BUTLER CITIZEN. JOHN H. & W. C. NEGLEV. PROP RS- Republican State Ticket. FOR STATE TREASURER, Hon. Samuel Hut lev, OF CHEFCTEK COCNTY. County Ticket. FOR JI'RY COMMISSIONER, .J. Wesley Monks, OF MIDDLESEX. TIIE Board of Pardons last week granted a rehearing on the case of Wm. Lynch, and refused Luke Flood. WE regret to learn of the serious ill ness of Dr. Charles B. Gillespie, of Freeport, and hope he may recover from the same. REV. J. I). POTTS, of Westmoreland county, has received a unanimous call j from the Prospect and St. John s \ English Lutheran Churches, of this county, to become their pastor. GEN. B. F. BUTLER has now three nominations for Governor of Massa chusetts—Greenback, Democratic and Independent Republican. If he gets votes in proportion to the nominations he has got he ought to succeed this time. Ma. ISAAC MOOIUIEAD has been ap pointed Postmaster at Erie, to succeed the present incumbent, Walker, who bas to step down and out, owing to some irregularities. Mr. Moorhead is a brother-in-law to Lieut. Gov. Stone. _ _ A. A. STEWART, Esq., of Greens burg, received the Democratic nomina tion for Judge at the Judicial primary election held in Westmoreland county, last Saturday, having a higher vote at the same than either of his competi tors, Marchand and Moorhead. THE Foxburg Weekly Gazette is the title of anew paper just established in Foxburg, Clarion county, Pa., with William L. Fox as proprietor and Wal ter R. Johns as editor. It is well up and filled with interesting reading. We place it upon our ex change list with pleasure. OVER five millions of dollars of French gold will leave for this coun try, this week, for the purchase of wheat. The fact is developed that the wheat demand in Europe will IK; larger than was anticipated. Tho fact that so much gold is shipped proves the strength of our position as regards debts due in Europe. WE are sorry to learn of the loss by fire, on Thursday night, 18th inst., of the large barn connected with the Sol diers' Orphans' School, at Dunbar Camp, Fayette county, Pa. The school is in charge of ;vnd the property was owned by Rev. Asa 11. Waters, formerly of this place, and whose many friends here sympathize with him in the loss he has sustained. The barn was a very large one and well filled with grain, hay and agricultural implements, for tLe use of the Or phans. THE Tilden Democracy of New York are making desperate efforts to heal the breach in the party, which occurred at the Syracuse Convention. The New York Tribune says: There are three methods for the Democracy to get John Kelly out of the way. The first is to bully him. This has been tried, but with most discouraging results. It is still in operation, and is likely to continue for • short time longer. When its hope lessness is discovered, there will be a reaction, and the whole party will unite in au offering of taffy. Mr. Kelly is too hard-headed to bo fooled by this cheap device, and can be dc jjended upon to understand and reject it. When these plans have failed, there will remain only one other, and that will be the Yazoo. If Mr. Kelly lived in Mississippi he could be shot in the back, and the solidity of tho party ivould be restored in a twinkling. As Exrr.ei'KO, the trial of Cully, iu Mississippi, for the murder of the little girl Chishoim, who was killed at the same time with her father, Judge Chishoim, resulted in a verdict of not j guilty, the jury not being out, it is said, half an hour. This again only proves that there can be no punish ment in Mississippi at least, for politi cal murders. Thousands of persons have been maltreated or killed in the South merely because they were Re pvblicans and not one of the guilty offenders have ever been punished by the local authorities. And yet we arc preached to about "local self-govern ment', and "States' Rights," which means that if the "local authorities" do not punish murder it is to go un punished. We do not believe in this doctrine, but think if the State authori ties fail to punish murder anywhere or for any cause, the duty of the Na tional Government is, or ought to be, to avenge the blood of any of its citi» zens. No Government is strong enough to overlook bloodshed, and our National Government is not strong enough to neglect or fail to avenge the blood of any one of its most humble citizens. Important to Voters. The next election in Pennsylvania will be held on Tuesday, the 4th of November. Voters who have not paid a State or county tax within two years next preceding the election (ex cept such as are between the ages of twenty-one anil twenty-two years,) must pay such tax one month preced ing the election, that is, on or before October 4th. Failure to pay tax in season deprives the voter of the right of suffrage. Kannaa. (In the HUh iust. the, pioneers of Kansas celebrated the 25th anniver sary of the existence of that noble ■ State, that went through so much dis order and bloodshed before it was per-. mitted to come into the I- nion as a free State. Col. John \\ . Forney was the appropriate orator of the occasion, he, twenty-five years ago, 1-icing among the first to use his pun and raise his voice against the outrages intended to make Kansas a slave State. • The bat tle for the freedom of Kansas was the | initial one to the war of the rebellion, , and decided the character of slavery to be a local institution only. And what a change has taken place since then on the slavery question! Then it was said it had a right to go into the free Territories and to travel with the Union. Now it is extinct in every State, and Kansas has a free popula