Raftsman's journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, October 23, 1867, Image 2

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    Raftsman's Journal'
.J. BOW, EDITOR ABO PROPRIETOR.
CliEARFIELD, PA.. OCT. 23, 1867.
The Official Beturna.
Elsewhere we publish the official vote in
Pannavlvani. on October 8th. 1867, with
the vote for Governor in 1S66. By refer
ence to the table, it will be ecen that the
Republican vote cast this year is 40,450 less
than that of last year, and the Democratic
vote falls short 22,350, making an aggregate
lvu f fi sno on the vote of last year. This
proves what we said last week, that the de
feat of Judge Williams was owing to the
greater apathy existing in the Republican
ranks, and not the result of changes from
our party to that of the Democratic for
the opposition party has only increased its
vote in three counties in the State, to wit
In Philadelphia, 3,258 ; in Huntingdon, 19 :
and in Forest, 54 net, on account of the an
nexing of several townships of Venango
county thereto within the year. ; And hence,
had a full Republican and Democratic vote
been polled in the State, we would still have
elected our Supreme Judge by a majority
of 10,000 to 12,000. We commend' this
statement of facts to the Bpecial attention of
the etay-at-home Republicans, in the hope
that they may fully consider and digest it,
and decide for themselves how far each one
is individually responsible for the defoat of
Judge Williams and the principles of the
great National party that saved the Union
from being destroyed by rebels and traitors
and their aiders and abettors the so-called
Democratic party.
Not Ovkr. In 3Iaryland and Missouri,
as well as in the secret councils of the Ohio
Democracy, the rebellion is not yet consid
ered over. Mr. M'Clure, M. C. from Mis
souri, communieates to the St. Louis Demo
crat a copy of a letter addressed by a prom
inent ex-rebel of that State to another who
has had enough of it, which states that "the
time is close at hand when we will have al
our past troubles to contend with again, but
it would be on a different scale to' some ex
tent." And, better proof than all. General
Shelby has received a private letter from
General F. P. Blair, warning him "to be in
readiness, that war is undoubtedly to be and
is near at hand."
The Civil Rights Bill. In another
column we publish the decision of Chie
Justice Chase, at Baltimore, on the 16th of
October, on the petition of a colored "ap
prentice" girl to be discharged from restraint.
Under the apprentice system, it seems, the
girl was as much restrained ef her liberty as
she had been previous to gaining her freedom
from slavery. The Chief Justice decides
that, under the Civil Rights Bill, colored
persons are citizens of the United States the
same as whites, and no citizen can be held
in involuntary servitude, except in punish
ment of crime.
'The beauties of Civil and Religious lib
erty are before us."" Republican.
-When wer these "beauties of civil and
religious liberty" inaugurated ? Since the
Deiflocracy rebelled to destroy the Union and
the issuing of the Emancipation proclama'
tion, or previous to the Democratic rebel
lion ! Do tell ! The people should know.
One Vote. The importance of one vote
was shown in Jackson county, Ohio, at the
recent election. The Democratic and Re
publican candidates for treasurer each re
ceived 1,840 votes. To decide the question
lots were drawn, and as luck all rcund ap
peared to have been in favor of the opposi
tion, the Republican lost,
"If they are wicked and devilish enough.'
Republican.
Certainly 1 Large numbers of your party
were "wicked and devilish enough" to rebel
in 1860, and we should not be surprised "if
they are" foolish enough to try it again af
ter their defeat in 1868 !
Swan's Army, The parade of Governor
Swan's army took place in Baltimore, on the
.15th. One of the regiments, escorting His
Excellency, wore the rebel uniform and was
commanded by rebel officers. They cheered
for the President.
"Th Democrats of Philadelphia, at the
late election, covered themselves with glo
ry "Republican.
By . stuffing ballot-boxes and running
Sharswood 2,903 votes behind Ludlow, we
presume 1
- Every Copperhead sheet we pick up now-a-daya
is pictorially full of lusty roosters
crowing over Democratic victories. Natural
enough. Theooek sever crows so hilariously
m "on a dunghill. .
