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~REPAIBMICAN COUNTY TICKET
Cbngras
Assembly.
HENRY M. ENGLE, East Donegal.
- GEORGE WHITSON, Bart.
• JOHN E. WILEY, Conoy.
• A. C. REINTEHL, Manbeilm.
• • Recorder.
• GEORGE J. HIGH, East Lainpeter
County COMMISSiOACT.
JOHN X. REED, City.
Prison Inspectors.
LEWISSPRECHER, City.
EZRA BETSY, Warwick.
Directors of Poor.
DAVID LAIN.IDIS, East, Lanapeter
JOHN J. FRY, Rapho.
• • ' - County Solicitor-.
B. C. KEBAB'S,
. • Jury Commissioner
DA:Vito . ..l4-AM, City.
Auditor.
BA.IICF,T , SHOCH, Columbia
FREE trade is profligacy—Protection
is prudence
J. H. OLIVER ESQ.j a graduate of F &
N. College, has been nominated by the
Iteiyahlicans of the 6th : Congressional Dis
trict (Lehigh and Montgomery) as the
candidate for Congress against Dr. E. L.
Acker of the Norristdwit Register:
Trig religious(?) department of the ,
ColUmbia _Herald has a nearly two . eolumir
editorial ;to•prove that Republicanism in ,
France means the " extirpation of priests,
and with' them the christian religion."
`All - Frenchmen who shoat.'" Vive La Re
publique,", are the " cut-throats of Eu;
roper!' The writer must have heard from
Rome!
, THERE is, we understand,a secret move=
meat to set up an independent Repub
.- lico-Doriatteratic ticket, with Hon. I. E.
Hiesier, and a few thousand dollars,at the
head, as a candidate for Congress, and
H. , 31. North, Esq., as one of the four
candidates for th'e- Legislature. The rest
of the ticket is to be mainly Republican.
: We hear, too, of a little soldier affiliation ,
with this copperhead movement, which we
- trust :not correct: We •hope that no
Republican who loves his oanntry and
the' principles of Ilia party, will touch this
"mule'.'ticket. It is an effort of the
delitoqiady,und a few disatisfied Repub
, .
•Jican office seekers _to demoralize the rad.:
Acal,rnulis. Among-.the latter- are some,
s• • ca . o within a few hundred votes of
.ad they been success..
• , •
e' - been no - Spa - rife — ln
t en- .. enunetntons of the seceders, .who
`now-attempt to cut down ourmajority,for
that's all the-movement will amount to.
. . ,
`-TgEscimhead and :Copperhead scheme
of getting up . an independent ticket is
meeting With poor success throughout the
- - county.
_quick's who 'have
tanderta . keri to nourish the thing into
life,r4ve, a sorry time of it,and simply for
• the reason that the people have no faith
either in their political integrity or sagac
ity. lArlini:Oie little,:d.nst, raised by the
adventereii has blown' elfin it will be
found: that.no.person, has been hurt but
the instigators of the movement. The
peoplelave-rio sympathy with discrgaiti
' iiiag Movements of any kind.—ExciMiner
. cC Herald.: -
Tax pp State:Elections were opened
• by*Vermont and , ,California on Tuesday
• and Wednesday.- Next in order i and more,:
important' than' either the Green Monn T
Caha et:Golden •
State, lo s liolVed Maine, Cm!
the 12th inst. Maine's election-has foi
-many years been regarded as indicative of
• the results in all the othet:StafeS:7 . Thii
year s the canvaSs: - in'lla‘ ine, is 14te;asified
by an .1.1.1111511a1 lively struggle over, the
United- States Senatorship. The Maine
' election 'evey:; "ther , e 'will be a 'lull until
the Ist of'Patol;er, whenslz men of In-',
diana,gn
,to the,polls; followed-on-the 3.1
of ice saine.month'hy the voters of -Mie
,aisszppz and Elorzda. Pennsylvania,Ohio,
..and Iowa:hold their elections on the 11th
' of 'October;and West Viginia cads the
- election for this month on the 27th-: :
eonclUdedto bottle
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_wrath for the present, and under the
—pressure of party drill, has not only withi
ldra-siin as 'a candidate for . Congress, but
promises to support the, candidate whord
he charged with securing his place on_thei
ticket by fraud.. This course:was' not un T
expee ted, as Bretton in . his' opposition :to
Haldeman was not actuated by, the Tao
.' rirsi that, govern a large number of his
. supporters in his " bolt" from the decis'-
ion 'of the Conferrees: Bretton may
""'transfer hinaself body; and breeches to his
• . .
trituaphant opponent, buthe, cannot con
- trot thervotes of a large.number of Deme
crats, who have determined to withheld
their. support from lialdernan r , ,One rea
, son given forißratton's•declension,•thougli
not avowed by 'himself,' is that agreeing
filsoipositioit to a Pro
tective Tariff, he does not wish to endan
ger the cause of Free trade .by 'remaining
in the field. - The -Democratic candidate
by his 'steady' , opposition to 4 - i i,rot ! ptive
tariff,hiSt.winter in dorwiess has -made
foilimself many.warm friends among-the
- 'Free traders in other-States, , and'they are
naturally 'Very 'anxious for hisieleetiOO.
Mr..Hafdetiaanis determination to close up:
the iron. business of his ; native. state, by re
, (lacing. the duties- •on ' to so .low ''a
-;point as to r aniit'of importing fereign .
is regarded by thorn is heroic in
the highest-degreecomi-ofvourse they are
7 - ready - to giverhim-their suppprf.l As the
ieSeiiiitfyil `of ode,
_ greatiroo ,districts of.. the. - State ke-ItaS
`:,achieved ixtotorietyc which- he could not
have reached-by-any-display of talent on
atanustl be. said for. him. that
asAls position:is, :lie has made - no
fort ,ao conceal. it::.:Thereforti , 13e - -who'
Totes for hinv_votealily:FrecArade
its attendant evils.
