gf)f gunftutff American.
n. B. MABSER, Editor ft Proprietor.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1808.
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BEPTJBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
NATIONAL TICKET.
FREBIDKNTi
Q)ata I'LVJif IS H. UIILM',
07 ILLINOIS.
VICE PRESIDENT :
SClIL YLF.lt COLFAX,
OF INDIANA.
l'MTSIDENTt All ELECTOB8.
AT LARtJB.
0. Morrison Cosies, of Philadelphia.
Thutuas M. Marshall, of Pittsburg
District. .District
1. W. H. Barras,
2. W. J. Pollock,
8. Kioberd Widely,
4. a. A.Hi)!.
8. Watson P. M'OllI,
6. 3 II. Brinjthurst,
7. Frank C. Huston,
8. Isaao Ivckert,
9. Maria Hoopoe,
10. Jacob M. Rand,
11. William Davis,
12. W. W. Kotohuni,
13. Sauiael Knorr,
14. b. F. Wagonseller,
!15. Charles U- Mollln,
16 John Stewart,
17. George W Elder,
U8. A. Olinftead,
19. James Sill,
lit. H. C. Johnson,
,21. J. K. Swing,
22. William Frew,
23. A. W Crawford,
24. J B- Rutan.
STATE TICKET.
AUDITOR GENERAL :
Gen
JOHN T. HARTBANFT,
OF HOSTOOMEHT COCKTV.
SURVEYOR GENERAL :
Gen, JACOB M. CAMPBELL,
Of CAMBRIA COUNTY.
DISTRICT TICKET.
CON OR ESS,
JOHN B. PACKER, Esq.,
OK KOHTHl'JIBEHLANl COl'KTV.
COUNTY TICKET.
ASSEMBLY,
ALFRED R. FI8KE. of Bhamokin.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
WM. A. SOBER, Esq., of Sunbury.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
JOSEPH M. ME3BIT, of Chillisquaque-
editorial correspondence.
Ukion Depot Hotel,
PlTTSIiCKOH, Aug. 25, 1868. J
This famous manufacturing city, justly
culled the Birmingham of America, on ac
count of its numerous manufactories uf iron
aud steel, cuils, glass, &c, must be studied
to be appreciated. The city is surrounded
with bills, rugged and broken, but these
unsightly bills arc filled with bituminous
coal and iron ore, and are a source of enor
mous wealth to the place. This city is also
tbe centre ol'tbu Petroleum or Coal oil bu
siness. Everything seems to be slightly
impregnated with oil, and with tbe soot and
Brooke of tbe numerous manufactories, which
envelope the wholo town in an atmosphere,
that prevents one seeing beyond tbe limits
of tbe city. At present business is dull, and
but few of the manufacturers are making
any money. Tbe city, however, is improv
ing, and great hopes arc entertained of the
Connelsvillo Railroad, which the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company has taken into
Lands to complete forthwith. This will
give Pittsburgh a short route to Baltimore,
and prove a stfting competitor of tho North
ern Ceulral.
Tbo political campaign hero has opened
with great vigor. The Republicans will
carry the city and county with a larger ma
jority than given to Lincoln. Here, as else
where, you can Cud no Republican support
ing tbe Seymour ticket, while many Demo
crats declare themselves in favor of Granti
who, in every eutounter triumphs over bis
eueuiies, North and South, in peace as well
as in war. His election alono can settle the
country, as the rebel element of tbo Demo
cratic party w ill cauEe trouble as long as
there is tbe slightest Lope that the Demo
crats will get possession of the government"
s
Ocu neighbor of the Democrat reaJ a Ice.
ture to that portion of tbe Democratic Press,
which had tbe good sense to refuse to rake
up the ashes of the dead, and hyena-like,
revel upon the coipse of a once powerful
oppoucnt. The new editor is much mis.'
taken if he supposes the intelligent portion
of his own purty, in this section, will sanc
tion such appeals to the basest passions of
our nature. Thaddeus Stevens had bis faultsi
but he possessed virtues enough to make
gentlemen of a regiment of bis traducers.
OUR CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS, j
Tho Republican press of this Congression
al District notice tho nomination of John
B. Pucker, Esq., of Sunbury, as their candi- I
date for Congress, in a highly complimen
tary manner to that geutleman. Below we
publish extracts from the Lewisburg Chron
icle, the home orgau of our present represen
tative, Hon. George F. Miller, und the Mil
Ionian. Mr. Pucker's nomination is not only
entirely satisfactory to tho Republican party,
but is so unexceptionable that even our I
Democratic friends speak most favorable of i
his eminent abilities aud fitness to represeut
tho Fourteenth District in the next Con
gress, and in a political point of view would
have preferred almost auy other individual
us an opposing candidate. His election is
a foregone conclusion, and with the proper
effort we can give him at least tico thousand
majority iu the District:
JFrorn tbo Lewinburg Chrooiole, 221 intt.J
"The Republicans of Dauphin county
have declurcd in fuvor of John H. Pucker,
Esq., of Sunbury, for Congress. Mr. Packer
has therefore secured the vote of three out
cf tbe five counties composing the district,
and it only remains for the. Conferees to
meet and ratify tho Domination.
"Our first choice for this position has been
the present fuithful incumbent, Hon. George
F. Miller, who has served us for two succes
sive terms with ability and honor. But the
majority having tbe right to rule has
thought proper to choose another. We l'eel
quite sure that Mr. Miller's mantle will full
upon one fully compettnt and ready to car
ry out all measures adopted for the further
ance of the prosperity of our country. Mr.
