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CIJ2ARFIELD, PA., SEP. 1, 1869.
.. .REPUBLICAN 6TATB TICKET.
FOB GOVXBSOB :
JO HE W. GEABY, of Cumberland oo.
fob judos or suras x court:
HEUBY W. WILLIAMS, of Allegheny co.
Brigham Young is in trouble. The
sons of Jo. Smith, the original Prophet, de
mand by right of succession the heirship of
the chnrch. They demand this of the old
aaint It is sincerely hoped Brigham will
be ousted, ; ' :
George William Cvrtib thinks that
although the Democratic party is no longer
formidable as a party of principles, yet as
an organized conspiracy against the pmity
of the ballot-box it is to be watched and
guarded against. It certainly needs wateh
ng. Packer nhows some sense in acting as
bis own treasurer of the campaign fund.
lie knows perfectly well the McMullin
crowd can't be trusted. Hence hi intends
to make the disbursements to suit himself,
whereat Bill McMullin and all his harpies
are exceeding wroth.
Asa Packer is held up to the verdant
Democracy as "the working-men's candi
daie" yet kit own workmen chucked bira
into the Lehigh river for compelling men to
work at starvation prices. Will the work
ingmen be stupid enough to vote for a man
who respects their rights, only when com-J
pelled to do so or be ducked ? We rather
guess not.
TilERE is no man in Pennsylvania whose
election as Governor could be so much de
sired by corporations, as Asa Packer's. He
is not only President of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad,but is a director in the Morris and
- Essex,the New Jersey Central, and a num
ber of others. All bis interests are identi
fied with gigantic corporations, and arc ne
cessarily opposed to those of Tthe general
public. He is a monopolist, by training,
interest and habit, and with him in the ex
ecutive chamber at Harriwburg, the New
York corporations would have a fat thing of
t.
Tns Democrats find a great deal of fault
with Presideut Grant, for visiting Long
Branch and other summer resorts, instead
of cooping himself up in the White House
to be smothered by the miasmatic fogs that
rise from the Potomac marshes during hot
weather. They have no words of condem
nation for Gov. John T. Hoffman, who has
been lounging at Saratoga, watching the
horse races, in' company with that distin
guished Democrat, Gov. Bowie of Mary
land, a judge of the race and owner of a
race horse stable, and the '"Hon." John
Morrissey superintendent of the track.
In another column, we publish a com
munication on the subject of the new jail.
It appears to us that the arguments advan
ced by our correspondent possess considera
ble merit that his statements involve the
interests of the citizens of the county at
large, and are at least worthy the careful
and considerate attention of the County
Commissioners. That the old site is not
the most desirable, is generally admitted.
And as there appears to be various opinions
in regard to the proper location whereou to
erect the new building, the Couiruissiouerg
should investigate the matter thoroughly
before making a final decision. j
"Vallanoygu.m" doesn't relish the new
style of Democracy represented and ex
pounded by John Qnincy Adams, Jr., who
being a young man, with some prospoct of
lite before hiui, is disposed to think that the
superanuated leaders, like Seymour, Pen
dleton, Vallandigham, Bialer, et id gmut
omnet, should be cast into the sea of obliv
ion. Mr. Yaflandigham, who is thus writ
ten down a new Jonah, and who has no par
ticular detire to be swallowed by a whale,
proclaims himself "an unswerving and tried
"adherent to Democratic faith," refuses to
be cast aside, or. more properly, over
the side" of the old ship. We fear that Mr,
Adams, Jr., will find the Yallandighams of
the party too many even for his early en
thusiasm. A digest of the Registry Law, which
will convey to the reader all the important
features of the act, will be found in another
column of to-days paper. It will he well for
every voter to study this document, so that
he may know what duties are enjoined upon
him, as well as to' enable him to detect any
informalities that maybe cither inadver
tantly or designedly attempted. Upon the
faithful execution of the law depends its
efficiency, and this can only be secured
through and by intelligent and close obser
vation. This act is one of the most impor
tant which has been put upon our statute
books for a number of years. The practices
at the polls, in some localities, had become
so corrupt as to subrert the rihu of the
bona tide voters ; and in many instances
persons have been elected to office by fraud
ulent ballots. In this way our elective sys
tem has been seriously perverted -and cor
rupted, making it incumbent that new safe
guards be thrown around the ballot-box.
The provisions of the Regis'ry Act, if faith
fully carried out, will prove eminently satis
factory to all honest eitizens. And to this
class we must look to give the law efficiency.
We therefore lay this digest before our read
ers so that they may .be prepared to meet
and combat errors, 6hould any arise.
Uflsntari's
Those person who are so unsophisticated
as to believe that the Democrats, if they get
into power would be more economical than
the Republicans, can get their eyes opened
by referring to the record of the Democratic
Legislature of Ohio. It just doubled the
expenses of the government ; added one
third to the number of judges: increased
the local powers of increasing indebtedness,
and yet threw out a bill to authorize a borne
for soldiers' orphans, to be supported by
private munificence, although there are fif
teen hundred of theut in the State needing
aid, and two hundred in the poor house.
