l)c Jcffcvsoiiicui, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1SC3." roil prrsident, ULYSSES S. GRANT, I OF ILLINOIS. FOR YICE-1RESIPENT, SCHUYLER COLFAX OF INDIANA. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. FOIt AUniTOl-Gr.NF.UAL, Gbn. JOHN F. H A R T R A N F T FOR, SURVEYtR-GEXERAL, (Jen. J A C O R M G A 31 P 13 E L L GT MY WIPE'S CHOICE, AND Till whole familv rrelcr lU Mr?. t. A. Allen : Improved (new styllin. Ufstoreii Drfmino. (in "ac brttft). Every Druggist sells it. JVicc One Dollar. Comer Stono Laying. The laying of the Corner Stone of t ncv Lutheran Church, now in coi'0 f errction in this Borough, was con?rtnmatcJ 011 Saturday morning last. T Rcv-,)r- Muh lcnburg, of the Muhlcur2 Allege at Al- lentown. nffirl.itM on the occasion. The attendance was very large, and the subscrip tions netted a very handsome sum total. Dr. MWilcnburg's discourse, which was a most able, eloquent and appropriate produc tion, held the audience attentive listeners from iu commencement to itsc!osc," notwith standing the day was one of the hottest of the tcason, and the sun poured down with most scorching power. -- . TliTtiid'er Showers. Tghc last week has been prolific of Thun der Shower?, in this neighborhood in each of which the lightning has been terrific, the thunder most grand and terrible and the rain almost a full grown deluge. The first of the f howcrs occurcd on Frida-, and the quanti ty of rain that fell was very large enough to make quite a risc in the streams here abouts. Hail accompanied the storm. Dur ing the prevalence of this storm Mr. Robert Crown's dwelling, in Slrcud township, op posite the Borough, was struck by lightning, but, wc arc pleased at being able to announce, was not seriously injured. A hickory tree, 'Of" Wintcmutc's Brick-yard, in the same township, was also struck, and was badly shattered. During the same storm, at Bir lonsville, a team of horses belonging to Ste ven Kistlcr, with the teamster, who was unhitching them, were struck to the ground - fry the lightning, and one of tho. horses lull ed. On Saturday, wc had a great heat, with some thunder, but no rain. On Sunday two thewers passed through this neighborhood, one to the East of the IlorougJ., which barely gave us a sprinkle of! rain, and the lightning shack and shattered (l tree and knocked down a colt rear the widow Staples' residence i.i Stroud, and the other to the West. The latter passed thro' portions of Hamilton, Clicstnuthill and Polk townships, and is pronounced the heaviest rain storm which 'has visited that section in ' many vcars. Wc have learned that in Polk, during the passage of the slcrm a boy was truck by lightning and instantly killed.. We have neither been able to learn his name nor the particulars connected with the casu oli'y. On Monday Cashes of lightning were g.nn teen and mutlerings of thunder heard. The fall of ram was slight. No casualties. On Tuesday ttvo Storms passed over our Borough, one from the South East, and the other from the west. The lighting and thun ilred was not to inccssantas with thettorm of Friday, bet the rain was fully up to it Indeed it teemed for a lime as though all !he flood gates above 'had been opened for the destruction of this portion of Earth. Wc never saw it rain harder for so long a period. - We have beard of no' casualties? Yesterday, Wcdnsday, we were visited by another heavy shower, durin the pasage of which Mr. Stroud Durson's barn, in Stroud lowuship, was struck by lighting and set on fire. The fire, was extinguished before serious damage was done. Admitted to the Bar. . J. D. Shafcr, Ej. a young gentleman who has been sluyding law in the office of Jlon. Thos. P. Fenlon, made application for Admission to the bar in the District Court A A . . jfticruay. committee, consisting of Meter. II Grlswold, E. Stilling and II W T.l ... . . . were appointed to examine him. Mr. iui inroui a Kicre examination. not only creditably, but brilliantly, and was then duly eworn in and admitted as an attor cy and counsellor ut law. ; Leavcntcorlh Daily CowV, June 2oth. OCT Mr. Shaftr alluded to above, is a son of Mr. Philip. Sha for, of stroud township in this county, and may be safely set down as nc of the rising young men of his day and generation. Wc congratu'atc him on his admission to the bar of Kansas. That suc cess win be ins wc know, for he has bothl tho lalcnt and the vim to secure it. Immersion. The Rev. G. F. Scjiaffkr baptised sever I young men by immersion, in the Pocono Creek, below the Wesley M. E. Church, on Sunday afternoon last. There arc aluudy thirty three Cruut Ckb in Ohio The Fourth of July. The day of days in our National Cal andar, the ever glorious Fourth of July, passed off with more than a mere nod of recognition from our citizens, on Satur- ay last. The day was ushered in by the fiit t f i ! 1 ringing oi uciis, ana irom morning uuw cveniug a continued fusilade of crackers, squibs, torpedoes, &c. testified tha: dan ger of a patriotic spirit being ailovcd to die out by Y'ouog America was not a thiug written down in the book. At about 11 o'clock the Conci Stone laying of the New Lutheran Churdi was performed, connected with which was a most able and eloquent address y Dr. Muhlcnburg, of Allentown. Tho audi ience in attendance was very larc, and effect the the of occasion was much aided to by the presence, as most attentive listen ers, of the Firemen, in their brilliait uni forms, accompanied with their gaiy trim med and neatly painted machines. After the Corner Stone Iayiag, the Firemen's grand parade occupied the at tcntion of the public until about two o clock. Roth coopanies, the Phoenix and the Union, turned out with full numbers 3d, with new, neat and, of course, clean uniforms, and with Engines and appara tus generally trimmed up ns the nimble fingers of Stroudsburg's fair ladies' only kuow how to trim them, presented an np pcarancc seldom reached, and never cx colled by parades of like character no matter where you look for them. It would be hard to decide which of the com panics- looked the best, judging from our standpont, but yielding to the testimony of the fair lassies, wc suppose wc must emfessihat the Union laddies sh'ghtly ear ned off the palm,. The Uuiou in its new paint and ornamentation, man ipulated by that most skilful knight of the brush, Mr. Joseph C. Johnson, was enough of itself, without its wreathes of Evergreen, and its boquctsof choice flow ers to add almost matchless beauty to the pageant. At about four o'clock, the thirdly wc hinted at some two weeks ago, came in in shape of a fantastic parade. This would have proved to be a feature in the day's proceedings loug to be remembered; but the intense heat which prevailed was in compatible with auy thing like an ap proach to comfort under masks, and. hence, what would have been 'a bis thin"', was necessarily confined to a march thro' the Main street. What there was though, was funny. The days proceedings wound up with a trial of the fire apparatus. The contest between the Coinpauica was spirited, with, if anything slight inclination in favor of the U nion as throwing the farthest stream of water. Owing to the danger from the use of fire crackers, and the general care lessness attendant upon holidays, it was not deemed prudent for the Nay Augs of Scranion to leave home, and, for that rea son they were not here with their appa tus to take part in the programme of cel- curation. It is a pleasurable reflection that the day was marked throughout by an almost total' absence of druukenness, and that neither a fight nor an accident interfered to mar its festivities. Accident. As Mr. Robert Rrown, of Stroud town ship, was engaged in bringing the Roll frame for the New Presbyterian Church, from the Depot, on Friday last, the fast ening.? gave way, which caused the frame to slip forward, throwing 3Ir. R. with much force from the wagon, and, wc re gret t learn, severely injuring him about the head, and other portions of his body. It affords us pleasure to be able to an nounce that he is rapidly recovering. ZSjT The New Rcll for the New Pres byterian Church was placed in position in the Church tower on Friday after noon last, and was iaitated into the mysteries of its calling on the morning of the glori ous 4th. It is a sweet toned bell, and has a peculiarity of sound which, we think will make it heard at a great distance. JET W have been requested by the members of the Phoenix and Union Kn ginc Companies, to extend their sincere thanks to those lad ICS of Sf rnmlbiirfr v-v"""-e' who furnished them with flowers and aided iu the decoration of their respective hngincs.- Temperance Meeting. The Division of the Sons of Temper ancc of this place, will hold their An niversary in the Xcw Presbyterian Church to-morrow, Friday Kvc..at 8 o'clock. Addresses will be delivered by Rev. R. S. Event of this place and Rev. David Tully, of Rclvidcrc. The public arc invited to attend. Gov. Geary has been strongly urcd to call an ctxra session of the Lr"Ulaturc ior i uc purpose of waking a new Regis try law. The Governor is opposed to "the measure, considering that it would have the appearance of having been enacted in a partisan spirit. fcP tcrCd?ger, a prominent Democr;i l ir politician of Albany, N. V., was killed on rdonjjy niht m New Vcrk CMv Lv l.riii thrown foin a carriole. " . The Democratic Convention. The National, Convention of the great uutcrriOcd and unwashed the Democ racy! of the country, assembled in New York, on Saturday last, and was perma nently organized by the appointment of Horatio L. Seymour, of New York, as President. John L. Dawson, of the Fay ette District, represents Pennsylvania as one of the Vice Presidents, and Col. Wm. M. Riley as one of the Secretaries. The Convention seemed to Cud a good deal of work on hand, and spent all of two days in tearing up old rotten plauks in tho plat lorm, and in endeavours to lay down new and more taking ones iu their stead. The Southern States arc all represented by such men as Wade Hampton, N. R. Forrest, of Fort Pillow massacre memory, and others of likcJudney, who still cling to, and ask but oppartunity to lend helping baud to, the lost cause. Frou the north and north west such men a llicstcr Clytncr, George W. Wood ware, C. L. Yallandigham, and their politic'! compeers arc present as ruling spirits Lip to Tuesday morning considerable dif ficulty had been experienced in securing a platform, while the question of nomina tion had not even been touched. W will lay the result of the proceedings be fore our readers next week. . Of the grand result the people have already made sure. The work at New York will be made to succumb to the work ai Chi cago, by an overwhelming majority in favor of the latter. i Six Ballots and no Choice. , The votes taken in the New York Con vention yesterday show a gradual and steady incrcaso in the prosdects of Mr. Pendleton. His strength his crcft up Irom 10o on the first ballot to l'JU ou the sixth. After the latter the Ccuvcn tiou adjourned until this mornim;. It will be noticed that Chief Justice Chase did not get a single vote. It was difficult to sec how he could after the I'tatfbrni was agreed upon. It was fixed ur entire !y for Pendleton. No other man before tho Convention has pronounced himscll so unscrupulously in favor of all the dis shonorablo things which arc now ncclar ed to be cardinal Democratic principles. Eight-Hour Law. On Wednesday of last week, the first of July the "eight-hour law, passed hy the Pcnn sylvania Legislature last winter went into elfect. This law, it will be noticed, leaves the observance of it entirely optional wit the parties concerned, merely providing that where there is no understanding to the con trary eight hours shall be a day's work Agricultural labor is specially excepted. The law, as it stands, will hive no practical rc suit, for if the hours of labor arc reduced to eight hours the rate of wages paid will be diminished in the same proportion. It is and always will be impossible in this country to regulate by statute the time for which a man shall work for a given compensation. Sue transactions always adjust themselves. The law is as follows: Sec. 1. Uc il cnatcd, &c. That on and after the Ct of July, eighteen hundred an sixty-eight, eight hours of labor, between the rising and setting of the sun, shall be (teemed and hclJ to be a legal day's work in an cases ot labor and service by the day where there is no contract or agreement to the contrary. - Sec. 2. This act shall not apply to or in any way aflect farm or agricultural labor or services by the year, month or week; nor shall any person be prevented, by nnythin herein contained, from workinrr as many hours overwork or extra work as he or she may sec fit, the compensation to be agreed upon bctw ccn the employer and the employe, oec. 5. AH other acts or parts ot act relating to the hours of labor which fdia conststotc a day's work in this State arc hereby repealed. Registry Law. Some of our legal neighbors of the Democratic persuasion arc insisting wit much unction that the recent decision o the Supreme Court, given in Philadel phia, overthrows the Registry law throughout the State, and leaves the ballot box as defenceless against frauds as ever uc cannot so read the decision. Only the clauses relating to Philadelphia were in question, ana wc Lclicvc that only those were declared void. Rut it will be cutircly in accordance with customary Democratic management to assume that the law is totally overthrown, and, in the Democratic counties, to refuse to execute it, as they formerly did the Deserter law In such a