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LIST OF POST OFFICES.
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thel Station
Knocn Jteese, ,
Joseph Bene,
Henry Nutter,
A. G. Crook3,
J. Houston,
John Thompson,
Asa H. Fiska
J. M. Christj,
Tiley, Jr.,
I. E. Chandler,
M. Adlesberger,
E. "Wissinger,
A. Durbin,
Blacklick.
Carroll.
Chest.
Taylor.
Wa3hint'n.
Ebensburg.
White.
Gallitzin.
Waaht'n.
Johnst'wn.
Loretto.
Concm'gh.
Munster.
tfolltown,
iess Springs,
jaemaugh,
tesson,
Tjensburg. -
illen TuaDer,
iiUitzin,
lemlock,
lobn'town,
Loretto, m
taeral Point,
laaster,
JiattsTille,
Andrew J Ferral, Susq'ban.
G. "WV Bowman, White.
Stan. Wharton, Clearfield.
George Berkey, Richland.
B. H'Colgan, Washt'n.
B. F. Slick, Crojle.
William M Connell Washt'n.
Morris Keil, S'merhill.
Iceland,
Augustine,
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::i;p L.eei,
oaaan,
ij-nmerhill,-
fllmore,
ClIlTItCIIES, MINISTERS, &C.
frtsbyterian Ret. D. IJarblsox, Pastor.
poaching every Sabbath morning at 10
v'c'ock and in the eTcning at 6 o'clock. Sab
rA School at 1 o'clock, A. II. Prayer meet
'z every Thursday evening at 6 o'clock.
ithodist Episcopal Church Rev. J. S. Lem
preacher in charge. Rev. W. II. M'Beide,
instant. Preachingevery alternate Sabbath
-orniD", at 10 J o'clock. Sabbath Sclibol at 9
icIockA. M. Prayer meeting every Thursday
irening, at 7 o'clock.
Wikh Independent Rev Ll. R. Powell,
Pistor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at
!0 o'ciock, and in the evening at 6 o'clock,
febbath School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer
-eetinf on the first Monday evening of euch
lonthfand on every Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday evening, excepting the first week in
sch month.
Cilvinutic Methodist llzx. John Williams,
Piitor Preaching every Sabbath evening at
!&nd 6 o'clock. Sabbath School at lr o'clock,
A.H. Piayer meeting every Friday evening,
it 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
i: 7 o'clock.
Disciples Rev. W. Llotd, Pastor. Preach
;j every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
Particular aptitRzv . David Jkxkixs,
?tor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
3 o dock. Sabbath School at at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Catholic Rev. M. J- Mitchell, Pastor.
Services every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock
isd Yespers at 4 o'clock in the evening.
EBENSBURG MAILS.
MAILS AltRIVE.
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Western, " at 11 1 o'clock, A. M.
MAILS CLOSS.
Intern, daily, at 8 o'clock, P. M.
Teitern, " at 8 o'clock, P. M.
The mails from Butler,Indiana,Strongs
xn, c, arrive on Thursday of each week,
u 5 o'clock, P. M.
Leave Ebensburg on Friday of each week,
it& A.M.
I, The mails from Newman's Mills, Car
fc'Jtown, &c, arrive on Monday, Wednesday
fcd Friday of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
Leave Ebensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays
ui Saturdays, at 7 o'clock, A. M.
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COUNTY OFFICERS.
Judguofthe Court President, Hon. Geo.
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Huntingdon ; Associates, worg i .
klev. Henrv C. Devine.
Protkonotary Joseph M'DonaH.
Register and Recordtr J ames Griffin.
Sheriff John Buck.
district Attorney. Philip S. Noon.
Countv Commissioner Peter J. Little. Jno.
fonpbell, Edward Glass.
'rcaturer Isaac vvikc.
Poor Haute Director Geortre M'CulIough,
George Delany, Irwin Ratledge.
oor House Treaaurer ueorge Kj. k. ianm.
Au-litor William J. Williams. George C.
t Zahm, Francis Tierney.
County Surveyor. Henry Scanlan.
Cbr0ner.'--'WiHiam Flattery.
Mercantile Appraiser Patrick Donahoe.
Bup't. of Common School J. F. Condon.
tBEXSBERG 1IOII. OFFICERS.
AT LARGE .
