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J. M. WA.LLA.OE,
OAELIS LE '-,': P-A.
FRIDAY AIORNINP, SEPT, 47, 4869,
*epublioara State Ticket
Oft GOVERNOR,.
Gen. JOHN W. GEARY.
•JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT,
Hon, H. W. WILLIAMS.
COUNTY
ASSURLY—COL •DAVID iummEL, Mechanleaburg.
fROTRONETART—AIINAM L. LIDS, Dlekimon. .
Cultic 0? CoGILTS— , AUAM KOONTZ, Newton. •
REGISTER—SAMUEL ELLIOTT, Car Hale.
TReasunre—SAMUEL TAYLOR, Southampton.
Oo FOII,T. Penn.
DIRECTOR OF POOR-3011N K. TAYLOR, Lower Allen
AIIDITGR—D. M. C. °RING; Carlisle.
To the Patrons of the Carlisle
Herald.
With this issue will terminate the
business connection of the i3ubscribers
with the CARLISLE HERALD. In turn
ing over the good old HERALD to its
new owners we feel it not au inoppor ,
tune occasion to write a few brief sen
tences expressive in a feeble sense of
the feelings and emotions which affect
us at parting company with the many
friends Who have so generously suS
tained.us during an acquaintiii;Ce cov
ering at least a decade. '
The present partnership bad its ori
gin - atra tithe when the Nation, after
having emerged triumphant from the
karft). trial of a mighty but most
Wickeu rebellion, was enduring
. the
humiliation of AMlrew Johnson's vi
cious and corrupt conduct, with all its
direful effects upon the country ; The
HERALD, as those whom we are now
addressing will remember, was one of
ILO earliest dissenters from the then
new gospel of rebel preferment and
loyal proscription, and was among the
tiretto point out ihestraight way which
led to honor, peace and prosperity,
through the election of 'Ulysses S.
Grant, as President of the United
Sttites. 'Ye iiiip s eal to all the readers
of llErtALD`foesunqualified eon
-'firmation of the statement that it has
never for a moment wavered in an
earnest, vigorous support of those gr,eat
artd.glorious - principles of the Republi
can party which htive led the Nation
through unexaMpleZ trial and trouble
to a lasting peace and a certain future
of good government: We are" here
reminded that as v.lien we took the
helm, the new firm _take hold just as
the good citizens of our Common
wealth are entering upon an important
political . campaign, involving in large
measure the 'future welfare of all our
people. The tinestion presented for
arbitrament on the twelfth of Oct 'bey
is briefly whether the gOvernment of
our State shall continue to be admin
istered. on the good old principles of
honesty, loyalty and fealty. to
Whether it shall be handed over to a
ring of adventurers and sharpers, whose
only bond of affinity is a desire for
public plunder. We cannot think the
issue a doubtful one, and congratulate
in advance the new Editors of THE
HERALD and its'readers on the almost
certainty that in a few weeks they will
be called upon once more to 'rejoice in
another signal victory over the com-
mint inemy.
In conclusion let ns say that while
we know our conduct of THE HERALD
has made for it many friends whom
we Shall ever hold.in our hearts' closest
'embrace, yet the fearless .audindepen
dent course we marked out at the
outset as our unalterable rule of action,
bee not failed to'excitesome enmities.
While we are full of sorrow at parting
with the former, we have a libeial
compassion for the foibles of the latter - .
CoMmending Tu a HERALD and its
patrons to the new firniof WEAKLEY
& WALLACE; as gentlemen of ability,
integrity, and unswerving Republican
faith, we are,
Very Respectfully,
RfIEEM & DUNBAR.
Yn assuming control Of THE' HERALD,
an extended introductory is unneces
sary. We shall to , the best of our
ability so conduct -it as to make it val
uable and efficient as• a party organ;
and shall constabtly,' through its col
uterus, advocate the principles of the
Ilepublican party,, and, support and
sustain those who arejjthful to therm
In opposing..thoso.-who , hold- principles
antagonistic -to our' own, we shall -al
ways confine our opposition to ternpel--
to and reasonable argument, an shah'
not, use our columns fin' llicillenuncia
tion • and abuse — of,. those' who may
choose to differ ,from us. It Shall be
our aim to make Tae HERALD worthy
Of tie support and confidence of our
liolitical:friends, and to-earn -for it the li
favortible• consideration of the corninii
nity. • WEAKLEY & WALLA6E.
THE _ DiFtlEuntgoa. 7 _-.During the
months of July and August, last year,
the Internal . Revenue receipts
,were
$30,890;035. 'For the corresponding
;months . in the present
,year they
amounted to $36,594,031, an increaie
of nearly-six: millions of 'dolltiri3. No
teasOn can be 'assigned for this.gratil
fying_improveutent ese . ept the tact that
under the present Administration the
hundreds of revenue Thieves who fat:
tened upon the Treasnry under John-
won have been Ituncd out of office, and
th&taxes are now honestly collected
and' accounted ter. - 4.ltriost an,equpl
~. amount lum also.been saved by the dis
_ charge' of 'innielcesiarLhfficers, and: a
geuertl,
,ettrteihneat of ,. the expeßtli
tutee,thereby enalAin,Ole .6rovern
ment to tediwo the national debt' to the
havP, wi,tn'qs94.
=I
.431 , t, Ppoo,r.liatix4i7,qo 89,009,990
for liiinsolf tOhiglJ;
hbw , much; mould., likely
duke out •bf Coinlia6niv6tiltii;'
*be
The; Supreme ffench.
Two years since, Judge Sharswood
and::„ l llidge Williams were o.posing
- caTididet7ii: for the. Suprerri : Aii - Ch:
Doth•had been judges for yettriS—Wil-
Hams - of-the -District Court. of 'Pitts
',burgh; Shars 'sided of the District CoTCt
of Philadelphia. Sharewood, however,
had held his position sOme yearefionger
than Wil lame. Then our DAtocracy
had a very special regard for - the:Su-
preme','Court: By• all means, they
urged elect Shorewood- He has been , l
ri judge longer than Williams and has,
a wider : reputation. The'
,position re
quires the first teen in thelegal prb-.
fession in the State.; No:political con
sideratiops should prevent the choice
,of the men 'ot the .beet talenC-and
greatest experience, for judges of the
Court that tilts in final judgment, and
from whose decrees there .can be no
appeal, one of •the candidates has
more learning,, or experience as a Ju
rist, than the other, it is the duty of
every- citizen to forget party and cast
his vote for him.- Thie argument was
in the mouth of every Democrat, and
was allowed to get out, with Out hind
rance, every time the judgeship was
under discussion. This consideration
elected Shorewood. Wallace's coffee
stained naturalization papers and Mc-
Mullin's "repeaters - contributed much
to the result, but Sharswood's prestige
as a jurist:gave the Democracy atleast
two thougand fair Republidan votes,
and made their meager nine hundred
majority a fact. •
Now, let their argument count on I
our side. Williams' lies served. more
years on the Bench than Pershing 'I
has served months in the Legislature.
Pershing never decided a case in his
life, whilst Williams' decisions Ore on
record by scores. Williams is known
by every lawyer'in the State as a jurist
of long experience and great ability,
whilst the fame of Pershing, even as a
I, cal practitioner, has never reached,
beiond the confines of the district in
which he practices: Now, by all means,
let us emulate the wisdom of the Dem
ocracy in 18d7. It is as important
now to have learned and experienced
judges as it was then. . There might
have been a question between Share
wood and Williams; betwecii Williams
and Pershing there can
. be none. ,„Let
every man who feels ~, a o:?interest in
maintaining the character of the judi•
ciary, and -puticularly every Demo
crat who asked ItOpublicari votes;,for
Sharewood on that ground, see that he
votes for Williams. .
