The Huntingdon Journal :T. HUNTINGDON, PENN'A. Wednesday Morning, August 16, 1871 REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL: COL. DAVID STANTON, of Beaver. FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL: COL. ROBERT B. BEATH, of Schuylkill Republican Mass Meeting 1 The Republicans of Huntingdon county will assemble in Mass Meet ing, in Huntingdon, at the COURT HOUSE, on this TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15TH, 1871. All those who favor the course of the National Administration in pay ing the National Debt, the suppres sion of the Ku-Klux Outrages; the peaceful and honorable settlement of the Alabama Claims ; protection of the industries of Pennsylvania; and the peace and unity of the Party, are cordially invited to at tend. The meeting will be addressed by Hon. JOHN SCOTT, and others. Let the campaign be opened with a grand ratification meeting. Twelve o'clock trains will stop at all points in the county, east and west. Come One ! ! Come All !! ! MANY REPUBLICANS. SUBSCRIBERS, ATTENTION! We have determined not to insist upon the strict letter of our terms until after the August Court, and therefore give those who are still iu arrears to us for subscrip tion, until that time to pay up at the rate of $2.00 per year. We want everybody to have the Jomarie.r. at $2.00, so avail yourselves of Court to bring in or send in your cash. Send along your money, or you must pay $2.50, and at the end of the year $3.00. It is only $2.00, and anybody who takes oar paper can raise that much money. Don't wait until you are two or three years in arrears and then get out of humor because your bill is so large. Pay up ! Pay up! lei. General McCandless run the "Cat tle Bill," now Bill• McMullen runs him. girThe election in benighted Ken tacky, on Tuesday last, resulted in a Re publican gain of 50,000 or 60,000. Can yob crow, Corumau i'The Conventionists are defeated, vary badly, in North Carolina. The Democracy will pause in its designs to overturn Reconstruction. aft.. It is bruited that tiop--Wmmtiew Rights People will not nominate Mr. Hor ace Greely for President since his letter to the Golden Age. They universally ex claim "he is a brute !" .Hon. Charles Francis Adams has been appointed and accepted the position of arbitrator at Geneva, under the treaty of Washington. This reflects great credit upon Gen. Grant's administration. Xiir The Republican Party should pay all honor to Gen. Harlan, of Kentucky, for his gallant fight and the manner in which he cut down the mountain of Democratic figures before him. tiali - The Old North State. true to her ancient instincts, thrashed the Democracy to the tune of 15,000 the other day. Where are the "New Departure" people ? "Gone where the woodbine twineth," eh'? eik_Thp , 11 Tour Thapooturo' 2 ela Q:moral McCandless are a kind of a double-headed baby.. They won't last long, bowel er. Some fair morning one or the other or both "will be dead as a mackeral." "". oft,Kentucky, the land of Democracy and ignorance, has less improvements, pub lic and private, than any other State in the Central belt. and as long as it votes Demo cratic it will be so. .Some of the leading Democrats find it convenient to ride two horses just now. They are "departure" and "anti-departure" to suit circumstances. They are anything by times, and nothing long. Ng. Gen. McCandless voted against every Republican soldier who has.tun for office since the close of hostilities. Repub lican soldiers, will you vote for him, or will you administer his own medicine ? as, When Gen. McCandless was in this place he sent for several soldiers to call upin him. Does any one suppose he would have sent for them if he bad not been a candidate ? The soldiers understand this. iiiirThe friends of Gen. McCandless are trying to get negro votes for him in the face or the fact that he refused to accept a commission of Brigadier General until the Government would quit its Emancipation Policy. Very consistent! SPL.Juarea has not been as fortunate in the late Presidential election in Mexico, as his friends supposed he would be. lie finds himself counted out. Is it possible that Democratic tactics hAve found their way to Mexico? "Evil communications corrupt good manners." sag.We have lately read, with regret, several interviews of Reporters with Col. McClure, which were apparently sought and printed to mortify Republicans. Col. McClure has, for many years, seen fit to connect himself with a Ring, which during the war, was uppermost, but which at present is flat upon its back, and now he wails most bitterly. The Colonel should have been sharp enough not to have been caught in this fix, and having been caught he ought to have fortitude enough to stand it. lim.The Republicans expended $476,- 893 65 in the year 1865, in running the government of New York. The Demo crats in 1870 increased the expenditure to the enormous sum of 6823,473 53, mak ing a difference of $346,579 88. These arc the fellows who talk about Republican extravagance! EDITOR ge_The South is determined to resist the "New Departure," and that is the end of it. The Democratic Party has never been able to successfully accomplish any thing without the support of the South.