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CLEARFIELD, PA., AUGUST lO.ilSTO,
' REPUBLICAN DISTRICT TICKET.
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Hon. 6. "W. S00FIELD, of Warren Co.
' FOB ASSexBLT
W. E. LATHEY, of Forest County.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
for SHtr.irr
JOHU SW AH, Sr., of Jordan township.
FOR COHMtsaiOMR
JAMES GLENN, of Ferguson township.
t rR DISTRICT ATTORJi MY
I DANIEL W. M'CUBDY.of Clearfield.
FOB JCRT COM18IC"
EOBERT MITCHELL, of Clearfield.
FOB AUDITOR
JAMES HUGHES, of Morris townsliip.
TOR CORONER
GEOEGE L. "WAY, of Cnrwensville.
The Republican State Central Committee
will hold a meeting at Altoona on Tuesday,
the lCih iDKtant, at 12 o'clock noon.
Kentucky has gone Democratic, as usual.
Their majority, however, is only about one
third as much as heretofore. Good for
"Kaintuck."
Tn the days ot the old Democracy no offi
cer of the Government was willing to say
that he refused to pay his share to keep the
party in power that kept him in place.
The Mobile Register advises the Democ
nnt to imDeril their self-respect by
electioneering for negro votes, naively ad
ding that they couldn't get them anyhow.
The Democrats in 1872 will have two em
barrassmentswant of a candidate, and
want of a creed; and tl.e trouble is, that if
they unite upon the one, they may dissolve
upon the other.
Perhaps th? Democrats who complaiin of
corruption in the Republican administration
of the South have forgqtten the Plaquemine
frauds and the robbery of the Indian bonds
by the State of Arkansas.
Gov. Geary has appointed J. Alexander,
Simpson to fill the unexpired term of the
Register of Wills, in Philadelphia. Mr.
Simpson is an Attorney at law, and has
been prominent for several years past in the
contested election cases.
DanW. Vorheee. informed the Democrats
assembled at Clear's Mills, Indiana, on Fri
-day a-week, that "Not a dollar of the pub
lic debt had been paid, and will not be for
4hfc next thirty years." Dan shouldn't lie
so badly in the face of facts.
The Democracy star in the coming Con
gressional elections with some rather heavy
weights hatred of the Union soldiers, of
the freedmen, of the Chinese, of the reduc
tion ot the pubfie debt, and of the economy
of the Grant Administration.
Governor Morton, in a speech in Indian
apolis the other day, said Prussia had been
the friend of our Government throughout
"the late rebellion, and that it was quite nat
ural the Republican party should now sym
pathize with Prussia against Napoleon.
It seems that Bradley, the colored mem
ber of the Georgia Senate, whose antece
dents are reported to be ot a discreditable
character, was retained in that body by
Democratic votes. An effort was made to
expel him, hecause of the numerous friends
which he suddenly developed among the
unreconstructed. The crow like scent of
the Democracy for tainted politicians is re
markable. The FWss says: The Northern Democ
racy carry their elections by ballot-box stuf-
fing and fraud their Southern allies by
. murdering their political opponents and
drivine them trom tne polls. J hus it was
during the war. One wing of the party
: skulked behind the army of the Union, and
aided the enemy in every possible manner,
but dared not resort to open means. The
other threw down the ga;e ot battle and
met it on the field.
Unity and victory are the watchwords of
the Republicans of New York State for the
approaching campaign. Personal differen
ces will not entr into the canvass as hereto
fore, distracting the party conncilf and de
moralizing its ranks, but all wi I labor uni
tedly for the success of Republican princi
ples. We hope the few disaffected Repub
licans in several localities in this State, will
imitate the example 6et them by their New
York brethren. Harmony and a united
front insure victory, while dissensions and
bickerings imperil the success of our candi
dates. Down in Alabama thay need political and
literary reconstruction yet badly, as witness
the following paragraph from the TuskaW
t Monitor: "The news reaches us that
the miserable Radical tool, Grant, has ap
pointed the drunken, cowaixiiy villiaa, V.
H. Gaughan, Secretary of Utah Territory.
This is in keeping with Grant's previous
infamy. This act b a reward for thaerin.e
of attempted assassination. What a gov
ernment is this that we chafe under ! Here
is a despicable creature, who deserves hang
ing, raised to a fat office by the (mutton)
J jii. . - r, . . . I
head the nation I Caexar had his Bru-
tus. IinnAln nJ his TvWn inJ rwi J,.:t 1
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Grant h.d-becr profit by thcu example." j
THE FEENCH PETJSSIAN WAS.
"What is Doing.
A telegram dated Saarbruck, on the 30th
iust , in the afternoon, states that at an
early hour on Saturday morning a large
force of French troops belonging to Marshal
Iiazaine's army, aided by four pieces of ar
tillery, made an advance towards that place,
apparently with the intention of dislodging
the Prussians. On the march the French
met a force of Prussian Guards and Volun
teers, which had taken up a position distant
oae and a half miles from Saarforuck. The
Prussians at tact ad the enemy with vigor.
