THE NATIONAL.
FRIDAY. Idorning, OCT. 2,'68.
NATIONAL TICKET
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN. TJ. S. GRANT,
OF ILLINOIS.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
SCHUYLER COLFAX,
Or INDIANA.
STATE TICKET.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
GEN. J. F. HARTRANFT,
OF 3IONTGOMERY COUNTY.
SURVEYOR GENERAL,
GEN. J. M. CAMPBELL,
;OF CAMBRIA COMar
CONGRESS,
HON. WM. H. ARMSTRONG,
OF LYCOMING COUNTY.
FOR ASSEMBLY,
COL. THEODORE GREGG,
of Bellefonte.
Fort DISTINCT ATTORNEY,
THAD. P. STEPHENS,
of Bellefonte.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
JAMES C. WILLIAMS,:
of Philipsburg.
FOR AUDITOR,
JOHN H. MITCHELL,
of Harris.
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR,
HENRY P. TRCZIYULNY,
of Milesburg.
UNION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The following named gentlemen con
stitute the Union Executive Committee of
Centre county for the ensuing year:
Bellefonte—Wm. P. Wilson, Chairman.
2dilesburg—J. B. Hahn,
Unionville—Geo. Alexander,
Howard—W. L. Gordon '
Phillipsburg—Robert Lloyd,
Benner—Capt. C. Dare,
Boggs—Wm. Curtin,
Burnside—Dr. M. Stewart,
Curtin—Jacob V. Knoll,
Ferguson—Jos. B. Erb,
Gregg— John D. Long,
ilaines—Dr. P. T. Musser,
Half Moon—Wm. L. Wilson,
Harris —John J. Thompson,
Howard—David B. Pletcher,
Huston—John J. Thompson,
Liberty—Win. F. Courter,
Marion—John Strunk,
Miles—Col. R. H. Strohecker,
Patton--P. B. Waddle,
Penn—B. 0. Deininger,
Potter—M. L. Leitzel,
.Rusk—Richard Atherton,
Snow Shoe—Wm. B. Savage,
Spring—Frank Jodon„
Taylor—Leonard Merryman,
Union—George Ingram,
Walker—W. W. Rogers,
Worth—A. R. Barlow.
BE ASSESSED.
Let every Township Committee
see to it, that every Republican vote
in the Township is Assessed. • Every
Republican voter who knows that
he is not Assessed should go at once
to the Assessor in person and have
it done. Republicans Work! Work!
Work! ! ! A glorious victory awaits
you.
REPUBLICANS.—Your attention is
hereby called to the fact that there
will be a grand Republican Meet
ing in the Court :louse in Bellefonte,
on Friday evening, Oct. 9th, Maj.
A. M. Hancock of Maryland, and
Gem E. Rinks. of Massachusetts will
certainly be present and address the
meeting. Citizens of Centre county
irrespective of party come and hear
the truth.
JUST as we go to press, we lesin
from a reliable source that 'Judge
Barrett has declined being a cand
date for Judge. This leaves M
Mayer witohutany opposition. Can
not the Republican Confer'eesassen
ble and place in nomination a good
man
REMEMBER—That all through the
fearful struggle for the Old Flag and
the perpetuity of the Union, P. G.
Meek never published one line in his
paper laudatory of the Union cause,
or of the heroes that whipped the
rebels into submission.
GEE. HOVEY, our Minister to Peru,
has written a letter declaring that no
loyal man can hesitate a moment
about voting for Grant, and that the
thirty thousand Indiana troops whom
he (Hovey) commanded cannot pos
sibly entertain the thought of em
bracing the • principles of the "But
ternuts," who lately were firing in
their rear. Gen. Dix is fast getting
recruits from the ranks of the vet
erans and war Democrats.
Do NOT FoRGET—That because P.
G. Meek and the Democratic leaders
in the North sympathized with the
rebels during the war—that these
same rebel leaders now sympathize
with P. G. Meek & Co., and enter
heartily with them into the support
of Seymour and Blair. Birds of a
feather flock together.
GEN. Dix—The noble and patriotic
War Democrat, who said : "If any.
man attempts to haul down the
American flag, shoot him on the
spot," has come out in a letter de
claring in favor of Grant and Col
fax. Such true'men and soldiers as
Gen. Dix will not, and cannot sup
port Seymour and Blair, nor march
under the Confederate flag. The
Democrats of New York city are
holding meetings, calling upon their
comrades to follow the example of
1.1 7.14 en. Dix, and declare for Grant and
Colfax. The work goes gloriously
pn.
A FEW PLAIN MUMS FOR REFLECT
ING MEN.
Why is it that nearly everything
connected with the war is denounced
by the democracy and the rebels`?
Why is it that the rebels in the
South and the Democrats in the
North, unite in sgpport of Seymour
and Blair ?
- They tell you that the reconstruc
tion acts are null and void, yet Chief
Justice Chase, in his charge to a jury
in West Virginia, recognized them
as the Supreme law of the land.
Every man who loaned money to
the government, in its hour of peril,
and took its bonds therefor, is now
denounced as a "bloated bondholder"
cheat and swindler.
Thousands of those who sided with
Jeff Davis and his "cut-throats," said
these bonds, as well as greenbacks,
would become worthless as rags, and
they are doing their best to make
them so. In this the Northern demo
crats and Southern traitors agree to
the letter.
The U. S. bonds, like our State
bonds, bounty bonds and many other
evidences of debt, were taken with
the law that they were to be free
from taxation. This was a contract
and he who cobtendo that they can
be taxed before they are due, might
as well say to those he is instructing
"Come and rob me !" Moreover
Chief Justice Marshall a democrat
decided more than twenty years ago,
that it was unconstitutional to tax
government bonds.' But it is con
stitutional to tax the income of the
bondholder. This Congress has
done: •
Takes are unequal says the demo
cratic whiskey seller. Would it be
wiser, we ask to tax bread than whis-
QM
Taxes are oppressive, says the
dealer in tobacco. Would a reduc
tion in the tobacco tax make flour or
meat cheaper? No! but say the .
