(lIjc jfcffcrsonuin,
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1868.
At a meeting of the Phoenix Fire
Company, held oa tic Sth of April, 1SGS,
it was
Renolvcd, That, hereafter, the bell should
be tolled for all meetings of the Company
In case of a fire the bcil will be rung.
BQT" One of the heaviest snow storms
of the aeason fell on Thursday night and
on Friday last. The snow lay some eight
inches on the level. Tho snow storm
brought with it a perfect avalanche of
pigeons, which rave our hunters rare
sport for several days. Tho woods iu
the neighborhood are said to be still filled
with pigeons.
Office of the Hope Eatress Co.,
Stiioldsbliui, April 13, 180S.
On and after this dato all Express
Freight going south must be at the office
by 9 o'clock, a.m., aud all going north
by 12 o'clock (noon), to insure its trans
portation ca the same day.
John X Stokes, Agt.,
Her e & Howard Ex. Co.
A ril lG.-2t.
Messrs. Posh .t Drother have-just
received a new and splendid stock of
goods, which the public should, by all
weans, look over. They have, also, added
a large stock cf first-class groceries, and
intend, in the future, to combine the
Grocery with the Dry-Goods business
(live then; a call. Ihcy sell cheap, and
you are always sure to get a first-rate ar
tide for ycur rxeccy.
We are under obligations to Col
Genrge W. McFarland, for a copy of the
-Annual Report of the Superintendent of
the Soldiers' Orphans. It is a pamphlet
filled with matters of great interest, from
which we shall take occasion, in the fu
ture to call copious extracts for oar rea
tiers.
Oar thanks are due to Senator Shoe
maker, of the Luzerne District for na
merous documentary favors.
ScT" Vv'e have observed, for some days,
that cur old friends Melchoir Possard
and Samuel Stcne, who have formed a
co partnership for the purpose of carry
ang onthc Prick making busines are
busily preparing tbc yard for the season's
woik. They have an abundsnce of clay
of the best quality, and as theyhave the
snap about them, will be able, fully, to
jneet all demands upon them. "Whether
ifor a single or a hundred thousand, order
for Brick will always find them up to
4ime.
Excellent Wine.
While our readers arc looking over the
advertisements, and making up their
minds to purchase winea, either for sacra
mental, medicinal or culliaary purpose, or
to uc as a beverage, they should always
be sure to alight upon the best, because
in any event the best is always the chsap
e.i. V"e read about American k Tor
eig Port, American & Foreign Sherry,
UJlarets, e.,&e., but by far the best wine
introduced iuto our market is the Ohio
Grape Wiae, on tale, either by the bar
rel or single quart, at the Liquor Store of
J. S. Williams & Co., corner of Monroe
and Green Streets. This wine is of the
-.greatest attainable purity, is the best
adapted f or ill purposes, and is sold at a
jprice far below ihe dragged stuff adver
tised under high sounding name. For
all medicinal purposes co other wins that
we know of can approach it, as hundreds
of our citizens, who have given it a fair
trial, can testify. This is no paid for
puff. We have tried tbc article iu our
family, and success in producing the re
u'ts desired qualify as to speak boldly
.bat which we know.
Time Changed.
The new
passenger arrangement, on
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railroad, went into operation on Mouday
last. Py this arrangement there will be
two passenger trains daily. The one,
the wail train, will leave Great Pend at
5:30 a.m., pass Scran ton at 8:05 a.m.,
-Stroudsbarg Depot at 10:15 a.m., and
arrive at New York at 2:50 p.m., and
Philadelphia at 5 p.m. Returning this
Irain will leave Philadelphia at 7:45 A M.,
New York at 9 A.M., pass Stroudsburg
Depot at 1:40 P.M., Scrauton at 4:50 and
arrive at-Great Pend at 7:05 t.m. The
express passenger train, a new train, will
Jeare Scranton at 3 P.M, pass Strouds
burg Depot at 5.19 P.M. and arrive at
New York at 9 45 P.M. Returning will
leave Philadelphia at 3.30 p.m., New
York at 4 p.m., pass Stroudsburg Depot
at 9.09 and arrive at Scranton at 11.35
PM. This will, doubtless, prove the
most convenient time table the Company
ever offered to the public. Py it passen
gers can leave the Depot at 10.45, spend
a couple of hours in New Yoik, and
reach home the same cvenin. '
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Dr. Lugol of Paris, ono vi the
most eminent chemists of Europe, says,
when Iodine can he dissolved in pure
water the most astonishing Tesults may
be anticipated. Dr. II. Anders' Iodine
Water is Iodine dissolved in pure water.
and the most astouishing results have
followed its use in cases of scrofula and
all chronic diseases.