A sharp, fight ensued, during which the
French were repulsed. Toward the close
the French retreated from the field, leaving
one ot their guns in the hands of the Prus
sians. The French lost twenty-aight men
besides the gun. The Prussians lost eight
men. t
An engagement of short duration and
little importance occurred on August 2d in
front of Saarbruck. The Prussian outposts
on the south side of the Saar were driven
back across the river. The hights which
from the south side ot the stream - overlook
the little railway station were occupied by
the French, and from these their artillery
shelled the Prussians out of Saarbruck, for
cing their retirement to the hills back of the
town. Later advice9 state that this engage
ment was of aven less importance than ap
peared by the first reports. It was the in
tention of the Prussians to abandon the
town on July 31st, but the movement was
delayed until the advance of the Frenrth on
Tuesday. Only two companies of Prussians
held it aud picketed the heights, which,
from the South side of the Saar, command
the town and the valley. The hills on the
north side of the Saar at this point appear
to be two or three miles back from the river
and to these it seems the Prussians have
retired, it the frencu attempt to cross
in force at this point they will have to cross
the valley to fin d the enemy strongly posted
on the hills beyond, a situation not unlike
that of Gen. Burnside at Fredericks
burg in front of the enemy on Maryes
Hights. The French reports glory in the
taking of Saarbruck as an important achieve'
ment, but they were evidently framed with
the design of amusing Paris during the in
explicable delay in advancing.
A French fleet has gone to the North
Sea, accompanied by a detachment 'of the
army. It is presumed that the French will
depend almost entirely upon tliu fleet in
that quarter.
A report of a naval engagement was cur
rent for some days, but this proves to be
incorrect.
It was reported from Paris, that General
Sheridan had offered to serve in the French
army, and that his proposition was rejected
The report has no foundation whatever.
General Sheridan has gone thither as a pri
vate citizen, and has no intention of enter
ing the French service. So say those who
profess to know.
THE FIRST BATTLE.
The first battle of the war was fought on
August 3d. The troops engaged were regi
ments oi tne otn ana iitn rrussisn array
corps, and the Second army corps of Bava
ria, led by the Crown Prince in person. The
French force consisted of Gen'. Douay's di
vision of .Man-lnl McMahou's corps. Weis-
senburg, and Gcishill in the rear of that
town, were carried by storm at the point of
the bayonet after an obstinate reststence.
The General who commanded the French in
the absence of Douay was killed with two
officers of his staff. The Freuch encamp
ment, one piece of artillery, 500 wounded
prisoners, including many Turcns, fell into
the hannds of the Prussians. On the Ger
man side Gen. Kirchbach was wounded.
The Grenadier Guards and 50th Regiment
suffered severely.
On August 4th, a large Prussian force
advanced between Weissenburg and Lauter
burg, ten miles into French territory, dri
ving the advanced posts of the enemy and
destroying miles of the railroad between
Lautcrburg and Strasburg, along which it
is supposed McMahon was preparing to ad
vance. The French loss was heavy, inclu
ding many prisoners.
SEVERAL MORE BLOODT BATTLES.
Matince, August 6, 6:10 P. L The
French turned back on their eutire line, and
commencd to retreat toward the interior of
France. The French had commenced an
advance from Saarbru. k, which they had
held since the famous battle of three divis
ions against three companies of Prussians,
but having to fall back they burned that
rich and unprotected town, and in with
drawing spread the conflagration by throw
ing hot shot into it.
Saarbruck, August f, 7 p. m. The
town of Saarbruck has just been retaken by
the Firs Prussian army corps, under Stein
metz. Mavence, August 6, 9 P. M. The heads
of Prussian columns approached the Saar
on the 5th. This morning General Camera
found the enemy to the west of Saarbrucken
in a strong position in the mountain near
Spicrheren, and commenced immediately to
attack them. Following the sound of can
non, portions of Barnakow and Stupnaget
came up. General Geoben took command,
and after a very severe fight th e position
occupied by General Frossard (French) was
taken by assault. General Franlois and
Colonel Reuter are among the wounded.
Matfa'CE, August 7. Gen. Geoben re
ports concerning the fight west of Saar
brucken, that iu a ay hundred prisoners were
taken. From these we gather that Fros
sard's (French) Corps was engaged. Our
force in all was four divisions. Night alone
put an end to the fighting. The enemy
covered his retreat by a heavy fire of artil
lery. Gen. Steinmetz arrived in the even
ing and took command. General Francois
is dead The loss was heavy on both sides.
The number of officers of the enemy killed
especially large.
Mayesce, August?, 4 a. m. The Prince
Royal reports, August 6th, evening : "In
the battle in which we defeated McMahon,
whose corps had been reinforced by divisions
fr0m the corps of Failly and Caurob
, ... , ....
cr, we
naTe tal.en tw0 eagte glx m,trai eurs and
lcjist four thousgand 1
Basawas wounded. Loss great on
both
sides."
Berlin. August 6, via London, 1:30 P.
M. August 7th. The French Emperor has
withdrawn his entire line, and is concentra
ting his troops for the defense of Paris.
His losses have been enormous.
The Prussians overtook the retreating
French forces early Saturday morning, west
of Saarbruck, near the Smchenen Diii.
Gen. Camera commenced the attack, sup
ported by Generals Barnakow and Stump-
nagel 1 Gen. Van Goeben ultimately as
sumed commands The action was severe.
A position at which the French endeavored
t, make a stand during their : retreat was
carried by the Prussians at the point of the
bayonet. This battle is known as that, or
Hagenau. , - : . " -u
London, August 8. The Prussians to
day occupy St. Avoid, where McMahon s
headquarters were located on Saturday.
McMahon's corps is in full retreat towards
Nancy. It is thought he is endeavoring to
form a junction with French forces at Wetz.
