AMERICAN VOLUNTEER'
JOHN B. BRATTON, Editor k Proprietor
CARLISLE, PA., AUGUST 31, 18G5
Democralic Slate Nominations,
for auditor general,
COL. W. ®. H. DAVIS,
OF DUCKS COUNTY,
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
LT. COL. J.P. UNTON,
OP. CAIIBRIA COUNTY,
Democratic County Ticket.
FOR SENATOR,
COL. JAMES CHESTNUT, of Southampton
tor assemclt,
PHILIP LONG, of Newburg.
TOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, -
CIIAS. E. MAGLAUGULIN, of Carlisle.
FOR TREASURER,
LEY I ZEIGLER, of Middlesex,
FOR COMMISSIONER,
ALEXANDER F. MECK, of Carlisle.
FOR DIRECTOR OF THE POOR.
JONATHAN SNYDER, of W. Ponnsboro’
FOR SURVEYOR,
JOHN C. ECKELS, of Silver Spring.
FOR AUDITOR,
CHRISTIAN DEITZ, of Hampden,
FOR CORONER,
DAVID SMITH, of Carlisle.
EJECTION, TUESDAY. OCT. 10th, 1865
rry- Wm. Blair & Son, Carlisle, have al
wava on hand best Hams, Touguea and Dried
Bocf, which are kept in smoko until sold.
OUR STATE TICKET.
The Democratic State Convention has cor
uially responded to the popular feeling in fa
vor of regarding meritorious so’tdicrs with
the honors and emoluments of civil station, by
nominating for the State offices to be filled at
the October election, two pf the bravest of the
bravo men that Pennsylvania sent into the
I'nicn army. They aro not of the class of
shoulder-strapped heroes who strutted in the
corridors of fashionable hotels or sat upon
Courts Martial during the hottest of the War,
real heroes who were in actual peri 1 ous
service in the field, from the date they re
ceived their commissions until the hour of
Llmi r discharge.
(J 4. Davis, our candidate for Auditor
General, is the well known commander of the
gallant old 104th Regiment, which, with him
at its head, won impel ishablo renown in
many a hard-fought battle. A shattered arm,
disabled fur Ufe, is the honorable proof he
bears with him of tho reality ut his devotion
t.> the Union, which none will bo so craven
a* gainsay. Our candidate for Surveyor
General, Major Linton, was an oilicer ot tho
HE'.mc Regiment—tho 54th Pennsylvania—
lh:ifc his competitor on the Republican ticket,
Col. Campbell, commanded, and is beloved
i>y ail the Pennsylvania boys of tho Army of
the Potomac, as the fighting man ot bis Reg
iment. lie, too, is a baitle-scarra 1 soldier,
whoso mutilated body attests his f-sachfi
cing heroism in tho cause of tho Union. —
Roth cun handle tho pen as readily as they
have wielded tho.sword, and have every re
qn’Mte for the faithful administration of the
jlllces to which they have been nominated.
With such candidates, placed upon a plat
form nt once loyal, patriotic, conservative
and constitutional, our success in October is
already achieved.
Fire. —On Inst Thursday afternoon, about
half-past two o’clock, tho enf of “fire,”
“hire,” was sounded through our quiet
directs, when it was discovered that tho sta
ble belonging to Mr. Jons Noble, in the
rear of the Cumberland Valley Depot, was
on fire. Our firemen 'were out in full force,
and, with their usual zeal, battled manfully
with the fiery element and succeeded in- sav
ing the The stable,
with a largo quantity of hay, was entirely
c' iisumed, but the horses’ were rescued. Tho
tiro is supposed to have originated from a
spark of a locomotive.
As tho Democratic Convention of
York ccnbty failed to name tho time or place
of meeting of the Senatorial Conferees, we
vronld suggest Bridgeport, this county, as the
place of meeting, the time to be agreed upon
by the Conferees. • •
Till', AVeatuer. —The mornings and even
ings lor the past .week have been very cool,
while the middle of the day has been exceed
ingly warm. The change from 56 to 91
within & few hours, renders it necessary for
persons of feebte health to exercise a proper
degree of caution if they would guard against
the diseases incident te this season of the
year. ■ '
Soldiers’ Discharges. —AVo caution sol
diers against selling their discharges to bro
kers, who, when Congress shall appropriate
lands or bounties to volunteers, will sell them
back at immense profits. Soldiers who haye
honorable discharges should carefully pre
serve their papers for the pecuniary value
that may attach to them, and ns evidence of
rtheir patriotism in tho'hour of their country’s
peril.
Lconouv. —The high figures that rule for
meat should induce general abstinence on the
pare of our citizens, as a means of bringing
down prices,
THE “HEBiID" AND TUfi El PERTH.-
The last Herald, contains a long, windy ar
ticle iu defence o(.Oov v Curtin for having
pardoned the three Ruperts. tho murderers
of Vanasdlsn. Tho article contains a palpa
b!
„e perversion of truth in pearly every line,
.f there is a single man in our county who
was not convinced that tho Governor had
committed a wrong and an’outrage when ho
pardoned the Ruperts, hie doubts will leave
him after he rends tho comments of the He
rald and Judge Graham’s
ed in'■‘lhe’Bftme"papor,-v r £bo~Herald- speaks
of tho Ruperts as “ respectable men/’ and
of Vanasdlcx as “ a most dangerous charac
ter,” who “was going armed constantly.’*—
Tho evidence before Court was that Vanas
dlen had no arms about h*m when Howard
Rupert shot him, and it was shown by sev
eral witnesses that- the Ruperts, instead of
being the “ respectable men” that the Herald
I represents them, were bad men, and much
1 more to be dreaded than the poor creature
they murdered. We need not argue this
point ■with the Herald. IE" it desires to defend
cold blooded murderers, merely because,they
are prominent Republican politicians, it can
do so. Nor need it remind us that the peti
tion asking the Governor to pardon the cul
prits was signed by “ ministers and members
Of the bar.” We care no more for members
of the bar than for any other class of
men, for sometimes they are ns ready to de
fend a bad cause ns a good cne. But
ministers of tho Gospel asked for the pardon
of the murderers ! Ah, yes, the ministers.
