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Friday... Moiniag,:July . 10, 1868
.L RESIDENT-GC)L. tilysse.lS. Grant.
T i on-Prat.9iDENTScilatill6P - tolfax.
Bagralift. -
GEWL—Jacob M. Campbell.
Meeting_ Of the Republican
--- CeintY Committee. •
A meeting of the Committee, will be held
at the Oleo of the Chairman in Marion
Hall
on Saturday July 18th at 11 A.M.
A full attendance is desired.
C. P. HUMRICII.
REPUBLICAN PLAT FORM
27,e National Itegublkon Poly of the Unittd•Stales,
assembled in IN'igional Consention in the City Chisv-
11 0 0 1 n the 21st daggi May, HOS wafts the following
Drelaration of principles:
I. Wo cougratulato tho country on the assured suo.
cess of tha It. , eniikruction policy or Congress, as
evinced by the adoption, in the majority of Gm State,
Rebell' n, of Constitutions s curios Equal
Orli and Political Rights to all, and It is' tie. duty of,
the Government by on lain those - institutions and to
prevent the peoplo of such States from !ling remitted
to a state of anarchy, •
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• •II The gnaranty by Congress of Equal Suffrago to
all lo al mon at the South was demson -ed by ev. Ty .
considera ion of public Mihaly:, of gratitude, and 01
justice, and . nnist maintutood tho question
of suffrage in all the loyal State s ; loperly lielongs t
the peopl , of those States; -
_ 111. We denounce -all' fortes of Refold! . Hon an—n
xagional crime; nod the nation.] honor requires the
payment of the pithliclud btednees in the uttermost good
faith o all creditors at home and abroad, not only
' necor dug to the let-m.lq the spirit of the laws under
which it Was ailltriletell.
IV. It is duo to the Labor of tho lcatiolt that Man.
thou Fhou A be equalized, and reduced as rapidlyas the
national faith will permit ' ,
V Tho National Debt contfacted, as ft lons been. for
tho pre-erration of Ills Union for al litho to — camii,
should be extended over 0 fair period for Redemption;
- and ft - lathe duty of Congress-to- reduce Alte rate<uf In
terest thereon, whenever It can Ito honestly donw.
VI. That the beet poll - y to diminish our, bordon of
40114 in toss Improve our crod't that capitalists will see).
to loan us money at lower mid. of interest thamw now
pay, and must co. Unite lo pay 50 loot on repudiation
partial or total, open -- or convert, is threatened or ints-
.pect"ed.
VII The Goverment of the riffled States should
be administered with the strictest economy: and the
corruptions which have been so.shamendly nursed and
fostered by Andrew Johnson call loudly for radical re
form. .
VIII We profoundly deplore the untimely nod
tragic amyl. of Abraham Lincoln. and regret the -ac
cession to the-Presidency Andrew Johnson, who
line acted trenelnu'ously' to the people who eletted him
and the canoe he was 'pledged to support; who has
usurped high legh,lative -and judicial - functions; lrho
has refused to execute the laws; who hos mends high
office to Induce other lacers to ignore and violate the
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laws; wito has ateployed his execut no powers to ren-,
tier insecure the property, the pence, ll' rrty anti life.
of the citizen; who has abused the part, fling power,
who' has denounced the National Legislature no 011C011
litituflonnl; ; lain persistently and corruptly resisted
by every sienna In his proy;.r; every proper attempt nt
the reconstruction of the States lately-in
" , kltolout p rverted the public, patronage into an cm
gine eforholesale corruption; end 1040 11118 been justly
imp -ached for:high crimes and misdemeanors, titer
properly pronounced guilty thereof by the voles of
tldrly lico Palliators, -
IX." Thy doctrine tit (treat Britain tffill other Miro'
peen powers that, because n won in MINI a ffillilCCi fir
In always HO, Inns be resisted 01 every lutztll,l by Lire
United - State/17v a rail,: of menial times not onlhnn
izcd by the laws of notions. and -at- war with colt no
tional honor and huiepondmml Nflflllllli7.f . ll citizen,
eve entitled to protection in all their righta of 'citizen
ship, ng though they were native.horin and ITO cilizrn
of the United States native he ontnralized, innst he lia
ble to arrest and imprisonment be any f reign pow. r
for arts done or words spoken In this country: awl i
no arrested and imprisoned it Is the ditty of the (tov
.ernment tg,interfere In his,behalr.
•X Of ell who were faithful in the trials of (ho lido
NVor, there were mine entitled to more especial honor
than the bravo soldiers and seamen who endured the
lives in the service of the country; the bounties and
parolees pr vided by the laws for those brave defend
ers of Ihe nation, are obligations never to he forkathai
dila widows and orNtrins of the - gallant fiend are Alm
wards of the pa ple—a snored legacy bequeathed to the
nation's protecting care.
Xl. -. Foreign Immigration, whhdi in the past has
added se touch to the wealth, development end re
sources and increase of power to, this republic, the
tisylum of the oppressed of all nations, should he foe
tered and encouraged bon itheralond Just policy.
XII. This Convention declares itself in sympathy
with nib oppt sod people. struggling for their rights.
Unanimously added on motion of Gen &hurt:
Reanhyd. That- we hi . tlay commend 'the spirit of
magnanimity and forbearance with which Nen who
have solved in ,the Rebellion but Who now frankly and
honestly cooperate with us in restoring the pence of
tha country and reconstroctio , the Soothers State
governments upon the basis of 'lmpartial Justice awl
Squat Rights, or r.teeived toed: into the teommunion.
-of-the loyel_people-and—we fai.orTthe — remm - n
diacinshileations and restrictiOns' imposed 111,011 the
late Rebels in the stone men:mitt as their spirit of, ley
ally will direct, and let may be con•isteot with the safe.
ty of tire 103 al people.
,Rosnfred. -That. *0 rerogniz, the great principles
laid down in On I'llllloo4d necL,...u.i, or Dnieper]
once, es the trite foundation of democratic govern
morn; and we hall With gladness every effort toward
making Owe principles a livkag reality en every Inch
of American soil.
The " HERALD " for the Campaign
RATES VERY LOW!
',Pr; MUM, ASSISt ?lit by Gett4 ng up
-01;(18
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Fully appreciating the vast importance
of the present Political campaign, and
bein7 aware of the fact that there are .
many persons in !10 county who do not
feel themselves j ustified in subscribing
for, the nli_year,we• have determined .to
furnish the HERALD at rates so low for
the campaign that it will be within the
means of overy, man in the county to se
cure it.i
The proseni•eampaigo is one in which
every principle for which the war was ,
- waged is at stake. Already have the
rebels, through Wade Hampton, declared
thrit their cause is not last, but, that in
some .form or other, it . will yet triumph.