Junice of the Peace David II. Roberts
wrison Kinkead.
Burgess A. A. Barker.
School Dirfftnr Abel Llovd. Phil S. Noon.
Joshua D. Parrish. Huerh Jones. E. J, Mills,
hvid J. Jones.
EAST WAED. -
Constable Thomas J. Davis.
Torcn Council J. Alexander Moore, Daniel
fojen Council J. Alexander Moore, Daniel I
mr"?!1 Tibort. E- r
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Jnipector Alexander Jones. D. O. Evans.
Judge of Election Richard Jones, Jr.
assessor Thomas M. Jones.
distant Attestor David E.Evans, Win.
-Dvis.
WEST WARD. .
ntaJZ William Jlills, Jr.
jocn Council Jchn Dougherty, George C.
Zthm, Isaac Crawford,- Francis A. Shoe
"ker, James S. Todd.
pee(o G. W. Oatman. Roberts Evans.
Jdgt olettoj Michael Haason.
Mr James Murray. ." .
, itant 44tMorWiliiam Barnes, Dao
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EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1864.
Select $0ctrg.
On the Chicago Surrender.
BY BAYABD TATLOE.
What! hoist the white flag when our triumph
is nigh ?
What! crouch before Treason? make Free
dom a lie? ,
What! spike all our guns when the foe i3 at
bay
And the rags of his black banner drooping
away?
Tear down the strong name that our nation
has won,
And strike her brave bird from his home in
the sun?
He's a coward who shrinks from the lift of
the sword ;
He's a rtraitor who mocks at the sacrifice
poured;
Nameless and homeless the doom that should
blast
The knave who stands idly till peril 13 past,
But he who submits when the thunders have
burst
And victory dawns, is of cowards the worst.
I3 the old spirit dead? Are we broken and
weak,
That cravens eo shamelessly, lift the white
cheek,
To court the swift insult, nor blush at the blow.
The tools of the Treason and friends of the
foe! -
See ! Anarchy smiles at the Peace which they
ask,
And the eye3 of Disunion flash out through
the mask !
Give thanks, ye brave boys, who by vale and
by crag
Bear onward, unfaltering, our noble old flag,
Strong arras of the Union, heroes living aud
dead, ,
For the blood of your valor i3 uselessly shed!
No solditr's green laurel is promised you here,
But the white rag of "sympathy" softly shall
cheer!
And
you, ye war martyrs, who preach
from
your graves
How captives are nursed by the masters of
slaves,
Or, living, still linger in shadows of Death,
Puff out the starved muscles, recall the faint
breath, ,
And shout, till those cowards rejoice at the cry,
"By the hands of the Union we fought for we
die!'
By the God of our fathers! thi3 shame we
must share, '
But it grows too debasing for freemen to bear,
And Washington, Jackson, will turn in their
graves
When the Union shall rest on two races of
slaves, . -
Or, spurning the spirit that bound it of yore,
And sundered, exists as a nation no more!
Condition or llie South Duty
of the North.
The following is the celebrated and
highlj interesting letter of Brig.-Geu.
T. Seymour, lately a prisoner under fire
at Charleston) to the people of the North.
Read it, and ponder over it :
Wiliiamstowu, Mass., Aug. 15, 1864.
JUv Dear Sir : You ask for my im-
' rjression of the present condition of the
Southern Confederacy, and you shall have
li' For the benefit of our cause, I wish
It migut oe impressed upou every euui iu
the land, that the confidence begotten of
my three months' observations in the in
terior of the South might be shared by
every man who has the least connection
with the responsibilities of this struggle.
, And I am sure that these opinions are not
peculiar to myself, bvery one oi the titty
officers just exchanged will express the
same every one of them, whether from
the jail3 of Charleston or the pens of Ma
con and Andersonville, will confidently
tell the same 6tory.
The rebel cause is fast failing from ex
haustion. Their two grand armies have
been reinforced this summer from the last
resources of the South. From every cor
ner of the land, every old man arid every
boy capable of bearing a rifle has been
impressed, willingly or unwillingly, and
hurried to the front. Lee's army was the
first bo strengthened. It was at the ex
pense of Hood's. Governor Brown told
the truth with a plainness that was very
bitter, but it was none the Jess the truth.
