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BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. ‘ CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 23,1869. YOL. 56.
professional Status.
HUMittlOH. |‘ " W^Br'FAKKEIC~
TMitiOEC & PARKER,
ATTORNEYS AT LA W.
>o on Main Street, In Marlon Hall, Car
c.n2l. 1808—
AS. E. MAGLAtTQHLIN, Attoe
st at Law. Office In Building formerly
od by Volunteer, a few doors South of Wot*
1° 1865
I. BELTZHOOVER, Attobsss
\.nd Cottnseloh at Law, Carlisle, Ponna
3n south Hanover street, opposite Bentz’f
By special arrangement with the Patent
attends to securing Patent Rights.
HERMAN GOETZ,
TTORNEy A S L /
NBWVILLB, PENJJ’ ■
ts, Pensions and other r‘
A lBBB.
IN E. MIT
,-w. Offleo •
urtHoiW'
w
inlcT UIUCO, jrvuiii*.
JDeO. J,1865.
WJI. J. SHEARER, Attorney and
Counsellor at Law, has removed his
omco to the hitherto unoccupied room. In the
North East corner of the Court House.
Jan. 23, *o9—lv
W KENNEDY, Attorney at Law
4 Carlisle, Ponna. Office same as thato
mo" American volunteer.”
Deo. 1. 1800
EL. SHRYOOK, Justice of the
. Peace. Office No 3, Irvin’s Row, Carlisle.
April 20,1800— ly
BE. GEORGE 8. BEAEIGHT, Den
tist. From the Baltimore College of Dental
cry. Office at the residence of nis mother
East Leather Street, three doors below Bedford
Carlisle, Ponna.
Dec. 1 1805. •
T\R. J. S. BENDER, Homoeopathic
I J physician, Office No. fl. South Hanover st,,
formerly occupied by John Leo, Esq.
Juno 3,1869—ly.
JJNITED STATES CLAIM
AND
REAL ESTATE AGENCY!
WM, B. BUTLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office In 2d Story of InhotTs Building, No. S South
Hanover Street, Carlisle, Cumberland county,
Peuna.
Pensions, Bounties, Bade Pay. Ac., promptly
collected..
Applications by mail, will receive immediate
attention.
Particular attention given to the selling or rent
ing of Real Estate, in town or country. *in all let
ters of inquiry, please enclose postage stamp.
July 11,1M7—tf
fiats anft fflajjs
■pRESH SUMMER ARRIVAL
OP ALL THE
iVJETT STYLUS
OP
HATS AND OAPSr
The subscriber has Just opened at No, 15 North
Hanover Street, a few doors North of Che Carlisle
Deposit Bank, one of the largest and best Stocks
of HATS and CAPS over offered In Carlisle.
8111 c Hats, Cassimero of all styles and qualities,
Stiff Brims, different colors, and every descrip
tion of Soft Hats now made.
The Duukard and Old Fashioned Brush, con
stantly on hand anti made to order, all warrant
ed to give satisfaction.
.A full assortment of
MEtf’S,
BOY’S, AND
CHILDREN'S,
_ HATS.
I.lwve also added to my Stock, notions of differ
ent kinds, consisting of
LADIES' AND UiSKTLBMEN'S STOCKINGS.
Neck Ties, Suspenders,
Collars, Gloves .
Pencils. Th read,
Sewing Silk, Umhniin*,
PRIME SEGARS AND TOBACCO
ALWAYS ON HAND.
Give mo a call, and examino my .stock os I feel
confident of pleasing all, besides saving you mo
ney,
JOHN A. KELLER, Anent,
No: 15 North Hanover Street,
May, 1800.
JJATS AND CAPS I .
DO YOU WANT A NICE HAT OR CAP ?
IF SO, DON’T PAIL TO CALL ON
J.G.OALLIO,
NO. 20, WESI MAIN STREET,
Where enu be seen the finest assortment of
HATS AND CAPS
over brought to CarUslo. He takes great pleas
ure In Inviting Ills old friends and customers,
and all new ones, to his splendid stock Just re
ceived from Now York and Philadelphia, con
sisting In part of flue
, . SILK AND OASSIMBRE HATS,
besides nu endless variety of Hats and Caps o
ta e latest style, all of which he will sell at th
howest Cash Prices, Also, his own manufaotnr
or Hats always on hand, and
HATS MANUFACTURED TO ORDER. r
He nan tno beat arrangement for ColorlngHata
and all kinds of Woolen Goods, Overcoats, &0,, at
tbo shortest notice (as he colors every week) and
on the most reasonable terms. Also, a fine lot of
choice brands of
TOBACCO AND CIGAKH
always on hand. He desires to call the attentlo
to persons who have
COUNTRYPURS
to sell, as he pays the highest cash prices for lie
same.
Give him a call, at the above number, his aid
faction* 3 k o * 6o * 8 confident of giving entire satis-
May,'lBoo.
iSoots aim Sl)nee.
David strohm,
W. D. SPONSLER,
JOHN W. STROHM,
NEW AND POPULAR
BOOT, SHOE, THUNK AND HAT
STORE.
NO. 18, SOUTH HANOVER STREET,
A CARLISLE,PBNN’A,'
A few doors South of InholTs building.
novo j«m* nnoned the larcßS tana best stock
BOOTS AND SHOES
over offered in Carlisle, and continue almost
daily to receive snob goods in onr line as every*
body -wants. Oar stock consists In all kinds and
varieties of
Womens’, Misses and Children** atrongLeather
Shoes; Womens* Misses and Childrens' Lasting
Gaiters; Womens’ Glove Kid, Turkey and Frenou
Morocco; Mens' and Boys’ Calf, Buff and Kid
hoots; Mens’ and Boys’ Calf and Buff Congress
Goiters; Mens’ and Boys’ Lasting Gaiters and
Brogans; Mens’ and Boys’ Calf ana Buff Oxford
Ties; Gam Sandals, Buskins and Overshoes;
Mon and Womens’Goat. Welt and Carpet Slip
pers ‘Mens', Boys' and Childrens’ Fur and Sax
ony Hats.
TRUNKS of all sizes and prices; Traveling
Bags, Satchels and Valises, together with a fine
i0 “Or goods, which we will sell to suit the limes,
QUICK BALES AND..M ALLS PROFITS.” -
9 u f m P tto ‘ Therefore, In Issuing onr earn, It
as a personal Ihvitatfon to all In
need to coll and look through our stock without
icoilng under obligations to buy unless suited In
and price. We shall always try to deal
min every one in a straight forward manner,
oad give every customer afnll equivalent for his
money. Wo hope all will avail themselves of
lueir first opportunity to call and see us. *
. „ BTROHM «ft SPONSLER.
April B,lBoo—ly
THE CARLISLE SHOE COMPA
NY,
MANUFACTURERS OP
BOOTS AND SHOES,
NO, 5, EAST MAIN STREET,
_ OablisijE, Penn’a.
