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CARLISLE, PA.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1866.
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FOR GOVERNOR,
Gen. JOHN W. GEARY,
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTSt
OUR NATIONAL PLATFORM
All persons born or naturalized in the Unitod States,
and subject to tne jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of
the United Slates and of the State wherein they reside.
No State shall make or enr. rco any law will -11 shall
abridge the privileges or the immunities of citizens of
the United States. Nor shall an, State deprive any
person of life, liberty, or property without due process
of law,nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction
the equal protection of the Lows.
Representatives shall be apportioned among the sev
eral States according to COgir respective numbers, count-,
ing the whole number of tersom; in each State, exclu
ding Indians not taxed; but whenever the right to vote
at any election for electors of President and Vico Presi
dent or for United Stories Representatives in Congress,
executive and judicial officers, or the members of the
Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhab
ills to of such State, being twenty ono years of ego, and
citizens of the United States, or in any waj abridged, ex
cept fur participation in rebellion or other crime, the
basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the
proportion which the number of such nude citizens shall
bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one
years of age in th State.
No porno: , be in Senator a Representative in
Congress, elector or President and Vice President or
hold any office, civil or military under the U. S. and un
der any State, who, having previously taken an oath ari
a termer of LiUngress, or an officer of the United States
or as a member of any Stat Legislature, or es ail exec
utive or judicial officer of any State, to support the
C nstituttoUnited States,shell have engaged hi
insurrection or rebottle againnt the same, or giv nil aid
or comfort to the enemies thereof; but Congress may.
by a vote of two-thirds of each bouse remove such din ,-
billy.
The validity of the public debt of the United State
authorized by lair, including debt incurred for the
payment of pens ous ~nd bounties for service in sup
pressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not 1,0 question
ed, bill neither the United Staten nor any Smite thall
assume or pay any debt r obligation incurred in alit of
insurrection or rebellion opine the United Stoles. or
any claim for the loss or emancipation of an B ave r but
all ouch debts, obligations, and claims shall he held it
legal and void."
Union County Ticket
Cwigresß,
Gen. R. NI. HENDERSON, of Carlisle
Subject to the decision of the Congressional
Conference.
Assembly,
Col. JOHN LEE,
Associate Judges
Capt. J. M. KELSO, Shippensburg,
GEO. W. CRIS WELL, Eastpennsbornugb
Prothonotary,
Sergt..lol - IN I-I. ZINN, Penn
Clerk of the Courts,
Sergt.,GEO.W. REYNOLDS, Shippensbg
Register,
Capt. ISAAC HULL, Meclianicaburg
County Commissioner,
Capt. SAM'L. KING, Mechanicsburg
Lireetor of the Poor ,
OWEN JAM ES, New Cumberland
County Auditor,
JASON W . EBY, Cnrlisle
GRAND UNION
MASS MEETING
AT MEC 14 AN ICSBURG
" I'LL VOTE As 1 Fluor !"—Speech of
Gen. Geary al Atlanta.
The "Boys in Blue,"
of Cumberland County. respectfully inform
Oen. frien,sl and 11,11 who aro in favor of the
eieetion toe gal hint unit cllstinguished sot
dier,
Gen. JOHN W. GEARY,
For Governor,
That they will bold a Grand Union Mass
Meeting on
Saturday, August 18th, 1866,
AT NI ECIY AN ICSDU O.
The following eminent Soldiers and Citi
zens have been invited and are expected to
he pr sent and address the meeting:
Our. A. G. Curtin, Miij Gen. John W.
Geary, Maj Gen. John A. Lugar , Illinois,
Maj. Gen. John F. Hartranft, Brig. Urn.
Joseph W. Fisher, Geh. J. T. Owen, Gen.
Lemuel Todd, C. I. John W. Forney, CO!.
R. M. Henderson, Cu!. A. K. McClure.
Capt. ,_. Boyd Hutchison. Hon. Thaddeus
Stevens, Hon. J. C. Ki.nit le, Hon. T. E.
Cochren; Hon. Ed. McPherson, and others.
Union Leagues and Lop I Associations
throughout the State are invited to he pres
ent and participate on the occasion, and they
may be assured of a hearty welcome.
By order of the Executive Committee.
Maj. S. B. KING. Chairman.
Is Negro Suffrage the Issue?
This is a question which is asked of every
man who is a supporter of GEN. GLARY.
The opponents of the Union Party are en
deavoring to distract attention from the
great issues of the day by continually crying
out negro suffrage. Now let us see what is
necessary to contribute a political issue. A
legal issue is a point reached in the plead
ings of a apse at which a certain fact is
affirmed on the one side and denied on the
other, A political issue we take it, is a cer
tain line of policy for the State or Nation
which is advocated by one party and opposed
by the other and which the election or, de
feat of certain candidates will establish or
prevent being established. GEN. GLARY
is the candidate for Governor of Pennsyl
vania and if his election or- the election of
any other candidate supported by the Union
Party will confer or aid to confer the right of
suffrage on the Negroes of Pennsylvania then
Negro suffrage is at issue. Now we deny
squarely that the present election can have
the slight - ea effect — on the question of suf
frage here. , Tho Constitution of P, nnsyl
vania confines the elective franchise to
"white freemen" subject to the qualifications
specified therein. There can be no exten
sion of suffrage to the binok men without a
change m Abe Constitution which shall in
express terms give thorn that . right. The
Conatitutien;was altered in 1864 by a vote
of the people, in order to give soldiqrs a right
to vote'and no proposition to amend it again
can be submitted until after the lapse of five
years groin that time. 'This is provided for
in express, terms and it is also provided that
any such Amendment proposed shall receive
the sanction of a :.majority of the }embers.
of two consecutive .TJegislatiires. Is it not
an insult then to the intelligence of any citl 7 ,
Zen to assert that negro suffrage is an issue
which can be affected by GEN. GEARY'S•
election ? If the negroes ever vote in Penn
sylvania it will be' When it majority of the
white, vcot,()pf the ate allow' them to do
so, by'e, ailpptio : of a constitutional.
amendment.,
Of course, in older to got' over this um
mistaitable refutation of their, continued
falsehoOde, the Democracy must get up some,
plausible, argument to give their
,assertions,
the Color of respectability. Tph, ; duty, of
getiing the negro pl'operly equipped for drill
in the Coming campaign appsars to have
been"und . en voluntarily by the lesderf
in our cou . At the meeting 0 i 0?! ) Via-.
* E . ,Clpb a week 'n'ice, ill President,,.*it. ) ,
Exiiiizi.4 ilivOied his iesiers?liith. i'; , inry
.
original legal argument to prove that the.
Constitutional Amendments adoptedpy
Congress and whichlinve beet; endorse by
our Party in this County and throughout
the State, gave to' negrOes in Pennsylvania
the right of suffrage. The Volunteer of this
week contains the same speech as an edito
rial and as we always give our. friends a bear
ing we will copy the material 'portion,
The coolness with which Gen. GEARY as
serted, in his speech at the Mansion House
the other evening, that the question of negro
suffrage was not in issue in the present con
test, was decidedly refreshing. He either
knew not, whereof he was speaking, or he
wilfully attempted to mislead those ,who
heard him. Let us see where the Republi
can party of Cumberland county stand oh
this question. At their recent county con
vention thedtollowing resolution was unani
mously adopted :
"Resolved, That we heartily endorse the
plan of reconstruction embodied in' the pro
posed amendments to the Constitution re
ready adowed
,by the majority of the Na
tional Congress."