Metz has been hurriedly put in a state of
defence. Every male person has been pres
sed into service. In the event of McMa
hon being cut off from Metz there is not the
slightest doubt that General Buffenier will
be compelled to evacuate Mets and tall back
toward Paris.
Proceedings of Legislative Conference.
The Conferees of this Representative Dis
trict met in Messenger's Hall, at Ridgway,
on Tuesday evening, August 2d. Wm. J.
Hemphill, of Clearfield, was elected Presi
dent, and B. A. Weed, of Elk, Secretary.
On motion of Jerome Powell, W. L.
Latiiey, Esq., of Forest county, was unan
imously declared the Republican candidate
for the Legislature.
The following resolutions were adopted :
RtsolceJ. That the ereat success of Pres
ident Grant's administration, in the peaceful
re-construction of the States lately in rebel
lion; in the honest and faithful collection of
the public revenues; in the rapid reduction
of the national debt; and in the promotion
of all the great interests ot the country, is a
subject of pride and congratulation among
all who were taithtul to the nag in its hour
of peril.
Resolved. That the administration of Got.
John W. Geary has our hearty approval and
endorsement. At no time in our past his to
ry have the affairs of our Commonwealth
been managed with more ability and credit.
Jie$nlvL lhat the re-nommationot lion
G. W. Scofield is a compliment justly due
him for his distinguished services in Con
gress, which have not only endeared him to
his constituents, but have made bim a na
tional reputation of which any statesman
might be proud.
Resolved, That the anrointment by Pres
ident Grant of Hon. II. B. Swoope, of
Clearfield, in this District, as United Slates
Attorney for the V estern District of Penn
sylvania, meets our hearty commendation,
We know him to be in all respects eminent
ly qualified to discharge the duties of the
office, to which he was entitled, as well by
his abilities, as by his long and successful
labor in behalf of the Republican partv.
Ilesoleed, That W. E. LATHEY, Esq
whom we this day present to the people of
the District as our candidate for the Jegis
lature, is well known to us as a man ot high
personal character.of fine abilities, and sound
patriotic principles. He would represent
the District in the Legislature with credit to
himself and his constituents.
On motion the Conference adjourned.
B. A. Weed. Wm. J. Hemphill,
Secretary. President.
The Public Debt Statement.
1 he Jcw xork LleraUl, which does not
often show partiality for the Administra
tion, and frequently condemns it unjustly
and severely, has the candor to recognize
its wonderful vigor and success in financial
matters. The July statement of the Public
Debt has drawn from it the following com
plimentary notice of the Secretary of Treas
ury :
Mr. Boutwell s debt statement for the
last month makes out a reduction of some
thing over seventeen millions in the national
debt tor that period, lhe becretarv is bo
ing on better and bolter all the time. Eight
or nine millions surplus a month to be ap
plied to the liquidation ot the debt was
considerable sum ; ten millions was better
still ; but seventeen millions, which is at the
rate of a bundled and eiehtv millions
year, is glorious, and shows that the debt is
a bagatelle to this rich and prosperous coun
try. The reduction in J une was over twen
ty millions, which makes within the last two
months over thirty-five millions. Of course
we cannot expect the debt to be liquidated
30 rapidly hereafter, when the laws of Con
gresa reducing taxation come into operation;
but we have no doubt there will be still a
large surplus to be applied to the payment
of the debt. The United States can pay the
whole off in fifteen years. Never before in
the history of nations did any country show
such resources and wealth. There ought to
be no difficulty in funding the debt at a low
er rate of interest, and there is no reason
why the credit of the republic f-hould not
stand highest in the markets of the world.
Just Su ! The Altoona Sun, of August
5th, says :
Judge Scofield was nominated for re-election
to Congress for the fifth term at Ridg
way on the second inst. On receiving the
nomination the judf made the usual ad
dress of thanks in which he uttered at least
one truth, in speaking of the democratic
party, by declaring that "the enemy is now
stronger than ever." Judge Scofield
knows.
Certainly 1 "The enemy is now stronger
than ever" in its opposition to everything
that tends to advance the prosperity of our
country. Having been reinforced by the
last of the rebel horde in the readmission of
Georgia, they boldly advocate the repeal of
the Fifteenth Amendment, and the virtual
re-establishment of slavery oppose protec
tion to American industry, and favor free
trade and declare themselres in favor of
genera financial distress by advocating the
repudiation of our national obligations. All
this J u Jge Scofield knows ; and hence his
declaration that "the enemy is now stronger
than ever," or rather more determined than
ever, to bring ruin upon the country.
Reduction of the State Debt. It ap
pears by the report of the Commissioners
of the Sinking Fund that there has been
redeemed of the public debt, sinpe Novem
ber 30, 1869, $1,412,610 72, of which sum
$579,275 10 was redeemed during the
month of J uly, besides the payment of $12,
826 34 interest. Of the interest due Au
gust 1, 1S70, amounting to $879,713 81,
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11Jaj;a9not Stat,
mere was paia in goia jy-i,i't4 h; and in
A Little of Everything.
Marble qnarrtaare now being werked in Iowa
Bay is sailing at frem Ua to twelve dollars per
ton.
Amoriean girb are quotad aa flirting too maoh
in Faria. .
Tba turning pint of a battle if aaid to be the
bayonat.
Tba high price of patches it disagreeable to
Philadelphia.
Sew potato are quoted at thirty cents a bush-
el in Danville. " , ;
There are four thoniand Amoriean boys study
ing in Enrope. .tj. .--.-.
Trout iUhing has gone oat and squirrel hunt
ing has come in.
