The Huntingdon Journal. .1. R. DURBORROW, HUNTINGDON, PENN'A. Wednesday Morning, March 6, 1872 , Republican State Convention ILEADQUARTEEE REPUBLICAN STATE CZ , THAL } skiitsurrsz or PsNlisrLveNts. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5, 1172. In pursuance of the resolution of the Republican State Central Committee, adopted ut llarrisburg.Japaary 18th, 1872, a Republican State Convention, composed of dele gates from each Sena oriel and Representative distriet,in the number to which such district is entitled in the we tell meet in the Hall of the House of Represen tatives, at ll.irrisburg, at 1 o'clock, noon, on We Ine iday, the 10th day of April, A. DAMS, to nominate cand.dates for Governor, Judge of the Supreme Court, Auditor Gen eral (should the Legislature provide for the choice of one by the people), and an Electoral Ticket; nod also to elect Senatorial and Representative delegates to represent the State in the Republican National Convention, to be held at Philadelphia, June 5, 1872. RUSSELL ERRETT, Chairman. W. Pawn, D. F. HOUSTON, Eau Luciss, P. M. LITLZ, Bar The Russian fleet, with Prince Alexis and suite, are in Havana. Ate' The Wisconsin Legislature has just passed a law making State election days legal holidays. Dar Queen Victoria is going to Berlin to visit her daughter, the wife of the Prince Imperial. nft. Forty thousand copies of the Con gressional report on the Ku Klux outrages have been printed. Is. The Mon for is respectfully referred to Hon. R. Milton Speer, for an answer to its tariff cony drums. ifisk's horses, carriages and Mlle outfit were sold at auction, on the 28th ult., for $50,000. Ng_ Seth I. Comfy has been appointed Collector of Customs, at Philadelphia, vice J. W. Forney, resigned. say- The Assembly ht Albany has pass ed the Committee of Seventy's new city charter. It is now before the Senate. sm. The cleat, penalty has been abol ished in Kansas. Imprisonment for life is now the severest penalty under the law. se. The new Russian Minister, Baron Van Offenberg, accredited to the United States, has left St. Petersburgh for Wash ington. Ng_ Tha Monitor has ordered a new power pr es s. The organ of the Democracy, in this county, is looking up. We are glad to hear it. titaT The Local Option Bill, as it is gen erally known, has passed the Lower House of the Legislature. Now we will see what the Senate will do with it. i Hon. John Scott, Hon. Lot M. Morrill, Hon. M. H. Carpenter and Hon. Z. Chandler, all of the U. S. Senate, will ac cept our thanks for public documents. Der European journals state that the mission of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia to Rome, is to bring about an alli ance between Germany, Austria and Italy. Stir Miner, the American who murder ed a workingman in London, on the night of the 17th ult., has been committed to jail to await trial, on the charge of wilful murder. seir "Formerly," said Nyt in the U. S. Senate the other day, "everybody thought General Grant a great and good man, but that was before he had removed anybody's relations from office." so. Gen. Wm. T. Sherman and Lieut. Grant have been sojourning at Naples for a few days past. They, with a party ac companying them, held a pic-nic among the ruins of Pompeii. Bar The very Reverend Henry Bene dict Coskery, Vicar General and Adminis trator of the Arch-idiocese of Baltimore, died in that city, on the evening of Feb. 27th, in the 64th year of his age. ter The campaign in New Hampshire is prosecuted with great energy. The Democrats ire circulating the anti-Grant speeches of Sumner,Schurz and Trumbull, and both sides are working like beavers. 'Es. It is now conceded, by all parties, that President Grant will be nominated at Philadelphia, on the sth of June next, and that he will be elected to serve a sec ond term as President of the United States. est. L. S. Wright, Esq., Warden of the Western Penitentiary, located in Al legheny city, Pa , will please accept our thanks for a copy of his annual report for 1871. The exhibits are very satisfactory. le _ If the editor of the Monitor were to give some attention to the tariff articles, published in the JOURNAL, he would not be floundering about asking questions that have been answered a score of times in these columns. Stay- The Maine farmers are discouraged by the failure of the hay crop and conse quent depression in the price of live stock, and are emigrating in considerable num bers to the fertile plains and genial cli mate of the West. Dm. Boutwell's usual "Monthly Joke," as the Patriot styles the Monthly State ment, shows that during the short month of February $12,391,451 of the National debt was paid off. This '•little joke" will be the death of the Patriot and its friends. ogi. A new candidate fur local favor has appeared, christened the Cove Echo, which is published at Martinsburg, Blair county, by Brumbaugh Bros., of Markles burg, this county. It is a very neat sheet, and we hope it may be extensively patron ized. sm. The Senate has spent a month over Sumner's "Old Gums Resolution." A New York city paper announces the proceed ings under the following heading : "The Senate as a Hen Convention on the Hatch. ing of Cannon Balls—the Incubation pro bably eternal." Mir Seveial articles have appeared in this paper in regard to the Spring Elec tion, but they were all premature. The election will take place on the third Fri day in March, being the 15th day. The articles in question were pompted by the elections in several adjoining counties. THE GREAT SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY. Colonel Thomas A. Scott, Vice President of the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road, has a project on hand, the consummation of which will be one of the most magnificent feats of the age. His proposition evinces a power of mind of almost unlimited mag nitude, and the enterprise in which he is engaged will, when completed, be a monu ment to his energy far more worthy of contemplation than the conquering of na tions. or the achievement of political fame. It has been proposed to make the modest Colonel President of the United States; but while this little matter is under con templation, be is making himself the pre sident and chief manager of the greatest railway organization in the United States, or in the world. Within a few days past the public prints have announced the fact that Col. Scott has been elected president of the Texas Pacific railway, in place of Marshall 0. Roberts, of New