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HUNTINGDON, PA.
Wednesday morning, May . 6,.1868,
WiCI. LEWIS,
LINDSAY, tEnimis
• OUR CANDIDATES:
•
FOR PRESIDENT,
•
TT. •S. GRANT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
G. CURTIN.
' FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
GEN. JOHN . HARTRANFT,
OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
GEN: JACOB .111: CAATPBELL,
• OP CAMBRIA COUNTY.
Going's, A. Grow has been
appointed Chairman of the Republican
State Central Committee. George W.
Johnston, Esq., is the momber of the
.Committee from this county.
'.,rieerlf Mr. Wade should be nomina
ted fOr Vice President we will givd him
our support' without expecting to be
, apPliklUted P. M. at ibis place. How
- wilr it be with you, neighbor "organ r
MEETING- TIIE STATE CENTRAL
.COIFIMITTEE.--Tkie Republican State
Central :Committee will meet at the
!rooms of the National Union Club, No.
1106 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, at
two o'clock, p. m., on Tuesday the 12th
of May, 1868. A full attendance is de.
,aired. •." GALUSHA A. GROW,
Chairman State Central Committee:
My-Massachusetts has again repudi
iited"Female Suffrage. The Judiciary
:pOMMittee of the Massachusetts House,
which for some days had been hearing
arguments for and against female suf
lrage; on . Tuesday reported unanimous
' and both Houses agreed
othe report. This is the third time
that the Massachusetts Legislature has
rejected female suffrage.,
blisiness season has cora
•lifiMccd and yet we hoar from every
. c ity and town in this State, and from
:every - other State, "dull times—hun
dreds and thousands of laborers and
mechanics out of employment." No
country can prosper—no town 'can
'prosper, .unless the consumers have
r eMplOyment at living wages. To
-.build up a town, the first step to be
taken should be to secure employment
for all willing to work. Unless confi•
donee is soon restored, the rich will be
, oomo.richor and the poor poorer.
• . nei..The impeachinent trial seems to
be attracting some attention in Eng
,land ; but much loss than might have
,been reasonably - anticipated. The
. British - press aro perhaps a little shy
of • predictiqg the destruction of our
government from any course that may
;be pursued by parties in this country,
after the experience which the past
few years has given them. The tone
of the London Gazette, however, shows
:that they -have not-much sympathy
with the prosecution. It says, that the
.American people aro growing weary
.of the trial, and that the movement
will•not be likely to benefit the Repub
lican party.
- .130"Androw Gregg Curtin, our choice
for Vice President, belongs to the Key
stedo',State. . Her history has been
Made doubly brilliant . by the wise and
successful administration of Ex-Geyer-
Curtin during the events of the late
war. To him rightly belongs the title
ot".The.SOldier's Friend," for rio one
labored with greater - zeal for their wel‘
fare. Attentive to their wants in the
field and-hospital, he earned immortal
fame" forliis kindness, and to-day wid
.,OWS and orphans of the fallen speak
his praise. Familiar as a household
..,werd, the name of Curtin, is spoken of
iii'every hamlet in the State as the fit
test of all others to bo placed beiitio his
:cpyripatriot Grant.
•• ALEIETING OF TUE SUPREME COURT.-
Pie, Sul:Fat - he COurt of PennsYlvania
Ovill meet in. Harrisburg on May 4,
1868; The following i t s the list of the
• :counties of 'the Middle District, with
-the'return days: • •
First Monday of .May—Tiancaster,
;Y,oik and Adams.
, Second- MOnday of, May—Cumber
land, Perry; Franklin, Fulton, Bedford
and,Sotherpt:
Tiiiki'Monday 7 -Dauphin, Lebanon,
pentro,ldin, Juniata, Huntingdon
and Blair. .• .
::FouithD.londay-Cases specially as
signed.
fl on . Jasob M.. Campbell; our
candidate for Siirveyor ; General, enter"-
- ,,q4 - company Of the three months' vol.
unteers, of which ho was elected first
lieutenant, and was the officer who as
'elatedA° pitch- the firsts tont in Camp
Curtin. At the expiration of the th'ree
months' service, Lieut. Campbell or
• ganized, and was ma,de.Colonel of tho
Fifty-fourth Regiment, P. V. After
- being in the field - only a short time,
Col. Campbell was ordered to the com
' eland of a Brigade, which he led in
=Aye hard fight for a year and a half,
retaining the confidence of his' saber
: dinato officers as a man of bravery and
' a soldier of ability. March 13, 1865,
Col. Campbell was made a brevet
Brigadier General. In view of
_the
above tact , so honorable to a deserving
soldier, we give Brigadier General
Campbell his proper rank at the head
of our editorial columns.
The Impeachment.
Tho trial of the President is not yet
closed. Mr. Stanborry, for tho Presi
dent, closed on Saturday. Mr. Bing
ham, ono of the Managers, commenced
on Monday. He closes the argument;
still it is the opinion of some men at
Washington that tho "case" will not
be disposed of until after the adjourn
ment of the Republican Convention to
bo held at Chicago on the 20th. It
has been given out in political circles
that Mr. Wade, if made President be
fore the nominations for President and
Vice President aro made, may, with
the influence of his office, control the
nomination for Vico President. Of
course other candidates will not want
Mr. Wade to have an advantage over
them, and they may use their -influ
ence to have final action in the im
peachment case postponed until after
tho Convention makes nominations.
,Thorn is no certainty that the Pres
ident will bo convicted. Bets aro free.
ly offered at Washington that the Pres
ident will not be convicted, and they
are as freely taken.
