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SATURDAY, JULY 110868
WE mom on the inside pages of this
nominee Gerarrp, : Seeond page: Poetry,
Items About Home, Macaw:B6w Reading
Neater. Third page: Tinancial Matters in
New York, Markets by' Telegraph, Imports,
Xeles... Bath page: L - Rnanee' . and
Trade, Petroleum, Metal and-DomestieMar
lets. :lifetenth page Two_Oolumna of En
tertaining Beading Matter and Correspond-
•GOLD closed in New York yesterday a
110/.
• -
Tim DEMOCE:ATIC platform professes to
.It!f3 in favor of "preserving the public faith
inviolate," yet proposes to repudiate the
public debt! •
TinlY lay that lir. CnAsz don't like.the
ticket. If so, that facile politician is in a
tight place, having already approved of the
platform, and pledgli himself in advance to
suppOrt the nomineci.
Tan Democracy everywhere are on the
anxious seat. They find that Snymclun'll
Copperheadism is bad enough, but BLarn's
Jacobin and revolutionary violenee threat
ensihem with absolnfii ruin.
laori., SAMUEL LIEN has resigned the
office of President Judge of the Twenty-
Fifth- Judicial District. It is understood
he will participate actively in the current
MIMES for GRANT and COLFAX.
Tnzits is some , danget that the Demo
crats will withdraw Br eria from their
ticket. SEY3fOl7lt IS a nauseating dose for
honest and patriotic men, but the other man
is more than American freemen can stomach.
Ws amen advisedly in - saying there is
• not a particle of truth in the ,report, floating
.through the newspapers, that either Mr.
D. Cemnnow or Mr. WAYNE McVnicis Are
aspiring to the seat in the United-Stites
Senate, ; soon to be vacated by Mr. BucxA-
Lnw. - •
Tn Past indulged, yesterday, on an ex
tensive scale; in the luxury of. poultry. The
'repast was prepared for. Pms - Dt.ETox, but
- was, unwillingly; used for Szystoun. This
' entertaining Unwelcome guests, is disagree
able, but cannot be helped, in politics, any
more than elsewhere. •
UP, BOTE, AND AT THEM ! Now 18 the
time to go to work, friends.. The issue 'is
joined; the battle is drawing on. Close up
~- t he ranks, : and get ready for the conflict.
c4senT is at the hdad, and will unfailingly
lead us on to victory; but victory requires
• ,*Ork, and now is the time to begin.
' THE triumphant progins.s of recoltstruc-
Von under Republican auspices warrants .
Congress in an immediate reduction of the
army. A. bill cutting it,'down to twenty
'-reglments,• or abont one-half, , has accord
ingly been prepared, and is likely to be
come a law before the session Closes.
• Bunions-says if there had been' no war
there would have been no public debt.
True ; and there would hava been no
Union, also. In • BEywouiii3 eyes it were
better that the South had been permitted to
dissolve the Union, than that there should
have been a public debt incurred for its
preservation.
THAI' say that the slippery Chief Justice
talka of ;a thirA parti. Of course, he could
repudiate his pledges to the Democratic Con
vention as easily as he has falsified his
Republicaia'reputatiOn: The rule by which
to judge that politician, is, not what he has
agreed to, but what may be for his present
and future interest.
ORGANIZE ! - -hCthis one word lies the se
cret of Republican success. In the cities
and boroughs do we especially need organi
sation. Grant Clubs must be formed in
every ward and , borough at mice. We have
been waiting, hitherto, for the enemy to
move; and now that he has moved, duty re
ifuiree that we be ready to meet hlin I Or
ganizel Organize 1 !
, THE next thing in order is the third party
movement *hick " Crum and SOHNION
-: dreads; ambo-4,111 prineedr to inaugurate.
-.These „gentlemen haift been. ilogby, tried
and found wanting, Snit in the Inipeach
proceedings and then b 7 the Demon
ce racy New• York. If they make another
L ;trial with the People, they will find that it
is "ihree tirnes and Amt."
AT &recent meeting of the Grand Army
of the Republic, held at Pottiville, our dia.
. • tinguished candidate for Congress, • Major
General JAS Nitormi, , was present and
delivered a brilliant speech, which excited
the greatest enthusiasm. He spoke in
glowing ,terms of the candidates put for
' ard and the broadzand liberal platform of
• - prinCiplee !mtinciated •at Cidcago."'As a
pleasini and finished orator, the gallant
General has few superiors; and we certainly
`know uone who hive earned a better right
to talk on ilie`irepertant Issues of the hour.
TAN, meat conventions of the Republi-
, cans of of New . York and Nellie were Hilly
• ltionded, aid the most enthusiastic spirit pre;
' At lilirsease,If011“01011 A. Gal&
7 1171:k0 , ,*a 1 i no mated fOr..Gove;-
*."4ror';'Wh'.: k-13 1 :1Sittiiiii, of Utica, for Lt
Gtwerp(T, with 11116 . 4'
/11.14,6511.0 f Preadogaidma District
!or L. :Ir. HORAC/1 a WINIAT Ica I pima-
-
,ozi*4*n.
OFFICE:
aegro_Sgffrage t The aMtement of the
Platform is that the wjjole subject ofAnall:.•
ticationi for voting lofongs to ,the respopy .
#1 4 :1 3 / 1 .4% a d #9f at 4.11 to 9.9 4 VI&
41 # 11331,1 ". ,1 = h1 Pg r e it ': m611/I ' -thl kV!ear.
SoffniFaLf _lll 144 to* *swam
-iticoiherf
Slaw that lee proper to ordain it. if 4P-
.7 - VZ -::-< 7. Z' - ' -7 Z .:
'
' 4-4,1.414-#%,-Vet4,42-,
date for the first nomination, and received
nearly one hundred votes in the Convention.
The nominee, Mr. Gmswolt), an iron-mas
ter, has been a ReprPsentattve in Congress
for; six years. Entering , upon public- life in
1853 as a war Democrat, although elected
over a Republicaxi corkpetitor, he has stead - -
ily since fought it out otrthatilne._ In '64,
he supported Luccoix, and has .continued
to find, in and withthe Republican organi
zation, the only
-hope for the restoration of
peace and prosperity tea once more united
country. There is the strongest confidence
in his election next November.
Gov. CHAVIn*LAIN, of Maine, was unan
imously re-nominated._ Electors were ap-
Painted, it•Poitiand; oiliasamaday, after
which Hon. Joan* A. Bixat.sm - addressed
the Convention in a rousing speech.
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
,
The morning' after this document was
promulgated_we made such comments upon
its general tone and spirit as seemed to be
just and fitting, reserving to a more 'conve
nient opportunity the consideration of spe
cific exceptions, which were< artfully inter-,
jetted for the purpose of alluring the
conservatives from the Republican ranks.
These interjected passages, it is need
ful to remark, are not trivial, but are so
weighty that, pressed to their logical results;
would place the Democratic party in an at;
titude rendering it difficult to determine
whether it most inspires pity or %sr:tempt.
Let them be examined in their order.
L Slavery and Secession. , The, platform
opens by "recognizing the questions of
Slavery and Secession as having been settled
for all time to come by the war, orthevolun
•
tag action• of the Southern States In con
stitutional conventions assembled, and never
to be renewed or re-agitated."-_
ci -_- :2
For - many years a bitter l tntrayersy
raged throughout this country in respect
to Slavery and the right of each State
to secede from the Union;-the Democrats
espousing the side of Slavery and Secession?
and the Republicans taking the opposite
position. Nor did thesetWo:questions stand
disconnected from all • othirs. They were
interlocked with Imlay - others, imPorticat in
thediselves, but subordinated to these and
necessarily abridging their fate. These
questions constituted the real pith and mar
i3ro,y,),/of all the ig„ ,.., itatiens of the last thirty
The Democrats, .._assembled in National
7,
Convention, confess that all these matters,
neceigarily including reconstruction as far
as accomplished, have been decided against
them,_and so completely as not to admit of
appeal and redetermination. In view of
this confession, which is in accordance with
the facts, we submit that it was simply im
pertinent for then, in the stump speech
with which the platform closes, to inveigh
against the "unParalleled oppression and
tyranny" by which it is alleged their unal
terable settlei — en nt was accomplished. But
they do - not stop here. They go on and as
sert that thisirrevocable settlement is "un
constitutional, revolutionary and void."
This shows the utter dishonesty. of pur
pose by which the Convention was inspired.
Nor must it escape notice that the platform
recogniies as just and final the COnstitu
tional Conventions which have beedheld in
the Southern States, under the reconstruc
tion laws of Congress. •
2. Gold and Gramoaiks. The platform
asserts that "where_ the obligations of the
Government do not expressly state upon
their face;
_or the law under which they
were Issued does not provide , that they shall
be paid in coin, they ought, in right and in
justice, be paid in thejawfal money of the
• s
United States." the;
, •
Here is an explicitac owle gment that
kn
one !class of the public creditors shall be
paid in gold and another in gieenbacks.
This does not furnish a substantial basis for
the demand elsewhere set up that there shall
be "ondcurrency for ihe Government and
the people, laborer and the office-holder, the
pensioner and the soldier, the, producer and
the bondholder."
