1868.
Raftsman's $iran.al.
I. J. ROW, KDlTOft AMD PROPRtETOtt.
CIJSARFIELD, PA., JULY' 22, I8'-
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TICKET.
JOB PIlESrlET.
Gen. ULYSSES S. GRAKT,
FOB TICK PRESII1ENT,
Hon. SCHUYLER COLrAX.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
I OR AI7D1T1IK GENERAL,
Gen. JOHN F. HAETEANIT, of Montg'y.
ron scnvEvoii oeseral,
Col. JACOB M. CAMPBELL, of Cambria,
REPUBLICAN DISTRICT TICKL'T.
FOR CONGRESS
GLETTNI W. SCOIIELD, of Warren Co.
REPUBLICAN ELKCTORAL TICKET.
SIB AfORlAL ELEi"TR.
O Morrison Coateb. o( Philadelphia.
liiom M. Marshall, of Pittsburg.
REPRESENTATIVE EI.EITKRS.
1 W. II. Barnes, j
2 Wm. J. Pollock,
3 Richard Wildcy,
4 Georue W Hill.
5 Watson P. MGill.
5 .lohn H Bingburst.
7 Frank Hooter,
H Isaac Eckert,
0 Morris lloit.es,
III David M. Rat.k,
11 Wm Davis.
12 Winthrdp W.Ketehutn
13 Samuel Knorr,
U B. F-. Wagonsellcr,
15 Chas. II Mullcr.
K George W. Elscr,
17 Joh n Stewart.
MA G Olnittead.
19 .lamer sill.
Henrv C. -Johnson,
21 .1 k.'Ewing,
22 Wm. Trow.
23 A. M. Crawford,
2t J S. Rutan.
Both Rebels. Seymour was in f.ivor of
the last rebellion. Frank Blair, having got
on the wrong side by a.-idcnt, wants to or
ganize another, that he too may be recog
nized as a rebel.
Hon. G. W. Scofield.
. All the Counties in the di-trirt having
instructed for Ifon. G. W. Scofield fur Con
gress, we place his name in the list of can
didates. This unanimous re-nomination is
not only a very high personal compliment
to Mr. Scoiiold, but is an evidence of the
zeal, fidelity and ability with which he has
represented the interests of his constituents,
lie occupies a high position in Congress, be
ing regarded as one of the ablest and most
eloquent debaters in the House. He will
be triumphantly re-elected.
A Second Rebellion.
At the Democratic ratification meeting in
Kichmond, Virginia, Gov. Vance, of North
Carolina, a delegate to the New York Con
vention, said : "My idea is that what the
Confederacy fought for will le won by the
election of Seymour and Blair." Governor
Wise, of Virginia, also spoke ; he said ; "I
do not care for the platform. It tells a lie
in the first resolution. It says secession is
dead ; that is not so, secession is more alive
than ever. I support the nominees, and
especially Blair, because he has declared he
would assume military power."
If this, taken in connection with Blair's
letter, does not mean that the success of the
Democratic ticket is to be the signal for a
second rebellion, what does it mean ?
In a False Position. "
Horatio Seymour in the last of his loug
series of declinations said :
"Permit me to say that now, after all that
hfis taken place, I could nut be nominated
without placing myself and the great Dem
ocratic party of the nation iu a false jxisi
tion." Of course, then, "the great Democratic
party is in a false position," or else it has
a "false" candidate. llsw lamentable, to
be sure! One would think it was something
new for that party to be in a false position,
but it never was in any other, save while it
was in rebellion against the Government.
Then the mask was off, and it was in its true
position. The people saw its vampire face,
as it sucked the blood of three hundred
thousand noble braves, and they will never
lorgct nor forgive it.
The Judgeship.
The Copperheads are getting into a mud
dle about Judge M Knaiiy's sueeessor. j
Each County in tho district prc.-outs a can- !
didate, auxious to serve the perpl as a ;
JaJe. Clearfield in-truets for G. R. Bar
rett. Centre fur J. II. Orvis, and Clinton
for Chas. M aver. Where the eomproiir.e
is to come in, it is not exactly easy to per
ceive. Tho last "Democratic Watchmm"
urges tho notuiimti jii of Mr. Orvis in a Ions
and highly complimentary article, puttim;
him forward as one of the very first lawyers
iu the State. In the meantime, certain ex
perienced wire-pullers of this County are in
the other part of the district ijuictly arrang
ing a eotip retat by which Judge Barrett is
to come off victorious. What Mayer's
friends are about iu Clinton, we are nut in
formed, but unless he has Lis eyes open he
wi!i be likely to "conic out at the little end
of the horu."
W hen they have settled the matter and
decided who is to be their candidate, it will
be time enough for us to inquire whether or
not we will make a nomination. There is
at least ,m of the candidates named who
caa be defeated if he is nominate I, even in
tins Democratic district. Wc will Li.lc our
"Sweet "William's" Address.
Tlij astute William, "by order of the
Democratic State Committee," is out in
another characteristic address. William af
fects the Napoleonic style of writing, and
what his laconic paragraphs lack in gram
mar, terseness, and sense, they fortunately
(to ue a Celtic expression, )make up in brev
ity. William evidently handles tic pen
very much as a bear w 'd a darning needle.
The singular tiling about this "Address"
is, that it entirely omits all mention of F. P.
Blair, the candidate for the Vice Presidency.
Seymour is presented as "a statesman and
an holiest man," but Blair is entirely ig
ntHred. Why? They can't vote far Sey
mour without voting for Blair, then why
omit him from the official proclamation? Is
it because he was a soldier for a while in the
Union army ? Can't William bring himself
to speak in deeent terms of a soldier, even
when he has joined his party and is its can
didate? There is something queer about
this omission, and we leave it to the faithful
tw inquire why the candidate for the second
highest effice iu thegift of the people should
be treated with so much disrespect by the
Chairman of the State Committee.
