| victory and the election of Crawford land Petriken must crown your efforts. | - Eo me —— - Work op the Railroad. CENTRE HALL REPORTER. \ mines lon 1 By the time this copy of the Rr sorter reaches our readers, the work m——— lon the railvond will have commenced Crxrre Hav, Pa, SEPTEMBER Oh, 180 | 0 obo 10 wer end. tion of having the road located thro’ Centre county, this full, and the let We are in expecta BA Democratic Nominations, For ( ongre 88 2} a * oo Election Proclamation — Continued from 1st page, Section 6. If any election officer shall refuse or neglect to require such proof of the right of suffrage as is prescribed by this law, or the laws to which this is a supple- ment, from any person offering to vote whose name is not on the list of assessed voters, or whose right vote is challenged by any qualified voter present, sud shall admit such person to vote Without, equi. ing such proof, every person so offending, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced, for every such offence, to pay a fine not ex- ceeding one hundred dollars, orto undergo The War. for an armistice emanating from Rus OF STRASBURG-—GREAT 3A and Austria. : | Paris remains tranquil and the in ‘habitants are firm in the belief that Vidithe city can be defended. The roads OT! leading to the eity are all closed and rE SIEGE SUFFERING IN THE CITY. Before Strasburg, September 5, London, September 7.—The first so ——— re —————— The carpet bag governments in the and the outside world, and to accom | ihe radical newspapers of the North. pany the same with not too destructive | The New York Sun follows suit with HENRY SHERWOOD, of Tioga. | For Senators: R. B. PETRIKEN, of Huntingdon D. M. CRAW FORD, of Juriata. For Assembly, P. GRAY MEEK, of Bellefonte. For Commissioner, JQHN G. SANKIY, of Gregg. For Jury Commissioner. WM. BURCHFIELD, of Ferguson. | For Auditor, DR. J. M. BUSH, of Patton. ———————————————————— A ————— The election proclamation appears in to day's paper. Its length should deter no one from redding it, as it con tains the radical registry act and the 15th amendment. Democrats see that you are registered, and examine the lists, and be certain that the name of every Democrat is registered. hii ig ee Henry Sherwood— Our Candidate For Congress. . The democratic Congressional con- ference of this, 18th, district, met at Lock Haven, on Sth inst, and nomiua ted Hexry SnErwoob, Esq. of Tioga county, as the democratic candidate for Congress, by acclamation. Mr. Mackey did not permit the use of his name, not wishing to be a candidate, | one of the most popular men in Tioga county, and will poll a heavy vote there. This vouches for the excellence of the man. Helis a lawyer of great ability, and should he be elected, we will be represented in Congress by a| man who will be an honor to the dis | trict, and who will not disgrace his| constituents by dodging votes, and vo-| ting for landgrabs, and jeining plunder rings as, did Wm. H. Arm- Mr. Sherwood's character i strong. S of honesty and uprightoess in Tioga county. We support him with pride, and would prefer defeat, under a lead- ér like Sherwood, twenty times, to a ting to take place immediately after. ja bombardment, This moral presure| he Times, Tribune, and many other Rail- {had no effect upon the Governor and! |gading radical papers in the North in a siege in force was commenced, and|ihe (ollawing : ; ~~. {the third paralled opened. What des-| The fruits of the earpet bag reign of Work to commence Within} orion ensued! The avenues were | the lust five years are what might have two weeks. filled, us if a hurricane had passed |pooy expected. The world may be The centlemen who have secured [over the city, the cathedral and pub: | geaprohed in vain for governments so im-| lie buildings weve partially destroyed. | opal, so shamelessly corrupt, so hope-| The streets were strewn with dead and | Joguly rotten, as those now prevailing in dying und magnificent houses were 10 |ghe South. Politically they may be One shell burst in a school | ehanged ; but this cannot cure one o The contract for building the rod is awarded to Messrs. Wallace & Black. the contract for grading the railroad - i { lace is a citizen of Wrightsville, Pa| hin The time for the|al litte girls were instanly killed. |soamps have ran the States they rule! The suburbs suffered fearfuly and the ruingusly into debt. The" legislatures | » * >» > # { i habitants ol whole parishes fled los | controlled by them have piedged the ing everthing. : : : |States to the discharge of pecuniary | less be completed before that time. SUCCESSFUL SORTIE FROM SPRASBURG. [obligations of erushing weight, to the The following advertisement in the| py so Reptember 8.—The French future redemption of an enormous of | Ministry of the Interior publish a dis [amount of bonds, and to the imposition patch, under reserve, from the French [of onercus taxes through 4 series of ) [Consul at Basle, stating that the gar-| years. This has been done in further. lisq., of Lancaster, completion of the grading is limited to April, 1871, but the work will doubt Lewisburg Chronicle, may also he terest to our readers : Orrice oF Te L,C.& S.C. RR) Co, Priaverriia, Sept. 670.) » \ Neutice is hereby wiven that the first ordered to Strasburg, where they were the authors reap present wealth and otice 1s hereby given th ; By a sortie they ‘anticipate larger gains in the immedi- instalment of FIVE Dollars per share] ate fi ve. These ‘dens have already wil subscriptions fo dhe Capital Stock |KILLED 8,000 to 10,000 PRUSSIANS, | 3t€ future. These burdens have already " R % Spruce And \ | On TI seriously embarrassed all > . v e & Spruce / . several ¢ : 8: | . : of the Lt withurg, Centre : pruce | ne took Severs can On TS | States, and well nigh bankrupted some ‘ i} Wa tea t . : * » > ay ay . fr y 3 . SSH 8 TOSSEe i * . . Creek Railroad Company will be pay: day or Friday the Prussians crossed of them ; and to save them from ruin able on the FIRST DAY OF OCTO lon pontoons, between Porte des Trufes| besieged. BER, 1870, and the subsequent in-| Porte d’Austerlitz, and were SWEPL| ust be speedily brought to an end. stalments of Five Dollars per share down by the mitrailleuse, at Porte des| eo et iti will be due payable on the first day of | Pecheurs, to the last man. A Strange Sort of Cemetery. reach succeeding month, until the whole |THE CONQUERED FRENCH TERRITORY, m +o ae ‘shall be puid. Sartin. Sortemwber, 58.5 Tit , Fravelers in South America have | Payment of the above named instal-| 4 i" FISP ih at Part | made many strange discoveries there yn TSU J of Lorraine now in the possession of|ipanee indeed as those occasionally wents is hereby required to be made Prussia. and al} of. A lence. *will probs; ge un : nail) GEORGE F. MILLER, President 5810, and § Alsace, will proba-iyeported in the fabled and ever inter- to NY ’ {bly represent the territory to be de |ogtine enst.—One of the latest is de- at Lewisbur., ba. manded from France as an indemnity |coribed as a sort of cemetery above to Prussiu. The western frontier will oround, It is in the desert of Ataca- begin at Esch, on the border of Lux-| ina, a plateau in the wonderful Andes, emburg, flanking the river Moselle at|,¢ 4p elevation of about four thousand about ten miles from the western| oot above the level of the sea. Our readers will wnderstand that{banks, crossing that stream at Curnay, | uly evidence that men ever existed halfway between Metz and Ponta [eve is that human bodies, as well as Mousson, then following the course of | },nse of mules and horses, are scatter. the Mosselle and Meuse, ten miles| 1 about u ., |from the eastern banks of the latter to nq dried to mummies by the parching An Interesting Outbreak and its Mount Dopan. The southwestern |, in osphere. A recent traveler in that Effects--A new Social Question. | irontier will consist of the present .ooion vives a graphic account of what [ Fron the St. Louis Times. ] ‘boundaries of the departments of the ho saw, from which we select his de- There was a small but interesting Upper and lower R ine, Haut and | seription of the cemetery without outbreak of hostilities at the Military | Bas Rhine. This district compre | qq, y Academy at West Point last Satur hends Alsace and Saarburg, Saargeu-| = «yw days’ journey from Calama, day, in which the colored troops fought | mond, Metz, Phionville, Chateau Sal- ‘with their accustomed valor. We|ins, Pfalburg, Bitche, Weissenbury. gather oyr report of the transaction from one who was an eye witness te Ithe events that immediately followed : it. About five o'clock in the after-/sion of all Alsace and the ‘noon, one of the youngest and sm: ‘cadets, who proved to be young JOSEPH LESLEY, Treas. N. B. Any person desiring to do so, can pay up the whole amount of his stock at once, this notice only applies to stock sub scribed for the MifHinburg section. pon the waste, shriveled cr tf ef com a en |stfling dust, brings the traveler to Chin . » mT a wf« : » » : . . . . y telegram to the limes states the Prus place still within the bounds of Ata { sian annexation will include the ces- Cami. northeas | “And here in reserve for him is a Wil. | the fortress and cities of Metz, Thion-| its like upon the face of the earth. an imprisonment not more than one year, or either or both, at the discretion of the court, Section 7. Ten days preceeding every election for electors of President and Vice President of the United States, it shall be the duty of the Assessor to attend at the place fixed by inw fer iokding the election in each election district, and then and there hear all applications of Fersols whosd nines have been omitted from ‘the list of assessed yotirs, and who claim the right to the same was made out, and shwll add the names of #uch persons thereto as shall show that they are entitledto the right of suffenge in such district, on the personal application of the claimant only, and forthwith assess them with proper tax. | After completing the list, a copy thereof] Jiall be ed on the door of or on the] house where the election is to be held, at] least eight days before the election ; and at | the election the sume course shall be pur-| sued, in all respects, as is required by this! Inet and the acts to which itis a Supplement, | lat the general election in October, The Assessor shall also make the same returns to the