opin
ions, stern integrity, superior talents,
and unflinching courage, his name is
quietly but widely urged by Republi
cans who think it would be no more
than a just reparation for tho error of
setting him aside four years ago, to
now place him on the ticket with Gen
eral Grant.
Unwise Looal Legislation.
The greatest mistako any party ever
made was to legislate a rival out of
power. Tho Democracy were in the
habit of doing this, but they never
gained anything permanent by it.
They wore always injured by the re
taliation which followed, to a greater
extent than any actual substantial
benefit which they derived from it.
Ohio is a living example of this fact
on a grand scale. That State was
once ruled by the Democracy, who,
not satisfied with sufficient majorities
in the Legislature thereof, for all prac
tical purposes, went to work to gerry
mander it that they might elect all
Democrats to Congress, and actually
monopolize all seats in the Legislature.
Tho result of this action Was to dis
gust the people; to turn them from tho
Democratic party, and for years make
a radical State of what had been Dem
ocratic Ohio. In a less degree, the at
tempt to legislate Democratic cities
into Republican cities, will bo followed
by the, same results. All such schemes
aro the off-springs of corrupt mon, who
merely use a dominant party in the
Legislature to advance their pecuniary
interests; who sock political power,
not that they aim at the triumph of
great political principles, but that they
want to centre in themselves the con
trol of localities. The masses have no
sympathy with such men. When the
Democratic leaders sought thus to use
the people the honest portion of the
voters abandoned that party and made
the Republican organization strong.
Tho same result will attend the same
kind of chicanery if the Republican
party is'debased for the same purpo
ses. The mass of men will not permit
themselves to be used in any mere
scheming of cliques grasping for pow
er. Legislation, which is a trick on
its face, to force one party out of au
thority and another in will provoke its
rotalliation. The ruling power of the
United States cannot be permanently
lodged in any class or clique of men.
If it could, we would soon cease to be
free, and have an aristocracy hero
more arrogant than that which tram
ples on the rights and robs the labor of
the masses of the Old World.—. Harri
sburg State Guard.
—The number of soldiers' orphans
in Soldiers' Schools in this State is
3,180; tho cost of these schools for the
year ending December 1, 1867, was
8435,080 44. Each pupil costs the
State $l4B 84 per annum.
—The order of Good Templars, du
ring the past year, has increased in
membership about two hundred thou
sand, numbering now in North Amer--
ea nearly half a million,
Se' The Chambereburg Repository
concludes an able article on "The Poli
cy of Unity," as follows
Gov. Curtin may or may not be nom
inated at Chicago, and be may or may
not be defeated by adverse elements in
his own household. Whatever nomina
tion is made at Chicago, there are not
less than 200,000 earnest Republicans
in this State who will feel, if he is de
feated, that the voice and wishes of
the party were overthrown iby a fac
tious minority, who use nominations
to gain power themselves, but aro rea
dy to disre'gerd nominations when
their ambition is not gratified. Gov.
Curtin can well afford not to bo nomi
nated for Vice President, but can the
Republicans of Pennsylvania afford to
disregard with impunity, or defeat by
factious warfare, a nomination made
with such unanimity and responded to
with such enthusiosm 7 When Gen.
Cameron was nominated for U. S.
Senator over Gov. Curtin, even in the
face of an oppcisition that was destruc
tive of most of the mon who made the
nomination in caucus, Gov. Curtin ac
quiesced because the usages of the
party demanded it at his hands. So
when Gov. Geary was nominated, af
ter a littlo contest, ho had, from the
day of his nomination, the most cor
dial suppcirt of the minority. Now
some of tho loaders, who wore victors
in thoso contests, reject the binding
force of a nomination and insist that
Pennsylvania shall simply givo doubt
ful compliments to her public men for
national offices, but never support them
successfully. Wo submit that the pol
icy of unity has boon heretofore made
ono of tho established usages of the
I Republican party of Pennsylvania, and
that the time has come when we must
join the Republicans of Now York,
Indiana and other leading States, in
enforcing it if we would deserve to be
a successful ' party. We cannot des
troy the sanctity of one kind of nomi
nations, and demand obedience to an
other class' made by the same tribunal,
and those who are now. endeavoring
to sow to the wind would do well to
look to the harvest they are likely to
gather.
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE IMPEACHMENT.
