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TVSEaI ileillOitNlNG, NOV. 8, Um
FOR. PRESIDENT,
c-k - e, : 1 4 1E0 : /i0E • MoGLELLAN I
bi*w, JERSEY.
vion:esuzguniapr
GEORGE H.' PENDLETON,
rim , PnrcAnsLrEiu..
KA September 18, 11361.
I.4ti2b .Edifors of the Democratic Netospapera
"rottiEPeiliftdvasla:
correct list of the Mentors /
Oiriftuident end Vice President to be voted for
;, at;N 1 State it ill or the utmost importance
sullit the ticket•be .correctly printed:
.:4•••W VREsIDENTLAL ELECTORS.
41 10IIHRI7y L zoartsTox,
k
ANAYILAR
oiLI ifiELLUK LOY/GULLS,
'l3lO R. HELMBOLD,
b u l '"ilDirAßD P. purot,
MOOULLODGIi,
' EDWARD T. RISS,
ukt 'PHILLIP S. GRRRARD,
f " . WEOMIGXGr. LETPER,
, • NUORAZI4 SELTZER,
-. tPATIGOE MoEVOY,
ilai , ritomAs H. WALKER,
f/LITER S. DEKIII4OK,
ABE 'AMY/. lil./NNING,
•
PAHL LEIDY,
• .ROBERT SWINEFORD,
• z JOHN AHL,
quirizin A. SMITH,
TiLint/EUS BA MKS ,
abeff. racniTGomzey,
- JOHN H. IRVINE,
H. THOMPSON,
igiciFT AM BEOwII,
.:3;a34:69.P. BAHR,
:SIVAVILLIABI KOZINTZ,
141.LZIANt MO
„.NTGOMERY.
•
Ey - Order of the Democratic State Central
'31404,4.
0. L. WARD, Ottairman.
Rom= J. Diricesrm, Secretary.
TIME KLECIITON v TO.. DA
13,311e56 we, are more mistaken than
weAerwere'in our:life, the people feel
tlielmpor4nce of to-days contest, as
theinevei, felt in relation to any pro
vide, leption. The - main issue involv
eit &lei. so momentous as to both
intateitzand alarm us all—it is no less
08 than
uke•:,preservattort of our country
anil 4 -'with •it the preseivatlon of
(my 116eriles. We have, therefore, no
inteatkin influning the public
metUyiiiciting appeals to their imag
.
ituftions; all :we desire of them is-.to
fleet" ; Let us implore all who may read
theie iettutrica to reflect long and calmly
upoilt hie duty in the present emergency
of Idsicoitatry's history, before casting
his :vats; Never didwe prize the right
of stiftaire iito highly as we do at pres
ent;Ao t9:ft4ll4herefore use it as enlight
enedliatilots:by voting for McClellan
_
zu-Adoctic. ont Mr vaismwou s .
itykdtit2inge Abolition papers are
of *low oraiutd with falsehoods.
Driven to desperation by the certainty
ofdlta- , •"thily - .l
aye stopped at no
false'Lt24** c ever gtaiin g . We would
also
.tea %Arc friends to pay no atten
tionitootheitiotuidnit rumors-that will be
put fottii i hrthat'SuSaking and brainless
gueW,lbk,Vveniag Chmonide, which
has glagileurtency to more falsehoods
duriAgthe /past' three months than all
the OtheiAbbiliiiiiieitipapets combined.
Und 7,3 h e..
.. 11 % a f,Paqi4/ 11 7 it has putt
lishetkr:t ^). man , •infamous slanders of
our eandidge t , i 2dcpellan, a man who
iiwwhitf*J.l•ll.-ea was every day in
sulkok.' t $ i pit ; Weems and senseless
Itralstle2Asything . derogatery to him
now Pitegorly published by that paper;
ther eirA/20rZt4lt. 2 far its falsehoodi to
day,;:: !• ..-,, •-: ,-
- .,' if q".- r -iiin;-
~•__•,7- _ ,_it. lager: at 214:fonder his vote,
bet 7 V l t*setitathtd:atoillegally advised
C. i 4 , :e
9rzight7ddltote, and if, either
....tt ti f irpsir)Dtd'clisfraireffise him or
tidibil44iiiitigtfdir oe -aro '.l2w the elec
tiono.Dre../,._ 2.siattnid :refuse to receive it,
. . let hilkutgansf-here. ' He Should make
mote ell'Ull ti6fedtitni*his - ballot, and.
hEiti4.la# 4, t e _o4. ' 4 'filo a r t at..lat '
im tetts c. M - ro pr . three witnesses and
again demankidhat - be shall deposit his
ballot. 4f anthrr,efVtedrlet him Luta
tuts prooti t ediftgstrigahist tile election of
ficers iiittOhcfind'retniw the facts to the
Chair e t the county Democratic
LT , ,j .- tha t
~Conuostlte,.. ht he may be able to
know exactly: howmany legal votes are
registered in , the codtty, and take meas
ures taCt'iiii.,tdily....,
-410
the . . Th"we-
Z Dutiage.
By SAt-r0.L.,__00,14.91:4eFt revoking the
intendou outn ike tit tia.Arsenal, it wil]
be seetu r Vint the craft= 'Harris-las re
scinded4ditnfauittue °Mitt': ''' . %
• - SPEUIfiL 2Ptr
• l ' A*7l " 2 . 6 . o inffds, Nov. Ith,
The ordeifieuedity - Oipteld Hurls, at the Al.
lesitutuy isietseloA-tefertacte tollse employees
voting SV Dtha s. 14;414 election, Nov. et h,19114,
hereby - mull further orders by Capt.
liams, at' moututertlf
• Ilestutters,
itwor_ t , (Clousaluog Own.
