PITTSBURGH GAZETTE : THURSDAY. AUGUST .6. 1868
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PIII3LTRwRD DAILY, BY
PENNIMAN, EEO ffc CO., Proprietors,
F. B. PENNIMAN, JOSIAH Ella),
T. P. HOUSTON, N. P. HEED.
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WEDNESDAY AUGUST, 6, 1868
National Union Republican Ticket.
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NATION.A.T, TICKE T.
FOR PRESIDENT:
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
. FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
COLFAX
, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
AT LARGE. •
G. MORRISON COATES. of Philadelphia.
THOS. M. MARSHALL, of Pittsburgh.
District. District.
1. W. H. BARNES. 13. SAMUEL
lIGISNOW,
2. W. J. POLLOCK , 19. B. F.WONSELLE
dRICHARD WILDET.. 15. CHAS. IL MILLER,
G. W. HILL, GEORGE W. ELDER,
6. WATSONMILL, 117. JOHN WrawAter,
6.' J. 11.:BRINGHU C R G ST, 18. A. G. OLMSTEAD,
7. FRANK C. HEATON, 19. JAMES SILL.
S. ISAAC ECKEHT, 20. H. C. JOHNSON,
'9. MORRIS HOOPER, 21. J. K. EWING,
18. DAVID M. RAND. WM. FREW,
Wid• DAVIS, =. A. W. CRAWFORD,
IL W. Vt":K22olltar, 29. J. B. litrzerr.
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FOR AUDITOR GENERAL OF PENN'A
HAETBANFi,
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL Or PENNiA
JACOB EL CAMPBELL.
COi7NT Tl& ; ~tir:T.
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' • CONGRESS, ELD DISTRICT.
• JAMES S. NEGLEY. •
: ` CONGRESS, RED primmer.
THOMAS WILLIAMS,
I:Subject to the decision of the Conferees of the
District.)
DISTRICT ATTORPIRT.
A. L. PEAR/301'f..
ASSISTANT 13ISTRICT ATroaNzy
J. B. FLACK:
STATE SENATE
JAMES L. "GRAHAM
ASSEMBLY
GEORGE WILSON*,
7 GEO. F. MORGAN,
JAMES TAYLOR,
M. S. HUMI'IIREYS
VINCENT MILERLKR,
SAMUEL KR.
CONTROLLER.
:";- HENRY LAMBERT
CO 3 LIIISSION.EII.
;JONATHAN NEELY
- sunvzrog.
H. L. .31cOltLLY
MERTZ HONE DIRECTOR
J. G. MURRAY.
'Headquarters Republican County Comm
mittee, City Hall, -. Market Street. Open
every day. County Committee meets every
Wednesday, at 2 P. M.
Wn punier on the inside pages of this
norning's:GAzETTE—Second page : 4hem
eris. Third and Sixth pages.: Commercial
and Rivet Nem. Seventh page: Notes of
, the Excl4rilon to the Rocky ~ifountains.
GOLD ('closed in New York yesterday a
1414.
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IT IS understood that ex-Secretary . STAN
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TON will insAe a speech at an early day,' for
Gueirr and Courex, probably to be deliv
ered at clevelaud.
TEST , llevs . a. " Colored Democratic
Clnb, " at. Memphis with about thirty mem
beis. Its' meetings are regularly attended '
and engineered by the leading white rebels
oflhe city.
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TEE Republicans of West Virginia have
inade their Congressional nominations as
follows : Ist District, Gen. I. H. Duval, ;
2nd do., J -C. 3lcGnuw ; 3d do., Gen. Jzfo.
S. W,Frattn.
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Tar. Superior Court at Memphis began
its present term with thiee huri4red and six
ty indictments for felonies of different
grades, since when one hundred and twelve
more indictments have been returned bythe
Grand Jury. This shows Memphis to'be a
pleasant place of residence!