Having commenced the manufacture of Soots
Qbd Shoes, the attention of the trade is invited
to the lame assortment of
LADIES, MISSES AND CHILDRENS’ SHOES.
£*°w In store and especially adapted to the
wonts of the BotaU. Trade, wo shallatall times
aave on hand a complete assortment of all the
POPULAR styles,
jaado by workmen of the greatest experience
ana skill. Members of the trade who may favor
JJ* with their custom are assured that no effort,
"a our part will be spared to furnish good goods
n THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES.
shall receive the same alien
nftwi buyers would in person, and distant
can roly on getting their goods on oqual
nftSrJ* o ?? terraa by sending their orders, as by
personally vlolUpgus.
SHOE UPPERS FOR SALE,
i !Apm a ,imsm . JWL " ™™ r ir.
dfurnfture, #c.
A B. E W I N G ,
GABINET MAKER
AND UNDERTAKER
WEST MA IN STREET.
CARLISLE, PENN’A.
A SPIiNFDID ASSORTMENT OF
NEW FURNITURE
for the Holidays, comprising
Sofas, Camp Stools,
Lounges, Centro Tables,
Rocltlug Chairs, Dining Tables.
Easy Chairs, Card Tables,
Reception Choli's, Ottoraons,
Bureaus, What-Nots,
Secretaries, &c., &c.,
Parlor,
Chamber,
Dining Room,
and Office
F U R N I TU RE.
of tlie Latest Styles.
COTTAGE FURNITURE IN SETTS.
Splendid New Patterns.
BEDSTEADS AND MA TTRESSES,
GILT FRAMES AND PICTURES.
in great variety.
Particular attention given to F’unerals, Orders
from town and country attended to promptly
and on reasonable terms.
Deo. 17,1808—tf
QABINET WAREHOUSE
TOWN AND COUNTRY,
Tho subscriber respectfully Informs his frlonua
and the public generally, that ho still continues
tho Undertaking business, and is ready to wait
upon customers either by day or by night. Ready
made Coffins kept constantly on hand, both
Elaln and orn imontal. Ho has constantly on
and Fisk's Paisrd Mctalio Burial Case, of which
ho has been appointed tho solo agent. This case
Is recommended ns superior to any of tho kind
now in use. It being perfectly air tight.
Ho has also furnished himself with a new Rose
wood Hearse and gentle horsed, with which ho
wlUMtond funerals In town and country, per
sonally, without extra charge.
Among tho greatest discoveries of tho ago is
Swell's Spring mattrass, tho beat and cheapest bed
now In use, tho exclusive right of which I have
insured, and will bo kept constantly on hand.
CABINET MAKING.
In all Its various branches, carried on, and Beau
renus. Secretaries, Work-stands, Parlor Ware
Upholstered Chairs, Sofas, Pier, Side and Centro
Tables, Dining and Breakfast Tables, Wash
stands ©fall kinds, French Bedsteads, high and
low posts; Jenny Lind and. Cottage Bedsteads,
Chairs of all kinds, Looking Glasses, and all
other articles usually manufactured In- this lino
of business, kept constantly on hand.
His workmen are men of experience, his ma
terial the best, and his work made in tho latest
city style, and all under his own supervision. If
will bo warranted and sold low for cash.
He invites all to give him a call before purchas
ing elsewhere. For tho liberal patronage hero
toilre extended to him he feels Indebted to his
numerous customers, and assures them that no
efforts will bo spared In future to ploaso them in
style and price. Glvousacall.
Romomyor tho place, North Handvor street
ttoat-ly Opposite tho Deposit Bn-nlr. rovllulo
Dec. 11808.
1 TDENTZ HOttSE.”
fl Formerly the (Jarman House.
NOS. 17 AND 19 EAST MAIN STREET,
CARLISLE, PA,
The undersigned, having purchased and ea
tlrely ro-fltted, and furnished anew throughout,
with first-class furniture, this well "known ana
old established HOTEL, solicits tho custom of
the community and traveling public. He'ls
well prepared to furnish first-class accommoda
tions to all who desire to make a Hotel tholr
homo, or pleasant temporary abode. Tho cus
tom from the surrounding country la respectful
ly solicited. Courteous, and attentive servants
aro engaged at this popular House.
GEO. Z. BENTZ, Proprietor.
N. B.‘—A flrst-Olass Livery is connected with
tho Hotel, under tho management of Messrs.
Jos. L. Sterner, & Bro.
April 29,1809—Gm
CARRIAGES.
A . B. SHEER
has now on hand, at his Carriage Factory, N. E.
corner South and Pitt streets,
CARRIAGES,
BUGGIES, •
- SPRING WAGONS,
and everything in his lino, on hand or made to
order. • Ho Is determined to got up the best work
turned out in this section of the country. Noth
ing but tho very best stock goes Into buggies or
carriages of his manufacture.
Painting promptly attended to.
TSTEW LIQUOR STORE.
JOHN HAH NON,
N; B. CORNER HANOVER AND POMFRET ST.
(A lew doors South of Bontz’s Store.)
Pure Ryo Whiskey,
Best Common Whiskey, *
Pure Holland Gin,
Ginger Brandy,
Port Wine,
Sherry Wine,
Jamacla Rum,
Raspberry Syrup,
Champagne
R. TAYLOR’S BITTERS—INHOFF’S cfc GLASS
BITTERS.
May 13, 1809-ly
J. L. B'I'ERNEE’B
LIVERY AND SALE STABLE
BETWEEN HANOVER AND BEDFORD STS,
IN REA BEAR OF BENT 2 HOUSE
; MAH HO US E,
CARLISLE, PA.
Having fitted up tho.Stablo with now Carri
ages, &0., I am prepared to furnish flrst-closa
guests at reasonable rates. Parties taken to and
from tho springs.
rjIHE MARY INSTITUTE!
, CAMiISnE, Penn'a.
A BOARDING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
Tho Ninth Annual Session will begin on Wed
nesday, September Ist. For circulars, or fur
ther Information address
REV. WM. O. LEVERETT, M. A.
Carlisle, Ponn’a.
Ap rll 22, 1809-ly *
EXECUTOR’S NOTlCE.—Notice is
hereby given that letters testamentary on
the last will and testamenfof Samuel Kempton,
Jr„ late of the township of South Middleton, Co.
of Cumberland, have been granted to me as Ex
ecutor. All persons having claims against tho
estate will please present them immediately.and
those Indebted are requested to make payment.
SIDNEY KEMPTON,
June 10,1800 —Ot Executor.
SUMMER COMPLAINT,
.I* Diarrhoea, Dysentery, and Cholera, or any
oiiierform of bowel disease in children or adults,
PA IN KILLER
IS A
SURE REMEDY,
itnas DeeniuvoraWy known ior neariy thirty
years, and has been tested in every variety of
climate; It Is used both
INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY,
And for sudden Colds, Coughs, Fever and Ague,
Headache, Neuralgic and Rheumatic Pains in
any part of the system, It Is
THE MOST POPULAR MEDICINE EXTANT.