Chief Justice Chase has written a
letter, in which he declares that his
Present office fills the measure of , his
atnbitien, that he will not be. a cabdi
,date for the Presidency, and asking
that' in future his' name may mit i be
connected in men's minds 7liritb political
action. He further sap that the time
was when he would have been gratified
with the prospect of elevation to'')the
highek place, as a means of doing good
service to the country, but adds: "Now
I am older, and not at till satisfied that
it in a higher place I could do any
better than thoSe now exer c isin g ex
ecutive functions do." This is a hand
some acknowledgment on the part of
t he Chief Justice that President Grant
has enti. ely justified the expectations
of his friends, and agreeably disap
pointed those who, like the Judge, An
ticipated that his - administration would
move a failure.
The Harrisburg Telegraph is making
a very spirited and able fight in this
paign, and is really the livest daily
r that domes to our notice. And
by the way, would it not be a good
thing for Mr. Covode to notify officially
some of our, Ref üblienn daily papers
that we aro engaged in a political con
test of some importance? Several of
them dp not seem aware of the fact.
Do the followers of Stepien A.
Douglas, who still act withtfie Demo
cratic Party, know the °fact that one
A,sa- Packer, now their nominee for
Governor; in 180, bolted the nomimi
tion .Jullge Douglas, and did all
within his power to break up the Dem
ocratic Party Y or, knowing it, do tlley
intend to vote for a disorganizer for the
highest office in their gift I A party
meet be poor indeed in availtble can
didates that thrusts its honors on dis
organizers. .
Has•the (Mail-man of the Democratic
State Central 'Committee' invited Gen.
John-C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky,
- to stump Pennsylvania for Asa Packer? .
If not, let it be done at once. Packer
did his utmostcto make Breckenridge
President. He supported him in Con
vention, bi,lted for him, and voted for
him. Surely not- Breckenridge should
reciprocate by making some speeches
fol. his friend.' Let it not be urged
against Judge Packer that he made no
speeches 'in 1860.' never' speaks
at all. -
When John (3rinn.y Tots in the
field, fighting foci the preservation 'of
the Government, and the protection of
our hemes',Asa Packer 'was perfecting
schemes for'the acenintilation , of 'great
wpalth. the one 'gave largely of the
best .years o> his life to save his coup-
try the other took', largely of his
country, to gratify himaelf. • Let those
who worship selfishness. and greed vote
for 4.sa'Paelter'; tho'ina t rtho would - rer'
ward patriotism, for. Geary- •
- Give nen change 'of Adminietration.
tiN , ,tho:Dornoerltie leade i irel • it may do
good and con , iiorisibly.' do' no' In.rni.
The city. of Pliiladelphiah!ep Pall acted
•on,that enggeetion, pi - ,4,1p, the roeultell
SOMO two 'WcekB .eince.sthe office' of
'Receiver of.Tais entoted. , and'
roblicid of abouts3o,o 00: taet week
a:RoyellUe . 'Oh r, tie r 4sei4ioa
„in ; the.' way ,
; . e'enundrele, whOi under: Jelkzion's
:niiejorntign„grow, rich kf,defrauliii& •
f Goiernment Of ite"due4T 'ln ifeitliei
kdAtielliitii,nniarreste beet? `Phil';ddeipt4 tO'Cha'n
• illit3-1ra11 3 44-nO'
c'; „ ,v,:.
27te PrOspect.
The present campaigii- is
,dratrtng
'rapidly to a' close, and - there hasleen
- a Most noticeable lack of the usual
eitemente of a political canvass. But
few meetings have been held, and but
- little — done to awaken any sotfftWilw - lia -
ever in the contest. It is frequeritly
asked, Nwhat doerall this quiethesa and •
apparent indifference Indicate t Some
Democrats who have little to hope for
troth any other indication confidentially
inform their friends that 'it bodes dis
aster and defeat to, the. Radimils,,and
some despondent Republicans vtlict are
constantly looking out, for danger; affect
to believe the same thing.. , Let us
look over the - ground and see what
cause there is for the belief, that there'
is danger of defeatin October. What'
is there now to cause danger' that has
not been encountered and overcome in
previous campaigns ?
In 1863; our party was distracted
by dissension% and jealousies among
its membere;.and embarrassed by the e
peculiarly , unfortunate condition of
the national affairs. -Gov. Curtin's
renomination was most bitterly cp
posed; and many of our journals
and politidians threatened opposition
to his election. The armies of the
Union,' on whose ultimate - triumph de
pended our success, had met many
severe reverse's; for which even the
great victory at Gettysburg, was but
a poor compensation. - The , enforce
meet of a conscription just previouslo
the election by the party which at the
time were on trial before the people,
was a movement that no political strate
gist would have adopted from choice.
But in spite of all these disadvantages,
Gov. Curtin was triumphantly elected
and the State continued under the.
contra of the Republicans, • In 1866,
.although the party ,had the prestige
of having brought the war to a sue
cessful close, it had to meet many new
and. embarrassing "issues, connected
with reconstruction, and also to en-
counter a most determined opposition
from the National administration. An
drew Johnson having broken with the
_party that placed him in power, deter
mined that it - should be destroyed.
He had no scruples about using the
vast _patronage at his command to
secure the triumph of the Democracy,
and they, believing that they had a fair
chance to regain power, fought with ,
most -desperate earnestness. After a I
very protracted and' earnest campaign,
we gained a most signal victory.
'Now, what is there in' this contest,
,that makes success less certain than in.
1.863 or 1866 ? Our, candidates were
nominated with great unanimity. We
have the sympathy,.and will have the
active co-operation of the Administra
tion at Washington. There .is no di
vision amongst us on the issues of the
campaign". Both the State and Na
tional Administrations, have been sue
cessful in.curtailiug debt and reducing
taxation. Never have all the advan
tages been so completely with a party,
as_they are now with us and if we are
defeated it will be because we do not
deserNe success:
And now that little effort is needed
to elect our candidates, let that little
be made at once. Let our friends turn
their attention without, delay to the
details of the campaign. See that our
registration is complete, so that no.
Republican may be deprived a his
vote for want of attention to the re
quirements of the laW. See that a
thorough canvass is made of every
voting district in the county, and that
a proper orgMization is completed far
the purpose of bringing out the Note.
There is so neceseity for excitement
and display, but there is for constant
and systematic effort, for every re
maining day of the campaign. Suc
cess now is . of the most vital impor
tance to the party' and to the 'entire
country. It is within easy grasp if we
fail to reach it. we deserve defeat.
Mr: Packer's' very particular friend
Klotz was beaten for the• Senatorial
ziOmination in his own county of Car
bon, the other day, the anti-PaCker
competitor securing the nomination.
Mit. Paoker would have
.moie popularity and influence at home,
if he would contribute something to
the county taxes, like. other honest
citizens.
An old DeradCrat, the: othM. day,
thus tersely gave us his political , ex=
perience " I voted the Republican
ticket for the first time laA Full. I
voted for. Gen. Grant, and 1 have no
cause to regretit. I find thsifsince
the fourth of March last, he has re
duced the debt nearly fifty millions,
whpe, last fall, undei Andy Johnson,
the debt was, increasing each month."
