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S VOL. XXXIII. WHOLE NO. 1921.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1R66.
NEW SERIES-VOL. VII NO. 4.
K lW1T
WV. D.
FRANK
BIGLEK,
FIELDING.
t hai i Arc
BiGLCn
FIELDING,
Clearfield, fa.
I l noRRKYS AT
t
LAW,
J , Legal busmen of all kinds pnimptly and
accurately atlomledto.
May 15, '86-ly,
THOS. J. McCULLOUGH,
1 l TTOHNEY AT LAW. Office adjoining the
l Tank, forinorly occupied by J. B. McSnally,
i.Mi.. SLirket street, Clearfield, Pa. Will attend
iri'iui'tlv to Collections, Sale of Landi, Ac
Una. i.
02.
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW and REAL EoTATB
A rent, Clearfield, Pa. Offioe on Market
street, opposite the jail. Respectfully offers hi
services in telling and buying landi in Clearfield
and adjoining counties J and with an experience
ofovertweuty years at a Surveyor, flatters himself
tbnt he fen render satisfaction. Peb.63 tf.
ROBERT J. WALLACE,
A TIOKXEY AT LAW, Clearfield, Penn'a.
Cllee in fclsw's Row, opposite the Journal
ott.ee. Dec 1, 1858.
WM. M. McCULLOUGH,
VITORN&Y AT LAW, Clearfield, Penn'a.
Oflice on Market Street, one door east of the
Clearfield County Bank." May 4, 1864-tf.
JOHN II. ORV1S. C. T. ALEXANDER.
ORVIS & ALEXANDER,
VTTORXEYS AT LAW,
ept. 13th 18fi5-ly. Bcllefonte, Pa.
DR. J. P. BURCHFIELD,
I ATE Surgeon of the 83d Regiment, Penn'a
J Volunteers, having roturned from the Army,
oucrs bia professional services to the cititens of
Clearfield ana vicinity. Professional calls prompt
ly attended to. Office on South East corner of
id and Murket streets. April 4. 186l.-tf.
DR. A. M. HILLS
DESIRES to inform his patrons
that professional bnsiness confines
him to bis office all the time, and
Vie wilt therefore he unable to make Professional
Visits to any of his accustomed places this sum
mer : but may he found at his office on the North
west corner of Front and Market streets, directly
opposite the "Clearfield House," where he can be
found at all times, ready and willing to attend to
all calls in the line of bil profusion. -rFull
settlor I eetb. only twenty Dollars. (jyzo t-y-pa
DENTISTRY.
J. P. COUXETT. Dkstist. offers
bis professional services to the citi-
tens of Curwensville and vicinity.
Office in Drug Store, corner Alain apd.Tbpninsnn,
street!. (o ,...nn, may IT, IBuo-ly-pd
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
SCHIVEXEK AXD COXVEYAXCER, and
A;cnt for the Pun hare and Sale of Lands,
Clearfield, Pa. Prompt attention given to all
business connected with the oouuty offices. Office
with Hon. IV., A. Wullace. Jan. 1, lSno-tf.
JOSlPU II. JiKKTlI, Justice of the Peace, and
Licensed Conveyancer, New Washington,
llearri. 14 county. Pa. l?n 1 lf. t 1.
JMb;S U. SARRETT, Justice of the Peace
and Licensed Conveyancer, Luther iburg,
Cl earfield county, I'a. Cullootins and remit.
tances promptly made, and all kin Is of legal in-
struiiicril tiecutucd on snort notice,
Luthersburg, .May "th, lsen.tr.
1. K. U'UL'RRAV. HAMl'EL MITCHELL.
Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Merchandise,
Lumber, (train, rf-e. New Washington,
October 25, tr,,j..lY.pd. Clearfield Co.. Pa.
C. KUATZEil & SON,
Mil K C II A 1 H, dealers in Dry Goods
Clothing, iliirdware, Cuttlery, Queensware
Groceries, Shingles, and Provisions. At theolj
stand on Front Street above the Academy.