To assist them in securing the triumph'
he predicts, the Democracy drave united
with them hand and heaft ; "intro placed:
in nomination for the Presidency the
man of their choice . ; and have 'Construct
etc the platform in accordance with their
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In order that the people may not in
telligently in this contest they should
inforhi titernselves thoroughly its to the.
nature )of the. efforts these grafters 'are
tns ifigjo 12,,pgorp,at,the,ballat,hwc`.. hat
th erlostiri-the Ito itl -rind Allier they "Of A'
_do...ortly_through__the-medium-of--soutd
and loyal journals. It will be' our effort
to'present the issues truthfully, and to
arouse' every patriot' to a true sense of
--the danger which - threatens the eciuntiji
should- the rebel-DeinooraoY succeed in,
clouting their Candi te. We. will ad
vocate .to the best our ability the great
and generous , p neipies of tho Republi
can party, and in so doing - will labor
earnestly to seeure theeleotionnf GRANT
and COLFAX.• , .
Our :rates, strictly in advance, ..frotn
this uhtil after- the Presideniial'e"ldction
will' be as follows :
For one -copy,..;:,
Fivo copies;
Ten !copies,,.
'lVa hopo our'friends will 'assist uA in
securing,a,large. circulation., Ina very
'Ono!) pager
arohyill tjuis onal;ledito furnish , the
largv!P.aud,cl/fte,ipptt,parer,eiter,publitih
,a,iti,ifte - TddiUtliP.•' , ' `. '
The New YqnrC, COlivention
All_ last weelq--were the--unteiiifted
-DemeanMy of the Nottkand their rebel
friends of the South,•gathering ,in and
-arouid—the—City — of, - Now — Tork, to ',be
pvMsent at what they , term, the Democrat
ic National Convention.. The crowd was
made up of a few honest and pittriotio
men, whose old "associations and early
teachings still bind them to the pld Dem
ocratic organization, :a very large number
of that—elass -of-- men best-described -by
the word Copperhead, (which Webster'
defines to boa Northern sympathizer with
the Southern rebellion), and a very large .
.imp6rtation of bloody and unrepentant'
reticle from thn South. The day of as
sembling, came to hand and ili73 conven-
tion Mot t . But little NITI}S done beyond
the - temporary organization, and_the
pointment of various oomtnittees, with
instructions to report on Monday last, at
10 o'clock, A. M. Upon the reassem
bling of the Convention the Committee
on permanent organization reporied Ho
ratio Seymour of New York, as President,
with the usual number of Vice Presi
dents and Secretaries from the different
States.
Chairman
Mr. Seymour on taking the,ohnir,. do
livered ono of his Charaateristically un
fair speeches, dealing in all sorts of false
hood and slander against the Republican
party. His speech of course was ap
plauded to the echo, the , only common
ground of harmony among the friends o 1
the different aspirants for nomination
beint malignaUt hatred-towarcia:th-o-party
waich rescued the Government and. the
Countryfrd'm the grasp29he Slavehold
,er's rebellion.
The Committee on resolutions were.
not prepared to make their report, and
the baiance of the day was wasted and
frivere'd away in determining whether
or not the nomination Should 'be made
before the platform was adopted. :No.
tions pro. and con., and reconsiderations
of these motions, with a great dealuf n•
icus gas_let off by fossilized pelitiOlis;
who have had no opportunity of heating
themselvesspeak on anything liketagreat
occasion, since the Democratic Conven
tion. of 186-1, occupied the day, up to
-he hour of adjournment.. The C6nve'n
tion'then adjourned until 10 o'clock - , A
IC ou Tuesday morning,. Upon re9s
scudding, a batch of resolutions drawn
by the esrebel Alexsndei. El.Stepheoa,
were road and referred. The nanie of
Mr St4hens was received with wild
and long continued cheering. The
com
mittee A resolutioils. then reported the
platform, which was unanimously adopt
ed.-
Of theicharacter of these resolutions,
which eeetn to be gotten up with no other
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view and ,intention i thun simple bup-
combo, we Shag speak at gre'Aer' length
on another occasion. Aftei the Platform
was adopted, the ballottinglor ri candi
date commciiCed.
Pendleton led off, followed by lien
cock, °birch, Packer, Hendricks, English
A. Johnson, R. Johnson, V. P. 'Blair,
and several smaller lights. A reinarka
ble feature thus fat developed, is that,
Mr. Chase, who has been stooping to
everything dirty and low, bedraggling the
ermine -of the Supreme Court„in the 11l-
thiest pool of Democratic polities, bas
not thus far even been Honored by being
placed in nomination
The apostate Andrew Johnson; re
ceived, as full pay for all his treachery to
his pai ty and his-treason to his country,
the lwlltriv compliment of fortyfive,votes
on one of the ballots, since which time
he.has.hetn almost deserted,.
At present writing, eighteen ballots
have- been taken, on the last or which,
fianeocic received 1141, Hendricks 87,
Pendleton 56&,. the balance scattering:
All is in confusion,- and many predict
a split in the Convention. At all events,
shoiild any, one man receive. the nomi
nation, the bitterness - of feeling is already
so intense, that it will be impossible
~for
him to receive anything like an enthusi
twin support` from a great portion of the
party.
Taxing GOvOrunzent BMW&
The 'House of IlepresentatiVeh have
seen fit to increase the tax upon the in :
forest Arising from Government Bonds;
in other words, have increased the income
tax, on these. bonds, from' five to ten'pei...
cent, frareupon our 'neighbor t be,
claps its hands in glee, and asks
us if we retard the men who voted 'for
this measure as repudiators.
Whether Or not it is policy for the
Government to tax its own bonds is a
question as yet unsettled. But, in answer
to the l'opnteee's interrogatory, we would
say. that; while the state and looal tax,
ation of thesdbonds would be repudiation,
'it is net repudiation, for the Government
to tax 'them for its own ptirposes, The
•t
difference is this ; the. Act of Chtigress,
:ruittatetilly.says.:_VAnd all stooks, bonds
and. other_seeurities_of _the-United-States,
held by individuals, corporations; or. AS;
soeiations'ivititirt the. United States, shall
be ex‘empt front. taxation 4ti at tinder
State- authority ;" and it does net say,
they shall be exempt from taxation by or
under United States ,authority. • -12 —
. -We think it mighi be well if the present
bon deTere, taken up by others, eithersub
ieotto:State and local taxation or bearing a
much smaller rate of interest, but, as the
14w now stands, to tax them for these pur
, poses, ceitainly. would' be tlbsolnia and
unqualified repudiation. Is the Vo/un
to answered'? ' „,
—be 75
So marked was Gen. Grant's execu
tive 'wberi fr he Was Secretary of
War, that'Andrew Johhson was impelled
to 'congratulate the country. in ,speoial
mesirage.to.COngress, ehowing that Grant .
the Gornrnment while ho was in the war
office. Surely eueli'a titan' hi ty to be
yreeident,'anci the Johnnoniaa Demod-,
=CV dare not deny the fact,
Seymour] Utters a Wilful
Ea
Gov. Seymour, in a late speech, stated
that $800;000,000 had bean expended in
support of the Army and Navy since the
close of .the war.- This WSII knew
was nottrue - , but it has become somuch
a .habit; with Democratic orator's and
journals to-deal by wholesale,and- delib
erate falsehood, that the olcksaying, they
never tell the truth, only when a lie
won't suit, may-be-put down asa -correct
description of .their faith and conduct.
