fradfod ftportit ' . EDITORS% E. O. GOODRICH. ,O. W. ALVORD. Tosran4, Pa, Thursday, Oct. 21,1875. BEFTIBIAMMI STATE TICKET• FOE GOVEIVCOII • GEN. JOHN F. HARTRANFT, OC Montgomery. yOn STATE rUEASUIR HENRY ,RAWLE. Of - Eritileountr ' REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET. 4,11. •usrir r. :ANDREW J. LAYTON, Litvhfield I= t "Alq. BENJAMIN M. PEUK - or . lrantla Borough. nt.Gis-rEtt AND urcortitt.) cEPILkS E. ANDRp:.. Of Canton Borough. . FOIL TREASURA.U, .C. ROBINSON; 3 Of ifhlginify, ttit O:I)IMIS,JONERS, GEORGE W. KILMER - • of Asylum. .MORRIS J. COOLBAUOiI. t *pox. ' ron ArDITORs, I ' 1 OANVERSE BOURNE, fit West Barrington. .1. R. BRASTED, 1.• , Wens. I= O. B. WALKER. ); tlst.er. Republican. Mass Meetings. I:epublivan Meetings will be held at the placti:s. on the (latch indicated. Tiji , nleetings will be addressed.by able .speaket•*, whose ttainez will be annonnoed tiosters preioink, to the day of each na eting : ! THURSDAY-EVy.NING, qetrick. Ballyaoy School Ilcittqe. • . arm Center. I.'glDAy EVEN INt;. Wiest Frain iii.• ihent. . • "tauding Itillgbury twp. ;reen's Landing. Athens twp.. EVENINI4, Oct. !-Itesliefittill• irj . 114 VNDAY EV EN [NG: Oct..:. `l . tirlingt on !101,. °` Towner 1101. T•ur4.%% - etir.t. 'IT ESI).N.I . EV l N I Xt.:. 4 42:. 'VIJ.4 'NH:W . 6M. • , • ' (bf others, as 'we , ;(1 - 11s.eitnis of our own ilnperfee lion:: anti realize as :: , keenly as any tilult of the uiim, " To err is !Inman:" but wheil men :LA for public •,npi) , Qq;:and ha:4.146r claims - on ccr- oy . virtues, it is only justice to .thi. people , that they - should hirormed wlietner. their claims are t;'un in fact. In Inds a re-eleetion to the odic:el:0 1 f I;euister and Recorder beeatise.he Itimest•mul fullie't•cd 3trictl3 in his charges. If his - chdiu true, he has only done his .ripy.---ow fact thatspine of his bred-. ejessots had taken .illegal fees did justify him in following the et chn;ve. and defy ..Ifr. .('ii) Mil CR ht tiisprore Mt: eillegaGon, b;;-lies during 11 1 . 11 . By his own admis44OuShe charges *1.55 for appointment of guardian. fi'!' bill all but (me thilar. tii•yountiA, &e.. Mr. Cuun ikwariaply charges $9.50. The. !Jilt may albors hi m !f o r the,ser. priff;'i-inedt•s7.so.' san evi dence that Mr. enumucK has not done this ignorantly, we are informed that for thetirst day or. two he charged_ but . $7.50, and that he //ow I adheres to the fee bill again. On deeds he has_eharged illegal kes on two out of every three be has t:•ver :recorded, . We do not - ask- readers to rely upon our allegations in this matter, loft ask them to examine. he records. .-We : charge, furtherthore, that Mr. vitunnuck . has'-been for years cogpi iant of the fact. that illegal fees were iiiken in the Register's Office, and lt r iat he said to gentlemen in Orwell, iirevions to' the 'Republican Conl:en ir, that " the, party could not affOrd to leave hini off the ticket, becausci if they did be would divtilge matters hi connection with that office, which *wild be kept secret if he succeeded." We make - these statements not xvillingly, but out of honest, convic tions of duty. As Mr. eitunnucK ated in 'his letter recently published in the R EPoRTER, " the issue has been t;.!recd upon us," •and if Mr. C. finds' ltis real character exposed to public view. _arid suffers . thereby, be — will have no one to reproach but himself. has deliberately diosen to place hiniself. in opposition to the party 'which : has honored him with office for nine years. and has maliciously traduced his Qiiponent, - who is, in point Of ability, moral, character and real worth, the ecitial of Mr. CIRTB BUCK ; and.if we in refuting his dis honorable attacks upon a brave . sot clicr .and the party have used plain w'cirls; Nee , - apoloxv ta•00.7% TUE MANN OPT. • As we have several times intimated, the Journal has all along displayed decided beinoc . m tic tendencies. One iln„Clication was an article just after Ithe election last fall, -when the Re , publican 'ticket was, defeated; this Independent (?) journal said, "We :told you so. 3 The Republican party has been taught a lesson 'by this de feat: it will know hereafter that hon. : .est men must be noininated," language to this effect,. Such langentie ,•sounded a little : strange to those who knew that both the senior and junior of the Journal had fwVored the nonlin' a tion and election of Han. B. LiPowrz. But we were charitable enough to think the article referred to the result In - the country generally, and that the Joriltai editor had paid more attention to the diatribes of his Dem ocratic exchanges than personal knowledge.. On sundry occasions since, the columns of the Journal lave quite clearly indicated that, the early political . education and teach= ings of the senior were not 'entirely ,Ignored, although they have for Years been denied,. especially when 'that gentleman has sought . political - ad vancement from the Republican party. And now the thin mask is thiown aside. and the Journal of last Week comes boldly to the defense of. the Democratic _ticket. It sees nothing but calumny and detraction in the opposition to Szoitus, but has not a single word of rebuke or condemna tion of - the black and calumnious falsehoods Srouns and his friends are retailing all over the county against Mr LI-trrox,: or the base mis . representations of our brave soldier, candidate . ov fir. VIRIBBUCK: If the .b.reritat were nonestly what it' pro.. fesses—independent and uttbinsedi;- It wonld hardly advocate the - electiOn of so bitter a partisan as Mr. STORRS. 'We believe the paper would halm ' had more real friends had it to:come• out manfully and advocated the Dem oeratic party and principles from the • heginniug.. instead of spending its energies in . the negative effort .of breaking up the Republican party. • •I DON'T, want I don't - want it c but you may put it in my hotitl," is an old Russian proverb, which eact 7 , ly ilinstrates the position of Sroans before the Democratic ,ConvimMon. He was 'continually asserting in pub lic that he did riot watitthe,nomina tion for Sheriff, but (secretly) was intriguinglor it for months. 'Several worthy gentlemen in the DemocratiO party wOnld have been pleased t,45 receive the nomination, and Mr. Svottas encouraged them by positive assuratice that he was not an aspirant but he expects W. H. Ht7s . sza l and other men, whom he iso shamefully deceived, to support him. - notwith standing his oft-repeated declaration that he had monerenough without. Ma: CnunnucK's o pretensions to honesty in the discharge of his. offt i eial duty, reminds us very much of i the old darkey who experienced re. 1 ligion and was very zealous in rec ommending‘his colored fellow-eitizens to follow hiSexample. " Kase," said • the colored:Proselyte; " 'ligun is such a great shield - against temptation: It ' saved - me todder night." " How 'so ? " inquired the sable listener. "Well, you see. I went into BROWN'S store anti was tempted to take a pair of nine4lollar boots. -but I jes' left 'em, and only stole a pair of common two.. dollar shoes' - SO Mr. ent - nnucK, while hee - has not. large. fees as he charges upon his predecessors,_ admits taking the smaller amounts. ' WE - KNOW that many of the Repub.' 'lean suliseribers to the Jourital - will feel aggrieved while perusing the pa• per during the present campaign . ..lts covert advocacy of the Demperatic party, and open 'attacks upon promi nentmembers of the: Republican or gani4ation, are weekly becoming tpore apparent. We have no disposition to dictate or interfere with'-the conduct of the paper, but in the name of hon esty and fairidealing. we do protest 'against the ./mt;-)tirs sailing tinder false colors—professing to bclikon, partisan, and' at the same time , insid iouslklaboring to create distrust and disssensiou among :Republieans in the prrtfeszfed interest of reforni, IF MR. CHUBBI:cK intended to ac ceptthe Prohibition nomination, why did hp not .