P.n Uer's record is sound ; and wo uro quite
willing to trust him with the duties devol
ving upon that high station. That he will
bo elected, there is no question. We should
try to give him a vote as large us that re
ceived by Mr. Miller at his lust election
perhaps we can make it larger. Let us try."
Frum tbt MiUoaiaa, 21st Uut.J
'Jous K. Pack-km, Esq., h&'i reecivud the
nomination of North utuherlaud, Snyder and
J'it.jliin Counties. Union presents the name
' f I!;::. Go.-.. P. Miilur, and Juniata, that i f
J. J. Patterson, Esq. Of couise they will
have to give way to Uf. Fucker for Congress.
In tWit eouiity and Dauphin, Mr. Packer'
niwnaunu it us unantuiouis, unit l.i Snyder
t,t IBM ,-,( yrtiD fjfrt sguiuit him cut of
total vote of 1891. This evidence of popu
larity ia a man who has never sought this
or any other oltice, la tbe nest augury ot
success, and that be wilt be triumphantly
elected no one doubts. Northumbeilar.d
county is entitled to the nomination and she
lias no better man to rill the place than Mr.
Packer. Ilia character is above reproach
in every particular. lie is emphatically an
honest man, and as such will reflect credit
upon bis constituency in bit public acts. He
possesses a strong, well balanced mind, is
a talented lawyer, a fine speaker, a good
citizen, and thoroughly understands tne
needs of the district he is to represent at
Washington. He brings to the work as a
representative of the great K'P?WMn PWty
a clear record of unswerving duel ty to the
Union we love, . personal popularity and
public appreciation created by his many
Lod qualities. Northumberland conn y
may well feel proud of furnishing a candi
date for the district who is in every particu
lar so well qualified to fill the position."
From the Harrisburg State Guard
The action of the Republicans of Dau
phin county, in dechiring for John B. Park
er, of Northumberland county, makes that
gentleman tho Republican candidate lor
Coiigrest in the Fourteenth District. We
are entirely saticlied there is not a Republi
ran in the count v who will offer a simile ob
h-ntion to this action, becuuso the masses of
the party seem to have made up their minds
before the Convention asscmiiei, mat air.
Packer is eminently fitted to represent thein
aud uu.iuestiouahlv deserving of their cou-
fldeuce. He belongs to a class of men who
made a business of their profession before
they make a business of politics, and having
achieved the highest distinction as a prac
ticing lawyer, be can well afford to turn
aside from the pursuit of private business to
engage in the public service. Dauphin coun
ty will give Mr. Packer as large a vote as
auv candidate for Concrcss ever polled in
this couuty.
TilE Muncy Luminary, although publish
cd in an adjoining District, thus notices the
nomination of Mr. Packer, which shows the
high esteem ia which he is held abroad:
"It tnves us pleasure to notice that John
B. Packer. Esq., of Sunbury, has received
tho nomination tor Congress of three coun
ties in his district, viz : Northumberland,
Snvder and Dauphin, and will ot course
become the nominee of the district. Mr.
Packer is an able man and very popular,
and will no doubt bo elected by a largo ma
jority."
THE KEBELB AND COPPERHEADS.
The Cbarlcstown Murcury says of its fel
low Democrats at tbe South :
"Not one honest man, south of Mason
and Dixon's line, is ashamed of the musket
ho bore or the sword ho drew ia defence of !
the Confedeiulo flag. The luau who says
he is ashamed of i'., lies. Let every honest
man at tho North be sure of the fact, that
the man who say a so wunts to swindle
money out of somebody. He is a knave
either in the first or in the last step."
The Mobile Register improves the above
text as follows :
"A good many of our Southern people
are of tho opinion that it is bad policy tor
tho lato Confederates so pronounced and
noted as Gen. Wade Hamptou, Admiral
Semines, aud others, to take a prominent
part in the present campaign, for tho rea
son that Radical theives will raise tho mad-
dog cry of 'Rebel,' uud so injure the cause1
of constitutional freedom. Tho time for !
that style of caution has parsed; and tho i
'Rebel,' cry, like the entiio cause of the j
Radicals, is played o::t. Willi tho UK-cling
and close of tho great National Convention
in Tammany Hull, July 4, wo have entered
upon a new phase of our political career. I
On the altar of the new Tammany, dedieu- '
ted to constitutional liberty, wus laid, by
tho unanimous content of representatives
from every State and Congressional district
in tho United States, every feeling and pro- j
judice tbut grew out of the lato war, us a i
sacrifice to a great and common cause ; and ;
there the lovers ot liberty from both of the
lato belligerent sides clasped bauds and
recorded cotes of fraternity and store to he
comrades, shoulder to shoulder, ia tiie second
war Jor thj independence of the Statis and j
the freedom of the people. No man received
more bosp'itable uud marked welcome in i
the Convention, iu tho city, aud in tho ,
North, then Gens. Hampton and Forrest ;
ana tins not only irom a genuine admiration
of the heroic characters of these great cav-;
airy officers, but iu order to signalize and !
mark the truce thut hud been made. between
the friends of liberty in tho North and in .
the South. This act broke tho spell of a j
doubtful prudence iu policy. And now, :
advising these gentlemen, including Admir- j
al Semmes, not to appear in public as the ;
advocates of Seymour anil Blair, if wo had ;
our way, we would put them in the flesh of
campaign in the North, and let them speak
and canvass, and utter the boldest truths j
that they feel, from every stump in tbo :
North and West. The period for sparing I
has gone past. We must gloves off now, i
and with bare knuckles av, with mailed !
hands we must 'up and at' the enemies of
our liberity."