York. But his control of that enterprise is only one link in the great chain of railroads of which,Col. Scott is 00,, securitinte direction anti manage' meet, and which, when completed, will extend from the British Provinces east of us, through Maine and the other New England States, the Middle and Southern States, and Texas, across the Continent, and on to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. This grand scheme has nothing utopian about it. The enterprise is practicable and its consummation is imperatively de manded in the interests of our vast and rapidly increasing internal and trans-con tinental travel and commerce. The Cen tral Pacific railway is inadequate to the demands of the country. It is not reliable during the winter season. The experience of the past month calls louder for a more southerly route than the eloquence of man Hundreds of passengers and millions of dollars worth of freight have been held midway on the route, under a snow block ads, lasting over an entire month, less two or three days. The Southern route will experience no such barriers. We has e been informed, on goo:1 author ity; that Colonel Scott has been thus far eminently successful in his negotiations, and his railroad connections, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, are nearly completed. The Texas Pacific road is not yet constructed, but the work, under the new management, will be pushed vigorously forward, until it is completed It was stated in some of oar exchange papers that Cul. Scott and the directors of the Texas Pacific railway pro posed to use the narrow g,ange track. Such, we are informed, is not the filet. Mr. Silas Seymour, the well known consulting en gineer, was, sometime ago. applied to by Mr. Marshall 0. Roberts for his opinion on the subject of narrow gauges for great trunk lines of railroad. Mr. Roberts, as president then of the Texas Pacific Rail road Company, had received from the chief engineer of that company, General G. P. Buell, a report in favor of the narrow gauge of three feet six inches, the reason fbr recommending it. being first, that in the construction of the road bed, the dif ference of cost will be 30 per cent• in favor of the narrow gauge; second, in the construction of the superstruc ture, the difference of cost will be 45 per cent. in the same direction ; third, with proper construction of rolling stock, a speed of thirty-five to forty miles per hour can be attained with perfect safety on the narrow gauge; fourth, the construe- don of rolling stock will cost 50 to 55 per cent. less; and fifth, in loaded trains of mired freight and cars on the 3 foot 6 inch gauge, the percentage of dead weight to load will be about 47-100, while in a similar train on the broad gauge it will be übout 75100. But Col. Scott and the directors of the road, are not so sanguine of these results, and have decided to use the broad gauge for the main line, though they may adopt the narrow gauge for roads to be built as feeders to the grand trunk road. The State of Texas; in reference to area, climate and soil, is, we are safe in saying, ahead of every other State in the Union. Its resources are, however, undeveloped. Railroads, capital and enterprise are re quired. After the former is introduced, capital and enterprise will follow. There is now a joint resolution before both branches of Congress to cede to the United States about one-fifth of the State of Texas, for the purpose of an Indian reservation, or to organize into another State as may be deemed advisable—the United States to pay fifty cents an' acre for the same. This will enable the State to liquidate its debt, provid a magnificent school fund, to establish a liberal free school system, and place a handsome reserve fund in the State Treasury. The State is now a great centre of attraction to immigrants from Europe, and even from Asia. A number of rail roads have recently been projected, and some of them are-nearly completed; and with the great Southern Pacific passing across the entire State capital and immi gration will rapidly increase, and an im petus will be given to the manufacturing, agricultural, and other industries. The success of the Southern Pacific railway and the prosperity of Texas are inseparable. es- The New York Shipping List, and The Dry Goods Reporter state that "Am erican cotton manufactures now command the home market." The enormous foreign imports are far less in amount and value than the domestic supply. This is an im portant achievement, and is due mainly to our protective 'policy ; for when the home product controls the market it rules the prices, and the foreign article, in order to reach our markets, must pay the duties and sell at our not their prices. It is so with iron, steel, and all other products : when the American supply is in excess of the foreign, we•have the control of the mar kets and fix the prices, and foreign pro ducers, in order to reach our markets must pay the duties and . the cost of trans: portation, or stay away. rew. D. S. Elliott, Esq., editor of the Bloody Run Press, popped in upon us the other evening looking as bright as a newly coined dollar. He assures us that the Press is flourishing, and that in a few weeks he will have a power press. This is encouraging. May the Press ever pros per. WHO SUPPORTS the FREE TRADE LEAGUE OF NEW YORK? All the free-trade pamphlets distributed over the country are prepared and circula ted under the auspices of the Free Trade League of New York City, and in the in terest of British manufacturers and im porters. Who furnishes the funds for this free circulation of free-trade publications ? Let us see. By their own reports we find that the League received $42,000 in one month from the following persons, all of whom are either British manufacturers, or directly Connected with English firms.