Clearfield, Deoomber 13th, 18fii-tf,
J. P. KHATZER,
Tr.RClUNT, and dealer la Dry floods
ltLOothiiLg, Hardware, Ijueensware, Groceries
i rovmions, Ac
Market street, opposite the Jail, Clearfield Pa.
April 2unx issi,
LEON M. COUTJtlET,
MI.HCIIAXT, and dealer in Dry Goods,
Ua ly-ini.de Clothing, Groceries, Liquors,
i-'iu and Medicines, Hals and Caps, Dwli and
oboes, Hardware, Tinware, Ac. Frenchville,
LKaiDrld toutity. Pa. May i, '6B.
CEOItuE r. WAKDLft.
CUARL11 N. REED
V2
: .1. 5 Jaoil f us..
W 1 1 (J L i:s A LE G HOC E US.
Tobacco, Tea, Spice?, &c, kc,
H. K. for. ta A Market Sts.,
Feb. 14. lKiVi-fim. rHILAUELPHIA.
cyrexius howe.
Justice of tub Peace.
For Dicatc Township,
will promptly attend to all business entrusted Ui
his care. P. O. Address, Pbilipsburg Pa.
Aug. list 19M
THOMAS M CUISMAN,
Agent for the finger Sewing Machines.
Philipshurg, Centre CO., Penn'a,
Oct. 11th, 18i.-tf.
IjHUT 4)CI AlMir.K. D. M'GAUGIIEY,
bar ing purchased th Photograph establish
anent o riuerly conducted by II. llridge, would
respeotfully announce in th eitiiens of Clear
field and adjoining eounties, that be has recent
r)i. A. WALLACE,
j. BUKE WALTER
light and aparalus, and he flatters himself that lal IU Organizing ami exeeiuing, nun
lie ran snlisty the most fastidoous taste In TM more Or less SllfCCSS, tllO raids Upon
and l.fehke likeness. ! tho cities and towns along the border,
He also keeps constantly on band a good a-' . . . ., . , i p
SoM-nent of )ill, Rosewood, and Walnut frames tllO plans for tllO introduction of pCS-
Albums of all sites and styles and an endless tiletlCO, lho Organization Of COnspiril-
variety f rs.-.s, lockets, eto., which b will dis- (.jeH to liberate the prisoners confined
pose of at very moderate prices, for rash- r, , ri, . . i ,. .
II.. gallery is in Phaw's row, (op stair.,) Mar- n Cftn1P Douglas, Chicago, to destroy
Vet street. Clearfield, Pa.,wher he Is always re-, our CommerCO Oil tllO rivelS, lakes
dy to accommodate customers who ma? be in an( ocean, and finally to thwart and
want of agond Likeness of themselves or friends. '.... I ,, 1 . i, ;.,;
Particular attention r.id to eopring all kind, , overthrow the povernment by inei
of picture., etc. November I6lh, 18(15. I ting a !1CW rebellion in tllO Ol th. It
.. ' I . , . , . I - L "T-i
ly nmur s'lonionai improvements to nom say -
rnal, Whale and Linseed Oils, Family Py,
J varnishes and paint of all
oil For sale by
SI.W I(J M A( HI Kl. Persons desirous
of havirr a Superior Machine, should bof ,
Wheeler A S ilson's sample Machines, band.
. , - ' AonU
Clusrfield,
reny iann.ll.
I v "rT"-,""'1 "l"1"1"1 portar. e.f ewer,
u Dru smr. e.f niRTawtrv i tttviK
CASE OF JEFF. DAVIS IN CONGRESS.
The Keport on the Subject.
