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BC.,r's 11" 1111,1 .San'srE LANCASTER, PENNA SINULE COP IE ADVERTISEMENTS A limited number of a , lverti, nnents will be taken at tlie following rat.•+ Fifteen cents per line for the first insertion. and ton cents per lino for each sttb.4 , quont insertion Those advertising for the Campaign of .six months will be charged as follows ONE, St2rAltE ten Two SQL' A 1: THI:EE SQUARE.; Larger a.lvertisemonts fir contract Hills for a•ive,lisementl c.ll,:table apPr t).! . 17 pet MEM PROFESS TONAL. JOHN B. GOOD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office : No. 56 East King Str •ot, Laneast.?r, Pa fl J. DICKEY, • ATTORNEY AT LAW, OFNICE—SOUTH QUEEN Street, s..cond house below the " Fountains Lancaster, Pa. TB. LIVINGSTON, ATTORNEYA AT LW, OFFICE—No. 11 NORTH DUKE Street. west "math Court Lanc.t,ter, Pa. p . D. BAKER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, OamF—With J. B. Livingston, NORTH DUKE Street, Lancaster, Pa. B. C . KREADY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, o,FR:it—With I. E. Hiester, NORTH DIKE Street, near the Court House, Lancaster, Pa. 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MALTZBERGER L ATTORNEY AT LAW, No. 46 North Sixth Street, Reading, Pa TGEORGE SELTZER, ftl . ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, No. 604 COURT Street, (opposite the Court House) Reading, Pa. H ORACE A. YUNDT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, No. 2.8 NORTH SIXTH Street, Readiug, Pa FRANCIS M. BANKS, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC, No. 27 NORTki SIXTH Street, Read ing, Pa. TAR. WILLIAM HARGREAVES, ECLECTIC PHYSICAN AND SURGEON, No. 181 SOUTH FIFTH Street, Reading, Pi. Tn first object of every true Republi can is to work for a thorough, complete, harmonious and active organization. We have the material of numbers sufficient to increase the Republican vote in every election diistrict in the State. THOS. B. COCHRAN TI{HEE CENTS SY 00 1.5 00 MEM And there thPy sat a popping corn, John Stiles and Susan Cotter; John Stiles was stout as any And Susan fat as butter. And three they sat and shelled the corn, And raked and stirred the fire, And talked of different Ondi"of ears, And hitched their chairs up nigher. Then Susan she the popper shook, Then John he shock the popper, Till both their faces grew as red As sauce-pans made of copper. And then they shelled, and popped, and ate, All kinds a fun a poking, And he haw-hawed at her remarks, And she laughed at his joking. And still they popped, and still they ate, (John's mouth was like a hopper,) And stirred the fire, and sprinkled salt, And shook and shook the popper. The clock struck nine, the clock struck ten, And still the corn kept popping ; It struck eleven and then struck twelve, And still no signs of stopping. And John he ate, and Sue she thought— The corn did pop and patter, Till John cried out, " The corn's a-fire ! Why Susan, what's the matter ?" Said she, " John Stiles, it's one o'clock, You'll die of indigestion ; I'm sick of all this kkopping corn— Why don't you pop the question;"' Night had set in deep, and in a small log cabin, situated a few miles from Tren ton, N. 3., sat five men, four of whom were seated around an old oaken table, in the centre of the room, engaged in playing cards, while they frequently moistened their throats with large draughts from an earthen jug that stood on the table. They were heavily-bearded, coarse looking men, and from their dress, which somewhat resembled the British uniform, were evidently Tories. The other was a stout-built young man, clad in the conti nental uniform. He had sat in one cor ner of the room with his face buried in his hands. " Tom," said one of the Tories, raising from the table and seating himself near the young prisoner, for such he evidently was, Tom, you and I were school-boys together, and I like you yet. Now why can't you give up yonr wild notions and join us? You are our prisoner, and if you don't we shall hand you over to headquarters to-morrow, while if you join us your fortune is made, for with your bravery and talents you will soon distinguish yourself in the royal army, and after this rebellion is crushed out, tlisceliantous. For FATUEit ABILAL4AII." The Hight. IMIEN i: is trip ,014.1 right, And tho flags we raise oil high 'roll to all that right is might— That ii%-asou to right unist die What t;i4,;igh the sky is clouded, Atid oar hws aDi pres , ,ing Laud, Tho right umst be rewarded; (i(nl has said it in His ward. No connthm pf.lZe is given, Wil' . ll tilt' conflict's beat is piist ; To thos„ , a ho well have strived, Till sr at last. Thou lot e t:11 truly lw brave, kith a purpose strong, Go forth his couitry to save, ( ;wird the right anti slay the wrong Vi t'rs " 1-t our watchword. be, While we gird the armor on; As we write in history, Let us tell of battles Groiif For P 1 e. 131 U. W. 1.31.7N4i.9.1". 