Santa Ann writes to a friend in New
Yoik that W ttas received assurances from
Juarez that hi life should b spared. -
The Indians.
Itisaratifvinjr to learn, says the Pitts
burgh Commercial, that the Peace Coui-
uiissioners nuve ueen so ir suwcnku.
the Northern hostile tribes as to secure a
nroniise to suspend their depredations fer a
definite time, or while negotiations are pend
ing. This promise they have thus far kept,
no attack having been since made on any
train, and uo disturbance given to frontier
settlements. The next effort is to be made
with the tribes further South, including the
formidable Camanches and Cheyennes, who
are to assemble in Council with the Com
miwioners. All are represented as favorably
inclined to peace. The proposition of the
Government is to furnish them with homes,
ands, and for a time, the means of subsist-
ence. seeing tne advance oi wuub uc-me-
monta n nnblin works, thev deem their
monna of subsistence bv the chase in danger
of being destroyed.
.rl 1.anw fhflr rosolu.
tion and courage have been called in requi
sition for their defense. 1 heir location on
Ijinrls under the protection of the United
States can alone prevent their continued hos
tility, and so secure them from certain and
speedy destruction. It is hoped, from what
has already been effected, that this end will
ultimately be attained by the Commission.
Should it be so, Gen. Sherman and the
other members of the Commission will have
accomplished a result most desirable, not
only as a humane office to the Indians, but
also as a saving of vast expense to the Uni
ted States.
Election Fkauds in Philadelphia.
Intelligence has been received from Phila
delphia, stating that the three Republicans
who were defeated for county officers, have
agreed to join issue and contest the election
in the Second and Fourth wards of that
city. It is said that nearly two thousand il
legal votes were polled, and in the Sixteenth
ward a large number of rebel refugees, tem
porarily colonized there, were allowed to
vote after the inspector and judge had been
beaten from the polling booth. If these
things be proved, Judge Williams will be
awarded the place on the Supreme Bench
for which he was nominated.
The Yellow Fever. The terrible rav
ages of the yellow fever at New Orleans and
Galveston emphasize the providential fact
that during four years of war that frightful
scourge was hardly felt along the gulf coast
and in the great towns. Had it appeared
with its olden virulence, thousands of Union
soldiers would have been its victims. On
the 8th the deaths were fifty, on the 9th
sixty-four, and on the 10th fifty-six. It
seems to have returned to its former haunts
with the return of the rebels.
Financial Stringency; The financial
indications in New York, Philadelphia and
some of the other principal cities are of ex
treme stringency. It is the opinion of some
of the wisest that while a general crash need
not be expected, the time is not far off when
the weak timbers in the financial structure
will give way. Prudence is the prevailing
idea in the business world. Several dry
goods failures are reported in Philadelphia
in the last few days.
Riot in Baltimore. On the evening of
October 1 6th, a riot occurred in Baltimore,
while a regiment of colored troops were pa
rading near the corner of Franklin and How
ard streets. Some twelve or fifteen shots
were fired, aud Charles A Ellermeyer, a
white boy, was instantly killed. The cause
of the riot is unknown. The timely arrival
of a large police force prevented further dis
turbance.
"Nothing but sickness, or other physical
disability, can be received as the cause for
Democrats remaining at home on election
day. ' ' Republican.
We hope our Republican voters, who fail-
m . . W 1. .a .11 I
ed to attend tne last election, will take a
hint from the above, and that the next elec
tion day will find every man "at his post,"
ready to vote.
"Had these skulkers turned out our ma
jority (Sharswood's) would have been 1,523,
instead of 1,263. Republican.
J ust so 1 But, many of your party were
taught to tlculk during the late rebellion,
and it seems they adhere to the precepts.