Formerly ministers did not meddle in mur
der trials, nor did they preach doctrines of
hate and vengeance among the people. We
have a sincere respect for the clergy, but
very little for those " blood-hounds of Zion”
who advocate hanging men and destroy
ing men's -property who do not agree with
them politically, but who can palliate a
brutal murder, provided the fiend who com
mitted the bloody deed and violated the law
of ’God and man, agrees with them in their
political opinions
Now, R 3 we have said, it is not necessary I
for us to continue a discussion with the Her :
aid on the subject of the pardon of.the Ru
perts. Judge Graham’s remarks before
passing sentence upon the culprits, has made
the people well acquainted with the facts
concerning the murder of Vanasdlem and
dm conviction of the Ruperts.
In conclusion, however, we may be excused
for calling attention to a sentence in the He
raid's article of last week. It reminds us
that other murders have taken place, and
wonders why we have not referred to them.
The Herald says:
“ A few weeks ago a man who Imd been a
refugee in Canada during the rebellion and
who returned a short time since to Bedford,
shot the Provost Marshal at that place for
twitting him with disloyalty, but we have no
recollection that this sumo paper (the Volun
teer,) has ever denounced this act. « A short
time since a woman in Washington shota
man because bo failed to marry her accord
ing to promise, and wc beard no howl over
her acquittal.”
In regard to the first case spoken of above,
the Herald states two positive falsehoods.—
The man shot by young Reed, of Bedford
was not a Provost Marshal, nor was Reed “ t
in Pan ad a during the rebellion.” 1
is true Reed had lived in Canada for two nr
three years, doing business there. lie did
not go there to escape the draft, for he com-
menced his residence in Canada nearly two
years before drafting had been resorted to. —
Ho was drafted, however, at Bedford, when
lie promptly returned homo and paid down
$3OO to the Marshal, and got an Exemption
Certificate. For this ho was called a “ trai
tor” and a ** Johnny Rob,” and knocked
down with stones by .the man bo killed—a
“loyal,” stay-at-home Republican. Wo think
wo know of. a few others who occupy the
same position Reed occupied. Wo believe a
certain J. M? Weakley", editor of the Carlisle
Herald , was drafted in this place, and we be
lievc he, too, paid down $3OO to buy himself
.out of “ military duty.” Was it right, then,
that Heed should bo called a “ traitor” and
knocked in the head, merely because ho had
bought himself out of military duty ?- If it
was, then the editor of the Herald is entitled
to tho same treatment; he too bought him
self out with $3OO.
With the Washington murder trial we have
nothing to do. A girl killed a man for fail
ing to keep his engagement with her. She
was tried and pronounced insane and “ noi
guilty” by the jury. The Herald - wonders
why wo don’t condemn tho Jury! Just be
cause we could not do so without being con
sidered a dunce. But, wc quote again from
the Herald , thus:
»* Men who have been four years in rebel
s lion against the Government, whose days and
nights were passed in treason, murder and
robbery, who starved helpless prisoners and
’ burned captured towns, are daily being par
’ daned by scores, and yet no voice is raised in
• condemnation of tho clemency.”
, Well, if President Johnson is doing wrong
in pardoning those guilty of murder and
rubbery,” why don’t you pitch into him ?
You hear ot no ” condemnation of the clem
oncy.” Why? Because you and other Re
publican editors have not the nerve to assail
the President. You can grumble and throw
out inuendoes against your President, but
you quail before the power of your own crea
tion. If you disapprove of Mr. Johnson’s
policy toward defeated rebels, say so like
men, and stop whimpering. On tho subject
of pardons we think tho President right, ■ If
you think otherwise, condemn him, if you
dare.
The Soldiers’ Friends (?). —The follow
ing resolution was offered in the Negro-equal
ity Slate Convention by Mr. Lemuel Todd,
of this county:
Resolved, That this Convention, represent
ing the loyal people of Pennsylvania, recog
nizes the claims of our citizen soldiers, in its
confidence and gratitude, as superior to all
others ; and that, in token of the sincerity of
this, its declaration, it will nominate none as
candidates for office who have not proved
their loyalty and patriotism by .services in
the field against the enemies of the Republic.
To the brave boys who have fought and
bled for the'r country, and who have been led
to believe that the Kepulicans only were their
we will elate, for their information,
that the resolution was indignantly hooted at
by a vote of 17 for and 111 against it! Mr.
Todd was green when he offered his resolu
tion.
|£7* Michigan prouucea seven million do!
lars of copper last year.
POLITICS AND ROGUERY.
Never is a groat fraud or wrong of any
kind detected, but some small politician who
has control of a press, endeavors to make
party capital out of it, by publishing to the
world the political associations of the perpe
trator, with tho intent to cast reproach upon
the party with which ho may have happen
ed to bo idontifiod; jnst as though the hold
ing of certain political sentiments necessari
ly made a man a rogue, or experience had
not proved'that there were dishonest men in
all parties. - We.have now a case in point—
that of young Ketchum, the New York swin
dler, of whonv one of tho “ loyal” journals
publishes a letter from Chicago, asserting
that/“bo wat( present at the /National Dem
ocratic Convention held there last August, as
a leading friend of McClellan ; that ho kept
open house at one of the hotels, scattered his
money like a prince and made a big splurge
generally.”