AL:stituktak,
The 'es ori4!npequegees,las forced
the toetqls3*llabirrie to awoke his or
der, but 44 roan iut-tb,eltiqou is °Tel . .,
the entettFitillelaWbsp*liiifter look
out. 4"1
Sirbreinfinfir; In - to Hoi:
ace Greeley; in' Toplf4o-IttOZ-e,gatie-of
the latter dequunihigfriprticlaniatirou of
einancipatioi; 'aka!' - "Ili 'Sooner the
suithoiskshithniftihries` tored the sooner
t he' l 4.4 o o*urbiwifiergreas it sizta., 4l
Rs lt l.sikrelW l 4:M. have some respect .
for "the; _'p- was." He now
says thosna(to.,n4,aittlbrity, shall- not: he
restored' oat "the'Vqion as it was."
He tfie War w
p . rami f of Vic hadditil
° Tell " r e de4.
• as it was'
carittiverdy Johnson, Senator from
Maryland, stated in a recent letter that
"there were not twenty members of the ,
abolition party itiL l rgress who believed
Mr. Lincoln was'capable of fulfilling the
duties of his offiee?.. 4 No one will 00,e57.-,,,
tion Mr. Johnson."l6rericityl* 140)1
salon his affordefi:ltim fu11 , 044)13414fitY.
for intelligent jtifiimeWoil'- - ibe
His statement must 'received astilijet,!, !
and it shoul‘be'ditoicla* spiniiti-the 4 : l
election of Mr. Lincoln. - A President
thus repudiated by hisown party in Con
gress, and despised by his opponents, can
only work mischief. If he had proired
himself to be half a man in capacity, or
in dealing fairly with his arty, he would _ .
i not thus be condeifirgeby his political
associates. He is as treacherous as in
capable, and Chase, leading the radicals;
and Seward and Weed, leading the con
servateves in his party, have not a par.
tide of confidence In him. They each
hope to possess him, should he be re
elected, and that Is the secret of their
support of him.
Democratic electoral ticket In
Tennessee is withdrawn. It is with
drawn because Abraham Lincoln and
Andrew Johnson, In dellacrce of law and
decency, have decreed that Democrats
shall not be permitted to vote there, un
less they will swear to renounce the prin
ciples of their party. There will he no
election in Tennessee. There may be a
farce enacted there which Andrew John
son and Abraham Lincoln may call an
election, and by virtue of which they
. may claim, should the vote - .4Ate State
be necessary to give them iliajority in
the electoral college, their election to the
Presidency and Vice Presidency. In
that contingency, they well do well in
preparing to leave earth, for their stay on
it will be brief.
To Whom in May Concern.
Y.
e for Curtin and save the Draft!
0 OBER 13th, 1863, CURTIN
ELECTED, MAJORITY 15,325.
OCTOBER 17th, 1863, DRAFT OR
DERED FOR 300,000 MEN!
FEBRUARY Ist, 1864, DRAFT OR
DERED 'FOR 200,000 MEN !
SEPTEMBER sth, 1864, DRAFT OR
DERED FOR 500,000 MEN !
CURTIN DRAFTS 300,000 MORE FOR
THREE YEARS!!
AND ABE LINCOLN, IF ELECTED,
'WILL ORDER ANOTHER
DRAFT FOR 500,000 IN DE
CEMBER, 1864.
Challenge' Them All
Office-holders from Washington and
elsewhere, who have not lived in this
county for years, have come here to
vote. They think they can "serve their
sovereign" in the West better than in
the East, just now. There is little doubt
that these men have voted at their va
rious places of residence during their ab.
sence. If they have so voted they have
lost their right to vote here. Let them
be challenged, and let them prove their
privilege to vote as all citizens do. Let
this matter be attended to.
lEirrhe railroads now fairly swarm
with soldiers and officers Bent home to
vote. ,There could be no objections to
this ware the administration fair to all
the soldiers in Its service; which it is
not. The McClellan soldiers are kept
back and the Lincoln soldiers are sent
forward. We have heard of hundreds
of cases where, upon one pretext or
another, passes were refused to soldiers
who would not pledge themselves to
to vote for Lincoln.
NME,CT Lincoln: farEuter McClel
and the Republicanlan and the whole
Ticket, you willl Democratic Ticket,
bring on Negri?!you will defeat Ne-
Equality, more debt, igro Equality, restore
harder times, an—i Prosperity, re-estab
other Draft, Univer-ilish the Union in an
sal anarchy, and td-i Honorable, Perms
ti mate RUIN. nent and Happy
I PEACE.
carßy the extermination policy, for
every Southerner we kill, from two to
three brave Northern men must die.
Can the North afford to pay that price
for keeping Lincoln In power ?
The Electoral Vote.
There are some differences in the
electoral vote of 1880 and 1864 which
must be considered. The following
table shows the differences:
Connecticut
California
Delaware
Illlnoia .
Indiana
lowa
Kentucky
Maine...Marylad
massaahusetts
'Michigan •
M ltUrm um esota
= -
N New Hampshire ...
New .....
,New ......
Oh to..
Oregon P • •
Pennsylvania
Rhode Lama •
Vermont
Wisconsin '
Wett Virginia .....
Kansas
Nevada. .........
>. 4
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0
THOEMAZIDB of soldiers are leaving now
on there way north and west to vote on
'needs) , next in person—the voting by
prosy not seeming to be much relished.