13y tit' raliar:t stars abovo 11.9, here the spirits live that love us, By the groan graves at our feet, By (he sh , mt, and song and eIIOrUS, Bt tho biLttlo Im.unei• o'er us, We r_raitols sate defilit, By tli red-s:aine 1 soil we tred on, By the saerell soil we bled on, By the Wool we freely shed, By the valor of our brothers, By th e h ive we h e , tr our mo th ers , t 1111 0 , , , - where our fathers led 13y the .tear ones at on;• altars, By the faith that never filters, By the hopes beyond the sky, By the heaven that's bending, o'er us, By the martyrs gone before us, WE WILL coNgUElt Olt WE'LL 'DIE ! By the battles, long and gory, By the riatory :unl glory our hero brothers won, By the souls that we inherit, We will win andl wear with merit Mantles dropped at Lexington. By the truth of song and sermon, By the march we made with Sherman, By the bullets Siegel sent, By the tight and route and rally Of Sheridan along the Valley, GIL'LNT SHALL BE OUR PRESIDENT! Poppiny Corn. A LEGEND OF 1776. LANCASTER, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1868 your cause would be rewarded by a knight hood and promotion in the army. Now, there are two alternatives; which do you choose ?" `• Neither," said the young luau, rising his head, .. - id looking the Tory steadily iu the eye. " I am now, as you say, your prisoner, but when the clock strikes twelve I shall leave you; I shall disappear in a cloud of fire and smoke, neither you nor your com rades, not even myself, can prevent it.— You may watch me as closely as you please, tie me hand and foot if you will, hut a higher power than yours or mine has ordained that I shall leave vou at that time. " Poor fellow ! his mind wanders," said the Tory ; " he'll talk differently in the morning." And he returned to his seat at the table, leaving the youth with his head again resting in hms hands. When the clock struck eleven the young vrisouer drew a pipe and some to bacco from his pocket, and asked the Tory leader if he had any objection to his smoking. " None iu the least," he said, adding, with a laugh—" that is, if you'll promise not to disappear in a cloud of tobacco smoke." The young man made no reply, but immediately filled and lighted his pipe, having done which, lie arose and com menced pacing the floor. He took half a dozen turns up and down each side of the room, approaching nearer the table each time, when, having exhausted his pipe, he returned to his seat and refilled it. lie continued to smoke until the clock struck twelve, when he arose from his seat and slowly knocking the ashes out of his pipe, said : " There, boys, it's twelve o'clock, and I must leave you. Good-bye !" Immediately all around the room streaks of tire ran hissing and squirming; the cabin was tilled with dense, sulphur ous smoke, amidst which was heard a clap of thunder. The Tories sat in their chairs paralyzed•with fright. • The smoke soon cleared away, but the prisoner was nowhere to be seen. The table was overturned, the window was smashed to pieces, and one chair was ly ing on the ground outside of the build ing. The Tory leader, after recovering from his stupor, gave one glance around the room and sprang out o Ow.window, fol lowed by his comrades. They ran through the forest at the top of their speed in the direction of the British encampment, leaving their muskets and other arms to the mercy of the flames, which had now began to devour the cabin. The next day two young men, dressed iu continental uniform, were seen stand ing near the ruins of the old cabin. One was of the night previous. " Let us hear all about it, Toni," said the other. " Well 2" said he, "last evening as I was passing this pace, two Tories ran out of the cabin and took possession of me. Before I could make any resistance they took me in, and who do you suppose I saw as leader of that party but John Burton, our school-mate. He talked with me, and tried to induce me to join them;. but I told him I couldn't do it, that at twelve o'clock I was going to escape, disappear in a cloud of fire and smoke, but he laughed at me, and said I was out of my head. " About eleven o'clock I asked him if I might smoke. He said he had no objec tion, so I filled my pipe and lighted it, and commenced walking the floor. I had about a pound of gunpowder in my pocket, and as I walked I strewed it all over the floor. When the clock struck twelve, I bid them good-bye, and told them &had to go; and then knocking the ashes out of my pipe, the powder ignited, and a dazzling flame of fire shot across, around, and all over the room, filling it with suffocating smoke. Before it cleared away I hurled a chair through the window, sprang out and de parted, leaving them to' their own reflec tions. You know the rest. Looking over the wide field of action, there is scarcely a State in which the signs are not hopeful. Lastyear's re verses, like the reverses of 1862, must now be profitably studied as so many warnings against inaction and dissension. Let us look at the figures. In 1862, Sleuker (Democrat) beat Cochran (Re ; publican) 3,124, for Auditor General of Pennsylvania, in a total vote of 434,756 ; in the very next year Curtin (Republican) beat Woodward (Diagoupt 05,325, for Governor, in a total - vt - ote of 523,667. The same year Seytnour (Democrat) beat Wadsworth (Republican), for Governor of New York, 10,752, in a total vote of 602,546; and in the very next year Depew (Republican) was elected Secretary of State in the same Stately a majority of 2,945, in a total vote of 599,289. In the same year (1862) the Democrats carried Ohio by 5,577, while in the very next year, trough (Republican) was elected Governor by a majority of 101,099. In 1862 and 1863 the Democrats carried New Jerser—in the first year by a majority; of 14,594, and in the second year ty a ma jority of 9,334, while in 1865, Ward (Re publican) was elected by 2,789—a net gain. over 1863 of 12,16, and over 1862 of Look at the Figares. 