So far from tbe Democratic party pledg
ing itself to serve all alike in respect to cur
rency,
it pledges its elf'to pay some in gold
and some in greenbacks; that is, it avows its
purpose to be to meet the obligations of the
lgovernmentexactly as they stand. It may
not concur with the Republican party aB, to
what those obligations enjoin, just ab Re
'publicans are pot fully agreed among them
selves touching that point; but it declares it
will give the public creditors whatever is
"nominated in the bond."
fiagaciouri Republicans mould settle this
disputa by reaching specie paynients,
through the shortest possible road, and that
would give one currency alike to all people'
and practice deception and fraud upon none.
8. Equal Taxation. The language of the
platform, on this head,`ia thie
"Equal taxation of, every species of prop
erty, according to Its' real value, including
Government bonds and, other p ublic secu
rities."
This may mean much or little.. Do the
Democrats intend, ittliey aliould b.trusted
with power, to tax real estate? Do they
'mean to put city and town diellings, stores,
shops.and factories under.. contribution to
fill the national treasury? y do, then
they,can ..cont__ . lll4l ntl with the declaration
MO" have ' - made, tax capital invested in
beridL If theylo not intend to tax real
estate, including farm and farm stock, for:
federal purposes, then they will be restrain
ed by theirpledze from taxing Capital In the
national securities.
If they only mein to sarthey will fax the
income derived from bonds equally with
the income, derived from other sources, then
they only pledge themselves to do:what the
Republican party has hem doing all along.
Hence, their bid is only to , continue to do
what the Republicans have_ done Iron), the
shut - • . ,
PITTSBURGH. GAZETTE 4--SATIIiDAY, ~
thirds of the States, or all of them, see
proper to let the-blacks vote, to exactly that
extent it is right and proper that the blacks
should voi.e. Where now is the dogma that
this is "a white man's government?" The
Democratic National Convention has ad
judged that cry to be claptrap and humbug.
Will the Democrats hereabouts take notice,
and deport themselves accordingly
'.5. The platforof formally abandons the
doctrine of Free Trade It is for:—"A
tariff tor revenue upon foreign imports, and
such equal taxation under the Internal Rev
enue laws as will afford incidental produc
tion to domestic manufactures, arid as will,
without impairing the reyenin, impose the
least burden upon and, best 'promote and
encourage the great industrial interests of
the country."
,Thig demonstrates the truth of what we
have often stated, that Democratic profes
sions of Free Trade were dishonest. While
declaiming against Protection l and - for Free
Trade, Democrats have been careful tb insist
practically - on such discriminations as suited
their interests or their spites. , .
i
--From what has now ben said it is
. nianifest, tbat the platform can e intdrpreted
to Mean anything that Democ a
tic apostys
have occasion in the exigencies of the aim
vass to find in it. ' --I.
DIM CUSTOM HOUSE BUILDING:
Aletter from the Secretary of the-Treas
ury, transmits to. the House a communication
from the Supervising Architect of the Treas
ury, relative to the condition of the build
ing used, by the Government at Pittsburgh
for a Custom House, &c.. which we annex:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF SUPERVISING ARCHITECT,
June 30, 1868.
Srn : I have the honor to submit, in ac
cordance with your instructions, the follow
ing report of the condition of the building
now occupied as a custom house, postoffice,
court hduse, itc., at Pittsburgh, Pennsyl
vania, and its adaptability to the wants of
the Government.
• The building is one of the most undesim
hle•and unsuitable for the uses to which it
is designed, being not only far too small,
; but so constructed that any material changes
in the interior arrangements would be
eqtdvalent to a reconstruction of the cntire
building. The portion assigned to the use
of the postoffice is so - circumscribed, ill-ven
tilated and arranged, that it is scarcely habi
table, and the proper perforinance of the
duties of the office is an impossibility. The
court-room is dark, ill-ventilated and in
convenient, and entirely unfit for the use to
which-his devoted.
The lot on which the building is situated is
not only too small to enable any additions
to be made to the present structure, but to
provide the light and ventilation so much
needed.
The property is, however, extremely val
uable and I believe that it could be readily
sold for its full value; and as the remodel
ling of the building is impracticable, and as
a removal of a portion of _the offices is in
dispensable,_l--would strongly recommend
that alithority be obtained to dispose of the
property, and purchase a site ample for the
erection of a building of sufficient capacity
to sew - mntodate the postoffice, custom
house,"United States GOurts, and such other
civil officers as maLrequire offices therein,
believing that such a plan would be for the
interest of the Government as well as ofthe
city of Pittsburgh.
Very respectfully, ,
A. B. Idurt.LET , r,=
Supervising Architect.