The majority of the committeo on
the judiciary, to whom was referred
the resolutions of the IIouso of llep
reBentatives of April 9th and April
30th, 18G6, instructing the committee
to inquire into the nature of the evi
dence implicating Jeffomon Davis and
others in the assassi nation of Presi
dent Lincoln, and also whether any
legislation is necessary in order to
bring such persons to a speedy and
impartial trial, if it should appear that
there was probable cause to believe
that said persons, or any of them, are
guilty ot inciting, concerting or pro
curing the assassination of the late
President of the United States, and
also whether any legislation is neces
sary in order to bring said persons to
a speedy and impartial trial lor the
crime of treason submitted a report
to tho IIouso on the 28th. The report
is very long and contains a numbcrol
letters and documents belonging to
the official records of tho lato Confed
eracy, now in possession of the War
Department, relating to what was
termed the "secret service ot ttie Con
federacy.
With reparu to tho trial ot Davis,
tho committeo are of tho opinion that
there are no obstacles to a speedy and
impartial trial which can bo removed
by legislation. The evidence in posses
sion of the committee conikecting Jeff.
Davis with tho assassination of Pres
ident Lincoln justifies tho committee
in saying that there is 'probable cause
to believe that ho was privy to the
measures which led to the commission
of the deed, but tho investigations
which have been made b' the War
Department and by tho committee
have not resulted in placing the gov'
ernmcnt in possession of all the facts
in tho case, llolt could furnish "all
the facts" if he dare. Ed. Jicpub.
The committeo are of the opinion that
a further investigation will result in a
11 Jv,vlvrtnvn. vf lliw ,, liulo HflUS-
action. J he examination ot the cap
tured rebel archives, though not com
plete, has gono far enough to thro a
light ux)H the general policy of tho reb
el authorities, which in many particu
lars involved a total disregard of in
ternational law and of tho usages ofi
Ti, r-nmrnitfen in ibis- connection
give a detailed history of the courso
pursued by the Confederate govern-!
inent towards slaves found in the ranks
of the Union army. Most of this is
taken from the published orders of the
rebel War Department.
In summing up this part 01 tho re
port the committeo says : "Tho dec
larations made, and the acta done in
pursuance of the declarations, aro con
clusive proofs of the brutal and malig
nant feelings by which the leaders ol
tho rebellion were controlled, and ren
dered it not only possible, but probable,
that they would at once engage in
projects lor the destruction 01 me
chief men of the republic." Ihc com
mittee think because they themselves
were troubled with "brutal and malig
nant feelings," that others were an
noyed in the samo way.
A considerable portion of tho report
of the committee is devoted to the evi
dence in tho case of C.C.Clay, jr.
Clay's letter to President Johnson,
dated November 2-5d, 1605, is quoted,
wherein he denies having been in Can
ada at tho time of tho assassination
This the committeo says is shown to
bo a falsehood, according to evidence
before them. Clay, while in Canaila,
acted under the following commission :
RirnvnKD. Vk- April 21. 1SC4. Hon. C. C
Clay, jr., Ac., Ac. Sir: Confiding special trust in
your seal, discretitm and patriotism, I hereby di
rect you to proceed at onee to Canada, there to
rurrv out such Instructions as vou have received
from me vcrballv, in such manner as shall seem
most likelv to conduce to the furtherance of the
interest of the Confederate Slates of America,
which bsve been entrusted to you.
Very respectfully and truly yours,
Jpl PERSON DAVH.
The committeo sny it is well estab
lished by letters and documents de
rived" from rebel sources that Clay,
under this commission, was instrunien-
1 ... i . :.i
i is aiso asccnaineu mat jticou jiioihii-
klndl groVnS'in'eon, Beverly Tucker, Goorg , X. Sa
li. A l. ders, . C. Clcary, Bennett II. our
tn-
oung
and 11. J. Stewart were all employed
in Canada as secret agents for the
Confederate authorities.
