VOL. 47.
The Huntingdon Journal,
J. R. DURI3ORROW,
Office on the Corner of Fifth and Washington streets.
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JOB PRINTING of every kind, in Plain and
Fancy Colors, done with neatness and dispatch.—
Hand-bills, Blanks, Cards, Pamphlets, be., of every
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and every thing in the Printing line will be execu
ted in the most artistio manner and at the lowest
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Professional Cards.
73F. GEEIRETT, M. D., ECLEC
. TIC PHYCICIANAN AND SURGEON, hav
ing returned from Clearfield county and perma
nently located in Shirleysburg, offers his profes
sional services to the people of that place and sur
rounding country. apr.3-1872.
D R. H. W. BUCRANAN,
DENTIST,
No. 223 Hill Street
IiIiNTINODON, PA.
July:, '72.
Dlt. F. O. ALLEIAN can be can
sultel :at his oliine, at, ail hours, Mapleton,
Pa. Duare,116,72.
11Th CALDWELL. Attorney -at -Law,
•xo. HI, ad street. Mice formerly occupied
by Messrs. Woods & Williamson. [apl2,'7l.
DR. A. B. BRUMBAUGH, offers his
professional services to the community.
Office, No. 523 Washington street, one door east
of the Catholic Parsonage.
J. GREENE, Dentist. Office re
-11-A• moved to Leisteee new building, Hill street
71,—itingdon. Dan. 4,71.
GL. ROBB, Dentist, office in S. T.
• 13:Gera's new building, No. 520, frill St.,
Huntingdon, Pa. [apl2,'7l.
VT GLAZIER, Notary Public, corner
A A • of Washington and Smith streets, Hun
tingdon, Pa. [jan.l2'7l.
1101r1 C. MADDEN, Attorney-at-Law
. . • Office, No. —, Hill street, Huntingdon,
Pa. [ap.19,'71.
JFRANKLIN SCHOCK, Attorney.
• at-Law, HUNTINGDON, PA.
j0ne26,12-Gm,
JSYLVANUS BLAIR, Attorney-at
• Law, Huntingdon, Ps. Office, Hill street,
hree doors west of Smith. [jan.4'7l.
JR. PATTON, Druggist and Apoth
• (teary, opposite the Exchange Hotel, Hun
ingdon, Pa. Prescriptions accurately compounded.
Pure Liquors for Medicinal purposes. [n0v.23,'70.
HALL MUSSER, Attorney-at-Law,
clr • No. 319 Hill et, Huntingdon, Pa. Dan. 4,71.
jr R. DURBORROW, Attorney-at
t., • law, Huntingdon, Pa., will practice in the
several Courts of Huntingdon county. Particular
attention given to the settlement of estates of dece
dents.
Office in he Joungem Building. [feb.l,'7l.
W. MATTERN, Attorney-at-Law
J • and General Claim Agent, Huntingdon, Pa.,
Soldiers' claims against the Government for back
pay, bounty, widows' and invalid pensions attend
eiCto with great care and promptness.
Office on Hill street.. Dan. 4,71.
K ALLEN LOVELL, Attorney-at
.ll • Law, Huntingdon Pa. Special attention
given to•Commcrioss of all kinds; to the settle
ment of Estates, .bc.; and all other Legal Business
prosecuted with fidelity and dispatch.
Office in room lately occupied by It. Milton
Speer, Esq. fjan.4,7l.
MILES ZENTMYER, Attorney-at-
Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will attend promptly
, to all legal pusiness. Office in Cunningham's new
.building. fjan.4,'7l.
PM. Ir, M. S. LYTLE, Attorneys
• at-Lsw, Huntingdon, Pa., will attend to
all kinds of legal business entrusted to their care.
Office on the south side of Hill street, fourth door
west of Smith. Lian.4,ll.
TPP A. ORBISON, Attorney-at-Law,
• oMce, 321 Hill street, Huntingdon, Pa.
[may3l,ll.
JOHN SOOT,. S. T. BROWN. J. M. BAILEY
QCOTT, BROWN & BAILEY, At
torneys-at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Pensions,
and all claims of soldiers and soldiers' heirs against
the Government will be promptly prosecuted.
Office on Hill street.
rir W. MYTON, Attorney-at-Law, Hun
-a- • tingdon, Pa. omee with J. Sewell Stewart,
Esq. Lian.4,'7l.
WILLIAM A. FLEMING, Attorney
at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Special attention
given to collections, and all other lagal business
attended to with care and promptness. Office, No.
229, Hill street. [ap19,71.
Hotels
MORRISON HOUSE,
OPPOSITE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. DEPOT
HUNTINGDON, PA
J. 11. CLOVER, Prop,
April 5, 1871-Iy.
WASHINGTON HOTEL,
S. S. BOWDON, Prop'r.
Corner of Pitt at Juliana Sta.,Bedford, Pa. map].
VXOHANGE HOTEL, Huntingdon,
-B-A Pa. JOHN S. MILLER, Proprietor.
January 4, 1871.
Miscellaneous
X. lIALTOL. I A. WADED, I J. lI.CR. I DAVID XINGU
BARTOL, KENNEDY & CO.
[Lately Franklin Manufacturing Company.]
Manufactures Flooring, Siding, Doors, Sash,
Shutters, Blinds, Moulding, Scroll Work, Counters,
Shelving, Wood Turnings, Hubbs, Spokes, Bent
Work, Forks, Rakes, Brooms, Pick, and Hammer
Handles, all kinds of Furniture, La. Our Machinery
the very best quality and giving our entire being of
attention to the business we are able to manufacture
all of the shoved named articles, as well as many
other., in the best style and always promptly.
All order. addressed to
BARTOL, KENNEDY & CO.,
Huntingdon, Pa.,
will receive our immediate attention. Price list
furnished when desired.
Lumber taken in exchange for all kinds of work.
Jan. 31. 1871.
A. BECK, Fashionable Barber
R• and Hairdresser, Hill street, opposite the
ifianklin House. All kinds of Tonics and Pomades
kept onhand and for sale. [apl9,'7l-6m
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Miscellaneous.
1872.
J. A. NASH,
CARPETS!! CARPETS!! CARPETS!
SPRING STOCK.
AT LOWEST PRICES!
