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CARLISLE, PA,
Thursday, June 37.1873.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET,
FOB GOVERNOR,
HON. CHAS. R. BUCKALEW,
OP COLUMBIA COUNTY
* FOR SUPREME JUDGE,
HON. JAMES THOMPSON,
OP ERIK COUNTY.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
WILLIAM HARTLEY,
OP BEDFORD COUNTY,
FOR CONGRESSMEN AT LARGE,
HON. RICHARD YAUX,
% OF PHILADELPHIA.
HON. JAMES H. HOPKINS,
OP ALLEGHENY COUNTY.
HON HENDRICK B. WRIGHT
OP LUZERNE COUNTY.
THE NEWS nr BRIEF.
Several speculators in oats at Chi'
oigo have failed. Good' lor them.
The citizens of Philadelphia hove
contributed nearly ten thousand dollars
to the Somcrsett relief fund.
The eldest daughter of Jenny Lied
is reported to have inherited her moth
er’s voice.
One-tenth of the population of Vir
ginia are members' of lire Baptist
Church. ,
The consumption of sugar in the
United States amounts to 450,000 tons
annually.
The excitement on polities runs so
high that men who were never known to
bet in their lives, are continually saying
I'll bet."
West Chester has 37 lawyers. No
wonder the politics of the ancient Bor
ough are in such a muddled and con-;
fused condition.
. A man in Essex county, Mass., re
cently dug his own grave, because he
wanted to he buried beside a friend,
and feared his relations would not at
tend to his wishes.
Romeo was a self made elephant; He
cnine to this, country without a dollar
in his trunk, took Greeley’s advice,
went west, and died worth $40,000.
A man recently committed suicide at
Boxford, Mass., and left a will be
queathing to the city his entire prop
erty, valued at $75,000, for the purpose
of establishing and maintaining a high
school.
An old colored, man and his wife,
originally from Maryland, Who had
been separated, and had not seen each
other for thirty years, met and were re
united last week, in York county, Pa.
A GRAND national dog show has just
been concluded in London, England, at
which over a thousand specimens of the
canine race were exhibited.
In various parts of the State(of New
York the seventeen-year locusts are
causing great damage to the crops,
trees and vegetables.
A freight train on tho Burlington and
’ vailrhoflrfoll •' fhVAnnK; o
Ten carSwent uown. No one wasse
riously hurt.
A number of Michigan marshes and
swales are still burning from the fires
of last fall, the snow and rain of the
past .months not having extinguished
the flames.
M ordered His Mother.— At
Scranton, this State, on the 19th inst.,
Ivor Davies, a real estate and insurance
agent, shot and killed his mother. He
was promptly arrested.
T. J. Wilson, who "lost” $9,000 of
Government money while serving in
the Baltimore Custom House and was
sentenced to threoyears imprisonment,
has been pardoned out after only a four
months’s service.
A California paper reports that a
hotel chambermaid laid aside her broom
a few days ago,, and, on calling for a
settlement, told her employer she had
been dabbling in stocks for a year or
more, and had something more than
$200,000 as a result.
El Cronista, a Spanish paper pub
lished in New York, calls upon the
Spanish government to answer the de
mand of President Grant for the release
of Dr. Houard, by sending him Hou
ard’s head. The paper also insinuates
that Spain CAN EASILY PRIQHT
EN THE UNITED STATES GOV
ERNMENT ! I
Modern discovery and travel is
gradually robbing history of its moat
poetic fictions. One of them is that the
vicinity of the u Dead Sea, in Palestine,
is a scene of utier desolation, but a New
England clergyman, who has been
traveling in the Holy Land, writes
that the waters of the lake are salt and
heavy, but they are rippled and lively
to look upon, the banks are verdant,
and altogether It is not an unpleasant
place.
Illinois Wheat Harvest.—A let
ter dated Chicago, 111., June 21, says—
Southern Illinois is now in the midst ol
the wheat harvest. A correspondent
from that part states that the wheat
harvest of this part of Illinois was never
better than this season. The present
week thus far has been exceedingly fa
vorable for harvest work. A few days
more good weather will secure the crop.
Men, wpmen and children are in the
wheat fields. The scarcity of help ren
ders this necessary.
A PatherShoots the Seducer of
his Daughter.—A letter dated
Washington, D. C., June.2l, says—A
shooting affray occurred here this
morning, the particulars of which are
as follows:
Some five months ago Joseph A.
ilradley, Jr., a lawyer here, married a
Miss Hardy, of Georgetown. Soon
after marriage Bradley discovered that
his wife was enclentv. Upon being ac
cused of it she confessed, whereupon
Mr. Bradley sent her home to her fath
er. The latter questioned his daughter
as to the father of the child, and she
gave the name of one William L. Da
vis, a real estate broker of this city, as
the responsible party.
Her father to-day met Da via and
shot him on sight. The wound is »,ot
considered fatal, still doubts are en
tertained of his recovery. Davis was
engaged to be married to a daughter of
a prominent official here. All the nart
ties have heretofore moved in the lies
social circles, and the matter creates in
lense excitement.
THE RADICAL PLATFORM.
The resolutions adopted by the Phil
adol phia office-hold era’ ’convention were
written by some ono who is fully of tho
opinion that tho people aro fools, who
never think or investigate for them
selves.
One resolution endorses Civil Service
Reform, when it is notorious that
Grant’s friends in tho Senate denounced
Republican Senators who advocated
this measure as “ traitors to tho Repub
lican party and enemies of the adminis
tration.” Civil Service Beform, in
deed I What would become of the
thousands of negroes who hove no
knowledge of their A. B. C’s., but who
are office-holders under Grant,- if capa
city was made the test of holding office ?
They would all have to leave, and this
would kick up a rumpus in the darkey
camp. To pass a resolution, then, in
favor of this reform, when it is notori
ous that Grant is hostile to it, is the act
of dishonest demagogues who think
they can practice deception upon the
people with impunity.
Another resolution demands the abo
lition of the franking privilege. Well,
why have they not abolished it ? They
had a large majority in both houses of
Congress; why did they not wipe this
“privilege” out. of existence? Simply
because they did not want it wiped out.