— The contributions are : Naylor & Co., English steel house, $500; George Ward, banker, agent of Baring Brothers, $5OO ; Mall & Co., importers, Mall, Belgian Con sul, $500; Pell, Liverpool and London Globe Insurance Co., $342 ; A. B. Sands & Co., drug importers, relations of the London Bankers Baring Brothers, $6,257 ; H. Marshall, Treasurer of the League, agent of Black Ball tine Liverpool packets, foreign banker, $5,500; Grinnell, Min turn & Co., Minturn brother-in-law to Ba ring, $3,800; and so on through the list. The Loncon Mining Journal says : "It this League succeeds in the United States we moy hope for a very large trade with that country/. ° English manufacturers are now shipping more pig iron, rails, and other iron to the United States than to ail other parts of the world, and yet they are not satisfied. "It reminds us of the days of 1846," says a careful observer and wri ter, "when men in Glasgow and Manches ter subscribed $lOO,OOO to lower our tariff, and some of them were foolish enough afterward to say that they more than got their money back by breaking down our factories, and then selling us goods at their own prices." Here is more testimony as to the source of the patronage conferred upon the Free Trade League, of New York City. They publish a large sheet for free and exten sive, circulation, called The Peoples' Picto rial Tax-Payer. It contains large adver tisements from : W. & S. Butcher, razor, file and tool manufacturers, Sheffield, Eng land ; Spear & Jackson, steel saw makers, Sheffield, England; Van Wart & McCoy, agents for Van Watt, Son & Co., Birming ham; Evans & Askin, Birmingham ; G. B. Thorneycroft & Co., iron works, Wol verhampton, England; Isaac Jenks, steel works, Wolverhampton; William Makin & Sons, files and cutlery,Sheffield,and Tangyo Brothers, Cornwall works, Birmingham- There are also advertisements from Wm. Jessup & Sons, steel and iron, Sheffield ; Congreve & Son, agents of the Toledo steel works, Sheffield; A. B. Sands & Co., importers of drugs, one of whose members, Mahlon Sands, is Secretary of the League ; John Clark, jr., & Co, foreign manufac turers of spool cotton ; F. W. Harrold, hardware, Birmingham; together with cards from a dozen other manufacturing and insurance companies. A noble set of backers to instruct American manufactu rers and tax-payers what their true inter ests are. In a speech in the House of Lords. Lord Goderich said : "Other nations know, as well as the noble Lord opposite, and these who acted with him, that what we (in England) meant by free•trade, was nothing more nor less than by means of the great advantages we enjoyed, to get the mono poly of all their markets for our manufac tures, and to prevent them, one and all, from ever becoming manufacturing na tions." Lord Brougham, in the House of Com mons, made the benevolent statement that "England could afford to bear some loss on the export of her goods, for the purpose of destroying foreign manufactures in their cradle." Beware ! England was never more anx ious to flood our markets with her manu factures than she is to-day; and free-traders in our own country are doing all in their power to aid her in breaking down our tariffs. Ser Thanksgiving in England, on Tues day of last week, for the recovery of the Prince of Wales, from his late illness, was an extraordinary manifestation of the loy alty of England. It is computed that there were three millions of people on the streets of London. Twelve thousand sol diers and the entire police force guarded the line while the procession moved over seven miles of paved streets, under arches of flags and flowers, amid the thunder of guns, ringing of bells and cheering of the people. Thirty thousand children sang the national anthem before the Queen as she left her palace, and on entering the cathedral she and the royal family were received by an assembled congregation of 14,000 persons. gea.. An effort was made, a week or two ago,by Sun Set Cox, to instruct the Com mittee of Ways and Means to bring in a bill for the reduction of duty on pig iron from $7 to 85. We are glad to see that there was not a single Pennsylvanian who had the hardihood to vote in favor of it, while on the other hand Messrs. Spe , :i• and Myers, the former of this and the latter of the Bedford district, voted against it. per.. The Harrisburg Patriot is very much annoyed that Gen. Sherman should be honored with a national vessel to make a European visit. The only reason for this nervousness is the fact that a son of the President accompanies him. General Sherman ought to know better than take Freddy with him. He might have had discretion enough to have added a Colonel or two to his staff. us,. Col. J. W. Forney, as has been announced in the JOURNAL, resigned the Collectorship of Philadelphia, whereupon the anti-Grant politicians announced a split between Grant and Forney. But Colonel Forney has since dined with the President in Washington, and the President has dined with Col. Forney in Philadelphia. How now? oft. The Importers and Grocers Board of Trade, of New York, have petitioned Congress, asking that in case of a reduc tion or abolition of the tariff on tea and coffee, ninety days time be granted before the low rates take effect. This, or a return of the duties paid on the stock now on hand, is due to the trade. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER WAsiIiNGTON, D. C., March 4, 1:72. The Geneva Tribunal—PosJible railure of the Treaty—The .thnerican Reply to the English "Note"—The Pacific Rail way Snow Blockade—The Texas Pacif. ic Railway—Name of the Company to be Uhanged 7 Rttsburgh wants a New Post Office Building—Tle Sale of Old Guns POSSIBLE FAILURE OF TIM TREATY 7.1` WASHINGTON. However much it will be regretted, there is reason to fear that the correspondence now going on between tile Governments of England and the United States will end in a total repudiation of the Washington Treaty. There is no disposition on the part of the American Government to mod ify its "Case," by relinquishing the claim for indirect damages. Unless, therefore, the English Government recedes from the position it has taken, and agrees to submit the whole matter to impartial arbitration, all efforts on the part of the United States to secure an adjustment will be abandoned, and the subject in controversy be left pre cisely as it stood prior to the first meeting of the Joint High Commission. The Glad stone Government has taken a position, from which there will probably be no re ceding, and the prospect now is, however much it may be regretted, that the Treaty will be nullified. This is the view enter tained by Many of our clearest minds in Washington. There are others however, who believe that all difficulties will be suc cessfully surmounted and the desired result secured. SECRETARY EISII'S REPLY TO GRANVILLE. The 'note" front Earl Granville in ref erence to indirect damages claimed in the American "Case," was received by mail, a few days ago, and the subject of the .note and a reply to the same, have been con sidered by the President and his Cabinet. Secretary Fish has a reply drafted, which he submitted to the