SIIUMERT A. FORNTER, Editors.
VOL. I.
Slir tCrntrf JFUmtirrat.
Terms 51.50 per Annum,in Advance.
S. T. SHUGERT and R. H. FORBTER, Ed Iters.
Thursday Morning, May 22, 1879.
IT was much nicer to serve us mem
ber of Congress, with chuucc* for u
share in fat contracts, than to go to
the front as a drafted soldier. At
least so thought Blaine and he put iu
titute.
THEY AOKKE TO ADJOURN. —The
Legislature have at last, by concur
fence of both Houses,agreed afin il
adjournment on the iitli of June.
Thus a tier a session of one hundred
and fifty days, which closes on the sth,
our statesmen have agreed to serve oue
day, gratis! How generous!
THE proposition incorporated in the
revenue hill laying a tux on crude oil
of ten cents per barrel wits defeated
in the House of Representatives on
Monday last by a vote of 37 to UU.
This is probably a final settlement of
the question for the present session.
The oil men are jubilant, and 'Lish
Davis of the Committee of Way- and
Means decidedly cross.
Bt.ALNK tells the story of the sub
stitute he put in the ranks of the army
to do his fighting for him after lie was
drafted. It is now in order for him
to explain how he rushed to Washing
ton as soon as the first hostile shot was
fired to secure a profitable gun con
tract for a friend. He might at the
same time tell exactly what share of
the profits of this contract went into
his own pockets.
WHAT does our genial neighbor of
the Republican mean ? Of course the
Democrats are ready to "give up"
slavery ? The South did so fourteen
years ago, and no sane man has ever
thought of again giving life to it. It
is a dead issue. Not so, however, the
cry of radical thieves like Rolieson,
Belknap, Pinchback, Shepard and a
hundred others for " our old comman
der " aud a third term.
THE negro exodus is rapidly subsid
ing. The deceived emigrants who
have been able to retrace their steps
and return to their former homes in
the South, have exercised a powerful
influence iu allaying the craze which
seems to have possessed the colored
population some weeks ago. In the
meantime the planters discovered they
would have no difficulty in command
ing all the labftr they need, and are
likely to be much benefitted by get
ting rid of the surplus.
NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that
Blaine's entertainment the other day
had been duly advertised, it did not
draw as big a crowd as one he gave
several years ago. The audience was
made up of invited friends and a good
ly array of "sisters, cousins and aunts"
under the leadership of Gail Hamiltou,
who seems to have acted as the Helre
of the occasiou; hut withal it was a
thin house, and the performance was
not half so good ns that afforded by
the reading of the Mulligan letters
and the disclomire of the ex-Speaker's
connection with railroad jobbery while
occupying the Chair in the other
branch of Congress.
IN the Senate of the United States,
a few days ago, the imperious aud
lordly Conkling came grandly to the
defence of Johnny Dawen|>ort and his
infamous devices for preventing for
eign-born citizens from voting in the
city of New York. He could see
nothing* wrong in arbitrary arrest*
without process, commitmeuts with
out cause, or in the iron cages erected
fpr the incarceration of Johnny's vic
tims. "The King can do no wrong,"
say the believers in monarchical
forms of government, and Koecoe evi
dently thinks the same of Republican
election officials. Tbe only wrong his
distorted optica can discern anywhere
is south of Mason and Dixson's line.
Out upon that kind of hypocrisy!
"KvK'AL AND XX ACT J L'BTICR TO ALL MIX, OX WHATEVER AT AT JC OR TKRSL'ASION, RKLIOIOL'X OK POLITICAL. "—Mr.rw.n.
Now for Veto, No. 8.
The legislative, judicial ami execu
tive appropriation bill, including the
section* repealing the arbitrary und
unjust election laws, pused the Senate
on Tuesday last by a vote of 37 yeas
to 27 nays. The bill goes back to the
House in which it originated, for con
currence iu the amendment* ullnched
to it in the Senate, and will probably
reach Mr. Ilayes for another veto the
last of the week.
Iu the proceedings of the Senate
upon this bill, the significant fact ap
pears that not a siuglo Republican
Senator attempted in the least to dis
cuss its merits. Their speeche*, one
and all, from Cotikling down to I/ogan
and from Blaine to Windom and
Chandler, were mere tirades of sec
tional passion, misrepresentation of
the inteutiousof the Democratic party
aud abuse of the Southern members
of Congress and the j>eople they repre
sent. It is by mean* like these that
the reckless, illiberal and unpatriotic
leaders of the Ri publican |sirty ex
jtcct to rekindle the expiring embers
of sectionalism to serve their partisan
purposes iu the election for President
iu I*Bo.