Communion Wine
We have been shown specimens of sac
ramcntal or pure juice wine, prepared by
Mr. Alfred Speer of Passaic, N. J., out
of the Port Grape, which he cultivates
in this country. In taste it assimilates
to port, without its heating qualities, be
in" absolutely free from spirits further
than its own fundamental affords. Pre
ference is given to it over all ather wines
in New York and other hospitals as a
tonic, gentle stimulant, diuretic and su
dorific. . Mr. Speer has been nine years
experimenting in tho production of this
wine, and the newest wine he sells is
four years old, of which our druggists
have got in a supply.
1st of April Changes.
Jacob K. Sharer, the excellent land
lord of the Pleasant Valley Hotel, in
Chcstnuthill township, has moved into
the Indian Queen Hotel in this borough
Mr. Sandt moves to Michigan.
P. Winters McFall, moved to Stokes's
Mill, succeeding Pcnjaniin Huntsman,
who moved to town.- Mr. McFall will
carry on the milling busiucss..
Samuel R. Possard, moved to Jackson
Corners, in Jackson township, where he
designs keeping a Hotel.
Jacob Iliestaud, well known ns a for
mcr excUent landlord of the Washington
Hotel, has become the proprietor, and
moved iuto the Hotel vacated by Col.
Peter Dellis, at Mt. Pethcl Station, North
ampton County.
Firman Piescrt, of Mt. Pethel, has
moved on the property of the late U. II.
Metzgcr, in Tannersviile.
John Nohensheld, jof Stroud township,
has taken possession of the Analomink
Hotel, near the Ppot. Good accommo
dations will be found by all who patron
ize John.
Jacob Reimcr, move! into the Kellers
ville Hotel, where he will, doubtless.
keep an excellent house.
Thomas E. Heller, Esq., has purchaied
and taken possession of the lower Hotel,
vacated by Joel Pcrlin, in Kresgeville.
Destructive Fire.
A fire broke out in the Candy shop of Jlr.
William T. Biker, in the lower end of the
town, on Tuesday evening last, which re
sulted in the total des'ruciion of the build.
ing in which tli3 shop was located, and, al?o.
of the new dwelling house adjoining1, ow ned
and occupied by Mr. George V. Drake.
The fire originated from a defect in the fur.
nace usel jai making candy, and, when dis
covered, though there were several persons
in the shop, who at once commenced pouring
on water, had made such headway as to rcn
der the saving of the building an impossibil
ity. From t'ii3 the fire was communicated
to Mr. Drake's luildinrr. The Candv shop
building was on fire in the afternoon, but
thU was at once discovered and, as was sup
posed, extinguished; but, as there had been
no fin in the furnace in the evening, and as
nearly the whole side of the building, inside
of the weather-boarding, proved to be on fire
when the fWnia broke through, it must have
been only smothered. But for the fact that
that wc had a drizzly evening, and that eve
ry thing combustible was wet, wc should,
without doubt, have been called upon to re
cord a much greater destruction of property.
We have not heard the loss of either gentle
man estimated. Mr. Baker is insured in the
Monroe Mutual for 2,300 five hundred
dollars of which is on building and eight
een hundred on stock. Mr. Drake is insured
in the Columbia Insurance Company, of l,an
cistcr County for 81,300 one thousind dol
lars of which is on buildin; an! three hun
dred on furniture. Mis Diets, who occu
pied the lower front room of Mr. Drake
building, as a millinery shop, is reported to
have lost abcut 300 worth of goods.