We are gla 1 to sec that Mr. J. E. Inger
soll, who was nominated as the Temperance
candidate for Governor of Ohio, has de
clined the proffered honor. He regards the
great work of the Republican party as in
complete, until consuiuated by the adoption
of the Fifteenth Amendment, and that it is
of more'.intrinsie importance than any oth
er issue before the people. He says :
"Believing that the maintenance of an
independent Temperance tiket at the coming
election will hazzard the success af ihis im
portant measure, which I look to as the
"coup de gract" of America slavery, I feel
bouud to give ray vote and what influence I
lave, for the Republican ticket at this fall's
election."
Lit every tax-payer remember tbot when
the Republican . party came into power, it
found tbe Commonwealth burdened with a
debt of $40, 000, tH)0, in gold, saddled upon
it by the preceedinif Democratic administra
tions ; that it found the country involved in
a civil war, the most gigantic tbe world ever
saw, organized and carried on by Democrats
in arms, aided and encouraged by Democrats
in the Cabinet at Washington ; tliat it was
compelled to raise and expend, for, this
Commonwealth, an extraordinary sum of
15,000,000 for war purposes ; that the same
Democratic Rebellion made thousands of
soldiers' orphans, for whose education and
maintenance, we raised and expended $10,-
000,000 more: that of this graud total of
$50,000,000, but $25,000,000 remain un
paid or unproviiled for; thus reducing the
original debt ot the State 1 5,000,000, in
addition to the extraordinary debt incurred
by reason of the Democratic Rebellion.
What a tull and complete answer these
figures afford to all the Copperhead charges
of extravagance. And when we add to this
the fact that the same Republican party has
nbolidicd all tax on real estate, who can
doubt that under its continued policy the
whole indebtedness will be wiped out in a
few more years ?
Mr. John Qiiincy Adams, the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor in Masschu
setts, gives the party some good advice. It
is especially appropriate in this quarter.
We commend it to the cureful consideration
of the Clearfield leaders. Speaking of ne
:ro suffrage he says :
"The barbarian ballot, then should be re
garded by a wise party as no longer a legit
imate subject of discussion. It has passed
from the realm of debateable questions and
should now be classed in the category of
facts. Arguments for and against its adop
tion were admissable last autumn, but now
they are out of place ; we cannot abrogate
or aboiiih it; we must airept it as one of
the elements in the problem offered for our
solution, and addriss ourselves to that as
affected by this inseparable modification."
The convention, com posed of nearly one
thousand delegates, endorsed his views in a
resolution declaring that:
"We deem it a political duty to acquiesce
in settled results and postpone fruitless op
position to the accomplished facts of yester
day o order to secure effective action upon
the pressing problems of to day."
The Metropolitan organ strongly endor-s
this action of the Massachusetts Democracy,
and advises acquiescence in the acknowledg
ed settlement of the question. The leather
heads of Clearfield who are continually ring
ing the changes upon the "nigger," will
speedily see the propriety of spelling the
word with one "fir," when they realize that
the black man is a power in the land.
TnE letter of Gene ral Rosecrans, fore
shadowed by his brief telegram toThurtuan,
declining the Democratic nomination for
Governor of Ohio, has at length appeared
V e regret that it is too long for our col
umns, as we should otherwise print it in full
for the delectation and edification of the
Clearfield J)raoorats. We commend to
them especially the following extract :
"The country requires, and the Demo
cratic party ought to be, a part! of life, of
action and of progress. Fossils and fault
finders do not properly belong to the party,
aud if Jound in it ought to go on the retired
list, leaving to its opponents, of all shades
and grades,a!l narrow and sectional grounds,
all monopolies and favoritism, based on clnss,
ereeil, race, color or national origin. The
Democratic party of the United States
ought to hold high the banner ol uniiersil
freedom, impartial justice and equality be
fore the law, of all who live beneath the flag
of our country."
When they have fully taken in this ex
tract in all its L-ngih and breadth, and real
ise how perfecly it accords with the plat
form on which they have placed the gallant
Asa, wc beg tbeni to consider the following.
and conceive, if possible the 'phelinx' of
the puerile Pendleton when he penned it:
"No local declarations inviting popular
prejudgment of any legal question about
the terms ot payment of the national bonds
should impair the priceless value of the pub
lic ere lit, at a time when it is all important
to create the speediest means of ridding the
count! v of the.se enormous oppressions ; but
every Democratic platform should tfnd to
raise higher and higher the puUic credit
and to Mtisfy the people of Euroj that the
Democratic party is the last party in the
United States that proposes to whine or act
reluctantly abut the payment ot the pub--lie
debt, even though its present holders
should hare bought it below its fair value."
But above all. we hope Wallace, Bigler
and their disciples will read often, and pon
der much the following advice:
"Should there be Democrats whose men
tal organization or temper does not permit
them to recognize existing facts, or to con
form their action to great popular changes,
et them, for the public good, abdicate
leadership, and leave the energies ot the
people free to act in the line of life and pro
gress. ' '
Rosey's Democracy don't' suit this lati
tude, find his letter will be a fearful rebuke
to the nomination of Pendleton in Ohio.
If ever he had tbe ghost of a chance, Rosey's
letter would extiiiguLdi it.
A Little of Everything.
Getting eoler the nights.
Read the new advertisements. .
Fremont has gone to Denmark.
The Iowa eorn crop is a failure.
A water-spout a temperance oration.
Prince Arthur is on his travels in thi country.
Omaha increases at the rate of thirty houses a
day.