Mr. Hayes can give us veto No. 3
if he sees proper, as he no doubt ill, to
do so; but lie will look in vain through
any of the arguments of his friends in
Congress for substantial reasons ujKin
which to base it. If the art* of the
demagogue, violence, passion and un
truthful ami distorted presentations
of historical facts will suit for a
message he will lie at no loss for ex
amples to imitate. He can turn to
the utterances of the "stalwarts"
named and the supply will lie found
abundant.
HON. ASA PACKER, whose alarming
illness was noticed lat week, died iu
Philadelphia on Saturday night, and
was buried at Mauch Chunk on Tues
day afternonu. In the death of Mr.
Packer the State ha* lost an eminent
citizen, who in his long and useful
life attracted, as he deserved, a large
share of public attention. In the Le
high region, with the husino** interests
of which he had been for so many
years closely aud extensively identi
fied, his demise created a profound
impression upon all classes of people.
From the Harrishurg Patriot we take
the following brief biographical sketch
of his remarkable career :
"Aa Packer was born at Groton, New
London county, Connecticut, Ieoeml>er
20, 1805. At the ago of seventeen he
traveled on foot to Susquehanna coun
ty, Pa., with all his worldly good* con
tained in a knapsack. Here he learned
the trade of a carpenter and joiner and
* married to Sarah M. Illakeslee. In
1833 he removed to Mauch Chunk and
engaged in the business of (mating coal
to Philadelphia. For two years he act
ed as master of his own boat. In 1835
he nrnke a profitable engagement with
the Lehigh Navigation company, and
afterward in partnership with his broth
er Itobert, whom he had induced to
migrate to Pennsylvania, entered into
an extenaive mercantile business and at
the same time engaged largely in min
ing and shipping coal. In 1851 Judge
Packer conceived the idea of building
a railroad from Mauch Chunk to
ton, and in 1855 had the projected line
completed, with branches to Hazleton
and Mahanoy City. This was the be
ginning of the Lehigh Valley railroad,
■ludge Packer served two terma in Con
gress, was presented by the Pennsylva
nia delegation to the Democratic Na
tional Convention of 1868 as its prefer
ence for the presidency, and was the
Democratic candidate for governor in
1869. He is the founder of lothigh
University, and has donated large sums
to that institution since its establish
ment. He is reported to he worth S2"V
000,000."
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JOHN SHERMAN has magnanimous
ly concluded not to be a candidate for
governor of Ohio this fall. He leaves
the way clear for Garfield or Foster.
John always waa a wise man. He no
doubt fully realizes! that his manage
ment of the fraudulent count in Louisi
ana by Wells and his returning board
associates, and also his intimate rela
tions with Mrs. Jenks, to say nothing
of bis connection with the Kliza Pink
ston romance, would not make a good
record upon which to go liefore the
public this year. But will it be any
better for the Presidency next year ?
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1H71).
"IN 1*71," says the Philadelphia
Record, "when the present Congres
sional election law was so amended a*
to more effectually provide for the
scheme of military interference at the
polls, the amendments were driven
through Congress without debate or
explanation under caucus pressure.
The object of the law was undoubtedly
not so much to overawe the people of
the Southern States a* to carry the
State of New York by preventing a
fair vote in New York city. In oppo
sition to the amendments then fastened
upon the law Senator Bayard made a
most remarkable speech, which, ad
dressed to a body prepared to obey
law rather than to disregard it, would
have led to a different result. The
sjjcech delivered eight years ago now
reads like prophecy. Tlie distinguish
ed Senator quoted the rcpeuted decis
ion* of the Supreme Court as to the
scope of the constitutional provisions
relied iijwti to warrant military inter
ference at the poll-, the adverse opin
ions of Madison and Hamilton, tin
historic example of Kngli-h law, ami
spoke of the inherited n pugnance
which has come down to us from our
English ancestry ngaiust all attempt
to invade the freedom of elections.