The facts of the case are these At the
close of the war; stne million soldiers and
fifty thousand' sailors were .mustered 'out
of service,whose back pay and'bounties
amounted to $625,000,000, out of the
sBoo,ooo,ooo.ofwhieh he speaks. Cer
tainly Gov. SeimOur and his friends will"
not dare to object to the payment Of
ewe 'honest dues to, the men who saved
the life of. the Nation, while he and hie
friends at home were encouraging the
rebels every way they could.
According to Mr. Seymour's owu fig
ures; therefore, but '5175,000,000 have
been expended for the current and legiti
ruatp expenses of' the army and navy in
three years, or less than. $59,000,000 per
annum,_a 'sum mu'oblesi for each regi-.
ment of the army than was expended for
the same service under Buchanan's. Ad
ministration, while the expenditures were
then in gold and now in paper currency:
And 'this fact but demonstrates the great
economy with which Gen Grant admin
isters -the a ffitirs-of-- the -army.
When •a.great party, like.:the Detitoe 7
•raoy once.was, is.xeduced "Asuch straits
that its greatestlvader has to resort to
such a palpable' and deliberate falsehood
as that of Go . f. Seymour, it is strong
and convincing testimony of 143 - Weak
ness and speedy llissolution. .Upon just
such falsehoods as this de 'they build
their New rink 1 3 .1atform, and upon it
will they sink to the bottoti of infamy,
in the pending contest. It , is seldom
that a record so utterly barren of' truth
has ever been made as line been theirs
ever,Pincethe breaking out of the slave
holders' rebellion, ayi if they could only
be "Induced now aild then to utter just
one little word of truth it woidd be truly
refreshing• and encouraging, giving us
. hope that we would for a j/or years more
have a 1117/e opposition to incite u< to the
contest;
Shayswood Opposed to a Registry
-' Law and 1171y 7
Tho Registry Law, as enacted'by the
last Legislature, has been declared un
constitutional Oil account of imperfec,
tions in its phraseology., Judge
upon the' BeiteliTsVlTh the mxception - of
Sharswood, favored the passage of a'
properly drawn and worded law-of-t hi•
description. The question, naturally
arises, why did he alone oppose such .an
enactment ? The answer is simply this:
all Regiatry,lam.dre,intend Lt i to curtail
and prevent as far us possible all forms
of fraudulent voting;
_and he Judge
Sharswood)- is a striking illustration of a
man elected -by the very worst form of
voting of this description. Ile, there
fore, opposes any ourtailintmt or preven
tion thereof. Well does he know that
11'e-holds his seat by reason-of votes east
that -should not h'ave been polled, and
hence his desire to oppose any law that
will prevent his party from re-enueting
the corruptions and frauds of last fall.
Republicans, you must ;'.watch the polls
this fldl. The only hope the Democracy
havels in corruption and fraud, and un
do'r our present system of assessments'
where Democratic assessors have charge
of the matter, fraud is easily perpetrated
We sincerely hope that Goy. Geary
Will at once call an extra session of the
Legislature and havo,the Registry Law
se amended that it will comply with the
rulings of a majt rity of the _Court, and
thus prevent the casting of at least twen
ty thousand fraudulent votes , at the next
election. Judge Sharswood, and his
-Democratic friends, desire that - these
votes shall be oast, while all honest men
want a pure and legitimate ballot.
,Give
us this protection . , end- we will Olio
GRANT and COINAX tte'least thirty thou
-sand ,majority in the State; otherwise
our uitijcirity will not be more than ten
timiumnd.
THE VERY LATEST".
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SEYMOUR NOMINATED!
We stop the Press-to give our readers
the very,lntest news from New York :
A dispatoh received this (Thursday)
aftepooil ems :—"TII3 Hon. HojtAim
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We would add New York draft riots
are trumps, and the greenback men bad
ly et:Aire 'Let us have Oen. WADE
HAMPTON FOREST, or, JEFF DAVIS for
Tice- President, aud-tho ticket will be
a:insistent. .
Andy's Zatit Bla
•Every body has long since discovered
thatt the secret of Andrew Johnoon's
apostaoy, was a studied effort to- secure'
the Democratic nomination.. notion
for the post year in particular, has been
in that direction. 'But Molest and bold
est bid is his Amnesty Proclamation, in
which be pardons all the rebels who have
not been indicted In our Courts. , This
certainly is unfair to those two prominent
rebel-Demoorani, Jeff -Davis and John IL
Surratt. for we believe they ireabout the
only ones who do nnt•come within the
pale of- the Proelamation. , . True, - this
:Proclamation amounts to nothing more
t an napet'ercourteSY to blanket friends,„
iyho do not seem - io place uvery high.ap
predation 'upon it ..ineriti. And even
in the rebel assemblage at Now York, it
has made him but, very few , friends; as
the ballottings for a candidate plainly
Conservative Soldiers' Convention.
• The' Pemoaraoy bath) just (dosed" the
faros of holding what they termed a "Na
tional Conservative Soldiers' CoaVention:"
Had itheen gotten up with the purpose
of holding's Convention of Confederate
Soldiers, it would•not have seemed so Ri
ni:me& or ill-advised.. We have no doubt
that. the 'Convention was :a full one, in
Which a few good soldiers were i to be
found, frbo have their own_p_eouliar_nor_
tions_to- gratify, or their own indiVidual
and fanoied'airongs to revenge 3 buf,'that
such a Convention should reflect the
preferences iind the poliffeal principles Of
the great body of the Union soldiers is
simply absurd. They as a mass will sup
port their greatest leader, General Grant.
and with, an enthusiasm similar to that,
with-which-'they - sustained 'the old — flagapon the bloody field of battle, will they
oppose the nominee and the measures, of
the party whioh,-to-day in - council is en
deavoring to - steal away all the fruits of
the war, in order that the loSt cause
may he regained, in the legislature of the
- ifirtion . ,. As the /Winat'S truthfully says :
" A Convention in 1787, of Revolution
ary Soldiers to oppose the .election- of
'Gen. Washington, to the Presidency, or
of the defend4sAif New Orleans in 1828,
to defile, the election of Old Rickory
Would not have been more preposterous,
then, is the attempt' in 1868, to muster
an army of Union Soldier's in opposition
to the eleotion,of Gen. „
_ln 1864,111 r. Lincoln received' out-of
the 156,091 soldier votes cast, the hand
some majority of 85,991, the vote stand
ing, for Mr. Iliticoln, 121,041, for Gen.
McClellan, the most popular military "man
in - the Copperhead party, 35,050
in the coming eleotiOn, Grant's ratio of
thek soldier lote, will be far greater than
even Mr. Lincoln's was in 64, thoroughly,
convincing the Rebel----Demoeracy, bow
silly and futile was, their late attempt to
make a display in New York,.
Now is the'rl2llo to 6117(1411.te:
The campaign may now be said to be
fairly Opened, and a thorough organiza
tion of the Republican plrty should be
at once perfected. Committees should
make an early enrollment of voters in'
every ward,"townsbip and borough in the.
county. Grant and Colfax Clubs, those
efficient aids to-a- thorough organization - ,
should - be established in ev_sry corner of
the county, The right kind-of lleplib
litan documents should be freely circu
lated, and Hound Republican papers put
in the hand's of - every-family Then let
meetings be held in oVci'y school house,,
and the people urged to attend th - 000:-
listen to the. arguments of our speAker',4.