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IT is saidthat Mr. 436;eywill mat_bo
a candidate - for. State Treasureriaext'year.
Gen Irwin should also be droppek-nnd
an,eotirely new man selected—a man who
Will•not intrigue or bore Tor the office,and
in whose-honesty the Republican party
and people 'generally have' entire confi
dence.
So says the Reading Journal, and we
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endorse itmost emphatically.
FILO3I present indications, and from I
notes by the press generally there promis
es to be no--end now- to books—and—rnaga--,
zine articles.purporting to give personal
reminiscences of Dickens. Nearly every
person whO was so fortunate as to have
been introduced to the great novelist dur
ing his life would have it believed' now
that he was his confidential friend, and a
single autograph letter is considered no
mean nucleus for a biography.
The Election in Maine, on Monday r-e
suited in a substantial Republicwn tri
umph- We have returns of the vote for
Governor from 110 towns, nearle one-half
of the State, which give a majority of
5,090 for Sidney Perham, the republican
candidate for Govnornor, against 4,942
majority for Chamberlain, last year.
We judge that he is elected by five to
seven thousand majority, through the vot
ing has been so eccentric that it may be
hazardous to attempt a close calculation
as to the majority. The Legislature is
largely Republican; though the Demo
crats may have gained n few members of
the House, and possibly one or two Sen
ators. The people seem to have been
voting mainly for U. S. Senator—the con
test being between Gov. Chamberlain and
the Hon. Lot M. Morrill.
Shoddy Contractors
Great stories are told in Paris of the
enormous frauds of the government army
contractors from which we should judge
these contractors to be as'infamous as were
some of our own. Infamous as cartridges
filled with sand; artillerymen show explo
sive shells that will not explode; the clo
thing and equipments of the troops are
complained of and, in fact, the entire •mil
itary condition of Fiance is bad. It is
even alleged that some of the balls provi
ded for the guns in the Paris forts do not
fit, and that new ones will have to cast.
It is a bad time in the midst of aseige, to
overhaul contractors for their frauds; lint
if the Praisians should give them a short
shrift, it would be precisely what some of
our soldiers would gladly have done by
the greedly wretches who did their best
to sell our country for personal gain.—
ReCord.
•
The Record.
Senator Morton, of Indiana, gives the
following record of the Republican party :
It abolished Slavery!
it establisheif"Universal Suffrage!
It gave Liberty to all Sections!
It protected the Civil Rights of man !
It - defeated Repudiation!
It gave Republican Government to the South!
It built the Pacific Railroad! • .• '
the Homestead Law t• .
. MCC opened New Roads into the
public domain !
It secured Pensions and Homesteads to the
Union Soldiers ! •
It - has reduced the NatiOnal Debt one hundred
• and forty-six millions in sixteen months,
thus certainly securing the extinction of
the whole debt in less than ilfteen years !
It has reduced Taxation—Eighty lfillions of Dollars
in one Intl!
It hai. ii - assed'a ReVenue Tariff- with full inci
dental protection to American labor
It has reduced the prospective interest oa the
National debt!
And ,we may add: It supports the
Liberal' Principles of United Germany,
against the Despotism of the late French
Dynasty, the enemy of the United States
during our great Rebellion.
CONPARED IVITIC, THE DISA.STROMS RECORD OF
• THE DEHOCRA.TIC PARTY.
Sympathy with the Rebellion!
Devotion to slavery!
Hostility to Universal Suffrage!
Persecution of the Freed People
Opposition to the Civil Rights Bill!
Favorable to Repudifition
Adverse to the Reduction of the Debt!!
Votes in Congress against Reducing Taxation !
- Prejudiced against the Union Soldier"!
Committed co Low Wages and Free Trade !
A Check to Crime Waited.
The ineresae of crime is-patent to every
body. In large cities the number of ar
rests is fearfully- on the increase. Our
, daily - exchanges dontain whole pages of
robberies, and murders, and offenses of
other kinds. Towns and villages are also
cursed with this increased' wretchedness.
.Lancaster and Columbia may be placed in
the same catalogue. One of our Phila
delphia exchanges, in commenting on the
' orderly condition - of Paris, since the fall
of Sedan, alleges that it is attributable
to the driving out of the thousands of idle
and vicious persons who, during the siege
-would not only have been an incumber
ance,hut would have availed themselves
Of the, opportunities that would have been
so amply afforded them of plying their
dishonest vocations. "And here, by the
way, we would ask whether a similar step
would not prove salutary in this and other
IS - rge - Anierican cities.,"Thcre" las - becn
- of late a fearful increase in crimes of
nearly every grade, from red-handed tour
der down, and we regret to state that thi4
vigor of lawlessness shows no signs of
abatement.— Why this •should•he S 3 we
confess ourselves unable to 01, but tha tit
is,"So • is a fact that stands' unchallenged.