They want to use the mails to send out
their Speeches and lies to the people at
the people's expense. They iled in
their throats when they (the office-hold-
oral declared themselves favorable to
the abolition of the franking privilege.
Another resolution opposes the giv
ing away of the public lands to corpor
ations! This is decidedly rich. Why,
during the administration of the im-
becile Grant, millions and millions of
acres of the best lands in America have
been voted to rich corporations, and
many of the Senators arid, members of
■Congress who voted for these grants
are partners in the corporations thus
favored. That accounts for the milk
in the cocoanut. This is One of the
ways by which certain members -of
Congress become immensely wealthy
in a few years—they vote themselves
our public lands. Had the lands that
have been voted to corporations been
sold to our own people at even a nomi
nal price, enough money would have
been lealized to have liquidated two
thirds of our National debt. This fact
has boon matlo appawajfc i|)o ablest
men of our country, who have watched
with amazement the reckless course of
Congress in making a present of these
lands to rich corporations. Why, Jay
Cook alone-a man who counts his
wealth by tens of millions—has been
voted more acres of valuable lands than
are contained in the States of Pennsyl
vania and Maryland! If, then, the
Radicals are opposed to giving away
the public lands to rich corporations,
why do they do it ? And if Grant is op
posed to this infernal villainy, why
don’t he veto instead of signing the bills
making these grants? Can his office
holders who placed him in nomination
look an honest man in the face and an
swer these questions? We trow not.
Again, a resolution was adopted fav
oring the protection of the rights of
naturalized citizens; and then, as if to
stultify themselves as no men ever did,
the office-holders, carpet-baggers, scala
wags and negroes nominate the bigot,
'wuortn fqr Yice President,a man who,
ishment of afi h—-
from our country! Wilson has never
recanted his Know-Nothing sentiments,
and never will. . He is a Know-Noth
ing to-day, as he was,twenty years ago.
What' beauties are they, then—Grant’s
office-holders and negroes—to talk
about protecting the rights of our natu
ralized citizens? These citizens re
quire no protection; they are Ameri
cans by adoption, and they claim and,
will have their rights in defiance of
Wilson and other littie-souled bigots.
Then, again, we have a resolution
squinting at additional protection—in
other words a higher tariff. This was
a crumb for Pennsylvania, and was in
tended as a blind. If these Radical
pap-suckers think the people want ad
ditiorial burthens placed upon their
shoulders, by increasing our tariff rates,
why don’t they gratify the people?
Why did they electafree trader Speak
er of the House, if they favor a high
tariff? U his tariff question is used ev
ery year in Pennsylvania as an elec
tioneering dodgo tp catch gudgeons, but
the people of this State have become
tired of listening to the professions of
demagogues who are afraid to carry
their professions ;into execution. The
tariff! Fiddlesticks!
Another resolution was passed by
this black-and-tan office-holders’ con-
resolution “in favor of econ
omy in the expenditures of the govern
ment!!’’ As old Mrs. Partington was
wont to say, “didyou ever!” In the
face of what we have seen, this resolu
tion is the quintessence of Impudence.
We venture to say that two-thirds or
more of the men who manipulated that
packed and bought' up ■ convention,
have become rich by defrauding the
government. They are the men who
understand “ addition, division and si
lence.” And just in the midst of the
universal corruption that is sweeping
over our country like the simoon in the
desert, and when it requires four times
as much money to run the government
now that it ever did before, we are told
by the men who have been guilty of this
extravagance and corruption, that they
favor economy in the expenditures of
the government! This is the old cry
over again—the same resolve that they
made when they nominated Grant four
years ago. But now when it is known
to everybody that Grant’s administra
tion has been corrupt, venal and ex
travagant beyond anything ever known
in this or any other country, is it not
wonderful that the very men who have
been plundering us, should dare to
flaunt their false and hypocritical pro-
fissions before an intelligent people?
What an unblushing and incorrigible
set of plunderers they are.
But, enough. These men, after pass
ing the resolutions we have been com-
menting upon—after having thus in
sulted the people—had but one thing
more to do, and that was to nominate
Grant. This they performed, and their
self-sacrificing labors wore ended;
Off With Their Heads.—Special
dispatches fijpm Washington announce
that Gen. Simon Cameron has made a
demand for the removal of all men now
holding office who are suspected of
lack of enthusiasm in supporting the
Pennsylvania state ticket.
“ STRAWS BHOW’-GREELEY.
“ Straws show which way ,the wind
blows,V is a trite but very Suggestive
adage. To our mind (Judging from tho
action of the Democratic State Conven
tions in the various States. East, West,
North and South,) —to our mind, wo
say, it is evident that tho ticket placed
in nomination by the Liberal Republi
cans—Greeley and Brown—will bo cor
dially and enthusiastically endorsed by
tho Democratic National Convention,
to assemble at Baltimore on the 9th of
next month. According to our views,
too, this endorsement will be right and
proper, wise and magnanimous.
That Horace Greeley,has been a heated
partisan, who has said a great many
hard things against the Democratic
party, everybody knows ; and that we
have assailed, and, in our feeble way,
attempted to combat Mr. Greeley’s dog
mas and assaults; is well known to the
readers of the Volunteer. We always
felt that his editorials in the Tribune.
were ponderousjand telllng,and too often
effective, and it was our duty as a Dem
ocratic editor and partisan, to parry his
blows as best we could, and guard the
Democratic citadel.
But now a ,new state of affairs con
front us. Our beloved country is in the
hands of desperate men—men who, to
gratify their own aspirations, are ready
and willing to tun the ship of State up
on the shoals and quicksKnds, rather
than see it pass into the bands of hon
est and capable men. Simon Cameron
of this State, is President so far as
Pennsylvania is concerned. Morton, a
man equally unscrupulous, is President
for Indiana, Brother-in-law Casey is
President for Lousiana. The whole
South is in the keeping of ignorant ne
groes and villainous carpet-baggers
from Wilson’s State, (Massachusetts.)
