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THURSDAY. JULY GO!, 1865
LVWAL Vion-Cial By rini PICOPLI IS Till PSIS* or
ABIZIICAII /.411111.Ti Jaataii.
Interesting Reading Matter on e:tcry
Page of this week's Issue.
Tux arrows open and bitter feud 'exist.
ing between the Governor of the State
and the Chairman of the Republican
State Central Committee (Gen. Cameron),
the Age says, also enters largely into the
troubles which that party is experiencing
at present. The Governor has, and wishes
to retain, power. The Chairman of the
State Central Committee is ambitious. He
has the United States Senate "on the
brain." The Governor leans to the con
servative side of the questions which now
agitate the country. The Chairman of
the State Central Committee is a radical,
and is busily engaged in movements to
surprise and capture his rival and the
wing of the party to which be belongs.
This contention was known and com
mented upon in Harrisburg during the
late session of the Legislature, and the
scene of the strife was at times carried to
the capital of the nation. The roar of the
opposing guns sounded even in the White
House. Time has made the contest, more
active. The enunciation of the constitu
. .tional policy of President Johnson hzib
added another item to the catalogue of
difficulties; and as each faction is dubi
ous as to what it may have eventually to
fight for or surrender, the convention has
been postponed. The Chairman of the
State• Central Committee has the Leagues.
The Governor h:s the people. The
Leagues doiaineer. The people threaten
revolt. so the convention is post
poned.
Rattan= SOLDIERB.-It is astonishing,
says the Pittsburg Post, to find how quick
ly the returne d
i soldiers resume their
places as citize ns. The blue, so prevalent
lately, is disappiaring, and the only indi
cation of the presence of our soldiers is in
the bronzed faces and erect walk of those
who assisted to save the republic. Those
who predicted disorder and confusion
upon the return of the soldiers must be
agreeably disappointed. Four years of
such discipline as is found in the army
has not unfitted the men for the resump
tion of their duties as good citizens. After
the first few days of jollification and inter
change of friendly courtesies with old as
-sociates and companions, the soldiers find
their way into the factories and work
shops which they left months before in
obedience to the call for volunteers.
Everywhere the best of order prevals. The
only fault has been in the too great con
fidence reposed by the returned soldiers
in the friendship of every one who greets
them. This is ,shown' by the numerous
cases of robberies. Instead of citizens
being the victims to the dishonesty and
rapacity of soldiers, the soldiers them
selves are in many cases the victims of
sharpers of the worst character.
ROMP cF WAR.—In- the year 1860 the
commercial movement of the United
States stood as follows :
iNPORTATIONS. EXPORTATIONS.
$400,1=,226 1362,163,941
making, that is, a general commercial
'movement of more than $762,000,000.
Three years of , war sufficed to reduce
this movement to a little over $538,000,•
000, divided as follows:
IMPORTATIONS
$252,187,587
By this fall of about thirty per cent. in
the amount of our commercial activity
we were put back to the point reaci , ed by
us in 1f4.3, making, that is, just about the
same progress ir: a backward direction in
three years of war which it had required
ten years of peace for us to make in a
forward direction. The results of the last.
year of the war, when fairly and fully
tabulated, will show, we think, a still
more unsatisfactory state of things as to
our absolute commercial losses under the
war, and the commercial policy which
has prevailed in consequence of the war.
Meantime, the commerce of France and
Great Britain has grown wonderfully
during the same period.
A xerurto of persons who have belonged
to the army, was held recently in New
York, to organize an association for polit
ical purposes, under the title- bf the
" 'United Service Society." The objects
of the society aro to organize a separate
party from either of the two in existence,
which shall cast its vote for the candidate
which it deems to bo of most advantage
to its purposes. Uen. Warren officiated
as President. ' Among the resolutions
adopted, the two following are the most
significant :
8. That the time has come when the
application of martial law and trial before
military courts should cease 'wherever
civil law and government exists under
the authority of a loyal State of the Fed
eral government, excepting as to persons
in the military and naval service of the
United States.
9. That the interest of the industrial
classes demand an equalization of the
taxation which shall bear alike upon all
and specially upon none ; and that no
particular kinds of property, whether it
be government securities or otherwise,
should be exempted from the burdens
which we all owe to a common country.