. The Tyrone Blade haa been enlarged and oth
erwise improved.
When a married man bcoaiea"eorned" should
bia wife pull hia eara ?
The German paper in Burlington, Iowa, fleata
a Prussian flag over its ofice.
A young man ia Illinois has eloped with the
second wife of bis own naele.
Gen John C. Fremont and family have bean
spending the summer at Mount Desert.
All barbarous countries are free traje ; protec
tion is the result of education and conviction.
Hon. W. H. Armstrong was re-nominated for
Congress, by acclamation, in the Lycoming dis
trict .
A friend of ours says that Sapolean is bonnd
to make his mark in this war, and that he means
"bia."
Mis. Bradford, of Cniontown, haa aeolTse mill
that was mads one hundred years ago aud il still
ia nee.
The striped snakes hare come out as public ben-
efaoters ia Illinois, and sat up the potato bugs by
thousands.
The Texan State Prison rnas a cotton factory
by convict labor, which pays all the expenses of
the institution.
About seven hundred tons per month of silver.
gold, copper and lead ores are received monthly
in Ban Francisco.
Revenue stamps on re-eipts for money will net
be required, under the new tax law, after the
first day of October.
Christisn Vanpool, who died sometime since,
a Half Moon township,Centre county, had reach
ed the age of 114 years.
A Shasbury brewer oflsrs a new bonnet to the
woman who will drink tne most oeer in nis sa
loon fer tbe next three months.
A census marshal reports that bo found an old
lady In Forest couaty, 107 years old. When be
"interviewed" her she was chopping wood!
Thirty Cincinnati lawyers have been taken be
fore the United States Commissioner, for neglect
ing to pay tbe government license of ten dollars.
"Mike, they tell me you've got a twin brother."
"Yis, so 'tis Me brother Pat ia twin to meself.
only he's bora ia Ireland and me in tbe States."
Robert Toombs attempted to cowhide a Metho
dist preacher in Macon, 6a., recently, but only
succeeded in getting choked until he was black
in tbe face.
The Philadelphia Prest has sent around to its
subscribers a valuable sepplement consisting ot
a neatly lithographed war map printed oa tine
glazed paper. ,t
A man who went fishing in a private pond in a
Boston suburban town complains that he only got
one bite, and that was from a dog whose master
owns tbe pond,
It is expected that SI 0,000 worth sf raspberries
and huckleberries will be sold along the line ef
the Pennsylvania Railroad between Cresson and
Wilmore the present season.
A Connecticut farmer experimented with dead
flies as chicken food the ether day. The flies did
no hurt, but they bad been poisoned on fly-paper,
and that slaved the fowls.
A Southsrn editor finds it necessary to remind
his readers that the prases "done come" and "done
gone," are more simply and correctly expressed
by the words "come" and "gone."
A ruralist at Newport, seeing a lady driving,
and bar groom with folded arms behind, thought
"that nigger mnst pay that nice looking girl a
pile to drive his carriage for him."
Gen. Wm. Terry, commander of the Stonewall
brigade in the last of tbe war, ia the Democratic
nominee for Congress in the eighth Virginia dis
trict, with a geed chance for election.
A St. Louis Frenchman has been renting a store
room to a German fer S 1,800 a year, but the eon
tract for next year is, that if the Prussians whip
the French the rent shall be but $1,500.
Only on one other occasion within the memory
of" the oldest inhabitant and this dates back to
179R was the mean temperature ia July in Phil
adelphia so great as during the last month.
A negro boy in Columbus, Ohi , rashly went in
1'athiog the other day and was drowned. His
mother said it served him right for taking up new
fangled notions. He neber was washed befo'.
The people of Nassau, TX.P., the blockade run
ner's headquarters, lived high during the war,
but only one man of them saved his ill-gotten
gains, and he is living in princely style in Lon
don. If French fripperies and fashions could be ex
tinguished in the war, many a hard working man
ia Amerira would sleep more soundly at night
and succeed in laying up a competence fer his
children.
John Wylie, of Glover, Vermont, has in his
garden a cherry tree that blossomed at the nsual
time in May .and has continued to do so up to the
present time. It has now blossoms and green and
ripe cherries upon it.
A wild eat attempted to take a baby ent of its
eradle in a cabin near Mankato, Minnesota, bat a
little black -and tan dog attacked the eatamoant
and fought it until the mother case in and drove
the wild beaut out with a brand of fire.
Inns it Salbi or Lad. The aggregste sales
of Union Pacific Railroad lands for the year end
ing Jaly 28th, 1870. was $94 ,531; average price,
$4.6 per acre - On July S9th, the receipts for
sales ef land were upwards of $20,400 for that
day.
A eensus-taker recent'y asked a servant girl in
the vicinity of Boston how many regular, steady
boarders there were in the bouse. She informed
him that there were fifteen boarders in all, "but
not more'n four ef :im is steady ; the rest is Dim
meerats !"
An Indianapolis German had occasion recently
to bury a large wife, aad so squabbled with the
sexton about the fee. "Dat ish not a big grave,"
said the disconsolate husband. "Not a big grave?"
indigaantly responded tbe sexton, "why, hang it,
that 's a cellar."
The negro in Tennessee is fsst becoming pro
prietor of the soil he formerly tilled for his mas
ter. About five hundred negroes ewn farrae in
the vicinity of Memphis, and all their farms are
well cultivated, while the farms of a great many
white men are covered with weeds.
