KIT/. JOHN I'okTKK
Cttniinutd from ')th pit go.
in tlicir council they moved armies it n
distance front the e*plMl, sndnn officer
Jf >n command of an army of Au*tii* at
tw that time who violated the order* of tin*
Aulio Couneil was in danger of l"-in;r
I his head, and certain!* hi* oininwnd,
' AVe imitate 1 that couneil herein Wn*h- |
mpton, and it i* neither iinreii-oniihle
nor unjust, hut faithful to the truth of
history, to sav that most of i.ur di-n*
tcrs resulted from the fact that tin*
a movements of the armie- were direeted
from thitcenter, and not hy the will or
plans of the generals in command in the
field.
In the beginning of the French revo
lution the Austrian* sent three armies
into Italy, commanded by well-trained
-oldiera, each one being directed where I
he was to move his armies, where hew is
to get his means of supply, on what 1
lines and nngles he should move—posi
live directions as to their future action. 1
The French people. t that tim - in the I
throe* of a fearful revolution, had broken
down absolute power, had eruhed the
remnants of feudalism end ve*salag I
into the earth, and in their attempt to
gain freedom and to vindicate therights
of humanity they incurred the hostility
of *ll the centralized government* of
Kurope. A man suddenly appeared in I
the field. Ivlueated a soldier, lie had
attained some distinction a* a subordin
ate officer nt Toulon and had quelled m
urrection at Paris. He came from the j
I eople, and defying low birth and iron ;
fortune, became a captain of in-n. lie j
d thirty-five thousand ill-fed. R.i ?gi-l
enchmen, without a coitimi'sarv or a |
, -.lartermaster department at nl'. *n I
' r.spired by the love of lihertv heda*hed
inside tho scientific lines of the Austri- I
v an* ami destroyed three artnie*, either
" of them of superior f-iree to fits own.
eoniiuered Italy, humiliated the An*
trian Government, and took and de
stroyed the council. And if Napoleon j
Bonaparte had died then he would have \
left a better memory behind than after 1
his ambition robbed him of hi* patriot j
i*m. ! Laughter.]
I say he not only destroyed their arm ;
iei and gave freedom to Italy, but he i
took the council. There was the result !
of an attempt to control armies from :
the central government, and it would 1
certainly have been a. welt for our '
country if our central governnvnt had
taken counsel from such a result, a.*
history is philosophy teaching hy exam
ple. When General Grant came to
Washington he was put in supreme
command of all the armies of the Re- j
public, and the counsels at Washington
ceased to control. From the day Grant
was put in command no military disa
ters occurred. The armies were sueoe**
fill, a* these gentlemen who surround
I me, and who served in the army of the
Confederate State*, so fully understand. 1
It is said that Grant's testimony is nm :
g to be taken in its full force because, a* I
I understand the allegation, he was j
charged the other day in this House with
omekindof understanding that he w* ,
to be promoted in rank and thu* re 1
tired, and his advocacy of General For
ter would be alloyed with the dro** of j
money and the gratification of hi* am*
fiition.
Why, Mr. >'p-aker, there never ha* i
t.een one day since 1 have had the lienor
of a seat in this lfou*e and have been
allowed to vote, although oppoo-d to J
General Grant politically, on which I
would not have voted to restore him to
the Army and give him pay for the
-orv.ee he has rendered to hi* country.
And *o far from there being combina
tion on either *i le of the <'hatnber to 1
make any opposition to such a measure,
I have never hear I it mentioned, except
hy a few of the Democratic member*
that have - ai l to m<* they would vote a*
II did, in casual conversati on. I never
objected to it, and it w ,* ipiite tinnece*.
tary for the gentlenun from Michigan |
1 Mr. Ci'Ti lIF.ox to **y that any impr<-
sion prevailed on this side of the li u
that any birgun of that kin I had o
' utred. 1 congratulate that gentlemin 1
on lit* good la-te in the fact that he did
not putdiah what he said in hi- speech.
Lslighter, j The repentance of th •
man who two thousand years ago re
pen ted in his last hour wa[ not too
late, hut very close on the rnvgin. ft
i- siid by one of the Scotch poets:
t> %4 11* ih l %hm crrmnl.