county commissioners of all assess- ‘ments made by virtue of this section; and | county commissioners shall conies thereof to the election officers in [the 1 |spects as is requirod at the general elections Lin October, | Section 8 T'e same rules and regula- and at every separate city, borough or ward election, in all respects as at the general | elections in October. | Section 9. The respective assessors, in- |spectors and judges of the election shall ‘each have the power to administer oaths to (sed or the right of suffrage, or in regard to Laid other matter or thing required done or inquired into by any of said officers lunder this aot; and any wilful fuls swear- Iter or thing cencerning which they shall be {lawfully interro | shall be punished as perjury. Section 10. The assessors shall each re- 'necesarily spent in performing the duties hereby enjoined as is the performance of their other duties, to be paid by the county commissioners as in son whatever within ten days next preced- "Tuesday of October, in any year, or with- in fen days next before any election for electors of President and Vice-President of the United States; any violation of this provision shall be a misdemeanor, and subject the officers so offending to a fine, on conviction, not exceeding one huudred dollars, or to imprisonment not exceeding the court, Section 11, On the petition of five or more citizens of the coun'y stating under onth that they verily believe that frauds will be practiced at the election about to of the court ef common pleas of said county, [if in gession, or if not a judge thereof In vacation, to appoint two judicious, s vher shall hereafter be held on the second Tuesday of October, subject to all the provisions of the laws regulating the elec tion of such officers not inconsistent with this act the persons elected to sueh o at that time shall take their places at the expiration of the terms of the pertohs holding the same at the time of sue Ce tion; Ba no election for th: office of. aseessor shall be held, under this act, un- til the year one thousand eight hundred und seventy, Section 16. At all elections hereafter held, under the laws of thiscommonwealth, the polls shall be opened between the hours of six and scaen o'ciock A. M., and closed at 7 o’eleek P. M. Section 17. It shall be the duty of the secrotury of the commonwealth fo prepare forms for all the blanks ninde necessary by this act, and furnish copies of the same to the county commissioners of the several counties of the commonwealth; and the county coramissianers ofeach equity shel § AS HON AS necessary after, ooript dt the game, at the proper expense of the county, » procure yng furiish toad] the election offi- | cers of the election distrigts, of their re- spective counties copies of such blanks, in such quantitios as my. be rendered necessu- ry for the discharge of their duties’ under this act. * » *® # &® Section 19. That citizens of this State teraporarily in the service of the State or of the United States governments, on cleri- cal or other duty, and who do net vote where thus employed, shall not be thereby deprived of the right to vote in their sever- al election districts if otherwise duly qual- ified, To the County Commissioners and Sheriff of the County of Centre. Whereas, The Fifteenth Amendment of e Constitutian of the United Btates is as follows: “Section 1. The right of citizens of the | United States to vote shall not be denied i |State, on account of rree, color, or previous {condition of servitude,” | “Section 2. The Congress shall have {ate legislation.” | And whereas, The Congress of the Uni- [ted States, on the 81st day of March, 1870, | passed an ael, entitled “An Aetto enforce | the right of citizens of the United States ‘to vote in the several States of this Union, "" the first and second [section of which are as follows: | “Section 1. Beit enncted by the Sanate and House of Representatives of the United | States of America in Congress assembled, That all citizens of the United States, who ‘are, or shall be otherwise qualified by law to vote atany election by the people, in any State, Territory, district, county, city, | parish, township, school district, munici- pality or other territorinl sub-division, ‘shall be entitled and allowed to vote at all such elections, without distinction of race, color, or provious condition of servitude; any Constitutson, law, custo.m usage, or regulation ofany State or Territory, or by, or under its authority, to the contrary I notwithstanding.” “Section 2. And be it further enacted, That if by or under the authority, of the Constitution or laws of any State, or the laws of uny Territory, any act is or shall be required to be done as a prerequisite or qualification for voting, und by such Con- stitution or laws, persons or officers are or ghall be charged with the p rformance of duties in furnishing to citizens an oppor- tunity to perform such prerequisite, or to become qualified to vote it shall be the duty of every such person und officer to give to ‘all citizens of the United States, the same and equal epportnnity to perform such prerequisite, and to become qualsfied to vote without