A Glass young men ought to break the beer
glass. ; i
Galusha A. Grow declines to be a candidate for
any office.
House are in great demand here.
Who will
build them ?
Peaches are a drug in Cincinnati at seventy-five
oents per bushel.
At hand the melon cholie days, and many ex
perience the faot.
A French doctor thinks he can straighten huncn-
back by.elctricity.
We want gas. Who will move first towards
organising a company ?
Nothing can be well done that is done in a hur-
ry, except catching fleas.
Voorhees won't run for Uovernoi or Indiana,
wherein he chows his wisdom.
Books. Stationery, Literary Papers and Mnga
sines for sale at the Post office.
Reported many eases of sun-stroke, within
the last week, by our exchanges.
Some of the Presbyterian pulpits of Califor
nia are filled by 'lady pastors.11
Uelmbold's four-in-band team at the Branch is
called the "cantering drag store." ;
J. K. Ingersoll, the "Temperance candidate"
for Governor of Ohio, has withdrawn.
They are moving a large free-stone hotel in
Boston. The building weighs 10,000 tons.
Miss J. A. Carey, of Wilton Junction, Iowa, is
the only female insurance agent on record.
Bishop Simpson's health has been seriously im
paired by his intense ltborsin midsummer.
The ' Sew Orleans Times" laments that 'cotton
is no longer king in the late war it was worsted "
Among the Democratic rominoes for the Leg
islature in Wyoming, are three ex-rebel soldiei s.
A gentleman and two ladies were drowned at
Atlantic City, on Wednesday last, while oatning.
The Florida Legislature being paid by the year,
finished up the business of their reeeat session in
three weeks.
Above all things it is important that every Be
publicnn should see that he is registered. Attond
to it at once.
Another Atlantio Cable is projected. Prussia
wants to be joined to the United States by the
sub marine wires.
Stakes, the defeated candiJate for Governor of
Tennessee, is said to blame urowmow ior h,
threatens vengeance.
Fenterisin favor of the ratification of thoFif.
teenth Amendment. We hope the Democrats will
elect more Governors like him.
St' Louis has 3.000 opium eaters nice popula
Hon to ask to be blessed with the presence of the
national statesmen and officials.
The enthusiasm for Asa, so confidently pre
dicted by the Copperheads, "hasn't arriv.'
clutches the '-sponds" too tightly.
lie
A new law in Illinois classes drunkards with
lunatics and idiots, and places them under the
care of the overseers of the poor.
It is said that there are atone Saratoga hotel
forty women weighing over 2i0 pounds each,al
of whom are there for their health.
An exchange has discovered that the very men
who took drinks last New Years to keep
warm, take them now to keep tbem ool
them
About twenty-five yards of carpet wss stolen
from the chancel of the Presbyterian church at
MeVeytown. Mifflin county, a few days ago
Garret Davis is engaged on the territorial suit
K.. Kntn,kv and Missouri.' The ease will
never be decided if Davis gets a chance to speak
The Harvard crew lost the Intel national boat
race, by three lengths, and six seeonds of time,
tbey made a gallant struggle, under great disad
vantages, j
Martin uillmeyer, who was convicted at the
last term of the V. S. Court, in Williamsport, of
an evacion of the revenue law,cominitted suicide. .
by cutting his throat.
A paper suggests that a possible reason for Asa
Packer's unpopularity throughout the Lebigh re
gion maybe found in the proverb, "No man is a
hero to his own valley."
It is reported that tbe Chinese Government re
fuses to ratify the treaty eoneluiod by Mr. Bur-
lingitmo with the United States. We doubt very
much tbe truth of the story.
The Emf ress Eugenie takes only about $1,750,
000 with her to the East as pocket money. Ebe
is of course, expected to be munificent and mag
nificent among the Orientals.
The '-rail Mall Gaxetto" says that the Ameri
can system of Life Insurance is better than that
of England. The agency of the best American
Companies is at Swoope's office.
The whole number of members of tbe approach
ing (Ecumenical council at Rome, is to be nine
hundred and twenty-two, of whom more than
six hundred will belong to the Latin race.
McCunn, the upright New York Judge, whose
judicial dignity was Insulted by the United States
Government, tbe other day, is called -'Necessity
McCunn," because n'.eetttty iiiotet no law !
It is estimated that the immigration into Min
nesota will reach from 74.000 to 190,000 during
1669; and the present total population of the
ju,e cannot be much, if any, short of 475.000.
Robert Morri', one of the signers of the Dec
laration of Independence, who managed the na
tional finances with signal ,abil ity, passed the
latter yean of his life in imprisonment for debt.
Adjutant General Dilger. of Illinois, has re
ceived a tetter from a lady in Vandalia inquiring
after her husband who enlisted in the Black
Hawk war, and ot whom she has beard nothing
since. She is getting concerned about him.
"Come here, sissy," said a young man lo the
little sister of the young lady he waSy'sparkiog ;
'-you are the sweetest thing on earth." '-No I
ain't,' she replied. "Sister says you're the
sweetest." He popped the qnestion immediately.
The Democracy is greatly disgusted. It is dis
covered that Pucker's reputed twenty millions
have dwindled down to twelve, and of that ha has
no ready cash on hand, the whole being invested
in coal lands and railroads. Sad is the disap
pointment. Thirteen years ago, when Peter Koyes carried
the mai'i from Patten t? Fish River. Maine, a
a woman one day requested him to bring her
back half a pound of tea. Peter was removed
before he eculd comply with the request. He
was recently rea pointed and carried the woman
the tea on his first trip.