*fr jr wm Mk*tl u<! lUAfry
So between the time that eloquent
gentleman delivered his speech and the
time the printer put it in type he re
pen ted [laughter j, because he knows
that General Grant's testimony, which
is certainly thegreate*t military author
ity in this country, is added to this case.
Certain remarks of the gentleman from
Michigan [Mr. HOUR] the other night
were admirably replied to bv the gentle
man from Kentucky (Mr. Wotroan] to
day. That gentleman took the House
by surprise by his reply to the gentle
man from Michigan. The gentleman
from Michigan amused the Hons® with
k his grote*iiue wit, as he always does,
* and when he appealed to the gentleman
on this side he said : "You were in the
rebellion against this Government and
have no right to vote on thismattr:
for this is our business ; this is our gen
eral and not yours." Well, sir, Ido not
admire any such principle, nor cin 1
think that any logic of the American
citizen can reach it. I don't lielieveany
such thing. If we are of any conse
quence here or in the family of the na
tion of the world we have nationality.
Twenty years have returned us to
peace and, I pray God. to fraternity.
The gentleman from Michigan remem
bers What we fought these men for. It
was to keep union in the Government.
We did not desire the union of the
States to be broken, bees use we thought
thai throughout its bordera its blessings
and benefits could bo enjoyed as a great
country instead of being divided into
Mictions and segment* and subjected to
domestic strife. The peopleof the North
wore pot in the field and called to arms
to maintain the Government, to main
tain the great nationality, the dead level
of aocial equality, this grandeur of indi
vidual right*, this invitation to tho art*
of industry and thrift and virtue. We ,
fought in order that the example we
have set to all the world may not ho
broken, for, Mr. Speaker, six thousand
F years of rule of humanity atund parallel
with one hundred years of mleof this
great people. F.ither tho rule of six
thousand years was wrong or wo are
I '
wrong. There have been time, in the |
history of Immunity when there were :
l ephemeral efforts of the government of |
uinn for )iim*elf, hut they failed. 1 liu* (
this G V< rum*'nt was trained and set up ,
after the light and knowledge of year* -
had made (his great couutiy the only
true Republican form of government
ever atv-n to humanity.
And, Mr. Speaker, when tho war wiv*
over we invited tho St t<* to reform
their governments nnd send their Rep
rosi ntmivc* to these Hall*. They are
the peers of the gentleman from Mich
igau. | Applause, j There is not u maimed
mm who fought in that unhappy war
on this Hoot- WHO is not tlm peer >f the
Speaker, the President of the 1 nite I
State.*, and they are to be taken into
full fellowship as a part and parcel of j
the country, and I regret fnm my heart j
i to hear such appeals from gentlemen j
! representing a constituency in this
Chamber, lie say# "stand a*ide"' to
American ehi/en*. Fitz-John Porter is
i an American citizen, you are American
| citizens, every man on this iloor is an |
American citizen and is nothing more, j
anil in the tu irning and in the evening |
| we should uli th ink the Almighty that ,
|we are Americru citizen*; and all those j
! inside and outside who obey the law and |
i stand by the Government of this conn j
try ate peers, and ii" more, no matter
i whether they are honored by official
| position or in the walks of privute life, i
' and I hold it to he the paramount duty j
; a* it is the right of every member of
, ilus llou-e, no matter where from, or j
what hi* autece lent*, to vote on aques
i tion which involves the right* ot uti :
I American m m.
Alter thu war there was a free for |
| given*** ot those who di tie real from us
on pr nciple, hut u* wo in the North lie
lievcd. attempted without cause to break
'down ilia Government. Why? Mr.
, Speaker, it wh* Uctiute they believed
tlist they had ju*t cause for re-istance (
i thai pro i-nge-i the tv r. But f->r such a -
measure ol sincerity in that belief they j
: could never have put va*t armies in the
! field and continued until their whole
country was in desolation. t'om '
i play)?, running through mmy yea.*
' -ince the war. has constantly been made
' that the S <U' Ii i* largely represented on
j tin* lh> m by soldiers and brigadiers, a*
' they are generally called, I a-cept tlu-ir
| presence h*-re a* la-tier men than those -
! who sent them into th<- field to fight. I j
tike it for granted that in the North a* J
well a* in the South the inan who he- j
lievcd he was right, although he was in j
error, and lought iu that great war, i h j
better mau than the quartermaster, ;
! tho pa>matter, the sutler, or the con- ]
i tractor of the army, and thugallant uien
' who persuaded them to go out to tight. !