distinction of race, color, or previous condition or servitude; and if any such person or officer shall refuse or knowingly omitto give full effect to this politician like Armstrong, once. Dem- ecrats, work with all your might for our worthy nominee, HENRY Suer WOOD. Ree. i Our Senators—Messrs. Crawford and Petrihen. tion of these gentlemen. The schem- ing radicals of the Cameron and Geary their nomin, but will unite with the Democrats in securing the election of Crawford and Petriken. As respects Centre, it is working the same way, and the abortive attempt to swap off Woods to secure democratic votes for Wilson, will not work. linto an altercation with the able bo- died colored cadet Smith, at the ice water tank on the parade ground, about who should drink first, or some- ‘thing of that kind, and the negro ‘struck Wilson on the head w cocoanut dipper, cutting a gash in bis forehead, and causing the blood to ground by his companions, and the negro was placed under arrest—the general impression, however, being ‘that nothing would be done with him, i i do ra 3 fir +) 1 Wye % " : | Paris, September 8.—The recogni-| derstand a p'ace for the interment [tion of the French republic by the ¢ the dead. But here the dead are | United Slates has produced the deep | ure not buried. Seated in a large sem | est and most favorable impression here (to-day. The publication of Mr. iq remains of an assemblage of hu. ‘an immense impromptu demonstation| —to the number of five or six hundred § . wv . ry i ’ te hy of the people and the National Guards. |) apparently in the places and atti- ees with bands of music| hich they have kept perhaps for ages. playing the “Star Spangled Banver”| hoy sit in the sand, immovable, as in and the *““‘Marseillaise,” and with the| join council, gazing vacantly with (flags of France and the United States. |, ken and dried eyeballs on the arid I'he house of the American Minister) " Nearly all are in waste before them. Land intelligent citizens of the county to act|section, he shall, for every such offence, for- |as overseers at said election ; saic overseers! feit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars shall be selected from different political {to the person aggrieved thereby, to be re- parties, where the inspectors belong tolcovered by an action on the ease, with full different parties, and i both of said | cost and such allowance for counsel fees as inspectors belong to the same political | the court shall deem just, and shall also. for | party, both of the overseers shall be taken |every such offence, be deemed guilty of a [from the opposite political party; said misdemeanor, and shall on conviction there- overseers <hall have the right tobe present] of, be fined not less than fivelhundred dol- ‘with the officers of the election, during the | lars, orto be imprisoned not less than one whole time the same is held, the votes| month and not more than one year, or both, counted and the returns made out andlatthediscretion ofthe court.” signed by the election officers); to keep a| And wheres, Itis declared by the second | list of voters, if they see proper; to clial-|section of the'VI article of the Constitution lenge any person offering to vote, and ofthe United Sta. es, that **This Constitution interrogate him and his witnesses under! nd the luws ofthe United States which oath, in regard to his right of suffrage at|shall be made in pursuance thereof, shall said election, und to examine his papers|bethe supreme law of theland, * # # produced; and the officers of said election | anything in the Constitution or laws of any The feel- the flags of the two nations were dis | (ith sand. ‘courtesy of the institution. : } fs played from the windows. ing amongst the cadets over the affair ; ! WS. was very strong, though there had other parts of the city similar demon 3 ; o = = v bath i Ls . - "Tha : an been no formal exhibition of it. The Stations took place. I'he flags of Bavpt. repugnance of the white cadets to the America and k rance floated over the | “What is the explanation of s negro does not abate with the lapse of Washington C.ub, opposite the G rand | range a scene ? : He is a common consent, cnt Opera,, over the Grand Hotel, and Young Niles, gon| from many buildings along the line of It was observed, al- tune, |by all the others. Where, and how, did they first take lof Judge Nathaniel Niles, a promi the boulevards. are required to afford to said overseers so selected and appointed, every convenience and faeility for the discharge of their du- ‘ties! and if said election officers shall re- fuse to permit said overseers to be present and perform their duties as aforesaid, or if | polled at such election district may be re jected by any such tribunal trying a con- erson signing the petition shall be ap- ,| pointed an overseer. | Section [2. If any prothonotary, clerk, | State to the contrary notwithstanding.” | And whereas, The Legislature of this | Commonwealth, on the 6th day of April, A. | D. 1870, passed an act, entitled “A further {supplement to the act relating to elections lin this Commonwealth,’ the tenth section of “Section 10. That so much of every act of ‘Assembly as provides that only white [freeman shall be entitled to vote or be [at any general or special election of this | Commonwealth, be and the same is hereby (repealed ; and that hereafter all freemen, The trick is too transparent, and|, 4 citizen of Belleville, Illinois, bas/ 50 that from the balcony of a hotel will not pay—and the cry that Centie| the honor of sitting next him on one|1n the Place Vendome, as well as from should have one of the senators, is all side at the table, and though his fath.