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Candidates
The following gentlemen are promi
nent candidates for office at the primary
elections on the 15th instant :
For Congress—THADoEus STEVENS.
For Representatives—CAl-T. A. Gm)snALK,
MAJ. A. C. REINoEur.,
.JAcoil (;. PETERS,
CAPT. W. I). I{EITZ,EI..
For Connissioners—JoHN ARMSTRONIL,
JACOINC. KREADY.
For District Attorney—GEimiiE
BENJAMIN F. BAER.
JAcon B AMWEIJ.
WE are authorized to state that Col.
Samuel Shoch is not a candidate for Con
gress. The communication which ap
peared in the Examiner, announcing him
as a candidate for that office, was pub
lished without his knowledge or consent.
WE have on hand, and will diApose of
on reasonable terms, electrotypes of
Thaddeus Stevens, General Cameron, A.
G. Curtin and Gen. Logan. Also, four
teen comic wood cuts, which have here
tofore appeared in FATHER ABRAHAM.
EVERYBODY reads " The Popgun," a
lively paper, shot off monthly. Terms,
25 ets. per year. Address, C. M. King,
Laporte, Pa.
The (Teat importance of immediate
and thorotc2:ll orLtanization cannot he
too stron(rly impressed upon the mind of
every Republican voter. A business
ineetin , should be held, at once, in every
district throug . hout the State, and the
stren(qh of the pin ascertained :01(1
registered by competent committees.—
The Wavering and doubtful should he
supplied with sound Republican reading
matter, which could not fail to remove
his doubts and bring him to a front seat
in the party. It is not necessary for
a husiness meeting to be very lar , e a
dozen or twenty in an election district,
when assembled for layin(r out work, will
ME=
(10 all that needs he done to assure
thorou! , ll organization and a glorious
N' ( ion
The enemy is. and for some time has
been, thoroughly organized, and this fact
ac c ounts fur the audacity, confidence and
strength of the party under Copperhead
leaders. The Republicans, in many lo
calities, seem to rely entirely upon the
justice of their cause for success. But
We tell them that a good Calle, when
pitted against a bad one, seldom if ever
wins without au earnest effort and skillful
,generalship.
We are glad to know that the efficient
Chairman of the State Central Committee,
Hon. Galusha A. GYMS', is at work, and
local organizations throughout the State
are about to hear from him. We entreat
one and all to second his etlbrts promptly,
carry out his instructions to the letter,
and all will .he well. Let us not forget
the deplorable lesson of last year, when
the great Keystone State was humiliated
by a Copperhead victory won, not by
party strength, but only by superior
party organization. If this matter is
properly attended to—if the active young
men of the party will only discharge their
duty, Grant and Colfax will not have less
than twenty-five thousand majority in
the old Kepitone State. Therefore or
ganize !
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"Snintl" Business.
The " small" daily in South Queen
street talks very flippantly about "small"
politicians. Well, the smallest business
we can think of is to misrepresent a man,
and then, in the smallest possible way, at
tempt to wriggle out of it. The "small"
daily referred to, said that Mr. Stevens,
in a letter which it published, asserted
that his opponents in an argument were
"fools and swindlers." \lr. Stevens did
lace uldy declared w4;tl , lst fuel; awl
swindlers, mho have fahrivated the 1111Iht atro
vious falsehoods as to pusitiull upon. tlw
eurrene - question."
w , we submit that when we charac
ter:zed the assertion of the "small'' daily
as wilful and deliberate misrepresenta
tion, we used only the proper terms, and
the article in the — small" daily only
shows that the word "small" applies to
the "small" daily in more than one
sense. The fact is, that all of week be
fore last . our "small" neighbor was in a
muddle, and any one who will think it
worth while to read its articles on the
10th and 21st ult., will easily see how be
fogged the man was who wrote the arti
cles, if the same individual wrote both,
which we consider doubtful.
Remember -Vete York I
How many Boys in Blue remember,
when at the front, in July 1863, how
Horatio Seymour's "friends" in the city
of New York made a desperate effort to
inaugurate civil war in the North, and
entirely cut off all re-inforcements and
supplies for those engaged fighting our
great battles in the South? Can the sol
diers of the Republic forget how they
then wished for an opportunity to
settle accounts with the cowardly home
traitors, when thousands of their com
rades were withdrawn from the front to
attend to the rebellion so seriously
• threatened in the rear? Does not every
Boy in Blue well remember his own
feelings of indignation when he read, in
the newspapers which were sent them
by dear ones at home, the speech of
Horatio Seymour to his "friends," the
rebel murderers of draft officers and
burners of Orphan Asylums in the city
of New York, and how he encouraged
and instigated these horrible scenes of
fire and blood ?
