gfle 'gtoffetmro' gounwf, gfearficfb, a., gulp -28, 1869.
lUtftsrmm's Iwtntal.
. J. BOW, CMTOR Al PRcrBIETOR.
CLEAIiFIKLD, PA.. JULY2S, I SCO.
REPUBLICAN STATG TICKET.
FOR ooTEitxon:
JOHN W. GZAEY, of Carcberlaiid o.
roR judge or scprem n cocrt:
HESEY T7. of Allegheny co.
"Six Shillings Apiece."
A contemporary says : If the Democracy
had really intended to make a square S-jht
upon iuesticns of political principle, tliey
would never have undertaken the canvass
upon the hudsret of contradictory denia
frogueistn which is labeled as the llarrisdmrg
platform. No! that is not the game ! They
intend to buy their way thr3'.ich this year,
with the lavish expenditure of their nomi
nee's surplus cash, and the character of
their platform was really a .secondary consid
eration. If "money makes the mare go."
the Kandall ami M' Mullen crowd very natur
ally conclude that the mare may as well car
ry as heavy a loud of Copperheadism and
free-trade as she can stapcer under. And
so they have piled it on ! The question is, if
the honest and hard'workirg Democratic
farmers and mechanics of the common
wealth can he sold in this way and led like
lambs to tiie slaughter, would .six shillings
(75 cents) apiece, under a fair division of
the purchase money, reconcile them to this
shameless corrujjion, any more than to this
impudent revival of the deal issues of a
disastrous past?
The Odious Eevenue Law3.
The Democratic politicians, notwithstand
ing their constant railing against the ' odi
ous revenue laws, "as they are pleased to term
them don't seem to suffjr much. personally,
from their exactions. When the tax lists of
the Internal I'evenue collectors are examin
ed says a eotemporaiy the names of these
complaining parties are not to be found. In
New York and Brooklyn, for instance, near
ly all the rich corporation officers pay not a
rent of internal revenue tax. . Manton Mar
ble, editor of the World, pays none. Neith
er does Benjamin Wood, or his brother Fer
nando, the Congressman both P'puted
"very rich. No tax is paid by Hon. John
Mnrrisw, lion. James Brook-, or lion. 11.
C. Calkin all Democratic members of Con
press. These and many more prominent
Democrat of New York live at rates vary
ing from $-M;GW to $00,0t. a year. They
join in the cry of oppressive taxation; but
s-omehow Uncle Sam's internal revenue gets
not a cent out of their pockets.
Ofiif) Politics. Says the Chicago 7W :
The nomination of Iloseerans for Governor
of Ohio is a regular wet blanket on the
Democracy. Poor Sa:n Cary is mad ; Ya
landihain is mad ; Pendleton is mad ; and
everything is unlovely all around. Old Pup
Th'jmas bei::i; off on the Pacific coast, with
no intention of return'mi;, little llosey will
have to take one of the soundest thrashings
he ever got in his life, next October, with
nobody to save him from complete annihila
tion. Rosey always gets whipped on the
first day, and the first day is all there is of
an Ohio election.
Mf.annk.s-; or Millions. Lately, amid
the plaudits of the Democracy of the whole
country, Senator Sprnjrue proclaimed the
aphorism that nothing is more cowardly or
mean than a million of dollars except-!
two millions. If this be Democratic doc
trine, what shall we say of the Democratic
taste in selecting a twenty million candidate
and chosing him for that reason ?
The Millenipm Coming. The lion is
about to lie dow n with the lamb. Next to
a "nigecr" cur Democracy have always
hated the "Yankees," yet Christian charity
has prevailed at lust, and have nominated a
Connecticut Yankee for Governor. Well!
thev might have done worse, although it
will be hard to End in ' Old Berts" leliev
crs f r that !
, ' A Fact. While the Democrats of Mary-
land and Kentucky arc preparing to show
"' the freedmen that they have always been
their friends, in order to get their votes, the
Democrats of Pennsylvania are preparing to
show the colored people of this State that
they have always been their enemies, and
intend to remain so to the end.
Don't L:ke Him. The Wet Chester
Jirpuhlicnnhays: "A number of the lead
ing Democratsn this county are greatly
chagrined "over the nomination of Judge
Packer. Some of them openly denounce
him a a vt ry mran man, and predict that he
will refuse to advance the 'sinews of war to
carry on the campaign.
Tercisf.ly" so. Here is how they look
i n)wn the Pennsylvania canvass in Delaware.
The Wilmington Commercial says: "Pack
er's money is all the theme of discussion in
Pennsylvania. The Democrats arc delight
ed with their hopes of handling it, and the
Repul licans at the certainty of its being
spent for notions."
.
Reitblican Vic-tout, The official vote,
at the recent election in Washington Terri
tory, is 5.239 increase in two years, CO.
Garfield, Republican, for delegate to Con
gress has 14S majority. The vote on the
State Convention is small 100 for and CSS
against.
Why would the letter i added to the
name of the Democratic candidate forjudge
describe the condition of his party? Be-
cause a would change PcrLiiir to vert.h-
Democratic Demoralization.
