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IN the debate that took place on
the deputy marshal bill, at Washing
ton, on last Friday, Sunset Cox made
it exceedingly lively for Robeson,
Hawley, Kelly, Keiffer and the stal
wart advocates of "a strong govern
ment" generally.
GARFIELD AND ARTHUR! The
one besmirched by connection with
the infamous Credit Mohilier swiudlc
and the De Golyer paving contract;
the other disgraced by official corrup
tion in the New York custom house.
Fit representatives, indeed, of the
party of "great moral ideas."
IT is reported that the nomination
for Vice President was tendered to
Gen. James A. Beaver at Chicago,
and that he declined the honor be
cause he preferred to await the next
Republican nomination for Governor
of Pennsylvania. We think the Gen
eral made a great mistake. "A bird
in the hand is worth two iu the hush"
and "doubtful things are very uncer
tain."
SOME foolish person telegraphs the
Philadelphia Times from New York
that a quiet effort is being made in
that city to start a Grant boom for
Cincinnati. The idea of making Gen.
Grant the Democratic nominee at
Cincinnati is so exceedinly Quixotic,
that it can do no greater harm thau
cause a smile to brighten the face of
every person who reads the anncAince
nient that such a moveineut is on foot.
OUR esteemed contemporary, the
Bellefonte Republican, quotes the New
York Tribune as saying that Demo
crats "seem to forget that all their am
munition has been condemned as
worthless," for the reason that "Gen
eral Garfield's record as a statesman
lias been built up almost entirely since
these old autl feeble scandals were
first published." Among these "old
and feeble scandals," stands the
wretched Credit Mobilier affair, and
James A. (iarfield was one of the
members of Congress who yielded to
the seductive influences of Oakes Ames,
took stock in the concern and then
lied about it afterwards. After the
investigation by a Congressional com
mittee, the New York Tribune pub
lisher! an opinion of this particular
"old and feeble scandal" that reads
very different from that which it pre
tends to believe now. In its issue of
February 19, 1873, it sums up the re
sults of the investigation, and pays
its respects to this same James A
Garfjeld, who is now the Republican
candidate for President, as follows:
"Let ur gather up the ends front all
this anarl of testimony and see, if pos
sible, just where we stand. Read the
evidence. With varying degrees of
guilt or guilty knowledge, every man of
of ihetn, with one exception (Mr.
Blaine), has been obliged to confess
that at some time he had held this
stock, and at some time—under stress
of conscience, let us hope, though that
is not fully proven—got rid of it. Now
let us go slowly over the list. James
A. Garfield, of Ohio, had ten shares ; he
never paid a dollar; received $329,
which, after the investigation began, he
was anxious to have considered as a
loan from Oakes Ames to himself. •
* * These men betrayed the trust
of the people, deceived their constit
uents, and by their evasions and false
hoods confessed the transactions to be
disgraceful. Pass no resolution. Drop
it where it is. Remand the business to
the people."
Tho Garfield Scandals.
On the morning afte* James A.
Garfield was nominated for President,
by the Republican National Conven
tion, at Chicago, an article appeared
iu the New York Sun which has at
tracted wide-spread attention. The
connection of Garfield's name with tho
Credit Mohilier and DeGolyer scan
dals had not been forgotten, though it
is altogether probable that the majori
ty of the delegates of the convention
uever thought of his unsavory and
vulnerable these particulars
when they placed him in nomination,
or they would never have jumped so
readily to his support when the de
cisive moment came upon them. The
following is the article to which we
refer:
"Gen. James A. Garfield, of Ohio, was
nominated for president by the conven
tion at Chicago on the thirty-sixth bal
lot yesterday. In making the nomina
tion the supporters of Mr. liluine took
the lead, and tho other anti-Grant ele
ments in this convention promptly fol
lowed. The imperialist phalanx re
mained unbroken, and stubbornly cast
three hundred and six votes for Grant
down to the very end.
In considering this nomination, we
desire first of all to thank God for the
defeat of Grant and the decisive over
throw of the third term conspiracy. It
is an event over which the American
peopl® in a body may well ofl'er up re
joicings to heaven ; and the friends of
liberty and of the rights of man in all
nations under the sun, should join witli
them in the manifestations of their
heartfelt gratitude.