Let the vital'iiiiestions,empe Up
the masses;i - d let - the
proper explanations be-madeand voters
enlightened - as to the true policy of the
Republican party. Give:the people light';
let the true-principles of our party be
widely disseminated, and with these, to•
gether with a incorruptible ballot-box, we
need not fear the result. Copperhead
journals did their full share of injury
last fall by their vile lies: Let them be
met in every instance, and -the real in
tention of the Democracy properly shoWn
up. It is now reduced to ti` deffaility,
that if the ballot box, last fall, had not
been outraged in some of the districts of
this State, the Registyy Law mould - not
now be a dead letter upon our statute
ki .- the banquet, after his oration, a
few days ago, at the. Virginia Military
Institute, General Wade Hampton, who
leads the delegation orSouth Carolina to
the New York National Convention,
made a reply to a toast to " the fallen
heroes of the war," in which he • said ;
[We copy froth the report in the ROI
Mond rebel papers.]
Alluding most touchingly to our martyred
dead, be said that our grief should Am tit m
pored as we remember that they fell when
they thought . thoy , wotald not fall in vain—
that they fgll-in•the bright hops that - success
would crown our efilfrts. But he did not be
lieve they had fallen in vain—the. cause for
which Jackson and Stuart fell cannatbe in
vain, but in some form would yet teinnyh.—
Ho proposed the 0' Lost Cause," for which
our heroes fell. This was drunk silently
and solemnly by all; and , on Looking around
we observed that nearly all present were
Confederate soldiers,
And the only way in which‘the rebel
cause can triumph„is for Gen. Hampton
and his Confederate soldiers to secure
the success of the Democratic party next
November.
The Copperhead papera aim; ' G.
Grant with a right good will: They will
never forgive that immortal General and
Patriot for having thrashed their friends,
the rebels. The Copperheads hate him
just as intensely today as they did . when
he was driving their confederates
through the Wilderness to 'defeat. "A
, party that can welcome such rebel "Gen-
Q61.--RArriztilt,vad,:r-Tn
ran, ~, rl,7lr• national
•national doriveotion,.and epeale- of , -Letkato
the bamsit-in the country for'Presideat,
is very oonsiatently.dasperately hostile tol
Gen Grant.
--• The oppo - sition - pressfrequently assert -1
that Grant was, unsparing of the lives of
his men r and assail him as:a battler
who recklessly-sacrificed his troops, New '
the facts of history effectually put this
slander , down. Before Grant, took corn
mand,.the Army of tie Potonfao lost in
killed, wounded and missing 145,718 inti . n.
Tho Pubsocluent losses' were 105,501.
Gen. Grant's , opporations'entbrice the
great fighting winch caused the rebellion .
to succumb. Yor his losses ,he bad
something, to show, which eannokho snid
of the other coMmanders.
Art, oleic - EU of thoarmy, no to /New .
York,, remarked on Wednesday ! after vie
crowded with &iodic - en
Dionostatid delegates, that he never . but
once befors ear so Many °fleets -,ot
tbo rebel arniy—and that was when Fort
Donaldson surrendered. -
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2 7 / 6 . Two Parties Contrasted
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The' following-extract-from-Senator
Wilson's speech at the great Grant and
Colfax_ ratification meeting bop in
Cooper Institute a few,evenipcCiince,
places the records of thoßeilublican and
Democratic parties in strikitig contrast -
Every sword of it is .true, and sliould be
roar- andremembered by all
,the loyal
men of the land. We are only sorry that
, ded-str -rf darn--
.le-- oro w tato of - our columns pre•
vents us from publishing the speech in
fell
We aro told in the Holy -wtit that ttee-is
known not by its blossoms, or -its - lerives, nor
bight, but by its fruit, and we are told
in the seine 'sacred volume that at the .final
account that we aro to bniidged not by our
profeSsions, but by - the deeds done here in
the body. The Republican -party numbers
today 3,000,000 of voters, -made up of the
-old-auti-sluvery-votersof 30 rats agolap--
plauso], of the old ' l iberty Body-Guard, of
the old Free-Sellers, of the great body of
the old Whig. party_ that stood by John
Quincy Adams ,in vindicating..the_rigbt of
'protest before Congress 30 years ago, of the
flower of the Democratic party of other days,
and t- df llama quarter of a mil ton of enfran
chised black nice [great applause], all loyal
to the country, all- true to liberty, all carry
ing the flag, and keeping step to the music
of a united and free country. And that
great, party is led by Gan. Grant, and he
will. lead it to it' sure victory. [Hearty
Cheers.] That party does nut come to you
with any professions; It has no promises to
make. Ail tho promises it over made are
now deeds, and history 'will transmit those
deeds to after 'time. - Tao Democratic party
conics to you with more than two and a
hmf millions of voters; media up, one mil
lion of them by unrepenting and uneon
verted traitors—[applauso] 7 men alio are
not sorry 10-day 'Sur the blood tfiTy have
agony they hiive made, and who mourn only,
sad alitho_teareand.all thosorrow- and
the lost cause. It comes to you made up of
several hundred Sims of Liberty, Knights
of the Golden C'irele,•rd'en who wept over all
our victories and rejoiced over. our defeats
[applanse]; 'made up,.tho. by a portion of
our countrymen go loyal and as patriotic as
ny of us, and I-accord that nere-and-at_all
„ Ala that great party comes belbre
us lend in its professions, of reform., It asks
the American people to trust it with power.
1 say here to night Olathe Democrat tie party
must be. judged by its deed., by its fruits:
and its deeds are written in the history of
the last y thirteen yeids, and all the waters of
,the , sen cannot. blot out its misdeeds. [Ap
plause.] Here, to-night, 1 say that there
has net,' during the last thirteen years been
it contest between the-'Republican and the
Democratic party- oil any measure:that the
Republican Tarty has not been in the right
and the Democratic party in the wrong.
[cheers]; and 1 say, further, that you may.
ti averse the globe, that you may unroll the
histories of any cl the., conntries.of the
Christian and civilized world, and you shall
find no political organization sd unpatriotic,
so false tuli betty, to justic e, and humanity
as has been the Democratic party during the
past 13 years. [A pplaiise, ~G ood, good F']
1 L cannoVescape its history. I will not ask
you - to - go back farther - than the opening' of
the year 1854, 14 years ago, and I ask you
since that year to point nie to a patriotic act,
to an itct in favor of liberty, of ustice or of
common lat i imanity, that 1 , ,e8 reCeiVed JIM
- MI 1111011 ar il sanction of the Democratic
'Party of the United,States. And yet the
4)itinocratie party asks you, Christian ml n
Akf'„,this country, you Who stood , true to the
~ country Ull.OllOl iour year: of blood I.e . :put
drside the Men lOW lieverlir,d on the flag of
-11M1mittritrY'lind !lever murdered one of the
country's defenders, the men who made - fyur
and a half Joen free, who have
lifted this nation tip from the depths - of tree,
son and slavery into, the Suill!glit of unity
and liberty! [Cheers.] Yogi the leaders of
the Denim:retie party insult rill thakis pure
and noble on carth,, and asks .the loyal. and
1 patriaic men of this country hu ignore their.
grand and glorious past,ln blot out their
deeds that glitter like stars in the firmamtnt,
that the tv,,rld roads and admires. They
ask them to. forget all_ this, -to turh aside
their trusts dad true servants. 'And your
Tendlutons and Seymours [cheers,] and this
brood of men who, through the stritgles
which we pulsed and are passing., have never
uttered n generous sentiment, or performed
a grand or glorious deed for country or hu
manity. [Cheers.] And doyen think they
~ ylll du it ? [Cries of ...N4 - 4 - ” "Nevor!"-]- - You
can say "Never." Gen. Grant will be
elected President—mark it---by the votes of
nearly ill States of this Union. [Cheers.]