Democrats, we are for equal taxation,
therefore tobacco, flour, meat and
whiskey should be equally taxed ac
cording to their real value.
Why should the tax be taken off
whiskey, tobacco and other luxuries,
and placed upon real estate, or upon
the farmer and his farm ?
The national debt and the tax is
the result of democratic misrule and
democratic rebellion. Why should
the tax on incomes, which reaches
these rich rebel sympathising leaders
be deminished, and the deficiency
made up by levying a tax upon me
chanics and laboring men, who are
• now exempt from revenue tax.? This
would be carrying out what the demo 7
crats call equal taxation.
Rebellion in heaven, we are told
and taught, is a crime for which there
is no pardon. The first secessionist
having been kicked out, and has
never to this day been restored to his
forfeited rights. Rebellion on the
part of the South against, the best
crovernthent the world ever saw, the
0
Copperhead Democracy says is so
trifling a crime that it does not even
disqualify aperjured traitor from any
previous rights.
Lee,- Hampton, -Forrest and other
rebel. generals talk about the just
rights of the South, and copperheads
from Seymour down to 'pigsty and
whiskey. barrel squeakers, allege that
laws are imposed on the South with
out
the consent of the governed. If
this doctrine is correct, why keep
Men in the penitentiary—Why send
them there for stealing a ham ? They
too are governed without their con
sent.
Is not treason against the gov
ernment a greater crime than larce
ny ? Why do our copperhead friends
-perSist is punishing the thief while
they insist upon the traitor—the
murderer of our sons, brothers . and
friends,,going scott free ? . .
Men holding such views are not
safe men. They are 'not patriots.
They are copperheads because, when
traitors sought to destroy
. the
.gov
ernment they aided and abetted trea
son. Copperheads, lead on.by Sey
mour and Blair, should not and can
not and will not be trusted.
They will not be trusted because
the intelligent people know that the
Democratic party forced upon the
country and the Republican admin
istration an expenditure of more than
Four Thousand Millions of Treasure.
The people will not trust the cop
perheads because they know that the
rebellion was begun by Southern
democrats, for the express•purpose of
overthrowing Republican Institu
tions, and establishing upon their
ruins a Slaveholding Oligarchy ; and
that all the burdens of national tax
ation, past, present and prospective,
are the necessary consequences of
the Democratic rebellion.
All the vast sacrifice of life on the
battle field, and in the hospitals :and
prisons, is justly chargeable to the
treasonable action and purposes of
the Democratic leaders.
The people will not trust the cop
perheads, because they remember
that in the preperation for this rebel
lion, the whole power of the last
Democratic Administration was ex
hausted, the public Treasury plun
dered, the Navy Scattered or disman
.tled, and the army placed under
command of traitors and quartered
beyond the reach of the incoming
Administration, and within the ter
ritories of the contemplated revolu-
tionary government.
And the people will never forget,
that all these acts were done in obe
dience to the orders, of the DeMo
cratic leaders in every section of the
country. That these same leaders
controlled the late Democratic Nom
inating Convention in New York,
dictated its platform and . designated
its candidates.
The people will not trust this
party because they know that these
dame leatlers, by their public orators
and press, declareit to be their set
bled policy that Pemotratio success,
THE NATIONAL BELLEFOI,NTE, PA., FRIDAN MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1868.
shall restore to the late rebels-in
arms, supremacy in the government
of the States and nation ; and that
all that was lost by rebel defeat on
the battle field, shall be regained by
the election of the Democratic can
didates. The people will not trust
the copperheads because they see
and know, that the leaders of that
party, promise only, as the conse ,
quence of their triumph, the destruo
tion of the reorganized States, and
the overthrow of the popular
representative branch of the Govern
ment, or its subjection to executive
will and dictation.
Voters of Pennsylvania, reflect up
on these truths and vote the Repub
lican ticket.
HON- Win. IL ERBISTRONG
Republicans of Centre are you at
work ? Have you determined to elect
Wm H.-Armstrong to Congress by
over 3000 majority 7 It can be done
just as easily as to give him 2000.
All that is required, is, that every
Republican does his whole duty.
Mr. Armstrong is a first class mali
intellectually. morally, religiously
His head is right. His heart is right,
and his hand and his purse are ever
open to aid in the promotion of .ev
ery good cause, and for charitable
purposes at home and abroad. He is
especially the friend of the work
ing man, giving employment to more
men in a single year, than his com_
petitor has done in all his long life.
Mr. Armstrong is beloved nukes- .
temecl by all WhofkUowhim, and the
more intimately -he is known • . the
more is he esteniedand apiireciat,nd..
With such a man to - represent - this-
District in Congress, the interests of
the people will be advanced, and the
cause of Liberty and Justice will find
an advocate true and tried—firm as
the everlasting hills.
It is not necessary in order to eleet,
Mr. Armstrong, to belittle and abuse
his competitor L. A. Mackey. Mr.
Mackey is well known to the people
of Centre County. And while he
may be considered a very clever man
it is well known that he has never
had any well defined; or fixed politi
ical principles. He is, and always
has been a fence man—a negative
man—leading in nothing, originating
nothing. He has boxed all sides of
the political compass and has now
gone over to the reb els and their
sympathisers, notbecause his honest
convictions of right impelled him
thus to act, but because the mammon
of unrightrousness blinded his eyes
and led him to beleive, Cut he could
by betraying the loyal men of the
country and the cause which cost the
nation so much blood and treasure,
obtain a seat
.in Congress and thus
make a good thing out- of it. But
inconstancy and double dealing can
never succeed, So that. Mr. Mackey
will find himself after the October
election, in the same predicament as
did the rebel Gen's Lee Johnson, &c
after their surrender to Gen. Grant,
without a title, without honor, with
out arms, without friends, and badly
whipped and disgraced:
Republicans, work as you never
worked before. Let us roll up the
majority as large as possible for Hon
Wm. H. Armstrong. The- larger
the majority the greater tha, moral
force of the victory. To work then
one and all.
