gcmocrat nnb mtiiuL M. Il.tSSO.V, CdKor & Publisher WEDNESDAY. JIE 23, U. S. M. Pettengill & Co. Advertising Agents, 37 Park Row New York, and 10 State treet, Boston, are tho authorized Agents for the "Dem ocrat & Sentinel," and the most influen tial and largest circulating Newspapers in the United States ana Canadas. They are empowered to contract for us at our LOWEST TERMS. Democratic Ticket. Assembly, CYKUS L. PERSUING, of Juhnstow n. Sheriff, JAMES MYERS, ol Ebensburg. Com missioner, ED. R. DUNN EG AN, of Clearfiild Tp. Poor Mouse Director, GEORGE ORRIS, of Richland Tp. Auditor, JOHN A. KENNEDY, of Carrolltown. COl'XTY COMJllTTKC. P. S. NOON, Chairman, George Pehuiv. J S. Mardis. Georue C i iv. anm, 1 eier miner, i i.mi C. Zahm, Peter II uber, Philip Miller. John E. McKenzie, Joseph Belie, John Durlni, David Farner, Henry Friedthoof. John Stough, Elisha Plummer. Lewis Rodders, George Gurley, John MeDermit, Simon Dunmyrr, W. A. Krise. Thos. F. MeGnunh, Jacob Fronheiser, J. F. Condon. John Ham iltoc, F. O'Friel, Michael Bohlin, V:n. C. Diver, John White, Henry Topper, Nicho las Cannan, M. J. Plott. J. V. Condou, Daniel Cnfair, Wm. McCloskey. Diniet II. Donnelly, Anthony Long, Jchn Marsh, John Ryan. Morality of (HI Atfminlxtratioii. The Divine Nazarine in giving instruc tions on the Mount of Olives, to his hear ers, told them among other beautitudes, that " Blessed were the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God." lias this doctrine become obsolete, or is it as immutable as its author? None will deny tho authenticity of the doctrine. The Dynasty at 'Washington cannot be called the children of God, they are not pace makers they are blood-thirsty in the ex treme, they have mutilated and butchered over one million of the flower of the American jieople without one single effort to terminate the slaughter. And now it is the same old song, more men, more money, and more taxes. The profligate destruction of human life has destroyed tho whole system of American labor, and left very few able-bodied men to till the soil. The wasteful extravagance of the present administration is appalling. From the days of George Washington s inansu- ! ration to the day of the inauguration of the present incumbent, there was spent something over fourteen thousand million I of dollars, and now the appropriations for this dynastv is over forty thousand mil- ! lions, according to the last om.sus, b,fore ! there was anv .W n.r-iinn ..F :. ! j " r'"-''.'i " i would take the whole of the northern pro- ! " perty, real, personal and mixed to liqui date this debt. We may Ikj toM the country is prosperous, nior-ey isplentv, so it is, but it is the hectic glow of a con sumptive patient, the sure ha.bingcr of death. Surely men will soon open their eyes to the inevitable state of things that now exists in this once free and happy land. No man but a maniac could think that this couutiy conld stand this war much longer. There are no peacemakers in this Ad ministration. Truly, they shall not be called the children of God. T heir trea son, their insanity andjwickedncss is more to be pitied than blamed, they are spell bound and controlled hy the demon of Abolitionism, and arc not free agents any more. Providence has abandoned them to their own wickedness mil r.AU. c " whom the gods wih to destroy thev fi-v.i ! make mad." The Southern Suih-s have cons,I,l,tion of our country, if the De ought for a recognition in Vam from all mocracy do 'et1 IwalcJ up, it will for a nations of Europe, but-their nationality , , is recognized hy Lincoln's leader in the House of Representatives, who .k chues 'hat the l m m of .r fathers is Kid and . never again can be revived with Lis con sent. And they still tell us we are fight ing for the Union. " Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall sec God." Are the men of this generation clean of heart who are hover ing around the public treasury watching for the drippings that fall from this great plundering machine. Those shoddy rob lers of the public treasury who are turn the blood of their fellow-citizens and the tears of the widows and orphaus into money to enrich themselves, regardless of the affliction of their unfortunate country, are certainly not clean of heart, they are wallowing in the mire of their own cor ruption, and will not relax their grip on the public treasury until they are forced from it by pome means or other. Are those Republican members of Con cress who billet their doxies on the Trea- j sury Department as clerks and get the j Govcrnmcnt t(, my thcm