Now, even if this were true, it would prove
nothing to tho discredit of McClellan or tho
party that nominated him, as the small mal
ice of the writer evidently intended. But,
there is another side to tho story, which puts
tho boot on t’other leg so tight that it can t
bo picked off. And hero it is, according to
the New York World : ■*
“ Mr. Morris Ketchum was for a long pe
riod the confidential friend and adviser of the
lion. Salmon P. Chase, when that gentleman
was Secretary of tho Treasury, and thence
he enjoyed extraordinary facilities, tor-male-
ing money in gold gambling and stock job
bing of which he liberally availed himself. |
As Tending Kepublieans and members of the
Loval League Club, Mr. Morns Ketchum
and his son were peculiarly favored with the
earliest and most accurate information from
the highest Government and National Bank
authorities. They have made so much mon
ey during tho rebellion, in gold and stock
gambling from their confidential relations
with Government officials, that tho creditors
of the firm and tho holders of the forged
gold-checks are Sanguine that Mr. Ketchum s
moans will bo sufficient to pay all claims in
If men’s politics mnko them swindlers,
then the “ Loyal Leaguers" must be the
most corrupt political organization that over
cursed our couutry; for young Ketchum, so
far, has proved himself the biggest rogue in
the forging lino that has turned up before
or since the war. To be candid, however,
no, fact is better known than that the most
venturesome-stock gambler or gambler of
any kind holds his politics in very accommo
dating subserviency to bps greed (or gain.
• The innumerable robberies and embezzle
ments by “ loyal” officers under the present
Administration, and the gigantic swindles
of the Government by shoddy contractors,
that have disgraced us as a people during
too four years of w nr, if they do not prove
the demoralizing tendencies of the Republi
can party, should certainly teach its journals
that it is in very bad grace for them to at
temp to make the Ketchum nr any other
swindle a reproach to those who nominated
1 and supported McClellan.
SOLDIERS AND TAXPAYERS READ !
The Now York Tribune lately published
10 fallowing paragraph without ” note or
comment
“ Thirty-five employees have been dischar-
Louis, and one
hundred and fifty negroes employed to do
their work. Tho negroes receive twenty
five cents per day more than was paid to tho
whites. The police were sent to the spot to
prevent tho whites from mobbing thorn."
Since this was published white veterans ol
the Federal army have paraded the streets ol
Now York in procession, asking tor work.—
They carried a banner inscribed—“ Our las <
oinpioyincnt was in putting down the rebel
lion.” Did the Tribune observe those veter
ans marching sadly along, or was it conven
iently blind as they nlod past its office?
While these veterans were parading the
streets as an advertisement to procure work.
General Howard, of the Negro Bureau, was
sending cargos of “ freedmen” to Rhode Is
land, At Government expense, where employ
ment was to be furnished them. At the
same time, or shortly after, agents were se
curing in Richmond a large number of
“ freedmen” at one dollar a day and their
board, to go to Cayuga county, New Yo-k,
to fell timber. Also since then the Camp
bell Hospital, at Washington City, one of
the very linest, has been taken by the Negro
Bureau, and a “ village” established, where
over one thousand negroes and families will
he accommodated with shelter and comfort,
to he fed with good wholesome food, at Oov
erninent expense, and the children to be ed
ucated hv teachers supported by societies
throughout the North. At the same time
Fairfax Seminaiy, at F.drfax Ya„ was
turned over to the Bureau, by the Gov
ernment authorities, and will ho used
lor a similar purpose—the founding of
a negro village at the public expense. A
little further down in Virginia, at Camp
Hamilton and Hampton, buildings are now
in course of erection by the Government, lor
the freedmen who are lying around loose,
nod preparations are being made to issue to
them, daily, cooked soup, meat and vegeta
bles, in lieu i f the half ration of uncooked
food heretofore issued to them and to the.sol
diers. The wlthdrawl of the soldiers has
thus bettered the “freedmen’s” condition in
that respect.
And yet, while all these extensive prepa
tinns are .going on under the Negro Bureau,
at Government expense—that is. at the ex
pense ol every tax-payer in the North—them
sands of white veterans, whose ” last work
was patting down the rebellion,” are wan
dering the streets in the vain search for lion
est employment* Is this just—us it right?
Where is the boasted gratitude of the Re
publican party? Wo do not advocate doing
injury to the poor negroes—they need pro
tection and employment, too—hut why should
| everything be done for them and nothing for
those white men who are as poor and ashelp ;
less? There are thousands of whites ns ur
gently needing t saistnnee as the poorest ne
groes. And should they not have it ?—Pa
triot t& Union.
- A Bio Job.— The Philadelphia Press has
undertaken the mammoth job of defending
and justifying Court Martials — Stanton’s
oystera of government in a Republic, Al
ways give us a renegade to defend new theo
ries and rascality generally. The journal
that would undertake to defend 3ta nton at
this day—a man that has committed more
crimes against civil liberty and constitutional
law than any man on this continent, since
the days of that political knave, George 111
must have little respect for American law,
or civil liberty, or decency.
[C7* The Democrats of York county, on
Tuesday, the 22d inst., nominated the follow
ing ticket: Senator, A. H. Glatz, (subject to
the York and Cumberland Conference); As
sembly,James Cameron and Abram S. Law
rence; Commissioner, Henry Hammond j
Treasurer, George Davon ; District Attorney,
Jno. AV. Bittingor,
on all public officers from the highest to tho
lowest. M well ns upon pronto oiUMns. it m
only by a strict observance of its provisions
and a rigid enforcement of its obligations in
all th‘o States'tbnt wo can hope for Union,
Liberty or Peace ; be who wilfully violates
it, or counsels its , violation by others, is a
public enemy and a dishonest man.
