The Elk advocate. (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, June 28, 1866, Image 2

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    rwi'.UM-rcinl intenwlti, and more dcpcn
ocm upon it man upon any otbcr sco.
ticm cf our extended country. If there
is a nimble State in the IVimi winch can
not afford to Ktlji the New England
fanatics to vtot their unreasoning lintu
upon the South, that State is Pcnnyl
vania. Il is high time wo ceased to be
the political bond tJas of cold. blooded
Yankees. In the couiing election let
the pcoplo of this good Commonwealth
act upon their owu generous impulses
And their honest convictions. They
liavo cowered under the lash of Thad.
Stcveus and his radical associates Ion
'cnottgh, and have allowed themselves to
"be sold to disgrace by corrupt political
Fooundrcls like Simon Cameron too often
Every true Pentisylviuiinn should spurn
these bud men and their satellites, from
ihc most insignificant candidate for the
Legislature up to their convenient and
pliant tool, John AV. Geary. Lancaskr
JtitiWi'ijt ucrr.
TUVRSDA Y, JCNE 'it!, 15SGG.
john o. ham., r.niTou raorRir.TOR.
j. r. moouk, i'i;iai.u:ii.
ron GOVERNOR,
t 1 1 k s t r: u c ' r a m k r ,
OF BERKS COUNTY.
VOTf Ci1. -It liiis become necessary
to duvp some arrangement nnule by which
ihn nrticics written lv tlip Editor nnd the
ruhlislier cm bclistitigiiishcil, one frnui the
other. Those written or selected by the Edi
tor will be marked with the initial, II.
Selections are made from oilier papers by
me puousncr, auu siioum tucieDe anything
clIcnHve in llictn, he, not ilio editor is res
ponaible. The local depart mont -of the pa.
per is conducted by the publisher.
NEWS SUMMARY.
The tornado did severe damage in
Buffalo -yesterday. Two persons are
reported killed, and several wounded
by it.
The- annual Masonic pilgrimage, to
Mount Vernon took place yesterday.
The services at the tomb were of a very
interesting character.
In the House yeste'day Gob. Banks
stated that he had reason to believe that
steps had been taken by our Govern
ment to ask Great Britain to release the
Fenian prisoners.
Io the New York Common Council
yesterday,. a Joint A'pecial Committee
reported against celebrating Indepen
dence Day, on the grounds that there
are no available funds for tho purpose.
An Austrian officer has arrived at
Mobile, cmpowerod to offer positions in
the Austrian army to ex Confederates.
It is thought that quite a number will
avail themselves of the opportunity to
ylunge agaiu into tho exciting scenes
of war.
The New Orleans papers of tho 20th
inst., were received in New York by
mail and distributed at tho post office
yesterday morning, being only four
days and a-half from New Orleans.
This is tho quickest time on record.
On the sixteenth inst., a wagon train
rained at three million dollars, and be.
longing to tho Mexican Imperialists, was
captured by the Liberals near Camargo.
It had a guard of sixteen hundred In),
perialists and the attacking party of
Liberals numbered iour thousand, com
manded by Escobedo. One regiment
of Mexican Imperialists went over to
the Liberals at tho beginning of the
light. The rest were killed or captured.
The story comes direct from Escobedo's
headquarters, and is conCrtned by Im
perial advices, The loss of the. train
is a severe one and will probably compel
the French to abandon the wholo liue of
Northern Mexico aud fall back on the
S'altillo line. Erie Dispatch, 21th
iWTwo years ago, some of our read
ers may remember the fact, J. F. Boll,
uie-ycr, editor of the Dayton (0.) Empire
was brutally murdered by an Abolition
tnol). But some ol the same clique, not
content with the murder of their victim,
.' to work aud despoil tho monument
erected over tho tomb of this martyr to
Free Speech by bis friends and coadju
tors. Wo now candidly, honestly and
conscientiously ask, Is this not disgrace
ful sacrilege t Is it not, wo ask, the
worst possible specimen of unmitigated
cowardico that has ever eouie to light?
Though Bolt.mevi:r, has gone to that
" bourne from whence no traveller rc.
turns," yet the principles he gave up
lit life lor will bo an enduring light for
the youth of our land to be guided by
i'm after and present years TFiUTII AT
ALL TIMES.
UbT.l communication On tne pigeon
frunjcct came to hand too late lor our
last paper, and by sonic niiemanagemett
Jms been mislaid, consequently wo can
tot publish it. Will our correspondent
ttaiv iijit it to u a-' iiu t
IHsltngiUshcd Visitors.
Our county was last week (too late to
notice in our issue) visited by a party
from Buffalo, as a ppecia! committee
representing its citirons to inquire into
and investigate personally the coal fields
their productiveness, quality and gencr
al extent in the counties of Elk an
Cameron. Hitherto mistakes in regard
- .1 1 . A
to tno location ol the most important
coal basins : prompting enterprises of
an expensive character and which of
course proved failures ."had rendered it
paradoxical among capitalist.?, business
men and oitisens of .that part of New
York as to the c.rixtance of any large
bodies of 'bituminous coal, as sufficien
to warrant fbe expenditure of buildin
Railroads to their beds. We do not dis
parage tho citizens of Buffalo, nor of
Rochester, or of any largo town in west
ern Jiew York, in saying that this sec
tion ol country, his until 7ery lately
been a "sealed book" to them, le
sides they had been warned by the fail
ures upon the outskirts of the coal, mar
thur Slate line, to observe caution
r... .. .
luuu luuiru examinations and appropn
ations. 'Ihe citizens of Buffalo and
others have a company chartered
build a Railroad from Buffalo via Olean
to Emporium, called tho "Buffalo and
Washington R. R," with narrow guao
iutcrsccting the P. & E. at tho point
last named.
The LcgUlitture-of New York has au
thorized tho city of Buffalo, subject to
tho sanctiou by a vote of i's citizens, to
subscribe to the capital stock of this
Railroad 8200,000 (two hundred thou,
sand dollars) as a preliminary of cau.
iion, tne careiui denizens ot the city
caused the appointment of this commit
tee to visit this section and report as to
the reality ol the existe nee of coal ad
cquato to warrant tho enterprise of buil.
ding this Rail Road.
The character and intelligence of the
committee evince the good judgment
ol tueir appointees. The followinj
named persons constituted the com
mittee : Joseph Warren, Esq., editor
ot the Luffalo Courier; Henry Clapp,
fcsq., editor of the Buffrlo Express.
Dr. Brunck, editor of the Weltbuoger,
(German) j Mr. Gaib, reporter for But.
falo (German) Telegraph; Gen. Wm.
T. Rodgers, Comptroller of the city of
Buffalo ; Charles Macomber, City CTk ;
John A. Ditto, City Surveyor; Joseph
L. Hoberstro, President ot Common
Council ; Messrs. Schew, Flach, Gard
ner, Dart, Koons, Hausle, Shields, Do
ut Clinton, Esqs., