ft JUmerrat nub j?nitinc!. V. il. M EM RUE. Editor & Publisher. i::,::nsi;urg, august io,::::iSuC. STATE TICKET. rot: ;oye::ni:. HiESTER CLYMER. DISTRICT TICKET. I:OI:1-;i:T L. JOHNSTON, Ebcnsburg. subject to e'ee'Vi-n of Dtrict Convention. COUN T Y Ti CK i IT. ASSt-MtUY, j Col. JOHN P. LINTON, Johr.stown. j itroisnti: ani nixonm-:;;, JAJ1KS GRIFFIN, Johnstown borough. ass! iciati: .:rn :m. .1 AM ICS M U K I A Y, Kin nsburg borough. g forge v. kaslfy, Johnstown. C' mvii ni:!:. JOHN FERGUSON, Fhichlick tw'p. l'ooi: nors!". :!!:r r ii:, HENRY UYRNE, Carroll township. roKOW.i:. THOMAS MFRFEN, Ebcnsburg boro. Arniroi:, I). A. LUTIIKR, Carroll township. . CiT The Dkmociim' am Sentinel establishment has passed into the hands .f Mr. William II. M'Enrue. Those have paid for papers or advertising in advance will be furni-hed with the paror ami have their advertising completed by our successor. Poi sons ituh btcl to us fo;' subscriptions prior to t lie 1st of June, ISijG, anel those indebted fur j b work atul advertising, during the time the paper was under our control, are expected to call on us immediately and paj- the amounts against them. Ralanecs unpaid en sub scriptions since the 1st of June last, the commencement of the present volume, re main in charge of Mr. M'Enrue. CLARK WILSON. Ein;N.-BUi:-;, Aug. hi, 1SGG. SALUTATORY. Having pureiiasjil the materials on which the Democka r and Sentinel ii published, and entered upon the publica tion of the same, we feci it our duty to Fay a few words to our patrons thremgh out the county and elsewhere. We come amongst you not as a stranger to battle for the rights of Democracy, nor as a pleading supplicant for your smiles ai d approbation.. Claiming little Cambria as the land of our nativity, there is no neces sity that we f-hould ask for a continuance of the patronage heretofore extended to the Dr.Mooi: vt and S::ntin""i. While we will u.-e our utmo.-t cxeriioi.s to please our Democratic fiicuds and vender satis faction to all. Still we will not be impo sed upon by part' cliques who often con trol country newspapers, and use them for their o-.vn political purposes. The Sentinel will be published without fear, favor, or (lis! i net ion. The frowning walls of Fort Lafayette and MIfilin no longer are opene 1 to receive us. The IJl of Seward no longer demands incarceration. The garments dyed in blood have passed away. The reijn c' irrov is tit an end. The midnight plumbers of our citizens will no longer be disturbed by the tramp of the press gang or the defiant yells of the " truly loyal." All these scenes have b,en enacted, kind reader, with;n the last six years. And v. hat has been the re sult ? The question can be answered by the nust illiterate amongst you. A few words will embrace all, namely : Taxes, Niggers anl a divided Union. With these few words intended r.s an introduction where nor.e is needed, we enter upon the publication of the Demo crat and Si-sriNM, hoi big that it will receive the support and approal i f our Democratic friends, as long as it upholds Democratic principles and no longer. WM. II. M'ENRUE. Hon. Ili.isi i'i: Ci.vmi.i:, the Democra tic candidate for Governor, will address a public meeting in Johnstown, on Satur day, the 2oth instant. All who desire to he ir the great champion of Democracy speak should not fail to attend on this occasion. C3 A tine looking horse was found dead in the woods near Wilmore, about two weeks ago. Hb skull was broken in appau ntly with a sledge or hammer. The general impression is that he was stolen from some of the Northern Counties of this State, and the thief or thieves' fearing defecii.ui took this mep.ns of disposing of '.heir p:iz- The Freedrr.en's Bureau. We are too much restricted in space to allow the publication in fall of the final report of Generals Steadman and Fuller ton, upon the condition and practical working of the Freedmen s Rureau in the Southern Sules. The report is replete with interesting statements of facts, that are stueh' sufficient to convince the most sceptical advocate of the Rureau, that it has not only long ago ceased to be of any practical benefit to any one whatever, ex cept dishonest llureau officers and their partners in speculations, but that its con tinuance in nearly every locality in the South, is a positive curse to both whiten and blacks. The Commissioners have male honorable mention of the honesty and cfiicicm-y of the very few officers of j the l'urcau who were found entitled to j such commendation ; but for the most prut in fact, in nine-tenths of the cases. investigated the Commissioners