He might have added that this won
derful impr)vement is being made
without any increase in the taxes. The
revenue laws are now the same men
when Jiihnson and his Demo
cratic cabinet were adding_to the debti
Of course, they diclit by stealing.
arJOHN W. - GEARY was born in a
"log. cabin," near Aft. Pleacant, in
Weetworeland county, in 1: : 91.0. Ho
ie now in hie Mind), year, vigorous,
halo and active.: .I
•
Aea Packer wag berkin Oonnecti
cat'. in 1805,•and le now' in .hie aiiti
fourtklear, feeble, aVaricioue, and
gouty
A well k'nown Xiemnctatic
"good in figtwee;'*te, .after careful
eonsidOration, decided 'that it itt impoe
'le to 'carry the State fpr Pttek§r.,
He enys that ." With withiliy :at, fivo
_Cantu a ,glass , the, thing' could be dope,
but: di at :esp . longae . impoilant el e
iuent'of'Deincicratialolitio at
t 'if ten ta 'a'drink,ftbe idea of Whining a
loe'Utarittic
.cuprentely, ri :
diculot a. ." . True, every worfd:of it. .
• ,Tho,lcity ()once&
(te mi
jotipy:df*el)o;t:o;'iliousatiii. Ptiiladol ;
putillifo,l4l:j2e exp . orionco of Demo
erotic; rule
, ! u si doeitil find it solo or
.A Democratic Leafier:
At the meeting of the Board of A.-
_____,dozirinen of the'. city .of Philadelphia,
held lastweek for the appointment o'
.election officers, the following remnrk
able scene took place: •
: • . erman. A c u .ey can ne or
go them I will bet, a hundred dollars on
":Alderman Jonee—W. will.:ha've to
move the ward odt, then. • •-:
"Alderman McMullin—When the day
of election cornes'we will crowd tho place
with man. ,
"The OhairLAldernian, You shauld.le
ashamed oryourself. lam surpriaad that
you make threats.
Aldermin .).I.clifullinOn election day
don't let them go in. There will be inur.
dor if they do.
- "Alderanin Cloud . moved that the rcsog
lution as road be adopted., • '
"Aldermen McMullin proposed as an
amendment a long list of'numesi.•
'iAlderman Cloud moved to lay the
amendment on th'e table.
" Aldermen McMullin characterized the
notion se being unfair..
"The ()hair said the motion wee not de
batable.
Alderman Meitullin—Well, there
will be trouble there theht • •
" The Chair—Thu gentleman should be
aebamed of making threats.
" Alderman' Jonas nsklat that the room'
be cleared.
" Alderman McMullin—You had better
attempt to put them out; you will see
what you will got. Thera will bo three or
four thousand men let lookaon the day of
election.
" The motion to lay upon the table was
agreed to.
"Alderman Jones called the pyrrioue
question, which nwee the adoption of the
resolution. Agreed to.
"The resolution, as read by the clerk,
was then agreed to. The Chair .declared
the names es the, officers- to condudt the
election in October.
"Alderman McMullin—You will have
club law, then, on_election day. " .
The Alderman McMullin who fig
ures above is the notorious " Bill "
McMullin, of 'the" Fourth Ward, who
has long been known as the king of
the murdeters and thieves of the city
of Philadelphia ; -and who it; now, with
out any improvement of character or
reputation, (le of the Democratic city
legislators, and a member of tilt State
Central COmmittee. ." Bill " was a
delegate toth 3 Harrisburg Convention
that nominated Asa Packer, and did
more to make that nomination than any
other ten met; thero. Whilst there he
publicly proclaimed that he would com
mit any crime, even murder, to prevent
the election of Governor Geary, He
now giyes official notice that he in
tends to carry out promise. What
an exceedingly valuable and indispens
able political leader be is- to the Dem
ocracy ! How necessary to have just
such a mau as he on hands, when a
Lehigh Valley coal dealer - is - to be made -
Governor or a, Cambria. countj poli
tician placed on the Supreme Bench,
contrary to the wishes of the people!
But is n't it time that all men who have
an interest in the preservation of law
and order, should unite in a' common
.effort to i ernsh a.party in which such
leaders as Bill McMullin are - possible I
The -Campaign.
Not qulte five weeks more remain its
which to labor for the success of our
candidate at the Oeteber-
The campaign has not been character
ized with that energy and enthusiasm
that we - cotild have wished. The Re-,
publican party of Pennsylvania for the
first time in Ile history has exhibited
little interest in its Gubernatorial con
test, and up to the present time has
shown that negligence, to say the least,
unbecoming a great party, upon the
success of whose principles so much
depends. The mission of the party,
although well performed thus far,. has
not yet been entirely acetimplished—
ibuch—yet remains to be done if we
would fulfill our pledges to the people
of this country and our assurances to
the world.
We have a ticket in the field emi
nently worthy our support—a ticket
bearing the name of one of the nation's•
noblest defenders ; for GoVernori and
the name of 'one of Pennsylvania's
honored citizens for Judge of the Su
preme Court—Gen. John W. Geary
and Hon. Henry L. Williams The
•names and-personal worth of both these
gentlemen should inspire every Re
publican in the Commonwealth to Work
for their success, to say nothing about
the great principles of the party which
underlie the foundation of our whole
system of zovernment, and which are
again on trial in this contest now. going
on in our great State. If we would
have this system uptirned, if we would
surrender every principle for which a
quarter of a million of Pennsyliania's
sons perilled their lives upon every
battle field of the South ; we have only
to effort this lethargic spirit to continue
in our ranks, and, our word for it, the
,control cf mg affairs of btate'will pass
over into the handy of the. Copperhead
party of treason, just so sure as the
sun of the second Tuesday of October
,
.tihines upon us.
We call upon the Republicans of
Cumberland county . to wake up to a .
sense of their duty at this time; kin:
die' the watch fires upon all the moun
tains and through the rich valleys of
our good old Commonwealth ;, organize
their dribs ; buckle on their fighting
armor, and be prepared to 'meet the old
Copperhead , party of .treason at the
- October polls ' Wo" have met and
defeated the•same common , enemy•be-_
fore and under more unfavorable cir;•
cumetanceii ;. there is 'no reason why
we should. not - do it again, _with our
principleli.the same, and with the names
:of Geary and Williams inscribed upon
our banners.:•liet every Itainibllian
in Cumberland feel that be has a flut7
to performigend-tbat-Imoust not ne
glect ikanother day.. •_
Packer's' place of residence is, we
lire happy to know, at last ascertained.
In reply to the question " Where a9A,
Packer Hirai" the Caroyil, rigmocray
answers, proMptly c- •
'(se lives in the shrill scream of the'
iron horse, as it threads , the steep.as
cent .of our mountains,. and rushes.
through. our valleys, carrying , to the'
markets of the 'World' the'rich products.
of our inethaustible mines, nutdo: 4 o
cessible by his lieservingenergy?'
'That is' a rather: unusual ; ' place of
- reSidenne, hitt we, presume .Asa chop
it, to.keepclear.of the tax Collectors.
*óllTO c l e
The Maine Election.
The . . election iu • Maine has resulted
ictory.'_Although:
the,.teniperance party ran a separate'
ticket.which took off several thousand.
of our votes; we 'elsoted a Governor
t 2000 iuLli t il.ol.!ty add 4 ,
lature in' which becuocratio Members'
are by 210 means numerous.- Of - conrse
we shall have the arithmetic men of
the Dant:ma:tie party out 'in force to
hiciie up' the loss ~er cent
publican vote and_the" gain ,per, cent,
on the. Democratic vote, with 'a very
lucid demonstration, that' by similar
voting'-in Pennsylvania they shall
. • •,
carry the State every time, an-election
4omes . off. ihere is nothing that the
Democratic politicians are so expert
.in explaining away their defeat,
for the, very obvious reascm,that they
have so frequent chimes to' practice it.