— Jeff. Davis, Stephens & Co. are just as much its masters now, as in the days of "Old Buck." ge,,.A year ago a delegate was elected from Montana by a Democratic majority of 1,860; and on Tuesday last,W. H. Claggett, the Republican candidate was elected by 1,000 majority. Price's army, which has taken up its quarters there since the Re bellion, was routed horse, foot and dra goon ! Hoop!! hoop!! hurrah!! !! ,A Democratic paper says that May or Hall pretty strongly intimates that Tom Murphy, the Collector of Customs, in New York, had a hand in getting up the late riot iu that city. Whether Tom had a "hand in it" or not, we a,; not know, but we do know that Mayor Hall "put his foot in it." ger The Lancaster Intelligencer says that the Democratic Party is the friend of the laboring man. How, pray ? The only place that they have an opportunity of showing their hand, is in New York city, and, if we remember correctly, it is only the Ring—Sweeny, Tweed and Con nelly—that grows fat there. SW" G en. McCandless is reported to have said "that the post of honor is the private station." Then—private let him remain The man who refused to draw his sword in defence of his fiag,bocause the means used to bring it out triumphant, did not meet his approbation, does not deserve to be re warded by his fellow men. He is a very unsafe man. 96r Last week we spoke of a system of tariffing shippers on the railroad. We de sire it to be distinctly understood that we made no allusion to any local freight or other agent. We alluded particularly to the individual lines owned by the officers and principal stockholders of the road. We would be very sorry to cause any reflection upon the local agents. Gam. A Temperance Convention was held in Harrisburg, on last Wednesday, and Barr Spangler, of Lancaster county, was placed in nomination for Auditor Gen eral and E. H. Wheeler, of Mercer county, for Surveyor General. A number of dele gates withdrew when nominations were insisted upon. What will this accomplish? Echo answers, What ! It is the repeated folly of twenty years ago. DS—Gen. Grant had a little Pleasant-on affair the other day, which resulted iu the appointment of J. W. Douglass, as Com missioner of Internal Revenue. General Pleasanton refused to resign, and he peremptorily removed him. The difficulty - grew out or a iiiiui r iabrotanaNg bctweeu that officer and the Secretary of the Trees_ ury, in regard to the collection of the Rev. enue. lerThe Philadelphia Sunday Republic announces that it is ready to prove that one hundred thousand dollars are to be raised by the Democracy as a corruption fund in the present canvass. Sixty thousand dol lars have already been subscribed, And twenty-five thousand have been assessed upon the policemen. The object is to make the Legislature Democratic, and to elect Mr. Wallace as the successor of Mr. Cameron in the United States Senate. sigi c ..John Hook, it was, who went bawl. ing "beef ! beef !!" in the days of the Continental Congress; and in these late days the subject of beef appears to be no less important. Gen. (?) McCandless, the Democratic candidate for Auditor General, in imitation-of-John Hook, went about the Senate Chamber of Pennsylvania, a few sessions ago, shouting "beef! beef! I" until he was hoarse. He wanted a Cattle Bill for Philadelphia. John Hook wakened up Patrick Henry and Gen. McCandless Harry White ! te'The editor of the Monitor, sensible of the neglect and injustice did him, by his partizans, in his c last issue complains bitterly, thus : "If all the Democrats of Ifuntingdon county - , who aro now patronising Republican papers as subscribers and ad rcrtiserP, wculd give but equal support to their own party organ, the Monitor would speedily take rank with the largest and best paper of the State." We assure you, Bro. Cornman, that this paper is not in your way. We have no Democratic support save what legitimately conies to us. We are not the recipient of any patronage outside of the Republican Party that we are aware of, and as our Re publican sign is always out, Democrats know they can make nothing out of us, Dem,.The Hon. Wm. A. Wallace looked in upon us the other day, to ascertain how much it would take to carry this Legisla tive district. Hon. R. Milton, we are told, made the thing as doubtful as possi ble, but said if his Honorable friend could "sock up" enough of the "spud" it would be a dead sure thing, He intiwateNl.that the fellows he had to make his points with were hungry, and it would take a big sup ply to satisfy them. Hon. Wm. A. prom ised the "coffee," awl went on his way re joicing. When you sec a Republican playing into the hands of Mr. Speer, ask him how • much of Wallace's "coffee" has been Need out to him. "Pnevoxiire—To know that partisans whom onelasas elated, by every means in his power, to elect to office, make it their bnQineisi to send patronage to a Republican paper. Ditto, to know that men who have profited by party offices, advertise their business in both Republican papers and not to their own party organ. Aro such non Denioetats from principle or for pelf?" We copy the above from the Monitor of last week. We assure both our Republi can and Democratic readers that the Jovg 'NAL is not the paper whom Democrats make it their "business to send patronage to." Not by a long run ! Th 9 huRNAL; is of no advantage to the D.mocratic Party, but on the other hand a severe thorn in its side. Our large circulation and liberal rates may induce some to ad- I vertise with us, but patronage is quits j another thing. iog„Gen. McCandless, in a speech made upon the adoption of the XVth Amend ment, in the State Senate, you succeed in doing this, you not only over throw our form of government, but tear up its very foundations." How about the 9th Departure'? Are the foundations safe yet ? WHAT GRANT HAS DONE. Bei - LOOK ON THIS PICTURE UNDER DEMOCRATIC RULE. Debt of New York City. Dec. 31, 1869.. April 30, 1871 .