have been compelled to report a criminal reck lessness iu the transaction of business, or positive and apalling frauds upon both the Government and the freedinen. The report shows, beyond cavil, that whatever of good there may have been in the oiiginal establishment of the liureau, it has long ceased to be useful, and has degenerated into. a simple instrument for the enrichment of unscrupulous agents. It is shown to have become a pregnant .source of local strife, a serious obstacle to the' social advancement" and self-dependence of the freedmen. and generally a means of impo-:ng upon them a system of oppression infinitely worse and more onerous than the slavery from which, through the lire and carnage of civil war, they have been emancipated. This statement of the condition of the liurcan is calmly and dispassionately made by officers peculiarly competent to form a correct judgment in the premises. The careful perusal of their report must carry conviction to the mind of every honest ftleiid of the freeelnien, that the discontinuance of the JJureau is impera tively demanded by every consideration 'of ri -Jit justice and humanity. It was already apparent to every true lover of "bis country uninfluenced by partisan blind ness, that the institution had become a fiigh;frd incubus upon the Government, a source of plunler to greedy and dishonest officials, arid a curse more withering than slavery itself to all classes of people in the South, without distinction of color, but particularly to the Freedmen, whose benefit is tnade the pretext for the rnain- i tenar.ee of the Feireau. A Ihiii-.i: l'n.i.. The Indiana Iji.-'tr .ncolds and growls severely at being com pelled to raise the name of John Covcde and accept him as the. llepublican or ne ro sui'IVage candidate for Congress in that district. It says "ihe people of Indiana count' are disappointed," and the ee'.itor says he would pass the question silently if he could, consistently with his duties as an editor, but his conscience compels him to enter a strong protest against the nom ination of Covode. lie will find that the people of the 21st district will enter their protest r.gain-t him on the 9th of October next. Covode must lake quarters among the Dead Ducks. Tin: Takii r. The new tariff law, wh'a h go s i.:to ctu ct, according to a de cision of the Secretary of the Treasury, on Friday, August 10th, and not the 1st of August, as heretofore reported, .besides sp.'ciiica'.'y advancing the duties on cigars and all articles into which spirits cuter, increases the advalorum duties on all kinds of goods, by adding to their value. At present these duties are calculated upon the actual cost of the goods, but the new law provid. s that to the nc'ml cost in de termining the value shall be added "the cost of transportation, shipment and transhipment, with all expenses included. From the place of growth, production or manufacture, whether by land or water, to the, vessel in which shipment is made to the United States ; the value of the sack, box, or covering of any kind in which such goods are contained ; commis sion at the usual rate, but in no case less than two and a half per centum ; broker age, export duty and all other actual or Usual rates for putting up, preparing and packing for transportation or shipment." The only exception to this rule is ''long combed carpet wools, costing 12 cents or less per pound, unless the charges added shall carry the cost above 12 cents, in which case one cent per pound is to be levied. A few days since, Samuel I Shale, of ; Fayette county, was arrested and lodged j in jail, charged, on oath of Mary Whiff, ; with having, on the 20th of July last, : met and assaulted her on the public high ' way, with intent to commit a rnpe. Resignation of the Chairman of the Republican State Convention of Illi nois. To the Jlrpultl'icaii Union State Central Committee oj lll'mois : Gksti.i:mi:n : After a careful review of the political situation of the country, I feel that justice alike to you and myself requires me to resign the position of Chair man of the Uepublican Union State Cen tral Committee. l'rofesssonal engagements rendered it impracticable for me to be present at your meeting held May 10, when tne call was made for a State Convention. Soon after the call was published 1 wrote to James I. Koot, Esq , Secretary of the Commit tee, pointing out what I regarded as an objectionable restriction, whereby a large portion of the Kepublican voters of Illi nois were excluded from a participation in the Convention. The manifest design of that call was fo exclude those