salaries. "Are j they pure of heart, no, Hell must be filled I with such purity of heart. ' "Thou shalt not steal." This Admin- istration is a den of thieves. They steal everything that is jwrtable, from a piano to a wooden leg. Indeed some of our Republican friends stole a gum-clastic leg in Fredericksburg, that was said to belong to a lady there, and this wanton depredator for his dexterity in thievery was shortly afterwards rewarded with a i lucrative government office. There are a J great abundance of pianos gracing the parlors of the North stolen from the South j Even the library's of the war preacher of ! the North have received large accessions from the stolen literature t Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor," that is thou shall not lie. This administration is the most being of all ages and nations. There is one other government that probably might compare with this, but it is nut of earth, and its ruler is called tho father of lies. Lincoln, Seward, Stanton and the whole fraternity of those at the head of affairs, lie as gracefully as if thoy had been brought up at the feci of his Satanic ma jesty. Hefore this unholy administration got into JMJWI.T an American gentleman j was expected to tell the truth and to tell I him he lied m his presence was generally j answered by a blow, but now the whole , country is become so degenerate that false- j hood from high places is become the order ! of the day. To look for the truth in the i Republican newspapers now, would be is j nonsensical as to look for the state of the j woather in last years almanac. So that the high-toned truthful bearing of the country is gone, perhaps never to return. This moral decay of the country is to be regretted as much as its physical. Truth, honor and public virtue has been wasted away, as well as our blood and our treas ure by this unholy government of ours. " Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not covet thv neighbors foods, nor his ox, ncr his ass nor his man-servant nor his maid-servant " &c. We lind every command in the decalogue trampled under foot by these blood-thirsty minions wtr 9 eH as they have trampled on the constitution ot our country. We suppose that this cannot be successfully "Ul "u "K m JU3l".v L 'y tU ,,loa f m,IilarJf ' P'Ca ,S a9 My anJ unteM as a"J dirtbo,ical- lt t,,at tl,e Irvine author and dis- pos-;r ot nature has hand d over this government for a season to his Satanic Majesty or that he has permitted him for a season for his own wise purposes to have an undue influence over this unfortunate dynasty. Iet us however trust that righteousness may yet reach their blind ness, and that the Lord will soon aain take the country rmder his divine protec tion, by infusing into their minds a knowledge of their iniquities and folly. The Democracy of the country will have to do their part. The country is dying by inches and if they have it not mortally wounded before the next election, we must make a grand effort to restore it, though it never can be what it was, it is like a stout athletic man who has had a violent fever, he may be restored in somo cases thouah nlmnst nl 3 cj c CtlllJ j ing some marks of tho disease linrrerinn- in ,US c0011"1'0"- So it must be in the long time have some tender points where 1 1 i -l. . . . " 80 v,,ah Ptabbed y the 'tlunist3- ' f Never quit certainty for hope. War .ew. The news from the army of the Poto mac is not very encouraging. 1 ctersDurg is not yet taken, and we don't think it will be taken. It is said by the New York Tribune that General Grant appre- ciating the great labors ot hts white anu black troops fighting by day, and en trenching by night, has added to their comfort a whisky ration. Now we don't wish to be understood as having any per sonal objection to a whisky ration if we were in the army, but we think it looks like infusing a false spirit into men to make them fight, when in sober seri ousness they would not attempt it. We see .men in bar-rooms, when they are intoxicated are very often more be ligerant than they would bo if they were confined to hard tack and water rations. On the whole Grant deserves a great deal of credit for discovering that men will fight better drunk than sober, but we think that this great discovery must be attributable to the towering genius of the President. He made a visit to Grant's army last week and of course something sublime would be the consequence. He did not even go alone but took Ins son along, and it is fair to suppose that the son will be a perfect reflex of the old gentleman in genius