But is General Garfield such a man
that patriotic citizens of the United
States can well and wisely support him
for President? Can the executive au
thority of the republic bo safely en
trusted to him ? These are the questions
which every voter should now ask ; and
we answer calmly and emphatically
tbnt he is not such a mai.
The character of General Garfield can
be judged by the following conspicuous
facta :
When, in 1873, the Credit-Mobilier
bribery and corruption among members
of Congress were first exposed, General
Garfield was one among those accused,
lie immediately published a letter ex
pressly and positively denying that he
iiad any share in it. Next, on January
14, 1873, he appeared before the com
mittee of the House of Hepresentatives,
and under oath declared : "I never
owned, received, or agreed to receive
any stock of the Credit Mobilier, or of
the Union Pacific railroad, nor any
dividend or profits arising from either
of them.''
But on January 23 next following,
tho Hon. Oakes Ames was examined
before the same committee, and proved
by secondary evidence, partly in Gen.
Garfield's own handwriting, thatOener
al Garfield had had stock in the Credit
Mobilier, and that he had received divi
dends thereupon. Mr. Ames also testi
fied that Gen. Garfield had visited him
subsequent to the commencement of
the investigation by the House, and had
endeavored to induce hun to swear be
fore the committee that money thus
paid him as dividends had been deliv
ered to him as a loan ; and yet at the
•very same time that he had endeavored
to procure this talse testimony from Mr.
Ames, Gen. Garfield had called upon
Ames to pay him an additional sum of
money on account of the Credit Mobi
lier, claiming that the dividends he had
! already received had not been as large
as they should have been.
A perjurer and a man who attempts
to suborn perjury is not fit to be Presi
dent.
One other important feature in the
history of General Garfiehi is his rela
tion to the Do Golyer paving contract.
: One I)e Golyer had made a contract
; with the Hhephard ring in Washington
i to put down a quantity of patent pave
ment. General Garfield was chairman
j of the committee on appropriations in
j the House of Iteprcseutatives. In order
j to pay for this patent pavement an ap
| propriation was needed from Congress.
| The sum of five thousand dollars was
! paid to General Garfield on behalf of
j He Golyer, and appropriations to the
amount of millions of dollars were there
after granted to the Washington ring,
the appropriation for the I>e Golyer
pavement being included therein.
These are some of the facts in the
| public record of James A. Garfield, now
the Republican candidate for President
of the United States.
And yet, notwithstanding all this, the
mischiefs of electing such a man presi
dent would all seem blessings compared
to the results which would have follow
■ ed the success of Grant and the third
term.
To the grave charges here made
against their candidate the Republi
can leaders have little to say. Rut
the attempt to ignore them wilt not
work. Mr. Garfield is called upon
for an explanation, hut how will he
make it? The record against him is
conclusive and cannot lie changed.
The truth, unpleasant as it may be,
must stand. The independent press
of the country, however, is disposed to
give him a chance, as the following
extract, taken from an editorial that
recently appeared in the New York
Herald, will show:
"Such a charge, if unfounded, should
be act at rest at once. It ia a species of
accusation which the Republican party
haa never before been called to meet in
connection with any of ita candidates
for the Presidency. General Fremont,
ita first candidate, has since been in
volved in some doubtful transactions,
which came under the cog nuance of
French courts of justice, but in IM.VI
his pecuniary reputation was too pure
to be assailed. Mr. Lincoln, the Re
publican candidate in the next two
elections, was above reproach or auspi
cion, untl Ihe samo may bo said of (Jen.
Grant, its candidate in the two following
elections, and most emphatically of Mr.
Hayes, its candidato four years ago.
For the first time in its history the
Republican party lit* nominated a
Presidential candidate against whom
charges are made which, if true, should
be a liar to his election.
It will not do to evade these grave
charges by vaiige declamation against a
campaign of calumny. No former can
didate* of any party has ever been
accused of breaches of pecuniary trust
in ollicial relations. This is not an ac
omution to bo ignored, but to be refut
ed. It is idle to depreciate a campaign
of calumny until it is shown by proper
evidence that the charges are destitute
of reasonable foundation. It they are
true they are fatal. We do not profess
to know whether they arc true or false.
Hut if they are ficticious and malicious
their falsity can be demonstrated, and
when they shall have been refuted it
will be time to cry out against a cam
paign of calumny. When these grave
ciiarges shall have been proved on good
evidence to bo false their subsequent
repetition will be wanton calumny.