/MEI
Mr. Pendleton,. in his letter of as
ceptanee, concludes thud: ." Of the
result in October" we , need love no
fear." Of course not. LWhy should
they ? The Ohio Democracy have
been whipped 'so often, that they haVe
got used to it—don't fear it at all.
In the Montour and ColUmbia Sen
atorial District ; the DeriMeracy have
quite, a fight over the nomination for
Senator. The convention split, ono
fragment nominating Hon. C• It. Buck
alew; formerly_ U.-S.-Senator, and, the
other Mr. Chalfant, a former represen=
tative' at Harrisburg ,from Montour.
Both parties are obstinate and there is
little hope of a compromise.. If our
Republican figends'are active and pru
dent, neither Buckalew nor Chalfant
need go to Harrisburg. next winter.
The Fifteenth Amendment
A carefully prepared list Mall the
States gives the following statue of the
Fifteenth Amendment. to the Consti-
tution.
Alabama—No action yet taken. • •
- Arkansas—Ratified March 15, 1869.
California—No action yet, taken.'
Connecticut—Ratified May 13,1869.
Delaware—Rejected March 18, 1869.
Florida—Ratified Jure 15. 1869.
Georgia—Rejected March 17,1869:
*lllinois—Ratified March 5, 1869.
*lndiana—Ratified May 14, 1869.
lowa—No uctionyet taken.
*Kansas—Rutin:26 February 21, 1867.
Kentucky—No action yet taken.
Louisiana— Nitrified March 1, 1869.
Maine—Ratified March 11, 1869.
Maryland—No action yet' taken.
Massachusetts—Ratified March 12, 1869.
Michigan—Ratified March 4,-1869.
M in nesoity—No — a - 841 - dirpt — taken.
action yet take .
*Missourt—Ratified March 2, 1869.
Nebraska—No action yet taken.
*Nevada—Ratified March 4, 1t:69.
*New Hampshire—Ratified July 1, 1869
New Jersey—No action yet taken.
*Now York—Rattfled April 16;1,869.
North Carolina—Ratified March 6, 1869
Ohio—Rejected .by Senate April 30, 1869
Oregon—No action yet-taken. -----
Pennsylvania—Ratified March 25,.1869.
Rhode Islandr--Senate ratified May '69
South Carolina—Ratified Mara 13; '69.
Tennessee—No action yet taken.
Texas—No action yet taken. •
VermoTit—No action yet taken.
Virginia—No action yet taken.
West Virgibia—Ratified March 3, 1869.
Wisconsin—Ratified March 5, 1869.
.No notica'yetilltd at Washington.
Of the foregoing States given -as
having ratified, there is a doubt as to
the legal form of ratification in Indi
ana and Rhode Island., With these,
there would be twenty ratifying States
and without them eighteen.
The St. Louis Republican says_ Gov.
Geary has responded to the, request of
the committee ou the removal of the
capitol for appointtnent,of delegates to
tee ensuing convention on that subject,
by informing them that lieiEL not for
removing•the capitol before the nation
al debt is paid. Ho therefore deblines
to appoint delegates.
Lz Ts
A KOTA territory will soon be knock
ing at the door of the Union. Villages
aresaid to be springing up there rapidly.
More than 5.000 persona have emigrated
to the territory thin Summer. The
present population is reckoned at 2.0
000, and 47,000
. aeres• of land have
been taken up under the humeste . ad
and - preemption laws by the aatuiil
settlers.
Who Can Ten?
Asa Packer has been in the State Legis
lature and in the National Congress. The
people desire to know what ho did in
either of these positions to - benefit the
State or the nation, or.to distinguish him
self as a statesman, so as to entitle him
to the office of Governor of Pennsylvania.
Who can. tell
Ballets.atitl Ballots.
In 1863 Penney'van* was invaded
from the South by the rebel General
Leo, who came to pillage and 'destroy
our property and subvert our govern : .
ment. He was met by loyal,rnen and
driven back in disgrace.— ' -
Peitififylvania is- again invaded in
1869, by a rebel from the Nortli.
He comes with the same principles and.,
With the same bti junta as did Lee.
Lee came with arms and ammunition,
to force eubmisaion. Packer comes
with the, demoralizing and corrupting
influence of nioney.
Loyal bullets cl . rovo Leo frock the
Cominonwealth he invaded. Loyal
ballots will do the work for Packer.,
We copy, without ebarge,
vertinement of as New York Citizen,
a Democratic print ? calling 1 for some
sort of It national pfaifOrth of, Demo
,eratie 'The publlenonsid
,
oration is solicited.__Saya the :
,hear nothing as to, whatore
Democratic principles at.present. Oop
perheadisra was ulailure, and died the
death it, so richly deserved ; • the pro
posal to pay our debt M. greenbacks
has , been repudiated by the nation ;
the everlasting colored gentleman has
seenied all the rights ho knows -101 d
to-do with, 'few morel :the wo
man'S suffrage monument has,tuot the
dignity of "a party m9asitro, t ,'; Nome
yaoy min a state of °bads.. Wo:natitto;
undue the-irrevocable ;if,hits nothing
to offer alt an incetttivoo persistence.
.Oarifiet (somebody find us a few prin-t
' A new' arrival a l tSweetioiter, *air:lllk,,
vitt *lined upon , by a gentleman fat 'Oen
, as ho bad registered hie natee,at the;botal,
~irith the ;olYor , of ,thrt, position ,of, deputy.
eherify. intfrirgag why he woe Inunh
fivoidd, he learned that. the' last ineimm.;
hent' Aerie. shot" the night. before, - and , hiet
Predeoesior on the day preceding, Hoar
Lang does a, deputy, aherlit.ilya in' those
..partar . .!..‘,94,_„a bout
PEE
Why Pa - cicer is Pop'ular,
A Democratic cotemporar,7 under
;ALikear thairuitleaa_taalci4=ehOWing:-
‘ , why Packer ie popular." l in our
judgment lie - ek'eald ; have prefaced thq
article with seme.,yeasone,:or..naked= l
actatt. tuj.
But let that pass: !.The "why,",as he
states itis I.st: "He - aims - at truth - al
ways and will only . sanction honest.
means to reach it." Did he "Ott at
truth", When he;ketutned to the 'asses
sora,of. ,the United Skates for internal
taxes ono gold watch and, some silver
plate, arnonnting.only. $8 9,, and
did he consider this. fraudulent return
an "honest ineans" of "Sailing money I
The "truth? and.'"honesty " of Mr.
Packer in this transaction ttre not ap
parent to Us: Second, it All his acts
are the result of mature delibeiation."
Then cheating the "State and! National
GOvernments out of taxes which he
justly owed them, was a aelibeit3te act
on his part. How can wo reconcile
'such deliberate fraud with "truth" and
"honesty I" We think our Dem
ocratic cotemporary 'has utterly fail
ed in establishing 'Asa Packer's char
acter " truth " and ,‘ honesty,"
and therefore be has given no rea
son " why he is popular." It is an
insult to , the honest and enlightened
voters of Pennsylvania to 'claim popu
larity for a man, who has never im
proved the opportunities he had to
show his capacity for public duties ;
who has " deliberately," by dishonor
able mean's avoided the, payment of
taxes, and whose nomination was pro
cured by the corrupt use of money sup
posed to have been furnished by him
relf for , that purpoie. No, it is not
possible that the candidate of Brick
Pomeroy, Bill Careen and'
others of the same stamp, can be pop
ular with the people of Pennsylvania.