The whole object of these negroes, car
pet-baggers, scalawags and jail-birds is
to keep up strife, bloodshed, and an
archy, and thus depreciate the value of
Southern lands,, rail-roads, and other
interests, and by this means give Grant
an excuse to hurl his military legions
upon this distressed people, and to
force his re-election at the point of the
bayonet. u
Such Is the situation. Mr. Greeley,
who has no sympathy with villainy,
and who abominates those chamelipn
faced sanctimonious scoundrels who
spell “pray” with the a oiriitted and an e
«übatitiitod, manthfi -aan—lnna, before,
the Cincinnati Convention assembled—
took off his white coat, rolled up his
■sleeves, and sharpened his goose-quill
pen, to write and labor against the con
spirators. His bold and trenchant ar
ticles in his paper, the Iribune, his
burning words of denunciation, (in his
speeches before the people in mass
meetings assembled,) his invectives
against the head of the villainous con
spiracy, Grant, attracted the attention
of the whole country. Good men—true
men of all parties—men who love and
revere their country, its history and its
statesmen—felt the flow of warm blood
as they read the scathing words of
Greeley. He had been the antagonist
of the Democratic party from, his youth
up; but now, in his ripe old age, when
he is convinced that the objects of the
Republican party is anarchy and des
potism; villainy and crime, he has left
it, with loathing and contempt. He
considers the country in danger, and he
anneals to «u.a«u«i men—wUhAnt-M—
-xo wrest it from the hands of the Goths
and Vandals who have’ entrenched
themselves behind its pillars.
Democrats! let by-gones be by-gones,
let the past be forgotten, and let good
men of all patties—men who desire re
form, honesty and capacity at the head
of our puce proud but now humiliated
country-clasp haqds, - and swear in
their hearts that this incubus called the
. “ Grant ring” must be wiped out.
That we will elect. Buckalew uover
nor of Pennsylvania, is a forgone con
clusion. Thirty thousand Liberal Re
publicans will assist us to push on that
column. The same combination will
elect Hendricks Governor of Indiana.
Honest men are joining hands all over
the country in the common cause pf
opposition to the gift-taker! Let the
Democrats of Cumberland arid of Penn
sylvania, then, look at things as
they are and not as they would
wish them to be, and by pru
dence, forbearance and work, assist to
dethrone the little tyrant Who is now
loitering at Long Branch. Onward !
A “ Spiritual” Combination.—
The members of the Philadelphia
Convention, having nominated the
president of the whiskey ring and the
president of the Young Men’s Christian
Association and chairman of the Con
gressional prayer meeting, will enable
the Radical party to drive a heavy
business, if the combination of great
spiritual and moral Interests avail any
thing in these demoralizing times.—
The combination is ' on the plan of
Beecher f s religion—success in great
gains, no difference about the means.—
The men who are running the Radical
machine will run a' distillery through
a prayer meeting with as much com
placency as Beecher delivers a political
speech in church, provided it makes
votes for Grant.
Cot. Forney favors Grant gently
and opposes Hartranlt with all his
might. But so far as Pennsylvania is
concerned Hartranft means Grant, and
Grant means Hartranft. In fact one is
the shadow of the other. Is the latter
a fraud? So is the former. Was the
latter nominated by a packed conven
tion? So was the former. Will the
latter kill the party that elects him?
So will the former. And no one knows
this better than Col. Forney. Only he
is a born and trained politician, and
watches the weathercock while abler
and braver men make the wind.
Senator Sumner, in his speech in
the U. S. Senate, on the 31st ult., tells
what Mr. Stanton, on his death bed,
tolddiim, when speaking of Grant, as
follows: “ I know Grant better than
any’ other person in the country can
know him. It was my duty to know
him when I did not see him, and now
I tell you what I know, ‘ HE CAN
NOT GOVERN THIS COUNTRY 1’ ”
When a boy finds himself unequal
to continue the contest he has provoked
with a mate, he often retreats behind
the paternal gate and contents himself
by “ making faces” at his antagonist.—
This ’ kind of warfare appears the
fovorlte one with Radicals towards
Sumner.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION,
'By tho processor selection prescribed
by tho Act of Assembly, providing for
the calling of a. convention to amend
tho constitution, each political party
has secured to it tho election of at Ibast
one delegate from every senatorial dis
trict in tho State; and as the time is
rapidly approaching when the names
of the candidates from which to select
are to bo placed before the people of
their respective districts, we feel it our
duty to make public tho responsibility
that necessarily attaches itself to a po
sition at once so honorable and Impor-;
tant, in order that in making their se
lection the masses that compose the
Democracy of this district will not al
low themselves to be controlled- by in
dividual men or personal influence
for the gift of an office of high trust,
such as that of delegate to a convention
o amend the constitution, is a compli
ment of the highest grade to the
one upon whom conferred, and should
therefore bo bestowed upon those
only who,, possess the high qualifica
tions of learning and experience which
alone can enable one to fulfill the du
ties that are a sequence to receiving
the position.
The man of even-ordinary reason
knows that a legislative body, with no
check to control its movements, must
soon, by its own acts, virtually becoine
a felo de se, or suicide, and most espe
cially when that body is composed of
such stagnate corruption as annually
oozes in and out of the legislative halls
ofPennsyivania, where all private legis
lation is purchased with money, and
where bribery and corruption of the
worst feature are almost part of its
rules.
It is to establish this check upon our
collective body of law-makers, that the
constitutional convention is to assem
ble, and the result is to be brought about
by proposing to the citizens of this
Commonwealth for their approval or
rejection; a new constitution or amend
ment to the present one, whichever, in ,
their wise discretion, the convention,
may deem expedient. When, then,
the selection of its delegates is made,
jet it be from among those men
who are able to act and willing
to extend their hand to put an
end to this corruption by circumscri
bing the sphere of action which toler
ates and permits tho long calendar of
special legislation which year after year
has covered the pages‘of our statute
Looks; such legislation as enables the
man of influence to shackle the free
movement of his less influential neigh
bor ; ‘as enables powerful transporting
monopolies to place a price and
value upon human life; such as
enables villainous rings to handle
and control State and municipal
funds; for until this Is done, we
have legislation in nothing but the
name. Let the people, therefore, unite
upon the threshold of the campaign,
and If the honest .men throughout
the, land are to have no voice in
the enacting branch of Slate govern
ment, they will at least; have one
in limiting its power by an early
action at the proper time. Let
the Democracy of this district bear this
in mind in making their nominations.
