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CIJCARFIELD, PA., AUG. 25, 1869.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
roa oovroii:
JOKCT W. GtABY, of Cumberland to.
BOB JtTDBB OP IDPRBMB COCBTt
HENET W. WILLIAMS, of Allegheny co.
Repudiation Pendleton finds running
for Governor in Ohio, "a bard road to trav
el." ITh majority will be about equal to
"Valland.vgum8."
CoMMis.siosr.a Delono by bis decision
against the Brokers, adds $y,500,000 per
annum to the internal receipts. A firm anil
upright officer is a great national blessing.
We ARE GLAD to see that the rumor of
Secretary Rawlins' declination is contradict
cd. ' No mancouM Cll the part of Secretary
of War with more credit and ability than
Gen. J. A. Rawlins.
The "Age" thinks the niau who "chuck
ed Asa Packer into the Lehigh" must have
been the same man "who struck Billy Pat
terson." Probably, but one thing is cer
tair "Asa tcent under."
The N. Y. World says there is to be an
earnest effort to wake up the Democracy of
Iowa. How much? Earnestness in the
Democratic ranks of Pennsylvania is now
understood to mean money.
The Catholic Telegraph, published at
Cincinnati, in a late edition says : "It will
be a Kloriaus day for Catholics when, under
the blows of justice and mortality, our com
mon school system will be shattered to
pieces."
We are in receipt of "Tbo Evening
News," a sprijrhdy daily published in Cleve
land, Ohio. Should any of our friends de
iire a live Western paper, we would advise
them to send for the "Evening News.
Price $6 a year.
We find on our table a new paper called
the "Tunkhannock Republican." It
neat in appearance and exhibits more than
ordmary editorial ability. True to its name
it surriorts Gearv and Williams. We wish
it abundant success.
Sixty time was Major General John W
Geary under fire, and was never defeated
when in command. In one of the fiercest
battles of th war his first-born son was shot
down by his side. His field service was of
the hardest kind from the opening of th
war to its close. How reads Aa Packer'
record? '
ExcorRAGiXG news reaches us from the
insurgent Cubans. They have a new ally in
the slaves of Spanish masters, who are de
serting to the Cubans and arming. The
voniito season has well nigh passed, and if
the period of relaxation has ben properly
improved by drill, a sttong army will go forth
to battle for freedom iu the next campaign.
The Democatie Treasurer of Franklin
county, Ohio, is a defaulter to the amount
of $15,000. The party nominated him for
re-election. His bondsmen are trying to
dodge the payment of the deficiency, and
. as they are good Democrats, and control
the county they will probably succeed. Such
things have occurred in other places than
Ohio.
The Republicans of Huntingdon county
Lave nominated the Hon. John Swoope for
Assembly. Mr. S. was a member of the
Legislature some years since and proved
himself an honest, capable representative.
AVe bore that the other counties in the dis
trict, Mifflin and Juniata, will ratify the
nomination made by our friends in Hunting
don county.
Last October Horatio Seymour prophe
. eied that on the 1st of July,1869, the Treas
ury, under Republican rule, would show a
denciency ot si5U,uou,uuu. ine balance
on hand, according to Mr. Boutwell's state
ment, being over ft 55,000, Utw, it appears
that Seymour is only about three hundred
millions out of the way, which is do'ng very
well for him.
Lrr not our friends, in every election
District, forget that the Registry Law is in
force. See to it at onca that you ate regis
tered. Attend to it in time. Ask your
Republican neighbor if he has attended to it,
See that every voter is on the list i tits is
a most important matter, and requires im
mediate attention. Let no man lose bis
vote for want of it. Go about it at once.
John W. Geary was born in a "log cab
in," near Mount Pleasant, in Westmore
land ctmnty, in 1S19. He is now in his 50th
year, vigorous, hale and active.
Asa Packer was born in Connecticut, in
1805, and is now in his 64th year, feeble,
avaricious, and gouty. He will be effectu
ally depleted by the Copperhead leeches
swarming around him, and will scarcely sur
vive the canvass.
The Democratic District Coherence met
at Tioaesta lart week, and nominated John
G. Hall, of Ridgeway, for Assembly. H
couldn't carry bis cwn county for the nouii
nation. The county convention split the
majority instructing for C. R. Early, and
only eleven delegates being for HalL But
being a tool of Wallace, the Clearfield toa
dies nominated biui. He is a poor squirt,
and, if elected at all, will run far behind his
ticket throughout the district.
The Chicago Post has this:" Mr. Asa
Packer in his letter accepting the guberna
torial nomination of the Pennsylvania Dem
ocracy, tays : "My reliance, in accepting
the position of candidate, and in agreeing to
perform executive service for the 1 e ple, is
ot alone upon my own strength. Cer- j
winly not Mr. Packer s main reliance is
on his greenbacks, of which he has about aa
many as any other "bloated bondholder.
Asa Packer deserted the friends of Ste
phen A. Douglas, at the Charleston Con
vention in 1360 he .entertained. Vallandig-
bam at his own house, during the tear, and
he was nominated at Harrisburg, through
the interest of such men as Frank Hughes,
Alderman M'Mullin and Brick Pomeroy.
Such a record settles fate with the loyal
people ot Pennsylvania. They will never
permit the State Government to fall into
ebel hands.