PiL-t precedents ami future dangers
were urged with splendid eloquence
by Mr. Baynrd to the unheeding ears
of Senators whose hands were tied by
a caucus decision. The pa-.-ngc of
the hill was a blunder added to a long
list of blunders of a like nature in
which the power* of the Government
have liocn abused in order to consoli
date the power of n party. From
that day to this the Republican parte
ha leen overweighed with its own
self-imposed burden of unpopular leg
islatior, and has found its (tower slip
ping through its finger* until tbe
House and Kenate are both in the
hand* of the opposition, the Presiden
cy itself having Itecn lost in fact and
retained by legerdemain. The warn
ing of 1871 has turned into a cry of
menace. In the light of this experi
ence, would it not be prudent for Re
publican leaders to take advantage of
the opportunity offered them, under
the pressure of the Democratic ma
jority, to gracefully recede from nn
untenable position ? The time ha*
not yet arrived when tbe people of
the United States are willing to (dace
permanently in the hand* of anv party
the power to control the result of elec
tions by armed force."
SENATOR lIILL, of Georgia, in hi* re
cent speech, made the declaration that
out of the twelve member* of Congress
from that State, eight were Union men
up to the date of secession by the
State, nnd that of ninety-three mom
ler* of (Vmgress from the Southern
States eighty-five were opponents of
the doctrine of secession. These dec
larations and figures seemed to the
Washington Pot somewhat remark
able, but on investigation, the Pout en
dorses the statement of the Georgia
Senator's assertion that nine-tenths of
the Southern members were Union men
"up to the very hour when they were
required to fight for or agaiusl their
nativd* States."
I. B. GAKA, of Erie, is spoken of as
a Rcpubican candidate for Congress
in that district. Mr. Garn, many
years ago, was the editor of a Whig
paper in this plnee. As n former ac
quaintance, n talented nnd gentleman
ly opponent whom we respected then,
wo cannot hut hopo that if that IK
nighted district must still have a Re
publican representative, that the honor
may fall upon one so worthy nnd so
fitted to confer upon them a respecta
bility they never can regain by the
|nrty principles; a* now promulgated.
THE reward of virtue is always cer
tain to come in one form or another.
When the public cannot see it and
therefore fails to do homage to its high
deserts, the individual is still at liber
ty to prate about it himself, though
occasionally he does so at the risk of
being thought slightly brazen in coun
tenance.
Local* Continued.
BILLIARDS.—A vi.it to the billiard *-
loon of Mr. IlirsmO. Hoffcr, on Allegheny
struct, will discloso the fact that the oblig
ing and enterprising proprietor ha* re
cently introduced into hi. One room three
entirely new and elegant ".Standard Amer
ican" table* of Collender's make, upon
which lover* of the game may realize all
of enjoyment that it afford*. Billiard* in
an ancient gamo; exactly how old no one
kn>w*. It ix raid to he of French or Ital
ian origin, nnd ha* been known to the
Knglirii speaking people of the world lor
not lea* than throe hundred year*. Prob
ably one of the earihwt reference* to it in
Kngli.h literature i by Hhak<-<|>eare w hen
he make* Clcopalrn ark for biilard* n* n
mean* o( parsing the hour* mnd<- weary by
the absence of In-r beloved Antony. Hut
in the time of those unfortunate lover* it i
scarcely probable that the game wa known
in Kgypt. At tiffs day it J* without doubt
recognised a* one of the moot attractive
game* of skill known to civilised nations-
Holloed and cultivated people are every
where to 1c found among it* votaries, and
that it lIOJ iuch strong attraction* for the
higher and better clei-c* of society i* evi
dence that th >n< who have leisure and the
iin-.iii- fr iu enjoyment can indulge to a
reasonable: degree in it* fascination* with
out detriment to their moral* or injury to
society. One of the objection* to billiard*
is that iu surrounding* are often evil.
Against thir our friend H ff< r rigidly
guard*. In hi* quiet and well.conducted
saloon there are no temptation* of a bod
nature to en<n*rc or injure any one. In
toxicating drink- are n<t *-dd in the build
ing, gambling of any kind i* strictly pro
hibited, and good order i always maintain
ed. Person, desiring to sjiend an hour in
rational and innocent amusement can there
fore patronize this billiard room in the full
assurance that it i* without offensive ad
juncts. Give Hiram a rail and we for
yourself.