-Great applause.j Thai is the class,
j those are Ine m-ll who, on f>oth -idos,
: in persuasive eloqu- nee asked soldiers
Ito go into the war. From every battle
| tield came up erpre-sions in sympathy •
| with the people, and to every battle
; field hearts and prayer* went out from
I home.
The war left the South in poverty,
I absolute poverty, and it wa- not credi
] table in tneir poverty to sen-1 the carp-t
I bagger and tie- ' llicial thi* f down there
-to steal what little was left. ttreat ap
j plause.
j Y<*. Mr. Speaker, the war left tin ,
| South in poverty, and it i not unjust to
[ say that to ->nie • xt- nt it blistere i th<
morality of the North a- ail wais d- tnot
, alias; people. Kvery candid in iii on Im*
- tloor will ndrriit that it will take it long
time t I blot out the • lie t* ol the w.O
••veti with those who Were -uc ■ -*fuL
jWe are inc.* a-k>-d '>d< d ith a soldier
- out to Wi -I Point from Pennsylvania ; '
In man who for twenty-two vear* ha-
I -uttered ilijU-tice. Yet UH-I on tin
i other *ldo of the Hou-*- turn u* here
■nd -ay that citizen* of the I'mted j
j Slate-. e(. te I to . -pre 111 the J. 0J.1,,
of the l-llil 1 S te*. have no right
I vote on thi jtieilion and -hould stand
a-id'-.
ill the -pe- li of tlas- witty gentleman ;
tV-'.ii Mienigan [Mr. Iloiutj there wi ,
j .ntei, olat d by another member of the
- iiotite -o nething al-' m Agauieum in ;
land Aj an I the Lord knows wlmt|
, ( Great laughter.] I del not under-tan-i j
I t then, and 1 fail to nnd r-t nd it now.
Renewed laughter.] lint on- thing we j
ill did understand, and that wa* that \
i tire minute* was put into the speech of I
the gentleman from Michigan by ar
rangi'liu nt ; ,;nylxsly e add understand '
tn.it |H-rf-* tiy. You ure asked to <i*-.*i
with an America!* < itizen, and each one
of you here represent a part of (lu*
great country,once more united.covered
by the same <'ontitution. and with the
same interest in the glorie* of the revo
lution anil the history of our armies.
Yet it was asked, it wa* impertinently
asked, that you shouhi slatul aside and
leave thi* quarrel to us.
Well, if you should leave it to the
Representative* of the North, from the
indication* marie on that side of the
House, I nut not sure that Fitz-John
Porter would hue tin* bill; indeed it
would seem from the opposition mode
that the Republican niemhvr* of this
House would not vote to continue the
stain ti|>on liiin.
When I first saw Fitz-John Porter,
Mr. Speaker, he wa* young ; hi* eye wa*
brilliant , his hair was darjc; lie was the
model of a young soldier. It was at
Harrisburg, at tho la-ginning of the war.
when Washington wa* shutout from us.
There were sixteen thousand militia
there that Porter desired to take to
Baltimore. They were not clad, barely
armed, and no comforts for them could
he improvised at the iimc. I can see
him now a* he then presented himself
when he said. "If you will give ine thi*
army I will march it to Washington if I
have to march over the ashes of cities ;
hut if you do not give ine this army,
and Wa-liington should fall,you will la
! responsible." And I yielded the force
to liis command, and lie approached
and covered Baltimore, and held all hos
tile movements in check in that direc
tion, and this man is now accused of
ta-ing a traitor who thus promptly acted
for himself and controlled the first
movement* of troo|>* toward the capital
of the country. (Great applause.)