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund
give notice that ttey will receive bids for
the Redemption of One Million dollars of
the Loan of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, due July 1, 1S70. This is another
evidence that the present Republican admin
istration is determined to extinguish the
debt saddled upon the people by the Demo
cracy when in power. The Democrats crea
ted our vast State debt, and the Republi
cans are paying it off. Jjet the tax payers
remember these facts when they go to the
polls on the Second Tuesday of next Oc
tober.
The New York Evening Post speaking of
the situation of the two political parties.de
scribes that of the Democrats exactly in a
few words, as follows : "Pledged to oppose
Chinamen in California and negroes in Ohio
but affiliating with them both in Virginia
and Tennessee ; supporting repudiation in
Ohio and Kentucky, and compelled to op
pose it in New York and Pennsylvania ; de
nouncing military usurpation in Texas, but
having a Governor to uphold in New York
for taking military possession f a railroad
the Democratic managers have a heavy and
inharmonious load to carry."
Pennstlvania bad, on the fourth of
March last, two thousand six hundred and
eighty-nine post offices ; twenty-nine since
established and three discontinued ; tb
names and sites of thirteen offices have been
changed. Total number of offices on the
first instant, two thousand seven hundred
and fifteen. Two hundred and forty-nine
postmasters have resigned, and two hundred
and ninety seven .been removed, and ten
died : eleven vacancies caused by the change
of names and sites of offices. Sixty-two ap
pointed by the President, and five hundred
and thirty-four by the Postmaster General.
The old soldiers of the war ot 1812 are
making increased efforts to obtain an act of
justice which they well deserve to be placed
upon the United States pension list. These
now aged men who neglectsd their business
and left their families at the call of their
country, and did all that was required of
them, receiving therefor but eight dollars a
month while in service, now demand that
they and the widows of these soldiers, be
pensioned the same as soldiers of the late
war, all of whom received large sums of
money in the way of bounty, &c. These old
men can only live a few years longer an
many of them are now in very necessitous
circumstances, and we trust that our mem
bers of Congress ill promptly grant this
moderate and humane demand.
Of the many horrible developments made
in many monastic establishments of the Ro
man Catholic church, few are more revolt
ing and inhuman than the one recently
brought to light at Cracow, in Poland, a
full account of which is to be found on our
first page. That this cruelty and vandal
ism could exist in a Christian church in the
nineteenth century is almost too incredible
for belief. But the account is too well au
thenticated to be discredited. The sooner
nunneries and monasteries are abolished. the
better it wpl be for Christianity and civiliza
tion. They arc relics of the barbarism of
the dark ages, and could not exist if their
barred doors and gloomy cloisters were
opened to the glad sunlight of a true and
free and progressive Christianity.
It is claimed that the cotton crop this
year will exceed that of last about 500.000
bales, and this crop will be worth more to
the South than in I860-61, for it is nearly
all surplus. The South now raises (or
claims to raise) as much food as is necessary
for consumption, which was not the case in
former years. Cotton was then sold to pur
chase supplies. In rcgaid to sugar, Louisi
ana has made nearly 500,000 hogsheads,
and the price will be kept up by the troub
les in Cuba. SuL-ar lands have advanced in
price, and are largtly sought for, and as soon
as skilled laborers can be procured in abun
dance, the production of sugar can be made
to reach a million of hogsheads. As the
molasses pays the whole cost of cultivation,
the profits are very large. This is the effect
of freedom. Whi advocated this freedom
iu the past? Was it the Democratic party?
We chronicle the following claimed Dem
ocratio victories over elections that .have
taken place this year, thus far:
Alabama election, 12,000 Republican ma
jorety ; 4.2S0 for Grant ten months ago.
Kentucky election, between 40,000 and
50,000 Democratic majority. One year ago
nearly 80,000. We noticed roosters in seve
ral Democrat!') papers crowing over this
result.
Virginia election, a negro suffrage gov
ernor ; less than 2,000 Republican votes
nine years ago, out of a total vote of over
165,000. Claimed this year as a great
Democratic victory, although there was no
straight Democratic ticket in the field.
Tennessee has this year elected a negro
suffrage Governor. No out-and-out Demo
cratic ticket was placed in the field ; yet a
great Democratic victory ia claimed, with
the Brownlow, negro suffrage party victo
rious. If Democrat can receive encouragement
from such glorious victories, the present out
look indicates their happiness will be com
plete era the middle of October.
The Tribune well says, that whatever
else may be said of Mr. Pollard's late look,
it can never be denied that it was written
I y a perfect gentleman. The author's de
scription of Mrs. Jefferson Davis sufficiently
attests bis claim to be regarded as a cheva
lier without shame and without reproach.
Mrs. Davis, according to Mr. Pollard, "is a
Lrawny, able-bodied woman, who has
'much more of masculine mettle than of
'feminine grace. Her complexion is tawny,
'even to the point of uiulaltoism ; a woman
loud and coarse in her manners, and full
'of social self assertion." The South lor
half a century has been charging the North
with alack of good breeding; and we ven
ture to say that in all the North nobody
could hare been found to write aud then
print a description of a lady's ' person so
complimentary as this. There are, it must
be confessed, certain graces of character in
which we are still deficient.