tion of more than a million. Well may she rejoice and her pioneers cele brate their great deliverance twenty five years ago by their formation of a free State. County Committee. The following is a full list of the ■present Republican County Commit tee, with their postofiiee address; the districts not having sent delegates to the late County Convention of the Bth inst. being filled up as authorized by the Convention, with the names of persons to represent the same. Added to those that were represented and published at the time, makes the full Committee as below : Adams—James A. McMarlin, Mars. Allegheny—S. I*. F.akin, Parker City, Pa. Brady—J. W. Weitzel, West Liberty. ISutfa'o —M. N. (ircer, Sarvcrsville. Butler—T. B. White, Butler. Centre —Thomas B. Iloon, Ilolyoke. Cherry—A. W. Christie, Moniteau. Clay—J. F. McCluinr, Coultersville. Clearfield—\V. S. Fennel, Coylesville. Clinton—W. W. McCall, Saxonburg. Concord —Charles Cochran, Hooker. CoDntwjiienessing —'N.) («. Brateliie, \\ hltes town; (S.) Robert Henry, Mt. Chestnut. Cranberry—A. C. Duncan, Ogle. Donegal —J. B. Orbisou. Barn hart's >1 ills. Fairview—(W.l Chats. W. Bell, Karus City; (E.) S. W. McCullough, Baruhart's Mills. Forward—David Donthett, Browusdale. Franklin —James Y. Knghsh, Prosjiect. Jackson— (E.) Dr. J. V. Brooks, Breakneck ; (W.) Daniel Feidler. Harmony. Jefferson—W. W. Harbison, Saxrmburg. Lancaster—Win. Lntz, Middle Lancaster. Marion—Wm. Sea ton. Harrisville. Mercer—W- P- Braham, Harrisville. Middlesex—W. T. Anderson, Glade Mills. Muddycrcak—W. B. Dodds, Portersville. Oakland—F 11. Mouie, Uiuufe City, Parker—C. M. C. Campbell, Bruin. Penn—W. V. Seaman, Butler. Slippery rock—J. X. Blair, Slippery rock. Summit —James Mitchell, Butler. Venango—Christopher Martin, Kau Claire. Washington—S. lIEUI MKNT AT YOUNUSTOWN, OHIO, ON SEPTEMIIEK 1 ?Tl{. Comrade* and Fellow-Citizens: After almost a year spent in Wash ington, engrossed in public affairs, it is a great pleasure to visit again my friends in Ohio, and especially to meet so many of my old comrades at this yearly reunion of the Twenty-third Regiment. Since we iuit iijet at Wil lougliby, a year ago, there has been a vast improvement in the business con dition of our country. Whatever dif ferences of opinion may be still found among the people of this part of Ohio a* to the importance of the resump tion of s|Hj*!io payments, and as to the methods by which It ha* Ijcci) accom plished, there is one kind of resump tion which is very noticeable in Youngstown, and which is making rapid progress in the whole country, about which J imagine we are heartily agreed, and that is J times." [Cheers.] When I last visited this beautiful valley of the Mahoning, four years ago, the financial crisis, and the gloomy outlook for business and labor and capital, occupied the thoughts and depressed the spirits of the people wherever 1 met then;, whether in pub lic assemblies, at their places of Idle ness, or at their hospitable homos. Now, however, how great and how gratifying is the change ! All around us here, and throughout the country generally, we see cheering and hopeful indications of better times. Not only have specie payments been resumed, but business activity and ptofiuljle em ployment for capital and labor have come also. The chief industry and in terest of this valley—the great iron interest —already begins to share largely in t)»e benefit of our improved condition, and I liu-n-fotv heartily con gratulate all classes of c\tii.cu» ii» this large assemblage on the present favor able business situation, and on the bright and encouraging prospect which the future holds out. [Cheers.] We are all agreed as to the revival ';f busi ness. [Cheers and cries of ''that's so."] Within the past six weeks thirty five tons of gold have come from Lu rope, and have been landed in New York. Our friends in the West are making as much gold as they ever did, but instead of its leaving us it stays at home, a:uf whaj, has gone is coming back. This is a sign of fe'iod Mines, and we all believe in that, whether we be Democrats, Republicans or Tem perance men, or of whatever party. [Cheers and cries of "that's so."] Hut now that you are agreed on that, L want to spend a few minutes in a plain talk on another subject. THE >VAB bEOISI.ATION. There is a subject interesting to every citizen, especially to those who served in the Union army, in regard to which 1 wish to say a few words. Since our last reunion, in several of the States and in Congress, events have occurred which have revived the discussion of the question as to the objects for which wo fought in the great conflict from 1801 to 18(1.%, and as to what was accomplished by the final triumph of the Union cause. 'I he question is, what was settled by the war'( What may those who fought for the Union justly claim ; and what ought those who fought for secession, faithfully to accept as the legitimate results of the war ? An eminent citizen of our State, Mr. Gi'CCsbeek, said some years airo, that "war legiataM," He regarded the new constitutional sjs part of the legislation of the war for ®{J* ©»FCT*C CITIAEA ♦ FLAFTTEC, FLA., 24, TBls. the Union, anil i«I. with significant emphasis, "and thoy will stand." Tin* equal-rights amendments an- the Icgis lation of the war for the Union, and they ought to stand. Great wars legislate. A little more than a hun dred years ago, this land where we now are was claimed, and held by France. Gen. Wolfe, on the plains of Abraham, settled that claim, and the result was the transfer of the title and jurisdiction of this entire section of the country