Hon. HUGH MCCULLOCH,
Secretary of the Treasury.—
,
ONE OR TWO REPUBLICAN jOBITIRIS have
seen proper, in view of the_deeision of the
Supreme Court pronouncing the Registry
, Law unconstitutional; to charge the late
-Legislature with not preparing the bill with
sufficient care, and with not bringing it for
ward in season to have it critically examin
ed. It is enough to say in reply, that, the
bill was ,prepared very early in the session
by one of the clearest and most experienced
judicial minds in the State, and was revised
by him up2n consultation with other legists,
until it was believed to be impossible for
the Supreme Court to detect a flaw in it.
The fact is the Supreme Court, as now'
constituted, will pronounce any law uncon
stitutional, the tendency
. of which is to curb
the propensity of the Democrats towards
fraudulent voting.
IN 1804, the Copperheads revived that the
war, was a failuie; in 1808, they are obliged
to confess that it was not. In 1863, HORA
TIO SEYMOUR, in a Fourth of July oration,
asserted that we could never beat the rebels.
On that same day, GRANT went into Vicks
burg and MEADE was pursuing LEE from
Gettysburg, In 1868, the Democracy re
solve that Reconstruction is a failure, and,
before the ink is dry upon their resolutions,
six of the ten rebel States are restored under
the Republican policy, and the llama Demo
crats vow that SEYMOUR and Bwan will get
all their electoral votes. The last declara
tion is as baseless as each of the other three •
which we have first quoted. The only
failure whickiluitparty willrealize,-will be
their failure to beat GRANT_NAd COLFAX,
.., Tits adoption of - the riemocratic,Repudia.
that platform cost the people nearly twenty
millions of dollars the first day. The New
York journals ` report that a decline of one
per cent, in Government securities instantly
followed the promulgation ottbatmanifesto.
This •vvas a loss of 41, months' interest, and
figures up the sum we have named, on the
interest-bearing debt. The repudiators de
sire to make it cost more than ' that before
they get through.
Wz HEAR, on all sides, of Democrats
who say,they will not ,vote for SEY)10111i; •
and we hear alsoi of the utmost unanimitY
among Republicans, for GRANT. This
then, is our opportunity. While the enemy
is disconcerted and disheartened, and we
are united and buoyant with well-grounded
hopes, is the time of all others for efficient
organization and local work. Improve the
moments as they fl y ., ..
The contest that commences today is betwee •
civil law and military despotism - as to peinciple,and
between brains and buttons as tlcandtdates.—Dem
oercifq-PoPer- .. -
the game old e9ntegt, gentlemen
,i;Yoilittiditc# in -the lIMPftII4 I Y 4g ll .(9o l cHall
111 , 1861 i and showed ., yourCopPeithead aym
,
& I ' o 4 . 9.fdraft"
residua ice' !aid'
boa lady SIKP death
of your partr• •• •
Jana WoonwAnu, in press tang Asa
PACKER'S naive to the rag-tag . 0 nventidn
ha,i)
as Pennsylvania's candidate for resident,
eulogized him as *a man who made no
widows and orphans. This was a shot at
Hmicoqx and Biala as well as GRANT.
The Pennsylvania Democracy never will
forgive the men who fought to preserve the
Union, and made widows and orphans by
shooting down its armed. foes. The man
who extorts their highest veneration is the
ma\f, who, like SEYMOUR, stayed at home,
resisted the draft, embarrassed the Govern
inent in every possible way, sneered at its
'it, and denounced every effort made for
reservation. i '
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its i
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-11TOFORE rill Democratic I National
tt ,
Co entione the _ tiquthern members have
not my assumed a dictatorial bearing, but
hair . ( absolutely compelled their Northern
ass elates to submit to their behests. In
the Convention jtisti closed, the pouthern
delegates were as gentle and unassuming at_
any set of men could well be. They urged
the Northern members to do the best, as to
it
can 'dates and principles, they could for
thei own localities, promising meekly to
acq iesce. The change inspires reflection.
" ,IT FRIERDS !"--This was•the i term of
T
end rment addressed by 'HORATIO BEY=
mon to the New York rioters of 1863, who
bw;n i ed down Orphans' Asylums, roasted
women and children alive, and strung up to
lamp posts the objects of their hate. He
certainly knew the import of the words
when he called these red-handed murdereis
!,is "friends ;" and his true position is
easily understood in the light of the pro
verh,that "a man is known by the company
he keeps." . •
'WE RAVE Democratic authority for say
ing that an impression.prevailed among the
Southern delegates, at New York, that a
fair election would result in securing every
Southern electoral vote for the SEYMOUR
and BLAIR ticket, which FORREST, WADE
HAMPTON & CO. nominated. We doubt
the validity of this claim, but there is no
discount on the high tribute of praise thus
conceded to the fairnesi and justice of the
Republican policy of reconstruction.
THE SErefoun rallying cry is "one cur
rency for bond-holder and people.'" Very
good; which shall it be—gold orgreenbacks?