In tho beginning of tiia war, when
everything wa* disjointed and in eon
fusion, the newspaper* of the North
kept up ft continuous cry of "Gn to
Richmond." That wa* the newspaner
clamor, hut those who were engaged in
the organization of lroo|>* and in levy- i
nig incn for the service learned too
much of th? diffii ulty of raising artnie*
ud the necessity for discipline te join
in that cry. Ati'l tlt.*<• with conserva
tivc view during that trying i-ri<<I of
our history know quite well ami noticod j
i ilint there wiw ulwuy* Moiuoliody between
our ui rui>-* uiui Richmond, and gave UM
1 k roil t I rouble be.'ote wo IiI got llioro
after four long ymr of hard lighting.
A 4 tin* I|U iti oi i'onrirylv.uiiii hofor> a wo
oullo I out our three year*' men, twnu'y
lit 100 rouiineotM won- plael uuilor the
oomutAiiil of Gi-m-ral Robert I'att-rsmi.
ol i'liiloilv'l|Mii i. Some one to-day over
on the other sp.ik" of <I. utmil I'nt
tol'Koil 111 language fur 110111 "Ulllplilliell
Urv of that oh! iiiun, who in now in hit
grave. | would not mention li>* name,
a- he in dead, except lor ill" remark to
which I have icferred. I think it wax
my colleague from the Schuylkill due ,
trict.
Mr. 11 HI MM. You are inintaken, i
Governor; it Wan not I.
Mr. CUR'IIN. 1 heg my colleague'*
pardon. I might have been xure lie
could 11■ >t ilo any *ueh injustice a* that
to < ieiier.il P.ilterueif u memory. Geiiural
l'iitter-"li Wan a foreigner who came to j
thin country in hi* youth ami made ii .
the country ol hi* adoption. In 1812,
witii a captain— comto moil, in- rained a .
eoinpany in lViin-ylvaniu and with it j
man-bed to Canada, arriving at the
camp of General Scott— army at mid- !
night. The next morn ng ho engaged
ill battle and nerved faithfully and gal
lantly through that war. I u the begin
, ning of the war with Mexico he W.|
I made a mitjot general, and ** ml in
! . immaml joined tioner.il S.-ott at N era
<'ruz, engaging in every buttle ol that |
war lllltit the tall "I Mexico and the re
utoralion ol
When tile late civil War eomtlieno I
he w.i- put in command ola di-tm t.
l'e|in-\ lvania, Mary lulid and Delaware.
i.'<immunicationM weie entirely broken .
with Washington. and In-took comm<iid
il the foree* in the'Shi-mindoall Yallev. 1
I it wa i Irirgi-d ii|*>li 'it'iicral Patterson
that he withhold hi* for. aw hen he
eould have held Johnmn, who wa* in
hi* front and who pa--ed to Jtull Run,
and aeeiired that Micro.*, Genera] I'.it
' t•-rwoi naked lor a court of inquiry, hut
j hi* npplicalion was <l--lined. 1 he Pit-
I-i.lent -aid to him: "General Patter
j -on, vaU ein atlord to Wait. I hat o'd
man waited until the war nam over, and
then In- publi-lied * vindication o per
feet that tho-i' who had accu-cd him ot
treachery blushed, and the no-ii who
would have mobbed In* bou-e in Plula
delpliiu were ashamed of their conduct.
That cIU/.ou-*oldier do d, having erved
hi* adopted country well. Hew.* toi
lowed to the grave by tie* henedi" t.on
ol In* f.-llow-eiiizon*, nud when the
coming un ot *i>rmg break* the in
bound earth, and it *mib in llow. r*.
tin- tir*t and fre-he*t are gat tiered to 1..
nut ti| eot the grave ot that "Id Iri-ii
iu-ro, who. in pride I can *ay. honored
tne by hi* friendship.
Why. Mr. S|eker. General Thntna*
w- a< eue<l, Sherman wa ai<u*ed. ,
General liraot we complained of. ami
now, win ti we have here a victim of tie
mi-tak* m Washington, for all nixii
mistakes, it l* ii-ked that till* Hon*'
• hall rc*;..i - him to hft right*. II- i ■
not now that handsome oldier that !
