E. B. HAWLEY, Proprietor.
guoindo Curb.
EIGIIANGE HOTEL.
b. A.IIcCRACEFIN, wishes to Inform the public that
hoeing rented the Exchange Motel In Montrose, ho
la now prepared to accommodate the trarcllnglpublle.
In tint-class style.
Montrose, Aug. 1572.
SHIPMAN & CASE.
Saddle, Harness and Trunk makers. Shop to C.Llogets'
Store Building. Brooklyn, Pa. Oat: Harnesses, heavy
and Ilnht, made to order.
Brooklyn. April 3, Istt—ln6 •
EL D. SDITII
flavlnt: located at Susquehanna Depot, Manufacturer of
and dcoler In light and heavy Ilarocsres,Col ors,Whips,
Trunks, Saddles a te-hopitt,by strict attention to busi
ness and fair dealing, to hovel o liberal share of
patronsg.
Ilarch 6, is72.—nolo—ml.
BURNS & NICHOLS,
dna In Drugs, Medicine!, Chemical!, Dye.
suds. Perils, Okla, Varnish. Ginner!, Spices. Fancy
sec:cies, Patent Medicines, Pcrfumeryand Toilet At
'steles. ^Prescription• meal!, compounded--
Brick Block, Montrose, Pa,
A. B. BURNS.
r.b. 21,153.
DR. D. A. LATIIROP.
Administere Eugenio
and
nt.
consult
to
tbe Chro n ic
Chestnnt street. Cull and consult ell
iriwr:Jan.l7.
J. F. SIIOEMAILEII.
Attorney at Law, Montrose, Pa. Office next door below
Ibo Tarbell Mouse, Pohlte Avenue. •
Montrose, Jan. 17, 1811.—n0,1—17.
C. E. BALDWIN,
ArraIMMT and Comm-um AN LAir, Great Dend. Penn
sylvania. Zal,
B. L. BALDWIN,
ATM :CITY AT LAW, MOntroge. Pa OffECO With
F.. esroult. Esq.
Montrose. liErust 30. 1811.
LOOMIS & LIMN..
Attorneys at lee, Office Lackawarma Avenue.
Scranton. Pa. Practice in the several Courts of Lu•
:erne and Stovetuna& Counties.
P. H. Looms.
Boonton. Sept. fib 10Th
W. I. CR OSMON.
Attom.y Ole at the Coen Rouse. ict the
CoiamlsSlouceis Office. W. A. ClllOlllll/31.
lileratrose. Sept. Gth, 12,111.—tt.
McKENZIE, & CO.
eaters In Dry Goode, Clothing, Ladles and Misses
doe Shoes. Also, agent. for the great American
Tea and Coact Company. Montrose, July
DR. W. W. SRITH,
Deerarr. llamas nt hie dwelling. nest door end at the
itrpnbilatn printing office. °glee ham from 9A. X.
to 4 r. 5. Mantrap°, Slap d. 11137I—tt
TILE BARBER-11a: Ha! UW3
Charley Morris I. the barber. who can share your face to
order; Cut* brown, block and vizsley hair. In his
Diner, jo4 op Moir, There son will find him, oTer
store. below !It cKenzies—just OTC door.
NuntroPe, June 7.15:1.--ff C. 1101111[8.
J. 111. & .t. 11. YIcCOLLUM,
L.. Office over the Dank, Montrose
Pa. %Attn., May to,
J. D. VAIL,
i1111111111T•TRIC PVITSICI ANTI Sruncnx. iTas permanently
located himself In Meetroor, Pa, where he will prompt
ly attrati to all calls to ht. proftsolon *olth which be may
b. favored. tulles and resident* welt of the Court
Roca., or Fitch S Watoon's office.
Illontmre. February
L 4 W OFFICE•
FTTCIT .t WAT , IO.N., Attorney,. It taw, et the old office
antentley 6 Fitch, %Imam., P.
[.Ten. It, '7l.[ W. V. wanes.
-
CHARLES S. STODDAUD,
Dealer In Boots and Shoes. Hata and Captk.,Lcatber and
Ylrfinga, Maln Street. Ift door below lloyd'a Store.
Warlt made to order. and repairing dune neatly.
Ust.trose. Jan. t. 1370.
LEWIS KNOI.L.
SRAVING AND DAM DRESSES°.
alkep la the new Postoffiee building, where he will
hr Nand ready to attend ail who may want anything
la his line. Montrose, Pa. Oct. 13. 111164.
DR. S. W. DA'ITOIV,
PHTISICTAN & SURGEON. tender* his serriert In
ose citizens of Great Rend and vicinity. Office et his
evidence, opposite Barnum !louse, Irk Bend village.
ton. fat, ISO.— tf
A. 0. WARREN,
ATTORNEY Ai LAW. bounty. Bask Pay. Pension
and Ezem on Claims attended to. Office dr
eor below Boyd's Store. Ilontrose,Pa. [An. 1.'69
M. C. SUTTON,
Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent,
9U • Friendavllle, Pa.
C. S. GILBERT,
Great. Bend, Pa.
lc r. a.
gni GEttf
Affil ELY,
17. S. .ait.lrseticormo , or.
♦as. I. I',V). Address, Brooklyn, Ps.