TIIK CITT FATHERS—THI* bidy met as
usual lost Monday evening, Meiwrs. Ar
deil, <'rider, Harper, KaUilo, Reynold*
and Hhortlidg* being present. Mr. Short
iidge was chosen Premier.', pro tem, and
the minute* of previous meeting were read
and approved!*
Tbe Finance Committee, through Mr.
liarjier, submitted $ll4 05 of exoneration*
on duplicate, and Mr. Mitchell read receipt
of Jarnu* Harris, treasurer, for market fee*
from May oth to 17th—$3.
Mr. Harper moved that the Nuisance
Committee procure a "pound" for Hi*
Lrd*hip the High Constable.
Tbe Finance Committee was directed by
the President to eaamine into tbe dog u*
ordinance, and *ee if thero are not some sly
canine* inclined u> escape iu penalty.
The Fire end Police committee reported
oprngreM" on ho*e ; that the Penn*yl vania
railroad 1* *atiflcd with action of uouncil,
and that increase of pay lis allowed to
Chief of Police. After a series nfcpoti't.s
and amendments, decided to increase pay
of Chief of Police to $ll jier month, and
that of ordinary police to $lO per month,
until further action of council.
The monthly license report was submit
ted by tbe Chief llurgeas, a check for the
amount—slo—accompanying the same.
Of four citra police appointed for circus
day hut three served, the fourth having
made elaborate preparations for the occa
sion by imbibing too much "stimulant."
THE HIDDEN AND BORROW VOL DRATII
or AN OLD CITIZEN.—-This community
was shaken hy a wave of sorrow yesterday
morning upon the intelligence becoming
generally known of tbe sudden decease of
one of our oldest and most-widely known
citizens, Mr. Felix Mullen. The old gen
tleman had for a long time been in a very
feeble condition, but none who had aeen
him walking our street* for the last few
day* imagined that he would so |>ecdily
pa** away from earth. Wo remember
passing him on the atreet tbo day before hi*
death, but little did we think its cold damp
vu already on hla brow.
Mr. Mullen returped to hi* home about
six o'clock Tuesday evening and sat down
as usual to partake of hi* supper. After
eating he became suddenly and violently
ill, and a* an effort of the nau*ea threw up
what he had eaten. Unconsciousness Im
mediately followed and continued until
death ended hi* sufferings. Dr. George L.
Potter inform* ua that apoplexy was the
cause of bis sudden end.
Thi* unexpected death will be felt with
aorrow throughout Centre county. De
ceased was father-in-law and always the
intimate and confidential friend of the late
Henry Brockarhoff, and was about 77
years of age. He leave* a wife, daughter
and aeveral son* to mourn hi* IoM.
—flon. John Divans, one of our popular
Aseocfate Judge*, waa In town on Tueaday.
—Brig. Gen. Jams* A. Beaver baa been
appointed by Gov. Iloyt n member of the
1 military board.
GENERAL NEWS.
Pittsburg hs* iwvflnty five glassworks,
which employ . r i,l4H hand*.
Ihe Logan Ilouno, AI loons, i* receiv
ing two thousand dollar*' worth of im
provements.
Pennsylvania produce* 63 3-10 per
cent, of nit tho coal produced in ihe
United State*.
In I H7B Allegheny county had 7" 7-10
per cent, of the puddling furnace* in
the United State*.
Ihe city of lx>ck Haven ha* paid up
what it own the State and the raanda
mu* ha* hcen withdrawn.
Jacob Hchaefer made the unprecented
run of fiiX) in a game of telliards at Chi
cago la*t Thursday night.
A reading room hu heen opencd t
I.'-wiaburg hv the ladie* of the Woman'*
Christian Ternperanco I'nion.
Spiketown. (Allegheny county) *o
eietv i* terribly fluttered over a Iripple
wedding in that place in one family.
More stranger* viait the grave of
Fhaddeu* .Steven* in Lancaster than go
to any other locality in that city. It in
a Mecca for colored tourist*.
So far a* known up to the present
the popular vote in Switzerland, atanda
166 W'2l for and 1 * tV.t'J againat the re
etaldi*hinerit of capital puni*htncnt.
Mr*, Hush, a young and handsome
woman, in Allegheny, became tired of
being whipped every day by her hu*
band and eloped with another gentle
man.
lr. John McCulloch, an eminent and
well known phyairtan, died at hi* ie*i
denoe in Huntingdon on Thursday eve
ning alter a long iilncM. Hi* ago waa
about 71 year*.