,Are we too lenient with criminals ? Such
-would not seem to be the ease, for the
Judges of our courts have on nearly all
occasions inflicted ,the severest penalties
of, the law , upon convicted offendes.. Is
our police inefficient ? We are not wil
ling'to believe - this, as the force of Mayor
Fox isapparei3fly,neither better oor worse
than their predecessorsy. Wheie are we
then to look for the sources• of this ava
lanehe of criminality? Olir churches and
Sabbath schools are, doing their usual
amount of •good ' , work, but they- fail in
- their reforinatory in - finances hi keep pace
With the steady,yigorous, ouw:ard march
.of. criminality. The- question, is one
worthy'tlicsorious consideration of our
Citizens.' :):fvfolatbrsof luw_are permitted
to multiply in this ratio, where is the mat-
Irk :to 'end; and how Something •m
be'done 'or the'dnw,will he, overridden and
'the peace and-safety of : the city jeopard
ized.- What4 -- that• 4 something is,; . those
whosediit • -iris to • devise iiseasnies` for
the protection- of - peaceable citizens
should • 'determine: =We i can only state
Action' in -. the utatter , - reSts• with
the authorities....,Jf.ithis_is not talieo,
`their;aS-in Satat'Unciiao in liy:ii . One'Years,
the citizens will be compelled to 'Provide
for their own own safety."
popular whine, "Where are , the,
11,zght,ers, the Clays, the PatrickTifen!,
rYs? . ' is answered in this way by the Chi
cage j'imes:
men become more enlightened, ed
ucation becomes more universal, the tal
ent of men becomes more equalized. There
is_notthechanee now that there used to
be for one man to rise far above his fel
lows, and thus compel the homage and
obeisance of those about him. There are
heroes as great as ever there have -been
But there arc so many of them that in•
.dividuals-are-feDgetteu-and-ideas -are-- be
co mi ng supreme.• This is a mark of true
progress, 'and just as fast as the person is
merged into the pr'oject, so much nearer
do we come to complete culture and re
finement."
WE have another report of the detuilds
made by Prussia of France. The state
ment is that Bismarck will have Alsace
and Lorraine, the French Baltic fleet, and
$80,000,000. All reports agree that the
German repossession of Alsace and Lor
raine is an essential in every proposal. A
moneyed compensation has been mention
ed, but its amount has never before been
stated. The Baltic fleet, commanded by
Vice Admiral Bovet Willaummez, entered
the Baltic July 20. It sailed from Cher
bourtr, and contains the ironclads Rocb
ambeau, formerly the Danderberg, and
Armide, and seven others in one division.
Another squadron has been added since.
It has accomplished nothing more than
the capture of one or two merchant-men
and the fright of a few fishermen.
Every an his Own Governor.
Governer Hoffman reviewed a brigade
of the National Guard at Binghampton
few days since and made a speech in the
course of which be said : " The best
government is that which governs the
the' least, and the most.certain way to pro
cure and maintain it is for every man in
the community to feel that he must be
his owns governor." That is the true
theory of republican government, but how
few politicians iu our day practice it ! If
every man would be his own governor a
vast amount of wickedness would be avert
ed; the necessity for State conventions,
cabals, cliques and all the paraphernalia
and trappings of partisan life become use
less and unnecessary. A treatise or lec
ture upon the subject of "Every - lan
His Own Governor" would prove a novel
entertainment during the coming lecture
season.-117: Y. licrald.
THE WAR.
The great powers on the part:of France
have demanded an armistice. The Prus
sian armies aro reported to have halted in
their march on Paris. M. Thiers has
been despatched by the Provisional , Gov
ernment on a secret mission to London,
St. Petersburg, and Vienna, and the pros
pect for peace is therefore quite cheering.
During the past week the new French
Government has been working energeti
cally-to bring about a-cessation of hostili
-Cia;Te--iiorrer-e-aniTo're-trael.,
seconded by the people, and there is no
doubt - it is ready and anxious to make an
honorable settlement with Prussia. The
German people also are 'playing for peace,
and unless some pew. cause arises they
will sustain a further prosecution of the
war with great reluctance. It is exceed
ingly unfortunate, however, that in these
European matters the people have so lit
tle to say. Nevertheless, monarchs and
rulers are beginning to realize that it is
dangerous to take on too 'many absolute
and infallible airs, and they are conse
quently prone to take more heed to the
popular will-than iu .former times. We
are therefore led to hope quite confidently
for the peaceful settlement of this great
Franco-Prussian quarrel at an early day.
A Horrible Crime
A correspondent of the Tribune of
August 22d, says :
I have referred, in previous letters, to
the danger of raising against any one
whomsoever the cry of Prussianism.
The village of Hautefayc (Dordogne) has
within the last two days bden the theatre
of a crime so hideous a character as tare
mind one of the barbarism of the Middle
Ages. Without entering into the details
of the preliminary incidents, 'it will suf
fice to state that a Wealthi,landed proprie
tor, the owner of the chateau- of Bretag
nes, one Sieur, de Moneys d'Ordieres,Was
burned alive by the populace, under' the
impression that had cried out : " Vice la
Prime!" It appears th'at he did make
use of these words, but only-at the end of
a reply he was addressing to a band of fel
lows who had insulted him and hiS cousin
by pointing them out as "fine gentlemen
who paid others to fight the Prussians for
them." M. de Moneys indignantly denied
the allegation, and even declared that,
though rich, he did not intend to purchase
a substitute, but would himself risk his
life for the country. He added : 'Those
who, at such a moment endeavored to
shirk the discharge of their patriotic dm,
ties, are cowards, and make common cause
with all who shout, " Vive la Pruise !"
These last:words alone were beard by a
part of the band who had provoked this
retort. -It was sufficient. The young
man—lie.was only 29—was immediately'
set upon and fled. He' was pursued, re
captured and beaten and kicked, and drag
ged to the dried 'up bed of a'pond in the ,
field where the fair is usually held. The:
ferocious ruffians next got a heap of fag
gots and put the already half dead man
upon it, and baying heaped more over ,
him', set the pile on fire. The unfortu
young man, - unable to move, eipired in
awful agony... His father arrived while
the young man was being burnt. When
- the fire was extinguished , the body . was a
Mere charred
„he* The loyalty-of M. de
.Moneys -was notorious,, and no one seems
to be able to account for this savage ,act.