(like Mr. RockwELL) do so at the time? Instead'of coming out manfully he skulked, and left , the matter of manipulating the cont.Mit iee to his clerk. The ward in *filch Mr. CRUBBUCK. lives was not repre sented in the 'Temperance COnven tion, and he lacked the courage to either act or allow his clerk to do so in that capacity. And yet he has the. impudence to repokt that,, the junior editor of the REPORTER is'not a temperance man. . .• Mn.. TURNER, editor of the Johriud, and OTIS J. cintnnucf: both partici• pated in the Republican caucus in the Third-Ward of this borough, and both voted for the i.AAYTON dele'gates. It may be the province of an.inde poident, votefr to aid in the nomina tion of a ticket and then vote against it, but to Us such a proceeding ap pears very unfair. 11 AVE tliebest of authority for stating that a Republican of :Rome township, who is electioneering .for Mr. STORES, reports to his relatives that he has beeu promised a Deputy ship if the Democratic candidate is elected. lie isn't the only man who has been promised the same position by Mr. STO+S. - Div 3.1 a. Cuusucti accept the Prohibition nomination prior - to his pnaorsymtint 11 1r the Democrst,S? 011121PC* Walk • noun's great hobby while ha g the Polge is "mum tax ation; and the great injustice done the farming community in compelling them to pay exhorbitant taxes. It may be of interest to the people *ho are not acquainted with the old dem agogue to know something of his circumstances, and how much of the "great burthen" he bears. PIOLLET and his brother are assessed With 1644, acres of land ; 1 brick store, 1 saw-mill, 36 cows, 15 horses and 6 oxen. The _land is , mostly under the best state of cultivation ; -the store is a large brick structure, and the cat tle are the best breeds. Their whole property is assessed at *24,000, upon which they pay four mills, or ninety six dollars, for county and State pur poses. A quiv i ler of a million is a low estimate of the real value of their property, and yet Noun has the effrontery to go about the coun try complaining of the tax-riddei farmers. During the war, when an income tax was deemed necessary in order to raise means to carry on the war, and lighten the burthen of the poor, the nourrs, with all their property, paid fire dollars, and that only occnrred by a little miscalcula tion on the part of Pious; and a thorough understanding of the law by the officer, Deputy-Assessor FAR au. The PIOLLETS had made their figures in this wise : The receipts of the farm exceeded the expenses just one hundred dollars, while the debit column of the store account showed a balance of just the same amount. (Singular . coincidence.) s But . the faithful revenue Officer informed the wily PIOLLET that his calculation was not well made, and that the farm and store were two distinct branches of business, and each must stand by it self,lso the firm were compelled to contribute five dollars toward sup porting the government in its hour of trial. And now Comes the sequal. While PIOLLET prOfessed to have no income during the war, he managed to save enough to purchase several thousand dollars of railroad stock, and put by enough - s ash , to build a forty thousand dollar mansion and furnish it elaborately, from the wine cellar to the garret. These are facts which we presume the honest(?) old granger forgets to mention, awhile descanting on the rough fare and plain apparel, of the toiling farmer. Were one of the honest, hard-fisted grangers who listen with so much in terest to notaarr's honeyed words, to visit him in the interim of a po litical camptiign, instead of the work ing farmer, he would find himself in the presence of a moSt arrant auto- crat, before 'whom the modest laborer must bow as abjectly as a slave. MANLY WORDS. An acquaintance of President WRITE of Cornell University, re siding in this .place, wrote that gen tleman inviting' him to be present at the Republican mass meeting here on Tuesday evening last. In declin ing the invitation, on account of pres Sing business engagements Ole Professor took occasion to indite the following manly and patriotic 'senti meat : • CORNELL UNIVERSITY, PRESIDERT'H Room, • Intaca, N. Y., Oct 15, 1875. MY "DEAR Sin : Accept my thanks for your kind invitation, and with my thanks my regrets that it is utterly impossible for me tb take part in any political cam paign at present. Both my duties here and the present state of my voice, oblige me to decline all invitations to speak in large halls, or in the open:air. But I assure you -that.' am none the. less doubly interested in your approaching election. No political contests within my memory seem to me more important than the two elections this _year in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The choice seems fairly and squarely put before us between the same long course of financial folly that has disgraced and crippled' several other countries on the one hand, and; upright dealing, leading through some exertion and sacrifice to lasting prosperity and an honoredpace among the great nations of the world, on the other. You are certainly fighting the battle of right against wrong, and light against darkness. With you are the vast majori ty of the thoughtful men of this and other countries : you are fighting the bat tle not for capitalists alone, but still more for the poor man against .financial trick sters and speculators, the laborinf t iman being ellen% the main sufferer f ur a currency of I dotibtful Table. Although I do not agree in most things with HORA- • rio SEYMOUR. of this State,' I thir* he showed himself a statesmen when he said: "Of all the machinery for robbing the laboring man, an in fl ated currency is the worst.' : * * * Verttruly yours, A. O. WRITE. L. ELSBREE. Esq., "Is THE interest of labor," hypo critically writes the editor of the Journal as an apology for advocating the election of STORRS, while profess ing to be a Republican. Mr. STORRS is a gentleman of large means, -rea lized mostly from succesatul business ventures, while his sippoileat is a poor man, who has always toiled with his hands, and who has been more than generous to his neighbors and friends. Mr. STORRS knows but little of the hardships and privations incideent to manual labors; it has been his good fortune, rather, to reap the profits of other men's toil. Mr. LAYTON, 'with his own hands, has felled the forests, tilled the land, and garnered the crops. Which deserves the most encouragement from the laboring men ? We 'do . not depreciate the worth of intellectual labor or businers enterprise, but it is sheer demagogism for the Journal editor to pretend that his attempt to defeat the Republican party is made "in the interest of labor." The Journal does not deny that Mr. LAYTON is a worthy, intelligerit and capable gen tleman, whose claim to the sympathy and support of laboring men is founded in genuine merit. THE people of the county who have been bored. by Mr. STORRS' oily tongne, have made up their minds that he is the chip Mu. Smusrapiaat referred to when he spoke of them= " who could say more in a minute thus ho could stand to in sry." 1 -, MIA, AIM 111E1 1111111111011 • "Old lama arird#4l," sax. the Degiweratk and_ ibrti 'lit* endeavor to put' the aninibliencipnrty on the dellmalve, by ehafft corruption in the National aid liltite Xidniinistra- tione. This base — de4 - rieeds no i denial before the in ' gent readers i of this country. he "Republican 1 party has a record r honesty and unswerving integrit which has .no , ii l , parallel in the annal of' any nation. I Coining into !power t a time when I through the mismana went and pro- 1 iligacy of the Demtic party Me !, etrili treasury was dept , the credit of ! the Nation destroyed, and the navy scattered