Hut it will not do to shirk investigation
and shun inquiry on the pretence that
all candidates are assailed. No previous
eindidatefor the Presidency has ever
been assailed on similar grounds. If
Mr. Garfield is innocent, he, above all
other men, is most interested in having
the exact truth known. Our recent
observation of the recent course of the
tS'ua does not justify any suspicion that
our energetic contemporary would
make charges which it does not believe
there is good evidence to support. In
the particular case of Mr. Garfield the
charges are not trumped up for the
occasion. The Sun has been repeating
them, year in and year out, for a long
period when Mr. Garfield was of no
consequence to the country at large and
was responsible only to bis immediate
constituents in his Congressional dis
trict, whose vote for him is said to have
fallen off about nine thousnnd after the
i Congressional investigation of the
I Credit Mobilier job."
Schuyler Colfax und James A. Garfield.
| Kr<>m tli* N York Hun, June* 12.
In the summer of 1872, when Ihe.S'un
first mode public the testimony of Col.
j Henry S. McComb in the Credit Mobil
ier suit, Schuyler Colfax and James A.
Garfield were loth conspicuous leaders
of the Republican party. Mr. Colfax
was Vice President of the United States;
(ieneral Garfield was chairman of the
House Committee on Appropriations.
Writing to Colonel McComb in IXGB
in regard to Credit Mobilier stock set
apart for the purbose of corrupting leg
islators, Ames bad said;—"l
| have used this where it will produce
j most good to us, I think." Pencilled
i on the back of the same letter was
i i akes Ames' memorandum list of Sena
J tors and Congressmen bribed. There
I were thirteen names in all. Here are
' two of them ;
! S. Colfax, H|>eaker .....s'2,o<*>
, Garfield, Ohio .*. 2,000
Most of the persons affected by this
j preliminary revelation hastened to deny
their guilt. The denials of Schuyler
Colfax and James A. Garfield were
alike explicit and impressive. Colfax
went from his desk in the Senato
Chamber before a committee of Ihe
House of Representatives, and, having
sworn in the name of God to tell the
truth the whole truth and nothing but
the truth, made this statement;
I state, explicitly, that no one ever gave
or offered to give me any shares of stock
in the Credit Mobilier or the.l'nion Pa
cific Railroad. I have never relieved nor
had tendered to nic any dividend in cash,
stock or bonds accruing upon any slock in
either of said organisations. I never re
ceived a dollar in bonds, stock or dividends.
In the Senate Chamber again Colfax
shed tears while protesting his inno
cence, and ai-pealed to the Kternnl
Tribunal of Justice to establish the
j truth of his words.
| (ieneral-lames A. Garfield also sworn
in the name of God to tell the truth,
j the vvholu truth, and nothing but the
truth, and having taken that solemn
' oath he said -
Mr. Ames never gave nor offered to
! give me any stock or other valuable
| thing as a gilt. 1 once asked and obtained
I front him, and afterward repaid to him a
; h>Mn of $300; that amount is the only
valuable thing I ever received from or de
livered to him. I never owned, received,
or agreed to receive any stock of the Cred
it Mobilier or of the I nion Pacific Rail
road, nor any dividonds or profits arising
from either of them.
<4. Were any dividends ever tendered
to you on the stock of the Credit Mobilier
upon the supposition that you wore to be
a subscriber 7 A. No, sir.
(/. The loan you have repaid, if I under
stood you correctly ? A. Yes, sir.
Hoth Colfax's and Garfield'* sworn
denials were made under the pressure
of the emergency, and before it was
known or supposed that (Jake* Ames
would ever be a witness to the truth.
Circumstances which it i* not now ne
cessary to recall brought Oak* Ames to
the stand, with hi* memorandum book.
• ••••••
dieneral Garfield'* account in the
same memorandum book was as fol
lows :
Garfield, ten shares Credit Mobilier,
$1,000; seven months and ten day* inter
est, $43 36—2)043 36 ; 80 per cent, bond
dividend at 07, $776 —$267 36 ; interest,
June 30, $3 64; balance, $271. Ten
share* Credit Mobiiier stock, ten share*
Union Pacific stock.