In alluding te Gen. O. 0. Howard, the Congn
gatianalut says, "that while his friends may eon
oede that he sometimes erred in judgment, and
toe freely confided in seme of his subordinates,
his enemies have lost the right to accuse him of
dishonesty, or the least dishonor."
A colored clergyman has returned te Maryland
after suffering five years' imprisonment and sen
tenced to "perpetual banishment frem the United
States (a slight stretch or power, by the way. by
the authorities of Maryland), for having in his
potsessiaa in 1857 a eopy t a work called 'Uncle
Tern's Cabin.' " .
C0N6EESSI0NAL C0NFEEENCE.
Hon. G. W. Scofield Ee-nominated His
Eemarks. -
On Tuesday, August 2d, the Republican
Conferees appointed by the counties com
prising the Nineteenth Congressional Dis
trict, met atRidgeway to nominate a candi
date for Congress. General Thomas L.
Kane was called to the chair, and M. W.
Cangbey, of Erie, and A. D. Wood, of War
ren, were appointed Secretaries. General
Kane, on taking the chair, thanked the
Convention for the honor confered. After
stating tbe object of the Convention, he
remarked that it was simply to ratify and
record the expressed will of the Republicans
of the District. He spoke in the most com
plimentary terms of the personal character
and official integrity of Judge Scofield. He
said it remained for other Districts to send
men of untried nerve, ability, and too often
untried integrity, to represent them in Con
gress, but the people of the Nineteenth
District of Pennsylvania, desirous of keep
ing their influence in the national councils,
are proud of having the right man for the
right place, and intend to take care the right
place shall receive the right man.
William Griffith, Esq., of Erie, also
spoke in high praise ot Judge Scofield, and
concluded his remarks by moving his re
nomination by the convention. The motion
was carried unanimously by acclamation.
J udge Scofie'd being in formed of the action
of the convention, was introduced, and made
some extented remarks. He thanked the
convention for the nomination, and said he
accepted it because he knew it was freely
bestowed both by the convention and the
patriotic and intelligent people whose dele
gates they were. If elected he should en
deavor to prove to them that the fact he bad
nothing more to expect at their hands for
he would not again be a candidate did not
lessen his zeal in support of their principles,
nor hia attention to their personal wants.
He discussed briefly the politican situation :
The military historv ot the world, he said
presents numberless instance of a great victory-,
won by long suffering, skill, aud valor,
and suddenly turned into defeat by the
carelessness of the victors. It- is always
the same story. Instead of holding their
position until the fruits of the victory are
well secured, they give themselves up to
rest, to rejoicing, and to disputes about the
division of glory or spoils. The vanquished
army sees the situation, regaius its courage,
rallies its retreating battalions, and at a
single blow, recovers the day.
The Republican party is just now in its
dangerous hour of triumph. It is viutorous
at all points, but its great principles, pur
poses, and measures are not all, nor nearly
all, beyond the power of hostile administra
tion. The first great question which con
fronted it upon assuming cower in 1S01,
was the right to coerce a rebel State. A
gainst the armed ODDOsitiou of the whole
South, and the earnest protest of the whole
Democratic North, we decided it in the
affirmative. That decision secured the final
restoration of the Union. But from that
day to this, it has never received the sanction
of our political opponents. On the contrary
their conventions have endorsed the oppo
site doctrine contained in the Virginia resol
utions of 1 t'JS. Nor has a single principle.
involved in the war, been endorsed by that
party. Upon their records, all that glorious
history is still branded as unconstitutional,
revolutionary, and void. Emancipation was
bitterly opposed1 and in their platforms still
stands condemned. Their resolutions,
apeeches, tracts, and sermons in favor of the
crudest bondage that ever disgraced the
earth, have never been expunged by any
repenting expressions of opinion. Ihe four
teenth and filteentb Amendments were
repudiated and their legal adoption denied
no longer than last month, in the House of
Representatives by the recorded vote of the
whole party, ihe reconstruction of the
Confederate States is now ccm Dieted. Th
Union people are thus placed in a position
ot comparative safety. But all this work
too, is branded as unconstitutional, revolu
tiunary, and void. The financial pioblcm
is not yet solved. We have agreed to a
national currency, equally valuable all over
the Union, a currency by which we are
exempt from the financial panics that for
merly destroyed all business every few years.
and still afflict the rest of the world, but it
is still incomplete. The whole thing has
been steadily comdemned by tbe opposition.
We have at last a law to fund the debt at a
low rate of interest, but if a party tainted in
the least with repudiation, acquires any
considerable power in the country, thecapi
talists will Dot touch it.
The Republican party isindeed triumphant
but it i? not in a situation to relax its vigil
ance. Its great work is not in a condition
to be turned over to the maladministration
of its enemies. The enemy is now stronger
than ever. Ihe Democrats ot the North
have joined their torce with the rebels of
the South. They arc numerous, united,
hopeful, and active. Their central com
mittee at Washington have issued an address
of counsel and cheer. They claim that the
Republicans are demoralized, that our
leaders are ready to betray us, and call upon
their broken columns to rally for another
struggle. They hope to carry tbe next
House of Representatives and many of the
State Legislatures. This will enable them
to block all Republican legislation at Wash
ington, and district the States after the next
census, in their own interest. If we wish
to secure to the country the fruits of our
victories, if we wish to crystalize our great
principles and measures into the legislation
of the country, we must not allow ourselves
to be diverted from that purpose by personal
bickerings and private griefs of leaders.