$34,407,047 ....84,541,186 Increase in 28 months $50,134,139 AND ON THIS : UNDER REPUBLICAN RULE. Debt of the United States. March 4, 1869 $2,525,457,259 Aug. 1,1871 2,283,328,858 Decrease iu 29 m0nth5.....5242,128,401 tar The Chicago Post is an "amusing kind" of paper. Hear it : "The Demo cracy are very uauch in the position of the cannibal, Ami Robinson, of whom Barnum made mention in his book on humbugs. After a long debauch, he walked up one day, in great wonderment as to his exact locality, and inquired of the bystanders, 'Ami am I, or am I not Ami ?" That is the question. Are they themselves, or some other party ? In Ohio, lowa and Pennsylvania, where the new departure has been recognized by conventions, full a third of the voters are rubbing their eyes in utter bewilderment. Is it the old Dem ocratic camp, or have they gone astray ? After twelve continous years of denuncia tion, it is quite the thing to own up point blank, and indorse the opposite side? The chinese puzzle is nothing campared with such a dilemma. If they hold on they will freeze, and if they let go they are sure to fall into the ditch. Most of them agree to eat the new party owl, but it is perfectly apparent they do not hanker after it. 1 The Huntingdon Globe and the Hollidaysburg Register are working to_ gether to create some political capital fel the Democratic party, out of the appoint ment of Capt. Joseph Johnston, of Hun tingdon county, to the position held by Charles B. McDermott, in the Treasury Department, Philadelphia. Mr. McDer mott went to Huntingdon on Monday, and had a conference with the editor of the Globe, and the Globe this week charges that Senator Scott had Mr. 'McDermott remo ved because he did not favor the same gentleman for the Senatorial nomination in this county last fall, that, it says, Mr. Scott favored. The Register, in a notice of the change, declares "Charley didn't " suit Joh? Scott, so he had to give way " to one of the Senator's particular friends." We do not believe Senator Scott took any part whatever for or against either of the candidates for nomination in - this county last fall. We do know that about as many of Mr. Scott's "particular friends" sup ported Mr. Lemon as Mr. Caldwell We do not know why Mr, McDermott was re moved, nor do we believe Mr. Scott had anything to do in urging his removal.— Capt. Eyster, as we.understanci-the matt., for reasons which he deemed sufficient, in timated some tine ago to Mr. McDermott that his resignation would be acceptable. Mr. McDermott refused to resign, and his place was filled by Capt. Johnston, a good Republican and a faithful soldier. The Globe's assertion that Senator Scott has attempted to interfere with our local nomi nations, is utterly without foundation, and no journal knows it better than the Reg ister which meanly insinuates what the Globe openly asserts. '.pile reasons fur the course of the Globe toward - one of our United States Senators, and for that of the Register toward both, are well luicwn ; and the professed sympathy, of the latter jour nal for one whom it a few months ago de nounced as a "wife-whipper" and unworthy the association of respectable men, is as insincere as its insinuations against Mr. Scott are malicious and false.—Blair Coun ty Radical. European Correspondence BRUSSELS, BeigiUill, July 23, 1871 DEAR JOURNAL ;—Since I last wrote you from London we spent two days in that city, wan an opportunity was offered to accompany au excursion party, of some sixty ladies and gen tlemen, over the Continent, under the care, direction and guidance of Mr. Thomas Cook, of London, the great home and foreign tourist, who has the arrangement made with the vari ous railroad and steamboat companies, as also the hotel keepers, to issue coupon-tickets for the round trip. Mr. Cook has been engaged in this business for some fifteen years, and hos offices in every city on the Continent. So we booked ourselves for the trip. Here in this great city, the metropolis of the world, you can get booked in almost everything a man may desire. If a young man marries, and wishes, they can book htm up for the 'balance of his life i tell him how many children he will have, girls and boys, and the names he intends giv ing them. We spent two days visiting some of the places of interest, and intend spending a week on our return from the Continent, but I will only give you, Mr. Editor, the names of places of interest seen, and particulars when I return. These objects are better seen than described. Think of this great city of London, with its three and three quarter millions of souls, (census lately taken,) encompassed with in a apace of ten miles long and an average of six broad. We called to see the banking house of Jay Cook .t Co., drew some money on our letter of credit, had as introduction to Mr. McCulloch, late Secretary of the Treasury nu. der President Lincoln. He took us through their building and gave us a card to our Amer ican Secretary of Legation, Mr. Morand, from Lancaster county, your State. Here we had 91sT passports endorsed, and received a card of Introduction to attend the House of Parliament. We spent several hours listening to the debates and speeches. Their building has cost them considerable more than our National Capitol, but it has not that commanding appearance that ours has, and the inside finish is of old ancient form, which does not compare with Yankee at. le and finish. In the House of Com mons they have no cushion seats nor desks, but plain, old-fashioned benches, some four or Eve rows on each side of the hall, with wide space through the centre, The hall of the House of Lords has more style tad dignity,— The members of the House of Commons don't have very good order, and show very little res pect for politeness ; the one-half had their hats on during the session. Their hours of meeting are at 4 o'clock, and the House of Lords I o'clock, P. Br. We left London at 4 o'clock, July 19th, for the city of Antwerp. Traveled by rail Its Dar, wich city, on the German Sea, distance 70 miles. From there we took steamer to Ant werp, distance 140 miles, and arrived at Ant werp the next morning at 10 o'clock. The city of Antwerp ip sipmed on the right bank of the river Scheldt, and contnia9 100 1 000 inhab itants. It is the chief port of Ilelgium, apd commands a large amount of foreign trade.