Sold by all Druggists. Buy that only made by
Perry Davis & Son, Providence, R. I.
• July 8, IB6o—it
KOTICB TO THE PUBLlC.—Having
learned that C. D. and V. R, Yanoy claim to
noia a note ofmlno for fourteen thousand dol
lars (514.0U0), given-in Cumberland County, Pa.,
on or about the fifth of February, 1800, which
note bears only two Indorsements, viz; one of
82,000 and one of 88,600, and that they claim a
balance duo on said note of 88,400. This, there
fore, is.to notify and warn all persons against
buying or trading for said note, or any Interest
therein, os the same has been by me paid in /ull,
and will be repudiated and contested, no matter
by Whom presented. ISAAC GEBHART.
Ironton, Missouri, Juno 15,1860.
July 1, 1869,—5w
A WORD TO CONSUMPTIVES.-
Being a short and practical treatise on the
4 nature, causes, and symptoms of pulmonary
Consumption, Bronchitis and Asthma, and
their prevention, treatment, and cure by In
halation. Sent by mall free.
Address k Q. VANHUMMELL, M. D.,
10, West Fourteenth Street. N. Y
June 10, 1869 —ly *
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High on that darlc o'erlmnging crag,
Untrodden by the bounding stag,
The eagle builds her massive nest,
And bids her half-fledged nurslings rest
In Psaco,
Guarded from harm, with dainties fed,
The young ones press their tufted bed.
Unconscious how, by weary flights,
The stores secured for days and nights
increase.
Fast fades the snow from distant hills.
Swelling a thousand trickling rills; •
Fair Alplno floworest stud the grass,
And tender fern leaves fringe the pass,
‘TioMay.
Kitchen
Content, the eaglets seek no change,
Allluxry within their range;
But soon the cnglo stirs her nest,
And tempts them from their sluggard rest
Awayl
Sbo llutters over them to show
How, trusting her, their trust will grow,
Then, as she spreads her wings above,
Each on her all-protecting love
Relics.
Higher ami higher still they soar.
Seeking the lights of earth no more,
Not peering In the starry sky,
But guided by her steadfast eye
They rise.
So doth God lead us—first by sight,
TUI faith reveals His clearer light.
Lost in Immensity of space,
Crashed In the world’s o’orwhclmlng race
Wo die I
Thrice blest tho hopeful human smile,
Bidding us courage take awhile.
Pledge of a higher love which brings
Freedom to captive souls aud wings
To fly.
atit,ettlititcolui.
THE HEROINE OF LAKE ERIE,
The dark, stormy close of November,
1854, found many vessels ,on Lake Erie,
but the fortunes of one alone have spe
cial interest for us. About that time the
ticuooner ‘Ouiadubiui/ v/w uvvt—tjj" jouu
McLeod of the Provincial Parliament, a
Sesideut of Amherstburg', at the mouth
f the Detroit River, entered the Lake
from that river, bound for the'Port Dai
housie, at the mouth of the Welland
Canal., She was heavily loaded with
grain. Her crew .'consisted of Captain
Haokett, a Highlander by birth, and a
.skillful and experienced navigator, and
six sailors. At night-fail shortly after
leaving the head of the lake, one of those
terrific storms, with which the late au
tumnal navigators of that “ Sea of the
Woods”-,are all too familiar, overtook
them. The weather was intensely cold
for the season; the air filled with snow
and sloet; the chilled water made ice
rapidly [encumbering the schooner, and
leading down her decks and rigging.
As the gale increased, the tops of the
waves were shorn off by the fierce blasts,
clouding the whole, atmosphere with
frozen spray, or what the sailors call
“ spoondrift,” rendering it impossible to
see any object a few rods distant’.—
Driving helplessly before the wind, yet
in the direction of its place of .destina
tion, the schooner sped thrßugh the
darkness. At last, near midnight, fun
ding closer than hor crew supposed to
the Canadian Shore, she struck on the
outer bar off Long Ppint Island, beat
heavily across it, and sunk in the deeper
water between it and the inner bar. Thq
hull was entirely submerged, the waves
rolling in heavily, and dashed over the
rigging, to which the crew betook them
selves. Lashed there, numb with cold,
drenched by the pitiless waves, and
scourged by the showers of sleet driven
before the wind, they waited for morn
ing. The slow, dreadful hours wore
away, and at length the dubious and
doubtful gray of a morning of tempest
succeeded to the utter .luri. n i g uu
ADigau jjecKor chanced at the time
to be in her with none but her young
children. Hor husband was absent on
the Canada shore, and she was left the
sole adult occupant of the Island, save
the light keeper at its lower end, some
fifteen, miles oil. Looking out at day
light on the beach in front of her door,
she saw the shattered boat of the Con
ductor cast up by the waves. Her ex
perience of storm and disaster on the
dangerous coast needed nothing more to
convince her that somewhere in her
neighborhood human life bad been, or
still was in peril. , She followed the
southwesterly trend of the Island for a
little distance, and, peering through the ■
gloom of the stormy morning, discerned
the spars of the sunken schooner, with
what seemed to be human forms cling
ing to the rigging. The heart of the
strong woman sunk within her, as she
gazed upon those helpless fellow crea
tures, so near, yet so unapproachable.—
She had no boat and none could have
have lived on that wild water. After a
moment’s reflection she-went back to
her dwelling, put the smaller children
in charge of the eldest, took with her
an iron kettle, tin teapot, and matches,
and returned to the beach, at the nearest
point to the vessel, and, gathered up
the logs and drift wood always abundant
on the coast, kindled a great fire, and
constantly walked back and forth be
tween it and the water, strove to inti
mate to the sufferers that they were at
least not beyond human sympathy. As
the wrecked sailors looking shoreward,
and saw through the thick haze of snow
and sleet, the red light of the fire, and
the tall figure of the woman passing to
and fro, before it, a faint hope took the
place of the utter despair, which had
prompted them to let go their hold, and
drop into [the seething waters, that
opened and oloeod about:. them like • the
jaws of death. But the day wore on,
bringing no abatement of the storm that
tore through the frail spars, and clutched
at and tossed them with ice cold spray,
pitiless,, unrelenting horror of- sight,
sound, and touch I At last the deepen
ing gloom told them that night was ap
proaching, and night under such circum
stances was death.