Cabinet at its last meeting. Some changes in the phraseology of the reply were suggested. The reply will probably be forwarded some time during the present week. It will In mod erate and conciliatory, but at the same time 6rm in tone. There is not a member of the Cabinet who does not desire to see this matter amicably settled; and for the sake of peace, there is no man in Wash ington to-day who would rejoice morn heartily than the President, if such a re sult could be secured. THE SNOW BLOCKADE ON THE PACIFIC RAILWAY. Passengers who have arrived in Wash ington from San Francisco, are severe in their denunciations against the manage ment of the trans-continental railway. .They were nearly an entire month on the route. Through trains started from Ogden on the 2d day of February and reached Green River without meeting with serious obstructions. At the hater place great difficulties began to be encountered. Those in charge of the train either could not or would not proceed further. At the expiration of thirteen days an advance movement was made, and the trains suc ceeded in reaching Butler Creek, a distance of sixty-one miles. Here the snow drifts were heavy, but after considerable labor the trains reached Simpson Hill, being eighteen days coming front Ogden, a dis tance of 267 miles. Here immense snow drifts were encountered, and the passen gers worked during an entire day, remov ing the drifts of snow from the track. The• trains finally moved ahead, but interrup tions occurred at short intervals, occasion ing delays along the entire route. There is no doubt that passengers were put to great inconvenience, and in some cases experienced no little suffering by these protracteti delays; but after all, there is good reason to believe that the managers of the road made every effort that was pos sible to overcome the difficulties caus d by the storms, over which they had no possi ble control. It was certainly their interest to do so. The Imperial Japan;Embassy and suite, embracing over one hundred persons, in cludino• four ladies, conducted themselves like philosophers, and made the best of their misfortunes, by preserving a cheerful' temper and buoyant spirits, over the en tire route. THE TEXAS PACIFIC DAILROAD, On Wednesday Senator Scott introduced a bill into the Senate, which provides for changing the name of the Pacific Railroad Company to "The Texas and Southern Pacific Railway Company," and empowers it to issue the construction and land bonds, authorized by the eleventh section of said act, for such amounts as it may deem need ful for construction and equipment, and to include in the mortgages securing the con struction bonds all or any portion of the lands granted, and in the mortgages se curing the land bonds and remaining lands not used as security fur the construction bonds, provided the amount of land bonds shall not exceed $2.50 per acre for all lands covered by mortgages securing the same. The bill also provides that the con struction of the road shall commence at Marshall, Texas; that 200 miles westerly shall be completed within two years; that the whole road to San Diego shall be fin-. ished within ten years from the passage of this act. This bill is supplementary to the act of March 3, 1871, in corporating the Texas Pacific Railroad Company. W. W. HOLDIN REPIRES FROM TILE WASH INOTON CHRONICLE. Hon. W. W. Holdin, ex-Governor of North Carolina, and for some months past associate editor and proprietor of the Washington, D. C. Daily Chronicle, sev ered tis connection with that journal on Thursday last. In his valedictory he reit erates his adhesion to the Republican party and its principles. Of Presidenl Grant he says: "I regard his re-election to a second term as equally important with that of George Washington and Abraham Lin coln." Mr. H. made many friends while in Washington. His pen will be miesed and its absence felt from the columns of the Chronicle. PITTSBURGH WANTS A NEW POST OFFICE. A delegation from Pittsburgh visited Washington, a few days ago, to ask Con gress for an appropriation to put up a suit able building in the Iron City for a Post Office, Custom House, and United States Courts. THE SALE OF SURPLUS GUNS AND AMMU- NITION, It is stated, on official authority, that the House Committee on Expenditures of the War Department will at once com mence an investigation into the sale of arms by the United States during the Franco-Prussian war, and will summon Senators Shurz and Sumner to tell what they know in reference to that matter. War Department Officials are also to be summoned.. The investigation will be thorough. Geneva Arbitration—Abztract of the Case as Submitted by Engiand NEW YORK, February 27.—The Trib une this morning publishes an abstract of the British case as submitted to the arbi trators at Geneva. In this statement Her Majesty's Government complains that she has had to reply to an argument not yet presented. When that shall have been presented. and the claims of the United Statesshall have qeen defined precisely. Her Majesty's Government will exercise the tight conferred on it by article 4 of the treaty —to submit to the tribunal an additional or more extended statement of facts, as the Case may exact. Until a comparison of the cases presented by both parties shall determine the points really in dispute be tween the two Governments, it will refrain from all discussion intended to sustain its own position and will limit itself at pre sent to submitting to the judgment of the tribunal the following considerations: as to the ships, whatever may be the circum stances, that were procured in British ports for war purposes, and were employed as beligerent cruis3rs against the United States while great Britain herselfremained .neutral, these events have been the cause of displeasure and regret to the Govern ment of Her Britannic Majesty. This re gret exists despite the following facts, which it must be conceded are important to ar.ive at the just appreciation of the I question; The vessels were procured by tu=ning and clandestine means which baf fled the vigilance of Government officers, • not one had the least armament, and some had been constructed as ordinary merchant vessels, having nothing which would adapt them especially for war. In number they were very small, and finally, persons who obtained possession and control of them and employed them for belligerent purposes 1 were themselves American citizens, which the United States Government has alwats . admitted. Such