.1,; ontrost -gtemocrat.
A. J. GERRITSON, - - - • Editor.
TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1866
FOR GOVERNOR:
HIES TER CLYIVIER,
OF BER.F.S COUNTY.
The Result in Connecticut.
The result in Connecticut is a terrible
blow to the radicals. Their Convention
endorsed the President, and up to elec
tion day their press persisted that Mr.
Johnson desired the success of their par
ty. They even sent Committees to Wash
ington, who telegraphed home that John
son and Secietary Wells said they hoped
for Hawley's election. Of course that was
a deliberate falsehood ; but their country
press' stuck to it till the last, and their
country readers did not learn the truth.
In the .towns where these deceptions
could be exposed in time, our gains were
heavy. The result is: Hawley, disunion
Republican, is elected over English,
Democrat, by 500 .majority I Last year
that party elected their Governor by 11,-
035 majority. Having lost about one
fourth of their vote, we shall look for
some crowing over their Bunker Hill vic
tory.
Democratic Gains.
In New Hampshire and Connecticut
the negro party pretended to endorse the
President, and insisted up to election-day
that Johnson desired their success; and
many voted under that delusion. In spite
of this, in New Hampshire, on a poll of
613,000,0 w gain was over 3,500 from last
election. A like gain in Pennsylvania
will be 30,000, giving us the State by 10-,
000 majarity. In Connecticut, on a poll
of 87,000, our gain is over 10,500 from
last year. A like gain here will be about
75,000—enough to bury the negro party
out of sight forever!
We shall have this advantage in Penn
sylvania : A six months' canvass will give
every voter a chance to KNOW that there
Is an issue between President and Con
gress, and to understand what it is; and
the studied efforts of the negro party to
keep their men ignorant, will not save
them from a crushing defeat.
Black Republican Falsehood.
The negro-equality party have opened
the campaign with some most villainous
falsehoods, which are copied by their
newspapers. As a sample we quote one
from a chief negro organ, the Harrisburg
Telegraph :
" When it wa proposed to extend the
right of th% franchise to the men who were
absent. from the State defending the
homes of its citizens, and upholding the
National honor, no Senator in the State
Senate waged as persistent an opposition
to the measure as 'Lester Clymer. He
cast against the proposition the weight of
his legal ability, and acted in opposition
to it during all the stages of its progress
and passage. The course throughout of
Hiester Clymer on the soldier enfranchise
meat bilk was proof positive that he
sought the disfranchisement of the men
who were periling their lives in defence of
the National honor and the National gov
ernment."
To prove that this is a wilful falsifica
tion we refer to the Legislative Record of
1863, page 166, where may be found these
words : " A joint resolution proposing an
Amendment to the Constitution extend
ing the right of suffrage to citizens in ac
tual military service," which upon coming
before the Senate on its final passage, the
yeas and nays were demanded, and were
as follows : •
Yeas—Messrs. Boughter, Bound, Bu
cher, CLY.MER, Connell, Donovan, Ful
ler, Gists, Graham, Hamilton, Hiestand,
Johnson, Kinsey, Lamberton, Lowry,Mc-
Candless, McHenry, Mott, Nichols, Pen
ny, Reilly, Ridgway, Robinson, Serril,
Smith, Stark, Stein, Stutzwan, Turrell,
Wallace, White, Wilson and Lawrence,
Speaker-33.
Nays—None.
STATE BA NOTES.-It seems very
probable that before long the notes of the
State Banks will go-out of circulation.
The act of Congress of March 3d, directs
that they shall be taxed ten per cent. if in
circulation after the first of July next. It
is therefore necessary that they should be
redeemed before that time, and the Na
tional Batiks, which must suffer the tax if
they hold the notes at the date mention
ed, ale relieving themselves of their lia
bility by throwing out the State Bank
notes, or by receiving them at a small dis
count sufficient to pay for the cost of sen
ding them home for •redemption. This
action will soon hurry them out of sight,
and there will be no currency in circula
tion but greenbacks and notes of the Na
dotal Banks.
