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• Columbia, Pa. •
Saturday, JUNE 11. 1870.
Costammuricms,letters, contributions, generally of
merit and interest, to the reader, will be acceptable
[rein friends from all quarters.
TICE Senate on Saturday confirmed
Wayne McVeigh as Minister Resident at
Constantinople.
Tun Augsburg Gazette is authority for
the statement that the American dele
gates in the Ecumenical Council show a
growing disinclinatian to the dogma of
Papal infallibility, and that they are dis
gusted with the sophistry of its advocates.
IF any one had said three months ago,
that the Express would in so short a time
be an out-and-out free trade organ he
would have been called a falsifier. Yet
in less than'tfiat time, that paper has be
come an outspoken, unequivocal and
bare-faced free trader. What say the re
publicans of Lancaster on this vital sub
ject.
TIIIITZT-TICREE. thousand, five hndred
and thirty-seven cars passed over the
Penna. R. Rat Columbia eastward and
westward during May—an increase of
13,458 over January, and an increase of
2,72.5 over April. This shows conclusive
ly the increase of business of the Penna.
Central for first five consecutive months
of the year.
Tu Express asks whether, if iron were
as cheap as water would it be a blessing?
and if so why not make it cheap as possi
ble?
To this we reply that were it as cheap as
water, no capital would be invested, it
would not be one of the staple products of
the country, nor would it require such
studied legislation. Water needs no pro
tection, nor legislation. The question is
as weak as water.
A mx.s: named Smith has been nomi
nated by the Republicans of the First
District of Philadelphia for the Legisla
ture, who is said to be " one of the sharp
est detectives in the country." Why
didn't the Republicans of Philadelphia
send Smith to Harrisburg last winter, to
watch bill-stealers, politely termed "ab
stractionists.' If we only had a detect
ive in Columbia, we would nominate him.
He might commence his operations at
once.
THE. case of "Dickey vs Wickey" has
riot troubledus, the evidence of the know
ing ones to the contrary notwithstanding.
The biography of the one and the speeches
of the other have appeared in our columns
equally prominent. Honor to whom
honor is due is an old maxim. We are
untrammeled by party cliques, and we in
tend to fight it out on this line, against
public corruption everywhere. The man
who says .we are sold, pledged, bartered
or controlled in any way by considerations
beyond our sense of right, justice and
honor, misrepresents us.
TIME Lancaster papers have been per
sistently, industriously and frequently
acrimoniously engaged., the past year or
two, in discussing and making clear , the
manner of conducting the affairs of the
State Treasury. 'lf the people of Lancas
ter county do not know all about these fi
nancial affairs, they must be a very stupid
people, or the discussion has not been
charactfirized.by that lucidity which car
ries information and conviction.—Lebanon
Courier.
Yes, Mr. Cornier, we have had ample
discussion on all these subjects. But our
people are neither stupid nor has the dis
cussion lacked the perspicuity or lucidity
which carry information and conviction.
We have had treasury talk to some effect,
and the discussion has resulted in a par
tial reform, though not by any means
satisfactory to those who look upon legis
lation and official corruption with disap
proval. But we really think we have had
enough treasury talk. Next winter will
be tune enough to agitate the question
further. Our representatives in the Sen
ate, Messrs. Warfel and Billingfelt will
attend to that subject faithfully, and fully
represent the wishes of their constituents,
and the honest portion of the party.
Let us unite now on the great issue of
the day—the tariff question, and counter
act what influence the Express may have
in its advocacy of free trade.
Pnom England comes the story of
British manipulation of the Legislatures
and the presS of this country. The Min
ing Journal, the organ of the iron inter
ests of England in commenting on
" American legislation on British iron
and steel." says :
" We have good news FRON the United
States. The House of Representatives,
in their discussion on the new tariff bill,
have got beyond the debate on the gener
al principles,. and are now contesting the
measure 131 its details. It has reached
the item of iron, and has disposed of the
duty upon pigs in a fashion most satisfac
tory to the British tranmaster. Most of
our readers know that the existing duty
on pig iron imported into the states is $9
a ton. As a sop to Cerberus, hoping i
thereby the more effectually to secure
higher duties upon finished iron and steel
than those at present levied, the Commit
tee of Ways and Means, through whom
the Pennsylvania ironmasters were °per
- sting, proposed to reduce the duty to ST
Last Monday, however, they found that
they 'were taken in their- own net. To
the proposition that $7 should henceforth
be the dutyupon pig iron generally; Gen
eral Butler moved an amendment, bring
ing down the duty yet another s2,' and
fixing it - at $5 a ton. It was a thin
House ; for out of the whole number of
Representatives ninety-eight memberg
were absent, and we are `thankful they
were. Their absence left the free-traders
with just a majority._ After several
hours' debate, General Butler carried his
amendment by five votes, the numbers
being—for it 69, against it GC As an
augury of the future, it is most gratify
ing that so many Representatives were out
of the House."
The inference is that "so many repre
sentatives were out of. the Rouse," be
cause British gold paid them to be 'out.
Now we anxiously ask ,if such legisla
tion Ise° satisfactory to the British. Iron
masters, how does it come that the. _Ex
press can join hands with the free traders
in promoting the . satisfaction of the Eng
lish—tyrants over the poor man. ' We
trust the Republicans of Lancaster coun
ty will marklhe position of the Express
on this vital question, and give expres
sion according to their sentiments. Let
a convention be called, at which there
shall be full and fair representation and
let us give unqualified and unmistakable
judginent on this question. -
Since the Express is committed to free
trade,-poverty,-ruin, , the degradation of
the laboring man,., the destruCtion _of.