Mrs. Harriet Beachf.r Stowe has
written an article for the Atlantic Monthly,
professing to give the true reason for the
separation of Lord and Lady Byron. She
states that while on a visit to England, Lady
Byron, before her death, confided 'o her the
secret carefully hidden from all the rest of
the world and that it was no less than the
horrible crime of incest that Lord Byron
ived in adultery with his sister.
This most revolting and improbable story
is pnbiihhed without any evidence whatever,
and rests wholy upon the veracity of Mrs.
Harriett Beecber Stowe. We do not be
lieve it. Bad as Byron undoubtedly was,
there is nothing in bis history to justify an
accusation so utterly revolting. Mrs. Stowe
may have succeeded in creating a sensation,
but it is one that will add nothing to her
reputation either as a chaste woman or an
accomplished writer. The story if true
ought not to have been published. If false
it is the vilest slander thatras ever perpe
trated upon the dead. That it is false, we
most sincerely believe.
A remarkable escape of an excursion
train ot 2,000 persons on the Camden and
Amboy railroad lately, deserves more no
tice than has been given to it. As the train
neared the crossing on the Camden and Am
boy road, at Camden, the flagman signalled
that all was right, and the heavy loaded
train kept on. When it was near the cross
ing a special train on the Amboy came in
sight around the curve, approaching at
hijih speed. The flagman instantly.display
ed the red flag, but neither train could stop.
Most fortunately, one of the brakemen on
the excursion train had the remarkable
presence of mind to cut the train and put
the brakes down on the cars cut off, which
so slowed them that a gap in the train was
formed just at the crossing, and the Amboy
train dashed through, and no injury was
done. But for this the . loss of life that
must have occurred would have been fearful
beyond description. The name of the brake
man should be given to the public; and if
the company has a particle of the right feel
ing he will be given a substantial testimoni
al for his tiaiely and noble act. -
There is a great dissatisfaction among
the Ohio Demncracy in regard to the man
ner of Pendleton's nomination by the4State
Committee. It has been suggested and by
Democrats, too that the whole thing was
a trick, and so clumsily done as to be pal
pable to the most careless observer. The
indecent haste with which the thing was
fixed up" gives countenance to the suspi
cion, ine nomination ot lioseerans was
attended, with circumstances strongly sug
gestive 6f something more than met the eye.
It is now asserted that it was forced on the
convention with the almost certain knowl
edge that it would be declined by Rosccrans,
and the way thus left open for the next
move in the game. Then, when the ex
pected dispatch from Rosecrans was receiv
ed, no attention was paid to the announce
ment that a letter was on the way, but a
meeting of the Central Committee was an
nounccd immediately. On assembling, the
committee, without the decent formality of
waiting for the official declination of Rose-
crans, and without stopping to discuss, or
even mention, any other candidates lor the
nomination ; without asking Judge Rainey,
the next highest on the list in the final bal
lot, and the real favorite in the convention,
was really out of the canvass ; without cast
ing a thought on McCook or Carey, or wast
ing a glance on Sayler, united in a dispatch
to Pcndletoa tendering hiui the nomination.
and Pendleton, without a moment's delay.
accepted it. If the whole thing was not a
"fixed up affair" from the commencement,
then appearances strangely belie it.
A mother's influence is proverbial.
early every man who has raised to dis
tinction aud acquired fame, and especially
every one who has proved a benefit and a
blessing to the world, owjs his success and
his achievments to the training received in
infancy and youth from a virtuous and sen
sible mother. Governor John W. Geary
had such a mother. Her maiden name was
Margaret White, and she was a native of
V. ashington county, Maryland. She in
herited from her father several families of
slaves. When they came into her actual
possession, she first educated and thon
emancipated them all. She absolutely re
fused to bold her fellow beings in bondage,
though in giving them education and free
doin she impoverished herself. She was a
noblo woman, full of grand impulses and
generous deeds.
That her son should be an inveterate en
emy of the slave power was only to be ex
pectcd. This enmity, thus religiously im
planted, has been illustrated in his whole
career. When in California he battled earn
estly, side by side with Fremont and Brode-
rick, to keep the dark eurse from her virgin
soil. As Governor of Kan3as, he planted
himself a barrier to its forcible introduction,
while during the four long years of the re
bellion he met and hurled back its armed
legions on a hundred battle fields. His
time, his money, bis blood, bave all been
given to the great cause of human freedom.
He has, therefore, accumulated no fortune,
but he has laid up a treasure of good deeds,
more valuable than all the wealth of Croesus.
G-odiy's Lady's Book, for September
has been received. It contains its usual va
riety of attractions steel engravings, fash
ion plates, and patterns. Every lady should
1 have it.
Wattos'8 Art Journal, for August 15th
is on our table. It is devoted to various arts,
sciences, and music It has lately been en
larged and much improved. A new feature
ban just been added. A beautiful fashion
plate and pattern accompanies each weekly
number. Subscription price $4 a year in
advance ; with fashion plates sad patterns
7:50. Address, Watson's Art Journal,
740 Broadway, N. Y. .
That the Democracy do not entertain the
least hopes of electing Asa Packer, is plain
ly manifest from the following colloquy be
tween a political contemporary and a sup
porter ot Packer :
"We are zone ud." says the worthy and
staunch Democratic friend. "It is just as
I thought it would be," he continued, with
a doletul countenance and solemn voice.
We are whiuned and might just as well
acknowledge the corn aud give it up !"