and talent, you can't expect him to " swap horse3 in crossing a stream. Our impression is that Grant is loosing his men and making no headway in the capture of Petersburg or Richmond. lie has now divided his forces and sent one part of them to destroy the railroads south of Richmond and has the other part of his army facing the enemy. This may be a perilous maneuvre, but let us hope for the best, Sherman's army is not in any more promising condition than Grant's. lie is kept at bay by Johnston and is in a very unenviable position. On the whole the situation of our armies north and south looks rather gloomy. Accident. George Attec, an elderly man, who was a watchman on the Penn sylvania Railroad, was killed on last Friday evening on the curve between Gal litzin and Crcsson. lie was niectin" a locomotive coming on the track where he was walking, ho stepted off to the other track and a train of cars coming the other way killed him immediately, he was badly mutilated. Within the last few years many men have been killed nearly in the same manner and in the same place. tT We call the attention of our rea ders to the card of Dr. Gardner in an other column of our paper. The Dr. is said to be well qualified in his profession, and we know him to be a gentleman in his intercourse. We have no doubt of his success in this locality, and of his giving general satisfaction. Uf. spa tcli. We received the following dispatch from the Conemaugh Division of our home army, and hasten to lay it before our readers, as its importance demands. It appears that their victory at the bridge was complete, and will go far towards the closing of the war in that locality. I Ika ihia rtkrs ok the Mountain Dk- PAUTMENT. Wilmoke, June 28, 18C4. To Major-General GUlan, Minister : Dear Sik : I have the honor to inform you that we have had a battle with the enemy, in our Department, near Racer's Kun, tne result ot which has been entire ly satisfactory. The enemy came into town in force, on Saturday" evening last, and after skirmishing for a short time, took a position on the llridge at the south end of town, and endeavored to briri" on a general engagement by calling us cop perheads and daring us to mortal combat, a challenge which we accepted, and made a charge on them and succeded in driving them to Itager's Run, where they rallied"! We charged again, and this time routed them entirely, with the loss on their part of several chip hats, suspenders, etc I regret to have to inform you that we lost two of our best men, one is wounded in the shoulder, with a knife, and the other in the arm, they are however doing well, and will be fit for service in a few days. Considering that we were outnumbered in the engagement I think it must be con considered the most glorious affair, of the war, as we routed them completely. I think we will have no farther trouble with them during this campaign. At some future time I will give vou a list of those of our command, whom I would recommend for promotion for Tai lm,i anu uici ibonous COnuUCl. I have the honor to be, General Your's Respectfully, nt and meritorious conduct. D. Regulator. Gen. Commanding. A Mammoth Enterprise. By our ad vertising columns it will be seen that the two well known establishments, Thayer & Noyes' Circus and Van Amburg &Co.'s Menagerie have effected an arrangement by which they will both travel together the present season, and exhibit in one mammoth tent for a single price of admission, forming a combination of attractions which cannot fail to draw out immense throngs of visitors wherever they may go. The Menagerie is said to include an unusualy fine collection of living beasts and birds from all parts of the world, many of which have been im ported within the last year, while all are in the beat condition. Among other rare zoo-, logical features this collection can boast of the largest lion in the country, a white Folar bear fresh from the Arctic ocean, a superb ostrich a South American hippopotamus, and monster elephant Hannibal," the largest quadruped on exhibition either in Europe or America. The Circus performances which are given at each exhibition, without extra charge, will consist of every variety of dash ing horsemanship and extraordinary athletic feats, introducing one of the largest and most taleuted troupes ever brought together in this country. A stud of horses, ponies and mules unrivalled for extent, beauty and thorough training, completes the list of at tractions included in this truly colossal com biuation, which is to exhibit here on the 11th day of