A skulker then, will be a skulker still. Ver
stehen. sie f
Four years ago the supporters of the rebel
cause invaded Pennsylvania under Lee, and
excited great hope in the minds of Horatio
Seymour and his "friends." But they found
their Gettysburg. Now the supporter of
the same cause have overrun Pennsylvania
under the lead of Sharswood. But is Shars
wood a better General than Lee?
"The Democratic convention at Brooklyn
has nominated Martin Kalufleiech for May
or of that city." Excluinge.
Should he be elected, the Brooklynites
can boast of being governed by Calf-meat,
(tho', perhaps, not good veal) a novelty
not enjoyed by any other city in the land.
"We wonder how soon General Sheridan
and General Sickles will exhibit in Phila
delphia again T' Republican.
Don't know. But if the Democracy gets
up another rebellion, they will be at their
"posts" in good time 1
The Fenians appear to be in earnest in
their threatened uprising in Ireland, but
the English Government is on the alert for
any movement they may male.
The Civil Eights Bill Constitutional.
Baltimore, October 16. Chief Justice
Chase, sitting m the Circuit Oourt tnis
morning, rendered bis decision in naoeas
corpus case on me peuuuu v hmuiu
Turner, a mulatto girl, apprenticed under
the Negro Apprentice Law of Maryland in j
lSfi-4 immediately after the Constitution oi i
ieo, """'eujaic.j-
that year abolishing slavery went into oper
ation. . . .
The decision of the Judge, delivered tnis
morning, is as ioaows. ii siutes me wuuic
case;
Th rwtitioner in this case seeks relief
from restraint and detention by Philemon T.
Hainbletou. of Talbot county, in Maryland,
in alleged contravention of the constitution
and laws of the United States. The facts,
as they appear from the return made by Mr.
llambleton to tne Uourt, and oy nis veroai
Kt.ifpnir nt made in Court and admitted as
partof the return, are substantially as follows:
The petitioner, Elizabeth Turuer, a young
person of color, and her mother, were, prior
to the adoption of the Maryland constitution
lf i64. slaves of the respondent. The
constitution went into operation Joveniber
1st, 1864, and prohibited slavery. Almost
immediately thereafter many of the freed
people of Talbot county were collected to
gether under some local autnoriiy, ine na-.
ture of which does not clearly appear, and
the young persons were bound as apprenti
ces, usually, u not always, to ineir late
masters.
Among others Elizabeth, the petitioner,
was apprenticed to iianioieton oy an inden
ture dated November 3d, two days after the
new constitution went into operation. Upon
comparing the terms of this indenture,which
is claimed to have been executed under tne
law of fl'aryland relating to negro apprenti
ces, witn tnose reouirea oy me iaw vi ma
ryland in indentures tor white persons, tne
variance is mamtcst.
The petitioner under this indenture is not
entitled to anv education a white appren
tice must be taught reading, writing and
arithmetic. The petitioner is liable to be
assigned and transferred at the will of the
master to anv person in the same county
the white apprentice is not thus liable. The
authority of" the master over the petitioner
is described in the law as a property and in
terest ; no such description is applied to
authority over a white apprentice.
It is unnecessary to mention other partic
ulars. Such is the case, and I regret that I
have been obliged to consider it without the
benefit of any argument in support of the
claim of the respondent to the writ; but
have considered it with care, and an earnest
desire to reach right conclusions, ror the
present. I shall restrict mj'selt to a brief
statement, of these conclusions, without go
ing into the grounds of them, lhe time
does not allow more. The following propo
sitions, then, seem to me to be sound law,
and they decide the case :
First lhe first clause of the thirteenth
amendment of the Constitution of the Uni
ted States interdicts slavery und involuntary
servitude, except as a punishment tor crime,
and establishes freedom astheconstitutiona
right of all persons in the United States.
Second lhe alleged apprenticeship in
the present case is involuntary servitude.
within the meaning of these words in. the
amendment.
