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Raftsman's Imtrnal.
S. J. BOW, BDITOC 4SDPR0PBIBT0B.
CLEARFIELD, PA., NOV. 11,
The Popular Verdict.
The Tammany platform was devised to
catch rotes in the West, where, it was said,
the people were tainted with the greenback
and repudiation heresy. Mr. Pendleton
presented a patent lor certain planks where
on he claimed that everybody in the West
was anxious to stand, and with which he
was entirely certain the whole country would
be swept. This was a libel on the West, as
the majorities show. The Pendleton plank
were rotten from the first. His greenback
tbeory bad a damaging effect on the party.
In supposing that the body of voters were
as demoralized as themselves on the ques
tion of the finances, the Democratic leaders
committed a fatal mistake. They probably
see it now. On the financial question the
popular verdict is emphatic. It is against
everything that savors of dishonesty, and
in favor of paying everything squarely,
without equivocation and it is against the
delusive idea of expanding the volume of
the currency by the free use of the paper
mill nd the printing press. It is to be
hoped that democratic leaders and others
who lent an ear to these heresies will profit
by tie popular determination.
"You Have Fought a Good Tight."
This was the congratulatory exclamation,
of Mr. Wallace, to his followers, after the
October election. And we now say to the
Republicans, " You have fought a good
fight," you have defeated the enemies of
the Union traitors, rebels, copperheads,
and all and once more your proud and star
ry flag (the harbiuger of peace and prosper
ity to our people, and the emblem of free
dom to the oppressed of every clime) floats
in triumph over the whole land, We con
gratulate our political friends everywhere ov
er their grand, glorious, and decisive victo
ry over the advocates of rebellion, oppress
ion and fraud; and long may ourbannercon
tinue to wave
4iOr it land (if tVi fro,
And the home of the brave."
Hon. Galusha A. Grow.
The laborious, unwearied and conscien
tious exertions of Mr. Grow, as Chairman
of the Republican State Committee, during
the most important and most exciting polit
ical contest ever witnessed in Pennsylvania,
entitle him to the cordial thanks of every
member of our party. But, while accord
ing all praise to Mr. Grow, the thanks of
the people are also due to the various local
organizations, and to individuals in each of
the counties, for their hearty aud efficient
co-operation in bringing about our recent
political triumphs; but as the appointed
executive head of the party great responsi
bilities were necessarily incumbent upon him
and he met and discharged them in a man
ner deserving the highest commendation.
"The Eesnltin the State."
"Colonised voter mast return home, in order
to save their own States, and eannot return "
Rrpuitu, Ort lid.
Well, from the result on the 3d of No
vember, in this State, we infer the "coloni
zed voters". did "return home," and conse
quently the .Republicans carried Pennsylva
nia by 30,000 majority instead of by less
than 10,000, as in October; aud the city of
Philadelphia by a majority of 5,460, while
it gave a majority of 165 against them on
the State ticket in October. George, we
thank you for jojir implied acknowledgment
that you attempted to carry the State by
"colonized voters" is Cctoher; and there
suit in November plainly shows ttiat the
fact were not misstated by you, though,
perhaps, inadvertantly.
Where's that 1,500 Majority ?
"Democrats of Clearfield : jron done noely, tot
yon can go 3A0 better en the 1st Tuesday of No
vember 'RspuUican, On. iid.
Missed fire again! That 1,500 majority
looms np before the muddled Deruuerotic
vision, as regularly before aeh election, as
does the "Jack with a lantern" "rem marshy
grounds before the belated traveler.but they
who seek to obtain U are never able to grasp
the object they have in view. Poor deluded
dupes 1 How long will you continue to fol
low the tni fatvi (the leaders) that are ev
er deceiving you?
TheU. S. Senatorsoip. The Philadel
phia Bulletin advocates the claim, ot Ga
lusha A. Grow for the seat in the United
Sut4 Senate now held by Mr. Buckalew,
whose Una will expire on the 4th of next
March. The friends of John Scott, f
Huntingdon, it is understood, are proposing
to bring him forward as a candidate.
Item. Tha effect of Seymours eloquence
is wonderful The majorities where he spoke
are truly enormous, but they have, perhaps
by mistake, gotten on the wrens side.
f j;c jHafknuin' gournaf, gfcarfiefb,
What We Surmounted.