With rcferenco to tho testimony in
1 oD; rS ll, I.,,.,,, ,S tn'litnrv
',ico (akpn by Ju'llfO Holt, and On
which President Johnson base'l bis
proclamation, the committeo makes
the following statement : "When tho
committeo entered upon this investi
gation, in April last, 4he evidence in
the War Department, if accepted as
true, was conclusive as to the guilt of
Jefferson Davis. The Judge Advocate
General had taken tho affidavits of
several persons who professed to have
boon in tho service of the rebel gov
ernment, and who had been present
at an interview between Surratt and
Davis and Benjamin. Yes ; but there
is not a word of it true. They never
were.
"Those affidavits were taken by the
Judge Advocate General in good faith,
and in the full belief that the persons
making them were stating that only
which was true. Holt was well
aware that the witnesses were perjur
ing themselves. The statements
made by these witnesses harmonize
in every important particular with
facts derived from documents and oth
er trustworthy sources. Because
they were manufactured to suit the
case. lho committeo, however,
thought it wise to sco and examine
some of the persons whose affidavits
had been taken by Judge Holt, Sev
eral of tho witnesses, when brought
before tho committee, retracted en
tirely tho statements which they had
made in their affidavits, and declared
that their testimony, as given origin
ally, was falsa in every partidular.
They failed, however, to feluto to the
committee any inducement or consid
eration which seemed to the commit
tee a reasonable explanation for the
course they have pursued. Very
likely. But the minority report shows
that "Holt paid them money. See be
low. The committee are therefore
not at this time ablo to say, as the re
sult of their investigation, whether
the original statements of kheso w it
nesses aro true or falso. But tho re
traction made by some of them de
prives them of all claim to credit, and
their statements so far impeach or
throw doubt upon tho evidence given
Irj Vllll-r MllllCBOoo nllUNI niiiuiiviis
wcro taken by Judge Holt, that the
committee in tho investigation which
they havo made, and in this report,
have disregarded entirely the testimo
ny of all those persons whose standing
has been so impeached. On the other
hand, the conimitteo have relied very
largely upon documents found in the
rebel archicves, and havo introduced
only the testimony of thoso persons
whoso reputation tor truth and verne-
ity has not been impeaehod b- any of
tho invest igationsthat have been made.
Jsor lias it been tho purposo ot the
committee to draw unnatural or forced
inferences from tho trustworthy testi
mony which they have examined, but
rather to presesent a truthful state
ment of facts." We never saw more
vindictive- force work.
Tho report concludes with nn ex
pression of opinion on tho part of lho
committee that it is tho duty of the
Kxecutivc Department of the govern
ment, for a reasonable time, and by
tho proper means, to pursue tho in
vestigations, for tho purposo of ascer
taining tho truth. If Davis and his
associates are innocent of the great
crimo with which they wcro charged
in tho President's proclamation, it is
duo to them that a thorough investi
gation should bo made, that they may
bo relieved from tho suspicion which
now rests upon them, If, on the oth
er band, they aro guilty, it is duo to
justice, to the country, and t3 tho
memory of him who was the victim of
a foul conspiracy, that tho originators
should sutler tho just penalty of the
law. Tlio committeo are, thcrcfoi-c,
of the opinion that tho work of inves
tigation should be further prosecuted.
Hinority Report of the Case.
On Saturday, Mr. Rogers, cf Now
Jersey, from the minority of tho judi
ciary committeo of tho houso of Repre
sentatives, mado a report on tho caso
of Jctrerson Davis. Tho Washington
Herald says :
Tho report declares lho chargo of
complicity made against Mr. Davis
not only absurd, but the tnero work
of malice and avarice, and claims that
the testimony Adduced was a claim of
flimsy fabrications. Anil these asser
tions Mr. Rogers bases upon the testi
mony of tho accomplices, ( 'onover and
Montgomery. Mr. Rogers believes
that tho ..exposition of this plot so
invalidates any testimony coming
through the hands of Mr. Holt that it
renders all belief in the charges against
Davis, (May, Tucker ct al. impossible.
The nature of this testimony is best
shown by extracts therefrom:
"May A, 16.1. Cninpbell's testimony. The tes
timony of this witucss, taken by Judge llolt, was
read to him in the committee room, and he was
aked if it was true, and he replied : Xo, it is all
Tali.