WAEIIIINGTON, April 9, 1868.
The Court Commenced at the usual
hour, and after some further evidence
was offered by the Managers,
Mr. Curtiii commenced the opening
argument for the defense. Alluding
to the character of the trial, and to
the oath taken by the Senators in their
capacity of judges, ho said the only
appeal ho should make would be to
the conscience and the reason of each
and every judge, basing his argument
solely on questions of law and fact.—
Ile intimated that ho would subse
quently combat the position taken. by
the Managers, that this body was not
essentially, and in fact, a court ; but
at present, ho would consider the ar
ticles separately, and in their order
and substance.
The gravity of the charges of the
first eight articles was that the remo
val of Mr. Stanton was, and was inten
ded to be, in violation of the tenuro of
office act and the Constitution. He
thon argued to show that the_ci)so. of
Stanton did not compwithin the scope
and provisions of the tenure of office
net, maintaining that the description
of his office and its tenuro differed ma.
terially in the section,and in its provi
so. Mr. Stanton was appointed by
President Lincoln in 1862, to hold of.
fico during the term for which ho
was elected, and not to hold it during
any subsequent term for which ho
might be elected.
It could not bo said that Johnson is
serving out tho term of Lincoln. The
term for which a President is
v elected
is not absolutely for four years, but is
limited by life and ability. His con
ditional term expiring, the Vico Pres
ident, succeeds to a new term, which
consists of the remainder of the term
for ' which the Vico President was
elected: A well might it be said that
one Sovereign served out the term of
another whom ho succeeded. There
was a purpogo in the difference of the
phraseology botwcn the section and its
proviso.
The Constitution authorizes the
President to call upon members of his
Cabinet for advice respecting matters
concerning his own duties, as well ins
respecting matters connected with
their various departments, and such
had been the invariable practice since
the foundation of tho Government.—
They were the voice and hands of the
President. In. them he was to repose
confidence, and for thorn he was to be
responsible. For this reason they
were placed • by• the tenuro of office
law in the same position as the _Presi
dent by whom they were aPpointed—
they wore to servo Out his term of of
fice : but as to others holding over, the
case was different.
Mr. Curtif; then proceeded to show
what the fooling and intention of both
Houses of Congress was in the framing
and passagebt this bill, maintaining
that they were in accord with the
views he hadjUst expressed. He quo
ted from speeches explaining the re
port of the committee of conference
made by Mr. Schenck. ' Also from
speeches of Gen. Sherman, Mr. Wil
liams and
.others, in the Senate, in
which they denied thatteither the pur
pose or effect of the bill was to keep
Mr. Stanton in office.
Ho read these, not as expressions o
individual opinion; but in explanation
of the report of the committee of con
ference.
Returning -to the consideration of
tho articles, ho said tho sixth section
forbids any removal contrary to the
provision of the act, but as Stanton
did not yield there, was no removal,
and if thoro had been it would not
have violated the act, since he had
just shown that Stanton did not come
within-its proiisions.
Tho House oVtoprosentatives charge
the Prosidenp with an intentional. vio
lotion of this section, which unques
tionably adMits of different construc
tion, but they fail to - prove that he
concurred in their interpretation, and
then willtully acted in contravention
of it. Tho first duty of the President
is to construe an act and decide what
is its true moaning. This duty he
performed as tho Constitution provi•
dad, by consulting with his constitu
tional advisers, and thoy all put the
samo construction upon the not in
question, as had been assigned to it by
its framers. ..
Au Impartial View of the Impeach
ment.
We annex from the Washington
correspondence of the New York
Times, a statement of the position - of
the case as it stands at the 'close of
the Managers' testimony. It is the
more worthy of consideration since the
journal in which we find it does not
editorially declare itself partizan, and
has boon in fact, during the progress
of the trial, as prompt to censure the
Republican party, as any journal, not
avowedly Democratic, which has come
under our notice. The writer 'states
the case, in its present position, as fol
lows :
"The case as made by the prosecu
tion, though not developing much
that is new, is yet conceded to sub
stantiate all the specific charges of the
articles, except the ninth, so far as
oral and record evidence can do it.—
The chief questions are, after all, the
questions of law, and after all that the
prosecution claim is admitted by the
defense, there still remains the origi
nal theory set up by Mr. Johnson, that
having' done all these things, he
has nevertheless violated no law. As
to the evidence, it can safely be said
that the following points are fully pro
ven, namely : that the President first
suspended Mr. Stanton under the Ten
ure of Office act; that he recognized
that act by conforming to it in repea
ted instances; that ho *absolutely re
moved Mr. Stanton during the session
of the Senate, without its consent, in
violation of the act of 1789; that he
appointed Gon. Thomas Secretary of
War ad interim in violation of the act
of 1867: that Gen. Thomas, acting up
on the order of the President, did at
tempt to take possession of the War
Office, and was only prevented from
using force in so doing by the interven
tion of Mr. Stanton's legal proceed.