P 4 That among the rights gunrranteed to
us by the plainest words of the Oonstlt^ 1 ™
arc these—-free speech, a free press, freedom
from arbitrary arrest and illegal " n ß r ‘?""
ment, trial by jury, the writ of hahcM
corpus, the perfect immunity of all persons
nothin the nrniy or navy from any spccies f
punishment for crime or pretended crime
which is not the legal consequence of a r
ular conviction by an impartial jury—tin.
absolute'subordination of all military-power
to the civil authority, and the privilege of
white citizens to vote at State elections ac
cording to the laws of the State.
5. That wo fully concur with President
Johnson in the conviction expressed by him
in 1860, and repeated several times since,
that the Federal Government is sovereign
within its proper sphere; that it; actsi not
through or upon the States but directly upon
Il.iamsntnta, Aug. 24-The Democratic. - lndivi " du . v i 9; that the States could not absolve
Slate Convention met at two o’clock, P. M-, tllo pcop | o from their federal obliaatioqs ,
and was temporarily organized by electing State ordinances of secession were
Robert L. Johnson, of Cambria, President, • nullities t and, therefore, when tne attomp„-
and A. D. Boileau of Philadelphia. Benja- , roTu l u tion came to an end by the subnns
min Whitman of Erie, and D. U. Nienian of gion ()f t i, o insurgents, the States were as
Northampton, Secretaries. _ ml ,cl, a par t of the Union as they had been
Mr. Smith of Lancaster, submitted a reso- y, e p orf» 0rf » their people wore bound to the sane
lotion providing for the appointment of a dut i e3 an d clothed with the same rights, cx
oominitteo of oho from each Senatorial dis- of course, such rights as individuals
trict to report permanent officers; | ' among them biid legally forfeited by their
Mr. Lamherton moved to amend, that the , i( , ts j' n the lne ,intime. And wo hereby tie--
convention proceed to elect a permanent o i are t l, a t, so fur ns wo can prevent it, the
President, and that the Senatorial delegates r( , Bumpt i on 0 f their proper places in the
select one member from each district for jj n -, on by those States, some of whoso oiti-
Vice Presidents and Secretaries, and also 20ng wero lately in rebellion, shall not be
one from each Senatorial district as commit- j ' cded nr delayed by the unlawful mlerfer
tee on Resolutions, to whom all resolutions on £ o of that f ao tion at the North which al
on State and National subjects shall here- g waB hostile to the Union, which now
ferred without debate. p-onounces it legally dissolved, and which is
The amendment was not agreed to, and [ [Ul malignantly laboring to pfeveut-its res-'
tho original resolution was adopted. ■ toration. ‘ , .
A recess was then taken, to permit the del- g That t h o effort now making by certain
egates to indicate the Committee on Organ! j ons t 0 use the power of the General Gov
zation. ' eminent with a view to force negro suffrage
The Committee on being announced, re- on the States against the will of the people
tired for consultation, and after a short time ond contrary to existing laws is not only a
returned, and reported the Hon. Richard hi<di crime against the Constitution but a de-
Vaux of Philadelphia, ns permanent Presi- liberie gpd wicked attempt to put the States
dent of the Convention, with a Vice Prest- of th j g u n ; on (a U of them more or less and
dent for each Senatorial district and twenty- gnme . p f them entirely) under the domination
nine Secretaries. 0 f negroes, to africanize a large portion of
Mr. Vaux, on taking his seat, said: t |, e country and degrade the white raoemor-
Gentpbmen of tue Convention : The and soc \ a i\y a 8 we H as nolitically to the
Democratic party of Pennsylvania, by her level of the black We will not acknowl
representatives, in conformity to the ancient a( j„ 0 t j lo i noap acity of our own raoo to gov
usages of the party, is again assembled in p ra itself, nor surrender the destinies of the
State Convention. Since the days of Thomas tfountrv ;’ nto the hands of negroes, nor put
Jefferson, in every crisis of our country’s Ins- ourao ]y eg uu dcr their guardianship, nor give
tory, we have assembled in the Capitol of to t ] )em t ho political privileges which we
this Commonwealth, bold and defiant, stand- ; n h o rited form our fathers ; and we exhort
ing on the principles of constitutional liber ()Ur h rot hren in other States to take up the
ty, which can alone maintain us as a happy samo a ttitude and maintain it firmly,
and prosperous people. [Applause.) And That we will support President Johnson
amid threats of.violebco and the menaces of - )n aver y e ff o rt he may make to place all the
of power, the Democrats never quailed. Du- y ta t ca j n their proper position, to give them
ring tho last four years of war and oppres- a f a ; r representation in Congress and to save
sion; when the pressure of executive power t | )em p rom the curse of negro equality. Ho
was used to destroy the democratic party — a hall have our hearty approval when ho in
whon to be a Democrat was something more g; ots J ega | pun ; B hment by moans of legal tri
thnn at any period in mir past history, tho b unals upon offenders against the United
Democracy mef the enemy upon the great states, and we will be with ■ him sincerely
principles of the Constitution, and defied tho BUg [ a ; n and uphold him in every measure
party in power. [Cheers.] Wa have hero w |,i o h looks to the mfiintainanoe pub
met again, and let us do as our fathers in j; c credit. But our full approval of his admin
past days of our history have done, stand on ; gtrat ; on oan h 0 founded only in tho belief
the broad principles of the Constitution and t [ )at . | lO ff -,u execute tho law, the whole law
demand those rights and privileges whioh and not hi n g but the low in all parts of tho
belong to the States and to the people. Wo ooun j r y i that he will not allow tho military
will bo satisfied with nothing loss. [Ap- tu interfere with state elections ; that he will
plauso.]- These principles cannot be cliang- iah kidknapping and robbery through
lod by fanatics or over-ridden by power. Che ' tl)0 legal authorities whether committed by
rights of tho people are dear to them. [Ap- fodera i officers or private citizens ; and that
plause.] Our fathers made this compact of h 0 wiU guffcr nn person to he murdered bv
Federal unity under hardly less than tnspi- m - |litnry commission. We go f;,r measures
ration, and it cannot ho altered by fanatics not mon aud upt>n these measures there can
or destroyed by power. Its provisions are , )0 nQ COlll p ro iniso. lie that is not for us is
for us and for our children, nnd military no- a „ a j nBt us .