to the four Iwinds ; the De- partments filled witdisloyal men, ; and treason stalking broad all over the land, culminating ih open rebel. ' lion on the part of the large , portion of the Denioeratie pnrty l . Did evcr a party come , into power under morel. ) unfavorable circumstances ? For four ' years the Southern Mates fought to i , overthrow the :, government, whiler; their Northern allies of the Demo.l, .cratic party afforded them aid mull, comfort by throwing every embarrass:l. meat in the way of a. successful prof aecution of the war for the Union and yet, under all these unfavorable! circumstarices,.the rebellion was con -{ ; quered, the credit ot i the government,! sustained, and the Nation set 'forward:l on a course of prosperity unequaled in any epoch in our history. AIL' this, has been accomplished under Repubi Bean rule. That , dishonest men have;: held positions, we do not deny ; btl we assert,' fe ar of successful' contradiction, that no party has - ,eveil t been so faithful in punishing corrupt officials of its poliTicsl Creed as the Republic= party. It is 'a matter of 1 history that under l the old Demo- ; cratic regime, corrupt officers were 1 the rule and not the exception. and I who ever heard of it dishonest Demos cratic official being brought to ins tice by his own party?, The Democratic persistently charge large defalcation in ury, entirely ignor tAeir Democratic Au stated, vnder oath, t 1 the State Treaeure But we did not in k attention to these s aginst our Republi and orators that there is at our State Treask. ng`the.fact lba? rditur Gc;rieral har fat the aemants,4• tare all coreei4 r end to pay any Ilycharges made rulers, because we know that the ty are intelligent, falsity. TIEPI AAI► jI(OW. In the last Congress. while the amended National Currency Bill was under consideration in the House of Representatives; the following amendment was offered: F "That - from and a ft er the 4th of Ju4r, in the year 1876, nothing but gold and silver coin of the United State shall be le gal tendei for the payment of, any debts thereafter contracted.' Here—to quote i the language of the Erie platform Twas a "further contraction prorx)sed, with a vieW to the forced resumption of specie_ payments." It will be interesting to see how this proposition: was re garded and what action 'was , takn °nit -by the Democratic, membeks from PennsylVahia. Consulting the Congressiona4tecolrd, we find that not a single Democrat lifted up his voice against ti4a3neasurc, and th:4t, with the exception Of Mr. STORI, who is recorded as not voting, the Democratic delegati • n from Pennskl- vhnia voted solidly •in f its favOr. But the Republican House rejected the amendment; thp only Republi, can member from Pennsylvania who voted forit being 11:!r. ScoFIELD. Acid no* we have the diverting R_IND 7 J\LL, CliY7 Perveratic Von for the forego ding the r cdn comiAttining fof .action proposed I l arty,,with a view .pticni of spetie spectacle of Messrs JUR, and SPEEI1 1 -- gressmen who vt? ing amendment,L4 vention at Erie and "the further cont by the Republican • to the forded resti payments." .___,___l. TIME ;TO DEMOCR4.IiC INSTINcEII. Why should there be a new isue of greenbacks? Perhaps the trne motive in the mind of such old-thee Democrats as ALLEi, WALLACE, r4a. RHINO, VOORUES, PpLLET, PENDLE: TON & Co., lies in 'the . fact that i it would be a deliberate violation of the pledge made in the Act of .Congress of June '3.0, 1864, that ':the: total amount of United States notes, (green backs,) issued, or to be issued, sholdd never exceed $400,000,11.00,.' Ili the past, these men, and their deluded followers, aVe sworn itthem selves ready to viol to any pledges, or principles, the application and consummation of w rich would prove disadvantageous to. their party and They were the eage Irallickers, With their pro-Southern ssociates, before rebellion began, it the violation of compromises; in the passage of it i tfa- M ous laws to belit le the free senti ments of the North; and 'in murder ous efforts to force livery into Snd over free territori s. They were, when rebellion began, and red-hand ed war progressed, the more or ess l t j oorageous allies o the rebel in aims. Then, they opposed the issuance, of greenbacks, as a wlr !measure, know ing that to defeat he policy was to cripple the army in the field. After rebellioti was defea l ted, they impeded maliciously, and of as bold and brav,e statesmen, e Try step taken to prevent, by the cr tion of reptfhli can, institutions, t c posibility cl i f a UM one ever (mitring. They are true to their worst selves, when they seek again to destroy our credit. , I; TOTE I THE WIMPLE. TICXET I ~ ..... No coliscientions Republican itv l ill scratch a single name an our ticket. Our candidates ari all excellent Men, worthy . the heart and and UMUIitaOUS support of all Republicans. L 4 us girt them an old-fashkuled modal, tY• I TIME ‘lllll.PrAri L*au*R W o nuervideir optima A 111101111116 e.. Mr. STORAttia 1 31401 Y Pa.u44. 1 4* :tit' in sindi stititi,ibit i be; ;leis put timst4iry in n eee'y i uch .* 6 40, ed into Seen iiuwever that . the - statement does.not in the;least affect Mr. LAY:' .43N. It only purports tobe the, re portUf several consultations betlreen 4 STOltaii and WILLIAM GaIFYIS, I and ftif entirely true, in no manner iirikat ever Bike% LAYTON, or any other candidate on the Republican tieket. But it strikes us that accor ding tobis own version of the !mat ter, &roans is as "deep in the 'mud as'a awns is ill' the mire." Because he eon fess‘li to having several con versations with (lawns' . in regard to "political alt its, " and putting the most charitable construction J upon, the mutter, when : it is taken into account that STORIIS *'as hiinsUlf an aspirant for the office; it' does not place him in a very enviable position. Mr. &roues,- however, is contra dicted in every material point by Mr. thorns, who is corroborated by :low; F. SANDERBON. Which is to be heiieved the public must judgeJ, The 1104. however, that gTORBS: actually t ia ye . (1 alms money, as the latter swears, for the purpose of Proeuring hisintluence to defeat. the Republi can party, seems undeniable. rls says no note was demanded for the $250 until after the Itepublican Convention_ and . noininatiOn TON. addition to Mr. C.lftiFiets' 'affidavit, we will next 'We'ek pUblish affidavits of Mr. SMITE' andMr i . LAY TON, that, so far as they are concern ed, therOs not an iota of truth in STORtts' story (?). As to the credi bility of_ STORRS and. Gairrnt, the public mustjudge. From their affi davits, it is evident one or the, other has sworn falsely. There areindica tions, which we shall more fbily de velop next week, Which gp far to- Ward corroborating Mr.i But admitting, for argunient sake, that Grarns really said all to ..TOR . RS which the affidavit sets forth, no one is weak enough to believe that he had authority to speak for. the per sons referred to. 01.- influence to con trol the action - of the Rephhlicatt i I Convention. ! 1 • .llr. L.t YIDS in his frank'and wan ly letter published last week, solemn. ly denies :di the charges made by &roans, su far as they relate. to tom self, and his reputation forltruth and 1 veracity has never been questioned 1 Taking any view we may, then, Mr. 1 - STORK'state& convicted of tradueing .the character of his opppnant in the 1 report. he has so industriously drew. lated t trough the county, during the , past month, as he has eatirel:y failed in his ai ffidarif to implicate Mr. LAY . 