The Philadelphia J 'rem says : Never have
the Republicans ot Pennsylvania had a
fairer chance for a great victory than in the
present s: ruggle. The Democracy are hope
lessly demoralized. Heretofore they felt
that they had at least an equal chance for
carrying Philadelphia ; but now this strong
reserve foils them. The maintenance of the
ccnstitutiotialiiy of the Registry Law by the
Supreme Court checks their systematic
frauds, while their local ticket here is not
only distasteful to honest men among them,
but has been repudiated by a number of the
Drmoc a ic ward organizations. If they lose
the city, as they must, how can they carry
the counties of the interior? They have
also lost their nationality entirely. Upon no
one issue can they make a stand. Beaten
upon every point by the Republicans, they
cannot rally against the fifteenth amend
ment with the great body of the Southern
Democracy in its favor, and rushing bodily
into the Republican ranks. If they talk
about negroes in office, they will be pointed
to ntfcioes elected by their own friends. If
they demand e.nouiy in the public 3ervice,
the record of Geary and Grant, who have
already paid off millions of the national debt
and of the debt of Pennsylvania, will bespread
beforj them. If they attempt to prove
themselves friends of the protection of home
industry, the free trade platforms of the
Democrats of Ohio and New Hampshire will
be quoted against them. Thus they are at
once demoralized and sectionalized. They
have lost their prestige by defeat on all the
leading doctrines of their faith, and they
have lost the right wing of their party, the
Democrats of the South.
What, then, is the duty of the Republican.-.?
It is to close the ranks and follow
the flag borne by General John W. Geary.
No true patriot will be found idle or indif
ferent in such a contest. Personal griefs,
like persona preferences, should all be made
to give way. Every Republican is bound
by the decision of his party, and especially
so when the party has proved itself so de
voted a champion of the rights of the whole
people and of the honor of the country.
When the campaign is fairly opened the
faithful stewardship ot the great Republican
parti- will present a brilliant contrast to the
rebellion, inconsistency, and utter absence
of all real statesmanship of the false De
mocracy. Geary and Pardons.
It is a favorite slander with the opposi
tion press of Pennsylvania to charge Gov.
Geary with indiscriminate and corrupt use
of the perogative of pardon. Never yet
was printed, by the most audaciously ma
lignant of them all, a syllable of proof' to
sustain the specification of corruption. In
that regard, the Governor's ' friends may
defy any slanderous tongue, How is it, as
to the other branch of the Democratic in
dictment? Has Gov. Geary used his pe
rogative so freely as to bring odium upon
the public clemency and suspicion upon his
official judgment? The record will best
answer these question. We have examined
this record with care. Wc fin 1 that, of the
sixteen Governors which this Common
wealth has had, including the present in
cumbent, from 1 70 1 to this date, eleven of
them show higher yearly averages of par
dons and remissions than he. Gov. Pol
lock averaged 5:2 per year. Gov. Packer 73,
Gov. Shunk 81, Gov. Wolf S3, and iov.
Geary So. None of the remaining eleven
had averaged less than 1 00, ranging from
10s for Gov. Higler to -134 for Gov. Find
lay. These figures decisively refute the
Democratic fabrication against the integri
ty and discretion of the present Executive.
We may add that John W. Geary is the
first Governor of Pennsylvania wl o has
uniformly enforced the wise regulation re
nuiring a wide public advertisement of any
pending application for the benefits of his
merciful prerogative. And, with equal uni
fortuity, the grant of his pardon is always
followed by the public anouncement of the
names of such officials and citizens as have
recommended that case to his tender rc-
jrard
The truth is that Gov. Geary has
given offence in some quarters by the perti
nacity wirh which he insists upon this poli
cy. Considering these facts, the reader
may form a Letter estimate of the true val
ue of the slanders to which reference is
here made.
The Grand Army of the Republic.
" One of the greatest objects in organizing
the Grand'Army of the Republic has at last
been recognized by those who heretofore
have been crying it down as a political or
ganization. At the last National Encamp
ment a committee was appointed to consider
a prt position to establish a co-operative life
insurance association, whose policy holders
should consist of tha Grand Army itself.
The projector has issued a plan for carrying
out of this idea, to be submitted to a com
mittee called to meet in Philadelphia on the
li'th of Angus. By this plan, any member
of thj G. A. R., by paying 50 cents, and
niie cent additional on the death of any fel
lew comrade, will leave to his heir3 at death
?l.oo ). It is confidently believed that over
200,00 of the organization will enter into
this system of insurance, for fivai $1,000 to
$10. Out) earh. A few moments; random cal
culation will show the feasibility of the pro
ject, which ifeaniedout as recommended,
will le one of the safest and grandest sys
tems of life insurance, for our veterans, ever
conceived. Should any surplus fund re
main, af'er the plan has teen carried out,
and all the members shall have passed away,
one half of the balance is to be set apart for
I the erection of a monument in memory of
those who faithfully served their country
during the late war, and the other half to
be paid towaa's the liquidation of the na
tional debt.
A Fair Divide. Has the Packer fund,
a quarter of a million bribe-money, been
evenly divided among the Democracy? A
fair partition would give six bits a piece, but
hasn't some of the crowd grabbed more than
their share?
The Democrats, knowing they would be
obliged to pack up for Salt River this fall.
did wisely in selecting A Packer for their
leader.
Democratic Hypocrisy.
A day or two ago, says the Pittsburg
Gazette, we animadverted upon the dupli
city resorted to by the Democrats of this
Commonwealth in the Platform of Doctrines
adopted by the late Ilarrisbarg Convention,
especially in reference to the universality
and inalienability of political rights. It now
devolves upon U3 to show that the deception
is not confined to the three resolutions
which we then reviewed, but is as freely
used in the others.