American interests' , and the nnrichrnent
of British capitalists, the Republicans of
Lancaster , county 'can 'no longer regard
it as an exponent of our :
A STRAWBERRY train of twenty-three
cars arrived in Chicago on Wednesday.
A "construction" train followed with ma
terial to manufacture them into short
cakes on the shortest notice. •
TILE feat of striding two horses at once
is generally conceded to be an impossibil
ity, and yet the telegrah tells us that a
Mayor was elected in Hartfort, Conn., on
Monday last, whose name, headed both
the Republican and the "Citizens'"
ticket.
Editor
" TliE GRAXD Aux - r," a four-page
weekly devoted to the interests of the
Grand Army of the Republic in Pennsyl
izrnia, has just been started at Scranton,
Pa. The introductory number contains
a well executed wood cut likeness of Gen.
Geo. H. Thomas.
Congrssional Action on the Income Tx.-
It is rather difficult to keep accurately
posted as to what is done in the house of
Representatives, when amendments are
being voted on under the five minute rule:
but the following seems to be the net re
sult of yesterday's proceedings in the mat
ter of the Income Tax, down to the time
when this notice is written. The rate
was reduced from five per cent. to three
per cent., the amount .of income exempt
from the tax, was increased from $lOOO
to $2000; and the allowance for house rent
was limited to $3OO. From statistics be
fore us, we infer that these changes will
operate about as follows: the increase of
the exemption to $2OOO will relieve about
one hundred and fifty-nine thousand sala
ried men, and other people of limited.
meens,from the payment of the tax, who
now pay between nine and ten millions;
the reduction of the rate to three per cent.
will take off about $6,400,000 more from
the remaining hundred and sixteen thou
sand taxpayers who will still remain sub
ject to.the tax. As the law now stands,
the income tax of last year was levied
upon two hundred and seventy-five thou
sand persons who paid $25.025,068. If the
foregoing amendments shall be finally
adopted by the House and the Senate,
they will reduce the amount raised from
this source about $lO,OOO, and leave about
$9,000,000 to be collected. As the House
has thus advanced two-thirds of the dis
tance on the right road, why not go the
whole distance and abolish the odious tax
altogether?--Ledger.
The Borough Loan.
In another place in to-day's SPY will
be found the advertisement of the Finance
Committee for a loan of forty thousand
dollars for ten years. The loan will bear
interest at six per centum per annum,
free of taxes. We understand that the
Borough Finance Committee are making
preparations to place this loan in the
market an an early day.
As an investment, safe and desirable,
we recommend it with pleasure to the
public. The enterprise, the furtherance
of which this loan will effect, is in itself
sufficient commendation to the people to
assure their hearty approval and co-opera
tion. The loan besides possessing the ad
vantages of safety, reliability, &c., will
pay its interest semi-annually on the first
days of April and October, and thus offer
the same advantages as government or
railroad loans. Coupons will be attached,
made payable on presentation to the
Treasurer, or designated depository.
As to the safety of the loan there can
be no question. Under the provisions
and franchises of the act, authorizing the
loan and the erection of the Hall, the
property of the Borough is pledged to the
payment of the bonds. Its rate of inter
est is liberal, it has a long time to run,
and we presume the bonds will be accom
modated to ready transfer. We can see
no reason why this should not be a 'most
desirable and populer investment. The
financial history of the Borough shows
:that it has always • met its- obligations
promptly.
It should be a source of pride to our
citizens not only, to invest to the extent of
their ready means, but also to encourage
investment by others in so grand an en
terprise. The history of public halls, as
exhibited in towns of less population all
over the State,"shows that they will pay
if rightly managed. When once erected,
the people will have some place of resort
for lectures, concerts and other entertain
ments, which will be a credit to the enter
prise and spirit of the place. Columbia
is known all over the State as one of
Pennsylvania's most beautiful towns. The
grandeur of our mountain, hill and river
scenery combining a diversified view of
surpassing natural beauty and loveliness,
the intelligence, enterprise and refine
ment of our people, added to the reputa
tion of our commodious public buildings
will benefit us abroad as well as at home.
Controversy in Earnest
The newspapers of Lancaster county,the
politicians of the OLD GUARD, and rings,
cliques and factions have been carrying
on political controversies, both local and
general, in such a bitter spirit, that it has
awakened the keenest passions and enmi
ties in our own ranks. Overwhelmning
majorities in the county, the impossibility
of defeat, and the chronic desire for office
have hardened the hearts of our political
leaders, until nothing but personal hate,
spite and bitter vituperation pervade the
annual campaigns. The greatest good for
the largest number is no longer the maxim.
SeZf is the universal watchword.
These discussions are becoming danger
ous and alarming, and will serve sooner
or later to divide the Republican ranks.
When we say this we would not be under
stood as opposing fair and candid, yes
earnest, discussion. By no better means
is the truth so forcibly brought out as by
newspaper discussion, and personal con
troversy. But when once men and papers
are forced to abuse, when they descend to
low calumniation, then they transcend
their mission and their dignity, as well as
their honor.