1 TON.illitliC transaction he refers to: Willlath Griffis came to my !tense Satuiday, .Apr. 3d, 1815, and remained adnight. In conversation he spoke Fr - his financial condition ; did not know what he was to do In the future to raise, money to meet his obligations. I- asked him why he did not come f.rivarti and take the second nomination for sheriff and make money enough to pay his liabili ties; I had held conversation with him previous to this abotit his asking for the' nomination again. lie replied to me that Monroe Smith tad been born: hated and elected the second time against the will of the people, and retaining Perry Vanneet as his deputy, bad killed all his prospects for re-election. We had Considerable couvaraation cm this subject. Griffis mid that'Slonroe!! Smith and himself did not expect any more office from the Republican party; that smith himself expected to Make some money out of the nominations next fall ;', that they were going to control the nominations and make some money; that no roan would be' nominated for Sheriff unless he could make 111,000 out !et It. and Monroe Smith wanted to make r 2,500; and If any nominations were made unless through] them the candidate would need their assistance! before he was elected ; I asked whySixilth should get more than !slur Griffis said he was "ratted" deeper; he said the did not know who the man would be, but when they found the monadic) would agree to pay to them the above amount, and the matter was put in sbape,l then they would go to work and secure his nomination. . , On the l 30th of last April William(+HOß came to my house and stayed all night again. During our conversation at that time the subject of nominating Sheriff sass brought up; he said they had agreed to nominate A. J, Layton; I asked him whO.A. J. Lay.' ton was, lend he said Ito lived in Litchfield; I asked him if they had made the agreement as he had talk ed to me, and he replied "that matter is all under stood and, we intend to nominate nim. On August Ist,,William Griffis, wife and daught er came to my house and took dinner. At this time Mr. Griffis told me that he felt very confident that Layton Would be nominated. I told him I thought Layton Irks the weakest man they could put in the field. HO thought he could be nominate end elected; On Monday. the aoth of August, I went to To wanda; this was the day of the Temperance Con vention,• ! that eveninratl I e'cloek, I leas at the Melina douse ; John F: Sanderson , Esq., a son-la law of William Grills, came to me and wished me to go to his office, saying be hid important business with me; I said it is impossible for me to go with you, for I have a business matter to attend that win take me about an hour; he said I have important business I with you; I said Just step into this room, pointing{ to a room adjoining the hall; be said it. was important for me to go : to the office; I said, John, I have got to go home to-night; It Is late and I have n 9 time to go with ,you; but will Cali at your office to-morrow morningt, h said that Will not an swer; I Went upstairs with some gentlemen and was there about in hour; when I came down, John F. Sanderson was sitting in the office; he (came tones and said' you must go to soy office on leoportrnt bu siness. I went with him to his Office; he eald.ahea we got to the office. I bare no business with you. but sit down sad wait till I go to the Ward Rouse and get ririlitank Griffis; he wants an inter/lea with you. There was no light burning, but the the light from the gas post on the opposite street corner reflected upon the i windows and made light enough so I could discern objects;'Mr, Sanderson went out of the room 'for a few minutes and re turned with Mr. title*: I said: WILD there ain't much light here; he rill light enough for our bust neon Mr. Griffis took'a chair and sat down by the sidetof me, and said they had been very busy this afternoon and evening, in shaping the nominations to be made to-morrow. ople of this cou and know the He said Monroe Smith weakened this afternoon but I have stiffened him up, and the nomination will be made tothorrow, and the nomination will be made to morrow pt the turn of snap hand, and Andrew Layton will be nominated, but I hate a question) to ask you: Do you With or intend to coma into the field as a can didate for sheriff? If you • do, I will not Make the proposition; I said I do - not propose or, Wish to come intothe field as a candidate; he then said if poe people will leave the field open and mato, no nomination for Slieriff. I *ill come in as an Independent candidate, and I feel sure that siSlicient Republicand will vote for me to elect me, providing ! you men will rote for me. If you an d your party will do this I *lll bring fire hundred Republicans to rots your State 'ticket, which will make a thousand difference In the election; I said I object to enter into any arrangement 'of that kind; that I wauld do anything for yon as a friend, or mist you pecuniarily, but our delegates will probably come to our 'ovention uninstructed, and if We should at tempty thing of that kind they w ill Say we hare a a l f new Rin started in Towanda. !fettled asked me to go to Co . ?deans, Jos. PuWell, W. W.-Kinvibury, and that clang of men and prepose to them What could be added tol their Slate ticket. if they would leave the of fice of Sheriff' open; I objected to do this; hut told hint he could do so if ho wished. I asked, will you place in nomination any man that may be named for Shotiff to-mormw and then turn in to defeat him? He said I will any; one that may tie named but one, and that is Andrew Layton; I said in the event that Andrew Lay ton shall bp nominated, wfiat will you del? Ho says I tell you the nomination will be made to-morrowat the turn of the hand, and we Will defeat Layton's nomina tion; Own nominate the . weakest man 1 that may be named flit Sheriff., and make erg electionnurr, he then said if I go. in as an independent athdidate I shall loose some by it; we are to have from 57,000 to 510,000, in this county for this campaign, the ;strike in power are to have this to distribute, and if I am air Indepene dent'candidatSiono of that will come into my hands; I said you bare made arrangements and agreed to nominate Andrew J. Layton, and you had bitter go on and carry out your digthement to nominate him; he aid I, we NM unless jon leave the field opal] for me to rot, foe Sheriff. 1 I wilt farther trate thtit a report hoe reached we that Mr. William C. Gri d represents that some ar rangement was entered into between binned! and me, in relation to which be was to procure one or two cer tain men to be nominated for Sheriff by the Republican Convention, and that Mr:Prints claimed I gave -him my check, dated 2nd August, len, 0111 the. National Bank. Towanda, for 11250 as an insaalltnent on mach arrangement, which I pronounce a pure fabrication, and without any foundatipn in truth, except that )lr. Griffis came to me and desired to borrow sonae money of me to meet an urgent demand; I told Mr. Grime I had not the money to s ere at that time, but at he urged it I did draw my check for him at said Bank fur 1r.L50, simply to do blot a wor as a friend, for which I took his Judgment note far that nir.ount on interest at lix months. whicb note hold agolnA Mr. Grilbt, 'find hare the "IMO in my,pocket. BRADFORD COUNT'S'. SS. Persooallyappeamt before the Subserii/er, a Justice !Atha ease at Towanda, Pa. , In and for the mid County, William R. Storrs, who being dn• 1y sworn steaming to law, dtith Clomps!) and say the foregoing Statement!' LS true and cortnetcas arra:. red In . a eestrersation 'between me ,arkt William G MAI as therein stated.; WS!. R. TOURS. Swint and sobseriber4efore me this 19th day of October, A. D. DM. W. J. YOUNG. J. Y. MR. 0111018' LETTER. Tow. o&, Pw. Oct, .`l(), 1875. - EDlTOR=main : Having noticed in the Argus a letter purporting to-have been written , by WM. R. Sioue, 1p gard to certain alleged emtvommtlooe Wes" lan land me, I dee d s b i ph* togiyerif to ear that every &la gidkol eadetied lo that Wire fel* ees: op as ogeoplOgaw.- Tr* lt lfr / *Ned /41M 1011 - 1 /9 113 14/ 0 i 1 0. 