Wessubitit the matter to the final juilg ,
meet of the balloi box.
By the latest story from the Avoq-„
dale coal mine it is represented that
mines are always in a state of con
spiracy against society, fielding them
selves iu readiness to combine that
consumers may not get coal too cheap
ly. But, the Welsh miners are an ex
ception, and these mainly were elm ;
ployed iu the Avondale mine ; and'
because of their indisposition to join
in the general conepitacy it is 'darkly
hinted -that they -w'ere- -- made --- the -vic
tims of the revenge of the other miners.
In the full knowledge and understand
ing of the horrors of this event it seems
quite incredible that men could de
liberately prepare it. Although it is
true that; when men" are thinking of
revenge they do not regard results
from a humane or philanthropic point
of view, yet we Nie_ not willing to be
lieve that there is any foundation what
ever for this story, or that, it, can be
other than an atrocious cakimny on the
miners.
'The lowa_ Democratic Convention
had the good sense to table a resolu
tion pledging them to oppose the XVth.
Article. The Wisconsin Democracy
have since taken a position of equal
significance, They " rejoice' in' the
extinction of slavery, in every well
directed effort for the enlightenment
and elevation of oppressed humanity,
at home and abroad; to broaden the
baseg of 'suffrage and extend the bless
ings of free institutions to all people,"
etc. Our Pennsylvania Democrats
would kick those fellows out of the
parff, if they, hio,them at Harrisburg,
Military.
A general court martial is now in Bei) ;
Oen at Fqrt Belden. Detail fur thOcourt:
Capt: Gerard Russell, Capt. Alexander
Sutorious, First Lieut. L. L. O'Connor,
First Lieut. Henry Ayres, Asst. Surgeon
C. Styer, Second Lieut. Oscar Elting,
Second Limit. A. Sydney Smith, Second
Lieut. John 0: Graliam, Judge Advocate..
The cow is wh..lly comnrieed of officers
of the Third United States - Cavelr.y,
llty order of General Aueur, command
ing the department of the Platte, the cav
airy and infantry at Omaha, on route for
Montana, wisl be organized into a battal.
ion, to be - commanded by Brevet Lieut.
Cola W. G. Rankin, captain in the Thir
teenth Infantry. Thu battalion is to ,be
armed and equipped, with thirty-fire
days' supplies, before leaving the lino of
the Pacific Railroad.
Company B, Forty-flirt United States
Infantry, noir at Port Davis Texas, was
ordered, July 19, to,Fort 'Liss, to relieve
the present'garrison of the post, Compa
nies A and Y., Thirty-fifth Infantry; on
being relieved,. will report to, Brevet Brig.
Gen. U. L. Shepherd, colonel .command
ing ifteenth Infantry, on route to New
► , ...e ' co. Company (1, Tenth H. S. In
fantry, was ordered July 23, to take post
at Helena, Texas.. The post of 'lndianola,
Texas, is discontinued, and the counties of
Calhoun and Refugio are transferred, to
the, poet of Helena.. 0
Tito felloiring persons have been nom
in'ated forCongKess In
: Mississippi:: ,J.
L. Wofford, first district ; • Judge Wil
liam Kellogg, late. member, of Congress
from Illinois,
second district James
W. .Fields, third ,district; , Terry S.
Bro4n, fifth district. The nomination
for the fourth • district is posponed: •
National Union ,Republican 'party expfess
'tam confident belief that this , ticket will
carry the State. , , ,
Three men of distirietiosi is our national
affairs were lying unburied at the *same
bour'rbut-what-difforent ages.seem to be
brought together in the several histories
of Fessanden,.Rawlins , and John Doll 'I
Eon. Edwin M. Stanton Is at
.Laneas
ter,. Mese, with his- family. Hie health
has somewhat improved,
.but. it mill be
some dine bolero ho-returns-,to his - horne
at Washington, hls physicians' advising
Abet -he' will. rernalti away 'a feis , • weeks
longer. ..i‘ '
drllonor XVIII.' find' 2t.llC,;,itist
issued , by , the quarter I.laetor Gefieral,•
embody . .the, reeurkof the interment. of
40,843 Union soldiers, in the carious . Na
tional Cemeteries: ; Of, these, the, ePees, of
11,630 were.ttnlcnown: Thototal number
of intormentls repertod in all these:records
is now swelled to about 193,000, of whom
73,000 , beve not been identified, It is sup:,
posed that there remain, to be similarly
recorded, the interments of about 112,000
"more, an aggregate in all of dyer-100,000
df the -Union - dad, II sad reeord;'Which
should yet balkirsoly Wormed, to ,em
.braco" the 'cool plate baor balky tbe
Great Itoboklion.,• „(..„,
Senator Idorton's speech-has had a hip
py effoet ulion ;*thieltizene:. of ',Pittsburg.
Of it the CommVicia/aaire: '
Vhen , (liij Rally 'which id'a Very largli
'ane;• overflows from . .the start; you.
couritfor q certaitity on,things t in, general.
rising tO 4 .1210 - . eater tnark..
O'Vertotied
decidedly. *Th0 , 066018 (Arno *talent tug
ingand wen tiaway,flsed.as t o (help po
litic/it' al4ipn. opisCh` or 'Senator
:hi 6 i•iCtit Wks liiiii"lly'anifed follie'tideitif
and ttiAtio•!pasi..tolwbiOh - 'We have'vatrlved
in oor. history. toad will;ezett ansextensiVo
infinetfae. The mcatirm,possvisad sta:NnLt
*1:0 ,
ol! gan ee l istd,,,lt/IlitYl:ii 3 orill
14 A
Hi:n . (4llide kdoW ft f „ ‘' '
ECM
General 'Tokir. es
The.health of Napoleon. seems to•hs reA
-alkiruproving,,though:tho-kuarded - -, - .71:-
turn of -the information given, loaves us.
still in doubt as to.lihi real condition. His
strength is said tO , bei increasin'g and his
pain to have lessened.. He has also signed
some decrees but is not after till -able to
go out
Alaska has a flourishing Fenian circle.
Springfield, 111., is to have a now capi
tol, to coot $3,0000 0 0.
- .
' It isamd that Phil. Sheridan is to mar
ry Mies Bessie °hoover, of Boston. ~
-The' Duke of Genoa is urged, for, too
ls — sitid hie ChitiCes.
are the best..
A' Frenchman has invented a reporting
machine, which prints a speech as it is d©-
livered.;, ti• t . "
A wealthy Guinan merchant in Indian*
hos, insured his life for The henolit of; the
poor Of town: • • • •
Minnesota has a new threshing machine
which• threshes fourteen . bushelsrot 'wheat
in six minutes. ' -
A baby or eight weeks has spent some
thing 'More than a quartor of his oils
ton e in crossing the continent.
Two MOP in•• a Chicago boot and shoe
paanuractory ?made. a, :dozen pairs, of
shoes in four hours and live minutes.
An exchange thinks it is pretty evident
the.champlan liar of- the world has gone
into the business of telegraphing. .
. The Hornnllsville Times rep ots to learn
that the wild maa of Woodhull, after
climbing the lofty pine, finally succeeded
in pulling the tree,up afterhim and disap
peared.