We heartily second the proposition,
and propose that Gen. Forest and Admiral
Semmes should together stump tho North
for their causo and candidates. Foirest
might demonstrate the Democratic love of
tho Blacks when they are iu their proper
places; uud Semines, having alreuily shed
much light on the decline of our foreign
commerce, aud navigation, might with con
fidence be expected to shed still moio.
Bring them on 1
Tho Copperhead press of the North care
fully exclude these Southern Rebel Revolu
tionary speeches from their columns and
some of the Southern press are ulreudy cau
liouiug tu:;u to bu a little more caretu
heieufter. Tho Charleston Courier w hich
led off ia tho Rebellion in 1801, deoirts
thciu to moderate their politicul speeches
for fuur that their "extravagance of 'state!
uieul' will injure tho Democratic cause in
the North."
To this the New York Tribune remarks :
We shall probably now have Hampton,
Cobb, aud Toombs for tho buluuce ol the
campaign as quiot as cooing doves. But
they cannot escupe tho record. Gen. Hamp
ton has shown us, whatever the Rebels iu
tbe Suulh uud the Copperheads iu tbo North
may buy, thut they uicuu but one thing, in
case they gum power ; and thut is lUcvlu
tion. No trickery can shroud this issuo,
and no umouul of rhetoric cun deceive tho
American people. TU :ro is but onu ques
tion Peuco or War. Gen. Grant leud one
column, and Gov, Seymour the other. We
buve but two purtiet in the country, and
both are iu earnest.
Fok Neuho HCFKUAiiK. Geu. Sum. Csry,
thu Democratic candidate lor Congress iu
the Second District of Ohio, in a receut pub
lic speech iu the city of Ciucinuati, said:
' I voted for neqro suffrage last full, aud I
em iu favor ol it to day."
If the negroes of the Southern States
should all go for Seymour aud Blair, and
fleet them, what will become of Frank
Blair's programme I What will become of
the cry that tbii is ft white man's Govern.
went f
From the Pottsville Miners' Journal J
Tremrndon Fraudi rrieelleed H
tbo sunt phic
COFFEE COLORED NATURALIZATION
r..iiinT atnrtliDS disclosures are ex
tracted from the sworn testimony taken be
fore the Legislature last winter and .bow
how tbe State was carried and the election
of Judge Sharswood secured to the Supreme
Bench. As audi rascality it not likely to
be practised again in that locality, Mr. al
lace the Cbairmau of the Copperhead State
Central Committee, visited Schuylkill Coun.
ty a short time ago, no doubt with a view
of selecting Schuylkill County as one of tbo
points for similar rascality nt the coming
election. It in well known tnat a large num
ber of illegal votes are always polled at all
exciting elections in Schuylkill County by
fraudulent ami clean men s papers; aim two
vears una in a Bint;le district in which Mr.
Collins, a brother wc understand, of the
party who figures in these proceedings, had i
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contract, nearly one hundred illegal votes
were polled, when he woo a candidate for
tbo Legislature. We publish this rascally
business w Inch resulted in (lie murder ot
one of the witnesses, and in which a Catho
lic Priest, by his own testimony, appears as
one of tbe parties in connection w ith Wul-
luce, in trying to prevent the ferreting out
of this most infamous fraud upon the ballot
box and the rights of the people. Wallace
ought to have been expelled from the State
Senate as a criminal, anil t no parties to tno
transaction ought to have been punished in
the Courts,
It may as well be understood at once that !
the' people nro determined to submit do
longer to such outrages, at least in Schuyl
kill Couuty,and we hope our friends will
take every precaution to ferret out all those
w ho are not entitled to vote, and have every
such person who offers to vote, arrested,
particularly those who attempt to volo on
(lead men's papers. All votes based on cof
fee colored naturalization papers of tho
dates mentioned in these proceedings, ought
to bo challenged, aud if receiver!, the offi
cers ought to bo prosecuted. Under tho
new Jury Law political juries cannot bo
packed as formerly, and the new Criminal
Court, fine from party bias, will sec that jus
tico is done to thoe who violate the laws,
aud make elections a mere farce :
"The XXIst Senate District of Pennsylva
nia embraces the counties of Blair, Hunting
don, Centre, Mifllin, Perry and Juuiula, aud
is entitled to two Senators.
An election was held iu this district on
tbe second Tuesday of October, 1807, and
Chas. J. T. M'lutire, Democrat, was return
ed as elected by 233 majority, and Samuel
T. Sbugart by 22 majority. John K. Robin
sou contested the election of Shugurt.
The Sonate, alter n lull investigation by a
Select Committee and the examination of
a
large number of witnesses, declared Robin
son duly elected, and admitted him to the
teat occupied by Sbugart. The wholo tes
timony in the case is published in the Legis
lative Record for the session of 1SCS, from
page l.ol)7 to 1,410 inclusive.
It is proven conclusively that tbe leaders
of the Democratic party not only planned
and prepetrated a deliberate fraud upon tho
ballot-box in this district, but tliut lliey
prearranged a Ejstem ot fraudulent natural!
zation papers, extending lliiougu
other i
counties of the State.
A railroad sixteen miles long, was being
built, during the summer aud full of l$(i7,
in Cleuriield uud Centra counties. From
forty to bixty rods only of the loud was iu
Centre county. About four hundred Irish
men were employed on the road, uud board
ed in vbaulics along the line, except during
the time they w ere taken into Centre county
in order to carry the election in that Seuate
district. Senators were to be elected in the
Senate district, but not in the Clearfield.