| two or three buildings on the boule: to mislead so for as Wilvon concern. |r is an extreme: Radical, the young! vards, the flag of Russia was exhibited ed, he is one of the weakest. insipid Linoisian is not pleased by the jux {In SO Sucyon ou; those of America lal apd sokiscal ET |taposition, nov with the political ar. 800 trance, News 0 Ye: emonsLra- legal and political nomentities in the 'rangment that caused it. Smith, the tion was telegraphed all over the Re cousty—and such is the opinion of] colored cadet, daily receives letters| public. L: him by many of the party he now be-| from the advocates of social equality | ; London, september 10.—King Wil- their places in this vast semicircle? “A thousand questions may be asked hut few answered. The inhabitants of the country who live nearest the spot have no knowledge on the sub ject. Some think that the bodies were brought hither and placed in that po- sition after death, and that such de. posit was to serve the purpose of burial But where could the people have lived who brought their dead to this spot? lor the deputy of « ither, or any other per-| without distinction ot color, shall be en- ‘gon, shall affix the seal of office to any |rolledand registered according to the’ pro- | naturalization paper, or permit the same visionsofthe firstsection of thenet approved [to be affixed, or give out, or cause or per- seventeenth April, 1869, entitled “An Act | mit the same to be given out, in blank. |further supplementalftoghie act relating to whereby it may be fraudulently used, or| the elections of this Commonwealth,” and | furnish a naturalization certificate to any | when otherwise qualified under exigting ‘person who shall not have been duly ex-|laws, beentitled to vote at all general ian | amined and sworn in open court, in the | special elections in this Commonwealth. | presence of some of the judges thereof, JOHN W.GEARY, Governor. |according to the act of Congress, or shall] i mer ‘aid in, connive at, or in any way permit| Said clection to be opened between the ‘the issue of any fraudulent naturalization hours ofsix and seven in the forenoon and ‘certificate, he shall be guilty of a high continue until seven o'clock in the evening, Jigs to, 9d de ove. of the intelligent | parts of the country, exhorting] liam has given orders that Napoleon (him to “stand firm” as the ropresenta- | shall )e treated as the sovereign of tive of a principle which they ure re.| France. Y . solved to force into the academy ; the| The Standard’s correspondent, wri- number of these letters makes it the|ting from Paris, says that the Prus-| 5rove that it was a ¢ largest received by any cadet at theS1ans cannot Sicrstally besiege the}, aboriginal population. institution. There is a feeling among | city with their six hundred thousand | ‘the cadets that the academy authori- men. ties have been awed into making con (cessions im favor of the negro by the ‘constant menace of a Congressional Committee held over them; they say ‘he ought to have been severely pun- of the party on this side of the valley expressed himself in our presence, on hearing of Wilson's nomination :— “We must be hard up for stuff when such a thing as Wilson is nom- inated for Senator, why did they not meminate Hutchinson, Beaver, or Blanchard, men of brains and talents, instead of this political mule—he can't come it.” We have conversed with several of our democratic friends who are acquainted with Dr. Crawford, integrity, splended talents, a consistent Democrat, and the very man for the [in al Ir: heen the remnant of a war thus far aggregate four hundred this immense number are either dead! | or maimed for life. lished, and perhaps expelled, for stri-| From information received at the king young Wilson, but that instead | Prussian embassy, in this city, it is (of this he would be easily let off, be- certain that King William has re- ceause the infliction of the proper pun. solved to totally ignore the present lishment would be denounced in Radi- arms among the mummies, ken countenances retain sufficie he consideres it destitute of all shadow ‘cal circles, and in Congress as person- ‘to befall them. It may be their fancy. | misdemeanor; or if any one shall fraudu- 'lently use any such certificate of nasurali- l1ssued, or shall vote, or attempt to vote 'to vote, on any certificate of naturalization | not issued to him, he shall be guilty of a | the persons, their aiders or abettors, gutlty lof either of the misdemeanors aforesaid, [shall on conviction, be fined in a sum not 'prisoned in the proper penitentiary for a | period not exceeding three years. Section 13. Any persoa who on oath or ‘aflirmation, in or before any court