A DEMOCRATIC BRAGGARk BLUFFED
Mr. P. Gr . ay Meek, of the Demo
cratic 14 7 atchman, Bellefonte, as our
readers remember, declared some
time since that there were within a.
circle of two miles within that
borough, forty-three men. who have
voted the Republican ticket, but who
are now resolved to vote the Demo
cratic ticket. We offered to make
Meek a present of a pair of boots if
he published the names of forty-three
.men within such ,a distance from
Bellefonte, who had voted for Lin
coln or Geary and who are now re
solved to vote for Seymour. This
was rejected, aUd a bet of $6OO of
fered by Meek on the . subject. As
we are not gamblers,•we -of course
declined Meek's cramingproposition . ;
but it seems the Messrs. Kinsloe,
proprietors of the BELLEFONTE NA-.
TIONAL, offered to take Meek at hiS
own word; - but the braggart shrank
from the bet, quibbling, prevaricat
ing and wriggling out of his own of- .
fer. Of course we knew Meek was
indulging the meriest; trashiest kind
of buncomb, when he made the pro
position, because we h...:ve some
knowledge of the locality and the
people of whom he speaks, they being
men who are not in the habit of
changing as suddenly from either
party, as Meek would have the peo
ple believe. We doubt if a more in
telligent people than live in the lo
cality named by Meek, can be found
anywhere in the State, and we ven
ture the prediction that there will
not be a change of a single vote in
favor of the Democracy, at the com
ing October election, in that region
of Centre county. It is satisfactory
to know that Meek haS been rebuked
on his own threshold..—State Guard.
ON the 26th ult., we learn from
our telegraphic dispatches, that two
more companies of troops were sent
from Washington, D. C., to Tennes
iee, to prevent the rebel. supporters
of Seymour and Blair from murder
ing Union men in cold blood. Great
God! has it come to this? Soldiers,
is this what you fought for ? Has
the war been fought in vain ? Did
those three hundred thousand sol
diers who laid down their lives that
the nation might live, die in vain ?
Shall the parolled rebel prisoners
. of
the South, who are now, for Sey
mour •and Blair, and their. sympa
thizers in the North, crush out free
speech and the Union men of the
South? Patriots of Centre, answer
at the oils!
RIAD the letter of General Dix.
Who will doubt his Democracy ?
Three cheers for Gen. Dix and all
such loyal Democrat's. Why does
not the Watchman, publish this purely
Democratic letter'? We pause for
reply.
EDITORIAL BREVETIES
Low—P. G. Meek's hopes of sue-
cess
HIGH-Th ( 3 hopes of Col. Theo
•
Gregg.
LONG—Meek's face since the
Maine election.
IMPOSSIBLE—For the Watchman to
tell the truth.
SHORT—The articles in the Watch
man explaining equal taxation.
COOL IMPUDENCE—P. G. Meek
asking the "Boys in Blue ;" "Lin
coln's hirelings" to vote for him.
THINK or IT.—Farmers, Work
ingmen, and Mechanics, if you vote
for P. 0-. Meek, you endorse his
treasonable course during the war.
SnonTErt—The articles in the
Watchman praising Gen. Grant and
the Boys in Blue for saving the
country from Democratic rebels.
SnonTEsT—The articles in the
Watchman explaining the revolution
ary letter of Frank P. Blair, and the
secret-hidden treason of Horatio
Seymour.
REmommt—War Democrats and
Loyal men, that every vote you cast
for P. G. Meek endorses his treason
and condemns the course of that
gallant soldier, Col. Theodore Gregg,
who fought four years to save the
nation.
Do NOT FORGET—Honest voters,
that while Col. Theodore Gregg was
risking his life, fighting the men who
were struggling to destroy the na
tion, P. G. Meek was engaged
in filling the Watchman with abuse
of him and all other loyal soldiers.
PATRIOTS voters of Centre coun
ty, will you, can you, vote for such
a sympathizer as P. G. Meek, in pre
ference to Col. Theodore Gregg,
that noble patriot and gallant soldier
of two wars ?
Cum JUSTICE CHASE, or-candidate
for the Presidency before the New
York Convention, is announced by
the Zanesville Courier to have written
a letter to a friend in that place de
claring for Grant and Colfax.
TIM New York Commercial of Fri
day says : "The betting on Grant in
the political market yesterday was
$l,OOO to $250, and but few takers.
Not many are willing to take stock
that Seymour will carry this State.
The betting on Griswold and Hoff
man is even, and the Democrats are
not over and above fierce in taking
this stock.
Gov. SMITH and his associates pre
sented an address to President John
son, asking for additional trpops for
Alabama, to quell the insurrection
inaugurated there by Frank Blair's
revolutionary letter and the sup
porters of Seymour.
AFTER TREAL-OR the 26th ult.,
four men hailing from New York
were arrested in Philadelphia,
charged with procuring fraudulent
naturalization papers and held for
trial. Wallace, by his corrupt
teachings is getting hi 4 friends into
trouble. Keep a, sharp look out for
these coffee colored papers.
• LOYAL MEN'Of Centre county, how
can you vote "forP. G. Meek for As
sembly when you know that he, op
posed the war,. advised resistance
.to the draft ; kept up a fire in the
rear of the. Union army all, through
the war, thus aiding to prolong the
War and- to increase the national
debt, of which he - now 'prates so
much?
. .
RE3IPLITY., loyal men of Centre
county, that P. G. Meek declared
" that liberty received a fatal stab
"when Gen. Lea surrendered -to
" Gen, Grant."
, Can you so, far for
get your country aad your best in
terests as to vote for such a rebe •
sympathizer • -
GENEriAt CAnr, Sciivaz has been
invited to speak in lowa, but writes
that. all:his time until the 3d of No ,
vember is taken up. He says in his
letter: "From all the 'States I have
" visited I have brought back the
" assurance that the Germans will
" give a larger Republican vote than
"'ever before, and I have no doubt
"lowa will prove no exception to
" the rale." -
RIGHT is might, and the residt of
the Maine election proves it. The
- contest was for and against the coun
try. The Democracy fought for
anarchy as it is produced by rebel
lion ; while the Republicans con
tended for order as it is secured by
the enforcement of the laws. Here
in we have the cause of the effect in
Maine. The people were asked to
decide between friends and foes;
between right and wrong. Is it to
be wondered at that the wrong was
condemned?