ings ; that he did attempt to exercise
the functions of the office, in giving
orders and signing himself Secretary
of War ad interim; that the speeches
made upon the Chicago trip were ac
tually made as reported, whatever
shade of misdemeanor they may
establish; and that the President, in
dealing with the Senate, has steadily
maintained, that he did not recognize
the Tenure of Office act,'While -in deal
ing with appointments and removals
under it, he has uniformly respected
its provisions except in this one in
stance of the last removal of, the Sec
retary of War.. Whether tho Tenure
of Office bas-been violated depends up
on a law question, as to whether the
act covers Mr. Stanton's case. If it does,
the prosecution will have no trouble
in proving its violation, as they have
already proved that for certain purpo
ses the President conceded it to be
valid law, while for others ho did not.
On this point, the most elaborate
.ar
guments will be made, and it mill be
one which the Senators will 'find it most
difficult to decide, as some of them are
on record heretofore to the effect that
the law did not touch Mr. Stanton's
case. It will be a very close vote, if
at all, that a verdict of guilty is ren
dered on this article.
Ono of the points which it is under
stood the defense will attempt to prove
and which they swill maintain with all
their ability, is that in all, these acts
the President intended no violation of
the law. They all maintain the well
known principle of common - lo.w, that
to prove a crime the intent must be
fully shown. But against this the
prosecution will set up the well estab
lished fact that in the last removal of
Mr. Stanton he did actually 'violate a
law, on the ground, as he maintains
in his answer, that it is no law, having
nevertheless repeatedly recognized its
validity by performing various actions
under it. The matter of intent, there
fore, the Managers claim is fully es
tablished. The charges of the ninth
and tenth articles are among those on
which, if on any, a verdict of not guil
ty will be rendered.
A Registry Law,
The Legislature has passed, and the
Governor signed, a supplement to our
election laws, requiring the registra
tion of voters throughout the State.
Thisis a much needed meaSure,and cal
culated to accomplish a great deal of
good in the way of preventing frauds
at elections. The following is a syn
opsis of the most important features of
the bill :
SECTION I.—That the - assessors shall
make lists of voters annually, with
their residence,
whether housekeepers
or boarders; the occupation and name'
of employer if working for another;
whether native citizen voting on ago,
naturalized, or having declared inten
tions, expecting to vote upon full pa
pers to bo procured before election.
Daring the present year such a list
to be mac out sixty days after the
passage of the act; qualifications to be
then inquired into before the let of
September; meetings for rectification
and placing additional names on the
registry, to be hold by the assessors
during the four days, if necessary, and
ten
.days before the election.
Sao. 2.—Duplicate copies of the re
gistry lists to be made out ; ono. copy
to go to the County Commissioners,
the other to bo posted on the'door of
the house where the election is to be
hold prior to August let in each year.
Szo. 3.—Assessors, inspectors and
judges of election to attend at places
for holding elections on Saturday, the
10th day preceding the second Tues
day of October, to place names on the
registry not thereon, upon, duo proof
of the right of the voter. At the elec
tion no person to be allowed to vote
whose name is not en the list. Where
a person has been omitted he may re
quest a special meeting of the officers
to decide on his- case; and all such
claims may be heard at the election
house on the Saturday before the elec
tion.
Szc. 4. —Voters may he challenged
and put to proof, notwithstanding the
fact that their names ,are on the
registry, and the matter bo decided
according to law. Naturalized voters
must produso their certificates of rm_
turalization, tho elected officers to
place the word "voted," with date and
place of election.
SEC. s.—Registry papers to be scal
ed up after the election with other
election papers.
Sc,t 6.—Registry to be reopened in
years when there aro .Presidential
elections ten days before the election,
and names of voters omitted to ho
placed thereon.