cessity shall not deprive ns of eitlrer of those- g That in view of our eneorliT 7 Tli7r"NatTnn~
rights or privileges. [Applause.] Let it be debt, the great weight of our State taxes
then distinctly understood, that the dignity nn( j t , lg I|)cal burdens imposed upon .us in
of American citizenship must not bo degrn- dive ,. s ways economy nnd retrenchment be
ded or contaminated by association or an cnmeB an important duty of all onr represen
equality with an inferior race, either social- , ativng . and to this end the vast standing
iy or politically. [lmmense applause.] Gen- army now 1)n foot ought t 0 be disbanded, the
tlcmen of the Convention, having by your naV y slionld be reduced, and the corrupt and
partiality been chosen to preside over your exlr -; iveKant prao tices lately introduced in
deliberations, I ask your indulgence, nnd t o the Government should bo totally abolish- 1
promise to perform my duties utmost
of my ability. Iho Chair is now' ready for That onr revenue laws need to bo care
any motion that may ho made. fully revised in such manner, that while the
A Committee on Resolutions, composed of blffi credit will be maintained the national
one from each Senatorial district was ap- j„ inor preserved, taxation will be equal and
pointed, to whom all resolutions on National . t r
and State affairs were relorred without do- J 1( ]. Tj, at t h e gallant soldiers of the Re
_ , ... nubile, who so nobly risked their lives in de-
Mr. 11. W. Petnken offered ,fenSß of tll(J Uni(m nn d tho Ounstitntion,
that the soldiers of 1861 and 1802, having merit and w jU receive the undying gratitude
enlisted with little or no bounty, should re- ()f tho Alueri c an people. Living, they shall
ccive one hundred nod sixty acres of land, 1!?0 jn our warmo3t affections—and, dying,'
and urging-upon the next Congress, the jus- their momor ; es w iU bo cherishud for all time
lice of maintaining snob an appropriation.- - t(j oome> T „ sav _ a 8 UU r political opponents
UofetTod- . • r do—that . thev fought and bled and died
Iho Convention then took a recess to af , mainW for tho (roe Jom of tho negro, is a
ford the committee ,tiine to prepare resolu- „ roßa - insu i t on their patriotism, and an out
turns for the oonsideiation of the Convention, whict( wiW b o indignantly resented hv
and during thoir absence the Convention was , £ Bu „ ivhlg comru des through tho balluf
miaressen nt c Dsmoraulo length by Major “
Jncob Znlgler, of Butler cuuuty, and Gen
Wm. 11. Miller, of Dauphin.
Democratic Stale Convention.
the whole STATE REPRE
SENTED BY ITS BEST MEN.
Hon* Richard Yaux President of
the Convention-
PLATPOUM ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY.
Soldier's Ticket Nominated.
General Bavisrof-Biieks County,Tor
Stale Auditor.
Major Linton, of Cambria County,
for Surveyor General.
W A. WALLACE, of Clearfield , CIIAIU
MAN OF THE STATE COMMITTEE.
EVENING SESSION.
The Convention reassembled at the hour
appointed, and was called to order by the
president.
lion. Jeremiah S. Black, chairman of the
committee ou resolutions, made the following;
report;
Whereas, It is the imperative duty and
should be the exclusive desire of every
American citizen entrusted with the power
of controlling public affairs, by his vote
or otherwise, to see that they are ad
ministered with a single eye to the great ob
jects which our forefathers had in view when
they laid the foundations of this Republic,
namely: “To forma more perfect Union,
establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defence, promote
the general welfare, and secure the blessings
of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,”—
And Whereas, The men nnd the party ad
ministering the Federal Government since
IBGI, have betrayed their trust, violated their
most sacred obligations, disregarded the com
mands of the fundamental lawSc°rruptly
squandered the public money, denied justice
to the people, perverted the whole Govern
ment frofti its original purpose, and, thereby,
have brought untold calamities upon the
country; therefore,
1. Be it.ltcHolved, That, wo, the Democra
cy of Pennsylvania, are now, as we always
have been, faithful to the union of the
States, opposing the secession of the South
with all our influence and having no sympa
thy or association whatever with that party
in the North which plotted against the Un
ioq and pronounced the Constitution “ a cov
enant with death and an agreement with
bell.”
2. That if the counsels of the Democratic
parry had “prevailed, the Union would have
been saved in all its integrity and hongr,
without the slaughter, debt and disgrace of a
civil war? but when the formation of section
al parlies in the North and in the South and
in the advent of one of those parties into the
scats of Federal power made war a fact which
we could not control, we sustained the Fed
ora authorities in good faith, asking nothing
at their bands except a decent respect. for
our legal rights and some show of common
honesty in the management of our financial
affairs; but in both those particulars we
•were disappointed and betrayed.'
3. That the Constitution established by
onr revolutionary fathers is entitled to our
unqualified respect and obedience; the oath
to support it is binding religiously, morally
and legally, at all times, under all circum
i stances, and in every part of the country up-
11, That the noble manner in which the
Democratic press of this Commonwealth have
contended in defence of the liberties of the
nation, amid trials and difficulties almost un
parallelled. is deserving of our grateful rec
ognition and should entitle it to the encour
agement of every Constitution-loving citizen.