The judicial authorities are .in search of
. the perpetrators of this atrocity.
THE following :from the N.• Lcadcr, a
;Democratic paper, haelleen revived : •
When Mr, Cox ,was delivering an
,oration in this .city, be_,stated that.he had
'possessed the ineatlmahle privilege of vo
ting for twenty years, and he Was proud to
:add that in 'that time - be 'bad-cast twenty
Democratic-votes. -,A gentleman in the.nu
dience—wtto no .doubt would be .wart2aly
:endorsed by the • Deinocral-Was heard to
mutter audibly: " twenty - votes
:111 , .,t‘Yetny yearal,,why. I..:have-Votegl'the
Domocratib ticket twenty times at one elec
tion.":
News Items
A bum' in (ho bush is woith two in Oa
hand.
Intreneinnents are the first care in war—
retrenchments in Retiee.
haystack of 5000 tons ornaments an Il
linois farm-yard.
Prairie chickens are more plentiful than
usual out West.
New York has - about - 18;000 Prench inhab
itants.
" The Oregon 'hay crop is greatei tbaii ever
before.
The Pacific Railroad continues to forward
east cargoes of tea
Chief Justice Chase is now reported by
his-physician out oNlanger.----- -
Lincoln, the capital of Nebraska, but two
years old, has a popalatiou of 2500.
It is thought the war will interfere with
the supply of German toys for the holidays.
Hamburg and-Brennen steamers are pre
paring to sail soon. •
America uses'as much paper as France
and Eu,glaucl cornbhied.
nochefortias been made a member of the
new French government.
The census of Niagara Falls shows a very
little falling off of the population.
The vocabulary of nonsensical names has
been nearly exhausted by the base ball
clubs.
The State geologist.of Ohio declares that
the State has 10,000 square miles of coal ad
posit.
Laws, like sausages, - cease to inspire ro
spent in proportion as we know how they
are made.
A train on the Union Pacific Railroad,
last wo'k, run a distance of 107 miles with
out making, a stop.
Governor Baker, of Indiana, said in a re
cent speech that his Stateias now practically
fi ee of debt.
A Montana town, witlyt total population
of only forty-eight, boasts that it had twen
ty-seven fights in one day.
College degrees the past summer have not
excited so much interest as the degrees
thermometers have indicated.
Cincinnati fears a lager beer famine un
less the European misunderstanding is soon
settled.
Sir Robert Peel said that the country
which produces hue largest amount of coal
will-Iteep the lead.
The gain in the population of Massachu
setts during the past five years will be
nearly ono hundred thousand.
The San Francisco butchers use no ice for
their meat, and need none. In that dry cli
mate mein keeps a long time.
A New. Tersey.jury decided that Sunday
accidents are not legal, and damages incur
red on that day are irrecoverable.
There is on exhibition at the stock yards
in Chicago an improved stock car, which
the inventor calls a "palace stock car."
A recentletter from France says : " Paris
has lost its usual pleasure-garden face, an
wears a prison-yard one in its place."
The North Georgia coal region, estimated
to extend through an area of 2-10 square
miles, is expected to yield 1,390,000,000 tons.
Exiled French republicans in this country
aro following Victor Hugo's example and.
returning to Paris.
It is said that the only public building in
Paris where the Imperial arms have been
allowed to remain is the Morgue.
A census-taker in Adams county, Ohio
reports : " Ulysses Grant HoolTman, fe
male, two years of age, ;daughter of Alfred
Elooffman farmer."
A modest music dealer was recently non
plussed by a lady as stout as Parepa•Rosa,
who inquired ; " Have you Put Me in My
Little Bed ?"
An Illinois husband laments the loss of
several bushels of apples, shaken prema
turely from the tree on which his wife hung
herself.
Spurgeon, when laying " corner-stones,"
disdains to use a silver trowel, and .does a
guaiCar - Otairliour'.; h‘oust work: with an
ordinary implement.
" I have a great lore for old hymns," said
a pretty girl to her masculine companion,
"I am much fonder of young hers," was
his reply.
Miss Annie P. Ladd, of Augusta, Maine,
has been appointed by the Governor and
confirmed by the Council as a j ustice of the
peace.
New Lisbon. Ohio, has a female base ball
club. Ono of the girls recently made a
"home run."—She saw her father coming
with a switch.
A movement has been made in Ireland,
praying that processions of both Roman
Catholics and protestants may be suppress
ed bylaw.
A. Paris physician writes asking a renew
al of a note which he owes giving a reason
therefore, " We aro in a horrible crisis.
There is not a sick man in the district."
Smith is at a loss to know what the Em
peror can want with a thousand million
francs when'he is getting a check from the
Prussians nearly every day.
Troy Dntchnian in - trying to reach the
ferry-boat refl into thlywater: - His first ex
clarnation'on being iiaUlod out was :
Gott, let us haVe abridge !" ' •
They have discovered a method of thin
rihig out the over-abundant population of
Japan. Kerosene lamps have been intrsi
ilticed into thiit country.
An old eitiZeri'ot Sangamon counfy,llli
nois, has for many years past been easeed-
Willy deaf. A short time since lie :was
struck by a slight streak of lightning, and
now hears perfectly well.,
Harrisburg has an empty treasury, is utt
"able to pay its gas bill for street lamps, and
the gas is cut off, involving the city in
darkness nightly.
The sympathies of many Arn,ricans with
Prussia will probably cease in ease of flip
continuation of hostilities against the
French republic and people. •
A hard hit is made at the ex-French Em
peror in the howling to a teleiraphic
dis
patch to a morning paper: "The Move-.
ments of Mr. Napoleon and Family." .