The substance of this "Address" is sim
ply a re vamping of the old clap-trap about
the "nigger" and the "taxes." William is
still suffering from "nigger on the brain."
He either doesn't know, or u attempting to
conceal the fact from his followers, that in
Louisiana, at tire recent election, the candi
date of liis party for Governor was a negro,
and that ho was supported by all the Dem
ocrats in the State; that the New York
H oc , the metropolitan organ of his party,
1 , r, . .
and the leading Democratic newspaper in j
the United States, during the session of the
.'., nvi titiim suit! :
"We trn.-t there wilt be no such nonsense
in the phi
orm as that this is exeliiivclv a j
white man's government, for ''. was never
nt uny timr. it -' mocrafii: doeli ii,e."
Why doe he not tell Lis adherents what
is the truth, that iu Washington and Sun
Mower counties, in J '.ississippi, at the last
election. Lis party actually ran a "nigge1-"
for the same position he holds himself
?:.ite Senator that his name was William
Cutubash, and that he turned out to be a
deserter from the.'i2d U. S. Colored Infantry?
hy does he not tell them, further., that on
Mond ty evening of last week, the great
"Kinpire Club" of New York was address
ed by Mr. Qiiigley, a ."colored gentleman"
from Georgia, wh hud been attending the
Democratic National Convention? This
"dntiuuiig i5m nitgur'' is played out. Nau
seous as thedo.-e is,William and his copper
bottomed followers will have to swallow it,
"wool," "stent h," "shins" and all.
His assertion that the Republican party
"has given us four years of war, grinding
taxation, and three thousand millions of
debt," is a falsehood so stale that it scarce
deserves notice. Does ho imagine that the
people are fools, or that they have forgotten
the great and notorious fact that the war,
the taxes, and the debt were forced upon tho
countiy ly the ttnd.iind tflWts of Kebels
and Copperheads to overthrow the Govern
ment, and the pusillanimity of Buchanan,
the Detiir.cratic President, who had the pow
er to have crushed the rebellion in the start,
amitobavo fcaved millions of dollars and
thousands of precious I!? The less lie
says about the war, the taxes, and the debt
the better. His record, and that of his party
are alike loo fresh in public recollection.
lie says the Democratic "policy is one of
thoughtful foresight; of cautious statesman
ship; it seeks no new path." We should
say not, decidedly, judging from Frank
Blair's letter. It is the same old path of
nullification, revolution, and repudiation.
It seeks to nullify the iaws of Congress, to
disperse, by force, tho new State Govern
ments in the South, to repudiate the nation
al obligations, to restore the rebels to power,
to take possession of the Union, which they
could not destroy.and rule it in the interests
of slavery. It is no new path, but it is one
in which the people of this redeemed land
will never tread -again. They have had !
enough of the horrors of rebellion and war.
Henceforth they are determined, with Gen.
Giant, to IIAVK PKACK.
Haumonv Re.-tkb.ed. We are pleased to
see that our friends in Philadelphia have
settled their troubles, and that Mr. Mann
and Mr. Hazlehurst have both withdrawn
from the contest for the office of District
Attorney. Mr. Charles Gilpin will Le plae-
eu in nommati.m. He was formerly Mayor j
of the city, and i a gentleman of fine abilt- !
ties and attainments, and of the highest!
reputation. These arrangements remove j
ali dissatisfaction from the Republican ranks
in that city, and ensure a splendid triumph
at the polls.
New Paper. We find among our ex
changes this wtek, a new paper called the
"run.rsutaH nj rf.llndcaler,'- published at j
Punxsutawney, JetTerson County. It i i
neutral in politics,neatlyi,rintej arl(j weUej.
ited. We wish it prosperity anJ success.
Punxsutawney is about the last plate on
earth from which we expected to see a news
paper. Blair is in favor of overthrowing the gov
ernments formed in every Southern State.
He is for Nullification first and Revolution
afterwards. His election means another war
to bring things ba-A a they stood in ISGO.
What They Mean.
"Let us have peace," says Gen. Grant in
his letter of acceptance, and to this the
whole Republican party give3 a hearty as
sent. "Let us have war," Is, on the other
hand, the plain intimation of the Dempcratic
leaders, and to this sentiment the faithful
are expected to respond.
Had the managers of the New York Con
vention expressed this idea in their platform
in so many words, they could scarcely have
made it more distinct than it is. The res3
lutions adopted by that body substantially
declare that the reconstruction of the Rebel
States, under the several Acts of Congress,
shall not be permitted to stand, but fchall be
overturned, if need be, by military force, if
Mr. Horatio Seymour can be elected Presi-
d"1- ' We regard.'say they, "the reconstruc
tion acta (so-called) of Congressas such,
as usurjiations, and uncons'itutional, revolu
tionary and void." This means if it has
any meaning at all, that the Acts of Con
gress are of no binding effect that they
can with impunity be disregarded or set
aside and theieby the Ilebels of the South
arc invited again to engage iu insurrection
and rebellion.
If there cmld be any r30in for Jjubting
that this is what the Convention means, the
letter of Francis P. Blair, who was nom
inated for Vice President, probably be:ause
he wrote that letter, can not fail to give the
proper interpretation of the platform and
the designs of the Democratic leaders. That
it may bo fully understood in all it bearing s,
we append the letterentire. It is as follows :
Washington, June3, 1808.
