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SIiriSKKT \ FORSTEIt, Editors.
VOL. I.
Eke (Centre
Term* 11.50 per Annum,ln Advance.
. T. SHUOERT and R. H. FORSTER. Editor*.
Thursday Morning, August 21, 1879.
Democratic State Ticket.
ST ATX TREASURER,
DANIEL (>. BAKU, Allegheny county.
Important to Voters.
The liul election In I'riiiMjlnaU will IM> IH-14 on
Tutwkl.iy, tho 4th of Notfinlw.
Voter* moot l* two month* preceding tho
election, ttiat i*. on or U f.ir® ThunHtoy, 4
Voter* mud htiTo p*itl • state or county fai nr
month precrtllng the election, that i*, on or before
fUrtr-Uv. (k'totier 4.
Member* of Democratic state, county and city com*
mtttee* nheultl *ee to it that errrjr rotor of our party
lIM complied with the law.
Tat lure to pay ta* lu neaaon deprive* tha voter of
4hef>rtvilege of suffrage. At elector can wrar in hi*
wotn. though lie be nog aeaeweed, but the orghwt may
cauee him much trouble.
THE second page of this paper is de
voted weekly to agricultural subjects
and discussion, and wc again invite
the particular attention of farmers to
this department. It is under the direc
tion of a practical agriculturalist of
rare ability and experience. His ar
ticles are timely and practical, aud
cannot but be of great value to those
for whom they are prepared.
THE result of last fall's contest for
commissioner continues to worry the
Bollefonte Republican. It fights the
battle over with more than its usual
vigor, and, if it will only keep on for
a little while, it will succeed in prov
ing to the entire satisfaction of every
one that Andy Gregg was an exceed
ingly popular candidate, and that Mr.
Taylor was —well, Gregg received 10fl
votes more than Taylor, and of course
fills the office. That is all. Now,
what does the Republican propose to
diu afi.out it?
IN TBE elections this fall California
lead* off, hers occurring on the .'ld of
September for State and Judicial offi
cers, four Congressmen and members
of the Legislature. The election in
Maine on the Bth of Septcmlicr is for
State officers and members of the Leg
islature ; in lowa and Ohio, October
14, for State officers and members of
the Legislature; in Maryland, Massa
chusetts, Minnesota, New York and
Wisconsin, November 4, for State offi
cers and members of the legislature;
in Mississippi and New Jersey, Novem
ber 4, for members of the Legislature;
in Pennsylvania, November 4, for State
treasurer, and in Louisiana, December
2, for the adoption or rejection of the
proposed constitution. A member of
* Congress, to fill a vacancy, will also
be elected in lowa, October 14.
A NUMBER of the leading mer
chants ami planters of Mississippi
have mailt- arrangements to send del
egations of intelligent colored men to
Kansas, and other projective points of
emigration, to investigate and report
how far the inducements held out to
the colored people for emigration are
to be relied upon. This is a wise and
judicious movement, and may be the
means of saving this people immense
suffering and wrong. If intelligent
representatives of the race, after care
fully reviewing the country and its
adaptation as homes for the blacks,
. report favorably, die Southern people
will not discourage the settlement of
Bleeding Kansas," with as many
darkies as its broad acres can accom
modate. The Southern climate, its
peculiar product* and their adapta
tion to negro labor, will always com
mand an ample supply, and if good
burnt* .mo be procured elsewhere for
the surplus/lot needed on the planta
tions of the jßouth, their settlement in
the North will be a master of mutual
Itenefit. Thus the exodus movement,
inaugurated bjr Northern fanatics as
a menace to the Southern people, may
eventually become as great a blessing
as the one which resulted in freeing
them of the curse of slavery, which
impeded the progress and prnspcrty of
that great country so many years.
"EqtAL ANI) KXACT JI'HTII'K TO ALL MKS, Of WiIATKVKH STATE OH TKHHI AHIOH, HKLIOIfU* f,H I'OLITICA I.."—J<-fl<Tv.n
Tho Republican Platform.