Third If this were otherwise, the inden
ture set forth in the return does notoontain
important provisions for the security and
benefit of the apprentice, which are requir
ed by the laws of Maryland in indentures o
white apprentices, and is, therefore, in con
travention of that clause of the first section
of the Civil Rights Law, enacted by Con
gress on April 9th, 1866.
Fourtb This law havimr been enacted
under the second clause of the thirteenth
amendment, in the enforcement of the first
clause of the amendment is constitutional
and applies to all conditions prohibited by it
whether originating in transactions before
or since its enactment.
Fifth-Colored persons.equally with whites
are citizens of the United States.
The petitioner must be discharged from
restraint by the respondent.
Fort- Pillow Massaccre. General N
B. Forest's card in which he denies that he
was cuiltv of the atrocities charged upon
him at Fort Pillow, has been the means of
bringing forth a statement from a federal of
ficer who was one of his victims, and who
shows conclusively that all that was charged
against rorest is true. 1 his omcer is nam
ed Mac J. Learning. He was at the time
of the massacre the Adjutant of the 13th
West Tennessee cavalry, and as such the
medium through which all the coiresnon
dence between Forest and the commander
of the fort, Majoc Bratford, took place
Mr. Learning says that in this correspon
dence, published by the Committee upon
the Conduct of the War, the following sen
tence, written by l'orrest, was omitted
"If this demand (of surrender) is not com
plied with you must take the consequences.
It was not complied with, and Mr. Leamin
says that in consequence, three-fourths of
the four hundred and hity men composing
the garrison were killed alter the surrender.
Mr. Learning was shot after he surrendered
and he saw several who were murdered by
the Rebels after the tort was in possession
of the latter.
. lilt Cl rri, r-r
A rLLMB FOR j3UL.Uie.tlS. 1 nc liar
risburg Patriot and Union, the central or
gan of the Democratic party of this State
indulges in tne iouowing gratuitous and
characteristic slur upon the men who served
in the armies of the war to crush reoellion,
That peculiar species of soldiers in Philade
phia who voted for the Democratic ticket as
a soldier s ticket, can pocket this insult as
best they like. It breathes, however, the
undisguised spirit of the Uemocracv. to
whom a soldier is a perpetual eye-sore an
ulcer on the pure body politic :
"The Philadelphia voters did not vote the
Democratic ticket merely because there
were soldiers upon it. Judge Ludlow, not
a soldier, beats Ueneral Lijle, a soldier. 1.
608 votes. Judge Sharswood, not a soldier
(and accused of secessionism and joy over
repei victories, l runs ahead of lieneral Ba
Her, a soldier, 373 votes, and Joseph Mega
ry, a citizen, runs ahead of General Leech
149 votes! .
lhe Intelligence party. One ofthp
Democratic inspectors in a certain election
, " a ? . 11
district in mis county, tnis iau, cannot
write his name. When he came to sign the
certificate of return from his district he
Tound that it would never do to "make his
mark," so the other inspector or the Judge
signed his name for him to the official pa
per. Query, is that lawful? Greemlmra
"Washington City Gossip.
Montgomery Blair received a slight "snub"
the other day. ' He applied to Gen. Grant
for the reinstatement of a clerk in the War
Denartoient. who was lately dismissed uron
tbe rejuct;on 0f tne clerical force. The rc-
,. , .
finest was not complied wi
quest was not complied with, whereupon
Blair declared that the 'clerk could .probably
be reinstated if he was not a Democrat. He
was informed in reply that parties had noth
ing to do with the qualifications of clerks in
the War Department, either in their ap
pointment or discharge.
The fractional currency issued during the
past week from the Printing Bureau was
$593,000 ; shipments $423,757 ; redeemed
and destroyed $503,800; National Bank
currency issued $34,080.