The Philadelphia Vow, says : The
magnitude of th" late triumph of Freedom
in this country is something marvellous, as
we attempt to est:u.ate the difficulties we
surmounted. The Republican party was
like a stout ship in a fierce and protracted
temptest. Every element was combined for
its destruction the hatred of rebel treason,
,n.,A-.,.p nf Johnson's in.rr.itnude.the
cupidity of Johnson's office-holders, stimu
lated by the WhUky Ring, with its stolen
millions, ihe ignorant prejudices against the
negroes, the still active animosities againt
reconstruction, the envy of the aristocracy
of the Old World ; and all these disciplined
by the keenest and most desperate of the
old Democratic leaders by such men as
William A. Wallace in this State, S. J. Til
den and August Belmont in New York,
John P. .Stocktou in New Jersey, and Thos,
A. Hendricks in Indiana. But the great
ship defied the long temptest, alternately
black and lurid, and she is now safely in
port, riding proudly at her authors, with no
injuries save her honorable scars, and with
the dear old bunting floating gaily from her
masthead.
Trial for Murder. The trial of Thos.
H. Fagan, for the murder of Win. A. Lane,
at Hollidaysburg. on the 25th of July last,
can e off last week. A number of witnesses
were examined and able arguments deliv
ered by Messrs. John Dean and James F.
Milliken Fsq., for commonwealth, and S.S.
Blair and Thaddeus Banks, Esq., for de
f nee. The case was given to the jury on
Fiiday morning, and after trirty-six hours
consideration, returned a verdict of "not
guilty"
Superceded. The country will be grati
fied to learn that General Reynolds, the
Military Commander whose inefficiency is
responsible iu some degree for thn reign of
terror which has prevailed in Texas, has
been superced by General Canby, who now
g es to that district with full discretionary
powers, under the reconstruction acts.
Tuesday's work already bears fruit.
A Glorious Triumph. La3t year Phil
adelphia gave Sharswood a majority of 2,485
and Ludlow 5,560 majority; now Grant's
majority is 5, S12 showing a Republican
gain of 8,297 over the former, and II, 372
over the latter. Surely, George, those
"colonized voters MCSThave returned home"
after the October election, as is evident
from the result in Philadelphia.
A Falling Off. There was a falling off
in the vote of the-City of Philadelphia as
compared with ilie rote of October. The
Democrats by this reduction lost 5,635 while
the Republican vote was increased 352.
This plainly indicates which party resorted
to frauds, bv colonizing voters and issuing
forged naturalization papers, to carry the
election in October.
"They (the Democrats) are not laboring for of
fice" Republican.
Certainly ! Democrats never labor for of
fice. Oh no ; not they 1 as is instanced ia
Clearfield County, where they concede all
the offices to the Republicans over the
left. Poor fellows! we really pity them,
and thank them for their self-sacrificing gen
erosity. How it was Done. The returns from
New York city show that in more than
twenty districts the polled vote exceeds the
registered tote all the way from five to fifty
so trie -New lork Junes says, it is no won
der the country vote was slaughtered, and
the State carried in favor of Seymour and
Blair.
Friends of tue Union 1 "Let us rejoice,
and be exceeding glad." Grant and Colfax
are elected. Right has triumphed over ev-t-TY
species of fraud and wrong. We've
Gram ed the opposition all that was need
ed, but less than they deserve. .
'-With Ihe experience thos gained in the school
of aderity. we will gQ forward to victory."
Wallace's address.
Where is the victory, le. Wallace?
Wasn't you only "blowing" a little when
you wrote that ?
Latest Market Reports. Seymour
and Blair badges heavy stock on hind
dull offered freely at one cent a. piece, with
a downward tendency, and no buyers at
that.
Dows It Comes. In spite of all the
' bulls" and "bears" in New York can do,
the premium ou gold is on a decline. The
election of Grant and Colfax is doing the
work.
"We are free to admit that the result on the 2d
Tuesriat of October was not what we hoped it
weald be '" Rfmbliraii .
Well, what about the result in November?
Was that what you "hoped it would be?"
In Newbury, Vermont, John Kimball,
ninety-four years old, voted for Grant on
Tuesday, and has voted at every Presiden
tial election from John Adams down.
Your President I cannot be." Sey
mour.
for it.
That s so and the Lord be thanked
It is likely we shall pay our honest debts
now, having repudiated the repudiators.
The Democratic boys are all iu bixe since
the election.
Gratit has "fought it out on this line"
and won.
How Grant Received the ITews.
A si ecial dispatch to the Chicago Tribune,
from Galena, dated at midnight on the 4th,
says : "This has been the proudest evening
in all the history of Galena. The city here
tofore Detuocratic.yesteTday (Tuesday) gave
a majority for her di?tinguL-hed citizen.