Tho Solar Oil Company, Limited, i*
tho title of the company organized at
Williamaport for the purposo ol refm
ing oil for export and manufacturing
lubricating oil* under *|a-< inl patent*.
M*\ >r Stkely, of I'biladeiphia, ha*
iti c-i-ji 'uipiat-.oii the idea of culverting
the Schuylkill river and thu* reclaiming
acre* of ground. lie ha* ent commu
nication* on the. subject (to the coun
cils.
Among the prominent people who
nailed from New York for Europe on
Saturday were Comniodore and Mr*.
<arrton. Lord and lady Harris, Wil
liam 11. Yanderhilt, and the Com to de
Santorenia.
General McCamlles* will deliver the
oration at Gettysburg on Itemralion
day. An exrurfion party from the Stale
Legi*lature will be present, and excur
•iona are expected from variou* point*.
The occasion promise* to be one of in
terest.
It is said that most of the local paper*
op|Ke the Mayor of Heading in hi* ef
fort* to close the saloon* and cigar
store* on Sunday. Strange that new*
paper* claiming intelligence can be
found to ay aught against a measure so
manifestly for the public good.
The Smithsonian Institute report*
that Professor I'eters, of Clinton, an
nounce* the discovery by himself of a
planet of the tenth magnitude in twelve
hours sixteen minute* right ascension,
*ix degree* forty six minute* north dec
lination, with a slow motion south.
Rev. T. 11. Hohinson ha* concluded to
accept the Presidency of Wilson College,
which was tendered t<f him some time
ago. He has for many years back been
pastor of the Market S jusr* Presbyte
rian church in Harrisburg and is one of
the mot nmminet ministers in the
bounds of tne Presbytery of Carlisle.
Saturday afternoon a violent thunder
storm passed over Wilmington, IM.
Several houses were struck by light
ning, which stunned at least a dozen
person* in different part* of the town.
In two case* the parties did not recover
for some hour*, it was the first thun
der storm of the season there and the
moot violent for year*.
Chief Engineer Karnes, of the Penn
sylvania Hailroad Company, with a corps
of assistants, commenced last Friday
the survey of a route from Malvern
• tntion on the Pennsylvania Hailroad to
West Chester. The object of this is yet
a secret, but strong surmise* are in
dulged that it means a virtual heading
off of the Heading Railroad Company
in it* infention to make a connection
at West Chester.
At half-past 4 o'clock Sunday after
noon the steam yacht Louisa, owned
by Mr. Charle* Ktenglein, with a New
excursion party, ran on the rocks
in Little llell (fate and upset. James
Hall, aged 40; William Adams, sged N.
of Morrissnia, and Hosie Stenglein, aged
IS, of No. 1636 Third avenue, were
drowned. John and Frederick Kteng
iein and Mrs. Adams and daughter
Surah were saved.
Tho Cape May season was inaugurated
last Saturday by the arrival of an excur
sion party of representatives of l'hiia
delphla newspaper*. The principal time
of the train by which they came from
Camden to ('ape May, eighty one miles,
is one hour and fifty-eight minute*,
hut the trip waa made in ninety-eight
minutes, the fastest time ever made
over the road. The run from Mount
Pleasant to Cape My, twenty-three
mile*, waa tnlde in twenty two minute*.
Fire was discovered Monday morning
on the top of one of the breaats in the
Keystone mine, near PotUville, which
burned through the vein and communi
cated with the air course. At half paat
six at night this portion wea under con
trol, when it wea found that the pillar
dividing the adjoining breast was burn
ing fiercely. The Are is extensive and
may lead to serious results. It haa not
yet been decided whet method will be
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adopted to effect ita extinguishment,
although experienced miner* and en
gineer* have been on tli ground ad
day. The mine i operated by the
t'hiladi-Tphia and Rending Company.
A pleasant little wai baa now broken
out in Dartmouth 'College, The Faculty
r-fued *otoe small prjvilge and lire *tu
dcnt became angry and assembled be
fore the residence# of Professor Jiartlett
and i'rofessor I/ord, indulging in such a
serenade a* horn#, groaning arid tinging'.
The Faculty in turn dismissed two
member# of the Senior class, when the
student* showed that they were not
subdued by aoakitig at llie pump two
student* who were supposed to have
given the professors information.