-.... r..l . I ,..!.. :
m-'iii iii ivnil IU utll lljfiuilies,
j Uir ,09VO lo say th!U iWe to voi to do-
terinhu;, on consultation with my friends
Irom .M.s-.oun, whether my mum; shall L
presented ti the Penn era tic Convention,
and to submit the f. lowing, as what, I cn-
shier thereat and only issue in this content :
'J he recon-truetiun imliev of the R :nli
c:i!s will be complete before the next elec
tion; the S'.ates so long excluded will have
been admitted ; negro suffrage established
and the carpet baggers installed iu their
seats in both branches of Congre.-s. There
is no possibility of changing the political
character d' the Senate, even if the Demo
crats should elect their President and a ma
jority of the pop-ilar branch of Congress.
We cannot, therefore, uu !u the Radical
!an of reconstruction by Congressional ac
tion ; the Senate will continue a bar to its
repeal. Mut ue sul mit to it? How can it
be overthrown ? It run ol:i he orirthroin,
hy the authority of the E'.recutice, who in
siront to mointnin the Constitution, mufirho
irill fiU to do his duty if he illloirgthe Con
stitution to )icrisi vnd r n si rim of Conrrrss
ioiiol enactments which ore in idpn!l; rio
ia'i ii) of . fundifineiitttl jirim "'ftci.
"11 the President elected by the Demoe
racy enforces or pet nuts others to er force
tfttc HecnnntructinH acts, tho Radicals, bv
accession of twenty spurious Senators and
fifty Representatives, will control both
branches of Coneress, and his administration
will be as powerless as the present one of
Mr. Johnson.
" 1 here, ishnt one wty to restore the Gor
crnmcnt and the Constitution, anil that is
for the. 'resident elect to declare these net
null and void, compel th! army tj undo its
usurnationsat the South, di-jterse the car
pet horj State. Governments, allow the white
jteopc to reorganize their awn Governments,
and elect Senators and Representatives.
The House of Representatives will contain
a majority of Democrats from the North,
and they will admit tho Representatives
elected ry tlie white people of the Suth
and with the co-operation of the President
will not he detlieult to conntel the Senate
it
to
svhmit once more to the oMigatlnn of the
t. onsritniion. it will not lie at!e to with
stand the public judgment, if distinctly in
voked and clearly expressed on this funda
mental issue, and it is the sure way to avoid
all future strife o put the issue plainly to
the country.
"I repeat that this i the real and only
question which we should allow to con
troluB. Shall we submit to the usurpations
by which tilt!4 Oovernuient has been over
thrown, or shall we exert mnudves for its
full and complete restoration ? It isMl-
talk of bonds, greenbacks, gold, the public
faith, and the public credit. What can a
Democratic President do in rounr l to any of
these, with a Congress in both branches con
trolled by tho carpet-baegers and their al
lies? He will be powerless to stop the sup
plies ly which the idle negroes aie organ
ized into political clubs by which an army
is maintained to protect these vagabonds in
their outraecs upon tho ballot. These and
things like these, eat up the revenue ami
resources of the Government and destroy
its credit make the difference bttween gold
and jrrecnbncks. We must restoie the Con
stitution before we can restore the finances.
and to do this we must have a President J
who will execute the will of the people by
trampling into dust the usurpations of Con- j
gre-, known as the Reconstruction acts. I
wi.-h to stand before the Gonvontion nnnn
t''s issue, but it isone which embraces evt-rv- '
th'ne else that is of value in its large and
comprehensive results. It is the one thin;;
that includes all that is worth a content, and j
without it there is nothing that gives digni- j
ty, honor or value to the stnitVle. Your
f-"i;:"d. "Frank I Blair. ;
"Colonel James O. BroaJhead." j
Whatever else may be said of Gen. Blair, j
it is but eandeT to admit that he is a bold I
i
man, and indulges in no prevarication. His j
letter waspwritten as a condition precedent
to Lis nomination. In it he di fines his views, I
and says, "upon these sentiments I want !
"to stand before the Convention ;" an 1 as he j
was selected as one of its standard bearers, i
it is only a fair logical deduction that the i
Convention was governed solely in its choice '
by the ".sentiments" fo declared. I
As Gen. Blair says, "It is idle to talk of i
of bon is, greenbacks, gold, the public faith j
and the public credit," for the Democratic j
1:as Presented quite a different issue-
3" iss"C involvinS 1,10 Oreille overthrow of '
theGovprnments erected in theEebel States, j
and the restoration to power of traitors who j
did their utfiost to destroy the life of the i
nation. Are the people prepared for this ? '
If so let them vote for Seymour and Blair, j
Another Veto. President Johnson Las
vetoed tlip KWtnral fV.l!
w ..lli. 11. .
1, , . 1 . - , 1
"c Muuim mat tue neeonstruction Acts
are illegal and void, and that no electoral
votes from the reconstructed States should
be counted its November.
A Little of Everything.
The unusual drought is withering up the vege
tation. "Wilt thou?" aaid the Convention to Seymour,
and he wilted.
Seniles, the pirate, has been making a tpeech
for eymour and Blair.
The Republican convention of Centre county is
to meet on the 5th of August.
So many cases of death from sun-stroke have
never been Known in any one season.
The rebel papers South head Frank Blair's rev-
olutiouarj' letter, "The True Boctrine."
The borough dads' ought to get a street sprinc
Icr The dust will svon Ue insufferable.
Gov. Geary declines to call an extra session of
the Legislature to pass another Registry Law.
Beeches is out in a Utter denying that he was
for-Chase. lie says he always supported Grant.
If you want to rile "Sweet William" say Blair
to him. It's worse than a red shirt to a male cow.
The streams are getting very low. If the
drought coutinues water will become exceedingly
scarce.
The bent here has been excessive, as in other
places. The thermometer has stood 103 in the
shade.
fhe boarding train, to lay the track on our
railroad, is at Phiiiptburg. The work has com
menced. It is said that Buckner should by all means go
for Grant, because Grant ;went for him" at Furt
Doaelsun.