We regret being called upon to record, in
this connection, that we have, residing, in
our midst and neighborhood, men, at least
bearing the outward resemblance to human
beings, who are so lost to every sense of lion,
or, henefcty, and decency, as net to hesitate,
on such occasions, to add to the calamity
which has befallen their fellow-men, by steal
ing the goods saved from the devouring ele
ment. This contemptible meanness was prac
tised on Tuesday evening to such an extent,
that, probably, as much personal property was
stolen as was destroyed by the fire. It is a
great pity that such disgraces to humanity
coo Id net be discovered and punished, and
for the time being, at least wiped out.
Though our firemen did as well as could
be expected under th circurru-tances, and
ceserve credit for zeal and hard labor, and a
uui ruvv.v-oa.ui comuax. wun the names, we
would suggest that a little more practice in
the use cf Engine, Hose and Hook and Lad
ders, would not detract an iota from the ef
ficiency of the Phoenix. Tim r. r r,.
m J Wt UIC 41 y
pears to create so much confusion amon the
boys, that valuable time is wasted before the
fire apparatus is even started from the house.
It was from this cause, we presume, that the
fire bell was not heard on Tuesday evening,
and that the Pho-mx was rather behind
time in reaching the scene of dieaster.
Weekly or semi-monthly practising would
so diffuse discipline in the boys as to do
away with this in the future.
"The Jeffersonian."
Under the above caption our neighbor
of the Democrat, indulged a column and
a half of stuff, gotten up in his best vain,
in his papor of last week. From the va
riagatcd style of the article, we judge that
both pretending saints and unpretending
sinners were called to the rescue; and a
slashing time they, must have had of it.
Ourcorrespondent "Observer" so well ex
poses the blackguardism of the concern, and
so thoroughly routes its array of pretend
ed facts, that we find but little left for us
to notice. One point made by our neigh
bor strikes us so comically that wc can
not forbear noticing it. He says " The
publisher of the Jeff, not being able to
attend to the editing of his paper himself,
hires," it done- Now, if this were true,
it would, certainly, be a perfectly legiti
mate transaction ; and as hiring presup
poses paying, the articles would become
his, in fact and in law. Admit the charge
and wc claim that we have always used
our oicn property, in our efforts to cater
to the public, and have never dealt in sto
len goods. The case, with our neighbor
is somewhat different. Ever since the
Democrat fell into his hands, he has kept
his leading columns well filled with lead
ed articles, of the best quality tho Demo
cratic matket afforded. He was not "able
to attend to the editing of the paper him
self," nor was he willing to hire a " non
descrijit," or any other script to do it for
him. Put there the articles were. And
how, reader, do you suppose they got
there ! Why, our neighbor stole them
body and breeches, from his exchanges
and foisted them upon bis subscribers as
his own productions, as a reference to the
files of the New York World, and papers
of like kiJney, will show. Occasionally
there was an effort at patch-working, but
as with the article under consideration
that kind of plagiarism, in bis hands, al
ways proved a failure the tips of the
long ears of the animal always showing
themselves above the covering.
There is nothing that this effort of ocr
neighbor so much recalls to mind, as the
plan, adopted by the mot silly of our
school day play mates, to overcome an
antagonist of rather more mental or cor
pora! stamius. When used up cither in
a fight or argument, after securing a safe
distance, they geuerally took satisfaction
in face mukinir and calling names. Oar
neighbor has not yet out-grown this habit
but we are in hopes of being able to teach
him better by and by. And as there were
repeatcdfailurcs on the part of those who
practiced this plan in our school boy days
we must now even look for failures in our
neighbor's experience, as a case in point
to be found in his last effort will show
In speaking of Observer, he calls him
"some nigger", hugging fool." He may
have considcrod this a stunner; but, we
imagine he will not thirrk so much of it
when we assure him that the only ap
proach to " nigger hugging," in this
neighborhood, that wc have heard of, was
that in which be, himself, appeared in
interesting tableaux with a "young Amer
ican citizen of African decent" during one
of the exhibitions, at tbc Court House, a
few days ago. Not being in the pro
gramme, the spectacle was looked upon
with amazement, which alone prevented
deserved applause.
New Hampshire.
" The Democracy of New Hampshire
gained eight hundred votes and twenty-four
members of the Legislature. Had it not
been for Radical frauds they would have
swept every thing." Monroe Democrat
of April 9th.