JAMES A. BROWN
Is constantly receiving at his new
CARPET STORE,
HUNTINGDON, PA.,
5251 Hill Street.
Beautiful Patterns of Carpets, fresh from the
ooms of the manufacturers. Ills stock comprises
BRUSSELS,
V ENITIAN,
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 Threa I 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 bare money and be better suited by
going to the regular Carpet and Oil Cloth Store,
for any of the above goods. I defy competition
in prices and variety of beAntiful patterns.
I have also the Agency for the Orignal
HOWE SEWING MACHINE, IMPROVED,
so well known as the best Family Machine in the
world
Call at the CARPET STORE and see them.
Feb. 14,1872.
W. BUCHANAN J. H. BUCHANAN.
BUCHANAN & SON.
5O) HILL ST It EE T ,
111 7 NTING DON, PA,
IV, 113 ve tho largref, c 'ocaret awl host 1.•
,r:ttient of
COOKING STOVES
West of Pitiledeipitia. IV° constantly keep on
liend
SPEARS',
CALORIFIC,
EXCELSIOR,
• - OLIVE BRANCH,
PENN,
MORNING LIGHT,
COTTAGE, _ _
•
STAR, and the
REGULATOR.
EVERY STOVE WARRANTED !
WOOD and WILLOW WARE,
JAPANESE WARE,
TIN AND PAINTED WARE,
TOLEDO PUMPS,
ETC., ETC., ETC. ETC.
Persons going to housekeeping can get every
thing they need, from a clothes pin to a cooking
stove.
ROOFING, SPOUTING & JOB WORK
done at short notioe. Qive no a call and we feel
satisfied you can save money. 10april.
GRAND DEPOT
FOR
NEW GOODS
D. P. GWIN
INFORMS THE PUBLIC THAT HE
HAS JUST OPENED A
SPLENDID STOCK OF NEW GOODS
THAT
CAN'T BE BEAT
IN CHEAPNESS AND QUALITY.
CALL AND SEE. •
D. I'. GRIN
Jan. 4. '7l
FRESH ARRIVAL OF
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS
at the Cheap Store of
BENJAMIN JACOBS,
Corner of the Diamond, in Saxton's Building
I have just received a large stock of Ladies' ele
gant Dress Goode, Gentlemen's' Furnishing Goods,
Boots, Shoes, Hate and Caps of all kinds, in end
less variety, for ladies, gentlemen, misses and
children.
CARPETS,
OIL CLOTHS,
GROCERIES,
Coffee, Teas of all kinds, best and common Syrups,
Spices, Sm. Tobacco and Segars, wholesale and
retail.
These goods will be sold as cheap, if not cheaper,
than any other house in town. "quick sales and
small profits," is my motto.
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.
Thankful for past patronage, I respectfully soli
sit a continuance of the name.
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF 1872.
GRANT AND WILSON,
GREELEY AND BROWN
CAMPAIGN CAPS,
CAPES AND TORCHES, •
TRANSPARENCIES AND BANNERS,
with Portraits or any device for all parties,
Silk, Bunting and IS: uciin Flags of all sizes on
band or made to order. Chinese Lanterns of all
sizes and styles; Paper Balloons, Fire Works, &c.
Campaign Clubs fitted out at the Lowest Rates at
WM. F. SCHEIBLE'S,
CAMPAIGN DEPOT,
No. 49 South Third Street, Philadelphia,
jly3-3m. (Send for Circulars.)
GOOD FITS !
SHOEMAKING !
.• We manutacture to order all kinds of Ladies'
and Gents' Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, &c., of the best
material the market produces, and at the shortest
possible notice. Persons from the country can be
accommodated with our own manufacturing by
giving a few hours notice.
. . . .
- Alll — kinds of repairing neatly done.
For past favors accept our sincere thanks.
D. HERTZLER & BRO.,
403 Allegheny St.,
Opposite B. T. Depot
juue2Stf Huntingdon, Pa,
CIA S LOAN.
-ir The managers of the Huntingdon Gas
Company propose to effect a loan for the purpose
of enlarging and extending their works.
Bonds, secured by a first mortgage upon the
works and real estate of the Company, will be
issued in i!ums of from .
$.lOO to $l,OOO,
bearing interest ut the rate of EIGHT PER
CENT. per annum, payable in January and July.
The bonds will be payable on the let day of
July, 1880, with the right of redemption after five
years.
By order of the Board of Managers•
J. SIMPSON AFRICA,
President.
J. W. GREENLAND,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Huntingdon, May 1, 1872—tf.
[Prom the American Working People, Pittsburgh, Pa.)
English and American Farmers.
1872.
Workingmen of America, look at your
brothers in America and in England. Pro
tection has stamped intelligence and thrift
in the face of the one; free trade has
stamped ignorance and listlessness on the
countenance of the other. The child at
the father's knee is full of childish intel
ligence; the child of the other gapes with
a half idiotic stare from a comfortless cab
in. One man is the pro - ud owner of his
home and farm and flocks; the other is the
hired slave of a landed tenantry, who look
upon and use their laborers as so many
cattle. The one reads, studies, and com
INGRAINS,
WOOL DUTCH,
HEMP,
JAMES A. BROWN,
TARIFF TO THE AMERICAN FARMER.
prehends all the great problems and events products of our labor, and bring to our
of the time; the other sits idle and care
less, unable to read the appeal, "Laborers
of England, Arouse," handed to him.
The picture is beautiful and full of stu
dy. The one is the result of protection;
the other of free trade. One speaks pros
perity; the other poverty.
The agricultural laborer of England is
a white slave. He lives in a hovel not his
own, and cultivates land not his own. He
is animated with no incentive to exertion
He does not feel the paternal pride our
American fathers feel in making a happy
home for their children. To-morrow, next
Election Proclamation.
fIAVE TUE COMMONWEALTH.]
PROCLAMATION. -NOTICE OF
GENERAL ELECTION
TIIESDAY,OCTOBER Bth, 1872.
Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly of the Co
mmonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act relating to
the elections of thin Commonwealth," approved the second
day of July, Anno Domini, 1830, 1, ANON lIOUCK, High
Sheriff of the county of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, do
hereby make known and give notice to the electors of the
County aforesaid, that an election will be held in the said
county of Huntingdon, on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday of October, (being the Bth day of OCTOBER,) at
which time the tollowing officers will be elected:
One Person for the office of Governor of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania.
• ...
One Person fo; the office of Supreme Judge . of the Cora•
mooweslth ot'petsrylrania...