10 4 4411-110 apt lei 6347 , -st. Mast Is almi *kaki = hall. 4 'oolllreriation with bias on Sw&ty, August' kW& H.,_ln that conversation, be staked me Whe•cadd not afford to pay me $2,000 if I could get MOM= Siam to keep quiet this fall, and keep quiet myself. I replied I was not "rdtW" deep enoug ; that Burnt was a strong Republican, and would be for *Merin. *Ss nomina He said i. "I can'get I.as. Truman to he pyou woric at Marra." ' I told him I . did art believe he could. Tine it is also that at the same time, be asked me, "Can I not afford to pay you WO, if you 'get one of two men norreinatil ?"—neither ther of whom was Mr., Larron. :I told i could not do it. True it is also that he loaned me $2.10 before the nominations had been made. but refused to take my note at that time. After UM nominations be asked me for the note, j and I gave it. When he gave me the Money, I offered himia note. Ident know *hat occu between Saudersou and Storrs at the clans House. The account which Storrs gives of the. con versation at t3anderson's °M e e is in many respects Untrue; in that he charges me with making statements which he made himself. 1 Following hie gift in that re spect, be did most of the talking. I did not say t could control the nominations to be readelthe.next day. - The moat I gath ered from the loose talk upon that occa sion, wan, that while be was protesting his intention not to be , a candidate, he was dohig all his power to be the - Dem ocratic Nominee for Sheriff. I may have done some talking for the purpose of see ing what Storrs was dnving at. I had heard IM was talking all over that he wouldn't be a candidate—couldn't afford it—wouldn't have the office. In fact ;ho said that night, " Bill you and I are get ting old,l we should give our attention ; to our families, it's the annoyance of the thing I dread." I coalesed, but couldn't see th e reason . I am sure Dili wont awayth thinking I wanted to be a candidate. And 1 ent away knowing' be 'would be one. W I LUAU. GRIP EIS when spoke of not being ) 7‘raft- Tough. didn't, refer to the Little York , and he 1-newi P. .ti . ed" dee raft sol didn't. BRADFI Perso l a Justic e county, sworn, • letter I, to the a ' ocratic correct. RD COUNTY, S. S. Ily came before the subscriber, of the Peace in and for said W. Gmwrts, who being duly • vs that the facts set forth in his RttAnrottm REPORTER, in answer ' davit of Wm. R. STORRS, Dem ndidate for Sheriff; are true and WII. GRIFFIS, and subscribed before me this of October, 1875. w. J. YCI:N6I3, J. I'. Stvor 20th da maw DANA SALLY IN TOWANDA. THE 6 Republican rally in this! place esday last, was 'a success in every -espeet. The number, of people in attendance was not.SO great as on some former Occasions, but the Court . . H.ouseT l iwas densely paCked bOth af ternoon and evening by an Intelli• gent,appreciative audience, who lis• tened to 'the able speakers l i with almost breathless interest. Themeet ing Was organized by the electiont of Gen. Ir. J. _MAI:6J. as President. The chutranoe. of I Gov.. lIARTRANFT with deafening met 'with deafening applause from the assembled multitude, His Speech was rceived in a manner which must havea t 'tidied him that the peeple of Bradford county were Prepared on the 2nd Tuesday of November, to again say to_ him, tWell done, good and i f ithful servant." The GoVernor was - ollowed by. Hon, G. A2Gnow, who. spoke at considerable length with his old-time eloquence and vigor. -His e!fort was one of the ablest ever listened to in this section, and' elicit ed frequent and hearty rounds of ap plause.! 1t . : In i the evening the Court House was Sign crowded with 'ladies ,and gentlemen. The • Governor made a short address, and Win; followed 11 H. W. PALMER in a speech of great powe * and eloquence. Mr. P. is one of t e most effective speakers in the country, and handles the political, questions'of the day in a manner to 'carry: conviction to' unprejudiced mind i s. Hon. W. W. KfaCIIU.II was next introduced, and spoke for over an hour. He contrasted the two parties and candidates, showing con clusively that the interests of the country demand the continuation in pow rof the Republican party. His si _ ) 4 h was attentively' listened to , and eartily applauded. The Naiad Rand° furnished most excellent music, and. serenaded the Governor and Mr. GROW during the after;noon at the Ward Honse.. The on Ti WE LEARN that the Prohibitionists' have r nominated a very excellent young man named .LEAF {s for Sheriff. We Can hardly believe, however, that Mr. L. will accept the empty honor, . or rather dishonor, of aiding the rum De m ocracy ; .for every. intelligent toter is well aware that the only re sult of the Prohibitory movement is to give aid anTeomfort to. the party admitted on all hands tb be deadly host i le, to the tel cause, which we know Mi. LEwis and a large circle . ofrelatives 'Ave at heart. TIE Supreme Court of the United States has decided that the fourteenth amendment to the constitution does not confer the right to vote upon wo menl in the States. The case came befOre the court on an appeal taken in the case of VmOtni.o. L. MINOR • I and 'FRANCIS MINOR, her husband, vs. RE sz IHAPPERSETT, from the decis ion lof the Superior Court of the State of Missouri in favor of thede-, fen (; ant. The decision .was read by, Chi f Justice WAITE.. ,1 ' . t t e .J oKE.—The Democratic _Com mi are posting in the sontimm part of the State largesbills contain ing a representation of PJOLLET in the act of holding a plow and driving a pair of oxen. The qlonel's hand's have not touched a plow in the past rhir,ty years. To be sure, he some tithes makes° "rail fence " when re . • turning to his home from town; but otherwise, his farming' is done by proiy. EZ3WWITA2' low-Republimum, that we have a unscroupulous foe to contend h. Let us therefore be on our O rd, and see that no advantage is en of us. Two or three active, lligent men should remain at each ng place in the county during entire day of eleetioni and pre t any trickery or fraud; Id Wit EMI int ! vot the : i, •••••••••••• • The article publiihed by us, a few days since, detain* Ihs actual rela tions of the Repnbjletm puty to the Temperance question., hiui stirred `a number of honest-minded temperaiiee people to the (=TM consideration of the subject. They see that it is entirely possible te be right in prin ciple, but to erroneously apply ;the principle, because Of lack of full or accurate inforrin ion, One such i communicates to ti that he had pledg ed himself to , wor k for Brown,-;but [ that he is "under conviction" find wishes two queitions solved. - 1 1. Should be not vote for the prqMeed. teinperance ticket; 2. How, can Iwe satisfactorily expinin Governor Irart i ratift's course, in signing the repeal ' of the Local Option law.