Personal rivalry and personal ambition exist,
and always will exist, in all parties, and
among the most meritorious and patriotic
citizens. It. is all right. But the disin
terested people should see to it, that such
strugeles are not allowed to endanger the
triumph of great principles. The national
administration is fulfilling the pledges made
before the election. Under President John
son the taxes were high but the debt was
all the time increasing. We promised to
reduce both the taxes and the debt. We
have done both. One hundred and fifty
millions of the debt have been paid since
General Grant became President, and the
internal taxes have been reduced in all, more
than one-half. Seventy-five million were
taken from the burden of the people, by this
last session of Congress. There are but six
items of internal taxes left, to wit : spirits,
tobacco, banks, incomes, gas, and stamps.
Even these have been reduced more than
half, and no doubt tbe economy of the pres
ent administration will enable Congress, at
its next session, to repeal the whole except,
perhaps, on whUkey and tobacco.
But while the Republican party, during
its nine years of administration, has carried
the country successfully through the greatest
civil war the world has ever known, while
it has converted fonr millions of down-trodden
bondsmen into industrious, peaceful,
happy citizens, while it has reconstructed
the South and started it out on a new career
of righteous prosperity, while it hasorigiha
ted a curreucy whieh still in its imperfect
state possesses equal value all over the Union
and preserves opr country from the finan
cial crises to which we were formerly exposed
and to which all other conntriei are still
uhjett, while it has been devising means to
raise the credit of the government and re
lieve the pesple of taxes, while it has been
protecting home labor and building up honie j
nianuiaciures, ny a proper cysusiu ui uuun
on imports, it has also found time to look
after all the great interests of the country,
and to originate other retormsitory legisla
tion not strictly of a party character. The
last war with Great Britian was fought to
maintain the right of cxpariaticn. But
when the war closed the question was lett
unsettled. Great Britain still held, as did
all the other European powers, that a per
son born upon their soil, continued to own'
allegiance to the native country, although
he might have become a citizen of the
" . ... . ... , , ,
United fetates. e have lately concin.ei
treaties with all'these nations, in wnicn
they concede the rieht of expatriation.
Our adopted citizens can now travel abroad
ithout danger ot being held liable to miu-
tai-v dutv in the Fatherland. Thr election
of United Sattes Senators has always been
a source of strife and fraud. Under the old
sj stem of choosing wherever the two bran
ches of the Legislature differed in political
opinion, or about the merits of candidates,
the miuorty would refuse to enter into joint
convention and thus indefinately postpone
an election. All this has leen remedied by
act of Congress, the constitutionality and
propriety of which nobody doubts. A bill
has passed both Houses, though it has not
yet become a law, providing for Congress
ional elections on the same day all over the
Union. We have already a similar law lor
the election of President.
The States will soon conform their elec
tions to this law, and thus the system of col
onizing voters will be broken up. Construc
tive mileage, an old abuse, has been abol
ished, and the fiankinL' Drivileee. akindred
abuse, has received a black eve in the House
aud cannot lone survive its twin relic of
petty plunder. e have provided that tne
holiest but unfortunate debtor shall not for
ever be suhiect to the exactions of creditors,
and that the landless emigrant to the West
may take one hundred aud sixty acres trom
uncle bam s great farm, without money and
without price. Jhese.be remarked, were
only epecimens of the progressive and refor
matory legislation inaugurated by the tie
publican party which occurred to hiui s he
spoke. There was much more of a kindred
character.
Judge Scofield's remarks were listened
to with great attention, and he was roundly
applauded at their close. The following
resolutions were then presented and adop
ted:
Resolved, That every effort should be put
forth to maintain and perpetuate the organ
ization ot the Kepublican party; that a party
which has proved itself so true to patriotic
duty in times of great national peril, which
has maintained untarnished the national
honor and national credit, which has given
broad and legitimate meaning to the word
liberty, which has vindicated the rights of
the poor and powerless, and placed the guar
antees ot political eouaiity upon the nation
al statute book, deserves to live and triumph
as long as the oemheent results of its prinei
pies endure.
Rrsolced, I hat in presenting Hon. G. Y.
Scofield for the fifth time to the Republican
voters of tbe Nineteenth Congressional Dis
trict. as a candidate for re-election tothe re
sponsible position he has honored aod filled
lor eight years, the conferees representing
the district in convention, express the con
fident beiicf that a man so worthy oi popu
lar confidence and official trust, needs no
special endorsement of theirs to recommt nd
hiui to the further favor and consideration
of the people.
Resolvtil, That as the honest outspoken
diversity of opinion manifested by prominent
members ot the Republican party on the
question of finance and tariff, is hailed l y
our political opponents as the certain sign of
party disintegration, it is the more neccsyary
that unity and concord should characterize
our action; and we therefore earnestly en
join upon the adherents of our political ttith
tne generous iorgetiuineis oi an prejudices,
strifes and disappointments, that they may
present at the next election an unbroken
front in support of the party candidates.
The convention then adjourned nine Ji,
Democratic Sentiment. The Rich
mond Dispateh, a leading Conservative, in
other words, Democratic paper, cries to the
people of Europe, in reference to their
yearnings after more liberal government:
When will this Republican dream cease
to vex crazy people '! It l-amboozles th
minds of men in this country, and hoi
much cf Republicanism have wc? If Ku
ropan nations can do no better than Atucr
ica they had letter put an embargo on Re
pulihcanism.