UAVID SIPEi
April 25,1807—2 y
All day long Abigail pecker bad fed
her fire, and sought to induce the sailors
by signals—for 1 even her strong voice
could not reach them—to throw them
selves into, the surf, and trust to Provi
dence and her for succor. In anticipa
tion of this ; she had her kettle boiling
over the drift-wood, and her tea ready
made for restoring warmth and life to
the half-frozen survivors. But either
they did not understand her, or the
chance of rescue seemed too small to in
duce them to abandon the temporary
safety of the wreck.. They clung to It
with the desperate instinct of l|fe brought
face to face with’ death. Just at night
fall there was a slight break in the west,
a red light glared across the thick air, as
If for one instant the eye of the strom
Ipoked out upon the ruin it had wrought
and closed again under lids of. cloud.—
•Taking advantage of this, the solitary*
watcher ashore made one more effort.—'
She waded out into the water, every drop
of which, ,aa it struck the beach, became
a particle of ice, and stretching out and
drawing in her arms, invited by her
gestures, the sailors to throw themselves
into the waves, and strive to reach her.
Captain Heckett understood her. He
called to his mate in the rigging of the
other mast: “It is our last chance. I
will try! If I live, follow me: If I
drown, stay whero.you are!” With a
great effort he got off his stiffly frozen
overcoat, paused for one moment in si
lent commendation of his soul to God,
and, throwing himself into the waves,
struck out for the shore. Abigail Beck
er, breast deep lu the surf, awaited him..
IWlkal
THE EAGLE’S NEST.
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER!
He was almost within her teacli who,n
the undertow swept him back. .By a
mighty exertion she caught hold of him,,
boro him in her arms out of the water
and, laying him down by her lire, warm
ed/bls chilled blood with copious draughts
of hot tea. The mate, who had watch
ed the rescue, now r followed, and Uhe
captain, partially restored, insisted upon
aiding him. As the former neared the
shore, the recoiling water baffled him.—
Captain Hackett caught hold of him, but
the undertow swept them both awayj
locked in each other's arms. The brave
woman pfluuged after, them, and, with
the strength of a giantess, boro them,
clinging to each other, to the shore, and
up to her fire. The fly© sailors followed
in succession, and were all resdued in
the same way.'
A few days after Captain Hackett and
his crow were taken off Long Point by
a passing vessel; and Abigail Becker ror
sumed her simple daily duties without
dreaming that she done anything ex
traordinary enough to win for her the
world’s notice. - In her struggle every
day for food and warmth for her children,
she had no leisure for the indulgence of
self congratulation. Like the women of
Scripture, she had only “ done what she
could,” in the terrible exigency that had
broken the dreary monotony of her life.
—From the Atlantic.
THE DENT IS THE ORGAN PIPE.
JIY THE AUTHOR OF “in.’ TEN ROD FARM.
My name is Jenny Belford. lam a
music teacher. Among my other duties
is that of playing the organ for the First
Church at Alcona Village, whet I reside*
I do not imagine you will believe a word
of my story, so I give my name and resi
dence as vouchers of the truth thereof.
At one time, it was my custom to prac
tice my music for Sunday on Saturday
afternoons. Ido,notdoso now, as you
can well understand when I have , told
you all that happened the last time I did
so. It was just striking four o’clock as.
I unlocked the greiat doors of the church;-
and.in company with the sexton’s boy,
was to blow the bellows for me, went
up stairs to the organ loft. There :Is a,
gallery in our church, at the end of which,
over the front door, is placed my organ.
It is a fine large instrument, and has a
handsome case. All the machinery is in
good order, and every nipe speaks, save
one. This is one of the gilded face pipes.'
It has a deep dent in it, directly in front,
just over the mouth. It cannot sing‘in
consequence of this defect. - It only pro
rinnea a hoarse fluttering sound. I never
use it. Opening the organ aeak, I went
to work. I impoverished my own. vol
untaries at that time, foolish; conceited
girl that I was, and as usual began to
make up what I fondly imagined to be a
first-class composition.
Presently I thought I heard some oue
speak. ; '
“Did you say anything, Johnny?”
•‘Me? no marm. I thought you was
talking.” '
Then I went on playing. Suddenly
the wind gave out, and the boy came
round in front of the organ, and asked if
I called him.
“No, I have not said a word. Give me
some more wind, please.”
Then he went to work again.. Once
more I heard a voice. Calling to John
ny, I told him to be quiet ana not talk
to himself.”
“I did’nt, marm, I ain’t said a' word.”
“Well, well, go on with your work.”
In a few moments . I heard the voice
again, and quite plainly. I stopped play
ing, and the boy appeared beside me
quite terrified.
“Oh, Miss Jenny, there is somebody in
the church; I heard em.”
“Hallo, there,*? said I, leaning over
the edge of the gallery, “is anybody down
there?”
But not a sound came up from the dim
ly lighted church below. Then we went
to work and searched the whole place,
but found no one. After a while I re
turned to my practice. Suddenly, out
of the very depthsVof the organ, came
these words:
“She ought to know better. It is a
great shame.”
VNow, sir, whoever you are, we have
found you out,” said I; and calling the
boy to aid me. if n«nd be. I cautiously
oponoa me door at the back ot uio otgan,
and looked in. There "was nothing to be
seen, save the dusty rows of pipes and
tho machinery.
“Well, Johnny, it must be a ghost or
some other harmless being. If it amuses
him to talk, let him talk. We have
work to do,.and will inform him we are
not afraid of him.”
Thereupon we resumed our respective
duties. Directly tab.' voice spoke again;
but I paid no heed, and went on wjtb.
my music- All of a sudden, without the
slightest warning, one of the great-gil
ded pipes over my head slipped out of its
place down to the floor, and stood lean
. iug against the organ beside me. Think
ing it might fall, I got up to remove it to
a safe place till it could be replaced* Just
as X put out my hands to lift it, the thing
gave three hops, and retreated from me
as if it were alive, while, from its mouth
came a hollow voice, saying:
“Let me alone. You trouble us enough
’
Quijie dumb with surprise, I stood
looking at the.thiug, when it gave an
other hop,.and retreated still further.
Looking round, I saw Johnny white
with terror, gazing wildly at the organ.
Glancing up, I* saw all the face pipes
turning about as if they, too, meditated a
descent. Beally frightened at the state
of affairs, I turned to go. , The boy see
ing me, started with a scream, aiid tore
through the door down the stairs, and in
instant I heard the great doors slam af
ter him with a crash. Seizing my book.
I prepared to follow, when another tall
pipe came down right before me, and
cried out “Stop.” Flinging.my book with
all my might right at the'tliing, I rushed
past it into the entry. Down stairs I went
and fairly ,sew at the huge doors..
.'SJhey * were ' locked fast. John
ny had sprung the lock, and I was fast
ened in. In my terror I shook the doors,
boating ank tomak all the
noise I could. “Letmie but Oh net me
out. Help I help I save mel” T cried. It
was all iu vain. No one opened to me,
or paid the slightest attention to my
cries. Then I rushed at the vestry door.
It was shut tight—locked.
“Oh! what shall Ido? What a terri
ble noise. The organ is bewitched.
Goodness ! The pipes are all coming down
stairs after,” Hop, hop, down they came
stamping along just like the statue in
“Don Giovanni.” X did,not stop to look
at them long, but opening the door into
the church, I ran through the broad
aisle and up the pulpit stairs. Here, at
least, I was safe. If they followed. me I
could pelt them with, the hymn books,
or deleud myself with the big Bible.