Nuw the fist of these amendments to the
Constitution "recently adopted by the ma
jot of the National Congress" is in the
following language:
All persons born or naturalized in the
United States, and subject to the jurisdic
tion thereof, are citizens of the United States,
and of the State wherein they reside, and no
..date shalt make or enforce any law which
stall abridge the privilege or immunities of
citizens of the United States."
By this amendment negroes are declared
to he "citizens of the United States and of
the State ihherein they reside." Now what
is a "clizka".' He is legally defined to be
persont native or naturalized, who has
the prmilege of exercising the elective fran
chise, or the gatzlifications which enable hint
to vote for rUtep. " Any one who has a
Webster's DiWonary can readily satisfy
himself' of the eorreetnes. of Oita tiefloitton.
Therefore, according to this amendment
which has been subnotted to the Legisla
tures of the sever a l States for tneir appro
val, "all persons loom or naturalized in the
United Stares, turd subject to the jurisdie
ion thereof, shall have the privilege of
exercising the elective franchise, a',tl be
enabled to vote for rulers," flmth state and
national. This is the amendment whip the
.iepunlicon parry of Cumberland county, in
°du% ention assembled, "heartily endorsed."
—The man who stands before his fellow
citrzens, with this eviff rice staring him in
the face, and tells them that negro suffrage
is not the issue in Cumberland county, must
be either a knave or a fool. Why this very
amendment, declaring that negroef& shall
have ?the privilege of exercising the elec
tive franchise, - is to be submitted to the
;text Legislature for rotificatmo or rejectiol.
and the menmer to be elected from this
county will vote directly upon the question
whether negroes shall he declared to be
citizens of Pennsylvanut, whether they shall
be er titled to vote in Cumberland county,
in Carlisle, at every poll in the Stare.
In this very amendment to the Constitu
tom, otter dechLying that, ue g rues ace '' cit
izens of the United States and of the State
wherein they reside." they further declare
that 4'220 State shall make or enforce any l a w
which shall abridge the prie.leges or im)1111-
nities of citizens if the United States." Cou
sequently, the provision of our State con
stitution which declares that only white
freemen of the age of twenty one years" shall
he entitled to vote,.will be declared null and
void, because it con diets with this amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States. And this amendment, denying fhe
State of Pennsylvania the right to say that
negroes shall 710( vote. is to be acted Upon by
the next Legislature; uud as it fins been
"heartily endorsed" by the Republican
county Convention, their candidate for the
Legislature, should be be fortunate enough
to lie elected, will vote to ratify this amend
ment awl thus fore(' negro sqff sr, ye upon the
people of the State against - their wishes.'
We have seldom seen as much pure absur
dity, in tho shape of a legal argument erowd
ed into so small a space. It might have oc
curred to the gentleman who wrote the above
that no man in Pennsylvania Notes by virtue
of his being a citizen of the United States or
of the State of Pennsylvania but because he
conies up to the requirements of an elector as
set forth in the State Constitution foremost
among which is that of being a " white free
)111111." But we arc told that Webster's
Dictionary defines a citizen to be "a person,
notice or naturalized who lies the privilege of
exercising the elective franchise" ttnd there
fore the amendment proposed should beretel
"all persons burn or naturalized in the
United States 1111 d subject to the jurisdiction
thereof shall have the privilege of the elec
tive franchise and shall be enabled to vote
fur rulers State and National." It is a won
der our critical friend did not elaborate the
amendment a little further and define a few
more words. A little of this exorcise w. uld
have cured him of his absurdities. 'fake
the word "persons" fir instance. Webster
defines a person to be •• an individual hu
nt-MI being-11 man, woman or child," there
fore if the Constitut ional amendment is
adopted " persons (that is every man,
woman and child) born or naturalized in
the United States, shall have the privilege
of thti, elective franchise and be enabled to
vote for rulers." 1)0 you believe that the
Constitutional amendments if adopted will
give every man woman and child, white and
black in Pennsylvania, the right to vote?
According to your standard a citizen is ono
who isL entitled to vote ; the amendment
says that all persons born or naturalized in
the United States are citizens thereof and
citizens of each State ; by the same standard
a person is a human being," a man
woman or child ;" therefore from your au
thority and your reasoning it is _ontemplated
by the Republican Party to give to men
women and children white and black the
right to vote.' Now either have the con
sistency to charge us with this or have de
cency enough to acknowledge the falsity and
absurdity of your entire argument.
On examination of the Constitution of the
United States, adopted in 1787 will be suffi
cient to show our friend of the l'otantror
that those who framed it did not use the
word " citizens " in the sense of voters. In
providing for the election of representatives
in_Congresambieh are.the only lintional
ficers voted for directly by the people the
Constitution uses the word " electors " (not
"citizens") and provides that these elec
tors, " shall have the qualification requisite
for electors of the most numerous branch of
the State legislature." This is the only
clause in the Constitution providing for
elections by the people and it expressly gives
the qualification of votora over to State con
trol and in doing so uses the word elector
and not the word citizen. '
Section 2 Article 4 of the Constitution
provides that " the citizens of each 'State
shall be entitled to all the privileges
,and
immunities of citizens in the sev6ral states.''
In Massachusetts, Now Yorlc and a number
Of other states negroes were citizens and en
titleA under the Steie laws, by express pre
vision, to vote. Will' our legal friend in-
forms us whether under this clause of the
Constitution a. Massachusetts negre, awho
voted •there, would be entitled to a vote in
`Pennsylvania or Indiana by corning into
either'pf thn States named, to reside., If.
.the
word a meangvoter, wonld ,
mit this provision, have given 9very, negro
who was a voter in one . State the right to
vote in any other., where, he, acquired
dence. " If the.privileges and immunities .
of.a citizen" included the' right to the eleo-
Ove franehise,don't the Contitutien as it'
stal'4,l, give any negro - who
. 114, the right to
vete
, in any,Stato,t49 right, ,O,vote
other State to which ho may renrays. ; On
the section ahoy° . gneted Judge :07.4rtiNar :
Tox:docided, thns ',Ti4E),la.c9nliric4.to.thcopo,
privileges and immunities which are in their
nature fundamental which bolobg of right
to the citizens of all free government and
which have at all times.been:enjoyed by_ the
citizens of the seVeral.States'which h compose
the Union from the time of• their becbming
free independent and sovereign ;" and after
enumerating : these fundtkinentat -rights 'he
sltys "to Niliich ' , may be added the elective
franchise as regulated and established by
the tatv:i and Constitution of the State in
which ii is to be exercised.
But it is useless to follow this phantom of
a legal argument any further. We will not
insult the profession by supposing that any
.member of it believes_that the term citizen
as used in the Constitution or the proposed
amendments means those having the privi
lege of the elective franchise. The whole
question of voting is settled by the States
and there is twilling in the Constitutional
amendments that can interfere with it direct
ly or by implication. Negroes can never
vote in Pennsylvania until a majority of the
white people acting diceet/y on the question
gives them that right. if every white man
in the State wanted thein"to vote now they
would have to defer any action on the mat
ter until 1809. If GEN. GEARY is elected
Governor it will not hasten the enfranchise
ment of the black men in this State by a
single hour; if IliEsrmi CLYMER is elected
their chances for a participation in the Gov
ernment will not be any worse than if he is
defeated. Negro suffrage is not at issue in
this State now and cannot be until a propo
sition to amend,our State Constitution is be
fore the people. In closing wo would sug
gest to our neighbor, that calling those who
assert the truth about this matter " knaves
and fools," don't much help his argument or
his reputation for common decency toward
his opponents. We believe that lie is the
only respectably informed man who has the
assurance to assert that the Constitutional
amendment gives negroes the right to vote
or the temerity to attempt a legal argument
to prove it—we won't apply his own epithets
to him nevertheless.