To which the Wilmington (Delaware
Commercial responds : "No doubt the Dis
patcli is in earnest. So is Senator Bayar.l
who thinks the number of white men a
lowed to vote is far too great. So are th
Saulsbury family, who prefer a despotism
with thetnolves at its head, to any lree
government by the people." Such we may
add are the sentiments of most of the lead
ing Southern Democrats and, we are afraid
of many of the prouJncnt Democrats of th
North
ttyl,cill bt rhtirgrd ivHt usual rmles. Tit luti
AGRICULTURAL FAIR!
Eighth Annual Exhibition
OF THE
CLEARFIELD COUNTY
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
WILL BK HELD ON THE
FAIR GROUNDS,
NEAft CLEARFIELD. ON
Wednesday, Thunday and Friday,
OCTOBER 12, 13 aad 14, 1870.
The premium list ispublished in pamphlet form
and can be had by application to the Seoretary of
the Society, either personally or by letter.
Family Tickets, during Fair,
Single Ticket, during Fair,
Single admission tickets,
SS Of
7
25
THURSDAY, purse ot $ltO tO to be trotted for.
FRIDAY, purse of tiO 00 to be trotted for.
'or eeadiiions.entrees, Ao., see Pamphlets.
It ia to be hoped that fanners will take an in
terest in this exhibition. Ifo pains will be spared
by the effioers of the Society to make it a credit
able one. Judges will be announced from the
stand on Wednesday. Premiums for stoea and
cereal grains have been largely increased.
O. R. BARRETT, President
A- Waiear GaaaAM, Secretary.
SEW AD7EETISEME5TS.
TWR SALE ONE E W CARRIA;e! Aprilr m
1 C- A IUVIU M. - . "IT'. to
a m . vurn vn.VUIe. 14.
7ATED-A BLACKS.VITH-s married ,
' P"!r.d Apply to T. fl. Fof.CtY
Gr?h.m!on. P..
OTICE. The partnership heretofore
existing between Samuel Arnold A V
Ilartahnrn. in h. , ' -
N
wensvtlle. is this d.y (August 8tb, ls7). di-soi,
ed by mutual consent
,.,, SAMUEL ARNOLD,
Aug. 10,'70-3t. w. K. HARTLHOKN-
E ARNOLD bavin porshal the int.r.rt
Samuel Aarnold in tbe firm ol Arnold Han-
of t
born
i. ui, ininBwni oe carried on at heretofore
NOTICE TO BUILDERS -The School
f-1 Directors of oodward School District
nrcy give notice tnat tBey intend to build a ctw
Lehool Honie. near Fsnhorn. aad fnai c.
building- said school hou. will ha r.,,..i ... .
Saturd.y August 27th. lS70.cn which dv a ,,.
nj will be held at Sanborn School llau..ai I
i clock, P. M.. where all nersons iatar,.j
attend. Ey order of the itoard. 1
Aug. 10-3t. 1. C. HENS ALL. Pc y.
rpo ALL WHOM IT MAVCONCKRX
A Take notice, that my wile, SlUf
PEERING, has left my bed and t-oird wii'hout
any just caute or provocation, ali (.cr.-ci,
hereby cautioned not to harbor or tinst br en
my account, as I will psy no debts of bcr Cl,.
trading after this date.
Aucut3d. 1S70. HENRY SEHRINrt.
Burnside, Aag. 10,'70-?.t-nedue.
rplIE CRKAPEST PAVER IX TIIS
-1- WORLD. THIRTY ChNTS.
TheWeekly Patriot, containing forty-eljlit eo.
mns tf matter. Political. Literary. As-iculioral
lurrant liewa. Ac from tba fimt r.f mr.t v '
b7, until the first of January, 1ST I. for fifty
2nts to sinrte snbscriharii. S.4 ra t .
Sri GO to clubs of twenty, aid S'tO.Ov to rlut . f
one nunarea (to one addrcii) cash in a'lvan. t.
Editors scd Proprietors, Harrisbnrg. Ta
Augpat 19, 70-4 1.
UTOBTOGRAPIl Y" and PERSOWL
xv RECOLLECTIONS by Jno. li. Cough.
Containing a complete history of his lift
aecoent of his childhood in England, wi h thril
ling detail of his almost superhuman Mrusfka
against intemperance ; his wretched ennditiun
and victory ; his labors in behalf of temptraac -his
first speech together with aeeount f his ex
perience and succas as a lecturer. Alto, virt-i
paintings of what he saw and heard in rn -!aH.
ihe wbole enlivened by anecdotes, ajfrcia? inci
dents, and laucbable experiences whrckl i d nn.
could describe like Mr Uru;h.
Kv. THUS. UltEr.XLY. Arent.
Aug 0,'70. Caledonia Eikeo..Pa
CAWED LUMBER The undersigned
having started in tbe Lumber I uii:e?.
near Osceola, Clearfield county. ia now pre
pared to furnish pine board, clear and rnri-l
stuff Ac. Pine and Hemlock billscawed toorder
and shipped en short notice.
U. K. MACOMBKR.
OfceoU Mill.
May 5, 186-tf. f learlieid ce.. I'a.
VOTICE. Ilavlnc purchncd tho intcrcs
of J. A. IJlattenbrraer. E., in the hut
sine?? heretofore carried rn un!ertlie firm tame
of J. A. Blattenbeyer Sr Co.. tlie same wi,l ba con-
ducted hereafter under tbe r.auie it Mi.ham:on
Land and Lumber Co.. (Store)
it. II SHILLINGFOKD. J0II LAWS!!!:.