The "Dnblia Express" contains an account of
the forcible removal of s girl into a nunnery in
Belturbet, County Cavan, by hr mother, aided
by aciowd, who dragged her violently through
tbe streets, notwithstanding her screams and
struggles. Her father, who is a Protestant, is
about to take legal proceedings to recover her.
Dakota Territory will soon be knocking at the
doors of the Union. Villages are said to be
springing up there rapidly. More than 5,000
persons have emigrated to the territory this sum
mer. The present population is reckoned at
20,000, and 47.000 acres of land have lately been
taken up under the homestead and pre emotion
laws by actnal settleu.
For the'Rartsman's Journal.
'. ' The New Jail.
Mr. Editor : There is now quit a dif
ference in regard to the most suitable loca
tion for thencw jail If poPu,ar vote of
the citizens of the Borough of Clearfield,
and, I believe, of the whole county, was
taken, at least four-fifths would say that the
site of the old jail was not suitable for the
new one. Let us look at the old site, and
see what are its advantages, if it has any.
The present site is on the North side of
Market street, between Second and Third
streets, and is one o?the lowest spots in the
town. During the wet season of the year,
it is partially surrounded by pools of stag
nant water. When there is any consider
able freshet in the river, the water rises in
the cellar from one to five feet in depth.
This, in itself, sl.ould be almost a sufficient
reason for not building on the old site. The
new jail is to be heated from a furnace ; and
how can this be done with from one to five
feet of water in the cellar? And, besides.
this condition of the cellar would render
proper ventilation utterly imposible.
The plans and specifications, as adopted
by the Commissioners, will cover the entire
lots on which thu old jail stands. Should
the county increase in population for tbe
next tweuty years as fast as it has during
the last twenty years, it will, perhaps, be
necessary to enlarge the building an enier
gancy anticipated by the architect, for he
has so designed the building that it can at
any time be enlarged without, in any re
spect, destroying its proportions. But such
an enlargement could never be made on the
old ground, and consequently another jail
would have to be built an event that can
easily be avoided by selecting a sufficiently
large location at this time.
But the greatest objection to the old she,
and tbe one universally recognized, is the
want of proper drainage facilities. From
the ground level of the present site, to low
water mark on the river bank at the lower
and of town, gives a fall of but ten or twelve
feet or about one inch of fall to every
tweuty or twenty-five feet of pipe. Now,
having no reservoir or water works, it ap
pears to me, to be impossible to et a suffi
cient volume of water to properly cleanse
the pipes, without a pressure from either a
reservoir or engine. In fact, tbe lots are
too small, and too low, in ail respects, fu
the erection ot so costly a building as
the one in contemplation. There are many
other.and more eligible si'es.thatcan be pur
chased for less than half the price already
offered for the old one ; and for this sum
three times the amount of ground could be
purchased, at some suitable point near the
base of the hill, affording a good slope for
building purposes, and ample fall for good
and efficient drainage leaving sufficient
space to enlarge upon, if necessary. There
are also several other sites. " One on the
bank of the river, known as the "Southern
Park." Objections have been urged against
these locations on account of their distance
from the Court House." This appears tome
to be of little moment, for if prisoners can
be arrested and brought from the farther
limits of the county to the jail, the Sheriff
can certainly convey them safely to and from
the Court House. The Carlisle jail is, per
haps, from fifty to seventy rods from the
Court House, and we have never yet heard
of any prisoners escaping whilst going to or
from the Court House. Personally I have
no interest no lots to fell and don't
wish to purchase but merely desire to pre
sent the case upon its merits, for while there
is suck a large majority of the tax-payers
opposed to the old site, it appears hardly
reasonable that two or three men should fix
the location, and pay no attention to the
voice of the majority. Vox PoPULl.
Digest of the Begistry Law.
The following synopsis exhibits the vari
ous things necessary to be done under the
provisions of so much of the Act of Regis
tration, applicable to the State at large, ap
proved April 17, 1869, and which has been
declared Consti tutiunal by the Supreme
Court :
FIRST : DUTIES OF ASSESSORS.
By Section 1, of the Registration act, each
Assessor is required to take up the trans
cript, or list of taxable resident within his
district, furnished htm by tbe Commission
ers of the couuty, under the provisions of
the act of April 15, 1664, section 8, relating
to the assessment of taxes.
In almost every district names will be
found on the list or transcript, of persons
who are not legal voters. . It is made the
duty of each assessor to commence the re
vision of this list on the first Monday of
June in each year. He is required :
1st To strike from his list the names of
every person who is known by him to have
died, or removed from his district, since the
last previous assesstuents.or in other words,
since the said list was made out.
2d He shall also strike from the said list
the names of such persons as shall have
been m?de known to him to have died or re
moved from the district.
3d He shall add to the same list the
names of such persons as he shall know to
be qualified voters, and who shall be known
by him to have removed into the district
since the previous assessment. ,
4th He shall also add to such list the
names of such persons, qualified voters as
shall be made known to him to have remov
ed into said district since the last previous
assessment.