JOILN GROVES,
FASHIONABLE TAILOR, Montrose, Pa. Shop over
Chandler'■ Store. AP orders ailed In ,ffrst•nua style.
Conine done Or short notice. and warranted to St.
w. w. own',
CABINET AND CDAID. MANIIRACTU'REIM—CooI
of Main stmt., Nazar lain. 1. 16179.
BILLINGS STROVD.
" • ' -
MIN AND LIFE INSURANCE MM: AU
basins. &Den dui to promptly, on [Mr terms. Oflee
first door north of • Montrose Notel,' • west side or
PubllcAtenne, Montrose, Pa. frlng.l,l6CA,
July 17,1971.] Bruntas Sirnourt.
ABEL TUBRELL,
D CAL= in - 1) Mo, Patent Medicines, Chemicals
Llonors, Paint; tols,Dye Muffs, Varnishes, Win ...iv
tos,o, Groemies, Glass Ware, Wail and Window Pa,
par, stone -Rare, Lamps. Carotene. Machinery
Thooes, Guns, ammunition, Knives, :Spectacles
Meagher, Panty Goods, Jewelry, Perth eery.
beteg Cone of the moat numerous. extensive, and
valuable collections of Goods in Susquehanna Co..—
Established In 18413. (Montrose, Pa.
D. W. SEARLE,
TTOBNET AT LAW. office over the Sto of A.
Lathrop. io the Brick IfWelt. Xontroee. Pa. re
latirG9
•
DR. W. L. RICIIAIWMON,
HYSICIAN a nibIGEOZI, tenders hb potesslons
.ereteee to the citizens of Montrose and vicinity.—
dlee at his residence, on the corner east of Bore I
Fatiedtr. (AU. I. la 9.
HUNT BROTHERS,
SCRANTON. PA;
Wholegate & Hata Daderstn
HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL,
NAILS, SPIKES, SHOVELS,
-- rJILDER'S HARDWAREr,
arms BALL,COONTEESiNE 4.7' NAIL SPIKES
RAILEGAD A. MINING SUPPLIER.
CARRIAGE sPGINGE, AXLES, SKEINS AND
BONES, BOLTS, NUTS and WASILEBS,
PLATED BANDS. MALLEABLE
IRONS, MUSS. SPOKES,
PELL° Es. SEAT SPINDLES. NON ' S,
ANVILS, VICES, STOCKS and DIES, BELLOWS
DAYBEDS. SLEDGES. , &a. &c. '
CIRCULAR AND MILLSAWS, BE FILES LTING. PACKING
TACKLE BLOCKS, PLASTER PARIS .
CESENT. !LAIR & GRINDSTONES.
I,IIEXCH WINDOW GLASS.LEATDER& FINDINGS
SAMMIE'S SCALES.
Scranton, March tt. DADI. IT
MOVED DUBBED!
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otavlorei le4vrabngr
trtiziigivig
Ac t u chO . OtiVaiirtilPeespnal,tekatNom
Kul the Pantisylwaste, gariter4 si.E4 Yircinil a
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Premiums! . .
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The gearing is slesnlo.emsrmet, remused faitittit trout
the drive wheels, arid eneleeut in a neat Ca4e Ste Sy
centre of the marline, eirectu,u, igetlTiLl; it irota V t
and dust.
The operation an be ehanewl itetantly trona a bint
need to one a third slower. irithona stop. tbsta IYW
tptell to bad plum audited. and topey meet,
.one - eattltig *Plante , le 'Perfect. No pd one,
talent jtettabead. It le beyond doubt "tpe et:ppgan
waettionin tbs world, end you can depend WAD It, being
priectly reliable in every partici:dee.
I /I , ozanse. 149 r 2. Ml. sums sue
Judge. Black's Letter.
TRE POLITIOAL SITUATION.
An Abliiand i Comprehensive Review
—Grant and Greeley. Contrasted—
What we tally Expect from Mr.
Greeley—Deconstruction Acts--
Radical Rapivity at the South—
The Negroes Corralled and Driven
to the Polls—The Duty of the De
mocracy.
The following is did test of the letter
of Judge J. S. Black, in answer to one
addressed to him by Mr. W. H. Welsh, of
the Baltimore Gazelle—
To William IL Welsh, Esq., Editor of the
Baltimore Gazette :
M'e Dean Sint—l promised the gentle
man who delivered your letter that I
would answer it fully, and us soon as I
could consistently with other engageinents
—and lam fulfilling that promise. If I
take more time and space than might be
expected, you will please to remember
that I and a great many other Democrats
are in a position that requires something
more than a mere definition. 'We cannot
avoid misconstruction without furnishiflg'
a rather full explanation.
I admit that the next President must
be Grant or Greeley. The circumstances
of the political situation limit our choice
to these two men, as strictly as if nobody
else was legally eligible. We must weigh
them against one another, and like prac
tical men, decide the cal() before us in fa-'•
vor of the nest: Eyed if we find no good
in either of them, we must take that one
who shall appear to be least bad.