— There are few places in Europe so rich in mag nificent churches. The Homan Catholic reli gion is the almost entire religion, There are three large and splendid churches here, nearly all of the semi size and finish. The largest is Old Wotre Dame, length 900 . feet, width 250 feet, steeple 406 feet. St. James iS next in size, but the paintings and sculpture are finer.. St. Andrew's is also finely finished. It has two towers 210 feet each. In this church we saw in the side of the wall, under the floor, cut out of the rock, the representation of sinners passing through purgatory, their countenances depicting a ghastly appearance. Mr. Editor, you had Dotter steer clear of that place. Here we also saw the representation of the Saviour's tomb, cut out of a solid rock, with the wQmen visiting it. We left the city of Antwerp July 21st. The country from Antwerp far exceeds England and Scotland in cultivation and improvements. The hedges alons the railroads are neatly trimmed and even. The principal products are wheat, rye, oats and potatoes, with some flax, beans and turnips. The country is beau tifully dotted with trees all along the public roads. Crops are in small patches, not ex ceeding an acre. At every railroad crossing is a gate, with a man to guard it. They use every precaution to prevent accidents. _ _ We arrived at Brtissels at 10 o'clock, anl put up at the Hotel de Universe. Our party consists of sixty, and fills up a hotel pretty well. We laid over a day at Antwerp, and will be here three days—resting over Sabbath. These hotels get up splendid dinners; dine at 5 P. a.. and consume an hour and a half in eating; plates changed ten times. Brussels, the capital of Belgium, is situated on the river Senne, about 50 miles from the sea. It contains about 200,000 inhabitants, and is the most beautiful city we have visited. The manufac tures of Belgium employ an immense quantity of foreign wool. Woolen cloths, carpets, linen and cotton cloths, as well as silks and the fi nest laces are manufactured here. There is also an establishment here for the manufacture of wooden shoes, which are worn by the poor of both sexes. In the centre of Belgium was fought the great battle of Waterloo in 1815. Our party of sixty took carriages after we ar rived in Brussels and visited the battle-field, some twelve miles distant from here. Our guide took us all orer the field and showed us the positions and movements of both armies. The mound in the centre of the battle-field covers two acres of ground, perfectly round, and is 225 feet high, running to a peak, on the top of which is a square marble monument surmounted by a large bronze lion. From the top of the mound a beautiful view of the coun try can be had for a distance of ten miles. The day we arrived was the anniversary of the or ganization of the government. The King had Te Deum at the large cathedral. We had the pleasure of seeing King Leopold II and his'at tendants, the lord Mayor, high Judges, and Lords, all in their magnificent and rich gor geous robes, with the military in their finest dress uniforms. We visited the National Gal lery, where we saw the finest pictures by Reu bens and other famous artists. The King's Park and the Boulevards were fine, but the Botannical Gardens exceeded all for beauty and taste, with flowers and plants of every hue and color, fotintains flowing, and various kinds of fish. The Belgians are very fond of amuse ments, and here in one of the squares you will find several theatres and other side-shows with bands of music playing in front of them. On-Sabbath some of our party attended the grand Cathedral in the morning to see high mass. There are only two Protestant churches, and they are Episcopal, in this city, that preach in English. We attended one of them at o'clock, a. a., and heard the Rev. Dr. Moffett preach a fine sermon from Romans 6 chap. and 23 verse. So far our journey has been a de lightful one. Our number consists of seven Americans, forty English, seven Scotch, two Irish, and four Canadians. We leave this morning for Switzerland,where you shall hear from me again. Yours, truly, Republican Party Record A brief recapitulation of the various measures enacted by the Republican party, during its ten years of power, in behalf of the cause of liberty and equal political and civil rights to all men, without regard to race or color, will le a matter of useful in formation to our readers at this time, and aid them in coming to a just and correct decision as to the party they can the most safely trust hereafter. The first blow at the "Divine" institu tion of slavery was a bill, which became a law in August, 1861, confiscating all prop erty and setting free all slaves usecrin aid of the rebellion. January 25, 1862, a law was passed pro hibiting the use of the jails of the Dis trict of Columbia for the imprisonment of fugitive slaves. The great measure emancipating the 4 1 - paw- am; ^- . cyaa~eu • both Houses of Congress and was signed by the President in April, 1862. On the 13th of March, 1862, a bill be came a law forbidding and punishing the return of fugitive