To SmootEcrons.—By a recent en
actment the day set apart for the election
of County Superintendents hug been
changedto thi first Tuesday in May,
which this year falls on the first day of the
nsonth.
Republican Opinions.
We are requested to publish the follow
ing extract from the letter of a leading
Republican in a not. far off village to a
friend. it exposes the sentiments enter
tained by the kind - of men who: control
the Republican party, hold _office under
Johnson, and who will vote for Geary for
Governor. We quote verbatim :
" Just heard from Connecticut. if whir
" key had done its perfect work on the
" old traitor that we have to call Presi
" dent, we would be satisfied" -- _
Of course these "rebels at the other
end of the line" would be " satisfied" if
the President was dead, the Union forev
er destroyed, and they given a life-lease
of despotic power and spoiling upon its
ruins.
Ur We are able to state upon the ve
ry highest authority, that the President
himself emphatically repudiates and de
nies that he has ever, to aoy one, made
any statement in reference to the nomina
tion of Mr. Clymer, which could by pos
sibility be tortured into an intimation of
hostility ; and we are further re-assured of
the fact, known to us at the meeting of
the Convention, that there was a good un
derstanding, personally and politically,
between Andrew Johnson and Hiester
Clymer; and the friends of the one will
support the other.
It is John W. Geary that the Presi
dent wants defeated, because the party
which nominated him is the enemy of the
President's restoration policy, and the re
viler of himself and his friends.
far The disunion abolitionists seem to
believe that the constitution is virtually
destroyed. The motto of the Boston Lib
erator, their boldest organ, for thirty
years, was :
" The Constitution of the United States
is a Covenant with Death, and an Agree
ment with Hell."
Now, when the Garrisonian party have
got into power, and have ceased to re
gard the Constitution as biading or reg
ulating their official acts, that, paper is
discontinued, as the editor's valedictory
says, because :
" The old covenant with death is an
nulled; and the agreement with hell no
longer stands."
The Peace Proclamation.
The following resolution was offered
in the State Legislature, but the Republi
cans refused to allow it to be considered :
Whereas, The President of the United
Statas bap isloac-d a Fri:Klan:MUM aeclar
log that armed rebellion has been sup
pressed, and declared peace restored in
the country, therefore
Resolved, That we hail this declaration
of peace with unfeigned joy, and as an
evidence of the gratification which the
people of Pennsylvania will receive this
result, we, the Representatives of the peo
ple request the Governor to cause a sa
lute of thirty six guns to be fired from
Capitol Hill in honor of the event.
The refusal is a new evidence of their
aversion to peace and union, and of their
hatred to Andrew Johnson who made the
proclamation.
Our Gain in Connecticut.
The great gain for the Democratic par
ty in Connecticut can only be realized by
taking the count by Congressional dis
tricts; and considering the fact that the
State is at present represented by four
Aliolitionists, the vote by districts is as
follows :
FIRST DISTRICT
Connties
Hartford
Tolland
Abolition majority 122
SECOND DISTRICT.
New Haven 8,409 • 10,640
Middlesex 2,938 2,639
11,347 13,269
Democratic majority 1,922
TIITRD DISTRICT"
New London
Windham
9,073 6,703
Abolition majority 2,370
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Fairfield
Litchfield
10,665 10,776
Democratic majority 111
The result shows a gain of two Con
gressional districts, and also that a sound
Democratic district requires 24,616 vo
ters fur a reresentative, while a strong
Abolition district needs only 15,776.
rir Every loyal man in the country
knows that Horace Maynard, Col. Stokes
and Senator Fowler, of Tennessee, have
been and are among the most able and
undaunted Union men of the South.—
Where are these patriots to day 7—Har
risburg Telegraph, 80th.
Where are they? Why, don't the Tel
egraph know that they ate vainly waiting
for admission to their seats in Congress?
And the radicals refused to admit them .
under Thad Stevens' dictation—he insis
ting that they as well as Andy 'Johnson
are " alien enemies."