SEC. 7.—At special elections the re
gistvy to govern, but not to exclutdo
citizens not registered who have the
right to vote according to law.
Szo 8 prescribes the oath of office
for assessors, inspectors and judges of
elections.
Sze. 9.—On the petition of five or
more citizens, under oath, setting
forth reasons for believing that frauds
will be praotised at an election, the
Court of Common Pleas may appoint
two persons as overseers of elections,
one from each political party, if the in
spectors belong to different political
parties; but where these officers are
both of the same party, the overseers
are to bo of the opposite party. The
overseers to have a right to be present
at the election and to see what is done,
keep lists of voters, &e. If said over
seers are not allowed to perform their
duties, or are driven away by intimid
ation, the whole pole of that election
district er division to bo thrown out.
SEC. 10.—If a district polls more
votes than are registered, it shall be
prima facie evidence of fraud, and the
whole vote may be rejected upon a
contested election.
SEC. 11.—No court of the State to
naturalize any foreigner within ten
days of an election, under penalty of
misdemeanor in the officer issuing the
naturalization certificate. Voting, or
attempting to vote, on a fraudulent
certificate ,of naturalization, subjects
the party to imprisonment not exceed•
ing three years, and fine not exceeding
one thousand dollars.
SEC. l2.—lssuing false receipts by a
tax collector, fine not less 'than one
hundred dollars, imprisonment not loss
than three months.
Sze. 13.—At elections hereafter;
polls to open bet Ween 6 and 7 o'clock,
a. m., and close at 6 p. m.
Another excellent bill -is pending
before the State Senate, which if pass.
ed,as it assuredly ought, will prove a
most valuable and acceptable adjanct,
to the Registry law. This bill pro
poses to compel officersof elections to
register the names of naturalized vo
ters, with such facts connected with
their naturalization as will prevent
fraud.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
W'ANTED,
Agent's to sell tlio cheapest, mist practital and
durable pens ever brought before the public, GREENE'S
GOLDEN PENS, widely celebrated for their ransarkablo
flexibility and anti-corrosive properties. These Pens aro
put up in bronze and gilt elide boxes, sell rapidly and
Pay a large profit to the agent. Sample cards, with Pont,
forwarded on Receipt of 10 cts. Circniare free, address,
thliftl.ll3 S. GREENS, 41.3 Chestnut St., Phila. Pa. aplslm.
oc HENRY HARPER ,
a
-530 ARCH ST.,
Fine WATCIIES, JEWELRY, SILvER WARE, and
RODGERS' CELEBRATED Silver PLATED Waco, war
ranted triple plate, on the whitest IndaZ, at .
MANUFACTURER'S PRICES.
np. 15,1861-3 mos.
TEACHERS WANTED.
Two male, and lire female teachers will bo employ
ed to take charge of the public tchoole of Huntingdon
borough, for the ensuing term commencing Juno let,
and continuing nine mantis. ' with - Vacations of two
months, from the middle of July, till tile middle of Sep
tember, and two weeks at the bollidays. • '•
An examination alit be held by the County Superin
tendent, at the Public School Building, at 10 o'clock,
Wednesday the 20th day of April, and applicants are re
quested to be than present, and also send in written ap
plications to the Secretary, or some member of the hoard.
By order of the board,
SAMUEL, T. BROWN,
Secretary.
April 15, 1868-td
B. J. WILLIAMS & SONS,
No. 16 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia.
LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF
VENETIAN BLINDS
TVINDOW SHADES
. I n -- SELL AT THE LOWEST PRIOES.ii-Ei
Blinds Repaired, Storo Shades, Trimmings, Fixtures
Phan Shades of all kinds, Curtin Cornices, Plante Tas
sets, Cor Dell Bulls, &c. apls 2m
BOOK AGENTS WANTED
Fon SITE NEW nowt,
- MEN OF OUR TIMES,'
or leading patriots of tho day. Au elogaot octavo vol
tune, richly illustrated with 18 beautiful steel °wax
ings, and a portrait of the author,
MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
Agents say it it the Lett, and sells the quickest of any book
they ever sold. Some are taking 200 orders per week. It
will outsell "Uncle ibot's Caton." We employ no general
agents, but pay extra commission. Old agents gill np
pi Male this item. Rend for circulars giving full partic
ulars. Address,
HARTFORD PIJIVG CO.,
upls-10 Hartford, Conn.