slaves coming into our lines, by..naval and military officers. March 6th, of the same year, the Presi dent bad rePommended the passage of a joint resolution proposing a co-operation between the General Government and the slave -States for the general abolition of slavery, on the principal of compensation to the owners. During the month a bill covering this suggestion passed both Houses, and was signed by the President April Otb The bill abolishing the long existing, odious distinctions in this District against the colored people, such as taxing them for the education of white children and denying them all benefit from the tax, be came a law in May, 1862. dune 19, 1862, the President signed a bill, which had passed both Houses, pro hibiting slavery forever in all the Territo ries of the United States. June, 1862, a law was enacted establish ing diplomatic relations with the republics of Liberia and Hayti. in July, of the same year, a law was passed conferring upon colored persons the right to testify in courts of justice; also, prohibiting the inter-State coastwise slave trade. In Ju1y,1862,a bill became a law eman: cipating slaves coining within our lines whose masters were in rebellien and all slaves found in places captured by our troops. July 7,-4862, President Lincoln ap proved a bill punishing tne infamous prac tice of using the American flag for the protection of vessels engaged in the slave trade, in open defiance, as had grown to by the practice, of a plain constitutional provision. Under the provision of this act one Gordon, captured while engaged in the slave trade, was tried, convicted, and executed. July 17,1862, a law was enacted author izing the enlistment and military organiza tion of colored men. September 22, 1862, President Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring that on the let of January ensuing he should is sue another proclaiming all persons free in such States as might be named. 4nd au that day the immortal declaration declar ing all slaves forever free in Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi; Alabama, Florida, North and South Carolina, and Virginia was issued. March, 1863, a law was enacted incor porating an institution for the education of colored youths, to be located in this District, from which has grown up the Howard University. A law was enacted in February, 1864, enrolling all colored men, whether slaves or not, into the national forces, allowing loyal masters a bounty of $3OO for their slaves—afterwards reduced to $lOO boun ty. But this was wholly repealed in 1867. On the 11th of June, 1864, a bill be came s law placing colored soldiers on a footing, of equality ill al) respecm with white soldiers. 'Jane 28, 1864, a bill was signed repeal ing the infamous Democratic fugitive-slave In 1864 a law was passed allowing col ored men to contract for carrying the mails. The year before the act was passed pro, hibiting all distinctions on account of race or color in the public conveyances of this District. The law creating the Freedman's Bu reau was passed early in the year of 1865. January 27, 1865, the famous thirteenth amendment to the Constitution, which had previously been approved by the Senate, passed the lionsiottßeppentatives, forever Abolishing slavery in the United' States, During. this year acts were passed re pealing the various treasures enacted by the Southern States under Johnson's rule, designed to re=establish slavery in another form. authorizing the disgraceful appren ticeship system, the law in regard to vag rancy, and authorizing the whipping of negroes. The same year a law was passed abol ishing the system of peonage slavery in New Mexico. In December, 1865, a resolution passed both Houses of Congress appointing the joint Committee on Reconstruction, to whom was referred the credentials of all persons claiming seats from Johnson's re constructed States, and all measures in re gard to reconstruction. February 28, 1866, an act was passed declaring that none of the rebel States were entitled to representation in Con gress until Congress shall have declared such right. In April, 1866, the civil rights bill, which Johnson had vetoed, became a law by receiving the necessary two-thirds ma jority. June 13, 1866, the fourteenth amend ment was passed, making all persons born or naturalized in the United States citi zens, prohibiting the States from passing any law which shall abridge the annuities or privileges of such citizens, defining who shall be Senators or Representatives, protecting the civil rights of all citizens, declaring that the validity of the public debt shall never be questioned, and pro hibiting the United States and the sever al States from ever assuming or paying the rebel debt, and rendering it illegal and void. In December, 1866, Congress passed over Johnson's veto an act establishing universal suffrage in the District of Co lumbia. In January, 1567, a bill was passed de claring that within no Territory of the United States should suffrage be denied on account of race, color, or former condi tion. In Febuary, 1867, the fifteenth amend ment, securing to colored men the right of suffrage, and forever prohibiting its withdrawal, passed both branches of Con gress. . _ _ In March, 1869, a law was passed stri king the word white from all the ordinan ces of the District of Columbia, destroy ing all discrimination against colored men in such laws or ordinances. In May, 1870, the bill known as the en forcement act became a law, its object be ing to protect colored men in all the rights to which other citizens are entitled. In April, 1871, Congress passed what is known as the Ku-Klux