Under this Fourth Article it is proper to
remark that Assessors should add to the list
the names of no persons not known to them,
without satisfactory evidence that such per
sons had not only moved into the district
since the last previous assessment, but also
that they were legal voters.
5th He shall also add to the said list the
names of all persons who shall make claims
to him to be a qualified voters in his district.
And here again, under this fifth article,
it is proper to say that the Assessor should
not add to hU list the name of any person
making claim to him to be a qualified voter
in his district if the Assessor know him to
be either a non-resident of the district, or if
a resident, not to be a legal voter. And if
the person makijg such claim be wholly un
known to the Assessor, it is his duty to re
quire of the person so claiming to have his
came added to tbe list, clear and satisfac
tory proof both of his residence withiu the
district and his legal right to vote.
6th So soon as the Assessor has com
pleted the revision of his list in the manner
before btated, it is his duty to take his lists
so revised, and visit every dwelling house
in his district, and ascertain by careful in
quiry if any person whose name still remains
on his list has died or removed trom tne dis
trict, and if so, to strike such name from
the list He will also carefully inquire so
as to ascertain whether any qualified voter
resides in his district whose name is not on
his listjand if so to add such name to his
list The Assessor should be careful to add
no name to his list without being fully satis
fied, either from his own personal knowl
edge, or from satisfactory evidence, that tbe
person whose name is so added to the list is
legal voter and a bona fide resident ot the
district.
7th In all cases of an addition of a
name to his list by the Assessor, he shall
assess a tax forthwith to such persons; and
the Assessor shall in all cases ascertain, by
inquiry, upon what ground the person so
assessedlclaiois to be a voter.
From this provision of the act it will be at
once seen that the duty of the Assessor is
to see personally, in all cases of additions to
the list, every person whom he registers
within his district. He should register the
name of no person at the instance or request
of a third party, but only at the instance of
the person to be registered himself, and
then o;ily on the personal knowledge of the
Assessor of the applicant's right to register,
or upon sufficient evidence of such right.
8th Upon the completion of tbe regis
tration, t he Assessor is to prepare an alpha
betical list of the freemen, above twenty
one years of age claiming to be qualified
voters in his district, and opposite each
name he shall state whether such alleged
voter is or Is not a housekeeper, and if a
housekeener. be shall note the street and
number of bis house, if lying in a town
where tbe houses are numbered, or tbe
names of the streets, alleys, or court, if in a
town where the houses are not numbered.
If the person registered be not a house
keeper, the Assessor will note upon his list
of voters the place of boarding of the per
son registered, and tha name of the person
with whom he boards, aad in all cases he
will note the occupation of the person regis
tered, aud if working for another, the name
of the person for whom he is working. He
will also write opposite the name of each
oerson registered tbe word "voter."
9th No Assessor should register any per
son claiming to vote by reason of his being
naturalized until such person exhibits to
him his certificate of naturalization, unless
such persons shall have been a voter in such
district for five consecutive years next pre
ceding such registration.
10th Tbe name of every person register
ed by reason of naturalization should be
marked with the letter "N." But if the
person has only declared his intention to be
come a citizen, intending to be naturalized
before tbe next election, the name shall be
marked "D. I."
11th When the person registered claims
to vote because of bis beiug between the
ages of twenty-one and twenty-two, the As
aessor, at the time of registering him should
write opposite his name the word "age."
12th If the person registered has moved
into the district to reside ainca the last gen
eral election, the Assessor shoul place the
letter "R" opposite his name.
13th Upon the completion of the list of
registration and assessment by the Assessor
it is made his duty by the second section of
the act, forthwith to return the same to the
Commissioners of the county, who sha'l
cause duplicate copies of the said list, with
the observations and explanations, to be
made out as soon as practicable, which du
plicate copies they are to place in the hands
ot the Assessor, whose duty it is made to put
one copy thereof on the door of or on the
house where the election of the district is
required to be held, and to retain the other
in his possession for the inspection of any
voter of the district who may desire to see
the same.
14th It is further made the duty of each
Asssssor, from time to time, to add, on the
personal application of any one claiming the
right to vote, the name of such claimant,
marking opposite the name "C. V," mean
ing thereby that the person claims a right
to vote, and immediately to assess such per
son with a tax, noting, as in other cases, his
occupation, residence, whether a boarder or
a housekeeper ; it a boarder with whom be
boards, and whether naturalized or design.
ing to be naturalized.
15th Any person so claiming to be as
sessed anl registered wbo has been, or
claims to have been naturalized shall, at the
time he applies to be assessed, exhibit to
the Assessor his certificate of naturalization,
and if he claims that he designs to be natur
alized before the next election, he shall ex
hibit the certificates of bis declaration of in
tentions.
ICth No assessment or registration of
any names shall be made within ten days
uext before any election, by any Assessor
under a penalty or fine uot exceeding one
hundred dollars or imprisonment not ex
ceeding three months, or both such fine and
impiisonment.
17th After the assessments have been
completed on the tenth day before the sec
ond Tuesday in October in each year, (aud
the same before each Presidential election),
the Assessor shall, on the Monday immedi
ately following, make a return to the County
Cominissiauers of the names of ail persons
assessed by him since his previous return
SECOND : DUTIES OF CO. COMMISSIONERS,
1st It is made the duty of tbe County
Commissioners to furnish the Assessors with
the list of taxables or transcript required by
the 8th section of the act of April 15, 1864.