12. That we re affirm our adherence to the
Monica Doctrine.
The resolutions were read amidst much en
thusiasm and adopted by a unanimous vote.
The Convention then proceeded to n uni
nate candidates for Auditor General, when
the following gentlemen were named :
Col. Franklin Vanzant, Bucks county.
Hon; Isaac Slenker, Union county.
Col. W. W. 11. Davis, Bucks county,
Robert J. IlernpMlj, Philadelphia.
Col. Wellington 11. Ent, Cdumbia.
Wm. Workman, Washington county.
lion. Win. Hopkins, 44 44
S. T. Sluigart, Centre county.
Charles D. Manley, Delaware county.
On motion, the nominations closed, and the
Convention proceeded to ballot with the fol
lowing result:
Col, W. W. 11. Davis
Col. Franklin Vanzant
Isaac Sl**nker
Hubert J. Ilcmplnll
Obi. Wellington 11. Ent 11. “
Wm. Workman 2 4 ‘
Win. Hopkins 13 “
S. T. Shugart 5 “
Charles D. Mauley 5 “
None of the candidates having
majority of all the votes cast, a second ballot
was ordered. Before taking a vote the names
of Messrs. Hemphill, Workman, Shugart and
Manley were withdrawn. The second ballot
resulted as follows:
Col. Franklin Yanzant
Isaac Slenker
Col. W. W. 11. Davis
Col. Wellington 11. Ent
Wm. Hopkins
No nomination being effected, the name of
Col. Vanzant.waa withdrawn, and a third
ballot ordered, with the following result:
Isaac Slenker 30 votes
Col. IV. W. H. Davis 86 “
Col. Wellington EL Ent 7 “
Win. Hopkins 9 “
Col. W. W. 11. Davis having received a
majority of all the votes cast was declared
duly nominated as the candidate for Auditor
General; and on motion thp nomination was'
made uminimaus. |
On motion, the Convention proceeded to the
nomination of candidates for Surveyor Gen
eral, when the. following gentlemen were
tamed:
Lt Col. John P. Union, of Cumbria
James P. Birr, of Allegheny. '
Col. Henry A. Hambtight, of Lancaster,
lion. Bernard Riley, of Sonuylkill.
David Cnrksadden, of Clinton.
Col. John Cummings, of Union.
Col. S. B. Sweitzer, of Allegheny.
Abraham Lamberton, of Cumberland.
On motion, the nominations were closed,
and the Convention proceodou to ballot, wnu
the follotving result: , '
I.t. Col.-John P. Unton 23 7.otes
James P. Barr . 44 _
Col. 11. A. Ilambnght o
Bernard Riley
David Cnrksadden ”
Col. John Cummings . “ „
Col. S. B. Sweitzer “ „
, Abraham Lamberton - °
There being ho choice, the namesl nnucssrs-
Ilambright, Riley, Cuirfmings.ond Bamber
ton were withdrawn, and a second ballot was
ordered, which resulted ns follows; ,
Lt." Col. John P Union
James P. Barr „
David Carksadden “
Col. 11. B; Sweitzer |
There being no choice, the name ol Colonel
Sweitzer was withdrawn, and a third ballot
taken, with the following result
Lt. Col. John P. Linton
James P. Barr
David Carksadden .
Lt. Col. John P. Linton having received a
maturity of all the voles cast was declared
the nominee of the'CcuTOiition fur Surveyor
General. ,
On motion, the nomination was made unan
imous, and the announcement, ivas received
with three cheers.
Mr, Sanderson, of Luzerne, offered the lot
lowing resolution, which, after some discus
sion, was adopted: - _ ■
Resolved . That the delegates fr.om each-se
natorial district select one person, and tor
ward the name to the president, to constitute
a State Central Committee, to continue in of
fico until January 1, 18G7, and that hereafter
the-duties ol the.,Gommi.ttoe shall commence
on the first of January and continue for one
y °The delegates from the various Senatorial
districts reported the names of gentlemen
for members of the State Central Committee,
as follows:
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Hon. Win. A. Wallace, Clearfield, Chair
man.
Ist Dis
2nd “
3rd “
4th “
sth “
-C. E. Kamorly, Philadelphia.
Jas. \V. Ilopkina, “
John M’Oarthy, “
Albert R. Schofield, “
Robert E. Monaghan, West Ches
ter; Isaioli B. Uoupt, Norris
town.
Franklin Van Zant, Oakford.
Robt. McDowell, Slatin"tan.
Dan'l Ermentront, Reading.
D. E. Nice, Puttsville.
Wm. H. Dimraick, Hnnesdalo.
Washington Boyle, New Milford.
J. B. Stark. Wilkesbarre.
Stephen Pierce, Weilsborough.
Henry W. Petriken. Muncy.
Thus. Challant, Danville.
Bonj. L Forster, Harrisburg.
H. B. Swarr, Lancaster; U. T.
Shultz, Elizabethtown.
J. 11. Cresawell, Shipponsburg.
F. M. Kimrael. Chambersburg.
G. 11. Spang, Bedford.
JE. D. Parker, Mifilintpwn ; W. F.
Reynolds, Bellofonto.
Philip Collins, Ebensburg.
W. W. Barr, Clarion.
Robt. Given, Gresnsburg.
Andrew Burke, Perrysvillo; Jno.
C. Dunn, Pittsburg.
W. W. Smith, Washington.
Jacob Zeigler, Butler.
Albert Price, Sheakh-yville.