Let me extract a few prominent state
ments from his proclamation of July 9,
addressed to tho "Reserved Militia of
Georgia
"A late correspondence with the Pres
ident of the Confederate States satisfied my
mind that Georgia is to be left to her own
rcsource3 to supply the reinforcements to
Genr - al Johnston's array, which are in-
dispensable to the protection of Atlanta,
and to prevent the fetatc from being over
run Dy the overwhelming numbers now
under command of the Federal General
uponoursoil. -
"But thera.is need of further rein
forcements, as will be seen by the accom
panying letter of General Johnston.
And it. becomes my duty to call forth
every. man in the State able to bear arms,
as fast as they can be armed, to aid in the
defence of our homes, our altars, and the
graves of our ancestors. .
(Iff tV.Q Prtfl f A AlNif A C i TT r. n.t-
not send their large cavalry . force (now
engaged in. raiding and repelling raids)
to destroy the long line of railroads over
which General Sherman brings his sup
plies from Nashville, and thus compel him
to retreat, with the loss of most of his
army, the people of Georgia, who have
already been drawn upon more he-wily
in proportion to population than those of
anj oiirer State in the Confederacy, must
at all hazards, ?nd at any sacrifice, rush
to the Iron t. ..; ,
"If General Johnston's army is destroy
ed, the Gulf States are thrown open to
the enemy, and we are ruined."
There must, indeed, have been desper
ate weakness when Georgia, and the
Southern cause with it, was so neglected,
that Lee's army might be made equal to
the task ot holding Grant to the Poto
mac or the James, and the people of the
South aie. intelligent enough to under
stand and to appreciate the fact, and they
have lost heart accordingly.
The following is from a letter wtittcn
by one rebel to another, that accidentally
fell into the hands of one of my fello.v
prisoneri, and for the authenticity of
which I can vouch :
"Very few persons are preparing to
obey the late call of the Governor. His
summons will meet with no response here.
The people are soul-sick, and heartily tired
of this hateful, hopeless strife. They
would end it if they could; but our would
be rulers will tal e good care that no op
portunity, be given the people to vote
against it. - By lies, by fraud, and by chi
canery this revolution was inaugurated; by
force, by tyranny and the suppression of
truth it is sustained. It in nearly time
that it should end, and of sheer depletion
it must end beore lony. We have, had
euough of want and woe, enough of cru
elty and carnage, enough of cripples and
corpses. Thers is an abundance of be
reaved parents, weeping widows and or
phaned children in the land. If we can,
lot us not increase the number. The men
who, to aggrandize themselves, or to grat
ify their own political ambition, brought
this cruel war upon a peaceful aud.pros
perous cQuntry, will have to render a
fearful account of their misdeeds to a
wronged, robbed and outraged people.
Earth has no punishment sufficiently meet
for their villainy here, and hell will hardly
be hot enough to scathe them hereafter."
There is certainly a no small proportion
of the Southern people (despite the lying
declarations of their journals, a3 we had
good occasion to learn) that not only favor
the progress of our arms, but daily pray
that this exterminating war may soon be
brought to a finality by our complete and
perfect success. They have had too much
of despotism not enough ot the triumph
promised them. Many intelligent South
ern men do, indeed, express strong hopes
of their ultimato independence, but each
hope is not shared by the masses. Dis
appointed from the first in not having
been acknowledged by foreign powers
more bitterlv disappointed in their general
.expectation that Northern cowardice or
dissension would secure their ends but
a single chance remains, and that is the
result of our next election for President.
If a Democrat succeeds Mr. Lincoln, they
profess to feel sure of negotiations, and
sure of their Confederacy. ; . They believe
i a Democrat will be elected. In Mr. Lin
coln's re-election they pee only subjuga
tion, annihilation, for the vnr must then
continue, and continuance is their failure
and ruiu.
In military affairs, it is an excellent
rule never to do what the enemy desires
is it not equally true in politics? Cer
tain it is that the only remaining hope of
the South lies in Mr. Lincoln's defeat.
Now, I am not enough of a politician
to know whether the election of a Demo
crat can result as favorably to the South
as it anticipates. The wish alone may be
the parent of their belief. But I assured
all' who expressed that belief that the
North, as a mass, is as united as the South
that no Democrat could be elected on a
peace platform and that any President
who would inaugurate any measure lead
ing to peace oa the basis of. Southern in
dependence would be promptly hung, by
loyal acclamation, to the lamp-posts in
front of -his own Presidential mansion.