"V hat 8 the trouble t we meekly in
quired. "Why Packer's money bags 1 curses on
them!"
"Indeed," said we, "It is Packer's mon
ey bags that were nominated, or that nomi
nated Packer."
"1 hat's it exactly. That's the very rock
upon which we have split. I wish Packer's
money was at the d L - Why, sir, there is
not a contemptible little whippersnapper of
a country editor, there is not a rum seller
belonging to the party, there is not n loafer
or a bummer, that shouts for us or votes our
ticket, that is not clamoring for a share of
Packer's money. Wherever we turn, some
fellow seizes us by the button bole and de-
mands his part, the trutu.is, it 1'acker
parj. The truth,is, if Packer
had a hundred millions, instead of turenh.
and scattered among them every farthing,
he eould not satisfy their insatiate cravings.
There is no use talking. Geary is elected."
During last week President Grant visited
Gen. Kane, ot the famous Buck tail Rcgi-
ment,at his residence on the Philadelphia
and Erie Railroad. He seemed to enjoy
himself a mot g the mountains, and was eve
rywhere received with the greatest enthusi
asm by the people. A correspondent gives
the following interesting account ot a nsb
ine excursion : The Presideut in his fisher
man's "outfit"emb!ed very much a di
ver without his helmet and body dress, or.
perhaps, the finhermen who fi-h with the
seine. With his rod in his right hand and
exchanging glances between the watar and
he overhanging branches ot the trees lie
raded into the water. Meanwhile Jesse
Grant had his rod in regular order, was
perched on a log, and in a few minutes haul
ed out a fine trout, the first cauehu The
uvenile fisherman had nulled out four.
when the President, who complained that
he "had plenty of bites but no fish," brought
out a fine speciaien. lhe President was
now evidently interested in the sport, and
presented a picture which it would have
honored a nation to bave seen. He stood
in the middle of the stream, knee deep ir.
the water, holding his rod in his right hand
aud supporting himself stooping with his
left on his knee, lie was Lusi.y engaged
maneuvering the fly near a log which lay
across the stream, lie bad his eys intent
ly fixed upon the fly, and seemed about as
determined "to catch that trout" as he was
on the field of battle to beat his enemy.
Senator Cameron, who had made an agree
ment with Gen. Alieu that he would string
all the fish the General - would catch, not
being much engaged in hit piscatorial la
bors on the Clarion, joined, in company with
the General, the rest of the paity on the
Sttaieht creek.
Notwithstanding a consideaule amount ot
conversation and congratulation over each
fish caught, the old proverb familiar to all
hshcrnieu in regard to the treouent luck
attending such recreations, the day's sport
was highly compensating. In four hours
twelve d'zen were nicely stowed away in
the fishing ba.-kets. Of this number the
President caught nearly two dozen. Master
Jesse Grant a baker s dozen.
The allowance of time being consumed, the
party put up their rods, and atter ludultrius
in a lunch set out ou their teturu.
Upon arriving at the house a one story
frame of Mrs. ViethoS, it was found that
that roodly dame had bestirred herself.
She had been taken by surprise, but she was
not to be outdone. Over the eate she had
sprung an arch and decorated it with hem
lock boughs, and in the centre was suspend
ed a beautiful wreath of flowers. From
this to the outer gate she bad ranged
boughs ot trees,ioruiing a pathway of green
leading to the road, lo say the least, this.
as a mere matter of manual labor, was no
small four hours work, and, united with
the devoted spirit which actuated it, was
an example worthy ot imitation and reflection
by every man, woman aud child in the na
lion. An u Bible woman thus out ot the
fullness of her heart doing homage to the
head of the aation, one until late years
practically out of the hunts of civilization
exhibiting a soul burning with such devo
tion to her chief magistrate and her cosvtry
such is the woman, humble as she may
be. to be the mother ot men.
The President was deeply impressed. All
the giddy fashion and luxury that wealth
alone can bestow, I doubt not, never struck
so sensitive a chord of his heart as the sun
pie and honest tribute of respect paid him
by Mrs. Viertioff. The President dismount
ed at once, and. to the still more intense
delitht of the irood did lady, entered her
house and conversed with her for a few
moments and took a tin"cup of water.
After reaching the couveyances leu at
Mr. Burlingame's the horses were again
harnessed. J he President insisted upon
returning to the town on horseback. Gen,
Kane, as courteous as he is gallant, prompt
ly resolved to accompany his distinguished
guest, though his wounds received in the
late war in a measure unutted nnu lor e
questrian exercises.
On the return to Kane, the party met
with a brilliant and unexpected reception
Huge bonfires burned in the forest in front
ot U en. Kane s home, i he village peop:
had assembled with drum and hte and
small cannon. Th "fishing party" walke
up to the house.and were received.congrat
uiated and risidlv interrogated by Mr. Cor
bin, well supported by Mrs. Grant, Mrs.
Coroin and Mrs. Kane.
The viilaire neonle soon mustered an
marched bv the front of the house. There
were men. women and children and infants
in arms. The nene was novel and agree
able. The bonfires lighting up the lorest
of gigantic hemlock, the sound of martial
music, the firing of a small cannon, the
President, Sena! or Cameron and the other
gentlemen standing the m centre ot tnepiaz
za.tbe ladies in h tmek ground and the vil
lage people approaching, was a scene seldom
if ever witnessed On the green the Presi
dent shook hands with the people, after
which their ucoeeded in draw
ing him out" in a few words. The Presi
dent said :
"I have been with you several days in
these wild woods. I have enjoyed a pieas
ant visit here, and thank you for your kind
ness.