"BRICK"
PO3IEB.OY states that his new
journal, to be, started soon in New York,
will not pattented after his Lacrosse
Democrat, but will be decent in its tone and
will give attention to, morals. Ne seems
conscious that the World alretidy fills com
pletely the metropolitan field of blackguard
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Op THE whole number of_ 19,858 'United
States soldiers on duty, last New Years'
Day, in the Southern States, 2,725 were
employed against the Indians, leaving but
17,128 for Reconstruction purposes, inclu
ding. the sea -coast garrisons. As the aver
age cost of the army officers included, was
only $1,057 75 per man, that makes the
military expenses for last year for Recon
struction purposes only $18,117,818 72, the.
largest part of which is, justly:chargeable to
the. rebel Democracy whose incendiary
policy has thus required it to be bv,,•b i su b.
jeetion.
TDB GRAFT AND COIJPAX CLUB of New
Brighton made a fine demonstration onlast
Tuesday evening—what was intended: only
as a neighborhood .turn; out swelling to the
proportions of a mass meeting at which
three thousand men and women were pre
sent. It w as s one of those'spontaneous
bursts of popular enthusiasm, reviving the
grand days of 1880. Hon. RllB/DILL EaaaTT
and J. IL ,KEnn, Esq., of this city, made
speeches.
This may be taken as one of multiplying
evidences that the people are in advance ;of
the leaders, in genuine apprchension of - the
magnitude of the crisis and In resolution to
meet It in a proper spirit,
OFFICE
Such additional facts, as we have been
able to obtain, relative to the pestilence
amongst the cattle at the East Liberty Stock,
tads, serve to strengthen the opinion ex..'
I Pressed in yesterday's Gazttim, as to the
extent of the prevailing disease, and also as
to the proper measures to be taken for the
protection of the public interests.- It is as
certained that the disease has manifested
itselfin the stock-yards at Euffalo, as well
as here,_having been first observed there
about a fortnight since, and being brought
thither, as to this point, from Chicago.- We
learn from East Liberty that the diSease is
confined to the stock of three dealers, whose
names we have, one of whom is' said to have
some eight thousand head of those Texarrcat; -
tle on his extensive firm on the line of a
Western railway. These three dealers find
themselves unable to make any sales at this
point, a complete panic having apparently
taken possession of the yards. We learn
that three car loads, ofthe specially affected
lot of three hundred spoken of yesterday,
were shipped East before the railroad com
pany were apprised of the true state of
things. To what point Eastward those car
loads have gone we do.not, learn. There
were some transactions in cattle yesterday
at the yards, but confined wholly to droves
not beliefed to be infected. Some dealers,
not a market here, have started their
droves Eastward by the turnpike.
The infected droves brought here were
doubtless of the same character with the
lot of 1,500 head, of Texas or Cherokee
cattle, which was offered for sale at the Chi
cago, yards on Saturday last, and, being
found to be unsaleable, under the stringent
law of Illinois, were left in the yards or
herded on the adjacent prairie—and will
doubtless be brought hither, unless the rail
way companies decline to facilitate in that
way the spread of the contagion.
We take pleasure in stating that the city
Inspector has been faithfully attending to
his duty at the yards.. He his caused the
infected droves to be separated , from the
other stock, and all of the former, when
found to be dying, are killed and sent off to
the boiling establishment to be disposed of.
The agents of the three dealers alluded to
interpose the strongest prote.sts against this,
and threaten to hold the city responsible for
the loss, but the Inspector is firm and faith
ful to his trust. There is reason for the
hope, therefore,. that, so far as our city Is
concerned, the evil may 'be sufficiently
guarded against.
We regret that we are not able to state
that the managers of the two railways con
necting from the West are adopting such
precautionary restrictions as would meet
the pufblic demand... , If such -- precautions
hve been taken, the public are not yet
iap
prized of it. When they are, our dlizens
will not include these corporations in ihe
same censure whichproperly falls upon pri
vote speculators who, for their own pecuni
ary profit, contribute to the spread of tills
disease. 'Until then, our citizens will hate
the right to hold these corporations amena
bleto the charge of seriously and needlessly
compromising the interests of this section of
country. I •
Among the surest tests of the progress of
.a nation in civilization, may be taken the
kind and condition of its highways. In the
absence of the means of intercommunica
tion between the different portions of a
.nation there can be neither commerce nor
wealth; and the development of material
resources will keep even pace with the con
struction of facilities for getting to and
from market. Three centuries ago the high
ways throughout the British Islands were
in Wretched plight, and the social and fi
nancial condition of the people correspond
ed thereto. In exact ratio as turnpikes,
canals and railways have been made has
been the increase of general prosperity.