General U. S. Grant, for President of the
United Slates. The county gives him a
larger majority by 400 than it gave to Mr.
Lincoln ir. ISO 1. This magnificent result.
together with the triumphant election of
Geo. Grant, was celebrated here this eve
ning by a grand torchlight procession, bon
fires, illuminations, and other demonstra
tions 6f joy. The Galeua Tanners, with
two bands of music and a procession of cit
izens numbering several thousand, marched
to the residence of Gen. Grant, iu front of
which a splendid display of fireworks was
sent up, after which three rousing cheers
were given for the President elect. In res
ponse to repeated calls, the General stepped
out upon the piazza and addressed the mul
titude as follows :
Friends and fellow citizens of Galena : I
thank you kindly for this additional mark
of your kindness. Sufficient, I suppose,
has now beeu heard of the result of the late
election to show upon whom it has fallen
to administer the affairs of the nation for
the next four years. I suppose it is no egot
ism iu me to say that the choice has fallen
on me. The responsibilities ol the position
I feel, but accept them without fear, if I
can bave the same support which has been
giver me thus far. I thank you and all
others who have fought together in this con
test a contest in which you are all interest
ed personally as much as, aud perhaps more
than 1 am. I now take occasion to bid you
good bye, as I leave here to-morrow for
Washington, and shall probably see but few
of you again for years -to come, although it
would give me great pleasute to make an
annual pilgrimage to a place where I have
enjoyed myself so much as I have here dur
ing the past few mouths.
The procession afterwards called at the
residence of Hon. E. B. Washburn, who
has just been re-elected to Congress for the
ninth term. Mr. W. congratulated the as
semblage on the election of Gen. Grant,and
thanked them for the magnificent demon
stration on the oecasson.
Brick on a Bampage.
Brick Ponieroy evidently regards himself
the leader of the Democratic party now. and
he is not far wrong. Having struck an at
titude, he sbouts as follows :
"No, never! By the heavens above ns,
and the blood-soaked, sacred soil beneath
our feet, this shall never be ! We are still
men ! We come of a stock which spurns
the chain and defies the tyrant! Then stand
to your arms, white men of America!
Though the victory is not won. the cause is
not lost ! Youare still as great, asstrong as
ever! You have still a country, homes,
children! Liberty in chains still beckons
you to her rescue ! God of our fathers ! can
we hold back from such solicitation ? Can
we give over struggle while freedom is de
nied us? Shall one-halt the Union be sur
rendered to African barbarism, and the
whole to the tyrant's sway ? Will we be
come the willing slave of money kings, and
learn to speak
" In a bondsman's kev
With bated breath aud whispering hum
bleness .'
Had Brick let himself out after this fash
ion sooner, there is no knowing what would
have happened. By the way, we congratu
late the decent men of the Democratic par
ty on having such leader.
More Frauds Exposed. Lewis Cud
derbach, Clerk of the Court of Orange coun
ty. New York, assisted by hit deputies, and
a couple of Democratic lawyers, have been
accused ot perpetrating an immense praeti
cal joke, which took a political shape. The
charges against these gentlemen allege,
among other things that they held court in
the absence of the judges, the fun-loving
clerk presiding, and proceeded to natural
ize applicants at a swifter rate than the
courts in New York City. It was a race
against time, in which Cudderlach won by
a thousand or so. The ugliest pr.rt of this
practical joke is the fact that the jokers
charged a dollar apiece for the false certifi
cates issued. The parties have all been ar
rested and will doubtless pay the penalty
imposed upon ereat practical jokers.
1 hey Keep a Comin ! During the
late rebellion, and when Gen. Sherman was
on his grand march to the sea, an old negro
said, I reckon dem boys'll win. Dey are
always whipped our niassas say, but dey
keep a comin and a comic . So it is with
the boasted Democratic gains. They gain
ed every local and State election, but some
how or other Grant kept "a comin' and a
comin' " until now we hearof no more Dem
ocratic gains, and of but few Democrats.
Surratt Cleared. The Surratt ea-e is
finally disposed of, the Supreme Court of
the District declining to entertain any ap
peal against the previous decision of the
Criminal Court dismissing the prosecution
under the statute of limitation, fnrratt's
name will therefore disappear from the col
umns of the press, unless he should volun
teer to make good the rebel threat, which
pledged the "dagger of Brutus" to attain
what Ku Klux terrorism could not accom
plish. A Good One. A ludicrous incident was
reported to have occurred at the polls in
Quincy, Mass. The H..n. Charles Francis
Adams deposited a written ballot. A few
minutes afterward be returned and stated
that bv mistake he had put a receipted bill
into the box. An examination proved the
correctness of the statement. It is reported
be voted the Republican electoral and Dem
ocratic State tickets.