Senator Cameron. General Allen an
General Kane sai.l a few words also. The
crowd then returned to the village.
A Little of Everything.
Sacramento river sand U aid to
jserton.
Kapoleon has the Rheumatism.
be worth J8
So has-the
Empire.
The news from Cnba looks well for the patri
otic cause.
General Fremont hat gone to Denmark with
nil family.
Bayard Taylor ha been elected a Professor in
Cornell University.
Six million tons of bituminoui coal were mined
in thii State last year.
The Mormon are anticipating a -big split. We
hope it will come soon.
Stanton ia rusticating in New Hampshire, and
his health ii improving. '
Roteon has gone on a trip down the Southern
coftft. Robeson cruise, 0 :
A Saratoga correspondent writes Uxot that place
as "colored grecian bend."
Twenty-five ladies have been admitted to Cam
bridge University, in England.
Gov. Geary spoke in Greensbnrg last week to a
urge and enthusiastic meeting.
Men slip on water when it is frosen and Dem
ocrats on whiskey when it isn't.
Chase is still manceuvering for the Presidency.
Be belongs to the "evergreens."
Jn Ira Dent is makinr a fool of himself He
beats the famons Binckley all hollow.
B u
Every man who la in favor of Repudiation if
'bo a Free Trader. They go hand in hand.
It ia not so Bosey in Ohio lately, yet the De
mocracy insist that everything is lovely there.
Two hundred Catholio priests are coming from
Rome to labor among the negroes of the South.
An exchange think that the Chinese, for an
indastrious people, have a great number of ulltt
Buckalew has been nominated for the State
Sennte. Wallace will have to '-stand from under.''
Albany. Kentucky, has a lady of one hundred
and nineteen who is "alive, healthy and able to
walk.
The Labor Congress politely invited Mis Sosan
B. Anthony to "takonp her bag and walk'' and
she mixsled.
Almost every murderer who has been hanged
for a year past, confessed on the gallows that rum
camod his misfortune
Andy Johnson and Emerson Etbridge are the
rival candidates for the U.S. Senate, in Tennes
see. "Bad'd the best."
The water supply of Philadelphia il giving
out. Some other means to get water mast be de
vi.ed in addition to Fairmount.
Secretary Seward is gazing serenely oh the
$7,200,000 worth of icebergs and mountains he
bought for this glorious country.
A Connecticuter invested a dollar and a half in
a rattlesnace, opened a shew at ten cents a head,
and cleared about six dollars a day
How poor is the man without money? Vet how
much poorer is the man with nothing bat money
whether it be thousands or millions? -
A negro, after gating at the Chinese, exclaim
ed : "If de wh ite folks is dark as dat out dar, 1
wonder what's de color ob de niggers.
Tobacco smoking ts an Unmitigated nuisance.
It is offensive to everybody but the smoker, and
sooner or later wilt be the death of him
Scene at Long Branch Wife : "The horrid
surf roaket me keen my mouth shut." Sarcastic
husband: -'Take some of it home with you."
The Harvard crew in England are rising in
pablio estimation. The victory of the Oxford
men is not now regarded as absolutely certain
Jeff. Davis is "swinging around the circle" in
Scotland, in company with Mackey who wrote
the lying letters for the London Time during
the rebellion. '
An Americsn who broke his ankle by a railroad
accident in Hese Darmstadt, Germany, in June
last, was paid $1000 gold, damages by the rail
road company
If the Chinese accomplish no other good in
this country, they can at least ninke way wiih the
cats, rats and dogs. They are exceedingly fund
of pups well cooked.
Democrats ought to Know what is coming when
tbey say that no man in his sober senses doubts
the election of Packer a shrewd way of saying
the Democracy prettj generally doubt it.
The great Colorado canon, lately explored, is
Dve hundred miles long a subterranean river,
with rapids and cascades, fl wing between walls
of rock from two to three thousand feet high.
The lirilish Government baa taKen possession
of all th Telegraph lines in the British Kingdom
The cost of telegraphing will be so much reduced
that it will be within the reach of everybody.
The Democratic party will not suffer from the
droath, and it does not complain of it. The mem
bers avoid the use of water as a beverage, and it
is their boast to be numbered with the Great L'n
washed.
In the United States the coffee consumed anna
ally, averages feren pounds to each person. This
does not include the quantity nsed by Democrat
ic committees for manufacturing "coffee colored I
papers."
The Luzerne county Germans have left the
Democratic party in disgust at the frauds perpe
trated by the Irish Democrats in the County Con
vention, and have formally united with the Re
publican
In the parish of St. Bernard, Louisiana, seven
Chinamen have been allowed to vote. Having
Irish wive they voUd the Democratic tiaket of
course. Miscegenation and Democracy one and
inseparable.
An old gentleman of eighty seven has been ar
rested in Miseouri for defrauding th revenue. He
iu a soldier under the great Napoleon, and has
a large number of children, the eldest being six
ty and the youngest two.
Four ruffian in Tennessee rushed into a aegro
church, near Carthage, and deliberately shot
dead the minister. Thomas M'Clellan. a he was
engaged in prayer with several person who had
gone to the "anxious seat.'