And in another place a general state
ment:—
J A. 0. Dr.
lses—To Un ibtrn CrHit M<>l>iH.-r of do
Juno 10 —To ruh <*)
Total ....„ 41,07# 01)
Or.
IMS— Bjr .IM.tcn.l bonds, Union Pactflr
Hailroad, 11,000. at # per cant,
IM X pr i-.nl. $770 00
Jan. 17.—8y dividend nolUctsd for yoar
o-ronnt... *OOO 00
T0ta1...... tt r (7 in
##
•lames A. Garfield'* case was even
worse. To the evidence of hi* corrup
tion and perjury was added evidence of
an attempt on hi* part to suborn per
jury. His cssh dividend, paid to him
June 19, 1868, by Oakes Amee, amount
ed to $329. After the investigation had
begun he went to Ames and besought
him to let tbi* payment "go as a loan,"
and when Ames had refused to perjure
himself to save him he made figures to
show that Ames still owed him $2,400
ol the bribe money.
Oakes Ames testified as followa :
You may slate whether, in conversa
tion with you, Mr. Garfield claims, a* he
claimed before us, that tho only transac
tion between you was borrowing S3OO.
A. No, sir; ho did not claim that with
rne.
(7. State how he does claim it with you ;
what was said ? State all that occurred
in conversation between you. A. I can
not remember half of it; 1 had two or
three interviews with Mr. Garfield; he
want* to put it on the ha*is of a loan.
<4. What did you say to him in refer
ence to that state of the case ? A.I slated
to him that he never asked me to lend him
any money ; that I never knew he wanted
to borrowed any. I did not know he wu i
short; I made a statement to him showing
the transaction and what there was due
on it; that deducting the bond dividend
and the eash dividend there was $3211 due
him, for which I had given hirn a cheek :
that he had never mo to loan him
any money and I never loaned hirn any.
tj. After you made that statement what
did he state in reply? A. He wanted to
have it go n a loan.
(J. I'id he claim that it was in fact a
loan ? A. No,sir; Ido not think he did ;
no, he did not.
State all you know in reference to it.
A. I told hitn he knew very well it was a
dividend ; I made out u statement and
showed it to him at the time ; in one con
versation he admitted it, and said, as near
as I can remember, there was $2,4(10 due
in stock and bonds ; be made a little mem
orandum of SI,OOO and $1,400, and, as I
recollect, said there was SI,OOO of Union
Pacific stock or bonds, I do not recollect
what.
(4. Have you the memorandum that Mr.
Garfield made? A. I have the figures
that he made.
Paper in Mr. Garfield's handwriting
was shown to the committee, containing
figure* as follows;
SI,OOO
1,400
$2,400
(?. You say that these figures were made
by Mr. Garfield ? A. Yes, Sir.
(j. That was his idea of what' was com
ing to him 7 A. Yes, sir.
All thia, be it remembered, occurred
after the investigation hod begun—
after James A. Garfield hud sworn that
he "never owned, received, agreed to
receive any stock of the Credit Mobil
ier or of the Union Pacific Railroad,
nor any dividends 01 profits arising
from either of them."
And after Garfield had sworn to this
falsehood a Republican committee of
of tbe House of Representatives, made
up of lii* own political and personal
friends, and with Judge Poland, of Ver
mont, a* its chairman, branded him
forever oa a bribe taker and a perjurer
in these blasting word* ;
He (Garfield) agreed with Mr. A me* to
take ten shares of Credit Mobilier stock,
but did not pay for the same. Mr. Ames
recievod the eighty per ccct. dividend in
bond* and sold them for ninety-seven |er
cent, and also received the per cent, cash
dividend, which together with the price
of the stock anil interest, left a balance of
s32*.'. Thi* sum was paid over to Mr.
Garfield by a check on the Seargeant-at-
Arm*.
Tho Credit Mobilier exposure shatter
ed a good many reputations ; but it left
no characters worse damaged than those
of Schuyler Colfax and James A. Gar
field.
IHsaxter on Long Island Sound.
rimr I.IVK* LOST NR TU r. SINEINU or
THE STEAMER ft ARRAUAXHBTT.