Creeping uhder the cloth that is spread
over the desk to keep the dust out, I sat
down on the Hoof man agony of terror.
“Heavens! what a noise.” Pound, pound
rap, rap, click, ’'click—it sounded, like a
hundred men walking'with crutches. I
it was the big wooden pipes that
made the pounding as they hopped along,
and the aharpclioking wpsfrom the,little
metal pipes as they skipped over the
floor.. At lost the noise seemed to die
away,, and. I lifted a corner of the'cloth
and looked out.y The organ first met my
view. Nothing remained but the empty
case. Every pipe was gone. Looking
down over the pews, I saw every one of
the .fifteen hundred pipes; great, and
small, propped up against the seats, or
leaning their olumsey lengths against the
gallery or walls, Grayely hopping up
the broad aisle, I saw a fat wuo'qen stopp
ed diapason pipe coming directly towards
me. Clutching a book, I prepared to
defend myself. But the thing offered me
no harm.
It merely poked the handle of its tam
pion under tne cloth and pulled it off,'
leaving me exposed to the view of the re
markable audience before me. At sight
of mo suppressed and windy groan rose
from the company. It sounded just .as
-the organ does when the wind suddenly
.gives out while it is being played. Quite
dismayed, I retreated to the rear of the
pulpit and sat down on the sofa, with
.the hymn book still in my hand. Di
. rectly 1 heard aiow rumble near me, and
looking to the right I saw one of tho
greet sub-bass pipes leaning against the
wall by the side of the pulpit and tow
ering up over my head. On the front of
the pipe were painted two capital C’s,
and! knew at once It was tho Double
O’pipoj the largest In the organ. Boom,
boom, roared the huge thing,itnd as I
to the tone resolved a self into
these words.
“ Fellow pipes and follow sufferers.—
Endurance Is at an end. At last the hand
that has reigned over us with such cruel
Eowor is at our merey. Our organist has
een captured and is before you. Has
Any one ought to say against her?
“Yes, yes,” shouted a hundred pipes
at once.
“ One at a time,” said the Double C.—
“Wo will proceed by stops, and hear
each complaint in order. What have the
Sub-lidss'lo say.
Then ah unweildly Sub-pass growled
out in D sharp, “ that their complaint
was that they were used too much. She
makes us speak all the time without the
slightest regard to. tho effect. We do
nothing but thunder all the while.”
“ That’s true,” said a dozen all at once.
“The big pipe entirely drowns us.”
“ Silence I” said tho Double C. “ One
at a time. We must haye order. What
complaint have tho Diapasons to offer at,
“Our complaint,” said a tall lead?’.’
pipe, marked by open diapason, “ is thou
wo are not used enough. She neglects
our church-like harmonies, and wasts all
her energies on the fancy stops.”
“It is false,” said I, starting up.
“Silence!” exclaimed the big pipe,
frowning down on me. “Bo quiet, or I
shall tumble over and crush you.” I re
treated to my seat* If tho huge thing
should fall, my life would not bo worth
a paper of pins.
“Our complaint,” saida delicate wood
en flute pipe tuned to A, “ is not that we
sing too much, for we love to sing, bub
that we are compelled to perform such
wretched melodies —her own composi
tions. we believe. They are but empty
nothings, and make us sick.”
“ She never uses us at all,” exclaimed
a haut-boy pipe in F. “Wo rest in si
lence all the year round.”
“Nojwonder,” shouted a score of pipes,
great and small; “you are never in
tune.”
“ Yes, we are in tune® The dust gets
in our tongues sometimes, and makes
thorn rattle, but she never has us cleared
out.”
“.Order, order,” roared the Double C.
“Oueat a time. Are there any more
complaints to be made ?” N
“ Yes, yes,” they all cried in concert.
“She plays her own compositions; she
makes up her voluntaries, she improves
nonsense ; she neglects the great mas
ters: she never lets us sing from Bach,
or Mozart, or Beethoven, or Rink.—
Down with her! The wretch ?’ ’
. “ Order, order,” thundered the great
C* stamping his wooden foot on the floor.
At last he quieted his unruly company,
and it was possibly still.
Just then a tall, gilded pipe stood up
and said: “ Your Honor, in behalf of
the face pipes, I have one more com
plaint to make against our organist.—
She has this day struck one of our num
ber with her book, and ruined it for life.
There,” said the pipe, pointing to a cor
ner where stood a gilded pipe with a hor
rible dent just over its.mouth, “its the
innocent victim of her rage.”
Thereupon.a wheezy groan arose from the
assembled pipes. After a pause the great
Double C turned towards me, and said,
“Prisoner, you have heard the com
plaints that have been brought against
you. Have you anything to say in ex
tenuation of your guilt ?/’
“ No, I had nothing. It was all true,
every word of it. Hiding my face in my
hands, I leaned back in my seat, and was
silent. Then a wild and hallow laugh
Te-echoed through the church.
“ If the prisoner has. nothing to say,”
resumed the pipe, “ we'shall infer she Is
guilty. Her silence wo shall take for
confession, and shall therefore proceed to
sentence her.” Then he pulled the lam
pion out of a stopped pipe near nim, and
placed it on his own head.
“ Thl«, then, is your sentence. In the
first place, your offence is twofold ; there
fore your punishment shall be divided
into two parts. For the first and most
heinous crime, that of abusing your po
sition as organist, you are condemned to
have your ears split open by horrible
discords. For the crime of wilfully muti
lating a face pipe, you shall be compelled
to hear one of your own compositions
performed by the full organ. What lit
,tlo life remains after the first punish
ment has been inflicted, will be effectu
ally extinguished by the second. Wo
will now proceed to inflict the first pun
ishment. At a given signal every pipe
will sound his individual note as loud as
he can.”
Thereupon they all began to tune up
their several tones. As for me, I began
to stuff my handkerchief into my ears to
save, if possible, my auditory nerve from
total destruction. While so doing I
glanced at the front door and observed
that it was being, violently shaken. Sud
denly it burst open, and there stood the
sexton and his son—
I remember nothing more. They told
me the next day I was found on the pul
pit stairs quite insensible.
Perhaps you don’t believe all this. It
is true, every word of it. To prove it, I
can show you, wheneveryou may choose
to call, the very same gilded pipe with the
dent still in it.
Light-Hearted Peopde.—There are
people who habitually make the best of
things, not from a sense of duty, not
from any shrinking of pain on their own
account or for others, but simply for a
natural and unconquerable lightness of
heart. TJiese people supply the oxygen
of the moral atmosphere, and should be
maintained at the public expense to keep
it sweet, and pure.' Even if, instead of
being, as they generally are, activ#and
otherwise estimable members of society,
they did nothing biit enjoy life, they
would still be worth cultivating for the
sake ofrthe light and heat they kindle. —
The* only diiflculty is how to regulate
them. They are so irreslstably impelled
to sing songs, that In a world where,
heavy hearts are unfortunately common,
it is dftfloul always to keep the vine
gar and nitre apart.