Half a million bushels of barley were•
imported from Canada last year to make
lager with. ,
Carlotta Patti will 'return to the Uni
ted Stales with the snug little fortune of
0,000,000 francs, •
There was a funny scone at the Holli
day street theatre,
in Baltimore, last week.
The'Operetta "A Rainy Day" wira per
forming; and the mimic rain behind the
scenes was well managed. In the Midst,
of-it real rain began to descend through a
ventilator in the dome, and sprinkled the
oecupaiiti'rf the Orchestra 'chairs and the
musicians, and wet the front of the stage.
There were several umbrellas raised
among the audience, amid the moot-de
monstrative cheers and the laughter ,Mull
who ‘yitnessed thew:ono.
Hon. John Bell, of Totinessoo, ox-mem
ber of both hou,es of Congress, Beeretary
of' War under President Harrison and
candidate for the Presidency in 1800 idled
in Nashville on Friday last. ° I! _
The-Cuban—J-unta-of New-- -Yurlehaye
subscribed $20.000, in bonds of the Re-,
public, towards the relief fund. for the
lumily of the late 6011. John A. Rawlins.
•
o
The Parepa Rosa Rnglish opera trr upe
opened the season at the Theater Fran
caise, New York 4 last Saturday evening.
Lady Emily Mary Paltnerston, relict
the late Lord P., died on the seventh inst.
in London. The marriage being without
issue, the title has expired.
The Cuban troops, it. is written, are
highly jubilhnE ovv, the recent Victories
at Puerto Principe, Sagua. la Grande, and
-Las Tumas-.--The Spanish temperature is
correspondingly .depressed.
A carillon of 43 bells, on St. Joseph's
Cathedral in Buffalo, was performed
upon 'for' the first time on Sunday. t
It is alleged that the Avondale Pe was
the work of an incendiary.
The receipts of internal revenue, on
Thursday, amounted to nearlya nstllion
.
of dollars,
•
One hundred and three thousand and•lluer
hundred dollars were received at Washing;
ton, on Thursday, from New York, in frac -
Lionel Currency.
The brother. in-law of Governor Oglesby
was killed in Chicago; on Thursday, by a
runaway learn.
The man who threw the first Stone in
the streets of Baltimore, at the old Massa
chuaotta Sixth,• is living in Lafayette, In
diana, in straightened circumstances.
One grain of wheat planted in the Boise
'Taney, Idaho, has produced one hundred
and twenty stalks, with thirty grains on
each.
The Hon. William A. Howard has de
clined the Mission to China, and another
person will be named for tho post in a few
days. r i
•
One hundred and sixty-eight thousand
and sixty-four migrants have arrived at
the post of New York this year ..to date,
an increase of 84,000 compared with the
correspunding-period of last year.
The public debt statement for, Septem
ber 1 shows a totta,l less cash, sinking
fund and purchased bpnde in the Treasu
ry of $2,476,9t1,501—a decrease since Au
gust 1 of $6,604,234, and a decrease
since March 1 of $40,600,758.
The Treasury warrants issued during
August, to meet the expanses of the Gov
ernment. aggregated. $20,788,351. This
does not include paymects on account of
the public debt.
The gross receipts of cotton at-Now
Orleans during the past year have been .
841,216 bales, and the exports 842,405
bales, of Which 6191534' were to foreign
ports.
The art of making glass *as introduced
into. England as early as,„ the yam. A. 11.
993. Glass windows were not introduced
into farm houses in England much heforty
thc reign of James I, They are mentioned
in a lease of 1510, ins pariah in Suffolk.,
- On-Sunday last the fare over the Pacific
'Railroad from Chicago to San Francisco
wee. reduced to $l3O, it reduction of $23,
The emigrant faro is reduced to $OO. .
The late Rohry is said to have loft
$2,000,000 of the stock ot a single railroad,
with advice to keep 1. us tho beat perpetual
investment for lite !now: It is under-
Mood that not less than $8,000,000 more
are disposdd.of in hi 4 will.
„Judah P. Benjamin, late ~of the
Confederate Cabinet; but now of Englthul,
has, aftor two years' appenrance nt the
British bar, been make Queen's counsel,
an honor almost without , precedent in the
pronatitude of its bestowal. /isjdo from
. making him senior counsel in whatever
case ho maybe employed, the promotion
-wilLconsidorably add - to.bur-emolumonts:
• neor g o Peabody stated recently, to a
Ncw York reporter, that ho had given
away,, altogether, $7,00,000. He liret
pad) his family rich'by securing, to the
mombers thereof, $1,60%000. His gift to
tho Peabody , Institute, to Baltimero, was
$1,000,000. Ho preserited something like
$1;400,000 to'tho !Aniyersition of Harvard
'and Yalo, and to inetitutiOnsin
'Danvers, and oltiewbere.• Ho presented 'in
the South $1,000,000 in cash, and $l,OOO,
goo gissitisippi sfx percent bonds,',' which "
said Ur. Peabody; • " will eventually be
good".
___'Pol~tttca~__2Eam~._'_.~-
Tho ,Republicans. of Lancaster' county
have selected Andrew S. - Kauffman,etq.,
Of Coltinibia, as the Chairman of the now
County Committee. Mr: Kauffman is an
active, energetic Republican, and under
his.direction Lancaster will certainly giro
one' of her • veil , largee,t . majorities for
tfeary and Williams.
Vermont, as Mid, gave the Republican's
a complete ;triumph; last twook4 Wash
hurno was elected Governor by over 20,000
majoritT,, with a iileuate unantrprniqy Ru
m0,10119;104 theilibuse Ma;rly SO./ 'Von:
moot must be h . good plaee develop
patience •nk faith Democratic
The city elections in Wilmington, Dot.
snyai.6, resulted' id the - elfolao of a Bepub
lictin Major and a Republican majority
do theceity oounoils. 2 • '
. .
Lancaster county:4 , lll.bn rept.' esentad
the Senate nust Winter ,hy Hon.,Bline
Bellingfelt nad John B. W trial. and in
the House. by Mossrs. godsbwlk,Reinolht l
Herr and Wiley. Our Mends therd-havo
made atmostfortunato'solection of condi'.
dates.
- ginookit says there, is a marked dif.
(arenas betweea birds. and I , rometi. As
an ilinetratiois of this; he. cites the fact
that a bit of .looking: glass
.on a fruit
tree will frighten away every bird.that
- appt'osebei thp oanicrartli,le
Wealdattraet_More7..fairihnes_ililuf 4
10.4 a 9f,olkorrim—: I.
• COramunibayoli
Egiior.of the Carlisle - Herald
-Sts t Do_youu =knoll that we babe a=
orticultural SociotSr in our live.town 1 If
you right—if not, you ought to,
' About the first of June, 1868, k few on
dOrrizing-fruit growers met and organized.
this society In ton days thereafter an'
ition , was nold ' ".Franlti•
-utbittonwas hold in our _ .....-aii
Hall.!' The display of strawberries and,
other fruits,Jogetherwith vegetables, fan:
cy articles and curiosities, was truly aston
ishing. The members felt encouraged, and
immediatelfdetermined to hold a ball ex
hibition, which took place the latter parr
of September. This, far
_exceeded the
Spring exhibition. The season had not
been vary • favorable • for the • growth of
fruit, yet the display was very respectable ;
,that of grapes stiperior. But'-the vegeta
ble department surprised all the visitors'
As for potatoes, I have never seep tis 'Lino
a display. I was, at the State Fair, enei
also at the Courity.Fair, - but - neither bO`fik
a comparison, either in varieties or quality..