IMPORTANT LAW,
Tha.. laat-Jaaialaihra—«““ <l "r“-* 5 W u ' ,fr
above the grade of misdemeanor,) and
a change which was surely needed in
some cases. The rule of law in civil
cases, has always been, until' lately,-
that an interested person could not be
a witness, but in a criminal case on a
charge for fornication and bastardy, the
woman could be a witness because It
was a criminal case, although she was
swearing money directly into her own
pocket, perhaps to the amount of seve
ral hundred dollars, while the mouth
of the man was closed; indeed he
might -be considered as bound hand
and foot, and laid down to be sworn at,
perhaps to conviction—deprived of all
power of resistance. We have seen
scores of such cases. If he was acquit
ted, he might be asked, “ why do you
not prosecute her for perjury?” The
answer is, because she cannot bo con
victed of perjury on the testimony of
one witness. The man must either pro
duce two witnesses, (which is impoa-.
sible,) or he must give, in addition to
his own oath, circumstantial evidence
equal to another witness.. Indeed, if a.
woman in ,such a case is tried for per
jury, and the man swears positively
that her testimony was false, and the
jury believe every word he says, they
dare not convict her. The court is
' bound to tell the jury that they dare
not convict her. This has always been
the law. Thus it has been, in this class
of criminal cases, that a man might, in
a measure, be ruined without the pow
er of resistance, while the woman could
swear money into her own pocket with
out the least danger of conviction for
perjury; yes, with perfect impunity.—
The last legislature changed the law on
this subject, and allows the man, on the
original charge, to be a witness for
himself, and now the jury, can judge
whether the lemale or the defendant is
to be believed, which we regard as an
important and beneficial change in the
law.
Another Grant Defeat.—Presi
dent Grant received another “side
winder,” in New Hampshire, on
Thursday last, in the defeat- of one of
his pets, E. H. Rollins, for the nomina- 1
tion of United States Senator. Through
the efforts of the administration to de
feat the re-nomlnatlon of Senator Pat
terson, its own candidate went down
and BainbridgeWadleigh carried away
the prize. So it goes—there never
was an administrtion that went to
pieces as rapidly ns the present corrupt
one ol Gen. Grant,
The President has returned to Long
Branch again, accompanied by General
Porter. On Monday night he will
start from that place to Boston, where
he will remain for,a few days. While
■ there he will attend the meeting of the
trustees of the Peabody educational
fund. On Saturday he will be in New
York, to take farewell of bis sou Uly
sses, who will leave for Europe for
educational purposes. The President
will not return to Washington until the
Gth of July.
Sumner demonstrated that Grant
was not fit for re-nomination; it re
mains to the people to declare that he
is not fit for re-election. And will they
do it.
Swallowing Political Opponents—How it
Has Noon Done.
One of the most amusing features of
the presidential campaign, as far as it
has progressed, is tho oft-repeated in>-
qulry made of democrats by alarmed
Grantites. “ How is it possible for a
democrat to vote for Greeley, a life
long republican?” Well, we confess
that Greeley requires a little lubrica
ting to make him go down easy, but
the thing is not an impossibility, ns
post events have fairly proven,
Ulysses S. Grant was a life-long
democrat, never voted: but once in his
life, and that vote was cast for James
Buchanan.;, yet the republicans swal
lowed him. He proved an emetic to a
very large portion of the party and
nauseated others; but the bread and
butter brigade managed recently
last to gulp him down.
Colonel John W. Forney was a life
long democrat, and perhaps the bitter
est, most vindlctative and Influential
opponent of the republican party. In
such political detestation was he held
by the whig party that, his very
name was a synonym of everything
that was disreputable in politics; and
yet tho ‘republicans swallowed him
without greasing, and at once placed
him at the head and front of their co
horts.
, Simon Cameron was a life-long demo
crat, continueing with the party until
he became so utterly corrupt that he
was too much even for the stomach of
tho democracy, when he was spewed,
and the nasty thing, like a half digested
oyster, was greedily swallowed by
those dainty republicans.
Governor John W. Geary was a life
long democrat, enjoyed, the honors of
the democratic party, and was trusted
,by it, until,, finding that his Interests
could bo more largely promoted in an
other direction, he greased himself
with the shine of apostacy, and was
gobbled up ns greedily by the republi
can party as a young robin would
gather up an earth worm or a hairy
catterpillar.
Ben Butler Was a standard bearer of
the demcratic party until he became, a
terror to republicans. He fairly oot
heroded Herod in his devotion to the
Ero-slavery interests. He cast sixty
ve consecutive votes for Jefferson Da
vis in the Charleston convention; and
yet, reeking with ail this anti-republi
can foulness, and with his hands and
pockets filled with silver spoons, forks,
pitchers, goblets and other valuable
properly of southern people, was rolled
under the tongue of the republican
party as a sweet .morsel for a season,
and' then' gulped down with as much
gusto as though he had been a ripe
strawberry smothered in cream.
Our esteemed friend, Daniel Dough
erty, was once the “silver trumpet of
the democracy,” bpt his musical ca
dences were wanted at the Union
and league he was swallowed down
without a grimace. .
We might multiply these instances
aarttijtnKwn wertrit Dut it is
not. Whether the democrats swallow
Greeley or not is a question for future
consideration; but that they could' do
so, and be justified by countless pre
cedents furnished by the republican
party, we have already shown. When,
therefore, a democrat is asked how he
is going to swallow Greeley, the satis
factory and conclusive reply can be
made : “ Just as the republicans swal
lowed Grant and Forney and Geary
and Cameron, ,et id omne genus, with
this difference, that Horace, with all
his peculiarities, is an -honest, clean
morsel, untainted by corruption and
unstained by dishonor, which is more
than can be said of some of the pre
cious morsels which have gilded
smoothly down the gullet of republi
canism.— Ph,ila. dimming Herald.
TIOGA COUNTY.'