It is undeniable that the leading meas
ures of this Administration are not only
unconstitutional, but anti-constitutional,
shOking not merely a contemptuous in
difference to constitutional obligations,
but a settled hostility to those rights of
the States, and those liberties of the peo
ple which the organic law was made to
secure. The President's appointment of
officers, and his general exercise of public
authority, nnder the influence of men
who paid large sums of money, are scan
dalous outrages, and the effort to defend
them has combined with other like caus
es to extinguish among his subordinates
all respect for those rules, of morality,
which used to he held sacred.
When we consider what these men have
done in the North, and add to it the large
handed robberies perpetrated in the South
by the retainers of the President, with
his direct aid and assistance, we are com
pelled to acknowledge that no other gov
ernment now in the world is administer;
ed so entirely for personal and partisan
purposes, or in such complete disregard
of the rights and interests of the general
public, This deinoralization is not con
fined to the Executive branch; the tide
of corruption rolls in upon the Legisla
tive, and in some plae.es it has risen
enough to touch the feet of the Jildicia
ry. Even the rank and file of the Presi
dent's party have become debauched, let.
us hope not altogether, but certainly in u
fearful degree. Acts, which in Cornier
years a hardened criminal would hesitate
to whisper in the ear of his accomplice,
can now be openly advocated by a politi
cal leader, not only with safety. but with
tolerable.chince of being sustained by a
sort of public opinion. That love of lib
erty and justice :hat used to pervade the
whole community now " reneges all tem
per," and yields without resistance to the
unprincipled demagogues who would en
throne fraud.
" Make the hoar leproAy adored ; place thieves,
And give them title, knee and approbation,
With Senators on the bench." •
If General. G-rant had been equal in
mind and heart to the exigencies of the
times, he could easily have made himself
a great public benefactor. He might have
purified official and political morals by
simply setting the example in his own
person of a clean handed devotion to du
ty. His own obedience to the laws would
have restored them to universal suprema
cy. All the objects of the Constitution,
as recited in the preamble, would have
been accomplished but for the obstruc
tions with which he himself impeded
them. Unfortunately the interests of cer
tain rings were in conflict with the inter
ests of the country, and they, by large
presents, seduced him into their service.
'f he public contracted to give him the ea
tery which his predecessors had been con
tent with ; the rings offered him more ;
he accepted. their bonnty, fell over to
them, and took the government into his
bands as a " Black Republican job."
Now as to Greeley. It =not be pre
tended that his political life is very sym
metrical. lie was in the ranks of the
radical abolitionists for a ghat many
years. This is bad, for such associations
would have a natural tendency to debase
him. But we must not forget that, tho'
be was with them, be was not altays of
them. He refueled to be a partaker in
their worst iniquities, ho had none of their
diabolical hatred of the constitution, he
did not lend his lips to their ribald blas
phemies, and his feet were never swift in
running to shed innocent blood.
:Before the great conflict began, his op
position to the designs of the Abolition
tats against, the Federal and State Gov
ernments, impelled him to the opposite
heresy of the secessionists. Like the Ito-'
man father who 'killed his daughter to
save her from a worse fate, he chose to
destroy the government rather than to see
it dishonored and violated by lawless
force. When-the •war was flagrant he
provoked the extremest rage of his asso
ciates by exerting bimeelf for a peace
which would have left all the people in
possession of their evcstitutional liberties.
After the close of the contest, he was the
advocate of regular and legal, as well as
honest government fur all parts of the
'country. I have good authority for say
ing that he never gave his approval to
nay form of kidnapping or 'murder by
commission. In short, although
he did join the Abolitionists in their "de
e sirs dance," be never learned to keep step
with his partuirs, and we all know that
Whin he could not stop it, be left it, and
4ertouneed it with becoming indignation.
flnapother' . point he ou g ht have
credit.
„The.fnendstif religions freedom
owe hitn,„ackla debt of gratitude for the
;eal andabitity igtth which he resisted
the clanrchAsurnexa when banded tOgeth 7
ells the eget lodgoad thtirafqw,=_No!:
Aloe lizatou
Wis. D. Usu.
thing .4=4-aer. It iS but reasonable to be
lieve that his opposition saved the ezian
try from the great danger it was once in
of being subjugated by that infamous or
ganization.
He has often been accused of complicity
in cheats of one kind or another, but in
every case he • has triumphantly refuted
the charges. For this, and for other rea
sons, I conclude that his personal integri
ty is without a stain.
He has many times spoken of the Pem,
ocratic party and its most honored mem
bers in harsh and abusive• terms. These
are faults of manner, and - of tenyer.
which, when mended, arc always pardon
ed. We will not permit our judgment to
be disturbed by considerations so trifling
as this.