A very considerable disposition not to
vote at all was manifested among the
'soldiers unless they should be allowed a
furlough for the parpose, and at best the
soldiers' vote will not be near so large
us had been contemplated. Many who
are electors are indifferent about it, and
will not vottat all--but there is a very
large prprortion who, on account of not
having attained to the proper age, or
being aliens, ornot.haitingacquired reel
dance in the States to which theirregi-
Meats belong, are not entitledlo TOW
Yet, not only are the meter' 'Mans
leaving Washington overflowing with
soldiers wending their way bottle,
crowding every particle of: space but
extra trams solely for theiracconrmod&-
tion have been run to-day, end it-is ex_
_peeled will have to .be continued - for
the balance of the week.
A.Earvare Vossima.--zA number of
=lda, from the.ollBlEl of Biskra, In the'
Great (African) Desert, have just arrived
at New , Yordi sesteanier from Rat*.
They are Wands& for service on the
kinatkoni caravan line
;tietweettisit theiand the gold_
1?e onaofcolortudo.
di aJiFer - TlikbedWAOlitik4t 3 P,OßW.
ITettletihYA
1 Aitlnhb e 'e ncele-cOTnaliltkin*i riiO
triohiMdildmlrt
iYn ir.
mod rtatbli i
- .47 5 74t 4131 E
mu°
sLii, SZ
, 54 7 x1.•.,1 0.
4.13 ;;',.
Coustlttattonal ProyisiOns.
The ist Section of Aettiele 8d of the
Constitution of Perinaylvania provides
thaf"in elections by the citizens, every
white freeman of the age of twenty-one
years, having resided in this State one
year, and in the election district where
La offers to vote ten days immediately
preceding such election, and within two
years paid a State or county tax, which
shall have been assessed at least ten
days before the election, shall enjoy the
rights of an elector; but a citizen of the
United States who had previously been
a qualified voter of this State, and ri -
moved therefrom; and returned, and
who shall have resided in the election
district and paid taxes as aforesaid, shah
be entitled to vote after residing in the
State six months: Provided, That white
freemen, citizens of the United States,
between the ages of twenty-one and
twenty-two years, and having resided
in the State one Year, and in the elec
tion district ten days as aforesaid, shall
be entitled to vote, though they shall
not have paid taxes."
This ig the organic and supreme law
of election in the Commonwealth, and
confers upon the citizen wbo possesses
the qualifications it prescribes, a right
to vote, which no legislatie power can
either - abridge or destroy. It is equally
beyond the power of the Legislature to
confer upon any man the right to vote,
who is deficient in any of the defined
qualifications.
It will be seen, therefore, that a per
son entitled to vote must be a white
male citizen of the United States, either
natural born or naturalized, of the age
of twenty-one years or more, and must
have resided within the State one year,
and in the election district where be
offers to vote, ten days immediately
preceding such election, and within two
years paid a State or County tax, which
must hive been assessed ten days before
the election; unless he be a citizen be
tween the ages of 21 and 22 years.
Such a citizen, having the other quail--
cations required may vote, even though
he has neither paid taxes nor been as
sessed.
The only exceptions to the above, re.
late to persons of foreign birth who pos
sessed certain qualifications previous to
the 28th of march, 1790, which excep
tions are now practically obsolete.
The qualifications of an elector, or
person qualified to vote, are so clearly
set forth in the Constitution and the Act
of 1889, that there can be little doubt of
difficulty respecting the rights of the
resident taxable native born citizens of
the different election districts, to vote in
those districts. The law is so plainly
written that no man can mistake or
misunderstand its meaning. It says no
person shall be permitted to vote unless
he has the prescribed qualification; and
imposes severe penalties upon election
officers for teceiving votes from persons
deficient in any of these qualifications.
Rights and Qualifications of Soldiers
and iftrangsrs.
The questions, therefore, most gener
ally raised at the polls as to the qualifi
cations of persons offering to vote, re
late to the rights of strangers and soldiers
to vote in districts where they are only
temporarily sojourning, stationed or em
ploLed. And ma the legal points involv
ed in such cases, there is a wide spread
misapprehension. Ten days sojourn in
an election district, in pursuance of ones
lawful calling though it be, does not
qualify a person to vote there, unless he
is bona fide resident of the district where
he so offers to vote, and will make oath
to that fact, and prove his residence
there by at least one competent witness,
who shall be a qualified elector, de.
It is important in this connection, to
ascertain the precise meaning of the
word residence as used in the Constitu
tion and laws with reference to the
rights of suffrage.
The Supreme Court, in the case of
Chase vs. Miller, define the term "real
, deuce to be the same as domicil—a word
which means the place where a man es
tablishes his abode, makes the seat of
his property , and exercises his civil and '
political rights." In a strict legal sense,
therefore, the residence of a man, within
the meaning of the law, is where he has
his true, Axed and permanent home and
principal establishment, and to which,
I rixthenever he ie.absent, he has the inters:
tion of returning—animus revertendi.
It is more a questios or, 4iitention than
of constant bodily nesence therein of
the individual. R indeed, be ab
sent from home the greatest- portion of
the time, and yeifireserve his residqnce
and consequent right to vote at • the
place he adopts as hiti abode, and to
which he intends to return. A. man
may be corporeally absent front his res
idence fdirtait days oinier&lintriediate
ly before the election, and' 441 return to
his place of residence and• - vote on the
very day of the election, legally and
clearly within the meaning ofthe law.