STILL A DEMOCRAT.—The Washington
correspondent`of the Philadelphia Sunday
Mercury, in his letter of the 17th ult.,
says :
" Judge Charles Mason, Chairman of
the National Democratic Resident Com
mittee, Col. Thomas B. Florence, publish
er of the Cmatitutiona/ Union and Secretary
of, the above committee, and Mr. Schade,'
a prominent lawyer of this city, had a
very pleasant and satisfactory interview
with President Johnson, yesterday. His
Excellency gave them to understand that
he was a Democrat, had always been a
Democrat, and that he was too old a man
to change his politics now, and that we
have " more to fear from consolidation
than secession; that States have rights
that cannot be ignored under the Consti
tution." This has the ring of the right
metal, and no 'doubt it will be the en
deavor of Mr. Johnson to administer the
government for the benefit of the whole
people, and not for a class or color.
The residence of G. W. Cleveland, preLor of
the Presbyterian church, at Harbor Creek,
was struck by lightning during the storm of
Saturday afternoon, and considerably dam
aged. Mr. C. was knocked senseless by the
shock, but has nearly recovered.
R - eg" MOM° ".a a Political Inue.
There is a
pronounced tendency to
wards the r &organization of
parties on
this issue The negrophilism which has
9° I ° ll 7 been in the ascendant has steadi
1Y rained strength during the war, and
;". still a sentiment of so Much depth,
vigor, and diffusion as to constitute a
political force of great momentum, if
there were any practical measure to which
it could be directed. The most powerful
motives of personal ambition are enlisted
on the side of its conservation as a politi
cal force. Whenever the negro question
is taken out of politics many distinguish
ed politicans will pass into obscurity.
Accordingly, although slavery is abolish
ed, and its abolition universally acquiesced
in, a strenuous attempt is making to
nurse the pro-African sympathy into
larger political life,
Chief-Justice Chase, 'Charles Sumner,
Horace Greeley, and men like these, who
would belong to a past generation if the
question to which they owe their reputa
tions were taken out of politics, are
declaring themselves in favor of negro
suffrage, and hatching a party which will
soon burst the shell in full-fledged oppo
sition to the administration of President
Johnson. Mr. Seward's relation to this
-opposition party will be likely io depend
upon his continuance in office. By his
antecedents he is the foremost leader, of
the sentiments in which the opposition
seek to stand ; but the negro party does
not credit him with much sincerity. Mr.
Chase its present leader, is his personal
rival ;•and considering the disappointment
Mr. Seward has twice encountered when
his prospects were deemed flattering, he
has dOubtlessly learned that, politically,
one bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush.
If President Johnson was a mere politi
can, and not, as we suppose him, a man
of integrity and principle, he could easily
circumvent this new party by adroitly
mounting their hobby. Had ho pro
claimed himself infavor of negro.suffrage
as a basis of reconstruction, the particular
opposition which is now developing
against him would have not an inch of
ground to stand upon. But Mr. Johnson
acts under a sense of his official oath. In
his North Carolina proclamation he has
declared himself most unequivocally in
favor of the constitutional mode of dis
posingof this question. He has .taken
his ground. Messrs. Chase, Sumner,
Phillips, Greeley, and their followers,
have also taken their ground ; and before
the new President has been two months
in office, one of the principal issues is
presented on which the next presidential
contest will be fought.
It is idle to discuss the skill with . which
the new issue has been chosen by the op
position leaders. There can be no skill
where there is no choice. Men who have
been lifted into pre-eminence solely 'by
their championship of the negro, and
must bo stranded whenever this tide ebbs,
do not select their part by wisdom ; they
have it thrust on them by neccessity. If
they are to . figure in politics at all, it
must be in connection with this question.
Their advantage consists in the strength
of the sentiments which twenty years of
passionate ' controversy .6eveloped, and
the war fanned into a consuming blaze.
Their drawbacks, however, are very con
siderable.-
The foremost of these drawbacks is the
Constitution. If there is any one thing
in the Constitution not open to doubt, it
is that the. regulation of the suffrage be
longs to the States. The President has
planted himself firmly upon this princi
ple ; he can be dislodged from it only by
the subversion of the Constitution.
Another disadvantage of this political
issue is the fact that although' nearly all
the State governments of the North are
under Republican control, a great majori
ty of them do not aamit the negro to po
litical equality. It is a brazen and pre
posterous assumption which attempts to
force upon others, having equal rights,
a measure which you reject yourselves.
A third stumbling-block to this political
issue, and one which will increase in the
period which intervenes before, the presi
dential election, will be the conduct of
the negroes themselves, which will de
monstrate their unfitness for the suffrage
without some, preparatory training as
freemen. It will be the misfortune of the
opposition to be advocating negro suffrage
at the precise period when the negro
character will be exhibiting itself in the
worst light—when the negro will not have
been long enough a freeman to hare
cast off the degrading effects of slavery.