One Person for the office of Auditor General of the Com;
mon wealth of Pennsylvania.
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Three Persons for tho offices of Congressmen-at-Large to
represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the Con
gress of the United States.
Twenty-eight Persons for the offices of Delegates-at
Large to the Constitutional Convention of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania.
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Oue Person for the othce of Congress to represent Cam
bria, Blair, Huntingdon end Biiffiiu eouutioi iu the Con
gress of toe United States.
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° Three Persons for the offices of Delegates to the Consti
tutional Convention, to represent the counties of Centre,
Huntingdon, Mitßinand Juniata, of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. . . .
One ' Persort for the office of Assembly, to represent the
county of Huntingdon in the House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. •
One Person for the office of Prothonotary of Huntingdon
county
One Person for the office of Register and Recorder of
Huntingdon county.
One Person for tho office of District Attorney of Hunt
ingdon county.
One Person for the offico of County Commissioner of
Huntingdon county.
One Person for the office of Directorof the Poor of Hunt
nrenl'eeo'runtier the office of Auditor of Huntingdon
county.
I,7iiiirsuance of said Act, lalso hereby make known and
give notice, that the places of holding the aforesaid general
election in the several election districts within the said
county of Huntingdon, are as follows, to wit:
Ist district, composed of the township of Henderson, at
the Union School House. _
. — idliZiiiCi,conWsedof Dublin township, at Pleasant
Hill School Douse, near Joseph Nelson's In said township.
3d district, composed of so much of Warriorstuark town
ship, as is not included in the 19th district, at the School
House, adjoining the town of Warriorsmark.
4th district, composed of the township of Hopewell, at
the house of Levi lloupt, in said township.
sth district, composed • A' the township of Barree, at the
house of James Livingston, in the town of Saulsburg, in
Said township.
Oth district, composed of the borough of Shirleysburg
and all that part of the township of Shirley not included
within the limits of district N 0.24, as hereinafter men
tioned and described, at the house of David :'raker, deed.,
7th district, 'Composl of Porter and part of Walker tp.
and so much of West township as is included in following
boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the southwest corner of
Tobias Kauffman's farm on the bank of the Little Juniata
Ricer, to the lower end of Jackson's Narrows, thence in a
northwesterly direction to the most motherly part of the
farm owned by Michael Maguire, thence north forty de
grees west to the top of Tossey's Mountain to intersect the
line of Franklin township, thence uloog the said line to
Little Juniata Ricer, thence down the same to the place of
beginning, at the Public School House opposite the Ger
man Reformed Church, in the borough of Alexandria.
- Bth district, composed of tho township of Franklin, at
the house of George W. Matters, in said township.
~~9th distract,
con7pused of Tell township, at the Union
School House, near the Union Meeting House, in said
township.
10th district, composed of Springfield township, at the
school house, near Hugh Madden's, in mid township.
11th dietriet , compEsed of Union township, at - Grant
School house, in the borough of Mapleton, in said town
ship.
12th district, composed of Brady township, at the Centre
school house, in said towpskip,..
'` l3iidlsTrYci,cc7mpOeml of 'ilorris township, nt public
school house N 0.2, in soil township. . - . .
14th district, composed of that part of West township
not included in 7th and 20th districts, at the public school
house on the farm now owned by Miles Lewis, [formerly
owned by James Enuis,3 in said township.
15th district, composed of Walker township, at the house
of Benjamin Blegahy, in M'Connellstown.
16th district, composed of the township of Tod, at Green
school house, in add township.
17th district, composed of Oneida township, at the home
of Wi Ihtm Long, St arm Springs.
18th &strict, composed of Cromwell township, at the
Rock Hill School House, in said township.
16th district, composed the borough of Birmingham,
with the several tracts of land near to and attached to the
same, now owned and occupied by Thomas H. Owens, Jno
K. lirCahan, Andrew ltobeson, John Gensimer, and Wm.
Gensimm, and the tract of land now owned by George and
John Shoenberger, known as the Porter tract, situate in
township of Warriorsmark, at the public school house in
said borough.
'2oth district, composed of the township of Cass, at the
public school home in Cassville, in said township.
21st district, composed of the township of Jackson, at
the public house of Edward Littles, at M'Alavy's Fort, in
said township.
22d district, composed of the township of Clay, at the
public school home, in Scotteille.
Kid district, composed of the township of Penn, at the
public school hosue in Marklesburg, in said township.
24th district, composed end created as foliates, to wit :
That all that part of Shirley township, Huntingdon coun
ty, lying and being within the following described bounds
ries, (excopt the borough of Mt. Union,) namely: Beginning
at the intersection of Union and Shirley township line
with the Juniata river, on the south side thereof; thence
along mid Union township line for the dire ance of 3 miles
from said river; thence eastwarilly, by a straight line, to
the point where the main fromEby's mill to Germany val
ley, crosses the summit of Sandy Ridge to theJuniata riv
er, and thence up said river to the place of beginningothall
hereafter forma separate election district: that the quali
fied voters of said election district shall hereafter hold
their general and township elections in the public school
house in Mt. Union, in said township.
25th district, composed of all that part of the borough of
Huntingdon, lying east of Fifth street, and also all those
parts of Walker and Portertovmships, heretofore voting in
the borough of Huntingdon, at the east window of the
Court House, in said borough.
20th district, composed of all that part of tbo borough of
HUNTINGDON, PA., OCTOBER 2, 1872.
week and next year hold out ao hopes of
happiness to him. Old men before him
toil on in hopeless drudgery, and young
men behind him start in with no thought
but to live and die lie human cattle.
Our broad, well cultivated country is the
gift of a protective tariff. Our steam cars
and steam vessels parade before us a never
ending panorama of nature, rich in the
wealth of well paid contented labor. Com
fortable houses which sprinkle the valleys
and plains of our broad land are the evi
dences of the thrift and prosperity of our
tariff laws All, can own their own homes.
Rivers and railroads cobweb the country,
on which we can carry to near markets the
doors what we need.
Within two years past the agricultural
laborers of England have appealed to their
masters for more of the rights belonging
to men and for compensation belonging to
labor. They have seen their fellow work
men in the iron trades demand and receive
higher rates of wages, while they have
been content to live on the meanest fare.
They have grown to manhood without a
home.