His rightsto mote exists only in that one
- district, and can exist nowhere, else so
long as the intention to reside there
corttintlee The :right to vote
ant on the place of residence,, .and the
residence of a man can only be..at one
Pace at a time.. #e can no ; morehave
`the.right vote di piabes at cite`
- time than he can to vote twice at the
same place: To admit that he could,
i tvotdd at once to all the evils,
frauds and i , Iltarthe tegis.
Istare, in itruditd (94iV.. intended to pro
et
`1111:20rre Soldiers it9l,-fix!!..lMed
o to
These observations ap p ly with still
.4:43rF l e Xe our ,vitize;,soldiers: .
isesid 6 eielittpf,l444 01 . of.;.
34443111 " 1 '*"er,e
f n
1860. 1666
.. 6 6
.. 4 6
3
. . 11 18
. . 18 13
8
••/ 2 11
.. 8 7
.. 8 7
.13, 12
.6 8
.3 • 4
. 9 11
.6 6
.7 7
.36 38
.Y 3 2/
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• 2a
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4
a cult
3
An Examination of the Election
Laws of Penheylvania and the
Riffht4. „„.attds;9naliflcationa of.;
41 2te
a View oftEik
mito the Supreme Cour
claSicadieiviitng, 860.
33,Y A MIMILIR.:GF THE HARRISBURG BAR.„
,i-i:
$3 In compliance with the request of a
meci nutt . 4(itihe.election officers of this
county, I have respectfully to submit
the following report Of the result of an
examination of the General Election
laws of Pennsylvania; and -the rights
and qualifications of electors under those
. •
laws.
Chase as. Milier,.-4.lWright's Penn's.
Law Reriojts, page*, in the
right of do soldiertil vottt:1:: - Was the
unghly i lliscussed andreviewek in con-
;
nectlitaitiththe othir questions at issue
in that case regari to the, con stution
silty or viites - cgst clifside of the limits
of the State, the Sliterne Court strong
ly sustained this vielf -a the law. In
the syllabus of the ci.e-as reported, oc
curs this plain
_.prdwidtion as to the
place where soldiers are entitled to
vote:
"THE .14GHTOF 4 SOLELEA-.TO VOTE
, TO
THE CONEITIVTION, IS ;CONFINED
TO THE ELECTION DETRICT WHERE HE
RESIDED AT THE TIME OrITTS 'ENVER/NO
THE MILITARY EIRRYVE."
And in the opinioz as delivered, it is
said: "When a giddier returns to
election district, he esumes all the civil
rights of citizenshifi and his residence
being unimpaired lir his temporary' ab
sence, he has a right to vote on election
day; but under the Constitution to which
his fealty is due, heCan acquire no right
to vote elsewhere eleept by a change of
residence from one district to another."
So long, therefore, as a soldier con
tinues in the service of the United
States, his right to cote is in the district
where he resided when he enlisted or
was drafted, unlesshe has changed his
residence by actualremoval of his dom.
icil into another district, and abandon.
ed his residence in the district from
which he removal. Such removal
should be evinced by the clearest proof
of an intention to take up a new abode.
The changing of residence of the wife
and children of the soldier, or if a single
man living with hie parents, the change
of his parents' home or domicil, might,
for all the piarposes of voting, he suffi
cient evidence, if sustained by the man's
own oath, to entitle him to vote in a
new district. But so mere rendezvous
of the military in t given district, or
camp of instruction, will confer upon
the soldiers stationed there, (it matters
not how long they may remain,) the
right of suffrage in that district. And
it makes no difference whether they are
single or married men. The Taw draws
no distinction between these classes of
citizens in regard to voting qualifica
tions.
The Flights of Sick, IVounded and In
valid Soldler4.
Si, also, with the sick, Wounded and
disabled soldiers in our hospitals and in_
valid camps. Their sojourn at a par
ticular place, (whether single or married
men,) does not constitute a residence
within the meaning and purview of the
law, and does not qualify them to vote
there. They are in the military service,
temporarily stationed in a certain dis
trict, under orders from their superior
officers, and it cannot be said, without
a palpable perversion of the meaning of
plain words, thiit they are resident&
within the intention and meaning of the
law. An indispensable element of suf
frage is wanting in such cases; that is ,
a bona, fide residence in the district. No
election Board has the power to dispense
with that important qualification in an
elector, and if he is deficient in it, his
vote must not he received. And here it
may be well to observe, that the Su
preme Court never decided that soldiers
could not vote, but simply that ALL citi
zens --soldiers and civilians alike—must
have the prescribed qualifications, and
vote in accordanee with the Constitu
tion and laws of the State. And to do
this, they must vote in their own appro
priate home districts, where their resi.
dente continues throughout the term of
their enlistment, unimpaired by their
absence in the military service. To al
low them to vote elsewhere, Would
make the ballot-box an easy prey to
fraud, and all its deplorable consegul
ces. Strangers, having no acqualtin
interest or property in a county, could
control its elections, and defeat the will
of its property-holding and resident
citizens.
And besides that, voters temporarily
absent from their bone fide district resi
dences could vote on a ten days' stay in
a new district, "in pursuance of their
lawful calling," and return to their
homes, where they' are assessed and
taxed as resident citizens, and again
vote there, without their right to vote
being questioned or challenged; thus
perpetrating dangerous frauds upon the
ballot-box without fear of being appre
hended. This the lays never contem
plated and never allowed. The evil ten
dency of such a wholesale license to
rambling voters was lt.ng since fore
seen, and hence the exactness and care
of the Legislature and courts in requir
ing, as an indispensable qualification of
suffrage, a boncifide and fixed residence
in the district where a man offers to vote.