The '-rit'sburg Commercial." one of tho best
papers in the Stata, is for tale every evening, at
the Post Uffiee
Andy Johnson says the 'ew York nominations
are like the small-pox liable to kill, hard to cure,
and harder to endure.
The Gray back eonrention adopted a Greenback
platform, nominated a Holdback candidate and
a Turnback associate.
llcber Kimboil, the Mormon, left sixty-seven
widows. No wonder he died. It would have been
enough to Kill the devil.
It is sai l that more damage has been doae by
lightning in Centre county this summer, than was
ever known in any one season.
A Democratic delegate to the Tammany con
veiiticn said ho was aconyerted rebel, -but liable
to bacKsliue." So are they all.
Gen. Grant has a great advantage over his op
ponents, lie nhippi-d them once, and will hence
find it an easy job to do it again.
The Mount Tuion Herald, aCopperhead paper
of the rankest order, has fizzled out. It has only
anticipated its party by a few months.
Belmont, the 'bloated bondholder. ' and agent
of tho lluthchilds, is still continued as Chairman
of the l)emocrutic National Committee.
It is said that tho reason why a certain county
othcer dues Lot wash himself, is that he is afraid
the Ilemocratic party would Aw ground!
The Penu'a Rnilroad bridge over the Susque
hanna, this 'de of Harrisburg. toon fire on Fri
day morning, and Eve spans were destroyed.
It is said the Blair family islike the small pox.
because every administration must have it once
Gram bus been vaccinated, and is out of danger
Hon. Wm. II. Armstrong, of Williamsport, has
been unanimously nominated as the Republican
candidate for Congress in the bcvctitcenth District
lr. Ji hn J Kelley, of Lock Haven, was drown
ed last week, while bathing. It is supposed that
hu had an attack of heart disease while in the
water.
Tiie "Xeir Gospel of Peace" said "and now of
the Phadees he was called Sayniore, because he
could say more andoaM less than any other man
livin'."
The English express great satisfaction over the
appointment of Hon Reverdy Johnson as Minis
ter. Ho is to sail from Baltimore on the first of
August.
Frank Blair graduated at Tale College by going
in at the front door and getting kicked eut at the
bacK. He got his diploma on a "sheepskin" a
la posteriori.
The criminal Court Bill for Schulkill county,
about whi'ih the Copperheads have howled so
niuch, has been pronounced Constitutional by .the
Supreme Court.
Tbe President has sent in a message suggesting
amendments to the Constitution. Andy may bo
good at patching breeches, but he had batter let
the Constitution alone.
Andrew Johnson has not been "a merry An
Be i
ing from "pressure on the brain," the pressure
of too much "benzine."
A Democratic ex-city official in Troy, N. Y..
lately corrected his wit'o with an axe handle, for
a breach of etiquetto in helping herself to butter
at the tea-table with her own knife.
An exchange says "Job bad tb'i boils, but be
was spare tb. Blairs. If he had them bis wife
need not have urged him to , himself and die,
Ho wouldhave dono P. atone without any advise.
Thomas Huff, a boatman, of Lock Haven, was
shot dead, by one N"orcrosa,.of Baltimore, at the
Money Dam, last week.' "It occurred in a fight.
Norcross fled, and has not since been heard from.
Old Welles is strongly for Seymonr. He is
worse than Sindbad the Sailor's 'Old man of the
Sea.' aid if anything had been wanting to kill
Seymour, Welles was sufficient. Horatio's doomed.
It is very evident from -Sweet William's" ad
dress that the Copperhead canvass is to be simply
a crusade against the soldier. It is hard to tell
which "Billy" hates the moat the "nigger" or
the soldier.
The Importers and Traders Bank.of Sew York,
was robbed of f 30,000 in bonds and cash, while
the Democratic Convention was in session. The
delegate who carried off the file has not been
discovered.
Clearfield Copperheads can swallow anything
ever, their own words. After all their blowing,
they will be ei.ajpoiled la vote for a "bloated
bondholder" and a -Lincoln hireling !" Poor
devils, how they squirm ?
The "ArkansasVindicator," astrong Democrat
ic pater, says. "Let the Herds (the Radicals) re
member that the spirit of Booth still lives, and
the dagger of revenge will pierce their polluted
carcasses when leat expected."
There is a serious dispute in St. Mary's. The
faithful arc inxious to kuow exactly how much
money ' Sweet William" loft at the Convent on
his recent vfsit. Terliaps Early will raise an in
vestigating comaiittte and e nlighten them.
The other day an old soldier who had lost an
arm said : "I am waiting to seo it the people of
this country nre going to elect Horatio Seymour,
and if they do 1 will swear that I lost my arm in
a threehing machine, not in defence of my country.'
Ex Gov. Curtin has become President of tbe
East India Telegraph Company, whieh purposes
to connect the ten principal cities of China by a
submerged Telegraph eight Lundred and ninety
five miles long. The office of the Company is in
.New Yors
Miles O'Riley is a sort of Mark Tapley politi
cian. He heads his editorial on the nomination
of Seymour and Blair "Slight be Worse " True,
it might have been Vallardigham and Bricx Pom
roy. but after them it would be hard to say "it
might be worse."
The Sew Yora Convention was opened with
prayer by the Kev. Mr. H organ. It should have
been followed with the appropriate hymn com
mencing :
"Great God, and are we yet alive,
. And do we yet rebel ?
'Tis wondrons, 'tis amazing grace
That weareout of hetl."
WHY A BEGISTEY LAW 13 HEEDED.
Extracts from the Sworn Testimony.
KatTiralization Papers by the Thousand. "
' From the official report of the Contested
Election case of Kobison vs Shugart, we
extract the following testimony. It will be
found in the Legislative Record, No. ITS,
and demonstrates the neeessity of a Regis
try Law more forcibly than any argument
we could make.