The Congressional Committee on Re
trenchment met in the Treasury Department
on the 17th, and commenced an investiga
tion as to the working of every bureau of
the department. The Secretary furnished
them access to all the books and documents,
and the committee intend to go thoroughly
into the bond question, and ascertain the
numbers and amounts of all kinds which
have been issued, and to inspect the system
of checks and balances in use. The counter
feiting of the seven-thirties they intend to
ook into most thoroughly, and to settle the
doubt as to whether these bogus bonds were
printed in the department. The appearance
of this committee was quite unexpected, and
has created a decided sensation in the Print-
ing tJureau. senator Mmunas, oi er
mont, is chairman of the committee.
The receipts for Internal Revenue for the
past week were $1,682,000, and for the fiscal
year, S05,0K,uuu.
The movement made throughout the coun
try to nominate Gen. Grant for the Presi
dency, has developed itself in Washington
in the presence of a strong pressure made
upon mm lor a letter cieany oenning nis
views on the pending important national
questions. Such of his friends a3 are urging
and waiting the publication of a letter, are
confident that one will be forthcoming be
fore the November elections.
It is said the President is in favor of an
early resumption of specie payment, and a
steady contraction of currency to that end.
A considerable portion of his coming message
will be devated to this important question
of finances.
Gen. Canby has notified Gen. Grant that
he has completed arrangements for the com
ing elections in North and South Carolina
and appointed officers to conduct the election.
which takes place the second week in No
vember.
The utter impossibility of repealing the
act of reconstruction begins to make its im
pression upon the rebel leaders, and the folly
of their depending upon Copperhead tri
umphs to help them is admitted by many
now in Washington. They recollect the
fruits of their refusal to accept the last con
etitutional amendment, and are not willing
to commit another fatal mistake.
The National Intelligencer, of the 16th,
has a leader headed "The Radical Congress
Suppresses Majorities in the South, and
Tyraunizes over Majorities in the North,"
the meaning of which is as follows: "That
the Radical Congress is laboring to suppress
treason in the South, while Andrew John
son is trying to revive it with the aid of
Ceppcrheadism in the North."
On the 1st of November, the Treasury
Department will disburse twenty-seven mil
lion of dollars in gold, as interest on five
twenty bonds, the largest sum that has ever
been paid in this country for any half year's
interest. Between a quarter or a third of
the amount will go abroad.
Gen. Steedman arrived here on the 19th,
and with him a large Internal Revenue del
egation of office seekers, whisky men and
special agents. They were early at the
White House and Treasury, and served to
add some freshness to the interminable
wrangling going on here over Revenue
frauds.
The Treasury investigation has created
quite a stir in the Printing Bureau, where
it has not been very enthusiastically wel
corned ; but where, nevertheless, it promises
to be very searching.
Gen. Sherman is expected in Washington
on the first week in November, and unless
the President changes his intentions, he will
be ordered to take command of a new Mili
tary Department, which will embrace prob
ably Maryland and the District of Columbia.
A Richmond special says that the trial of
Jeff. Davis will probably come off on the
28th. An enort will be made to obtain a
jury of white men. The jury to try him
now stands nine negroes and three white men,
Vbllandigham threatens terrible things in
case Ohio does not send him to the Senate.
It is already apparent that the Democracy
have a nice little quarrel on their hands, and
that VaL will not be so easily thrust aside.
Counterfeit $10 notes on the First Na
tional Bank of Philadelphia are circulating
in Pittsburg, and counterfeit $20 notes on
the Fourth National Bank of Indianapolis,
T , , . T
Indiana, are in circulation in new Jersey.
Louisiana has declared her voice for a con
vention. Thus the practical work of recon
struction goes surely on in the face of Ex
ecutive opposition, and discouragement from
the apathy and carelessness of friends.
Affecting. Hon. Chas. Ingersoll writes
that he heard the news from Pennsylvania
"with tears of joy. It true, they were
Charley's first "tears of joy" since the Bull
Run rout. Precious drops :
Official Vote of 1867.
Below we publish the official vote for Su-'
preme Judge in this State,' which gives a
majority of 922 for Sharswood :
Got. 1868.
Judge. 1867.
3
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2.
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3
o
C0C5TIBS.