How can the agricultural laborer of
England become an independent and in
telligent citizen when the land on which
Election Proclamation
Huntingdon, lying west of Fifth street, at the west wittdow
of tho Court House.
27th district, composed of the borough of Petersburg and
that part of West township, west and north of a line be
tween t. enderson and West townships, at and near the
Warm Springs, to the Franklin township line on the top
of Tussey's Mountain, so as to include in the new district
the houses of David Wahlsmith, Jacob Longencker. Thos.
(tamer, James Porter, and John Wall, at the school house
in the borough of Petersburg.
28th district, composed of the township of Juniata, at
the house of John Peightal, on the land of Henry Isenberg
29th district, compo — sed of Carbon township, recently
emoted out of a part of the territory of Tod township, to
wit. commencing at a chestnut oak, on the summit of Ter
race mountain, at the Hopewell township line opposite the
dividing ridge, in the Little Valley; thence south 52 deg.
east 360 perches, to a stone heap on the Western Summit
of Broad Top Mountain; thence north 67 deg., east 312 per
ches to a yellow pine; thence south 52 deg., east 772 perch
es to a chestnut oak; thence south 14 deg., cast 351 perches
to a chestnut at the east end of Henry S. Green's land;
thence south 31% deg., east 294 perches to a chestnut oak,
on the summit ofa spur of Broad Top, on the western side
of John Terral's farm; south 65 deg., east 034 perches to a
stone heap on the Clay township line, at the public school
house iu the of Dudley.
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frith district, composed of the borough of Coalmont, at
the public school house, in mid borough.
31st district, composed of Lincoln tp., beginning at in
pine on the summit ofTussey mountain on the line between
Blair and Huntingdon counties, thence by the division line
south, ES deg., east 798 perches to a thick oak in middle of
township; thence 42% deg., east 802 perches ton pine on
summit of Terrace; thence by the line of Tod township to
corner of Penn tp.; thence by the lines of the township of
Penn to the summit of Tussey mountain; thence along mid
summit with line of Blair county, to place of beginning,
at Coffee Run School House.
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"" '32d district, composed of the borough of Mapleton, at
the Grant School House, in said borough.
W 33d district,
composed of the borough of Mount Union,
at the school house, in said borough.
31th district, composed of theborough of Broad Top City
at the public.school house, in said borough.
35th district, composed of the borough of Three Springs,
at the public school, in said borough.
36th district, composed of Shade Gap borough, at the
public school house, to said borough.
37th district, composed of the borough of Orbisonia, at
the public school house, in Orbisonia.
I also make known and give notice, as to and by thel3th
section of the aforesaid act, I am direc:ed, that "every per
son, excepting justices of the peace, who shall hold any of
or appointment of profit or trust under the govern
ment of the United States, or of this State, or of any city or
or corporated district, whether a commissioned officer or
agent, who is or shall be employed under the legislative,
executive or judiciary department of this state or of the
United States, or of any city or incorporated district, and
also, that e: cry member of Congress, and of the State Leg
islature, and of the select and common council of any city
commissioner of any incorporated district, is by law In
capable of holding or exercising at the eamo time, the of
fice or appointment of Judge, inspector, or clerk, any
election of this Commonwealth, and that no inspector or
Judge, or any officer of any such election shall be eligible
to any office to be then voted for."
Also, that in the 4th section of the Act of Assembly, en
titled "Au Act relating to executions and for other pur
poses," approved April 16th, 1643, it is enacted that the
aforesaid 13th section "shall not be so constructed as to
prevent any militia or borough officer from serving as
judge, or other inspector of any general or special election
in this Commonwealth." • .
~By the Act of
Is;;;idy of ISGB, known as the Registry
Law, it is provided as follows:
1. 'Election officers are to open the polls between the
hours of six and seven, a. m., cm the day of election. Be
fore six o'clock in the morning of second Tuesday of Octo
ber they are to receive from the County Commissioners
the Registered List of Voters and all necessary election
blanks, and they are to permit no man to vote whose 'mute
is not on said last, unless he shall make proof of his right
to vote, as follows: .
...27F1;e;;;;;;;Alose name is not on the list, claiming
the right to vote must produce a qualified votcrof the dis
trict to swear in a written or printed affidavit to the resi
dence of the claituant in the district for at least ten days
next preceding said election, defining clearly where the
residence of the person seas.
3. The party claiming the right to vote eball also make
an affidavit, stating to the best of his knowledge and be
lief where and when he was born, that he is a citizen of
Pennsylvania and of the United States, that he has resided
in the State one year, or, if formerly a citizen therein and
removed therofrom, that he has resided therein six months
next prceding said election, that he has not moved into
the district for the purpose of voting therein, that he has
paid a State or county tax within two years, which was
assessed at least ten days before the election, and the affi
davit shall state when and where the ffix was assessed and
paid, and the tax receipt must be produced unless the at
shall state that it has been lust or destroyed, or that
be received none.
-- 471iTheapITIOant Lon naturalized citizen, he must, in
addition to the foregoing proofs, state in his affidavit when
where, and by what court he was naturalized and produce
his certificate of naturalization.
s....E;;ypegr;n7aini7ii; be a naturalized citizen,
whether on the registry list, or producing affidavits as
aforesaid, shall be required to produce his naturalization
certificate at the election before voting, except where he
has been for ten years consecutively a voter in the district
where he offers to vote. and on the vote ot such persons be
ing received, the election officers are to write or stamp the
word `•voted" on his certificate with the month and year,
and no other vote can be cast that day in virtue of raid
certificate except where sons are entitled to vote upon the
naturalization of their father.
6. If the person claiming to vote who is not registered,
shall makean affidavit that be is a native born citizen of
the United States, or if born elsewhere, shall produce efv
donee of his naturalization. or that he is entitled to citi
zenship by reason of his father's naturalization,and furth
er, that be is between 21 and' 3 years ofage, and has resid
ed in the State one year, and in the election district 10 dare
next preceding the election, he shall be entitled to vote
though lie shall not have paid taxes."
In accordance wi'h the provision of the Bth section of an
Act entitled "A further supplement to the Election Laws
of this Commonwealth," I publish the following:
Wannest, By the Act of the Congress of the United
States, entitled "An Act to amend the several acts hereto
fore passed to provide for the enrolling and calling out the
national forces, and for other purposes," and approved
March 3d, 1861, all persons who have deserted the military
or naval services of the United States, and who have not
been discharged or relieved from the penalty or disability
therein provided, are deemed and mken to have volunta
rily relinquished and forfeited their rights of citizenship
and their rights to become citizen., and are deprived of ex
ercising any rights of citizens thereof ;
And whereas, Persons not citizens of the United States
are not, under the Constitution and laws of Pennsylvania,
qualified electors of this Commonwealth.