to England. For a few vears its chief ruler was the English Kimr. The revolution followed, and the question of its ownership was asrain the subject of war legislation, and it became a part of the United States, no longer under a monarchy, but under a free Republican Govern ment. I need not enter into any discussion of the causes of our civil war. We all know that the men who planned the destruction of the Union and the es tablishment of the Confederate States, based their attempt on a construction of the Constitution called the State riirhts doctrine, and on the interest of the people of those States in the ex tension and perpetuation of slavery. The doctrine of State rights was, that each State was sovereign and supreme, and might nullify the laws of the Union or recede from the L nion at pleasure. They held that slavery was the natural and normal condition of the colored man, and that, therefore, slavery in this country could and should be the corner stone of a free Government. MIL. LINCOLN'S OPINIONS. No man has ever stated the issues of the civil war more fully, more clearly', or more accurately than Mr. Lincoln. In any inquiry as to what may fairly be included among the things settled by our victory, all just and patriotic miuds instinctively' turn to Mr. Lincoln. To him, more than to any other man, the cause of the I; nion anil liberty is indebted for its final triumph. Besides, with all his won derful sagacity, and wisdom, and logi cal faculty, 'dwelling intently and anxiously, and prayerfully, during four vears of awful trial ami responsibility, on the questions which were contin ually arising to perplex and almost confound Lim, he at last became the very embodiment of the principles by which the country and its liberties were saved. All good citizens may now well listen to and heed his words. None have more reason to do it with respect and confidence, and a genuine regard, than those whom he addressed in his first inaugural speech as "my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen." The leader of the Union cause was so just and moderate, find patient and hu mane, that many supporters of the Union thought that he did not go far enough or fast enough, and assailed his opinions and his conduct, but now all men begin to see that the plain people, who at last caino to love him, and to lean upon his wisdom and firm ness with absolute trust, were alto gether right, and that in deed and pur pose he was earnestly devoted to the Wuifarc of tI)P whole couutry and of its inhabitants. Believing that Mr. Lincoln's opin ions are of higher authority 011 the questions of war than those of any other public man on either side of the controversy, 1 desire to present them qqite fully and in his own language. in the third yptjr of tl;e war, and while its result was still undecided, Mr. Lincoln made his memorable ad dress at the consecration of the Get tysburg National Cemetery, on the 1 Otli of November, 1803. He was standing 011 the field of the greatest battle of the war. He was, 110 doubt, deeply impressed with tin' heavy re sponsibilities which ho haii borne at; long. He spoke not as a partisan, em bittered and narrow and sectional, but in the broad anil generous spirit of a patriot, solicitous to say that which would be worthy to be pondered by all of his countrymen throughout all limp. In his short speech of only two or three paragraphs lie twice spoke of the objects of the war, once in its opening and again in its closing sen tence. The words have ol't been quoted, but they cannot be too famil iar. They bei>r clearlv and forcibly on the question we are considering. "Four score ami seven years ago," Haiti Mr. Lincoln "cur fathers bi ought forth on thin con tinout a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. N>.v we are engaged iu a great civil war, letting whether that nation, or any nation HO conceived an 1 HO dedicated, can loll.; endure." And agaii,, iu cloning he Maid: "It in rather for us • » • that tfu h'H'M higl)l? roHOivu that the dead shall not have died in vain ; tha' the uatiou shall, under God, have a now birth of freedom ; and that Government of the peo ple. by the people, and for the poopie, shall not perish from the earth " TIIK STATE—RIGHTS DOCTRINE. No statement of the true objects of t{ie war more complete than this has ever bewn mad'.. It includes them all —nationality, liberty, equal rights and self-government. These are the prin ciples for which the Union soldier fought, and which it was his aim to maintain and to perpetuate. [Cheers.] If any one supposes that the con struction of our ift iqnal Constitution, which is known as the State rig!i\ doctrine, is consistent with sound principles, let him consider a few para graphs from Mr. Lincoln's first mes sage to Congress, at the e.ftra session of 18fil. Speaking of what was called the right of peaceful secession—that is, secession iu accordance with the Na tional Constitution—he said : "This sophism derives much, perhaps the whole, of itH currency from the as-umptioi) that there is Homo ouipotent anl * acred supremacy pertaining to a State to each State of our Fed eral Union. Oar Hti.L i.ijve licit her more nor loss power than llr.t rotervod In ihotii in the Union bv the Constitution, no one of thoin nver having been a State out of tho Union. '1 ho original ones pa Hod into tho Union even before they cast off their colonial dependence, and tho new ones each came into tho Union directly from a condiliou of dependence, excepting 'l'exas. And even Texa*. iu it.