At 11.45 i'. M., Friday IABI, Hie Sound
steamer Stonington ran down her sis
ter steamer, tbe Narragansett, on the
edge of l/ong Band Shoal, just west of
the Corn Field Point Lightship, off Say
brook, Connecticut. The night was
foggy. The Narragansett sank in from
thirty to forty minutes. Five minutea
after she was atruck, she took fire, and
the passenger* —all who could—jumped
overboard. There between 3(10 and 3. r >o
passenger* and crew. From 225 to 250
are known £> have been picked up by
the Stonington and the City of New
York which was at hand also. The
City of Norwich is said to have refused
to lieed signals for help. Twelve bodies
have been recovered, and it is supposed
that 50 lives were loat. But tho Nar
ragansett's passenger list wa* lost and
there is a confusion of the Stonington
and Narragunsett's passengers so that
all the figures may vary materially
There ia much complaint of lack of
discipline on the Narragansett and of
lack of readiness and efficiency in the
life-saving apparatus on both the Ston
ington and the Narragansett. Tbe
City of New York brought most of the
saved to the city of New York, but fifty
were landed at .Stonington.
ExScnnlor Bayard Deceased.
WILMINGTON, I)el„ June 13.—Ex-Sen
ator James A. Bayard died at 1 o'clock
this morning, after being unconscious
for several hours. He had been sink
ing gradually for several days, his death
being hastened by a tall received as he
was decending the stairs last Thursday
a week. There were present at the
time of his death his son, Hon. Thomas
F. Bayard ; Dr. J. K. Kane and wife, a
daughter of the deceased; Benjamin
I,ock wood and wife, of New York, the
latter also a daughter of the deceased.
The funeral will take place on Tuesday
afternoon.
Firing on the Flag.
The American Schooner Eunice P.
. Newcomb, Captain Baker, which arriv
ed here to-day from Port Ontario,
reports that on May 30, twelve mile* off
the Cuban coast, she was fired upon by
a .Spanish frigate. .She fired two shot*.
The schooner hoisted the American (lag
and hove to when an offier boarded her
and searched for arms.
The Secretary of Btat. hss already
taken action on a case similar to the
above, which occurred only a day or
two previous. Affidavit* have been
taken, and a prompt investigation will
be made.
IT takes a plumed knight to jiliow
tbe white feather.
OREGON has 10,000,000 acre* of good
' graveyard land.
A Model Illinois Oity.
It is difficult to believe that o'er all the
wide stretch of prairie a more enchanting
place can bo found than the city of Gales
burg, K nox county, Illinois. The presence
and labor of man have clothed the ejiot
upon which it is built with loveliness. Its
beauties and attractions cannot be realized
save by experience. The only item lack
ing is romantic surroundings. All within
is a wealth of Inanity upon which the eye
delights to linger. If all of mankind and
his inhabitants, except one loving couple,
were subtracted from the whole, it would
be a spot which would surely remind us of
that Rden where man first lived, loved
and fell.
Tho city is the county seat of Knox
county, and is five miles from Knoxville,
which formerly enjoyed that honor. It is
exactly one hundred and sixty-four miles
southwest of Chicago, and about fifty miles
east of the Mississippi river. The popula
tion is between thirteen and fifteen thou
sand, among whom are many Hwedes, to
whose thrift and industry the city is large
ly indebted. This number of people would
occupy only a small spare amid the hills of
Pennsylvania ; hut with the grand freedom,
which a broad expanse of habitable terri
tory affords, tho people have selected their
plots of ground and erected their homes
without limitation of space, and the city
now covers an almost Interminable area
over which one may walk for a week with
out traversing it all.
Alluding to its imperfections first, it is
projier to say that the business portion of
the city is comparatively homely and in
significant. There are no stately business
blocks—no attempts at imposing architec
ture. They are all plain and unpreten
tious, frequently not over one story in
height, and very deceptive of the true
beauty of the city. None of the store
rooms are deep and capacious, yet all carry
a large stock and transact a lively business.
The reason for the absence of lofty archi
tecture is probably due to ttie prevalence
of high winds.
But it is exceedingly refreshing to walk
from the business portion* of the city in
any direction. On either side the streets are
lined with glorious shade trees, the over
arching branches of which almost touch at
the top, forming a bower of beauty be
neath. Neat fences or evergreen hedges
enclose bountiful, well-cultivated grounds.
Within is a wealth of tree* and shrubbery.
Nestling far back amid this profusion of
green is the neat frame dwelling in which
the owner resides. The wonder to strang
ers is the numbers of such homes. Instead
of one or two streets thus beautified, every
thoroughfare presents a similar scene.