During the ensuing three years, it will he
easy to fill newspapers with authentic ac
counts of the abuse •of freedom by the
negroes ; and although such abuses are
the natural offspring of slavery, they will
have none the less force as arguments
against the immediate extension of suf
frage to the blacks.
Still another drawback to this new issue
is' the fact that President Johnson is
understood to be personally favorably to
negro suffrage, whenever the. States
having jurisdiction shall see fit to confer
it. The negro suffrage party will find
themselves fighting against a man who
agrees with them on the main question
and differs only as to means ; who be•
lievea that the same result at which they
aim is sure to come through a. constitu
tional channel by the action of the South.
ern whites. The difference is, that one
method would congr the elective fran
chise on the negroeowfore they are fit for
it ; the other when they are fit for it.
If the President should be a candidate
for re-election, and Mr. Chase run against
him, Johnson is morally certain, on such
an issue, of the solid vote of. the recon
structed States, with at least an equal
chance in every other State out of New
England.—?,'. Y. Wirl4.
EXPORTATIOIkiS
2537,1,809,459
IN accordance with the findings and
sentences of the Military Commission,
which President Johnson has approved,
David E. Harrold, Lewis Payne, Mrs.
Mary E. Sarratt and George A. Alserott,
alleged to have•. been implicated in the
murder,of Mr. Lincoln, tare to be hung on
Friday, the ith inst.. liy the proper rani-
Lary authorities. Dr. Mudd, Sam. Arnold
and O'Laughlin are to be imprison d for
life. Spangler is sentenced to six years'
imprisonment at hard labor, in the peni
tentiary at Albany.
Celebration at • Girard.
GIRARD, PA., July sth, 1865.
DRAB Oassavett:—The anniversary of the
Nation's birthday was celebrated by the peo
ple of Girard and vicinity in a highly pleas
lag and b:. , coming manner, and in proportion
to the•size and pretensions of the villoge,'to
compare favorably with any in the .surround
ing country. No labor nor pain 4 were spared
by those to whom were entrusted the duty and
honor of committee men and public serv.ints
for the occasion, the arrangements being well
made and fully carried out. Through the
exertions of some of the prominent citizens,
a rifled six pounder—one of the famous
"Knapp " battety—weeobtained from Pitts
burgh, and as the morning light ushered in
the day of rejoicing, the good people of the
village were roused from their Raps by sever.
al sharp reports in quick succession, while
your correspondent dreamily imagined him
self again tented on the Rappahannock, as in
times put, when the regular morning signal
echoed from the heights opposite Fredericks
burg.
Quite early the loaded wagons of human
freight anti dainty edibles commenced saris ,
ing from the country, and by ten o'clock the
streets were thronged, and the village ap
peared to be quite overrun. The sturdy
farmer and wife, the lads, lanes and children
were all in, while the aged were not forgotten,
for here and there like (hips upon a boister
ous sea, could be seen the , silvery heads of
age dotting the swelling assemblage. Shortly
after ten, the Marshall appeared upon the
ground, when the procession was formed,
moving off with Gulliford's band at its head
toward the grove in front of the Presbyterian
church, where a stand was erected for the
orators and officers. Upon our arriving upon
the ground, our earl were greeted with the
winds " for depriving us in many eases of the
trial by jury," and we thus discovered that
the reader was-wall through the Declaration,
that sacred instrument of the fathers'—rep
resentatives of the several states,—through
which they breathed into this republic the
breath of life! The reading done, the crater,
Rev. Mr. Shipman, was introduced, who after
acquainting his audience with the fact of the
very limited time given him to prepare an
oration, proceeded with a beautifully conceiv•
ed and ably delivered address. The speaker
has a wonderful faculty of getting to the
hearts of the people. Proudly he referred
his hearers to their old revolutionary sires,
triumphantly rejoiced with them over the safe
passage of the nation through the trials of
the past years, and with deep pathetic feeling
he reminded them of those who had gone out
to battle ar.d were not, and many a manly
eye was filled, and the mother's sob was
plainly beard. The blessing of peace was not
forgotten and the joy and happiness of a
bright future were beautifully portrayed.—
The Rev. Gentleman is decidedly a strong
man—sometimes feels his strength, as on this
occasion he was exceedingly anxious to dis
cuss the question of "State Rights." It
occurred to us that President Johnson might
be willing at some I inure time to 'entertain
him upon this subject, as well as with that of
negro suffrage. - ; With the exception of an
obviotv tenacity upon these points, the ora
tion was pronounced by all, a powerful effort,
not excelled by any in the experience of the
oldest hearer. This part of the exercises be
ing concluded, the procession moved back to
.he public square, where a sumptous table had
been spread by the dutiful committee, loaded
with the substantial and refreshing necessa
ries of life, and truly the people did justice
to the fine repast. Then came the toasts, the
majority of which were pointed and appreci
ated—a few we must refer to. A definite
understanding was had in the outset that
nothing of a party- nature should be thrust
upon the people, yet those to whom was en•
trusted the preparation of the several semi.