European Turkey; centuries ago; had an •
excellent systems of , highways, as good as
the Science of those times suggested; and
that'country enjoyed a high degree of pros
perity. By slow - degrees the highways fell
out Of repair and were finalli abandoned,
and steadily the tone of clyilization,receded
until the population relapsed into a state of
semi-barbarism.
In a small country like , England, the task
of •building, highways for , the proper accom
modation of the inhabitants, is of immense
magnitutc. After a system of earth roads
had been• , completed, or nearly si), canals
'were introduced, and when these had been
extended in various directione railways
were invented and at once asserted the
practical preeminence they have maintained
ever since, and are iprobably destined to
holdhenceforward. •
In abroad country like the United litates,
intersected by vast rivers and ridged by gi
gantic mountain systems, the job 'of pro
viding highwaysis necessarily much more
endurons and expensive than in England.
The progress made in it so far is surprising
and unparalleled. Natufally the first thought
was to attain a net-work of earth-roads, In=
dispensable however It , may be supplemen
ted by other modes of transit. Nor - was
the conception of this net-work without
genius and daring. One road, was projected
to extend from the Atlantic coast to the,
Pacific shore, to be constructed as. fast
aa the tide or population should set west
ward, or the military necessities .of the Re.
public require Its employment.
Soon the esgiunty and prescience of Mr.
Da Wr/T,Cutrrmr gave a marvellous, im-
THE J USTIFIVATION OF VOTERS
A, very important notification, concerning
the naturalization and assessment of voters,
6appears in our advertising columns this
morning: Citizens desiring to perfect the
qualifialtion of themselves, or of their
friends, as voters at the fall elections, will
perceive that arrangements have been made
by which the matter—can be legally a n d
seasonably accomplished.. We earnestly
invite to this notice the attention of every
reader who can thereby ensure any acces.
cessions to the list of those who will support
GRANT, CotrAx and the Union.
THE CATTLE PLAGUE':
RAILWAY BUILDING.
pulse to 'canal making, which was felt
throughout, the larger part of the States
then embraced in the Union.
The development was comparatively sus
pended by the invention of railways. This
species of highway was commenced in this
country in 1828, in the 'construction of the
Baltimore and Ohio line, followed' by that
of Albany and Schenectady in 1830. Both
of these were, however, worked by horse
power,,
the honor of introducing the first
locomotive being reserved for the Delaware
and Hudson Canal Company, On their fail
road, extending between Honesdale and
Carbondale, in Pennsylvania. Up to the
present time, more than forty thousanA ,
miles of railway have been coMpleted, and
are now in operation. By far tile larger
portion of the lines are still operated With
only one track; but quite a number are I
al
ready provided with double tracks, in while
or in, part, while on one line it has become
necessay to'institute measures for putting
down at
third track to meet the constantly
increasing repuirements of trade.
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But 't is not so much our present purp l ose )
h
to tree of the general progreSe in highway;
maldn , as ko detail the progress in railw'ayr e .
constr ction which has been witnessed dir=e
ing the last few years beyond the Miss's:.
sippi river; and to We end we avail our,
selves of the labors of the Railroad Record.
L Louisiana. —l. New Orleans and Ope
lousas Railway, 80 miles. This seems to
be the only railway west of the Mississippi,
running from New Orleans. 2. Vicksburg,
Shreveport and Texas Railway. This road
is in operation about 80 miles,
,IL Arkansas.—The only railway in Ar
kansas, in actual operation is we believe:
Memphis and Little Rock Railway, 49
miles. 1 This road is not yet completed to
Little Hock.
.Missouri.—This embraces railways
running from the three points, Cairo, St.
Louis and Hannibal
1. Cairo and Fulton Railway • 37 miles,
2. St. Louis and Iron Mountain. 87
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3. St. Louis and St. Joseph ' 170 "
" Columhia Branch 22
"Moberly Branch " 16 "
" Brunswick Branch 39 gg
4. - Pacific and Missouri River
Railway
" Southwest Branch
5. Hannibal and St. Joseph Rail-
way
" Quincy Branch
West of the Mississippi in Mis
souri • 990 "
In addition to the above from Mississippi,
there are
6. Platte Co. Railway, to Atchi
son 45 miles.