THE men. who increased the Re
publican vote in Maine, will be
saved from a renewal of Civil war ;
saved from a return of Democratic
rule ; saved from having a weak
President; like Seymour, or a revo
lutionary one like Blair; saved from
repudiation and national disgrace.
There are thousands of Democrats
in Pennsylvania who will vote for
the same salvation,
Tna I rish Beople, au influential
Celtic American paper, has renounc,
ed the Democratic party and come
out for Grant and Colfax. The rea
sons it gives in an article of force and
clearness, from which we ' quote as
follows :
First. The Democratic party is allied
to the Anglo-Confederate party in the
South, which carried on the war for, the
destruction of the Union. Had England
and the Confederates been successful, this
Republic. would have been ruined ; -and
with its disintegration the hopes of all suc
cor for the Irish exile, and all aid for his
cause would.have been lost forever. The
success of the secession would have been
a great calamity for Ireland, and as such
the Irish citizens . of America resisted it;
and in resisting it they resisted the policy
and the manifest handiwork of England.
Therefore it is ,unreasonable for them new
to ally theinselt'es with England and Enf.-
land's friends; for this is what they would
do if
.they count [themselves with tl.O
Southern "am:l=aq."
WHO MADE THE WAR WHO CAUSED
THE RATIONAL DEBT LET THOSE
WHO DID IT BARE THE BLAME.
For the benefit of the Watchman'
and that portion of our citizens who
have been mislead by reading that
semi-traitorous sheet, we present a
few historical facts. Mr. Meek while
he is constantly harping upon the
taxes never condescends to tell his
benighted followers who made the
war, and imposed those heavy bur
dens upon the people. But Gen.
McCandless did not fail, in order to
justify his course in the army, to say
that the rebels made the war. But
Mr. Meek will not even publish in
his paper the statement of McCand
less. Thier game is deception, false •
hood and bragadocia, and Eithey pre
sume upon the ignorance and galla
bility of the people for success.
Let them presume as they will.
Let them wriggle and twist as they
may, we charge home upon the
Democratic party as the originators
of the rebellion, all the evils and bur
dens growing out of it. The national
debt, the taxes, the three hundred
thoUsand of noble braves slain—the
thousands of soldiers widows—the
soldiers orphans, the condition of the
South itself, are all the direct work
of the leaders of the Democratic par
ty. P. G. Meek cannot and dare not
deny the charge, fix• it is based on
the testimony of the men who waged
war upon the Government and whom,
Mr. Meek has frequently declared,
did no wrong.
First—Let us ask
WHO BEGAN TILE WAR'?
Let the Rebel Toombs answer.
He does it in the most, emphatic lan
guage. ToombS was. a Democrat
before the war, and is now shouting
and working for Seymour and Blair.
Here is what he says :
"I will tell you another fact, which is
enough for this time, that as the late "war
was produced by the defeated democratic
party in 1860, so we shall never have peace
till it is restored to power in 1868."—Ex-
United States and e::-.Confederate States
Senator Toombs' speech at Atlanta, Ga.,
July 8, 1868. - •
Second—Let us ask:
WHAT THEY.BEGAN IT FOR?
Let the Vice President of the bogus
Confederacy answer. Honest, think
ing men of the Democratic party
hear what he says. He is now a sup
porter of Seymour and Blair.
"The new (Confederate) Constitution has
put at rest forever all the agitatinr , ques
tions relating to our peculiar institutions—
African Slavery—as it exists amongst us,
the proper status of the negro in our form
of civilization. This was the immediate
cause of the late rupture and present revo
lution. # Our new
Government is founded upon exactly the
opposite idea—(the idea of Mr•. Jeffersrm
that the enslavement of the African was in
violation of the laws of nature, and wrong
in principle, socially - , morally and political
ly.) Its foundations are laul—its corner
stone rests upon the great truth * *
that slavery subordination to the superior
race is his (the negro's) national and nor
mal condition !"—Confederate Vice Presi
dent A. H. Stephens' speech at Savannah,
Ga., March 21. 1801.
Third—Let us ask.
WHAT JUSTIFICATION HAD THEY FOE ITS
Again we settle the question by cal
' ing to the witness stand Alexander
H. Stephens. He shows in the most
conclusive manner that there was no
cause for war, that the North had
not assailed or trampled upon a sin
gle. Southern right. Hear Mr. Ste
then s.
Vi" What right has the North assailed?
What interest of the South has been inva
ded ? What justice has been denied ? Or
what claim founded in justice and right
has been withheld? Can either of you to
day name one Governmental act of wrong
deliberately and purposely done by. the
Government at Washington of which the
South has a right to complain ? I challenge
the answer. While, on the other hand, let
me show the facts which now stand as re
cords in the history of our country.
""When we of the South demanded the
slave trade, did they not yield the right for
twenty . years ? When we asked and de
manded a three-fifths representation in
Congress for our slaves, was it not granted ?
When we asked and demanded the return
of any fugitive from justice, or the return
of those persons owing labor or allegiance,
was it not incorporated in the Constitution,
and again ratified and strengthened in the
Fugitive Slave Law of ISSO ?
"But do you reply, that in many in
stances theyhave violated this compact, and
have not been faithful to their obligations ?
As individuals and local communities, they
may have done so, but not by the sanction
of the Government : for that has always
been true to Southern interests.
"And I must declare here, as I have of
ten done before, and which has been repeat
ted by the greatest and wisest statemen
and patriots .in this and other lands, that it
is the best and. freest G overnment, the
most Equal in its rights, the most just in
its decisions, the most lenient in its meas
ures, and the most inspiring in its princi
ples to elevate the race of man that the sun
of heaven ever shone upon.