in this oaths, shall, to procure a certificate of natu- | ralization, for himself or any other person, | wilfully depose, declare or affirm any | matter to be a faet, knowing the same to be | matter to be fact knowing the same to be ‘true, shall be deemed guilty of perjury; al injustice to the negro. One ques. nls C. ] ar i ac a1 a! . : : . . place. We are well acquainted with tion that has not yet presented itself, R. Bruce Petriken, ¥sq. Hs is the is discussed by the cadets with a good grandson of the late William Petri- {deal of animation. After having been ken, Esq., one of the pioneers of Pe. On year in tne academy, the cadets mocracy of Centre. The lute Hewry he the Drivilege of giving and atten Petiikion doi Fumes Peron cise 2] ing the stylish and fashionable balls : Felriken were shel which have long been a social feature uncles of R. B. Petriken-—botl these of the institution and of West Point. gentlemen served in the Legisladuse! No distinetioni s made at these balls, and Senater, from eoumy, and no cadet is debarred from them; Wiiliam Petriken, jr, the futher of | Put the admisson of Undet Smith is a RB Petiik is Torn raised horse of another color! and although w Figen, Was bors Fase and the question will not actually present educated in Centre. Springing from itself for a year to come, the students one of the oddest democratic families of jure askime themselves how they are to {solve it, To exclude him would be a Sic of | reach of the established etiquette of A __ the academy; and to admit him, with democratic principels—a lawyer of Lhe concomitant privilege of bringing high standing at the bar of Huninig-| with him his colored partner to share don county, he has secured the respect!” 1 E. and confidence of all parties, and of oo bees Complete recognition of his election there can be no doubt Si hon Hy thin bieysitie: HOt pre | pared for, no willing to submit to. and Centre will find in him a firm] ; oo. . : | friend and able advocate in all legis. | Long Branch, September 8 —At lation she may require. half past eight delock this morning, Up! Up! friends of constitutional while a party of’ Sabbeth school exeur Liberty, of Reform, and opposed to|sionists were crossiig a foot bridge State and National plunderers— °¥" Toms river, the bridge suddenly friends of the reduction of t diSve Yay. Precipitating khens ub on OL IaXes, and the river. Eight were drowned, sev- all who are opposed to Gold for the eral are missing and a number sus. Bondholders and Rags for the tax| tained more or less severe injuries by payers. Work while it is day, and | Pieces of the bridge falling on them. Contre this county, he hus ever, since arr ving at manhood, been the able advoc ov. of authority. In event of occupation|y.¢ travelers aver that grief and de-| and any certificate of naturalization issued of Paris by the Prussians, King Wil- liam will treat only with the officials. recognized by the Emperor Napoleon, Paris, September 11.-—Important||, ve been retreating advices have been received through ever of their country (perhaps from other sources, confirming the former| pi, 1ro himself) and that sooner than dispatches reporting the surrender of| mig tamely to the rapacious and Laon and the partial destruction of|,,.6] invaders, they preferred to hide the city and the Prussian command by | 1,6 n)selves in this dreary and inaccess- the explosian of the stores of ammuni-|, 1,16 spot, and to suffer the agony of a tion within the citadel. voluntary death, sustained by such The Prussians had not retained POs-| comforts and hopes as their simple session long when a terrible catastro-| ep would afford. phe occurred. The magazine which had been connected by a train with the citadel, the larger being mined, ex- pladed, communicating with the pow- der in the citadel, and the greater por tion of the works were destroyed. The Leoneussion was tremendons, The walls of the citadel were overthrown, kill (ing the Prussian stafd, several hundred Prussian soldiers, amd many of the Crarde Nobile, who were in the vicini ty of the magazine at the time. The ['rench commandant survived, thous wonnded, He surrendered ouly to sve the tow. London, August 12.—The Prussian forces in detachments form a semi-cir cle around Paris at a distance of about twenty-five miles. In this po sition-the army has been halted at the ee fp pen request of the Russian Minister in or | Vote for Sherwood, Petriken, Craw- (der that King William and Count |ford, Meek, and the whole democratic spair may be traced upon these shri eled features, and they are ready to this desert called Tecumen, which in the Indian language means “All is lost.” Perhaps the name commeno- rates the heroic resolution of those united people as they sought she desert for self immolation. . “It is snick, too, by those who have studied the religious ideas of the an- cient, Peruvians that they believed: in self sacrifice for their country; and thus dying they would be speedily re- moved to a better land toward the west.” . seem ee dy tf A Harrisburg telegram [says that Hon, Wim. II. Miller, ex-Congress- man, died there on Monday last; of congestive chills. pursuance of any such