In continuation of our review of tho
Republican platform, we quote the
fourth resolution, a* follows :
Fourth, That the Democratic parly,
having committed itself to break up the
llovernment by refusing to appropriate
moneys already collected from the peo
ple to sustain the Government, unless
the Executive shall sanction a measure
intended to foster fraud, violence and
corruption in the national elections,
and to impair the constitutional supre
macy of the nation, deserves and invites
the signal condemnation of every law
abiding and honest citizen.
Aside from its palpable absurdity,
this resolution of the Republican State
Convention is a false pretense. The
Democratic party, or rather its repre
sentatives in Congress, never refused
to appropriate moneys, whether " al
ready collected from the people," or to
be collected from them, in sufficient
amounts to enable each department of
the government to exercise to the
fullest extent any proper and legiti
imate function that it may possess.
Consequently the Democratic party
has never " committed itself to break
up the government" by such action as
that charged in the alwve resolution.
In this respect, therefore, the resolu
tion is on its face u false pretense so
plain aud unmistakable that it can
deceive no intelligent and unpreju
diced mind conversant with the his
tory of passing public events. In
fact, one of the charges made by John
Sherman in one of his Maine speeches
against the majority in Congress, was
that the appropriations were excessive
in amounts, and beyond the needs of
the public service; and hew is a Re
publican convention arraigning the
party responsible for the appropria
tions for an attempt " to break up the
government" by refusing to appro
priate enough money to sustain the
government.
The alwurdity of the resolution
arises from that stupid blunder into
which the Republicans are always
falling, of recognising the Executive
department nlonc as the government.
Probably, if they are honest in their
efforts in favor of the consolidation
and centralisation of all power in the
Executive, and succeed—which Gi*i
forbid—in reducing the other co-ordi
nate branches of our system to the
position of mere appendages to the
Executive, to obey implicitly his will,
and execute without question his de
crees, their theory of the government
may in time become correct. But so
long as our form of government is
based upon the powers of three co-or
dinate branches —Executive, legisla
tive ami Judicial—each separate and
independent of the other, with certain
fixed ami defined powers and duties,
just so long will it be the hcighth of
folly fbr a political party to charge
upon the majority of the representa
tives of the people a design " to break
up the government" liecause in the
performance of a duty, a* the low
making power of the land, they may
keep watchful eyes upon the appro
priations, and desire to have a word
to say in rcgnrd to the manner in
which, and the purposes for which,
the public moneys "collected from
the people" shall be expended.
But, in " refusing to appropriate
moneys already collected from the
people," without question or quibble
as the Executive may direct, tho
offense of the Democratic party seems,
according to the stalwart Holon who
concocted the resolution under consid
eration, to be aggravated by the fact
that they will not do it " unless the
Executive shall sanction a measure
intended to foster frnud, violence and
corruption in the national elections."
What measure of this kind was the
Executive ever asked to " sanction ?"
What " measure intended to foster
fraud, violence and corruption" at
elections did a Democratic Congress
ever pass? We know of an earnest
and protracted effort that was made
hy a Democratic Congress to repeal
several measures of this character,
passed by Republican Congresses for
no other purpose than to control UM
BKLLKKONTE, l'A., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, IH7!>.
bullnt-l>ox in the interests of the Re
publican party through force arid
general debauchery. "National elec
tions," forsooth, and national voter s.
Why, even n Republican Supreme
Court has decided that they do not
exist. The Federal government never
lield a " national election" and never
made a voter, national or othcrwise (
since it bus been in existence,yet, under
the flimsy pretext of protecting national
voters at national elections, this lie
publican party has for years, without a
single semblance of right to do so,
ruthlessly interfered in State elections
and endeavored to thwart and over
ride the will of the |>eople by partisan
election machinery that "fosters
fraud, violence and corruption"—ma
chinery that wantonly destroys the
purity and freedom of elections —ma-
chinery that provides pay from the
public treasury for rounders and re
jieatcrs to pollute the ballot-boxes—
machinery tlint provides for the arrest
and imprisonment of citizens, without
warrant or process, if they hap|K-n to
incur the displeasure of Republican
officials —machinery, in short, that is
a blistering disgrace to the civilization
of the present age.