The following testimony, copied from the
official records ot tho Legislature, shows
bow tho fraud was perpetrated, and who
did it :
CONTESTED ELECTION.
In t!te fr ittrfj of the Shite of I'eiinaili iinia :
John K. Robiusou vs. Samuel T. Shugart:
XXIst iVimtorial District.
Liioisi.ATivi-: Recoiid: Session 1809, vaoes
1400-7.
Jasuahy 22, 1808. Committee met, all
tbe members present.
M. O'Meara, sworn I was working for
Mr. Collins, railroad contractor, on the rail
i r0H,i ; J was pit boss ; had from 10 to 20
meu under me nt limes; I'niricK minima
was walking boss ; I was w orking four
miles from Clearfield, east, twelve miles
fiom the line, when James Collins and Pat
rick Gorman came to me and said they
wanted to go to Centre county lor ten days,
saving their object was to curry tbo election;
they suid it was a Republican hole, and they
intended running in enough votes to carry
it ; 1 took tbe men to Centie county ; Col.
Skelly's gang ulso went ; all that were at
work went; the men east of ma went; in
and around Philipsburg there were about
100 men tho day of election; they were
quartered at Mr. Keplur's, Mr. Gray's, Mr.
Harris's and Mr. Donehue's ; 1 was iu Phi
lipshurg all day, most of the time at the
polls ; the polls are in the same building ;
I gave two men Democratic tickets ; Sheriff
Berks and Mr. Lede distributed tickets;
Lede was a walking boss on the road; I
saw them giving the meu tho tickets; She
riff Berks borrowed a sheet of tickets from
me to have ot litis printed ; the tickets were
all Democratic; about all that were on the
ground voted ; all had naturalization pa- .
pers ; obtained them, us was said, in Lu' !
zeme county ; this one on the table -is sinii- I
lar to those used ; they were colored ; tbo ,
meu said they obtained or arranged for tbo (
papers tw o miles out of Clearfield, on Sutur- j
day evening before tho election, in a shanty
kept by Mis. Lynch ; they said two law yers
camo from Philadelphia, and after they'
were sworu Lede took possessiou of tho
papers, aud thut he colored them w ith cof
fee ; the day of the election tbe men were
huuded the papers ; Mr. Lede at the same
time furnished the tax receipt a receipt
khowu witness, and identified similar to
those medj ; I did nothing while I was in
Philipsburg ; I did not vote; I saw all vote
that 1 named ; I had no Republican tickets.
Crosb'CXuuiiued I never agreed to vote
my meu on the Republican side ; never said
for 100 1 would do so; I received money
thu day before und day ufler ; uf Mr. Curibt-
mun 125. of Mr. Johnson, day after, $00, of
Sheriff Perks, a)12 j I received of Rev. Fulher.
Tracy $500. . The $500 was
given mo two weeks ago last Tuesday to
prevent my being a witness).
Tho priest came and told me that my evi
dence would bo hurd against the Democratic
party, uud thut ho hud $500 he would give
me if I would leave. I told
the priest that I would take my family and
go for $2,000 ; Father Tracy told me he
w'juid let me know iu a few days, und wheu
we next met the priest told ir.e that he hud ,
written for advice, aud that, Wullacu thought
thut $100 pur month wus enough ; I sup
posed it wus Wal'uce, the Clearfield county
lawyer ; I told the priest I would take $500.
The men voted in borough and
township ; Michael Fullon aud cue other
were in the county but a' short time; the
men told me that Lcde took the two lawyers
to Tyrone ; tho men went back to Cleurfield
county, after the electiuu, where they lived
iu nhauties ; but fifty or sixty rod of the
road is iu Centre county; all the voters
were challenged al the polls.
Page 1.403.
E. Hunter, swom ; I m assessor of Phil
ipsburg borough; was ie 1807; I placed
forty two names on the list fouiteen days
before the day of election ; I dune so at the
request &r. Led. 1
Frank Fleming, sworn I live in Philips
burg ; lived there October, 18(17 ; wut bar
tender for J uhn H. Gray; about the 25lb
or UOtb of September, tome twenty or twenty-five
Irishmen were brought there to
board ; I have teen the Ineu before, along
the Clearfield railroad ; a few days after,
more were brought ; just before the election,
about thirty men, Irish, were at Cray's tav
ern ; I voted at the October, 1807, election ;
I taw Mark Lode bring a squad, fifty or
sixty, up to vote; soma of thorn votud
while I was there ; there were Irishmen at
Keplnr's and Loyd's that I know worked
along the road ; my brother clerked for Jus.
Collins; a few days after the election, the
men lelt our tavern, and in a short time
were back in Clearfield county.
Cross-examined I cannot tell the nttui
bor that voted.
J. B. Williams, sworn I live in Philips
burg; I know that meu were brought two
weeks before the election from Clearfield
county, and set-to work in Centre country
they were quartered at Lloyd's, Keplur't,
n. 1 t: 1.11..'., . 4l.lt.t- n nF tlm Hum
Gray's and Ri bile's ; thiuk somo of the men
were quartered in tho townships; seventy
five to eighty were the number brought over
be counted by several ; I was at the polls
the greater part of tho day ; the men were
brought to the polls by Mr. Lcde generally ;
they came in two different directions ; he
always went to meet them ; tho two polls
are in the same building and room ; most of
the voters were objected to at both polls,
the men generally swearing ; they all had
naturalization papers; Mr. I.edo vouched
for them; Lede worked a while in Centre
countv before tbo election ; I saw one or
two naturalization papers; they were color
ed : had on revenue stamps that w ero not
colored and had no seal; when objection
was made, the men said they obtained the
papers from Mr. Collins ; Mr. J.edo would
then say that Mr. Collins had always kept
the men's papers; tho road iu Clearfield
county was graded or cleured in the spring;
that in Centre county was not commenced
until a short time before the election ; I did
not see nny one nt the polls active, meeting
the men, but Lede; did notseo Mr. O'Meara
acting so, or distributing tickets,
G. II. Ziegler, sworn I was inspector at
the October, 1S07, election in Philipsburg;
live there, and am well acquainted ; know
a few of tho Irishmen on the Clearfield rail
road ; a short time before tho election.
about eighty-five Irishmen were brought
into tbe borouuh ; bourdod at Gray s and
Lloyd's : they came some six or seven days
before the election; thirty or thirty-five of
them voted in tho borough ; Mr. Lcdo
brought nearly all the men to vote; they
all bad naturalization papers ; I obiected to
their voting on them ; nil but two or three
of them were sworn ;' for the reason that
my challenge was not sustained by tliMjmlire
and tho inspector, I toward evening thought
it useless; as the votes w ould bo taken, und
there was no swearing any more ot them ; I
told one man be could not vote after saying
. he had been nine months in the State; he
went out and came buck, saying ho was
mistaken, und that be understood me to ask
how- long ho had been iu tho county ; he
then said he was in two or three years;
J another said he was 19 years old ; 1 handed
him bark his naturalization papers uud tax
! receipt and he left ; he did not vote ; tho
papers were all dated September 23, 1800,
Luzerne couuty, issued by Mr. Philbin.
Page 1,410. J
j John Casey, sworn I was working on tbe
railroad lor Mr. Collins at the October (1807)
election ; was hoarding in Philipsburg,
- where I voted with lliu other meu; Mr.
( Lede took me up to vote and "ave me thu
naturalization paper, und 1 put it iu ; can- !
not reud ; um us ignorant us a baste ; I put
the paper iu my pocket ; cannot tell what!
: became of it ; I was never natuialized ; no- I
ver wus iu u court before this ; Lede told
me to vote; I was working near Mr. Collins' j
store; camo the dav thut O'Meara did to
Philipsburg ; I voted Demo;:rutic. I
i Note. 'Ibis wiluess, on his return to I
i Cleurfield county, wus waylaid and beaten i
j with clubs, so that be died from bis wounds.
! The Governor issued a proclamation otler-
ing a reward for tho detection of tho mur
derers. j Page 1.430.J
! Rev. Thomas Tracy, sworu I paid Mi-
chael O'Meara five hundred dollars a short
j time before this case commenced ; I gave
him the money in his own house in the even
! ing, about a week or two before the assem
1 I lin" of tho Legislature ; ho wasto leave the
for the
estate anu remain out inree umuius n-i iuc
. five hundred do ars : Mr. (joruiau, Uoss ol
! Collins, gave mo tbe money to give
him ;
the man who cave me tho money was
' onlv one who had anv knowledge of the
transaction, us far us I kuow ; I hud corres
,mKi,..nCe with Mr. Wallace on the subject
of O'Meura'9 leaving the State ; the only
stipulation was that he should remain awuy
three months ; I understood it wus for hiui
to be gono until after the trial."
If uu honest voter, ulter reading the
above testimony, we care not to w hat party
he may beloug, can sanction such rascality
by his vote, we think ho must be lot to
every sense of right and justice.
Wn.r. ok tub Hon. Mr. Stevens. The
Hon. Thaddeus Stevens's will was admit
ted to probate at Lancaster, Pa., on the
18th. He gives $1,000 to tho Juvenile Li
brary Association of the Caledonia County ;
Academy, m Peuchum, Vt., and $j00 to the
trustees of thu graveyard iu which his
mother and brother ure buried, in the same
town, the interest of the same to lie applied
aunuully; and if either of such legucies
should lapse, the sumo is to go to the Bap
list chuch of meeting nearest to Danville
Centre, Vt., tho testator's nutive town.
Other bequests are made to .Mr. Stevens's
relatives, und to his Into housekeeper, Mrs.
Smith, $5,000; and of the residue, if amount
ing to $50,000, $20,000 is to be expended
by his trustees in erecting, in Lancaster con
ditionally, or in Columbia, Pa., suitable
buildings for an orphan asylum for indi
gent orphans, without distinction of race
or color. "Neither Germans, Irish or Ma
bomedans, nor any, on account of their race
or their religion, or their parents, must bu
excluded. All the inmates shall be educa
ted in the same classes aud manner, w ith
out regard to color. They shall be fed at
the sumo table." The codicil gives tho
Baptist Brethren $1,000 conditionally, aud
$1,000 to the Peuusylvania College at Gettys
burg. The will also contains the following items :
"The furnace property and all other real
eetute may be rented or sold. The furnace
must uot bo worked longer than to consume
the ttock on bund. It, at tho end of any
five years, Thaddeus, nephew, shall have
shown that he has totally abttaiued Ironfall
iutoxicatiog drinks .through that time, the
trustees may convey to him one fourth ot
the whole property. If at the end of the
next successive five years he shall show that
he has totally ttbstuiued from all intoxica
ting drinks, they may convey to him one
fourth, being one half of the property. If
at tbe end of another cunsecutive five years
he a-hall show that he has abstained from
all intoxicating driuks, they may convey
the whole to him iu fee simple. If he shall
get married before the house I live iu it
sold, he shall receive the same and occupy
it without sale."
The total cost of the railways of the Uni
ted States, as represented by their capitals,
is over sixteen hundred millions of dollars,
or about two thirds of the umouut of our
whole natioual debt. Their gross earnings
per year will aggregate about $350,000,000,
a greater revenue than tht of the UuUed
fc:sw f OYropnr.
Who lire ltcpMillU t
If there is it man iu the Statu of Pennsyl
vania who does not believe that tbo Demo
crat! of the South, now supporting Seymour
and Blair, did not bring about the rebellion,
ablod by Northern Democrats, we cite for
their information a conple of instances.
Mr. Illicit, of South Carolina, a leading
rebel, said after the ordinance of secession
was passed by tho Convention of that State:
lie tetcmon ot fioutk Carolina is not an
ecent if a diu. Jt is not anuthina roduecd
hy Mr. Lincoln's election, or by the nouexeeution
oj rnejiiijiiiva since laie. It has betn a matter
which has been giitlierinfj head for thirty years."
ncnerni Andrew Jackson, our patriotic
President, in 1833, said of the Nullifies and
Secessionists of his day :
1 he tariff iras onto the pretest, and dis
union and A SOUTHERN CONFEDRACY
THE REAL OBJECT. The next pretext will
be the ncyro or slavery question."
V no w ill pretend to deny, aftor reading
the foregoing, that the loaders of tho Demo
cratic party, both North and South, did not
uring on me war i
Iolili-nl Condition of the Noulb.
Washington, August 25, 18C3.
A privato letter from a prominent North
erner in business in tho Smith cives a dis
couraging view of political affairs in that
section. It says, "A September session of
Consress will be the salvation oftheBe States
for Grant. If it is not held, these fellows
(rebels) will ride right over everybody that
is disposed to bo radical, particularly tbo
blacks, and the South will go for Seymour
and war." Hon. W. Jumper Blackburn, of
Louisiana, writes from New Orleans that
political nfl'airs in that section are badly
mixed. lie says : "I honestly believe that
Grant will be elected, but not down South.
The pressure of tho free and enlightened
North will have to do it, and I hopo r.nd
know it will.
A distinguished staff officer who lias just
arrived from South Carolina says that the
Democrats in that Slate, finding that they
arc too largely in a minority to sncessfully
overawe the negro voters, have chungrri
their tactics, and now treat the negroes with
marked kindncs?, and that they are holding
out to them promises of increased pay and
suits of clothes at the end of the year, and
various other inducements, if they vote the
Democratic ticket. He represents thut this
system is prosecuted with considerable suc
cess. The chairman of tho Republican State
Central Committee of North Carolina writes
that Nathaniel Boyden, Conservative mem
ber of Congress from thu Sixth district, has
come out in a strong letter for Grunt and
Colfax.
.11 ore Indian OnlragrM.
St. Louis, August 24. Despatches from
South Puss City of August 22 say "that on
the 11th instant a train was attacked 80
miles cast of here by the Sioux Indians. A
man named David Hays was killed and tho
wagons and stock captured. On tbo 20th
inst. Major Baldwin und 5 men weie attack
ed by 20 Sioux 0. miles east of here. Two
whites were severely wounded und three
Indians killed.
The following day three men werj attack
ed nt tho same place. Baldwin had bis fight
ami three Indians were killed. One of the
whites escaped, but tho other two were
doubtless ki'led, as they wire closely pursued
by the savages."
Twenty-ono car loads of Mormons left
Omaha for Utah on Saturday.
Advices from Leesburg, New Mexico,
mention Indian depredations inth,'t region,
also between Forts Siddon and McUea,
;iiortanl Order ly (t'urral
Micridau.
Fout LltAVESWoiiTil, Kansas; August 24.
The following order hud been issued by
General Sheridan :
Fout ll.MiKKit, August 24. In conse
quence of recent open ucts of hostility on
the part of the Cheyenne aud Arrapahoo
Indians, embracing tbe murder of twenty
unarmed citizens in the State of Kansas and
the wounding of many more, and outrages
ou women und children too atrocious to
mention in detail, the general commanding,
under the authority of the Lieutenant Gen
eral commanding tho military division,
directa the forcible removal ol the Indians
to their reservations soulh of the State of
Kansas. All persons are forbidden to have
intercourse with or to give aid or assistance
! these Indians, until due notice is given
hereafter that the requirements ot this order
1 'luve l"-'cn carried imt.
I lie I oiirlcciitli . in ess l uir nt stats
lied hy I lie eoria Legislature.
Wahiunhton, Aug 20. The President of
ficially announces in brief proclamation that
the Legislature of Georgia has ratified tho
fourteenth amendment to the Constitution
of tho United States.
Information has been received nt the
Post office Depni t men t, w arranting the be
lief that tho British Postollice Department
will assent to the proposed modifications of
the New Postal Convention between the
tw o countries, by w hich. among other things,
the postage on small pamphlets will be re
duced. The Convention is uu improvement
in various particulars over the one now iu
force.
Postal negotiations arc now pending be
tween the Uniti-d States and France for a
more liberal exchange of mails.
'I'Ise Attack ois Has mail n-'t'Eic Allien
ltcMilncd wills a I.omm of S hi-ce
'1'lioiiMind Killed nud tVousideda
Rio Janeiro, July 31, via London, Aug.
20. The attack ou tho Paiaguuyui. For
tress of Huniailu, thu news of which has
been duly expected for a fortnight past,
took place on July 10. Iu tho morning the
combined BruziHan and Argentinu forces,
under command of the Marquis de Caxius,
advanced to the assault, in three columns,
umouuting iu thu aggregate to teu thousand
men.