The reason is, because the ,quantity re
quired is but one-eighth of it - bushel. T is
at once gives the owneeef -a small, garde•
an equal chance with. the man of„acrei.
Last Spring the diaplay.of articles was
greatly in eevance of the former Spring
exhibition. Franklin, York, Dauphin.
and other - counties were 'represented..
On the twenty-second 4ns : is, the Fall
exhibitio _will commence, and continue
three da a and nights. The members
have all the necessary arrangements com
pleted, soil , the season having boon 'tn..'
vorable, it 4,,, 'expected ther;this exbi•
'bition will far exceed any former one.
I can assure you, ,the society is made
up of live men—Men. who are, pizactical,
and Who really feel that they are engaged
in a good work. Alimthly meetings aro
held regularly, various topics - discussed,
fruit and vegetables exhibited, and a more
pleasant time you can scarcely imagine.
It is called the Cumberland County Dont
cultural Society. As yet, the contributors
have been chiefly from' the lower end of
the county, and theodjoining townships_
of York and Dauphin counties.
Heretofore -the exhibitions havenli been
held here. It may ho possible that if a
Sufficient amount of interest should be
manifeated throughout the county, it might
become a traveling machine-, and reach
Carlisler - Ntvwvilit - . - Sliipperisburg, `Sc.
It is proposed- that the society exhibit,
in its own name, at your next county fair,
i such articles of horticulture as they may
' posiess. If it does, yeti may leek for a
respectable display. Almost every men
I who comes to town is asked via/1 1 / 4 11g ,lin
has good grapes, apples, &c., &c., end if
so. he is urged to bring them to the exhi
bition. For the , pi] rpm of nnetir.iging
the introduction 01 new fruits and vege
tables, the souioty proposes to pu relfase
seed, prepagate plants, and male g maid
totA distribution among its in 1,11)1g.ri... .
.. 1 witnt you to conic down some then
during the exhibition and see for yourself.
I am told „that a basket of =good grapes is
to be hold in:reservation fors rangers. So
if you do nCt know our Secrets ry, jp'st Fay
grapes, and yoU are in for Whesch. '
I ' rureasclrcllL en.
OBITUARI
Rev. E. F. Thomas
Rev. E. H. Thomas, editor and publish:,
or of the Church Advocate, died at his res..
idence on Saturday. The Advocate is- the
organ of that body of Christians, which
follosn.ilie teachings of Rev. John Wirt e
brEmnorroriginally-n. Minister of the - Ger=
man- Reformed Church, who separated
from that denomination about the year
1830, while stationed at Harrbsburg, and
formed a Separate ecclesiastical body.
which
_he styled the Church of God,"
This denomination has rapidly increased.
In 1830 it comprised but three or four
small congt ogations in the centre of renn-,
sylvania. fio'w- it has its churches and
congregations In almost every State in the
Unit m, and is Mill actively progressing..
Elder Themes, whose death we record
with regret, was ono of the ablest and most
prominent ministers connected Kith .the•
organization. As the editor and publish
er-of the Advocate, he exercised'grent in
fluence over tLe body of Christians. with
.which he was so long and so _closely con,
no,cted.. In 1829 ho left 'the Methodist
Protestant Church, On account of differ
ence of views's:in 4 , the subject of human
creeds, human church tit es, and the ordi
nance of baptism." In 1830 ho'bebarne as
sociated with John Winebrenner, and an
active coworker with him in his new
church enterprise. to 1835 his dame first
appeared upon the JournalS of Eldership
though ho had been recognized by the
church for several years before that as
valued and faithful coworker. In 1837 he
'was regularly licensed as a Minister, and
received an,, appointment. In 1839 he was
given charge of a Circuit, embracing parts
of Lancastttr, Lebanon and Dauphin con n •
ties. Frdm that time he continued in the
' active work of the ministry, preaching
with ability and suet ess, sometimes every
day in the week, until the spring of 1867,
when tailing health.compelled hint to de
sist from pulpit labor. He still mniutain
ed his connection with the Church AdiV
cote, however, doing most, of the editorial
labor until a short Onto ago. Under his
chisrgn the Advocate has been enlarged end
improved,-Until ft is now u very efficient
and handsome paper. Elder Tlynnas pub
lished, in connection with the Ad cocatecu
Sunday School paper called ‘' The dun,"
a very neat little sheet well adopted to the
uses fur which it was designed.
Thu-deceased commanded the respect of
of all classes of people in this city. Be
was a man of unquestioned piety, dignified
in his manners, a good citizen, and Much
loved and revered by..the members of his
own (dumb. In him that oenomination
has lust one of its ablest and meat promi
nent ministers. _lle died in the full as
surance of a blissful immortality, with
consciousness that his work in life had
been well done."
The Ntevs Flgaling Battery
In the year 1840 Edwin Stevens a prom
- inent and wealthy citizen of Hoboken con
ceived the idea of building at his own ex
pense an Won clad floating battery. capable
of resisting the attack of ordinary float.
With this objeut in view 110 consulted some
of the most experienced and widely known
engineers in the country, and id the latter
part of theyear 1840 the work on the marina
monster wits-commenCed. The keel was
laid at the present yards in Hoboken, and
secresy• was enjoined upon the 'engineers
and w flitinin not todivulg,o the object of
their employment, The buttery et first
. was intended to - be only 150 feet in length
with an iron plating of one and a if
inches in thickness all over ; the arma
ment 17a5 to, have_ been_cernclosed_oLtilii,
guns, five on a broadside, each throwing
a wild shot of 100 , pounds, considered at.
thaeday to be enormous.
The work' progressed until the begin
nipg of itO late war, but only ten men
wore engaged by the managers, and they
simply , to keep watch and. Ward over the
unwieldy looking muss of iron and wood.
1m,1802, however, the near 'hnproach 'of
tiro rebel ..'Alabames," and the'inisere.'
filo condition of the wooden navy, lent
neiv•life to the enterprise, and additionlit
workmen were immediately sot 'to \fork
on:ffie vessel, whioh, up to that time, bier
involved an expense of $6,000,000 to Mr.
Stevens, The work steadily , progressea tine.
der theold_ plena, but the navel battle be
twoon.tho Monitor and Merrimac,_ in _ the
Reads; brought *tut a rovelu
,tinvi In the Uotistruction of, iron. elude, and
the plans were revised ; the iron cheating
was torn off, and plates'of two and
,a quer
.* iriohos.in,thickness w,e'reaubstitu,4ed i .66
Mot •hdde&to its length, and - the battery
which she'Vnis at first intondOd 'to diirry
was decreased to live guns
,instead of ten
—they to•bo- oft the. fifteen 'inch_ pattern
•Numerous officers connected with the ma,
vies' of ..ii;nglited 'and France
applied for •ndmitinnew, the original ;pro',
•I;Va.iiinet being carried out to the letter. , , '
Since the close 'of the war the work wee
agairminspendad, but. General McHlellen,
white in' Europe, wan offered the' pOsition
of phi* . engineer in itseonitruatl'o'n by the.
bairn-of Mr. Stevens, atii Baldry of VlO,OOO,
which be accepted,
.and upon taking hie
potitiOn'it was again decided to make soVt,
oral , iiiiportunt , alterationg . Ono hundred
and 'eighty Then are at :present; employed
atrworit,•and when completed; which will
be'during the year 'lB7l, the battery' wilt ,
bel3ne of the most formidable engines of :
naval werfure 'afloat. .-Theso • who, have,
visited 'the iron pings of Russik;;lCfiglandi
and other European-mittens,. and have exf..
ahrfined the pfurnis 'Of this' meneter, : state
thatit can copeAvith ease with .ah entire
•fliset; The name, tvlifeliA. '4'o; beef •Inia
not pit been decided: :-Weep complet4d
• It will be forniallY.,pioiehted 'to the Atate
.of Novi , jorsoy,. ' ~••,.,;•: ~•,, •; .
