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Raftsman's Journal.
BT S. J. BOW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., OCT. 4, 1865.
6TATK UNION NOMINATIONS.
FOB AUDITOR QESERAL:
Gen. JOHN F. HABTEANFT, Montg'y Co.
FOR SUBVBTOR 6ESERAL:
Col. JACOB M. CAMPBELL, Cambria Co.
DISTRICT UNION NOMINATIONS.
for senator:
Col. JOHIT LEVIS, CnrwensTille Boro'.
FOR ASSEMBLY ?
Lt. THOMAS LIDDELL, Clearfield Boro'.
COUNT? UNION NOMINATIONS.
FAR FR0TH05OTART :
Lt. LEWIS B. CAELILE, Brady Town'p
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER ;
Priyate THOMAS WILLIAMS, Osceola.
FOR TREASURER t
Oapt. J. ELLIOTT ZBATZEB, Pike Tp.
for commissioner:
HOBACE PATCHIN, Burnside Township.
FOR AUDITOR :
Lt. WILLIAM E. BROWN, Clearfield.
FOR COl'KTT SURVEYOR :
THOMAS W. MOOSE, Penn Township.
FACTS FOB THE PEOPLE.
Let the people who are now invited to
vote for democratic candidates rem ember,
that at the commencement of the war a
democratic President, James lluchanan,
was in power, and that he denied the right
of the Government to "coerce" States and
wickedly permitted treason to culminate in
rebellion.
Remember that in hiscabinet was Floyd,
who robbed the armories of the North of
their arms and placed then; within reach of
the rebels of the South. Toucey who scat
tered our little navy all over the seas, leav
ing us without a vessel at the logining of
the war. Black, who antiouuecd to the
startled nation that it had no power to pre
vent its own dissolution, and Thoiupson.who
left the cabinet to join the traitors with a
deficit of millions in his account.
Remember that the democratic party
etood in undisguised hostility to the Gov
ernment, and such of its leaders as, Presi
dent Johnson, Dix, Dickinson, Holt, Stan
ton, Butler, &c, who favored a vigorous
prosecution of the war, were read out of its
communion, and have been pursued with
fiendish hostility ever since.
Remenber that the candidates of the
democratic party for ;he highest offices in
its gift, were Seymour of Connecticut, Val
landingham of Ohio, and Woodward of this
; State, men who openly declared that the
Couth was fighting for it3 rights, and who
lioped that when the Union was dissolved
the line would be drawn North of Pennsyl
vania. Remember that the Democratic party in
convention at Chicago pronounced the war
"a Injure" and called upon the Govern
ment to abandon the military operations,
which have since resulted so gloriously.
Remember that all the democratic lead
ers in Congress assailed the administration
with intense bitterness, and did everything
in their power to cripple its action and en
courage the South to persist in its rebellion.
Remember that the democratic party al
ways loudly for war, in times of peaco. has
proved itself jfor peace in times of war !
Now the le&Jers who are guilty of all
these, and thousands of other disreputable
acts, approach you with loud professions of
loyalty. But the facts are too fresh in the
memory of the people to be deceived by these
sympathisers with treason and rebellion.
The Federalists of 1812, of whom James
Buebanaan was a chief, and the Peace Dem
ocracy of 1864, will go down the page of
history iaiisolubly linked in infamy, a
warning in all time to come to those who
are disposed to desert their country's cause,
in ita hour of trial and danger.
The Importance of Voting.
Although most persons may think that
this election is not an important one, yet it
is of the utmost importance. The result of
the election in this State, on Tuesday next,
will be looked upon either as an approval or
disapproval of the acts of President John
.son. Then, we say to the friends of the U-nioc-tura
out ! and by your votes show that
vou endorse the Dolicy and measures of
our National Administration.
Look out for Last Cards.
No doubt our wily political opponents, will
flood the county with handbills, filled with
all manner of misrepresentations, on the eve
of the election. We would caution all true
friends of the Union to beware of them, as
they are intended only to deceive and mis
lead the people.
A returned soldier says the Copperheads
called them a set of fools for fighting against
the South, and now want to prove their as
sertion by getting them to vote the Cop
prhead ticket.