Adami,
Allegheny,
Arm8troDg,
Bearer,
2910
20511
3758
3310
2591
7121
3520
7134
6305
3544
2643
374
1906
3092
8500
1776
1650
1754
1956
6714
4030
6691
3647
376
7237
3569
100
4299
775
1699
3248
4458
2015
1516
1459Z
3126
12S95
3078
2385
2S35
13288
2768
3091"
7399
3061
3295
303
2339
3564
6221
2313
2786
2337
3583
4969
4567
4301
2262
916
3951
4359
76
4106
1055
3220
2239
2109
1912
1814
8590
1410
2696
5731
123S7
4448
714
3757
1835
2699
8344
T523
6870
3829
2491
48817
1084
620
10514
1326
1759
2437
16333
3235
2818
2305
6117
3113
5846
6224
2939
2068
358
1687
2790
7751
1410
1477
1602
1696
5400
3451
5247
3207
286
5504
3184
289
3773
709
1343
3009
3608
1806
1368
12799
2333
3625
3514
7985
3604
705'
3935
1565
543
6586
1006
3027
3023
2427
49587
235
1134
7256
1630
2756
2829
9994
2934
2278
2644
11912
2590
2638
Bedford,
Berks,
Blair,
Bradford,
Backs.
Butler,
Cambria,
Cameron,
Carbon,
Centre,
Chester,
Clarion,
6910
2662
3020
300
2124
3473
5853
2603
2740
2228
3453
4018
4281
3847
2148
751
3428
3859
319
3962
1019
2753
2253
1867
1851
1665
7475
1281
2501
5141
10404
4S57
545
3414
1769
2359
7683
13S
5979
Clearfield,
Clinton,
Columbia,
Crawford,
Cumberland,
Dauphin
Delaware,
Elk,
Erie,
Fayette,
Forest,
Franklin,
Fulton,
Greene,
Huntingdon,
Indiana,
Jefferson,
Juniata,
Lancaster,
Lawrence,
3560
4194
4159
8733
3371
877 .
4116
1725
705
72S3
1130
3859
3381
2581
54205
360
1346
8793
1812
3062
436
4429
4791
1991
4409
Lebanon,
Lehigh,
Luzerne,
Lycoming, '
McKean,
Mercer,
Mifflin,
Monroe,
Montgomery
Montour.
Northam't'n
Northumb'd
3469
2232
Perry.
Philad'phia.
52075
Kike,
901
Potter,
Schuylkill,
Snyder,
Somerset.
481
8330
1199
1541
Sullivan,
Susquehan'a
Tioga,
761
2981
1628
1237
421
3947
4090
1675
3040
2131
4613
2320
4212
1357
4843
633
2690
1425
1200
union,
Venaneo,
3492
1572
4712
2883
6113
1499
8780
290,096
2610
Warren,
Washington,
Wayne,
2rt87
4977
2357
5044
1408
5396
307,274
290,091
17.173
1459
4513
2586
Westmor'lnd
5646
1474
7671
Wyoming,
York,
Totals,
236,824 ' 2.577 46
266824
Majorities,
922
Republican loss on vote of 1866,
40,450
22,350
Democratic loss ou vote of 1S66,
Aggregate loss on vote of I860,
62,800
Counterfeiters and Eepudiators.
The appearance of a large amount of well
exe.uted counterfeit bonds nas occasioned
no small degree of anxiety in financial cir
cles. Heavy losses have been incured by
the acceutance of these spurious bonds, and
a feeling of uncertainty and distrust has
spread in the coniiiiuuity. In consequence
of this there is a spontaneous rising of in
dignation against the unknown perpetrators
of the fraud, both because of the positive
loss inflicted, and because of the disturbance
of confidence in the transaction of financial
business anions honest men.