7. Kansas City Branch 16 "
There are In Missouri, and all west of
the Mississippi, 1,050 miles of railw
IV. lowa.—The principal points in a,
on the Mississippi, for railways, are Keok
Burlington, Rock Island, Clinton, Dubuque,
and . McGregor. The roads constructed are:.
1. Keokuk and Des Moines 162 miles.
2. Burlington et Missouri River.. 156 "
3.: Mississippi and Missouri 133 "
"1 Muscatine Branch 50 g,
4 Northwestern (Clinton to
Omaha) 356 "
5. Dubuque and Sioux City 143 "
6.. Southwestern 56
7. IleGregor Western (to Ad
ams)
In lowa (west the Mississippi)..l,ls2 . 1
V. ifinrmsota.-
1. St. Paul and Pacific Railway... 90 miles.
2. Minnesota Valley 64 ' iS
3. Minnesota Central 119 as
4, Winona and St. Peters. 105 .g
5. Southern Minnesota 30 as
West of the\ Mississippi in Minn- •
esota 408 a
VI. KanLa.—This is the first of the sec
ond tier of States west of the Mississippi,
yet organized. Its railways are:
1. Central Union Pacific
2. Pacific Railway (E. D.) Kan
sas Branch..
3. Leavenworth Railway.
West the Mississippi in Kansas.. 468 a
VII. Nebraska.—Union Pacific Railway;
645 mites.
, Theie make up the aggregate miles of
railway west of the Mississippi, as follows :
Stiles.
160
49
1,105
1,152
408
468
645
Louisiana
Arkansas.
Missouri).
lowa I
Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska
Aggregate westof the Mississippi 3,929
THE leading rebel journals ?f the South
discover that the. violent utterances of their
politicians are likely to do much injury to
their (Mpperhead allies at the North, and
are, therefore, recommending their friends,
HAMPTON, Vexes and so on,. to "dry up."
The caution comes entirely WO late, the
party at th&North having committed itself
entirely to the Biers platform of anarchy
and revolution, according to its boldest in.
terpretatton by : ita Southern authors. Our
own , Pittsburgh Post, for example, "com
mends and approves every word it has read
from WADE HAMPTON since the nomina
tion." We regret that the Post has lacked
the courage tei print all of HAMPTON'S
speeches as it has read them. Its readers
could thus have obtained an authoritative
and official exposition of the platform, from
the very man who framed the portion relat-
ing to Bouthem affairs. HoWever. its ac.
knowledgment is frank, and places the POB6
in common with the Democratic press in
general, unequivocally upon the platform of
nullification and civil war, as first laid awn
by B, and adopted to the fullest extent
by the New York Convention. How that
Convention came to dispose of the question,
is .thus clearly stated by the Montgomery
(Ala.) Mail: • -
"When the committee came to reconsider the re-
Construction question, It was deemed proper to
simply declare the present governments at the
South "unconstitutionel, nail and void." But at
the same time the conimittee, with but a single dis
senting voice, acknowledged that the remedy for
the an proceedings at the south wou.d
rest eVitli the Rascally°. The sentiment of the can
=Mee and Convention upon the cessation of remedy,
agreed with the declaration of tioneral Blair, ha d
wait oattifocto7 to ono Bouthata delegate."
For some months past there has been con
siderable interest re -awakened in the oil
production of the Pentthylvania regions,
and at times it seemed probable that the old
fever, which made a few rich and impover i r
ished thousands, was about to again break
forth. But the angerous *Ott is passed,
and no one need watch for another oil mania
l i
to ssypep over th land dining i life-time.