facts should seriously af•- feet, in the mind of every impartial man, the question relative to the responsibbity of a neutral Government. The United States Government professes to have the right to pecuniin j indemnity fur claims which it says resulted from the acts of these vessels—that is to say, warlike op erations carried on•by means of these ships by persons who had them in their posses Men. It is evident that the pretension of this nature is such that her Majesty's Government, animated as it is with the most amicable sentiments towards the Uni ted States, could not, in virtue of the res pect it owes to its own rights and those of neutral nations in general, consent to ad mit, since it behooves that it is not fuunded on justice. It devolves on the United States to es tablish the propositions it has advanced, to state clearly the international duty or duties 'OR which they are based, and to demon strate the violation of which it couiphins. The charge against a sovereign Govern ment having evinced culpable negligence in the exercise of one of the powers of sov ereignty, is an imputation which should be sustained by strong and solid reason. A nation ought not to be held responsible fur a delay or omission which may be due simply to accident, and not to the want of foresight or reasonable care. Finally, it does not suffice to demonstrate that an act 1 1 has been committed which the Government should have foreseen. What must be ad vanced and proved, is that the Government filled to exercise the same amount of care as it usually employs in internal affairs, and which it may by reasonably required to use in matters affecting international interests and duties. If the tribunal de , tides that Great Britian has incurred any responsibility whatever toward the United States, the question will then arise as to what will be a just measure and the extent of that responsibility. Her Majesty's Gtovernment abstains at present from enter ing on this question, and reserves for a more advanced period of discussion all ob servations that it shall determine to sub mit on this point in the same name of Great Britian. If claims of this kind were admitted without reserve, a belligerent could ask to be indemnified by a neutral for results which justly ought not to be laid to the act of the latter, but should be placed to'his own 'capacity and deficient initiative. Her Majesty's Government is obliged to point out. that in regard to the ships which form the object of the preced ing statement, the United States G.,vern went or its officers evinced extraordinary tardiness in employing the naval sources at its command, and that if ordinary ac tivity were exercised to capture or inter cept these vessels, the losses of which the United States complain to-day would have been in a great part averted. Whether the decisiuu of the tribunal is or is not favorable to her, Great Britian is ready to yield to the decree. She has only one Wish, that it be just. She raises only one pretension, that it be founded on a faith ful and equitable interpretation of the rights of man and on principles which her self and all otherl powers will not repent of, recognising and observing either as neutrals or belligerents in time to come. Ara We the Fools to Follow ? David Davis. of Illinois, and Joel Park er, of New Jersey, both excessive repre sentatives of the idea of leisure, were nominated at Columbus, Ohio, on the 22d of February, as candidates of the hard workingmen of America, for President and Vice President of the United States. It is a little curious to notice how the orig inators and operators of the labor and in dustrial organizations of the country are gradually falling into general opposition to the Republican party, their best and best-tried friend. There seems to be no doubt that the whole of this Columbus Convention was manipulated in the inter ests of the Democracy. A private corres pondent, an intelligent colored gentleman, a spectator of the proceedings , describes the manner in which the wle affair was managed. Never before has labor reform received the slightest attention from the Democratic politicians; but now, on the threshold of a nomination fur the Presiden cy, these shrewd and careful foxes sud denly discover that they need some simple minded persons to help them pull the Presidential chestnuts out of the lire; and so, accordino• c to our correspondent, they repaired to Columbus, Ohio, on the anni versary of the birthday of Washington, and took charge of the Workingmen's Union. His account clearly indicates that David Davis, of Illinois, and Joel Parker, of New Jersey, had been lono ' prearranged as the opposition candidates for President and Vice President, and that the Liberal Republicans, to meet in Cincinnati in May, and the Democratic Convention, on a day yet. to be named, will cordially accept these nominations as their own. The movement is a complete postponement of the aspira tions for the Presidential office of Governor Gratz Brown, of Missouri, and Hon. Ly man Trumbull, of Illinois, both of whom have been stru g gling for the Presidential prize. Justice David Davis is a tired and retired Republican, was Mr. Lincoln's law partner, and is one of the executors under his will. Joel Parker is a sort of antedi luvian Democrat, who is trying to do his best to help himself into the Vice Presi dency by a tolerable administration as Governor of New Jersey, to which posi tion he Was elected last November. But there are two questions in this connection : What can either of these men do, or the real organization they represent, to help the workingmen or the laborers of Ameri ca'? and how much better can they admin ister the Government than Grant and N. 11. P. Colfax ? There is nothing in the history of either to prove that he ever Lad the slightestsympathy with the toiling millions. So far as J udge Davis is concerned, be yond his vicarious relations to Mr. Lin coln, we know nothing of him politi cally except his conservative tendencies on the bench of the Supreme Court and his anxiety to screen Andrew Johnson from impeachment. There is something so bald said bad in this attampt to begin re farm by putting forward decayed and de caying politicians as candidates of laborers mid mechanics, that we turn from it to ask, Is there any Democrat that cares for tin, sort of mummery ? Does any man who hates the Republican party never so bit terly suppose that he can batter himself by supporting and helping to elect this mon grel