If it becomes necessary to stuff a ballot
box to elect a particular candidate, it is
done, as can be proven by instances cited
during a late primary election; if the per
sonal character. of a candidate can be
maligned to his political disadvantage
and for his defeat, the political defamer
does not hesitate. No one is free. from
danger of unexpected attacks, based on
mere imagination and oftener on personal
dislike, The "rule or ruin" policy is act
ed upon everywhere. Suspicion attaches
even to the social or religious associations
of some men. Some over-imaginative in
dividuals will attempt to throw around
the. business relations of men with one
another, suspicions of a dreadful and fore
boding character.
Now this is wrong, radically wrong.
The democracy everywhere are taking ad
vantage of this. and still further promoting
it as far as possible. Can we not conduct
our discussions, our canvasses and cam
paigns •on more 'courteous principles?
Our cause is just, and there is no occasion
for personal calumniation or villification.
It does no good,. it begets distrust, it de
stroys the mutual amenities between man
and man.
, We can do the republican cause infinite
good by uniting as one man on the great
est political Question of the , day—the
question of the tariff.
AND now that the raid on Canada has
ended, says an exchange, and Ireland's
liberties are no nearer being achieved than
before it was inaugurated, let us hope
that in future our Fenian friends will
ponder the subject well before they un
dertake another invasion of the dominion
of the "Kanucks." A moment's reflec
tion should have taught the too confiding
rank and file that the undertaking was a
rash one, and that the instigators of it
themselves never for a moment believed
that it would succeed. The result has
been that many hard-earned dollars have
found their way into pockets where they
do not rightfully belong, but from which
they never again be restored to their
rightful owners. We learn wisdom from
experience, and it is to be hoped that the
bitter experience of this last attempt to
wound England to death through the
hearts of our Canadian neighbors will in
duce the impetuous, warm-hearted Feni
ans to court the cost before embarking in
another similar unwise undertaking.
THE great Indian chiefs from the
far west, are eating ice cream at
Washington, making speeches to Grant,
their Great Father, and cooling their for
est lips with sparkling soda water. But
while Washington authorities are thus
holding " festal hours of mirth " with
these savages, their tribes at home are
butchering soldiers and citizens at Bear
Creek Station, near Fort Dodge. These
"representative braves" had the primitive
impudence to protest against further in
roads into their country, and to demand
the pardon and release of John Richard,
the half-breed, who killed a soldier at
Fort Fetterman, and who was present at
the interview at Washington as interpre
ter.
The continued and unceasing warlike
demonstrations of the Indians would al
most justify a little more:of Phil Sheri
dan's policy, and if they cannot be brought
to peaceful subjection, we can do nothing
less than declare open war. The Indians
at Washington are getting ice cream; on
the plains they are getting scalps.
IF tea and coffee were now made free,
and half the duty taken off sugar and
molasses, the revenue of next year from
customs would be cut down about forty
three millions. If, besides, the income
tax were abolished, about sixty-five mil
ions of taxes would be released, and the
Treasury would still have a surplus of,
say twenty-five millions above anything
like a fair account of income and expen
diture for the year. Is not this enough?
How are we concerned to run up the
bonds above the par of gold in the broker
shops? They are at par now, but if pro
ductive industry is crippled by the insane
attempt to pay them off now, they will go
down in the market, and the greenbacks
and the national currency with them, with
a run. We do not think that the country
can be ruined—that's some comfort—but
we are right sure that the active business
people of the day can be; and we are not
a little 'apprehensive that they will be. In
a word, instead of our Governments,
State and National, giving their attention
to our business, will soon be zealously
engaged in warring with each other for
the possession of its political powers, and
so demoralizing the nation instead of serv
ing it for its good.
Down the, River—the Democracy
While up the river a few days ago, says
the Mississippi Republican, we heard a
rich one on some poor fellow whose name
has escaped us. He was paddling to
Vicksburg in a dug-out, and had been in
formed of a certain locality called Ricks,
Bend, which is eighteen miles around,and
in one place about one hundred yards
across. He was advised to land at a nar
row point and drag his craft over, but he
passed the spot• going down without ob
serving it, and paddled on eighteen miles
around, till he struck it on the other side.
Landing at once, he dragged his boat
across and went gliding on down with a
light heart till he came within a few paces
of the same spot where he• had dragged
across before. Thinking that it was a
new cut off, he went ashore and tugged
his canoe over again.
- When he got back to the river a second
time, lie sauntered around a little to
stretch himself, and soon discovered an
old newspaper, out of which he had taken
his breakfast that morning. It was now
about sundown, and as be had paddled
3G miles, without flattering progress,
he scuttled his dug-out with a hatchet,
built a camp and waited till next day for
a steamboat.
Just so with modern democracy.
They havcbeen going over the same ground
for the last two decades. It has been
the "nigger " cry that animated their
campaigns for the last twenty years, and
now to-day, in the nineteenth century
some of their less reputable journals in
dulge in the same foolishness. This
species of twaddle ; and vulgarity and
senseless abuse amounts to nothing, and
papers which foster it, are breeding the
deepest contempt for their cause.
Cruel Outrage in the Coal Regions—A Boy
Murdered in Cold Bkod.