The first resolution sets forth sundry stale
platitudes about the limitations of federal
authority; against the exercise of powers
concerning the constitutionality of which
there is a reasonable doubt ; of the dangers
in the stability ot the government resulting
from the assumption of undelegated control;
and the like. These platitudes are all well
enough ; though by constant repetition, in
season and out of season, they have Rst all j
the f rce they originally possessed. It the j
Democrats had been mindful of these max
ims when the management of the Govern
ment was in their hands, their present ap
parent solicitude for their observance would
be entitled to some degree of respect. In
power, when they had an end to gain, either
for'.thoir party or the nation, they never ac
counted these maxini3of the slightest va
lidity or importance, but constantly dis
carded the whole of them. Whatever they
saw fit to do, they did, reducing the Consti
tution to a most wonderful ductility. For
more than a generation their control of the
Govrenment was practically supreme,, and
all its tendencies to centralism they now
profess to deplore, and impute to the reck
lessness and ob.-tinancy of .their opponents,
were started and stimulated into vigorous
life by them. When centralism ceased,
through the development among the north
ern masses of anti-slavery 'opinions, to suit
their ends, and power was certainly slipping
from their'grasp, they lushed to the other
extreme, resolving all substantive authority
into the possession of the State respectively,
reduced the national government to an in
coherent and vigoriess league, with only
advisory powers, and totally destitute of the
means of self-defence and perpatuation.
This lasted so long as the rebellion endured,
and, then, they resumed the rep-'tition of
the old saws against centralism, in order, if
possible, to deliver the States that revolted
from the necessity of executing proper sure -ties
lor the non-recurrence of civil strife.
So, too, the fourth resolution demands
"reform in the administration"of the federal
and State governments." The "outs" al
ways imagine there is special need of "re
form," by which they mean they have a
special desire to get "in." Did the Demo
crats manage affairs wisely when they were
in power? The bankrupt condition of the
national treasury when the Republicans
took it. in hand, in 1S01, does not confirm
the assumption by the Democrats of superior
intelligence or honesty. Nor does the forty
million debt they contrived to saddle upon
Pennsylvania, and which the Republicans
are gradually but surely extinguishing.
Dotuitl.'ss, the men who now preside over
the affairs of the State and Nation are not
infallible. It is not in human nature to be.
But it would be an infatuation amounting
almost to insanity, to suppose that they
could not be belter continued where they
are than to have the places they occupy
tilled by the men who either engineered the
rebellion, or sympathized with those who
did.
The seventh resolution deals lovingly with
the reputations of "the soldiers and sailors
who carried the flag of the country to vic
tory." Alas! we all remember when these
same Democrats bitterly denounced the men
they now laud as "Lincolu's hirelings."
The vietoiies won by the gallant soldiers and
sailors extorted from unwilling lips this com
pliment. Had they failed, those very lips
would have overflowed upon them with gall
and wormwood.
The last resolution pronounces the "inter
nal revenue and taxation system grossly un
just." No specifications are vouchsafed ;
and that is prudent. Last year the Democ
racy were not so discreet. They descended
to particulars. They vaunted what they
would do, item by item, if only a lease of
authority should be given them. Ait was
laid under contribution to symbolize their
projects so plainly that the dullest head
could comprehend them and be delighted
therewith. In November, after the most
searching discussion, the people voted, and
the Democrats and their plans were reject
ed. Humiliation taught them the value of
caution, and they no more co.ue down to
specifications. But what do their generali
ties amount to? Just this : that hopeless
ly cast in the issue that was joined and tried
last year, they wish to withdraw their speci
fications, and have a new trial on statements
made as vague as ingenuity can'invent. It
will not do. Under President Johnson the
Democrats had the revenue department
precisely where they wanted it; that is,
pretty much in their own hands. They
managed to steal a good deal more than an
hundred millions annually. At all events,
President Grant is getting that much more
revenue into the Treasury, through the
operation of the same laws, than they did.
With the overplus he is canceling the pub
lic debt. Every man of common intelligence
knows that. What better way can be con
trived to make the burdens of the people
les? Paying up is the genuine method of
deliverance from financial trouble. The
masses of the people see what is being done,
and are content. It suits them better to
have the debt reduced by an hundred mil
lions a year, than to have that large sum
made a spoil by treasury agents and busi
ness men, acting in combination with each
other. Let us hope that the era of that
scandal has gone by, never to return again.
Want a Whipping. Our Democratic
friends o: Pennsylvania must need a flagel
lation. They have taken off their coats and
stepped tp to the whipping post once more.
We hope the Republicans vill lay it on well
this time. X. 1'. Citizen.
They say that the Xational Intelligencer
is to be revived as a Chase journal, backed
by Sprague's cash, and managed by Donn
Piatt. The new journal would represent a
feinall but iutcrrcsting tea-party.
The Herald Satisfied. . j
The New York Herald is at last satisfied
with the financial condition of the eonntry
Suspending its disposition to growl at every
thing, it says :
"Since the war closed, now only four
years or a little more ago, we have paid sev
eral hundred millions of floating indebted
nes arising from the war, besides paying the
regular and vast demands of the Govern
ment for ordinary and extraordinary ex
penses. After doins this there has been
nearly all the time in the treasury seldom
less than one hundred millions of dollars ly
ing unemployed. Yes, a much larger sum
than that, if the gold be reckoned at curren
cy value. And what are we doing now ?