, Post will' be
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lugs.io_ttecommodat4 ttuiaoattdildipopot# 7
'ket trok diiitilli9o/
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EPORM,P,D
tieivies by- the F. lioffrnan, or
next Sabbath at 11 'o!elock . i''..A;
mive . ri - 9'clock,. P. 'AI: , .
Wes\ wuleCall the attentic
renders tbtheadvertisetet hose!,
ns;ss Chance:" our
Abe busiriei,. we can
iladueements are presented'
prolltable inyegtment:
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LA ROE APPLES.—Mr.,
of-Shutt bliddloton:Townsl,
that ho has a treo of Winter .
how meashro 7.B3inches in bin
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and nrieTsttll growing; , Can 1,
fruit raisers beat them 1
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The proprietors of - The. Vol. •
havb removed, tho office to their Ilarxisorij r
now building, opposite the' rdarkstArb or i
it will permanently remain. 41,1 1- itini
edngratullito onr,cotemperary oi"
stantial evidence at flourishing.bus.--,
COM
It is popularly supposed that the
loudly announced comet is , 4 too thin "to
be seen. •
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To-day is the seventh anniversary
of the battle of Antietam.
We always feel an interest in tho
welfare of the ladies, and are pained to see '
so many looking pale, languid and un
healthy. We aro satisfied this . might bo
remedied it they would only use the Con
stitution Bitters. They woulcisoon bring
the_bloom of health.to your cheeks, if used
according to directions.
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The Young Men'a
elation hold open air meetingslu Harris
burg.
The interest taken in camp-meetings
by the people of this vicinity was Illus
trated lost Sunday by the multattulf who
attended LIM camp meeting of our colUred
Christians near Kinestnn, The meeting
eMiiinues.this weal: and will close on Sab-
bath evening
The State Fair—will—commence a
week from next Tuesday, at Harrisburg,
and continue four days. It promises to
be the largest ever held, the entries thus
far exceeding those of any previous year.
The grounds ,have been improved, the
floral hal4 and ladies' department prepared
in the best style, and .a new siding acd
platform constructed to facilitate the un
loading of articles for exhibition.
"Bossy' Wetzel, our genial neigh.
hot.; who knows holy to keep a hotel, had
on hand'soma driatade eider a day or
two ernes, as rank and file of this office
will teiltiiy. Ilere'n to bin goofiltallth
l'rof. Koontzs' readings last Friday
evening,.Wero 4ttentivaly listened to by.n
select and ai preeiarive; audience. Sex
oral selections rand with unusuni effect
were freely npplhuded. The 'expectations
of the hearers wrsre evidently fulfilled.
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•It is a matter of common remark thtit .
the eartisc , Band exhitilta'-marked im
provement sines coin menefi*lheir Satur
day tvea i n g concerts _ 'at . t,W4ol,ltigik
grounds. To sub your friendsi-ViitOlie'
fresh airs from the pagoda, andit.4:ia o .° 'f",
-thc savage breast, go there to;u:i00-‘ . : "..-
reedy after nightfall. .
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.
-- Tile =Empire nooleand Lairs
,e' 4 ! it -
pony will hold their Fair in.B.bepinl iill
(luring ti a week - of the Ag,ricultnnalTalt.L.
The proceeds wilt lie appropriated to' th e
'liquidation of the truck house d'obt. Tlie
i t
committee'promise unusual attractions n
addition to the usual concomitants. lail 0
up your contributions - for the' aikofL,
energetic company !
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A TIIOT AT POINT BREIJIZE141:1
exciting race took place at Point 13 riieti
Phi ndelphia, on Thursday afternoon, :Wt..
tweet' Lady Thorn, Goldsmith Maid, and
American Girl, for a purse Of $2,500. -An
immense crowd of spectators wore plosent.
Lally Thorn was the favoritton'd 1 ets of
two to one word freely offered in her . fa
vor. They found ready takers, as the
time of Goldsmith Maid at, Buffalo made •
for hers host of ft tends and backers. Lady
Thorn won in three 'straight heats in '
2,211. 2,191 and 2,24. Goldsmith Maid
was second on the two first heats, and .
,Imoriern Girl second on third heat.
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FALL TRADE.—FaII and Winter
trade is 'boot opening; our crops have
been abundant; this will put money into
circulation, and the people Will he enabled
to make purchases of what their necessities
nod comfort may dictate, Merchant!, too,
should be wide awake. Your stocks are
large, and goods cheap, hut the people may
not be inference of what you offer. This
information can be given
,through Tux
Ilintstsi cheaper and In* thoroughly
than by any other means. 'Thousands of
people read it weekly; it 'goes into the
best;littnilias ; Just the customer: you want.
Advertising pilYs a big profit, If well done.
'Advertise through the best median: and
you will make it pay.
The County horticultural
Society will exhibit, in Re'positoryllell,
Oliamhorsburg, on. Friday, the twenty-fifth
of OW month. Wis understand the display
ja.ON peO ATOM Jarge,__,Citizenl
adjoining 'counties aro invited to place
Fruits and Flowers on exhil;ffion•7 7— •
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Brqvot.Major dawn] lb B. Marcy,
Inspector General of tho IT. S. Army,
inspected the Post at'enrlislO Ditkitcks on
Tuesday last.
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• We would,oall' the attentibo "our
renders to tho advertisement' 4 . tho . sale
of thd real estate 'Of' , .iiindb.E6mirilitn, 4 9 -
ceased,
,by Stuniiel.Dil,lid•, 'sr., attorney:in
~ 1 10 t for the Widow and 'heirs. To be found
under the'lieed " Now Advertisements."
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THE ...IRON. r
, Lidintninges lop, .
tienl bußliriii edticiitta,„ . ,,
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in,tlio United States.:: ~.,: :4;i;t1 Firab
44, 10 '
4t pe
Atli paitteulitizi ' neerhipk:epte acitabl',Aith
ho obtained o e /add reasing the ptincipels
Smite 6:i Cji ley,. Pittsburg, Pa:
OEM
It matte 'tot
o lnitii many newspa
pers a ppm talscs,.his . , list js
Witlnint: hie lloynn paper., .4, t hat . paper is
not Just such ns ho I.nulcl wish ho, should
'fool thntTiimeolf and 'rioighhorParo rospon.',
siblo, in a neasuil,lftir :shorteotriings.
e•eit". - fiajier a ,liberalsupeort, an active
, mpathy, and it will instan'tly respond
ch ninnifestntiona.:'LoP. 'feel
that, his, (ifforid are apiwcointod, arid ho is
the niost'rei'ponaiblo boineicii''iartii; his
paper being a part ofliitnitelf'll4 ions "so'n- •
sitive to ,praise or , ceniurOis a doting
father, , . , Nothing bad r supply - th'e place of
d'.hOine,papor^i ,- 11 * .is the mirror in which
the town and' nolgligorhood nows'6 re
-0,r011.•4:11I14. 010.0?
can.! When a. need of economy compels
one' be
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