14113CLNW0013 ACA33EaIIIY
The neat term opens first
WEDNESDAY, 6th of MAT.
Unsurpnesed facilities in Music, Drawing and Painting.
Mr. D. F. TUSSEY, County Superintendent, will Into
charge of the Normal Department. •
• Send for a circular.
Address D. S: NUTTY, Principal,' -
apS-3t or tiny. W. C. KUHN, Shade Gap, Pa.
AGENTS W_A_ITTMD
Men. cad' C:PnaL. 3:1 0 a. - 3r
Or the Lives and Deeds
of Generals, Statesmen, Orators
and Political Leaders nose on the stage of action, includ
ing Grant, Sherman, Colfax, Sumner, Stanton, Sheridan,
Yates, Curtin, Trumbull, Fenton, Buckingham, Wilson,
Greeley, Wade, Morton, Philips Farragut, Chase, Logan,
Stevens. Seedier, Seward, Boutwell, Dix. Hamlin, Fes-
Bandon, Howard, and others with over. Forty Life-liko
portraits of Li, ing Mon. gaud only by agents. Great
inducements. - -Send for Circulars- - - .
151cCURDY &
614 Arch ar., Philadelphia
Bpi -2m
CJTATISTICS of the financial condi.
lion of the Local Bounty Accounts of Tod township.
Original indebtodneda . $19932 18
Amount paid 10765 90
Principal remaining unpaid 0166 28
Probable interest duo since last settle ment 660 00
- 9826 28
Probable balance of duplicate in bends of Col.
lector,
Amount to bo assessed $ 7912 75
We the undersigned Auditors of Tod Township having
examined the Local Bentley accounts of said township,
and find the probable amount to be assessed to liquidate
the indebtedness to be seven thousand Mao hundred and
twelve dollars and seventy-five cents.
Witness our hands this 27th day of March, A. D. 1868.
ALLEN EDWARDS,
te=•,
THE Commissioners of Huntingdon
county will receive proposals up to and including
Wednesday, the 20th day of May next, at their - Wilco, and
also, at Birmingham until 11 o'clock, A. at.,on Thursday,
the 21st of May. for the erection of a bridge across the
Juniata river at Birmingham.
All bidders aro requested to be at Birmingham at the
letting, in order that the successful bidder can at the
same time enter into an article of agreement and give
bond with au approved security for the faithful perform
ance of said contract.
TINWARE.,,
The largest aseortnutrit or well made TINWARE in the
city constantly kopt on hand; also a general nem timid
of Rouse Furnishing Goods.
Country etorekeepers will SO ft to their advantage to
can.
RIO.III. MELLOY,
728 Market Street,
1711125.1 m Philadelphia.
_NOTION.
The undersigned haring sold opt his entire store
will discontinue the mercantile boldness in Markfcsbririb
and earnestly requests all who are indebted to him to
call at his Store room inuhnake settlement by note or
otherwise. Very respectfully,
Marklusburg, Ap.B-2nl J. B. SIIONTZ.
WANTED—,
An Agent in this county for the
New England Mutual Life Ineuranee Och
This is thu of ,loot 7,intual Organization us the country
Handsome compen,ation given.
Address hTKOUD MARSTON, Ooneral Agents,
- N 0.32 North Fifth btroct,
TREASURER'S SALE OF UNSEA.
TED LENDS IN HUNTINGDON COUNTY.
WHEREAS, by an act of the General Assembly of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An set to
amend an act directing the mode of selling unseated fiends'
for taxes sad outer purposes," passed 13th March, 1815,
and the other acts upon the subject, thsaranactrors of the
several counties within this Commonwealth aro directed
to commence on the 2d Monday in June, in the year 1818,
and at the expiration of every two years thereafter, and
adjourn from day to day, if it be necessary to do so ' and
make public sale of the whole or any part of such tract
of unseated land, situate in the proper county, ea will
pay ;the arrcarages of the taxes which shall have then
remained duo or unpaid for the apace of ono year before,
together with all costs necessarily accruing by reason of
such delinquency, he. Therefore, I, 31. M. LOGAN, Treas
urer of the county of Huntingdon, do hereby give notice
that upon the following trat.ts of unseated land, situate
as hereinafter described) the several sums stated aro the
arrearages of taxes, respectively, due and unpaid for one
year, and that In pursuance of the direction of the afore
said Act of Assembly, I shall, on MONDAY, TIM STU
DAY OF JUNE NEXT, at the Court Idolise, in the bor
ough of Huntingdon, commence the Pablio dale 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 continuo such sale by adjournment un
til all the tracts upon which the taxes shall remain due
and unpaid, shall be sold.