The Pottsville Jairrnal says: Of the
many fiendish outrages we have been call
ed to record in this country of late, we
can bring to mind none that calls more
loudly for summary vengeance upon the
perpetrators of these deeds of blood than
the one which occurred at Loss Creek,
near Shenandoah City, on. Friday, where
in an innocent inoffensive boy was made
the victim of the banditti highwaymen,
which seem to have been let loose upon
our highways, of late, to prey upon the
helpless, unprotected citizen as he passes
from one place to another in Schuylkill
county. A little while ago it was but the
coal operators and paymasters that were
in danger of being murdered while pass
ing over our country roads; but now it is
unsafe for helpless women or inoffensive
children to leave their homes for any pur
pose to pass any considerable distance
over rural highways.
On Friday morning as a farmer's son, a
half-grown boy, was returning from She
nandoah to his home in Mifflin, Columbia
county, after having disposed. of a load of
hay, he was accosted at Loss Creek by a
man, who asked for a ride. The bOy con
sented, and the man jumped onto the
wagon, and as they proceeded along the
road they came to a hill, when the man
whom be had. befriended proposed to get
out and. work the brake, and as he pro
ceeded to do so drew a revolver and shot
the boy in the back or side of the neck—
the ball passing through the head and
coming out near the eye. The boy fell
to the ground and was run over by the
wagon, when another man came out from
the ambush and the two villians rifled his
pockets and made off, leaving their victim
for dead:
About an hour after the occurrence the
boy was found by some road hands and
carried to the residence of Mr. George A.
Herring, where medical aid was summon
ed, and the wounds. were dressed. At
our latest advices, received fromn gentle
man who came from Loss Creek yesterday,
the boy was still living, but no hopes of
his recovery were entertained.
The President and fi.mily are to leave
Washington this evening on their visit to
Senator Cameron. They are to return to
•
the Capitol on Monday.. . .
Facts for the Curiotto,
There are some odd. coincidences in the
positions taken by the free-trade organs
of the country, that ought not to escape
public attention at a time when the whole
subject of fcstering American industry is
undergoing a revision. We group them
together for the purpose of asking our
readers and the public generally to ponder
over them and draw their conclusions.
1. The free-trade organs oppose pro
tection as tending to build up monopolies;
that is, American monopolies, by the ex
clusion of foreign manufactures that are
chiefly British.
2. If any such monopolies could exist,
it would only be by giving profitable em
ployment to American labor, in preference
to British capital and British labor.
3. The free-trade organs are all opposed
to granting subsidies to sustain American
lines of steamships to foreign ports, a
business now entirely monopolized by for
eigners; mostly by British lines. All the
British lines are sustainedby government
subsidies, and have been from the start.
Our lines have failed for want of such aid,
and free-traders are opposed to granting
it at all.
4. The free-trade organs are opposed to
granting drawbacks upon materials used
in shipbuilding, with a view to reviving
this depressed interest; and demand the
repeal of the navigation laws, and what
they call free trade in ships; that is un
limited freedom to the British shipbuild
ers to crush out our own.
5. The free-trade organs are all opposed
to funding our national debt at a lower
rate of interest, and do all in their power
to retain the debt in its present form, and
to propagate a disbelief in the feasibility
of any change calculated to reduce the
public burdens; their favorite argument
being that the foreign bondholders cannot
be induced to fund; entirely ignoring the
fact that with the lapse of the five year
period fixed in the bonds, the government
has the right to call them in and pay them
off.
6. The free-traders are all opposed to
the abolition of the income tax and to any
sweeping reduction of the domestic taxes;
preferring that all reductions should be of
the duties on imported goods, of which a
vast majority are British.
7. The free-traders are all in favor of
the legal tender decision, so as to give to
the holders of bonds abroad, chiefly Brit
ish, executed before the war, the right to
demand more money from us, on the plea
that it will improve our credit abroad;
that is, enable us to run in debt deeper
and go on piling up the yearly balance of
trade against ourselves.
S. The free-traders are all opposed to
the legal tender currency, because it can 7
not be exported or exhausted for the pur
pose of creating periodical rovulsions and
bankruptcies, in order to enable foreign
manufacturers and merchants to rush in
and monopolize our markets.
O. The free-traders are all in favor of
the immediate resumption of specie pay
ments because they know that there is
not coin enough in the country to resume
with, and therefore calculate on a revul
sion that would paralyze domestic indus
try, commerce and enterprise,' and to
arrest American growth.
10. The free-traders are all in favor of
what is called the redemption of the na
tional bank notes, that is, placing the
national bank notes at a discount, unless
the banks keep balances in New York to
redeem thdm, while the security for the
notes is deposited in the national treasury.
The object of this is to increase the power
of the free-trade fiscal organization in
New York to control the trade of the in
terior, to cripple the financial capacity of
the country, and• to afford better oppor
tunities for British capitarto - operate in
America.
11. The free-traders are all opposed to
the annexation of San Domingo, which
would give us a formidable position iu the
West Indies, and enable us to manoeuvre
with a navy to great advantage against
Jamaica, the Bahamas or Demerara, in
case of war with England.
12. The free-traders are all opposed to
the annexation of the Fejee Islands,
which would. give us a naval station in
the south Pacific, where the British now
stand alone supreme.
13. The free-traders were all opposed to
the annexation of Alaska, which placed
British Columbia between two American
territories and commanded perfectly on
the coast by both. They now oppose all
oppropriations for naval or military pur
poses in Alaska that could render the po
sition useful or formidable in case of war
with the British.