"Now, for you to attempt to overthrow
such a Government as this is the height of
madness, folly and wickedness, to which I
can neither lend my sanction nor my vote."
A. H. Stephens' address in the Georgia
Convention, Jan. 1.861.
Can any man, any honest Demo
crat in his sober senses, any man
who loves his country, the old flag
liberty and justice, continue to vote
with the Democratic party, after
reading such a record, made out
against that party by its own friends.
Is it any wonder Mr. Wallace in
structs Mr. Meek and the leaders
throughout the State, to defend noth
ing. How can they in the light of
history, defend their treasonable
black and damning record 7 Voters
Of Centre answer at the polls. An-'
saver as freemen.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Chicago
Tribune, who resides at Plato, Ky.,
relates a horrible outrage committed
by the Ku-Klux in that village on
the 19th inst. The latter visited the
house of a man named Cummins, who
killed one of the Ku-Klux in the con
test that ensued, when Cummins and
his daughter were both killed by the
Ku-Klux. After they had killed
Cummins, his daughter, who was
lamenting over his dead body, was
shot by one of the gang, who turned
over the dead man's body, fired at it,
and remarked that "another d—d
Abolitionist was out of the road."
THE list of accounts owing by the
various savings banks of New York
city show that the largest number in
the list are; 1. Females living out
to service. 2.- Laborers. 3. Seams
tresses. 4. Clerks. 5. Mechanics.
6. Male waiters. 7. Cartmen. These
depositors are all alike interested in
United States securities; in
. which
their ha . invested,
GENERAL DIX
Letter to a Friend in New York—
His Opinion of Horatio Sey
mour—His Election Would be a
Calamity—Only Safety for the
Country the Election of General
Grant.
Gen. Dix, American Minister to
France, has sent the following letter
to a friend in New York. It was
not written for publication, but the
gentleman to whom - it was addressed
has consented to give it to the public:
Pants, September 4,186 S.
DEA.n Sin :—lt was my hope that
my distance from home would have
saved me from all participation in
political excitement prevailing there ;
but I notice in oue of the newspa
pers that I am "heart and hand with
Mr. Seymour." lam not aware of
anything in the present or past which
could rightfully subject me to such
an imputation.
I have been acquainted with Mr.
Seymour more than a quarter of a
century. He is an amiable gentle
man of unexceptionable private char
acter and respectable talents, but you
know, as well as I, that he has not a
single qualification for the successful
execution of the high official trust to
which he has been nominated, and
he is especially deficient in that firm
ness of purpose which, in critical
emergencies, is the only safeguard
against public disorder and calamity.
He has been twice at different times
Governor of the State of New York,
and he has in neither case had the
talent or tact to keep the,Democratic
party of the State together more than
two years. I should regard his elec
tion at this juncture, when steadiness
of purpose, decision, and self-control
are so much needed, as one of the
greatest calamities that could befall
the country.
Moreover, he has been put in
nomination by a convention which
has openly declared the purpose of
those it repre,sents to pay the great
er part of the public debt contracted
to preserve the Union in depreciated
paper. Such a measure would, in
my judgment, be a palpable violation
of public faith, pledged under cir
cumstances which should have been
binding on all honorable men. Sey
mour has macle public speeches to
show that it is our duty to pay the
debt in specie. In accepting his
nomination to the Presidency, he
adopts the declaration that it ought
to be paid in paper.. I know nothing
so humiliating in the history of
American politics as this tergiversa
tion. It was pe"haps not unfit that
Mr. Seymour, after presiding in 1864
over the Chicago Convention, which
declared the war a failure, should
preside over the Convention of 1868,
in which a proposition to discredit
the debt contracted to carry on the
war was received with tremendous
cheering, and that he should be the
chosen instrument to execute this
act of national turpitude. Ido not
believe that the wishes or opinions
of the great body of the Democratic
party are fairly expressed in these
proceedings. They have nothing in
common with the states-manlike
views of policy and the high sense of
national honor which guided the
party when Martin Van Buren, Wil
liam L. Yancey, Silas Wright, Lewis
Cass and Stephen A. Douglas were
among its most conspicuous 111CP.1-
hers.
I see but one source of safety. for
the country under existing circum
stances, and that is the election of
General Grant. On his decision of
character, good sense, moderation
and disinterested patriotism, I believe
the South will have a far better hope
of regaining the position in the Un
ion to which it is entitled than under
a man whose political career has been
in nothing more conspicuously mark
ed than in an utter infirmity of pur
pose. Independently of all these
considerations, I should be greatly
surprised if the people of the United
States were to elect as their Chief
Magistrate a man who was making,
at the Academy of Music, on the 4th
of July, 1863, a speech eficient in
all the characteristics of an elevated
love of country, at the very hour
when General Grant was carrying the
victorious arms of the Union into
Vicksburg, and when thousands of
our fallen countrymen wire pouring
out their blood on the plains of Get
tysburg in defense of their homes
and the government, which Mr. Sey
mour was doing all in his power to
embarrass and discredit. lam quite
willing you should show this letter
to any friends who may take an in
terest in my opinion in regard to the
coming election, and I am particu
larly desirous of removing the im
pression, if it exists, that I am in fa
vor of Mr. Seymour or the repudia
tion of any portion of the public
debt. . Truly yours,
Jxo. A. Dix. .
REBEL enthusiasm in Georgia for
Seymour and Blair has culminated in
a murderous attack on a body of un
armed men, supporters of Grant and
Colfax, marching to the place ap
pointed for holding a meeting, and
the killing and wounding of seventy
five loyal citizens. Precisely what
next to expect, depends upon the
view taken of this transaction. If
this is not rebellion we know not
what to call it. If this is the acquies
cence promised by Gen. Lee and his
paroled associates, then the less we
have of it the better. We have a
notion, however, that the general
verdict will be that it proves that we
need just such a man as Grant is at
the head of affairs ; and we conclude
that the great body of the voting
public, not really opposed to the Un
ion, will look upon the murderous
transaction as affording reason enough
why, to a man, they should join
hands in placing Gen. Grant there.