HONOR THE BRAVE.—Tho Republi
can State ticket again presents two
patriotic sons for the suffrages of the
people—,-General Hartranft and Gen
eral Campbell. They have been re
chosen for the respective positions
which they filled so ably the last two
yehrs. They have won the esteem
and confidence not only of the party to
which they belong, but also of the peo
ple at largo; and wo have no fears that
theirrespective majorities will be great
ly increased over the first. When wo
have such good men in position, it is
well that they should be rewarded by
an appreciative public. With the nom
ination of General U. S. Grant, whose
namo is now a household word, and
Ex. Governor (we were almost going
to say General, because ho is so gm.
erally and popularly known,) we would
have a, ticket strong and gOod, with
little prObability of its defeat if both
parties worked alike earnestly.
rei-,ltouston county, in Georgia with
'a colored majority of 2,000 votes, late
ly elected the whole,Democratio ticket.
Three years ago, Thad. Stevens said
that the negroes of the South, when
left alone, would vote with their old
masters:
"Thil GOOD OLD TIMES".—TbUdOw
Weed writes a letter to the fast week's
Recorder, published at Catskill, N. Y.,
his native town, in which ho narrates
some pleasing reminiscences. The
following extract, in reference to the
life of a debtor, at the beginning of the
present century, will be of interest
now:a days :
those days, hard as it may seem
now, poor men, however honest, lived
in dread of Imprisonment! My father
was one of a class whom ill fortune
tracked through life. Ho worked hard,
but never prospered. His horse was
always sick, or lame, or was backing
the cart off the Dock, The Debtor's
Prison, therefore, was ever staring us
in the face. But there was this bless
ed mitigation of the horrors of a Deb
tors' Prison. , There were Gaol Liber
ties connected with the prison, of
which a debtor, with a reputation for
honesty, and - a wealthy friend who
would sign his bond to remain upon
the 'Limits,' might avail himself. The
Limits, accurately defined, extended
to business parts of the Village, so
that a poor man stood some chance of
keeping the wolf from devouring, his
wife and children. This, however,
was not the full measure of the Law's
humanity. On Sunday the
,debtor
was free I And on these days of jubi
lee I used to roam with my enfranchis
ed father, down to the 'Point,' over to
the Shad Fishery, or up to Jefferson,
with a deep sense of gratitude that he
was permitted, one day in the week,
to walk God's earth, and breathe His
atmosphere, unrestrained. Creditors
were on the watch, always,"for truant
debtors, who sometimes failed to re
turn to the Limits before 12 o'clock on
Sunday night.
ITo the Editor or the Ere6s.]
General Grant.
Sia :—Having of late heard many
uncharitablo remarks in regard to the
intemperate habits of General Grant,
and , having seen the article in your
paper.of Friday, upon the subject, I
cannot longer refrain from giving my
testimony 'in behalf of so great a man,
whom I believe to have been so vilely
traduced. During the first three years
of fink war I was actively identified
,with the Western branch of the Sani
tary Commission, and had abundant
opportunity of judging for myself in
regard to the character and ability of
many of our generals.. During the en
tire campaign of the opening of the
Mississippi it was my privilege to aid
in caring for our noble patriots, both in
hospitals and in camps, and I have
been for weeks together whore I saw
.General Grant daily, heard his name
constantly, and never did I hear in
temperance mentioned in, connection
: with it. Facts are stubborn things.—
I wilt relate a few. of the many that
came 'directly to own, knowledge : In
the winter of 1862.3, 3vhen the army
arrived 'at Memphis, after long, weary
marching, and trials that sicken the
heart to think of, two-thirds of the
officers and soldiers wore in hospitals.
General Grant was lying, sick at the
Gayoso Hotel. One morning Mrs.
Grant came into the• ladies' parlor,
very much depressed, and said the
medical director had just been to see
Mr. Grant, and thought he would not
be able to go any further if ho did not
stimulate. .Said she : "And I cannot
perauado him to do so; he says he will
.not die, and be will . not touch a drop
upon any consideration." In loss than
a week ho was on board the advance
boat on the way to Vicksburg.
Again, a few months after I was on
board the headquarters boat at Milli,
ken's Bend, where a lively gathering
of officers and ladies had assembled.—
Cards and music were the order of the
evening. General Grant sat in the
ladies' cabin, loaning upon a table
covered with innumerable maps and
routes to - Vicksburg, wholly absorbed
in contemplation of tho great matter
before him. Ho paid no attention
whatever to what was going on around
neither did any one dare to interrupt
him ; for hours he sat thus, until the
loved and lamontod McPherson step
ped up to him with a glass of liquor in
his hand, and said : "General, this
won't do, you aro injuring yourself;
join with us in a few toasts, and throw
this burden off your mind." Looking
up and smiling, ho replied, "Mc., you
know your whisky wont help me to
think; give me a dozen of the best ci
gars you can find, and if the ladies
will excuse me for smoking, I think
by the time I have finished them I
shall have this job pretty nearly fin
ished." Thus he sat; and, when the
company retired, wo loft him there,
still smoking and thinking, not hav
ing touched ono drop of liquor.
When the army lay round Vicks
burg during that long siege, the time
that tried men's souls, I watched every
moment it was possible for me to
to do, feeling almost certain that he
would eventually succumb to the cus
tom; alas I too universal' among tho
officers. I was in company with a
gentlelnan from Chicago, who while
calling upon the General, remarked,
"I have some very fine brandy on the
boat, and if you will send an orderly
with mo to the river, I will send you
a case or two." "1 am greatly oblig
ed," replied the General, "but I do not
use the article. I have a big job on
hand, and though I know I shall win,
I know 1 must do it with a cool head.