It is not the Democratic party that
asks the Executive to " sanction a
measure intended to foster fraud, vio
lence nnd corruption" at elections.
It is not the "Democratic party that
seeks out the vilest criminals from the
slums of the cities to act as deputy
marshals, with power to intimidate
aud arrest peaceable citizens at the
polls who may lie suspected of a de
sire to vote against the Republican
party. It is not the Democratic party
that has a man in the White House
with " fraud first triumphant" indeli
bly stamped upon his brow. Oh, no!
look for these things in the Republi
can party —to Marshal Kerns and his
vile horde of seven hundred deputies
in Philadelphia—to Davenport and
his fellow-rogues in New York—-to a
fraudulent Executive at Washington,
and then say which party it is that
sanctions a " measure intended to fos
ter fraud, violence and corruption" at
elections, and which party it is that
" deserve* and invites the signal con
demation of every law-abiding and
honest citizen." If it is not the Re
publican party, what other party can
it he?
THE unfortunate affair at Narra
gansctt Pier, week lieforc lost, seems
to have inspired the Republican ene
mies of Conkling with renewed cour
age to contend with the lofty Senator
for the control of the organization of
the party in tha State of New York.
At the head of these partisan enemies
of Senator Conkling in his own State,
stand Curtis, the great civil service
reformer of Harper's Weekly, ex-Gov.
Hamilton Fish and Secretary Evart*.
They have already taken advantage
| of Ue Sprague scandal to break the
jKiwer of their imperious master in the
councils of their party, and hope to be
able effectually to do so at their ap
proaching State convention. It is well
known that Conkling would demand
the nomination of his faithful friend
and ally, Cornell, for Governor, nnd it
is proposed to set up Mr. Evart* a* a
candidate in opposition to that pro
gramme. Heretofore Conkling ha* ex
ercised an irresistible influence in the
State conventions of the party, and it
now remains to lie seen, whether with
the load of a Iwdly damaged moral
reputation he will be able to sustain
himself against those who are working
for his downfall.
STtLL the Republican does not an
swer our inquiries about Samuel But
ler's war record. Probably it has
learned the sail fact that the least said
about that episode in the life of its can
didate the better. "He shouldered his
musket like a true patriot, and'placed
his life in jeopardy that the govern
ment might live," Ac. All boah.
MK. CORK LINO has a stronger aver
sion to the shot gun policy than ever.
Fitz John Porter.
The case of General Fitz John Dor
ter, who, hy tho finding* of a military
commission, wa* made the victim of
Dope'* hi under* in the Valley of Vir
ginia, in 18(12, i, again attracting con- 1
sidcrablc ncwspa|>er notice and com
ment. In the fir*t days of the war
General Dorter was regarded a* one
of the ablest military officers in the
service of the government. He stood
deservedly high in the old regular
army, nnd wa* made colonel of one
of the new regiments of regulars au
thorized by net of Congress. He wa
also made a general of volunteer* und
soon rose to the command of one of
the corjs of the Army of the Potomac,
with the rank of major-general. At
the lo ad of a gallant cor|w, Fitz John
Dorter was an active, brilliant and 1
conspicuous figure in the operations of
MoC'lellari in front of Richmond. At
Mechanicsville lie bore the brunt of
Lee's first assaults upon the right
of the Union army. On this occa
sion he displayed high qualities ,
of generalship in the handling and
disposition of his troops, and easily
repulsed every attack made upon him.
To meet the combined forces of Isl
and Jackson it was.necessary to with
draw to a new po-ition. This was suc
cessfully done in the face of the enemy, j
and near Gaines* Mill, on the day fol
lowing the Confederate repulse at Me
chanicsville occurred one of the blood- !
iest battles of the war. For hours
that were precious t<> McChdlao, Dor
ter held an exposed and dangerous
position on the northern side of the
Chickahominy, with a stublmrn tena- ;
city of purpose that could not be cx- \
celled, and it was only to the united
attack of Ix-e and Jackson tbat he was
compelled to yield —in other worils, to
the force of overpowering numbers.