meats arranged to he rend several of the
most ultra and fanatical. Amid the noise and
confusion, we distinguished the following :
"Chas. Sumner, the high.minded gentle
man and noble hearted patriot, &c."
southern rebels and Northern sympathis.
ers—a fellow feeling makes them wondrous
kind." Did space 'How we would give the full
explanation, us given by the plagiarist who
"originated thiS wondrous hit.
.g Robert Small, of North Carolina—a greater
man than Goy. Seymour, of New York," and
one of considerable length in favor of negro
suffrage.
Unexpectedly were a number of those who
had joined heart and hand for an " old foals_
Toned celebration" thus subjected to deceitful
party imposition, and among the shouts of a
few wont up several indignant hisses of con
tempt.
Each toast was responded to in the olden
style of one gun, and a stated number of
cheers, and when the complement had been
read, the crowd anxiously awaited the appear
ance of the "Phantastioks." In duo time their
approach was heralded by the fierce blat of
fish horn—this part of the performance was
well gotten up and served to please the
youngsters hugely. •
The celebration ended with a generous
display of fire works, which was witnessed
by s'large gathering. The people returned
to their homes renewed in patriotism, though
wearied with a day of excitement. The tars
who handled the piece acquitted themselves
handsomely, and the president and marshall
of the day could not have given better Batts-
TOnitICK.
Tcurs,
faetion
COUSTRIMIT PAPER. Centrum—The
amount of counterfeit paper money in °iron
lation is so great that persona should be
cautious and examine every note they receive
or pay out. The following is a Iciuription of
all tho United States money which is now
counterfeited Lnd in circulation:
Notes.-23, imitation, are reported in cireu
lation. Poorly done.
sa, altered from le. Portrait of Chase.
5 , 3, imitation. Poorly done; coarse.
ss, photographed. Have a blurred look ;
the paper is stiffer and heavier. Signatures
very heavy.
10e, imitation, well executed, 'are report
ed in circulation. There is no treamry stamp
upon the bill. -
10s, altered from le. Viguette portrait. of
Chase on rpper left; genuine hare portrait of
Lincoln.
20s, imitation. Engraving, coarse; gener
al appearance bad.
Ws, imitations. The head of Hamilton is
coarse and blurred; otherwise excellently
done, and well calculated to deceive.
60s, altered from 2s. Vignette portrait o
Hamilton below the words United States
In genuine it is above.
100 s, imitations. The only points of actual
difference between the genuine and counter
feit are these: In the upper left corner are
the words, "Act of .February 2.5 th, 1802," In
counterfeit the "th" and the ornamental lines
above run into and touch the border; In the
genuine there is a clear space between. On
the right end of back of note there are four-
teen small ovals; on the edge of each oval
the figures in, tile bad read 001, or inverted,
while on the ret they are 100. This is the.
reverse of these figures in the genuine ; there;
it will be
.seen, that on the right hand s they
read 100, and on the left (xn• These notes
are well executed.
Postage CUTICIIty.-26 cents, Imitation--
poorly engraved and o■ poor paper.
60 cents imitatien--poorly done. The
heads of Washington are blurred, and are not
MI
5 ;mute and ten man,, imitation, poorly
printed.
50 s
e e e caption.new issue ,
are no, In circulation.—
br
The portrait on each coarsely done.
National Banks.-ss, imitation, well execut
ed, and of a dangerous character, are report
ed in circulation.
Coupons.—Counterfeit` Coupons, dated
March 1, 1865, for $l2 50, in the similitude
of 10 90 five • per cent. United States $5OO
bonds, have beer; offered at different United
States depositolles.
7-30 Bonds.— Some of these are in circut
Lion with the coupons, cut off, - and are offered
as currency. Without cofipows, they are of
no value until mature. Refuse all such.