Send all the liquor you intend for mo
to my hospital in the rear; 1 don't
think a little will hurt the poor fellows
down there."
At a celebration on the 22d of Feb
ruary, before tho surrender of Vicks
burg, while all around were drinking
toasts in sparkling champagne, I saw
General Grant push aside a glass of
wino, and, taking up a glass of Missis"-
sippi water, with the remark, "This
suits the matter in hand," drink to the
toast, "God gave us Lincoln and Liber
ty ; let us fight'for both."
I should like to give you'many more
like instances of my own personal" ex
perience - in regard to General Grant's
inebriate habits, but fear to tresspass
too largely upon your columns. It was
a common thing to hear persons who
had applied to our officers for aid in
aecomplishing any purpose, and re
ceived the cold shoulder, to blame them
with being intoxicated; but no one
who has followed' General Grant for
any length of time through the various
campaigns, and with truth at heart,
but will admit him to be one of the
most enduring and self-denying patri
ots that ever lived,'always accessible,
always sober, and always ready to lis
ton to those who tried to care for the
suffering ones underlais command.
Since the surrender of Vicksburg I
have not seen General Grant, but feel
sate in asserting that a man who could
be as abstemious as I know Gen. G.
to have been, during years of severe
trial, will not make himself the sot
many aro trying to represent him.
With the old adage that "seeing is
believing," I subscribe myself,
A WOMAN.
ASIMAND, Pa., April 27, 'QS.
Death of a Remarkable Character.
We copy the following extracts from
a communication to the Altoona Tri
bune, relative to the life and sufferings
of Jesse -Alvin Jones.
" Ho was the son of Enos M. and Mrs.
Jones, and was born in Hunting
don county, Pa., on the 2d day of Jan
uary, A. D., 1846. In A. D., 1855,
when nine years of ago, he was at
tacked with the hip joint disease
which resulted in the total disability
of that limb. Some two years after
lumbar or psoas abscess supervened,
from the racking pain and wasting
discharge of which, ho suffered dread
fully, and became,: greatly emaciated.
But while tortured and emaciated by
bodily disease, his mind was precoci
ously developed. His thirst for know
ledge could only be satisfied by the
reading and study of books, affording
substantial food for the mind, and this
food was thoroughly digested by care
ful reflection; and thus ho came to
have the appearance, manner and con
versation of ono much older than he
was. Being long a valitudinarian, be
acquired an extraordinary acquain
tance with the nature, seat and treat
ment of his diseases, from conversation
with hie different physicians and from
reading of books on malaria medica,
the practice of medicine and surgery.—
Some time before his death, having
conversed and reflected on the subject
ho satisfied himself that it was his du•
ty not only to believe, but also to be
baptized—accordingly, he invited the
Rev. H. Baker, the excellent pastor of
the Lutheran Church, to visit him and
perform this service, and he received
baptism at his band. •
Ho was eminently social,. but 'only
relished the. conversation of the intel
ligent and.virtuous. His love for • all
the family was strong, but his heart
seemed to' cling most closely to his
mother, eldest sister and brother—and
never were there more self-sacrificing
attendants on the sick, than they.--
Years of weary nights wore, spent in
watching over.him and ministering to
his every Want.
Slowly but surely disease fastened
its hold upon him and penetrated his
whole frame. His spine became affec
ted, and he suffered from the accumu
lated agonies, and exhaustion of hip
joint disease, lumbar abscess and decay
of the spine. But as his body wasted,
his mind , beenme more and more. de
veloped; his conversations indicated
a maturity of judgment and ripeness
of experience only found in persons of
advanced ago. -His sufferings were
often intense, beyond conception, re
quiring enormous doses .of anodynes,
to afford him comparative ease, And
thus, the body, steadily decaying, the
mind as steadily advancing in knowl
edge and wonderful experience, he
reaehed the second day of April, A. D.,
1868, when at 8 'o'clock, A. M., after
thirteen years of- suffering, endured
with singular patience and fortitude—
a slight convulsion ensued, and then
peaceably and calmly ho passed away
from earth, to that mysterious bourne,
whence no traveller over• returns.
He was a remarkable character,
such as is seldom met with.
The "The Christian Dressmaker?' is the
title of a now society in Paris, established for
the purpose of discouraging low-necked Iron
es. The members take a solemn oath not to
make such garments. '
Statutes at Large,
AN ACT relating to railroad companies and
common carriers, defining their liabilities,
and authorizing them to provide means of
indemnity against loss of life and personal
injury,
SECTIO:sI 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of tho same, That when nny person
shall sustain personal injury or loss of life
while lawfully engaged or employed on or
about the roads, works, depots and premises
of a railroad company, or in or about any
train or car therein or thereon, of which com
pany such person is not an employee, the
right of action and recovery in all such cases
against the company shall be such only as
would exist if such person were an employee:
Provided, That this section shall not apply
to passengers.
SEC. 2. 'lnt in all actions now or hereaf
ter instituted against common carriers or cor
porations oisning, operating or using a rail
road as a public highway, whereon steam or
other motive power is used, to recover fur loss
and damage sustained and arising either
from personal injuries or loss of life, and for
which, by law, such carrier or corporation
could be held responsiblo, only such compen
sation for loss and damage shall be recovered
as the evidence shall prove to have been pe
cuniarily suffered or sustained, not exceed
ing, in ease of personal injury, the sum of
three thousand dollars, nor in case of lose of
life, the sum of five thousand dollars.