Those reconstruction acts are not as "un
constitutional and void" as they were.
VICTORY! VICTORY !!
"Behold how brisrhtlv breaks
sV
the morning."
THE LOYAL PEOPLE SPEAK 1
Grant and Colfax Elected!
Seyitour and Eliir gone up Salt Eiver !
00PPE2HEADISH OVERWHELMED !!
The Eebels Defeated !
Grant Carries 25 States ! and
Seymour only 9.
EEC02J3TETJCTION SUSTAINED!
The Laws Vindicated !
THE UNION PEESEBTED!
WTe give below the returns of the election
held throughout the United States on Tues
day. November 3d. It will be seen that the
party which saved the country during the
four years of bloody war waged by rebel Irai
tors and their Copperhead allies of the
North, has again triumphed by the election
of the gallant GRANT the glorious leader
of our army as President of the United
States; and the noble Statesman of Indiana
COLFAX the no less illustrious defend
er of the Union cause on the floor of Con
gress to the Vice Presidency. It is a grand
and glorious result! Let the people rejoice !
"TEE DEI FT OF THE TIDE !'
For Grant, Maine,
28,000 majority.
ermont
32,500
Massachusetts 76,500
N. Hampshire 7,000
Connecticut 3.041
Illinois 4.5,000
Indiana 10,000
Wisconsin 15,500
Minnesota 5,000
Lwa 53,000
Kansas 5,000
Michigan 27,000
Pennsylvania ?0,000
Caliloinia 1,500
Nebraska - 4,000
Rhode Island 6,455
West Vireinia 8.000
North Carolina 8,000
Alabama
Ohio
Missouri
Tennessee
Arkansas
Florida
5,000 "
35,000 "
21,328 "
30.000 "
1,000 "
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By Legislature.
For Sevmour.New York
" New Jersey
" Delaware
" Maryland
" Kentucky
" Georgia
" Louisiana
" S. Carolina
" Oregon
8,100 majority.
2,633
2,500 "
31,409 "
70.000
35,000 "
30,000 "
3,000 "
EOLL CALL OF STATES,
ELECTOES FOR GRANT.
Maine 7 California 5
Vermont 5 Nebraska 3
Massachusetts 12 Rhode Island 4
New Hampshire 5 West Virginia 5
Connecticut 6 North Carolina 9
Illinois 16 Alabama 8
Indiana 13 Ohio 21
Wisconsin . 8 Missouri 11
Minnesota 4 Tennessee 10
Iowa 8 Nevada 3
Kansas 3 Arkansas 5
Michigan 8 Florida 3
Pennsylvania 26
ELECTORS FOR 8EYMOCR.
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
South Carolina
33
7
;3
Kentucky
Georgia
Louisiana
Oregon
11
7
6
3
The Democracy will have but ten mem
bers of the United States Senate, viz: One
from each of the States of Ohio, Minneso
ta, California and New Jersey, and two
from each ot the States of Delaware, Mary
laud and Kentucky. They lose a Senator
in each of the Stales of Connecticut, Indi
ana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wiscon
sin, and gain one iu New Jersey, one in
California, and one in Ohio. The Senate,
after the 4'.h of Jiarch nex.t,will bo divided
politically :
Republic us 5S
Democrats io
Three States unrepresented 6
Whole nuTiber of Senators 74
Of these, sixteen are from the Recon
structed States, including Tennessee.
In the Eighth Kentucky District, Barnes
Radical, has about 1,000 majority for Con
gress. In the State Grant has at least 50,
000 votes, the Democratic majority being
cut down 20,000 since August The Ken
tucky Republicans are rejoicing as never
before.
Poor Seymour. If Mr. Seymour's sen
sibilities are not destroyed.when he reviews
the brief list of States that have gone for
him, he must experience anything but pride.
New York and New Jersey, the only North
ern States, were carried bv the most stupen
dous frauds. Delaware, Maryland and Ken
tucky would have voted more largely for
Jefferson Davis, and took Seymour as her
second cheice. Alabama, Georgia, Louisi
ana and Arkansas, perhaps have gone for
him solely, as the result of the reign of ter
ror by the Ku Klux Klans. If there is any
thing io such a result that gives him or any
of his supporters satisfaction, he certainly
is entitled to make the most of it.