"Why did you make It 1
"I was informed by Mr. Conovrr that Judge
Holt bad offered a reward of 1 0(1,000 for the cap
tureof Jefferson Davis, sod that he had no author
ity rolly to do It ; that bw thst Jcftoson Davis
was taken they hi; d not enough against liim to I
justify them it. what they had done; that Judgo
llolt wante'l to get witnesses to prove that Davis
was ititerp'tcd in tho assassination of Lincoln, so
as to justify him in paying the $iuo,o(io."
. Speaking of tho woman that had j
testiticd in Holt's office to corroborate ,
Couover, Campbell says, at this ex
amination :
"(Sarah Douglas is not her real name. Her name
was Dunham. There was another woman rworn.
i'-M-raine given was a."ruiucd. One whs turnover's
lviltaTitid tho a'herbis sister-in-law. Thnonethat
culled htrs:lf .Mrs. Dunham is Conover's wifo.
Conoicr's name ist'liatles Dunham. Conovrr told
ixe that if I ennvod in it it was not going to hurt
anybody; that Jeff. Davis would never be brought
to trial ; and that it this cwdeneo got to him he
would leave tho country. Conover directed lnc to
assume the name of Campbell. There was a per
son describul by that name who was supposed to
bo iinplicutl iu that affair, and 1 was repiesentiug
this party, lie met Conover, in the first jiIhcc, by
the appointment of rnevel. Hnevel said I oould
make money out of it. Money was my motive. 1
received $0-.'). I received $IOU from Conover and
$.U0 from Judge llolt. 1 got $150 at Iio.-ton and
$100 at rit. Albans. I went to Canada to bunt up
a witness to swear false, who was to ri present
Lamar, boevel and Couover together arranged
with uie to go Canada, rineiel raw the written
revideuoe I was to swear to aft' r Conover wrote it.
"May 24, le-CO Joseph Fncvil sworn ; l.;ri;!it
name is William II. Itolnuls. ili vo ition be
fore Hull rend to b'lu, and sifted Jofeph Jruevcl;
he saiditwas false from befj'njiinir toenJ. tono
ver wrote out the evidence mi l I learned it by
heart- I niado it to inukc luon '. I received .'Vi
from Holt anJ f Kill from Conover. I told Conover
that I was coming on here, to testify to the truth;
that I had not bn I any rest tim 1 swore to what
1 did. lie said I would be iu a worse fx than I
was now. This was on let Saturday. - He stid
things would be rettk-d and there would be no fur
ther trauble. When tlirfalscevidcnee I bad sworn
to was rend over to me ly Conover, Campbell and
Conover' brother-in-law ( Mr. Aiwen) were present.
Conover toM me he knew what Holt would "k mo,
and Coaovur uskf d lnc the same questions. I gave
this evidence before Holt. When I whs wrong
Conover would nod his head. Conover was pres
ent whi n I was sworn by Holt. When Couover
would nod, I would then corrcet it as near as I
could. Cam'. Ml, Conover and Holt present.
Camibcl) said I rehearsed ut the hotel in Wash
ington Conover said 'I was asked if such a sum
woulc be satisfactory ? I s..id it would. I can't
tell hiw much I received. Conover was an agent
of thi government to bunt up evidence.'"
Onover has escaped, as already
stat'd. Mr. Rogers was kept from
seeiig tho evidence in possession
oft io committee, for selection and
trravigement.till 12 o'clock on Friday,
the Jlouso adjourning on tfaturda-.