I have looked into his past history only
to ascertain what he is now, and what he
is likely to be in the future. lam bound
to care nothing for his N antecedents," ex
cept as they furnish the means of estimat
ing his character. I think I have found
out with reasonable certainty how far we
may confide in him. I devoutly believe
that, it chosen Presitent, ho will keep
his oath, preserve the Constitution invio
late, execute the laws faithfully, restore
the States to their rightful autonomy.
pyotect individual liberty by fury trial
and habeas corpus, put the military in
proper subjection to the civil authority,
use neither force nor fraud to carry elec
tions, keep his hands clean from corrup
tion gifts, set his face like a flint against
all manner of financial dishonesty, purify
the administration ofjustice as much as
in him lies, maintain the public credit by
a prompt discharge of all justobligations,
economize the revenue and lighten taxa-'
tion, give to capital the right which be
longs to it and at the same time see that
labor is not robbed of its earnings. He
will certainly hold his power of appoint
ment as a public trust, and not as a part
of his personal possession, to be used for
the support of his family, or to encour
age the private liberality of his personal
friends. He will, so far as he can, with.
out transgressing the limits of his legal
authority, relieve the Southern States
from the gangs that are now preying up
on their vitals in open partisanship with
the present administration.
I think he will do all this, and my faith
is founded on the testimony of his friends
and enemies, on the known facts of his
history, and on the moral influence which
the Democracy will necessarily exert up
on his conduct. The errors of his past
life were caused by certain evil commoni
cat:ons from which, he has cleanly escaped.
He heads a great revolt against wicked
ness in high places, and I not believe
he will go back upon us and he guilty of
the same wickedness himself.
The contrast between the two candi
dates being so very strong, no fair-minded
Democrat can doubt what he ought to do,
Yet, the reluctance which many of us
feel to vote for either of them is hard to
overcome. I did, and do, most heartily
sympathize with that class who received
Mr. Greeley's nomination with much sor
row. lam sure this leelin,g proceeded
(rein no unworthy passion or preitillice,
but was the natural result of sober lhol I
on the condition of the country and the
fitness of things pertaining thereto.
In our view the controversy between
the parties was not all about men, and
*not wholly on questions of mere adminis
tration. rho Liberal Republicans bud
sonic Democrats think that we owe all
our sum-rings to the corruption or inm
pacity of General Grant and the Dings
that surround him. But the prime cause
lies further back and deeper down in
wrongs for which the triumph of Mr.
Greeley with all his reforms otters no im
mediate atonement and only a partial re
medy.
In England, after every civil commotion
the victorious party vented its rage and
gratified its rapacity by passing bills of
attainder, and bills of pains and penal
ties against their fallen and helpless op
ponents. The best and greatest men of
their respective ages were the victims of
these legislative decrees. In all the must
notable cases subs6quent Parliments ack
nowledged the wrong, reversed the attain
ders, and made what reparation they co'd.
Our fathers determined no such thing
should ever be done here, and so they put
their solemn interdict into plain words,
and made it a part of the fundamental
law that neither Congress nor any State
Legislature should ever'pass a bill of at
tainder.
The Reconstruction Act of 15G7 was
a Bill of Attainder more deliberately cru
el, and with pains and penalties more
comp endonsly unjust than any British
bill that ever was passed. But its anthers
were conscious that it could not stand,
and Sint they must replace it with some
thing else, for sooner or later the Courts
would be sure to pronounce it void. Be
sides the object being to put the South
ern people tinder the domination of gree
dy adventurers from the North with un
limited license to .oppress and plunder
them, the officers of the army were not
very good agents in such a nefarious busi
ness. The negroes would be instruments
of tyranny much more easily managed.
But an net of Congress disfranchising
the white people for offenses real or im
puted, and handing over their State Gov
ernments tonome:s to be run by them in
the interests of carpet-baggers, would be
merely another Bill of Attainder, or rath
er a modifiaition of the first one makiiig
it much worse, but equally within the
reach of judicial correction. In this strait
they resorted to theexpedient of convert
ing the Constitution itself into a Bill of
Attainder.
The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend
melds were frauds upon the spirit and
letter of the instniment, inasmuch as
they effected the worst outrage which it
was made to prevent. They were carried
against the known will of nearly every
State in the Union, by shameless decep
tion in the North, and by brutal violence
in the South. "May this be washed in
Lethe and forgotten ?" Cerminly not as
long as any portion of our people are I
compelled to bear the intolerable burden
of tho yoke thus fastened fipon them. I
need not say how much they have suffer
ed already, nor try to conjecture how
much they will be caned to endure here
after, but if is certain that any . ordinary
desPOUB II 4 Toltabl bale been a neitation• of
MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1872.
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mercy in comparison.. When wo reflect
upon the flambee and rapacity of the
thieves that have been upheld in their
pillage by means of the negro govern
ments, we cannot help but regret the non
adoption of Mr. Stevens' proposition, at
trociout as it was, for universal contisca-.
tion. The pernicious consequences of this
rule are felt in the general as well as the
local governments. The legislation of
Congress is largely controlled by fit rep
resentatives of the carpet-bag interest,and
the worst acts of the Executive adminis
tration arc done to please the power which
corrals the negroes at the meetrn,g places
of the leagues, and drives them thence to
the polls.