The Volunteer thus describes the meeting
of the Johnson's County Convention.
The attendance was nearly as large and
quite as respectable as that at the late radi
cal Republican County Convention. A
mong the gentlemen who participated, and
who have heretofore been regarded as lead
era in the Republican' }tarty, were Capt.
\\ - 111. M. Porter, litte editor of the Carlisle
Herald (the Republican organ of Cumber
land County) Geo. Zinn, Esq., late editor
of the Carlisle American (Republican(, and
postmaster by appointment of President
Line, in. and R. M.. Stevenson, Esq., Con:
sill at Sheffield, England, under President
Lincoln. The defection •of such men as
these, together with hosts of others who
sympathize with them, hiss fallen like a
thunderbolt into the little camp of radicals
who seek to control the 'policy of their party
in this County. They see too plainly where
it leads and what it means. It leads to open
rupture and division, and means disastrous
and overwhelming defeat in October. If
the information which we have be correct,
the legislation of the Rump Congress and
the platform on which John W. Geary
stands are openly repudiated by fully one
third of the Republican voters of Cumber
land County.
The assurance of the gentleman who penn
ed-the !Wove is amazing. For weeks prior
to this Mass Ceinvention of the Johnson
Party the Democratic emissaries of the Pres
ident worked untiringly to get up n demon
stration. Every I'. M. in the County was
particularly urged by Mr. ZINN to be pre
,ent. Every invention of the mind that the
managers were capable of was brought into
requisition to induce timid Republicans to
hook on. The leaders here pretended that
they had the names of/iffy Johnson men in
South Middleton who would positively be
here who was supposed to be influenced by
other people's opinion. In the lower end
of the County the story was circulated that
Johnson men were numerous in Carlisle and
i n superfluous abundance in the upper end.
Above they were told that there were no
"Radicals" in Carlisle or East of it. On the
morning of the meeting the writer of this
was told seriously 'by it highly respectable
gentlemen in town who is just now the most
active no-party, country-saving, patriotic,
Johnson, Clymer, Philadelphia Convention,
Democrat it, the State, that "there were
twenty leading Republicans in town from the
upper end to attend the Convention and that
delegates were pouring in from all qharters."
These were the dodges that were tried on to
entice unwary Republicans to the meeting.
What was the result ? To say
„that the at
tendance was large or that there was an at—
tendance at all is squarely false. „ Mr,
had to go in obedience to the behests of his
Democratic masters or leave his Post Office.
Mr. WnsoN; , of Mechanicsburg ditto, and
he had to leave even after his compliance.
CA PT. PORTER, was claimed as a Democrat
in 18114 by those with whom he now asso
ciates politically. \V bother lie was or was
not we do not know but we do knciw , that
the Derimeracy counted on his vote. Mr.
STE VENSON, nerer voted the Republican tick
et in his life. His appointment to Sheffield
was made at the instance of his Uncle, who
was then Consul at Leeds. These were the
only gentlemen there who ever had the
slightest taint of Republicanism about them.
The remainder of the dozen who collected at
Faber's that morning were Democrats and,
(Mr 'HILLER, SZ Mr. CAMPBELL, excepted)
of tl.,w sort who endorse every feature of op
position made by their party to the Govern
ment during the war. Not a man there rep
resented any body but himself nor could the
persuasion and entreaties of the whole party
combined, have brought another Republican
on the ground. Of the truth of all this our
friends of, the fro/uOtqcreremost painfully_
aware. oii had a fair trial to get up
a Johnson Party here gentlemen and yoUr
success wasn't a brilliant one by any means;
you won't succeed any better in your at
tempt to make one on paper.
A committee of the Rump was appointed
to investigate the matter, Ivho made a re
port last week convicting . 'Provost Marshal
General Fry of the charges preferred, and
recommending that he be censured! Really
this is a severe sentence; 'but it is a pity he
wasoot compound •to 'refund .the money to
:the parties who 'were swindled.— Volunteer.
Yes, and just as soon as Fry was convict 7
ed'lit, Was brevetted by the President. A.
J. ha' d weakness for taking, care of all that
sort"of. men. •
..P.rO , msnoootrou lAwAsic.The'
Union-men of East Penntborough Tow'n
ship', organized a Oeary Club on last ' Satur
dtiy Evening, at West Fairview, There
was,a.iery large attendance and 'the. enthu
siasm was unboOnded. Alter the organize
tion was effedted•Gokr. 6EARY•being present„
'addressed the meeting and was greeted. with
the most enthusiastic. cheers.. Col.. W. H.
FORBES also made a stirring speech, ,'doing
full justice to the issues of the campaign and
'receiving hearty applause from
~e very .one
present.,..,The officers of the Club, are the
,fol-.
lowing . pamed gerdlemeo who ere lcoown,as ,
netiy,c; un4 untlLyirig c prile ornen—Presidellt e
4. W. EPPLICY, Secretary: t F.i C. Berme,
andareasurer ,W. O. BANRS: • .With , such
an organfiation the Geary !Club : - .of East
Pennaborough must be • big success, The`bst
Club Meets this orkifig, - Oyptea,l",9l4
i.f
We publish in ariother column, a series of
resolutions "pastied at a meeting of a number
of ' SchOof Directors of this County:held
hereon last Saturday. •We regret exeeed
ingly that; the temper o'f, the ineeting and
the expression of the resolution's'. wore such
ne , to require comment. A simple statement
of the facts` connected' with . this unfortunate
trouble between those who lire entrusted
with the inforests of the public schools of
this - County is necessary in order that there
may be a proper understanding of what we
shall say with :regard to this matter.-
convention of Directors 'Wits held' Itare last '
May to choose a County Superintendent.
The candidates before the Convention were
Mr. George Swartz, the than
and_Mr. Hoffiefinger. In a close' vote,:Mr.
Hoffiefinger was elected—his majority if wo
remember, being less than five: . .A.fter: hiP
election objections were macia.to the State
Supekintendent against granting him acorn..
mission on the ground of incompetence.
Superintendent Coburn then had Mr. Hale
finger examined ,by a committee and not
being satisfied with the result refused to
commission him and gave the office to his
competitor, Mr. Swartz. To protest against
this action appears to have been the object
of the meeting on Saturday.
Under these circumstances we cannot but
regard the action of the Convention of last
Saturday, as unwise and uncalled for, and
calculated to do very great ,injury to the
common schools of the County. Any citizen
of the County bad a right to object to Mr.