Sao. 1. Be it enacted, de., That in all elections hereafter
to be held in this Commonwealth, it shall be unlawful for
he works and lives belongs to others. They
drudge on from youth to old age without
feeling that their labor will some day bring
them to their own home. Their manhood
is destroyed. They cannot read nor write
in a majority of instances. All incentive
to exertion for their personal improvement
is removed, and hence they live on a list
less, hopeless life.
Has England a right to maintain such
a system of free trade as makes cattle out
of her people ?
Are English laborers made of poorer
material than the laborers of other coun
tries? We can say, No.
Tens of thousands of industrious, thrifty
FREE TRADE TO THE ENGLISH FARMER.
English fanners over our west, reply No.
Once in a land where every man finds
about him an hundred incentives to exer
tion their repressed energies find vent, and
they become valued citizens and producers
of wealth. They are coming to America
as rapidly as they can acquire means.
We welcome them to our land of politi
cal liberty.
Workingmen of America, farmers, me
chanics, all, your prosperity is in your own
hands. It does Lot rest with kings or
princes or parliaments or councils. It does
not rest with legislatures or congresses or
governors or presidents. It restswith YOU,
Election Proclamation
the judge or inspectors ofany such elections to receive any
ballot or ballots from any pereou or persons embraced in
the provisions and subject to the disability imposed by
said act of Congress,approved ➢larch 3d, 1865, and it shall
be unlawful fur any euch person tooter to vote any ballot
or ballots.
Sec. 2. That if any such judge or inspectors or election,
or any one of them shall receive or consent to receive any
such unlawful ballot or ballots from any each disqualified
person, he or they so offending shall be guilty of a misde
meanor, and on conviction thereof in any court of quarter
session of this Commonwealth; he shall for each offense,
be sentenced to pay a fine not less than one hundred dollars,
andlo undergo an imprisonment in the jail of the proper
county for not less than sixty days.
Sze. 3. That if any person deprived of citizenship, and
disqualified as aforesaid, shall, litany election hereaner be
held in this Commonwealth, vote, or tender to the officers
thereof, and offer to vote a ballot or ballots, auy person so
offending shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on
conviction thereof in any court of quarter session of this
Commonwealth, shall for each offence be punished in like
manner as is provided in the preceding section of this act
in case of officers of election receiving any such unlawful
ballot or ballots.
Szc.4. not irony person shall hereafter persuade or ad
vise any person or persons, deprived of citizenship or dis
qualified as aformiaid, to offer any ballot or ballots to the
officers of any election hereafter, to be held in this Cour
monwealth, or shall persuade or advise,any such officer to
receive any ballot or ballots, from any person deprived of
citizenship, and disqualified as aforesaid, such person so
oflending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con
yiction thereof in any court of quarter sessions of this
Commonwealth, shall be punished in like manner as pro
vided In the second section of this act in the case of officers
of such election receiving such unlawful ballot or ballots.
Particular attention is directed to the first section of the
Act of Assembly, passed the aith day of March,. d.
entitled "An Act regulating the manner of Toting at all
Elections, in the several counties of this Commonwealth.
“That the qualified voters of the several counties of this
Commonwealth, et all general, township, borough and
special elections, are hereby, hereafter authorized and re
quired to vote, by ticket, printed or written, or partly
printed and partly written, severally classified ae followe
One ti ket shall embrace the .names of all judges of courts
voted for, and be labelled outside ludiciary;" one ticket
shall embrace all the names of State officers voted fur and
be labelled "State;" one ticket shall embrace the names of
all county °Moms voted fur, including office of Senate
member and members of Assembly, it voted for, and mem
hers of Congress, i f voted Mr, and labelled °•county."
Pursuant to the nrovisions contained in the 67th section
of the act aforesaid, the judges of the aforesaid district
shall respectively take charge of the certificates or return
of the election of their re liective dristricts, and produce
there at a meeting of one of the judges from each district
at the Court House, in the borough of Huntingdon, on the
third thy after the day of n, being for the present
year on FRIDAY, the 11th ei OCTODEIt, then and there to
do and perform the duties tequired by law of said judges.
Also, that where a judge by sickness or unavoidable acci
dent, is unable to attend such meeting of judges, then the
certificate or centre afore-aid shall be taken in charge by
one of the inspectors or clerks of the e ection amid dis
trict, and shall do and perform the duties required of said
judge unable to attend.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION,
At the same time and places, :dso, en election will be
held fur delegates to the convention to amend the Con
stitution of the S ate, in conformity with the Act, entitl
ed "An Act to provide fur calling a convention to amend
the Con.titntion," approved April 11, Difi. As prescrib
ed by said act, the following rules and regulations shall
apply to said election, and the returns of the same:
First. At the general election to be held the second
Tuesday of October next, there shall be elected by the
qualified electors of this Commonwealth, delegates to a
convention to revise and alumni the Constitusion of this
S ate: the said convention shall consist of one hundred
and thirty-three members, to be elected in the manner
following: Twenty-eight members thereof shall be elect
ed in the State at large, as follows: Each voter of the
State shall vote for not more then fourteen candidates, and
the twenty-eight different Senatorial districts of the
State, three delegates to be elected for each Senator
therefrom; and in choosing all district deleostai, each
voterstall be entitled to a vote for not niece than two
of the members to be chosen from his district, and the
three candidates highest in VOl.O shall be declared elec
ted, except in the county of Allegheny, forming the
Twenty-third Senatorial Distiict, where no voter shall
vote for more than six candidates, and the nine highest
in vote shall be elected, and in the counties of Luzenfe,
Monroe and Pike, forming the Thirteenth Senatorial
District, where no voter shall vote for more than four
candidates, and the six nighest in vote shell be elected,
and tin additional delegates shall be chosen from the
city of Philadelphia, by a vote at , largo in said city,
and In their election no color shell vote for more than
three candidates, and the six highest in vote shall be
declared elected.
ilia judges and Inspectors for each election
district shall provide two suitable boxes for each poll,
one in which to deposits the tickets voted for Delegates
at large, and the other in which to deposits the tickets
voted for District Delegates; which boxes shall be la
belled respectively, "Delegates at large" and "District
Delegates ;" and in each district in the city of Phiia
delphia an additional box shall be provided for each
poll in which to deposit. the tickets voted for "city
Delegates;" and said last mentioned boxes must each be
labelled "City Delegates."