2nd -Upon the return by the Assessors
of the assessment and additional assessments
and registrations by th Assessors they are
required to have prepared and furnish to
tbe Assessors duplicate copies thereof.
3d It is also their duty to furnish to the
election officers a full and correct copy of
tbe Assessment containing the names of all
persons returaed by the Assessors of the
rcspectivedistrictsas resident taxablesinsaid I
districts, together with tbe necessary elec-
tion blanks.
third: duties of rLKcrios officers.
1st It is the duty under the registration
law to reject the votes offered by all persona
whose names are not found on tho assess
ment or registration lists furnished to them
by tbe County Commissioner, unless such
persons are able to make tbe proof of their
ht to vote as required ,by the 4th sec
tion.
2d It t hall be the duty of the election
officers, in case any person offers to vote
whose name is not found upon the proper
assessment li-t, to require such person to
make proof of his right to TOte by produc-
. , i-c i r .u. j-
ing at least one qualified voter of the dis
trict as a witness of bis residence in tbe dis
trict at lea.t ten days next preceding such
election. Such witness shall be required by
the board to take and subscribe a written
a n vint ml aflR lairir tr till f-inta fitfltPl bv
"' i"- '
him, which affidavit shall define rlearly the
place of residence of the person SO claiming
to vote.
They shall also require a written or print-
ed affidavit lo be taken and subscribed by tbe
,.. . ... ..1.1. r
party claiming to vote, stating to the bestof
his knowledge and belief when and where he
was born ; that he is a citizen of the Cum
monwealth and of the United States, and
the length of time be has resided within
this Commonwealth ; that he did not move
into the district for tbe purpose ot voting
therein ; that he has paid a State or county
tax within two years which was assessed at
least ten days before tbe election at which
he offers to vote; and if a naturalized citi
zen he shall slatelwhen. where and by what
court he was naturalized, and shall also pro
duce his certificate of naturalization for ex
amination ; tuch affidavit shall also 6tate
when and where such tax shall have been
assessed, and to whom paid, and be shall
produce a receipt for such t ax unless he
shall state in his affidavit that such receipt
has'been lost. And such affidavits fhall be
filed with the election board aud returned
by them with the list of voters.
3d In all cases of a voter claiming to
vote by reason of having been naturalized,
the election officers should renuire him to
produce his certificate ot naturalization
when offering to vote, unless he has beeu
a voter in the district Jorat least ten years
preceeding such election.
The penalty imposed upon assessors, elec
tion officers, Ac., for any neglect of duty
under the act is a fine of one hundred dol
lars ; aud it any assessor snail assess any
person not a voter, or shall refuse to assess
any person who is a qualified voter, be shall
be guilty f a misdemeanor in office, and on
conviction thereof shall be punished by fine
and imprisonment.
CorrespondeMco.
Falls City, Neb., Aug. 19, 1SG9.
Ma. Editor: -Dear Sir: Our harvest
is finished, our grain is thrashed, and Ne
braska to-day csn boast of a larger amount
or cram, tt.is year, :n proportion to tne
number of acres under cultivation, than can
any other State in the Union. The popula
tion of Richardson county will almost double
itself withiu the next year. There is scarce
ly a day passes but what there are purchas
era here for laud. And why should they
not flock into the Antelope State, where
land, the best agricultural land, can be had
for almost a song? A-l why should not
laborers and mechanics come in scores and
hundreds to this "Eldorado" of the West?
I can uot see why the tide of emigration
has not taken in more ot this class in its
westward march. Carpenters, Blacksmiths
and Shomnkers get from two and a half to
three dollars per day ; day laborers one
dollar and a quarter and one dollar and a
half a day. Wheat is selling at 75 cents
per bushel, corn 20 and 30 cen's pt r bushel.
butter 10 cents per pound, eggs 10 cents per
dozen, freh beef, delivered at your door,
for 11 cents a pound, and merchandise L
fully as cheap as in CIcarQeld. Is uot the
high wages paid, aud cheapness of food, a
ereat inducement to such men to come to
our new State? The ollest citizens inform
me that there never was a time in the . his
tory of this county when improvements
were being made so rapidly as they are du
ring the present year. More prairie will be
broken aud brought into cultivation tbau in
any two previous years.
I took a drive over in Kansas yesterdiy,
to Hiawatha, and I think that never in my
life has been presented to my sight a more
beautiful view than tbe sunset on the prai
rie: and when I looked around me and saw
the large and well cultivated farms, tbe rich,
fertile and loomy soil, I was forced to ex
claim, "Truly this is the Eden of tbetVorld.'
Hiawatha is a beautiful aud pleasantly sit
uated village, on the open prairie, and its
Court House tower affords some of the
finest views that can be presented to tae
eye of those who admire natures scenery,
The town contains 600 inhabitants, has fine
public buildings and many fine residences.
bx-Oo. Hall, of Kansas, resides here.