Benjamin Hughes, sworn: I reside in
Scrauiou, Third ward, Luzerne county ; I
have lived there seventeen years, 1 under
stood that false naturalization pipers were
were being circulated freely iu Luzerne
county, and I got Thomas Reese, a elsh
uian, who had been eleven months iu the
country, to go to Sheffield Reynolds, a jus
tice of the peace ; I told bim to go and tell
him how lo&g he had been in the country ;
this paper be brought me ; tnaturalization
paper produced,) Reynolds is a Democratic
politicia n : I was clerk at October election,
1806, iu Third ward, Scranton : Andrew
Caffrey presented a paper, issued August
term, IS06. and offered to vote ; he would
not be sworn and did not vote ; Patrick
Collins snatched the paper Irom him and
kept it; Caffrey was excited; John New
comb presented a similar paper, and offer
ed to vote ; he was sworn, aud said he had
never declared his intentions ; S. G. Oren,
the judge, got the other paper. I sent
Thomas Cove to Squire Reynolds' for a
naturalization paper, and he brought me
this one, issued by tbe mayor, dated Sep
tember!, I80t. (Thos. Reese and Thomas
Cove's papers were offered iu evidence and
filed.)
Cros examination : Thomas Reese s
papers were brought to me by himself on
Saturday, and the other on Monday before
the election.
Thomas Reese sworn: Mr. Hughes sent
me to Squire Reynolds for a naturalization
paper; I had been eleven months in the
cou try ; 1 asked him if I could have a na
turalization paper to vote ior Clymer ; he
said 1 could get one, and more like me could
if they wanted them ;.he gave me the pa
per, charging me one do'larand ninety cents;
the paper Reynolds gave me I took to Mr.
Hughes ; this one on the table looks like it;
I can't read.
Ooss examined: I never voted in this
country ; never tried to vote on this paper ;
I was not acquainted with Squire Reynolds;
he is much older than nisself ; I went alone
and saw him ; wrote my name in the paj t;
did not see him seal it ; 1 gave the paper
to Mr. Hughes the Saturday before the
election, the day I got it. Benjamin Hughes
recalled: The paper brought by 1'. Reese
is in the same condition as 1 received it.
James Rnsfidcn sworn : I live in Scran
ton ; was judge of election October, 1807
(F.itthth ward;) I received three illegal na
turalization papers ; these are the papers,
bearing the prothonotary's seal and signa
ture ; I swore each of the men ; Patrick
M 'Calif swore that he had got his papers at
Hyde Park, of Squire Reynolds, and paid
two dollars ; he was born in Ireland ; came
to this country iu ltrl ; Martin Rodde
said he got hispapersat Wilkesbarre ; could
not give any particulars ; i-aid he was born
in Irel.ind ; came iu 1S61 ; Wiltons B. D i
gan Raid he got bis papers at Carbondsle,
in the Mayor's court ; he sent for them by
Frank Coiiiifs. Tha naturalization papers
were offered in evidence mid tiled. itliCsS
produced twelve naturalization papers, sign
ed M. J. Philbin, with the county seal ;
they were brought to the Republican county,
committee by different perons.
Cross examined : 1 cannot tell the par
ticular persons who gave me these blanks ;
they were brontrhtin previous to the Octo
ber election, 1807 ; I was present w hen part
of the blanks were brought in ; I saw twenty
or thirty more ; I have no doubt but tbe
county seal on the blanks is genuine ; these
blanks purport to be signed by the clerk ; I
do not know the hand writing of any of the
clerks ; Martin Roads lives in Scranton ;
M' Calif I did not kuow ; Dugan, I think is
away.
ll'm. L. Rritehard sicorn : I was judge
of the October election, 1SG7, in Scrant n;
I have nine naturalization papers that I re
ceived at that time ; one of them is An
drew Ixiddes ; his vote was challenged at
the window ; he was called in aud swore
that be got his papers at Wilkesbarre ; the
paymaster then asked him when he went
away to get them ; he replied he had not
left the mines for three mouths ; the pay
master then told him to tell the truth ; he
then said he was sick, nd Patrick M'Cann
brought them to him. 2d, Pattrick Coggins;
he was challenged and wouid not swear ; I
took his papers dated August, 1806. 3d.
John B. Lark in, he would not swear, his
papers were the same. 4th. Jno. O'Hara,
the same as tho others. 5th. Martin Jo ice,
the same; he doubted my rig he to retain
the paper ; the out.-dders threatened me ; I
refained most of the papers. 9th, James
Connor; I retained his on the same grounds
o the others ; his was the same as the oth
ers ; he would not rwear. 7th. l'atrick
Campbell's was dated September, 1S06 ; I
knew he had been iu thecountry but eighteen
months; his was the same. Sth. Joseph
Larkin; dated September 28,1800; the
same; would not swear; he was in thecoun
try two years; the board were all Republi
cans. IT. J. Curlin sworn: I live in Scranton
Ninth ward, and I have three naturalization
papers ; Hugh Cosgrove ; I challenged his
vote ; when he came out of the room he
said the clerk would not give his paper to
him ; he gave it to me; William Figin and
Peter O'llourkc are the names of the others.
Dr. Roberts sicorn : I have three of
these papers, signed by Philbin ; one dated
August '"2, and the other twoSeptember 28 ;
these papers were given me by a man who
said they were left in his neighborhood for
distribution ; he was a Democrat ; 1 do not
wish to give his name ; these papers were
used by the election board for the purpose
of comparison.
J. R. Rordham sworn : I was inspector
of election in the Second ward, Scranton;
I have one paper, Dominiek Gillespie, sign
ed an I scab d ; he offered to vote at the
election, ar.d was asked w here he got the
paper : he said Squire Reynolds gave it to
him : I asked him if he went to Wilkes
barre; he said not, that the papers were
brought to him.