Heillelinger on any ground ho chose and the
objection being made the State Superinten
dent was bound to investigate the case, If
Mr. Heifiefinger was not competent to fill
the office (and there is the authority of at
least one gentleman who took part in the
late Convention, for saying that be was
grossly ignorant of sonic of the branches
required) ho had no right to the commission
although nine-tenths of the Directors had
voted for him. When lie was rejected the
State Superintendent could not appoint any
one except Mr. Swartz, he having received
the next highest number of votes. Now
with all due respect to the Convention we
must say that their talk about the State
Superintendent having no right to nullify
their election and that his attempt to do so
looks like usurpation, is simply absurd. It
is the right and the duty of the State Super
intendent to set aside any election of an in
competent or improper person and of the
unfitness he is constituted the judge. The
resolution that those Directors do not and
will not recognize Mr. Swartz as Superin•
tendont is simply factious and shows a spirit
that don't very well become gentlemen who
are entrusted with the management of our
Schools. They have a right to express their
opinion of Mr. Swartz, of the State Superi
ntendent, or of any body else but they have no
right to refuse the Superintendent of the
County who holds appointments by the opera
tion of the same law thatgives them their posi
tion, the recognition and co-operation that the
law requires. It is, noticeable feature of
these proceedings that they are entirely
anonymous ; no names being given as officers
of the self constituted convention ; nor is
fitly 0.. e willing to stand sponsor for the
resolutions -which by no means reflect the
sentiment of the school directors of this
County. The whole affair has a clandestine
appearance and looks very much as though
the participants were ashamed of their
work. We regret exceedingly that such a
condition of things should exists, and especial
ly in a matter so important to the community
as our public school education.
Gen." B McCandless, who fought
during- tho curly pnrt
of tho war h s become sadly demoralized,
his speech in the Clymer Convention at
Harrisburg he got off the following stale slan
der : If you were as bravo as Julius Caesar
and as able in strategy as the first Napoleon;
unless you bowed to the black idol of Abo
litionism no star would grace your shoulder."
It is distressing to hear n brave man thus
degrade himself to please men who are stu
pid enough to believe such stuff. McCandless
was commissioned n General but refused to
accept because of the Abolition policy of
Mr. Lincoln. Meade, liancock, Geary,
Reynolds and Crawford, could receive stars
from an Abolition Government without
feeling dishonored, but to no such base uses
could McCandless come. After having de
served it by his bravery ho spurned the
honors his Country offered tb win the ap
plause of disloyal partizans—he now tramp
les on the truth to make these fellows cheer
him anew. We hope the " General" will
live long enough to see how mean it is to be
a demagogue.
We are exceedingly glad to notice that
our neighbor, the Shippensburg News, has
at length given some evidence that it held
some opinions on the political issues of the
day. For a considerable time it was a ques
tion with its readers whether the News was
with our Party or with "my policy," but all
that doubt is now happily
,dispelled, Two
weeks sine() it shoWedits hand by denoun
cing the Randall convention and last week
in several well written articles it showed up
modern Democracy, Hoister Clymer, Jeff.
Davis, ei id (mine genus - in fine style. We
are rejoiced at this new evidence of the en
tire,harmony and earnest spirit that pqrva
des our Party in this county, and we eipect
to see good results in the upper'emd from,
the decided and vigorous tone of our con
temporary.
The News is responsible for the following
in its notice of the Clymer mooting in Me
chanicsburg, which is too good to lose:
Jiist at the thin) Mr. Clyner; had raised
his audience to the highest pitch of excite
ment, a shower commenced falling,. which,
if it had not .the effect of cooling their boat
ed brains, caused them to peek shelter in the
house Of ono of the; sable sons of Africa,,
which Stood near the scene of their glory.—
At the time they arrived the dusky matron
of the house was engaged in removing from
her oven her week's supply of pies and cakes.
These were seized and confiscated by the
folloWers of 'Mr. OlYnier,•• and the hogroeS
were left without food and without:comp:in
sation, This was unkind to, Mr. Clymer.—,
Ho 'had just,pictured to them the degrade- ,
tion of negro. equality',; 'but before liis words
had died upon the breeze, his 'auditors,' for•!:
getflit of .their :own dignitYi , seught the
equality, he deprecated, , ,and. ;meanly feasted ;
without money. and without, pricel! upon
the food which the nogroes ; had prepared for
their' 'own' sustenance.' This:, •ariti , magro
p a r ty•shOuld•not have thus insulted their ,
disloyal 'loader.; ;,Ilthey. had, no;respeet
themselves they should, have respected, the
man who, when in the Senate,labored zeuh
ouslito'premote 'the cause of trehiOn' ; ' and
- who strove to'; punish those; who warred
against his disloyalp ;friends, !by reducing;
thorn to a,lev,el 'with tho, nogro.. ! Mr. Clymer
server) the' Rebellion "ininifuily, - and should
not have :boon 'treated 'thue; • • ;
' ter The . Volunteer gives 'cuireriey to 1116
patentlaliehbod that the . Phila: Ndrth Amer
'Juin haft clianged t ili;ecippbrt from the - loy'al
majority, inn. Congresel 'to 'our' •rober-loving
President. ,ThekPhila, , Agele father of 'thin'
lio h , Avh'ericizml d ailtcoll din
diets.: If tiro can find 'room-next 'wank - ive
give ociirreaderi:4; little 'of 3lr `. c hic
Michael's tlolmeonianiem. Vohin
seir do fitO" go l oa . .11j
A Bold Office Holder . '
'We clip, the following ,letter with prefa
tory editorial remarics' from the Phila. Press
of :Monday last., We have.,Ont,troore
,
day te.;,invite the readers attention to
contrast betwcim this.letter and that of Post
master &tor, also printed in this Issue.' RA
coMparigon otthe two will be.insiructivo.—.
One faithful the other recreant:.' Ono man
fully spurning the offer a- pelf in exchange
for honor and prindiple; the Other meekly
"Crooking the pregnant hinges of the knee •
That,thrlit might foilovrAawming.':
'l* But hear-the. PresA • ' ••- -
The following 'manly and fearless letter
has been written by L. Kauffman, Esq.,
United States collector under the internal
revenue law• for--the •16th• district- of
sylvania, in, reply to the celebra'pd circular
of A.. W. Randall, enclosing the call. for the
convention at Philadelphia on the 14th inst.
and•asking an answer thereto. While Mr.
Kauffman,s example will bo admired by all
truelriehds pf the cause, whether in or out
of office, it shows that tho spirit which an
imated the people during the war, has
neither been discouraged' or destroyed.—
Such a man presents a noble contrast to the
mere mercenaries who are willing to surren
der principle to hold or to secure position.
Mr. Kauffman's recommiendation of a soldier
to fill the vacancy which ho is sure his letter
will make, is in this case a keen satire on
the daily selections by Andrew Johnson oh
men who never set a squadron in the field,
notwithstanding his promise in his celebra
ted circular of the 7th of April last.
COLLEaTOR'S OFFICE, D. S. INTERNAL
REVENUE, FIFTEENTH DISTRICT, PENN-
SYLVANIA.
lion. A. IV. Randall, President National
Union Club, Washington, D. C.
SIR : Your "call" for a National Union
Convention at Pkiladelphia for August 14th
next has just been received. You say : "If
the call meets my approbation, to signify it
`by a brief letter, with authority to publish
the same." I assisted in placing in nomi
nation President Johnson at Baltimore, and
I believe in the doctrine that "treason is a
crime, and must be punished," but I do not
like the mttnner of punishing traitors adopt
ed by him •, and as 1 am an ardent admirer
of the wisdom and statesmanship of Hon.