If gold, what becomes of the Democratic
Proposition to .pay off the bonds in green.
`backs? If greenbacks, what becomes of the
declaration in the Democratic platform that
where the bonds require On their face, or
by the terms of the law authorizing their is
sue, to be paid in coin, they shold be so
paid?
TILE rebel soldiers in the Democratic
Convention, headed% the bloody-banded
FonuEsT, hailed FRANK BLAIR'S nomina
tion with cheers and hearty demonstrations
of their approval. &AIR is a soldier after
their own heart. He fought nominaJy in the
Union army, it is true, but on e rebel
side. Like an oarsman in a boat, he looked
one way and rowed another.
TIIE Raftnnan's Jgurnal of Clearfield,
Pa., one of our most appreciated weekly
exchanges, comes to us in an entire new
dress and greatly enlarged. It is a well
conducted and 1.. less exponent of Repub..
lican principles. Its editor'and proprietor,
S. J. Row,. Esq., is tiossessed with all the
enterprise, tact a. d talent to make a reada
ble first-class jou •al,
PENDLETON D:
less, than men if
ery which defea
York. Says the
this point:
mocrata will be more, or
ey can forgive the treach
• d their favcirite . at New
'Cincinnati Enquirer, on
•'The people were
trusted t and Mr. Pe
ery.
"The candidate of
'by a combination of t
with few ent•iou
betrayed by men whom bey
i
dleton was defeated by Ire h-
Ihe people has been defeated
e monied interest of the'Ese:
and Jealous partisan/ of the
TED How. ED • 1
early Governors I
..and a highly es
delphia, died at h I
on Tuesday last.
&lie, born Dece;
be was appointed
ident Madison, .w
years. In 1817,
Mr. Madison, c
auxiliary to the :1
certain difticultie:
lowing year, he e
nois, taking with I
liberated. In 18.
.nor of Illinois,
Since 1833 his res
delphia. Several
Coles from Mr. J
with a history of
of 1787, read by I
Society, have re
valu r able contrlbul
times to which the
1 ' ARD - Cimiti, one of the
of the l -State of Illinois,•
- emed resident of. Phila
s residence, in that city, -
He was a native of Vir
. ber 15, 1786. In• 1810
.rivale Secretary to Pres
th whom he remained six
,e was sent to Russia by
r a diplomatic mission, as
I lsident Minister, to:adjust
:.' Returning in the fol
ion after removed to - Illi
him his slaves,.whom he
-
he was elected Gover-
I and served until • 1826.
deuce has been in Phila
lletters received by Gov:
•fferson.and Mr. Madison,
e memorable ordinance.
• before the Historical
ved much attention as
lornesla(:) to
. the history of the
TuF. N ew 'Vox.-
been in league
platform of Tues.'
precisely the men I
council at the Coo
June, 1863, and a
Democrabi have always
• kb . the 'rebels; and the
y Was manipulated by
who met -lii 7 llemocratie
, et' Institute on the . 3d of
opted the followintreso-.
, ,
Resolved, That under the Constitutton`
there is no power in the Federal Govern
ment to coerce the States, or any number of
them, hy military t l i orce. If .the power of
coercion exists at ,it hialegal poiyeT . , and'
not military. Th the Democratic , party,
if time to its own time honored principles,
i
cannot sustain a war against sovereign
States; that we be eve it to be ,the duty of,
the party 'to p claim these sentiments
boldly,- that thepeople may feel that themis at least one po teal organizyttion which
will deal honestly and independently, and
truthfully with th •m.
LEE'S BOAST.
Now York will
crowd as that whi , i
by th e Democratic
was a rather wild •
four years, ,ago..
horses ; is the -Del'
.than
, 1
hiamen to New . Y ;
dent for 1889...1t
ocratic candidate
date l •• fthe;rebellin
The independent says;
!never again See such a
was brought: together
!Convention of 1850. It
oast of the rebel leader
• t he would waterlns*
' ware; but be, has more
s •promise.liy stunting
/, rk to nominate a Presi
tters net who the Dem
ybe 'he is the cane-
4-c••BYIi
- Dend'otin
none of, rebels. in,
Bci
SLOYI and Dale , ;
Ala 14 1. 140 )Izdtokie •
Pultheawinda'
we could do no
l ed a Replitqcan of his
deni t . " that YPIt have
i• oar .eiatiolud Datives
' r 4 ri l i r dL4l3ll4e ,
nted, ~the resion is
, en •of Meth:lllth are Re=
! e rebels Dersieent" as
The Pittsburgh and Erie EtaUrwad Disaster.
We annex, from the Erie Dive:tech, suck
additional particulars, of the disaster at
Frenith Creek, as are new and interesting.