From the 'eturus made to the United
States marshal it would seem that Tennes
see is the healthiest country on the glob,
and most remarkable for longevity.
The only liberty cap, says a •olever-and
witty author, is the night-cap. In it men
visit one-third of their lives time only land
where they are free and equal.
The Jewish Times asserts that there is do
specific Jewish oath. It declares that ac
cording
, to the Jewish law a simple affiruni-
tion is equivalent to iiirnath.
Putnam county, Mo., was recently visit-'
ed by a tornado, which travelled with the
rapidity of a cannon ball, along a path 100
feet wide destroying everything in its way.
The Chicago papers'recotntuend that the
Common Council of that city should pub
lish a comic weekly, for which a report of
its proceedings would furnish abuutlaat'
material. ,
Milford, Pa., fulfils the prophecy of Isai
iab.-7" In that day seven women shall lay
hold of one than :" adeurato'statisticishow
ing that place to contain a proportion of•
seven females, to one Man.
The rolls of,the Pension Omen shciw , that.
Pier!, are now drawing pensions 5005
sol
liers,who,havo lost one arm, 4623 one leg,
350 both arms, 42 both legs, and 21 an arm
and a Isg.
A. singular coincidence was noted lately
in Westford Vt., tlae7d3ell tolling for the
death Ol* an infant, one year old, a i id
an hour, for an old person of 100, living; in
the next house.
- A short time since a Mr. Knott was tried
in an interior county of Geoigia for a viola
tion of law. The verdiCt, of the jury was :
• We had , the defendant ,Knott
Th. judge was at a loss erhetheito sentence
or nor;
- - - •• •
. Cleveland a man was imprisoned for
drunkenness... His with took her baby. to
Court and implored his releasti, which was
refused when she placed the baby at the
door of her husband's cell, undlwalked out
of prison majestically.
At a. Methodist. camp' meeting ,in -Centre
county, Pu., last week, some roughs <Us
turbec„the services, and finally killed' ono
of the worshippers, named . .Qemlis Xorick,
His murderer is said to ham been very
drunk when lie did the deed.
LOCAL INTELLIGENcE
SPINUAT. MEETING OF COUNCIL.—On Mon
day evening last a special meetinjof Coun
cilwas held for the purpose of taking ac
tion in reference to the disturbance of Sat
urday night. Messrs. Arms, Dietz, Baker,
Detwiler, Hippey, Nourse and Patton were
present.
The following petition signed by ono
hundred citizens was presented to Council:
WilErtn.‘s, on Saturday night last, Sept.
10th, a riot occurred in that part of town
known us " Tow Hill" in which an attempt
was made to break into the house of one of
our citizens, resulting in the death of two
colored men. And - whereas threats. have
since been made by many of the colored
population, to burn or otherwise destroy
our-property, also threatening our lives,
and having m other ways manifested a dis
position oaleulated to justify our fears that
they may carry into effects their threats, we
your petitioners, respectfully ask, that
your honorable body will, without delay,
take such steps as will prevent any such
outrages, by giving us the protection of a
sufficient police force. We would also call
your attention to the habit of the lowest
class of the population in this district con
gregating on the corners along Union street
using obscene language and conducting
themselves in a manner greatly demoraliz
ing to our children, soul times creating
disturbance late in the night much to the
annoyance of the more quiet portion of the
population.
All of which we respectfully submit and
pray your prompt actiou.theroon.
A number of the signers were present,
who, accordingt o the report of the Clerk of
Council, made the following statements :
Mr. Hoffman testified that ho had heard
different colored persons making threats
that they would kill the Dutch and burn
Mein out—but could not give their names.
Heard this before and since tho late dis
turbance.
Conrad Myerstesti fled that he hoard Geo.
Dunmore say, on Saturday afaernoon, that
Young was going to give the Germans a
and if he did not give them a lunch t hey
would kill the whole huntly,
Mr. Roland said that there had been
many threats made against tho whites, and
that their property was in danger.
John Thomas stated that the colored
men had been disorderly and riotous for a
long time, and that the colored Band was
a nuisance.
John Weaver said that the whites going
along the streets were saluted with abusive
and obscene language.
Phitip Sourhier said the people could not
sleep for the noise and disorder of the
blacks in the neighborhood, and also said
that the colored band was a nuisance.
Wm. Hardneile testified that Bill McGill
said this fuss is what they wanted, if they
could not whip the whites out of that part
of the town they would burn them out.
\Vm. Harms said that Jim Moore, Bill
Kelley and Dick Anderson many threats
against them. Abe Martin was also dis
orderly. The colored people stoned his
house and shot into it through tho door, the
load passing into his coal oil barrel. Sam.
Taylor broke in his window. (Hermes
forgot to state the cause of this attack, viz:
that he threw water on the negroes from a
second-story window.—Ed. SrY.)
The jury on the cases of Dunmore and
Merriman called on Council and presented
the lollowing.
_Resolved, That the Council of the borough
ofeolumbm,beandare hereby urged to take
immediate and effective measures to pre
vent a recurrence of tie disgraceful proceed
ings of Saturday night last, and to em
power the Chief Burgess to employ such
further force as will secure the arrest and
arraignment of all persons concerned in ri
otous or drunken demonstrations. (signed)
AL Strickler, J. W. Yocum,W. Li. Grier,
Isaac Snyder, J. C. Hoffer, T. It. Suppled.
The President pro lent. informed the jury
that Council was engaged in taking suer'
measures as would cover the case.
Mr. Patton offered tho following resolu
tions which were adopted.