On the 6th the vetoed bill came before
the Senate, and the vote was taken on the
question, shall tho bill pass, the Presi
dent's objection notwithstanding, and the
result was as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Anthony, Brown,Chand
ler, Clark, Conness, Cragin, Cresswell,
Edmunds, Fessenden, Foster, Grimes,
Harris, Henderson, Howard, Howe, Kirk
wood, Lane (Ind), Morgan, Morrill, Nye,
Poland, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman;
Sprague, Stewart, Sumner, Trumbull,.
Wade, Willey, - Williams, Wilson and
Yates— 33.
Nays—Messrs. Btu kalew, Cowan, Da
vis, Doolittle, Guthrie, Hendricks, John
son, Lane (Kansas), McDougall, Nesmith,
Norton, Riddle, Saulsbury, Van Winkle
and Wright-16.
Absent—Mr. Dixon.
This result varies from the effort to
overcome the former veto, in this respect:
The Disunionists gain four votes by filling
the late Mr. Foote's seat (then sick,) in
the person of .Mr. 4 Edmunds, and by the
treachery of McKgan, Stewart and Willey;
and they lose Lane, of Kansas. The Un
ionists lose five votes, by the treachery
named, by Dixon's illness, and by Stock
ton's being voted out ; and gain two by
the accession of Lane and recovery of
Wright. This makes a gain and loss to
the respective sides of three each, or six,
relatively.
The bill now goes to the House, where
the disunionisis have prepared for it by
ousting enough legally elected Democrats
to increase their majority by six.
The action on this bill will have the de
sired effect of intensifying the issue be
tween the Union men and "traitors at the
other end of the line;" and the President
seeing just what he must do, will be more
fully determined to do it. .
Kir The New Jersey Legislature,
which is Republican, has adjourned.with
out a joint meeting to fill Stockton's seat.
Next winter he will be re-elected.
Ma. EDITOR :-I wish to suggest a few
ideas in relation to "Government" and
"Loyalty." On looking back four or five
years to that era in the history of our
country—that dark and dismal period
that time that tried men's souls—my mind
is filled with sadness and gloom. The
whole country was filled with mourning.
War and rumors of war spread through
out the land. Democrats, those who were
thought to have any great, sway over the
minds of the people, were brow-beaten,
put into hostiles, and the only reasons
rendered therefor, was, "0, you are dis
loyal to the Government!" What Gov
ernment? Why, "the President is the
Government now."
Times had changed. When Jackson
was President these self-same loyal citi
zens were his bitter enemies ; but who ev
er heard of Jackson being the " Govern
ment." But Jackson was a firm friend of
the Constitution of these United States.
He could not be swerved from what he
thought Was his duty to perform for the
good of the people.
Now, the tide is again changed. We
can begin to hear the mutterings of these
loyal men, these Union boasters, that An
drew Johnson is . not a loyal citizen—he is
not the Government. His is not in the
Union, (his State, Tennessee, being out
of the compact). He being a copperhead
and a rebel sympathizer, they must not
render him aid or assistance, but help the
enemy.
Why, bow things have changed ! Who
would have thought that this crew—these
Union-loving men, would all at once make
a stampede against the Government, and
be disloyal! I would have thought of
finding them leading the van iv favor of
Johnson's reconstruction policy, and his
determination to save the country. But
they are not to be found there.
Hawley. English.
8,618 8,037
2,378 1,937
One thing we know—there is a mighty
reaction taking place in the minds of the
people, and before a great while these
men of the Phillips and .Thad Stevens
stripe will be down upon bended knees,
praying that the rocks and mountains
may fall upon them and hide their faces
from the gaze of the people. Rejoiced
am I that the common people, even those
who for a time have been misled, are now
returning to reason ; and before a great
while can we have the privilege of having
them in the folds of the good old Democ
racy ; while the stars and stripes will
wave in the breeze, and Uncle Sam will
rejoice that his dominion is growing
stronger, and he be styled the Govern
ment, and all who respect him and his flag
will be loyal" citizens.
Lenox, Pa. A.J.T.
5,630 4,617
3,443 2,080
6,869 7,101
3,798 3,675
The Abolition Convention which
nominated John W. Geary, refused to en
dorse President Johnson's policy and
compelled Mr. Carnahan, of Pittsturg, to
withdraw his resolution expressing confi
dence in the President. How, then, can
any friend of the President vote for Gea
ry, on an anti Johnson platform ?