Mr. Greeley's election will not do all
that we could wish to free us from these
evils. It will not even be a condemnation
of the base means by which they were in
flicted upon ns, but it will begin the pro
cess of their gradual extinction. It will
give the white people a reasonable hope
that the heritable qualities of their fath
ers' blood may some day be restored. In
the meantime if it does not reverse the
attainder, it will at least insure a merciful
execution of it. Democrats who dislike
Mr. Greeley's nomination have reflected
well, and will I think, support him with
almost perfect unanimity. The thought
that a victory will not give us everything
at once, may dimintsh.m some degree the
" rapture of the strifeT bat it will not
impair the efficiency of their support, for
they are impelled to their utmost exer
tions by -a profound conviction that noth
ing but his election will save the country
from a long period of misgovernment,
and perhaps the total destruction of our
free institutions. With respect, yours,
J. S. BLACK.
York, Pu., August 3, 1872.
411111... -----
Some of the proofs.
One of the most damaging counts in
the long indictment against General
Matron ft is unquestionably that connec
ting him directly with Mackey and
Yerkes, the broker in stock-gambling
operations carried on with the state mon
eys. Thu proofs of this are absolutely
conclusive. Several of them were
produced on our first page last week
each separate document being designa
ted by a letter, for the convenience of
reference. They consist of certain affi
davits, A and 0, subscribed and sworn
to before Alderman Doughetry, of this
city, in connective with and confirmed
by the private accounts of Yerkes with
Ilartranft and Mackey, both of which
were kept in a peculiar and mysterious
manner in Yerks' books. Transcripts of
Hartranft's account with Yerkes will be
fund, with the summary of proofs above
alluded to. It is marked B. The testi
mony of 3lr. E. M. kiwis, president of,
the "Farmers and Mechanics' National
bank, before the legislative in l lestig,atimg
committee last spring (D,) is to a large
yetent confirmatory of the sworn state
ments of Ycrkes relative to his purchase
of state loans and sale of them to the
sinking fund and at on advance. Mr.!
Lewis testified that Yerkes was employed,
as an intermediary to purchase the bonds
which were te. be redeemed by the sinking .
fund commissioners and gives the name
amid amounts of such purchases. After
enumerating a number of small sums, he
mentiolm that "on the 29th (of April,
1870)Vve raid Yerkes for a large lot of
loanewhich he sent to a New York bro
ker amounting to 82'20,5.10; part of
them were coupon and part registered
bonds." Mr. Yerkes, iu one of his affi
davits (C,)swore that he bid "on the 29th
of April, 18;0, sell to the sinking fund
of the commonwealth 8189,500 of the
live per cent, loan of the commonwealth
and 8,31,030 of the six per cent. loan
(making together $220,050.) That he
did on the 18th of May, 1870, pay to the
Said It. W. Mackey 82,943,43, being his
share of tlm profits arising from the
foregoing transactions." In the other
affidavit (A) 'Mr. Yerkes swore that"
this deponent did pay to J. F. Hartranft
auditor general, on the 10th day of Dec
ember, 1870, the sum of 82,700, which
sum was derived from profits on purchas
es of brans of the commonwealth and
sales of the same to the sinking fund,
which sale was made on the 29th of April
1870."
Mr. Lewis is freeky quoted by the
ring Champions as excellent authority.
He is their witness. Yet he confirms
the damaging testimony of Yerkes, which
since `lDefir Yerkes" is safely under lock
and key, the ring now affect Pal to deny
the authenticity of Merry Andrew awoke
again yesterday, and boldy averted that
the Yerkes testimony "is a fabrication or
a forgery," adding, "Mr. Yerkes is now in
prison and cannot make this con
diction in person; but we speak what we
know when we say that he would brand
it as it- deserves If ho had his personal
liberty; or were personally accessible."
Now it so happens that yesterday an
other afternoon paper, the Evening
Tel
egraph, which has recently been induced
to look with., favor upon General Hart
mnft, contained the report of an inter
view between its reporter and Yerkes, in
which the latter is"napresented as having
talked very freeleyk yet ho bad not one
word to say in dedial or his affidavits be
fore Alderman Dougherty. To a ques
tion vaguely put relative to the charge
that he and the state officials were spec
ulating with state funds, be answered:
"That is not so. Bid, as I stated before
my books will tell von the whole tale.
You had better look at them." •
No allusion seems to have been made
by either to the affidavits, Unquestion
ably, the principal business of that re
porter
was to get a denial • from Yerkes
that he haul made the affidavits which
have placed both llartrantt and Mackey
is so unenviable .light.-But he did not
get it.
One mere point in the evidence collated
elsewhere we will refer to briefly. Hart
ranfi's account with Yerkes (B) shows
that the former gambled in stocks to an
'amount ag,gregating 8700,000 in one year
.1871—and that ho bad no- margin on
deposit worth mentiontng. The infer
ence is, of course, that those fancy stocks
were carried, as Yerkes swears, "with
money belonging to the commonwealth
of Pennsylvania."
Oil Creek deserves a separate artiele.—
Philadclphia Press.
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FRANCIS REIMAN AT nonE.