At the same time a heavy fire was opened
upon tho fortiticulions from tho fleet of
iion-rlads and Uud butteries. Alter a des
perate and prolonged fight at the intrench
inents, the Allied columns retired without
effectiug a lodgment within the enemy's
works. The Allied loss is reported ut three
thousand killed and wounded. Nothing is
know n of the loss of the Paraguayans, but
as tlity fought under cover of their intrench
inents, it iaisuppoacd to be less thun that of
the Allies.
Tho Allied force iu Grand Chaco also ad
vuueed with the object ol cutting off thu
communication of Lopez. These they
found to bu defended by a lurge body of
Paraguayans, protected by breast works.
Alter an obstinate engagement the Allies
withdrew to their former position.
The cuusuulties iu the fight ure not stated.
The hopes of thu war party iu Brazil rest
ed upon this enterprise and its failure will
give a great impetus to the peace move
ment. Edwards, the new prize tighter, on Mon
day "whipped'1 Colyer, the celebrated cham
pion of light weights, on Traver's Island,
Coon river, Northumberland county, Ye.
Forty seven rounds were fought, justing
onu hour aud forteen minutes. Cullyer had
been beuteu by Baiuey Aaron, and pre
vious to hu encounter with Aaron had de
feated McQuuidu, of New York, near Har
rishurg. Robert Toombs, in bis speech at the Dem
ocratic meeting at Atlanta. G., on the 23d
ult , said that Jefferson Davis had oarumit
tea no truaiau and the Radicals dare sot try
bim.
IIRETITIFS.
Senator Yates is Speaking in Illinois.
General Logan has removed to Chicago
Perry county it about to have a new court
house. Buff colored papor and envelopes are said
to bo fashionable again with the ladies.
Gen. Schurz declines to be a candidate
for Congress or any other official posi tion.
1 lie llarrtsbum uaners coin o! at n nf frn.
quent larcenciet aud burglaries iu that city,
UU,uuu,UUU ot northern capital is said to
have been invested ia North Carolina since
the war.
Ex-Governor Curtin and family have been
ataying at Bedford Springs.
Montreal (Oknada) cattle aro dying in
considerable numbers from an uukoown
cause.
The Ilarri.iburg State Guard thinks the
outdoor experiences of the war are the cause
of the great increase iu the number of camp
meetings. Sumac is becoming a valuable article in
trndo.
Indiana has about five thousand divorces
pur annum.
The Erie Railroad has contracted for tho
enormous quantity of eight thousuud tons
of steel rails.
Ninety locomotives are now in use on tho
Union Pacific Railroad, and 107 others have
been ordered.
Tho Celestial ambassadors fall in love
with our ladies by the wholesale. They
think it a pity, however, that the fair ones
of this country have such large feet.
The tobacco crop iu the western section
of Massachusetts this year is said to be one
of the largest ami best ever gathered.
Pennsylvania possesses, in round numbers
four thousand miles of railroad, to New
York's three thousand, or one mile of rail
to twelve square miles of territory.
Speaking ot the failure ot the n::vo crop
in Italy, a western paper remarks that tbe
news is of little interest on this side of the
Atlantic, as most of the olive oil used
this county comes from western hogs.
When inocculation for the smallpox was
recommended by Cotton Mather to the Bos
ton physiciaus, oulv one. Dr. Boylston, re
solved to try it. He began with his own
children. Many pious people were struck
with horror at the idea, and were of tho
opinion that if any of his patieuls should
die ho ought to bo treated as a murderer.
There are about ninety subordinate coun
cils of Red Men in Pennsylvania, with a
membership of 10,000.
Garibaldi is said to be distinguished by
three prominent traits of character : honesty,
unselfishness and independence.
The Hartford Post says that un Illinois
correspondent writes to Brick Pomeroy's
paper that "tho woods aro full of Democrats
this year." It was so during tho draft in
1803 "tho woods." and Cauudu were "full
of Democrats."
The Erie Railroad Company has construct
ed a novel cur, bixty seven feet long. It is
divided into three compartments sleeping
rooms at one end, regular couch seats at the
other end, und au ciegaut drawing room in
the centre.
A Columbia (Pa ) paper makes the fol
lowing ungallant 'announcement: "A talk
ing match is on the tapis between two wo
men of this town, though uo bets have been
made as yet. The time to talk has been set
down for forty-eight consecutive hours.
Both will win."
Hon. John S. Carlisle, lately a Democratic
member of Congress, tas come out for
Grant. He writes thus iu a privute letter to
General B. F. Kelly : "I can never consent
. that tho cause lot on the battle field, and
which its advocutes staked on the result
I of tho war they forced upon the patriotism
of tho country, shall bo guihed through tho
I ballot-box."
' The Philadelphia Post suvs : "All tbe
j Democratic papers uro busy trying to prove
I that Horatio Seymour was loyal during the
1 rebellion. Nobody takes that trouble for
1 Giant, because it is not necessary."
Read, Weekly ''Shahi1 Siiootek." Novel,
' Practical and AWFULLY Sharp on Fogies,
j Quacks, Pharisees ami Politicians, "boring
them riyht through " Only 50 Cents a year
j in advance. Send 3 et. Stamp for Sample.
, Address, JJr. S. M. Landis, Philadelphia,
r& i m.
T.wo thousand emigrants arrived at New
York on Monday from Liverpool.
Alaska already returns $5000 iu gold on
account of customs. Good for our new
"acquisition."