county as this, where wc have lor year after year seen the honest cxprcs sion oi the people overborne by the cros scst frauds, wc cannot, with patience, sec the weapon ot justice, which the Registry law promised to be, snatched from our bauds before our ballot-box stuffcrs, our repeaters, anl our naturlization paper for gers have had a chance to feci its salutary weight. Gract results arc depending on this fall s election, and on honest vote must be had at whatever cost. If it shall be decided to be necessary, -wc trust Gov. Geary will not hesitate to convene the Legislature, and give it au opportunity to enact a new Kcgistry law, which shall be satislactory to the Supreme Court. Thi canuot be a difficult work, for four of the hvc judges arc known to be in favor of a law of the kind.' The only dissenter is juugc Sharswood, who owes his election to frauds which a Registry law would prevent. bcranlon JCcpuUican Another Murder by the Ku-Klux Kian. CrAUKF.SY!M.K, Tcnn., July 3. Win Pierce, who resided near Oak Grove, Kv. was taken irom his home last night by a party of men who were closely masked 1 m m ' and this morning his dead bodv riddled with bullets was found about half a mile from his house. Scleral of his horses and mules were poisoned u week ao. ne was. a soldier in tho l cJcial army dur i"g the WUI- au,i at :t3 t.i03e t.cii0, ..,. Oak Grove aud cti-ra-'cd in i.ljntii. r If.. J w.c a intivc of New Yk UNDER THE SHADOW OF MOUNT - - TAMMANY. "' " BY Ri:V. TflEO. L. CUYLEIt. Delaware -Watjf.u G.r, ") ; : June 15th, 1SG7. J I send you the first of my summer va cation letters not from the Highlands of Scotland, as I had hoped to do : but from the shadow -ol .Mount lammany,.on the Delaware. No mountain-pass in Scot Laud, ever sung by the great minstrel, can surpass th"i3 gorge through which the Delaware breaks its way to the "yreat wide sea." Within four hours' ride of N. Y. City Hall, I find myself in as wild forest region as if I were at Conway, or in Cattskill Clove. This mornintr I break fasted on trout taken in the- mountain brooks ; and underneath the Kittatinvg House f from which I write this epistle) d:ishes the Caldcno Creek, and leaps down in a cascade oi one hundred feet into the River Cclaware. The lady who sits sew ing on the piazza could toss her thimble iuto the river, aud a good marksman could bring down a crow from the pines on the blutt ot "Rlockhcad Mountain, on th opposite shore. Last evening I strolled down into the "Water Gap" itself, where the Dclwarc forces itself through the gonro between Mount Minsi, ou the Pennsylvania shore and Mount Tammany, on the Jersey side Sitting down by the river-side, I gazed up the bold bastions of old uammanv, which rise sixteen hundred feet irom the water and, as a night-cap of vapor concealed the summit, I might have imagined it to be as lofty as an Alpine peak. All mountains seem higher whem the tops aro wrapped in mist, for the imagination runs them up like obelisks in proportion to the brcadt of base. The clearing off of the fot; dissi pates the delusion in an instant. I wondc whether certain rcputatious for intellect ual greatness do not owe their apparent aiuiuuc to tne same cansc. Fammany is a rough, ragged "bully o a" mountain, as well befits its name. Like the "fierce Dcmocrcy" of your city, it is named alter Jamaneiuf, the fa mous Delaware Indian chief, whose hunt mg-grounds were among these hills. This Tamancnd was so chivalric and Christian like a savage that, after the Rcvoultiouary war, he was canonized by the name "SV. Tammany." Social clubs or socic ties were instituted in his honor, and, wit bucks' tails in their hats, used to parade the streets on the first day of May, and to dine together in what they called a "wig ! . , t- f 1 warn, wiiu mucn smoKing oi long pipes and other Indian ceremonies. One these organizations, the "Tammany So cicty" of New York, so'on became a noliti cal junta, and has grown into Ihc mos formidable fraternity yet known iu Amcr ira. Little did the stalwart chief who once roamed these mountains imagii that any of his savage successors won ever quit them for the streets of New York ; or, like Isaiah Ryudcrs, would cx 1 1 - ...il i i cuange uic wampum ana iear-SKin lejrsrins for broadcloth pantaloons ! There arc other scenic attractions here besides Mount Taurmany, with its rocky urow and pine-tree plunics. Ihc whol rcgin is a wilderness of beauty. Within a ten minutes' walk of this hotel arc foam I.. 1 . yt . t iijt caacauss : ana "Aiqss cataracts : and "Diana's Rath," in a