"WHO ABE DISFEANCHISED?"
The Republican of last week, in view of
this fact, has an article under the above cap
tion, in which it takes the ground that de
serters and skedadlers have a right to vote,
in the face of the Act of Congress, and
threatens all officers of election who shall
refuse their ballots. Let us look.' at the
question for a moment
By reason of the Act of Congress of March
1SG5, taking from deserters the right of cit
izenship, it is believed that new questions
may be presented to the several election
boards.
On the subject of elections, our State
Constitution provide? :
In elections, by the citizens, every whit free
man, of the age of twenty one years, having re
sided in this State one year, and in the election
district where he offers to vote ten days immedi
ately 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
?ualified voter of this State, and removed there
rom, and returned, and who shall have resided
in the election district, and paid taxes as afore
said, shall 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 re
sided in the State one year, and in the election
district ten days, as aforesaid, shall be entitled to
vote, although they shall not have paid taxes.
It is important here -to observe that it is
not all white men that are entitled to vote,
but white freemen. Throughout the entire
section the words "citizens of the United
States" are used in the same connection, and
it is apparent that the word "f reenien"used
in this section is equivolent to the word cit
izens. In the case of the State of Tennessee vs.
Ambrose, 1 Meigs' It, 331, the Supreme
Court of the United States held that the
word "freemen" used in the Constitution
was equivalent to the word citize n. This is,
of course, conclusive on this point.
During the progress of the war for the sup
pression of the rebellion, various laws were
passed to raise an army sufficient for the pur
pose. It was found that some persons re
sorted to different disreputable ways to avoid
the draft, and others deserted the service.
To prevent a repetition of the former, and to
punish the latteroffence, Congress enacted a
law partly as follows, viz :
That in addition to the other lawful penalties
of the crime of desertion from the military or
nav.il service, all persons who have deserted the
military or naval service of the United St.ites.wbo
shall not return to said service, or report them
selves to a Provost Marshal within sixty days af
ter the proclamation hereinafter mentioned. shall
be deemed and taken to have voluntarily relin
quished and forfeited their rights of citizenship,
and their rights to become citizens ; and such de
serters shall be forever incapable ot holding any
office of trust or profit nnder the United Slate3,
tr of exercising uny ritrhts of citizen thereof;
and all persons who shall hereafter desert the mil
itary or naval service, and all persons who. being
amy enrolled, shall depart the jurisdiction of the
district in which he is enrolled or go beyond the
limits 01 tre l nited Mates, with intent to avoid
any draft into the military or naval service, duly
ordered, shall be liable to the penalties of this
section. And the President is hereby authorized
and required forthwith, on the passage of this
act, to issue bis proclamation setting forth the
provisions of this section, in which proclamation
toe 'resident is requested to notily all Deserters
returning within sixty days as aforesaid, that they
shall be pardoned on condition of returning to
their regiments and companies, or to such other
organizations as they may be assigned to, until
they shall have served for a period of time equal
10 ineir original term ot enlistment.
Under this Act of Congress persons guil
ty of the offences described in the Act have
forfeited their rights of citizenship, and can
not vote.
Prior to the passage of the Act of 1SG0,
a convict, who had served out his time in
prison, could not vote.
The first article, eighth section, of the
Constitution of the United ' States, among
other tilings declares :
1. Congress shall have power 2, To lay and
collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay
the debts, and provide for the common defence and
general welfare of the United States. 5, To estab
lish a uniform rule of naturalization. 12, To de
clare war. 13, To raise and support armies 15.
To make rules for the government of the land and
naval forces. 16. To provide for call ing forth the
militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress
insurrections and repel invasions. 19. To make
all laws which shall bo wcrsxury and proper for
carrying into execution tin foregoing ponvrs, and
all other powers vested by this Constitution in the
Government or the United States, or in any de
partment or office thereof.
Prior to the passage of the Act of 1865,
which imposes the penalty of loss of citi
zenship upon Deserters, Congress had pass
ed several Acts for the" raising of armies"
and to "suppress insurrections," and had
also niado " certain rules for the regulation
of the land and naval forces." Chief among
these was the Act of March 3, 1863, usually
known as the " Conscription Act," apart
of the provisions of which are hereinafter
inserted.