ye. Hoiier closer j
urgig the -speedy trial of .Mr. Davis,
and agrees with tho majority of tho
comnittee in seeing no need of addi-
tionfil legislation to try Davis for any
thing, unless it bo tho design to try
him by ex post facto nets of Congress
On Fellows Cfxehration James
B. icholson, Ksp, of Philadelphia,
Pust Grand Masterof the Grand Lodge
of Pennsylvania, and Pust Grand Sire
oftlsi Grand Lodge ot the United
Statis. has kindly consented to deliver
die. address on tho occasion 01
the Odd Fellows' celebration, which
is to lake placo in the City oi Lancas-
ter, on Wednesday, mo oui oi ?cp
tetnter next. Duo notice of the hour
and lho place will bo given when all
the arrangements ot tt-o eommiuee
having the matter in chargo shall
Imvo been completed, lho Unler
mav consider itself peculiarly fortu
unto in bavin's secured tho services of
so alio a man as Mr. Nicholson. He
is net only n nun of eloquence, intel
ligence and general literary attainment?-,
but is also well-versed in tho
history and objects of tho Independent
OrJir of Odd Ed'ows, and is in an
emit cut degreo fitted to give an in
teresting and instructive exposition
of its principles and its progress in
tho Unitod States and tho World at
largo. Intelligencer.
Inventor cf the Nf.i pi.k Gun. A
writer in the Albany Argus says:
"About fourteen years ago the writer
of this was introduced to the inventor
of tho needle gun. Ho is a German
gunsmith, mid a unlive of Berlin, lie
examined bis rifle in all its details,
and took drawings of its several parts.
It .was lwif ented in the United Slates,
nn,l f inventor visiiied this cotintrv
mtry
for the purposo of indtti ing our Gov
ernment to adopt it for tho army. Its
cartridges were prr-no'-nred unsafe
for use by the offices of tho bureau to
whom it was nenl fur examination,
but tho Prussians know how to use
them, and lhe' are most unsafe to
those against whom they are directed.
Probably we have some, hrecchdoaders
equal if not superior to the needle g in,
and Wesley Richard's English breech
leader, which has latch' been furnish
cd to several British regiments, has a
sliding breech with a screw joint near
ly similar to that of the German Zund
Needle."
m m t
fas-Win. C. Jones, a "colored citi-
zen, advertises in mo insunion ian
villo American for a lield band He
says ho will "reject n man on account
ol color. Ihou'-h a colored man would
be preferred." Generous darkey, that,
Go in whito niggers.
Ij.tnoE Incomes. Win. B. Astor, of
New York, this year returns an in-
eomoof Sl,lo4,b'.t ; Cornelius Yonder-
bilt returns SG23Jik), and Edward S.
JatTray 60!2,fi?L
TV flnim-mcm'.,! Pnnlnrt
wu"&' kwuuiiua wuM
It WOUld Seem, 110111 the tono 01 tllO
, ,. , . , . . ,,i
ilettorfound below, that our loyal
friends in this Congressional district, j
are not rcstinsr "on flowcrv beds of
0 ,
ease, in these daj's of doubts and
changes. Mr. Souther is well known
to many of our readers as an excellent
gentleman in every particular, except
his politics :
UinowAY, July 17, 18GG.
B. F. II. Lynn, Esq.,
Editor Erie Dispatch.
Df.am Sin : Tho announcement of
my name through tho Dispatch as a
candidate for Congress in this district
was based upon the supposition that
Uric county, to which the nomination
of right, in my estimation at this time
belongs, would present no candidate
for tho position. Three gentlemen in
Krio county aro now presented by
their friends, and I have no doubt
their claims will be urged vigorously
and one or the other of them will car
ry the county. 1 have no idea that
Krio conn'.y, possessing as sho does
tho majority upon which the candi
date df tho Bepublican party must
depend for his election, will go out of
the county three successive times to
find a candidate. That Krio county
and the Rcpublic-aii party of the dis
trict may not bo embarrassed with too
many candidates, 1 deem it my duty
to wit hd raw my name from the contest.
In doing so I deem it justice to my
self to correct a falsehood which I
believe had itsurigin through the press,
in a paper tailed lho "Petroleum Tel
egraph," published at Corry, and in
tho interest of Judge Scoficld, which
also published that previous to Judge
Scoficld announcing himself as a can
didate, ho wroto to mo that lie would
bo a candidate, and I agreed not to t
take tho field airainst him.