But much valuable time bad been
gained, so that when night came, and
the long day spent in fierce and bloody
resistance to the terrific onslaughts of
the enemy had insured the safety of
the movement for n new base on the
James river, Porter withdrew his shat
tered command to the south side of
the stream and followed the march of
the army.
From this point in the career of
this gallant and accomplished soldier,
you may follow him until he falls
under the malicious |>ersecution of
another, and in every scene of action
in which lie appears his conduct shines
with n splendor which is scarcely
eclipsed by that of any other officer
in the army at that period of the war.
But a scapegoat must be had for the
disasters that followed the blunders of
Dope and his incapacity to command
an army. Fitz John Porter is select
ed as the victim. Tried by preju
diced court-martial, formed to convict,
he is sent forth with a brand of in
famy and disgrace upon his brow to
receive the scorn and contempt of his
fellow countrymen. For seventeen
years he submitted patiently to the
terrible wrongs that were heaped upon
him, though never failing to protest
against them and ap|>cal for justice.
At last the hour of vindication comes.
A re-hearing is ordered, and after a
patient and exhaustive re examination
of the entire ease, the truth appears
like the light of day, and the awful
mistake committed hy the court that
found Porter guilty of the charges
made against him hy Pope becomes
apparent to every unprejudiced mind.
The Itoard that re-examined the case
was composed of army officer* of the
highest character and standing. Bet
ter men cannot be found in any sphere
of life. Their ability and judgment
as soldiers cannot be questioned, and
their integrity as men cannot be as
sailed. Their findings in the case are
conclusive and have been accepted as
correct by tho intelligent opinion of
the country. Ami now the question
comes, how is justice to be done to
this maligned and persecuted man?
What recompense is ho to receive for
the years of disgrace and contumely
that he has suffered ? Nothing short
of restoration to the high rank in the
army so wrongfully taken from him
will answer. Full reperution can nev
er be made. Nothing that may IK*
done can compensate for the year*
during which a high-spirited man of
honor and integrity fretted anil suffer- j
cd uuder a sense of wrong, and injus
tice, and undeserved indignity. Con
gress must take hold of the mutter at
it* next session, and if it fails to do
justice and right the injury done this
man so far a* it can, it will fail to
meet the demand* of the country.
< 'handler may rant, and Garfield may
bluster, but the time lias come when
this outrage of the pa-t must. lK* met
by the representatives of the people.
"I* t justice be done, though the
Heavens fall!"
Tildcu Talk* to Njirinjrrr.
AMI TELLS HIS THAT PASTY SF< < E*S TAKES
PLACE ABOVE PERSONAL AMBITION.
From ()• WfUr
On Sunday, the .'id inst., Congressman
Springer, at Governor Tilden's invita
tion, spent the day with him at hi*
country residence, at Yonkem. Mr.
Tilden spoke quite freely with Mr.
Springer on political matters. Mr,
Springer, in reply to the question wheth
er Mr. Tilden wa* not moving heaven
and earth to secure the nomination in
INMI, said : "He did not impress me so.
Indeed, he told me that, whether he
was the nominee or not, he desired the
Democratic succe-. Mr. Tilden is of
the opinion that within the next four
years the country will he blessed with a
remarkable *eaon of prosperity, that
t mes will t>e eay, and that an itnj>etii
will be given to every branch of trade
and industry.
"'Now,' said Tilden, 'I tell you, Mr.
Springer, why it is im|>orla<!t that the
Democratic party should succeed and
why I desire its success above a-iy per
sonal ambition I may have to gratify.
If the Democracy can ride into jiower
OJI the wave of prosperity which I think
is coming, it will remain in power in
definitely. iin the other hand, should
the Republicans retain |>ower they are
liable to hold on for a half century to
come. Whichever party wins the next
Presidency will get the credit of the
b'-tterment of the condition of affairs
which i* slowly coming.'