M. Park Davis, .Meadulle.
6th “
7th “
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Uth “
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13th “
14th “
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18th “
19th “
20th
21st “
224 “
23d “
24th ••
25th “
26th
27th “
28th “
29th “
On motion, the president appointed Messrs.
Zeigler, Mott, Johnson, M’Grath nnd Bennett
n committee to inform Colonel Davis and
Col. Linton of their nomination.
—Hnrrriferemiirfr-S—Black—w-as-cailod-upon
to address the Convention, and responded in
an able and logical speech, which was listen
ed to with interest by the large assemblage
and repeatedly and enthusiastically applaud
ed.
On motion of Mr. Zeigler a vote of thanks
was passed to the President and other officers
of the Convention for the able and faithful
manner in which they had discharged their
duties. j
The motion to adjourn having been adopt
ed, Mr. Vjuix arose and made’ the following
closing address t
Gentlemen of the Convention r— You have
concluded the duties which your constituents
have imposed upon you. You are now about
to return to them with a report of your mo
tives and actions. Go to the mountains and
valleys of this great Commonwealth and tell
the people that the Democratic -party still
lives and its principles are vital and vigorous.
[Applause] Tell the people that we are nei
ther dismayed nor disheartened, Tell them
that the infamous tyranny of the “ War De
partment” can neither prevent nor paralyze
the assertion of our principles nor the exer
cise of our rights. [lmmense cheering which
lasted for some minutes.] Invoke the young
men to consider the labors and trials of our
fathers to establish our system of free govern
ment. and to defend it. Invoke the men of
middle ago to consider what they owe to their
posterity ns having received it as stewards
for coining generations. Invoke the old men
to counsel and-advise and bless the efforts of
those on whom the ark of the covenant of
i liberty now rests. Do this and have faith
and hope. Trust the people. Gentlemen,
• the Convention is adjourned without day.
The Abasement of the Pardoning Pow
er. —A few days ago we published the sen
tence passed by Judge Orahnm, at‘Carlisle,
upon the three Ruperts, who wore found
guilty of the killing of a deserter from the
army, named Vanasdlun. We understand,
that, upon the next day after sentence had
been passed. Gov. Curtin granted them a full
pardon , and they are now at liberty. After
reading Judge Graham's summing up of the
evidence, it seems like a most flagrant out
rage upon society to interpose the pardoning
power, for the benefit, at least, of the prin- |
cipal in that murder. A more cold blooded 1
crime than it was. and more brutal conduct
thereafter, have scarcely ever been recorded.
No one, who’is conversant with the facia in
the ease, can excuse the action of the Govern
or. Was ho influenced by false and detesta-’
bio “ loyal” or political reasons, or merely,
by mawkishneas and weakness? Respect
for courts and laws should have deterred him
from exhibiting what must be considered, at
least, as unusual and indecent haste. If the
principal Rupert was not deserving of death,
he richly deserved severe punishment in
some shape, but the Governor has made haste
to relieve him from all anxiety and discom
fort. Unless the Governor has been noting
tbo case during the trial nud carefully sift
ing the testimony, his action is indefensible.
In one day only he could scarcely examine
and fairly determine the guilt or innocence
of the accused.
It Is but a week or two since one Dr.
Hughes, a bigamist, who was pardoned out
I of the penitentiary by Gov. Curtin, atrocious
ly murdered his wrenged victim. This ought
to have bepn to tbo Governor a terrible war
ning against casting hardened criminals loose
upon society to indulge their terrible pas
sions. But, it seems, the horrible results of
his clemency to Hughes has had no effect
upon him, and if, hereafter, another atrocious
crime is the result of bis present cureless and
unaccountable use of the pardoning power
his name will bo rendered little less than ex
ecrable.
In another column will bo found an article
from the Carlisle Volunteer, which’ touches
upon the points of the case calmly though
very clearly. —Patriot & Union
* 27 votes
8 "
41 “
18 “
9 votes
41 “
55 “
8 “
19 “
Ohio Democratic Stale Convention, [
GEN. GEORGE W. MORGAN NOMINA.
TED FOR GOVERNOR.
UNION AND HARMONY.
Cincinnati Aug. 25, Iho State Convan* [t-',-
tioiv assembled at Columbus yeaterriny, and
organized by electing Rufus P. Ilimnoy,
President. The following ticket was nnnii.
nated : For Governor, Qnn. George W. M., r .
gan ; Lieut. Governor, William Long; Su
premo Judges, P, Van Trump afid lliotuas
MeKey ; State Treasurer. George Speneo;
AttornoySOenoral, -Daniel M,. Wilson ; School
Commissioners, S. C,, Wilson and 11. IP
Barney ; Board of Public Works, 0. Basil;
1 Clerk of Supremo' Court, D. S. Donor,
The resolutions oppose a consolidation of
power in the Kinds of the federal Govern
ment; paaintain the doctrine-of State rights,
as laid down in the Virginia and Kentucky
resolutions of 1793 ; declare that’ the ordi*
nance of secession being void, that the South
ern States are still in the Union as States and
entitled to nil their reserved rights, and to
their duo representation in Congress; da
nounco all efforts to confer the right of suf- ,
frugo upon negroes ; discourage negro emi
gration into the State ; •compliment, th’tt sol
diers for their valor and fortitude ; regard the
national debt as a national curse, 1 and demand
the exercise of the most rigid economy, roo
ommend that the national tax be collected by
the county treasurers as far as possible, anil
that the military corinnutation tax bo repeal
ed ; denounce tiie-arrest of citizens by'raili
tary authority in States where the civil tri
bunals are unmolested ; declare that the coa
tinned suspension of the habeas corpus sines
the termination of the war, and the denial of
right of trial by jury and interference with!