A Beautifue Sentiment.— Sorrow
sobers us and makes the miud genial. And
in sorrow we love and trust our friends
more tenderly, and the dead" 1 , become
dearer to us. And just as the stars shine
out in the night, so there are blessed faces
that look at us in our grief, though be
fore their features were fading from our
recollection. Suffering! Let no man
dread it too much, because it is better for
him, and it will help to make him sure
of being immortal. It is not in the
bright days, but only in the solemn
night, that other worlds are to bo seen
shining in the long, long distances. And
it la in sorrow—the night of the soul—
that wo see the farthest, and know our
selves natives of infinity and sons and
daughters of the Most High.
Even Money.'—A shabby, genteel
young man entered a tradesman’s store
the other day with his hands crammed
In both pockets, as if they were fresh
with the rhino. “Mr.' J.,” said he, “ 1
believe lam indebted to you sixty-two
and a half-cents, cash, borrowed some
what a year ago. “ Yes sir,” replied tho
tradesman, smacking his lips and hold
ing out his hand to receive the ready
cash. “I am glad you have oomo, A r I
had almost forgotten it myself.” “0,1.
never forget these things,” said tho fel
low; “ I like to have albthings square;
so I want you to lend mo thirty-seven
and a half cents more, which will make it
even money.”
PACKER 'AND VICTORY!
Democratic State Convention.
Dllir.Mi: CROWD AND ENTHU
SIASTIC puooEEnuvos.
ASA packer: FOR GOVERNOR !
a L, PERSHING FOR SUPREME
JUDGE.
NOW FOR VICTORY!!!
The Democratic State Convention met
in the Hall of the House of Representa
tives, and was called to order by Hon,
Wm. A. Wallace, Chairman of the Dem
ocratic State Central Committee.
The crowd was so largo, not half the
people could get into tho hall.
C. W. Carrlgan, John C. Barr and
David Caldwell, Esqs-, acted as tempo
rary Secretaries.
After the calling of the roll, Mr. Wal
lace said:
Gentlemen of the Convention: —l in
voke to your deliberation a spirit of har
*mony and concord. Unity of purpose
and a determination to win are essential
to success in the pending struggle.—
Principles are everything, men
This truth has given vitality to our or
ganization and enables us now to point
with pride to our grand old party, which
in success or disaster, in victory or de
feat, has maintained its prestige-and
grown in numbers with each returning
year.
Four years ago a convention of the De
mocracy, without solicitation on my
part, conferred upon mo the chairman
ship of your committee. I accepted as a
duty what I had not sought as an honor.
Three succeeding conventions ratified
that action without opposing voices, and
obeying your wishes X have done what I
could to bring success to your standard,
and victory to the principles I love, and
in whose defence I have earnestly labor
ed. The baton of authority you gave
me now returns to you as the representa
tives of the Democracy* and I resume my
place in the ranks of the armies.
Gflnpral A. H. CoffVoth. I move that
Hon. William Hopkins, of Washington,
be the temporary chairman of this con
vention. [Carried unanimously, amidst
applause.]
On being conducted to the chair, Mr,
Hopkins spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the Convention .—Vain
indeed would be the attempt to express
in adequate terms the gratification I feel
upon meeting you again, and being cull
ed on to preside over your deliberations.
Being but your temporary chairman, It
will not be expected that I shall make
any extended remarks. But I cannot do
lessjthan congratulate you upon the favora
ble auspices under which we have met.
The Democracy of the State have never
more perfectly united than they
are to-day; and besides there are thou
sands of conservative, men who have
hitherto co-operated with the opposition,
who are dissatisfied with the conduct of
public affairs, and are ready to unite with
us in restoring the government to its for
mer simplicity, purity and economy,and
to each of its departments the functions
which its framers intended should be
exercised by them respectively.
If, then, you will allow one who has
| been a member of the great Democratic
I family for over forty years, and one who
has never been more proud of his identi
fication with it than now, to suggest a
word of counsel, I would say, let us cul
tivate a spirit of conciliation among our
selves —let our motto he “Union for the
sake of the Union, 11 and let us extend
the right band of fellowship to all who
will unite with us in an effort to restore
our beloved country, in all its parts, to
peace, harmony and fraternal regard.
I thank you,'gentlemen, for the honor
you have done me, and am prepared to
receive any motion to perfect your or
ganization.
The following Committee on perma
nent organization was then appointed ;
Committee on Permanent Okgamiza.-
tion.
1 Wm. M’Mullen*
2 William Lawrence.
3 J. H. Platt.
4 S. Fields.
5 Col. W. C. Talley.
G A. J. Hibbs.
7 Joslah Cole.
8 I. H. Sohader.
9 H. J. Hendler.
10 Capt. L. Westbrook.
11 N. C. Wasser,
12 D. S. Chapin.
13 Jas. M’Mlcken.
14 Jno. Gumming.
15 Georg© D- Jackson.
16 Cnarles Rodearmol.
17 B. J. M’Grann. '
18 Charles Laverty.
19 Dr* John Ahl.
20 J. R. Shorb.
21 Jacob Reed.
22 R. Bruce Petrikin.
23 C. O. Brant.
24 D. 0. Gillespie.
25 W. W. Barr.
20 J. C. Anderson.
27 G. L. B. Fetterman,
28 James Irvin.
29 James D. Bradin.
30 William Black.
31 W. M’Nair.
32 Thomas D. Nash.
33 George Lower.
The Convention then adjourned until
2 , o’olock P> 3VI, when the following re
port was submitted and unanimously
adopted.
Permanent Chairman—Hon. C. R.
Buokalew.
Vico Presidents—lst District, Francis
A. DeWitt; 2d A. Lawrence; 3d, D. Dun
gan; 4th Thomas M. Dewitt; 6tb, John
M. Jones, J. B. Haupt; 6th Silas H.
Beans; 7th, Joseph Kleckner; Bth, J.
Lawrence Getz; 9th, John P, Coleman;
10th, H. B. Beardslee; 11th, C. M. Gear;
12th, E. O. Wasser; 13th, Miles White;*
14tb, John H. Beal; 15tb, J., H. McCor
mick; 16th, Dr. Lewis Heck; 17th. S. M.
Knox, R. H. Brubaker; 18th, A. C. Ram
sey; 19th, B. P. Winger; 20th, George A.
Smith; 21st, John S. Miller, O. A. Traugh
22d, John Hastings; 23d, W. W. Barr;
24th Charles A. Black; 2oth t ' Wm- H.
Meehliog, Charles P. Whiston; 26th,
William Swan; 27th, Samuel Marshall;
28th, Samuel Plumer; 29tb, Thos. W.
Grayson.