It has previously been shown, that no
mere sojourn or stay for ten or a hun
dred days will constitute such a resi
dence as the law'requires.
A voter who - removes from one dis
trict to another in
. the same county, i
within ten- daye.imMediately preceding
the election, is 'entliled to vote in the
district from which he removes, .!
A persotx., absent on business of the
ljnitedSta,tes, or of this State, does not
lose hiss-residence in consequence of
such abseace e , anti.on-his return to his
last residence has a clear right to vote
there.
And in respect to citizens of other
States who may have been within the
limits of this State one year or more, in
pursuance of their lawful calling or oth
erwise, the law, as decided by the
courts, is explicit. Such persons have
no right to vote unless their residence
in Pennsylvania was and is coupled
with tl:4 intention to become citizens
therea, and to abandon their citizen
s* in other States.
Such is the clearly written construc
tion of the law by the highest judicial
tribunal in the Commonwealth, and that
COnstructionis decisive of the rights of
soldiers to vote In their home districts,
and nowhere else. It is binding upon
all officers sworn to execute the laws, as
well as upon all persons within the lim
its of the Commonwealth, .an.d. must be
obeied.
Duties of Elleotion-ealcors.
Election officers, itnrtict , astly, nrxm
whom severe. itisl:lties are imposed for
the slightest - Wilitirne,g'ect ,of duty,
not folltiWiMetilACibtitliiiioixactions of
-- • •
ffn
the statute, ale zdc:i.itilly interested in
questions touching the qualifications of
.:lectors, and for their information ant's
guidance it is important; to give the tt#
of 1839, so far as it relates to the
_p_thOr;
classes of voters a hrteihnt care* e„V,',.
amination.
When a man offers to . .•ynte, the; first
inquiry should be, is hiiAiime '474 a:lf,
assessment list ? hieotels(
- not questioned, it should be received.
If, however, it is challenged, the inspec
tors should require him to make proof
ofiiis qualifications in - thermal:user pre
scribed by law, (of which hereafter.)
If the name of the person offering to
Vote - isnot nri the - lifit as returned by the
commissioners or assessors he shall not
be permitted to vote, unless—
" Firs t; he produce a receipt. for the
payment within two years of a State or
county tax assessed agreeably to the
Constitution, and give satisfactory evi
dence either on his own oath or affirma
tion, or oath or affirmation of another,
that he has paid such a tax, or on fail
ure to produce, a receipt, shall make oath
to the payment thereof ; 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 dispose
on oath or affirmation that he has resi.
fled in the State at least one year next
before his application, and make such years.
proof of residence in the district as is re- And, "It shall be the tints , of every
quired by this act, and that he does ver- mayor, sheriff, deputy sheriff, alderman,
1
fly believe, from the accounts given him justice of the peace, and constable or
that 'leis of the age aforesaid, and give deputy constable, of every city, county,
such other evidence as is required by and township or district within this
this act; whereupon, the name of the Commonwealth, whenever called upon,
person so admitted to vote, shall be in- by any officer of an election, or by any,
serted in the alphabetical list by the in- three qualified electors thereof, to clear
specters, and a note made opposite there any window, or avenue to any window
to by writing the word 'tax,' if he shall at the place of the general election,
he admitted to vote by reason of having which shall be obstructed in such Nilo ,
paid tax, or the word 'age,' if he shall l as to prevent voters from approaching.
he admitted to vote on account of his the same; and on neglect or refusal to
age, and in either rase the reason of do so on such requisition, said officer
such vote shall be called out to the clerks. shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean
whligiall make the like notes to the list or in office, and on conviction shall be
of voters kept by them. lined in any sum not less than one hun
"ln all cases where the name of the dred or more than one thousand dollars.
persons claiming to vote is not found on And it shall be the duty of the respect
the list furnished by the commissioners ive constables of each ward, district or
and assessor, or his right to vote whether township within this Commonwealth,
found therein or not, is objeeted to by to be present in person, or by deputy, at
any qualified citizen, it shall be the the place of holding such elections in
duty of the inspectors to examine such I said ward, district or township, for the
e son on oath as to his qualifications; purpose of preserving the peace as
and if he claims to have resided within I aforesaid."
the State for one year or more, his o.ith It is further provided, that persons
shall be sufficient proof thereof, hut be ' disturbing elections shall be indicted at
shall make proof by at least one conape- the next Court of Quarter ' Sessions
tent witness, who shall he a qualified thereafter, And it is also provided,
elector, that he has resided within the that "No body of troops in the Army of
district for more than ten days next int- I the United States, or this Comjnon
mediately- preceding said election, and wealth, shall be present, either armed or
shall also himself swear that his ;ono unarmed, at any place of election within
tide residence, in pursuance of his law-- this Commonwealth, during the time of
ful calling, is within the district, and such election."
that he did not remove into said district, If such body of troops should be pres
for the purpose of voting therein.
ent, either armed or unarmed, at any
"Every person qualified as aforesaid,
the peace officers heretofore
and who shall make due proof if requir- election, mentioned are bound to order them
ed of his residence and payment of taxes
laway, and on their refusal to go, to ar
as aforesaid, shall be admitted to c. to
rest or disperse them, and especially if
the township, ward or district in which
hos shall reside. I requested to do so by an election officer,
It will thus he seen that it the loan is
are en
or a qualified elector of the district,who
not assessed, the election officers
unlawful joined, and are in duty bound, to refuse Any inter
his vote until he establishes his right to fr e e re dom o ference
by military
el tion or ,
shouldilra
be resis with ted
e
e
-
e s
vote; or, if he is assessed, and his vote
be eliallenzed, they must require the by the whole moral andphysical force
proof, or be liable to the penalties pro-
of the community,,under the lead of the,
officers of the lam The law makes
in a subsequent section of the
•
law. ample provision fitiAbe protection , of the ,
Nat uralized Citizen*. legal voters, and their righrte e.xerchie
In the case of a naturalized citizen's I freekand without molestation' the
'in
vote being objected to, the only evidence valuable franchise ;of freemen, should
to be received of his right to vote by the be firmly maintained.