Wait a little longer, Boys! The day
is rapidly approaching when it will he in
your power to square accounts with that
very same Horatio Seymour. Wait until
next November, and then—"go in."
Smart and Severe.
The " small" daily in South Queen
street, speaks of a " small weekly " that
exposed their misrepresentation of a let
ter from Mr. Stevens. It hurt, did it?
Well, probably that was the best way to
treat FATHER ABRAHAM—and prob
ably not. Don't advertise it, for it has
Row a larger circulation than the "small"
(in more than one sense) daily and the
big weakly combined !
_iffelitimi
-Indy _.Brm4rony
This trt , ntlentan puldishcd a card in the
Colttinhia Spy of the which
he attempts to explain away his partici
pation in the Illytts Trap," and his own
••hig thing" on milea,re at ILu•rishurg
last winter. He carefully avoids the
real charge made a , :ainst him as the
manager and setter up of the Illyils job.
We therefore consider the statement of
Mr. Illyes fully sustained—that he in
duced the latter to come to Harrisburg
and draw the "pay" in question.
That part of his card which rcfers to
his mileage is as follows:
"The distance from to place to - Harrisburg
and Io one So returned at both
;1001 if any chooses
1 , 1 affix tlw 1 . ,)r wl!ish p u •I s and
you g.ulp it, I can't help it—lbat's
Clear as mud! But, we respectfully
suggest that Andy also explain, Nvhether
it WaS the same "meddlesome person"
or himself who pocketed the cash, . 1 ,1.80
—.lust $82.80 more than the lawful mile
age ? And let him please tell us, also,
whether or not, his attention was called to
the m istake by an official at Harrisburg
before the money was paid, and v./Ober
Andy did not pronounce it all right 1 Of
course he will let us know all about it.
Nobody doubts his purity.
Scold lug
From the time of firing the first shot
at Fort Sumter, until the present day,
the Copperheads have been scolding.
It seems to be their only remedy for all
their numerous afflictions. They scolded
the Republicans when Buchanan first
divided the Republic, and whilst the
work of restoration was going on they
scolded harder. When the army needed
men, they scolded. When the treasury
was empty they scolded, and when the
tax collector came they scolded harder
than ever. When a battle was lost they
scolded, and when one was won they
scolded. They scolded when Greenbacks
were issued, and scolded when they
stopped the issue. They scolded when
the rebel States were kept out, and now
they are scolding themselves out of
breath because they have been brought
back into the Union. They are common
scolds and the whole set of them a com
mon nuisance
Orga ze
To insure success, we must be organ
ized and disciplined; and as the election
of our ticket in the State depends upon
its success in the Districts, and in the
Districts on the counties, and in the
counties on the townships, and in the
townships on the towns and communi
ties, and in the towns and communities
on the active, earnest, loyal, working
Republicans in them, therefore it is the
duty of every Union man to do all he can
toward carrying the State for the hero of
Appomatox Court House by a majority of
many thousands.
Unprofitable!
Gen. IV. B. Franklin proved himself
during the war to be an utter failure.
lle is now enga , ed in the very appro
priate business (for him) of writing a
series of letters against General Grant's
military character. This is another illus
tration of the "noble eagle being hawked
at by a mousing owl." The less Frank
lin says about anybody's military career,
the better. There are enough people
who think that if he had his deserts, he
would be keeping his friend Fitz John
Porter's company. It was only Mr.
Lincoln's kindness of heart that saved
him.
Old Thad.
At the request of a number of friends,
we to-day republish the excellent likeness
of the Great Commoner. We are sure it
will be appreciated by thousands on our
present large subscription list, who did
not see it when it appeared in our second
number.
In next weeks issue we publish an en
graving of Gen. Ilartrauft, our candidate
for Auditor General, to be followed the
week after by one of General Campbell,
our candidate for Surveyor General.
Remember:
That a United States Senator, to fill
the seat now occupied by Senator Buck
alew, is to be elected by the next State
Legislature. This fact should not be
everlooked by the voters of Lancaster
county, in making their selection for leg
islators at the coming primary elections.
GENERAL HARRY WHITE, the Senator
from the XXth Senatorial district of this
State, was unanimously renominated by
the Republican conference on Thursday
last. He is one of the ablest men in the
western counties, and will be recollected
as the gallant soldier who was held,
through Democratic appeals to the re
bels, a long time in prison at Libby,
when his vote was necessary to give the
Republicans the majority in the State
senate.