However that may be, if we are but
true to ourselves, there can be but one
result. IVhnt toe need now is men only
men. Not substitutes or hirelings, who
go forth for any motive but the country's
good, and produce but little beyond the
depreciation of our armies, but mm, puoh
as really constitute tho State, and boast of
being freemen and the sons of freemen.
If these fail to support their country's
cause in her hour of peril, they are un
worthy of continuing freemen, and should
blush ever to exercise, a freeman's privi
leges -- ; "
- But if bounties must be paid, let it be
in Southern laud, not in Northern gold ;
and armies of emigrants, whose sous may !
aspire to even the rule of the nation, will
cross the seas to win the brqad acres that
disloyalty has forfeited to the State.
1 To every intelligent soldier who has
fought through all those indecisive cam
paigns on almost numberless indecisive
fields, the question constantly arises, with
touching force, why we do not overwhelm
our enemies ?
-Tens of thousands of lives are lost be
cause our array of strength is so dispro
portionately les than that against; which
we battle. Everywhere we meet oa nearly
equal terms, where we might a3 well have
four to one. The cost to us in blood and
treasure, of a prolonged war, can hardly
be foreseen theeconomy is infinite of such
an effect as the glorious North should put
forth.
The South will fight as loDg as the
struggle is equal; it mill submit to such
preponderance as we should show in every
field.
Glance at the summer's campaign. If
Sherman had but 50,000 to 75,000 more
meu near, the South would oe lost, because
Hood would be annihilated. If Meade
had moved in the spring' with reserves of
75,000 to 100.00 men, -Lee would have
been hopelessly crushed. Even at this
moment a third column of 40,000 to 50,
000 rightly moved would give unopposed
blows to the confederacy from which the
could never rise.
"What folly, then, to struggle on in this
way, when we can send to the fitdd five
times the force already there. What
weakness to think wo cannot conquer the
South. Behind the James only boys and
old men are t" be seen, while here men
buy and pell as in th3 olden days of quiet,
and' regiments of able-bodied citizens
crowd the streets of our cities.
There is but one course consistent with
safety or hooor. Let the people awake
to a fcnse of their dignity. and strength,
and a few months of comparatively trifling
exertion, of such effort as alono is worthy
of tho great work and the UiLellion will
crumble before us. Fill this draft prompt
ly and willingly, with good and true men;
Fend a few spare thousands over rather
than under the call, and the summer sun
of 18G5 will shine upon a regenerated
land.
There are some who speak of peace!
Of all Yankees the Southron most scorns
those who do not fight, but are glad enough
to emrloy them, as they do their slaves, to
perform their dirty work. Peace for the
South will be sweet indeed, for us, except
through Southern subjugation, but an
archy and war forever. The Pacific, the
Western, the Eastern States would at ouce
full asunder. The South would be dom
inant, and the people of the North would
deserve, to be driven a-field under, negro
overseers, to hoe corn and cotton for South
ern masters.
But no faint-hearted or short-sighted
policy can set aside the eternal decree of
the Almighty, who has planted no lines
of disunion between the Atlantic and the
Western deserts between the great lakes
and the Gulf of Mexico that signify His
will that we should be separated; and un
less so separated, peace is a delusion, and
its advocacy a treason against the. wisest
and holiest interests ot our country.
It has been with a trust that renewed
hope and vigor might be given, where
vigor and hope are needful, that I have
written, and you have my consent to using
this a3 you please; and I am,
Very trulj yours, T. Seymoce,
Drigadier General U. S.. Volunteers.
To W. E. Dodgk, Jr., Esq., New York.
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The Mode in Which Soldiers
Shall Vote.
The following is an abstract of the bill,
passed at the Jaio extra session of our
Legislature, -prescribing the manner in
which the soldiers shall vote :
Sec. 1. Provides that whenever any of
.the qualified electors of this comuiou wealth
shall be in actual militaiy service under a
requisition from the President or Govern
or, and consequently absent on tho day of
holding general, ppecial or Presidential
elections, they shall bo entitled to exercise
the right of "suffrage as fully as if they
were present at their proper places of
vote; and the right of such voter is not
to.be impaired by. reason of his being
credited for bounty in any other locality
than his actual residence.