£
Senator M'Olure Opens the Greeley Cam
paign in the Republican Stronghold of
“"SIANBPiELD, June 20.—Senator M’-
Clure dropped in upon us yesterday
and delivered the annual address be
fore the alumni association of the state
Normal School last evening to a verv
large audience. His subject was “Our
i mornil >g he visited
thelsoldiera* orphans’ school, and ad
dressod the pupils, with Bepresenta
tive Mitchell, a joint committee of
republicans and democrats urged him
to deliver a political address, and he
finally consented to speak this after
noon. Business was generally sus
pended, and nearly the whole commu
mty, of both sexes, met in the town
hall this hot atternoon and heard an
mldress of over an hour in length, with
profound attention. He spoke verv
dispassionately, but positively, of the
demoralization resulting from unwise
and selfish personal rule in the state
and nation, and urged that party lines
bo disregarded to maintain'the man
hood of the citizen and the supremacy
of the civil authority under all circum
stances. He did not name any state
candidates, but urged that no partv
prejudices should make republicans
ydte against those candidates who are
honest and competent, and have honest
surroundings and associations. Prof.
Alien, founder of the State Normal
school, Judge Humphries, . Colonel
Johnson, ex-Eeprssentative- Elliott,
and many others of the leading repub
licans of this vicinity, participated in
the meeting, and are working actively
for Greeley. . J
Thu Philadelphia Inquirer, republican
taking a philosophical, view of the Re
publican situation as at present develop
ed, admits that Pennsylvania Is to be
the Keystone of the political arch in the
coming Presidential election, and thus
proceeds to briefly review the prospects
of the administration party :
“ a (® numerous causes combin
ing to make the contest more than usual
ly earnest. First, it is clear that the Re
publican party is. alarmihgly divided
and just to the extent of the division is it
swlh 6 ? 6 * 3 ' 11 not only everywhere
divided upon. Us candidates for the
Presidency, but in New York and Penn
aylvama it is again sub-divided by the
quarrels of state or local factions who
a J? wa S ln ,S a bitter war upon each
other, and endangering all its chances of
success in their. Individual eflorts to
obtain certain personal ends. ■ In New
York the Conkling and Fenton factions
are daily contesting the ground inch by
mntter which succeeds,
the result will be pretty equally damw:-
lug to life party In November. In Penn
sylvania matters are even worse. The
State nominations at Harrisburg have
not been accepted with that enthusiasm
and unanimity which are generally re
garded as necessary to insure success.”
The adjournment of Congress is
something of a relief to the country.—
Its proceedings had become wearysome
and many of its doings were disgrace
ful. It-is refreshing to take up the
morning papers without being con
fronted with a report of Conkling’s in
solence or Butler’s bullying. The
accounts of Indian depredations, and
the spread of cholera, and the war in
,1116x100, are far more agreeable reading
■than Carpenter’s attempts at wit in the
Senate, and the disorderly proceedings
In the House,'which remind one of a
battle ofhyenas rather than the delib
erations of legislators.
The Grantites dote on Qerrlt Smith
as though he were a strawberry short
cake whitened with a whole shower of
powdered sugar. None of them cifres to
remember that he signed Jeff Davis'
bailbond. O no. It is only Mr. Gree
ley’s signature that was wicked.
,[From tho Harrisburg .PoMof.J
HAETBANFT AND HIS APOLOGISTS.
Something has been gained thus early
in the canvass in compelling the most
prominent of General Hartranft’s suppor
ters to oomo forward in the defense of
bis official acts. They have made the
timely discovery that instead of a parrot
liko recital of a military record which is
not assailed, they must endeavor to clear
the skirts of their candidate of the offi
cial corruption which has befouled them
since he became auditor general. This
relieves the discussion of much lereieveu-'
oy and brings the people to thepraotloal
consideration whether General Hnrtranft
possesses any of. the. qualifications for
governor of this great commonwealth.
It has been repeatedly charged that
General Hartranft has been grossly neg
ligent and corrupt In the discharge of the
duties of auditor general; and this Is
what tils apologists have undertaken to
deny. The fifteenth section of the act of
March 30,1811, makes it the duty of the
auditor general “to annually report to
tho legislature a list of. the
which remain unsettled, and the reasons
therefor.” It will be readily shown that
if auditor general Hartranft had not en
tirely neglected to obey this law which
was framed for his guidance, the state
would not have been defrauded of nearly
$300,000 by Evans and his Syndicate.
Passing over the ' positive evidence,
contained in the report of the investiga
ting committee, of. General Hartranft’s
full knowledge of the unsettled condition
of the claims put into the hands of Evans
under the act of 1807, let us come down
to the valid assets of the commonwealth,
amounting to upwards of one million of
dollars, which he delivered up to the
agent in the early part of the year 1870.
These were claims filed in the auditor
general’s office between December 3,1863,
and February 26, 1870. Some of these
vouchers, therefore, were lying in the
pigeon holes of his office for several
years. Gov. Geary in an official report
makes a sneering'allusion to these “dust
covered vouchers.” General Hartranft
was inducted into office in May, 1866.
The law quoted above made it his im
perative duty to report the condition ■ of
these claims to the legislature annually,
but we search in vain for the evidence
that General Hartranft made such report
to any or all of the legislatures of 1867,
1868,1869,1870 and 1871. Five times did
he fall to perform a plain duty required
by law. In all those years Georgs O.