Why, neighbor, go to New Hampshire
to look for frauds, where none have yet
been proven? Why not let the politi
cians of that State " skin their own
skunks, and attend to such matter
nearer home, where the facts have al
ready been sworn to? It is charged
that five thousand bogus naturalization
papers were manufactured in Luzerne
County, and employed in the Democratic
interest last fall, in Pennsylvania, and
the assertion has never teen aulhoritively
denied. If the charge is true, as Judge
Sharswood was elected by less than 1,000
majority, every single vote of that ma
jority was a fraud upon the ballot-box,
and assisted in cheating the people out
of their bona fide selection of Judge
Williams. One O'Meara, a Democrat oi
the first water, swears positively that
fraudulent naturalization papers were
used in Clearfield County, that these who
voted on these papers had used a certain
kind of ticket, and that, because he knew
of these facts, he had been paid 6500 by
a Catholic Priest of Clearfield County to
leave the State, so as not to appear and
testify to the fraud. Father Tracy, the
Catholic Priest alluded to, comas up and
swears that be paid O'Meara the $500 for
the purposes set forth in O'Meara's testi
mony. ' Now here is a fraud fully made
out and' proven unmistakably fixed
upon the Democratic party, its State
Committee, its priesthood, and its subor
dinates appointed to .manipulate the ma
chine. The fraud is here at home, ' and
tbc evidence at hand. Why not take the
hide off this Democratic skunk, instead
of runninsr awav to Netr ffiimnahir
where partifi sre so well able to take
care ot themselves I tome, neiguuor,
ust make an honest effort to sweep the
dirt away from your own door before you
tackle that which you allege, without
proof, lies at the door of the Padicals of
New Hampshire. This thing of rogues
crying " stop thief I " while they have
their bands in the pockets cf their neigb.
bors, is about played out, and deceives no
one.
The Registry Law.
The Registry Law which passed the
Legislature, and received the signature
of the Governor, a few days ago, appears
to rankle as a thorn in tho side of our
Democratic friends. They are hopping
mad about it; denounce it as a political
crime of enormous dimensions; as de
signed to operate against the interests of
the poor man, with lots of other fustian
and fanfaronade. We opine, however,
that the amount of political capital they
will make out of this abuse aud condem
nation of a just law will hardly add much
to the official wealth of the party. We
arc certain, indeed, that they will lose by
the law, for its very object is to prevent
the very fraud by which tho Democracy
boned to. some dav. cheat itself into
4
power. With this law in operation and
faithfully enforced, the day of fair elec
tions will at once be inaugurated, and the
Democracy will be compelled to bid good
by to all the aid which they have, here
tofore, received from fraudulent naturali
zation papers, the colonization of voters
and the thousand and one petty tricks by
which they have been enabled to make a
show of a fight and gain an occasions
success. In the language of a llcpubli
can cotemporary "The Registry Law
allows all men to vote who are legal vo
tcrs. It aims to ex'clude the ballots o
all men who arc not legal voters. Whether
this will elect the Republican or the
Democratic ticket, it is riyht, and the
man who objects to it gives " prima facie
evidence that he an advocate of illega
voting."
The following prices (reduced to Amer
ican currency) are taken from Advertise
mentd in the Derbg and Derbyshire ua
zettc, Lngland:
" Overcoata, 87; men's boots. &2.?5
women's boots, $1.25; full black dres suit
$15.50; blanket, good size and all wool
$2.75 the piir; sheets, very heavy am
good size, 90 cent the fair; good gray cal
icoes, 4 cents per yard.
" Whit a misfortune it would be for our
people' if they should be allowed to get their
clothes, etc., at such prices. That is, the
protectionists say so." Monroe Democrat
The above are Democratic prices for
manufactured goods, and are suggestive
of the wages which would accrue to me
chanics aud laborers, should the Demo
cratic party ever again be permitted to
run the machinery of the Government
Free Trade is a closely hujrged principle
of Democracy, advocated for the alvant
age of Rritish manufactures, and for the
destruction of Domestic manufactures
" Ten cents a day, and sheep's head and
pluck," was the battle-cry of J. P., the
old public functionary; and his satellites
to this day, have neither forgotten nor
abandoned it. The working men of the
country, however, we opine, will not so
readily fall in love with the doctrine
From 52 50 to $3.25 per day for skilled
mechanics, and 1.50 to $2.00 for labor
ing men isa much better panacea for
the ills that flesh is heir to. $7 for an
overcoat! How much of that falls to the
share of the Jour Taylor, and how much
to the hands who manufactured the cloth?