who approved the Presi dent's plan of restoration, and to include only those who approved the Congression al plan of reconstruction. As between the two dans I am emirwly in favor of the President's and against the Congress ional. The former ignores secession and assumes that a State once in the Union cannot voluntarily go out, nor be involun tarily thrust out by Congress the latter denies the right of States to secede, but assumes that Congress may ratify secess ion by holding States as "conquered prov inces." I was opposed to secession in 1 SGI , and I am just as much opposed to expul sion in 1'StiO ; therefore I cannot act har moniously with that wing of the llepubli can party which follows the lead of Con- With sincere gratitude for the kindly relations v hie h existed between us du ring the campaign of lSol, and with as surance of my hih esteem for each and all of you personally, I respectfully ten dej my resignation as the chairman of yonr commit tee. I remain, very respectfully, your ob't servant, Tuos. J. TcnNi.n. FuEt-.reMiT. Iix., July 2S, lSoG. Tin: New Internal IIkvkm y. Law. Under the ameruled Tax law the govern ment will receive a large increase of rev enue from the advertisements published in guide-books, almanacs, catalogues, direc tories and other publications, which have heretofore escaped taxation on account of the indefinite wording of the old lasv. The Commissioner of Internal Keveuue calls attention to the fact that the new law makes the word "money" to include checks, drafts and othej instruments ol writing given for the payment of money, and therefore the receipts for checks, draf ts, fcc. , are to be stamped as if given for money. The Secretary of the Treasury has is sued an order establishing new regulations for the collection of the tax on salaries of government officers. Paymasters and disbursing officers who withold these du ties arc directed to render a true state ment of the amounts and details thereof, and in lieu of d -positing these sums them selves, it is made the duty of the First and Second Comptrollers, t lie Commission er of Customs and the Auditor of the Postoffice to do so. Imi'Oktant Po&tal Chances The law of Congress, approved June 13th, 1SCG, and which went into operation on the 1st inst., makes several important changes which we note below : 1. Letters sent, on which there is an order to return, if not called, arc returned to the writer free of charge such let ters have been charged three cents hereto fore. 2. Letters forwarded from one post of fice to another aw net charged additional rates of postage, and are returned to the writer from the dead letter office free of charge. Heretofore letters forwarded were charged a single rate of postage from each post office from which they were forwarded to him from the dead letter office. 3. The sum for which money orilers can bo issued has been raised from $30 to .0, and the rate hereafter charged will be 10 cents for all orders under $20, and 20 cents for all over S20 and under $.30. Also, that any money order shall be valid and payable when presented to the deputy postmaster on whom it is drawn within one year after its date, but for nolonger period, and in case of the loss of a money order, a duplicate thereof shall be is3Aicd without charge, on the ap plication of the remitter or payee, who shall make the required proofs ; and post masters at all money order olfices are hereby authorized and required to admin ister to the applicant or applicants, in such cases, the reqnired oath or affirma tion free of charge. Tun family of Mr. G. Deli, of Mount Kock Mills. Mifflin county, consisting of himself and wife, several children, and a Mr. Emory, were recently poisoned by eating rice soup, which contained some foreign substance in it. All are well airain. Cincinnati-!, August 10;h There were eighty-one deaths in this city yesterday, fortv-nine for which were from cholera. Thad. Stevens' Dream. Thad. Steven after the vetoing of the Freedman's Uurc.u Dill, laid down to rest and had the following visions : Feeling sad and dreary and tossing weak and weary In the land of dreams I wandered full half nn hour or more : I had a frightful vision, I thought the dead had alt arisen To await the dread decision, on Caanan's happy slioro ; To await the Jude who rules Supreme on Caiman's happy thore, Who rules ibreverniore. Wh ile Gabriel the trumpet sounded many a heart with horror bounded, As thoughts of sins committed on old Co lumbia's shore, Caroe fearfully a gushing and with dreadful horror rushing For the angels were all blushing behind the