On motion, adjourned to meet February
5, at 3 p. m. M. R. Adams. Clerk.
Gen. II. M. Tloyt sworn : I live in
Wilkesbarre. Luzerne county ; I am a law
yer there ; I have genuine impressions of
the two sea's of the county offered in evi
dence ; the oM seal is on the writ and new
one on the certificate ; the new seal was on
all of 1S00 ; I have seen no official seal of
the old one since ; I am in the prothonotary's
office almost every day ; the old seal was
not visible for some lime ; persons looked
for it but could not find it; a rumor reached
me that naturalization papers were issued
with the old seal ; I inquired about it and
did not see the old seal ; have seen it since
I went to the office to compare the two
blanks thst I now produce ; I have others
signed Philbin. per P., per 11., &c. ; we
took steps to prevent what we considered a
great fraud ; warned the election officers ;
at the election the officers took quite a num
ber of these papers, perhaps two hundred
or three hundred ; there was a naturaliza
tion on September, 1866, before the elec
tion ; I am not certain as to the day of the
month ; I went to the prothonotary's office
to get a record of the list of naturalization
papers ; he said he would make it when he j
had time ; his clerks he said were all busy ;
I did not succeed in getting, at that time, j
Philbin'sown signature ; tuatday 1 thought
there was an unusually small number natur
alized ; the first false papers I saw was
three days before the election, 1806: we
istucd hand bills to warn the people ; I, as
chairman of the county committee, did not
use any of the papers, except to compare
and detect others.
James Slocum sworn : I live in Scran
ton, Luzerne county; I was there in 1806;
have seen naturalization papers ; took them
to Mr. Hoyt ; I live in Last ward; I have
seen from one hundred to two hundred ;
some were in blank, and others filled up ;
the first suspicion I had was caused by P.
1). Ilagerty, a contractor and L'emocratic
candidate for the Legislature, came to me
and said he had no doubt a large number of
these false papers were being distributed ; I
asked him to get me some ; he said a eon
tractor could get them for me ; I went and
saw the contractor ; he said he had men un
der him who had some ; he obtained some
tor me; they are the same as I took to Mr.
Iloyt ; I was to return them ; I took all back
but two blanks ; left with Mr. Hoyt two of
these papers ; had names filled in ready for
voting ; in the 1 democratic districts the vote
was considerable over the election following.
The counsel for the contestant offered the
following motion : That tie committee go
to Wilkesbarre on Thursday and take the
testimony, that the committee are unable to
procure in tiarrisburg, and examine the
rocoid. The motion was sustained by the
committee, and they decided to leave on
Thursday at one o'clock.
Wilkesbarre. Luzerne Co., 1
February 7, t A. M 180S. f
Committee met in the prothonotary's office.
Members present, Landon, Cowles, Fisher,
Taylor, Jackson and Linderiuan.
IV B. Welliver sicvrn : I am clerk in the
prothonotary's office f Luzerne county ;
Mr. Philbin, the prothonotary, is absent ;
he came into office Lecember, 1804 ; I here
by produce the naturalization docket for
April, May and August term lor 1806 ; have
no ether record for 1866.
The certified copy of voters in Rush town
ship, and the thirty eight names who voted
in Philipsburg borough on naturalization
papers were compared with this record and
none of the names found on it.
N. B. Welliver recalled : I cannot find
the naturalization docket of i860; have not
seen it for three weeks ; do not know where
it is or who took it away; this is the proper
place for it ; it is not customary for it to be
taken away : to the best of my knowledge it
is not iu tbe office at the present time ;
John Merrick is the other clerk in thisoftlce
we have no naturalization docket for 1807
recorded ; I now produce tbe original natur
alization papers for 1867.
Jonn A' Merrick sirorn : I am clerk in
the prothonotary's office ; have been here
three months; Mr. Welliver and myself
aie the only clerks now in the office; do not
kuow w here the alien docket for 1 SOo is ;
don't know where the original papers for
1S0. are ; I have not seen the bo ks or pa
pers for two. or three wet5ks or perhaps one
month ; they were then here : 1 have not
looked for them since until to-day ; I cannot
find them.
Whiskey and Lk.mons. The New Yo:k
Sun still in.-ists that Frank Blair "is a
strict temperance man." If he takes whis
key at all "it must have been for medical
purposes alone." If there is any virtue in
whiikcy as a medicine, Blair ought to l e
well by this time, for a hotel bill of two
days' entertainment includes a charge "for
lemons and whiskey $05; board $10." A
great invalid Frank must be !
In an artiele on tho campaign in Massa
chusetts, the Boston Journal makes this
gratifying statement: "As to this State, af
ter having given Lincoln 44,000 majority
over all, in I860, and nearly 78, 0i) majority
toward his re-election in 1804, she will be
sure to do quite as well, if not better, for
Grant and Colfax ; in fact we thall roll up
one of the graudest majorities on record."
Shouldn't Wonder. Since the ad
journment of the Democratic Convention
curious stories are gaining currency of the
convivial meetings ot delegates at small
hours of tbe morning when even reporters
were abed, and rebellion was glorified in
speech and song, aud bumpers were filled in
honor of the "lost cause" and of the new war
by which Frank Blair hoC3 to regain it.
We Shall See. The new Attorney
General, Mr. Evarts, will meet Lis first offi
cial responsibility, of a grave nature, in ad
vibing the President enncerning tbe latter's
intended veto of the Electoral College bill.
There are people who are curious to know
how Mr. Evarts will make complaisant ad
vice square with his pronounced Republican
opinions.
3Wu? gMvcrtfacmcntSu
Atvr,rtiemeiU set up in fargetype,or out of pfain
9tyte, will be charged double usual rates. Aorwf.
"JOTICE. Notice is hereby given that
the books of James L. Curry have been
left with me for settlement. Persons knowing
themsulves to have unsettled accounts on said
books wi 1 please call upon me immediately and
settle the same, or costs will be added.