deposition, declaration or affirmation, shall be full ‘and void ; and it shall be the duty of the (obtained, or take immediate measures for ‘recalling the same for cancellation; and any person who shall vote, or attempt to vote, on any paper so obtained, or who shall in any way aid in, conwmive at, or have any agency whatever in the issue, circulation or use any fraudulent naturali- zation certificate, shall be deemed guilty of a wisdemeanor, and upon eonvietion thereof, shall undergo an imprisonment in the peritentiary for not more than two years, and pay a fine not more than one thousand dallars, for every such offence, or either or both, at the discretion of the court. Section 14. Any assessor, election officer or person appointed as an overseer, who shall neglect or refuse to perform any dnty enjoined By this act, without reasonable or legal cause, shall be subjeet to a penalty of one hundred dollars; and if any assessor shall assess any person as % voter who is not qualiffed, or shall refuse to assess any one who is quuniffied, he shall be: guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and on convie tion be punished by fine or imprisonment, and also be subject to anaction for damages by the party aggrieved; and if xuy gersen hall fraudulently alter, add to, deface or destroy any list of voters made out as directed by this act, or tear down or re- move the same fro n the place where it has been fixed, with fraudulent or mischievous intent, or for any im ropes purpose, the serson so offending shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exeeeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both, at the dis- cretion of the court. | when the pollsshall be closed. The return judges ot the several districts ofthe county will meet at ten o'clock, fore- noon, in the Court house at Bellefonte, on the third day after the elections (bein ¥ri- day the 14th day of October) todo and per- form those duties enjoined upon them by law, Given under my hand, in my office in Bellefonte, the 2d day of Sept. A. D. 1870. Sept. 2, 1870 D. W. WOODRING, Sheriff. The following is a list of the lands which Wm. H. Armstrong helped to vote away : . Companies. Chicagoand Northwestern... Baylde Noque & Marquette St. Paul and Pacific.......... Branch St. Paul and Pacific Minnesota Central............ Winona and St. Peter....... Memphis and Little Rock... Cairo and Fulton............. Little Rock and Fort Smith Iron Mountain Railroad..... Cairo and Fulton......c....... 183,718 Iron Mountain........cceeeee.. 1,400,000 Jackson, Lansing and Sagi- NAW. sii onstnssmrnareviansss. 1,002,469 Flint and Permerquette...... 586,822 Lake Superior gnd Missis- 800,000 Minnesota Southern........... 735,000 Hastings and Dacotah....... 550,000 St Joseph and Denver City. 1,700,000 Kansas and Neosho Valley. 2,350,000 Southern Branch Union Pa- CHiB.. ens rnin si ran sears 1928 2,000 Placerville and Sacramento. 200,000 California and Oregon....... 1,540,000’ Atlantic and Pacific.........42,000;680 Northern Pacific..............20,000,000 Stockington and Copperolis. 320,008 Large Democratic Gains in Ver- mont, Bennington, September 8.—The re- turns show a large Democratic gain in the State: Gardiner and Horribin are: elected Senators from this county, the former by five hundred majority. The latter is a democrat. The county usually gives one thotisand four han- Acres. 188,801 128,000 500,000 750,000 290,000 690,000 365,539 965,631 458,771 866,000 8 BP vous suri avintspuisipuaners Section'15. All elections for city, ward, borough, township and election officers, dred majority. { k Repepy For Porsoxs.~ If ny poison is swallowed, drink instantly a half a glass of cold water, with a heaping teaspoonful each of common salt and ground mustard stirred into it. This vomits as soon as -it reaches the stomach, But, for fear some oison may remain, swallow the white of one or two eggs, or drink a cup of strong coffee—there two sing antidotes for a greater number of poisons than any other dozen articles known, with the advantage of their being always on hand; if not a pint of sweet oil, lamp oil, dri pings, melted butter or lard, are good substitutes, espe- cially if they vomit quickly. The common cranberry of our is avery attractivé plant when cultiv in pots. Fhe plants are ever groem; and will grow in any ordiniry Nig without extra care, and the fruit will remain on the plants until the flowers appear for the next CRO A — naea— One pound of . copperas, lved in six gallons of water. and & cikedi leves, 0 the carfent wor which in- i h, és Jon ) i on the .om The Hquid kills, not by contact with bn poisoning their £ that they die in a few hours. : ; om iat - How 10 DrsTrRoY RED AxTs.—Take a white china plate and spread a thin cover- ing of common lard over it, and place it on the floor or shelf infested by the trouble- some insect. You will be pleased at the result. Stirring them up every morning is all that is necessary to set the trap again. A Philadelphia doctor says that Washing horses in the morning in water in whic one or two onions are sliced, will keep all flies ut a distanee. To Traix A Howse 10 STAND.