There is to be a general auction sale of
Democratic roosters throughout the country.
Iga., "gloDcntBer 11, 1868.
Pennsylvania Presidential Election.
We are enabled to present full official re
turn3 from all the counties in the State ex
cept Beaver, Crawford, Fulton, Jefferson,
M'Kean.Susquebanna, Wyoming and York,
but the figures given in the table are the
official reported majorities ; they may how
ever, vary a little. The majority for Grant
will be from 29,000 to 30,000.
ACD GEN. PRESIDENT'
'68.
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52
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COUNTIES.
P
3170
14671
3412
239S
139
3066
3538
7613
3256
3553
394
2748
3646
6490
2928
3096
258i
40:
4594
4397
2616
1119
4555
4608
4171
294
3301
21
2223
1753
8513
164
2858
6321
143u3
4839
4078
1807
1900
8803
1697
2971
4240
2416
55173
1313
693
9428
1778
1318
851
1951
1277
31
1757
46
3539
6360
175
2645
PEESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Clearfield County Eeturn3 1868 Official.
''Aud. Gen'l.l! President.
DISTRICTS.
X3
3
Beccaria,
Bell,
Bloom,
Boggs,
Bradford,
Brady,
Burnside,
Chest,
Clearfield,
Covington,
Curwensville,
Decatur,
Ferguson,
Girard,
Goshen,
Graham,
Guelich,
Huston,
Jordan,
Karthaus,
Knox,
Lawrence,
Lumber-city,
Morris,
N. Washington,
Osceola,
Penn, )
Pike,
Union, :
Woodward,
Totals,
Majorities.
125
56
i9
51
C3
96
166
96
106
26
86
83
45
36
33
17
93
79
50
26
23
99
23
52
8
65
53
108
43
54
117
130
35
110
153
320
95
98
154
94
25
147
64
68
56
111
25
61
89
61
110
251
36
174
43
82
-74
114
44
96
127
59
29
47
61
106
166
111
111
29
80
85
46
39
34
14
98
93
53
27
28
100
24
64
8
62
54
106
45
65
11s
132
31
112
156
336
88
103
150
98
30
150
70
68
64
108
19
65
84
62
116
253
31
184
44
79
'79
115
50
101
1895 30:7
jl3U5
1 1142
1974 3096
11974
1
11122
For Wm. A. Wallace's Eye. In. bis
address to the Democracy of Pennsylvania
after the October election, Wm. A.Wallace,
Chairman of the Democratic State Com
mittee, charged it upon the Republican par
ty that one of the means through which
they were enabled to carry the State consist
ed in "assessing paupers and voting them "
We beard a Democrat remark. the other dav.
that the address was elegant, eloquent, and
epigrammatic, and would have been all right
7 that unfortunate reference to paupers had
been left out; "for," said he, "3-ou see,
here in Cambria county tee always assess the
paupers and have them vote the Democrat
ic ticket !" Which is a fact. Allenhanir,,,
"Tit for Tat." Gen. Howard tells a
good story of a planter, who assembled all
I is hands in the spring, and told them they
must vote for the Democrats, or he wnnl.l
not employ them. The darkies waited nn.
til the cotton was whitening, and then calied
on him and told him he must give his word
to vote the Kadical ticket, or thpv wn,,i,i
leave him in a body. And he did it. Im
agine his wrath, however, at being present
ed the alternative of losing his whole crop,
or becoming a condemned scalawag.
Hard on Grant. General Grant ha3
just encountered his first serious disaster.
One of the Blairs has published an article
eulogizing him "as the second Father of his
Country, if he behaves himself."
Ex President Pierce was carried to the
polls in a hack. As he handed a Seymonr
and Blair ballot to the receiving officer, he
remarked, "It is a strong ticket."