The news of Hon. Fiends Tiernan
nominated for Governor, of New York
called for a grand ovation, at his home
in Utica. Cannons were fired, bells were
rung, and the whole city turned out to
do him honor, response to the compli
ment Hr. Kerman spoke as follows:
FELLOW Cmzess.—l am very great
ful to you, my neighbors and friends, for
this evidence of your regard and confi
dence. Nothing is more grateful to me
than the knowledge of the fact that my
actions through life have been such as to
secure for me the respect, sympathy and
esteem of my neighbors. For this evi
dence of sympathy and approval I give
you my sincere and heart-felt thanks.
(Oheers.) The two Conventions which
met in Syracuse represented a great mass
of citizens of New York State, who have
united to secure, if possible,
reform in
public affairs. (Applause.) They dem
and that there shall be reform in the Fed
eral administration,where there have been
great and flagrant abuses by the- servants
of the people of this country; reform in
the State administration if there be any
thins which needs it; reform in the ad
ministration of every department of the
public service where wrongs existed to
the detriment of the interests of the:great
masses of the people. It was but a few
months ago it was discovered by a num
ber of those who had previously acted
with the Republican party that they had
no hope for reform while those who gov
erned the people in the nartie-of the Re-
Ipublican party remained in power. They
were satisfied that a change in the Ad
ministration was necessary before glar-.
ing and flagrant abuses could be correc
ted. They beeame satisfied that the lead
ers of the Adminstration were not work
ing fort benefit of the people 'of the
countm
fort benefit
t large, but for the aggn- 1
dizem tft and for the profit of cliques
and rings, agsdnst the best interests of
the people who had elevated them to posi
tions of honor and trust. These Rep
ublicans left a
. party which had more
power and patrot4ge within its control
than any party that ever existed in this
country. They stepped out , and • said
they would be faithful to the country , to
which their ulligence was due. They de
serve well or their country for the hones
ty and integrity of the motives which
influenced their actions. They went to
Cincinnati cooly and deliberately; they
assembled in Convention, and announ
ced their platform of principles, to which
all good, honest people, say ? amen ! They
placed in nomination as their standard
bearers men who favored honesty, integ
rity and amnesty, and the union of all our
people who should be one in heart and
affections. They nominated Horace Gree
ley and B. Gratz Brown (cheers) for the
leaders in the effort to carry out these
principles to success. (Applause.) They
invited all honest Americans to join with
them in electing these candidates in place
of men who claimed to represent the
Administration which they differed from
and left. Time passed on; and these
Liberal Republicans did not know wheth
er they would meet with success or de
feat. When men step out of a party and
pledge themselves to stand by their con
victions of right whether they meet with
victory or defeat, you should do them
great Bonet and they deserve well at
your hands. Time rolled on and the
me mbers oh. the other party began to
take it up. It was not the leaders of the
party who did this, but the people. Thfr
representatives of Democracy met in
reenter Convention at Baltimore. This
Convention was not backed. There was
no . contest. With one accord and one
voice the people spoke, ratiflying the
Cincinnati nominations, approving the
platforin adopted, and declaring that
they , would join bands with hoaeat Re
publicans and aid them in turning Grant .
out of the place where he had proved un
faithful, and place Horace Greeley and
B. Gratz Brown at the head of the Gov
ernment (Cheers.) They would ad
ministrate governmental affairs for the
benefit of the people and not for the
enrichment of cliques or rings. The
representatives of tiltrtwo parties in this
State who have been holding Conventi
ons in Syracuse, after a lengthy confer
ence, canvassing all differences of opin
ion which men naturally have, ratified
the nomination of Greeley. and Brown
and the .platforms adopted and approved
by the conventions at Cincinnati and
Baltimore. They united in saying if it
was possible to effect it there should be a
reform in public affairs. These men
pledged themselves to support only such
mon as should bo acceptable to those
who favor reform and purity in State
affairs. With the influence and assistance
of our friends of the other party, and the
earnest labors of the faithful men in our
own ranks, we cannot fail to elect Horace
Greeley of New Y rk as President of the
United States, and carry the reform tick
etin this great State by an overwhelm
ing majority. (Long continued cheers.)
Fellow citizens—That I have been
deemed worthy of being chosen as the
representative of the people of the State
of Now York. and of such a body of men
as thole who met in the Syracuse Con
i Tention, is an honor for which I feel
I truly gratefuL I promise( you and I
promise them, that as far as in my power
I shall exerp every effort for. the triumph
of the principles of right and justice, ad
opted at Cincinnati and approved and
and adopted at Baltimore, and for
the election of Greeley and Brown
Who. represents those principles. I want
you to remember that while you, as my
friends, are kind enough to compliment
and congratulate me on this occasion,
some others may be disappointed, and
we should not boast or talk triumph
antly over their defeat. If others had
been nominated we would 'have as cor
dially put our shoulders to the wheel and
rallied to their support. Should the
choice of the peoples representatives in ,
Convention.be ratified by the electors, I
.trustl shall conscientiously and cornea
'Ely execute their trust for the purpose
of securing peace, economy, Anteg
rity and parity in the administration of
public affairs, striving to - protect the
rights and interests of all gaud men, no
matter to what party or station in life
they belong. We mast not forget that
men who are elected to office should not
and must not be the' creautnres' of any
party; they should be faithful to all the
people. Even in the contest which is
before us, wo should remember that it is
a contest of bretheren and friends, all
living under the same Goveniment. No
attention should be paid.lo any bitter
ness of speech or feeling.' Every man
should do his duty candidly, conscienti
ously and fearlessly; and if we do - this,
on election night we can all of ns lay
our heads on our pillows with the con
sciousness of having performed the duty
which we owe to our Maker,: our coun
try and ourselves. Whether we meet
with success or not, we shall have done
what is in our power for reform where
it may be needed in National and State
governments. Friends and fellow citi
zens, thanking yon sincerely for this
compliment, I bid you a kind good
night.