Secretaries—W. H. Sultou, Wm. H.
Magee, Jacob Zeigler, .George H. Arm
strong, J. G. Burllngham.
Messrs. Petrlken and Zcigler were ap
pointed by the temporary chairman to
conduct the president to the chair.
Mrßuckalew was received with em
phatic demonstrations of applause. After,
it had somewhat subsided he said:
Gentlemen and Pcprescnatives of (he
Democracy of Pennsylvania'.-' I thank
you for this signal mark of your confi
dence and friendahip. iu soliciting me to
preside over the deliberations .of a body
so numerous and respectable, and whose
duties, to be discharged to-day with fi
delity and dllligence, are so important.
These are not merely words of form or
usage. They are sincere and heartfelt
also; fori assure you, that ; f I know ray
own nature, if l ean judge of the pulsa
tions jpf my-own breast, they are in com
plete unison with you in our common
great enterprise of establishing and main
taining true republican principles in
these governments of ours—State and
Federal—upon which the prosperity and
welfare of our own people depend, as well
os the progress of free, liberal institutions
throughout the whole earth. [Applause.]
ICult to you and to our great party by tho
sympathies and labors of a life time, it
affords mo pleasure to (.bank you for this
manifestation of your confidence and es
teem.
I understand, gentlemen of tbe con
vention, that I have been selected to
perform the duties of this chair, not as
the representative of any of the candi
dates, whose names will be presented be
fore you ; but by tbe common, action of
all, or of the friends of all my selection,
therefore, has no significance with refer
ence to the ultimate choice which shall
be made by this body. And so far as I
am able, In administering for a brief pe
riod of time those rules which apply to
your proceedings, I shall endeavor in all
respects to be Impartial and just, and to
faciliate the transaction of your business,
not only by an exhibition of fairness, but
by promptness also, and by a constant
regard for all those duties which pertain
to the post of chairman.
We are assembled upon this July after
noon for the purpose of naming, as we
hope and expect, the seventeenth gover
nor of Pennsylvania* [Great applause.]
Under the existing Constitution of our
State, which was established in 1790.
We think, and in this we believe our i
opinion agrees with those of our fellow- I
citizens generally throughout the Com- |
monwealtb, at least with the opinion of
a decided majority of them, that the man
who now fills the Executive chair in our
State Government, is unsuited to the per
formance of his duties, that he has not
exhibited in that great office that fidelity
and ability which are demanded by our
common interests in those various posi
tions of governmental duty which were
established for the protection of the peo
ple, and the promotion of their common
welfare.
Gentlemen, at this time tbe omens are
of good and not evil. We are entitled to
expect, if not tb claim, that tbe people of
| this state, at tho election in October next,
will determine that there shall be a
change in our State policy, and that a
new man shall be called upon to admin
ister our domestic affairs, [applause,]
and. indirectly, at the same time, to: pro
nounce condemnation upon the policy of
the present .Federal administration,
which, within the brief period it has held
the power of our common government,
and discharged its duties, has shown sig
nal incapacity and unfitness for the dis
charge of public duty.
One of the facts which is cheering—
which is an omen of our success—is tbe
good feeling which, upon tbe whole, is
prevailing among bur candidates and
among their supporters, pending the.can
vass of this nomination for Governor.—
Very little bitterness has been exhibited.
1 believe we may expect whichever one
of the distinguished gentlemen who have
been named shall be selected as standard
bearers in the coming contest, will re
ceive the cheerful support of those who
may fail in securing the nomination of
this Convention. [Applause.] Now,
gentlemen, it would be untimely and in
appropriate, before our nominations are
entered upon, to address you at length
upon those public questions and those
public considerations which attain to the
approaching election. Occasion will be
taken by me hereafter in.performing my
duty to my fellow citizens, to discuss the
issues of the hour. These matters will
be laid before the people and discussed,
and, as we believe, they will be under
stood by them, and their Judgment will
be unhesitatingly pronounced upon
them. Notwithstanding the discour :
agemehts of past years—notwithstanding
. the fact that we have gone through a pe
riod of party adversity, we are still hope
ful and confident of the future ; wo still
believe that men are fitted for self-gov
ernment. We believe that the Ameri
can people, misled and misgoverned as
they have- been, will yet redeem their
character—will pluck up from those
depths to which they have been com
mitted, the constitutional principles
which are essential to our salvation, and
will thrust those men from the places of
power which they have disgraced. [Ap
plause.] We desire to reform our system
finances, State and national. We do
not believe that the achievement of Gov
ernor Geary in turning certain public
loans from five per cents, to six per cts.
was an act of wisdom, or an act which
should be tolerated. We do not believe
that the swelling of our State .expenses
from year to year will be approved or
long permitted by the people. Nor gen
tlemen do we believe that the people will
approve in the government of the United
States the failure of the party in power to
pay as they ought to have since the res
toration of peace, some five or six hun
dred millions of dollars which contin
ues to oppress the people.
I must pass over several topics which
invites us to debate, and will conclude
with but a few additional words.
The office of Governor of Pennsylva*
uia was stripped some years ago of a large
number of its prerogatives. There are
now but comparatively few such connec
ted with that office; but a few original
powers, as the pardoning power, which
should be rarely exercised; in short, his
authority is very much limited and
brought below what it was in former
times. But there are istill important du
ties for a Governor .discharge; the.
principal one is that of a check upon the
legislative department of our govern
ment, and it is important that the peo-:
pie of our State should place here at its
capital an executive of intelligence, and
one who will firm, faith
gul and courageous, a man who will con
stitute a rallying point, around which
all the sound elements of public‘ morals
and public action can concentrate. You
know that within the limits of our own
State, great complaint bos been made,
and with good reason, in regard to the
the legislature. Why has this
been'bo? Why has the moral tone of
gublic action been so exceedingly low in
[arrisburg, where private and local bills
by the hundred are rolled out of the leg
islature to vox and plunder the public
[Applause] and the character of the peo
ple and of the State lowered by this man
ner of legislation ? It has been because
an incapable and unworthy man has
been seated in the Executive Chamber,
a man. on whom the people cannot rely ;
one who has not successfully opposed cor
rupt legislation—a man, in fact, the very
instrument of those .whose evil reputa
tions are known throughout the Com- 1
mon wealth. Is there a remedy ? Yes!
it is in tho bands of the people, and we
confidently fee! that it will bo supplied
by this convention, and by the people.—
[Applause.] .
I do not mistake when I say that no
matter which one of the candidates be-
fore us shall be nominated for the office
of Governor, he will pass into that office,
in case of his election, with a will, a ca-
pacity, and a support which will njxrlfy
the government and its institutions, and
will redeem the character of the people
from the evils that have fallen upon thorn,
because public men have been placed in
office unqualified for and undeserving of
the position they now hold. '
Having selected such a candidate, let
us associate with him some lawyer of
ability and integrity, who will go upon
the supreme bench not to obey the be
hests of party, but to be governed by the
law ; not a Judge to tamper with the
elections and ballots of the people, [up-
J danse,] but who will stand up for the
aw through “ good and evil report,” who
will lay down always with fidelity the
doctrines of Tilgham, Gibson and. Black,
and of other judicial dignitaries who
have illustrated and honored epr judicial
annals.