We might put with these some more
curious coincidences. But these will suf
fice. Now these people profess to be con
scientious in all these things. If we were
to admit that they are, let us ask what
could any hired advocate of British inter
ests do more than this to advance the
scheme of John Bull?—.N. American.
Religions War—A Fearful Massacre
A fearful war of religions intolerance
has broken out in the Province of Rouma
nia, the Metropolitan Province of the
Turkish Empire, in the South of Europe.
For some time the native Christians have
manifested a spirit of fearful vindictive
ness against the Jewish population, who
have endeavored in vain to obtain from
the government some protection against
outrage and extortion.
A secret movement has been in organi
zation for the extermination of the inof
fending Jews, and the deep and deadly
hatred of the bigoted populace, has only
been slumbering, awaiting a vent for its
fury.
On Sunday last, by a preconcerted sig
nal, the Christian population rose and the
fearful work of butchering was inaugur
ated. At an early hour the houses of all
the Jews were invaded, and those of the
occupants who were unable to escape,
were massacred in cold blood.
The fleeing Israelites were pursued
through the town by a mob and murdered
wherever caught. Men, women and
children were ruthlessly slain. The fury
of the populace was inflamed with relig
ious bigotry, and only exhausted itself for
want of victims.
In all of the principal towns the fearful
work of butchery prevailed, and thousands
of men, women and children of the repug
nant class were butchered in cold blood.
The work of slaughter still goes on in
the interior, and nothing has been heard
yet of any movement by the authorities
to suppress it.
The reigning Prince is absent from the
Province, and advantage vas taken of
this to complete the total extermination
of all the Jews from the Province•
Energetic measures will at once be
taken by the Sultan to suppress this re
ligious emeute.
The city election of Omaha, Nebraska,
on Tuesday, resulted in the choice of
three Republican and three Democratic
Councilmen, both parties being united on
the remainder of the ticket.
The small pox is raging among the
Crow Indians, and there is very little
hope of checking, as, owing to some su
perstitious idea, they refuse to be vacci
nated.
Homier, GREELY was seriously ill on
Wednesday, at the Hoffman House N. Y.,
suffering from fearer.
MAson Monius L. CIiESTER, a colored
man, formerly of Ilarrisburg„ this State,
but who was educated in Liberia, was ad
mitted to the English bar on the 30th of
April, as barrister-at-law.
SCOTT county, Illinois, was visited by
a destructive tornado on Saturday. For
a space of four or five miles in length, by
one in width, all the trees, crops, fences
and vegatables were destroyed. No lives
were lost.
The Ohio Democratic Convention met
last week at j Columbus. Nominations
were made as follows:—Secretary of State
Wm. Eelsley: Supreme Judge, li. 0. Har
rison: Comptroller, John 11. Heaton;
Member of the Board of Public works,
William Spencer. Resolutions were adopt
ed, asserting the equality of the States
and their right to control their own con
cerns; denouncing the tariff; declaring
that the internal revenue system ought to
be remodelled, abolishing stamps, licenses
and the tax on sales and incomes, and
making the collections by State and coun
ty officers; censuring the Administration
for corruption, favoritism and disregard
of the rights of citizens abroad; declaring
that the whole of our public lands ought
to be held as a sacred trust to secure
homes for actual settlers, and denouncing
the recent action of Congress, "in making
grants to mammoth railroad corporations
which are already too powerful, and may
become dangerous to a free people," de
manding taxation of .investments in
United States bonds; opposing the system
'of national banks, and demanding the
substitution of greenbacks for their cir
culation; and denouncing "the truckling
of the Administration to Great Britain
and Spain," and the efforts of the party
in power "to reduce whole States to the
condition of vassalage to the General
Government."
Tux Ohio Democratic Convention is
evidently hopeful Unit the sun will go back
at their bidding, and that they may
achieve power again. They have adopted
a platform in which all of the old planks
are edged in somewhere. Untaught by
experience, they still hold the powers of
the government incompetent to put clown
treason or warrant enfranchisement, and
are certain of inexpediency when they
cannot prove incompetence. Congress
has done wrong and infringed State sov
ereignty in crushing rebellion and giving
the franchise to the colored race; but this
is "the land of the free," and it is desira
ble to import as many Chinese as possible
and give them the ballot.
They are utterly hostile to the pestilent
idea of a tariff, and assert that they will
not support a candidate who does not go
for a near appoach to free trade; evident
ly
reserving their wildest enthusiasm for
who is an extremist for that doctrine. ,
They would abolish the internal revenue
system. They would have the national
bank system - wiped out at once, and
Treasury notes used for circulation. They
are imperative that the bonds should be
taxed, and pledge themselves to work for
the repeal of the Act to enforce the Fif
teenth Amendment. The Administration
is far from pleasing these Solons, and they
do not believe in grants of lands to rail
ways.
Taking the resolutions as a whole, they
are of the "root and branch" school.
Pretty much everything that is wrong,
and nothing but a grand overturn will be
satisfactory. All of the cheif interests of
the country find them in opposition. Their
positive declarations are for free trade,
the importation and citizenship of Chinese,
destruction of the banks and repeal of the
constitutional amendment. The balutme
is chiefly buncombe. Perhaps they will
conjure in Ohio with this magic. Its ex
travagance is more likely to injure them
there, while it will warn the people of all
other States from the extremes they cer
tainly promise, whether they would ven
ture them or not.