Sec: 3. That it shall be lawful for such
carrier or corporation to insure the lives qnd
persons of passengers against loss or injury
from accidental causes, arid however happen
ing while in their charge, and for that pur
pose to issue and sell to such passengers ap
plying for the same tickets or policies of insu
rance, specifying the name of the insured,
the premium charged, the particular trip or
time covered by the policy, and the amount
insured, not exceeding (except at the option
of the said carrier or corporation) the sum of
twenty-five dollars for each week of disability,
for a period not longer than twenty-six weeks
in ease of personal injury, nor more than ten
thousand dollars in case of death ; and all
premiums so received shall be kept separate
and apart from the other receipts of said car
rier or corporation, and shall not bo liable
for any other claim, debt or demands against
such carrier or corporation than those aris
ing out of said policies; and the amount of
said premium, and the securities in which
the same are invested for the benefit and pro
tection of such policyholders, shall be report
ed to the Auditor General annually, as a part
of the operations of such carrier or corpora
tion, as is now provided fur by the net enti
tled An act requiring railroad companies to
make uniform reports to the Auditor General,
approved the fourth day of April, one thous
and eight hundred and fifty-nine: Provided,
nevertheless, That it shall be lawful for any
such carrier or corporation, in lieu of issuing
tickets of insurance as aforesaid, to keep on
salo at their ticket office the policies of insu
rance or indemnity against personal injury
or death resulting from accidental causes, is
sued by insurance companies incorporated
for any such purposes, as shall have an actual
bona fide cash capital, invested insecurities
approved by the Governor, State Treasurer
and Auditor General of this Commonwealth
of at least two hundred thousand dollars:
Provided, That a recovery upon any policy
issued or sold under the provisions of this act
shall be no bar to a recovery under the pro
visions of the second section of this act.
Soc. 4. That all acts or parts of acts incon
sistent het ewith be and the same are hereby
repealed ;- and any provisions in the acts in
corporating such common carriers or corpora
tions, inconsistent herewith, shall be repealed
upon the acceptance of the provisions of this
act by such carriers or corporations; and upon
the acceptance of the provisions hereof, by
any carrier or corporation, the same shall be
come a part of its act of incorporation.
Ewsu.t W. DAVIS,
Speaker of tho House of Representatives.
• , JAMES L. GotAmin,
Speaker of the Senate.
A mmovnn—The fourth day of April, Anno
Domini ono thousand eight hundred and six
ty-eight. JOHN W. GEARY.
AN ACT to authorize the Recorder of Deeds
in the several counties of this Common
wealth to record the discharges of all hon
orably discharged officers and soldiers. -
SteTiONI. Be it enacted, &c., That the Re
corders of Deeds in. the several counties of
this Commonwealth aro hereby authorized
and required to record all final discharges of
commissioned and noncommissioned officers
and privates upon application being made to
them by the holders of the same, for which
the recorder shall be allowed the usual fee
for -recording, and that the recording of the
same shall nut be subject to the payment of
the State tax.
FAISIIA W. DAVIS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JAMES L. GIIAIIAM,
• _ Speaker of the Senate.
APPRovEn—the eighth day of April, Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and six
ty-eight. JOHN W. GEARY.
Tights
Our merchant tailors inform us that
tight pantaloons aro to be "all the go"
the present season: Indeed we have
bad a sight of thorn already, and such
a Sight ? It really makes us nerveus
to think of it. We always had an idea
that men went on their muscle, but
the tights 'disclose the sad fact that
"there's nothing in them," and that
our young men and more especially
the fashionable portion of them aro
terribly demoralized. They - should
wear "fsalo calves," or something of
that kind. Such diminutive, minute,
insignificant, little spindle-shanks as
they sport.up and down our streets, is
truly alarming, and if the fashion
should - increase, our High Constable
will have his time fully occupied in ar
resting , them for having no visible
means of support. How they get the
tarnal things, on is a wonder to us,
They can't .put them on over their
'heads, 'as - ladies put on their hoops,
that's certain; and how they manage
to get such huge pedals through such
narrow pipe-stemical macaronies, is
surprising. We hair° often had occa
sion to speak of ladies' fashions, but
we cannot now call to mind any that
aro so ridiculous as those abominable
tights, unless it be that of tight lacing.
Whoever started this absurd fashion
should be made to wear them all his
life time.
t.M. Ilion economical, remarkable
certainty of prompt action, in fact,
every good'quality is' guaranteed for
Mrs. S. A. Allea'simproved (new style)
Hair Restorer or Dressing, (in one bot
tle.) Every Druggist sells it. Price
ono dollar.
. RfnlovAL.—The 01nee of the "Prin
ters Circular" and Pririters' Furnish
ing Warehouse formerly located at 86
Hudson St., has boon removed to 515
Minor St. Address all orders for ma
terial to R. S. Monamin, 5151 inor St.,
Philadelphia, Ponn'a.
To tho Afflicted,
Shoemaker's Star Magic Liniment,
and Melntyre's Indian Compound,
Dandelion Pills, and Worm PostrOyer,
for sale at Lewis' Book Store, _ tf.
—,-The property destroyed at Mill
Crook was not insured. We advise all
owners of property to consult S. B.
McCarthy-4, Bro„ Insurance agents in
this place.
GENERAL NEWS,
All the Clorkonwell explosion prisoners
except Barrett, who was convicted, have been'
set at liberty.
Owing to the fact that whisky is selling at
less than Government tax in New York, the
revenue agent has ordered the seizure and
closing up of all distilleries in that city.
It appears from the official statement that
during the first three months of this year
about three million three hundred thousand
dollars were received from tax on distilled
spirits. A few districts have failed to make
returns.