The constitutional power of Congress to
pass this Act, and their general power to
raise armies, are fully vindicated and sus
tanted by the Supreme Court of Pennsylva
nia in the Philadelphia cases reported in 9th
Wright, 295 and following. In these opin
ions the liability of drafted men to the rules
and regulations of war are clearly set forth.
The constitutionality of the law cannot be
doubted. We are equally clear that it ap
plies to citizens of Pennsylvania, and that
a person cannot lose his " citizenshiD of the
United States" and retain his citizenship of
JL ennsylvania.
The Supreme Court of the United States
have ruled as follows :
Since the adoption of the Constitution no State
can, by any subsequent law. make a foreigner, or
any other description, of persons, citizens of the U-
mted Mates, nor entitle them to the rights and
privileges secured to citizens by that instrument
19 How. 393 , also, 21 Law Kep. 630.
It is a well established fact, and indeed a
constitutional command, that the system of
naturalization shall be general, and no State
can regulate the subject to suit its own views.
It is not possible that any person can be a
citizen ot the State in which he lives, and
not be a citizen of the United States. Nor
it possible that he can be a citizen of the
United States and not be a citizen of the
State in which he lives. The opinion of
Attorney General Bates, given Novem
ber 29th, 1862, on the question of citizen
ship, sustains this position. He says:
The phrase 'a citizon oi the United States, ' with
out addition or qualification, means neither more
nor less than a member of the ration And all
suchl are, politically and legally, equal the
child in the cradle, and its father in the Senate
are equally citizens of the United States And it
needs no argument tj prove that every citizen of
State is, necessarily, a citizen of the U States -and
it is equally clear that every citizen of the
United States is a citizen of the particular State
in which he is domiciled.
The law of the State, if they conflict with the
laws of tk Nation, are of no fores. The Consti
tution it plain beyond cavil on this peine. And
from this I assume that every person who is a cit
izen of the United States, whether by birth or
naturalization, holds his great franchise by the
laws of the United States and ahoyethe eontrol
of any particular State. Citizenship of the Uni
ted States is an integial thing, incapable of exis
tence in fractional parts. Whoever, then, has
that franchise, is a whole eitizen, and a citizen of
the whole nation, ani cannot be such citizen in
one State and not in another.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania agree
with Judge Bates in his definition of the
word "citizen." In 1st Grant, page 424,
Judge Woodward says :
So was the word -citizen' well understood, aa it
is cow understood, to mean a human being a
natural person, capable of acting, contracting, su
ing and being sued without Legislative aids a
person of whom allegiance is predicable, and who
may be guilty of treason.
In 7 Penn. Law Jour., p. 115, Van Metre
vs. Mitchell, Judge Gncr decides .
No State Legislation can interfere with the pro
visions of an act of Congress, or protect from pun
ishment any one who may incur a penalty pre
scribed by such act.
Let us now ascertain who are 'Deserters"
contemplated by the act of Congress taking
away the right of citizenship. The inquiry
is rendered simple by a reference to the act
itself and the law regulating the "military
and naval service," from which desertions
were alleged to lie made. This act was
known as the "Conscription Bill," and was
in part as follows :
Section 12. After ordering a draft, this
section proceeds :
And the persons so drawn shall be notified of
the same within ten days therea iter, by a written
or printed notice, to be served personally, or by
leaving a copy at the last place of residence, requi
ring them to appear at a designated rendezvous
to report for duty.
Sec 13 And any person failing to report
after due service of notice as herein prescribed,
without furnishing a substitute, or paying tho re
quired sum therefor, sJiall be deemed a deserter.
On the 24th of February, 1864, Congress
passed another law in which the powers and
duties of the board of enrollment were en
larged, By the 15th section this board was
authorized to summon witnesses, issue at
tachments, aliow fees and mileage, adminis
ter oaths ; and heavy penalties were impos
ed for false swearinsrin any case pending be
fore this board. The next section reads
thus:
Scs 15 That copies of any record of a Provost
Marshal, or board of enrolment, or any part there
of, certified by the Provost Marshal, or a majori
ty of said board of enrolment, shall be dcmeA and
taken as evidence in any civil or military court
in like manner as the original reaorJ ; provided,
that if any person shall knowingly certify any
false copy or copies of such record, to bo used iu
any civil or military court, he shall bo tibjeet to
the pains and penalties of perjury.