NAUMANN AND BKEDADDLIIIB.—The res—
toration of peace has obviated any further
need of conscriptions, and from almost every.
locality in this vicinity we learn that the
drafted men and those liable to draft, who
left the places of their residence in order to
avoid military duty, have retorned or are
preparing to return to their homes. As an
attempt has been made to create political
capitallupon this point, we have taken f• ocu e
pains to inquire the party affiliatiot s of there
persona, and our information thus far leads
us to believe that the proportion of " skedad—
diets " does not differ ma•eri illy upon either
side. We find that in some localities the a, ne
of prominent Republicans have been quite as
zealous iu endeavoring to escape being con
scripted into the service as those of Demo.
crate. The draft spread its terrors into the
ranks of both organizations, and there are
instances connected with the various and
desperate expedients to avoid it, that would
please Republicans no better than Democrats.
We are of the opinion that it would not be
found to the party interest of any political
association to make these cases the subject of
special agitation.
A correspondent desires us to state through
our columns the legal effect upon persons
who failed to report, as required by the Pro.
vest Marshal's notices. The best answer that
we can make is to publish the law of Con—
gress on the subject. The act of March 3d,
1865, which is the only one bearing upon the
point, contains the following :
"All persons who have deserted the mili-
tart' or naval service of the United States,
who shall not return to the said service or
report themselves to a provost marshal within
sixty days after the proclamation hereihafter
mentioned, shall be deemed and taken to have
voluntarily relinquished and forfeited their
rights to become citizens ; and such deserters
shall be forever incapable of holding any
office of trust er profit under the United
States ; or of exercising any rights of citi
zens thereof ; and all persons who shall here
after desert the military or naval service, and
all persons viho being duly enrolled,. shall
depart the jurisdiction of the district in which
he is enrolled, or go beyond the limits of the
United States, with the intent to avoid any
draft into the military or naval service duly
ordered, shall be. liable to the penalties of
this section. And the President is hereby
authorized and required forthwith, on the
passage of this act, to issue his proclamation
setting forth the provisioas of this section, in
which proclamation the President is requested
to notify all deserters returning within sixty
days, as aforesaid, that they shall.be pardon
•ed on condition of returning to their regi—
ments or companies, or to such other, organi,
zationo as they may be assigned to, unless
they shall have served for a period of• time
equal to their original term of enlistment."
In accordance with this act, the President
issued his proclamation, announci:g the re
quirements of the law, and the penalty of
failure; to comply with its obligations. But
previous to the expiration of the sixty days'
time, Lee's and Johnston's armies hail sur
rendered, the Confederate power was over
thrown, peso() was virtually at hand, and a
general order that conscripts need no longer
report for duty, was issued. 'ln this district,
many of the conscripts were notified before
their day for reporting had arrived. We are
therefore of the opinion,.that none of the con.
sequences named in the act can legally fol
low, and that no disfranchi•emont will occur ,
from any endeavor to escape the dreaded con
scription. Were the above pot the facts, we
have some dou' , ls if the 14w of Congress could
disfranchise any persons, as the Constitution
furnishes that body no warrant for int erfering
with the qualifications of voters at State and
Inc it elections.
PRO3Pi:CTLIS !—Tui GRIMY LIYINFOOLEM
OIL COMPANY !—CIPITAL STOCK, $10,000,000 !
—CA.in WORKING CANTU, $75 00!—ThiB
Company have already commenced " boring "
the public vigorously. The following is a
description of its extensive possesei)ne, which
any one can see must be seen to be apprecia
ted. i few shares are yet reluctantly per
-1:i/bled to remain on the market. -One lot of
ground is in Rocky Rover, 20 by 100, on a
road leading to a good toll-gate. There is
oleo on this property, or some miles beyond,
a man who owes an interest in
A FLOWING WALL,
which, if it Sows as it was expected to two
years ago, and which is being rapidly devel—
oped, there being two pumps on the ground
waiting to move, it will
YIELD ZICIIITY DAIMELS A DAT
Another property . of the Company is part
in fee simple and part
.in Livemfcolem. This
is near the celebrated
FLOWDEUISO WELL,
which the Livemfoolena Company have offered
to lease if the present owners'will guarantee
A FLOW OF 100 DARRXLS A DAY
There is also Situated in an adjoining noun
ty the
WHEAT TOWS-PUMP WILL,
which has been yielding for sonic time pas
the enormous quantity of
PUTT DAILBALS A DAT,
which, counting sixty hours to the day, is a
great deal to be
DIVIDED AMONG TUE STOCKHOLDERS. •
As an evidence of the intrinsic value of this
property, we would state that the rail
way has connections in the vicinity, and
COAL HAS BIN DISCOVERED OK EACH SIDS' OF
TUB TRACK
There are also undoubted indications of
Iron, heavy T Rail, on the property. It would
be useless for us to enumerate the Uses to
which ooal oil and oil stock can be put. To
light houses or purses it has ao superior.