act, giving the President power to protect the loyal peo ple of the South against organized bands of assassins, and rendering the people of a country or city, under certain conditions, responsible far the damages done therein by these outlaws. Such, briefly, are the leading measures adopted by a Republican ConuTess, and sanctioned and sustained by the Republi can party, for securino• ' to the colored peo- 1 pie of the nation the boon of liberty and the right cf equal American citizenship. As a "companion-piece" to this long list of acts in the interest of justice and hu manity, we ought, perhaps, to publish the record of the Democratsc party in behalf of slavery, wrong and outrage. But it can hardly be necessary, at least until the wounds inflicted upon the backs of the four millions of ex-slaves have had time to heal. If colored men bear no ma lice against their Democratic owners, they will not be apt to forget who fastened and who broke their chains. W. B. L, The Temperance Convention , The ,Proseedhi_qs at Harrlsburq-- Messrs. ASpangter andWlreder JV amtnated . jor Auddor General and 'Sur veyor General. HARRISBURG; August 9.—The State Temperance Convention, called to nomin ate prohibition candidates for Auditor General and Surveyor General, met in the Senate chamber at 1 o'clock this morning. Twenty-eight persons were present at that time. Captain Rauch, of Lancaster, called the convention to order. Captain Rauch, in his speech, said it was well known that the temperance peo ple c f the State differed in opinion as to the best mode of carrying on the cause. He contended that the determination of the convention on the 18th of May last was for a separate and distinct prohibition party. We are here as citizens free from any other political movement than to free our statute-books from the infamous license law. He proposed, after reading the call, that all persons favorable to the call and its purpose should come forward and sign the roll. . Mr. Black, amid some confusion, was eleetyd permanent president, and on taking the chair delivered an address reciting the history of the temperance cause. Colonel G. F. McFarland and Mr. Lichtenberg were elected secretaries, and a committee of seven were appointed to frame a plat form and name candidates. The resolu tions reported were mostly of a strong tem perance nature,. and were all adopted. A female suffrage resolution was, however, defeated. The nominations for candidates were next proceeded with, several prominent gentlemen being . named, among whom were the Republican candidates, R. B. Beath and Colonel Stanton. and the Deni ocratic candidates, McCandlcss and Coop er, to all of whom letters were addressed of interregation as to their temperance principles. In the afternoon session the replies of Colonel Stanton and R. B. Beath were re ceived and read. I39th of the letters fa vored the temperance cause, but declined the nominations. The Democratic candi dates failed to respond to the interrogation. After considerable other unimportant business had been transacted, Ben. Spang ler, of Lancaster, was nominated for Audi tor General, and Hon. E. A. Wheeler, of Mercer county, for Surveyor General. The following is a card published in op position to the Convention To the Members of the May Convention and the Friends of Temperance in Pennsylvania The undersigned, members of the Cen tral Committee appointed by the authority of the convention held in Philadelphia May 18th and 19th last, being present at Har risburg, deem it their duty to that body and the cause generally to enter their sal. emn protest against the action of certain of their fellow.tutimberS, who, in violation of the action of the convention in May, have called and are this day holding a convention to nominate independent can didates for Auditor General and Surveyor General, theieby ignoring the plan of ac tion adopted in May last; and having been informed by the men engaged in this movement that it is purely an individual enterprise, and that nsi oqp could be allow ed to take part in the proceedings unless willing to pledge himself to carry out the objects named iu the call, and having fail ed to obtain any change of purpose on the part of those engaged in the revolutionary movement ; we do hereby depiare that the said convention and the nominations made by it are in violation of the action of the May convention, and without authority from the State Central Committee. Josi Tun T. OWYIN, P. (iQogroi, EDWIN CQATES; The Republican party, ale) , say, is in better condition to-day than ever baoro in North Caro Him The Tariff. Perhaps some of our readers may like to compare the resolutions adopted by Re puplican and Democratic Conventions. The Republican State Convention of Penn sylvania, adopted May 17, 1871, resolution "Third. They declare their unalienable attach ment to the principles of protection to home indus try, in the levying of tariff duties in accordance with the wise policy which has existed since the foundation of the Government." The Republican State Convention of Ohio, June 21, 1871, adopted resolution "Third. As it will be necessary and desirable to obtain from duties on imports a large portion of the revenues needed to defray the expenses of the Government, to pay the interest on the national debt, an principal as it matures, such duties should be adjusted as not to prejudice but to pro mote the interest of every section and branch of industry as fast as possible." The Democratic State Convention of Ohio, June 2, 1871, adopled resolution "Ninth. That we are in favor of a strictly reve nue tariff, conformed to the theory and principles of all other just an 1 wise tax laws, and opposed to the protective theory, so called." The following English testimony is of value, as showing what policy they consid er best for this country : "The ascendance of the Protectionists party in the [United] States continues to operato most fa vorably for the manufacturing interest there; it is no wonder that, under its benignant auspices, the enterprise in this direction is swelling to colossal proportions. The whole subject is one deserving the serious attention of our manufacturers."