Adams, 2832 3174 2917
Allegheny, 23880 14923 254S7
Armstrong, 3'J87 3450 4082
Buaver, 3540 2675 1000
Bedford, 2625 30l9 26.-7
Berks, 7413 13921 7917
Blair, 3S41 3183 3986
Bradford, 7612 3863 776i
Bucks, 6981 78 58 70S5
Butler, 3723 3292 3803
Cambria, 2849 35S7 2935
Cameron, 537 441 503
Carbon, 2129 2772 21S8
Cectre, 3388 3765 3423
Chester, 8850 6658 9178
Clarion, IMS 2956 1998
Clearfield, 1835 3037 19 4
Clinton, J992 765 2056
Columbia, 2077 4058 143
Crawf.-rd, 7026 5391 lSt
Cumberland 3801 4433 4171
Dauphiu, 6190 4535 6507
Delaware, 4016 2764 4166
H;, 508 1054 568
Erie, 7702 4531 8tK)7
Faytt'e, 3745 4770 3792
Franklin, 4321 4273 4151
Fulton, 782 1113
Forest, 352 348 355
Greene, 1722 3374 1809
Huntingdon 3173 2498 3417
Indiana, 4S42 2;1 4S09
Jefferson, 2076 2094 75
Juniata, 1467 1863 1473
Lancaster, 15313 8570 15792
Lawrence, 3691 1716 3789
Lebanon, 4267 2858 4345
Lehieh, 4733 6:.05 5004
Luzerne, 9992 13420 10723
Lvcoming, " 4680 5031 4713
M'cKean, 933 ?09 280
Mercer, 4793 4177 4979
Mifflin, 1858 1828 1346
Monnie, 735 2789
Montgomery 7443 8905 8083
Montour, 1194 J6o3 1269
Northam'n, 4452 77ol
Northuru'd, 3691 4146 3325
Perry. 2570 2526 2664
Philadel'a, 6U03S 60808 60985
1'ike, 333 1269 370
Potter, 1604 811 1703
Schuylkill, 8192 95o8 8707
Somerset, 3195 1829 3261
Snvder, 1865 1343 1925
Sulliran, 461 846 473
Susquehan'a 4682 3377 1600
Tioita, 5410 2051 5549
Union, 2054 1340 2081
Venango, 4431 3761 4759
Warren, 2990 1882 3020
Washingt'n, 4946 4948 5051
Wayne, 2698 3397 2909
Westmorl'd, 5335 6569 5285
Wyoming, 1549 1765
York, 6053 9006
Total, 331,416 321,739
321,739
Majorities, 9,677
A Little of Eveiything.
What stone struck the Democracy? Key
stone. Bloated Bondhol lcrs must be very nu
merous. Bottles of Horatio's tears will probably
soon le for sale.
Horatio's last appeal : "Piy the sorrows
of a poor old man."
A western farmer has brought 3,600 apple
trees over from Ruosia.
Montreal is said lobe afflicted with drunk
en children on Sundays.
Australia has 600,000 horses, 4,000,000
cattle and 39,000,000 sheep.
The crops in the Southern States this
year are valued at $400,000,000.
Hayti has four Presidents. Think of four
George Washingtons all at once.
The present reigning family of Japan have
occupied the throne for 740 years.
Norrii Carolina produces about half a mil
lion dollars worth of gold every year.
In three hundred years Mexican mines
have produced $3,500,000,000 in silver.
Giant wanted peace and has gotten two
thirds of the whole, which is a pretty big
piece.
Andrew Johnson is spoken of as the next
Democratic candidate for Governor of Ten
nessee. Seymour ought to set up as a prophet ; as
long aeo as July he said, "Your President
I cannot be."
Jackson county, Michigan, has produced
a champion corn husker who husked 100
bushels in 8 hours.
Iu the Schuylkill county almshouse is an
Irish woman who has reached theaeeof one
hundred and nine years.
Ten thousand dollars is what the Water
street revival cost, and the amount of good
done remains to be seen.
Some one says if Seymour has bis eye on
the Presidential chair, he had better take it
off or Grant will sit on it.
"Only one hundred and twenty-four more
days of Andrew Johnson," jubilantly shouts
a New Hampshire paper.
By a recent vote Miss Flint was declared
to be the prettiest girl in Quincy, 111. Pity
that she's Flinty hearted.
The wines and liquors belonging to the
estate of the late President Buchanan were
sold by auction for $1,200.
The growth of Philadelphia attracts gen
eral notice. Nearly five thousand new build
ings have been erected this year.
Why do preachers address their congre
gations of both sexes as brethren? Because
the gentlemen embrace the ladies.
Cyrus W. Field came hoie from Switz
erland to vote for Grant and Colfax, and
the next steamer carries him back.
The great question now is: "Where is
Blair, and is the Blair family going to try to
get a position in Grant's cabinet?"
Canada has a young lady of twenty-three,
who is seven feet seven inches tall, and
weighs three hundred and seventy pounds.
In Connecticut a boy of 20 has just mar
ried a widow of 50 who has seven children.
The eldest is six years older than bis new
"papa."
A citizen of Sitka, A. Popoff, or perhaps
Popover, has taken the proper oath (if any
oath is proper) and become a citizen of the
United States. .