Evans was carrying on his depredations
and was aided by the neglectof the audi
tor general. It was that gross negligence
of duty on the part of the auditor general
which amonnts to corruption, and estab
lishes his utter unworthiness ofr any im
portant and responsible civil trust. -
When the time for the presentation of
these claims at Washington was draw
ing to a close, this slothful and negligent
absentee auditor general received an or
der from Governor Geary to de
liver the vouchers into the tender
care of George O. Evans. ,We are
told that the auditor general hesitated.—
Ho ended, however, in giving up these
assets, covering upwards of a million of
tbo money of tho-people, without ro
quiring.the slightest security. When the
o'V’olon-.i.n .1 RIU-these
claims were unsettled, yet notwitustana*'" 1
ing the requirements of the law, not a
whisper concerning them was heard from
' the auditor general* Is it strange, then,
that a joint committee of the Legislature,
the majority of whom were Republicans,
should emphatically put on record their
of the looseness of the
“ official routine that placed in the hands
“ of Evans over a million of dollars of
“ valuable assets without requiring any
“security whatever.” Who but Qeu’l
Hartranft - placed over a million of dol
lars of valuable assets in the keeping of
Evans? Whose was the looseness of of
ficial routine concerning which the com
mittee could not but express their disap
probation ? Vainly will the ring organs
attempt to falsify this record. Their re
peated assertions that the report of the
Evans committee exonerated Hartranft,
are shown to bo wholly void of truth. In
utter defiance of this record of the audi
tor general and his condemnation by the
committee, as well as of its own repeated
declarations, the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin asserts now that to Gen. Hart
ranft “ chiefly the people are indebted for
«the exposure of this great villainy.”—
"mb'v-Rr-’fnfe* mory idia Understanding ol'
its readers! for in August last it used edi
torially the following language: Joseph
M. McClure, Esq., deputy attorney gen
eral, to whom alone is due the credit of
the discovery qf this whole, affair,” &o.—
Even after the exposure had been made
through the columns of the Bulletin,
General Hartranft moved only when
driven by public clamor, and he then re
luctantly followed the wake of State
Treasurer Mackey, who was actuated by
a well known hostility to Gqv. Geary,
whom he wished to ruin.- Not until
General Hartranft was put upon the de
fensive by the publications in the New
York papers did be begin to manifest
any zeal. His zeal at that late day was
rewarded by his exoneration by the com
mittee from the charges in the Pain res
olutions and in the &un correspondence.
But the broker Yerkes was not called,
nor was his affidavit explaining Hart
ranft’s speculations with the public
funds put in evidence. That might
have altered the case. The committee
distinctly charge upon auditor general
Hartranft that “ looseness” in the dis
charge of his duties by which Evans ob
tained upward of .a million in assets of
the commonwealth without .security.—
The apologists of the .ring candidate must
try again. He stands before the people
convicted by the record of gross neglect,
malfeasance and corruption in office,
" The Old Guard,"
The great county of Lancaster contains
ten political papers—one Liberal, three
Lemooratic and six, Republican. On
the Gubernatlonal question tbey are as
follows:
The Volksfreund, weekly, German, re
publican* parades the regular Office
holders’ ticket, but says little or nothing
about it.
The Lancaster Examiner, Republican,
weekly, published by John A. Hiestand,
Naval officer at Philadelphia, supports
Hartranft.
■ The Columbia iSp.i/,aßepublioan week
ly, published by an office-holder (notary
public), supports Hartranft.
The Lancaster Inquirer, a weekly Re
publican, parades the regular ticket, in
cluding Hartranft and Allen, but openly
and boldly declares that unless they
withdraw these oandidatesand nominate
better ones, overwhelming ddfeat awaits
the party in October next. Itis decidedly
against Hartranft.
The Lancaster Weekly Enterprise, Re
gublioan, is openly and strongly against
fartranft, refuses to hoist the ticket and
will probably support Baokalew.
The weekly . Lancaster Intelligencer,
Lemooratic, supports Buckalew.
The Columbia herald, weekly, Lemo t
cratio, supports Buckalew.
The Lancaster Eaily Intelligencer,
Lemocratio, supports Buckalew.
’■ The Lancaster Eaily Express, Repub
lican, supports Buckalew,
The Manner is squarely against Hart
ranft, and favors the formal nomination
of Buckalew and Hartley by the Liberal
Republicans.
RECAPITULATION.
For Hartranft and Allen, 3
Against Hartranft and Allen, 2
For Buckalew, straight, 5
And according to our estimate of the
circulation of the several papers named,
they foot up a total number of papers
circulated within that county ;
For Hartranft, 0,500 papers weekly
Against “ 30,000 “ “
The “Old Guard” will strike from the
shoulder next October ami November.
Jerry Colbath, the ’nominee of the
Grant office-holders' party, is the now
Henry Wilson that originated the Know
Nothing party in New England, and was
its chief and head-centre.
A Uniter States Senator is to be
chosen by the next Legislature. It is
Senator Cameron’s term that expires,
The Democrats should he unusually
careful in nominating candidates for
the Legislature.
f NEATLY EXE.
JOB AVOBK CUTED at THIS
I OFFICE,
POLITICAL !
Till: NEW YOBK jMEETING
OREEEEX AND II It OWN ENDORSE!>
THE PKOMINESt LEADERS PRESENT.
MAINE FOR THE CINCINNATI NOMINEES
CONNECTICUT ITOR CIBDELEYI
The Fifth Avenue nicotine'.
New York, June 2U.— A meeting of
those opposed to the re-eleotion of Grant
took place at the Fifth Avenue Hotel at
three o’olook to-day.' The meeting was
called to order by ex-Governor Randolph,
of New Jersey.
General J. D. Cox, of Ohio, was elected
President, with W. C. Bryant and John
A, Dlx as vice presidents..
’After a short speech from Mr. Cox and
a short discussion, Mr. Forsyth of Ala
bama, nominated Greeley for President,
and the nomination was endorsed by the
other States amid much enthusiasm.
Several short speeches were made.
Among those present were General
Briukerhoff, of Ohio; E. F. Plllsbury,
of Maine ; .Isaac Butts, of Rochester ;
Stansbury, of N. J.; Dorshoimer, of Buf
falo; Horace White of-tbe Chicago Tri
bune ; Carl Bohurz, and many others—
abput a hundred in all.
The Blaine Democracy,
Portland, Juno 20.—The Democratic
convention of the First Congressional
district met here to-day. The following
gentlemen were chosen delegates to the
Baltimore convention : James M. Churc
hill, of Portland, and Wm. Evans, of Al
fred. Alternates—Charles H. Haskell,
of Portland, and Shipley W. Ricker, of
SoutlTßerwiek, A resolution was adop
ted endorsing the platform of the State
Convention, which endorsed the Cincin
nati nominees.
Coiinccticnt for Orocloy nml Brown.