-' temp irary in ! pendcuce, was never designated a State. The new oiios only took the designation ol States on coming into the Union, wiiile that nam? was Erst adopted for the old men in and by ti • l>ec laratinn of Independence. Therein the •United Colonies' wore declared to bo 'fieu an.l inde pendent Htat.abut, even then, the object plainly was not to dec lire tieir independence of OHV another, or of the Onion, but. directly the contrary, as tlieif niu'iiai pledge, and their mutual action, before, at til : time, and after wardn, abundantly show. The express plighting of faith by each and all the origin*! thirteen, iu the article of Confederation, two yearH later, ihjt tljp Union shall l»o perpetual, is most con clusive. Havmg naver b*eq State*, either in suhslai.ee or name, outstde of the tinioii. wlmnep this magical omnijiotenre of 'Stato rights, asserting a claim or power to lawfully destroy tho Union itself ? Much is said about iho 'sov ereignty' of the Slates ; but tho word, even is not in tho National Con titutiou, nor, as is believed, in any of the State Constitutions. What Id 'sovereignty, 1 iu the p jlittcal saute of the word ? Would it Is; wrong t-> dellno it a political community without a political suporiorji' Tested by this, no ono of our Slates, except Texas, was a sivereig'.it , and even Tex*- gavn up Unit character en comming into tue Union, by which r.ct (the acknoivl" lee.l the Constitution Of tho United States, and tlio law ami tho 1 treaties of the United States made in puivu-.iice of tlie Constitution to bo, for hor, the supremo ' law of tlio land- Tlio Sratos li*ve their ity con «|ne«t or purchase, the Union uavo tliom what- I - ver of independence aud liberty it has. Tho Union IH older thin any of tlio States, and, in fact, it created them ax States, j SUPREMACY OF THE NATIONAL GOV ERNMENT. Unquestionably the States have the i powers and rights reserved to them in i and by the National Constitution, and upon this point, in another part of this I great message, Mr. Lincoln says : I "Tint, relative matter of National power and State rights as a principle, is n<> otiicr than the . principle of generality and locality. Whatever 'Xiacerns the whole *lionld be confide ! to tho whole—to the Gem ral Government . wtiilo whatever concern* only the States d'loilld be left exclusively to the State. I'liia is ail thare is of original principle about it." Mr. Lincoln held that the United States is a nation, and that its Govern ment possesses ample power under the Constitution to maintain its authority aud enforce its laws in every part of its territory. The denial of this prin ciple by those who asserted the doc trine of State rights, and who rightly claimed that it was inconsistent with State sovereignty, made up an issue over which arose one of the leadinir controversies which led to the civil war. The result of the war decided that controversy in favor of nationality and in favor of the supremacy of the National Government. [Cheers.] This decision is in accordance with the principles of the fathers. On this day ninety-two years ago the delegates iu convention at Philadelphia agreed to the Constitution of the United States, which was afterwards ratified aud adopted. Ou the same day, Sep tember 17, 1787, General Washington sent a letter transmitting the Consti tution to the Congress iu session in New York. Iu the letter he said: '•The friends of oar country have long since desired that the power of making war, peace and treaties, that of levying money and regu lating commerce, and tho correspondent execu tive and judicial authorities fhould be fully and elTectuallv vested iu the General Government of tho Union. * * * It is obviously imprac ticable in tho gentr.il goveienuient of these States to secure all rights of independent sov ereignty to each, and vet provide for tho inter est aud" safety of all. " * * ♦ Tn all onr delib erations ou tiiis subject, we kept steadily 111 our view that which appears to us tiie greatest in terest of cvarv true American—the consolidation of OBf Union—in which is involved our pros perity, felicity, safely, perhapi our National existence." Again, In his Farewell Address, Washington said : •'The unity of government, which constitute# yon one people, ib alm> justly dear to you. * * The name of American, which belmign to you iti your National capacity, rnuat alwavn exalt the' juat pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations." LIBERTY" AND SUFFRAGE. On the question of human rights Mr. Lincoln was equally explicit, and often declared that it was involved in the conflict, and to be decided by the result. Iu his matchless message, air ready quoted, he says : ' Our adversaries have adopted some declara tions of independence, in which, unlike tho goiid old one, penned by Jefferson, they omit the words, 'all men are creatod e piai.' Why ? They have adopted a temporary National Con stitution iu tho preamble of which, unlike our good old ono, i-igued by Washington, they omit 'We, the people, and substitute, 'We, t'uo deputies of tho sovereign and inde pendent S;ates." Why? Why this deliberate pressing out of view tins rights of men, and the authority of the people? IMr.s is essentially a People's' co;itci4- tin the siinof tho Union, it is a straggle for maintaining Tu tho world that form and substance of government whoso le.vd -111" object is to elevate the condition of men; to lift artificial weights from all shoulders ; to clear the paths of laudablo pursuit to all; to air >rd ail all unfettered start, aud a fair chai.ce in the race of life. Yielding to partial anil tem porary departures, from necessity, this is tlie leading object