—We ;will try to explicitly answer these goes : tions. • 1 ' I. - We think it wise to. work hnd vote for temperance, in a way lilcely to produce practical and. favorilble results, rather than Merely follow the leading of professed but. mistalcenl temperance men. If - he true that 1 the RePablican party has given the 1 Commonwealth all the temperance. legislation it has had, and that it has ; been generally faithful to this Wee, and it has been further true; that the Democratic party has been hostile to.l temperance; and if the effect of ivot- - ing the Prohibition ticket i *rely to help the Democratic and injure ; the Republican party, Is not a 4ote*'l for Mr. Browne.practically a vote for Rum; and would not a Vote Pori the Republican party be in the int4rest of temperance? We can see , but4 one'! answer to this, and that, a (vote' fort Mr. Browne, while not so intended,' will really go to the liquor; intdrest. We subjoin the following extract from -the New York Christe?fli cute, the-official organ of the Church in this country, :IS I.44ring directly on this question: CZEI "Last of all, amoug,the political fact4.ffs of the times, comes( the temperance ciues tion. A portion of the very best of our citizens have judged it expedient to 4nake the prohibition of the liquor traffic! their sole governing idea in disposieg ofl their suffrages ; and as neither of the chicif par- I ties come up to their standard,: they have I drawn off from both, and set up for them selves. Of course there is no rational hope that they can succeed in electingd their candidates ; and, therefore, the im mediate result of their action is tol with draw froth the elec ion a .part of thq best moral political !elements of the; coin munity. "When a party recognizes the faCt that it contains a considerable temPerange ele ment, its platforni and its .nomhiatiOns will be made with respect Lb that ehiment; but if that is withdrawn and arrayed in op- I position, then, 'singe that vote isr hopeless- ly alienated, policy may incline, it to fa vor the anti-temperance eleinent.; But these good people seem to have made tip:, their minds that no bread is betterlthat half loaf, and sostliat available surriewhat is to be sacrificed for an idea.' And here, again, the Republican party seems! likely I to be the loser, since nearly every iprohi bitionists is drawnl out of that party, and. of course, its aggregate vote is diminished just to the extent; that; the third party I shall swell its vote The Democratic par ty has the confidence of the free liquor men, and will receive their undivided vote, and every temperancq vote is equal to half a vote for the .same party; the Re-: I publican party has not the favor of that portion Of the temperance men, and will.' not receive their sUpport." 2. .We hold that Governor Hart- i • ranft could do nothing eWe than sign the bill repealing the Local Option ',kw. _We preferred that Ihe l=hould ndt do it, but Nye folly rec .i 'oguiie the :compulsion thiitleaused him tl give his signature. The Governor is mere ly the• Executive ; cif the will of the people; and the jwill of the pople in this country,:islsiire to hecorne the law of the land; 1 . For a' Governor to set up . his will aollinst, a LegiOature which clearly r4resenU the views . of the people,. is to assume arbitrary power, which would. not, j for 4a rao- Went be submitted to. The iLower House of last winter's ,egiOatura was elected on tbe temperance; issue. Some of the m.en elected iy 'the aid of the temperanee people; andiwhose names were on their tickets; voted for the new law pn its filial plissage. In twenty-tive of the fort-onq Local Option counties, men. were elOted to the % Legislatnie, in the interest of the repeal of the Local Option !law.— What then ? The popular briinch of the Legislature]repealedf Logal Op tion by a two-third vote, nd urgent ly demanded its perfeetiou into The Senate .modified the substitute as far as possillle, and the bill thus passed went to tie Goveipor, ias the views of a LegWature.tlie br:lueli of which hadfrom the ,people. elected on this ' express Isstte:._ We hold, as do all lawyers Persons versed in the!reqUirementS of Clovern- Ment, that under the chrn'4anceB, the •Ilovernor h'ad no, option but to sign the bill. The only tinestion Tat 'can be raised, as an otfSet to till is the fact that he vetoed special ' kgifdation This was done prier the_Oper4tion.of the same rule. ones7ill, pretend that any Legislature was everelected to consumate special legislatipn. On the contrary, popular sentiment was strongly ligaint it ; and when Gov ernor IfartranfT, entered upon the Gubernatorial office, the People were preparing for a t ostutional Vonyen. tion, the chief object of sthich: was to utterly - prohibit' speciall The Governor, lin this respected the will of the people, and at; one 0 vetoed all objectionable special legislation, 'and cut down the evil tO•velly small limits. This *as done; as will be seen, under this. identiCal ride that retinired him to sign the repeal of Lineal Option. Our temperance peO ple shoUld reme,nbet that their inter ests are far more safe in the hands of A party which has always respected them, and of 4 Governor nto .re spects the popular will, ithaq of any person the Dettiocratic part3can put forward.—Pitta mrg Gazette T fi - :HE Republican meeting iheld at I Smith AL -White' HalliCttiesday leve'g was attended by a large and atten tive audience. A. J. Conklin; was called upon to preside. I The meet- j ing being •formally otOnized (:apt. 13. M. Peck, todk the stand, and pro eeeded in his happy ant( figorous manner to'discuss the chrien:ey clues- I tion as the important issue of the day. His aiguments Were pointed 1 and vonvincing, containing weight of truth that cOmmanded the serious attention of all present, i lid was fol lowed by Hou. Wm. T. Davies, in' a , speech of remarkable ability and effect. He reviewed, seai;:chingly,`l the character, 41taliticat;lons history and claims of the several candidates asking for the tiffrage.s!of die people.. He paid befitting regards to the- boy ality, sacrileesland the - chains of the nominees of the Republican party in this county, and urged; with feeling, thejustice Wall and the 44fate of the' country to starlit soli( by the party and men that 'earriedi our na tion safely and victoriously thrOUgh its troubles. He was liStened to with' an earnestnessi that preyed ihe: e ff ect made upon his heareo. We look upon this meeting •as jproductive of much good.—Oanton Semi el. '. :smut TB= TBZ rimy.. . . 1 .. --- . . i • • . . :;`Entron Rkronten. ; The lirumesti and, iltlek-taitiveness tanifested by the Third =men of, this State in throwing away lion votes On Browne, and the ap linront satisfaction with which the Dem 6. Vita look. upon - the movement, may be strikingly illustrated by . the' -following : : • , t, OM • • . , A Deniocratic. farmer thing in the• Susquehanna Valley, below ; Towanda, - Owned a little, scrawny, cantankerous, cadaverous bull,•hat could not be kept Inside of any lot ver fenced, in Pennsyl vania. One day, just after: the railroad El was built t Mr, 11 broke out of his pas turel and ran fort the railroad. The old Democrat saw the , tip'end of hiS tail dis appear over the inee, and "put" for him double-quick. .rust. as ho reached tim railroad along came a train at full speed, and - there - stood ;his bull on the - track, with his head doWn and tail uli . ready for a fight with the leeomotive. ihe farmer • swung his hat-and shouted at the top or his Ivoieo ; : "Go it, Bully.; I admire your. r_J 'pluck, but despise yonudgment." • . The Democrats are pleased with this Movement of tI4 Third party men,and encourage them t i o stand thin and vo te for While they admire their pluck they despise their judgment,`as the farmer did that of the bMvo bull. .. Their defeat is , certain,and they will find themselves after elect ion siti ated about like the bull after the train li,d passes. , ---- ~.4.10.4. - --, • • . V. . V. E. PIOLLE.t 7 - Esq.—Dear ~ ' ii : In a recent issue of :he ItEPORTER - I observed a communicatim - from Mrs. Mlt.t.i.:n sta ting that you had properly adjusted her claim against yi , ii. Thinking that mr !haps this would a le an auspicious time to heave my claim against you also adjusted, I take this method of-Informing you that whenever -you +all pay me the balance you have owed me since 1m57,f0r etthi,r per formed for you !in 'the Erwiforil Times .'office,, I will receipt it as publicly as has, 31r5.111114.ER ; *MIA your. character for honesty and intdgrity Will be considerably higher in the: eiitimation of at least one - voter. CuAnt.t:s. 11. .1 I,LEN. TOt!;:11111:17 001 20, 1815.. Ell ED. ItEeußVE6—Dcar 4 4. 1 P : In conver sation with 0. 