L'esolvcd, That two Policemen be employ
ed to preserve order in the neighborhood of
Tow Hill and to arrest all disorderly per
sons and take them before the Chief Bur
gess, and that the Chief Burgess is hereby
authorized to employ any additional force
that ho may deem necessary.
WHEREAS, Several citizens of both poll( i
cal parties stated before the Council, that
the Colored Band was a nuisance, therefore
be it.
/?esoluctl, That the Chief Burgess notify
the members of the band, that until further
action by Council, they will not be allowed
to play after 10 o'clock, P. M.
Amos CLEmsox's T.t.vmmg—THE GAP
ex-Detective has I,urnishea to
the Philadelphia Sunday iliercury, the fol
lowing account of the notorious gang which
used to make their rendezvous at the tav
ern of Amos Clemson, near the Gap :
On the line of the Pennsylvania Central
Railroad, about 55 miles from Philadelphia
and 15 miles from Lancaster city, is a sta
tion called the Gap. About 2 miles north
of the station, in the most wild and desolate
portion of Lancaster county, was situated
a tavern, kept by an old man called Clem
son, who had two grown-up sons. This
was the place where the Colonel, when hid
ing to avoid arrest, would secrete himself.
—Cregar had his hired spies in the police
department, who would keep him posted,
and when he received the first intimation
of danger. ho would drive up to the Gap,
avoiding the railroad, and there stay till be
was assured that ho could return to his
farm in safety.
Clemsou's tavern was known far and
wide by the crossmen as a safe place for
concealment. There has been known to be
twenty or thirty congregated there at a time
—fugitives fromjustice, charged with near
ly all the crimes in the criminal calendar—
murder, burglary, horse stealing, counter
feiting, itc. It was a general report, and
believed by the neighbors, that there was a
secret subterranean passage, from the tav
ern to the barn, where the out-laws could
hide in case- of a .surprise 'being made by
the police, which NVIIS not easily accom
plished. as they would have their pickets
out to - give the alarm in case of danger.
Several of the attempts were made by the
authorities of Lancaster county to break
Up the' rentlezvous, and • dispeise or bring
the gang to justice, but it proved to he no
easy matter.
The farmers for miles around were in
continual fear and dread. If it became'
known to the gang-that any one of the far
mers had given information to the authori
ties about them or their doings, his barn
woulu be burned, or some outrage commit
ted upon him or his property. The despe
radoes were the, masters of that section of
the county when the Mayor of Lancaster
city sent an armed force of six or eight men
to arrest a notorious character, Bill Bair,
who was known to be at the Gap With old
Clemson. Before the offieers arrived at the
tavern, they wore ditcovered by tho pick
ets, who went in and reported their coining,
when preparations were made:by the gang,
which numbered about twenty at the time,
for resistance. When the officers entered
the her-room they were set upon and beat
en in the most horrible mariner, barely es
caping with their lives. This had the ef
fect of arousing the people to a sense of
their danger. A large posse was procured,
who, upon proceeding to the place, found it
deserted, with tire exception of Clemson
and his family.
But it was not deserted long; when the
posse was gone the gang disappeared. U.
S. Marshall Roberts, himself being a resi
dent of Lancaster county, was informed
that the gang at the Gap wore dealing ex
tensively in countot felt coin, and ho deter
mined making a raid upon them. Selec
ting a suflicent force, the Marshal and his
posse took the night line from Philadel
phia for the Gap, arriving at the station
-about one o'clock in the morning.' Having
'a:guide, they avoided the road and took to
the woods, across the hills, coming out di
seedy at the tavern ; there being snow on
the ground, and good sleighing, the house
was open. •Ehe officers entered undiscov
ered, and one was stationed at each door
and window, to prevent escape.
The party who were captured, some fif
teen or twenty, , were searched, and a large
amount of counterfeit notes and coin was
found upon Fred. Tarr, young Clemson
and Pete Hall. When Fred. Tarr was
searched;•and tho counterfeit money taken
from his person, old Clemson, who was
standing by, throw up his bands and ex
claimed: " You internal . villain ! Yon in
famous sconntiral ! What aro yob . doing
:with that stuff in my house? Me, that has
lived an honest life for nearly seventy years,
to be disgraced by such a vagabond as you!"
Frederick, taking matters cool, replied,
''SfiLit up, old man r.. - Xton't be putting
on airs, or you'll catch cold." search
was made' for the subterranean passage,
but no trace of it could be found,
TIM prisoners were brought to Philadel
'Plifa, tried and convicted. The old man
Clemson was subsequently arrested and
convicted in Lancaster county, on. the
charge of receiving stolen goods, and sent
to the Eastern. re iltentiary, whore be was
foundin his cell one morning by his keeper,
suspended by the neck, dead. Clemson .
was over seventy years old, about thirty .
years of which he kept a notorious den at,
the Gap. •
. .
BACLIENIXE.M.IM at No. 5 Front street,
near Locust, is selling Clothing, Gent's
Furnishing •Goods, Hats, Caps, Boots and
Shoes very low to make room for his large
stock of:Fall and Winter Goods.
' - Banr_y_o_urilats_ at Brenemaie_s_ropular
Hat Store.,
The liVrgest assortment of,,Childi:eps'
Shoes in Columbia, at Piulterton's, corner
2nd and Locust streets.
Mi. COLORED PEOPLE IN' COUNCIL.-A large
number of colored citizens m,sembled in Baker's
Hall on Thursday evening, the 15th., inst. Geo.
Prosser was called to the chair and Rev. 7. B,
7.llurrtiy appointed Secretary.
Clegget stated the object of the meeting
was to give_expressi on on the situation of affairs
in ilfe 80 - lough and the late dis•urbances.