With such men we may confidently
expect that the character of Pennsylva
nia will be placed once more upon a se
cure and staleb foundation. s [Applause.]
Mr. Hughes, from the GnminKtee bn
Resolutions submitted the following re
port :
The Democracy of Pennsylvania in
convention met, do unanimously de
clare—
1. That the federal government is
limited in power to the grants contained
in the Federal Constitution; \that the
exorcise of doubtful constitutional pow
ers is dangerous to the stability of the
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government and the safety of the people,
and the democratic party will never con
sent .that the State of Pennsylvania
shall surrender her great right of local
self-government.
2. That the attempted ratification of
tho proposed fifteenth amendment to
the Federal Constitution by the radical
members of the last legislature, and
their refusal to submit the same to a vote
of the people, was a deliberate breach of
their official duty and an outrage upon
every citizen af the State, and the reso
lution making such ratification should
be promptly repealed and the amend
ment submitted to the people at tho
polls for acceptance or rejection.
3. That the democratic party of Pen n
srlvania is opposed to conferring upon
the negro the right to vote, and we do
emphatically deny that there is any right
or power In Congress or elsewhere to
impose negro suffrage upon the people
of this State in opposition to their with
4. That reform in the administration
of the federal and State governments,
and in the management of their finan
cial affairs is imperatively demanded.
5. That tho movements now being
made for the amelioration of the condi-
tion of the laboring men bos our most
cordiaico-operation.
6. That the legislation of the late re
publican Congress "outside of the Con
stitution,” the disregard of the majority
therein of the will of tin' people and
sancityof the ballot box, i.i the exclu
sion from their seats in Congress of rep
resentatives clearly elected, the estab
lishment of military governments in
States in the Union and the overthrow
of all civil governments therein, are acts
of tyranny and usvirpatlon that tend di
rectly‘to the destruction of all republican
government and the creation of the
worst forms of despotism.
7. That our soldiers and sailors, who
carried tho flog of our country to victory
must bo gratefully remembered, and all
the guaranties given in their favor must
be faithfully'carried'lnto execution,
8. Equal rights and protection for
naturalized and native-born citizens at
home and abroad; the assertion of
American nationality which shall com
mand the, respect of foreign powers and
furnish an example and encouragement
to people struggling for national integri -
ty, constitutional liberty and individual
rights.
9. That the present Internal revenue
and taxing system of the general gov
ernment is grossly unjust, and means
ought at once to be adopted to cause a
modification thereof;
The report was accepted and .unani
mously adopted.
The following gentlemen were then
placed in nomination for Governor; Geo.
W. Cass: Daniel M, Fox; Asa Packer;
Gen. Wm. McCandless; Gen. W. S'
Hancock.
The following letter was the read from
General Hancock, declining to have bis
name brought before the Convention:
Saint Paul, May 21st, 1869.
Dear Sir: I had the pleasure to re*
ceive«yoi*r favor of May first last, just
before leaving Washington for the west.
My occupation and duties prevented me
from promptly replying to your.commu
nication ; a circumstance to be regretted,
for I was os well prepared to express to
you my views then as how—and by hav
ing promptly written I weald have
avoided the appearance of hesitation.
My views on the subject concerning
which you have addressed me, have nev
ar changed, and I haye fully expressed
them to all.persons who have in apy way
communicated with-me to that end. I
am adverse to upon the
public, and have therefore ever avoided
writing ’ any thing for publication, al
though I have authorized my correspon
dents to make any other proper use of
mysentiments. * * * I feel highly honored
by the preference shown by my friends
in old Northampton, expressed in that
letter. * * *
1 must say, and without reservation, that
under existing circumstances I cannot
permit the use of my name in the con
vention shortly about toasemble. Were
lin civil life, no distinction would bo
f renter to me than to. be Governor of
ennsylvania. I have followed the pro
fession of arms since boyhood; and now,
having acquired considerable rank, do
not wish to abandon tho service. Beside,
Ido not wish to enter upon a life in
which I know I have had no experience
or education* * * *
There are those who could serve your in
terests better than myself, whom the peo
ple would be pleased to honor, and who
would render more efficient service to
the people of Pennsylvania than myself.
I am truly your obedient servant*
Winfield Scott Hancock.
[Addressed to Messrs. G. H. Goundie,
William Mitchell and others.]
The convention then proceeded to bal
lot, with the following result:
Packer,
Cass,
Hancock, :
M’Candlesa,
The clerk having recorded one more
vote than there were delegates, although
Mr. Packer had received two of amajori
ty, ,tho,Convention decided to take an?,
other ballot, which was ordered and re
sulted as follows.
Packer 95
37
The nomination of Asa Packer was ,
then made unanimous, followed by en
thusiastic applause ana cheers.
The convention then proceeded to !
nominate a candidate for Supreme Judge
with the following result.
Cyrus L, Pershing, Cambria, 83
R. Brown, Warren, 32
Silos M. Clark, Indiana. 19
S. B. Wilson, Beaver, 10
H. Chapman, Bucks, 10
H. Alricks, Dauphin, 0
W. P. Jenks, Jefferson, 8
R. J. Fisher, York, 4
Jno. Truukey, Mercer, 2
E. S. Golden, Armstrong, 2
CL. Pershing was then elected the
unanimous choice of the convention for
Supreme Judge.
The following resolution was then
adopted.
Resolve#, That the chairman of this
Convention is hereby authorized to ap
point a chairman of the State Central
Committee on the joint recommendation
of the candidates this day nominated,
and that the State Central Committee
consist of thirty-three members, one or
more from each Senatorial district, equal
to the number of Senators from said dis
trict, to bo appointed by the delegates
thereof.
The thanks of the Convention were
then extended to the officers thereof, and
the body, after giving three hearty cheers
for the candidates, adjourned sine die . ,
BSf* A grocer trying_to dodge a treat,
said to his customer, “ Unfortunately,
my clerk has carried off the key of the
closet.” “Never mind,’’remarked the
visitor; “one of my eys will open it.”
“No it won’t snapped the grocer, “for
the confounded clerk carried off the
closet too.”
A mild-tempered man who had
fallen on an icy sidewalk, picked him
self up'with the soliloquy: “1 don’t
cherish the least ill-will, but for interes
ting reading matterrecoznmend to mo
the obituary of the man who owns this
sidewalk.” «
A gentleman once thus addressed
a letter to his bride: “My dearest Ma
rla. The lady replied: •* dear John, X
beg that you will mend either your mor
als or your grammer. You call me dear
est Marla; am I to understand that you
have other MarlUs ?”
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