There are absolutely no house* built even
with the street, and there are none without
surrounding grounds. Nearly all are low,
rambling, neat frame hou*e*. Many are
commodious and pretty, though none are
elegant. Words cannot express the ex
quisite, home-like aspect which pervade*
each of these delightful retreat*.
None of the tree* are native, but they
grow in limitless numbers and luxuriant
; beauty. They take naturally to their new
i homes when planted in Knox county soil,
i and thrive more exuberantly than in the
Kast. The satne may be said of the shrub
bery and other vegetation with which the
| handsome ground* are ornamented. Fruit
trees indicate that the seasons here arc at
least two week* in advance of those of
Centre county, a* the full, round, plump,
ripe cherry is now hanging in rich beauty
upon the tree*.
An immense plot of ground just south of
tho business portion is devoted to a Park.
Promenades intersect one another through
it and comfortable seats invite the wayfarer
to linger. It seems to be an entirely su
perfluous luxury where almost every fami
ly have their own private grounds. It i*
worthy of remark that riding is the princi
ple recreation with the ladie* and children
of Gaiesburg. Every one own* a horse
and conveyance, and a pleasant afternoon
presents a long procession of private car
riages, driven by the ladies, who are ac
complished and dexturou* horsewomen.
Another and more refreshing peculiaiitv is
the entire absence of poverty. All can
procure the necessaries of life. Taxes are
low, tho city is without debt, and ha* an
unexpended balance in the treasury.
The Gaiesburg markets are glorious to
behold. Every fruit and vegetable in high
perfection are obtainable. At the first blu-h
of spring the early fruit* and vegetable*
are brought up the river from New Or
leans. Then they are prolonged until the
glowing sun has ripened the last straw
berry on th* bank* of lako Michigan.
Peas, beans, cauliflower, cabbage, aspara
gus, beet*, lettuce, strawberries, raspber
ries, cherries, Ac., are now in their (idlest
glory.
One of tho industrial institutions of
Gaiesburg is "Brown's Cornplanter Man
ufactory,'' which employs an immense
amount of labor. The car shop* of the
Chicago, Burlington A (Juincy railroad
are also a scene of active Industry. Illi
nois ha* more mile* of railroad than any
other Bute in the Union, and Gaiesburg is
one of the cities which reap the advantage*
accruing from theae enterprise*. Thi*
wealthy road circulate* SBO,OOO, monthly,
among the employe* resident in Gaiesburg!
The educational ad van tag o* or Gaiesburg
aro her crowing glory. The varied and
superior institutions of learning which the
city contains are alone sufficient to reflect
lustre upon her. Knox College I* an ex
cellent seat of learning a* ia also a Young
Ladie*' Seminary, both situated here. The
commencement'exercise* of those two j|,.
stilulion* will take place on the 24th ami
JP>th instant*. Lombard University j a
flourishing Institution. Then there arc the
urual number of public school*, prominent
among which is an excellent High Si hool,
located in a handsome building designed
especially for that purpose. The Horn an
Catholic interest is represented by the
"Acailemia," a convent presided over by*
numerous highly-educatd "eit<-r Al
most every religious seel has it* separate
edifice. That eminent evangelist, !>wight
L. Moody, preached in this place about
three weeks ago. The next event of en
grossing interest will be the rm'/rrou* of
the soldiers of the Northwest at this place
in August next, to which all the military
celebrities will be invited, and which i
expected to call together seventv-five thou
sand people to tax the generous hospitality
of the fortunate residents of Malesburg,
OLIVER Cnonwr.i l .
NEWSPAPER OPINION
Wi)liam*|srt IktfiLs-r
Kx-Oov. f'urtin will preside over the
meeting of the I'enhaylvania Reserve
corps which meets at Harrisburg on the
Rith of July. As they have not had a
review for four years, it is expected the
meeting will be one of more than usual
interest. The soldiers cling to ''urtiii
if the designiru: politicians question In
love of countrf because be believes that
the Democracy occupies higher, surer
and more national grounds than the
men who engineer the Republican
forces and mould the policy of the gov
ernment.