Preidnt.
Snp't.
May 11, '78.-tf.
rpo OWNERS OF HOi:sr.S.-JVr..ons
havins spavined Horses, a rr lit rehv no
tified that they can have a cure effrcttj hr citi-
ing on 1-elicer farrotie. at the reiiienre of it. II.
West, at Bergett's Shirj-e Mill, in '.irirt town
ship Terra liberal. No charge if cot curel.
August 3. ISiS-Zlcp.
CROCKS! POTS! CROCKS!
Stone and Eartheswars of every 3evript i.n.
Fibbers' Patent Airtight Sfelf-fcaling Fruit Tarn.
BUTTER CHOCKS with i.:ns, ricKi.r.
antlAPPT.TZ BUTTER CRO "K VRF.AH
ATo milk 'jrocks STi:n- PUTS,
FLOWER POTS. PIE DIIi:; ai d
a good many other ihins too numtr-
eus to iueiti.,n. at ih
FTO.XE-WARE POTTERY OF
F. LEITZIXGER,
Corner of Cherry and Third Streets,
CLEARFIELD, PA,
Aos. 3. 'Tt-tf.
PROPOSAL
The County Commi!ioners of C'ee.-fiVJ county
propose to re paint the Court Ilo-ie STid i!l
therefore receive SEALED Pit" T" SA!.S. until
TCESDAY, the 2-ld day of AL'.il rf. f ir doiwc
the work. Ohe building to have two coaia. ai.i
the wood atone and brick work to l. of tba Mini
color as originally. The e enrty f.ron"! to fur
nih the material. Each propoaa! will tate tlie
quantity of Lead. O'l, Turpentite n 1 Paint ca
essary for to coats. If more is rcq-iirt l loan
"pacified, the cet mast be b -rne by :ts sictraciur.
Tbe work muft be complete 1 by t'je H:h day cf
September.
OTHELLO SMEAD,
Cornm'rs ftffi -e. ) S II SIMFFXER,
Clearfield, Pa , J S II. UI.IMAV
Aug, 3. IS70 J Cmmii'nri.
N. B. Communications addrc.ei to tlie Coia
misiioners Office containing propeaI$. siriul l !
so endorsed on tho envelope
From the CircKisiff rence lo the
"Hub' wc fom
The harvest is past, the Summer i Bar!.T end
ed, and the saa n of enjyyntft ix at haul-
All who would rest from their Isbors ar.d f-"I
the gladdening in3uer.ee of a -SOi'I AL IK'?,'' '
realize the exbiliratine effect of good tninf-i s:i
tbe inner man. and "bid dull csre araunt."
renpectfullv invited to participate in a GUAM
KKSTIVK ViCMC, to be held in the grove near
PFNSVILLK, 03 TlllLSDAY, AL'til'ST Hit,
1870.
No pains or expene will beyparcl to maSe it
THE Picnic of tbe season. The arrar;'tner.t.-for
DANCIN't will boon a RASI SCLK. Pro
tection from the sun on the platform i' inrarad.
T'jose net wishing to dance. will find nfiple mci3
of enj-jjmeut on the Fine Swings. -Fiyii.g or"
ses," or at Croquet.
An excellent BAND OF SIL'cIC w:!l be provided
REFRESHMENTS oi all kirds will bs furiiih
ed at the grove.
Arrangements have been made fur a '"Hw
Trot, a Wheeling Match, a Foot ar.d a
Rac, in the evening, which will effsrd some rare
fun.
COME OUT, YE FESTIVE YOUTH
COMB SPEND Tlin DAY'.
Ample stabling will be provided; ar.d in e
of rain, al! will be accommodated t tbs liu"'1
and elsewhere.
B F riEHL.
.Jo.
JAS. CI.AI! V. Jr . Com.
Aug. 3 '70. WM. F. KIEHL.
SHERIFFS SALE. By virtue ot a oer
tain writ of Fieri Facte issue J out d
the Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield eoon
ty, and tome directed. there will be exposed t
publio sale, at the Court House, in the boroueb
Clearfield.on MONDAY.tbe T'.Uh darof Al'lH ; '
1370. at 2 o'clock P.M., the followirj dewn"
property to wit :
A certain tract ef land situste iti Brady town
ship, Clearfield county. Pa., bounded and isc"'
bed as follows: Bounded on tho wen by
bmyley'a heirs. North b Bogle and Little, eai
by J. Lyons and South by iJeorge Hern, "y"
taining tifty acres, more or less, with a fO '
chard and log houte and barn ereetad l"r' -'
the greater part ot said land is cleared. ',"Jl
taken in exeoetion, and to be sold S3 tt pro?"J
of Alexander Dunlop.
Also a certain tract of land situate ia Brady
township, Clearfield county. Ta , bounded ana
scribed as follows, to wit: Beginning at a
oak corner, thence west 110 perches to a post, cer
ner ef land sold to Robert Patton. tfceoce nor
142 peruhes to a pon. thence east i:i perches ui
post, thence south 20 peiches to a post, tnenv
east 67 perches to a post, thence south 1 1 P""
to the place of beginning, containing ! sr
and allowance, having about five acres e;r
with a large steam saw mill, two dwellise noose
store room and frame barn erected tber"nM
sed, taken in execution, and te be sold as
property of Q. W. Canfield and W. C
August 3, 1370 Shjriff
QTJEKKSWARK Tea sets.best 'fn?:w.p's'
pieces, at S oO at "P