Weston, the pedestrian, accomplished the
task of walking one hundred and three miles
in twenty-three hours and fifty-eight minutes,
recently, between Erie, Pa., and Buffalo, N.
Y., through a heavy snow storm and muddy
roads. He receives a purse of $5OO for the
feat.
The total of the receipts from nearly all the
collection districts in the United States
proves the revenue for the last five months to
ho at the rate of one hundred and twenty mil
lion of dollars par year, or thirty million less
than the estimate made by Special Commis
sioner Velle.
George F. Carpenter, ex-agent of the Mer
chants' Union Express Company at Daven
port, lowa, was robbed and murdered in Chi
cago Wednesday at night, by some unknown
assassin. His body was found at seven o'clock
yesterday morning •by the watchman of the
Illinois Central Elevator. -
Smugglers have been introducing silks,
opium, and cigars into San Franciscoby oon
cealing the articles in hollow logs, shipped,
it is stated, from Victoria, British Columbia.
The logs are bored ns if to be used as water
pipes, and the ends are then tapered off un
til the line of union with the plug, which has
been inserted, is made as indistinct as possi
ble.
Idaho advices to April 14th state that the
Indians are committing depredations in Ar
den Valley. It is thought the programme of
the past four years is to be re-enacted by the
savages—robbing, burning and murdering.
The Indians had made a raid through Fay
ette Valley, capturing and driving off stock.
Troops had been sent in pursuit.
Sergeant Bates, of Wisconsin, has accom
plished his featof walking from Vicksburg to
Washington, carrying the flag of the Union.
Ile arrived at Washington on Tuesday, and
was received by a committee appointed for
the purpose, and after placing the flag on the
Washington Monument, ho was entertained
at one of the hotels.
Tho fifteenth General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church commenced in
Chicago,.on Friday last, and will continuo
in session four weeks. Ninehops, 235
delegates proper, besides a large number of
visiting delegates from England, Ireland,
France and Canada, are expected to bo pres
ent. All the States and a number of the
Territories will be represented.
A Knoxville special to the Cincinnati Com
mercial contains the following: Governor
Brownlow announced his determination to
call out the militia force to suppress the law
lessness and violence which he says exist in
certain parts of Middle and West Tennessee.
lie does it without legislative action, but Va
lles tip . oll the loyal posple of the State to sus
tain him.
A dispatch dated Omaha, April 29th, says:
Gen. Sherman has gore to Cheyenne this eve
ning, and from thence will go to Fort Lara
mie. He received a dispatch from the Com- .
mission stating that they wilt make a treaty
with a part of the Ogallella and Brule Sioux
Indians. To-day word was • received from
Red Cloud. He will come in and make pease,
but it will probably be a week or ten days
before his arrival.
A London paper obscries: "The female
communicants of several large American
churches are asking whether they also have
not souls, and if so, why - they are excluded
from choosing their minister P It will bo
very difficult to answer that question, more
especially as the average woman of America
knows more theology of any kind than the
average man, and subscribes quite as liber
ally.
News from Itio Janeiro to the oth inst., is
received. Dates from the seat of war on
Parana are to March 25th.
,The Allies had
taken the Paraguayan lines at Reyes, and
the headquarters of Marquis do Qaxiasmera
at Resso. Lopez has abandoned Palau,
and his whereabouts was unknown: The
Allied fleet had gone up to the river again to
Fort Humaita, which was soon to be attacked.
The Allies expect the Paraguayans will sur
render.
Much excitement has been caused in Show
began, Maine, over the supposed discovery
that en old man named Fletcher was poison
ed to death cents months since in the house
of Benjamin Hurd. The friends have been
unable to find any trace of $20,000 in bonds
reported to have been in his possession until
last Wednesday, when $2,500 of the missing
property was found in Hurd'S house. Hurd
and his house-keeper, Mrs. Loring, have been
arrested and hays made a partial confession,
and aro held to bail fur trial.
A special from Omalni, dated the 30th, says
advices from Plum Creek Station state that
at about four o'clock yesterday afternoon, a
party of thirty Indians attacked five railroad
laborers and killed and scalped four. The
other escaped. Only seven of the Indians
were mounted. These rode up to the whites,
professed friendship. They were treated
kindly, and started off. After going a few
paces they turned and fired. Prowling bands
have been seen in that vicinity frequently of
late. The military authorities are posting
troops at different stations along the road.
A Japan letter states that the Refugee Ty
coon sought. shelter and was protected on
board of a United States war vessel, after his
abdication and before he reached his own
ship. The United States consul at Hiago
has said that the native officials must adhere
to the scale of rates of money exchange value
as regulated by treaties, During the distur
bances in Ifiago the United States marines
allied with forces of other christian powers
and performed important work in restoring
'order and protecting foreign property.
The Bailie fibre is beginning to become an
article of trade in New Orleans, and one mer
chant of that city has received orders for it
from New York, and offers double the mar
ket rate of cotton for all lie can obtain. De
mand for the fibre is also springing up,in the
West, but no definite orders for it from that
section have yet been received at New Or.
leans. Regarding the merits of Ramie, the
Picayune says it as good as linen cambric or
silk, and when it comas into use, the wearer
will find that "the chief difficulty will be that
it will not wear out when the fashion chang
es, and he will hate to throw it away, when,
after a conple of years' wear, it is still as
good as new."
The Central Pacific Railroad has been ope
rated on both slopes of the Sierra Nevada
mountains during April. Passengers and
freight are hauled by wagons around the in
complete gap of six miles at the cast end of
the summit tunnel, when they again take the
cars down to the Big Meadows of tho Truckee,
one hundred and fifty miles east of Sacramen-,
to. The track is meanwhile being graded at
the foot of the mountains, and so soon as the
spring rains admit the lino will be pushed
rapidly forward across the plains to the Hum
boldt Valley. It is expected three hundred
miles will be in operation in August.