4.. Citunnutti. some two weekn previousl fO, the Republican COW' V6ltiOli, three years ago, .1 asked him who he preferred for Sheriff. He replied that, from the nattire of hiS situation, he did not think inadvisable to express him self upon that matter, but he said thatt-he should oppose 21 1 1oXitoE SMITH to. the bit ter end, even though he lost his own nom ination and eleciion in consequence. S. (i.. RocKwELI-- Orwell. Ocf. EDITOR Rm. orrEtt: You know. 31y. Editor, - that at. best dotibtful things are mighty uricerta p i : and this was exempli fied here last week, as it often is during a political campaign. The very Rev. Hon. George wa.S.bilfed ter this place last Wed nesday eve., toenlighten the people as to what they must , do to serve the country; but When the time caine hp,failed to put . . . in an appedran c. Perhaps . visions of the time when he vas honored and respected in our own litt e village, and could "sway the listeningg tritiltitudeS, as breezes sway the beds of osiers," - rose up in his mind, /) and like Bangs's. ghost, .-Alistarbed him so much that 1 e dare not come ; but be that as it mar,lhedid not come. But in his place came two very disinterested men in the. persols of 31r._ Chubbuek and "Col," Storrs,. who had coine along as a sort of chinking -; so as the great wind instrument could not perform. the two second fiddles ltad to do all the playing. c i Mr: Chubbu .1k led off bytelling us what; an honest man he was : r ion much he was to be commenc ell for simply doing: what his sworn (Intl- .vvas .(and we had to take his word for tltat) ;..and how everybody else was tools Of sonic 'ring or other, and were only waiting fora chance to rob and spoil , defenseless women and' children, and much more of the same. sort : but he failed to explain liciw he come to be so very exemplaq, when he went into-the office three years ago lty. the help of this same ring, or Why, knowing what a set of vampires they were, he Was so anxious to secure the noniinatiou at. their hands this fall, and only !denounced them when he found he could not succeed. No, sir, Mr. Cbubbuck : yqur story is entirely too thin; -for we can see through it, am! you. too, If, you had denounced wrong and dishon; esty in the past when first discovered, and had not tried :io hard to continue in office by their help, we:," should have stood by you and votedlfor you, but now we can't see it, . , H'ol. — Storrs.next turned up his inr strument. Ili. did not come to make a speech—in fadt, never made one in his life ; but he jUst happened in the place; and just happened into the meeting, Sc. In fact, the whole perforthance was quite a series of mi4haps all the way' through, but at the earnestz„requestof the audience,. &T.. &c., he tvnild sneak his piece for our benefit. lie did not -believe in -talking about his neitghbors, and. thought it a highly reprehensible practice. but lie was compelled, in self-defense, to do it.; and then lie . Proce ded with the same tune he has played so nmelf. and with which we are already tot familiar. The next day the "Col." spent in riding around town, 1 interviewing voters, espe cially Republicans, inducing them to vote for him, but how he succeeded election day will tell. I VERITA , Itorne,.Pa., pct. It+, 1t415 [ THE ONLY THE FBEBS' IN THE COUNTY.' A newspaper that boasts o f h av i n ., shaken off 1111, 4 tramiwls of party, aml claims tp havci attained a 'higher atmos phere ot-tlionglit and vision. ought not to call names so ustily ; and make spiteful faces through the fence, at the unfortu nate men updn whom devolves the re sponsibility and direction of such , ,mun dane and secular business, as goes to make legislative and govenrmental affairs. If by tested ability. and close applica tion to matters of state; they come in time to be looked to as leaders, it does not strike us as particularly' becoming in the conductors of a liberal press, and one as suming so conscientious a regard for the "feelings of neighbors and friends" .to make a regular weekly onset at what they style the " Ring;"! as if they Were a band of unscrupulous conspirators: ' notice however that free thinkers in polities, a rc‘ as unreliable as freet !tink ers in religion- Their syStem is Usually negative and ilisorg,anising, rather than reformatory. Thus, the same political writer that two or three weeks since. in. the Towanda V . onrnal, warned" Bradford' county voters Out of the arena of political disetissiOn, and away from the assem blages where men rally each other to fuller resolve and larger.movement, on those vital principles that underlie na tional life, hastens . into the discussion of public menf and public measures with a tone of authority as provokingly amusing as that which clings about the skirts of the'Papat infallibility, whereby we infer that this worthy sheet is' quite willing to give shape and tone to the polities of this righteous people. In last weeks issue after hurrying down the three ticketed column with qualified praise of Ilartrinft - , and despite the 'wri ters holy horror of "political hacks," he mates into A spasm of-. admiration for Storrs, that , i'ets the whole throng. of `'smat t school teachers," and " beardless lawyers" agape With wonder at a method so marvellouSly suggeStive of a - triple mouthed capacitylor "loaves and fishes. The JouraM has.ceatainly imbibed the Local dem'ocr'atic passion for rich men, for a more uhscrupulous political hucks ter than Wtni H. Stoers, never peddled his marketable smiles through the constit uency of . Bradford county. Ile is thrifty.. lie absorbs gain as a sponge does moist ure., It maybe a little barron about him, but he isn't . 4 - .)or like the opposing candi date, and baying ithproved histen talents, according tol the logic of , the BradfOrd ryo, and the sympathetic he ought to' have more. lie is handled sei e n tticaily by the untrammeled" organ:. Ile serves asiatine text for some private views on labor, 'that would apply ti) :sheritl' that has ever done service in the Ile has.always -managed to get 'well paid fort his labor. -lie has a pecul lam Way of going into speculation that pay'S. Ile Will make the officeof sheriff pay as it lnis never paid before. -And the ,Journat sayS " Amen !" It _gives hint. a proportion quite heroic. Emancipation Lincoln was 'no circumstance to him! Woolen socked Franklin was -shabby, in comimrison; Even 'the "Editor of a .newspaper" that isn't "partisan," is small fry in his commercial presence, while the • gentle Piollet, with all his Christian graccsdwimtle into insignificance at his approach.'- The Journi4 looses itself in a transport of admiratlon t •Sirtd' falls int& donor of running the county. tie,ket Mead' of the State. It has- a fatal [ability Rior going , astray generally, which is probably due' to its reverenco for men, rather than the principles men arc called to , represent. All the aching bosoms and yearning bow.. ells tlmt fall off uligo , rged from the Republi can body, come to it, claiming- sweet fel lowship mot the'privilege of growling at the " ing.' 1 It is dismal ith the bowl of ambition, and glowny prophecy, and is gradually identifying itself with every agency " that has in view the severing of unity in Re publimin action. Not a sorehead at the heels of the Republican ranks, but takes heart at the keenness with which it seeks for flaws in the Imal and gevermental fabric, afar not a sharp, visaged demoerat but that rejoices ;at the .eagerness with which, it sharpens its wedges and drives them in at the Joints of the body politic. From` such indications we .make bold to infer that the I,ord has not laid the task of political regeneration upon , 4 °. the Only Free Press in the County- - Towanda, Oct. 17th. A WONLAN , 3 VIEWS OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION. Politic! that dia not Pay, aryl' politicians -that ar, Pay—Different Linda of .Candidates—The De • =crag' 'Arisen—Bag Honey Plenty—Why Bill Storrs Must be Sheriff—He Will Saga 'the Conutry—Noble Peddler and Brave Raftist, . . • . a! • I never