Why, Jlr. Boutwell is puizled what to do
with the money accumulating in his hands.
He is applying the utmost limit allowed by
law to the sinking fund, and buying up mil
lions of bonds and putting them away till
Congress can authorize their destruction.
Yet, on the first of this month he had over
a hundred and sixteen millions in the treas
ury. The debt is undergoing a very niate
tial reduction now."
Oca National Debt. The point for
which Secretary Boutwell is heading, and
which he i3 nearing, is the funding of the
public debt at a lower rate of interest.
From abroad we hear that our credit, good
as it was before, is strengthening under the
demonstrated results of the policy which has
ruled since General Giant's inauguration.
The country is progressing in thrift. Never
before were we so energetic and bold in
building new and important railroads ; labor
is fairly employed, and most descriptions of
legitimate business are receiving good re
turns on the capital employed. We are
reducing the debt at a remarkable rate ;
too rapidly perhaps at the present rate of
interest, except as a step preliminary to the
funding process. But perhaps the cause
that is conducting to debt reduction and
credit strengthening, is the fact that stealing
of the revenues has been so nearly stopped,
and economy and honesty in disbursing them
are fully observed. It is well enough to keep
these things in mind. They pretty effectu
ally answers the critics of General Grant,
who have only to complain that they or some
of their family are not in office.
"Trust Them Not." In 18G3, when
the Democratic party stood solidly for peace,
and were preparing to pronounce the war
for the maintenance of the government a
failure, General Rosccrans, from the tented
field, wrote thus:
"Whenever they (the rebels) have the
power, they drive before them into their
ranks the Southren people, and they would
also drive us. Trust them not. Were they
able they would invade and destroy us with
out mercy. Absolutely assured of these
things, I am amazed that anyone cotlld
think of peace on any terms. He who en
tertains tne sentiment is nt only to be a
slave ; he who utters it at this time is more
over a traitor to his country, who deserves
the contempt of all honorable men."
"None but Copperheads." The Ohio
Democracy are not all for Rosecrans. An
other Convention is to be assembled under
the following call, which appears in the Bu-
cyrus Journal :
"A Convention of the Democracy of Ohio
will be held at New Washington. Crawford
county, on Wednesday, 28th July, to nomi
nate a State ticket, None but those known
as Copperheads during the war need attend.
Published according the wishes of straight-
out Democrats."
A similar movement in Pennsylvania will
be next in order. The call should read :
"None but those in favor of the poor man's
candidate need attend."
"Tan tiie Tanner.' Says the Chicago
I 'out : "See how the Democrats are trying
toteal Republican thunder, or rather Re
publican lightning, which makes no noise
ct all. They have nominated Judge Pack
er for Governor of Pennsylvania, who is as
reticent as Grant. Not only that, but he
was an original tanner. And not only that,
but lie was raised on the farm, of one John
Brown. Verily, John Brown's body lies
moldcring in the ground, but his soul is
marching on.- Now let Geary put on hi
best fighting gear, and tan the North Ston
ington tanner lively." He'll do that. You
may bet half Chicago on it, Mr. 1 W, and
win.
Worth Remembering. So much for
the "Poor Man's Candidate!" Judge
Packer has grown immensely rich on the
toil of the poor, and has always made it a
point to purchase that toil at the lowest fig
ure. So that wealth flowed into his coffers
it mattered not to him how much of suffer
ing and privation was endured by the men
in his employ. Are the toiling millions wil
ling to vote for such a man to be the Gov
ernor of this great State?
In the five district outside of, but contig
uous to the city of New York, over, $50,
000,000 of taxable incomes are assessed this
year, with an increase of nearly $300,000
in the revenue. In the seven districts of
the city, the assessment on more than $S5,
000,000 yields this year an increased reve
nue of $887,479.
Hip ! Hurrah ! A party who'asseniblcd
at the residence of Asa Packer, at Mauch
Chunk, woud ud by cheering for Geary
such we infer, at least, from the published
report, which says that the party adjourned
with cheers for the next Governor of lenn
sylcania. That, as every body knows, will
be Geary.
A Reminiscence. In 1860 Asa Packer
was a delegate to the Charleston Convention
On the nomination of Douglas he bolted
and went into the Breckinridge movement
with the secessionists. He clung to Breck
inridge and opposed Douglas to the end. It
is not recorded when, if ever, he underwent
a change.
Sacramento has doubled in population
since 1S05. It uow contains 22,000 people.
A system of levees has been completed, pro
tecting it against future danger from floods
their aggregate length is twelve miles, and
they cost over $1,000,000.
A Little of Everything.
The French eable cost 3,400 OOfl.
A band-ttj-baod affair marriage.
The oldest cup on record thehie-eop.
The Prussian diet lager beer and pretacls.
Grows larger the more yoo contract it debt
Thirty cents a day will keep a Texas family.
John C. Ileenan. the "Eenecia Boy," is dead.
The dearest little things babies and diamonds.
A senior wrangler a wife older than yourself.
The sort of horse for a baker a thorough-bred
Adrice to young men if youd be just, fear
Inot.
Floating eapital the heiress bathing at Long
Branch.
Stuffing the ballot feeding the freodincn on
barbecues.
Seaside sentiment the Atlantic Ocean long
may it wave.
A favorite tune of the milkmen "Shall we
gather at the river?"
The old State arsenal at Meadville built is 1S17,
was torn down last week.
Fifty-dollar parasols, with watches in the han
dles, are the latest agony.