of tho Govorumeiit for whoso existence wo eonteml. t am most happy to believe that the plain people understand and appreciate this." On the subject of suffrage, Mr. Lin coln's guiding principle was that "110 man was good enough to govern an other 111:111 without that other man's consent." Thus we have from the pen and lips of Mr. Lincoln—the j*wat loader and representative of the Union cause—ill the most solemn and authentic form, a complete statement of the issues of the war. He held that the Union is perpetual; that its Government is na tional and supreme, and that all its inhabitants should be free, and be ac corded equal civil and political rights. These ' are the great fundamental principles, aflirmed 011 the one side and denied 011 the other, upon which the appeal was made to the God of battles. { do not undertake to rcyie.y the de bate as to the nature and powers of the Government of the Union, and as to the doctrine of State rights, which began with the foundation of our insti tutions, and which continued until it was hushed by the clash of arms. It is enough for my present purpose to that, as a matter of history, all of the political parties of the pa lit, when charged with the responsibility of di recting the affairs of the Government, have maintained, in their practical ad ministration of it, precisely the same principles which were held by Presi dent Lincoln. The principles as to the powers of the National Government Which W'. n, acted upoq l;y Washing ton and Jackson, and which are sus tained by the decisions of Chief Jus tice Marshall, and by which Lincoln and the Union armies crushed the re bellion and rescued the Republic, are among the legitimate and irreversible results of the war which ought not to be questioned. [Cheers.] THE WA It AMENDMENTS. Touching the remaining important controversy settled by the war, the public avowals of opinion are almost all in favor of the faithful acceptance of the new constitutional amendments. 011 this subject the speeches of public men and tho creeds and platforms of the leading political parties have for sonic years past been explicit. In 1872, all parties iu their respective National Conventions adopted resolu tions recognising tiie equality 01 all men before the law, and pledging themselves iu the words of the l'emo cratie National Convention, "to raain- I tain emancipation and enfranehiae j ment, and to oppose the reopening of the questions settled by the recent I amendments to the Constitution." I" j the great political parties again, in the language of tho St liouis Na tional Convention, affirmed the "devo tion to the Constitution of the United States, with its amendments unirer aalhj accepted as a final settlement of the controversies that engendered the civil war." Notwithstanding these declarations, we are compelled to take notice that, whilo very few citUens anywhere would wish to ro-establish slavery if they could, and 110 ono would again attempt to break up tho Uniou by secession, there still remains in some communities a dangerous practical denial to tho colored citizens of the political rights which are fruar lanteed to them by the Constitution as [it now is. In the crisis of the war . Mr. Line >ln appealed to the colored t people to take up arms. About two hundred thousand responded to the call, enlisted in the Union armies, ami fought for the Union cause under the Union flag. Equality of rights for the colored people, from that time, thus became one of the essential issues of the war. Gen. Sherman said, "When the light is over, the hand that drops j the musket cannot be denied the bal lot." Jefferson sai.l long before, "the . man who fights for the country is en titled to vote." When, with the help of the colored men, the victory was gained, the Fifteenth Amendment fol lowed naturally as one of its legiti mate results. No man can truthfully claim that he faithfully accepts the true settlements of the war, who sees with indifference the Fifteenth Amend ment practically nullified. [Cheers.] VIOLENT DENIAL OF RIGHTS. No one can overstate the evils which the country must suffer if lawless and violent opposition to the enjoyment of constitutioual rights is allowed to be per manently successful. The lawlessness which to-day assails the rights of the colored people will find other victims to-morrow. This question belongs to no race, to no party, and to no section. It is a question in which the whole l country is deeply interested. Patriot ism, justice, humanity, and material I interests, all plead on the right side of I this question. The colored people are the laborers who produce the cotton which, going abroad to the markets of the world, gives us that favorable bal ance of trade which is now doing so much for the revival of all business. The whole fabric of society rests upon labor. If free laborers suffer from oppression and injustice, they will either become discontented and turbu lent, destroyers of property, and not producers of property, or they will abandon the communities which de prive them of their inalienable rights. In either case, social order and tho peaceful industries are imperiled. It will not do to say that this is an affair which belongs solely to the dis tant States of the South. The whole country must suffer if this question is ■not speedily settled, and settled rightly. Where the two races are numerous, prosperity can only exist by the united and harmonious efforts of both the white people and the colored people. The only solid foundation for peace and progress in such communities are equal and exact justice to both races. Consider