Sec. 2. A poll U to be opened in each
company composed in whole or part of
Pennsylvania nolJIers, at the quarters of
the captain or other officer, and all electors
of said company who shall be within one
mile of such quarters on the dayof elec
tion, and not be prevented from returning
by the proximity ot tho enemy or of com
manders, shall vote at such headquarters,'
and no other place. Officers others than
those of a company, the other voters de
tached and absent from their compauies,
or in any military or naval hospital, or
in any vessel or navy-yard, may vote at
such other polls as are most convenient to
them. -When there are ten or more elec
tors unable to attend at the company polls
or proper place of election, they may open
a poll at such place as they may select.
Sec. 3. The polls are not to be opened
before 7-o'clock, and must be kept open
three houis, or, it deemed necessary in
order to receive all the votes, until seven
o'clock in the evening.
Sec. 4. Beforo opening the polls the
electors present shall elect, viva voce, three
persons for judges ; and the judges shall
appoint two clerks, aui prepare boxes lor
the ballots. .
Sec. 5Before receiving any votes the
judges and clerks shall be sworn to ob
serve the law and guard against fraud and
deceit, and this oath must be entered on
the poll book and signed by the judges and
clerks.
Sec. G. All votrng shall be by ballot,
and the applicant to vote, if , challenged,
must be examined under oath by the judg
es as to his right to vote in the precinct
in which he claims residence.
Sec. 7. Separate poll-books shall be kept,
and separate returns made, for tiie voters
ot each city or county. Tho poll books
frhall name the company and regiment, and
post, place or hospital in which the elec
tion is held. The county and township,
city, borough, ward, precinct, or election
district ot each voter shall be endorsed
opposite his name on the poll-books, of
which each clerk shall keep one.
Sec. 8. The tickets shall have upon
them the names of all the officers fur
whom the electors desire to vote.
Sec. 9. On receiving the ticket the
judges must pronounce audibly the name
of the elector presenting it, and if satL-fied
of the right of the elector to vote, and he
is not challenged, shall deposit the ballot
in the proper box, while the clerks regis
ter the name and legal residence of the
voter in their poll-books.
Sec. 10. At the close of the polls the
number of voters must be counted, set
down, and'eertified at the foot of the pjll
books. Sec. 11. After the poll-books are signed
the ballots arc to be counted, each judge
reading the named thereon, and tho third
stringing the vote of each county ou a
separate string, and carefully preserving
the same.
Sec. 12. Where two tickets are folded
together, both are to bo thrown out, and
where two ballots are voted together for
the same office, neither is to be couuted
for that office.
Sec. 13. Each clerk shall keep, in addi
tion to the poii-book, a list of the voters for
each county, which shall constitute part of
the poll-book.
Sec. 14. The number of voters on these
county poll lists must also be set down and
certified.
Sees. 15 and 16. Prescribe the form of
poll-book, and the manner of entering the
returns.
Sec. 17. After canvassing the votes, the
Judges will seal up and send the poll
book, lists, and ballots to the Prothonota
ry of the proper couuty, and secure the
other poll-book and lists, to be called for
by the Commissioner appointed under the
act. It not called for within ten days, the
second book, &c, are tobe scot to the
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Sec. IS. The Prothonotary must furnish
the Ileiurn Judges with a certified copy
of returns eo received.
Sees. 19 and 20. The Return Judges
are to meet on the Second Tuesday of
November to count and enter the vote of
soldiers thus returned.
' Sec. 21. In Presidential elections, all
returns received by the Secretary of the
Commonwealth are to be compared with
the couuty returns, for tho correction of
the latter.
Sec. 22. All elections are to be subject
to contest as under the present laws.
Sec. 23. The Secretary of the Common
wealth is required to provide a sufficient
number of copies of this law, together
with extracts from the general election
law?, blank forms of poll books, tally lists,
aud returns, postage stamps, etc., and fort
ward the same by Commissioners, or oth
erwise, to tho commanding officers of
companies, detached po.ts and hospital,
who shall deliver the tame to the election
judges on the day of election, but no elec
tion is to be invalidated by reason of such
blanks not being received.