A Uerglisbman wishes to know if the children
of 'Am were Haniericans?
Workmen are busily engaged in putting on tbo
roof of the new jail, at Hol!i Ja jtburg.
An ill-bred man is said to be like lightning
because he doesn't know how to conduct himself.
An enthusiastio Democratic paper in Pennsyl
vania calls Asa Packer -'the noblest work of God.
Ugh !
Acotemporary says, with a long draw'; "A
Sa?ngerfesthas been appropriately held in Ea(w)I
timore."
A dandy inquired at a fruit stall. "Are those
apples fit for a hog to eat?" "Try one and sec,"
said the woman.
Sheridan gives the following bnroorom defini
tion: Irishman a machine for eonvei ting pota
toes into human nature.
During the present season Lehigh county boasts
that a gushing damsel of that section picked and
sold SI 03 worth of cherries.
The President has ifsued proclamations for e-
lections in Mississippi and Texas, to take place
on the 30 lb of November next.
A lad named Miles had h' leg cut off by a
mowing machine, while working on his mother"s
farm, at Miies Grove, Erie county.
A little girl, nnmed Katie Pitt, has received a
premium in Platle county. Mo., for cummittitg to
memory 13 i56 verses of the Bible.
The Chicago Timts sajs: "One reason why the
Erie Kailroad does so much business is, that it
has a 'dead sure thing' on passengers "
During the late tour of the Western Editorial
Association, by common consent, iutoiicatu.g
liquors were omitted from the bills of fare.
Horace Greeley is improving in agricultural
knowledge and produce. His turnips last year
cost him only one dollar and twelve cents each
At Mercer a boy fifteen years old. named Chas.
W. Arnold, was killed by the back stroke of a
sledge hammer, with which a man was driving a
post down.
Vallandigham says the honest men of his party
are obliged to take back seats This, however,
will not damage Vallandigham'sclear title to the
very front pew.
A pretty girl says : "If it w ai. wrong for A Jam
to live single when there was not a woman on
earth, how guilty are old bachelors, with the
world full of pretty girls."
Tom aked an old "ten-percent" what he
wanted to accumulate so much money for, c-ays
he, "Ton can't take it with you when you die.uml
if you could it would melt.'
The trial of Mrs ShuRart, of Butler, for the
murder of her husband by administering poison
has been concluded. The jury rendered a verdict
of murder in the first degree
The New York World says: Andrew Johnson is
loomins np" as a candidate for Uiiited States
Senator. Does the World Uh us to understand
that A. J. is in a "weaving way ?"'
One of the delegates to the late Coppc'rhead
State Convention, publicly stated in the Conve:
tion. that he never met so many thieves and vil
latns, as were in attendance, before.
August Belmont, a bloated Democratic non-
bondholder, has been compelled to disgorge
$20,000 belonging to the Fenian organisation. Ho
was striving to come by it honestly.
The Buffalo Exprt' says "Asa Packer is old
and infirm. But it makes no difference. It is
not Packer who is running for Governor of Penn
sylvania it is bis twenty millions,"
An exchange print' that the va'uation of taxa
ble prope-.ty in Nebraska is $42. 000,000. six times
greater than in 1362. Of this, S3. 000,000 is the
property of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Harry, you oaeht not to throw away nice
bread 'ike that; you may want it some duy
"Well, mother, would I stand any better chance
of getting itfben if I should eat now ?"
I be latest undergraduate juke at I ale Collcgo
was the transfer, by midnight, of a florists sign
'-New Haven Nursery" to a conspicuous posi
tion on a flouri shing young lady's seminary.
A Cincinnati man who recently visited Maine
wrote home that it was no credit to the people
that they were temperate as a c'ass, since their
water was ro good and their whisky so poor.
The fact that Asa Packer is a man of high per
sonal character is not a mantle wide enough to
bide the disaffection and pmfligacy of the Demo
cratic 1 eaders who nominated him for Governor.
Visitors to Niagara Falls are notified that
new Treasury regulation imposes a duty of forty
five per cent, in gold; on all fancy articles pur
chased on the Canadian side and brought over
the river.
The Democratic papers, forgetting Buchanan
trips on the Harriet Lane and Andrew John.-on
excursions on the Wyandotte, are abusing Pre si
dent Grant for going to Long branch on the
Tallapoosa.
The heroes of "the White Star" and all "the
boys in blue" can have no feeling for Asa Packer.
They might have followed Hancock, but they
eannot rally to a man who never bad anysympa
thy with them,
Leading citizens of San Francisco have formed
an organisation to protect the Chinese from the
rude attacks of men and boys, which being con
strued means, from the consequences of Demo
cratic teachings.
Every enlightened monarchy on earth is yield
ing to the progress of republican principles, and
the Democrats of Pennsylvania adhere to the
dogmas of the old Secessionists, even after the
ex -confederates abandon them in disgust.
Miss Ida Lewis, the young woman who saves
shipwrecked mariners at Newport. R. I., has be
come such a lioness that last week she bad, one
day, a hundred visitors and another day a bun
dred and fifty. The Tribune suggests that she
charge a fee.
If the shrewd old leaders of the Southern De
mocracy had had the making of the Democratic
platform in Pennsylvania they would have de
clared for universal suffrage, and so outbid the
Republicans at their own game. Our Bourbons
had no such wisdom and their defeat is inevitable,
There is nothing seems to give our Demucratio
brethren more trouble than the appointment of
Honest John Covode to the Chairmanship of the
Republican State Central Committee. He is a
terror to evil doers. He knows the tricks of the
Democracy and how to baffle them, Hence, natu
rally enough, they disliko and denounce him.