At a meeting of the American Industrial
League at New York, Tuesday, speeches
were made by Teter Cooper, Horace Greeley,
Rev. Herman Baker, of Tennessee, and oth
ers. Letters were read from Senator Wade
and E. B. Ward, of Detroit, sympathizing
with the objects of the meeting. Resolutions
were adopted favoring liberal encouragement
to domestic manufactures, a revision of the
tariff, increased taxes on luxuries, the dis
carding of ad valorem duties and introduction
of specific duties to the utmost possible ex
tent, the most stringent economy in the pub.
lie service, the most rigid measures for filo
prevention of fraud and peculation in revs.
nuo, and the keeping of the public faith) with
the nationea ereditors unbroken.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
A NEW LOT OP
HARDWARE, &c.,
. JUST OPENING AT .
JAS. A. BROWN'S
Iluntingdori, May 5, 'OB
itel GEO. SHAEFFER
11114Just returned from the east with tt.'
SPLENDID STOCK
OF
BOOTS, SLOES, GAITERS, tE.C.,
Which he offers to the inspection of his customers and
the public generally. Lto will sell his stock at the most
REASONABLE PRICES,
nd those who purchase duce will surely call again.
BOOTS & SHOES MADE TO ORDER,
and REPAIRING done in the neatest and most expect(
Gods Manner.
Call upon Mr. Schaeffer at his shop on MD street, a
fow doors west of iho Diamond. ways
NIAY, 1868.'
MAY, 1868.-
CLAVIER & BRO.,
DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS,
CARPETS, OIL czweirs,:
GROCERIES, QUEENSWARE,
HAM, BOOTS AND SHOES, &c., &c.
Washington street, near the Jail..
Our prices aro ne follows :
Calico and Muslin ' from 8 eta. upward.
"Merrimack" Prints, 15 ctn.
Yard wide bloachod 3fuelin , 1234 Its.
Yard wido unbleached Muslin, 1)4 ctn.
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Tickings and Shirtings, from 12 1 2 cts. up.
White Cambric Muslin, from 15 cts up
Whole Dnrred Muslin, from 20 Its. up.
White Piques, from 25 eta. up.
Irish Linen, from 8134 cts. up.
De Leine, 18 to 25 cts.
All Wool Do Laino, 35 cts, up.
Lawns,lo to 50 cts.
Whito Spreads, $2,10 to 85,00.
Olio Coflee, 22 to 25 ets.
Please call and examine ; and, if you me not convinced
It is to your Interest to buy from us, do not dd so.
GLAZIER & BRO.
nuntingdoli, May. 5,1868.
BRIDGE TO REPAIR.
The Commissioners of Minting,ion County will
receive proposals at their oilier, until 12 o'clock on the
20th day of May next, for repairing the Iliidge act osii the
Raysh.wn branch of theJuniata liver at En trlkons.
cificatione to ho even at the Commissioners °Bice. Bid
ders will come prepared to enter into nu orticto of ,egree
runt and to give bail, -ADAM WARFEL
ADAM FOUSE
SAWI. CUMMINS.
Commiestonere
np29-td
CLASSICAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
T be op; eiN,edT.liNtheq,DothOhiNi,c,Aateg
o'clock,
M. A.
3 Y ,
for the admission of pupils. on the following terms:
Tuition pep session of Eleven weeks;
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT
Ordinary English Ilranclies and Latin Grammar, $lO,OO.
= =!
English, Latin and Algebra,
Ist PREPARATORY DEPAILTMENT.
English, A Igebrtl, Geometry, Week Grammar, Lath,
Authors, and the Sciences,
JOHN HEWITT,
ag29.-Im. - Plopriotor.
rpilE STONE CREEK RAILROAD
A COMPANY.
_ -
Tim undo:signed persons notood as cornorators in the
act to incorporate STONE CREEK RAILROAD
CO3IPANY. with power to locate and consttnct a railroad
from HUNTINGDON TO AIcALLVY'S FORT, hereby giro
notice that books tot t °Wising subscriptions to the cap
ital stock of the mid Company, will bo opened at a pub
lic meeting to be bold at
McAlevy's Fort, on Saturday, the 16th
day of May next, at 1 o'clock, P. M.; -
when and where all persons interested in the success or
the project are invited to attend.
R. BRUCE PETRIKIN, ROBERT 3IeBURNEY,
GEORGE TAYLOR, J. SEWELL STEWART,
HENRY CORNSROBST, JOHN JACKSON,
HENRY S. WHARTON,
ap 20, '6S—td. COMMISSIONER&
S. B. McCARTHY & BRO.,
(Successors to .11 tiler Armitagc,)
Real Estate and Insurance Agents,
Officepn Mill street, oppoclto the Com t house,
HUNTINGDON, PA. .
We are now prepared to negotiate for the purchase and
sale of Farms, Town Lots, &c ; also, to hams Life. Prop.
eety and Live Stock to any amount in the most reliable
Companies of the United States.
' SURVEYING AND DRAFTING
neatly done, on short notice. ' •
• Persons desiring to make sale of hinds will please give
us e description of the propel ty, location, and terms, and
it w ill receive our special a.tentlon.
We have now fur sale
A Farm in the nest end of Hishecoquillas valley;
Also, a farm situate three Miles hum the borough of
Huntingdon.
We respectfully solicit a share oft Farming°.
apse-tf hIcCARTHY lc BRO.