Tho samo substance has also been
written to various parties in the dis-
tnct t'
v Judire .sche d Jiiin.si'.u.'
.i-yiiotirtce inerciiargo iaisc. j hhut
frorn Judge Scoficld to me, of which
tho following is a copy, is tho first in
timation I had that he was to be a
candidato for re-election this fall.
From tho letter itself it will be seen
that Judgo Scoficld had just at that
tinio concluded to bo a candidato :
WASiuxoTo.-t, May 19, W.
DE AR Fin : I feel compelled to be a candidate
for re-nomination. I bad really desired to avoid
tliu relation and aunoyance of a campaign, but a
fresh hatch of letters, mostly from 1'iic. insisting
upon it, after I had written I hem. I should be out
ol th light, bis determine 1 me.
If yim ore nut oaniiitlatt I thonld be yreilfj
oitit-iV for yoar tuiport.
You- truly. O. W. SC0FIE1.D.
II IX. II. FofTHKB.
To which I replied, informing him
that I was a candidate, which reply I
know ho received as ho answered it
Juno 23, 1800. No man can say that
sinco Judge Seofield has announced
himself to me as a candidate, I prom
ised or agreed in any way not to bo a
candidate against him, without assert
ing an untruth. 1 therefore call upon
tho Corry Ttb-'iravhlhe bail of that
concern, or Judge Seofield, if be deems
that his liUcrest can be served hy do
i ii r so. to correct this error. I sup
posed I had a right to be a candidate
for Congress in this district, subject
to the decision of the Republican Con
vention, and it not the choice of tho
Convention, I would submit to party
usage, and bo satisfied. But it ap
pears that the right to bo a candidato
has been patented or copy-riirhted
by Judge Scolield and his friends, and
no ono must infringe. lho matter
could be made more securo to them
by celling the Judgo to ald a section
to tho prono.icd amendments to the
Constitution upon reconstruction, and
havinc it ratified, allowing tho pres
i cut Concress to remain during
tho
lives of the present members. 1 havo
never supposed that nn oilieer who
simply performed his duty was enti
tled to considerations beyond one who
would tr- to perform it equally as
well, and why good men who are now
candidates in hno county for tho po
silion should bo thrust asulo by
tllO
balance of the district, to allow Judge
Seofield, who has held tho position the
term allotted by party usage, to hold
us many terms as ho may desire, I am
at a loss to conceive.
1 should have been most happy to
havo withdrawn my namo from tho
' contest, without one worn oi reproiicn
I towards any ono who did not deem it
for his interest, or duty, to support
me. had it not been for
tho chargo
made against my integrity by Judge,
Seofield and thoso whose interest ho
is in. Such political warfaro 1 do not.
derm coinmeiidable, and thoso who
are engaged in it will, 1 have no doubt,!
seo tho error of their course, if they
can seo anything, or anyoouy except
themselves. It may bo that a candi-
ditto is in butter fighting trim, to go
into tho general contest by being well
scarred and hacked by his own party,
lefor he starts oat. Ho knows then
what his weak points and sore places
are, and is better prepared to cover
them, than if ho wont fresh and un-
scathed'into tho contest, and it mav
be upon this phin, this new feature is
introduced bv tho nrescnt f,VirmTPRt-
c-i-
lonal incumbent, and his tenants in
common, into the present canvass. If
it is so, and everybody can take a
hand at it, more than ono person who
has gono out to gather wool at this
time may come back shorn. You will
favor mo by giving this a place iu
your paper, and withdrawing the card
thorefrom announcing mo as a candi
date for Congress. Yeurs truly,
Henry Southeii,
Ruie Conference Appointments.
The following are the appointments
of the Krio Conference for the Clarion
District :
Presiding Klder, R. II. Ilurlbcrt.