'the business of pro acing is now conducted
on a strict and legitimate basis, just as much
so as that of developing coal fields and
Mines' of other character. The operators
risk their money in sinking a new well just
as much and no more, than the merchant
entering on adventure for gain or loss. Con
servatism reigns . in the oil regions, and the
operation of the many:yielding wells is car
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ried on as a regulri trade, and new strikes
no longer turn men s heads who are out of
that line of business True, there are many
persons in the oil lo ations seeking out,avail
able sites ,for put ng down wells - i'n the
hope of obtaining yield of oil, and grow
i' g rich Suddenly; ut they may be said to
p t no more money in the enterprise than
they can well afford p lose.
The recent large developments in the
neighborhoods of Pleasantville and •Sham
burg serve to prove conclusively that the
supply of oil coursing in channels or rest
ing in lakes beneath the surface of the pro
lific fields of Penneylvania, is inexhaustible.
The production continues on the increase
and almost every day is marked by the strik
ing of a wealth producing well. The
necessary capital for development is em
ployed, as on the first inst. there were up
wards of four hundred wells being put
down, while a multitude of new leases have
been niade to parties about to embark in the
business in the most prolific sections of. the
great region. -
During the month of July there have been
produced 331,641 barrels i .amt since the first
of January 2,021,206 barrels. Notwithstand
ing this vast yield the markets , have not
been overstocked, the products being moved
and disseminated throughout the world
with the same regularity as the crops of
cereals. The prices have remained at pay
ing figures, aver - aging -a trifle over five dol
lars per - barrel., During the, past seven
months the total shipment of crude' oil by
the railroads penetrating or having connec
tion, with the regions and principal cities,
reached the enormous amount of 2,273,850
barrels, Of this 50,863,864 gallons we i re ex
ported, an increase — of 17,185,306 gallons
309 gg
89 gg
206 "
16 "
over the corresponding, period of last year,
and 20,679,307 gallons over the correspond
ing months of 1806.
The magnitude of this business may be
inferred from the above carefully prepared
figures furnished. It is one of the greatest
and steadiest sources of our national wealth,
and even yet the tradb may be regarded as
infancy. At the present rate at whieh
)M, crude oil may be said to have at-
Nomething approaching its truern
,co
mercital value. That prices will• ever again
degetietate to such an extent , as to render
it
t4iine
even a flowing well unprofitable is hardly
probable, as there, are thousands of uses to
'which petroleum is now, applied throoghout
the world which were never dreamed of in
the earlier periods of its discovery. The
,supply is sot in excess , of the demand, nor
will it be unless the production doubles
itself, by no means an improbable event in
view of the great enterprise and activity of
those engaged in developing new territory.
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"IN CASH Certain things are done, such as an at:.
tempt to inierfer« with the Presidential vote In the
Southern tates. Pirate Semmes predietq that there
will bet new rebellion: Ile_ says since the failure
of impeachment and the nomination of Seymour:tad
Blair, the Southern people are In no humor to be
tAGed with."— Wash. Dispatch.
The loyal people of the Republic have no
intention to trifle with SOuthern rebels. That
policy was - abandoned after the first Bull
Run battle. They may as. well understand
,that we mean business seriously, and that
another rebellion will be put down as the
first one was—only a good deal more so.
The humor of the affair we leave to those
Copperhead politicians of the , North, who
will, within six months, be swearing that
the encouragement they have'given to • the
rebel spirit was only a joke. It was in this
way that they attempted to escape •'from the
odium of their avowed sympathies wiith the
treason of 1861. •
100 miles
335 .1
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Then and Now the Same
When Breckinridgel was a candidate for
the Presidency, in 1860, the plan of the re
bellion' in case of his election, was that he
should take possession of the government;
call for Southern troops; declare nil the acts
of Congress objectionable to the South null
and void; compel the army to undo all the
usurpations of the government and of the
States against shivery; expel from the House
of Representatives all the Abolitionists and
anti-slavery men, and all others save those
who were willing to vote as the South de
manded; order elections for new members
and admit those only who were sound; and
with the House co-operating with him and
the army, compel the Senate to submit to
the reorganization of the Union with slavery
made supreme. In that case there was to
be no secession by the South,
,aince the
South was to be the Union , and the: North
to be forced to choose between submission
and secession.
Frank Blair's programme for himself and
Seymour, in case of their election, is almost
identical with that of Breckinridge in 1860.