New Turk gun
The feeling is rapidly spreading that
if the Democrats do not carry the next
Presidential election it will be their own
fault: and there ia evidently a general
resolve that they will not commit such
a fault. We believe now that great
care will be taken in the selection of a
candidate, and that candidate, whoever
j he may he, will receive the hearty and
i almost unanimous support of the party,
i Beyond the disagreement in reference
, to candidates, beyond the difference on
the third term question, there seem- to
: be a feeling in the ranks of the Repub
: licans that their party has survived it
; usefulness and might as well he dis
banded. The prospects of the Democ
racy are brightening.
| IMnU twlTim#*.
The boys came back ftoru ' liicago
i with drums and fireworks and they ) ro
| less to be in high good humor. Jut
I their enthusiasm i not of that vigorous
! character that we have been a curtom
ed to. The boys are not comfortable,
j Nobody got what they went f r and
j nobody knows exactly what is to come
'of it all. The Blaine men are di-sp
pointed at the defeat of their favorite
I and look upon Garfield a* but a poor
| substitute. The Grant men are ma<l
I because the old commander did not win,
i and even Arthur's nomination i not
i enough to pacify them. Furthermore
they are all of them worried about the
j strain tbat the machine has got at 1
about the grave uncertainty of the c ut
look for November. Of course they jut
a good face on it and are ready to obey
orders with faithfulness, if not with
alacrity. But there is no disguising the
uncomfortable feeling that persistenly
! shows itself through all their brave
words and that even dimmed the hi-tro
jof the calcium light* last night. It w: 1
take the boys a little time to get th .r
bearings.
rhil*dH|hU Tim#*,
t We present Judge Trunkev, of Penn
sylvania, in our Presidential Gallery
i to-day. not because he i prominent in
the canvas* for the Cincinnati nomina
tion, but because he is one of the few
men who could give all the qualities of
eminent fitness and cordial unity to his
party in case of a bitter conflict between
the chief competitor*. It is reasonably
probable that there may be a rapid con
, centration of Democratic sentiment on
' Seymour or Field or Payne belnre the
convention meets, and if so. there will
i be a prompt selection of a candidate by
acclamation ; but it is quite possible,
; also, that there may be such a protract
ed and disturbing contest between
leading rivals aa to re|>eat the Polk and
j Pierce nominations. In view of the
desperate struggle that is to he made
J for Ohio in October, and the assaults
which are certain to be made upon
Garfield's record, there is no compro
mise man who could so cordially unite
j the party and inspire it with hopes of
: success, as Judge Trunkey. He is free
I from all the entangling alliances of
I faction in our State; he is a man of
high intellectual attainments and strong
individuality : he i* conservative, prsc
tieal and a careful student of statesman
j ship, and he present* that unplemished
: record, in public and private life, that
must be presented in contrast with the
i gravely ini}>ached record of the Be
, publican candidate. Ilis strength in
nis own sec.ion of the State has been
exhibited by bia election and re-election
to the district bench, and his service in
the Supreme Court has attracted the
I attention of the State to his attributes
; which would adorn any position in the
i gift of the country. He is not a polili-
I cian in the modern acceptation of the
! term, nor baa he in any manner sought
I political advancement; but he could
to-day concentrate the entire Demo
cratic elements more cordially in Ins
support, than any other man in Penn
sylvania, and if Cincinnati shall take s
hunt for a dark horse, a more available
candidate could not be found than
Judge Trunkey.
\rw JrfrrrhsfiMrwb.
Auditor'* Notice.
ta lbs matter of ih Amtgnad \ la the Omamoti Vims
■slat* i 4 Jama CVSTI*. I qf Onlr. oonntj.
The undersigned Auditor, appointed to
make diitrihstlna of Ui balance la Ik. hunk f J. P-
Shagrrt, Ksq , Aeatgnee of John Carlta. imi( the
creditor. and Ihtw legally entitled thereto, will attend
to the dotlm of hie at-i-dntmeni la the Conrt room l
H-Mrtoote. on TTKAPA Y. the 3d day of Aug tot. at II
o'cterk. A. M. All porwm. im.miKl are repaired to
make their claims Itetore aald Auditor or ha deharrs-1
ftom coming In on eatd rand
■— JOHN It 1.1 XK, Auditor.
(RAHMAN'S HOTEL,
VA Opfualla Ooart H.mee, BKI.I.KFOVTK. PA.
TERMS IT.SFTPKK DAT.
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