But it this spontaneous sense of justice is
arrayed against the counterfeiter who dis
turba business confidence and depreciates
the Government securities, why should it
not be equally aroused against reckless po
litical partisans, who, wantonly or for ends
as selfish as those of the counterfeiter, en
deavor to destroy nublic confidence in those
securities and to depreciate their real value,
by advocating modes of payment which are
in fact no payment, or by proposing new
conditions of contract involving loss and
damage to those who bought the bonds in
good faith ? On the score of results, the
counterfeiter does less damage than the par
tisan. Un the score of intentions, they are
alike, in prosecuting their schemes for their
own gain, and to the inevitable loss of other
parties, in proportion to their success,
Vallandigham, Pendleton, Butler and those
who co-operate with them in this attempt.
rank properly with the unknown artists of
guilt who have Issued the spnrious bonds.
It is rascality under another name. Tele
graph.
What a Rebel Paper Thinks. The
Mobile Times, a paper which daily gives
vent to the bitterest tirades against the Rad
icals, commenting on the result of the late
elections says :
In Ohio, where the Republican ticket is
defeated only by a few thousand votes, the
negro-suffrage question falls before more than
eighty thousand. It is the voice of eighty
thousand Radicals, added to that of a far
larger number of Democrats, which yells in
fury to the negro of the South : "You shall
not rule this land nay, nor even participate
in ruling it.
Is ot so the South. More confident in the
task of preparing for a brighter future, the
masses they so long and so carefully nursed
np to civilization, they feel no such animos-
ity, ana it the mtamous acts ot the regis
trars had not disfranchised the whites and
cast the power into the hands of the blacks,
for tho benefit of their vile leaders, the for
mer master would have looked perhaps with
surprise, but without anser, on his slave
following him to the polls.
Gen. Sherman's Position. The Wash
ington correspondent of the Boston Advertis
er says: ihere is no longer any doubt
whatever but that the President wanted
Gen. Sherman to assume the duties of the
war office, and that Gen. Sherman was found
utterly unwilling to take any position that
would place him even in apparent antago
nism to Gen. Grant, and would not eo into
the War Department at all, except on the
aavice or uen. lirant and under positive or
ders from thelPresident The Lieutenant
General is found to be much more in politi
cal sympathy with Gen. Grant than many
persons suppose him to be. and the Presi
dent has surely discovered that he cannot be
used against Gen. Grant to further the
White House designs. Tt is alleged in mil
itary -circles that Gen. Sherman went"sofar
as to express himself strongly against 31 r.
Stanton s suspension.
Copperhead Love for Soldifr. At
Dayton, Ohio, seventy-five invalid N.iiheri
inmates of a soldiers' Home, were tukeo to
the polls and voted forGen. Hays to a nian
They were all crippled and helpless, but the
Democratic crowd was cowardly enough to
insult them with coarse epithets, while sott,
yelled: "Pity you hadn t lost both your
d d arms" "Sorry that other leg walefi"
"Pity the rebels hadn't killed you."
These are the men to whom Republicans
have yielded the partial control at kst of
the great State of Ohio.
A Philadelphia teacher has abolish
school readers for hw upper classes and is.
troduced newspapers in their stead. TV,.
is an excellent idea, as it will (five the elder
children a chance to read and have explain,
ed to them the topics of interest of the day
Care should be taken, however, in the trie
schools where the course is adopted, not to
attempt to bring politics into the lesion. Iu-
pnvate scnoois, oi course uie ieacheronilJ
use his own judgement as to the eini.i,.
cy of such a course.
Gen. Sickles said in his recent speech in
Albany : "Whatever the rebels suffer front
the Reconstruction Acts follows as the una
voidable consequences of their crime and
their folly. The incendiary who fires hU
own dwelling that he may destroy his neigh,
bor's, must not assail the firemen who put
out the flames because thsy fl)od his house
with water.
A Wellsboro' correspondent explains the
light vote in Tio?a county. Pa., by sav
ing that "buckwheat" ruled higher thau
"country," and concludes that "the events
of the next three months may bring luck-
wheat down by the run, and send country
up among the nineties."