17,386 votes. In 1862, Starn (Democrat) had a majority in Illinois of 6.546, while in 1864, Lincoln swept the State by a ma jority of 30,756. In 1862 Author' (Demo crat) was elected Secretary of State of Indiana by a majority of 9,543 ; while in 1864, Oliver P. Morton (Republican) was elected Governor by a majority of 20,- 883. These figures suffice to complete one lesson. Now contrast our recovery from these reverses with the comparatively slight defeat of 1867, and you can easily fore cast the result in 1868, with a united Republican party under the conquering lead of General Grant. We lost Penn sylvania last year by less than one thou sand votes—subsequently proved to have been only a concerted Democratic fraud. In the two cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburg alone, had our vote been full, we could have made up this majority five times over. How are the rebel Democracy, in the face of such a record as this, to obtain possession of the Government ? If all the Southern States were recon structed, and voted in November, the whole Electoral College would stand 317, of which a *majority is 159. It is univer sally conceded that General Grant will carry the following loyal or adhering States : Illinois, 16 ; lowa, 8 ; Kansas, 3 ; Maine, 7 ; Massachusetts, 12 ; Michigan, 8; Minnesota, 6; Missouri, 11; Nebraska, 3; New Hampshire, 6; Ohio, 2 ; Rhode Island, 4; Tennessee, 10; Vermont, 5; West 5 ; and Wisconsin, 8; making 132, or 27 less than a majority— leaving out Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Indiana, Nevada, Oregon and California. If we carry Pennsylva nia, 26, and Indiana, 13, we have a ma jority. Or if we carry Pennsylvania, 26, and California, 5, we have a majority. Or if we carry Pennsylvania, 26, and Connecticut, 6, we have a majority. And if we include in this count the Southern States that are conceded to us -Arkansas, 5 ; North Carolina, 9; South Carolina, 6 ; Mississippi, 7 ; and Louisiana, 7—General Grant is elected, excluding, Pennsylvania, New York, Oregon, Cali fornia, Indiana,Connectieut and Nevada. But who can doubt our success as he studies the figures, in Pennsylvania, In diana, Connecticut, Orepn, California and Nevada, without counting a single Southern State? This answer revives the question, where do the rebel Democracy expect to get their electoral votes? General Grant's Speeches an(t Let- ErS3 ins LETTER TO GENERAL BUCKNER HEADQUARTERA ARMY IN THE FIELD. CAME . NEAR DomscsoN, Feb• 16, 1861 To Gen. S. B. Buckner, Confederate Army : Yours of this date, proposing an armistice and appointment of commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No other terms than an unconditional and im mediate surrender can be accepted. I pro pose to move immediately upon your works. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, U. S. GRANT, Brigadier-General U. 8. A., Commanding General Buckner surrendered. HIS SPEECHES TO GENERAL ?EIMER TON. PEMBERTON—Gen. Graut, I meet you In order to arrange terms for capitulatou. What terms do you demand ? GRANT— Unconditional Surrender. PEMBRATON--• Unconditional surrender Never, so long as I have a man left me. I will fight rather. GRANT—Very well. These speeches were very short, four words in all, but Pemberton surrendered. HIS LETTER IN THE VIRGINIA CA.M- PAIGN. " I propose to fight it out oa this law It' it takes all summer." lie fought it out on that line. lIIS LETTER TO GENERAL LEE "I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia upon the follow ing terms :" Lee surrendered. HIS SPEECH ACCEPTING THE NOMINA- TlOls Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Na tional Union Convention : I will endeavor in a very short time to write you a letter ac cepting the trust you have imposed upon me. [Applause.] Expressing my gratitude tor the confidence you have placed in me, I will now say but little orally, and that is to, thank you thr the unanimity with which you have select ed me as a candidate fur the Presidential office. I can say, hi addition, I looked on during the progress of the proceedings at Chicago with a great deal of interest, and am gratified with the harmony and unanimity which seem to have governed the delibera tions of the Convention. If chosen to rill the high office for which you have selected I will give to its duties the same energy, the same spirit, and the same will, that 1 have given to the performance of all duties which have devolved upon me heretofore. Wheth er I shall be able to perform these duties to your entire satisfaction, time wilt determine. You hare truly said, in, the course of your address, that I shall hare nu policy of my own to enforce