And he will have a Senate [long-continued •
applause] a Senate with a Republican --Ma
jority of 50 at Joust [hearty cheers,] and the
tlouse of Representative, with .a majority
just as large as we want, [Applause.] For
the Democratic parry is g 0.4 for something,
and that is—it makes IL very respectable mi
nority to have in the Douse of Representa
tives. . [Laughter and cheers.]. We must
judge the Republican party-and Democratic
Marty by fitted standards, not hy professions,
don't think the mere professions - of any
man, nor aggregation of men, amount to
much. We areto take their every-day acts,
the'lr•liVes, their words, their deeds, their
record. We must judge the Democratic
party . by the snore test," Measure the two
-parties first by the step of patriotism.' That
is ono of the noblest aspirativ that breathes
in the human soul. Why, a man who hovel
n.s - soentry truly, loves every man - that
loves-the country; and every roan loves the
country lie was born in.
_1 honor
man whenever I hear him speak in favormf
[Cheers.] honor the En:
4:l,slauun whb speaks well of his native land,
;.1 0 the Scotehman who loves the hills of
old Scotland [Applause.] I respect tho
Swiss, who in a toreign land remembers his
mountain Ginn. Aye, wherever you 11 nd
a man that breathes in his soul for his na
tive land, remember there is some.goiLin
hill', with all his faults: [Cheers.] Well,
nieaktire there two went contending politi
cal i,r,4anizations by this standard of pa riot:
ism. How stands the Republican party?
The RPublican party never furnished one
single traitor for the war. [Applause.]
The Republican party, the men who vote
fin. Abraham Lincoln in AGO, [great ap
plause] in. all the trials of those bloody fo,ur
years:neverluenished a / man who stood
rayed against the old flag in.thosoMo engage : .
ments - through which itTassail.:Nii liepubli,
can over shot down oi'murdered ono of the
flags defenders. There aro 360.000 dead heroes
beneath the sod of America to-night. They
lie in the dark bloody land where they full,
beneath the stars of our Northern skies, and
thorn are vacant chairs in thousands of those
Northam homes; All through that darn
end bloody night the Republicans stood by
th it groat lead p, 'Abraham Lincoln. [Ap
plause.] They rejoiced Over our victdries,
Tlioy wept bitter and scalding tears over de
feats.. At all times, in sentiment, opinion,
floingkaspiration-and-in.
opuribenns upfigif, their 'country.......[Ap 2
• plaust4 - :, - .Theltistory-Of-Aliahuman •fa i
furnishes no sublitner deeds or words for
patriotism than aro recorded in the history
of our career during the past eight years.
[Applause.] And how it is witlrtlio Dom,.
,oeratie party, measured. by thii same stand
aver There are 800,000 dead heroes beneath
the sod.,Who sent thern.thoro T_Domocrata
Democrats •then, Dermicrato now, unless it
be.a.few of 'them who havo repented of their
wickedness.. [Applause.] There are 400,-
000'wounded and maimed heroes in the land
—mon who fought for the old Ilag. What
did • this? Why Democratic bulleti3. , Re
member that the loyal blood in thin war
wne.poured out by tho men who, were for the
Democratic party. There may . beSomp who
have repented, and entered the Republican
sonhe, These I welcome, if 'they repent O:
the sins of the past and ;Mud by their coun
try 'in the future. Wo have 800.000 mon at
least in. tho RebelliOus States who aro.sim
ply- sorry that they -fallen—that is all;
sorry that they did not destroy the country..
Open the lending Democratic organs of, the
s porty, and they tell you what their leaders
in Pongrese said the other day in their pro
test-they dot* dleguise it ; that tlioy 'neap
to time Out has been done in' favor of
the -reconstrbetion 9f theltnion. on the basis
'of`•rigoi •.:ArKlAitiw- do-they-pro- -
pose-to-do- it 7, :aux violende. by.blood ; for
tt °emptily 'be dime.by, blood, that shall'
stain the bright and green sods of the' Re
public. They know It. no are toina , to
tindo the redonstrui.tion policy that has ad=
milted seven Rebel States buck to ttlisThiloh;
States that have cleeided to establish corn
mon schools for thd education of • the people,'
'for.the lifting-up of tha.poor, the loWly, and
the-depandent,_al.ththey_propose to over
throw_ °this policy, and to. deprive thiiii
quartofs of a,milifon of loyal, true-men - of
the right of Suffrago, and to• put' the Gov
ernment of thoie States into thihands of
unrepentant .Rebels. They - announce 'this
in their press and in their piptest:recorded
in the House of Representatives. - PerhapS
they wilffrofflso it in their Oonventloh that
is to moot in this city.: I toll those lead
ers ? here and now, I dare and.defy them to
tho - coi test. We havo whipped them once,
`and we,can do it again_Let_them-agitate
rind. dlstract the.business -interests of this
country witli that insane and nnpatriotiC
movement, it they dare. Wo'lnow them,
and how 'much thorn is of IheM. We have
met_ them-in-many of the conflicts of the
Tidal, and we iita satisfied with the results as
they are. • Let them throw North Carolina,.
Florida, AlabaMa, Louisiana, and 'Arkan
sas but, and if old' Virginia, and Texas,
and Mississippi,•as I think •very.likoly
adopt:their constitutions and Oloct men who.
can take the teat oath we shalt lot them-into
Congross.-Amd-letus-see-this - New York
Convention turn them out., Slates that have
'voted that the black man should have a
home, but shOuld not rent ono or buy, one—
thathe should have regular omployment.or
be a vagrant; which • provided that black
diemand women should pay a poll tax; and
if even the women did' not pay-.a-poll tax
their labor should be sold to make it 0ut.,1
.wonder if our friends would not liko to have
Uissississippi beck into the Union and hate
those laws stand. I tell you, weintend to
elect Gen. Grant and a Congress that will
stand by this grand policy; a policy that has
broken the Power of the old kilave,mas tors
forever•'-that has destroyed the deminations•
of that aristocratic class that quoted God's
holy wm d against 4,00,600 of his children,
and degraded millions of poor white Ido 'Wn
tun more ai jam condition- thdn Slit% ory it
self, This policy has brnk• n their power=
and ju'st as soon as 'we have these govern;
men ts fairly inaugurated, and just as soon as
the policy of education, protection and do-.
velopment can he carried out, the poor
white man of the South, long oppressed
dcgraded,Tlvill rise 'up in' intelligence and
character, and that end of the Union will be:
gin to bloom again with industry and intelli
gence. The most unpatriotic movement dur,
ing the lust seven years More. unpatriotic,
even, than the Rebellion, for they went out
in..a,passion,,isthis wicked- movement to
overthrow the polie,y of reconstruction ,that
has brought back seven' States, loyal now
to - iho country, and true'tnitio cause - trfilf:'
arty. EA.oulause.l
[Special Correspoildonce tortho
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAS. INOTC>N D. C., July 6th,' IP6B
The city was crowded during the 04
week with ex-rebel officer.; from the South
and Copperheads from the" West all Wand
for the National Democratic Convention in
New York, and who took Washington in
their way Mr the purpose of having avgood
squaro look at the tyrannical, usurping
Congress but for whose• ob.d.inancy aiuf
wickedness the coyintry would— have been
long hp "restored" tc the flittering cure of
Davis, Breckenridge and other Southern
gentlemen born' to rule. Of course these
gentlemen all paid , their respects to Mr.