NOTICES IN BANKRUPTCY,
DisTRICT count OF TOE UNITED STITE9, FOR TOE}
WESTERN DISTRICT OP PENNSYWANIA.
A SSIGNEE APPOINTED. .
In the nuttier of WM. A. WlRTTAl3ltit,l2lankrnpt
To Whom it may concern
Tho undersigned hereby gives notice of ill 9 appoint
ment no Assignee of tho estate of WII. A. WHITTAKER,
of Huntingdon ht the county of Huntingdon, in tho
said dish let, who was, to -.wit : on the 25th day of
February, A. n ISbB, adjudged a bank: lint, upon his non
'petition, by the Diati let Court of said District.
Doted at Huntingdon, this 10th day of April, A. D.
1503.
MARTINI. LONG ENECKER,
Assignee
IMELI
OEO. A. STEEL MILTON S. LYTLE. SAMUEL A: STEEL
T HE FIRM OF STEEL, LYTLE &
STEEL having located on their tract °Eland with
in two miles of the borough of Huntingdon, a
STEAM SAW MILL,
aro prepared to manufacture all kinds of
OAK AND PINE LIIIIIEER.
The mill will be run to its utmost tenacity and will ho
in operation during the entire summer nod part of the
autumn months. They will be enabled to famish LULU.
her in large quantities, and of nil dimwit-ma. at the low
ant cash prices. '
Orders respectfully solicited. Lumber delivered at the
Foams. Railroad, or canal:
Huntingdon, April 22, 1868-tf
B. J. WILLIAMS' & SONS,
No. 16 North Sixth Street; Philadelphia
LLIMEST 14.0UFACTISIMS OF
VENETIAN BLINDS
WIND 0 TV SHADES,
*SELL AT TEM LOIS'EST
Blinds Repslied, Store Shades, Trimmings, Fixtures,
Plain Shades of all kinds, Cut tin COrnices, Picture Tas
sels, Cor Bull Bulls, &c. aPI6 2m
Can't - _Be Beaten' !
JaTIN IL WESTBROOK
Respectfully informs the citizens of linntingdon and
vicinity that he hasjust received from the city a NEW and
splendid stock of
GROCERIES CONFECTIONERIES,
BOOTS & SHOES, HATS & CAPS,
Hosiery, Shoe Findings, Carpet Sacks,
Trunks, &c., the., &c., &c.
all of which he Is prepared to sell at greatly redueed prices:
Don't forget the old stand in the Diamond. Old custo.
mers and the public generally are Invited to call.
Huntingdon, np 15, 1868.
NEW BOOT AND SHOE STORE
WM. AFRICA • '
Informs tho" public that ho Ints jot
opened at his old stand to the Diamond,
nun tlagdon,
A Fine Assortment of all kinds of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
For Ladies, Gentlemen and Children.
All of which he a ill soil at fair prices. Odd: sales and
smalbprittifs. Call and examine my stock.
Manufacturing and Repairing done to enter so man+
lluntingdon, op 16,1566. •
THE PLACE TO BUY
NEW AND CHEAP GOODS
FOB SPiIiNG AND SUMMER
INIARCH le BRO.
Respectfully inform tho public generally that they
have Just received n large and splendid stock of goods at
their store In Uuntingdon, consisting Jo part of
SILKS, --
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" DRY GOODS,
DRESS' G GODS,
BOOTS S 5 SHOES,
HATS, CAPS,' TIN WARE,
LADIES' FANCY TRIIIMINGS,
HOOP SKIRTS,BoNNETs, BUTTONS,
WOOD AND WILLOW , . W A - R Fy
QUEENS WARE, HARDWARE,,
PROVISIONS, GROCERIES,
CRACKERS, NOTIONS,
- TOBACCO, SEGARS,
GLASS, NAILS,
FISH, SALT,
•
&c., &o.
Also ; CARPETS and OIL-CLOTH,,
And in fact everything That IS flintily kept In a Aretolms•
store, alt which wore bought low for cash and will
sold at correspondingly low prices for cash, or country*
produce and request tho public to give. us a call heforir
purchasing elsewhere, feeling satisfied we can drer saps , -
nor inducements to cash buyers.
We reepectfally solicit the patronogo 'of all. and thy
public aro cordially invited to examine cur goods.
EVOI y th#l g taken in exchange for goods etcept.proard—
_
WM. MARCH & BM.
lltintingilon,V.,ls, 1868.
CHEAP GROCERY STORE.
HILL ST., HUNTINGDON, PA.
THE " undersigned offers for the in
spection and purchase of customers Marge and as
sorted stock of Groceries, Provisions, Se. Ile feels antis
fled they can be occomodated with anything•-in his lino.
Ills prices are low, and his stuck fresh"and• - good. tie
keeps the best of
SUGAR, COFEEE,
TEAS, SPICES, SALT,
TOBACCO & SEGARS,
BOOTS AND SHOES, '
HA:TS& CAPS, &e.
Also--
HAMS, SHOULDERS, SIDES,.,
MOLASSES, OILS, VINEGAR,
FISII, CHEESE, FLOUR RICE,
And NOTIONS of every kind
A select stock of DRY GOODS, together with QUEENS
and all other. articles kept In a well regulated
establishment Tor sale at reasonable prices.. •
Hid store Is on Hill street, nearly opposite the
Bank, and in the room formerly occhpidd by D. Oniv a.
Call and examine. ' - Z. YEPITER.
Huntingdon, ap. 15, 1868
SPRING STYLES for 1868.