$2.75 for men's boots! How much does
the Jour Tanner and the Jour Shoemaker
get ol that? Why, a share so small that
you might put it in your eye, and hardly
feel the incumbrance. Put, reader, Do
mocracy holds up such prices as a tcjinpt
ing bait to your cupidity, in hopes of
drawing you to its support over the ruins
of your beat interests. Will you be
tempted? or will you rebuko the knavss?
Let your votes answer.
Short-Lived Presidents.
It i a singular fact I hat no President, ex
cept those cho en by the Democracy, his, since
the time of John Q. Adams, lived nut the
term for jvh:ch he was elected." Demo
cratic exchange.
Not so aiugular after all, when wc re
flect that after tho Democracy bad got
their hands in, by practicing upon Presi
dents Harrison and Taylor, they looked
upon the matter of short-lived Presidents
so much as a matter of course that they
cauio very near finishing " Old Puck "
by the same means poison. In Presi
dent Lincoln's case they substituted the
pistol, and we should not be greatly sur
prised if, for the purpose of creating a
furore in their behalf, they continued
the practice in A. J.'s case.
News from the Plains.
St. Locrs, April 12. Yesterday re
turns were received at Geu. Sherman's
headquarters from Forts Laramie. Ran
dall, Riley,- Soelling, and Kearney, con-
taming statements inai no eveuts or tin
portanee had occurred during the month.
A l ort Perthould letter, dated March
2, says : " The Indians here are starving;
there havo been thirteen deaths no to
this time, and prospects of a cood many
more dying before spring for want of
something to eat. Thev have eaten all
their dogs, a great many of their horses
and mules, and are killing them daily for
suou, iu rutiniu mo nven oi ineir crimiren.
The Editorial sanctum of the Democrat
must have been in a ferocious ferment
when the Jeffersonian, containing my last
article, was ushered in. '
The result of said fermentation, were
the two articles which appeared in last
week's Democrat, one as an editorial and
the other as a communication from
West."
On account of the individual who wrote
the editorial, I think it a great pity that
he and " West " did not confef together
before sending their articles to press, for
" West," iu endeavoring to hit me, punched
him most unmercifully and missed me
altogether.
" West " styles " vile personality ' the
" skunk's mode of warfare," and as there
was no ' vile personality " in my article.
but as the Democrat Editorial was ful
of it, he flings his venom in the face of
his colleague and misses me entirely.
If the Editor should particularly desire
" personality " I think I could sift out a
chapter that would be " vile " enough
to suit him, from his own proceedings
since he came to Stroudsburg, and show
him up in a way that might prove more
interesting to the public than pleasant to
him. Put I do not desire to do it, for the
reason that one cannot take hold of dirty
things without soiling their hands.
The Editor says, " We can appreciate
a sound article on any subject if the au
thor has grounds for his assertions, but
when it comes to downright blackguard
ism then we think, with all good think
iug and peaceable men, we have reason
to detest and condemn."
Then he starts out to erive us a " sound
article." and in the second and third lines
calls me a " nigger hugging fool," says
would belong to " thieves and cut throats
" if I had brains enough to get myself en
ginecrcd into the ring " at Washington,
and pronounces the synopsis of a Report
made by Gen. Howard a dowuright libel,
and me ' at best an Ignoramus." Now
let us seo whether that is a " sound " ar
ticle, or blackguardism, that, to use hi?
own words, is to be detested and con
demncd, or, io the language of " West,"
is the " skunk's mode of warfare."
The advocating of right and justice to
the negro does not prove that I am any
mere a " nigger-hugging fool " than the
denying of it docs that you arc a black
guard, nor quite as much.
The assertion, that I would belong to
" thieves and cut throats " if I could, in
not only uncalled for but uogentlemanly
in the extreme, and would meet its just
reward if uttered to my face.