"Ur The Proclamation of President
Johnson declaring the insurrection at an
end and restoring the States to their
rights in the Union will be found in our
columns this week. We ask for it an at
tentive perosal.
white man named O'flern was as
saulted at Cairo, Illinois, on Sunday night,
by two negres, who, without provocation
fatally stabbed him twice.
The Civil Rights Bill.
FOR TRE DEMOCRAT.
Loyalty and the Government.
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Dine Democrats
The article hereunder was published
some time ago, and the cause looks so
much better now that it applies .to but
few; yet if there is a single " Blue Demo
crat" in this region, he ought to read it;
and if he continues croaking, he should
be set down as a spy of the negro party :
" A good many Democrats now a days,
seem to have the blues, and they go
around declaring that " all is lost"—that
republican institutions are buried forever,
&c., and of course, that there is no
further usti of trying to combat the ene
mies of Democratic principles. Now, we
have had red Republicans and Black Re
publicans, but these men are what might
be properly termed blue Democrats. They
are going to let the Abolitionists run
oter them forever. Here is a virgtn
country, not yet half peop!el and simply
because the old Tory party, under the
alias of "freedom shriekers," have got in
to power, they imagine, forsooth, that
mankind is going to give up the vital prin
, cip!es of Democracy. Nonsense I men
' and brethren Principles are innate, in
herent, and no matter how crushed down
for the time being, they must come to the
surface. Reader, it depends upon you,
yes, you, individually, how soon they
may arise. from their ashes. Every man
has his influence, and if every person- who
goes croaking about that " Democracy is
played out"—that " thereisno use to try,"
&c., would take hold like a man, talk to
his neighbor, who may be a deluded, ig
norant, but well meaning " Republican,"
get him to read a Democratic paper or
document, or arouse and stimulate demo
crats, instead of discouraging them, .we
should very soon see a great change in the
face of affairs, and have a real Democrat
ic revival. So far as their influence goes,
there is but mighty little difference be
tween a blue Democrat and a black Re
publican. Let democrats throw off this
creaking. Instead of meeting your Re
publican neighbor with a long face, as
much as to say, " all is lost," tell him to
look out for the biggest fight ahead he
ever dreamed of and that if he thinks you
and your party are going to 'surrender
this government to the negro equalizers,
that he is the most mistaken man alive.
This will set them thinking. It will do
more—arouse and inspirit the Democra
cy, and that is half of the battle. Two
thirds of the people are against the Abo
litionists'and yet Democrats get the
blues ! Away with the thought ! Let
us give them a little mere grape !''—Loy
Bock.
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" Gems" from the Radical Pulpit.
The loyal clergy of Boston are very
much exercised over the recent speech of
President Johnson. We make room for
only two specimens, among many, in or
der to give our readers an ilea of what
kind of stuff they spew out of the Boston
pulpit upon the Lord's holy day. No
wonder the political atmosphere is sur
charged is surcharged with discordant el
ements calculated to breed the worst spe
cies of wrong that can affect the body
politic.
The reader will bear in mind that "loy
al" ministers all over the North endorse
just such stuff. We will now copy from
a Boston journal the sentiments ofa Rev.
A. D. Wasson, a Congre,g itional minis
ter who held forth at the - Melodeon, tak
ing for his text the words—
" Woe to thee, 0 laud, when thy King
is a child."
The preacher reviewed the recent acts
of President Johnson, and declared him a
greater traitor than Benedict Arnold or
Judas Iscariot. " Iscariot," he said, " wa3
conscious of his guilt and refused to take
the silver awarded him for his deed, and
full of remorse and repentance, went and
hanged himself. Johnson, on the other
hand, after betraying the party who_
placed him in his position, now glories in
his shame."
The Rev. Mr. Hepworth, another "loy
al" clergyman, said :
"The President had hinted at assassin
ation. Oh, no, Mr. President, you will
never be killed. Only the good and the
great die. You will live for ever 1 He
calls himself a self made man. Wfr-ean
well believe it, for it is no credit to have
made him."