Those desiring shares in this Compani should
apply at onoe, for " surface indications " are
strong that the shares will go up.
larnstrooLest, President
ROCKY Rove*, Secretary
'Ns Gazelle rejoices over the conversion
of the New York News to negro suffrage
ideas. We bid our neighbor welcome to
its lately discovered ally. If the Gazette will
only have seductive influen.e enough to
induce the News to identify itself with
the Republican party openly and man
fully, and not labor for the interests of
that organization under the mask of De
mocracy, we shall be doubly gratified.
The (Waives. Jobbing Office is now turn.
ing out some of the finest specimens of print
ing ever done, either in this or any other part
of the country. We believe that as neat job
work is done in Erie as can be obtained any.
where, and the Onssarsa office is inferior to
none of its ootenaporaries in this respect. We
thinkit will not be hard to convince those
who give us a trial, of this fact.
Political Items.
The Brilgeport Standard tears that tlie
Deinnernts are " winding their soil' around
President Johnson."
oorrespon.legt of the Pittsburg Gavtte
rroommensli Geo. John W. tie try fur (ho
Union nomination foe Governor.
The Boston Cornier says th tt the test of
"loyalty " Is undergoing a change in Massa
.chusetts. Itcrcaller it will not be " loyalty "
.but "Ire tson," according to the Abolition
Republican interpretation to "support the
Administration." 1 . •
The - Br>Word Reporter (depublican) says :
" With the Amnesty Proclamation we confess
ourselves dissatisfied." Of course it is—but
what of it! Isn't the Administration the
government, and isn't it rank disloyalty "to
be dissatisfied with anything it does !
It has been the subject of frequent remark
that several of our most successful Generals
make very few speeches and very brief ones.
—Providence Journal
And it has been 'a subject of equally fre
quent remark, that most of our talking Gen ,
orals make poor fighters.-4V. Y. Express.
The Republican State Convention of levee,
on Wednesday, nominated Governor Stone for
re-election, and adopted a resolution in favor
of striking the word " white " out of the
qualification for electors in the State consti
tution—thus making blacks and whites equal
before the law.—Daily Dispatch.
The Cleveland herald (radical) hits the
nail on the head, in the matter of reconstruo
tion, suffrage, etc. Its plan is "to let the
returning States have their own way, provided
such way is Me right way ."' . Wendell Phillips,
we suppose, is to be the judge of the right—
eousness.of the way.
We want to know of the Republicans where
they stand in regarl to the administration of
Andre; Johnson. Do they approve of all he
has done and are they ready to support all
he may do hereafter? That is what they
demanded of the Democrats for the last four
years in order to prove their " loyalty," and
"it's a poor rule that won't work both ways."
Andrew Johnson may do some things that may,
not set very well on Abolition stomachs, but
according to the rule established by them
selves they are bound to swallow the doss.
They must stand up to the rack.
Democrat! and conaeriative men generally
should exert their influence to increase the
circulation of Democratic newspapers. In no .
bettor way [ . c l an the wicked purposes of the
radical Republicans be thwarted—purposes
which are hatched and intended to keep the
country in a continual ferment, and thus pre-
vent a thorough Union of the sections. All
true petriots and lovers of . their country
should think of this, and act upon the sug—
gestion at once. Oaly let the people have
wholesome information, and we may look for
an early return of the country to the ways of
" peace and plenty." Circulate Democratic
newspapers!—Gellysbura Compiler.
Owx or Two Tuts(3B.—s' One of two things,'
says the Chicago Times, " must be done in the
settlement of this 'negro question, and the
sooner permanent decision be reached con.
corning it the better will it be for all persons
concerned Either the Government must tak e
upon itself the exclusive management of the
negro population in the South, ei the States
must b 2 I' ft to deal with it. President John
son has decided that the States have all the
authority which can be rightfully exercised
iu regulating the relations between freedmen
amid the whites. The Abolitionists comprising
a large majority in the Republican party have
determined that his decision shall not stand."