tgrA prominent instance of the
manner in which General Grant carries
out Civil Service reform is given by the
Boston Sunday Courier. It appears that
in 1860 a Republican named A. A. Lane
was appointed to e Mari:min agency_ in
Vermont. lie was endorsed by Hon.
Charles Sumner, A. IL Rice and others.
In 1861 he was transferred to the Boston
and Albany line, and iomoted to the
office of head clerk on the postal cars on
that route. Until within a very short
time he has continued to fill this poit to
the entire satisfaction of the Department
and the public. BntCongressman Dawes,
who has been recently delivenng glowing
enlogiams upon the virtues of Grant's
administration, caused Mr. Lane to be
removed, not long ago, in order to make
room for a resident of the district which
he represents, whose assistance in the
important matter of re-election the said
Dawes recognizes as highly important.
Accordingly a faithful and experienced
servant of the people is
. agiin sacrificed
without reason, in deference to the idea
of anything to re-elect Grant, 'and keep
the Washington 'tiling," in power. But
what becomes of the principle of Civil
Service reform when such acts are not
only tolerated, but applauded ?
One question.
The Pittsburg Chronicle,a Grant news
paper, puts -the following important
question to the voters of Pennsylvania:
There are several questions agitated in
this political campaign.
One question, however, we have not
seen put in the precise form in which we
think it ought to be put.
That question is, "Shall Simon Camer
on nominate the governors of Pennsylva
nia?"
It is understood that this astute polit
tician can make and unrnake members
of the legislature. It is not doubted
that he can, wherever he sees it, make
himself or his son It United States Sena
tor. Why not? He has fine financial
ability. But shall lie also nominate the
Governor of phis state? He is at least
attempting it , He made Hartrauft the
nominee of the republicans of the state,
and there is good reason to believe he
prevented Hnrtranft from subsequently
withdmwing his name.
Because republicans and people who
are not identified with any party sup
port General Grant, are they also bound
to support every man whom Simon Cam
eron choses to impose on them?
This is a matter for decision in Octo
ber.
Walls and their Coverings.
In the old days of wainscots, when ev.
ery room of any pretensions to elegance
was lighter or dark wood to a height of
three or four feet from the base,it was far
easier to effectively ornament the portion
of wall left uncovered, than it is when
an unbroken surface sweeps, Barrow, from
floor to ceiling.
If the pattern which covers this snr
-Ace be large and positive, the effect is to
lessen the apparent size of the room, and i
confuse with vulgar repnfation. If, on
the contrary, it is small and inconsoc
ions there is a wearisome monotony dis
pleasing to a trained eye. Even if the
paper be plain tint, and intended merely
as background for pictures, eta, the effect
is enchanted by contrast and breaks in
surface. Them are various methods to
procure this result, as for_mstance :
A space corresponding the ancient
wainscot is left to the height of three or
four feet above the floor, and filled in
with paint or paper of solid color, har
monizing or contrasting with that which
is used on the upper part of the wall.
This is usually topped with a wooden
moulding to serve as a "charing," above
which the lower tint of plain gray, pearl,
green, is repeated in subdued pattern, the
'surface being broken at top and bottom
by a narrow band of contrasting color.
Or again; the paper, which is of any
quiet shade, is relieved above and below
by a bread band of velvet 'paper in rich,
deep color, which; running also up. the
clutters of the room, frames the, paler
tint, as it were, into a number of al ge
pannels. This plan is sometimes carried
out very effectively.
Another way is to paper in three hori
zontal bands, the lower. being of daik
brown, simulating winscot, the, next of
plain green or fawn s as . background for
a line of pictures, and the upper of dela.
cate, fannfal pattern-finished at the cor
nice by soft fresco tints.
Of these three plena we should =em
end the first to people of moderate means
and tastes. It costs no more to paper the
lower part of a wall with plain paper thin
with figured, the strip of moulding at
the top adds little to expanse, and the
prettiness and eff.vt of the whole is infi
nitely.enchanced by the use
,of a. cheap
and simple method.
Paint versus Paper is a point on which
nval housekeepers dieogree. Very beau
tiful results can certainly be attained by
paint, but the really beautiful ones are
laborious and usually, expensive. Sal- I
ermine, whickis aof water color-
gives eztremelMetty effects, and
for coming cornioes, or any place not igo
iresed to much rubbing. and scropinCis
saifilkiently psrmanented. The process
of fending paint and painting over - the
"Id produces a depth and richness of col-
VOLUME XXIX, NUMBER 39.
or only equaled by velvet paper, and faro•
perior to that in durability. •
Stenciling on , wood, on rough plaster,
and on paint is so cheap and excellent a
method of decoration that we woder it 1. 4
not more often retiorted,to. A: row of
encaustic tiles are often set,' in England,
as a finish at top of wainscoting. :These
tiles, which are but little used among..ns,
are susceptable of many applications to
the ornamentation of houses, and we hope
tne time will come for their Mier intro
duction on this side of the ocean.'