Can a christian endorse this language
by continuing to encourage ministers in
their crusade against Democrats and con
servative Republicans because they sus
tain Johnson in defending the Constitu
tion ?
Retiring State Senators.
At the end of the present Session, the
following Senators go out :
Ist District—Jeremiah Nichols (Rep.)
of Philodelphia.
sth Distriet—Wilmer Worthington
(Rep.) of Chester.
10th District—H. B. Beardslee (Dem.)
of Wayne.
15th Distriet—D. B. Montgomery
(Dem.) of Northumberland.
16th District—David Fleming (Rep.) of
Dauphin.
17th District—Benjamin Champneys
(Rep.) of Lancaster.
17th District—J. M. Dunlap '(Reo.) of
Lancaster.
20th District—Geo. W. Householder
(Rep.) of Bedford.
24th District—John Latta, (Dem.) of
Westmoreland.
26th District—Wm. Hopkins (Dem.) of
Washington.
28th District—Thos. Hoge (Rep.) of
Venango. '
Of these districts the Democrats,, at the
next election, will gain the Ist, and per
haps the 20th, but lose the 28th, owing
to the addition to it of a strong Republi
cad county.
Destructive Fire on . 011 Creek.
Prrnoutum Centre, March 81.
The most, disastrous fire ever known in
this vicinity commenced about eight
O'clock this morning, on the Hyde and
Egbert farm, and lasted until three o'clock
this afternoon.
The fire originated from a'gas pipe
running from a tank of the Burlington
well to a dwelling. At the time there
was a very strong wind. The burning
oil, running down the hill, set fire to the
famous Coquette tank. The flames, rush
ing towards the creek, swept everything
before them, and on reaching the creek
set fire to the same. Six hundred bar
rels, which were filled and lying on the
bank, together with seventeen tanks of
oil, were destroyed.
Some eleven or twelve boats lying in
the creek loaded for shipment, also took
fire and wore destroyed.
At one time the creek was a vast sheet
of flame.
The bridge which divides the town of
' Petroleum Centre from the farms alluded
to, took fire several times, thus endanger
ing the place, but the flames were finally
extinguished.
There was nothing burned on this side
of the creek. The fire could be seen for
miles around.
There was one half mile of flame. Some
thirty wells were burned, besides various
engine houses, engines, derricks and tanks;
also several d wellinjs.
The most intense excitement prevailed
at the time. The loss is about 25,000
barrels ofoil and *125,000 in properly.
At 4 o'clock the fire was about extin
guished and everything was quiet.
Henry Ward Beecher on "More Guaran
tees."
In a recent lecture at Bridgeport, Conn.,
Henry Ward Beecher hit off the Radical
demand fur " more guarantees of the
South," in the following capital manner.
Said he—
" Suppose you see a man trying to
drown himself—you plunge in, and at
much trouble and risk, get him to shore
alive, but reduced nearly to death. Be
fore proceeding to his restoration, would
you require 'guarantees' against hisjump
ing into the water again ? No—it would
be your duty to restore him to life, and
trust to his sad experience to prevent a
recurrence of his folly."
Mr. Beecher's audience were taken a
little by surprise by this plain and senAi•
ble view of the question, and a Republi
can present says it persuaded him to a
support of the President's policy.
Warlike News from Europe.
The intelligence from Europe is of an in
tensely interesting character. Prussia
and Austria appear unable to settle their
difficulties amicably, and it seems that they
they are on the eve of leaving their ad
justment to the sword. All the efforts of
their friends have apparently failed to
bring them to a peaceable understanding,
and the prospect of a war between there
two great powers assumes a definite
shape, Frances Joseph has ordered a
hundred thousand men to the frontiers of
Bohemia, and King William is making
active preparations to put an army into
the field. The Austrian Emperor may
ultimately accept of a compromise; but
just now he does not evince any intention
to listen to any arrangement inconsistent
with his dignity as the. sovereign of a
mighty empire. Should war occur be
tween Austria and Prussia, it is not im
probable but that it will extend to other
nations and in-the end involve all Europe.