against the will of the people. ITN LETTER, OF ACCEPTANCE To (1(n. .L)sErur U. 1-14.wLEY, Aratiohot Union Republican Convention; In formally accepting the nomination of the National Union Republican Convention of the 21st of May inst., It seems proper that some statement of views beyond the mere ac ceptance of the nomination should be ex pressed. The proceedings of the Convention were marked with wisdom, moderation, and patriotism, and I believe express the feelings of the great mass of those who sustained the c.nantry through its recent trials. I indorse i.hn ye.soi t ;1,,;. if elected to the office of President of the United States, it will be my en d eavor t o ag gi joi, s te r all the linvs in good .faith, with economy, and with the, view of pivin~heo (pH, an d protection everywhere. In times like the present it is impossible, or at least eminently improper, to lay down a poli cy to be adhered to, right or wrong, through an administration of four years. New politi cal issues, not threseen, are constantly arising; the views of the public on old ones are con stantly changing, and a purely administrative officer should always be left free to execute the will of the people. f• always have re vected that and always shall. Peace and universal prosperity—its se , mence—with economy of administration, will lighten the burden of taxation, while it constantly re duces the National debt. LET I'S RAVE PEACE. With great respect, your obedient servan", Was'eitoestol, D. C. , Y.a 2d, None of these do:atineuts are very long, but they are all very downright and de cisive. No one, can misunderstand their terms. Seleielllr•r C 011.11.1! One of the Washington correspondents, who is warm in admiration of Schuyler Colfax, has been collecting from his speeches some passages which particu larly illustrate the ;:haracter and teelings of the man. Thus he said of moral faitlift4ness in legislation : Whether ttavoliag int the valloy of humilia tion or disaster, oe keeping my eye fixed on the heavens, I beliPco (.0.1 reigns ! I don't believe hui bl , .siingi will Lill oa cii C'oat:_Nlezucy. Golt's ways are souL , ::nt (lark, bit sooner or later they reach the Mining. hills of day !" Of the employment of uegro troops he remarked : "I do not call S I than white ones. If I were to express aiy own it woold try that those of my Own color are better ,tipl tracer. For I have always told you, in spite ut charges to the contrary, that I believe the Anglo-Saxon ra-e was superior to any other that, walks the thotstool of God:" lie first announced the Republican platform after the breach with Mr. John son thus: " Let us make haste sl m l,y, and we can then hope that the foundations of our Govern ment, when thus reconstructed on the basis of indisputable loyalty, will be as certain as the stars." In like manner, on April 18, 18t3t3, when lie made mild but manly issue with John son, he said of the civil rights bill, in the first moment of its enactment : "That law, misrepresented as it has been by its opponents in Congress, will never be repeal ed, and in years that are coining be the proudest recolleddon and the crowing honor of those men who stood up in the national coun cils, that they gave to that American Magna Charta their cordial support." He treated in this way a taunt of the Democracy : The new nickname flung at us is 'Radi cals.' I had rather be called a Radical than a Rebel, at any time. I am a Radical for right against wrong; for liberty against slavery ; for justice against tyranny—a Radical friend of my country, and a Radical hater of every ene my of my native land ; I believe in a Radical government 'of the people by the people' the world over, and my sympathies go toward the Radicals who are trying to imitate our free in stitutions in Greece, Italy, France, Ireland and Mexico. I wish to see a belt of Republics encircle the globe." Here is another curt passage : " I am for leveling, up rather than leveling down. God do so to me and more also, if Ido aught more to crush any man down lower." In short, this is Mr. Colfax, as describ ed in the words of his pastor and poet at South Bend, at home Thou art the clear Persuasive orator of light : the pure Unsullied patriot ; the changeless, sure, Au , 1 genial friend to many hearts now dear!" A WASHINGTON correspondent of the Boston Post—Hancock Democrat—says: "Bets are being offered that Chase will receive a majority vote in the New York Convention, if not the,noiniunlion. One gentleman offered to bet $lOO that Chase will be the nominee and $lOO that Pen dleton's name will not go before the convention. Hancock's friends are con fident that he will receive the nomina tion on the third ballot." TUE ex-confederate General W. C. Wickham, who rose to high military dis tinction under Lee, 140 takewthe stump for Grant and Colfax iu Virginia. In an address to the people of Hanover coun ty, on Monday, he indorsed the Chicago nominations in the warmest terms, an nounced himself as an out-and-out Repub lican, and asserted that the blacks were not only entitled to suffrage, but that it was essential for their protection. NO. 3. U. S. Lir IttNT
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