"Another rea-on, Governor Tilden
said to Mr. Springer, why he desired
the success of the Democracy was that
such success would condemn the elec
toral fraud of D7f>. '1 think" said Mr.
Tilden. 'that the inauguration of Pres
ident Hayes was a blot upon tho his
tory of our country, and a licmocratic
success in !*KO will lie an expression
by t.ie people that they so regard it.
This I say, not because I .was deprived
of an office to which I was honestly
elected under the forms of law. but be
cause I think that it will be fatal as a
precedent if, at the election in ISBO, the
people indorse it by continuing in low
er a party which perj-etrated it.'
"Tilden is enthusiastically for Kwing's
success. He wants him elected and for
the reason that the t ihio verdict, if re
corded for tlsr !>emocracy, will be the
entering to succees in the great
'er campaigns which follows next year.
Tilden told me that the personal ambi
tions of men should be sunk, and that
the parly as s unit sneuld give General
' Kwing its sid and encouragement. He
thinks that the national campaign of
I last) will be one of the most exciting
known in folitical annals, and that the
. Democracy cannot afford to lose a single
| joint. Hence, laying aside the ques
tion of candidates as to who should load
the national ticket, he thinks the duty
of the hour is to support and encourage
Kwing in the splendid canvass he is
making, and to let tho future lake care
of itself—thst is, as to who should or
•hould not be the national standard
bearer.
"As to ex-Governor Tilden's health,
Mr. Springeß|*aid he never saw him
looking IM>G and he never showed
himself more enthusiastic for the wel
fare of the Democratic party. He says
that he speaks in a low tone of voice in
i ordinary conversation, not because of
sny physical infirmity, but because he
has to talk to so many people during
the oourse of the day that he does it to
! spare his voice."
_•
An Interesting Medical Treatment
; From Iha CB|* Ann (MMI.I A4TFRIIWT,
Mrs. larcy Webster, wife of Mr. Na
thaniel Webster, of this place (Glouces
ter), who has been very ill for the last
three years with consumption of the
blood, being so low that hopes of her
recovery had been given up. has been
lienefitled bv the experiment of trans
fusing blood into her veins. Some
four weeks since a Boston physician was
called and the operation of transferring
a quarter of a pound of blood from a
healthy young lady into the arm of Mrs.
Webeter was successfully performed and
she received decided benefit therefrom.
On Tuesday morning a similar opera
tion was performed and a pound of
blood was successfully transferred and
a marked improvement is the result.
It is hoped that a cure may be effected,
and the case is watched with intenae
interest by the many friends of the pa
tient in this city and elsewhere.
Merchants should now advertise for
their fall trade.
TKK.MN: |M*r Annum, in Advance.
GENERAL NEWS.
London in having too much rain.
Over $lOO,OOO were paid to the miner*
around Shenandoah on Saturday.
A tank containing 18,000 barrel* of
oil on the Union Pipe Line, opposite
Parker, Pa., waa struck by lightning
last Thursday morning and entirely
consumed. Lost, $lO,OOO
The report that Mr*. Nellie Kartoris,
daughter of ex President Grant, i* dead,
prove* to be incorrect. The Mr*. Sar
tori* who really did die j. Mr*. Adelaide
Kartori*. the mother of Nellie'* husband.
During a severe *torm on Saturday
afternoon lightning *tru< k a stable near
I horn ton, \ a., on the Washington and
Ohio railroad, killed two young men
and seriously injured two others who
had taken refuge therein.
At 3 o'clock Sunday morning, seven
teen miles went ol Cumberland, Md.,
a Jialumore and < thio freight engino
ran into the rear of express No. I,
which was delayed by a disabled freight
train, instantly killing Kllis McDonald,
engineer, residing st Martinsburg. W.
Na. Ihe passengers were uninjured.
I he freight engine and several car* were
thrown over an embankment.