How are Deserters to be known? It will be
seen from the 16th section of the Act above
quoted that copies of papers, duly certified
by the Board of Enrolment or by the Pro
vost Marshal, shall be evidence. Under the
system regulating t lections iu Pennsylvania,
the judges and inspectors compose the tribu
nal by which must be determined all ques
tions (prima facie) touching the right to
vote of all persons claiming the right of suf
frage. Prom them au appeal lies to the tri
bunals provided tor the trial of contested elec
tions. But ti e board of judges and inspec
tors must first decide. "They must deter
mine whether the applicant is over or under
twenty-one years of age; wether he is white
or blacic ; whether he has or has not resided
within the State or the election district a
sufficient length of time to entitle him to
vote. They must also determiue whether he
is sane or an idiot or madman ; w! c ther he
is a native or a foreigner, and if a foreigner
whether he has been naturalized, and any
other question which may ari.-e under the
law. All this they do by examining wit
nesses and hearing evidence, as directed by
the law or as indicated by their good scne.
There is nothing in this now duty, g1 owing
out of questions of desertion, more difficult
these duties. If the books of the Provost
Marshal or enrolment board show an indi
vidual to be a deserter, and he claims to be
innocent of the charge, he will have no trou
ble in producing papers or witnesses to show
that at the time ot the draft made in which
he was drawn he was serving the county as
a volunteer, or that having deserted he re
turned under the proclamation of sixty days'
amnesty and was pardoned, or show some
ot her legal defeuoe. It will be observed that
the person who left his district or his coun
try to avoid the draft, and icho teas subse
quently drawn, and had notice left at his
last known place of residence, is as much a
deserter as he who ran away after having
been duly mustered into the service.
The authorities already produced appear
to be conclusive of the subject. But there
is still another view of the question which
is equally decisive. The right of expatriation
has been recognized by the laws of nations
from a very early period in history. It has
been definitely and conclusively settled in
the United States that the right of election
(choice of allegiance) exists in every citizen.
This view is taken by Chancellor Kent. 2
Kent; 39, &c.
The doctriue is thoroughly discussed and
fully establised by the Supreme Court of the
United States in the caseot I ngl is vs. Trus
tees of Sailors' Snug Harbor 3 Peters,
305; and also in the case of Shanks vs. Du
pont same book, 395. In these two cases
all the authorities and decisions bearing
upon this question are fully cited and ex
plained. Indeed, it is now the well-settled
and undisputed law of the United States,
that the citizen may surrender his right of
citizenship, or may withdraw or change his
allegiance. Our naturalization laws are
founded entirely upon the soundness of this
position, Pennsylvania adopted this view
of the law at an early period of her history.
In the case of Jackson vs. Burns, 3 Binn,
85, Chief Justice Tilghman, in delivering
the opinion of the Supreme Court, said
"The principle of t he English law,that no
man could, even for the most pressing rea
sons, divest himself of the allegiance under
which he was born, is not compatible with
the Constitution of Pennsylvania."
In the case now under consideration, the
Congress of the United States having pass
ed the act forfeiting the right of citizenship,
consent of the Government is thereby given,
and the question is rendered free from all
doubt. In discussing the right and power
of an individual to sun-ender his" right of
citizenship, Senator Wallace, now Chair
man of the Democratic State Central Com
mittee, when opposing the extension of the
right of suffrage to soldiers, declared :
It is said that so meritorious a class as volun
teer soldiery should not be disfranchised. To
this I answer that neither the Constitution of
1790 nor that of 1933. confered this privilege,
and that the act of the soldier in taking upon
himself duties that are from their nature, incom
patib'e with the right of suffrage, deprives him
of this privilege. 11b disfranchises himself
when h ceases to he a eitizen and takes upon him
self the duties of a soldier. Legislative Record
Of 1864, p, 339.