-aw in his youth. Ill* hair i* gray ami
In* i \ • * are dim. Hi* iduldreu are almve
alt other* iiitei ted in having the *tam i
i m '.'iil from tleerfatln r. fi at.ii illy
■ t i* -aid we i .illicit rover*" the d<-< ii<tii
>t lh" court. Whell it i pro,*—-I in |
Hie \mericali I'ongn-* to do jutne to ,
•in tmen m citi. 'ii. high or low, |et th
1 win) "f who will < at III" vo'c on inch j
leehlli'-ality settle hi- technical dolibli
ill eternity, for there i* a higher law that
4 man shall d" justice one to another.
■'"lniritv and justice go hand in hand.
J'h,* Ulan now u-k * ntple justice fr Oil
hi* country, ami that I* all.
I do not ear< whether the court of r<
view had a right to i vtmim- wilm-- *
■on oath or not. It can not make tin
*light**t difference in the di*< barge of
I duty in the** hall*, nor • an it make any
j difference windier tli" i url w.n con
ititutioiinl or not. Military court* and
■ml court- are entirely dith rent. The
oiii' cl.c* i- rigid, fi-JV.-, executing it*
sovereign w-R| and de r-i • at once: the
other lake* rare of the right* of |er*on*
and property. The humid, -t man in nil
tin* great country can appeal from tin
terdic tot a jury or lh' judgment of a
• urt. however trill ng the amount ill
controversy. And when one i* accum i
or found guilty of • run -, in every State
in tin* Union there is the ught of up
pealing for a review by the court* of
error*. Here is a man who many year*
since in tlie excitement of the war, *-
under the mandate of the Secretary ol
War. to hurry through the proceeding*. ■
condemned by a court martial, and who
for twenty-two years has been asking a
rehearing. The President gave him a |
court of inquiry.
As the question now present* itself
to us we are not to determine il by rig
id rules or by technicalities, it ia the
truth we are seeking, the plain, open
truth. This man boa appealed from the
judgment of that military court; hiaap
, peal ia here. It ia sustained by the
judgment of the court of inquiry, com
po-ed of ecuioetit men sitting in a time
, of profound peace, when no victim was
demanded, having before it all the evi ,
deuce presented to the former court,
supplemented by the testimony of ofli
cers of the Army of the United States
and of the confederate array who were
engaged in the battle; and more than
all, supported and sanctioned by the
opinion of General Grant, which must
tie regarded as the highest military au
thority in this land. He appeals to the
representatives of the people, and from |
this Chamoer, representing the Ameri- |
can people, bin appeal wings its way and
is now tiending belore the augu*t tribu
nal of the American public. Fifty mil- 1
lions of people are interested thai no |
man shall be injured by public or pri
vate law, by military or oivil law. To
nu> ha tribunal this man now appeals.
He appeals on the facts as presented. I
He appeals on the highest military au
thority; he appeals as an American citi
sen, and the question is far abeve poll i
tics, with ail its aspirations, its honors,
its emoluments. t
Let us do justice, *imple justice, in ,
plain words which all men can under |
stand, whether they hi military men or
civilians. 'lf this man has been wrong !
•d, let u, give him juatioe. Technical!
tinitio™ of the ingenuity of man ollnn ,
stand in the way of truth and right, but .
simple justice flows from the throne of
the Almighty, and let us take counsel
frjoi our be trU ia tHtlirg with this our I
fell 'citizen. I know full well that
many of tin, g> nth-men on the other
side w || vote lor this hill, and I HIII gl *d
to hour that some who dilftr with me in
tmhti'vil opinions will voti in Gist way,
I know full well how mv colleague from
the Allegheny district |Mr. lUVNKJ will
rote, a* he liim spoken, out ilo not know
bow llm gull til soldier who st.inds in
my Iront will vote, ii-- gave tin- lirst
Iresh years of hi* matured life to the
MI vice ol th country, and stood in the
leaden hail of I utile with tii general ,
we ilesiio to relieve.