INTELLIGENT. voters of Centre coun
ty ! When Democrats talk to you
of the National debt and heavy taxes,
ask them who rebelled against the
the Government and forced the debt
and taxes upon the country When
they tell you of our ruined com
merce and our idle ships, ask them
who the pirate Semmes was' Ask
them who issued letters •of marque
and reprisal, sending out the pirate
Semmes and others to drive our
commerce off the seas Point to
Jeff. Davis, Alexander H. Stephens,
Gov. Vance, Cobb, Forrest, Wade
Hampton, and a host of other rebel
Democrats who are now working
and shouting for Seymour and Blair.
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CAUTION.—AII persons are cau
tioned against meddling with a certain Grey
Horse, now in the possession of James H. Galer,
as it is only left with him on loan for the benefit
of my house as a tavern, to rnn to the station
and back. EDWARD WILLIAMS.
Philipsburg, Pa., Sept. 28, '6B-10:2:-3t*
BY virtue of an order from the
Orphars' Court of Centro county, there
will be exposed to public sale, on the premises,
on
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14th 1868.
at 10 o'clock, a. m., the following property :
A certain Farm containing 78 acres, situate
in Bald Eagle Valley, about two miles abovo
Unionville and ten miles abovo Bellefonte,
(through which the Bald Eagle Valley Rail
road passes.) Late property of Jacob Down
ing dec'd. It is bounded on the north by land
of George Hoover, on the west by Joseph
Miles' heirs, on the south by Bald Eagle creek,
and on the east by L. C. Peters and P. Holt,
on which is erected a good two story Dwelling
House, with a well of good water at the door ;
a large Bantc Barn and other out buildings; a
good Apple orchard, Peach trees, and a vari
ety of Cherry and Plumb trees in bearing con
dition.
The buildings and Orchard are situate on an
elevated piece of ground, making it altogether
a desirable resi•le nee and situation.
TEnus OF SALE.—One-half of the purchase
money to be paid at the confirmation of the
sale, and the.remainder in one year thereafter
with interest, to be secured by bond and mort -
;age on the premises.
JESSE UNDERWOOD,
Trustee.
IN THE ORPHAN'S COURT OF
Centre county. In the matter of the es
tate of William Bally, deed., the undersigned
an Auditor appointed by said Court to hear the
exceptions filed to the account of Jonathan
McWilliams, Executor, and to settle and adjust
the same, will attend to the duties of his ap
pointment at his office in Bellefonte, on Tues
day, November 10th, ISM, at 1 o'clock, p. in, at
which time and place all parties interested may
attend if they see proper.
A B HENDERSON,
Auditor.
FT THE COURT OF COMMON
Pleas of Centre county. Smith, Seltzer
Co. vs. D. W. Zeigler. The undersigned, an
Auditor appointed by the Court of Common
Pleas of Centro county, to distribute the money
now in court arising out of the sale of the per
sonal property of D W Zeigler, will attend to
the duties of his appointment at his office in
Bellefonte, at 1 o'clock p. In., on Tuesday, the
20th day of October, A. D. 1202.
JOHN G. LOVE,
Auditor.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON
Pleas of Centre county, Fi Fa. No. 47,
August T. 1868. Weaver, Davidson ik Co, vs.
G. lt. Wolf. The Auditor appointed by the
Court to make distribution of the fund in Court
arising on the above writ among the lien credi
tors, legally entitled thereto, will meet the par
ties interested for the purpose of his appoint
ment, on Monday the 19th. day of October, A D,
1508, at 10 o'clock, a m., of said day, at his office
in Bellefonte.
sep2s 3t S. D. GRAY, Auditor.
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AUDITORS NOTICE.
The undersigned, an Auditor ap
pointed by the Orphans' Court of Centre county
to make distribution of the money in the hands
of Abraham F. Reynolds and G. N. Yocum, ex
ecutors of the last will and testament of John
I. Duncan dec'd, to and among those persons
legally entitled thereto will attend to the duties
of his appointment at his office in Bellefonte on
Tuesday the 20th day of October' A. D., at 1
o'clock p. tn. of said day, where and when all
persons interested may attend if they see proper
sep 25 3t A. 0. FURST, Auditor.
ESTRAY.
Came to the premises of the subscriber
in Union township, about the first of July last,
a red and white spotted cow, supposed to be five
years old. The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property. pay charg , s and take her
away, otherwise she will be disposed of accord
ing to law. JACOB HOOVER, Jr.
3 18 '6B 3t Union township.
CAUTION.
All persons are hereby cautioned against
purchasing or meddling with the following
property to wit : two brown mares, two sets
gears, one 2-horse wagon, and one buggy, now
in possession of Barry Poole, of Rush town
ship, as the same belongs to us, and are subject
to our order, having only been loaned to said
Poole. JAS. C. WILLIAMS t CO.
9 18 3t.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Cen
tn.; county
The undersigned, an Auditor appointed by
said court to make distribution of the moneys
in the hands of D. Z. Kline, Sheriff, arising
from the sale of the personal property of Ritz
man S . ; Keller, will attend to the duties of his
appointment at his office in Bellefonte, on Wed
nesday, Oct 2lst, ISfiS, at 2 o'clock, p. in., at
which time and place all parties interested may
attend if they see proper.
A. B. HENDERSON,
Auditor.
TOSEPH A. BASKIN,
e . ) of this Borough insures property for the fol
lowmg companies, viz: Lycoming County Mu
teal Insurance Company; York Company, Pa.
Insurance Company of :North America ; Enter
prise Company, and Girard of Philadelphia
Pa. 9 11 '9B-Iy.