So a man who chooses to become a desert
er, disfranchises himself, and takes upon
hiuiselt all the leartul cousequeuees or the
crime.
If a man lost his right of voting by going
into the service of his county, as here as
serted by the Democratic Chairman, it is
contended that much more justly did he lose
that right by running away from that ser
vice. A single objection to the views here rep
resented needs to be briefly met. This ob
jection is raised by the friends of Deserters
tor even they nave Ii lends about election
times. They argue that these persons can
not be deprived of the right of voting with
out a trial without process of law, &c. In
answer to this position, we say that the Act
of Congress itself is a ' 'process of law.
The terms of the Constitution, relied up
on by those who sustain the cause of Desert
ers, such as "trial," "due process of law,"
&c, do not apply to cases of this kind.
This defence could not be set up by the cit
izen against the Crown of England, nor will
it avail him against his Government in this
country. The very same section of the
same article of the Constitution of the
United States which authorizes Congress
to raise armies and to provide rules for
the regulation of the army and navy, author
ised Congress to lay and collect taxes, du
ties, &C., iland to make all lairs which
maybe necessary and projer for carrying in
to execution these jtoicers. ' When the
power is given to Congress to lay and collect
taxes and to raise armies, this power is not
to be defeated by allowing to tho citizen
privileges which would effectually defeat the
end proposed. The citizen cannot inter
pose against the proceedings of Congress
adopted for either of these purposes, his
right of ''trial," or the plea that his personal
rights or his property are being taken from
him '.vithout "due process of law." this ap
pears to have been the unanimous opinion
of the Supreme Court of the United States
in 18 Howard, 272. The whole question is
there fully examined and reviewed I y the
Court, and both the opinion and judgment
fully sustain the view here taken. The de
cision of this question must be conclusive of
the question. On this point Judge Wood
ward says :
I am to tako the instrument in the sense in
which it is received by the majority of the Su
preme Court of the Ui.ited States. Among the
jinlicial tribunals of the country, it not in other
departments and places, that Court is the supreme
and final arbiter of questions und?r the Federal
Constitution. The respect entertained for mcin
beis of that bench makes that duty of following
them, on a constitutional question, easy and plea
sant, which the theory of the government makes
imperative 1 Grant, 421.
The Constitution and laws of the United
States and of Pennsylvania, the Supreme
Court of the Uuitcd States and of our own
State; common sense, common honesty and
common justice scei to agree in the power,
the right and justice of the Act disfranchis
ing Deserters.
Let no officer cf election, therefore, be in
timidated by the threats of the Clearfield
Republican, but conscientiously and lione.-t-Jy
discharge bU duty, and protect the ballot
box, as the great palladium of our liberties
deserves to be protected.
THE "SCOURGED" DEMOCRACY.
"When the issue comes up iti this shape,
none know better how to vote than the well
tried and long scourged Democracy of Clear
field. " ClearJiddRcpubliean, Sept.'ll, 1S65.
This, surely, is an important admission.
That the' masses of the so-called Democracy
of Clearfield county, have been ldong scourg
c(V by the party lash in the hands of their
leaders, none will doubt. The unenviable
position in which many of the voters of that
party have placed themselves within the
last four years, by the advice of their lead
ers, fully attests the assertion of the editor
of the Republican. They were whipped into
calling our brave soldiers "hirelings," "war
dogs," "beasts," and "murderers !" They
were lashed into denouncing the President
as a "usurper" and "unworthy their confi
dence and support 1" They were driven
into proclaiming the war for the Union "a
failure," and to refuse both "men and
money" for its further prosecution ! They
were goaded into resisting the draft and
murdering the officers of the law who were
sent to enforce it ! And, as a consequence
of all this, some of these misled men were
arrested and punished--yea, "long scourgeil,"
according to the admission of the Re
publican, for taking the advice of their
leaders. Honest and well-meaning Demo
crats, but deluded followers of the Copper
head clique, have you not been "scourged"
enough for obeying their behests ? Or are
you still so blinded by party prejudices that
you cannot see the deception that has so
long been practiced upon you, and submit
to a farther scourging at their hands? We
shall see.