—Ry land's Iron Trade Circular. Gen. Jackson on Protection. In Nile's Register of April 24, 1830, vol. 38, page 173, is found a letter to W. Ramsey and T. Hartley Crawford, as fol lows : WASHINGTON', April 5, 1830. GENTLEMEN : I hare the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note this morning, presenting me with an ax and hatchet from the manufactory of Messrs. Dunlop & Madeira, in the borough of Chambersburr, which I accept with pleasure. These samples of the skill employed in that estab lishment fully illustrates the capacity of our citi zens to contend successfully with the ingenuity and enterprise of other nations. They, in fact, refute the ides—too prevalent in several portions of the Union—that the policy of Protection is, is every view of its effects, unequal to the anticipation of its friends. I pray you to present those gentlemen my warm est wishes for their prosperity, and to accept for ourselves the renewal of the obligations which I owe you for the many instances oC your friendship and regard. Your obedient servant, _ ANDREW Jac... Messrs. Ramsey dc Crawford. The "New Departure." "The war is a failure."—[Valandigbam at New York In 1864.] The Amendments are "unconstitutional, null and void . "—[Vallandigham at Chicago in 1863.] "The war was not a failure, and the Amend ments are constitutional."—[Vallandigham at Day ton and Columbus in 1871.] What is such a concession to the march of events, but a tardy confession that the Republican party is right ? The Demo crats have been trying to get office for the last ten years by opposing the Republicans, but finding that the people "don't see it," they at last resort to the brilliant device of donning the Republican uniform them selves. "Give us office," they say, "and we'll be anything you please."—Mercer Dispatch. The Kentucky Elections, The Estimated Result for Governor. LOUISVILLE, August 9.—Returns be gin to come in sufficiently to enable politi cians to form an estimate approximating the result of the election. Leslie's friends claim his election by 35,000 majority, while Harlan's friends concede it by 25,- 000 or 30,000. LOUISVILLE, August 9.—Returns from twenty-nine counties give Leslie, Demo crat, 13,692 majority. North Carolina's nprlsion R..yabikan Alajority of 15,000. WASHINGTON, August 9.—The major ity in North Carolinia will not, it is now asserted in letters therefrom, be less than 15,000, making a gain on the last Repub lican vote of 19,000. This time the Ku- Klux were overawed. Montana A RTublicati Delegate to Congress Elected. HELENA, August 9.—Reports from all parts of the Territory indicate that W. H Clagett, Republican, is elected delegate to Congress. The Woman Question Interesting Letter jrom Horace Greeley— His Opinion of Women of the Laura Fair Type—Plain Talk. Horace Greeley has addressed a letter to the Golden Age, defining his view on the woman question, saying that while he does not deny that persistent, flagrant adultery by the husband or wife affords good grounds fur divorce, transient infidelity to the mar riage vow under the influence of passion inflamed by wine or other unnatural ex citement, should not, if not repeated, be an adequate reason for divorce. The doc trine of re-marriage in those widowed by death should be governed by circumstances in the main. Where the couple are hap pily united, it would be better if neither married the second time on this planet.— The mainspring of his hostility to woman suffrage is due to his conviction of the proper indissolubility of the marriage tie. His conversion to the movement of woman suffrage is morally impossible. On that account he has written this letter on what has appeared in the Tribune editorially on this subject during the last ten years, and concludes by saying: "I believe our coun trymen indebted to you for having discov ered—perhaps I should say invented—me as the possible, though the most improba ble, candidate for the Presidency. Allow me, then, to thank you for your early and frank demonstration. can in no contin gency be counted on your side a s a woman suffrage- candidate. As you forcibly and justly say, there is not a possibility of my ultimately adapting myself to this end; my difference with your crowd is too vital and too radical to permit the most sanguine dreamer to hope for conversion. "I am growing old. My. opinions are tolerably firm and advanced. Females of the Laura Fair type, who killed her para mour, whom she claims to be her rightful affinity, and give the lie• in open court 'to the wife she had doubly wronged, are my pet aversion. But why should any man be a candidate for President of the woman suffragists ? Logically and consistently I feel that the candidate should he a woman. She ought, moreover, be one thoroughly emancipated from absurdity, folly, narrow ness and baleful conversation, which I am too old to outgrow. Could you not find some one who illustrates in her own per son and history what you so facetiously term liberal thoughts in this enlightened age ? Let her be one who has two hus bands, and lives In the same house with them; both sharing the same couch; one bearing the name of the other to indicate impartiality perhaps, and the cause and candidate will be so fitly mated that there will be no occasion, even under the meet liberal a}fd enlightened regime, to sue for divorce. Could not one of this class be persuaded to overbear her shrinking mod esty and nominate herself ?" The Hon. Hugh McCulloch, ox-Secre tary of the Treaswry, has secured a sump tuous home in London, and dispenses graceful and acceptable hospitality to Americans visiting the capital. His re ceptions are attended by the most distin guished people of the land. A Railroad Horror, Amile»! on the.Mqine Central Railroad— Two Persons Killed, Tinny Wounded. BANGOR, August 9.