Johnson. And well they may; for he has
literally sacrificed himself, politically and
socially,' past all possible - redemption, in
Lis vain attempts to restore them to power.
At a - reasonable' estimate there are now
thirty Wonsan - id ex-rebel officers and sol
diers in New York,
all of thenti first-rate
Democrats, and all deeply interested in the
Nittional Democratic Convention.
General Grant and Wife left the.city last
week for a trip_ to the West to he absent
about_tv montb. They will go as far as
'Cheyenne. Grant increases in popularity
every-day. Ile is one of the - hot noes.
sumtng, unpretentious men I have ever
seen. Wo ano:'-accustomed' to so much
"style" - to so Many airs, hors in . Washing.
ton, `from ~d istinguished - senators" -and
representatives,"able that it is nearly
impossible to realize the fact that the plain
ly dressed, quiet; unobtrusive looking-man
Walking leisurely along the sidewalk in
front of you is the Genertil of. the Armies of
the United States, and the candidate of the
Union party for the Presidency of the Na
tion whose life he has saved. -Gnu day last
wile]: I observed an old laboring man an
Irish hod-carrier, filling his pipe as he
walked along. Suddenly ho stopped a man
ip irontef him who was sauntering along
With a cigar in his moutb.__The latter took
his cigarfrom his mouth . and handed it to
the lobo - rot' courteously, kindly,as_a matter
-of - course, - and - withotit'the slightest approx
imation to snobbery or any attempt twpat
roriiz ng the poor man. Just.then I over
took the pair as they stood, on the side-walk
—the laborer,holiting his pipe by the cigar,
and•thi owner of tho latter waiting far it,
meanwhile exchanging a pleasant word or
two, with his brother smoker, am
sorry to have troubled you so much,' sir,"
said the hod-carrier, as he finally trudge,.
elf with his pipe in full blast. "No trou
ble at all" replied the other, as be moved
away with a courteous nod. The voice
• which was somewhat familiar to mo caused
me to turn sharply round when I found my
self face to face; with General Grant. This
anecdote may seem trifling td you, but I
can ussuroyou that there are mighty. few
Senators or ReprostAntatities who have '-the
knack of making a poor man feel at ease le
their company. They generally endeavor
whenever and wherever you meet them, to
make their impertanco . 'known. In 'com
mon parlunce, they "smell of the shop," on
all occasions. The most quirt gentlemanly
men among legislators are invariably jour 7.
sadists. "N•twspaper men, indeed are pro
verhial forctheir modesty. It- amounts.-to n
fault with them.
Senator Ramsey' of Minnesota has intro,
duced 1111 important bill in the Semite to regu
late our commercial relations with the Ile
„minion of Canada. This ,clear•sighted states:
man sees that the interest of both countries
alike.require that the Governments should
d with each other, and thus set
a good example to-their respective citizens.
We are near neighbors with u Fong frontier
lino, And it is desirable that_wo should live
iiiinuch like children of the Same family as
is possible. Senator Itainisefs..bill does not
contemplate
. any, measure ca:culated to
strengthen our Government, or weaken that
of our neighbor: It is designed to pro
-mote the Material interests of the Te'ople 'of
'both i countries—and principally the indus
trial classes.... The fishermen, mineisi agriw
culturiets and matinfacturers of kith Coun
tries are .alike ints,rested in Mr. Raniney's
bill, and tire-furry aware of its importance to
their NVOlitin. Tll o bill contemplates;
among other things advantageous to our in
terests as Americans, the free navigation of
the St. JAiwrence, which is a positive neces
sity to the future prosperity of the 'North
west. The North-western States have not;
even now, a sufficient outlet for their pro
ducts: It also provides for the freedom of
the fisheries which is. of immense impor
tanco to the fishermen of New England
- T--imfo---` — rPiiitic - 'eltifibedi''fiiii - tun passing,
-substantially,- as introduced by Mr. 'ltamSey;
-but-it-is-barely possible -that-it May 'be
crowded over:to. the Mat session of Con.'
gross.--lt is to be hoped not, .
' . Of all the. swindles in the National Capi
tal for which the Victim has no legal reme
dy, there aro none, perhaps, more atrocious
than those.perpOtrated - by many of our high=
•ly respectable patent agents. If a nun in a
distant State makes: what ho believes to be
an important ,Slisciovery or iniprovement,
and writel , to ono-of these firms for 'infor
mation, he is invariably advised to go to the
expense of endeavoring to procure a patent,
without anysreference to the. validity of his
claims, or the usefulness or-probable pecuni
ary -value of•hts invention. The conse
quence of 'this is that - a large proportion of
tho applications for patents are not granted,
and, of_those granted, not Ono in five 'hun
dred goes into general or oven practical use.
There iff - hild - firliriiiire - however, ,that-of
Alexander and Mastm,.which dues, perhaps,
the largest patent business in thelcity on- ar.
entirely different and -much. fairer :system:
These gentlemen believe that' the ° safest
. mode, to tbo.inventor, and' the moist himora-
Male the Agent, of securing patents, is upon'
.conditional. tiorens....They always a:famine
the 'Patent • 0111110 free' of reharge---bsforo
il ling sin Nazre!.9o439 , Ont. ivh on tkioy - ro --
:
part it%inie'ta lie patentable, it is so; and
they back their opinion by requiring no foo
until after the patent is secured—thus melt
ing their pay doPcnCupen their exertions
and their, judgment.,:. 'the %consequence of
their, mode of doing business is that, owing
to the care with-- which claims, Specifica
tions and drawings are gotten up; .tlyi pat--
. .
. .