elerth .1," officers, is the certificate of a 1 It is also the right and the duty of the
court of record under seal, of the fact I citizen to prevent fraud by elections,and
of his naturalization agreeably to law; to this end the law clotbestevery quail
or, if such citizen shall have resided in • fied elector of the respective districts
the ward or district where he offers to ! with ample authority to guard with
vote for ten years immediately preceding jealous care the purity orthe ballot-box
such offer, his oath shall be sufficient It is his right to stand sentinel at the
evidence of naturalization. polls, to establish the rights of his fel-
The son of a naturalized citizen, who low.citizens whose votes may be chal
was under the age of twenty-one years I tenger], and to challenge' the Votes of
when his father was naturalized, and I those whose qualifications are doubtful.
who resides in the State, and has the . Vigilance at the polls is the only true
other requisite qualifications, is entitled 1 safeguard of honest suffrage, and now,
to vote. The naturalization of the more than ever, it should be fearlessly,
father ipso facto, makes his son, who is exercised by every true friend of free,
under twenty-one years of age and a institutions.
resident of the United States, a citizen
when he arrives at his majority, his
qualifications, so far as naturalization is
concerned, are complete. In such cases,
the certificate of the father's naturaliza
tion should be produced.
Fraudulent Feting — lnterferenea with
Elections—Duties of Pence Officers.
If a man's vote is objected to by any
qualified elector of the ward or district
where the vote is offered, the inspectors
are directed, under the pains and penal
ties of the act of assembly for refusal, to
require the proof prescribed before re
ceiving such vote; and the oath of the
person offering to vote, is only admissi
ble and conclusive in the cases express
ly provided for in the law. In other
cases he must, if required, produce the
legal evidence of a disinterested person.
To prevent illegal voting and unlaw
ful interference with electors, the law
provides, that
"If any person not by law qualified
shall fraudulently vote at any election
in this Commonwealth, or being other
wise qualified, shall vote out of his prop
er district, or if any person knowing the
want of such qillilifications, shall aid or
procure such pepon to vote, the person
offending shall, on conviction, be fined
any sum not exceeding two hundred
dollars, and be imprisoned for any term
not exceeding three months.
"If any person shall vote. at nitre
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 to illegally vote,
or shall procure another to do so, he or
they offendinishall, on conviction, be
fined in any sum not less than fifty nor
mwe than five hundred dollars, and be
inipriSoned for any term not less than
three nor more than twelve Months.
"If my person not qualified to vote
in this Cerogionwealtit, agreeably to
law, (except the sons of qn*ified eiti
zeus,) shall appear at any plateuf elec--
lion flax' : the purpose 0"
e: , 1E44 tickets
or of infinenchigthe ci9sOutipaitied•to
TOW, skuileuMvie*.ev4Wearids
PAY attY EVl9.,AtAtreAni one Hundred
dollars for every such offene t e „ and be I
imprisonedAcirvy term not 'exceed ft-I
thr443444-
tierson 411 prevent or',
tempt toitirsvelaArkny officer of any , etc
tion, or titieor threaten any violencetto
any such tOacerif4 ;shall interrupt 'o 4 k;
improperltinteip*,with him in the tlx
ecutiori itiriscittW, or shall block up Or
attempt to bloelr 7 np the window or av
enue to any window where the smite
may be holding, or shall riotously dis
turb the peace at such election, or shall
use or practice aliyinfirtidatlo'n, threats,
force or violende, with design to in
fluence undaly,_ or overawe any elector,
or to prevent him from voting, or to res
train the freedom of choice; such Reran,
on conviction, shall be fined is any sum
not exceeding five hundred dollars, and
be imprisoned for any time not less than
one nor more than twelve months-, and
if it shall be shown to the court where
the trial of Bush offence shall be had,
that the person so offending was not
resident of the city, ward, district or
township where the said offence was
committed, and not entitled to vote
therein, then, on conviction, he shall be
sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
one hundred nor more than one thou
sand dollars, and he imprisoned not
less than sis months nor more than two
Upon the -vl;qtion officers devolves
the important duty of faithfully execut—
ing the law, and they should be : careful
to follow closely its plain directions,
uninfluenced by party conaiderations.
i In examining persons offering to . vote,
I election officers should confine 'them
! selves to points bearing upon his voting
qualifications. It is said by the Su—
preme Court, in an important case on
this subject, that election officers are not
justified in prd - posing questions which
are insulting to a man's honoror patriot.,
ism, or which may involve hiq in
shame and reproach. Answers. cant,
only be required to such questions as'l
tend to show whether a person has,thed
qualifications wbich the law prescribes. I
A few appropriate and leading inter
rogatories are appended for reference.
The nature of each case will suggest the
proper questions to be asked of the
voter and his vzitnesses.
Are you a native born citizen of
Pennalyvania? ,
How long have you been in the State?.
Have you lived here with the inten
tion of becoming a citizen of the Sate?
How long have you been.ll4his-Alet
lion district?
Did you come into the district fdr the',
purpose of voting therein?
Where do you live or reside when you
are at home!
•
Are you a married man?