had any high_ idea of politics ftir a steady diet, no more than I do of boiled dinner three times a dayi but I have Wm, converted this' fall. Mr. lizrkny'rEn,i.! if you have halfas much Curiosity as mOtitt men, you will like to know the Igtrticulaiit. Firstly, let the inform yon that my hais band; Thomas 'JeffersonjoneS;:and f*: wife (Annlllaria.Jones),l live'•Oit a sulair farin. several miles from any' milt-Oath jrt town; Where, we Laic neVer, disturbedl" the 'busy huni, of mititrtudes yet t, be. — as the poet says. (f comic we haVe 'visits, from agents for Sewing . machines. patent stove handles, soft sOap, books. or-, ? ' :gans,! apple trees. nd the like. *When (he ' teave+ begin to fall and chestnuts to ripot, thent.lt,e candidates for office Carrie swann ing around us like tlet —army .Just as sure as h 'get tnyisleeves rolled 'lip dough Jrea t . and my baud, in thet. • or lin ste'uning over the but „studs. and the potter !1.4 running ove r on. iity blacked stOve, there comes a rapping and a tapping at my dOor. HI look foh. knot hole'jto crawl throogA but finally smooth dovrn ni hair; shake the tiourioti' my apron, anti open tlic door. Oh. h o w• meak and inwicent they nmstly look. Generally the tirSt remark tclIS the .tot} " What :;'tire situation you have here: and 'if any of the boys peak arounil corner of the house, they observe: "What sprightly children are these 7. do they belong to you. me dear Madarne I know. then, that it is all i tip with that day's work; Thomas Jefferson hits sit and whittlel mid talk. and talk anti whit:lle. while I ~e t dinner ,for that candidate; '1; :used to hate the sight of )(Ai ei a t t that:was witenl, was in the gall of bittet ness and the hyeuls of igMtraul , e. Ntdv I ' dote on - eul. I ,will tell; you hoW I r;ilut to Change thy 'lnc; that v. tt so seldom ft,. • =IIM=EI our experience (loving itoliticaleampaii4nN for sevetl Yeats. (Me of tme: a 11 :n s llll l ll . wanted the oilice 'lo a d Uommissioncr,. or path master. s4!ttite_ call it Well: he came tt) ThemaS Jetfet-. son and asked for his support; saying•J: would make it 01 right.' If I do say', my, man .neVer' thtes anything by the halves. so let left off Itisi fait plowing and let the corn go duhusk-ed and the potatoes undue. and pitched into the political taut, vas,. with all his Might. Von betferbeliiive that I had Inc hands fulk what with pvk ing up apples,.hnsking pump. kins i digging potatoes. fat tOt tug the htig-.. and my little Patrick I lenrY cutting teeth (we think he will be 'President. he is the ,eventli and the ;tiller boys wanting blintz furlN'inldr, I k6.p: g0..0 rouragv,.howevei., :6(1 ==ilEZE==llllll hlisful hope of that •• whi:n we sbothiall et our 'ress%:lll for 9.tn labprs : that I,i. after election:. .lOlics spent about two toontle; -ielertioueernt:.! Simpson, utul when he !:got cthe otlice his; wife was so 'stuck 111). ilo: you -thli: she waubl spe"ak . to me ! • 'Mul reminied of his'promisps. Siml,s, ku sld'il [that wtioi lie inttchered we mighi . hp ve tliel 1:4t.(7,- inti.rif,rx t.ll Makp ,;oap—gveir , e Of. and be•,l - call it square'. ' ; , I .. , Now we see the dw an i?i bettto. 41 t,i r . Like Mieawber. we have waiteli for sol'pe. thing to turn and sonletl‘in4: lia turned. up at . last. The Ilemlocr,wy gone firth like se king whioni . it may eat: up. anti . When it gets the Republicans all devoured tben'we are to have greenbacks as I)lm:ryas dirt—qt. , l.4. i'etft , 4l,L. There is no hmulmg .tbout. poll tb.s,this tuna... We an, save the Uonntry and ourselve;; this fall. I will la "Son* Mr. RErvin - rt% how we are'groing do it, for I want you to turn Demvt . Jd for don't pt. s'ee you , can make mOr, ni - Oney that way than 1. sticking to pfin eiples-.' Prineiplus don't go a great'-Wily, in hutteling the bread fur a big family gri, , wing buys.: Well. Bill Storrs is a Ddni oc.tat, and. we are bowel :to , - make 10111 Sheriff this fall. Ile does not want any otlice- 7 :he feels real bad about., - itbut Understand. that if he is elected twt si):111 save the country and W i ve. plenty t‘f m Oney. Ile says vso. , and he ougho know. Von ,hist ought io ht:ar b : it is perfectly lovely—ht{ is LI. , kital but fatherly and gushing-like. (far neig say that we have got the mcanest.lll:.;',aai est. ft:eels:lede:4 lot young 'mist hat ever raised Cain gruetalh: but Mr. Storrs gave ea 4 of them a resit•s worth of . gaini. and said it 'dill ben ;,all what tine hu't's could 1)e : raison in the rural districts: Ile thiiiks 'our Ali - lb, hammed will i'ertainly be Governor sqiur day, and that Napoleon - 111. (his haii rather red) is cut butt eor a great lafro. Mr. Storrs shook hands 'gith 'l5lO and fln - seven boys when he came and witutiOlc- IVent away. and I think he would halfgiven me n t•paroxystnal kiss - if .1,4 o• hadn't kind o' bridled up and hsiked tierce ac. It is such a comfort to knoW that Fe shall get the rewardloti our patriotism as soon as election is ovr., Jones is tf4 be Deiiiity Sheriff. for Shirrs appear, t« be dreadfully attached to him, :and says lie wants him . to lean on in the himr, of trial —that . when he is elected,. for . ; he Lein, dreads Lei made a public spectacle Uf -11(!,,is sv modeSt, you know. 1 can , tell you one thing, and that is, von don't catch.'me working orttAoOrs any more and going Late-footed. rpl going to have a bOttle of perfumery and bung my hair, and h'ave new tircss with thrte tiouncet. pinued-back overskirt„ lust like theta To wanda big bugs- 7 -ibii begs. 'Jones • . ein,—and a : set of dollar jewelry. lou may think I'm getting extravagant, brit just wait till we have a Detnocratic SliertV Storrs is a noble_son of toil, a great and 'glorious sweater of the hiow (so lin\ Jo , t 7 says). and we *ant to make him Sheriff because lie used to ehOp wood, and chopping wood is hard Work. Besides: he js a Democrat; and will make plenty ii paper moneAtud that Will save the coun try- somelnr . r. Th,r, he; has peddled, a!e1.„,,, peddlin. , is a: great and lofty thing fjir .1 man to do who Wants to be sheriff 'and save his country. He Used ;to work ilia: limp handle, and that "is hew lie cain :), be so powerfully - giftedjat shalting hands He is liberal. and munit cent;'for lie 4lic i gave a ten-edit scrip tt. a Woman whose husband was sick. 11 is is the poor nhUl's friend anti we want to leleet iiiin Siiriti.- .for somehow: though k can't rightly tell. that wiit be good for tile pone man. .The f,oftri)itl say_lic used ti) raft lumber and Om it down the river. but Jones toldl Ty the less I said about Stbri!);',rafts thepet tiJr—they were too thiAl. !AilywaY , '`Uil . r" ought to be elected Simriff, because be Used to build rafts thatwere- 2 ,-no.. l'idnot going to tell: Fll just dhow Jones tint there's one woman canjiteep a; seerei. Ale 40 , 1)14.41),p lie used to Fiitlup night. and se e the tikes burn the !dg beinlocks. - and whether he Went-cooning :or mit. he ont:Il' to lie made Sheriff in the interest or Libor and liavt":) a- chance to save theconetrY• We tin , not want Mr. it.ayton, becansii he has neref- peddler] orrun with, a cirens i . or Chopped: giant oaks Ghat from litdr ac‘irils gi-ew. or built ,in rafts that l'ci< +-no, I'll never tell.--liml he ism , : ,) ll e ))) - oerat. and ' kill MA Itlalit,' rag ilio'10:! "' Ow his country. ; Mr.. Layton dbl . : 0" 1 praise our boys. and he wouldn't ;.;'i‘i. )11 . Thomas Jefferson the; price of a pal/ o f iiants for his vote. Mr. Storrs st*s. ; ilea lie. .is a pusillanimous, ,fire4mting, ; 40 , 1 ' tongued, dangerous,lltePnblican - prilly . " Pled, anti-ragbaby-curreneyist l One - thilig I do know : he can Elbe bought or )1(1 : and if he gets to, be Sheiritt , I shall ;lose that new dress, Jones Will not be DefilitY• id Bill Storrs will not' , have a good eirance to save his country. 1 ,L ; . Azits; Dimi.t.l. ji.fsl;,s . l• f. I ' • ' •