—The Amercan Stock Journal contains the follow ing directions: “Take your horse onthe barn floor and throw a strap: over his back and fasten it to his right fore foot ; lead him along and say ‘‘whoa,”’ at the same time pull own the SEND, whieh throws him on three feet and makes him suddenly. This is the best way known to Teach ‘wh y. though you ean put on the war bridle; and say whoa, and give him a sharp jerk will stop him about as soon as the strap to his foot. Then put him in harmess, with the foot-strap, as under the head of training to harness,”’ and drive him up to the door. The moment he undertakes to move take his foot and say whoa. Get in your carriage and get out agein; mttle the thills, make all the noise getting ihand out you can; give him to understand, by snatching his foot each time he moves. that he must stand until you tell him to go; and after a few times you can put the whole fumily in the carriage and he won't stir out of his tracks. : BT SALE.— One of the finest residences in Centre Hall, is offered J pri vate sale. ildings all new, omprising a new two story frame house, all out- buildings, most convenient stable, run- ning water. The location isone ofthe most desirable in the place. Inquire at the Rx- rorTER Office. 16sepdt MILROY GRAIN DEPOT. The undersigned take pleasure in inform. ing the farmers of Centre county, that they still continue to have charge of the Ware- house, attached to the mill, at Milroy, and are still prepared to hase all kinds of Grain, for Cash, at highest market rates. Persons dealing with the firm, ean rest as- sured that we will at all times render sat- isfaction, in paying prices as high as else- where, resolved not to be un Thankful for the liberal patronage here- tofore given them, they hope, by a strict attention to business, to merit a continuance of the same. 4 PLASTER, SALT AND COAL, always on hand and for sale at lowest mar- ket rates. REE S. KERLIN, Supt. of Warehouse UDITOR'S NOTICE.—The under- signed, an auditor appointed by the Orphan's Court, of Centre county, to dis- tribute the money arising out of the estate of Catherine Wise, (formerly Catherine Kern), daughter and heir at Sor of John Kern, deceased, to and amongst these Je- gally entitled thereto, will attend to the uties of his appointment on Friday, the 21st day of October, 1870, at 10 o'clock a. m., of said @ y, when and where all parties interested ean attend, or they will forever after be debarred from elaimi ri of decedents estate, JNO. ¥. POTTER 16sep3t Auditor. ACOB RHONE, Taw, Bellefonte, Penn'a., will attend promp- ly to all legal business entrusted to his care.—Office with J. F. Potter, near the Court House. Consultations =» German or English. 16sep70tf ANTED.—Agirlto do 1 house work. To pl i at ’ manent place liberal wages will be given® Enquire at my residence, new house on the hill south of Reymold’s mill, Bellefonte, OLMES. TYRE 8 per- 1Gseptss W.M.H {TRAY SHEEP.—Came to remis of the undersigned, eh = about the 1st of August, 2 ewes and eme wether, one of the ewes having little horns and a hole in the left ear. The owner is re- quested to come forward, prove property, ay charges, and remove the same. Gsep3w JOHN HOSTERMAN. OR SALE.—Fifty shares in the Cent Hall Mfg Comp., are offered for on od at a bargain. For further particulars in- quire atthe REPORTER OFFICE. _ sept9 1% AX NOTICE —Notice is hereby giv- Lente the citizens of Potter I, in aecondance with an act of Assembly, that on all school-taxes, for the current year, paid to the undersigned at his resi- dence on or before the 15th of October, next there will be an abatement of 5 per cent. Om all taxes paid within one after said date, there will be mo deduwetion, and upon all school-taxes remaining unpaid after 15th of November next, there will be an addition of 5 per cent. By order of the Board JOHN B_BITNER - Homestead at Public Sale! The undersigned, will offer at public sale, on the premises. in Georges valley, on Sat- urday, September 17th, next, his valuable homestead, consisting of Land. Two Acres of good a good two sory i ae “frame dwellin bank Barn, and hon outbui ir all well of Joos wader is near the door. All kinds o . + oi i Choice Fruit. r e i 1 hd a a Jeo, a Asuathe inka 55 Actes of Lan ying afong the southside of ill, of whieh th res are clear, (REEL of d with fine rock-oak and to commence at 1 o’cleck.. DANIEL GIFT Gregg twp. VALUABLE HOTEL and STORE. stand for sale.—The undersigned will uable Hotel and store’ situated in Sicserills, . The buil- ding consists of a good frame eonstruction with a store room. = *=825x45 with a good ware room, d amarched celler beneath the building. The other part consists of two rooms, a good stable suficient to stable 80 head of orses, a good ‘shed: also on the same. For terms ad ges OCKREY BS ~ Exeecutors: offer for sale a wi an S. OWARD SA A AID - A TO yor the Relief and Cure of’ 2 1 g and Unfortun on Principles: of Christian Philanthzopy. . a Essays on the Errors of Youth, and the Follies of Age, in relation to: MARRIAGE and SocraL Evivs, with sanitary aid for the’ afflicted. Sent free, in sealed Enve » Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box P. 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