Our yegterday morn i ng 's account gave all
the main incidents, with the list of casual
ties, correctly. The Dispatch says :
" The train consisted of one baggage car,
two passenger coaches (containing in all
about fifty persons), a sleeping car, and
some empty emigrant cars. The engineer
states that as soon as the locomotive ran on
the bridge, he felt it sinking away, and
pulled open the throttle, to jerk over the
train, if possible. The engine and tender
crossed' the narrow chasm, the tender being
thrown off the track by the' tremendous
shock, • and the cars following went down
with the ehattered bridge. The smoking
car was thrown on its side, to the right of
the bridge,, the next one partially "telog
coped' upon it, and the sleeping car hung
over the verge in the rear, partly supported :
by the wreck and partly by ; the coping of
the bridge, While on the other side the bag
gage car had fallen back Wards, and was
shivered on the forward ends of the two
cars beneath.
It is something strange that !out of so
many hurt the injuries, are in general so
slight. Among all mentioned in the list of
wounded, there is not, so 'far .as is known,
a bone fractured, and but two of them are
dangerously injured.
Immediately upon the receipt of the
startling intelligence of a very bad accident,
Drs. Spencer and Brandea, of this city,were
sent down to care for the sufferers. Dr.
Brandes returned a few hours later, but Dr.
Spencer remained-there until one o'clock in
the afternoon of yesterday, unremittingly
tramping from house to house on his errand
of mercy.
The breakage of the bridge is one of the
mysteries that time may yet solve. At half
past three o'clock an engine fully ten tons:
heavier than the one on the passenger train,
drawing a heavy freight train, passed over
it, and later, a train loaded with emigrants,
crossed it. The locomotive with the pas
senger
train is one of the lightest on the
line.
Less than two months since this bridge
was submitted to a critical examination and
was pronounced in good condition.
Another circumstance, in reference to the
strength of the bridge, little thought of at
the time, is of importance now. About five
days ago, .a number of carpenters employed
by the company arrived at Union Mills, and
having about an hour of spare time on their
hands, concluded to improve it by examin
ing the bridges in the vicinity. The one
that broke was subjected, under and over,
to a close inspection, and the carpenters
and bridge-builders, presented an informal
report that the bridge was the strongest on the
Western Division.
The bridge is of the l igallows frame" pat
tern, and was strengthened by large bolts.
On the left hand side of the bridge, the nuts
were about two and a half inches above the
end of the bolt, and beneath them the thread
was rusted. On the right side, where the
structure gave way, the nuts were within a
quarter of an inch of the bottom of the bolts:
The thread above them for the space of a
couple of inches, though here and there
filled with wood splints, showed bright
spots, as though tightly covered until re
cently, and the thread was.perfect. Had
the weight pressed the nuts down, they
must have been stripped, and circumstances
occurring in connection with the sad affair,
justify us in thinking the weakening of the
bridge by slacking the supports was done
maliciously.
In the trunk of Angie B. Brainard were
upwards of $9O in- money and a certificate
of deposit in the Keystone National Bank
for $ll5, both of which amounts are miss
ing. A gentleman, who refused to give
his name, (he stated the money belonged to
his employers and he would rather make it
up from his means than report the loss,)
had with him a satchel, containing over one
thousand dollars in National currency,
which was stolen from him. Another man
bad eighty-three dollars in a pocket book,
in his pocket. While pinned by, the seats,
very soon after the shock, ahand was thrust
into his pocket, the book taken, and the vil
lain who stole it inhumanly left him, unable
to extricate himself. • _
It was a - fearful catastrophe at best, but the
wonder is that More were not-killed or
maimed for life.
' The people of Union Mills' have earned
the lasting regard of the passeugers, by the
unremitting attention and genuine kindness
exhibited toward them. Business was in a
measure suspended, and little was done ex
cept to wait upon thestrangers. The house's
containing them' were thrown open, That
all seeking friends might gain information
readily. - 'The coolest nooks in parlors were,
selected for their use.
The accident naturally called a good deal
of attention to the bridges on the Western
Division, and it_was - among expert&deemed
something beyond - the ordinary laws of
natural causes, that the bridge could have
broken alone by the weight of the lig,ht
train. This, on account of its superior
strength, has been left standing. Three
fourths of the entire number of bridges on
the Western Division, have been either
wholly renewed, or so far repaired as to be
consid.ered as strong as new ones,
Ftagrant. OP A Frisni.r DRUID.—The
funeral of Miss Elizabeth Crawford, a mem
ber of Paxton Grove, No. 6, I. 0. F. D., at
tracted general attention yesterday after
noon, as the cortege passed through our
principal streets. Some fifty or sixty ladies
of the Order, dressed in black, with sashes
thrown over their shoulders, sprigs of green
worn on their breasts, and straw sundown,
covering,. their heads, marched in solemn
procession, as an escort to the remains of
their deceased sister. This, was .the first
turnout, we believe of the Order to which
the deceased belonged,' and the novelty of
their appearance created • quite a •seneation.