5N illimnsporl dispatches say# that
the fidewater I'jpe bine is almost com
pleted, and Superintendent lien ton
leelx ooiitident that oil will he (lowing
through it by the Ist of -lune, if not
j : ooner. lint very few pipes remain to
ibe placed in position now. The entire
quantity ha* been received from tbo
manufacturers. The enormou* receiv
ing tanks at that place, with a capacity
1 f nearly OO.ygi barrel* have been com
pleted. but the service pipe to tho
railroad ha# not yet been laid. This
will not require much time, however,
a* the the distance i# only abort two
miles. The tanks are located on a hill
• i.g.t feet above the level of the railroad.
A number of the n -w oil cars built by
lire Philadelphia and Reading railroad
to transport oil to the seaboard have
arrived the e already.
The livecutive Tommittce on the
World's Fair met in Now York Satur
day night and resolved not to fix a date
for holding the fair until u kite had
I--en selected ; that the exhibition
should be located on Manhattan Island,
and recommended I hat the site be )**-
1 wi-<-n and taking in part of Kiversido
and Mornings,de Park#. They declar
ed apamt the pro|>o*ilion for a primary
i convention of representatives of the
\ IT on* Stat'-s, or even adjoining cities,
t draft of a bill to t 'ongress wa* unani
mously adopted provi ling for holding
an international exhibition of arts,
j manufacture* and pro iu f* of the soil
and mines, in the city of New York, in
the year of IS- The act provides for
a commission of one delegate from each
Stato and Territory, to t>e known as the
I'mted States International Commis
sion, to prepare and u[>erintend the
execution of a plan for holding an ex
hibiti n. No eompenaatio i i# to bo
paid fiom the Tinted State# Treasury
to these commissioners, nor i# the
United Slates to be liable for anv ex-
I sense* alldtading the exhibition. This
oommission is to fix a date. The bill
; lao provides for a Hoard of Finance,
) who shall have power to open a book
for tho subscription of capital stock
not exceeding V10.0Q0.000. and further
provide* for the or ; nutation of boards
■irailsr to tbo:e of the Con.ennial Kxhi
bit,on.
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Pension Arrearages.
In response to a letter addressed to
bun by Secretary Schurx, inquiring
what amount of funds can be made
available monthly for the payment of
arrears Hue upon isensions which were
allowed prior to January 25, 1879, the
secretary of the treasury state* that, in
cluding the amount already paid. $2.-
500.(100 will V>e available prior to July I,
end $'2,000,000 monthly thereafter. At
I hi# rate nearly the whole of the next
' fiscal year will Vie required to complete
the payment of these arrears. The
i commissioner of pensions in view of
this has to day issued the following cir
cular letter, a copy of which will be mail
ed to each applicant for arrears as soon
a a supply can be printed :
Dki'artmknt or tux I.vtkrior. Pkx
sioK Orn< x, Wasiiixotok, May 17, 187H
—Sir Your application for arrears of
pension# has boon received at this office.
• •wing to tho limited amount of monev
available each month for payment of ar
rears due those whose pensions were al
lowed prior to January 25, 1879, a com
paratively small number of cases only can
' be adjusted monthly, and therefore "some
I delay may occur in settlement of your
i claim.
The right to the arrears is fixed by the
act of Januarv 25, sod not by the dale of
filing the application, therefore the claim
will be settled without regard to date of
receipt in this office, but in such order
a# to distribute the payments equitably
among the several pension agencies as near
a* may be.
No further information will bo furnish
ed you in relation to your claim# for ar
rears until it has been nettled, when you
will he notified and promptly paid the
amount found to be due.
Hx-ftovertior Seymour on Iho ( hand
ler Kind.
J from sa tnt.rsi * in CMciige Tim*.
The advocate* ol military inlerfer
i enee are the most violent partiaana and
those who seek to keep up sectional
hate. They are the men of whom it
has been well said that they are full of
fight now becauec they did not fight
when they had a chance. The Sena
tor who first called for blood-letting in
ISfil was the first to run away fmtn the
field when blood wa flowing, lie now
grows fierce again. Ido not think it in
true, as has been charged, that he broke
the line* of our troopa by hia retreat,
but it in certain that hi* anxiety to nave
hi* own blood did not encourage our
soldi*** in the fight. Ido not think
the country will follow the lend of those
who *Ur up strife which other# are to
fight out, maybe, nt the coat of their
live*. The Democrat* will feel a* one
man en the new Inus. They tee that
it mean* that fraud ia to be upheld et
the polls.
NO. 21.