M. M..LOGIAN,
Treas. of Hunt. Cb
Treasurer's Office, April 4, 186£1.
Amount of Tares due and unpaid on the fallowing Tracts
of Unsalted Lands, up to and including the year 180:
Aaron. Perches. Warrantees or Owners. Tax.
Barree Township.
437 Moses Van Wost, 16 60
865 James Ash & Wm. Shannon, 31 12
436 Robert Austin, 63 01
Brady.
64 Lewis Igo,
402 John Watson,
43 33 Andrew Bell,
425 Wm. Watson,
33 Christian Kauffman,
13 Daniel King,
/Urban.
200. F. 0. Itee.mar, 380
1 lot In Cooknout, 3, W. Carry, 00
67 Clemens' heirs, 1 OT
8 John Howard, 18
4 lots in Now Grenada, John Howard, 38
133 Coek & Elder, now Scholl A Bowman, 260
400 Wm. Spring, 7 150
400 John 'Murphy, 760
400 Wm. Blau, 760
409 John Blan, - 750
200 Benjamin Price, 8 80
400 Alexander Hoary, 760
418 Wm. Mowan, 793
330 James Slowan, 10 19
395 Isaac Mowan, - 17 55
107 80 Benjamin Penn, 1 91
12 Hoary Miller, (part) .• „ • - - - 24
100 Jonathan Pow or Pugh, ' • 190
438 40 Speer & Dougherty, 8 91
100 Dallied Newcomer, 190
400 IShoemaker'ii heirs, A. S. &it:Roberto A Co.; 320
21 A. S. Jr E. Roberts .k Co., A. W. Anderson, 40
50 do ' do - John 'McLane, -- 40
172 W. Settle,_ 653
47 .A. S. A. E. Roberts A Co., Joe. Martin's hare, 37
439 Speer & Dougherty, • 834
Ous.
400 87. Samuel Hartieek, • •
299 OS Edward Nash,
1 269110 John Nash,• -
207 Henry Sill,,
137.135 Samuel Morrison,
400 John Freed,
200 Hugh Morrison,
400 Robert Miller,
400 Wm . Miller ,
193 Andrew .
207 John bills,
157 Neal Clark,
450 Sarah Hartemck, Jr.,
4•.0 Sarah Barrack,. .
405 Jacob Barrack,
400 Peter hartoock,
400 Elizabeth klarteock,
Clay.
252 132 Zechariah Chaney, •
Cromwell.
418 20 John Jourdan,
393 Al Samuel Galbraith,
400 70 Joseph Galbraith,
408 77 John Galbraith,
153 Gourge Stevenson, (IL Glasgow )
425 JOhn Forrost, • -
150_Jomos Old, (part,)
40 John - Gilliland,
120 J. Kelley,
110 A. Potts, .
111 A: Wills Heirs, • '
400 D. Caldwell,
_Franklin.
- 40 , 17arld Caldwell, •
5 - James Logan, (J. Moneyed
Henderson.
Sri J . Simpson Africa,
437 Wm. Mechener, .
438 Thomaa Ilichaner.
//open'en.
210 Peter herring, --
200 Conrad'herring, • ;
212 David Shaffor,
202 Sarah Loll,
207 Margaret Levi,
205 Adam Levi, - .
200 Abraham Levi,
97 Hannah Herring,
37 Frederick herring,
200 Henry Bates,
220 Sarnia.' Davis,
210 Joseph Miller,
200 Jacob Weavor,
2013 . Jacob Weaver,
1 vacant lot acre, Rocco Gannet,
Juniata.
100 Samuel Caldwell,
200 William Barrack, (port,)
Jackson.