WHAT TEM ENLXY SAT.—The Republicans,
who some time since were declaring the Demo
cratio party dead, are not asserting that it
not only exists, but is full of vitality and hope
of the future. The Indianapolis ,correspond
ent of the Chicago Republican says:
" The political situation seems to be slightly
critical. Pro ninent and influential leaden
of the Republic tn party hive their hands full
in trying to slave off the ne,:ro suffrage ques
tion, while the Juleanites manifest a dogged
determination to force it on the people, even
at the expense of a ,plit iu the party, result
ing in the mein time, the enemy wilt forces
well i hand, and nothing of that inevitable
deepo' ism of party discipline relaxed, watches
and wilts for an opportunity to regain lost
power. Democrac is hoporul—almost de
flent. It his preserved its organization
through a series of defeats that would have
crushed, the life out of any system less per
fect. * * * * It is at this day, the best
representation of strength—the most striking
illustration of the value of discipline—to be
found in the world. Democracy is the bundle
of rods showing wonderful powers of resist
anoe when compacted and solidified by the
pressure of party drill."
The Norristown herald, of the 2.lth inst.,
reports s lecture by E. Tomlinson, of Phila
delphia, at. Kulpsville, on Abraham Lincoln ,
which, if reported correctly, met have bees
a lectare of the tallest stripe. We give the
following as samples of what hie said:
'• lie said thut Moses, who raised men out
of Euptiari bondage, was not Lincoln's com
peer. Cromwell and Macklin, th e emancipa.
tor, were compared with the President ; the
character of the former had some shades of
resemblance, but he conclusively proved him
not equal to the martyr. lie showed Waeh
ingt on, the pride of America, inferior to the
honest and unambitious Lincoln. He spoke
of the Army of the Potomac when McClellan
commanded; of Gen. Pope bearing the brunt
of the entire rebel force then concentrated in
irginia, fcir a day, and when he ealled on
McClellan for assistance it was refused him.
Washington swore at Princeton when one of
his subordinates was disloyal and disobedient.
Lincoln, the beloved and good, never uttered
an indecent word."
If Mr. Tomlinson couldn't help heaping
sickening adulation on Mr. Lincoln, be ought
to have had enough regard for history to
stick to the truth of it. Our school children
can teach him history. General McClellan
sent every soldier he had, but a few cavalry—
men, to assist Pope. We never knew before
that Washington " swore at Princeton," or
,that any of his subordinates were'" disloyal
and disobedient " there. The lecturer had
evidently been thinking about Uncle Toby,
and how terribly the army swore in Flanders.
" Washington inferior td Lincoln !''—Doyles
town D emoerat.
RADICALS THRIATENIND TICS PHICSIDSNT.—
Hon.' Jacne3 M. Ashley, Representative in
Congress from the Toledo district in Ohio,
narrates, in a speech lately mode in Toledo,
his recent interview with Mr.. Johnson, in
which the President stated his objectiono to
interfering with the question of negro suf
frage in the South. Mr. Ashley says this in
terview was 'sought by him with the purpose
of presenting the views of the "earnest men"
of the country, (1. e. radie alter men
are in earnest in this country ) to the Presi
dent. To Mr. Johnson's remarks Mr. Ashley
responded, according ,to his own 'report, as
follows :
" I merely said to him that the atiti.slarery
party had destroyed the Old Whig and Demo
cratic parties—that the wrecks of these par—
ties were now scattered and strewn along the
political clast—and that we intended, under
God, to cru•h Mir PARTY or ANT MAN who
stood up against the uniiersal enfranchise—
ment of the people "
Oulruanr NOTICC.—Tho New York Evening
Post, of Ilond.►y, ssys :
* * The Republicans have ceatted to be,
from the single fact that they have no longer
arly distinet.ve creed to express, or'any pecu
liar function to fulfil. What• they set out to
fix a limit to the extension of slavery
—they have more than done ; they have not
only circumscribed but overthrown it ; and
the principle Thiel brought them tr•gcther
having been accomplished, they have no
reason for being.
. The Rochester Uri , a, in an article P. m
mewing on this signitic Int admission, calls
attention to thefset , that the Democratic party
of all pariies has tu tintainel its existence and
organisation under all trials and revolution...