"I cannot imagine," said an Alderman, "why
my whiskers should turn gray so much sooner
than the hair of my head." '-Because," observ
ed a wag, "yon have worked so much harder
with yonr jaws than your brains."
In China everything is upside down. The
Chinese are introducing their topiey turvty cus
toms to California, and we read of a San Fran
ciacan boy having reproved his father for prof an
it j, and finally ending up by having him arrested
Petroleum V. Nasby announce himself as
Democratic candidate for 3overaor in Ohio. Hi
"record oaght to secure bim an entbusiartio
support, and he had just as much right to nomi
nate himself a the State Committee had to nom
inate Pendleton.
A telegram from Frankfort, Kentucsy, is very
expressive. It read thus: "The election returns
come in slowly, but it 1 ascertained that no
Confrdtrate offierr or holditr has brru drftated for
any ijjief." That is as pointed a a rebel bayonet.
Comment is superfluous.
Ia the county of Asa Packer, "where Li pos
sessions lie," there is considerable trouble over
the handling of the money, which it i alleged
will be lavishly dispensed to give the "boatman'
friend" the gubernatorial chair. The fight is a
bitter one, and the rogue may fall oat.
The much boasted English convert to the
Church of Borne, are quietly returning to the
faith of their fathers. Arnold, Falgrare, Wal
ford, and Mr. Damans" son, have all got back
into tb fold of the Episcopal Church, being ut
terly disgusted with, their Komiah experience.
The career ot Asa Packer furnishes some
excellent subjects lor the artists. The
"West Chester Republican offers a liberal
compensation to any one who will furnish
accurate and careful paintings of that dis
tinguished individual as he appeared under
the following circumstances :
Illustration No. 1. Asa Tackcr, the
Democratic candidate for Governor, as he
appeared previous to being immersed in the
ix-nigu rviver, Dy inaignaut ooauueu.wuuui
he wished to compel to work at starvation
prices, that he might accumulate a fortune
of $20,000,000! The boatmen should also
be faithfully represented, as they appeared
upon rhafr memorable occasion !
Illustration Xi. 2. Asa Packer, the
Democratic candidate for Governor, as he
appeared when entering t he turbulent waters
of the "raging canawl," together with the
positions of the several individuals standing
on the bank, witnessing as well as assisting
him to perforin the fearful feat I
Illustration No. 3. Aa Packer, the
Democratic candidate for Governor, as he
arose from beneath the waters, and what he
did there !
Illustration so. 4. Asa Packer, the
Democratic candidate for Governor, as he
re-appeared on the banks of the stream in
the midst of his affectionate admirers 1
Tho above might be supplemented with
an accurate cartoon exhibiting Asa as he
appeared rejoicing over the successful
"change of base" from Mauch Chunk to
the Merchants Hotel, Philadelpbia.to avoid
the payment of his taxes.
T-
With a State pride which is complimen
tary to the people of Pennsylvania they have
studiously adhered to the rule of electing
only natives to the office of Governor. This
high position has been filled by sixteen gen
tlemen, since the adoption of the constitu
tion of 1790. Thomas Mifflin, elected in
1790, was a native of Philadelphia ; Thom
as M'Kean, elected in 1799, was born in
Chester county ; Simon Snyder, chosen in
1808, was a native of Lancaster; William
Findley, elected in 1817, was a native of
Franklin county ; Joseph Ileistcr, chosen in
1S20, was born in Berks county; J. Audrew
Shnltx, elected in 1823, was a native of
Berks county; George UVolf.chosen in 1829,
was born in Northumberland ; David K
Porter, selected in 1838, was a 'native of
Montgomery; Francis It. Shutik, chosen in
1844, was born in Montgomery ; V. F
Johnson, elected in 184S,was born in West
uioreland ; William Bigler, chosen in 1S5I,
was born in Cumberland ; James Pollock,
elected iu 1S53, native ot Northumberland ;
Wm. F. Packer, chosen in 857, native ot
Centre; Andrew G. Curtin, ;hosen in li?60,
born in Centre; John V, Geary, elected in
18C6, native of Westmoreland. Few States
can present such a line of Chief Magistrates
as this. The prosperity of the State, so far
as its Executive officers have been concern
ed, has always been in the keeping of her
own son?. Right sacredly has it been guard
ed. The people have been satisfied, and, as
no good reason at present appears why the
time-honored custom should be dispensed
with, the resolve has gone torth that it shall
not be. Whatever minor offices may be
given to others, let the motto on the. back
of the Executive chair be Pennsylvania for
Pennsylvanians. This is even more than a
matter of pride now, for the wealth, influ
ence, and commercial instints ot the Penio-
cratic nominee all tend toward New Yoik
city that would gladly gain control . of our
great coal and iron regions fot its own ag
grandizement and our ruin.
Advertise ntt hi Met tip tit large type, out ot ptatn
ntytt.will br charged douhlt usual rmtes. jtuts
OALiTION. All persons are hereby can-
v-' tioDed against iiuroha.siiiir or in any way
mtdJIir.g with one lot of hay cow in possession
of Dixon ens of Boll sownsbip, aa the same be
longs to me and is only lelt with aid Vertx until
such time as it can be removed.