Already the rumors of impending hostili
ties have had the effect to depress the
funds in all the markets of Great Britain
and the Continent. A few days or at
most weeks, will determine whether this
critical juncture ofaffairs will pass without
resulting in a sanguinary struggle.
CIN.
Booth's Spirit Survives.
We have heard a good deal from the
Republican newspapers about the "spirit.
of Wilkes Booth," but we have never
seen proof that it is still abroad quite as
strong as that furnished by the following
prayer made on Sunday by a radical
preacher at Meriden, Connecticut :
" Not my will, but Thine, 0, Lord, be
done; but if it be consistent with Thy ho
ly pleasure, we would that thou speedily
telegraph for President Johnson to come
up to Hi aven."
If President Johnson should be assassi
nated, fortunately we will not have as
much trouble in finding the conspirators,
as was taken after the death of Mr. Liu.
coin to seek out his murderers. This
Meriden blasphemer should not be for
gotten, in sugh a contingency, nor the
thousands of Republicans who utter and
entertain like sentiments.
The Democratic Platform.
The Democracy of Pennsylvania in Convention met.,
recognizing a trials In the affairs of the Republic, and
esteeming the immediate restoration of the Union par
amount to all other Issues, do resolve :
1. That the States, whereof the people were lately In
rebellion, are entegral parts of the Union. and are enti
tled to representation in Congress by men duly (ileac('
who beat true faith to the Constitution and Laws, and
in order to vindicate the maxim that taxation without
representation is tyranny, such representatives should
be forthwith admitted.
2. That the faith of the Republic is pledged to the pay
ment of the National debt, and Congress should pass all
laws necessary for that purpose.
3. That we owe obedience to the Constitution of the
Ll..ited States (including the amendment prohibiting
slavery.) and cruder itsprovisions will accord to those
emancipated all their rights of person and property.
4. That each State has the exclusive tight to regulate
the qualifications of its own electors.
5. That the white race alone is entitled to the control
of the Government of the Republic; and we are unwil
ling to grant to negroes the right to vote.
S. That the hold enunciation of the principles of the
Constitution myrtle policy of restoration contained in
the recent annual message and freedmen's bureau veto
message of President Johnson entitle him to the confi
dence and support of all who respect the Constitution
and love their country.
7. That the nation owes to the brave' en of our ar
mies and navy a debt of lasting gratitude for their hero
lc services In defence of the Constitution and the Un
ion ; and that while we cherish with tender affection
the memories of the fallen, we pledge to their widows
end orphans the nation's care andprotection.
8. That wit Urge gem Conkressthe duty of equalising
the bounties of ont‘arldiera and sailors.
rows 14Z.33MKJ3.
—A New York clerk has been arrested
for deceiving a customer by selling goods
that were composed of cotton, and asset ,
Ling that they were all wool. If every
clerk who does that is to be arrested, our
prisons will have to be enlarged.
—All the negro traps in the military
department of Mississippi have been or.
Zered to rendezvous at Jackson, in that
State, for the purpose of being mustered
out of the United States service.
—lt is estimated, says tbi,
,Chicago
Times, that one thousand persons were
killed or wounded by the 'late tornado in
Popo and Johnson Counties, in Illinois.
—The Military Commission, which has
been in session at Fortress Monroe since
February 2, was on Wednesday dissolted.
This was the last commission in session:.
—Three men have been arrested in
Nashville, charged pith being implicated
to heavy frauds against ti.e Government.
Trio Board of Inspection is investigating
the matter. It has been receptly
ered that the frauds on the Government
will reach $2,000,0000.
—The Charleston Courier reports that
three thousand two hundred freedmen
have emigrated from North Carolina du
ring the last three mouths to Mass:telt* ,
setts, Connecticut, and the other New
England States.
—Swindlers now make tours of the l'
York kitchens, persuading the cooks to
invest in Fenian bonds. One girl had
promised them five dollars, when they
over reached themselves by the remade
that the " girls next door had given then,
fifteen dollars." " Sure, the girls next
door are nagurs," said Bridget, and star
ted for the police office, but the imposter
escaped.