It. rises from the mighty struggle through
-which the country has passed during the four
years just closed, and stands today upon its
ono million eight hundred thousand votes cast
last fall with elements of strength greater
than ever before surrounding and invigorating
LIORACC attEELLY OM HANCIING.—The fol-
lowing extract from a reeent editorill in the
Tribune is evidently from the pen of Horace
Greeley
It seems to us that hanging men in cold
blood for no other crime than defeated, bro—
ken-down rebellion, is calculated to enshrine
them in the memory of their followers, to
embitter the late rebels against the Onion, its.
supporters, and its sway, and to prompt them
to wreak their hate and vengeaiace on that
class of I.lcionists who aro still exposed to
their wrath—that is, the just emancipated
blacks. In our judgment, the hanging of six
rebels, merely as rebels, will cause the death
by privation, famine or violence, of many
thousands of freedmen, and interpose a for—
midable barrier to the elevation of their class
to citizenship and a voice in the government
of their respective States; hence (and for
other reasons) we are inflexibly opposed to it.
Doter CABS ANYTIIING ABOUT Tllllll.-
The Nashville Union, which ma perhaps,
be regarded as the home organ of President
Johnson, in its issue of the Gth inst., says
The failure of the Administration to come
up to the standard of the most progressive of
the anti-slavery radicals, will, probably,
cause the formation of a stress opposition
party, composed of active, eaarprising, ag•
gressive elements. The loss of these to the
Administration party might be regarded with
seriousness, were it not for the assurance
that their places would soon be filled with
steadier and more reliable supporters If
this should be the result, the country would
be bonefitted by the change.
DIED.
STAFFORD—On the Ist of July, in Summit
township, Mrs. Celocta, wife of Nathan
Stafford, aged 49 years, 2 months and 4
days.
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"Rate come out of tivir holee to dle."
"Costar's " Rat, Roach, - &c., Eater's
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no- PR INCIPIL nimor. 4.2 BROADWAY. N. Y.
rir.Solti,by all Druggists and Dealers in Erie, Pa
1865.
INCREASE OF RATS.—The Foresees aa:ette (Flag-
Dah) aurae and proves by figures that one pair of rats,
wi I have a progeny an i der:ends:its no less than 85 1,050
Ip three }ems. Now, unless this immense family can be
kept down, they would consume more food than could
sustain 6.5 OCO human'beings.
Ial" See " CoSTAled" advertisement in this paper.
1865.
RATS germs SlRDS.—Whoever engages in shooting
small birds is a cruel man; whoever aids iu extermlnat.
log rats is a benefactor. We should like some of our
correspondents to give no the benefit of their experience
in driving oat these pets. We need something Lesidea
doge, cats, and trips for this business.—ScitaiNie Ameri
can, N. Y.
gar See "Conran's" advertisement in this paper
1865.
"COSTAR'S" RAT EXTERMINATOR is simple, sate
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one that eats it will die, generally at some place as dis
tant an possible from where the medicine was tat en.—
Lake Shore, Mich , Mirror.
rif See 1 ' CJISTAR . 2I" advertisement in this paper
1865.
ROUSEKEEP.ER 4 troubled with vermin need be so no
longer, it they use "Coarse's" Exterminator. We have
need it to our satiafaction ; and If a box cost SS, we
would have it.. We have tried paler n 4, but they effected
w0tt.i.. , .; hut 4 •Cosiale" arth le knoe'm the breath oat
of R.': t'.:•ae. Rotolo!, Ants, and Red-Huge, quicker
tl•v". a • •.o write it. 1(11 in great demand all over the
'roant•• , ratna, OAio, Ga:citc
rr.- 0— -Carman's" adrertisemerit is Ulla paper
1865.
A 1/0/CE FROlf THE FAR WEST.—Speaklng of "Cos.
TAMS" Rat, Roach, Ant., &c., Exterminator—. more
grain and provisions are destroyed annually In Grant
county by vermin than would pay for tons of this Rat
and ingest Killer."—Leiteaster, Wit., Herald.
gee " Coaran'a" advertisement In this paper.
,1865.
FARMERS AND HOUSEKEEPERS—shouId recollect
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TIM RAD 41f, DEC. 1, 1864.
Trains will leave Dunktrk at about the folluwlair ,
Eastward Bound—Depart.
Train :Co. 14 . .... .... ...... ...0 40 am.
Train No 10 10 :Oa ni.
Tniti No. 6 600 a. m.
Train N 0.4 4 15 p. m.
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100 Gold witiche., •
200 Ladies' gold
600 Silver wa'chei+,
0,000 Late style vest & neck chlit.
5,600 Gents' Cal. diamond pin!,
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3,000 Miniature revolving pin, ,
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500 Gold band bracelet.,
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'1865.
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