The a?scrtiou, that my statement, that
the number of whites who cliiui assist
ance and protection from the Bureau, ex
ceeded the negroes, was a downright libel.
I am prepared to confute by quoting from
Gen. Howard's Report the following stat
istics :
" Exhibit of the amount of provisions iued
and the number cf destitute receiving sup
plies on account cf special relief lund. as
reported by the officers and agents, tc, &c
Whites.
North Carolina, 4,357
South Carolina, 19,124
Georgia, i9,02;)
Alabama, 3.2U-!
Mississippi,' 4,491
Arkansas, 2,007
CoPd.
2,495
35,698
42.787
2,23i)
1,021
1.U07
Aggregate, 01,002 60,25?
Now, if my statement was a " Down
right Libel," I do not know what your
denial of these statistics would be called.
The assertion, that I am an Tgnoramus
at best, you substantiate bravely by allow
ing me to show you that I knew more
about what I was talking of (the Freed
men's Pureau) than you did. Here,
then, I think I have shown that your edi
torial is not a "sound article," but
blackguardism, and calls, therefore, to
use your own language, for the condem
nation of all " good-thinking, peaceable
men."
Perhaps If yoa will take the trouble to
read Gen. Howard's Report you will find
some other matters which would make
good editorials for your next edition.
Here is One which will offset some of the
numerous articles which have made their
appearance in your sheet, headed " nc
gro outrages," &c, Sic, and this has the
merit of coming from Gen. Howard:
"From Juno 1 to Oct 1 there were re
ported twenty-five murders of freed people.
thirty-five cases of assault wiih intent to
kill, eighty-three cases cf assjult and bit-
tery, four of rape, and four of arien all
these were committed by whites. Not
one of the murderers, Gen. Curlin reports
a Mm
nss suticred tho penalty of the law; but few
of the criminals have received adequate pun
ishment while the majority have escaped all
punishment whatever."
This was iu Tennessee alone. Very
likely that a whito man would have in
justice done him ia such a place I should
imagine, indeed.
Oa tho whole, I nm, inclined to think
that the best proof of tho Editor's igno
ran co is, that he is not posted on a sub
ject he so frequently delights to harp on
(tho Frcedmen's Pureau), and that he
needs the ." Poston school uiarm"1to
teach him some other than the " skunk's
mode of warfare." OnsEUVER.'"
The four largest States in the Uuion
are Texas; 274.35G square miles; Cali
rornia, 183,981 square miles ; Nevada,
1 12,090 square miles, aud Colorado, 101,-
500 square miles.
From Weekly State Guard, n78tb.
- The Contested Election Case.
The Committee in the Robison-Shugart
contested' election case, made its report
Friday in favorof the contestant, and at 12
o'cloek.m., the Speaker administered tho.
oath toJohnII. Robinson, who took his
seat as a Senator from the Twenty CrsC
District. -
This was not only the longest but in
many respects the most remaikablc con
tested election case ever tried iu the Le
gislature. The petition was presented to
the Senate on the first day ot the tsion,
aud on the iHh day of Jamisry the Corn-
i . . i. . . it
muice tjs urawn. r rum mat uiuc un
til yesterday, the Committee wa enga
ged laboriously in the investigation, hav-
tii2 held from two to three se.-sion daily,
during which they took the testimony of
witnesses, recounted ballot boxes, hear'i
the arguments ol couo;eJ, eaarsined re
cords, papers, &c. The evideot'c" of three"
hundred and eighty witnesses, with the1
nccessery minutes of the Committed. Willi
constitute a printed volume as large a
the Journal of the Senate, and will afford
some proximate idea of the vat labor
performed by the Committee. The mem
bers deserve great credit for their per
severing industry
The nm.st material and importment
ground of contest was the fraud perpetrat-
ed at Philipsburg, io Centre county, by
the importation of foreigners. A hrge
number of Irish Jabonrs.ho were working
on a railroad iu the adjoining county,
were brought over the Hue about ten days
before the election and quarted in Phil
lipsburg, iu the hotel, where they were
kept until the fraud was consummated,
when they returned to their work in the
other county. They were unnaturalized
foreigners, and were led up to the polls
on the day of the election, like so many
sheep to the shambles. Forged paper
were procured iu Luzerne county, where,
it was proved, the were lying about loose,
bearing the seal of the court, and signed
by M. I. Philbin, prothouotary. They
were sent up by "a lawyer" from Phil
adelphia, put in the hands of one Mark
Lcddy a "boss" on the railroad, and after
being soaked in coffee to give them the
appearance of aire, they were distributed
to the men to produce at the polla as the
evidence of their right to vote The
poor dupes were led up, one after another,
by the Irish "bouse," (having nlsi been
furnished with tickets specially prepared
for the purpose by one Sheriff
Perks,) and were made to perjure
theoiselves by swearing to their papers
and residence, in order to vote the Dem
ocratic ticket. A more gross aud infa
tnou.s fraud was never perpetrated in the
Commonwealth.