Where are your wife and children?
(If a single man,) where are your pa
rents?
Do you intend to return to your
home?
_
What is your calling in this district?
Its this your true, fixed and bona fide
residence?
Do you intend to renaifiri - Itere,:!artd •
make it your home•or abode?
Are yon in the military.seivies?
Where did yon live or red at i the .
lane you en ten or: were.,dß , fted?:i. e•
Have you paid a State - or :County sit
within two years assen,salsersonfilly
..-1, , , f - _,..• -.!"•,.-*•
ufloil - you? "' - .- • ' ' -
, .
' ” - Where..anfi to , whotii waitlit-pattl?i''' ''
' 44 When•ivere you assessed?
tm - r i. AliCollo.te AMM-
;
- AiimhoPand Dolejmn Sifits,„ •
Aiiinhofind-Comgne Spirits.
; • Aloolicilitnd" Cologne ROHM.
At n thilithe"Mannhicturecolirriem4
At f e p e' than ManufseturcesPrioar.
At less than the MaitufaatureeePriersi.
At less than the ManntsetureesPrieen.
Rating purchased a large lot of this' artiebs,
previous to the advance in prices, we are pre.
pared to offer great inducements to purchasers,
either in large or. small quantities.. MR and
kern my prices, before urobssing elsewhere.
AT 'JOSEPH G'S DRUG STORE,
AT JOSEPH FLEDIDISPS DRUG STORE,
corner.sl the Diamond and Market at,
corner of the Diamond"and kzarkskst.
0ct.25
M. J. 0011*WIML.... Ammar. Ens
wpm:awn:mi. &
CARRIAGE IitANIIFACTUE RO I
Silver and lirawPlatern.
And marct
Saddlery & Carriage Hardware,
No. 7 St. Clair street, and Dnquenne Way,
(near the Bridge,)
'jtadYd PITTSBVR(TR.
we MANHO OD . AND THE VIGOR
N OE TH BESTORBDIn four weeka,
by DRAIOORD'S ESSENOBOELIFE. Dr.
/Mord, (of - Paris.) after years of earnest wild.
tattoo, lute at long ch acceded to the urgent re.
Aueet.of the American pUblic, and appointed an
Agent in New York, for the sale Of Ills valued
and highly-prized Essence of Life. This won
derful agent will restore Ilfannood to the most
shattered constitutions In four weeks ; and; if
need according to p rinsed instructions, failure is
Impossible. This life-restoring remedy should
be taken by all about to marry, as It. effects are
permanent. Success, in every case, is certain.
Dr. Ricord , s Essence of Life is sold in cases,
with full instructions for use, at ID, or four
quantities in one for and will be sent to any
wt, carefully packed, eti receipt of I emittance
to h accredited agent. Circular cent free on
receipt of four stamps. PHILIP ROLAND,
447 Broome st., one door west of Broadway,
N. Y., Sole Agent for United States. •
sep2Otlind
Or...SABRE OUTS, GUNSHOT
WOUNDS, and all other kinds of
Wounds, also Sores, Ulcers and Scurvy, heal
safely and quickly under the soothing influence
of ROLLO WAY'S OINTMIZTT. It heals to
the bone, so that the wound never opens again.
Soldiers, ,
supply yourselves. If the reader of this
"notice' cannot get a box of pills or ointlkent
from the drug store to his place, let him write
to me, SO Malden .Lane, enclosing the
mount, and I will mail a box free of expense.
Many dealers will not-keep my medicines on hand
because they cannot make as much profit as on
other persons' make. 35 cents, 68 cents, and
111,40 Mr box or not. octlB-Iwd
Mr. TO CONSUME PTIVES..--C ON.
SUMPTIVE SUFFERERS will receive
A valuable prescription for the cure of Lion.
sumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, and all throat
and Lung affections, (free of harge,) by send
ing your address to
Rev EDWARD A. WILSON,
Williarneburgh, Kings (10., N. Y
sep2o:3nnitsw
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grFLGOTNESS OF THE rbitEST.—
ntattgiCoM e gtm ze. e a u a r li rfe h a t e: I h w in e , t ha av r e i t i ett ch vi t r?es ul a
of the head, great oppression or the chest, some
tightness, ancia little tenderness in theregion of
the lunga. Now, attention must be givento this
state of facto, or inflammation of the lunge, or
congestion may take place, and death may be
with us before we are aware.
RANDRETIPS PILLS,
Say two, fou ß r, or six, according to age, sex and
Constitution, must be taken. They mat purge
very freely, drink warm drinks while the fever
lasts, and as a diet eat plenty of good Indian
meal gruel or chicken' broth, with plenty of rice
in it. By this treatment, on the second or third
day the disease will be cured.' This complaint
is going the rounds, and will he followed by
dysentery and diarrhwa, but they ;via be cured
by the same process. The wise will have Brand
reth,s Pills where they can be easily laid hold
on, and by taking them by the directions, safety
and health will tollow.
Soid by TILONLA.S DEDPATII, Pittsburgh,
and by all
sepl4-Iyd re
dcwospectable dealers In medicine*.
WDR. TOBIAS' VEN Id TIAN
LINIMENT.—Lied of croup. What a
But now, alas I it
pretty and Interesting child I saw last week !
o more. Such was the
contereation- of two gentlemen riding down
town in the ears. Died of croup I how strange 1
when Dr. Tobias , Venetian Liniment Is a cer
tain cure, if taken In time. Now, Mothers, we
appeal to you. It is not for the paltry gain and
profit we make, but for the sake of your Infant
child that now lies playing at your feet. Croup
Is a dangerous disease ; but use Dr. Toblaa'
Venetian Liniment In time, and it is robbed of
its terrors. Always keep it In the house; you
may not want it to-night, or to-morrow, on
telling when—but armed with this liniment, you
are prepared, let It come when It will. Price
only 2.5 cents a bottle.