...,—..
enti.iToured never involve the inventor in
subsequent - trouble. and .. expense . grotung.
out orhis infringements, On the rights of
others oiorhaving his oifil rigßs infringed
upon. - .
gain - anti qtruntg Patterg,
STOPPAGE ;OF THE MAIM—The
Right and. Wrong of the matter: On the
ilOth of last month; as we--have herotofdro
Wormed our_coaders,;the -contract - between - .
the U. S.. Post Office\ Department and the
Cumberland Valley Railroad Company, for
the carriage of thdmails; expired by
limi
tation.' - The contract not hairing been re
newed, nor any other provision maddfor the
transportation of the mails, the,people
heretofore served by -the Railroad Company
have received. their letters, papers &C.,'Only
at Rich desultory_ and...uncertain—tin:es-as
oppoitunity offered for their transmission
at the' hands of those individuals' whose
convenience and inclination -prompted to
the gratuitous service•. •
Naturally this-stato of affairs is the occa
•sion of much comment amongst our citizens
and both parties are receiving a great deal
of indiscriminate ecnsuro for their supposed
respon'sibility in the premises. In order
that our tetiderti may, Nvith the facts before
them award a fair verdict upon the equity
and justice of the - course pursiieff the
Government and the Railroad-- Company
respectively, we , append an authoritative
stateniihit of the situation which wo can
vet:eh-for as entirely reliable:
Up to 1852 the P. 0. Department
. paid
the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company
for Carrying the mail from Harrisburg to
Chambersbtirgi - SU29 .- per annum. At
that titne . hy contract 'with - . the governMent
the-compensatibn for this service was re
duced-to $5,200. per . year. Subsequently
the Company became contractors for carry
0611mila-from Chambersbitrg to Hagers:
town-22 mfles—at $llOO per year—making
in all Sti,.3oo'per year for mail service be
twoqn 'Harrisburg' and Hagerstown. These
contracts have been.,renewed at these rates
every four years. -- ._
- About the middle of May last the 'Rail
Road Company was notified hy' the Pot,
office Dope, talent that a reduction of abOut
25 per cent would be made on existing rates,
to take effect from`and after the 50th of
June, to which the President of the Cintipa
ny replied on the 31st'of May, that lio.would .
not agree to renew the contracts open the
terms proposed by the P. 0. Department,
and requested that it would !nuke other
provislorts for carrying the mails .rom that
period. The Second Asst. Post Master_
General stated in answer that he would
make some other arrangements for mail
service if the Company refused on the Ist of
Julito.corry = the mails on Ms terms, The
contract expired at that time.' The work
ceased and no other such promised arrange
nients'has yet been made. -, .
The work to be done is hi s earay two dai
ly mails between the extreme points of the
road, to furniSh a Post Office ear and tic- -
commedations for the , Mail Agent and to
keep up omnibuses and men to deliver .the
mails to - and from the important Mikes_ on
the road, for which the Department offers'te,
pay the Company x-1,780 per year. This sum
after deducting expenses would not pay the
Mail Agent's fare and a proper charge for
the bar furnished. The business of the Post
Offices on this route - has' increased fourfold
since the,llest establishment of the compen
sation which the company has -been-teceiv
ing for the last Sixteen Years and . whieh it
is Willing yet, -fo receive for 'its services.
The dail:y' expenditures of the Railroad
Company for conducting its operations
mounts to 6800 at least t which payment
renders it necessary that none of its busi
ness should be . done gratuitously. The
taxes annually paid by the Company - to the
United States amount to $95,000. ,
From this plain recital of facts every fair
mind will be impressed With the conviction
that - tile U; --- 8. Post 'Office Department is
clearly wrong in this matter and that its
-stolid indifference to the needs of this cam-
Mbnity is most rePreherisible. 'Flip Railroad
Company has beepjeceiving but 4 moderate
and reasonable compensation for the service
performed and stands' ready at tiny hour to
resume its work at the sense reasonable rates.
This authorities a( Washington, demtMd a
a 1 'reductiodof 25 poi. cent, on former con-
Lanes, and being fully aware that this will
not be accened to, and having had moe than
a month'a,netice to provide other means for
the carriage of the mails, have, withosit a
word — of — warning cut us off from all mail
communication.
'The Government derives a large revenues
•from—iisHmnil-busineEs in this part of the
State and in every aspect of the case it.ie its
bounden dfity to perform its 1 art of the con
tract with the people. ' ,k
As another evidonee of the lack of disposi
tion
on the part of the department to do its
duty by the people we textract the following
from the 4.fariisburg State Guard.
The PosVainster General's not only get
ting into trouble with some of tile-railroad'
companies of Penniiytvania,,latt he is seek
ing trouble with the people, by discontinu.
ing certain mail routes throughotit.the State.
The fittest act of injustice of this kind, is
that: tb a portion of the people of 'Sullivan
county, where an important route is sutipen
ped.• The people must bear with yundall,%
who, while looking after the politidal inter
ests oftlohnson„lntano-tmle-to devote to the
, .
business of the people. • •
,Wo on scarcely look for permanent rdlief
from these oppiessions until Andy Johnson
( and his crow of broad and butter cormorants
have been expellod by an indignant , peoplo.
On Saiiirdat- of hit. week, as Dr,
STRICKLER, of Bloomfield, was 4iiving to Oar.
lisle in ' n 2-horse carriage, containing him.
self, his wife. and three children, _ and I<Dce.,
-off-thejixle-tvben neat‘Cdrlisle, and the car
riage falling'donm on--one,- sitle-threw-Mrs.-
Tuokimand one of the children out of the
escaped with but slight
bruises, The foreplirt of the- carriage be;
'came detached from the bed, The horses
'oat - bocomirsg frightened, a. miens acci= -
dent was prevented, -
I=
- %II EUROPEAN 'CiRCUB.7--This- ita=
mouse exhibition, which created a sensation
in Paris dtiring the - Expobition AaiiCSrear,
and which lies been giieu with, great suc
cess in Now York, Philadelphia
tdor4 will exhibit in Carlisle On the 10th'pf
July,' Out exchanges speak of it is the most
dlowior g forms. The European 114'3165 pee• .
pie,* horses, Old is altegethe'r it„iitagtii
ficentAhow, probably surpassing any other
exhibition of thii itin . d we have °VW' had in
CIE=I
. .
, . .
rtn.E. , -.--o,n . Btiturday °ceiling lasit,lb'o
barn of Mr. JiEsEs WOOns,
.aon of RICILA.P.D
:WO6DBi•Eict,.:Of_Dlogineon township,- Waa
lnirliO'd, to fife ground.' Tbe_l4kra..dOntained
-151.r:NVIK---ei--Aire 'buy crop. A largo ,farm'
wagon was also destroyed. We 'learn that
'the building was:insured. in, tho gllglorland
Valley Company.
' ' -
•
' Apornan.---A. 4ligo hay stook on t,ho
fdrrn of Mr, JAMES CAEcinIESS, of WOO,
Ponnpboro talynobip, m'ala struck by. liebt
ning on Sawing in andontirolyoonpqmod.
, GARDEN WALKS.—Nothing makes•a
prettier - or better 'garden' widk"rtbiiii - Flal
ashes: - TTheraro - ormkirdviilual:Of thiEppur
ppm thrtifaiiy Other-t6it:tbeybinlo applied.
to that we know .of; Where the Walk
quires it, dig it out tWo'.4r throe inchei, put
tho coarsest portion of theashes at:the , hot
tom and tho other on thetop; to, the depth,
altogether, of three 6r. four, or' &von six
inches, and then roll well. These walks are
always dry and pleasant to the foot, and are
rarely troubled .with weeds, and when they
are they can
. bo-readily removed.