STRAY.
kJ Strayed from the residence of the subscri
ber, Wlll. SHOWERS, near Boiling Springs,
Spring township, August 29, two cows—One a
red and white spotted cow, very few white spots,
with straight horns. The other is a spreckled
cow—red and white—with crooked horns. Any
person knowing of the whereabouts of the above
described cattle will please inform me of the
fact. 9 11 3tls
Ell
Whereas, in and by an act of tbe General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia, entitled "an act relating to the election
of this commonwealth," approved the 2d day
of July. A. D. ISA I D. Z. KLINE, high
Sherittof the county of Centre, Pennsylvania,
do hereby make known and give notice to the
electors of the county aforesaid, that a gener
al election will be held in the county of Centre,
on the SECOND TUESDAY (lath) of OCTO
BER, 1868, at which time the following per
sons arc to be elected.
One Person as Auditor General of :Pennsyl
vania.
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VENTILATORS,
LEGAL NOTICES.
0ct.2,'1368,3c
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There :— ;yin be a reunion of the Literary
Societies of the Centre County Normal School,
on Tuesday, the 29th inst. A cordial invitation
to all the old students is extended, and they are
expected to be present. The invitation is also
extended to every person interested in education.
a 12 '6B-3t* It. M. MAGEE. •
EXECUTORS' NOTICE.
Whereas, Letters Testamentary on the
estate of Philip Shenonerger, late of Hang s
township, deceased, have been granted to the
undersigned all persons knowing themselves
indebted to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment, and all having claims to
present them duly authenticated by law for
settlement.
GEORGE SHENEBERGER,
DAVID KELLER,
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES
TATE OF JACOB HousEß, late of
Barris townsnip, deed.
The undersigned appointed by the Orphan's
Court of Centro county, an Auditor to make
distribution of the balance in the hands of Geo.
E. Wasson, and Wm. Thompson,'Administrators
of said estate, to and among those legally enti.
tied thereto, will meet the parties interested at
his office on Tuesday, the 27th day of October,
next, at 1 o'clock, P. I\i.
JAS. H. RANKIN,
Auditor.
9 11 't3
TN THE MATTER OF TIM ES
TATE OF WILLIAM H. COOKE. In the
Orphans' Court of Centre County, August
Term, 186 S.
The undersigned, appointed by the Court, an
auditor in the above case, "to hear and dispose
of the exceptions to the accounts of Rob t. Cooke,
Executor, tiled July 3rd 1662, and July 24th
1868, and make distribution of the balance in
the hands of the accountant, amongst the par
ties legally entitlr d to receive the same," will
attend to the duties of his appointment, at his
office. in Bella) nte, on Friday, October 16th,
at 2 o'clock, P. M., at which time and place al
parties interested will be present.
TIIAD. P. STEPHENS,
Auditor
9 11 62-3 t
GENERAL ELECTION PROC
LAMATION.
One person as Surveyor General of Penn
sylvania.
One person for President Judge of tho 25th
Judicial district.
One person to fill the office of Representa
tive in Congress, from 18th district.
One pereun to fill the office of member of
the Ilouso of Representatives, to represent the
county of Centre in the House of Representa
tives of Pennsylvania.
One person for District Attorney of Centre
county.
One person for Commissioner of Centre
county.
One person for county Surveyor of Centro
county.
One person for Auditor of Centre county
In persuance of said Act. I also hereby
make known and give notice that the places
of holding the aforesaid general election In
the several boroughs and townships within
the county of Centre, are as follows, to wit :
The electors of the county of Centro will
take notice that the said General Election will
be held at the following places:
For the township of Haines, at the public
house of Absalom Harter, in the town of
Aaronsburg.
For the township of Half Moon, at the
school house in Stormstown.
For the township of Taylor, at the house
erected for the purpose on the property of
Leonard Meryman.
For the township of Miles, at the school
louse in the town of Rehershurg.
For the township of Potter, at the house of
R. 11. Porter Old Fort.
For the township of Gregg, at the house of
M. Guise.
For the township of Ferguson, at the school
house in Pine Grove.
For the township of Harris, at the school
house in Boalsburg.
For the township of Patton, at the house of
Peter Murray.
For the borough of Bellefonte. and Spring
and Benner townships, at tho court house in
Bellefonte.
For the township of Walker, at the school
horse in Ilublersburg.
For the borough and township of Howard,
at the house of Mrs. Eliza Tipton.
For the borough of Philipsburg, at the new
school house in said borough.
For the township of Rush, at the school.
house in Philipsburg.
For the township of Snow Shoo ' at the
school house near the house of Samuel Askey.
For the township of Marion, at the school
house in Jacksonville.
For the borough of Milesburg, at the school
house in Milesburg.
For the township of Boggs, at the new
school house in Central City.
For tho township of Houston, at the former
place of holding elections.
For the township of Penn, at the house of
W. L. Musser.
For the township of Liberty, at the school
house in Eagleville.
For the township of Worth; at the school
house in Port Matilda.
For the township of Burnsides, at the houso
of John Boaz.
For the township of Curtin, at the school
house near Robt Manns.
For the borough of Unionville and Union
township, at the school house in Unionville.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
'That every person except the Justice of
the peace who shall have any office, appoint
ment of profit, or trust under the United States
or of the State, or any city or incorporated
districts whether a commissioned officer or
otherwise, as subordinated officer, or agent
who is or shall be employed under the Legis
lative, executive, or judicial department of this
State, or of the United States, or of any city or
any corporated district, and, also, that every
member of Congress or of the State Legisla
ture and select or common council of any in
corporated district is by law incapable of hold
ing or exercising at the same time, the otihio
or appointment of Judge, Inspectors or Clerk
of any election of this Commenwerlth, and
that no inspector, judge or officer of such elec
tion shall be clegible to be voted for.
And the said Act, of Assembly entitled 'An
Act referring to elections of this Common
wealth,' passed July 21, 1839, further provides
as follows, to wit:
"In lam the person who shall have received
the highest number of votes for inspector,
shall not attend on the day of any election,
then the person who shall have received the
second highest number of votes for judge at
the next preceding election, shall act as in
spector in his place. And in case the person
who shall have revived the highest number of
votes for inspector shall not attend, the person
elected judge shall appoint an inspector in his
place; and in case the person elected judge
shall not attend then the inspector who re
ceived the highest number votes shall appoint
a judge in his place ; and if any vacancy shall
continue in the board fcr the space of an hour
after the time fixed by law for the opening of
the election, the qualified voters of the town
ship, ward, or district for which such officers
shall have been elected, present at the place
of election, shall elect one of their number to
fill such vacancy.