tangible thicket and "Lake Lcnapc," a shell-full -II ' 1 . .1 1 Ml , peimcia water on tno mii-tcp; and 'Tabic Rock," from, which one may catch maguificent views of the Delaware alley for many a green league. Tarn many is a rough customer to climb, but the view Irom his summit is the most far reaching j it is worth a journey from New lork to greet the sunset from that subline observatory. The "Kittatinny nouse (so named irom this mountain range, which connects the RIuc Ridc with the Catlskillsf is a dcliqhlful and spacious hotel, which will house comforta bly two hundred guests. They worship together on tho fcabbath in the Iitth "Church of the Mountain," a few rods ofl Its former pastor was my noble college fricud, Horatio Howell, who was basclv murdered by a rebel sharpshooter, when coming out of the door of a hospital at ucttysburg. Mr. Pierce is now the shen herd of this mountain flock. Part of the hotel was built forty years ago, by the first settler, one Dutot, a lunny I rcnchmau, who purchased a bell to ring and a cannon to fire when the first steamboat aud the first locomotive should pass through this wild gorge. Ihc steamer never came; but, long after the enthusiastic Frenchman was laid in his neglected grave, tho "Dcla warc& Lackawanna Railroad Co." aroused these solitudes with the whistle of their stcani-cnginCjOn its winding way to the Yal Icy of Wyoming, Dutot's bell now ring.' the schoolgirls to prayers, on the Strouds burg Seminary; his field-piece was burst in firing a Fourth of July salute on tho top of Mount Caroline. He died like old John Rrown before his day. This picturcsquo region was onco the scene of the labors of David Rraincrcd, the hoiy-hcartcd missionary to the Minis ink Indians. He had a preaching station at Allen's Ferry, sevcu miles below the Water Gap. At Kaston then the "Forks of the Delaware" he spent many a day oi weeping and prayer. Just one hund red and twenty-five years ago, this nrcach- cr of the wilderness passed nlons behind yonder hill, on his way to the Lchijih perhaps mingling his tender memories of Jcrusha .Ld wards with still more sacred memories of his Saviour, as he sorrowfully trod tho lonely forest- The fair Jcrusha ucver became his bride : but his name is wedded to a saintly immortality as the most celebrated American missionary of that century. How his pensive spirit must have fed on the beauties of this en chanting region ! Republican State Conventions in Michi. gan aud Vermont were held on Wcdnos. d;iy In the former, Hon. II. p. RalJwin, of Detroit, was nominated for Governor n tho crmout convention all tho old State officers were renominated. Doth bodies adopted resolutions approving of the nomination of Grant un,l i'.dr.v endorsing the Chicago platform, and ur-'- in a vigorous proiccution of the cam- iigti Democrats Vote to Disfranchise White Men. . Twelve hundred southern white men were, ou Monday, made citizens by act of Conprcss. All the Democrats in the House, except one, voted against rcmov- .1 II. I 1 . ing uic poiuucai uisauuiucs oi .inosc twelve hundred. Wc have been told so often by the Democrats that this is a white man s Government, that wc supposed, not unnaturally, they would joyfully vote to mskc it so; but they seem to prcler what they call negro rule. A lie lact is, we sup pose, that they would disfranchise every body but the Democrats; lor wc notice that wherever they can get a negro to vote the Democratic ticket they have nothing to say aaiust black votes. 2. 1. lust The army of the United States, accord ing to figures deduced from statements furnished by the Secretary of War to the Committee on Military Affars, is at pre sent composed as follows: Artillery Cavalry 'JobG, Infantry o2,27, making a total of 47,7 lo enlisted men. Should no further enlistments be made, the dtmiuu tion of the army from expiration of term of service, death and desertions will be very large. From the estimates furnished by the Sccrctaay it appears that, unless provision is made to keep that force up to its present strength, the army on Jauuary 1st, lbGi), will consist of, Artillery C581 Cavarly 5155, Iufautay 20,031, in all 29,GG7 men; and on July 1st, 1SG0, o Artillery 2210, Cavalcry C221, Infantry 11,725, a total of 17,15G men. o Last week a man, claimiug to be from Rallstop, N. Y'., made his appearance in Warren, Mass., and called on a wcll-to.do farmer, askiug him various questions about farming, crons farmer's answers iu a clank form which he had with him. When hchadcomplc ted his interrogations, he obtained the