—Two policemen arrested a negro at
Natchez, Miss., a few days ago, and while
conducting him to jail, they were fired
upon by a squad of black soldiers, and
Martin Garrity killed.
—The Honesdale Herald says : A son
of Sheriff J. T. Barns, ofthis county, name
to his death by poison on Thursday of
last week. The lad, who was sir years of
age, is supposed to have mistaken a medi•
tine, ene of the principal ingredients of
which was laudanum, for some harmless
drink, and to have partaken freely. The
fatal error was not discovered by his pa.
rents, until he was found dead.
—Mr. Thomas, " Republican" member
of the HA use from Philadelphia, said, on
the 30th, in debate, that " the time was
not fat distant when negroes would vote
in this State." This man supports John
W. Geary for Governor, and helped to
nominate ldm.
—The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
has decided that bonds of a corporation
in the State held by non residents are lia.
We to State taxation. The court has also
decided that the collateral inheritance tax
of live per cent, can be collected on Uni
ted States bonds.
—At a recent fire at Natches,Mississip•
pi, gangs of negro soldiers refused to help
to extinguish the flames, bat were busy
stealing, and threatened to shoot any one
who interfered with them.
—The robber of $7,000 of United state*
bonds from the third National Ban',
Nashvi le, has been discovered. The ne
gro porter was arrested, and confessed ti
the robbery.
—Mrs. Ellen Judd, reid ng near Indi
anapolis, Indiana, waiks two Miles and
cuts a cord of wood every d.►y, by wli;,11
means shb supports a large family ofehik
dren.
—ll:trvey Mansfield, of Bristol, Vt.,
while tiling a saw with his gloves on,
stopped to rub his eyes, and so tilled them
with the svel filings that had accumulated
upon his gloves that it is feared he will
entirely lose his sight.
—Wh,n the bi I disfranchising deser
ters and conscripts was up before the
State Senate, a proposition was made
from the Democratic side of the house to
include, bounty jumpers and fraudulent
Government contractors, but it was indig
nantly rejected by the "Republican" ma
jority.
—A few days ago, in Mnrfreesbor',
Tennessee, two negro • "soldiers" met a
little white boy of nine years in the street,
and, possibly for somything the boy said,
one of them took hold of him while the
other deliberately placed his revolver at
the boy's breast and fired, killing the lad
instantly.
—There is no rinderpest or cattle• dis
ease of a serious character in Montgom
ery county.
The President has directed the
appointment of a lady postmistress at
New Bloomfield, Pa., on the recommen
dation of A. J. Glossbrenner, the Demo
cratic M. C. The late P. M. is a radical.
Public Auction.
THE subscriber having rested his Store, will sell st
public Sale his entire Stock of merchandise at his
Store In Friendsville on Thursday April 19th 1906. 001*
listing of Boots. and Shoes, Hardware, dry Goods,
Yankee Notions, Tin ware, die.. also two new market
waggons, ono sett silver plated double carriage Harness
and several otner articles too numerous to mention.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock A. M. and continue until
the entire stock is closed out. Come early to secure
good bargains.
Terms—all sums under else dollars, cash down: AT*
and over six months credit, with notes and spurned
security. HOSFORD.
M. C. BUTTON, Auctioneer.
New Goods ibr Spring Saler.
EYRE & LANDELL
Fourth and Arch .Blreela, Philadelphia,
ARE OPENING FOR
11251 2 °R.IINTC 1 1- 0.19.7.-a Ell 9,
FASHIONABLE NEW SILKS:
Novelties in DRESS GOODS.
New Styles SPRING SHAWLS.
New Travelling DRESS 0001)8.
Fine Stock of NEW GOODS.
Magnificent FOULARDS.
SpiendidDLACß SILKS, de.
& L. have their usual aesottment of STAPLE
GOODS. Also, GLOM, 041SSIMBRES, VESTING&
&c. &c. •
P. B.—Oar prices are sow arranged to meet the views
of buyers I
. April 8, 1866, etjw