A LARGE AND WELL ASSORTED STOOK 07
LADIES'•AND GENTS'
FURNISHING GOODS,
AT REDUCED PRICES,
M5O
I=l
MoW4ellP.e,
(Succossoi to W. P. ItUDOLPII)
'irmLaila Mall UOTI
LADMS' DEPARTMENT
: In this department, which will at all times receive my
eta let attention, I have a well assorted display of
Sr2T2,A.W" a-c,Dp3Ds,
Dross Trimmings, Cloak and &Immo Trim
mings, Dress Buttons, Gloves, Yalta, Zephyr
Knit Shawls, Nubble, floods, &Maga, Ilan&
kerchiefs...fall Uats, lintrindßonnetrrames,
Yeivat Ribbons. Corsets, Hosiery, and latest
at to Sacques from $5 to $3O.
GENTS' 'DEPARTNLENT
Hats and Caps, all styles, rim 60 cents to
Shits,olo, Drawers, Gloves, Neck Ties, Col
lins, Hosiery, rind every article kept in a
first class Furnishing Store.
HATS AHD CAPS A SPECIALTY.
By promptly meeting tho wants of all, I hope to moot
with such patronage from the public as will enable me
to keep continually on hand a large and well selected
stock of first class goods, Whilst keeping up. to the
fashion in every article, I will also sell cheaper than the ,
cheapest.
• 0. E. MeNETL,
Opposite Leistor's Nets Building..
lidniingdun, Ap 21, 1.188,
0 1[ 4, 110 4 1 ** all WWII 717=717-
W. 13. ZEIGLER
Would respectfully inform the Ladies of Huntingdon
and the country generally, that be hos just returned
from New York end Philadelphia, whore be , halt puner
chased a large stock of goods almost
.E.X , R.USITBLY FOR LADIES AND PILDREN
Ladies' Furnishing Goods, Pans anti plain
Drees Trimming ,, Ladies' Under garments,
Mot Ina Wens and 'Armors, Corsets, Balm
, role, Hoop shirts, Shawls, Scarfs, Hoods, knit
, .• or 11.1i0119 styles and patterns, Ladies' anti
Children's Stockings or all styles nod colors,
Also,
Dress Goods, Prints, Delaines, Plaids, Al
paccus, Gingham, Brown and Bleached Muss .
Has, &a.
• Goats'.llndershirts, Drawers, anti Stockings.
All goods sold at the lowest cash prices, and as cheap
as the cheapest. .
OPPOSITE THE FIRST NATIONAL BANE.
Iluntiogilou, Nov. 6,1867.
FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE.
It makea FOUR DIFFERENT STITCHES: Lock, Knot,
Double Lock, and Double Knot; each stitch perfect and
alike on both sides of the fabric.
Operators can erect any stitch they want, and change,
front 0116 stitch to another without stopping the
chino.
Its stitches cannot be excelled for firmness, elasticity,
durability, and beauty of finish. • • '
No difficulty experienced in sewing across thick seams.
Siwe light and heavy thinks with equal facility.,
It will Braid, Tack., Quilt, Cord,..lleni, Phi. Dind,'Gather,
and do all kinds of-Stitching required by families and
Manufacturers.
The work will feed either to the tight or left, without
stopping the Machine.
The most inexperienced find no difficulty in using it.
It is thoroughly practical and easily understood.
It bai no wrings to get out ,of order and will last a life-
.
.. . , . . .
time. ,
It runs easily, and is almost noiseless. . ..
It is ,the most rapid sewer• in the world; :making fire
stitches to each recolutien.
It uses the earns thread on both sides of the fabric.
It oils no drosses, all Its machinery being on top of the
table. . .
Miss D. L. DANElcAgent,
Lateen' New Building, Ifuntingdory Pa.,
Oa - Dress glalsing, and all kinds of sewing done.
apg2-if
SINCE,Ft SPNCER
lachillos,lSowilli Machines.
lIE SINGER SEWING MACHINE
SIMPLE,COMPACE, DURABLE, 'AND BEAUTLfUL,
It is quid, light running, nod capable of performing a
range nod variety of work never before attempted upon
a single MOCillllo,—using either. Silk, nuist„'Linin, or
Cotton 7hrcooi, and Bening with equal facility thol very
finest and coarsest matoriali, and anything between the
lb° toitietnee, in the most beautiful and substantial
manlier. • •
Its attachments far Hemming, B, aiding, Cording, Tuck:
iv, Quilting , Felling, Binding, etc., aro HOVEL and PRAC
TICAL. and have bean invaded and adjusted especially for
this znachino.
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For sale by J. C. BLAIR, Agent,
opt Riiitroad street, Huntingdon. Pa
33.'mvidiaaa tea .113t3_131.c1,
THE Commissioners of Huntingdon
county a ill metro proposals up to and including
'Wednesday, thoZetis day of May next, at their office, and
also, at Birmiugleint until 11 o'clock, A. at ,on Thursday,
the gist of May. for the erection of a bridge across the
Juniata rivor at Birmingham, .
All Lida°ta me requested to be at Birmingham At the
lotting, in order that the successful ,Bidder can at the
rano thno antgr ir.lo an article of ag•ct tuent nod
tt gird,
hood ith no approved security for tLo falthful porfprrn;
once of sold =trod.
CHEAP PAINTING„`,
oNE-THIRD 1 10 0 lbs .
. of PECORA CO'S colored
Pas( c osting VW.) will point as
much us 250 poundsif Lend and Isaac
longer. For particulars address,
S. BOWEN, Seel3,t,,
150 N. 4th St., '
.
Inlin-ain plliep,LPl444,
COST OF
AD I
AM FOUSE,
SAUL. CUMMINS,