NI - El .SIX TB 0 1
For about two weeks—durnrz harvest
time—the increase of our subscription
list was not as rapid as during the pre
ceeding three or four weeks. But, since
our last issue. we 11;11'0 111 , 1: with the
most gratifvin!r success. and our list is
now larger than that of any other news
paper ever published in the interior of
Pennsylvania, be just if subscribers
up to the time of' writing—Tuesday even
ing, August 4th.
Under our reduced terms of subscrip
tion, we will be 'cry much disappointed
if we do not increase at the rate of ono
thousand per week during the present
month, which will swell our list up to
ten thousand by the first of September.
We expect to announce the coming Re
publican victory—the electiim of Grunt
and Colfax—with an edition of at least
twenty thousand.
!The Grtil
The election in New Albany, Indiana,
on Tuesday, resulted in a Republican
gain of seven hundred! 'Where's Blair?
THE most disagreeable duty we feel
called upon to discharge, is to show
up and expose the corruptions and short
comings of those in whom the great Re
publican party have confided. by eleva
ting them to Mikes of honor and trust.
Peculators have formed themselves into
regular organizations against the inter
ests of the tax-payers, and as honest and
independent public journalists, we can
not do less than expose them, if in our
power to do so. This duty shall be faith
fully discharged on our part, to the
best of our ability.
We hold that plenty of good and com
petent men can he found to till our offices,
local and general, who will accept them
for the fair and ample compensation pre
scribed by law, and the official who will
take more than is allowed by the letter
and spirit of the law, is a had man and
cannot be trusted. Let every Republi
can voter discharge his duty at the
coming primary election. and vote only
for such candidates as he believes to be
free from all secret leagues and rigs
which are formed in our midst, not for
the purpose of promoting the interests
of the great Republican party. but only
to abstract money from the public treas
ury by foul and dishonorable means.
Let us have a county ticket of good and
honest men, and then, our wont for it,
the glorious Old Guard will go into the
contest with a will, and roll up at least
seven thousand majority
. I'or Grant awl
Colfax !
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.'11.111,11'(;JI iN a will deal of oppeo
- to Stevens ill tip I.alpwsler
:41011;11 district (tile 1X111), n.. tif,(ll4 is .•i i ti.l.-
tained that the pufgde ki`jiti• tip
SI•I'ViCeS the venerahle
7There always has been "a good deal
of opposition" to " the old man " in this
county. But the ambitious gentlemen
who want his place were (timid to face
the music, and have caved. They made a
splutter for a few days, but it wouldn't
work.
[Communicated.]
Something for the People.
DEAR FATHER ABRAHAM : From the
great liberality of our County Commis
sioners in squandering the money of the
tax payers, it is painfully evident there
is an absolute necessity for the election
of an honest, independent and competent
Commissioner, as well as an honest, in
dependent County Auditor, who cannot
and will not be manipulated by the ring
masters or the office-brokers. Of late
we are informed, that these worthy Com
missioners have appropriated one hun
dred and fifty dollars out of the County
Treasury to two fire companies in Col
umbia, through the influence of Mr. Geo.
Brubaker, candidate for the office of Dis
trict Attorney, who for the purpose of
getting the votes of the firemen there,
promised them a donation from himself
of twenty-five dollars, but which, it is
suspected, he did not make, when the
Commissioners were so kind as to make
them a larger donation. Now, by what
authority are such donations made l The
county has no property there, and on the
same grounds, every Fire Company in
every town of the county has as much
right to a donation as Columbia.
I see, too, that the Commissioners have
taken very good care of themselves with
respect to their own emoluments of office,
charging more for mileage, like Mr.
Armstrong, than the law allows, as they
can charge only for actual travel. This
outrage must be corrected.
I hear, also, whispers about letting
out of bridges, without first asking for
proposals by public advertisement. In
one inskince, it is said, that when a ,good
and responsible party offered to build a
bridge for a certain sum, the contract
was denied him, but given to another, at
a higher rate, by which course the County
is a loser. Publiagents have no right,
I contend, to mita private bargains for
the public necessity, and for their own
sakes they should not attempt it, lest
unfavorable suspicions arise. The refu
sal to advertise the building of bridges or
anything else and ask for proposals,
forces the conclusion that there is a"cat
in the meal tub," and any public agent,
properly careful of his reputation, will
not make a contract without first giving
tiw ronutinni.y ill opportunity to bid,
!hal the tax payer,:
kill ;Mend 11) their 11111)1'0 , 1)-) 1111 . the
1, - )111 of Allt. 1 11 , 1. )11111 )))t)11 )C1 or the
ri ht :lamp. I do nol believe the pre.-
cut Commi , --ioner , :in , immaculate, :Ind
tc , ii is the intention of the law, that th e
should inve-thatc the Commi--
sioner,' account,. and approve only of
such di-hur:-tatient- i are :111(1 rh , ht,
and rejoyt are Metfal 'Vl:one',
evert - one mu , : :..ee and the necc:--
:-itc I,f eleetin , .l 1 the 4:111,:es ..I.uditor
and ('onnni-•:-ioner none ion lite most
competent and in:excel:tint:al:le of men.