ticket? In past days the Whig party was a sort of follower of the Democratic party—living upon its quarrel, and, too often, wearing its old clothes. Now it seems as thou,h the Democratic party were living upon the quarrels and wearing the old clothes or the Republican a. What is Mr. Justice Davis but a dissatisfied Re publican, anxious to represent other dis satisfied Republicans, and what is Mr. Joel Parker but a hungry Democrat, anxious to pave the way for other hungry Democrats, and to eat himself into the national corn crib by the aid of Republican votes ? We have no doubt that, transparent as the trick is, the gentlemen who sent their emissaries, to Columbus to induce the Laboring Men's Union in National Council to nominate this hybrid ticket are quite confident that the Liberal Republicans, who are to meet at Cincinnati in May, and the National Dem ocrats, who are to meet somewhere else at a time hereafter to be fixed, will obediently accept their ticket. But there are su many . contingencies between the arrangement and the completion of the programme that we shall not be astonished if the whole thing intermediately falls to the ground. And what is the lesson taught by this exhibition to the great Republican masses of America ? Will they not be admonished by the difficulties existing between these triple factions not to fall into factions themselves? Here we have dissatisfied Republicans, clamorous Democrats, and revolutionary Reformers, all inspired by one idea—place and power. Nobody sup poses that this conglomerate could hold together for a year in the possession of the Government. Their whole instinct is a growing appetite for the possession of Federal patronage. Will the Republican party imitate this miserable example by Killing to pieces itself? We can read our own future in the present fate of our ad versaries. They have been literally dis solved—disintegrated by our unity—and they are now waiting and striving to re unite by our disintegration. Shall we gratify their overweening ambition by proving our wanton imbecility? Are we tliols enough to follow them ?—Philadel phia Press. Scranton, Pa., had a $70,000 fire on Sunday night. On Saturday the severest storm since 1857 prevailed in Richmond, Va. It snowed heavily for twelie hours, with the wind blowing a hurricane from the north west, and the snow drifting accordingly. The Imperial Embassy, from Japan, have arrived in Washington, and are at the "Arlington," where forty rooms are ap propriated to their use. The Masonic Temple is engaged to give them a magni ficent evening entertainment and ball. New Advertisements TAR. F. 0. ALLEMAN can by con suited at his office, at all hours, Mapleton, [march6,72. NOTICE. All persons indebted to me will make set tlement on or before the first of April, as after that date my accounts will he put in the hands of the proper officers for collection, and all persons har ing claims against me will present them for settle ment. marcho,-3t.] GEO. SCHAFER. AHANDSOME MOUSTACHE ! Prof. St. Croix's French Compound, the uorsracimi Great lIAIR GROWER, will produce WIIISKERS. a luxurient MOUSTACHE or WHlS wousTacne. KERS on the smoothest lam Pleas- WHISKERS. . ant to use. Sent to any address on receipt of Fifty cents. 11. T. BOND, CREME, N. E. Cur Tenth and Chestnut Sts., Phila. MarchG,72—ly. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. .1 Letters of Administration having been granted to the undersigned, residing in Warriors mark township. on the estate of Catharine Laporte, Into of said township, deceased, all persons know ing themselves indebted to said estate will make payment without delay and those having claims against the same will present them for settlement. JAMES 11. LAPORTE, Marel26,-61. 0 Administrator. TUSCARORA. FEMALE SEMINA RY will be re-opened on Wednesday, April I ith, with a full owns —l' efficient and experienced teachers. The rooms will be papered and refur nished. The subscriber having an experience of twenty-five years in teaching and in the supervis ion of educational establishments feels confident that he will be able to render entire satisfaction to his patrons. For circular, with full particulars, address J. P. SHERMAN, A. M., care of Rev. L. B. W. SHRYOCK, Academia, Juniata county Pa. [mcht,-41. WANTED. One unmarried. active, energetic man to perform the duties of "Mule Attendant," via : to take charge of the boys clothing, the boys' dormi tory and the personal cleanliness of the boys, and be general house superintendent. Me must have good taste, good judgment, ho precise and thorough-going in his supervision. Very liberal wages paid for the right kind of a man. Also, A First Clan Teacher. Ho must be a man of experience in teaching, a good disciplina rian, having heart and ability to lead in public prayer before the school. Good wages and plenty of work promised to the right kind of a man. Ap ply to or address. A. L. G LISS. Principle S. 0. &hoot, Cassville, Pa. March6.-2.t. T IST OF LETTERS REMAINING -M-a in the Post Otter, at Huntingdon, Pa., March 4, 1272, when called for say "advertised" and give date. Allen, S. (2) !Hugh% Susan Bennett, Sanford U. Hartzel, Wm. E. , .... Biglow, M. A. !Marines, Win. E. Blom, Y. Judson. E. T. Cayhan t, Rebecca Janes, Isaac Dysart, J. 11. Reole, B. J. D.ckison, B J. MelJne. Albert Detwiller, M.D. O. E. X• C. . . !Owens, Patrick Pedig,..l. A_ Fee, George J. Fleck, George ilffiioid?, it. D. U ,rber, Ant7!e, Good, GI a litii . ley, J: F. Geissinger Jno. Shultz, Benj. Gro•r-mon. Mrs. J. M. Whorley. JII. Hicks, Ellen Wilson, Mary 11e5.3, Em ,nnel Held for po3tage. Hon. John Ceßena, Belford. Pa. lion. F. H. Lane, Harrisburg. blre. Mary Cunningham, Yeagertown. Daniel Kauffman, Newton Hamilton. L. Ryan, 80 Cedar at. ect, Now York. BRICE X. BLAIR, Postmaster. 2 THE LARGEST METAL PRICE Current in the World is the Iron World and Manufacturer. Accurate quotations and re ports of sales of Hardware nud Metals in Pitts burgh, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cincin nati, St. Louis, Cleveland, Baltimore and Chicago. Foreign metal markets reported. Acknowledged standard journal of themetal trades. Only 54,00 per year. No hardware dealer can afford to do without it. Every machinist and metal worker should take it. (Jives more illustrations of new machinery than the Scientific American. Sent four weeks on trial for 26 cents. postage paid, ad dress IRON WOItLD PUBLISHING CO.. Iron World Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. Feb.2S,'72—tf. 25 SENT ON TRIAL FOR THREE months for 25 cents. TheAnzerican IVork ing People is one of the finest publications in the world. Contains 16 pages. or 64 columns of read ing matter, designed to interest, instruct and a vane° the best interests of workingmen. Illustra tions of prominent workingmen in each issue. Numbers its thousands of subscribers. Only $1,50 per year, or on trial three months for 25 cents. 