Sees. 24, 25, 2G, 27. The Governor is
to appoint such commissioners, not exceed
ing one to each Pennsylvania regiment in
service, as shall be necessary to carry out
the law. Said commissioners are to be
sworn to fulfill their duties, under penalty
of $1,000 or imprisonment for one year.
They are to deli per four copies of the laws,
and. at least two seU of blanks, to the
commanding officer of every company and
NUMBER 51;
part ot company; provide for opening
noils, and call for oneconvnf thA nnl!Vw
after the election. Thev are to be mi.1
ten cents per mile for travelling to and
from their respective resiments. and mar-
vote at one of the company polls. No
failure of commissioners to visit regiments)
luiuauaic uujr eiecuon unaer tho
act. -
Sec. 28 and 29. The officers author
ized to conduct elections are tde subject
to the usual penalties for non-fulfillment
of duties. They are to receive no com
pensation. Sec. 30. When tho Sheriff issues his
proclamation for an election, he shall
transmit immediately copies of the same to
the troops in the field from the county.
Sec. 31. 13,000 is appropriated to car
the law into effect.
Sec. 32 and 33. Where less than ten
persons are separated from their proper
company, they are to vote as follows:
Each voter is authorized, before the day
of election, to place his ballot, properly
folded, in a sealed envelope, together with
a statement feigned by the voter and his
commanding officer, or some other witness,
and duly sworn to aud certified before said
officer, or some other competent person.
This statement must set forth the follow
ing facts:
Tha name and proper residence of the
voter.
An authority to some qualified voter at
the place of his residence, to cast the bal
lot for him.
That he is a qualified voter in tho pre
cinct wbero he propose? to vote..
m That he is in the active military ser
vice, and give the name of the organiza
tion of which he is a member.
Thai he has not sent his ballots to any
other person than the one so authorized.
That he will not attempt to vote at any
poll opened on said election day, at any
place whatsoever.
That he has not been dishonorably dis
missed from service.
And that ho is cow stationed at
State of .
Said sealed envelope, ballots and state
ment are to be sent by mail, or otherwise,
to the proper person, with tho endorse
ment oc the sealed part thereof, "Soldier's
ballot or -township, (ward or bor
ough,) i,i the county of fcc.
Sees. 31, 35, 36, and 37. Tha elector to
whom this ballot is sent shall deliver it
unopened, on the day of election, at tho
proper polls. The election officer shall
open it in the presence of the board, and
deposit the ballots and accompanying
papers, as other ballots are deposited. Tho
person delivering the ballot shall be conv
pelled to testify on oath that he has deliv
ered it in the same state as when received,
and that he has not opened it or changed
or altered the contents. Without such
oath the vote shall not be received. The
right to vote of the person sending the
ballot may be challenged, the same as if
he was personally present. Any election
officer refusing to receive and count such
vote, excepting when fraudulent, and any
elector to whom such ballot is sent refu
sing to present it at the proper poll, are
punishable by $500 fine and one year's
imprisonment. Any person making false
oath toucbing these matters is subject to
a penalty of 1,000 fine and five years im
prisonment. Sec. 38. The Secretary of State shall
prepare and furnish the necessary blanks
to carry out this act.
Sec. 39. In case of an elector in milita
ry service on a vessel, the master of 6aid
vessel shall be competent to take affidavit
and written statement of said elector.
Sec. 40. Assessors are required to assess
a-county tax of ten cents ou every non
commissioned officer and private, and the
usual tax on every commissioned officer,
known by them to be in the military ser
vico of the United States or of the Stat,
in the army or navy, and when names
shall have been omitted they be added on
application of any resident of the district.
Non-commissioned officers and privates
are to bo exempt from all other personal
taxes while in service Assessors must
receive this tax from, and furnish a cer
tificate of payment to, any citizen offering
to pay the satue for said soldier. . Where
the name has been entered on the assess
ment books no certificate of assessment
shall be required. The certificate of pay
ment shall set forth the name of the per
son for whom the tax is paid, the date of
payment, and year for which it wa3 assess
ed. This certificate shall only be evidence
of payment of taxes, and shall not preclude
a demand for other evidence of a right to
vote. The penalty for uon-complianoo oa
the part of assessors, collector or treas
urers hhall not bo less than $20, nor mora
than $200.
- Hon. Thad. Stevens has been reT
nominated for Congress in the Lancaster
district.
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