The Occidental Rase Ball Club, of Falls
g,. , . , ,T. -
City,played the Hiawatbians.ou the grounds
of the latter, on Saturday last. A former
resident of Clearfield, S. Alex. Fulton, was
umpire. It is said to be the best game ever
played est of the Mississippi River; the
score sUkmI, for the nine innings, 18 to 19,
the Occidentals being the winners. I found
a good many Pennsylvanians in Hiawatha,
i i .
auui.ugn cone ot recent, emigration. I he
editor of the "Brown County Sentinel,"
the Clerk of the Courts and the county
Treasurer are all Pennsylvanians, and, if
1 mistake cot, are from Juniata county,
Any Pennsylvanians visiting this place will
be courteously received by them, and all the
information that they possess concerning the
country wiil be cheerfully and freely riven
O or young friend, T. N. Fulton, dropped
down upon us the other evening, much to
the surprise and gratification of his brother
as well as to the other Cloarfielders who are
residing in Falls City. Mr. Fulton is so
well pleased with the country that he has
purchased a half section of land within four
miles of the city. If any of my former
friends in Clearfield desire any information
regarding land in Nebraska.it will be freely
given upon their application te me. I
would like to see some cf tbem
'Ut here,
biv i ti.
and can truthfully rsy il it if
come they will not retuin Fan ni.lth it
should be for the purpose of aovii.
their families.
Feeling I have writtrn cnouth for !,;.
time, I will close. Will give you tli ,1
litical status of our couuty in niy next.
f. B.
2Uiv guU-crti.$rmfnt$.
Advertisements sttvw tHlargttypt,rHttt
Hft,mti ekarftd dottUs him mi tmttt.
(CAUTION. AU persons are hereby caa.
meddling with the following prr-perty b'uw i
possession of James M'Chntey, of Bell town,bii,
i.ti i ii a- uiviiiaiue ur i ii anr a ...
two hon-es. one cow.one two-year old beifTcr Brt
sheep, three acres oats, two acres kuckabrst. ol
stote, two bedsteads and beddiag. and I lo do,..
wheat, as tbe seme belong to me and hv VB,r
been left in care of raid M'ClinseT, and in ...i.'
ject to my order at any time
Sep. lOS-Stp. ANDREW SPEXCER
rrrinnii"o
Y ZJa nf
APPRAISEMKXT-v.
ffira rtf .TnKn (1 fqin I .. .1.
I pbans' Court of Clearfield county. Pa., upon tie
I . -iri r l.k- i V.
I u b ordered by the court as follow : ' t"l"'a
I Now, June 29. A D. lseo. publication in at iejli.
1 one newspaper, ivr urn ween eeiore :snt?mh.
Ternl p'.Mi,fc.d , Uea,n,id
I hereby directed, notifying all person in ictere'S
that us to the real estate appraised sod act out to
the widow ol John ii. Cain, lale of lue!ih t n
dee'd, under tbe law allowing her 5300 wonh I'
property, to be thus set out to tbe use of heini'f
and family, tbe said appraisement will be ubt..
lutelv eonnrmed unlets sunicient reason to t..
contrary be shown by the first dar of st 'miocr
term. a. L. is.ia. ist mt col hr
Attest A. Vy. LEE, Clerk O. O. leti.l.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE of Valuall
Real Estats.
Under an ordor of the Orphans' Court of Clcu.
field county, t'a , dated June 29th lstf th un
dersigned Administrators of Henry 11 fusil
deceased, will sell by publie vendive or niitcrj,
on thepremiss ia rabam township.on Tilt' fill.
It AX. SKJTEMBb.K. 21, at I o cluck. F
M., that valuable real estate described as lolUm;
beginning at a post at the souih-easl runr,
thence by laud of W. P PmI suuth lv7 percbn
to a post, thence by lands of 11 Hamlin. Wt7i
perches to a post, thence by land of 'rgir,t
meal. North 1117 perches to a pest. thence Ij Ui.J
of V. P. Smeal enst 73 perches to place of Wgia-
niiig. conlaiuiug rtitj Acres, more or i,m.
Ticks. Tbe one half rash on coiiCtiuimod tf
sale, and the balance in one year therett'er wuti
interest from date of sale, to be secured bv butj
and mortgage on tbe property.
I. MU'MI.MM It.
Sept. 1.'69. HENRY U AM U.N, AJmtt.
"PXA-MINATIOXS. Tbe annual mini.
" nation ot Teachers for Clearfield eoiintv,
will be held as follows: Brady. Kteom anJ l
nina. September 1 1th, at Luthersburg ; Curweus-
ille and Pike, tbe 13th. at Curwensvills; I'.dj.
tbe 14th, at Pennville; Lumber eitj and Fergu
son, the 15th. at L eitj ; Dell, the Ifilh.nt Bow.r ;
Burnside. the 17th, at Burnside; New WiuhiLj
ten and Chest, the 20th. at Sis Waahingtoi.;
Jordan, the 31st. at Ansnville; lleeearia.tbe 2.'1.
at tJlen Hope; Coelich. the 2Jd. at JanestilU;
Woodward, tbe Zth. at Hippy taller Sch"ul
House; Knox, the 26th, at New Millport; Uif.
the 27th. at Centre School Wou-e ; Decatur auj
Osceola the 2Hth. at Osceola: Morris thtftts.st
Kylertown; Uraham. the 30th, at ;
Bradford and Independent, October 1st. at Jvk
sou's School House; Clearfield and Lxerann.ibi
2d. at Clearfield; Kartbaus. the 6th, at St
Lick ; Covington. the 7th at Mulc-oiiberg ; liirsrj.
the 8th. at Congress Uiil ; Uosben, the vik. tl
)ohen School Houm.