The Locust Grove Hotel and pavilion,
on the shore, at Bath, I/ong Island, were
completely destroyed by fire Saturday
evening. Shurhardt, a night watchman,
forty years of age, a widower,
children, is reported missing. The
loss will probably reach *7.1,000. The
insurance on the hotel and pavilion is
The owner of the projierty is
G. Godfrey Guntber.and the lessee i* Mr.
IN alker, Joseph Pearce, the manager
of the hotel, u reported lost.
The third jowder mill explosion this
year at the St. ( lair works, about six
miles from I'oltsviile occurred at alxaut
ten o clock hatu. day morning and waa
attended with fatal result*. About
twenty kegs of powder 100 pounds)
exploded instantly killing B. F. Miller,
a powderrnaker, who was the only per
son in the mill at the time. The pow
der was in a trough when it exploded,
and how it Ix-csme ignited is unknown.
Miller was a married man, with four
children, and had but recently removed
to St. Oair. The mill, which was erec
ted to take the place of one blown up
in March last, was torn to splinters.
Ihe loss ujwm Morgan Kmanuel, Jr.,
the oj<erator. is very heavy.
The Treasure (oath.
rr .11, IS* RWk Hill O'fTtl|. rij
The route between the Union Pacific
Railroad and the Black Hills h& al
ways been more or lea* infested with
"road agent*" or highway robbers, ever
since it was opened. Frequently, when
the coach has been well loaded, tho
sleepy passengers have been startles!
in some dark and lonely place by hav
ing the muule of a gun thrust into the
window of the coach and being ordered
with an oath, to hold up their hands.
Then one of the two masked men hare
"gone through" the passengers, reliev
ing them of their watches and money.
The last rotJery of this kind occurred
about a month ago. and soon after a
man known as lame Johnny, suspected
of haring been one of the "road agents''
and known to be a horse thief, was ar
i rested. As he was being taken to Rap
id City to be lodged in jail, he was tak
en from the coach and from the custody
of the Sheriff and hanged to a tree by
the roadside, All the bullion produced
in the Hills is also carried to Sidney by
stage ooacb, but no passenger* are taken
at the same time. A coach is prepared
for the purpose by lining it wuh sheet
iron to make it bullet proof. The box
containing the bullion is placed on the
floor of the coach, and the whole is giv
en in charge of six messengers, who are
the bravest and most daring men to be
found in the West. Four of these rnc.i,
armed with carbines, which are never
out of their hands, and with s whole
arsenal of navy revolvers within reach,
*'t in the coach and keep guard over
the treasure, while the fifth rides in
front and the sixth behind the coach on
( horseback. No coach with a full com
plement of has ever been
attacked, but about a year ago, when
' only about $2l 000 was being sent out in
charge of three messengers, the road
agents secured the stock keeper at one
lof the stations, and, firing into tho
*fag a* it came up, killed two of tho
messenger* and wounded the othe .
The wounded man shot one of the roo
ters so that he died very soon after, but
the road agents got away with the buß
| lion. An alarm was given as soon as
i possible, and the thieves were pursued
and one or two of them caught. All
but about S6,fCJ of the bullion was re
. covered. A hundred men would faro
hard if they were to attack the treasure
coach with its present outfit, and 1
doubt if they could capture it.
Our Krllej'a Introduction to Rlsmnrrk.
n-.*.> Hml.l
Minister White bowed low. "I pre
sent," he said, "the greatest statist of tho
New World to the greatest statesman of
the Did." Names were not mentioned,
for none were needed. Ibe Chancellor
extended the hand that has knocked
over two empires. "Ah 1" he cried.
"Judge Kelley, the author of the 3 A5
interconvertible bond system. 1 havo
studied the scheme. Let me see. I tin
as if I should lift vou in the air and
hold you there, and you should pull mo
up. This is a beautiful contrivance, and
quite sure to work. In such fashion wo
should climb to the moon." The Peno*
svlvaniaeconomist glowed his thanks for
tho praise of which on unappreciativo
country has recently been chary.
NO. 'M.