Guns and Boys
No amount of caution will keep boys
from handling guns. It is a facinating
implement. There is a charm about a gun
which bewitches a boy's imagination.
Guns are now so cheap that everybody
can have one. Even if timid persons
withhold fowling-peices from their sons,
it will not prevent their handling them.
The town is full of them. And accident
ally or on purpose, your son will find out
something about gunning. The military
companies are so many, and the manual
of arms so fascinating, and sharp-shooting
has become such a fashion, that you may
be sure that an average boy will come by
a gun clandestinely, if he does not with
your permission. Now, we argue that it
is far more dangerous to leave boys to find
out secretly the pleasures of a gun than
it is to teach them its skillful use. A
child soon learns caution. After a few
weeks, a boy of ten years old is in as little
danger of doing mischief with a gun as he
is of taking poison, or falling into the
river, or down stairs, or of stabbing him
self with his knife. We hold it to be
sound philosophy that children are safer
by being taught how to meet danger and
overcome it than by seeking to keep them
away from all danger. It is not the bold
and brave lads that are most apt to be
harmed. In wrestling, climbing, swim
ming, riding, leaping or shooting, they
have been taught skill and self-reliance
are seldom injured. It is the clumsy
hand, the awkward foot of one untaught
in manly exercise that courts disaster.
The boy that is familiar with a gun is not
the one who snaps it at his sister, thinking
that it is not loaded, and shoots her dead.
It is the green lubber who has not been
permitted to know anything about fire
arms that does that. A wise father should
teach his boy how to load, how to carry a
gun safely, how to scale a fence, and all
the pecuniarities of the art of hunting.
It would be well, too, to teach every girl
how to use a pistol. Many a woman has
been placed in the power of burglars for
lack of th at knowledge.—Henry Whrd
Bucher.
The Latest News
TUESDAY, June 7.—Returns from near
ly all of Whittemore's district in South
Carolina indicate his re-election to Con
gress by about 5000 majority. Only one
half the colored and one-fifth of the white
vote was polled.
Spotted Tail and his three companions
took leave of the President yesterday, and
are to start for home to-day. Red Cloud
and his party are to have an interview
with the President to-clay, and another
council with Secretary Cox and Commis
loner Parker in the course of three or four
days.
A night train ran into the culvert near
Summit Station, Vt., on Tuesday night,
and the train sent to its relief, after taking
on the passengers, ran into another cul
vert three miles from the scene of the first
disaster. The result is that three persons
were killed, twelve badly injured, and
several others injured slightly.
The Montreal ex-press train, on the Har
lem Extension Railroad, ran off the track
at Clarendon, New York, yesterday, ow
ing to the washing away of a bridge by a
heavy rain. The locomotive and three
cars plunged into the river. The fireman
is missing and supposed to be killed. The
engineer is seriously and the baggage
master slightly injured.
TITUDSDAY, JUDO reply to a res
olution of the Senate, the President says
that - the State Department has received
no official information of the reported
massacre of the Jews in Roumania. The
report - is finally exploded by a cable des
patch in another place.
In New York, yesterday, the corner
stone of the new Masonic Temple was
laid with imposing ceremenies. The pro
cession on the occasion included 40,000
Masons, and is considered the finest Ma
sonic display ever wituessed in that city.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
is employing Chinese laborers for the
section west of Cheyenne, and the dis
placed labors arc making threats.
5211)LITIC,II.
Foit uncounim.
We are authorized to announce BENJAMIN
UItBAN, Esq., of Conestoga township, te., a can
didate for the Office of Recorder, subject to the
decision of the Union Republican party at the
primary election.
We are requested io announce MARTIN D.
HESS, of Paradise township, (0110 at the death
of Isaac liollinger, late Reeorder, aqsutued the
responsible position of llecorder for the ITlDOX
pirea ten months, and paid to the deceased's
lamily Z , 1.7 P. 77 out of the proceeds of the (Mice.)
as a candidat e for the office of Recorder of Deeds
at the Lepublican nominating election.
PETEIZSBUI:(7, April 25th, 1870.
I hereby certify that Martin D. DOSS has made
a lull, Mud and eatislac tory sett lenient with me
for the the time lie held the office or Recorder.
For his disinterested kindness in iv-A-mining
It Very responsible trust IF the benefit or my
self and latlierkiis children, he merits our
klnde,t regards, and should receive the unani
mous Sunport, of my ticce•ased 111.1thaliti'S friends
and the Republican party, for the (Mice is Re
corder of Deeds, for which he is a deserving and
competent candidate.
ELIZABETIT TiOLTANGER,
ut Icaac 11011114;er, clec.ea,,l
We are authorized to =amine° LE'.V S S.
TIAR,TMAN, of Lancaster City, oato private Cu.
It, Ist Regiment l'enn'a Reserves, who carried
the musket for three years, and was severely
wounded on the :oth of May, tuft, on the tut
day of his three-year term 01 service, at the
or Dot loolda Chu reh. m Gram's campaign in
front of Richmond) as a candidate for the, Ottlee
or Recorder, subject to the (-leclsion of the Re-
Publican voters at, the ensuing printery fleet ton.
\Ve arc nut 1101.1.7(1 to :1111101111CC that Da. U, J.
S.NAVELY, of :MaiAiello Borough, wilt be a
candidate fur Om oilier. of Reeoider of Deeds
sulliect to the decision o 1 the Itepublican voter .0
at the ensuing primary election.