A. committee consisting of Wm. Clegget, Rev.
J. B. Murray and William Baker was appointed
to draft resolutions. They reported as follows:
WHEREAS, The recent disturbance in the vi
cinity of Filth and Union steels, and along the
Lancaster pike, have been directly* or indirectly
charged upon the colored people of Columbia,
and
Wirmtkas, Upon the petition and testimony
of a utunber of citizens, that the colored people
have threatened life and property since and be
fore the disturbance at Young's saloon, Con n
cil has provided a special police force for our
part of the town, therefore be it
Resolved, by the colored people in mass meet
ing assembled, That we denounce all lawless
ness,violence, drunkenness and carousing about
beer saloons, as wicked and demoralizing to our
people, and unworthy of our race. .
Resofred, That we pronounce the statements
made before Council, that we are bent on re
venge for the death of Dunmore and Merryman,
either in lite or property, as malicious and wil
ful misrepresentations, and intended further to
influence the white people against us.
Resolved That we individually pledge ourselves
to do all I n our power to maintain the good or
der and peace or the borough, and prove to the
world that we are worthy of being intrusted
with tile rights of American citizens.
Resolved, that we implore our people not
to resent the insults and abuses attached upon
them, caused to a great extent, by newspapers
which circulate freely in our hotels and saloons.
These resolutions Were passed unanimously,
and signed by neaarly fifty colored citizens.
TICE KNAnr. PIA:CO.—We refer with spe
cial pleasure to the advertisement of the
Great Piano Manufactory of Messrs. Wm.
Knabe & Co., of Baltimore.
The factory is now one of the largest in
the world; it is a magnificent structure
fronting an entire block of Eutaw street,and
covering, together with the lumber yards
attached, some two and one-halt acres of
ground. Three hundred and lifty men are
constantly employed turning out over forty
instruments per week.
The Knabe Piano has by its superiority
not only well nigh driven those of Northern
manufacture from the home market, but
also enjoys a large sale in New York, Phil
adelphia and throughout the entire North
and West, besides their largely increased
Southern trade.
The most talented musicians of the day,
both amateur and professional testify to
their superiority, and wherever exhibited
they have never failed to carry off the high
est award over all competition, having re
ceived no less than sixty-live first premi
ums. During tho last season they were
used simultaneously by the most distin
guished artists at the Opera Houses in Bal
timore, Philadelphia, New York, Brooklyn,
Chicago, 4:.c. There is certainly no instru
ment made, more durable than the Kuahe
Piano, none but the best workmen being
employed, and only the very best material
used.
Readmous.—Rev. S. 11. C. Smith, pastor
of the M. E. Church, will preach on Sab
bath morning, and administer the Sacra
ment of Baptism. The Sacrament of the
Lords Supper will be administered in the
evening, at 71: o'clock.
- -
There will be no service in the Prostyle
rian church 10-morrow.
_ -
Services In the A. M. E. Church, on Sun
day next, at 10:30, A. M., and 3 and 7:30, P.
M. Revs. J. U. Smith and. Stephen Smith,
of Philada. will conduct the services. A
collection will be taken toward liquidating
the church debt. Let your contributions
be liberal. The public are respectfully in
vited to attend.
The German Lutheran Church on Walnut street,
having been handsomely renovated will be re-open
ed for religious service on Sunday next. There
till! be preaching in German at 10 A. 31.,-and in Isn
glish at 734 P. M. The public is respectfully invited
to attend. Lin ing the evening service, the lotions
will be present, and furnish some choice music.
_ - -
The eaurch has been elegantly and tastefully re
paired and these services are intended to be a for
mal re-opening. Here is another monument to pas
toral and christian perseverance, and we trust the
good ehristmn people of Columbia. wtll contribute
liberally to his support and his church.
NETV AD VERTISE..IIIENTS.
A COUGU:, COLD OR Sore Throat
Requires immediate attention, as
neglect often results in as incura
ble Lung Disease.
Brown's Bronchia, Troches
will most invariably give instant
relief.
FOR BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA ,DATARRII, CONSIIMr-
TIVE and Tffitoxr 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
or the Troches, many worthless and cheap vuotationc
arc offered, which arc good for nollang, Be sure to OB
TAIN the true
Brown's Bronchial Troches.
SOLD EVERYWHERE
n0v27.'694m.
THE CHEAPEST AND THE BEST
CONFECTIONERY SALOON
xo. 25.. N. Queen. SL, Laucaster,
Is the best place to procure your supplies of
ALL KINDS OF CONFECTIONERY,
CAKES, CANDIES, cc.
ta.Parties and others served promptly at
shortest notice
COAL! COAL! COAL!
Coal fo,' Morning Glory Stoves.
Coal for all Base Burning Stoves.
Coal for all kinds of Cooking Stoves.
Coal for Vulcan, Sanford.
and all the other Heaters.
A large quantify of the old
Baltimore Co., a Alex. Gray Mines.
The price of our GOOD COAL is as low as that
usually charged for Interior Coal.
All Coal warranted to be as recommended:
We keep no Lykens Valley, but the old kind.
THE BEST QUALITY OF
sux nurty 4.1:. SILLUOEIN COAL
On band. Yard at South End of Basin.
IL F. 1311:UNER & CO.,
souk l'7o-ly Columbia, l'a.
YIURNITURE OF ALL KINDS.
CABINET WARE-ROONIS & MANU
'ACTORY, 'Locust Street, a few doors below
Taira Street, Columbia, Pa.
The subscriber manufactures and keeps on
hand, an extensive assortment of all kinds ol
Furniture. Persons wishing to buy or those
about to go to housekeeping, will and it to their
adTantage to give me a call.
BEDSTEADS, TABLES, CHAIRS, BUREAUS,
SETTEES, &c.