To the Poll3,
We would again urge our friends to go to
the polls on next Tuesday. Go early, and
see that your neighbor goes also. . Stay all
day, and work zealously for our State ticket,
and the result will be the triumphant elec
tion of Ilartranft and Campbell.
Our County Ticket.
All the Union nominees for the County
and District offices are good men. They
are 'competent and honest, and every way
qualified to fill the several position tor which
they are named. Give them your hearty
and undivided support.
Ridiculous to see Copperheads honying
and sugaring around Union soldiers. Vet
erans! they only want your votes. At heart
they have the game opinion of you they had
when they called you "Lincoln's hirelings."
Spurn them. They are not your friends.
They never have been.
Ask Him Wht. If a copperhead tells
you he is a great Union man, and a friend of
the soldiers, ak him what act of our Gov
ernment to overthrow this rebellion he ever
approved, what act of the rebels he ever
condemned, and why he voted against the
soldiers amendment?
A STJELIHE SPECTACLE.
Wm. A. Vv allace, Chairman of the Dem
ocratic State Central Committee, in his ad
dress to the People cf Pennsylvania, makes
use of the following remark :
"The Democracy of Pennsylvania have
no reply to make to denunciation and invec
tive. They refer with pride to their record
during the past four years."
Part of the record to which Mr. Wallace
refers with pride, no doubt is contained in
the following paragraphs :
"I am opposed to the reception of Gov
ernor Johnson for no personal reason ; but,
sir, I am unwilling to recognize his present
official position, lie is not Governor of
Tennessee in my view of the law. ... I
am opposed to the reflation because I am
unwilling to countenance any oltiiose men
who have rendered aid and comfort toward
this Administration mnk me towards
sustaining this Aduiini.tiation in its uncon
stitutional, unwarranted and .unnecessary
measures. Andrew Johnson is lie of those
who has gene farthest, who has been the
most ultr t of the ultra in sustaining the vi
rulent measures of the Adiniuh-tration at
Washington. . . . And men who, like An
drew Johnson, are willing to trample the
Constitution under foot, are in transition;
they will in the early future, be hurried in
dark oblivion." W. A. Wallaces speech,
Senate, March G, 18(U ; and Mr. W. did
vote against the use of the Senate Chamber
by Andrew Johnson, to address the citizeus
ot Pennsylvania.
"I vote against this bill upon principle,
as well as for form" (the amendment to
the Constitution allowing our soldiers in the
army to vote) W. A. Wallace's speech,
Senate, Jw7,lSG4; and Mr. W. voted a
gainst the Amendment. ,
Mr. Wallace and Two Thousand and
Eighty-two of his politiral friends voted a
gainst the Amendment allowing the elective
franchise to our gallant soldiers in the field.
See returns, Clearfield Republican, Au
gust VJth, 1864.
"He- would not contribute one man, nor
one farthing, to prosecute the war for the
unlawful purposes set forth by Mr. Lin
coln." See 3lr. Biglers speech, August 13,
1SG4.
"That a war of more than three years' du
ration, and of unparalielled magnitude,
.-hould be sufficient to convince all rational
;,iinds that the Union cannot be re-established
bv the sword." Resolution. August 13,
1804.
"It was not simply a partisan display, (the
meeting on A igust 13th.) but a demonstra
tion of the people (the Democracy) to con
vince our rulers (Andrew Johnson included)
that their present war policy is cot detuned,
and that if they would carry out the popu
lar will (of the Clearfield Democratic poli
ticians,) they mibt resort to peaceful nego
tiations as the only hope of. averting fiual
nnl irretrievable ruin." Clearfield Repub
lican, August 17, 1SG4.
Such is the record of the so-called Democ
racy of Clearfield county. A sublime spec
tacle indeed, for a man with such a "reeon?7
to " refer ' to it "with pride." Surely, the
people of Clearfield county must be blind,
if they will longer permit themselves to lie
gulled by such clap-trap sophistry as that
contained in the sentence first above quoted.
The True Version of Affairs in Mississippi.