July. Those who enjoy hearty laugh will have their cases attended to by Dr. J. L. Thayer, the inimitable hu morist, who will enliven the scenes of the circle by his quaint drolleries, and also in troduce his wonderful comic mules. Mons. Davis, a pupil of the great Van Amburgh, will manipulate the lions and tigers. Correspond nee . Johnstown, June 27, 18G4. Dear Coixnel : Presuming that the news from this locality would be of inte rest to your numerous readers, and well knowing your comprehensive view in re lation to your position as a journalist. I take advantage of a leisure hour to add my mite towards making your journal a a county iMpaper. The week just past has been sultry and hot in the extreme, and the warm breath of the night and evening air gave but lit tle relief to the tired and parched laborer of the day, in and about our mills and workshops. The universal cry is for rain, and many orisons, no doubt, go heaven ward laden with the petitions of suffer ing mortals for relief of that kind from the bounteous hands of Providence. Friday and Saturday last were what is jK.pularly known as "jKty day's " at the mill, and the inevitable consequence, (as has been demonstrated by the past) was a universal spree, and the usual number of hghls incident thereto. On Friday nigh we passed a beer saloon in which there was a dance and several fights coin" on at the same time apparently as a matter of course, as neither party the ji,jhters or dancers appeared to interrupt the other. On Saturday evening there were a num ber of knock downs, but no serious injury to any one resulted at least nothing more than a black eye or bloody nose. During those two days the saloons done of course an extraordinary business. Some idea of this may be inferred from the fact that it is estimated that not less than a hundred thousand dollars are disbursed monthly by this mammoth manufacturing corporation known as theCambria Iron Works. Our city was the scene of at least one successful robberv. and an attemoted one during the week. The facts as I learned mem are these : an "American citizen of sijrwan aeccnt" was observed to be making an effort to get his hand into the wrong coat poeket,the coat being on the back of one of our merchants. He was taken up and while receiving a hearing he was asked if he was drunk. He re plied, " Xo sah, I can't say I was intoxi cated, but I was dujhtly inebriated." The Mayor fined him 1,00, and in default of vo, w ne nau but one) sent him to jail for twenty-four hours. The successful robbery alluded to was perpetrated according to my informant last night, and was to the amount of forty dollars, alledged to have been stolen from a merchant in town, by a suspicious look ing individual who has circulated about town for a couple of weeks past, and who has since decamped. There have been a hundred other inci dents worthy of record transpiring here here dunng the week, but not wishing to mipose on your space aud columns, I will defer sneaking of several improvements till another time. In the meantime, dear Colonel, con tinue to treat us to similar pithy and com mon sense editorials, like those that have made your paper intei; fr th nt few weeks, and we will be under addi tional obligations. Such articles suit the times and the hour? I am 6iare they af fect the masses far more than the misera ble attempts of many who try to grow elo quent in words and leave their columns destitute of matter. Yours, &c.t "Cal." 3" The three hnndred dollar rommn- tation clause, will be repealed in Congress 5 Prear9 m ,aPt nishts P l' ?' Postponement of the Chicago ' Convention. We were about to write an article on the postionernent of the Chicago Conven vention, but we clip the following from the Philadelphia Aye, that truthful and reliable Democratic paper of . the State, and ask our readers to give the following remarks a careful perus;d. THE MEETING OF THE CHICAGO CON VENTION POSTPONED TILL AU GUST 29. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Democratic Committee, held in New York on the 22dday of June, 18G4, it v as voted that, in deference to the desire of a larje number of the leading members of the Conservative Union Democratic party throughout the country, the meeting of the Democratic National Convention be post poned to Monday, August 29, 18C4, at twelve o'clock, noon, at Chicago. August Belmost, FatPERiCK O. Peakce, Secretary. "The National Democratic Committee have acted wisely in posponing the meet ing of the Convention. This action was uoi omy a just oeterence to the almost 1 , - . . I the Middle and Western States, but was that which suggests itself as nroner and upiiiiuii ui me iemocracy oi decorous to every man w ho feels that there is a higher duty in party than ap propriation of spoils. The Democratic party could not afford to tarnish its fame by an exhibition of such gross indecency as has just been perpetrated by the late conventions of the Abolitionists, in huck stering and wire-pulling for places whilst thousands of their fellow-citizons are lying maimed and dying on the fruitless battle-fields ot V lrgmia, and the question of our defeat or success is still an open one. No Democrat hna timp nnu- tn think of canvasses or of electioneering ' To ain a footing with her : His heart is with his suffering brother on ' Ulitr',,,at k'nSth: tu Central Park the James River; his eyes are turned with He llrove and t0k h" tLlUr' an auxiety which permits no release of j Ton verdant he too bashful she watchfuljness on the end of that mighty Till fortune did entice ; struggle in which the fate of a continent : She slipped he caught her on his We. is being decided. The present moment tnat sir broke the ice !" we all feel to be no time for making po- ' We have a bit of advice to Hve t, htical nominations. Can a ward process- J any " bashful sparks " who shouhfehanc ion recall us from the deathly tramn ofltoseethia ?n f ,t,; - tlie armei contending hosts ? Are we to be turned from the shriil reville or the bugle blast of the thundering charge by a placarded omnibus full of droning trombonists? Amid the mifrhtv events & now transpiring, perhaps decisive of our fate, and that of our posterity, such sounds would jar upon Democratic senses, as the blatant voice of John Hook crying "Beef! Reef !" did on the soul of Pat- rick Henry, in the full fervor ot his pa - tr..t .,1 n, .: . .. . .....v. j. ie- nuie is ioo large, ioo ; full of big events, for such small aims, j such subordinate interests. A display of i personal selfishness beside an individual; coum is revolting to our sense ot decency ; : how much greater is our disgust and ab- ' besides, another evidence of the deep foundations on which the structure of the Democratic party is laid. It has no one man to exalt, no individual to doryfy at the i r na tions interests. t. .. c " .-i .1 . " limner ui coin- r.. .j mumc.H lo ii vmai uamu j huiw.u on us oanners, ior us coliorts rally under an undying principle. Its leader is snrp. tn h Aioi.A.i r, e. i I 1 1 r. . . ' . ioeia woum ngnt under no other : that they have chosen him, stamps his adhe- sion to its creed, as the mint mark on the coin Stamps its purity, it can w ell afford therefore, to wait and watch the varvin scenes of the great drama now being played before us mighty movements which each day create new relations, dis place old opinions, form fresh phases and different combinations of circumstances. To have refused to acknowledge these elements, which go to the making up of a just decision on the questions w hich will come . before the Chicago Convention, would have been to have willfully thrown away the conditions of success. The ac tion of the Democracy is never at fault when it is not premature. Death or Tom Hyer. Tom Hyer, the well-known numlist and athlete of former years, died at his i . resiaence in this city yesterday (Sunday) morning. For several years past he had been complaining, but most of tho time had not been confined to his house. Hyer's first fight in the prize rinr was with Country McCluskey, up the North river. He was whipped ; afterward fought him again and came off victorious. At this time Yankee Sullivan was in his fame, and nobody supposed he could be whipped. Sullivan wanted to fVht Hver. but the latter did not care to. Finallv however, they happened to meet at Sher wood's bar-room, near Park Place, on Broadway, and some taunts were thrown out, which resulted in a quarrel between the two men, and in Hyer eivinsr Sullivan ft thrashing. This led to a formal chal lenge, and finally the great event took place on Delaware Ray, where Hyer whipped Sullivan easily in sixteen rounds. This fight created an intense excitement in pugilistic circles, and many thousands of dollars wero lost and won upon the eevnt. Of course it made Hyera hero, but altho' he was in splendid health, from that time fnrf b liA L'Ont ourav A-i ! - In Kin day he was regarded as one of the handsomest men that walked Broadway, IlOlTCnce in such Mliilntimw rniiU way far Lorcllo. I hf Spilnc grave of our country and our liberties. i uhn..l.E T1A ., p .i rt . . 1 uc Having purcu.wetl me eu-. 