We are anthorizrd to announce DANIEL
WERNTZ, of Strasburg Borough, iorinerly Cor
oner, as a candidate for the 011ie° of Recorder
subject to the decision of the Republican voters
at tile emoting pi Hinny election.
We arc au I Inmired to announce J. \V. FIIANTZ
of East Lam pet or township. Into Deputy Sheriff
under Slwrilf Frey, iisit candidate for the °thee
of Recorder of Deeds, subject to the decision of
the I:epublican voters at the ensuing primary
election.
We are aniburized lu announce PETETt DIP
FENBALICiI I, (bundler, a n d iorincrly cattle.
drover,) of East. f.,:iiiiveter towinliii), as a etunit
date ior the Office of Recorder, i-übjeLt to tilt
decision of /he voters at :lie enstt
mg; in ninny election.
V.'e aro :to t,l orize,l to announce DANIET
\ EIt:NTZ, of Strastangl:ol . otigh, loaner ly Cot
(MT, IL., a candidate foe the utliee of lteconlet
stit ject to the tleeNton of the rtopublican at,
nt tne ensuing primary election.
We tue twilit - ill/ea to announce CAPT.. D. P
ROSENMILLER, JR., of Lancaster City, Otte
Act. :Ilai,ter F. SI. Navy, and who serval In the
iNlee , issippi JIIVCI• Gunboat. Flotilla luring the
Rebellitaid :Is a candid:it, for County Solicitor,
subject to the decision of the Republican voter,
at the ChheLlith: election.
Attorney-at-Law, °dice \o.•i Court Avenue,
Lancaster, Pa.
We are a t hurized to r.nnounee B. C.
ICREADY, city, a, a esuidulate for County So
licitor, I,niieet to the ElLqu,ion of the Republic:al
voter:, at the ensuing . Drimary election.
SPEcIAL s OTI cE.
The Living L'ilatthine.
Injure the main spring of a watch and every
onion of the :writs benolll cs ilisorilerce., The
stoniach fs to the human system what
that elastic piece of 0101:1 is to a ch:onometer. It
influences the action of the oilier organs, and
controls, to a certain client, the whole living
machine. The comparison may h 0 carried fur
ther: for as the Weak neSS or of her hillierlections
at the Main s:o.ing is indicated on the Mee of the
thne..piecc, so whew is the wealinesi or other dis
orders Otthe stomach betrayed by cheftoe of the
invalid. The complexion o, sallow or faded, the
eyes are deficient in lustre and intelligence, and
there is a worn, anxious expression in the whole
countenance which tells as plainly as written
words could, do that the pi cal vourmleing organ
whew Office it is to minister to the want:, of the
body, and to sustain and Yellen* all Its pal ts, is
110 t prefortning its ditty. It requires i enovat ling
and I egulating, and to accomplish this end,
I lostetter's Stomach Bitters may be ti my said
to be thecae thing The broken main spring
at a Watch IllaY be replaCo(l by a 110 w 0110, but
the Stomach can only be repaired and strength
ened, and this is one Of the objects of the famous
Vegetable restorative which for eighteen years
has been waging. a successful contest with dys
pepsia in all cliinates. As a Sl)CCalb,:fOrilldige,
11011 It stands alone, When the resources of the
pharmacopoeia have been exhausted, without,
at best, doing more than mitigating the com
plaint, a course of this wholesome and pala
table, yet powerful, stomachic, effects it perfect
and permanent cure, In all cases of dyspepsia
the liver is more or less disordered, and upon
Oils important gland, as well as upon the stom
ach:ma bowels, the Bitters act singular dis
tinctness, regulating and reinvigorating every
secretive and assimilating oVgail ()11 which
bodily 1111 d mental health depend.
--- -ZILZYCEISL - 12 7203 -0-.
A COUGH, COLD OR Sore Tfiroat
Requires haa ed late attention, as
neglect often results In ax inetn a
it: , W A • bl •
(.• _am, ase.
81fOMA143 Brown's Branch ial Troches
n-Ls, Invariably give instant
FOR BRONCIUTIs, ti - rumA,CATAnntr, Cossumr-
TIyE and Tuno.vr DISEASeS. they have a sooth
ing effect.
SINGERS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS use them
to clear and strengthen the voice.
Owing to the good reputation and popularity
of the Troches, many wort/do., and el.cap
err much a, e 210thlilg, Be sure to OD
PAL* the true
Brew n' s Bronchial Troches.
SOLD EN - 2:r - r-wn Err.
COAL! COAL!! COAL!!
The undersigned is now prepared to sell
Coal of all tin, ; received from the best mines
In the Stale, and guaranteed to be of superior
quality. it is front the Veins of the Celebrated
BALTIMORE CO. lt LLE MINES at Wilkes
harre; well prepared, and free of slate and dirt.
pt Ice net ton 01•2000 lbs., on W hart at Basta:
:For No. 1 or Grale, $3.00.
" or E. 5.25.
" " 3or Stove. 5.25.
" " 4 or Small Strove
-
" 5 or Chestnut, 4.75
The above prices are for the Month of May
Term , Cush before delivery.
The reputation of the above named Coals is a
sufficient guarantee of their duality; and as I
deal in no other, the public can re q, as,ured
they are as represented.