Thaddeus Stevens and his coluborers, who
have rendered themselves immortal in the
Congress just closed, I cannot endorse the
doctrines contained in the " call." Again,
I am doing' all 1 can to aid in the election
of General Geary, as Governor of Pannsyl
vania, and believing, as I do, that ono of
the Objects of the Philadelphia Convention
is to aid in his defeat, I am decidedly opposed
to it.
I Arlie this, of churse, with the under
standing that it involves my removal from
office. I trust, however, you will have a
good soldier appointed in my place. All
other things being equal, the/ad/if/a soldiers
should have the preference, and more than a
year ago I wrote to the President proposing
to resign in favor of any faithful soldier who
would apply for my position. I would
therefore most respectfully name for your
consideration as my successor Lieutenant J.
T. Zug, who lost an arm at Fredericksburg,
or Captain J. Adair, or Captain E. Beatty
—all of Carlisle, Pa., good and brave men,
who served faithfully and deserve well of
their country. Either one would make a
good collector.
Hoping you will see to if that a good
s , ,ldier is appointed as my successor, and that
it will only be asked of hiui. " Have you
been faithful to your country ?"
I am yours, very respectfully,
L. KAUFFMAN,
Collector Fifteenth district, Penna.
BREAD AND BUTTER IN PERRY COUNTY.
We have not at hand the name of the Post
master in New Bloomfield, Perry County.
but we are very much afraid he hasn't
the fear of Moses before his eyes, nor has he
a very tender regard for the pheelinks"
of his post-official brethren and place loving
neighbors.
Wu are led to this opinion from the man
ner in which the said New Bloomfield
official treated the sweetly-suggestive mis
sive of our own dear Zirrx. When the
summons came—as it must sooner or later
conic to each individual in the Government
employ--this rash man of Perry instead of
silently succumbing to the Zinn mandate,
submitted his special order to the Chairman
of the Union County Committee—and this
is what that body did with it :
The following communication having
been received by the chairman of the Gouilly
Committee, and laid before this convention,
to wit.
Carlisle, July 27th 1886.
P. M., New Bloomfield, Perry Co.
DEAR Sin :—A National Union County Convention
will be held here to-morrow, for the purpose of appoint
hag conferees to meet smiler conferees front York and
Perri, whose duty it will be to select tapresentati re
delegates to the National Eldon Convention at Phila
delphia, on the 14th of August next.
Please inform me what action your county proposes
to take in the matter. The Democratic State Ex. Coto.
have appointed 1 etag'ides for the district to represent
that party. The Do .'gates, proposed to ho chosen and
designed to represent the Republican element or Irlands
of the President's policy.
The convention upon mature deliberation
and patient investigation, is unable to dis
cover any two thousand dollar Post-Office
in Perry County, nor are they apprised of
any enlistments from said County into the
bread and, butter brigade. Our CpWa are
still giving milk notwithstanding the dry
ness.of the season, and as we know of no
candidates fur office in this County, outside
of the Copperhead faction, and regarding
close alliance with that reptile in the dog
days, as more than ordinarily dangerous--
we deidine the associatiew of the rattle-snake
and the Prairie wolf ii 'the same hole on
the 14th of August at Philadelphi , i.
On motion the convention Ulu a in:oil-I . y
instructed the chairman of the County com
mittee to enclose the within letter, to Georgb
Zinn.
Ro
Clisi• 11lan o; nion County Corn
Poor poor ZINN !
NVIIIO.A.B. ,At a Convention of the
School Directors of Cumberland county,
held in Carlisle on the Ist of May last, for
the purpose of 'electing a County Superin
tendent,.Mr. John.Hcliblllnger of _Newberg
was elected to said office.
WHEREAS, at the instance of the former
Superintendent, Air:•Geotte SWartz (who
was n candidate .for ro-eleotiou)t a :Arnow.
stranco against Mr, Heffelfinger. was signed
by a few mon of this county, and the re
'monstrance was sent to the State Superin
tendent with a'request that ho 'Should , take
action on• tho ; seine. And .
, Virpnauzs, the State Superintendent
sinnuioned`.lltlr. lloifolfinger before liim, and
After'' ekainining him and' prOpoiihding
questions that, in,the opinion of many, were
not proper, ho refused to commission him,
hut issued a commission to .151 r. Swartz, who
had been defeated for said office, because' in
the opinion tho'Direetors of this county'
he was • not a suitable :person. :to 'hold
Tberpfore. I
q .That,
Resetv. at, we consider the conduct
of. George Svarti:' as infamously dishonor=
able 'and' ' deserving , the condemnation Of
every friend:of ourcpomnidn schools, -'•
• Respived. I, That the State Superintendent
ha's .no ,:right to l .n'ulify the act of the Sch9ol
.Directors of this' County,. and his att*ptS , ,
to 'do lo'oks' lisurpatiOn: ••" ' • • •
Resolved,- That wo do not' and will'not
,recognizo.,Mr.,'Swartz ns Qounty, SUporin.-.
tondont, and, yo reqpost,that be. vacates Lilo .
place obtained by dOcclption'and trickery.
Readtviii.'"'That the'condu'ct the 'State
fiupeririterident and X r.• Swartz , has, injured'
the cause of education in our county,' and'
rye desiro .them i ",to yompAly ~the evil .they in-.
tlicted: . "
,
Resolved. ' Thfit we request the State
, Superintendent te ,, indicate , some,.modevqay
? , Which a.cotinty,, ISpporiutondopt ,ean,•be , eon
looted ¢y ,thpDirpotore of pur,,coonty whose
ielection will - g . ive satisfaction, arse
'tend 'to'assist; 'the iiatis'e
'Resolved.: 'That three :Direetcirs of this
meeting be appointed : dittiritian .Ito •
,penv,py•these pree r ee4ings to, .the
perintenilelit'and ,tct Xi., Swartz.
Rese/441:` That 'the'
Convattioh irrequested 'to re:conv.isnis'tho
same at any, time. he : may deem, necessary.
tir''eatiirit4f3d
tax value or , ivii.sB6‘piildbitris 42,000'0)00;
Aoei not ovih wail:4lo Whooljloutiod .1,11.ori.1;
NEW ORLEANS RIOTS I
Horrible Outrages,
LoyiLleMe t ri Murdered by - scores !
LEGITilstIltE• FRUITS OF Y
Dispatelies;4from Now Orleans contain
graphic accounts of ono of the Most terrible
riots that over occurred at the South. The
violent breaking up of a legal and loyal
semblage of citizens, the assaulting and mur
dering of leading Union men of the State,
the ruthless shooting down of more than a
hundred freedmen, accompanied with the
most savage - barbarities, are facts calculated
to impress the whole country with anxiety.
in regard to the state of affairs at the South.
Are these the first fruits of .that executive
policy which maintains that all the late re
bellious States are ripe for immediate return
to the Union o including the complete mas
tery of their local tifiliirs, the sway of Such
authorities as the Mayor and the police of
Now Orleans, and the Withdrawal of the
United States forces ? But instead of mak-
ing any comments at present, we prefer to
give our readers a succinct and accurate ac
count of the origin of these deplorable dis-
tur bailees
The account is taken from the New Or
cans Tribune, the only loyal paper in Lou
EU=
The 80th of July, 1866, will be lung re
membered in Louisiana and in the whole
United States. The bloody events of that
day will do much to enlighten the Northern
people on the true feelings of "reconstruct
ed ' rebels. ',We can only issue a small sheet
to-day. But 'W..e have room, at least, to
raise our voice in denunciation of the cold
blooded massacres of :the day.