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Ailvrtir-mnt net lit Cargttype,cnts,or at 0 plain
ttylt will be charged doubl pries fortparttecupini
PURE BUCK LEAD, equal in quality to
lnfrlieVi lirVlifA lpari (i12 l'ainta an. I
UUjiMLiU ......V - - , -J, . u 1 1 1 111 auu
Varnishes of all kinds; Gold leaf in books. an4
bronzes, for sale by W. M. A A. I. SHAW.
Clearfield, October 23. 1867.
QTRAY BULL. Came tresspassing on
the premises of the subscriber, in Pile
township, on or about the first daj ol Julj lai.
a red ball, supposed to be one year 01a iMitfi.ncr.
The owner is requested to come forward, pruva
property, pay charges, and take him away, other
wise be will t.e disposed ot according to u.
Oct. ZS, 67-3tp. JUSlifJl A VALdJnfcLL.
PUBLIC SALE. There will be sold, st
-- Public Sale, at the residence of the sub
scriber, in Bradford township, on TUESDAY, the
FIFTH DAY OF KO VEMBER next.the followit.g
personal property, vis : 2 horses. 2 two-year ola
match srray colts: cows, young cattle, soeep ami
hogs, 1 two-horse wagon. 1 long sled. 1 bub airj,
plough and harrow. 1 cultivator, buggy and fair
ness, sleigh, t wheel barrow, one flax break, 1 pair
flax hackles, 2 grain cradles, scythes. mks and
forks, chains. single trees, rope and block, rafting
tools, saddle and bridle, burse gears, 4 stoves, 2
capboards. 1 bureau, bed&ieads. cnairs, ana a va
riety of other articles too tedious to mention.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock. A. B , of aaid day,
when due attendance will . be riven aud r-
made known by Octl9. W K WKUiLE.
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"DOOK NOTICES. In accordance -itu
instructions given me by the member
of the Educational Convention, which afmbltl'
at Clearfield, on the 21th day of September. I?.
I hereby publish and submit to Directors and ri
rents. the prices of some of the books adnptsd bv
that Convention :
Parser A Watson's Primer, 12eents.
ParKer A Watson's 1st Reader, eaab. IS cens
or exchanged for new readers in the bands f
scholars, booK for boost.
Parser A Watson s 2d reader, cash, cn s r
exchanged ss above, boo fer boon.
barker A iatson s3d reader, saan o cenis
or exehanged as above, boot for ooic.
Parser A WatBon's4th reader, cash, i3 cann-
or exchanged as above, boos for booc.
Parser A Watson s 5th reader, casn, vb rann-
or exchanged as above, boos for boos.
Parser A atson'a Elementary tpner,caju i
cents or exchanged as above, boos for boos.
Parser A Watson rronouncingspensr.cnn 1
cents or exchanged as above, boos for boos.
JJrooKs' Primary Arithmetic, casb, is ceun in
exchange for other boos 10 cents.
liroon s Mental Arithmetic. ca.n. an ceuM-m
exchange for other boos. 15 cents.
Brooss Elementary Arithmetic, carnai cemr-
in exchange for other boon. 25 cent.
tiroes s Wntien Arithmetic, casn, oj er
exchange for other boos. 35 cents.
lirooss Ueonietry, cash, 75 cents
Fewsmiths Grammar, cash. 43 cenu-ls "
change for other boos, 30 cents.
rewsmiihs Elementary uramrusr. casn.
-in exchange for other boos, 25 cents.
Ferman Saeppard s 1st loos on the Constitution.
casb, 45 cents in exchange for other boos. w
Petersons Familiar Science, cash, 51 m
change for other baotr, 60 cents.
Payson, tuntnA benbner srerjtnsnsnip n
per dozen or single copies 15 cents.
rayson, Dunton A Scnbner s writing
$1 50 per set ia sheet 75 cents per set
Hanaford A Pavaoa'a Boos seeDinc. ' J
These are the only books that I bare tb
tive ratea for. in shaDe to publish, but will
oai
st the rates of all in the next issue.
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