farmer's signature at the bottom of the blank and left him. He next made hi appearance in a negotiation with a man who was in the habit of buying notes having the notes of his farmer acquaiu tancc, which he had made by writing it above the genuine signature on the blauk He offered the note at a liberal discount and effected a sale, but was suspected and louud but bclorc he could leave town He was arrested Keep milk cows or fat cattle in the same cuclosurc with your sheep, aud do cannot molest tucm. I his is a secret worth hundreds of thousands to farmers and the State. It ought to be published in every week s paper, and the owner sheep to subscribe for our paper. Thirty years experience has established th soundness of this advice. A piece of lard as large a3 a walnut mixed with dough, will cause a hen to commence laying immediately after sh has been broken up from scttiug; aud by giving hens fat iu this way, they may be kept laying all winter. A patty of gentlemen who, after the Chicago Convention, went westward on an excursion to the terminus of the Pacific Railroad, raised a Grant and Col fax banner at the highest poiut on th line of road, some miles west of Chcy ennc. The Republicans State Convention XT 1 . 1 1 i , . n. icw jersey win asscmoie at ircnton on July the Oth, to nomiuatc a candidate for Governor. Ihc persons mentioned ir connection with the office arc Cornelius Welsh, of Essex; John I. Rlair, of War ren; and J. R. Irccsc, of Mercer: the first of whom. "was the earliest named, and is considered to have perhaps the best chance of a nomination. - Business, which at no time iu tho season has been very brisk, dull in Philadelnhca. is now decidedly 1 he hot wcathc is driving the people oil to the watering . ft A. . places and other cool retreats in the coun try, aud both buyers and sellers arc taking .mi , , , " n ea.y. aiicrcwiii ic mucn Lmsiucss done in the city till September. i a . I twenty years ago a Jihinoccros was brought to this countrj', and he died Since then none of his species have cmi ..i.i. i ..ii . .i , graica winner uniu last montli, when a young one was landed in New Yoark, ho will not be lull grown for twenty years but he already weighs 3,000 pounds and eats three bushels of gra;n, and three hun dred pouuds of hay every day, besides drinking twenty buckets of water. A small worm that cats grasshoppers has made its appearance in Utah and the saints there arc jubilant. - Two respectable gentleman of Auburn, N. Y., recently eloped, each with the oth er & wile, on the same train and the same dark night. A recognition cusucd iu the waiting room at Syracuse, au exchange was c lice ted, aud there is no more divis ion iu those households. John Minor Rotts is in Patterson, N. J., !. . 111 1 ' visitiug somo old frieuds. GGO miles of the Union Pacific Railroad arc finished. IcjrThc Ruck-Rvc Rkicksmlth. .T. W. Rear, who made his iJrl.nt a stump speaker during tho mf-mnr-,1.1 Harrison campaign of 1810. and unquestionably one of the most fnn-ild.. orators in the country, has again resu med the stump in favor of (Ir.nnf. nn.1 Colfax. Mr. Rear addressed tho nwml,. of Rlairsvillc on Wednesday night of last WCek. The 1'rrss nf ihnf I io was listened to with mnrlo.l nit throughout, except a slight interruption from a drunken Democrat, who snon tmt more than ho bargained for, when he left in disgust amidst tho laughter of the crowd. Mr. Rear's rcforflinVq f tlmni were truthful nnd forcible, and caused many to feel that rebellion was still in existence, and could only be cffectuallv crushed by the election of Grant and Colfax. We understand that Mr. Rear will sneak during the camnai'-n ,lif. ercnt parts of the State. uiuhr tho. auspices of the Republican State Central Committee. The State Registry Law. The objections to the Registry law id this State, regulating elections, which were promptly made to the Supreme Court as soon as the act went into operation. were on the 2d inst. decided upon by tho court at nisi priu3. - All the judges were upon the bcuch, and the majority, Jus-' tices Thompsou, Sharswood and Strong", decided that the law was unconstitutional.- Justices Read and Agncw dissented. As all the judges assisted in the consid eration ot this case, which was argued at great length, it may be presumed that any attempt to carry the question to the court in bauc will meet with a like late. Ihc case is settled by this preliminary deci sion, and the law being declared uncon stitutional, the whole sysscm, devised for the purpose of checking fraud at the clcc- tious, falls with it. Ihc intention of the act was a good one, but there were some provisions in it which were not just. Wc refer particularly to the clauses which gave to the couvasscrs power to set down upon the registration such persons as they might 7.