Aug. 25,'to-3tp. JOHN SUNDERLIS
A DM1NISTRATORS NOTICE. Let
tern of Adunni.-tration on the estate
of William Williams sr. late of Jordan tp, dee d
having been granted to the unaergixncd, notice
is hereby given that all persons indebted to said
estate are required to ninke immediate payment.
and tbtis?havingcliiiui?ag&int the same will pre
seut them, properly autben'ieated for settlement
to A W. Y'tUM.
A. S. WILLIAMS,
Aug. 21. 1369 Bt pd. Admiatretors.
ApSS II. S. SWAN'S, School for Girls,
XL Clearfield, Pa.
The Fall Term of twentv-twn weeks will c
mence on Monday, Septembers, 1669.
TBBH Or TLITIOX.'
Heading. Orthography. Writing. Object Les
sons, rrimary Arithmetic and Frimarr
Geography, per half term, (of 11 weeks) 55 00
History, Local and descriptive Geography
with Map Drawing. Jraminar, Jdcntal
and Written Arithmetic, 6 SO
Algebra and the Sciences. 9 00
Instruction in Instrumental Mujio, 10 00
Oil Painting, 12 0U
Wax Work, 8 00
For full particulars send for Circular.
ClearCtld, August 2i, IStS'J-Um
REGISTER'S NOTICE. Notice is here
" bv eiven that the following accounts
nave neen examined and passed by me. and remaia
filed of record in this office for the inspection of
heira.legatees.creditors.and all others in anvwav
iDireeu snu win d prcseniea 10 ine next or
pnans uourt ot learoeid county, to beheld
the Court House, in lhe Borough of Clearfied
commencing on the 4th Monday of freptember.
looa :
Final Accoont of Patrick Curler. Adm'r of
James Curley. lata of Graham townshio. do'd.
raitiai recount or ueorge slos Adiu rof Joan
sloes, late of Knox township, dec d.
Final account of C. Kratser. Adm'r of Anthony
nrnuer, iie oi rue sownsoip, dec d.
r inal Account of James Riddle, Adm'r Ae., of
n m. Anderson, late of liurnside township, dee'd.
Account of oam'iel A Caldwell, Adm'r of Jacob
uearoart, late ot Uogrs township, dee d.
rinal Account of H. H. Hurd aod Lewi J
Uurd, Executor of Elia Hurd, late cf Chest
townsnip. deceased.
Aug. 2j. o9. A. W. LEE. Keg inter.
"JOTICE. In the matter of the applies
tion of William Mapes, to the Court of
common r lea of Clearfield county, to be discharg
ed from bis euretyenip fur monies received by
Francis Punlap.lale of said Borough of Clearfield.
I'a., from the estate of John Crosthwaite. late of
Centre eoanty. Pa.. being tb legacies bequeathed
to John and Jlaniel Dunlap.
By virtue of a certain rule which was granted
by the Orphans' Court, at Clearfield. the 30 th day
of June. 1S69 I do hereby give notice to all per
sons interested in said fund received as above
slated to appear on or before the Second Monday
of September, proximo, and present their claim
according to law. and do such other matter as
the Court may require of them in the premise or
be forever barred ; and also show cause according
to the following rule made in this ease
THOS. J. M'CULLOUGH,
Aug. 25-4t Atfy for Wm. Mapes.
June 30th. 1869. Rule is granted tosboweause
why Wm. Mapes should not be released and dis
charged from a bond given by him as surety with
one Francis Dunlap to the Orphan's Court of
Clearfield county, on the 3rd day of September,
A I., 1844. in pursuance of an Act of Assembly
approved the 2th day of April, 1844. Publica
tion to be made of this rule in two newspaper
published in Clearfield county, for four week
prior to the September Term.
(Seal of the.Court J PYTHECOLRT.
KEW ADVEETISEKEHTS.
S. B. WBARAM.
B. w. cmia.
- CIUu.
N E W F I R M !
JAS. B. GRAHAM & SON'S
WHOLESALE AXD RETAIL DEALERS
in alt kind of
Dry Goods, Boot and Shoes, Sats nd'Carii
Notions, Groctriss, Hard rape, Qiicer.3
ware, Wood and Willowwro, I'lonr.
Bacon, Fish Salt etc., Market St.,
CLEARFIELD. PA.
FOR THE LADIKS
They have Bonnets. Silks Coburg?, "Alpwu,
Merinos. Wool Delaines. Lu?tr,, C.i;.
hams, Prints, Poplins, Lcwls,
sfcades, llandkercliiefi Kid
other Glove. HosTcry.Lalcio
rals. Hoop-skirts, aud a
general variety of rib
hoai1, trimmings,
Button. Braids, e'e.. nt the lowest 1 rim,
FOlt GENTLEMEN
They have Black and Blue Cloths Wack tl
Fancy Cafsiuiere;,Satrineits. Twearfs. V:d
tons. Waterproof Cloth. Si;k. Set-a
and common Ye-tin9. etc., in
great variety, and at pricM
that will give g-r.eral
satisfaction to buyois.
ALSO,
A general assortaect of Keadr-raJide C'ntb
iag. Hats aod Caps, Poofs and Shoe,
Hard war an! QueeusTinre. a guil
Stock, Wood aad AYil.owwa.re,
and a full atock of Groceries.
IN FACT,
GRAHAM A SONS sell all articles tht are
usually kept in a wtll-rejru!ted country
(tor. and hence the people general!
will find it to their advsr.uge lo
bnj goods of theia.