—A frightful acci dent occurred tonight on the Maine Cen tral railroad, just as the train was Entering this city, by the giving away of the bridge across Ilawden road. The train consisted of the engine, tender, mail and express cars, smoking car, three passenger cars and one Pullman palace ear. The train was about half an hour late and was running a good speed to make up. The engine and tender had got across the bridge and a portion of the mail and ex press car, when the structure went down, taking the trucks or the mail car, but the strength of the shackles kept it upon-the track. The smoking car plunged down into the street, and was completely demol ished. This was followed by a passenger car, which came down upon its side and was also completely torn to pieces. . The second passenger car shot across the street at right angles and was also demol ished. The third and last passenger car plunged down the abyss, striking on the forward end, crushing it in, while the rear end was suspended at an angle of forty-five degrees by the broken timbers and abut ments. The Pullman car, the last in the train, remained on the track, but the front end was somewhat damaged by contact with the preceding cars. None of the passengers in it were injured. William Percival, of Waterville, was brakeman on the third pas r iger car, and stood at his post on the )nt platform when the car plunged dos', through the bridge, and was instantly killed. There was a very small number of pas sengers, otherwise the loss of life must have been fearful. As it was, thirty per sons were more or less injured, but only as yet fatally, Thos. Gallagher,-boiler maker, East Boston, was fearfully crushed, and has since died. A citizen of Wisconsin has invent 63 an automatic machine that will cut, bind and deliuer grain in a bundle. The machine was tried last season on six different farms, in order to test its adaptability to rough, smooth, sidehill and level ground, and also to different lengths of grain, whether gras sy, tangled or well cultivated. The resu.t established the fact that the work could be perfectly performed, and the per cent. of failures averaged five in the hundred, the machine having cut and bound one hun dred thousand bundles. This year, the same machine, with improvements, has again been on trial, and the result has been highly satisfactory. It was put in opera tion in a field of oats of about thirty-five acres. The grain varied in height from six feet in the most fertile to ten inches in the poorest parts, and was cut and bound in bundles from the size of a man's body to the size of his arm, and in some caws mere wisps, owing to the shortness of the straw. The buts were laid as smoothly as cut across with a knife, and the per cent. of failures was insignificant. Subsequent ly the machine was placed in a field of wheat, which it cut and bound at the rate of fourteen acres a day. The wire bands used in tying up the bundles are said to answer the purpose well, and cost only thirty cents an acre. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That so much of the act approved April twenty ninth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, as imposing a tax of two per centum on every dollar of sala ry and emoluments over two hundred dol lars, of persons holding public office or offices, held under corporations; also so much of the act as imposes a tax of one per cent= on incomes of tradesmen, oc cupations and professions, over two hund red dollars is hereby repealed. )1; 1 Aniageo, ANDERSON—POWELL—In this place, on the 12th ult., by Peter Swoops, Esq.. 31r. John Anderson, of Wil liamsburg, to Bliss Jennie Powell; of Huntingdon. ' HITTER—GORDAN.,-On the 22d tilt., by the same, Mr Edgard Hitter, of Altoona, to Miss Anna Gordon, of Huntingdoo. STOUFFER—NELSON.—On the 9th inst., by the same, Mr. Calvin Stouffer to Miss Alice Nelson, both of this county. New Advertisements. US. MARSHAL'S OFFICE, W. • D. of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pa. This is to give notice, That on the 10th day of August A. D. 1871 a Warrant in Bankruptcy was issued against the estate of Paul Ammerman, of Broad Top City in the county of Huntingdon and State of Pennsylvania, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt on his own petition; .that the payment of any debts and delivery of any property belong ing to such Bankrupt to him or for his use, and the transfer of any property by him are forbidden by law; that a meeting of the creditors of the said bankrupt, to prove their debts, and to choose one or more assignees of his estate, will be held at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at the office of the Register in Bankruptcy in the Court House, in Huntingdon, before John Brotherline, Esq., Register, on the 20th day of September, a. at 10 o'clock, a. m. A. MURDOCH, V. S. Marsha), as Messenger. Aug. 10, 1871-4 t. FARM FOR SALE.—The undersign ed, will sell, at Public Sale, in Juniata town ship, on Tuesday, - the