Applicants wilt furnish themselvts witk pu
and ink. or pencil, and paper, as pert of tss ci
amiuations will be written No more priri s
exominiitiuns will beheld : hence it is nccvvirr
for all wbo intend io teach to atteni sous a! lij
public ones, which will commence prompt'? stl
o clock A. M , after which none will be sdaitul
to the class. U. W . .-M I'Ktt.
Sept. 1, 1869 bounty ap 1.
CAUTION'. All persons are hervfcy tsa
t'hined against purcliaiiuj or in anyway
meddling wUii one lot of hav now in pvuswiaa
uf Dixon Verts of rieil suwuship. as th ( It
longs to me and la unfy lett with eaia erts ubui
such time as it can be removed.
Aug. 2.v'9-:Hp. ' JOHN SUNDERUS
A DMIXISTR ATORS' XOTK'E -Let-
tprs of Administration on the etsts
of William H'illiams sr. late of Jordan tp.Jec J,
having been granted to tbe oti.lr.i-DJ. son.
is hereliv given that all persons iiilsotea is M
estate are requiro-l to urnse injmcliate pajBtit,
... . . ,- - ..i .....
ami irse n living claim a'nsi iuv hw r"
sent them, properly authen'.ieeted fur sstllsasit
to a . i "i
A. 5. WILI.M.
An. 5t. 1359 fit pd Admistrstsrs.
"ISS H. S. SWAN'S, S. hoiJ fur Girlt,
X Clearfield, Pa.
The Fall Term cf twenfv-twn weeks wi:l
mence on Monday, September 5, S"9.
TBCHS OP Tl ITIOV
Heading. Onhographj. Writing. object Us
sons. Primary Arithmetic and Ptisisrr
Oeograpby. per half term, (of II waekil $J
History. Local and Descriptive Usotrph
wttb Map Drawing. Urimmsr, jiohi'
and Written Arithmetic,
Algebra and the seiem-el.
Instruction iu Instrumental Music,
Oil Painting,
Wi Work. '
t M
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10
1J
For full particulars send for Circular.
Clearfisld, August 2i. ISSH-Jm
T EG ISTER'S NOTICE.-.N'utice inhere
that the followins accouca
have been examined and passed by me .and
filed of record in this ,Goe far the inspect!.-"
beirs.legatees creditors and all others in "?WJ-
interested and will ne presectea 10 u. .-- --
the Court lloose. in the Borough cf C.srB
commencing on the 4:h MuiJ ' ci.. .
Io69 : . ,
Fin.l Atsnt of Patrick Curler. Adm r
James Curley. late of Oraharn townfbip. i"
Paitial Aocouut or Ueorge lo
SIojs, late of Knor township, dee d.
Final account of O. Kratser Aaia r in
Kratxer, late of Pike township, deed ,
Final Account of James Kiddle. ,
VYm. Anderson, late of tlurn.-i le tnwuihip
Account of Samuel A Caldwell. Adm rof J-1
Gearbart, late of Bogf township, . j
Final Account of U. U. usr " - ,
nurd. Executors of Elias llurd. ls' U tc
township, deceased. . -.rrrt
Partial Account of John F. Mcim m " ,
Bmith.sr , Lxecutors of tieorge lluti.
Brady tawn.hip deceased. v.?..:.
Aug. 55. V.9. A.
XTOTICE
,'E. In the matter of the sPP'
of William .Mapes.totbctourt"'
l.as of Clea rfield county.to os a'""
l- m rerat"1 V
Common I' 1
ed from bis suretyship for monies ' , " ,.fit;j,
i r rancis ianip,iie oi bi . , f or
Pa., from thecstate of John Crostbwts - 'jittJ
, rw 1 . . r - ..A unMn ol .
Centre county, ra..neing tne
to John and Oanirl Dunlnp
stated to appear on or before tbe Ic'"" . ,aj!i
of September, proximo, and preseDi tnj -according
to law, and dosuch other ' jtaai
the Court may require of them in tns pr ,
be forever barred ; and also show euse
to the following rule msde in this ee
Aug.
4t
.... j
a tt v for w m-
June 30th. 1868 Rule is gran ea
why VYm Mapes should nol be re!",I,,t, wrisk
charged from a bond given by him u '-ti ef
one Francis Iunlsp to the t'rpa" ' tr.
Clearfield county, on the 3rd day " Jmb:j
...J...I 'k ooih H of April, islt
a ti leu .n.M ol an
h X. n k. ... nf thin rule in I"9
published in Clearfield county.
for fo' m
prior to tbe September T,ra, pVTHra'l'i-.
Seal ol the Ceurt j
SPRISaOOODS.-Justopeninra'V1' N-,
of new goods at C. KRATZbtt-
.i.iiji'-
"URRAKTS the best and "$jAJj
y county, st
DRIED FKUIT Appi
Cherries. Currants, K
aisms. ja ",F-j
June 2, 1869.
J. P.
fa t. A 1
. j r. airl"
rjlHE highest market prices VJJ,
blankets will "5 ". , ,o
V .Aid
By virtue of a certain rule wnieu , . H,
by tbe Orphans- Court, at Cle.rfieM the
of June. lc(W I do berebj gie notice t '
anna mtnrflated In said luuu recci-
V by
J SHAW .