Grain and country produce Uci
exchange for Go-, it.
- Ap. 2J-'S3
CLEARFIELD ACADEMY.
The First SesiB of the next S.';--t:t Tcir
of this Institution, will o-n.-n-.B.. in
th Cth day of September, 15S9.
Pnpils can enter at any time Tiitvi!: kg
obarged with tuition Truin th liice l.yTri
the close of the action
The coarse of instruction enOirajes smttiHi j
included in a thorough, practice! ai: acci-a-plished
education of both taxes
The Principal har hii the rdrari'ftfe of
much experience in bis prtfc-i-on. aourn fi
rents and guardians that bis e: t".-t aui':itv d
energies will be devMid o tit nr-iii! nd moral
training of the youth placed un-i'.r ii e'-'-Tjo
Tbrv or Tr:no :
Orthography, lieadinj. W rit'ii .; ani I'liesary
Arithmetic, per session. (11 "at'.)
Uramiiiar, Geozraiibj, Ai itbuueti arl l1'
ry
Algebra.Oeometry. Trigon catrj. Vaa-:.ruia
Surveying. Philosophy. Pbyrioloj.y. te.a'afy
Book-keeping, Botany, ai.d PrtjMei.: ri.-ra
phy.
Latin. Greek and Frcuca, ;tl: sr.j .f to' -bove
branches. $;?t
Music. Tiano, (39 Ie-non? 16 9
IT.N'o deduction will b- wide far sliiaacs
For farther particulars inquire of
Rbv P. L.!lAF-r A
July 31.1SC7.
b aBMTKo.ia : :
: : : : s;''E-u.
APMSTf
Wi'.lia
RMJ'TR'X A Ll.'tS. At,
mt-i-li.
ant-. !' A
amsoort. Lveiirsips C
lesral business entiu.:ed ta .iiem v' - b-
and promptly alUnued to.
"VTOTICE. AH rui-s t'"'"!"" ')
selves indehtf tl M mt- r .-a;c J
and aetrle at ocoe The books ire at tie al-re
Whitconib A Towneead, ucol !'
July 81. ISS9-lf. . jL-
-T0WN PROPEKTV Fil ?
undersigned wit: .st-ti, at i-m:- ss'f- ?
reasonable terms. cerora! rainnbl. 'owii pi'V''
ties. Any person wiping to awnw s'""
and lot had better call. , .
July 21. 1S5J. II K.jrJL
pALTION. All persons ar- !-
tioned arain-t jm-i-hr.'iir i
meddling with a NSW WA.,"X. n. w ii
U-oV cail-
r in
in tre !'
m be'o.'C" "
me and has only been lef. with K.H I n.
subject to my order Ai r X i"
iJald liills, August 18, I8M Zt .
CAUTrOX. All l er.:i ie horev .jair
tintiotl a'rainvt ,iiirr-li-is:ilf '-l" ;ttv il'l'li
ith a eertain BLACK MAKE. " i P-a'1;;
nf Jalrnh I. fir hurt f Rr9-T? :ol;rl!'?
same belonira to mm and l.u.'ailv oto. Itt
mi
aid Uearhart on loan, subject to ir? rl." ' V
time V.-.I.'."-
Angqst 18. lSoD.Stp
fiAUTIQN. .
t!fid not to
ill r.-a,iii nrc Ilciti'J' ni"
h arbor or fcii'i
,l,.r l:.V son,
J-'HEIil KiOEK. uiwr. who
tal roof without uy ja?t caue. ;
fore determined to collect all wa
r 'be ftr.t-
,uu I aa taew
tr thT u
tl, him n.l Mill " - ,a .l-'.t l)f fl 3
tra'nx
unless compelled bylaw. .1 Ali Klf-''
Freceuville, August 18, ISf.a-Stn.
"W ANTED two cmvint.
1 take charee of tho p.ii-'C
the Boroogh of (a-j.'.
High School 8.0 per moiilli.
Primary BcboolS40 per not.lh. Ja.
Term five months. Applicants ill P11' .(11n
plicatesof Certific.itv auu mi l iss, I ' '
Secretary. or J. A
BLAl i t.Mir.i-." -
i . . . IH. na-
Osceola Mill. Pa
i
CAUTION. All reruns ro bore! ct
tioned ar.iiKt pntlm w n''y"?,
meddling with the followin- described fmV"'
One Bay Horse, one Black lIor. T.,Vj
Wagon, one Cable Chain, two Setts """."i
one pair Twin Sleds, no in pr.wess.an cl i
Cowher. as the same belorg to me 3r";(f:
left with said Cowhef on loon, eut ' '. .TT
der at any time. I. S ELK.Wl-
Osceola Mill, August IS. i v-
properly
J.HN SAN'KFY,
ilARVIK?--
Ad-Bininr:'.' nr
Aug. II, lSo9-6tp
A D M I X ISTRATO RS ' XOTICt-w:
Ji- tcrs of AdmiuUtiatioB on 'h'V'l j,
Henry Irwin, late of Lawier-re towrbtp. f
having been granted to the uniier.iei 't-
hereby given that all perxr.s iBfVei to '
tate are required to mare iminediute ps. .(
and those bavins jlaims ajaisst ta
present them, i
soent. to
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