entrance door. Blushing fir the sins of freemen behind the eutra: ee doer. Hushing there and nothing more. Although much irritated with great sus pense I awaited The comir-g of one that I ne'er was taught to adore. For niggers were my God, and for them I j would defraud The poor soldiers who have trod from At lanta to the sheiie. Trod from far Atlanta to the Atlantic shore, This I'd do and nothing more. Presently the Judge was ready, and with step both firm and steady, He walked across that never to be forgotten floor; And he summoned me before him and I knelt down to adore him With all the marked decorum, used in the saintly days of yore. With all the marked decorum used by Saints in days of yore, This I done and nothing mofe. I pleaded all in vain, but the black and . deadly stain Of the mgger blocked my entrance more anel more : For he told me to go with Sumner, Wade & Co.. To a region far below and to knock loudly at the door Knock loudly for old Satan at IladeS accur sed door. And there remain forcverrcorc. Then I pondered o'er my fate and thought (if native State, While the sweat adown ray brow did freely pour, I cordd net then repent so away to h 1 I went. While a sweet negro scent brought ma head long to the deor, Drought me headlong to that fearful prison door. f more. Where I should remain forever- I had not long to wait soon hinges began to grate, And the d 1 made his appearance at the door, He welcomed me with pride and asked me when I died. And. said he would me guide t a cell on the first floor. To a cell on the first floor just opposite the door. more. Where I should remain forevcr- I asked to see the place that I might see a familiar face. And for awhile 1 was afraid my claim he would ignore. But he repie's rd his vising ire and he grant ed my desire. And his form I di 1 admire in the garments which he wore. In garments black as Afric sons which the old d 1 wore, I admired this and nothing more. He led me around each cell and a sickening damning smell, Emanated through the grating of each door. It seemed like burning shodd' at the cell of every body, And I hinged for a glass cf toddy at every dungeon door, Longed for a glass to cool my frame at every dungeon door. For this I longed and nothing more. So now to your dungeon traitor and he ordered a black waiter To conduct me to my quarters and no more favors to implore, Get ye oiU, why do you tarry, soon a wench I'll let you marry, Hero devils, 'inps. come, carry this traitor to yon door. This traitor you must carry and lock the entrance door, ' To be opened nevermore. His imps they quickly caught me, and with lurried steps they brought mo To a dungeon deeper, daiker than the cells on my native shore. Where those who would not fight were de prived of life and fight. For I always thought it right that their blood should freely pour, For the Union and the Freedmnn their blood should freely pour. This Ptlfought and nothing more. Quickly from the darkness springing, as they stood arounel me singing, " We ?.re coming, we are con.iug three hun- ilred thousand more," I made ens fearful leap into the darkness deep. And awoke from a troubled sleep. To find myself a lying on my chamber floor. Lying with the sweat from off me pouring upon my chamber floor. This U all and nothing moro. Fo. Removal of Radical Postm asteks. It is stated that the removal of Radical Postmasters will not take place until after the close of the Philadelphia Convention. Postmaster General Randall is engaged with other matters and has not time to look after the numerous applications for post offices now before him. ' A Soldiers Opinion. General 1. 1'. Flair, in a conservative Union speech at St. Louis, a few day s ago, paid the following compliments to the Southern States : They have evinced courage and endu rance ; by their gallantry and long suffer ing; in this cause, so mistaken, and so tTr- "ous, and so criminal, they have sF f f themselves to be the equal of an equal number of any men 'upon God Al mighty's globe. (Applause.) Those who have contended against them are those whe are readiest tei admit that they have shown themselves to be the equals of any other people in the weirld. (Applause.) Not only have they shown themselves the readiest to overlook the past, and forget what there is need of forgetting; and to receive these men back into the govern ment, with all the rights and dignity of their respective States unimpaired, simply requiring from them upon the pledge which they will give, that they will re new their allegiance to the government of the United States. (Applause.) Can not we