'Write your name, Town, County nod State plain ly, enclose the money, and address IRON WORLD PUBLISHING-CO.. Iron World Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. Agents wanted on Salary or Commission. Feb.28,12-tf. New Advertisements TWO HOUSES AND LOTS FOR -A- sale in Mill Creek, on reasonable terms. If not sold soon, they will be for rent. Fur particu lars apply to George Eby. Mill Creek. or to JONATHAN DETWILER, fe.b.2l,l2tf] Allenville, Mifflin county, Pa. VOR SALE. A Five-Horse Power Engine and Boiler, with machinery suitable fir wagon making, cabi net making, chair making, or any kind of light wood work, will he sold at a bargain. To a good, energetic mechanic, desiring to locate in this place, a good opportunity is offered. For further infor mation inquire of J. A. POLLOCK, jan.24,'72t0 Huntingdon, Pa. WAGON AND CARRIAGE MA- KlNG.—Sainuel Hamer do Son have en tered into a partnership,and will hereafter conduct the business of Wagon and Carriage Making, at the old stand, in Alexandria. where they will be prepared to do all kinds of light and heavy work. The public are invited to give them a trial. All work warranted. jan.24,'72-3m] SAMUEL HAMER k SON. DISSOLUTION.- The partnership existing between M. W. Heaton ant 0. B. Crum, doing business as Heaton .h Crum, in thealereantile business, in Marbles burg, has been, this day, February :1, 1872, die. solved by mutual consent, and the accounts of the firm will be settled by 0. B. Crum. Business will be continued at the old stand by M. W. Heaton. M. W. HEATON 0. B. CRO74. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Letters of administration having been granted to the undersigned, living in Cass town ship, on the estate of Philip Taylor, late of said township, deceased, all persons knowing them selves indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims to present them duly authenticated for settlement. ANDREW TAYLOR, Feb.2l,lB72—ft.] Administrator. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Auditor, appointed by the Orphans' Court of Hun tingdon county, to distribute the balance in the hands of Benjamin F. Patton, Executor uf the last will and testament of James Gamic, late of War riorsmark township, dee'd.. hereby gives notice that he will attend, at the office of Simpson ,k Ar mitage, in Huntingdon, on Thursday, the 21st of March, 1872, at 10 o'clock, A. u. , when and where all persons interested shall present their claims or be debarred from coming in for a share of said fund. J. R. SIMPSON, Feb. 21,72.—1 t Auditor. "pri EALTII ! STRENGTH!! VIGOR !!! For Headache, Costivenen, Billiouness and Licer Complaint, use DR. HERRICK'S Sugar Coated Vegetable Filet, the best in use. For Lame Back or Pain in the Side or Rheumatism use Dn. II En- RICE'S Kidney Strengthening Plaster. For Ca tarrh or Cold in the Head, ure Dn. PERRIN'S Fum igator. For all Live Stock, use licnvet.'s Horse and Cattle Powders. The above articles are amongst the best in the market. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Sold by John Read, S. S. Smith and James R. Patton. AGENTS, Huntingdon, Pa., and the trade generally. L. W. WARNER & CO., 67 Murray Street, N.Y. Jan27,'72-3mo. LOW CASH RATES ! THE CHARTER OAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. OF HARTFORD, CONK ORGANIZED 1850, popoo,ooo ASSETS. Issues policies of Life Insurance on all the or dinary plans at lower rates than other mutual companies and pays annual dividends increasing yearly. This plan called DE POSIT INSURANCE, lately introduced by this company, is superior to any short term endowment or Tontine plan, as it fixes a largo surrender value for the policy at the owl of any of its current years. ALEXANDER ELLIOTT, Agent. Huntingdon, Pa., Feb.21,1:372-3m. PUBLIC SALE. 2.756 ACRES OF VALUABLE TIMBER LANDS.—The un dersigned will sell at public sale, at the Court House, in the borough of Huntingdon, at 10 o'clock a. m., on Wednesday, March 13th 1872, ten tracts of patented timber land, as follows Six Tracts, situated in Lincoln and Hopewell townships, Hun tingdon county, to wit: No. 1, Peter Wilson tract, part, warrant dated March 31, 1794, containing 223 acres. No. 2, Isaac Wample tract, part, war rant dated March 31, 1794, containing 174 acres. No. 3, Benj. Shoemaker tract, part, warrant dated March 31, 1794, containing 202 acres. No. 4, Leonard Meehmble tract, part. warrant dated March 31, 1794, containing 180 acres. No. 5. Samuel Davis tract, part, warrant dated March 31, 1794, containing 220 acres. No. 6, Conrad Beaten tract, part, warrant dated March 31, 1794, con taining 200 acres. Total 1199 acres. These tracts lie in one body, on the western side of Terrace mountain, extending southward from Tatman's gap, and are adjoined on the west by the Rays town Branch of the Juniata Ricer, lands of Adam Speck, Jackson Enyeart and others. They con tain a large amount of valuable chestnut-oak, white oak, poplar, chestnut, yellow pine and oth er timber. The distance to the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad at Coffee Run or Rough and .Ready Stations is from three to six miles. The timber on these tracts can be floated down the Raystown Branch to the Penna. railroad and canal, 3 miles below Huntingdon. Four Tracts, situated in Tod township, Huntingdon county, to wit : No. 7, Owen Jones tract, warranted domed March 31, 1791, containing 438 acres, 58 perches. No. 3, Jonathan Jones tract, warrant dated March 31, 1794, containing 433 acres, 58 perches. No. 9, Robert Erwin tract, warrant dated March, 31, 1791, containing 347 acres, 115 perches. No. 10, Philip Wager tract, warrant dated March 31, 1794, containing 333 acres. Total 1557 acres, 101 perches. These tracts lie together in ono body in the Broad Top Coal Region from ono to three miles north of the lands of the Powelton Collieries and are adjoined on the south by lands of John Waist, W. T. Daugherty's heirs and others and on west by farm tracts of Little Valley. Besides being covered with a growth of excellent timber, these tracts are supposed to contain do posits of iron ore and coal. Thedistanoe from the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad at Powelton is from i 1 to 3 miles. Terms :—One-half of the purchase money to be paid on the execution of the deed on or before the first day of April next, and the balance in ono 4oh two annual payments with interest. Further information may be obtained by addressing JOHN S. MILLER, R. BRUCE PETRIKEN, J. SIMPSON AFRICA, Feb.21,1872-3t.] Huntingdon, Pa. FENTON, THO 617 CHESTN Have now in store, and openi mainly direct from HOME AND Foreign an DRESS FABRICS, SILKS, SHAWLS, EMBROIDERIE Embracing all the Novelties of the Seas Package at the lowest market price. Feb . :2l, 1872.