President Johnson has suffered not a lit
tle in public estimation because of the order
he gave to Governor Sharkley concerning
the State niilith. As in many other cases
no doubt, he has suffered unjustly, because
the facts were not known. In this instance,
it was General Slocum who was worthy of
censure, as the facts make it appear. The
proclamation calling for the militia was is
sued August ISth, while the Convention was
in session. Before the Convention adjourned,
the President telegraphed Provisional Gov
ernor Sharkley : "I would advise you not to
organize the State militia at present ; not
until the machinery of civil government
has been more perfectly restored." The
President added that General Slocum vould
furnish all the troops needed to prevent law
lessness and crime. It is stated that Shark
ley was satisfied with this, and acknowledg
ed that his action was premature, and would
have been content had the matter there rest
ed. General Slocum, however, as soon as he
saw the Sharkley proclamation, Issued his
order, since printed, and known as General
Order Xo. 22, directed his subordinates to
disregard the proclamation. The terms of
the order gave offence to Provisional Gov
ernor Sharkley, and he telegraphed the sit
uation to the President. Subsequently af
fairs were further complicated under Gen
eral Sloeum's order, thwarting -the under
standing between the President and - Gov.
Sharkley, and the latter was on 'the point of
resigning, when the President revoked Gen
eral Sloeum's order. It is-iinportant to
observe the care evinced by the President at
the outset, in holding in the Governor, and
telling him to "go slow." It is best to
know the facts before giving the verdict.
Trading o False Capital. The Cop
perheads were moht bitter against the sol
diers throughout the war. Now, that the
brave boys have accomplished their noble
work "and saved the Union, these same Cop
perheads pretend to be the' soldiers best
friends. No intelligent soldier can be deceived
by this dodge.
The Republican State Convention of Mas
sachusetts, met on Thursday in Worcester.
Hon. Charles Sumner presided, and Gen.
lienj. F. Butler was one of the Vice Presi
dents. Col. A. II. Bullock, was nominated
for Governor, and Hon. Wm. Claffin for
Lieutenant Governor.
The Copperheads insist that the people
of one State have nothing to do with the
suffrage qnestion iu another State. Why,
then, do the Copperheads of this State per
sist in agitating the question of suffrage in
Southern Statei ?
iylO ,()()(! SA.YEM
TO TIIE
TAX-PAYERS OF CLEARPIFXD CO.
The attention of tax-payers of Clearfield
County is directed to the following cards:
Ccrwensville, Pa., Sept. 2$, 1S65
To tiie Vote lis of Clearfield Counts':
Having been placed in nomination as a
candidate for the office of County Treasurer
I hereby agree, in the event of being elect
ed, to disc-barge the duties of the office for
the sum of One Thousand Dollars for
THE ENTIBE TERM OF TWO TEARS, and will
enter into ample bonds for the faithful per
formance of this proposition.
J. Elliot Kratzer.
To tiie Voters of Clearfield Coun
ty We the undersigned, hereby agree to
enter into bonds in the sum of Fifty Thou
and Dollars that J. Elliot Kratzer, in the
vent of his election asCounty Treasurer, will:
discharge the duties of the office for the sura
of One Thousand Dollars for the entire term
of two years.
Wm. Irvin, John Patton,
S. W. Thompson, M. A. Frank,
Sam'l Mitchell, Geo. II. Lytle.
Tax-Payers of Clearfield ! Here is
en opportunity of saving a large sum of
money, perhaps not. less than Ten Thou
sand Dollars, if you will elect Capt. J.
Elliott Kratzer to the position of Treasurer.
If you elect Daniel W. Moore, he will
charge full fees for his services, amouuting
perhaps to the sum named above 1
It is left for you to decide on the day of
election whether you save that amount in
the one item of pay and fees to the Treas
urer. If this proposition is rejected, let there bo
no more complaints about high taxes.
Their Object.
The motives that actuated the leaders of
the so called Democracy i:i Pensylvania, iu
opposing the granting of the right ot suff
rage to the soldier. last fall, are apparent to
every one. In the first place their opposi
tion to the war, and their deep seated and
universal bitterness against our noble Presi
dent, who was controlling its movements,
naturally led to hate his 4 birelinr;s,"as they
styled the brave men who were engaged in
doing the work. In the second place they
feared the soldier's vote, knowing as they
did that as he was engaged in fighting a
gainst treason and rebellion, he would vote
against the party which sympathized with
traitors. They well knew that the brave
men who were risking their lives for their
country, would vote against the party which
had rejoiced over rebel victories and the
slaughter of the nation's defenders, Iwhicli
had denounced the Chief Magistrate ot the
nation as a despot, a usurper and a tyraut,
which had used every exertion to embarrass
the Government and create disaffection at
the North, and had pronounced the efforts
of our gallant armies of heroes to crush out
treason a failure. Soldiers remember these
facts.