the present situation ! What ever complaints may have been heard during the progress of reconstruction, candid men must admit that all sec tions and all States are now equally regarded, and share alike the rights, the privileges, and the benefits of the common Government. All that is needed for the permanent pacification of the country is, the cordial co-opera tiun of all well-disposed citizens to secure faithful observance of the equal rights amendments of the Constitu tution. [Cheers and cries of "You're right."] Happily, in the very communities where lawlessnss has been most gen eral and most successful, there are editors of newspapers and other influ ential citizens who speak out and de nounce these crimes against free gov ernment. It is plain that a soqnd public opinion is forming where it is most needed. No community can afford to allow any of its citizens to be oppressed—to lose their rights. One of two things will happen if they are oppressed. Either they will bocoqie tuibuient anil destroy," or they will leave. [Cheers.] To be indifferent on the subject is to disregard interest and duty. The Union citizens and soldiers can do much to remove the evils we are considering. Let it be understood that no public man in any party will be sustained unless he will undertake to carry out in good li»iih ti,e pledges made in all our platforms in regard to the rights of colored citizens; unless he will support laws providing the means required to punish crimes against them ; ami unless he will oppose the admission of any man to either House of Congress whose seat has been ob tained by the violation of t|ie Fifteenth Amendment, 'l he right of suffrage is the right of self-protection. Its free exercise is the vital air of republican institutions. This U ihp la\y pnt| and the Executive Department must enforce it. The man who will vote money to keep up the mails, to collect the revenue, and to keep up the other departments of the Government, and will not vote money for this purpose to protect all citizens in the right of suffrage—that man is not the patriot j)c prpttupl-i to Up, or oju' whom you should trust. [Cries of "Good," and great cheering.] To establish now the State-rights doctrine of the supremacy of the States, anil an oligarchy of race, is deliberately to throw away an essen tial part of the fruits of the Union victory. The settlements of the war iu fa\nr of eqqal rights and the su premacy of the laws of the nation are just anil wise ami necessary. Let them not be surrendered. Let them be faithfully accepted and firmly en forced. Let them stand, and, with the advancing title of business prosperity, we may confidently hope, by the bless ing of (jivine Providence, that \ye shall soon enter upon an era of har mony and progress such as has been rarely enjoyed by any people. [Great applause.] Remaining Elections this Fall. Ohio, October 14.—State officers and members of Legislature. lowa, October 11.—State officers members of the Legislature, and one j Congressman to fill a vacancy. I Marvlaud, November 4.—State offi cers and members of the Legislature. Massachusetts, November 4.—State officers and members of Legislature. Minnesota, November 4.—State of ficers ami members of Legislature. New York, November 4.—State offi cers and members of Legislature. Wisconsin, November 4.—Stale offi cers and members of Legislature. Mississippi, November 4.— Members of Legislature. New Jersey, November 4.—Mem bers of Legislature. Pennsylvania, November 4.—State Treasurer. Louisiana, December 2.—On the adoption of the new Constitution. THIS Democracy in Wisconsin are in an uncommonly bad way. 1 heir only available candidate for Governoi peremptorily declined the doubtful honor, and now there is trouble to get another. The State Central Com mittee has the matter in charge, and and may yet have to call for proposals, accompanied by a suitable bond. Can didates are not so active iu the face of [ certain defeat.— Ex. TKIIL LIST FOR SPECIAL COIIRT-HOXDAV, (MftOKIK 13, LH79. Xo., Tmrm mm l >rJr. Plaintiff ! Attorney rhuniif. | Defendant's Atttmu y wrv I* W L>vrrv 44 300, Jan'y, 1376 John M Miller it BPO Edward M Bred in Washington Campbell I, Z Mitchell 14 518, Oct. 187»; MeJunkin & Cainnbell Marsh all Welch (' B Wi*er &Co same 44 "»7, June, 1?*77 GA4 A T Black • Robert Gil key Abbott Shult Jc Scott " 230, " 1877 Thompson Jc Seott W W Mci'ord for use Thomas Kobioson. Adui'r IJohn M Greer 44 30<», 44 1877 MeCandless & Greer John W Storey John Williams « t al 'MeJunkin A Campltell 44 4!*2. 44 1>77 John M Greer K Mellon, Ex'r J 11 Shepherd, Cx'r Thompson & Scott 44 583, 4t 1877 same Peter Iluteliison vt al James Pierce et al G A A: A T Black 44 t509, 44 1877 Metjuiistionand Meßride.Jeremiah Maloney Al' Tanner I, Z Mitchell , 44 51. Oct., 1877 GA& A T Black John L Heed Alexander ami Mary Hutchison same 14 91, 44 1877 John M Greer |A C Robb J C Knox et ux J X Purviancc 92, " 1577; same A C Robb John ii Xcviuan et ux same 44 93, 44 1577; same ,A C Robb Sarah Kuox same " i' 4, " 15771 same A C Robb Knchel Johnson same 44 7, " 1877| same ,John Greer T L Crowley et al J M Miller «fc Bro 4 * 74, Jan v 1 >7> S F Bowser M Miller 4Co Joseph same 44 403, March, I*7B, Thompson & Seott W C Adams 'Poor (ii>trict Fairview Borough John M Greer 44 132, June, 187SiG A «s A T Black Odd Fellows* Hall Ass'n, Bakerst'n J Frediey et al same 44 173, 44 I*7B Kiddle and Lu*k John Mai/land David McMillan J D MeJunkin 2«>o, 44 I>7> MeJunkin «.V Campbell Walter Evans Theodore Uusclton Rciber and Mitchell 44 263, 44 IS7B Newton Black Matthew Morrow 1 8 BTnver .1 M Miller 6 Bro A. RU&UCLL, Protboßol Our Question Box. [Sufficient interest has been manifested in this department to warrant us in the belief that we can. with the ai«l of our rural friends es pecially, make it a distinctive feature of our paper, particularly through the wiuter months. We invite a continuance of favors.