Third. The said election shall be held and conducted
by the proper election officers of the general election
districts of the Commonwealth, and shall he governed
and regulated in all respects by the general election
lases of the Commonwealth, so far as the same shall be
applicable thereto, and not inconsistent with the pro
visions of said act--
''
To - TArut: Fie tickets to be voted for members at large
of the convention !Mall have on the outside the winds
“Delegates-at-Large ' ” and on the inside the names of
the candidates to be Toted for, not exceeding fourteen
in number. _ . .
Fifth. The tickets to be voted for district members of
the convention shall have on the outside the words
"District D legates," and on the inside the name or
names of the candidates voted for, not exceeding the
proper number limited as aforesaid; but any ticket
which shall contain a greater number of names than
the number for which the voter shall be entitled to
vote, shall be rejected; and in case of the delegates to
be chosen. at large in Philadelphia. the words, "City
Delegates," shall be on the outside of the ticket.
Sixth. In the city of Philadelphia the return judges
shall moot in the State House, at ten o'clock on the
Thursday next following the election, and make out
the returns for said city, of the votes cast therein for
delegates at large and city and district delegates, to be
members of the convention; the return judges of the
of the several election districts within each county of the
State, excluding Philadelphia, shall meet on Friday
next following the election, at the usual place for the
meeting of the return judges of their county, and make
out full and accurate returns for the county, of the
each of you. What is the secret of indus
trial prosperity ? It is this : that every
man can sell the products of his labor.—
Does free trade enable men to do this ?
No. Free trade idles; free trade demor
alizes; free trade brings men and women
and children to poverty, because it deprives
them of labor, and hence of the power to
buy.
Free trade has reduced us as a nation
three times to national bankruptcy. Pro
tection has showered plenty of happiness
over our land. It has reclaimed from the
wilderness thousands of now smiling fer
tile farms. It has made glad tens of thou
sands of industrious people. It has built
houses and railroads; it has filled barns
and cellars; 'it has built school houses and
churches; it has scattered wealth like a
winter's snow.
A strong party in England are demand
ing a protective tariff. It will come sooner
or later. Free traders in America are
boasting they will bring America to free
trade in four years. They will do it un
less we are true to ourselves and the greet
principle of protection which has brought
us to our present power and prosperity.
These are the points of protection. Let
us hold fast to the men and principles
which have wrought such wonderful re
sults. It is our duty and our right.
Election Proclamation.
votes cast therein for members of the convention and for
district members of the same; and the proceedings of
the return judges of the said city of Philadelphia, and
of the several counties of the Commonwealth, in the
making of their returns, shall be the same as those pre
scribed for return judges in the case of au election for
Governor, except that returns transmitted to the Secre
tary of the Commonwealth, shar •be addressed to that
officer alone and not to the Speaker of the Senate.
F. JORDAN,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
IlAnntsuctio, PA., Angus t 27, 1870. f
To the Cbunty C'onuniseioners and Sheriff of the County of
Huntingdon:
Wiramtss, the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution
of the United States is as follows:
••Ssc. 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by
any State, on account of race, color, or previous condition
of servitude."
Sec. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this
article by appropriate legislation."
And whereas, the Congress of the United States, on the
31st day of alarch,ll37o, passed an act, entitled "An Act to
enforce the rights of citizens of the United States to rote in
the several States of this Union, and for other purposes,"
the first and second sections of which are as follows:
"SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and lid,se and Rep
resentatives of the Mined States of America in lbngress
assembled, That all citizens of the United States, who are,
or shall be °Chemise qualified by law to vote at any elec
tion by the people, in any State, Territory, district, coun
ty, city, parish, township, school district. municipality or
other territorial sub-division, shall be entitled and allowed
to vote at all such elections, without distinction to race,
color, or previous condition of servitude ; any Constitution
law, custom, usage or regulation of any Territory, or by or
tinder its authority, to the contrary notwithstanding."
• "Sze. 2. And be it further enacted, That if, by, or under
the authority of the Constitution or taws of any State, or
the laws of any Territory, any act is or shall be required to
be done as a prerequisite or qualification for Young, and
by such Constitution or law, persons or officers are or shall
be charged with the performance of duties in furnishing to
citizens on opportunity to perform such prerequisite, or to
become qualified to vote, it shall be the duty of every such
person and officer to give to all citizens of the United States
the same and equal opportunity to perform such prerequi
site, and become qualified to vote without distinction of
race, color, or previous condition of servitude; and if any
such person or officer shall refuse or knowingly omit to
give full effect to this section, he shall, for every such of
fence, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars to
the person aggrieved thereby, to be recovered by an action
on the ease, with full costs and such allowance for counsel
fees as the court shall deem just, and shall also, for every
such offence, be deemed guility of a misdemeanor, and shall
on conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred
dollars, or be imprisoned not less than one month and not
more thou one year, or both, at the discretion cf the court.
. .
And whereat, It is declared by the second section of the
Tlth article of the Constitution of the United States • that
••This Consti titian, and the laws of the United States which
shall be made in pursuance - thereof, shall be the supreme
law of the land • • • • anything in the
Constitution or lams of any State to the contrary not
withstanding."
A nd whereas, The Legislature of this Commonweidtkon
the 6th day of April, a. d. 1870, passed an act en. itled, "A
further supplement to the Act relating to elections in this
Commonwealth," the tenth section of which prorides as
follows:
"Six. 10. That so much of every act of Assembly as pro
vides that only white freemen shall be entitled to vote or
be registered as voters, or as claiming to vote at any gen
eral or special election of this Commonwealth, be and the
same is hereby repealed ; and that hereafter all freemen,
wi hoot distinction of color, shall be enrolled and register
ed according to the provision of the first section of the act
approved li th April, 1869, entitled ..An Act further sup
plementarto the act relating to the elections of this Com
monweal! II," and when otherwise qualified under existing
laws, be entitled to vote at all general and special election
in this CommonwealthY
And whereas ' It is my constitutional and ()facial duty to
"take care that the laws be faithfully executed ;" and it
has come to my knowledge that sundry assessors and reg
isters of voters have refused, and are refusing to assess and
register divers colored male citizens of lawful age, and oth
erwise qualified us electors.