Clarion, B. F.Kecler; Brookvillo, W
Hollister -Curlsvillo, ll.P.IIendcrson ;
Rimersburg, R. B. Boyd ; Callcnsburg
and Freedom, J. II. Starrett; Ship,
pcnville, S. Coon ; Rockland, J. Ab
bott ; Washington, G. F. Recser, J.
M. Groves; Tionesta, A. N. Croft;
Troy, L. L. Luce; Corsica, E. C,
Mcllhatten; Punxs'utawney, D. Lat.
shaw; Perrysville, A. J. Bartlctt;
Warsaw, A. Bashlinc; Luthersburg,
D. A. Crowell; Brockway ville, P. W.
Seofield; Putney ville, A 1'. Col ton;
Paradise, T. G. Baker; President, F,
Vernon, L. G. Merrill.
Tllpis in Co cut. Mr. Pulpis, tho
the colored gentlemen who eloped
with Mr. William Griffith's daughter,
and for which supposed offense Mr.
Griffith had him arrested and impris.
oned,has instituted a suit in our courts
against Mr. Griffith for falso impris.
onment. Mr. Xigger plants himself
on the Civil JCights JiiU and says a.
i black man daro marry a whito girl
j ""d that ho has lho samo right as any
Pvull man oesiuos no is just asgooa
iMiRiM ''iiifrGiitmli himseif. -
' . ... a -w sr
W hat damages a jury will award .ur.
Pulpis, will, of courso depend on tho
proof. Ho counts them equal to tho
loss ol a white wile. somerset ucm,
A Nice Tair. Tho Venango Spec
tator says ; "The- aro trying a preach
er in tho Erie Conference lor writing
a letter to Bishop Jvingsley recom
mending himself for tho position of
Presiding Elder and signing another
man's name to tho lettor. That is
tho Geary style of puffing, only John
W. didn't sign any namo to tho
Army correspondence which mad his
military reputation." If such shrewd
ness is commendable in n great (Jen.
eral ; why should an innocent lamb
like clergyman bo persecuted for do
inc the same thing ?
Death's Harvest in N. Y. Tho
full number cf deaths for tho week
ending Saturday,21st Jul-,at 3 o'clock
P. M , in this city, is l,."ti;l, being an
increaso over tho mortality of last
week of 43., and over tho previous
week of Mi!'. This number is unpro.
cedentod in the history of New York,
Three-fourths of tho number have
been young children, under five years
of age. There havo been 184 cases of
sun stroke, and some lifiy or sixty
deaths from the effects of heat. Tho
diarrhnea cases have been about 450,
of which eleven aro certified as being
genuine cholera. A'. I". Sun.
Imprisonment for Debt. The re.
cent commitment to jail of Stephens,
in Boston, for a debt in which no fraud
was alleged, reminds us tlmt tho en
lightened State ol Massachusetts slill
permits her statute books to bo dis.
graced with a law for imprisoning
poor deb tons, if they are non-residents.
It would seem that a stranger sojourn,
ing within her borders should, of all
men, bo exempt from siu h barbarism.
Confession of Men liters. .Tho
murderers of Dr. Webb and son at
1 .ittln PrwL- Ark. ft fow week since.
I ,. l.on nr.,,e(f,I Til,, irulil Wlltf h
I ,..t-on f..om n, U'cbb was recocnized.
and betrayed them. On this a colored
oollor and two colored soldiers con
fessed that they committed tho bloody
deed. It is about timo for Congress
to pass a"Freedman'ri Murderer's bu
reau bill.
Death of Jt nc.r. White. Tho Hon
Thomas White, of Indiana. Pa., died
en .Monday. Mr. Whito was lor a
number of years president judgo of
that district, which is composed of
Westmoreland, Fayette and Indiana
counties, llo was widely known
throughout that district, and was per
( haps, lho wealthiest man in ludiuna
county.
r . - . T.
WTThere aro 7,44'J Odd lellowa in
California. They own thirty halls,
valued at $300,OOU, and other property
valued at S iO.O'JO.