Having -erved with Filx Jolin Porter
lie ceilriiuly will not toll-rate for one |
moment the imputation that he was a
coward, ilo has reason to know ol In*
courage and hi* skill a* a military com
inaiuler, and il h has doubts i uustbe
will lean to the vindication ol an lion
• *t, luithful man mther than to follow
the progressive and rigid politics o! hi*
surroundings. To hiui and my col
leagues on both sides ol this Hall I ap 1
peal to remember the honor and the ,
character of Peuti*y Ivuma. i hey all
I know of this man, they ail know of the
blood that runs in his veins, and in
tusking that appeal to my colleague* j
know it will go down to the body of the |
people. It i* a soul horn sentiment or j
truth that in Pennsylvania we love to |
lo homage mid pay respect to the lit ir I
lis! virtues, and let it he understood
that the fair lame ol that historic .Stale
ha* never been Uiuled by the accu-n
tion of infidelity or treason to any of
her citizens, soldiers, or statesmen.
Rut forcible a* the appeal which ihl*
hilt makes to my collegues in thi* en
Ighlened presume of their pride in
Pennsylvania, the <si-oof General Por
ter appeals to every man upon broader,
mor.- fr lea.tiling,-ind grander grounds,
j Pioti-l as we are t- be I'ennsylvaniaus,
there i* a title id broader signiflcan ••
; and still more dear to us all and to
<iv ry man within our holders who can
stand up uii-1 *y to alt tie world, and
feel the full significance i f the di-clara
tion, 1 uui an A tin-titan citizen and will
-lo justice to my peer and my brother
either in private or oflh-ial I f.- when |
know that injustice has to en done him.
Here we are standing in the presence
of an appeal by the citizen to the Rep
rcsetitatives of the people; and as they
represent tin people and are supposed
to present public* M-utimi nt in its truth
and right, from its Representatives li
goes to the entire country, an I wdl carry
theappcul to the grand inquest of the
American nation.
It should hi- the pha-ure, as it is
"irely the duty, of the Representatives
of the American people to wipe away
the stigma Imm General 1 orter and to
proclaim to all th w< rid that we have
restore i hi in to his rights, made him
once more a citizen, And I declare, a*
I understand it, that tins bill wipe* out
every slain from the character of the
man, it la-ing the solemn adjudication
of the Government as represented in j
these Huh*. j loud applause.
Mr Speaker, a cofe of morality
winch would fa- applicable to a man but
should not control the actions of com
munities or States or rations would he a
delusion and a fraud, and a reprenta
lire of '.he people m these hall* who is
controlled by prejudice, or whose judg
wnt i* warped l.y excitement, and
most of all hy the rigid bond* of |olit
al fellowship, must be forgetful of the
tnoraiiiy which should gu.de him in his
search for truth and justice. And now. ,
when we are once more a united people
• and redored to fraternal relation*, to
concord and jo-ace, when we are n |, , n
lerested in the progress and enlarge
raciit of the glory sn i jower of tins
gr at people, |,-t \j. -1o justice to every
man within our borders, whether be i*>
of high or lo birth, win th<r he be sol
d '-r or civilian, and searching lor thai
ius I ice which <ol has stamped on the
human h- art, l-t us i*he from this rnsn
the ban nnde which he ha* reted for
many long, weary year* and give to hi*
children that pride whi.-h they mini
feel in a father sli" *erv. d hi* country '
faith'u ly, in a name that never wa
tainted, and the consolation of know
mg that they are not the children of a j
traitor to his couotry; but they shall re i
j oce and give to their country that fide!
ity that i due to it from every Amen j
can citizen : and that after h-ng years of I
suffering their father— name has been
reitored in all its brightness, and trorn ;
hi* country he has at last received jus- j
lice".
An l when that woik h*s been accotn
pliihftl the citizens h -nored hy ibe
right of representation u[on this can
find consolation and just pride in the ;
truth that they too have performed
their duty to their country, their con |
•tituents and their fellow citizens.
*
Milrcllancotifl.
Governor Ordway, Dakota, lo day ad
dreased the House Committee on Tor
ritories in favor of the admission of Da
kota as a state.
The President has appointed James
Long commissioner to the New Orleans
: t'otton Exposition on the part of Teen
•ylvania, with K. H. Thomas as
alternate
The village of llawley, in Wayne
County, has Inven incorporated as a
I <>rough to the dissatisfaction of many
of the people.