—EDS.J ANSWERS. —The answers to tho questions in last week's paper are : 2 hour? and 43 7-11 minutes to boat question, and per cent, loss to percentage question. —2,519 is correct answer given to division question. It is the least num ber that will divide in that way, but there are many larger multiples also. Ex. —My answer to percentage question is: If a man loses 15 ]»er cent, on first investment, and after said loss invests balance and gains 15 per cent., he loses per cent, of amount first invested. EXPERIENCE, QUESTIONS. —What is tho diagonal line or lougest brace possible in a derrick the perpendicular height of which is 75 feet, 20 feet square at base and 5 feet square at top? What is the difference between its perpendicular and slant height ? Ex. —I bought a lot of ground, paying cash for it. Then one-fifth of one eighty-first of the sum of money I first had being left, it paid for the 1-160 part of the highest denominational unit part of one other lot, containing acres and perches, which cost me SSOO by paying 25 per cent, more per acre than for the first purchase, llow much land did I first buy, and how much in the last purchase ? TELL. Public Schools. FAIRVIEW, Sept. 17, 1879. MESSRS. EDITORS—The late exami nations of teachers devested a state of affairs that it seems to nie would be proper and right for every one to know. The work commenced July Ist, and ended August 30th, and the following is a summary: No. of examinations •") " " males examine! 3.50 " " female* examined Total 649 No. examined who never taught 240 No. of males rejected 129 No. of females rejected 133 Total 204 Whole No. of certificates issued to (late. ..402 'l'en of the above are professional certificates. Some of the failures were re-examined and a few succeeded in passing, and seven of those now hav ing professional certificates wore at first furnished with provisionals. This accounts for the seeing discrepancy be tween the number examined and the number of failures as compared with the number of certificates issued. The grade required was an average not greater than 2 with no marks below 2k Some whose uveruge \yould have been all, right. l%ili.d on the last condi tion. lti a fuw instances where the applicants were known to have taught successfully last winter, and happened to fall below the required mark on one branch, they were allowed to pass, but this exception did not benefit above five or six cases. Allow i»e to say to the r.aes, that iu my OilimaUnu, the failures nearly all re- J suited from a pure lack of scholarship. Considering the njijvirtuiiUivs some liaye ha<\, it i- '«• (isj-race to he. ignor ant, but, having discovered that fact once, it is a disgrace to remain so. True, it may cause you some chagrin, and your acquaintance.-, may chafe you about it; but accept it us one of the many disappointments to which we are all doomed in the course of a life time, and go quietly to work resolved that by next year you will U) beyond the possibility uf a failure. Herueni bar in your work not to "stuff" your selves with a view to passing the ex amination, but fit yourselves to teach the subject thoroughly and intelli gently, antl once fitted to do that you need not fear an examination. To those who just got over the bridge with little to spare, I would say, that it might be well for them to look after elevating their standard of intelligence, or by another year they may find themselves set aside to make room for more progressive persons. To all I would say, you can never get to know too much. Keep the cob webs out of your brain by constant reading and thinking. He alive t° all that js qscfql and good. Work both in and out of the school room. The faithful teacher is as sure to be re warded eventually as the faithful chris tian. The County Institute will convene in the Court House, at Hutler, October 27th, and continue in session during the week. Dr. Wickershain lias sig nified his intention of being with us. Other prominent educators will also be there, and their names will be pub-, lished as soon as arrangements are entirely completed. A list ol ques tions for discussion with the names of those expected to open the discus sions will also lie published. Teach ers, directors and all others are in vited to attend, and those having anything to offer are requested to make it known to me by mail ur other wise tlj soon a<> possible. Let all come resolved to make it one of the most profitable Institutes ever held. Very respectil'ullv, "P. F. McKEE, County .Superintendent. As TIIE season advances to its close, the yellow fever at Memphis and other points in the South develops more virulence and proves itself more fatal. The appeal made by the Howard As sociations for aitl is being responded to in the several cities, and the pros pect is that the necessary supply of funds will be realized to carry 011 its humane work. The demand will be continuous till frosts stop the progress of the disease. For the sake of those who suffer, it may be hoped that the | frosts will speedily come.