New Haven, June 20.— The Demo
cratic delegates of Connecticut .to the
Baltimore convention met in this city
to-day, and appointed Hon. Charles It.
Ingersoll.of New Haven, chairman of
the delegation, and James H. Olmstead,
of Stamford, secretary. Though pledged
to no candidates, the unanimous expres
sion of the delegates was in favor of
Greeley and Brown.
flgyThe way they do things in
Washington is illuatarted by the fact
that there, are now in store $13,000,000
worth of army clothing, the care of
which costs $150,000 per year. There
are rubber blankets enough to supply
all prospective pemands for 130 years
to cpme; rubber pouches and' artillery
jackets for 80 years, and blouses for 40
years. These contracts were giyen out
to favorites, and Show the way the
debt grew up, and the motive of it.
Already the Government has received
$185,000,000 for war material sold, and
here is a chance for at least $14,000,000
in Quartermaster’s stores alone. The
outrage of paying $150,000 a year to
take care of army stores needs no
comment.
, „ r J3jT.A.- Ti*. r, .... 1... *.. jwrwDnlWjl;.—tDo‘
Irish Democrat gives a table showing
the strength of the foreign vote in the
respective States. The Irish born pop
ulation amounts to 1,838,678, with a
voting force of 367,735; the German
born population amounts to 1,696,410,
with a voting force' of 339,281;. the
French population amount! to 114,980,
with a voting force of 20,830; the Nor
wegians to 112,113, with a voting force
of 18,685; the Swedes to 94,443, With a
voting force of 15,740; the Swiss to 73,-
964, with a voting force, of 12,327; the
Welsh to 71,904, with a voting force of
7,760; and the Belgians to 12,474, with
a voting force of 2;076.
Grant gave hla office-holders orders
some time ago that he should bold them
responsible if they did not carry the Phil
adelphia Convention for him. Theobeyed
orders and Grant was nominated
by acclamation: He was immedi
ately informed by telegraph of the
result, in the expectation that the
announcement would afford him a
joyous surprise; but not so-, his only
Y“IU..SSIV I )4-
ment gives me no surprise, as the dele
gates had been instructed to vote for
me.”
Qen. Grant, in his letter of accep
tance of the Philadelphia nomination
promises, in case of a reeleotion, “ the
eame zeal and devotion to the good of the
whole people for the future of my official
life as shown in the past.” This is
certainly saying very little for the “good
of the whole people.” If the good of the
people, under a future administration of
Qen Grant, depends upon an exercise of
the “same zeal and devotion” to their
interests which he has exhibited under
his, present administration, wo pity the
poor people, that’s all.
There are a few carpet-baggers of
the office-grabbing breed in Virginia.—
A Petersburg paper illustrates the fact
as follows :» “ A man from Maine has
our post-office; a Vermont man repre.
sents us in Congress; a fellow from
Pennsylvania is our street commission
er ; our commissioner of revenue is a
Massachusetts .man j a fellow' from
Philadelphia is Jailer ; the chief of Po
lice is a Pennsylvanan; two negroes
represent us in the Legislature: a
Maine man represents us in the Senate.
agyPresident Grqnt and all his fami
ly, both military and domestic, have
taken up their abode at Long Branch
for the summer, in the cottage by the
sea (worth about §40,000) that was pre
sented to his Imperial Excellency by
Tom. Murphy, chief of the corrupt Cus
tom house Bing in New York. What
a successor to Washington I
JOSyAdvices from the seal fisheries of
Newfoundland are of the most sicken
ing and blood curdling nature. The
receift storm swept like a very wlmj of
death, at latest accounts forty-two ves
sels 'had gone down and over two
thousand lives lost. There were in all,
four thousand persons imperiled, and of
this number only very few have been
heard from.
The Pope has addressed a letter to
Cardinal Antonelli protesting against
recent encroachments of the Italian
Government on the prerogatives of the
Holy See. He says a conflict with the
Italian Government is inevitable, and
requests Antonelli to appeal in his
behalf to foreign powers.
Senator Cameron has sent to Wash
ington a list of Pennsylvania postmas
ters, who will be removed for opposing
Hartranft for Governor.
As Wilson is intended to carry the
temperanqp vote, we suppose Grant is
good for the intemperate.
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June 5.7,1872-81/ a. 11. HI,AIK,
(Eattofoattst.
jgiOß PROTHONOTARY,
JAMES A. SIBBETT, of Moohanlcsburg.
Sntyect to Democratic Rules.
pOR PROTHONOTARY,
. D. W. WORST, of Upper Alloa.
Sutycct to Democratic Rules.
JIOR OIiERK OP THE COURTS,
JACOB M. of South Middleton
Subject to Democratic Rules. .
JpOB CLERK OF THE CO CRTS,
JOHN HEOIiMAp; of Carlisle.
Sutyact to Democratic Jtulcs, ,
Jj'Oß CLERK OP THE COURTS,
WILLIAM P. HENWOOD, of Carlisle.
Subject to Democratic Rules.
JjtOß CLERK OF THE COURTS,
WILLIAM NOAKER, of Carlisle.
Subject to Democratic Rules,
REGISTER,
P, G, McCOY, of Newton.
Subject to Dcviocralic Rules,
JjTOR REGISTER,
JOHN KEEP, of Penn.
Sutycct to Democratic Rules.
JjlOR REGISTER,
JOHN ZINN.of Penn.
Subject to Democratic Rules.
jp'Oß COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
JAMES GILL, of Newton.
Subject to Democratic Rules,
TjIXEOUTOB'fi NOTlCE.—Letters tea-
LU tamontary on the estate or Jacob Kiue
late of Dickinson township, deo’d.. havinotiMn
granted to the undersigned Execntors—thn
Urst named residing In Dickinson towns}) in
and the latter In Bondersville; Adams connf,v_
all persons indebted to said estate are renueat
ed to mako immediate papment, and those
having claims will present them for settlement
without delay, to ' ULmenl '
JOHN HARM*AN.
JACOB PXTZER,
Executors,
June 27,1872 —Gt*
llrottssionai crams.
J. H. Graham. i j. h. Graham, Jr
J. M. GRAHAM & SON<
Attorneys <§• Counsellor’s at law,
N*. 14 South Hanover St.,
CARLISLE, PA.