1 he postponement of the Convention is. tirp Kt.K'k of lh,rSa na, L t,;n a perfect model of an athlete. He had a manner and bearing, too, entirely unlike that of a Hash sportman, and a large cir cle of friends regarded him highly for generous and chivalric personal qualities of character that those who only knew of llim Oa ima.-krv n r. IT. .... 1 . 1 t credit for. iitui no trvmji a pujunoi umm fce niro no Lately he had become verv much broken down by disease, and liia business enterprises, such as they were having miscarried, he had become quite indigent, and was compelled to accept of a benefit from his sporting friends a few evenings ago. On Saturday last he was out until be ween 12 or 1 o'clock, yesterday moni tng, when he returned in a wagon, accom panied by a friend. He sat on his fruit stoop about fifteen minutes, when he com plained of being ill, and asked for ice water, which was furnished him. Soon after this he was aided in getting to bed, and continued to grow worse, breathing shorter and with more difficulty, until o'clock, A M., when he expired. I)r" Thomas Robinson made a post mortem examination of the body. He found ; the lungs and intestines healthy th( neari very large and tatty, and neri cardium filled and distended with serum The liver was also very much deseased and the whole structure of it entirely de generated into schirrus mass. The spleen was enormously large, measuring ten ami a-half incees in length, eight inches in width, and weighing several pound,-. The doctor was of the opinion that the immediate cause of death was cardiac dropsy. Deceased was forty-five years of age, and a native of New York. N. Y World. "They Way he did It." " Tom sought in Tain, unhannv sn.ir,- 1 " 5 UIMIM" IU V-'fIi.l. Park, drive to E. J. .Mills & Co.'?. u i not bike her on your knee, but buy l.er a new dress from their stock of summer d -laines and calicoes, that will lie a sun? way. They have iust nr ivp.l n. stock, and can suit every one. Call and see them. ; 1 J)U T' C S' Gardn"' ' Plivsirriv a vr r ct' n,. : Tt... ira uU r, fi c A - . : . hu kr? tls I'rofeSMoiial .service t tl.o citizens oi EBENSCURG, and surrounding vicinity OFFICE IN COLON. 1K ROW. Juue 2'J, 1864-tf j of the late firm of Ryan & Durbin. bg, j leave to inform his liien Is and the public u. general that he is now prepared to fumi.-h : ,nem w,tn every accommodation in his Iiiie wiiu an mi; trams oil llie ll. u. ri , U"- : . - i i '"g pai-seiigers no ae ay wnaiever. Cal's aiwavs promptly attended to JOE F. DURBIN. Loretto, Juue 29, 1864-ly. T Ot rtr i9tan,mi.rv .... tl.- I estate of John II. Evaus. carpenter, late . f ! Cambria township, Cambria county, deoM, having been granted by the Register of sai-I couuijf iu tiiu iiiiocrtikiifu. police is given to all those indebted to said estate t come and settle the same aud those hariiii claims against said estate to present them duly authenticated for settlement. JAMES MYERS. June 29, 1864-Gt Executor. Margaret Evans by her next friend Robert Davis, r. David Evans. IN the Ccurt :-i Common Pleas oi Cambria County. No. 16 June Term, Term 1S64. Alias Suf'jwa ti Divorce. To DAVID EVANS, the above named Li brler : YOU are hereby notified, that in pursu ance of an order of Court in the above stated case, you arc required to be and ap pear iu your proper person before the Judges of the said Court, on tho First Monday of September next, at Ebensburg, to answer the petition of libel of the said Margaret Evans, and to show cause, if any you have, why the said Margaret Evans, your wife, should not be divorced from the bonds of matrimony, agreeably to the Acts of Gene ral Assembly in 6uch case made and provi ded. JOHN BUCK, Ebensburg, June 29, 1864 4t Sheriff. Sheriffs Sale. BY virtue of a writ of Vend. Eipon. issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County, and to me directed, there will be exposed to Public Sale at the house of Patrick Shiels, in Lo retto, ou Saturday the Sixteenth day of July next, at one o'clock, P. M., the followinj Real Estate, to wit : All the right, title and interest of J. Blair Moore, of, in and to a piece or parcel of land situated in Allegheny township, Cambria county, adjoining land of Thomas Farrish. Peter Kerrigan and others containing about forty-five acres (45) more or less, about twenty five acres of which are cleared hav ing thereon erected a one story !og house and a small log barn, now in the occupancy of Margaret Daily. Taken in execution and to be sold at the suit of John J. Glass. JOHN BUCK, Sheriff Sheriff's Office, Ebensburg. Jnn 29. !8644t