AMOS S. GitzEN, Ant..
may2l-tf 0.-n d• Co.. 11.111,a,borre.
B. FEANK SAYLOR & CO.,
ROTOGRAPHERS,
.G Il est King .S . treet.
LANcAsTER., PENN
We aim to , ntisfy all our rilromi, as, well as
give them work, whirh iavorahly ( . 01111/al as
with that done in the best. gallerli,:
CO.PI' ENG PICTURES
Into ally size, of deees , ed or ali , ent f 1 lend., is
matte a specialty with It,
FILVNI EA, ALBUMS, and nll thing, in our
line alwav, on Inunl.
bti, — lternemher the
Plio to ga: aplie s,
O. 26 Ring St., 1.1111(,....it,,r
B. FitANK. SAy ton. 3 AmEs Porrs..
GENERAL UPTIOLSTititY
Charles L. hale
030 ARCM STEEET. PIIELADELPIELA.
Offer. ior the Sprin,4 Trade . 3 Splendid A.-
sortment of
Nottingham Si. Real Lace Curtains,
WINDOW BLINDS AND SHADES
In the newest colors and design.
. -
Window Cornices in Gilt, Walnut unit Rose
wood and Gilt. Furniture Slip., or Covets fitted,
cut, and made.
SPRING lIAIR at MATTRESSES
=I
EME3
p Agent for the Potent Neinlie Spring Bed,
and for the Patent Spring Fixture for Windom. ,
Shades.
_FLY,4IVCIAL.
INTERE:STS ON DEPOSITS._
The COLUMOIA NATIONAL BANK' will
pay interest on Deposits as follows:
For 1 & Months, 4 per cent
4 4
" 3 , 4 3 "
" 6,7, S, 9 ,t; 10 " 5 la
" 11 S;122 "
mar12 . 70-1y SAMUEL SIIOCII, Cashier
T'JRST NATIONAL BANK OF
Interest Paid on Special Deposits as follows:
4 per cent. for 30 or 60 days.
1-2 per cent. for 90 days and
under 6 mouths.
5 per cent. for 6 mouth and under
•
11 mouths.
51-2 per cent for 11 12 months.
S. S. DETWELLER, Cashier
R. HAYES' P ()EERY AND PROVISION STORE,
Begs leave to inform his old friends and patrons that lie has
just received another large and splendid assortment of
FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES
The undersigned would call the attention of the public to his huge and well-selected
sleek of FRESH. GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS just received from the City,
which he will sell OHEAPER THAN EIIIERi—FOR CASH! His stock comprises
SUGARS,
SPICES,
1.):11rE1) BEEF, _DRIED —4: ND CA.Y.ZsTE.D FR VII,
Also, l3rooins, Brushes, Buckets, Bed Cords, and everything in . the Grocery line, le
directs special attention to his new and superior stock of
GLASS AND QUEENSWARE,
Which he is s,elling at prices LOWER than over before offered in Columbia. Call and
examine for yourselves. Also, on hand FLOUR AND FEED. ' ga- AGEN,T FOR
i)WM. GOOD'S EAGLE MILLS FLOUR,.. t
The ntisT Family Mom in the Market Every barrel Warranted. Sold Cheap for
Cash. Having - purchased my goods cheap for Cash, lam prepared to offer them cheaper
than any other dealers. Goods sold for CASH ONLY.
HALDEMAN'S STORE
,EST.A.I3I_,ISITED 1815.
OUR STOCK IS NOW FULL AND COMPLETE
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT !
AND CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF
Good Bargains!
Which have Only to be Seen to be Appreciated.
GEO. W. & B. F. HALDEMAN,
112 & 114 Locust Street.
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES.
oct9-ly
=9
1870.
MEM
WHITE GOOK WHITE AND COLORED SWISSES,
MARSEILLES AND PIQUES,
GRENADINES, TRAVELING DRESS GOODS,
All the New Styles of Shawls, Parasols. &o.
CARPETS. MATTING, OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW.SHADES
At Lower Prices than ever offered before in Columbia
WILLIAM G. PATTON'S
No. 160 Locust St., Columbia.
A*E O tr SPIIIXC GOODS!
A GOLD PRICES.
Dress Goods, Domestic White Goods, Notions,
MERCHANT TAILORING
CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES,
Of all Popular Makes, on Easy Terms. Machines to Rent.
CLSOING OUT SHOES AT COST.
CHEAPER AND BETTER THAN EVER.
JUST RECEIVED AT
S. E. on. 4TH & CHEERY STS., COLUMBIA, PA
Better and Cheaper than can be bought elsewhere
0 PFF, ES
.. , 3LICKEREL,
SHOULDERS,
ll_\.ll R,
R. HAYES,
South-cast Corner Fourth SI Locust Sts., Columbia.
srm,m ER!
SPECIAL OPENING FOR THE SEASON AT
FONDERSMITH9S.
127 & 129 Locust St., Columbia,
OP NOVELTIES IN
PLAID A_VD STRIPED 01?G_ANDI.ES,
GROCERIES, &c.
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS
BEST A SSORTMENT
At the LOWEST Pnicrs ever offered in Columbia.
S HIWING Ii~CACI-Irr ES
FIN :1-41,
TEAS
CHEESI ,- .3,
SOAP,
SYRUPS,
POTATOES,
CANDLES,
1870.
EMI
000DS.
OF
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