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Tat' - NEW GATROLIO ItisHoPe.—We
learn from the Philadelphia Catholic Stand
ard that the Rev. gentlerrian to whom was
confided in Rothe the.Apostolic.Briefs nomi
nating the new American Bishops, arrived
at New Xork lost Monday. Me" will ,forth
with deliver the important: doduments.to•
the Archbishop , of Bulthnora, who
transmit them to the Right ROY. noiiiineda,
and that' ,will at mice be in : stalled into their
respective Bishoprics. Tho Right Rev.. J.
T. Shanahan, D. D., is the Bishop eleet, of
the diocese dflliirrisbu'rgi ' . •
ARREST OP SWINDLERS.—The Har
risburg Telegraph of Thursday of last week
says:—This Morning, a gentleman named
Daniel Winters, wholosides near ghippans
burg, Cumberland county;mado information
before the Mayor noinSt four men, calling
themselves Thcodore•Ball,Sainuet.A. Keyes,
Jerry .Vordam and George W. Bingatnan,
who, be states, did combine to chest and de
fraud his mother at her house in Southamp
ton township, Ciannerland county, and did
cheat and definud.ber. •
It seems tnem persons visited the house of
Mrs...-Winters-and—offered'th - exchange, now
feathers fur' Old ones, to which proposition
aho did not` consent, • They then offered to
. _
pay her -for tlfe featherST sho censented,•and
they_tooluill oLthe_foithorson-all - 981ouTRIT, ---
and niter putting them'. ob. their'wegons,'in
formed hor tint they had not sufficient
money to , pm her for thetu„ but would pay
a portipn, and ja_ri short time, - return and '
bring her the new feathers. ' "
One,of the men entered thd house of Mrs. •
Winters, ent all the feather beds open, and
took the feathers. Chief-of-policerCline and
officer ffiimle started in search of the parties,
arrested, them, and brouilit them with, their
teams, two: two-horse wagons, loaded with '
feathers,' to .the ,M'ayor's office. They had
stopped above the cotton factory to feed their.
horses. They .Ivefe committed to await a
further hearing.
MEI
ak,EnniNG'OuT..—Our excellent Tom]
Council, lies done a number of good things
within the past-tOontlistut there is no ac
tion we' knoW of whidivill receive such
general coihmendation ns that inaugurated
on Wednesday last, of clearing away from,
the - 21thrket Square the disgraceful litter
which has polluted that spot.
For years past that Square has been the
resort of venders of all sorts of, commodi•
ties, from the old clo' and seebrid•himd fur
niture-- men; to the enterprising ttaders in
fish, vegetables, cakes end
_beer. Tneinovi
table result of this traffic has been to crowd
the Square with all sorts of_tubs, stands,
baskets, barrelsr speohd-haria frtrniture - and
clothing and a hundred other articles, which
combine in giving It the appearance of
vast bazaar in which The peculiar, charac
teristics of the junk shop, the tallow .chan -
dlory, the rat pit, beer - garden and fish mar -
het seem to harmonize with charming ho
mogeniety. The beautiful company of vlt
grants, loafers and blackguards of both sexes
and all colors who are to be found at all
hourslwatching the mutations of the traddln
this busy mart, lend a charm to it which is
only equalled by the delightful odors which
aro hero distilled arid which permeate Alio
no'ghborbood.
The only drawback to all this loveliness
is fruit n gaunt gentlemen known by the
name of Cholera, who is said to have a
Marked affection for such beauty spots as
these, and the danger is that some, bright
morning in the approaching dog-days he
Might step in here and make a 'draft of both
merchants and euQtomers. At any rate this
seems to be the opinion of the authorities for
they promise to clear out this plaugo spot
root and branch.
EXTRA Q/i D N It V KCLIPSE.-1110 to
tel eclipse of tilt. stp , which is to take plate :
on the 18th of lugnet next, will present
such is long duration of darkness that as
tronomers are anticipating it with unusual
interest. From near Aden the central
of the eclipse ex temie to the southern coast
of New Guinea, crossing Ilindoostan, the
Boy of Bengal, the Molayan ; peninsula, and
the Gulf of Siam on the way; and at certain
places on this iine•of the duration of total
d •rkness 'will he 048. At the date in
qu'eAtioit the Moon . will not ho more than
six hours from its perigee, while the'sn
will not he far from itsapogen; titWolfOld
condition ,which increases, the apparent a
mmeter of the 111001/, and shows the apparent
diameter of the sun nearly at tho smallest.
Hence 'the prolonged darkhess. Such a
chance occurs but rarely, anl we- cannot
wonder that a strong desirb toasts to - make
the most of it in endeavors to solve certain
highly important questions in physical sci
ence. Unluckily, the southwest mroissoon
Wil-be at its full blast on the 18th of Augist,
which, with its heavy clouds, render ,
observation either uncertain or impossible,
except on the eastern 'aids 'of , mountain,
'ranges._ ' • -
A DAY'B Wonit . .—Our readers •
rodoihiet that during the rocent'sossoir'ef tbo
Legislature of this State what is knowd'all .'-
the Eight Hour law was passed, and was
subsequently approved by Gov. Geary. ,The.
net limits the hours of labor coniitituting:a,:
day's work in Ponnsylvsnia . Ao.oight hours,
and went into_ effect ,on__Wedneaday,JUlSr--
lat. It will be seen by tho provisidhsof the
law which we publish, that eight hours, 'be
twoon sunrise and sunset, Will. !Mr.:miter eon-
..__atituto-ft-du!l work, uplotaliO, - Oontrarv_lS.:„
o'i'476-d
ngrcod upon bWie'employer and employee
The following are the provisions of the not;
SaOT. 1.. Be: li ' i'727la7 . 44:ki.,Mat on iifia
after tholst of july; - eigliteen hundred and
sixty-eight, eight hours of labor, between
the rising and . setting a the sun, shall be" - •
deemed and held to boa, legal day's work, •
in ail cases ef labor.and ervica by the day,
where.theroris no contract.or agree:met to
the contrary,
Sam. 2. This act shall not apply to or in
any way effect larm or agricultural' labor er
service by the year, month or meek; nal-
Wall any person be prevented;-by atrYthi! 3 '''' -
herein contained, from ;working as mariii.
liners over-time or extra work as he or she
may 000 lit, the- compensation to be agreed
ulion;' , hetween the empleyWand,lthe, em
-: Pitc;r..l3: 'All otlfor 'acts or, pails efracl4
relating to the hours of labor millennial' .
constitute
.71' day's , mori4 in this -Stritgi, nth i •
11(4.614 repealed: ' ' ,
If our friends' Will use "PreparatiOnS for -
tr it
restoring gray.,hair. they,should meth - best ,
in the . market. ~ dim attention has • et sly
been called to an article"
_which 'ha .
.pax,
tonsiveadle, and a very hign - reputation,. - :.
'Moment Ring's -, Vegetable AinhiosiMand
.wo-are-inclined—to - thinle - thatinVoisessas
more desirable MA lehaolicethMehle o'o4-
tics thailany ot ler in tbe. imur et. , ltire
storei graY , or faded WO to itii ',Original 'gel
or in a most rem ark4le nianner; unit p,,ii, its
.Invigorating 'and . soothing' profiertiosl-rd-'
moves all dandruff and:hursiora, from tho,
scalp. Giviilt a fair.trinapd. y - ou • cannot
lail to like it.
julylQ4nl
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