°Mee be Oortlaudt street, New Turk.
Sold by THOS. RE,DPATH, Pittsburgh, and
all respectable Druggists. sepowydkwe
far NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIRE
SUCCESb I says a great writer, and in
the history of rare discoveries for the last half
century nothing has leaped into favor with the
public, so completely, so universally as as
CHMPS HALO YE.
No other ISTADO is renized In the world fashion
by either sex. Ita swift operation, the ease with
which it is applied, the remarkable naturalness
of the browns awl blacks it imparts, its exemp
tion from all unpleasant odor or caustic ingre
dients,' and its general effect on the hair and
skin, are the good awl sufficient causes of its
unprecedented popularity. •
Manufactured by J. ORISTADORO, No. 6
Astor Douse, New - York. Sold by Hi Drug
gists. Applied by all Hair Dttaarra,
8014.1yrlfrtra
Llter --• '' ..... AWATIAM. • b • •
• • Is It is Dye.
• • •
In the year 1865 Mr. Mathews drat prepared
the VEMET/AN HAIR DYE ; since that time
it has been used by thousands, and inno instance ,
has it failed to give entire satisfaction.
The VIKNETIAN DYE T i the cheapest in the
World. Its prine is only ty cents, and each
bottle containe double the quantity of dye in
those ususdl sold for si.
The V N DIM warranted not to in.
Jure the hair or scab in the slightest degree.
and
The VENETIAN DYE wort. with rapidity
whatever. certainty, the hair requiring no preparation
The VENETIAN" DYE produces -any
,shade
that may be desired—one thatialll'netfade,rock
or wash out—one that is as permanent as c
hair
ltself. For sale by all Prhiedo cents.
. L MATIEEWS.
General Agent, 12 Gold at. N. Y.
Also manufacturer ofnEaTairwe'Anama Haus
Giese, the best hair dressing in nee. rrice 25
cents.
'Bri.ETLI.LN MUMMY_ ,E VENETIA
DYE,
pltincEn and ORLSTADORMUIAIR
-
sold a, -- JOS.FLEMENG'S DEMI
or tat - Mix:nowt and IVlArkit
AAD.
;SCRIP FOR sAL.•=-V.tig,
1./subscriber having been appOinted by the Sur
veyor tieuertd of Penney tulle, Agent to make
arrangements for the salt. "t the Scrip (or 180,-
000 acres of Land, grant.. by the net :of•.oon
gress of 1862 to this Dan monwealthtfor.the
promotion of • Aerioulture and the Mechanic
Arts, now offers the Scrip for public competi-
The income of the fund thus to be rased has
been devoted by thel.ogislature to the support
of the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania. It
is believed that no safer Investment of money
• can be-reside, in these unsettled times, than id
this Scrip. The Scrip may be located et tinge;
,or it may be held without care, or risk of loss,
'or the payment of taxes, for location: atitny fu
ture time. Capitalists, or companies, by icest
, Jog these lands in large tracts, may fled rich re
'ivards for their enterprise by organizing settle
ments upon them. Each piece of the. Scrip is for 160 acres, anden
titles the holder to locate upon any Government
bands which are open to pte entry.
, The titkvis direct from thee Milted States to
'this Commonwealth, and the scrip by assign
ment in • blank, under the hand and seal of the
Surveyor General, becomes a simple and sure
title, which may be sold and tratufferred by mere
deli Very.
r, I offer this script to the higleit bidder, upon
the following donditlons:
1. That bids must be sent by manor otherwise,
to the subscriber, on or before the 30th day of
NOvember. 1861, In sealed envelopes, marked
"aids for Land Scrip t , ' twit the full name. and
residence of the party. The bids may bein this
form. "/ will take pieces of the Land Scrip
160 acreseacb at— mete per acres oaths teems
advertised' (Signed.)
2. The bids will be opened and recorded'at the
.offlce of the Surveyor General in Harrisburg,
'in presence of the Governor, Surveyor Gen
eral. and Auditor General, on the first day
of December, 1884.
8. Bins can only ba received for 160 acres, or
multiples of that number.
4. tine quarter of the price must be paid with
in ten days after the notice of the acceptance of
the:bid shall be deposited in the post °Wee, and
the balance on delivery of the scrip in twenty
days more at-the °Moe of the Surveyor
erstl. -
6. The right to decline an Y or all bidaris re
served. te33. H. ALLEN,
nov3:4td 232 Pine street,'Phlladelphla.
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$ 4 500906405T
FttOST—SOBIEWEIBRID BETWAIIIN
the Nei chants ' and Manufacturer's Htnb
aburgh, azd the Allegheny Savings Bank;
Federal atregt, Allegheny, ny way of Market
and St Olatr streets. A PA 'WAG'S' OFGEREPT
BACKS, containing Flve Hundred Dollars.. Vas
tinder will be llberallY rewarded on
ieavg
the 'Allegheny Savings Bank. in ler
5 -7 :;t
ta .
n ,dosen Fres h Pestling, In eans. '
Soo . 4 . Tomatoes, - 4 . '•-•
4n atore.ann -to Arrive andforsertrf
- - ItETBIESk #14i4:,-
" ITN: ineln,llB WoOtt street
p
d Hosiery atIVOLELLum'S 11!th