They presented • a very neat and large turn
out, and marched with considerable pre
clsion.--State Guard.
deumndinefikit 'Government bonds
shall be. taxed , eqtrally with every other.
species of property, the Democratic Con
vention asks either that the United States
shall tax property,' which is laying a direct
tax-which Congress, by , Section 9 of Arti
cle L of the Constitution of the United
States, is forbidden to do—or else that the
Stites shall tax the Government bonds,
which- the Suprettie Court of the United
States has at least three times decidecitto be
- unconstitutional. "As the champions of the
COnatitutimi and of the final autnerity of the
Snpreme Court, the Dentocratic Party geeing
on this question to be
,undertaklug the den: .
gerous and difficult feat of swallowing itself
Ttawne•
Ten Senate Co m mittee•on Pendlieeeand
Ristroads;=to whonf-the joint resolution of
Mr. Raum, whichpassed the House, relating
to the span of hrmilieli• aeroynthe Ohio, , will
be referred, will repot teain' St any 'bill mak
ings uniform span for all bridges. They
are in favor of= each case being decided on
the natural conditions of the land and
water, 'the relatione of cothmetce,
wherever the bridge is to be built, being
convincedlhat in some oases a: wide span is
needed; iwldle in others a narrow one is
hadtifi ;1` - at; F. ;••• • .rot
,`tWf/I* . kAttliPl3ll , 4olot co . tqt4l .
,;itimwadgit imrsi hem .da,
fauna. •
IA Candidate's Programme.
We reprint the extraordinary docrun ol
which ivas proposed by Blairohe Den o
cratic candidate for Vice President, 'ao u
platform upon which he wished to sum
Its reVolutionary ferocity bcconies no
peculiarly significant. R9ad the snip
thins ofithis Democratic candidate:
1
Fran P. Blair has gent a letter to c o
aßroadh d, in which he leaves it t o bi n
after e nsultation with Bleir's frie m i
l
whether', his name shall be presented to tb
Democratic Convention. Blair:says: 'lh ot
is but eihe way to restore the, ()overtime/
and the! Constitution, and that is for lit
President elect to declare the recon,structioi_
acts , nulland void, compel l the army to n''' -
do its uslirpations at the South,,dizerae and
carpet-beg State Governments , ow
white people .to reorganizetheir owe Gov
enmients, and elect Senators and . Ho w e!
sentativee The House of Representat*
will contain a majority of Democrats fro *
the North •and they will admit :the Rep
sentativee elected by the white 'people 0
the South, and with the' col•operation of Iti
President it will not be (llincult te, Comil
the Senate to submit once more tbebligo,
none of the Constitution. It will net - bi
able to withstabd . public judgment: 1t dis (
tinctly expressed on this fundamental lean
and it is the sure 'way to avoid future strif
to put thin issue plainly to the cenntrv.
repeat tluit is the real and the on4T one - stio
which we should a ll ow to control us: j,Sli
we submit to the usurpations by whlchth
Government has been overthrowed, or s
we exert _ urselves for the full and tomplete t
restoration? It Is idle to talk ofgreenback4
gold, the, public faith and public credit.
What out a Democratic President do in re
Bard to a4y of these with a Congress in,
both branches controlled jiy the carpet-bag-I
gers and their allies? He will be powerles4
to stop the supplies by which idle negroes
are organized into political clubs, , on whichl
an 'army in mantained to protect those vaga4
bonds in',{ their outrages , upon the hallo
These, and things like these, eat up the re'
sources`of the Government, and destroy itsi
credit, mike tb e difference between gold andl
greencacke. We must restore the Constitu4
tion before we can restore thefinances, andi
to do this we must have a resident who!
will execute the will of th people, b ;
i
tramping into dust the usurpation acts. I
wish to stand before the Convention oath's
Issue; buti,it is one which embraces every
thing 'else that is of value in ita,large and,
comprehensive' results. -It is one thing:the
excludes t i l l that is worth a elontest, and
without it , ereis nothing that gives dignity ,
honor or value to the struggle." ' . 1
*IIEx Mr. Perrin'talled foranomination'
from Peiinsylvania, Jud . ge Woodward'
mounted flis beach, dragguig after him a,
ponderoualioll, which he slowly unwound,'
and proceefted to read therefrom a dreary,'
monotonous biographical • sketch of the!