trust that pledge if these men will give it to us? Have we not reason to believe that they are men of sincerity ? Can we not confide in these brave men ? I say that we can. (Applause.) I say that this is the only way in which they can be brought back into the Government and bound to it by the links of gratitude, stronger than any links of steel that can be wrought. (Applause.) And now I will ask. what foreign na tion is there on earth that would not be proud and happy to receive these people and give them all the rights of citizenship enjoyed bv any of iheir citizens ? (Ap plause.) Would not France be eager to elo it ! Would not Great Britain be too proud to extend her dominion over that proud country, sharing her government with those gallant, noble men who have vindicated their right to manhood in this contest unparalleled in the history of war ? Would not any foreign nation on the face j of the earth be willinr to receive this people ? Not receive them on degrading terms, but receive them in open arms'up on an equality with her other citizens. Tin: Portsmouth N. II.) Journal says that Mr. John Seaver, of that dace, for a wager of SoOO, last Thursday, com menced walking one hundred miles in as many consecutive hours. How he was effected is thus relateel : On Wednesday afternoon, at the close of the first twenty-four hour5, he became weary anil felt a stronger disposition to sleep than he afterwards experienced. This was driven off, but the effort pro duced a severe headache, which continued through the remaining days. . On Thurs day he felt drow.-y, but was so excited he would sit down without napping. Fvery hour the circuiting the room forty-two-times was regularly performed, in times ranging from twenty to thirty minutes. On that morning he began to be discoura geel, and expresscel a wish to abandon fur ther ellort. His aelviser persuaded him, ami he renewed his efforts, and, as he ex pressed it, with a determined will to suc ceed. Friday, the third day, he was more wakeful, his nervous excitement having increased probably by the strong tea, which was his only beverage. I lis head was bandaged and bathed with rum anel alum frequently. lie stumbled from weakness ami weariness, but got up with out help. Saturday, the fourth and last day, was erne of weariness, aching limbs, aching head and prostration. lie ivepaired to be supported as he went his hourly rounds. In the ninety-ninth hour he again fell in faintess. The last hour at length arrived, and with his assistants lie completed his forty-two circuits in thirty-three minutes. He now rece ived fresh energy from the idea that he had accom plished his feat, and, unaideel, he literally dragged his limbs once more arounel the hall, to show that he was awake, and amid the cheers of a large audience, he retired after nine o'clock. lie did not recover from the sickness that ensued for several da vs. A Ni:vv York paper says Samuel L. Barlow, of that ciiy, has the choicest li brary in the country. Only the rarest books are admitted. Mr. Harlow recent ly prepared and published a beautiful and curious volume enlitled, "Notes on Col umbus," containing many photographic specimens of the letters of Columbus (kindly furnisheel by the Duke de Mont pensier to Mr. lhtrlow); as also, photo graphs of the marginal notes written by the great voyager in many works in the libraries of Genoa and Milan. Only one hundred copies of this exquisite volume have been stricken off. and these have been sent to the llritish Museum, Smithsonian Institute, and all the greatest and only the greatest libraries of Europe. The Indian Tuoubi.es. The Repub licans St Joseph special dispatch, from Fort Lamarie, dateel August 1, states that The Indiana are driving off large numbers of cattle. Another dispatch, dated Julesburg, August 2, says the gov ernment herd at Fort Lamarie, and a lot of cattle belonging to the ranchman, one mile from the fort, have been driven off by the Indians ; also, that they have burned three forts on Powder River, kill ed 35 men at Fort Connor, and have de stroyed several trains in that vicinity. The latter dispatch is-not fully credited. Tax-Paykks IIeah. Col. Francis T r dan, located at Washington, act: -g r.? State Agent, upon a salary of , i we learn from good authority, ha- ;. t done a day's work in that capacity -'.