He proposes that the President shall treat
the lawsa nullity and'trample them in the
dust; that the President, as head of the army,
shall overturn the governments of eight
States, and by the sword restore the eight
rebel governments which once proclaimed
allegiance to the Confederacy and eternal
enmity, to the Union.—Chieago Tribune.
A Tram of twenty-three wagons of Mor
mon seceders has arrived at Cheyenne.
They express themselves very muqh dis
gusted with the way that they were treated
by Brigham. They assert that the portion
of those who acknowledge Brigham are not
Mormons, but Brighamites, and that he is
not a true prophet or the legitimate succes
sor of the head of the Church, but an im
postor, who, in the name' of the Church,
makes arbitrary laws for hhi own perapnal
advancement and gain. The recent impor
tations will be needed to keep the faith.
Tuz assignment by (An. Meade of-Gen.
0. Shephard to the DepOtuient of Texas is
regarded in Washington as a wise . strelkeuf
policy. Gen. Shepherd‘ has proven to be a
Protector of loyalty in Alabama, and he will
pursue u
the same policy in his new com-
PETROLEUM
THE Detroit Advertiser says : "The origi
nal carpet-baggers were the Democratic pa
triots who, with a small roll of clothing un
der their arms, ran away to Canada to es
cape the draft."
A FnrEND suggests that a mistake - is made
in attacking Seymour for saying "the war
- was a failure," because it is now evident
that he meant his war the failure was on
the part of his "friends."
Aa account of the Kansas State Demo
cratic Convention sa)s the rebel flag actually
hung in the Hall during the entire session)
of the Convention, and was not mentioned
or objected to by a single Democratpresent.
HERETOFORE the Democrats have ob
jected to the Republican party on the ground
that it was sectional—that it had no mem
bers in the South. Now they complain that
it has more members in the South than it
ought to have.
- THE Atlanta, (Ga.) New Era says: y The
violence and abuse of the Southern disunion
press is fast destroying with' the people,
what is called "Democracy." It means
present-and future ruin to evory material
interest south of Mason and Dixon's line.
THE Deniocrats growl because their
teachings and the - practices of their South-
ern brethren make it necessary to spend
$11,000,000 amonth to preserve order and
enforce the laws. They charge it to Re
publican extravagance; and want to have
the army abolished._ Like the night-prowl
er, they don't like the'big bull-dog loose in
the yard. - •
THE Vicksburg Times find Blair just
.suited to its rebel tastes. It says: Objection
is made down this *ay to the indorsement
of the Blair letter, by a few timid people,
on the• score of prudence, and yet it was
this identical letter of Frank phir to his
friend Col. Broadhead that secured the •Mis
souri hero the nomination for Vice Presi
dent. We want just arch ammunition as
Dank Blair use:.
‘FuNsivr COE claimed in his last speech,
that "the Democratic party was the. one
which had - in it the principles of Jesus.
Christ—the la* of kindness; it was the
party of magnanhnity and forbearanoe.
There, was but one Christian sentiment in
the country
.*.day, and that was to be
found incarnate in the Democratic party."
Brick Pomeroy, John Morriasey, and Mike
•McCoole are members orthis pious crowd.
A LEADING Democrat of Port Jervis, N.
Y in la note to . the editor of the Union,
' says: "I can't go -Secession and Copper
headism as embodied in the nominations of
the Democratt4. I don't see it. i_helleye
the beat blood in this country was shed In
putting down the most wicked and infernal
of all 'rebellions. We must stick to our
principles, (all good Democrats and Repub.
Ikons alike) and stand by the old flag, and
tread under our feet the flag of secession
,and repudiation unfurled and borne by
Horatio Seymour. I teliou we must whip
them again, and we do it."
IN axecent conversation with an intelli
gent Western gentlemtua, the Chief Justice
spoke very strongly against the Seymour
and Blair ticket. He said- that if it should
be elected, all the fruits of the four years'
war against the - rebels would be lost. On the
other hand, he complained with conaiderti
ble bitterness that - the Republican party
lines were drawn too closely; that he and
many who sympathized with him would
like to support the Chicago nominees, but
were met only with a coldness and distrust
nearly equivalent to repubilo This, ha
felt, was uncharitable, • --
STATE POLITICS
TEE renomination of Ron. Caleb N. Tay
lor, the able Republican Representative from
the with district, composed of Rucks county
and part of Philadelphia, - Seems to be con
ceded. C. W. Carrigan and Richard-Yana
are competitors for the Democratic nomina
tion.