The Tribune' x special says: It has been
decided by the Secretary of the Treasury to
anticipate the payment of the interest of the
5-2 Bonds, which becomes due on the 1st
of November, and the same will be paid on
and after September 24. on the presentation
of the coupons to the Assistant Treasurer,
or those designated depositories authorized
to pa3 interest on Government securities.
Ad vertisementsset in large type,rnts. or out of usual
ttylewi.il be charged double price for spare occupied .
To irnare attotition, the CASH mmt accompa
ny notices, a follows. All Cautions n Strays,
w ithSl.SO; Auditors'. Administrators' and Ex
ecutors' notices, $2,r0, each ; Dissolutions, $2;
all other transient Notices at the same rates
Other alvertissiuents at$l,50persqaare,for3or
less insertions. Ten lines (or less) count a square
D1
R.J. P. BURCII FIELD, late Surgeon of
ed from the army, offers his professional services
. . I . " . , r . . -. t. (.
to me citizens oi vieHrneiu ami viciuiiy. I roi
feFional calls promptly attended to. Office on
South-Kast corner of 3d and Market streets.
Oct. 4. lB8j 6m-pd.
TVTOTICE. Fonnd on tb premises of the sub
1 1 seriber, in the Borough of Curwensvillo in
this county, on the morning of the 14th of Sep
tember last, a one-horse buggy. Also one horse
near the lilue Ball Tavern, in Decatur township.
The above property is supposed to have been bto
len. and will remain in my bands until tbe pio
per owner or owners call and make satisfactory
proof of identity, and pay chargos on the same
October 3, ISrta. B. HARTSHORN
rTlO TEACHERS. The school directors or
X Penn school district, wish to employ 6 teach
ers for the coming term, to whom liberal wages
will be paid. The grade of certificate will enter
largely into tbe settlement of wages. Applica
tions either in person or by letter to any of tho
directors will receive proper attention. Their
Post office address is "Grampian Hills." Clearfield
county. ISAAC KESTER,
Oct. 4, lS65-3t. See'y.
PUBLIC SALE. Tbe undersigned will sell
at Public Vendue, at his residence in Boggs
township, on Thursday, October 26th, 1865, tba
following personal property, to wit: onecolt, 3
cows, 7 head of youngcattle, 10 hogs one of which
is fat. 3 hives of bees, 1 fanning mill, one 2-horse
wagon, one 1-horse wagon, long sled, timber pled,,
bob-sled, three stoves and pipe, iron kettle, cor
ner cupboard, 3 tables, 7 bedsteads, 2 set ebsirs,
rocking chair, one loom, and a lot of bf and
straw, besides numerous other articles. Terms
made known on day of sale. S' to commence
at 9 o'clock. ANDRKW BAUGHMAX.
October. 4th. 1865 pd.
LIST OF LETTERS unclaimed and remain
ing in the Post Offiee at Clearfield, on the 1st
day of October, A. D. 1865.
Armstrong, Joseph Fillion, Noah
Bauer-L. Handesbell, Isaao
Bush. Perry Hunter, F. j.
Carnan, Richard Hunter, Wm.
Cbapen. James Jen kens, C. 2
Corp, Miss Caroline Kneadler, Wm. F.
Cree, William Krise, Andrew
Cassidy, S. W. Lender, John
Pickey, W. L. Preston. R. R.
Prugg. Henry Richards. Capt. Geo B.
Peein. Miss Mary E Rodkey. R. L.
Evans. James A. Rogan. Thomas
Firhcr, John Smith, Mrs. Deliah
Fiscus. Charles
Two cents due on each letter advertised. Per
sons calling for any of the above letters, will say
they are advertised. M. A. FRANK. PM