As soon as it was known that the elec
tion would be contested, the authors and
perpetrators of this iniquity attempted
to bribe the most important witness to
leave the State, employing for this pur
pose a Catholic priest named Tracy, who-was-
produced on the stand and testified;
that after corresponding with the Chair
man of the Democratic State Central Com
mittee, be paid the witness $b)j to leave
the State and remain absent until the in
vestigation was over. Another -.vitness,
named Jones, alter he was subpoenaed by
the Sergeant
at. Arms, was hidden a-
way in a stable, and his food carried to
him daily from the hotel where a majori
ty of the Irishmen had been quartered.
Still another witness, after he was actual
ly on his way, was slipped out ot the car,
from the very presence of the officer, by
one of the contractors, who had under
his control, the wretched instrument of
the fraud. Our readers will remember,
that another witness, after he te-aitisd bc
!orc the committee, w;i umr iered in cold
blood while on hs return bvu:e. Fraud,
perjury, bribery aud murder all legiti
mate C'ir.scq nonces of the taetic nf the
Democratic State Central Oi-muiirtee.
What a fearful .responsibility rents uj'n
the shoulders of the man who made the
contract for enough votes to carry the
Twenty fiot Senatorial District?
Peforc, an 1 during, aud after the frixl,
every means were resorted to by the De-niO'ia-y
to present the truth being
brough to light. When all orher effort
failed they brought enorm us .unm of
money h?re and attempted to tamper with
the committee. The tongue of ruror
was busy with the uanies of Republican;
members cf the committee. iVMtes'iouxr
borers of the Democratic stamp, who hive
infested and tlisgravi sb Capital ' for
years, were insidiously whispering that
money would tecuie ibe sitting member
in bjs seat in the taee of !l the evidence
of crime, f raud aud iniquity. Put they
counted without their host, and the re
sult fully vindicates the members of tho
committee, showing that they lairly, faith
tully and coaacicutiouIy discharged their
whole duty.
Our friends throughout the State aro
iudebted for the result ef this contest,,
and the development of thi stupendous,
fraud, to the untiring zeal, cccrgy, and';
ability of the counsel for the contestant,.
Messrs. John Cessna, of Pcdlord county,
and II. Pucher Swope, of Clearfield coun
ty. Counsel in no election case ou re-,
cord in tho nrehieves of Pennsylvania,
disp'ayed superior ability than that exhibi
ted by these Icul geirlemei). '1 hey made,
procedents in this ease which are destin
ed to be of groat force in future siuillir.
actions before a legislative c miniitee,
and what they did iu vindication of Rc-
publican principles, in sustaining the,
character ot Republican courage, and in,
enforcing the power of law and justice,
entitle them to the gratitude of the Re
publicans of Pennsylvania.
ITS GOOD EFFECTS' AKE TEIIM.V
nrnt. In this it difiers from all hair dyes.
Dv its use luxuricnt growth is cua rented.
natural coloi aud gloss are restored. -Ono
trial will cause you to say thi-cf Mr, S. A,
Allen'u Impbovkd (new stuh) Hair Rc-
torer or Dressing, (in ouc ioiile.) Every
Druggist sells it. 1'nce One uoiiar.
The followiog figures show the condi
tion of tho Methodist Episcopal denota
tion in Philadelphia. Fifty churche3-
15.977 members, 2.25b probationers,
213 baptisms during the past year, value.
of church property,- I, luZUU, coum-,
buttons dining tho past year, ?237,0131