The Memphis riots lyre thrown in the shade
by the crimes which have been perpetrated
in the Crescent City.
The Constitutional Convention of 1864
met at 12 o'clock at the Mechanics' Insti
tute, pursuant to the call. Judge it.
llovrell called that body to order. Tho Rev.
Iforton offered an appropriate prayer.
Re stated that the convention was assem
bled in accordance with law and justice ; he
made a well-timed allusion to the assassi
nation of Lincoln ; he asked the blessings
of heaven on the President of the United
States, and prayed that the mouth of the
lion be kept close—a prayer which, unfortu
nately, was not arts wer&d.
The secretary called the roll, when tteenty
fire members were ascertained to be present.
Mr. King Cutler moved that thesergeant
nt-arms be sent out to procure the atten
dance of the members who were absent, and
that the convention take a recess of one
hour and a half. This motion was carried.
A few moments afterwards a procession
of colored men came on the spot, headed by
a band of music, and were fired at from the
crowd. However, they proceeded on their
way, and entered the Institute. But heavy
firing was soon heard in the street, in the
direction of Canal street. The attendance
fell back•into the hall; but in a short time
the attack became general, and the police
fired in all.directions. Every person coin
ing out front the building was pursued and
shot at. The houses of the neighborhood
were hunted up for -negroes - and conven
tioneers. Dr. Dostie, who is well known
at the North, and is synonymous of loyalty,
was shot like a dog, being without arms
and making no resistance. Es-Governor
Hahn was stabbed in the abdomen and shot
through the head. For several hours the
city was delivered into the hands of a
"Memphis police.'' We cannot new ascer
tain the number of the dead, but it must
be very large, and among them, we believe,
many members of the convention.
At last, about 3.30 o'clock, the military
came out in force—white and black soldiers.
The city police was immediately ordered to
return. We heard that a policeman shot as
Federal officer. flad the local mallet ities
wish to arrest the members of the conven
tion, and the whole attend'a'nce, they could
do so without firing a shot. No body would
hare resisted an altempt purple under color of
laM, and very few, if any, were armed.
hundreds of colored men have been searched
on the street, and found without arms.
These disgraceful acts - , this blood of inno
cent men spilt on ou- streets and in the
very hall of a constitutional convention,
show the kind of liberty we enjoy hi Lou
isiana. These sad events will awake the
country to the sentiments of danger. Have
we returned to the freedom of speech we en
joyed under the time of slavery'?
The military lb: ces are now posted on
Canal sreet and in various parts of the city.
The freedom of the l re-s will not succumb
yet; eve owe to the good will of General
Baird a guard of colored troops to protect
our office.
TUAT Reverend blackguard doWn in Ten
nessee, Parson Bro Willow, recently sent a
dispatch to - Washington in which he styled
the President a "dead dog" We think it
time this nick-naming should stop.— Vo/un
tecr,
Wo are glad indeed you think so. Black
guarding is disgraceful in PARSON BROWN
LOW, ANDREW JouNsoN or well we won't
be personal. 'lt strikes us however et at
there were a good many editors Who thought
it exce . dingly fine to reproduce the slang or
the President just as often as the lower case
d's in the font would permit in the same is
sue. Governors shouldn't be blackguards,
nor should Presidents givo them the exam
ple.
GEORGE ZININI
To the Voters of Cumberland county
Fellow CiliZ CIIS :
An important election is on hand. Thu
Gubernatorial chair of your State is to be
refilled. Your Representatives to the Con
gress of the nation are to be chosen. Penn
sylvania must indicate her position on the
groat national question that present them-
Selves to the Ammiean public for solution.
Never since the organization of the Original
Colonies into our present form of Govern
ment wore so many intricate problems of
State to be resolved by us.
When treason had made war against the
government and threatened the integrity of
the nation. 'When the emblem of our
nationality was insulted and it made a crime
to do it homage in ono half our land. When
it was attempted by armed hordes to estab
lish a theory which would have produced
anarchy: When our peaceful valley • was
polluted by the armies of treason and its
towns burned, then the duty was plain to
every man who loved his Cou c utry, who
respected its flag and revered the memories
of those men who built this Republic in the
hope that man might hero accomplish his
highest mission and that its duration would be
eternal.. It was to support those men who had
vowed that " the nation must live" and that
policy which had for its aim the restoration
of peacola an undivied Republic. History
new-verifies the wisdom of your action.
But the war lining at an end you ask what
noiv is 'Your duty ? Shall you aid Andrew
; Johnson in his policy 'of reconstrUctfon or
wilt you rebuke by your.ballots•at the polls
the treachery of .the man who would surren
der the Government into . the hands of its
onoMies: 'When President Johnson assumed
the reins. of government at the death of the '
I great mid goods man who had 'preserved our
ntitional.ity.: , ,wo - were most 'solemnly as
'shred that. 'treason was the greatest of crimes
and 'nitist•beniado odious.' That "traitors
would'he punished and .that-those who had
been•loynl' to the flagi'shodld be tho ro
cipieuts of the public fayers.". Have. these,
;promises been kept? Has not treason
father been the passport to Executive favor?'
,ErOna the 'day an• lest 'February when. he •
,toldly declared,. hie Perfidy, until* ".114 ,
policy"' has ad', its culmination in the
slaughter of 'Union Men in the streets of
Newl.Orleans has• not the :mato course of
,the Rebels and traitors .not his, multi:dined
assent and approbation? Aro you ready to
AdMit_inte your Legisfativo Halls Men seeth
ing Withlinte towards the Mori'Who Preserved
Allis government? , t : .: ,:E: ••,: • . .... ~ •
- :NrOa'Et - t's : ,The,' :Union .Itepublican Party'
mina yew. support r ,beontio it demands that.
''Seind guarankt-be giVon tha, 'the Mon'' who''
i i
'foupt' to' aoht . oy , this go'vertinnint shell not
again Inatrayi t.-.!..iti asks 'your 'support i be, •
,cause ; it 4,4.
,ose to allowing.. the .men
WhO'erice sat,in tho' Halls ',of Cloneess, and'
pergred thennifalvei to engage' iii 'the Bobll
ion tidtiiii , tii logfeliite fo'rt , us:'' ilt iiiikit 3vOur.
siiiirtart lecausd :Ms lit favor:: of mktitii oit.
izms and voters as the basis d representa
tion to our Congress—and is opposed to
South Carolimi having a representative for
every fifty thousand of her white popu-
Ifi'tion while in Pennsylvania it requires one
.hundred and twenty thousand. It asks that
the constitution be so amended that our
rational obligations can never-be repudiated
and that the Rebel debt can never be as
sumed:
It asks you to not wholly surrender the
government into the hands of those who
sought its destruction.
It, asks you by. tlie,respect you have for
those who fought to iirserve our institution
that you will support GEN GEKRY, a man
who sealed with his blood his devotion to
his country.
It demands of you by the hallowed mem
ories of those who died that the country
might live. By the pity you have for their
ophans and widows and by the respect you
have for the maimed soldier that you toll
Andrew Johnson hi thunder tones on the
second Tuesday of next Octobetothat neither
by bribes nor threats can ho intimidate you
from doing your duty and that in bistreach
cry to the men who elected him, in his
faithlessness to his promises, in his determi
r4htion to force urm us as law-makers men
'fresh from the Confederate Congress and
armies, in his refusal to protect the loyal
men of the south and in his base prostitu
tion of the public patronage you recognize
in him the chief enemy of the Republic.