The tone of the ceiling should be light
er than that of the wall, and the tone of
the wall lighter than that of the floor.
Attention to this simple law, would ob
viate the distressing effect occasionally
produced in modern houses, when, by
reason of the lightness of the carpet and
the heavinees of tho' fresco, the room
seems in danger of falling in upon itself
and its inhabitants.
Mottoes for the Gran Wes,
We commend the following statement
of political facts to the attention of the
republican . party for lase during the pres
ent campamn.
It was William Lloyd Garrison.who de•
Glared the constitution a "convenuntwith
bell."
It was General Grant who threatened
to take his regiment over to the rebels if
slavery was interfered with. '
It was John A. J. Creswell who urged.
Maryland to secede from, the Union is
1861.
It was John A. Logan who recruited::
fiftpone men in Illinois for Beanregiud's
army.
It was Judge Settle, president of the
Grant convention, who was kicked out of
the rebel army for robbing sick soldiers
of hospital stores.
It was the President's father who got a
permit from his son to steal cotton during
the war.
It was Senator Morton who spoke' of
Germans as "the Dutchmen who aro otily
lit to eat cabbage and drink beer."
Is was henry Wilson who took a col- .
emn oath never to vote for a Catholic or
foreigner. " •
It was GoLernor Noyes, of Ohio; who
said that "the republican party can get
along without the whisky drinking Irish."
It was Mrs. General Grant who received "'
a $25,00.0 check for "the government's"• ,
share in Black Friday.
It was Oglesby, of IllinoiOvho drawa
ed that "ho hoped fora law to sweep the
Dutch and Irish out of America.
It was Henry Ward Beecher who . stafad
that "Grant knew more about horses than
statesman sh ip."
It was Wendell Phillips who wrote ftom
Galena that "Grant is owing several old
whisky bills here."
It was Ben. Butler who said a year ago:
"Grant hasn't the soul of a dog."
It was Zack ,Chandler who stated to
Charles A. Danna that "we never had
such an ignoramus hi the White House."
It was liebeson who paid a claim of
575,000 over a law made on . purpose to
prevent it.
It was Bullock, a Grant governer, who
stole millions of dollars.
-VICTORY I
-RECONCILIATIOIL
—Vote for Buckalow I
—Al!bright Loa bounty jumper !
--Greeley, Brown and Buck:dew tint's
everywhere.
—A majority of the republican papers.:
published mlArkansas are for G reeley and. ,
Brown. •
—The St Paul Pioneer has pu ,
over 7,000 names of repulilicaus who tmr:
port Greeley.
J. K. Kerr addressed a large
Greeley and Brown meeting at. Meadville
Jut week.
—Tho Elk County Democrat kip Buck..
oleo will carry that county by an arz
whelming majority. 4 3S , . .
•
—Mr. Glatz, chairman of -the - York:
county committee, has that county . thor;
oughly organized for the campaign. , . .
—Theodore Tilton addressed a Imo tf,
Greeley Ineetins at Belfast, Maine,„ on •
Thursday evening, the sth inst. , ,
—The Wayne county liberals and deal: ~
ocrats have united on liberals candidate,
for associateajudge and countyaud.itor.
—The accounts from Pope aunty, Ar
kansas, continue to give a charming view
of •Grant's reconstruction in that state. ,
—Senator Schurz, who is °Reeled in
Harrisburg during the campaign, apoko
to ten thousand peoplo in Tian, Ohio; on
Friday.
—Hon. James H. Hopkins and Daniel
Helium were the principal speakers at an
immense meeting at Uniontown, Fayette
county. • - s s
The Greeley and Budalew club' of
Pottsville aro organizing and equipping 's
company of 250 for parade during the
campaign.
—Lout week a large Greeley and Book,
few club was organized at Columbia, - Pa.
M. M. Strickler, preaKent, .and W. U.
Grier, Secretary. •
—The largest and most i entliushOo
political meeting ever held in Titusville
took - place September 4th. Governor
Blair was the principal speaker.;
Hartranft himself said "it would be
necessary to cleanse the legislature before
pod government could be obtained," •
What a thorough cleanser Hartranft
would make to be pure! ,
• • —ln 1868 Blanton Dacan and Von ,
Alex. Long Were in New York clamoring'
for Salmon P. Chase' as the • dementia
candidate for President. They are both
troubled about Greeley , now.
—What la the matter with that sweet
sounding organ of radicalism: the. Chica.
go Foal s' It saga: "Simon Cameron. is
seventy-three, and good for ten 'more
years of deviltry."
—The Grant radicals claim only /be
000 majority in Illinois. In 1868 Grant
bad 55,000 majority The liberals. have
good hopes of carrying the state m No.
vember.
Campaign Notes.