400 Thomas Parmor,
400 George Stever,
400 Jacob liiitzuner,
400 Andrew Boyd,
400 George or Robert Grazier,
400 George' Englis,
400 Adam Striker,
400 Hillary Baker.
400 Thonnis Russell,
400 Thomas Ralston,
400 David Ralston, Jr.,
400 , David Ralston,
400 Ephraim Jones,
400 John Brown, •
437 Jonathan Priestly,
400 William Johnston,
400 Robert Johnston,
400 Charles Caldwell,
._
422 James Dean,
400 Hoary Carmon,
400 John Adams, .
400 Henry West, •
400 Alexander Johnston,
400 Hugh Johnston,
400 Thomas McClure or McCune,
400 John Russell,
400 John Ralston.
400 Janos West,
400 William Steel,
305 Abraham Dean,
400 • James Fulton,
400 Samuel Marshall,
400 ltobert Caldwoll,
400 Matthew Simpson,
400 Jammu McCuuo, •
400 Samuel Steel,
400 John Fallon,
400 John Galbraith,
409 Joseph McCune,
400 George Wice,
37 Dertoneye_Heirs,
Oneida. •
120 John Johnston,
11 William B. Zeigler,
Penn.
402 Jane Sells,
397 Peter Sharer,
Porter.
150 Wm. Smith, D. D., -
100 - do
70107 Samuel Fisher, (J. S. bolt, owner,)
100 11010111111 K. Net,
402 Wm. Smith„
275 John N. SWoopo .4 Co.,
105 do do
224 do do
188 ' do do -
298 do do
;382 Wm. Smith,
Shirley.
411 80 Peter Wertz,
405153 James Caldwell,
420120 Benjamin Brown,
175 Wm. & John Pollution,
Springfield.
400 Stacey Young,
75 George nails,
123 Brico X. Blair,
421 Nathan Ord,
9111.
335 129 Simon Potter,
414 10 John Pease,
431 30 Adam Clow,
Tad.
250 Tompy Shaffer, 12 88
80 J. R. Flanagan, . 3 75
395 08 Samuel Cornelius, , 19 54
98 Speer & Martin, 496
52 Eliot Smith, ' ' ' • 7 53
400 Benjamin Rush. 18 32
200 Samuel, Sally and Betsy Chambers, 14 84
455 ' Robert Chambers, ' •39 80
336 Nancy Chambers, .. .' .10 80
400, J6olollohaMberq, • l9 80
400 James Witer;' 19 80
409 Nancy Davis, 10 80
400 Isaac Ruston, 19 80
400 Johanna.lluston, - -, .. ... .19 80
400 Resin Davis,. - . - '. 19 84
150 Amos now Neil Clark, 743
400 John ()bamboo, _ • 53 89
406 Sarah Ltartsock, ti 50
400 Mary Freed, -19 8q
Union.
355 - Arthur Fee, - • • - 14 05
409 froderick Sell, , 760
425 - James Yea, 815
400 Abraham Sell, ' 768
408 Abraham Morrison, 760
400 Joseph Morrison, :
7 0 4 :1
200 John Sell, 380
420 Solomon Sall, ' 798
395 Margaret Se% 761
26 Benjamin Elliott, 332
400 John Brewster, 440
100 Samuel Caldwell, 285
Wirrriormark. • .
215 O. K. &J. H. Shoenherger, R. Stewart, 13 70
200 John Idattherre, David =band Isaac Arm*
loge, 00 83
Wee.
EBB
E. FRENCH,
E. PLUMMER,
• Auditors.
ADADI WARFEL,
ADAM FOUSE,
SAUL. CUMMINS,
Commissioners
369 Wm. Bracken,
12 114 Will. Rood,
426 Philip Sickle,
433 Cadvadader Evans,
493 George Bingham,
294 T. Ewing,
ALSO—The following real estate upon which pereonal
propel. ty cannot be found sufficient to pay the taxes re.
turned by the several collectors, is charged with the taxes
thereon assessed for the years 1865 and 1866 and will bd
sold as Unseated lands in pursuance of the directions of
the fortyfirst section of the act of assembly entitled "art
act to reduce the State debt and to Incorporate the Pony,
sylvanin Canal and Railroad Company" approved the 20th
of Apr 1415.14 :
SEATED LIST
Hopewell township.
SO • David Mountain's estate,
OS do . do
9.llqoubergor's oatato, or lfra.lyllo,
105 0. Shaffer, 015
200 61. Shaffer, lb 62
200 J. Morin, 16 58
90 Mute, 6 26
100 litdor,'
24 15
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3 83
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