Fellow Republicans of Cumberland Coun-
ty such are the principles we advocate and
hence the necessity of organized effort on
our part. Do not let us believe that our
County is hopelessly in the hands of our en
emies. Let us work in the faith that we can
redeem this County. Let us not only work
for the election of Gen. Geary but for the
success of the County ticket. • -
It is composed of the best of men, prin
cipally soldiers. Let us show our gratitude
to the men who fought our battles. Organ
ize Clubs in every borough and township in
the County, stir up the enthusiasm of old
d we can safely promise you such a re .ue
tion of the Democratic majority as will
make all hearts glad.
By order of the Union County Commit
tee,
•
W. F. SADL E
Harrisburg
[HE CLYMER SOLDIERs' (ONv ENTION—,
UNION SUCCESS—EX-HOV. HAMILTON
OF TEXAS, ON PRESIDENT J oUNSON
etc, etc.
Special Correspondence Carlisle Herald
Hart isburg, August Bth 181111.
The great Democratic Soldiers' ,1 ohnson-
Clymer convention, over which there has
been so touch trumpeting all over the Com
monwealth, has been held; the great 'noun
tain has brought forth a very little mouse,
and so -- the agony is over The Convention
was a failure in every aspect. It was a fail
ure in point of numbers, it was a failure in
point of character and it was a total, abso
lute failure in its moral effect. There was
nothing about it to make it grand or even
interesting to the gendral spectator. It Wlls
dull, prosy, spiritless affair. •
Our Copperhead friends told us there
would be thousands upon thousands of sol
diers hero from abroad who were not dele
gates to the Convention ; and yet there were
not fifteen hundred strangers in town and,
outside of the Convention, there were not a
baker's dozen4if sillier, present. I venture
to a.sert that a strict analysis of the Con- .
volition itself would present the following
component facts : tell per cent genuine sol
diers who have seen any considerable service,
fully fifty per cent who have either 1) , ( . 11
drafted or served in the militia during ewer-
oilemes, twenty per cent worn Out and 12.0-
ken down politicians and twenty per cent
almsent. And this is the head and front as
It is doubtless the whole absolute military
strength of the Johnson-Clymer party in
Pennsylvania. Becker, the Burls County
delegate who was so unceremoniously kicked
out of the Pittsburg Convention, was hero
in all his glory, flaying been made one of the
totop•mrary officers, and the delegate who
nominated him cliaracterid hint as the
" lb•rks County Hessian in the Pittsburg
'( Convention.' Of Lieut. C. B. Brockway,
a delegate lr nn C•mhunbia who did sonic
spouting, it itold that when he was in the
Rebel prisodat Richmond, a friend asked at
lady relative of his if she was not anxious
about the lieutenant—" Oh no, he's in the
hand, of hi; friends ?•' was the nose er.
Cols. \l ('al and McCandle , 4 were
Maibtless good soldiers, hut they are in very
bad company, as they alway, have been. 1
failed to see ally body in the Convention who
had in any way particulaily distinguished
himself, save by his abuse of Abraham
Lincoln and a loyal Congress, There was not
a 11,ta1.. iII the whole roll ,J 1 delegates that
could, by its past associations, dr aw f o rth a
single spark of enthusiasm.
Indeed the Convention was more - re
markithl- for what it chil not do than for
what it did do. It failed to repudiate that
plank in the Chicago Convention which
pronounced the war a failure when the
I Union Armies all over rebellious -territory
wtitk marching to victory after victory. It
fimie•d to say one word against rebels in the
South, who are murdering. Union men in
cold blood under the atispiees of the Presi
dent of the Nation, who promised to make
trea-on •• odious. - but, happily, it did not
fail to endorse both the Rebel murderers and
th- biiilliess President,. It failed to speak a
good word for (ten. Brant, or Con. Sherman,
or Cell. Sheridan, but it did not I'ol t o en
dorse General Mi.Clollan and Harrison's
Landing. There was not a word of con
demnation for the cruel assassination of
Abraham Lincoln, but a bounteous supply
of clandiloquenee for his very accidental
successor. But the "soldiers' Convention,"
did soinci/iing, to be sure: It enders -d
Wester Clymer, time very man who, when
these soldiers are supposed to have been
lighting for the existence of the Union,
threw the whole weight of his voice and his
influence in the seals ,against a government
warring against treason. It was Mester
Clymer that in 1861, occupying a seat in
the State Senate when that body was locked
in a tie of sic teen Republicans to sixteen
Doinocrats, owing to the unavoidable absence
of Senator Harr, White, a Union officer
and a Republican Senator, in the Rebel
prison at Salisbury—it Was Mester Clymer
that then held the Senate in check and pro•
longed the imprisonment or Harry White.
"Comparisons are odious"—as President
Johnson oneo wanted to make treason, but
we had a glorious old Republican meeting
here, in the evening after the Clymerites
had adjourned. It was only 11110W11 a couple
days ago that Ex-provisional Governor
Hamilton, of Texas, would address the
citizens of Harrisburg this evening. The
Court !louse was crowded with Union mutt;
and the buys in blue turned out strongly.
A drum corps enlivened the meeting with
music. Governor Hamilton spoke for about
, two hours, to an enthusiastic audience. He
spoke of the President in the most scathing
manner. He did not hesitate to -pronounce
the President's unjustifiable interference in
behalf of Rebels in Now .. Orleirris who
were murdering, Union mon in cold blood,
as usurpation in its most dangerous form.
He conceded the right of the President to
superintend the military governance of
Rebels, but be denied his s power to dictate
who should be voter's and who should, not
be, or to place the army of the United
States at the disposal of an inferior officer of
a Commenwealth. He arraigned tho Presi
dent for the usurpation of powers that never
belonged to him. This staunch and fearless
Southern champion of Right, who has met
his-Rebel neighbors face to 'face and knows
exactly what they Are, Will eonvas this
State for GEN. GEAR], nJui whereever ho ‘
nes will he be listened to with attention
and applause, Hispersonal . appearanceS is
eminently commanding. , .
.
Thu-Geary soldiers, hero are forming a
club,' which new. numbers 815 good and true
men; and more are being added every day.
o SIGMA.
PENN TOWNSHIP-AWAKE!
A largo and enthusiastic meeting of-, the
citizens favorable to the election of Gen.'
Geary:, and 'oliposed to "My 'Policy," has
held at Spring 'on Saturday. last.
Able addresses weir) delivered by Idossre.
Gorman, 'Williamson and Coover, - on the
'issue of the day. A• goary, pith was organ
iked of which; Adam OotTirer: was elected
President, Jameson Ewing Secretary, and
:G: Williamson Treasurer. Nearly soy_
goy names were enrolled..• I %pi certain
we will not bo'ablitinied of Penn Township
lit the corning oleettori. ,
A Grand Masquerade Ball.
Never have we enjoyed a more delightful evening
than that of Friday last at Mt. Holly Springs.
An evening at Holly always more than repays any
time or trouble bestowed in getting there, but the en
tertainment of last Friday evening, entirely surpassed
anything of the kind of which we have any recollection.
All was duo to the good taste and hospitality of the
guests and to the gentlemanly and attentive proprietors
of this beautiful, romantic and fashionable &unmet.
Resort.