Now tHEREFOILE, In consideration of the premises, the
county commissioners of said county are hereby notified
and directed to instruct the sevet al assessors and registers
of voters therein, to obey and conform to the requirements
of ad constitutional zunendment and laws; and the sheriff
of said county is hereby authorized and required to pub
lish in his election proclamation for the next ensuing elec
tions, the herein recited constitutional amendment, net of
Congress, and act of the Legislature, to the end that the
same may be known, executed and obeyed by all assosors
registers of voter., election officers and others; and that the
rights and privileges guaranteed thereby may be secured
to all the citizens of this Commonwealth entitled to the
Given under my hand and the great seal of the State at
Harrisburg, the day and year first above written.
[none,,] JOHN W. GEARY.
Attee:
----- i:JORDAN, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Given under my hand, at Ifuntingdon, thettSth day of Au
gust, a. d. 1872, and of the independence of the United
States, the ninety-sixth.
AMON VOUCH, StantFr.
Huntiagdon, August 28th. 1872.
VM. PIPER,
• No 50 Hill Street, Huntingdon, Pa.,
Manufacturer of
BROOMS, BRUSHES, WISES, &a,
Of all qualities and styles. The trade supplied at
favorable prices, and all goods warranted to be as
represented. The highest price paid in cash for
for Broom Corn.
Broom Corn Worked on Shares.
Also, retail dealer in
GROCERIES, FLOUR, FEED,
PROVISIONS AND NOTIONS.
By economy in expenses, I am able to sell goods
at very reasonable prices for cash, and solicit a
share of public patronage. j1y3,72-tf.
WANTED—
A good BEAMS-MAN at the
Mapleton Tannery. WM. 11. 11. EX.
August 21, 1872-tf.
Why Hartranft Should be Elected
Because he fought through the whole
four years of the war, and was in every ac
tion of the Virginia campaign, distinguish
ing himself on all occasions by the great
est gallantry, and winning the high ap
proval of his commanding superiors.
Because he has served six years in the
important civil office of Auditor General
of Pennsylvania, performing its duties
with rare administrative ability, and so re
straining outlays from the Treasury as to
render practicable the abolition of the
State tax on real estate, which was accord
ingly repealed, and also the continued
large reduction of the State debt, the sur
plus in the Treasury constantly accumula
ting.
Because he has been, throughout the
whole of his administration of this office,
a most vigilant and faithful sentinel at the
door of the Treasury, and has saved large
sums to the State in consequence thereof.
Because six years_ experience in_ the
management of the finances of the Com
monwealth has eminently qualified him for
the performance of the duties of Governor,
whose most important functions relate to
the fiscal management of the State.
Because he is educated lawyer, and
in consequence of his recent training,
much more familiar with the current laws
of the Commonwealth and their practical
application than is his opponent.
Because he is an opposed to the conver
sion of the securities in the Sinking Fund
for any other purposes than those &sic ,
nated by law and in accordance with the
provisions of the constitution.
Because he belongs to none of the fac
tions in the Republican party, but is an
independent, self-exalted man, having Nth
in the principles and organization of the
party itset, and determined to maintain
its integrity.
Bee: s :me:in this respea, he represents a
large and increasing body of men who are
resolutely bent on putting the party it
self above all factions.
Because he belougs.to n ring, personal
or political, and WIIA nominated :olely on
account of leis tiace of character, his emi
nent servicas, and hie marked ability.
Because his opponent is a mail win, held
traitorous conference with the rebel com
missioners in Canada during the civil war,
as is proven by the official report of Jacob
Thompson to the confederate authorities at
Richmond, now in possession of the gov
ernment.
Because he represents the heroic achieve
ments and grand revolutionary changes
of the civil war and reconstruction, which
reactionary demagogues and incendiary
leaders are now seeking to overthrow, by
returning to power the incapables who al
lowed the war to be organized by the ene
my.
Because his election would be a death
blow to the prospects of the Greeleyite
coalition, and render the re-election of
Grant certain.
Because he is a friend of the protection
of home industry against the ruinous com
petition of foreign pauper labor and capi
talist monopoly, while his opponent is a
free-trader.
Because he is in favor of measures for
securing to the farmer a valuable home
market, by the creation of manufacturing
concerns all over the country.
Because his election would introduce the
civil service reform into Pennsylvania, by
promoting to the chief magistracy the
officer who has faithfully fulfilled for six
years the duties of the next highest and
most important office.
Because Pennsylvania has need, in the
ensuing three years, of her best practical
talent in the office of Governor—of talent
trained in her own service and familiar
with her affairs, in order to keep her up with
the spirit of the times in the fierce compe
tition to which she is subjected by other
States. _ _ _
Because his election would take the
office of Governor, f'or one term at least,
out of the sphere of mere personal and
political ambition; prevent its being noel
to make or unmake Senators or Judges or
Congressmen, and devote it to its proper
sphere of usefulness, as was the case with
the Auditor General during his six years'
service.
Because his stern integrity as Auditor
General furnishes assurance that as Gov
ernor he would be above reproach, and
would bring to the performance of his du
ties a knowledge of affairs sufficient to
enable him to keep at bay the corruption
ists, and defeat many nefarious schemes.
Because he is identified with the advan
cing progress of the Republican party as
represented in the tenets of the Philadel
phia Convention, and his election would
be an indorsement of those principles by
the freemen trf Pennsylvania.
Because he has no sympathy with the
pernicious doctrines of the State-rights
school of politics, and would not array
Pennsylvania against the national govern
ment, and his opponent certainly would if
in power.
Because he is friendly to all well regu
lated corporations for the development of
the resources of the State, and would favor
an intelligent system of State banks, as
well as a well organized insurance sys
tem, and ample facilities fur the creation
of raitroads, and the progress of external
and internal commerce, while his opponent
represents the narrow-minded prejudices
against corporations that have marked the
whole career of the Democratic party, of
which he has been a life-long member.
The Candidates for Congress.
A writer in the Altoona Tribune (In
dependent paper) makes the following
comparison between the candidates for
Congress in this district.
The candidate of the Democracy is Hon.
R. Milton Speer, of Huntingdon. He is
a lawyer by profession, whose pursuits have
been unconnected with physical labor, de
pending more upon his wits than upon
his muscle for a livelihood.