The Poor Man's Candidate.
When a man permits his Eame to b? pre
sented to the people as a candidate for of
fice especially when that office is the Chief
Magistracy of the State he trrust expect
his character to be ventilated, all his ante
cedents under review and commented on.
The Beading Times has commenced this
delicate operation in reference to Asa Back
er. That paper is authority for the fact
that that gentleman amassed at least a por
tion of his wealth by driving hard bargains
with the poor. It alleges that many years
ago some twenty-six he had heavy con
tracts for boating coal to New York, having
almost a Monopoly of the business. While
engaged in this profitable, trade, he was so
hard on the boatmen that they resorted to
a str'ke. In order to persuade or force
them to continue their labor, Mr. Packer
went to South Ka-ton, where they were
congregated; but, says tne J unci, so vio-
I nt was the feeling against him that he
was siezed by the men. thrown into the Le
high, and would have been drowned but
for a timely rescue. So exa.-perated were
the ii e i again-t I'acker.that they drove the
man who had saved his life from the ground
with stones. We tell the tale as the Times
relates it ; and there is this renewal of the
subject in that paper of yesterday : "It is
a fact worthy of note that the man who
rescued Asa Packer from a watery grave on
the 31st day of July, 1S4.3, though n Dem
ocrat, is not in liivor his election as Govern
or of the State. lie knows the man and
that is sufficient. There will Lo some more
of the same sort."
Under all the circumstances the calling of
this $:20.0O0,000 nabob the "poor man's
candidate" Ly thfr Democratic press has a
queer bound. It don't strike softly on the
tympanum. I'thgrodi.
Almost Beyond Redemption. About
five weeks ago a bundle was received at the
Treasury Department at Washington, from
a German at Milwaukee, Wisconsin., with
the requesUthat the contents, which he said
was uiuttilated currency, should be redeem
ed, and good bills be returned to liitn. On
opening the package it was found to cont.-.in
about a peck of rubbish, consisting of scraps
of paper, pieces of woolen cloth, strings,
chips, nutshells, and fragments of green
backs. The German accounted for the con
futed condition of his nmtuiated currency
by stating that having saved by strict, econ
omy five hundred dollars, in order that it
might be safely kept, he tied it up in an old
rocking an 1 thtu.-t it behind a rafter be
neath the roof of his house, and the mice
made a neit of it. The peck of fragments
was turned over to two female counters,
who. after seventeen davs' labor in sorting.
matching and pasting, succeeded in rescu
ing from the mass $250, and a draft for that
amount was forwarded to the economical
German.
The Wheat Mamkft. It appears clear
from our mercantile exchanges that prices
of breadstuff.! are too high, and that there
mustbestiil another decline. A Chicago
paper says that the receipts of tin lake
ports for the -week ending July :', wore 1,
loo. MS bushels in I860, 4 -15. 170 in 1S.-.S;
and l2ol,37l2 in 1 So". For the the week end
ing July 10, the receipts at Chicago alone
were 4D3,04.s bushel s in I SCO, agains: 111,
048 in 1S6S. This rdiows an increase in
supplies during this brief interval of 2,1274, -0.10
bushels, and the increase in thi:i weeks
receipts at Chicago will be sufficient losw jll
the grand total to 3,OU0.00; bushels, with
out alloying anything for the large increase
in the receipts at Milwaukee, Toledo, De
troit and Cleveland.
From Clba. It appears by advices re
ceived licm Cuba, that on the 13th i ml 14tl
a pretty phnrp engagement was had ueai
Xuevitas, resulting in . the defeat of the
Spaniards. There was heavy skirmishing
forty miles from St. Jago de Cubii on the
12th oud 13th. On both days, the Span
iards were repulsed, losing, it i reported,
orcr 300 men. This news was received
from Cuban sources, which hitherto has
proved more reliable than the Spanish
government dispatches, and is believed
in the main to be correct. It is q-iite cer
tain that the Cubans are suffering far less
from the ravages of cholera and von.ito than
the Spanish soldiery, owing probably to the
healty and elevated positions occupied by
the former.
The Xeoro Vote. Walker was elected
.Governor of Virginia by about 18,000 ma
jority instead of 50,000, as at Srst claimed.
Clearly he was elected by the negro vote
and if his election was a Democratic tri
umph, (which by the way it was not), it was
a triumph gained by the aid of the despised
African. In reference to this the X. Y.
S'i remarks i Those fossil Democrats who
propose to make an issue agaiust the Fif
teenth amendment had better take a note
of the result in Virginia. Practically that
amendment is in operation in that State.
The fool who disembc welled the goose that
liid the golden eggs was a Solon when
compared with these fossils.
The Chicago Post saysi "Ex-Preident
Filmore, the great American gopher, came
out of his hole the other day, and with ri
diculous pomposity threw dirt at the Re
publican party, rubbed his fair, round belly
and then went back into the same hole he
came out of, astonished that tho country
wags on just the same."
The sugar seized the other day at Xew
Orleans, on account of fraud on tne revenue
has been appraised on a gold basis. Xearly
$200,000 in bonds will be required on the
same. The custom officers express the opin
ion that the parties will not be able to fur
nish the required bonds.