Alyruouoreiliere is a good deal of opposi
tion. to Mr. Stevens in the Lancaster Con
gressional district, (the' IXth,) no doubt is
entertained that the people Will decide to
retain the service of the venerable states
man. '
HON. Jonli . 31, BROOMALL, for six years
the faithful and - ;, esteemed Representative
from the Vllth gingressiOnal district, com
posed of the counties of Chester and Dela
ware having dedlined a renomination, five
gentlemen have entered the lists as candi
dates before the Republican party, vii : Dr.
D. W. Hutchison, of Oxford ; Hon. Henry_
S. Evans, editor 'Village Record; . Hon.
Wayne McVeigh, Washington Townsend,
Esq., of West. Chester, and. Hon. Jesse C.
Dickey, ori:Mcw London.
THERE will be little or no opposition to
the renomipation of Hon. UlysseS Mercury
in the XIIIth Congressional district corn
'posed of the counties of Bradford, Columbia,
Montour, Sullivan and Wyoming.
NOT less gratifying to the Republicans in
Congress, and throughout the State, is the
prospect of the renomination of Hon. Daniel
J. Morrell, the best RePresentative from the
XVIIth Congressional district, composed of
the counties of Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon
and
General H. L. Cake, the popular repre
sentative from the. Xth Congressional dis
trict (Lebanon and Schuylkill counties) has
no Republican competitor for the nomina
tion'
y. and will be re-elected by a large. ma
jorit ' •
-
Hon - . John Cessna, one of the best and
most reliable of all our statesmen, is earnest
ly pressed for the Republican nomination in
the X)ast Congress,onal district. The
Bedford Iniuirer ilies his from its 'mast
head, subject to the decision of the confer.
ence.
Mr. Packer is likely to be the Republican
candidate for Congress in the XlYth dis
trict, in place of Mr. Miller, the present
member. •
Hon. Wm. H. Kemble, late State Treas
urer, has started earnestly after the United
States Senatorship. Ex-Speaker Quay, of
Beaver county, is said to be acting as his
chief engineer.
W- H. Armstrong, of Williamsport, for
merly a member of the State Senate, has a
chance of - succeeding Mr. Wilson in Con
gress from the Eighteenth District.
There is a possibility that Mr. Van Auken
may be thrown overboard by the Democratic
Conference in the Eleventh District. He
certainly would be if a strong competitor
should anse against him in his own county.
It having been given out that the next
Republican caucus nomination for - United
States Senator is " up at auction,ra feeling
is springing up against that species of traffic
which - may lead io significant action.
POLITICAL ITEMS.
•
Scuszcxt a •Democrat and you'll find a
Rebel under his skin. •
Tim cost of putting down a Democratic
rebellion was over $69,000,000.
ONE of the Pendleton escoit is said to be
wandering in the Rocky Mountains.
Mery Of the New York Warld's subordi
nates will vote the Republican ticket.
TEE Hartord Past announces that Mc-
Clellan will take the spade for Seymour and
Blair.
Ir
wa3 a great oversight that a "Black
Republican" like Thomas Jefferson should
have been selected to draft the Declaration
of Independence, the corner stone of the re
public.
Curiona Swindling Dodge in Canada.
A-bold and deCidedly original Jtwindlitig
dodge has just developed itself in the rural
districts west of here, and been successful
in deluding several farmers, as far as heard
from, out of considerable sums of money.