— Mr. WHERE TO BUY HARDWARE! Axes, Augers, j | Norway iron, Oilers, Auger Handles, Awls, T~l » T T -t *'•' Stones, Padlocks, Apple l'arers, ISt/ V I H \ 11, IV/ VI Picks, l'lauea, Plows, Aui;pr Bits Axle (ireasej i-O 4 t/1 1 illJlJl Plane Irons, Bells, Bolts, Block*, Pulleys, Pocket Cutlerr, Brushes, Bits, J Porcelain Kettles, Blacksmiths' Sledges, I After thanking our pataons and Percussion Caps, Builders' Hardware, the publie generally for their very\ Bakes. Razors, i «*™; ,-irvr,H Bliustin;,' Powder, U'l.uld respectfully announce thai Kat Traps, Rollers, Saws, Carpenter*' Tools, we hare note in Slock a full line of \ Scales, Screws, Shot, Carriage Holts, Stoves, Cook Stoves, „ r . rv . X . T . i Scythes, Screw Drivers, Cartridges, Chains, IIKA* 1 A>P SliLLf , Scythe Stones, Chisels, Cordage, ; Shovels, Spades, Churns, T"T~ ~1 Spikes, Spoons, Steel, Cow Bells, Cutlery, I—l QY I / j '\\T QV P Stove Polish, Springs, Dt»or Spring* ami Stops, J L CX' _L v_4. VV Cv -L vV. Tinware, drawing Knives, j Table Cutlery, Tacks, Eurg Beaters, Kdjre Tools, ! Tools, Trunk Locks, Faucets, Files, \suitable for the Fall trade, at Traps, Tape Measures, Forks, Fly Traps, j rices to suit the times. ! Upholsterers' Tacks (iun Cans, (lunleis, • » /• ,» • . I \ ises—l i lack sm 1 tlis . Gun Locks, Glass, All those in need of anything tn j Vises—Hand, Gun|M>wder,Grindstones, our line are cordially incited to Whips, Wire, ii " ;um ' ,ers . "ves, 'call and examine goods and prices »-sliers<, WheUtoaes, Handles, Harness Snaps, !. . . J , , ' \\ indow Springs, Hatch Hinge*. before purchasing elsewhere. Window Locks, Horse Shoes aud Nails, Wringers, Wrenches, Lanterns, Locks, JACKSON & MITCHELL, Wire Cloth, Wedges, Mailt ts. Wardrobe Hooks, Malleable Iron Castings' .. . , T Wardrobe Ix>eks, Meat Cutters, Corner Main 4 Jefferson SU., Wood Saws, Wire Rope, Machine Screws, . Yard Sticks, Measuring Tapes, BLILLR, PA. Zink Oilers, Nuts, Nails, Zink Sheet, Agricultural Implements, House Furnishing Goods, Farmers' Supplies, Iron, Steel, Metals, Blacksmiths' Supplies, &c. jHS WHOLESALE Auctioneers and Jobbers BOOTS, SHOES AITD RUBBERS. Auction Sales Every Tuesday, at 101 A. 11. Having purchased our stock before the recent advance we will continue t« sell at old prices. GOODS SOLD AT PRIVATE SALE AT AUCTION PRICES, FOR CASH 20PER CEXTT. CHEAPER than they can be bought from houses selling on credit. Cull and examine our stock and prices of consigned and regular goods, at BTo3. 53 <& 55 Wood O St. <& 105 Third Av© PITTSBUEGH, A FREE HOOK of nearly LOO large octavo pages for the Bli K. Full of valuable notes 1 »u Scrofula; Diseases of the Breathing Organs; Diseases of Men ; Diseases of Women ; Aches and Pains; Heart Troubles; and a great va riety of CintONit: DISEASES, with evidence that in must cases these diseases aro curable. Sent for one stamp. Address MURRAY IIILL PUB. CO., No. 129 K. 28th street, N. Y. CANCER. This disease like many others is regarded as incurable. It is not so. If it is taken in time it is as easily cured as a wart or a corn. We know very well that it is a fearful disease and will out away until it destroys life, that is if It is nes;leeted, but if it is attended to when it first makes its appearance, or soon after, there is no trouble in eradicating it from the system. Persons will have to be here during part of the treatment, consequently there is no use writing to me for information whether it can be cured withont my seeing the case. I also treat with success, Rupture, Piles, Fistula, I'leers, I lceratedlegs, \ aricose \ciiis, Varicocele Tniuors, Hydrocele, und every torin of Skin Disease. Dr. Keyser, 240 Penn Avenue, Opposite Christ's Church, Pittsburgh, Pa. MlltltltGKS. TAYLOR GALLAHER—Sept 18,1879, at the residence of the utlieiat>ng minister, by ltev. ('. A. Liinberg, Mr. James L. Taylor, of Centre township, and Mis-; Lizzie (iallahcr, of ISutler township, this county. CROEN—ANDERSON—Sept. I years. (iROKSMAN Sept. 18th, 1879, at his resi dence in Urady township, this county, Mr. James Orossnian, aged about 65 years. MARTIN—Sept. 22nd, 1879, at Etna, Alle gheny countr, l'a., Mr, John W. Martin, son of Mr. Thomas Martin, of Jefferson township, this county, aged ulwuit 25 years. SNYDER—Sep'- 20th, 1879, at bis residence iu Jefferson township, this county, Mr. Philip Snyder, Sr., aged 7 i years. Mr. Snyder was a very industrious and honest citizen and much respected by all who knew him. His funeral on Sunday last was one of the largest ever known iu this county. JONES—Sept. 22. 1879, in this place, Mr. Jesse M. Jones, in the il.'lrl year of his age. Funeral services will take place at the M. E. Church this (Wednesday) afternoon at 2J o'clock, sharp. All sddicrs of the late war are invit ■ I to atbnd.as it was the oft-expressed wi-li of deceased that he be laid to rest by bis surviving comrades. Sew A a call Shop on Mifflin street, four doom west of Main street, and oppoeito A. Troutman'a store, I Sutler. Pa. sepl'-ly IX)R SALE. $5 will buy a one-halt interest In a (rood bas in,vs iu Pittsburgh. One who knows some thing uls'Ut farming preferred. Au lioucttman with the al>ovc amount "ill do well to address by letter, SMITH JOUNB, care S. M. James. t»3 Liberty street, Pitt-burgh, 1 Till* COIXAB CA inTTrm r* and a Cow Milker freo to Farmers who act an Agents. Cut thin out w/ piTFNTrn / J and mldrow with htan.p By _ SMITH \ HON. r Name this pa|>or. Real Estate Agency. W. 8 BOYD has opened a Heal Estate ofllce in the Vogelcy House, Butler, Pa., where all desci iptions of Farms, Houses, Lots Western Lands and tieftvv Timber Lands in Jeflenon county. Pa., are for sale. Any person wishing t.i l.u\ will please call and examine his Kesjis te ~l properties. Best kind ol securities tor s i!e. Xtoiids, Mortgages on H--.1l Estate. Money loaned on first class mortgages. I'elO iiiu