The Democratic papers, forgetting Bu
chanan's trip on the Harriet Lane, and Ar
drew Johnson's excursion on the Wyandotte,
are abusing President Grant for going on the
Tallapoosa to Long Branch.
By a vote of 1 10 yeas to SS nays, on Thurs
day a-wcek, the Connecticut House of Rep
resentatives passed a bill lo strike out the
word "white" from the suffrage clause in
the State Constitution.
3ft rtr gdmlisfmcnto.
A tvrrtittmriiti f up tufa " ivf, ur ,, . ,
irv.V.W; brrl.xrztddoKh',,,: ,.,, Y()''
J H. KLINK, M. D.. Phvs'iun
lrgcon, having located at 1 '(:,'
Pa., fcffers his prufesMonal services to the j,',!
mu- eurruuiitiingcottntry.
A!
I'i I'uijj-.iy auenjeu to.
July 2v'f,'.i
'!.
P
TVSSOLU'IION OF FAKTXKIlsiiip
'i lie partneiship heretofore exiMim. i '
tween the undrsi,;nca in the Mercantile ,T,
Lumbering busine. at Biild II iliac, was d:oIv !
by mutual consent on the l'Jth day of July.
The books and accounts are in the han.ls ,f t i.
Jrwin for settlement. F. I! 1KWIX
July 23. ii'j'J ALEX. lk" t'x.
N. 11. The business will be continued by
Irwin at the old stand "
O C1IOOL TAX. Notice is hereby gi70n"
that the School Directors ot ('Varinii
l'.orough have placed in the hands of the Sch.,I
Treasurer a eertiSed duplicate of the Seh .il
tor !S'('J, and all persons shall be entitlej i0
abatement of five percent, on thuir tax. i,n ,.JV.
mcut of the same to the Treasurer.ut bit rcsidei.iV
on or before the 2sih day of October next. 1;.
pariiculir and read the Act of A-eujlilv at iia
tout of the notice left at vour reei-lnee
July 2S 4t J. M KK ITI.tbEK.; KU . Tre ,
Q UP II AX'S COURT S A LK.
In pursuance of an order of the Orphan'.. f,o.t
of Clearfield county, the niidersignvl. Aditirj.
trator of the estate of Sarah Ann Jury. I:ue , t
said county, dee d, will cell at putlie.ale (.B
premises, on
WEDXESDAi'. SEPTEMBER Ut. w.
the following described real estate of j.ii.l J?
ed. to w it : A II Lnt certain tract of !:it il
in tiirard township, said county, cei.ta:i;ii.:
acres. 141 perches ai.d allowance, and I" it j ';,e
same prem ij-e.. couveved to sai l Sarab Ai.n .!u-T
Irum Horace Petehin and wile, by dteU .iu:-'j
June I--;th. A D . isi'7,ai:d recorded in rieai;;i- i
J county, in Deed llwofc U U." pages i-U.
Tkrus r Sale. One-third cash on confine
tiou of fale. nud the balance in two eiju.it ain.uii
p.-iytuents thereafter the la'ter two j-hi n;er. .
with interest, to be secured by ond .-tnd mut;.! t
on the re mi -os. Joil.N' It. Cl;it.
July 2, IMiii-lt. Admitti..! rater.
'TOriCK. All persons knowing th-.-iii-selves
indebted to me will please ral
ani settle at once The books are at l!.c st .re t.f
Wljiteoiub .t Townsend. Osceola. Pa.
July -M ls,V.'-tf (i. S. I'KKIIY.
rrowN pi:on:::iT roi: salh -tic
undersigned will sell, at private sale, t n
reasonable terms, cv.wr.t I valu-iblo town proper
ties. Any iierson wishing to purchase a bnu.-e
and lot bad Letter call.
July !!. lsi;j. II E. SWOOI'E.
LXMSALK the old Methodist L'hur.-h,
-- siniateoti Cherry Street, Clearfield. I 'a ,
will he sold at p.tva;e sale on reasonable tor'ii.
The building is largo, and in good condition, i v
order of the Trustees.
July U. ISti'J O V K11EEM se-r v.
TX TI1K COURT of Common Pleas, f
-1- Clearfield county :
UAIUtlioN A ODLLL.et.al , ) No 141 .March T.
vs lsr,o
JOHN Tt'KLEY. ) I'.t'n Ait..chiBc-,t
Now. 2-fth June. 1 ;. T. .1 MTullouh. l ; i 1
L. K rebs, end Wni. A! M'Culiough. a;.!...i :( 1
Trustees, noeording to the provui'-iis o: Ui u;t
of assrully: 'y t! e Ct.nn.
Notice is hereby g. yen. by the under-i'r.f t ,.,
rei-le in the Horoch of ClenrrieM. M' ft.eir
pointmeut as ahoye stated. nl alt :p"i .l
debted to the said John Turleyf or I".! iiu j.r-;
erty belonging to bim. are required to j.-tv.n.i
deliver all such itinis of money and pro: er'v i,.-j
and belonging to him. to the underpinned Tru-tri-,
and all creditors pre requested to pie-eiit iK:r
respective uccounts and demands.
T J M Cri.I.'T iil.
i vi: i, KKi:r.s
w.'ii. :.i ct i.i."i on
July 21. isr9. Tiu-i. es.