Jumber-city.jy2i-3tp.l J P. FAR-WELL, J.P.
I SSIG XEE'S NOTICE. -In the District
Court of the L'riited States, for the
Western District of Pennsylvania:
In tbe matter of )
WILLIAM F.-IUWI.V, - In Bzulr'.-ptry.
Bankrupt. )
To Wnoii it sir Cocerx. The undersigned
hereby gives notice of his appointment as As
signee of William F. Irwin, ot the Borough of
Clearfield, in the county of Clearfield. State of
Pennsy lvania. wiihiu said District, who has been
adjudged a Bankrupt, upon his own petition, by
the District Court of said District.
July 22, '6S-4t. .M. W TATE, Assignee.'
C HERIFF S SALE. By virtue of sundry
writs of Fieri Facias issued out of the
Coort cf Common Pleas of Clearfield county,and
to me directed, there will be exposed to sale at
the Court house in the borough of Clearfield,
on SATURDAY, the loth day ef AUGUST, lsns.,
at 2 o'clock p.m., the following described Real Es
tate, to wit :
All defendants interest of in and to all that
certain tract of land, tdtnate in Guelich township.
Clearfield county. Pa., bounded and described as
follows: Beginning at a Maple thence South o'J
degrees. West 81 perches to White Oak, tbenee
South 40 degrees East il 4 perches to Post, thence
South 50 degrees West tit perches to Post, thence
Xrrrh .10 itjtrr..lV.r 1 1A r ..K . ... o. ... . :
: South 50 deg. West 134 4 perphes to Post, tbenee
j North 111 degrees West 70 perches to Whi'e Oak,
j thence South 77 decrees Vicsl j perches to Hem
I l-k. th.-l'A nrfh ha Aawye.a ITo. nl'. .A 1. ... -
. ........ ' s. . . -..,. I, I'.-i' ii 1 a 1 1.
Post, thence fouth 40 degrees East 103 perches to
place of beginning containing 2IS acres and 5
perches and allowance. Also all defendants in
terest in the timber standing upon the old home
stead, lying North of a continuation of the Jehu
Beyers Northern line. through the old homestead.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of George Uegarty.
Also all the interest ot S. W. Thompson of in
and to all that oertain tract or pieee of land situ
ate in Bloom township, Clearfield county. Penn a.
and surveyed on warrant So. 5925. in name of
Nieklin k Griffon. and containing about 300 acres.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the
property of Stacy W Thompson.
July 22, 1666. . q HOWE, Sheriff.
ALL YOUNG PERSONScan and should
v obtain a good education. For particu
lars address J A. COOPfcR, Principal of the
State Jiotmul School, Eaiuborc, I'a. L)yi-4t.
"pURE BUCK LEAD, equal in quality to
English white lead; Ods, Faints and
garnishes of all kinds; Gold leaf in books, and
bronx. fr by A. I. SHAW.
Uearflcld. October 23. 1367.
THE OLD ESTABLISHED FIRM,
. J' J- R'cARISON L CO.,
!M Market Mreet. Philadelphia, are ths largest
Manufacturing Coulectionersand W holesale Deal
is 1 in r rutU Nuts. Ac , in the United States.
March 4, looi-iy.
D !f.?0LUTI(lN -,0F partnership"!
y 1 homas L. Uhi ey has this dav retired
from tho firm of IRW IN. BAILEY 4- CO. The
business will be hereafter conducted by the re
maining partners under the firm ot
H I.I.I S IRWIN 4 SON'.
I ick Run. June 1, 13S-je24.'ftS.
VOTICE. All 1 t isjina Laving unsettled
accounts with the undersigned, sinee
January 1st. lSrtS. will please bring in their cred
its and settle their bills to July 1st. The usual
credit of six months will be extended only to
those whoeomply with this request.
July iylin. J. P. KRATZER.
JAUliON. All persons are cautioned
against purchasini; or meddling with
two horses and one wagon, now in possession of
Christian D. Tubus of Ferguson towuship. as the
same belong tome and have only been left with
said Tubbs on loan. subject to my order.
July S lSOSttip. 1 W. SMITH.
pLEARFIFLD CEMETERY. Satur-
day, the 15th day of August next, has
been fixed upon tor cleaning and putting in or
der that sacred place. All feeling an interest in
it will please attend with the necessarv tools.
Remember the dead. JOXA BOYXTON,
July 15, lsdS ELLIS IRYIX, Trustees.
ACTION. All persons are hereby cau-
timed acainst purchasing or meddling
with one dark bay mare, one light bay mare, one
limber sled and two sets of harness, now in pos
session of James A. Wilson, of Knox township. as
the same belong to me, and are subject to my or
der, having only been left with Wilton on loan.
July 8. lsos-Stp Q. It LYTLE.
i DMINISTRATOR S NOTICE. Let
ters of Administration on the estate of
Christina Beyers, late of Beeearia township,
Clearfield county, Pa , dee'd. having been grant
ed to the undersigned, all persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make immediate pay-
' ment, and these having claims against the same
I will present them, properly authenticated, for set
, ti. uieiit. JOHN BEYERS.
Juno 10, !S'--Gt. Adm'r.
CAUTION. All persons are hereby cau-
tioued acainst purchasing or taking an
assignment of a certain promisory note. dated in
August. IStGT, and calling for one hundred aud
fifty dollars, given by the undersigned to Jacob
Helbrun. (or Helbern) of Jefferson county. Hav
ing received no value for the said note I will not
pay the tame unless compelled to do so by dua
process of law.
J uly 8.1 tm-3t. GEO. HEITZEXREDER".