Chairman Curtin, of the Foreign Af
fa rs Committee, has been Authorised to
report a resolution granting MinisUr
Hunt, at St. Petersburg, permission to
lo accept the coronation medal given
him by the Czar.
The Governor has appointed A. H.
Light, of Lebanon, P. A. Orr, ofCham
hersburg, ami F. A- Awl and W Penn
Lusk, Trustee* of the State Hospital at
Harrishurg.
Mr* Elizabeth Ret z, of Harrisburg, is
the only widow of a revolutionary sol
dier living in Pennsylvania. Her hu*
hand died in 1847, aged ninety nine.
She is eighty-three.
. The Perry County Court has decided
that the bridge croming tho Juniata
Iliver at Newport is the pmperfy oftho
country, and ha* issued an order d<c-
Urin£ it fr to the public,
1 • EXCELSIOR. M'F'G CO.
<*rcat Closing Out Sale
oar
LTITTLf p, j
.17 A \I) ll TUE XXTIHE STOCK MUST IIE SOU) HE
'S HE C OST TO t/I'IT Jl LSISESS.
Big h "ins in Suits!
j I Oft MES Fffl'V > ' DS Hoy SAM) iOITHS SUITS AI.StOST
OI\ES A II HESS CLOTH ISO WAT DOWN.
o r-icojATs
CHOM J-'i.fKi VI'WAHD / -01. MESS EASTS FftO\t iv .vi VP
WAHDS. Tins xv - urmstt MIST i-OSITIVELY HE
so ')LESS OF COST.
TA • TOTICE,
.... J"* 0 * 1041 in ' ' our Btore will !>i entitled to a
MAM h IK KM to wm • two handsome GIFTS to b®
-irawn by the lucky ntimhcrK C AND ALL have the *W
chauce to possess.
Is *
One Ilandaonie Beilstead, popl ■ autiiully finished; Double
hoclosed \\asb huod; Teapov 1 .eautiful French Dresser
j'rnian I late tilaas lixdO; three Chairs; one Cane Seat
Locking ( hair; one Towel Rack. . . -ser, Wash S>and Tea
poy Stand, imitation Tennessee Marble.
2<l Prize.
ftu MN BrmmU etwtnd WmUvt Fra m Tempt
KEYSTONE CLOTHING HOUSE,
)Sujn lied Flag. BelUfonle, Pa
HECHLER ' CO., Grocer a, ltu*h llounr llhxh, llrllrfonts, Pa.
NEW GOODS
FOR TIIE
SPRING and SUMMER TRADE!!
W <• Lave en icavond to gu the very In-sl of every thing in our line, and now
have some really CHOICE GOODS.
USE CREAM CHEESE, E\frn Linrc FRENCH rRFNES,
SELECT OYSTERS, SWEET POTATOES,
LARGE RIPE CRASRERRIES, PRUSELLES, IMPERIAL FIGS,
BRIGHT SEW LEM OSS, FLORIDA ORANGES,
Prlnri-ss Paper-Slu-II Almonds Evaporated DIIIKD PLACHKs
A FULL LINE OF CHOICE CANNED FRUITS.
PRESERVED PEARS, PEACHES, PLUMS and PR IS ELL ES.
PLAIN CANDIES, FINK CONFECTIONERY,
—AND—
GOODIES of all Sorts and Kinds
lvaT\ Ne invite the people of Centre county to call and inspect our NICE
GOODS, which cannot fail to pleaoe.
llf BECHLER & CO.
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Doll f- Mingle—Hoot* ,1 thorn.
Boot or Shoe
TRY
—|Bsiyk ZanSiS}—
FOR
Style, Quality and Cheapness.
We defy all competition. We hare the largest stock—and bought for <*h
and sell 10 per cent, cheaper than any store in the county.
&~OUR SPECIALTIES.
REYNOLDS BRO S., Uuca and D. ARMSTRONG'S Rochester shoes or
Indies, Miwc* and Children.
Hathaway Bottle and Harrington n Fine Shoe* for Men.
L|E|S|T|E|R| IBIOIOITIS,
THE KING OF THE MARKET,
We have a Shoe Polish which will not crack the Leathe
as good as the best and ouly 15c.
DOLL A MINGLE.
Bclldb&U, Fit,