-3 m SPRING AN 1872, HOOD, BON ARE NOW OFFE Nos. 811, 813, 815 AI XO3. 805, 808, 810, 812 A magnificent S Complete in all Silk and Dress Goods, Prints, Ginghams Men's and Boys' Wear, White Furnishing Goods, Notions, &c., Bleached Also just opened an extensive CAR To all of which, including many choice lIVIDE GOODS, they respectfully in Jan.10,72-3m. New Advertisement. WARNING. xs MR! czrey MANY Crrtzuss of this county who, had been persuaded to buy other kinds of Sewing Machines, which seemed at first to work well on a tolerable range of work, have expressed to me their regret* that the genuine original Elias Howe Sewing Ma chine—the best in the world—had not been brought to their notice before purchasing. And judging from the number of offers I have, to trade Howe machines for all other kinds, I estimate that the people of this county have lost more than $26,000 by failing to get, at the first, the genuine Howe Machine. It is made on sound mechanical prin ciples, avoids rickety cog-wheels, and is so con structed as to have perfect control by adjustment, and provision made to restore lost motion when it wears. thereby securing extraordinary durability, and adaptation to the greatest range of work. Now as my traveling agents may not be able to visit every person in time, and as many inferior ma chines of different kinds are still being urged on the public, I hereby GIVE NOTICE, that before you spend your time or money on any other ma chine, the safest plan is, either to write to me:di rect, or inquire of agents for the famous lain: Howe, machine, from Brown's Carpet Store. Hun tingdon, Pa.. and take no agents word for it, that the machine is genuine, unless it has the medal lion at the head of this article, imbedded in the bed plate of every machine. JAS. A. BROWN. Huntingdon, Pa., Gen. Agent for Hunt. CO. Feb.14,1872-6mos. SAMUEL RUPERT, Suceessor to B. L. SILKNITTER, Dealer in MILLINERY AND LADIES' FANCY TRIMMING GOODS, No. 313 fill street, lILINTINGDON, Pa. KATE SILKNITTER, Agent. Feb. 14, 1572.-11 m NEW HARDWARE STORE. J. M. OAKS & CO., Have just opened out in their new room. in PE TERSBURG, a new and complete stock of Hard ware, Iron, Nails, Horse-shoes, Cutlery, House Trimmings, Carriage Makers' Goods, Glass, Oils, Paints, &c., .tc., and in fact everything in this line of business. Also dealers in Coal and Coak. Stoves of all kinds. Our goods are first-class, and our PRICES AS LOW AS VIE LOWEST. Call and see ns. Orders by mail promptly attend ed to. Builders and \Vagon•umakers orders solici ted and filled at wholesale rates. Feb.14,1872-10mo. ESTATE OF PHILIP TAYLOR, DE CEASED.—Notice to Rose Ann, intermarried with Jesse Rouser, that the said Rose Ant, and her said husband are both deceased, leaving two chil dren to survive them, namely, William Rouser, who resides near Dino,ly Run, Bedford county, in this State, and Lucinda, intermarried with Alex ander Finley, who resides in the State of Kansas, and whose postoffice address is Cottonwood Fall ; Mary Fouler and Joseph Taylor, who reside in Clay township, Huntingdon county, Samuel Tay lor, who resides in Jo Davies county, in the State of Illinois and whose postoffice is Galena; Andrew Taylor, the petitioner; Sarah, intermarried with James McNeil, who resides in Tod township; Ephraim Taylor, who resides in Altoona, Blair county; Amos Taylor Who resides in Clay town ship aforesaid; Elizabeth, intermarried with Fred erick Fonts, and whose postoffice address is Yellow Springs; and Eliza S. Taylor, who also resides in Clay township aforesaid. Take notice that an In quest will be held at the dwelling house of Philip Taylor, deceased, in the township of Tod, in the county of Huntingdon, on the 12th day of March, A. D., 1872, at 18 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, for the purpose of making partition of the real estate of said deceased to and among the children and legal representatives, if the same can be done without pre•udice to or spoiling of the whole, otherwise to valu, and appraise the same according to law—at which time and place yon may attend if you think proper. AMON HOUCK, Sheriff, 1872. Feb. 14,1572. 1872. CARPETS !! CARPETS !! CARPETS!! SPRING STOCK. AT LOWEST PRICES! JAMES A. BROWN Is constantly receiving at Isis new CARPET STORE, HUNT&GDON, PA., 5251 Hill Street. Beautiful Patterns of Carpets, fresh from the ooms of the maaufaeturers. His stock comprises BRUSSELS, VENITIAN, COTTAGE, LIST and RAG CARPETS CARPET CHAIN, COCOA AND CANTON MATTINGS, FLOOR, STAIR AND TABLE OIL CLOTHS and a large stock of WALL PAPER, Window Shades and Fixtures, Drugget, Velvet Rugs, Door Mats, Extra Carpet Thread and Bind ing. I make a specialty of furnishing Churches and Lodges at City Prices, and invite Furnishing Committees to call and see goods made expressly for their purposes. Buyers will sure money and be better suited by going to the reyolar Carpet and Oil Cloth Store, for any of the above goods. I defy competition in prices and variety of beautiful patterns. I have also the Agency for the °signal HOWE SEWING MACHINE, IMPROVED, so well known as the best Family Machine in the world Call at the'CARPET STORE and see them, Feb. 11,1872. ELPHIA. PHILAD SPRIN G, 1872. MPSON & CO., UT STREET, ngdaily, a largo stock. bought ilanuhictureiS at ABROAD OF d Domestic SCARFS, WHITE GOODS, LINEN S AND LACES, on, offered to the Trade by the Piece or NOUNCENENT, BRIGHT & CO. RING AT THEIR TORE, NEW S 4RICET STREET, FILBERT .STREET. ELPHIA PHILAD took of Seasonable OODS. DRY G its departments of and Delaines, Goods, Linens and Flannels, and Brown Shirtings. Sheeting, &c., &c. PET and OIL CLOTH DEPARTMENT. Special Brands of PHILADELPHIA vite the attention of the Trade. J. M. OAKS & CO. INGRAINS, WOOL DIITCII, HEMP, JAMES A. BROWN. 1872.
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