WAGON MAKERS and Blacksmiths
' will find a lame assortment of Hubs,
Spokes. Felloes. Axles. Thimble Skeins. Buggy
Springs. Bar. 8caliop and Rod Iron. Nail RodP
Cast Steel. II. .rse and MuleShoes Horse Nails 4-0.,
at the large H nrdware Sure of ZEIGLER ir CO .
.laiy 1, lS'.S Philipsburg. Pa.
Thiuiile Sfceina and Pipe Boxes sold cheaper
than ny where iu the country.
)ISSOLUnOX NOTICE. Tho part
1' Tiersbin heretofore existing between'
James M Jlnrnj aijd John Kime, under the firm
name of M Alunay V Kime, was dissolved by
mutual cousent on the first day of May. lS6i.
All those having unsettled accounts with said
firm will please call immediately and settle' the
s.une. Either of the undersigned will attend to
the settling of the books JAS. M'ML'RRAY,
Bunisirfe. j. L'l-4t. JOHN KIME.
"PXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Letters Tes
taulentary on the estate of Jason Kirk,
late of Lumber city Borough, Clearfield coun
ty. Pa.. Ueo'd, having beeu granted to tbw
undersigned, all persons indebted to said estate,
are requested to make immediate payment. auJ
those having claims against tbe same ill present
them, properly authenticated, lor settlement.
IS A AG KIRK,
SAM L KIRK.
Jo. 10. ISn3-fitp JOIIX RUSSEL, Ex'rs.
O OLDIERS' BOUNTIES. A recent bill
has passed both Hon-esof Congress, and
signed by the President, giving soldiers who en
listed prior to 221 July, I sol, served one year or
more and were honorably discharged, a bounty
of S I no.
ttr"Bonnties and Pensions collected by me for
thoseentitlcd to tbem.
WALTKR BARRETT, Att'y at Law.
Aug. I5th, lni.6. Clearfield, Pa.
A GENTS WANTKD for "Wearing of
the Green." The most entertaining
book published, abounding in Romance, liumor
and VVit. Agents say it is the best selling book
out, as people are tired of the repetition of dry
details and army reports. One agent sold 53 in
one week ; another agent sold 92 in one week end
one Is2 in ten days. Liberal terms to agents.
Send for circular. Also. Family Quarto Bibles
Heat edition published XV M. FLIT, Publisher ,
2rt South Tthst.. Philadelphia, Pa. jySlm.
ftOALSBURG ACADEMY.
XJ Boalsburg, Centre County, Pa.
The Fall Term of this institution now in a
flourishing condition will begin on MONDAY,
AUG UST 3d, and continue tor. weeks. Both Male
nr,d Female pupils received.
Boalsburg is reached by stage from Bellefonte,
Spru Creek, and Milroy.
Tuition from S5 to 7 per term. Boarding in
private families at from S3. 25 to 3.50 per weeK.
A Normal Class will bo formed. For farther
information address tbe Principal.
G. W. LEISHER,
jylS-.tt Formerly of Markleville, Perry co )
VALUABLE PROPERTY AT PRI-
V ATE SALE.
Toe undersigned offers at private sale bis farm
in Lawrence township, about two miles South-east
of Clearfield Borough.containing 126 sores sixty
acres of which is cleared and in a good state of
cultivation. The buildings are a good frame
house and barn. with good water convenient there
to. There is also on the premises an orchard of
excellent fruit trees, pine and oak timber. en ex
cellent stone quarry, and an abundance of eoal.
Any person desirous of purchasing e farm, would
do well to call ou the subscriber, residing on the
premises. by whom the terms will be made known.
Jnly 8.'6S-U. JOHN W TA1E.
QAMP MEETING. There will be a
Camp Meeting held on New Washing
ton Circuit, M E Church, commencing on July
31st. lsBs, and closing August 6th or 7th. Any
pcrsens fretn a distance desiring to tent can have
boards lurni?bcd and tents jut np for first eostof
labor and htiuling. by writing to J. R MoMorray
New Washington Pa ten days before the Meet
ing There oilt be good boarding tent on the
ground. A good number of able Ministers from
abroad are expected. All who believe in. and
seek after, the old land-marks of Methodism are
invited to come and worship with us in this "Feast
of Tabernacics." W R.WHITNEY,
July 15, lsio. J. B. MOURE, Pastors
TTAND BOOK of POLITICS FOR 1808..
A1- Ready in July.
Specially adapted for use in the coming Presi
dmtial campaign. W ill contain all tbe matter
in the Political Manuals of 1S6S, 18i',7. and ISfiS.
Compiled from Official sources Will give tbe
whole Political Action of tbe Government, and. ot
Parties, including Impeachment, Reconstruntieji
General Politic Piaiforms. Acceptance of Candi
dates. iVc. from April, la. to July, lStio Tabl.s
in debt :id Taxation. Revenue and expenditures,
Bai;k. Southern Registration and Votes. Elec-
lion Tallies from lstiu to date. 400 pages, 8vo,
j cloth, 32 50 post paid. Tbe Political Manual for
j Isi'.H. separately, cloth. $1 ; paper oover .75 cents,
j pot paid Address EDWARD McPHERSON,
I ClerE of the liouso of Representatives, Wasbing
j tonD. C. July 15, 186-4t.
Q HAIRS! CHAIRS !! CHAIRS!!!
JOIIN TKOUTMAS
Having resumed the B.aufacture o chairs, at his
shop located on the lot im the reer el hi reeideaee
on Market street, and a short distance west of the
Foundry, is prepared to aooomreodate bis old
friends, and all others who may favor him with m
call, with every description of Windsor chairs
He has a good assortment on band, to which ho
directs the attention of purchasers. They am
made of the very best material, well painted, and
finished in a workmanlike manner, end will km
sold at prices to suit tbe time Examine then
before purchasing elsewhere.
Clearfield, Pa., March 58. 1S&