Queen Victoria's little trp to Switzerland
cost her quite a fortune. She spent about
$30,000 in Switzerland, and her expenses to
and fro were heavy.
It has been decided in Kentucky that sell
ing a horse to be paid for on the election of
certain candidates is a bet, and that the debt
so incurred cannot be collected.
The latest story about the Pacific Rail
way is that they find "combustible sand
stone" along the line. It burns easily, and
is thought to contain petroleum.
Spain will have to import $50,000,000
worth of breadstuff's before the next harvest
She may with all this get a good deal of old
rye, but she has been exporting Bourbon.
T..:.. . At o .
x ami luwiisuip, Somerset county, has
beeu awarded the prize banner offered by
Hon. John Cessna, for the largest increased
vote in October over that cast the same
month last year.
J udge Reed, of the Supreme Court, last
week delivered au opinion, fortified by law
quotations, that all the naturalization pa
pers issued from that court since September
1st, were fraudulent.
t. o r .1 . i: . 1 t
urj uiuur iceis uisappoinieu. lie IS
forsaken by bis "friends." In the "much
ness;' of his grief he resorteth to bis "mel
on patch," and indulgeth in most tneloneholy
reaeetions. "llow are the mu.htv fallen
C J ...
Somebody wants to know if every South
cm man has to marry a negro, as Democrat
ic orators said they would if Grant should
be elected. We hope Grant will be lenient
with them and let the n many ueirres
insieau.
f .
yj, temporal U, mores ' or. in otl,r
worus, how sh k the Democracy are. They
are nigh unto death ; and we feel it our du
ty to tell them that there is "nn ;
Gilead" applicable to their case, tt,
ye and believe.
A young couple in New Alba
pleasing bet, Iu case of Grant's election n
agreed to marry the maid ; and in case of
Seymour's success she agreed to marrv lim,
we don't mean Seymour, who is no; sud-
posed to be ia a connubial mood. Let us
have peace.
Mr. Wallace, Chairman of the Cop State
Co
"iumvee, I8 sai, ,3 about to publish a
w arithmetic, designed for the use of
new
clusi
ve copperhead school r i
- .. IU uave
but one rule loss and pninf. ,l:..u .
learned scholar can prove that by losing fc
dvllnrt a day he can erowri.-b ; ct.
- "ui l urne.
Ihe New lork Tribune says :
Two more unfortunates
" eary 0f breath, '
importunate.
Gone to their death !
Tale them np tenderly,
Lift them with care.
tt. ,, "ku tare.
xnaiethetn gingerly,
1 r Seymour and I
Blair !
How The President Is Elected,
The electors chosen by the people of the
several States are required, by the Act of
1792, to assemble at the capitals of their re
spective State on the first Wednesday in
December, being the 2nd day of that month
this year, and there to vote by ballot for
President and Vice President, making lists
of the ballots cast for each. These are to he
transmitted, before the first Wednesday jn
January, to the President of the Senate t
Washington. On the second Wednesday
in February, that officer will open all these
certificates, in the presence of the two Hou
ses of Concress, and the votes are then coun
ted, usually by tellers designated by each
House. The persons having, respet-tivelv
the greatest number of rotes, for President
and Vice Presi 'ent, provided such numbers
be majorities of the whole number of elect
ors appointed, "shall be," says the Consri
tution, "President and Vice President."
There are other provisions in that instru
ment, applicable to cases when no person is
found to have a majority of the whole num
ber of electoral votes, but we need not quote
them here, the votes to be given for Grant
and Colfax being largely in excess of the
majority constitutionally reqnired.
The twenty-six electoral votes of Pennsyl
vania, being one for each representative of
the State in the two Houses of Concress,
will therefore be cast at Harrisburg on the
2nd of December next, by the twenty-six in
number, who, on Tuesday last, received so
decisive a majority of the suffrages of the
people of the Commonwealth. Selected by
the friends of Grant and Colfax for that pur
pose, and this claim ratified by the votes of
the people, these Electors meet only for the
discharge of their appointed duty, after
which the College is dissolved. No legal
obligation binds these gentlemen to cast
their ballots for the Republican nominees,
but usage, public expectation and personal
honor supply, in this regard.'all .the needful
guarantees that the electional voice of the
Commonwealth shall te beard in faithful
accordance with the wishes of the majority
of the people. Only the death, or the dc- -clination.
f either of the present candidates
could entitle the Electors to exercise any
discretion whatever in the support of others
who have not been named in the canvass.