Hon. Asa Packer, commencing from the
tender peribd of Asa's infancy, and carry
ing him thiough the' developments of boy
hood to a 6111 grown man. . Long before he
ended thistethetic recital, there were cries
of "dry urg" "simmer down," "feed him ,
with a spobn," and other highly suggestive
and decorobs allusions to the proper treat
ment of children. Having consumed about
half an houi with his nursery tale, the Judge
wound up by placing Asa in nombiation,
ichereupon L'everybody present heaved a pro
found sigh Of relief.
THE differences which divide the Repub
lican party 'in Philadelphia, on the subject
of District lAttorney, are about to be ad
justed by tlie withdrawal of both idann and
Hazlehurst;. which will make; it necessary i
for the Republican Conventio t to re-asaem
ble and noiiiinate a new man.
DO NOT BE DEC:
When the stein Is once affected Ittkil .not rally
of Its own 4ccord; - . It' Deeds help—lt 'nitwit be
strengthened Lad Invigorated; this is escieitallithe
case when•r.ll!l , •
KIDNEYS, LADDER OR URINARY 'ORGANS
Are affected. , '; For Ipainedhtte relief, aid Tennant •
- • DR. SARGENT**
Diuretic or. Backache Pins
t
Are a perfectly safe and reliable epecifte. •
_ndawell
known remedy hai effected it large numbeeof eeeedy
and remarkable enrea, and have never Med so give
relief vrben taken according to dixeCtione.
Dr. Sargent's Backache Pigs
j .
Are purely' vegetable and contain' no 'Mercury or
calomel. Theyd() not exit:Mat' the system, but on
the contrtuv they act aaa tonic. imparting new tone
and vigor to the organs and strengthening theiihola
body. These Pills have stood the test of tldsty4ve
years, and are 'still gaining in popularity:
, .
lar FOR BALE BY DRIIGGISTB AND DEAL
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sEcunp HEALTH IN 4pVANCE.
It Is as dlltictilt to extinguish a raging fever as a
rasing fire; bgt you" can prevent a conflagration
by'rendering*ur dwelling flro-proof, and you can
prevent an attack o fever by. Invigorating and puri
fying your "bduse of clay."
The outside pressure" upon the constitution and
the vital porVers at this season is, tremendous.
Every pore of the millions which cover the surface
of the body is ' ,l a drain upon its substance and its
strength. To meet this depletion, to keep up the
stamina under such a constant outflow of dissolving
flesh, a tonic aald invigorant Is absolutely necessary,
and time,,that tries all things, has proved that Hos.
TETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS inspirt, iyeegree
of strength anti resistant , power to, the over-taxed
vital forces, whickis unattainable by .any other
known means. The effect of this inestimable vege
table preparatiOn Is to Mciefise appetite,
erste digestion, tone the secretive ergensiNgive
firmness to the,ineevoi, purl the blOod, ette
, e ‘ r she
spirits; and, by thus rallying the forces 41f the
laxly, enable let s o defy the, enervittng Infinieme of
the heat, and p tilumphantly through the hying
ordeal of the h ummer izionps. •
.A*.a - igifi l igard
against epideM e. and iTtireirenthia of the feeble.
niss,,laaaltndet and yr:ideation. of. which eo Many
thonsands,conofialna4 this season", ti liu i nitlonal
reputation founded on ti'enty-tfee Tears of n"ter•
rupted and unequalled_success: ""
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CURE OP F15T13141...„ 1 , ri
Da. Kit= i IWrite to thank you ibr year kind
ass and acientitki manggemeat of nir:dbileMle. Or
which 'palled to consult:, you some time In gams",
last. You wilt :rememberthat I had a, oomellegglon
of dileases, ialcb finally ended In a terribleigtals.
which
,I lied been advised "iet Ailone, won go
emit of a horaming cough, which 'it was'lbared
might fasten Itn my lunge. I lam" that th epemw
lair 'mode of , t reating digeases like: mine • was by a
6uitirig operation, which, if Succeisfal at all, would
t i
naturally thro th e disease upon th e Map Origami'
othes.ittal or '.•on, gaount of the:suddenness of
Dm cure and the Immidiate check alba disagree.,
wiia" I bey eve' was a salutary mal lign. of nature
to get rid of ilonte morbid. condition of thogrtem.'
I fbel perfectly gadded that Your, method.of great.
meaty' parifiiciii the system. and Meal applications
to tbe tistuions 'elan, must cure, If Anything i:01.1d ,
without ciattinO, which I find it dicl, said I am happf
'to sepoit nweelt well in every itnnientar, .win'
soundec and belger health than I have bad fbr rears; '
I would' also Mi d. that, th e.,appllations yea made
wain almost palgdoes, - and /Mitt' !Wake a sew man.
with all p
_. th e in , aid vino* of mibieed bialtb.
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--, ani: OnnivrAnott soovls•sop,
tintowta . ifotiMPSIBEInt, MUST.
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