.. Ho £ ; J.H. Graham, lato President'Judge of
tho Ninth Judicial District, has resumed tho
Sractice of the Jaw, and associated with him
is son, J. H. Graham, Jr. Will practice in the
courts of Cumberland, Perry and Juniata Conn
nes. [Dec. 7, '7l-tf.
Jgl E. KEI/rZIIOOVEU,
AIXOBNBY-AT-JLA W
'CARLISLE, pa.
Arjr-Oilico on South Hanover IStreet, opposite
Beutz’a dry goods store.'
Doc. 1.1805. .
HE GEORGE S. BEARXGHT, Den
- I / Tiar. From the Baltimore ■ College of Denial
vurggy, Office at the residence of his mother
EastLouther Street, three doors below • Bedford
s —
jJUMRIGH & PARKER,
A TTORNBYS A T LA if.
‘ office on Main Street, in Marlon Hall. Car
lisle, Pa. .
Deo. 281809.
J. S. BENDER, M. D.
>ias removed his office to the South West cor
ner of South Hanover andPomfrefc Streets, di
rectly opposite the 2nd Presbyterian Church.
Carlisle, April 18—72—tf.
BRSS. MARYL. HALL. Homceopa-'
thlc Physician and Medical Electrician.
5e South Hanover street, Carlisle. All fe
male diseases skillfuly treated. Patients at a
distance can consult by mall.
June 6, 1872—Jy.
Q.EO. S. EMIG,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
AND
INSURANCE AGENT.
Office ou South Hanover St., in Franklin House.
, Argent for the oldest and most reliable Fire
and Life Insurance Companies. May2-U
JAMES M:. WEAKLEY, 1
°jS?ll25 N °K^- S ly Uttl Httnover at., OarlMe.Va,
JOSEPH G. VALE,
ATTORNEY-AT-UW,
Practices In Dauphin and Cumberland camtfles;.
Office in Court-house Avenue, No. 8
Building, m the rear of the Jewelry establish
ment, Carlisle, Pa. . 7 ..
April 25,1872—1 y.
Booto Sboto &c 1
DAVID STROHM., JOHN W. STROHM
QAELISLE
Boot & Shoe House!
f „ W? have j uat received our Bring stock of goods
V 0?? “i® Eastern cities, and they are now open
lor the Inspection of tho public, we have bought
inem to sell, and at low prices for CASH. Our
stock consists of
BOOTS AND SHOES
r? r Misses, Men, Boys and Children. In
cluding every stylo In the market.
.Ladies Buttoned and Lace Gaiters, In great va
riety of style, Turkish Morocco, Glove Kid, Peb
ble Leather, Grain Leather and .French Kid.
LADIES’ BALMORAL BOOTS,
Misses’ and Children’s Buttoned and Laced
Boots; Men’s, Boys’, and Youth’s Boots and
Bhoea of every description, from a Stogy to a
Slipper. Onr Immense stock has been caiefUlly
selected, and
'Bargains will be given to purchasers.
Give us a call.
Thankful for past liberal patronage, oar
friends, and the public generally, are cordially
uvlted to call and examine oar stock.
Remember the place. No. 13 South Hanover
street, One door South of B. M. Smiley’S clothing
store, nearly opposite tbo Franklin House.
May N B-ly. * STROHM*CO.
HUsaUftottces,
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
uie Treasurer of Cumberland coanty will at
tend for the purpose of receiving State, County
and Militia taxes for the year 1872, os required
by act of Assembly, at the following times and
places: .
Shlppensburg borough and township—at Me-
Nulty’qHotel. June 28 and 27.
South Middleton—at Rupley’s Hotel, June 23,
and at Filler’s Hotel, June 29. .
North Middleton—at Beecher’s Hotel, July 1
and 2.
Meohanlcsburg-at the National Hotel. July
and 4.
Carlisle—at the Commissioner’s Office, July &
md 6.
On all county taxes paid before August Ist. an
abatement of 5 per cent, will be allowed, ana on
ail taxes unpaid on August fat, 6 per cent, will
be added. The Treasurer will receive taxes at
his offl ce until tho Ist day of September next, at
which time duplicates ef all unpaid taxes will
be Issued to the Constables of the respective bor
oughs and townships for-collection. Also, at
the some time and places, merchants and dea
lers can obtain Mercantile Licenses of County
Treasurer.
GEORGE 8088.
April 18, 1872—tf Treasurer Cumberland ifcw
TjIXEOUTOR’S NOTICE.—Notka is
JLUhereby given that letters testamentary on
the estate of Nathaniel Given. late of Hampden
township, deceased, have been granted to the
undersigned, residing in same township. All
persons indebted to said estate, ore requested
to settle Immediately, and those having claims
will'present them for settlement to
JOHN SHAEFFEB,
Executor,
May SO. 1872—flt*
ffISE Incs & JLtytiors.,
New Liquor Store.
The undersigned would respectfully Inform
tUo citizens of Carlisle and vicinity that he
has opened a liquor store in the «'volunteer
Building.” (Shower’s old stand) and will keep
constantly on hand a largo assortment of
Choice Li quors.
Families and others can bo supplied on short
notice. Thankful for past favors, ho respectful
ly solicits a continuance of the samo.
SIMON W. EARLY.
May 83,187&—tf
HINKLEY
Knitting Machine,
THE SIMPLEST* CHEAPEST AND BEST IP
USE/ HAS BUT ONE NEEDLE I
A CHILD CAN RUN IT!
Designed especially for the use of families,-
and ladles who desire to knit for the market*
Will do every stitch of the knitting In a Stock
ing, widening and narrowing as readily ns by
hand. Aro splendid for worsteds and fancy*
work, Ttotina Rive Different Hinds of Sliich I Aro
very easy to manage, and not liable to get out
of order, Every family should have one.
We want an agent lu every Ufwn to introducer
and sell them, to whom we offer the most lib
eral Inducements. Bond for our circular and
sample stockiug.
Address
niNK my kwiitjmu maps, to; uatuj m
Nov. 8,71-1 yr,* •