No such case as this has yet been kno-rn
to our history. The Electoral vote of each
State has invariably been cast in accordance
with the well understood wishes of the pop
ular majorities by w bich the Electors were
chosen.
21 nr tlmtterracnts.
AttvrrUfmnt art uri tn targe tyyr , or out tf flam
atylsiietll be charged donble usual tales. IWeiuts.
"L7OR SALE. The property occupied by.
Thomas Liddell, corner of Reed anil
Fourth Streets, Clearfield boreugh. consisting of
a good substantial Plaot Houfe.ar.d the tot (about
three-fourths of an acre) is offered for sale. Tho
situatioa is close to the Railroad Lepot. and is an
excellent location for business purposes. For
terms, apply on the premises. Not. 11-1S'S.
CLEARFIELD ACADEMY.
The Second Session of the present Sholastie
year of this Institution, will commence on Mud -day,
the 33d day of November, 1883
Pupils can enter at any time. They will be
charged with tuition from the time they emer to
the close of the session
The course of instruction embraces everything
included in a thorough, practical and accom
plished education of both sexes.
The Principal having bad the advantage of
much experience in his profession, assures pa
rents and guardians that his entire ability and
energies will be devoted to the mental and moral
training of the yonth placed under his charge.
Trksis or Tcitioji :
Orthography, Readies, Writing and Primary
AHthrnttic, per session, (I) week.) 55 CO
Uramuar, Ueograpby, Arithmetic, - and Ht-in
ry -")
Algebra.Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensuration,
Surveying, Philosophy, Physiology, Chemistry
Book-keeping, Botany, and Physical Ge-ers-phy.
HM
Latin, Greek and French, witi any of the a-
bove branches. S i 2 09
ITj deduction will be made fer abser.ee.
For further particulars inquire of
Rv. P. L: HARRISON, a
July 31,1867. . . Principal.
DISSOLUTION The firm of Irwin i Muft
lius, in the Drug b sinews, at L'urwrusvilie.
was this day dissolved by mutual consent. '1 be
business will be carried on as beret fore bJoj.
K. Irwin. IRWIN A .MUMELllS '
Oct. 19, lStl3-Q.21-3t.
J) ISSOLUTION. The pai tnf-rf hip here
tofore existing between the , uniier.-ijin-ed.
in the Lumbering and .Mercantile buine i"
Pike town, hip, Clearfield county, has been (in
solved by mutual coueeut.
Xov.4, lsas-nt PERKY t BKitfLE.
Q AUTION. Ail persons are hereby eaa
tioned arain.-t purchasing )r in any way
meddling with a pair of Dar Bay Uorsei sod
harness, now in possession of J. U. Test, ef Deca
tur township, as they belong to xe and are
left with said Test on loan, subject to my ordtr.
Osceola, Npy. 4. 18s-3t. OfcO. S. PEKBY.
"OTICE. Ail persons having friends in
terred in the old graveyard at Curwens
ville, are hereby notified that the Borough Coos
eil have passed an ordinanoe requiring their re
moval on or before December 1st, next. 10 the nee
Cemetery, where certificates for lots will given
without charge This removal is necetary.in
order to open Locust and (jeorge Streets, which
pass diiectly through the ground, as wellss t
hove the bodies reinterred in a suitable inclose".
Those interested are eai nestlv requested tuattef
to the matter at onoe, JOS. k. IK WIS.
Burwensville, Not. 4 2t Secretary
NEW MILLINERY GOODS.
MISS SUSAN REED,
Market Street, Clearfield, Pa.,
Has just received new and splendid seek of
Fail and Winter
MILLINERY GOODS,
at prices to suit the times.
Call and see them.
Clearfield, Nov. 4,1888.
JOTICE TO CREDITORS. In the Or-
Tihfln'c f v.,.- f r!--4;M tft,' Pi.
In the matter of the estate af Henry B-
lte of Graham tnwntiin Th aDcreis-
ment of real estate set out to Margaret fcmesl
widow of said deceased, of 4 5 acres more or s,
end valued at $249 50, was on the 4th day ofOs.
tober, A. I. 18(58, confirmed, i. si. by the Coert.
and ordered that publication be made in t
newspapers published in Clearfield eounty,iofr"
ug an persons interested that the same win "
confirmed absolutely unless sufficient objections
are filed cn or before the Second Mondsy of "
eujber, A. D. 18-18. By the Court.
Oct. 21. I, Q. BAKOEH, Clerk ofgj..
HATS and CAPS. A fall assortment of !
style hats and caps, just received at
Sot 4-lm. r J. P. KHATZKR'S. ,