Two sharpers havelately started out, pre
tendino• to be engineers engaged in the sur
vey of a new railvvay line. These scientific
gents were.first heard'of in the township of
West Flamboroi, and were pushing their
enterprise vigorously. Their mode was to
appear suddenly in the of a farmer's
residence and commence their engineering
operations with as, much uproar as conveni
ent, one Of the rascals carrying a guide
:pole, and the other some hundred yards off;
with bogus apparatus, pretending to strike
the line. The party whose premises were,
thus invaded without leave or explanation,
made bold to inquire the object of the move
ment, and was informed that the right of
way WAS all secured, and- that his dwelling
would; have to be removed just twenty feet
one side, and that verrshortly, to Clear the
line of the new railway. This Startling
piece of intelligence led td some argument,
resulting in the accommodating enginrs
proposing to run the line a few yards ne
side, by going back a mills or so to makethe
deviation, provided the fanner would don- ,
sent to pay a small donsideration for the
trouble and delay, about twenty-five dollars
being the demand. ;The—trick was success
fully
,practiced on three parties in the tott-n
-ship named, on Wednesday, the imaginary
railway line making - some astonishing
curve's to take, in the different victims.—
Hatnffton,(Ont.) Times, July 31.
The Gentians of Indiana.
Another certain presage of a Republican
victory in Indiana is the marked zeal with
which the German Republicans participate
in the campaign for Grant and Colfax,
while the German Democracy manifests but
little enthusiasm. The magnificent ovation
with which Schuyler Colfax was greeted
at South Bend \vas, in great part; a German
demonstration, the presence of the German
"Tanners" from Chicago being one of the
most interesting andsignificant features of
the'demonstration. 2- On the day previous to
Mr. Colfax's arrival, a German Grant and
Colfax Club, numbering 126 members, had
been organized at Soutlißend. This shows
how popular Mr. Colfax is among those
adopted citizens, who have known him in
timately for many years past, and how
groundless are the assertions- of :Democrat
ic papers contending that the hulk of the
German vote inindiana will be east against
the Republican' candidates. The, spirit
manifested by the Germans of South Bend
animates their brethren thro — ughout the
State; and more German votes will in all
probability be cast- for Grant and. Colfax
than-were ever before given to the Republi
can ticket in that-State.
•
.
TER bridge at Quiney , Illinois, over
the Mississippi' river, is -over a mile in
length, including . the - embankment on the
island, situated on the'east side of the river.
It contains twenty-spaiis of iron work, rest
ing on piers. The dniw on rh side of the
main pivot is 160 feet. The e spans are of
the foll Owing lengths, commencing with
the west shore pier: One of 250 feet, two
of 181 feet each, one of 250 feet, two of
100 feet, eleven of 158 feet, then one of 200
feet reaching to the island. The first em
bankment on the island is 600 feet in
length; then comes a trestle bridge of 400
feet across a slough; then 560 feet more' of
embankment, elevated to grade. Six more
spans continue the bridge to the.matti land.
The .bridge"as an
iron
Miny persons, supposing they are snffering from
this disease, have applied Linaments, 'Pastern and.
other Rheumatic Remedies 4ithout obtaining any
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Seventy-dye per cent. of the pophiation of the
:United States are more or less bilious - at this season. -
The midsummer surietirs up the bile as certainly
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CURE OF FISTULA;
D. KEYBI6I: I write to thank you for your kind.
ness and selentillo management •of my disease, for '
which I called to consult you, some time in January
last. You will remember that I had a complication -
of diseases, which finally ended In a terrible fistula,
which I bad been advised to "let alone," -- On so.
count of a harassing cough, which it was, feared
might !listen it on my Innis. I kneir that the pecu
liar mode of treating diseases like mine was by a
cutting operation; which; If sticcessful stall, would
naturallythrow theAlsease upon the lungs or some
other vital organ, oa accountig the suddinuiess of
the cure and the lipmeAti!te check to the discharge,
which ibelleved was a . lalitary Provision of
_nature
to get !rid of some morbid condition of the system. •
I feel perfectly satisfied that your method of treat.
Pu 1 • 11 Ylnit the Blatant, and local applications
to the fistelons part, must cure, if anything
without cutting, whlCh I And it did, and I am happy
to report myself well in every I
.kertitulut, with
sounder and better health than I have had for years.
I would a lso. aliA that the applications yon made'
were almost painless, and have left me a new man,
with all the energies and Vizor of restored health. -I.
• Yours, gists/Ia •
DR. KEYBARIS n
CONSULTATION ROOM TOD
CHRONIC DISEASES, No. 1110
Jane ITth , front 9A. N. MIMI, 3P. m. • •
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