We give a hasty and very inadequate description of a
few of the most striking characters:
. .
Miss N. L. B. whose sylph-like figure suited to per
fection the character, appeared as a fairy, her hapless
admirers being momentarily reminded by her glittering
wings that she might at any moment " wing her airy
flig..t" leaving them disconsolate. Miss A. 0, r i c hl y
attired as a Sultana in a profusion of gold lace and
Jewels, looked every inch an Eastern Queen. MISS It. P.
as night, floated through the room in her dusky star-lit
robes, a personification of Lbngfellow's beautiful lines
"I heard the trailing garments of the night,
Sweep through the marble balls."
Miss L. D., it charming petite flower-girl flashed like
a brilliant butterfly before the delighted spectators,
while the black eyes and charming naivete of Miss A.
T. needed no gypsey dress to deflualailing, Miss
T., whom all the visitors of last season will remember
as the leading spirit In all the amusements, appeared no
a dancing girl, and as over heretofore perfonning her
part In a most graceful and successful manner. Mitt'
M. the Undine of the mountain brook, wore a brighter
xndle than she whose name she bore, while her friend
M i Ss ' I'., rd gybing tint forest of its richest foliage, offered
us the ibrotaste of Autumn in the Moitutainti.• Most be
witching was Anna, daughter of his dawn—Miss 11. I'•,
floating in robes of white encircled by an azure gauze,
through which in her dark waving tresses, gleamed the
bright morning star. Mrs. Mcii. exhibited the wisdom
and mlorded the emu , ement to be expected from the
. .
Bilge Mrs. Part Ington, and controlled to perfection the
boisterous and mischievous Lko who acted his pert
excelleully. Mr. li. managed his crinoline with
the grace that could have been expected from Susie
Jones from the country•: and Mr. it. as a bride scorned
loth to unmask his bashful charms. Mr. IL. It., led
the rev els In the character of an ancient contraband, his
ivories looking even more than usually brilliant in con
trast with his sable visage. The bracing air of Mt. Holly
Devils no greater recommendation than Its effect upon an
anelent randam—Mr. S., who rooted it away with the
liveliest, notwithstanding her advanced years. Mrs. S.
a quakeress, by her pleasing manners and sociability
did honor to the illustrious " Society of Friends," and
contributed no littlo to the comfortable and friendly
feelings of the evening.
Such evenings cannot fall to make favorable and last
ing inipressions_plion the numerous visitors now crowd
ing ibis fashionable resort, so well and admirably kept
I y the Messrs Mullin.
--An 80-year old gentleman, in New
Hampshire, has been sued for breach of
promise. •
OLohin anti County, Blatters.
Chairman
if any of our town subscribers fail to re
vive their papers they will please notify us.
Single copies of the Herald, with or with
in wrappers, to he had at the office, for five
cents a cum
Eftrtort--In noticing the brevet pro
motions in our last we wrote Capt. S. B.
King Ist Pa. Reserves promoted to Major.
It should he 7th Ps. Reserves.
110 I•SEK ELPER WA NTED.- - A plain
practical housekeeper can sectae a permanent
situation by applying to this office.
A meeting of the Amateur Base Ball
Gob will bp held in the hall of the Good
Will Hose Co. on Friday evening. A full
attendance is requested as business of im
portance will be transacted.
SOUTH ill I IMLETO N AWAKE.-A.
meeting Or th purpose of organizing a
Sir EA I v Club, on to-morrow (Saturday) even-
SEE ANNouNcEmENT under "Ari w
.Idrerti.winents' of the Quaker City Busi-
nes, (ti//ege. Young men intending to ac
quire it business education should send , at
once to Mr. FAIRBANKS for a circular of this
excellent institution
GEARY CLun.—On Sturday night
last a large and enthusiastic meeting of
Union soldiers and citizens assembled in
111u-ern's Ilall fur the purpose of forming a
Leary Cita). Jso. 81. GREGG, Esq , was
called to the chair and, Limit Wm. D. Har
i:l:Hr and Capt. I'. D. Ilan lien made Secre
taries. Stirring speeches were made by Jas.
IL Satiric and J. M. WEAKLEY Esqrs. and
more than one hundred names enrolled. A
committee of five was appointed to report
permanent organi4ation to the ne;kt meet
ing which will he held to-morrow evening
in Itheem'a hall.
POLICE ITEms.—This week has been
a me-t prolific one in police business. (In
Saturday 'night two strangers from Perry .
County were knocked down on Louther
'street, near SIIAPLET's Furniture Shop,
cruelly beaten and robbed. Fortunately
most, of their money had been left at THU -
UNCS lintel, where they were stopping.
A little later, say about one o'clock on
Sunday morning, Mr. GEn. J. SWARTZ, a
citizen of Pliiinfleld, was knocked down on
Main street near the Corman House, and a
desperate effort made to rob him of his
watch, but he made fr gallant fight and suc
ceeded in escaping with a severe beating.
On information of the victims of the out
rages related above, Jong C. GILMORE, jr.,
A u nu:a s It i; ED, and NV ILLLANS
all young Men of our to n, have been ar
rested, and we learn that several more names
are recited in the information as active par
ticipants, and that warrants aro in the hands
of the police officers for their apprehension.
Eo. STEnit.EmAN, a resident of Middle
sex township, was arrested on charge of
committing an outrage upon the person of
Miss 1 - Attu:Yrs. All of the above74arrests
were made by officer ANDREW MARTIN,
who deserves much credit for his zeal and
industry.
SUICIDE.—This morning (Niday) a
bout 15 minutes past ten o'clock, the resi
dents of 25t1h street, between Pa. avenue
and K street, were startled by hearing the
report of a pistol in the wood shed attached
to t i lio residence of Mr. Harrison Fosdick,
and c on'entering the wood house found him
lying in a pool of blood, with a large re
volver near him, and a wound in his left
breast. Ho was already dead, the hall having
passed through the breast. The deceased
was a married man, but had no children,
and for about 'four years past has been em
ployed in the Adjutant General's Office.—
Recently he purchased a place near the
Freedmen's Village, on Arlington Heights,
and it is thought ho became despondent on
Recount Of regretting his bargain, and final
ly became temporarily deranged. He was
about 31 years of ago, and for several years
he was quartermaster sergeant at Carlisle
Barracks, Pa., and subsequently during the
war was appointed a lieutenant, and soryed
in the 6th regular cavalry. About four
years sindo ho was appointed to a clerkship
in the Adjutant General's office, and at the
time of his death ho was up a leave of absence
for twentydays. Coroner WOodWard this
morning summoned a jury of inquest, and a
verdict was returned that ho came to his
death by wounds' inflicted by his own hands
while laboring under a flt of temporary in- .
sanity.— ll'askington Star.
Tho de - ceased •was buried hero on Sunday
For the Herald
JUST RECEIVED.-100 Sacks Oround Alum .Salt
Largo lot of Clay. Smoke Pipet, various pricee, Nloo
Can and Sugar House Sugars rea-Nuts--Candles
'Pappe'd-cornEalfs—Sugar, Coated Corn—Choleo 'names.
and offered Wholesale Retail by ,Wmi Son
" Sehth End" Carllslo..Pa.
Who will bear. imposition 'frOm indiviaq
Llls, when they can got' coal at $5 00 pol:
ton for cash, at
Thpso iaarant of chtiap Lumber call' at
la) pit' of
Noticto
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