the elections by military power, as in recent
instances in Kentucky and Tennessee, are
revolutionary of the Constitution; and.the
last resolution declares that while we so res
olutely-condemn all infringements of lbs
Constitution, and while wo regret that the
terms of pacification agreed to by General
She.-man in April last wore not at onoo rati
fied by-the federal executive, we will never
theless stand by President Johnson in all
constitutional efforts to restore to the States
the exercise of their rights and power willi
n the Union
75 VOtG3
50 “
The Kclchnm Dejuleaiion—Edward B. Kelch-;
nm Cauglil. \
Edward B. Kotchum, of the firm of Morrn' \wl
Ketelium, Son & Co., whose abstraoliou (if
Ijoods and other securities from the house nl. o.®
which he was a member, and whose tor^on-1; :.0
of gold certificates have made him .so -.ft,
oua, was arrested at 5 o’clock on Friday eto in*
ning, in Twentieth street, between Filth an' <•
Sixth avenue, in New York, near a hou" Jjg
where he had had hja lodgings. _ J
Tho arrest was made by detective office
Gilmore, who had been “ working up” • tkl-'vMi
case with Detective McDougal, under the d;
rection of Superintendent Kennedy and Sa, ,
geant Young, of the detective force. |
Information had been conveyed to the [0 ■
lice that young Kotchum ootUd be founds .
Twentieth street, nad oflioorGinaoro proceed
ed thither on Friday afternoon.
The arrest was made near the phv
Ketchnm was stopping. It appoarSN,
walking homeward, and the officer, reoojhv
ing him from the description that had hcet'v
furnished the police, took him into custody.
Ketchnm made no resistance whatever-!
lb: did not seem to bo even surprised; br
saying it was “ all .right,” he <tiioi>tnpanie£ <?CSjS
the officer to police headquarters in Mulbenij' ;vsj|
street. • _ !• -ijS?
Under arrest, Ketchnm did not exhibit aoi
concern. Ho spoke of the subject as the en: \
of a rather wild career, but did not apparent!' :'jfe
ly apprehend any unpleasant consequences,j vjp
■ Ketohmn spolto freely of the manner it, '‘Cji
which he has lived since his flight. He W'
not been out of the city, lie hud lodgings ii;
T" ti’ 1 ' —rlmre are rumors : ™
. vventieth street —there are rumors
to this niatier it is not proper to print ooff-j
and at once retired to hie rooms when lie
Wall street. Every day except one—Tut' ’ y;&|
day, nearly two weeks *tgo, they day on
the disclosures were made—he has been i,'.’
the street, and has not once been out of NV
York. I ■ OfH
Daring his walks he has often scon persy yg
whom he knew, including brokers and otlw '.yy
who were involved in his forgeries; but I*.
apparently avoided them, so that theysboa
not observe him, and it is not known-tuftlt--
was recognized until he was arrested.
-On Thursday hist Ketchum. rode to l>,■ -y
Central Park, and remained there-for no, - &
siderable time. lie saw there a
persons with whom he had been --cy
and it is reported that be spoke with aoiw{. V : y£\
them. This, however, is a mere rumor. |
Ater Kctchum was taken to the pub *
headquarters, his father and- other meniltf, f.v 1 -.-),
of bis family, with the ofiibeittt'Ofc oneuCi-, •
banks which had received a part bfi die: f
ed paper, and persons who have beon.chi
us his counsel, were notified ufhis unrest.;
In the- course of the- evening, several
them called to see him. lie mot themi
except his father, with singular r< --:n
spoke with them as though he had been * *
porarily absent on business* He did nun -.-.*B
dcntly consider himself a criminal, or atk,
did nut acknowledge the fact by his demeal
- The persons who were called spoke ‘
with kindness, and non-e ol them 6
disposition, whatever, to prosecute him’. '
his crimes, j *
The interview of Ketchum and his fab . t
1 was deeply affecting. The father had hndj
knowledge whatever that his son had *
ed in the city, and the announcement
arrest naturally caused him l the greatest
prise, while the,safety of young
unnaturally gave him pleasure.
The meeting cannot bo fully describe^
The father clasped his son and ’said to li' t s '
“ My son I my son T you have ruined cne t .
I forgive youd” I.
During the interview, which was protry■,
ed, great mutual affection Was mauifcv -
acd the two were reconciled. * , 1 '
Edward Ketohum’s wife aljb saw W .
The particulars of this interview
come to light. • ' hy,‘q
Ketchum speaks with entire freedom
operations. Ho says that at'one tim** -vis
owned property worth six,million dollar*
His losses began with the decline nni
premium on gold. He says that the ai«> I' 1
which vyas irvolved in his varioustray
tiona his “liabilities.” ns he says-'.. .
about four millions of dollars. | ;
Ho would have found it eaaj, ho deck «£
to pay off an indebtedness of two and a*, r ®
millions. . Iv-S-g
The sum found with him was $48,000.[
Frightful Disaster on the PACirUjHj
Nearly Three Hundred Lives Losi«
Tlio stcamship Ocean Queen arrived at
York on Friday, with San Francisco
pers of August 3d. They ooptain the »Ij
ling intelligence that thef steamship B fl 1
Jonathan, From San Franoison, Jaly '|
for Portland, Oregon, and' Victoria, j
tweon two hundred and three hnndre ,
aengera, was totally lost near Cape k* int pj|
Oregon, July 30th. Only fourteen P' ct p|
one woman were saved.' '
Among, the passengers ' ware
Henry, of 'Washington Territory,
adier General Wright and family-
Waite, Surgeon A. Ingraham, of the •
and Captain Chaddook, of the Bovone«|,||||
[vice. No other particular's had been A|||
ed .rhen the Ocean Queen sailed. w |||i
General Wright was on
command of the Department of Coin |
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