1 :NmEI'ENDENT.
Weber Alizaham's
THE Domperatic party has informed
the people of the Rebel States that they
are at liberty ae - ain to embark in Rebel
lion, to nullify the acts of l'ongres. and
thus renew tin strip.. .4 . 1 e. The Dem
ocratic party has invited the people of
the Rebel States to renew the war by as
suring them that the action of , Comxress
is unconstitutional. and that they are
not bound to yield any obedience to
these Reconstruction net of Congress.
If the people of the South do not again
embark in the rebellion, it is because
they disregard the express \visit of the
Democratic party of the North. and if
they do emhari: in the rebellion, the
Democratic party of the North is respon
sible for the \var. zmnd the blood will he
upon limit. shoulders.
TnE agent of the Insurance Company
in which 2lr. ...eyinotir has his life in
sured. waited on him the other day. and
formally notified him that in the event
of his election to the Presidency, with
the Blairs for Vire-President. his policy
would be declared forfeited—that insur
in!, lives under such circumstances would
burst up any company.
AVILL,Lots is the name of the colored
gentleman who figured as a delegate to
the late Copperhead National Conven
titm at New York. Ile ye prosentpd one
of the distri,t, (4. but now. it
seems, he is ashamed of it —says they
nnule. him drunk lvhen he accepted, and
lie went. Had he heen sober, he says,
lie never would have been caught in
rich a crowd.—
LET us have peace. — says the victor
ious warrier. Let us have peace that
the wounds of the nation may he healed.
aLet us have peace that brotiu may
he re-established. Let us have peace
that tranquility and justice may he
secured. and our instituthms preserved
and perpetuated.
COPPER 11 EA Ds only went into rebel
lion ; Copperheads only sympathized with
and aided rebellion. The rebellion was
a Copperhead measure—inaugurated, ad
vocated, conducted, defended and sup
ported by none but Copperheads, and is
now virtually endorsed by the Copper
head party.
THE last act of the rebels, before the
war, was to vote the Democratic ticket.
The first act of the rebel's, after the war,
was to vote the Democratic ticket. As
there was but one step from Democravy
into rebellion, there was but one step
from rebellion back into Democracy.
A female—the wife of an unfeeling
brute who refused to work because he
did not get pay enotr , h - -died of starva
tion at Orange, New Jersey. She had
not eaten anything• for live days, and
gave birth to a child shortly before death.
The husband is a loud-mouthed Copper
head, and supports Blair.
THE nomination of Seymour and Blair
puts the Copperhead party very much in
the condition of the man who had lost
four wives, and who, when a friend
called to condole with him on his last
bereavement, remarked: "Well, I must
say, I've had some all-tired hard luck in
wives."
Em.ii a by tioymour
On a see=saw
When lection comes
'Twill break like a straw.
When the votes fall.
The people will stare,
For down will come Seymour,
His party and Blair!
HEN RI - DALE, an escaped convict from
the Trenton, N. J., jail' was arrested in
Philadelphia last week, at Arch street
wharf, whilst talking Seymour and Blair
to a crowd. Of course, he is a democrat.
CHARLES WILT was arrested in Vine
street, Philadelphia, on Thursday, charged
with assault and battery with intent to
kill his wife. Wilt is a member of the
Democratic Ward Committee.
AMONG the transparencies carried in
the Democratic torchlight procession in
Louisville, recently, were portraits of Jeff.
Davis, R. E. Lee, J. Wilkes Booth and
Frank P. Blair.
MR. S. S. Cox says of Horatio Sey
mour: " The more you rub him the
brighter he shines." The same may be
said of a brass candlestick and Maki
nose.
WHISKEY is recommended by Frank
Blair as a protection against mesketoes.
" Taken internally in sufficient quantities
it will cause perfect insensibility to their
stings."
ON Sunday evening last, Thomas
Roach, keeper of a beer saloon in Hobo
ken, stabbed Henry Cameron, Patrick
Madden and Thomas Cavanaugh. Of
course, Roach is a Democrat.
THE bottle is Frank Blair's worst ene
my—ink or whiskey—either is sufficient
to ruin him.