-,.. the 1st of June. The duties of tl. , fice, however, are not neglect' d, a- (' Gilliland, his assistant, does the b :-:... The reason of this diieliction of d o'y : . on the part of Colonel Jordan ari-. - -:i the fact of his being detainee in the S: by the Stevens-Geary men as chain:, -i of (heir State Central Committee. Ve find no fault with the Colonel for exerci sing himself in advancing the political in terests of his political friends, but do i! 1 fault with his drawing pay for labor ti.u: another performs. While in the srr:.-e of the Stevens-Geary men, why not re sign the post of State Agent ? A? it stands, he abstracts from the Treasury of the United States $3,000 which jusr.y belongs to men who remain and toil ear ly and late to make up for his portion of labor. We would like to know why thij Frank Jordan is paid $3,000 a year for doing nothing ? Are not our taxes heavy enough to pay what must necessarily paid, without squandering money in this style ? The Pkice of Anounox Kli.f. The public revenue from taxes, direct an 1 indirect, paid by the people during !!,. year lSGo-G is officially stated at flee hundred anel twenty-five million of dollar--! This tax is 32 percent more, p rh al, than is paid by the people of Great L.i tain. It is 100 per cent, more than is paid by the people of France. If 525,000,000 of dollar greenbacks were pasted together endwise, they wvuld reach twice round the earth ! 'Old Greenback" Chase, if II av a should punish us by continuing him to the age of Methuselah, could not count the copies of his graven image, which the people are forced to make good in gel 1 and silver. The tax fro-a the first of June, . to the first of June 1SG7, it is estimated will Lilly equal that paid during the last fiscal year. Tiie Freedman's IJureau must be sustained, and a Flack Standing Army kept afeot. The President's call for retrenchment is unheeded. One of the last acts of the Congress is to vote themselves $750,000 of additional pay and mileage. The drain of blood v. stopped. They elo not any longer take our bodies as targets for hostile bulk:-; but theo might almost as well as to r ' poor men of hard-earned and mnch-i.i : ed dollars, which are used for the sup of thriftless negroes and a war ostaUisl -ment in time of peace. Our bedies . of not much more use to us than the means of keeping souls in them. IIahp on the Tax-Cui.i.kctok. '.' ! story about the Chinamen comes all tl. way from Oregon : "Another story is that in a c rtal.i country the Chinamen had learned t know the tax-collector, and paid wi:h -v. suspicion whenever he came round : b it knowing that attempts were mad to im pose upon them, of course regard, d every body else as a swindler. An election re sulted in another official being chosen, ' when he attempted to collect thv rel'u- i to pay. lie was rather petvmp: : y, whereupon they seized him, tie 1 wrists and ankles together, and ihri;-:'.:-: a pole between them, several of th-' ( - le.-tials titled the pole and carrying h thus, as they would a dressoil pig. b: their captive up town nn J haude 1 1. over to the proper authorities, vi:li a s satisfied 'much catchee wobber. con-, of having at the same time rid ihem.- I. of an enemy and rendered good sorvi . the community. The joke was s i 'i gooel one and was so mercilessly kepi ;. : by the friends of the victim, thr.i the ; fellow was obliged, in sclf-ikfer.se, to : sign his office and quit the neighbor!: j. J A Geary Fizzle. On Thursday week a Geary meeting was held in SI-., .-!1-burg, a town in the "paper Go:: s " own county. So few people gat here I thai no speaking was had until the evnan -'. when a small crowd was present t h Geary "speak a little piece" ef s twenty minutes in length. Our inlbnn.iat assures us that there was not the slight--: enthusiasm, and that Geary's speech ia blackguardism and want of sense t a a par with that delivered by him at Y. Compare that meeting with the meeting at Mcchanicsburg in the same county, if yea wish to know how the masses are feeling and thinking. The rumor prevails ext n sively that Geary is to be withdrawn a favor of some man who can make a de cent appearance before the people of Penn sylvania, and it is said that the leaders ef the Republican party are convinced tkat his nomination was a, terrible political blunder. Gettysburg Comjil. r. New York, Aug. 6 The death in this city last week were nine hun kv.l a:. 1 and forty-six, of which two hundred ar,d thirty-nine were from cholera, one halt" i" the public institutions. The disease is now abating ami the deaths are i n a smaller scale. Twenty cases and four deaths are reported to -ilay ; and in llrook lyn eight cases arul one death. The total deaths in Brooklyn, last week, were threJ buudred and forty-two, of which seventy two wera fiom cholera.
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