"It shall be the duty of the several asses
sors, respectfully to attend at the place of
holding every general, special or township
election during the whole time said election is
kept open, for the purpose of giving informa
tion to the inspectors and judge when called
on in relation to the right of any as e.ssed by
them to vote at such election, or such other
matter in relation to the right of any person
assessed by there to vote at such election, and
of such other maters in relation, the assess
ment or voters as the said inspectors or either
of them may from time to time require."
"No person shall be permitted to vote at
any election other than a white freeman, at
the age of twenty-one years or more who shall
have resided in this State at least no year,
and in the election district where he offers to
vote at least ten days, immediately proceeding
such ele• tion ; and within two years paid a
State tax, which shall have been. assessed at
least ten days before the election. But a citi
zen of the United States who has previously
been a qualified voter of this State, and re
move therefrom and returned, and who shall
have resided in the election district, and paid
taxes as aforesaid. shall bo entitled to vote
after residinc , in this State six months. PRO
VLS'En. That the free white citizens of the
United States between the ages of twenty one
end twenty-two years and have resided in the
election districts ten days as aforesaid shall
be entitled to vote although they shall have
paid no taxes.
"No person shall be entitled to vote whose
name is not contained in the list of taxable
inhabitants furnished by the commissioners,
unless, First, he procures a receipt for the pay
ment, within two years, of a State or county
tax, assessed either on his oath or the oath or
affirmation of another, but that he has paid
such a tax, or any failure to produce such a
receipt, shall make oath to the payment there
of; or second, if he claim a right to vote by
being an elector between the ages of twenty
one and twenty-two years, he shall despose on
oath or affirmation that he has resided in the
State one year next before his application and
make such proof of residence in the district as
is required by this act, and that he does veri
ly believe from the accounts given him that ho
is of the age aforesaid, and give such other
evidence as is required by this act whereupon
the name of the person so admitted to veto
shall ho inserted in the inspector's list and a
note made opposite there in by writing the
word 'tax,' if ho shall be admitted to vote by
reason of for such votes all be called out by
the clerks, who shall make the like notes in
the list of voters kept by thorn.
"In all cases where the name of the person
claiming to vote is found on the list furnished
by the commiss loners and assessors, of his
right to vote whether found thereon or net, is
objected to.by any qualified citizen, it shall
be the duty of the inspector to examine such
person on oath as to his qualification, and if
he claims to have resided within the State for
one year or more his oath shall be sufficient
proof thereof but shall make proof by at leas
one competent witness, Is ho shall be a quali
tied elector, that he has resided within the dis
trict for more than ten days next immediately
preceeding said election, and shall also him
self swear that his bonafied residence in per.
suanco to his lawful calling is within the dis.
trict, and that he did not remove into said dis
trict for the purpose of voting therein.
"Every person qualified as atbresaid, and
who shall make duo proof if required of his
residence and payment of taxes, shall be ad
mitted to vote in the township, ward or dis
trict in which be shall reside.
. "If any person shall attempt to prevent an
officer of an election under this act, from hold
ing such election or use or threaten any vio
lence to any such officer, or shall interrupt or
improperly interfere with him in the execution
Of his duty, or block up the window or avenue
to any window where the same may bo hold
ing, or riotously disturb the peace at such
election,
or shall see or practice any intitnid.
ation threats, force or violence, with design
to influence unduly or overawe any elector or
to prevent him from voting or to restrain the
freedom of choice, such persons on conviction
shall be fined in any sum not exceeding live
hundred dollars and to be imprisoned for any
time not less than twelve months, and if it
shall be shown to court, where the trial of such
offences shall be had, that the person so of
fending was not a resident of the, ward dis
trict or township, where the said offence was
committed and not entitled therein, then on
conviction he shall be sentenced to pay a fine
of one hundred, and not more than one thou
sand dollars, and be imprisoned not less titan
six months nor more than two years.
"If any person or persons shall make any
bet or wager upon tha result of the election
within this commonwealth, or shall offer to
make any such bet or wager, either by vet ha
proclamation thereof, or any written or prin
ted advertisement, ehall.•utgo or invite any
such persons to make such bet or wager upon
conviction thereof ho or they shall forfeit and
pay three times the amount or bet offered to be
bet.
If any person shall vote at more than one
election district, or otherwise fraudulently vote
more than once on the same day, or shall
fraudulently fold and deliver to the inspector
two tickets together with the intent illegally
to vote tries and procure anot her to du so, h i)
or they so offending shall upon convietion, he
fined in any sum nut less than fifty nor more
than five hundred dollars and be imprisoned
not less than three nor more than twelve
mon t he.
If any person qualified to vote in this com
monwealth agreeable to law, (excepti the sons
of qualified citizens) shall appear at any d ee _
ion for the purpose of issuing tickets or influ
encing the citizens qualified to vote, ho shall
on conviction forfeit any sum nut exceeding
one hundred dollars fur every such offence,
and be imprisoned for any to-n not exceed
ing three months."
The election to open between the hours of
and 10 o'clock in the forenoon and shall con•
tinue without interruption or adjournment
until 7 o'clock in the evening, !when the polls
shall be closed.
The several Inspectors and Judges elected
on the 31 Friday of Mari h last, in pursuance
of the 3d section of the act of the 2d of July
1530, will hold the election on Tuesday, the
13th day of October next.
The judges are to make their returns fne
the county of Centre, at the court house, in
Bellefonte, on Friday, the 16 of October, A
D. Is6S.
Given under my Land and seal at Belle
fonte this 14th duy of September, A• D
186 S. D Z. KLINE, Shiniff.