Of the best quality, style, and manufacture, and
will make to order, of first-rate material, every
article in his line. lie will give strict attention
to business, and respectfully asks of the public a
sharp of its patronage.
UNDERTAKING will receive the most
careful attention, at the shortest notce.
bept4-59-tfwl GEORGE SEIBERT
FRESH GROCERIES
AT THE PROVISION
MI
FAMILY GROCERY STORE OF
AIULLEN & BROTHER,
ODD FELLOWS' HALL,
Columbia, Pa
FRESH TOMATOES, FRESH PEACHES AND
other Canned Fruits, Shaker Corn, ,Sze.
TSs A THE BEST BLACK TEA IN THE
MAIIKET.
EXTRA REFINED SYRUP MOLASSES,
very cheap.
E.efined Sugars, Dried Fruit of all kinds.
Rio, Java, and Laguyra Coffee.
NEW SUGAR CURED HAMS DRIED BEEF.
Also,Fancy Groceries, Family Flour, .Notions,&e.
We intend to keep the best Goods only, and to
sell as cheap as any similar
M store.
H. ULLEN & BRO.
te—Country Produce of all kinds bought or
taiten In exchange for goods. isep-4-60-tfw
COOPER& PEART,
DEALERS IN
I.:UMBER , &
BALTIMORE COMPANY.
And all the best Quality of STOVE COAL
BUILDING LUMBER
01 all kinds sold and delivered on ears, at the
LOWEST iILARKET RATES.
Hemlock. White Pine, Weatherboarding', Jolee,
Scantling, Jr.e., &e., suitable for all kinds
of Building purposes.
LOCUST POSTS!
CHERRY,.
POPLAR.
ASH
JACKETS,
LATH
'All orders by mall will receive the same at
tention us though the appiicntion be made
person. COOPER. ‘.4.. MART,
sop 1-69-trol Front St.. Columbia
DR_ sx.aNE,. et t ,. PhtnetriP.e.
Cancer Institute, 9.11..trun St.; Ptsr. Ds-1ter.: 13 . , W.
4th St., Cincinnati, 0., and Dr. Greene, at Charlotte,
N.C., are mak-
‘ r ' sn r ce ' rVtlilo ' te l i s
\ Cl
h.., \ "3 ,„,k di„ tZtiotf front
knife or Genetic w , Q c . ss; edict ne.
\
and with but little . Jt "4 0 VO, Every
rear. and Mare le tsl men and re
moved, If taken In ~,,,4 0 td timennduan-
ItOtreturn. !Seward n vi b.P3sPro•
fessors, with their 71 ao• bogus trout'
• manta, stealing our 01 'Or Up Rater tts a-
meats. No others have these
treatments. None other should ever be used. F,r
artioulars, send for mrcular.call. oraddruss es above.
R. HAYES' GP OCERY AND PROVISION STORE,
Begs leave to inform his old friends and patrons that he has
just received another large and splendid assortment of
The undersigned would call the attention of the public to his large and well-selected
stock of FRESH GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS just received from the City,
whicli he will sell CHEAPER THAN EVER —FOB CASH! His stock comprises
SUGARS,
Also, Brooms, Brushes, Buckets, Bed Cords, and everything in tho Grocery line. Be
directs special attention to his new and superior stock of
Which he is selling at prices LOWER than ever before offered in Columbia. Carl and
examine for yourselves. Also, on hand FLOUR AND FEED. ;as- AGENT FOR
The BEST Family Flour 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,
ESTABLISHED 1815.
OUR STOCK IS NOW FULL AND COMPLETE
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT !
AND CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF
OF THE MOST DESIRABLE BARGAINS!
Which have Only to be Seen to be Appreciated.
GEO. W. & B. F. _HALDEMAN,
112 & 114 Locust Street.
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES.
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1870. AUTUMN!
HERO & UNION FRUIT JARS !
FIRST OPENING OF
14 .
DRESS AND SHIRTING CALICOES,
A FULL LINE OF NEW FALL' GOODS
LYKENS VALLEY,
Domestic Goods, Trimmings, Groceries,
SHINGLES, he
To be had in the County
Our MERCHANT TAILORING Department is in full ope
ration, and well stocked. We mike up clothing to Order in better style. and put in
better materialfor the price to be had anywhere in the State
on easy terms
CHEAPER: AND BETTER THAN EVER.
S. E. CoR. 4TH & CHERRY STS:, COLUMBIA, PA
FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES
Better and Cheaper than can be bought elsewhere
COFFEES,
SPICES,
MACKEREL,
lIAMS,
DRIED B_E_E_F, DRIED AND CANNED FIB i7IT,
GLASS AND QUEENS WARE,
WM. GOOD'S EAGLE MILLS FLOUR,
R. HAYES
South-east Corner Fourth ce Cherry Sts., Columbia.
FONDERSMITH'S STORE,
127 & 129 Locust St., Columbia
50 GROSS
Which we are selling at Manufacturers Prices
SHEETING AND SHIRTING, MUSL INS, 31 USLINS.. TICKS,-
CHECKS, GIN G HAMS, &.,
AA REDUCED RATES ! • .
tSI., Closing out LADIES' SUMMER DRESS GOODS Without regard to cost
WILLIAM G. PATTON'S
NO. 160 LOCUST St., Columbia.
BEST BARGAINS
FALL DRESS GOODS!
CLOTHS & CASSIIVIERS,
NOTIONS, &c.
VW-, All the most Popular Sewing Machines
JUST RECEIVED AT
FINE
TEAS
CHEESE,
SHOULDERS,
SOAP,
HAS IN STORE
OF THE
A FULL LINE OF
-I N
SYRTJPS,
POTATOES,
CANDLES
1870.
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