Lakgb Biiius. A full-grown black eagle
measuring seven and three quarter feet from
tip to tip, was captured on tho farm of
Judge Eaton, in Middlesex, Vt., a short
time ago. A golden eagle, measuring six
feet two inches from tip to tip of its w ings,
wus recently shot iu Greeu Farms, Fairfield
couuty, Conn,
Destkoyi.no the Ants. The -following
is said to be a suru way of ridding houses
und closets of these little pests :
Procure a large sponge, wash it well and
press it dry, which will leave the cells quite
open ; then sprinkle over it somo w hite sugar
iiiul place it where the ants are troublesome.
They will soon collect upon the sponge and
tuke up their abode in thu cells. It is only
necessary to clip the sponge in scalding hot
water, which will. wash them out dead.
Put ou more sugar and set tho trap for a
new haul. This process w ill soon clear the
house of every ant.
We hear a great deal of complaint of these
miniature pests, and it was only a day or
two ago thut we overheard several ladies
taking on so about the ants eating pies und
"getting into everything so terribly !" They
uow have the remedy in their own bauds.
So says an exchange.
The Democracy claim great gains in Ken
tucky. Is there ground for this cluim t The
parly lines were fairly drawn in 1800, 1804,
1807, and 1818. In these years the vote was
divide us follows :
Union. Opposition.
1K8D, l,-o4 14f,7u3
1861, ..... 27.786 64.301
187, 33:t5 103 392
ls6s, ..... 26,270 115,003
By this it will be teen that the Republican
voto hut increased since 1800 from 1,304 to
20,279, and that the Democratic vote during
the same period has decreusd 28.U43 1 The
increase of the Democratic vote from 1864
is accounted for by the fact that at that time
about one half of the party wore in the rebel
army.
The Mobile Tribune uses the following
elegant language iu speaking of the death
of Thaddeus Stevens : "Chickens going
home to roost Tbad, Stevens, and Brunner,
of the New Orleans Kepublican. The devil
will soon have Brownlow, aud then bell will
see sights." The Vickehurg Time follows
suit : "The death of that incurnate fiend,
Thaddeus Stevens, is an e.vtut which culls
for universal rejoicing. As the old wretch
was iu favor of 'judicious hanging' while on
earth, we devoutly hope he will have 'judi
cious roasting' meted out to him in the w arm
climate to which he has gone the hottest
region of the damned." The Atlanta Catuti
tution speaks as follows ; "Stcmitt is dead.
Mourn, ye Rads, for we rejoice ; weep, "ye
dirly dogs,' for we smile. Let decency once
more hold up her face, and the Goddess of
Liberty cease to blush. The devil demanded
las own, aud Thaddeus went. Brownlow
and low Brown are supposed to ba the next
on the list. May tha devlt'e collecting agent
coma loop."
Ski ficitoa or Graphs on Standard In anothar
oolumo. Brian's BTAKOAn Wifta Brrrttta Is
highly recommended hy physicians Tor Dyspeptics,
on aoonunt of lis tooio properties, Its parity, and
Its delloioua Oavor.
Spirr's "STAHDAiin Wins Bittp.s." The r- ,
commendation of tbe beat Chemlats and Mnriioal
Practitioners aaiure tbe pablio of the parity of
Bpcer'i Wines, end tber are aa well snare I of tbe
purity of bia "BUtndard Wine Bitiera," the bane of
wbieh ia his wine, only made bitter by herb" oi ,
roola in daily use by the Madioal Faoulty, among
whioh are tbe Peruvian Bark, Chamomile FloiroH,
Wild Cberry Bark, 4o.
Druggiata aell tbe Biltera.
Tanas ia nn medicine crenared that baa t reputa
tion for exoelleuoe superior to that of IIoorLAnn's
Okrhar BiTTSRt. This artioleln looked upon by
those who are not aoquainted with it, aa most patent
mtdloinea are, a mere olap-irap to catch tbe simple
It la not in reality a Patbkt Medicine, bat a genu
ine ai dole, prepared by wen who have an intimate
acquaintance with medioine, and tbe requirements
of tbe system when laboring undor dinesse. For
Dyspepsia. Liver Complaint, Nervous Debility. 4o.,
it bas no equal. We know of a number ol persona
who suffered for years with these complaints, uutil
they were relieved by a trinl of this remedy, and
one person in particular, who suffored from Dyspep
sia for ten years, desires us to state for the iniorina.
tion of the public that he baa been entirely reliuved
and reatored, be belierea, by the use of thil article
alone.
The above is taken from tbe editorial columns ot
me -uispatoh," line. Pa., and SDenke volumes.
Iloontnd'a German Butara" ia Aniimlv t'ma from
all alooholio admixture.
liOOPLAND 8 OlRSlH ToMC Is a enmhinntion of
ell the ingredionte of tbe Bittera, with purs Santa
Crui Rum, orange, anise, to. It ia used for the
same diseasea ae tbe Bittors, in oasea where an ftlOT-
noiio stimulant is required. It ia a preparation of
rare medicinal value, and moat aj?roeablu to thu
palate. 6
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PotUville, Schuylkill county, Pa.
August 29, 1833. ot.
It iitMolulion of l'artiiei-Mhip.
NOTICK ia hereby given that the c j-parinirl.ii
heretofore exi'tiu between J. Weiser Kuchn
aud E. ftlasser Bueher, trading under the firm ot
Bucber Brothers," in the tauuer buMUes-, wa.i thu,
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indebted to the firm of Bueber Broibei-4, too re
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