TN TIIK COURT of Common J'.Vas
Clearfield county 1
.f
FinsT NATIONAL HANK
No lis Ma r,h T
ot c.L.i..w:; :M.i. kt au
ore'irri A'la-V;
or.OKOK W.Sltl.VMEL J
Now. 2-iTn June. IsM. Ii.Kl 1. 1 rib. T .1.
M'Cai:oub-!i, and Win. M M""ui:-.uh. a ; ': I
Tru-iees. according to the provisions of ilie i f
A.seiii l'!y. l.'y ti.e i i.ur:
Notice is hereby triven.t.y 0,p moj. r-ii.t.i r:.o
roMde in the llorouh of ClearrjeM of rl,"ir ar'
poititmeut as above state-1 . and all (ot..:-
del. ted to tho said O corre Y . sh iuiiue 1 ..r !;::...:
prep'Tty belonging to lorn, are ivqaip-'l t" J'.v
and deliver all such suiosuf laon. v a d . r . . r 1
due and l.elou i 1115 to sui.l deter JaM ' !t' fc1'
ilersiued Trustees, and all ere ii:nr-' r.:c uV-'.rei
lo preceui their respective arei.iii.is or ara..na.
T. J ..!' til! '.!!.
invfi I. K;;k:;-
W. M. -Vi'Ct U.of.ll.
July 21.v,9-it. 1 ;'
VOTH'li All ersons are lu re! ynoiiCol
notrto trust or harbor .Mary Mi-Mate -i
as a ton-nhin eh-iroe she heirer able to lt!iiri-
tain herself, the township will r-.tv ro ilrl.ts of
hcrcoiitrar-tinir. ALO.M IlLHI'M '.N.
jy I4,'d'j :i:-j0 cts due Ovurseer lieccarit p.
DISSOLUTION' OP PART-VKKSHIi'.
The partnership heretoioi e cxiinu I c
twecn the un lersijrned in the wa;on 1i:::ki:jJ l
siness has been di.sieved by uju-u.il co:irrit -!l
persons indebted lo the said firm are n-quef: t
make immediate settlcnent. and th".e b-o-itj
claims will present thcin. WM M KM' HIT
July H.Y.il. CHAS JANV.T
TXTIIK DISTRICT C 1T.T OF T.1F.
A Unitid States, for the Western J':-'" '
of Pennsylyaniu : At Clearfield the !"!h
June. iSdll :
To wi:n rT v covrr.rtv : The DS'ler-i--'!
hereby eives notice of h is nitpoiiitment'iis a.ic'r
of Iavid Persins. of Mi.sliaui.on Stmi '" ,ce
county of Clearfield ai.d Mate ot IVrn'vlvir.'.
within the said I'isiriet who has been a-lja-lJ'
IiaiiKruptna creditors' petition ly the L'istr."
Court of said lUtrict.
4t. A. A Am Ms. A - f :;r.e.
To the creditors of said Eankrupt.
pXECUTOIl'tf XOTICi:.-I--fterT.r
tatiientarv on the estate of le.ttiti--
Fulton, late of iurniac tuwr.;-h:f'
hating been granted to the unuei
tiee is hereby ifiyen I i.l all persons
le.,ri-,t.
.ir.eJ.
il..let.:ci M
Slid estate are requested to make iu.tiicl''M,J-"
luent. and those havin; claims attain' ''e ?"t
will present them, properly sn::.i ii-'"',u- "
settlement to JA.Vil.s KH'.'l.r-
June 30. IsoS-fitp ' 5""J' ' .
DMIXISTIIA
ters of Adm
atoks' xoiiu-..
T .
ministration on tic -
r t? j.. .:u ,,r i: m h.irrj TTi.ccv ..
having been granted to the un,,er?'? , jj.i
is hereby given that all persons index "
estate are required to make in mediate 17
and ttiose having claims attain!
sent them, properly authentic:!
,e:l forse"!"-
to IKA.Mi:
foi..i;o t..
June ."0. lS69-6t pd. A.irn...
iir i VTPn ai'.wtv for
iv.f.
IV-
w r witii
fi:!l
directions and forms for all t"nacfjoiif " -f
State, by Theophilus Parsons. L I ' r . , r
of Law in Harvard University A.B?"fb'"j,r,rt
everybody. Explaining every kmaot ' rlW
and icgafobligation and sliowiss
and execute them. The hijrhet and
: .u- i-.j .i r. r liheral terms. -"
J ii uie iiiuu. no v. " - ,-
r.., . n... k;i,i !,,.! fcrjt rrre
Je 2 ,fi9-:im.l
U1BWH.VB A CO .r"
Fs-
T ISSOLUTIOX.-The partners nip u .. J
XJ tofore existing between the u'!:K'r,ll .(
in the Mercantile business, in the i' -
Clearfield, wa dissolved by mutual oar
June 14 th . 1 Sfi9. The books and a"r oi
firm are in the bands of I. O 'vi,nerrcVut
ment Persona indebted to said firm are M
ed to settle their accounts at as '".'tyi,
N. B. The business will be continueil
old stand by D U. Nivling Thankful '
fayors he would solicit a cou tinuance oi J
"VITHITB WiXE VlXEtJAhw-a "TIK.
jsJeJorpjckJing.ijaleJJjlJ1- "
7 ALL PAPER new and
Y suitable for parlors, balls and d "'r-,K-?.
sold cheap at JVjl--
TP KRATYER tells the best "'"'jjiei.'
. patent snaths. Khode.cilebratei
hay forks, solid .teal shoveU.boe. V"K
harvest cans, Ac.
hiplere-