The candidate of the Republican party
is Hon. A. A. Barker, of Cambria county.
It has been the privilege of the writer of
this communication to have been intimate
ly acquainted with Mr. Barker since he
came to this section of the country, and
fixed upon the then comparatively rugged
and unimproved county of Cambria as his
future home. His purpose and plans of
life had in view the development of the
resources of the section of country he bad
chosen as his habitation. He entered
upon a life of toil, which necessitated, if
success were to crown effort, an individual
industry and unflinching persevance
which few men manifested. Let any one
who has been familiar with the northern
portion of Cambria county now ramble
over the hills once covered only with lofty
pines, huge oaks and tall hemlock, and
glance over the cultivated fields yielding
the products of agriculture in abundance,
NO. 39.
and then ask, to whom, more than to any
one man this change is to be attributed.
The universal response will be—"to A.
A. Barker."
Many of the highly commendatory
antecedents of Mr. Barker, which have
distinguished his life in his adopted moun
tain home, are connected with the raising
of volunteers for the Union armies, during
the late war for the suppression of the re
bellion. As soon as the war was inaugu
rated, Mr. Barker gave the energies of his
mind and body, and the contents of his
pocket in aid of the Government. He en
couraged the filling up of the ranks of the
army in every possible way. No volunteer
from this county while in service, or volun
teer's family, was forgotten by r. Barker.
Your correspondent could enumerate many
instances of his unbounded generosity to
soldiers and soldier's families, but they
are too well known to need publication.
Mr. Barker served one term as a Repre
sentative in Congress. His constituents
will bear testimony to the indefatigable
industry which characterized his official
career, and to the faithfulness with which
be attended to their requirements of him.
Pennsylvania never had two Representa
tives who gave more of their time and at
tention to the individual business interests
of the people of their respective districts
than did John Covode and A. A. Barker.
As representatives they were counter parts
of each other—seen of indomitable enemy
and fixedness of purpose. As Legislators
they were no such word as "fail." They
belonged to that class of public men who
did the work, while others of scholarly
attainments did the talking. These two
classes in a representative boy arc neces
sary to each other. The advocate and the
man of energy to successfully carry
through the measures advocated are co
workers, and deserving of like honor and
appreciation.
Mr. Barker, is every sphere of life in
which he has moved. has given evidence
of possessing a sound judgment and con
trolling good common sense. He has every
necessary qualification to make hint a val
uable Representative. In view of the fact
that nothing but death can defeat the elec
tion of President Grant, and that every
sign in the political skies indicates a Re
publican majority in the House of Repre
sentatives of the 43d Congress, no citizen,
who wishes the district to be represented
by,one who will be in accord with the
predominant party, can hesitate as to who
he should vote on the question of a Repre
sentative in Congress. The laborer, the
mechanic, the merchant, the manufacturer,
every man identified with the business
prosperity of the iron district is interested
in the election of Mr. Barker. Then as
to personal differences in the past, why
not "let by-pones be by-genes." While
the very welkin rigsn with shouts of tri
umph, coming from all the States in which
elections have recently been held, why not
let our better feeling control us in the ap
proaching political contest, and let our dis
trict be represented by a representative
man?
The October Elections
"And now for Pennsylvania and Indi
ana I" is the husky cry of the famishing
Greeleyites, as they turn staggering-and
groggy from their severe drubbing in Ver
mont and Maine. Yes, we answer, and
"Now for Pennsylvania and Indiana!"
or any other State which may be named.
We are prepared to meet the combined
cohorts of the opposition, and have no fears
that the result will be materially different
from what it has bean in all the States
where elections have been held the present
year. The Fusionists will doubtless find
in the great Central States the same in
vincible Republican hosts that they have
encountered and vainly resisted in the
wild regions of Oregon, in the forests and
everglades of the South, and in the hills
and workshops of New England.
But what hope have the enemy in these
great Midd:e States ? The people there
have not shown a greater affection for
Greeleyism than they have in the States
where elections have been held. Then the
effect of the repeated defeats, as well as
the constantly waning strength of the
coalition, will have a tendency to reduce
their vote in those States. We see that
the Greeley press are figuring out large
majorities, great gains and certain victories,
in the approaching October elections.
The Tribune has conic down to the per
centage method, and by some arithmetical
formula which it seems to have discovered,
it demonstrates that the opposition will
carry the October elections, and Greeley
will be triumphantly elected in November.
This,"shent per shent" business will do
very well in Wall street, but the Tribune
will probably learn hereafter that Belmont's
system is hardly applicable to a political
campaign. Then figures are so apt to be
at fault, especially when manipulated by an
interested partisan. It is often easy
enough to carry an election on paper, but
it is not always possible to work the people
up to one'sfigures. The Democratic papers
of Indiana having ciphered out a victory
in October, the Cincinnati Gazette com
ments upon their conclusions as follows:
"We are well aware that figures won't
lie, but, with Prentice, of olden times, we
discover in these latter days also that a
man may lie toBst admirably with figures.
There are some elements in the calculation
which the mathematical editor of the En
quirer omits: First, that the 'lO,OOO Lib
eral Republicans' will not vote for
Hendrick ; second, there is not half that
number of the so-called, in the State ;
third, at least 10,000 straight Democrats
will not vote for Hendricks; fourth, Ken
tucky emigrants will not be so plenty in
the border counties by 5,000, owing to
the want of special interest by the Ken
tucky Democracy."
This puts another phase upon the
question, and shows that there are two
standpoints from which this contest may
be viewed.
Meanwhile, let it be distantly understood
that the Republicans accept the challenge
which the Fusionists make—a reference
of the question to Pennsylvania and Indi
ana—and they will meet them there as
elsewhere, and will endeavor to teach them
that the American people are not yet ready
to sanction such a monstrous fraud as is
that of Greeleyiam.
If McNeil bad been a warm, out
spoken and decided friend of the Union,
during the late Democratic rebellion, is it
reasonable to imagine—to think or assert—
that he would, at this very time, forsake
and sink his love and honor for his coun
try, and be a willing and persevering can
didate for the office of Prothonotary in
opposition to the soldier candidate, Thomas
W. Myton ? No !
i VOTERS, REMEMBER, if you
do your whole duty, Geo. Hartranft will
be elected Governor by 25,000 majority.