-J10M to be voters, which, in fact, excluded all that they did not kuow. In a country district, where almost every body knows everybody else, such a provi sion might be no hardship, but in a city where there arc thousands of people who do know their ucxt door neighbors, such a regulation might prove in practice very unjust. ' It is true that the law provided means for the citizens who were entitled, in the registration, to prove their right to vote, by applying before the canvassers and showing their qualifications ; but the of oficcrs were not compelled to insert their names ou the lists. It was a matter of discretion with them, and if they should corruptly refuse to do justice, they could claim immunity upou the ground that a judicial discretion was vested in them. If the citizen whose name was loft off the list did not, or conld not, from any cause, attend the meeting for rectification of errors, his right to vote was lost, and he was excluded from the polls. These objections aud others were very strong against the law ; and, although it was pass ed by the majority in the last Legisla ture, it was not a measure that wa3 uni vcrcally popular among Republicans. It might be the cause, of great injustice, and could only be defended ground that tho end on the justifies the means. The Con stitution of the State prescribes that, in elections by the citizens, "every white freeman of the age of twenty-one years, having resided in this State one year, and in the election "district where he offers to vote for ten days immediately proccd ing such election, and within "two years have paid a State or county tax, which "shall have been assessed at least ten days before "the election, shall enjoy the right of an election "etc." The Registration law did not attempt to change these fun damental provisions, but it narrowdced them down, and required, iu addition, qualifications which were in the control of the officers created to conduct the re gistration, rather than of the voter. These were certainly great objections, and the Supreme Court say that they were of sufficient importance . to render the statue void. Inquirer. A streak of lightning entered a school iu Illinois recently, took a pair of boots frou; a little boy's feet and hurled them at the head of the master, much to the delight of the pupils. - The Cincinnati Chronicle says : Tho Democrats cry one to another in the words of Sir John Falstaff to Prince Hal : 'I would to God thou and I knew where a commondity of good names were to be bought. Maine is the Lake State of the East it has more than 1,500 lakes, elevated so high as to give ample power for three or four millions of people. William Evarts has received $1S,000 iu fees from the Government since Mr. Johnson's administration began. Arkansas journals estimate that 3S,000 citizens of that state lost their lives dur ing tho rebellion. The battle of Runkcr Hill was fought ninety-three years ago, on June 15th Mrs. A. Scotland. Lincoln and Tad arc going to Hon. Anson V. Rurlingamc, the Chinese plenipotentiary, says one of the regrets ho feels at visiting his country is that he cannot take the stump for Gcn eaal Grant, lie was one of the ablest of the Republican orators in 185G and 1SG0. Six inches of raiu fell in eight and half hours iu Ciuciuuati Juuc. on the 17th of The Fourth of July was generally cclo brated throughout California, Nevada and Oregon. Gcorgo W. Cook, Deputy Postmaster at Richmoad, Va., has been arrested for robbing the mails. He has coufessed lug crime. . Three men were killed by a flash of lightning, in London, Kentucky, on Frit day. .. . . The Senate has confirmed tho nomina tion of G4M1. Martin T. McMahon asu Minister to Paraguay. It is 'estimated that California will rcaj 350,000 bushels of wheat for exportation. . San Francisco counts $25,000,000 as the value of her manufacturing products for the past year. m , . An Ethan Allen colt, pronounced valueless, aud sold in Roston for 120, has been brought to such perfection that 812,000 has been refused for him. i KiHTJ.tKS! runiTJAits:; At Di;i:iii u t Uros, Drug Store, you will find a full u&tortmeut of the best Fruit Jara iu the inaikct, til the lowest cath prices. Call and tec. I July i), '(iS. Gt
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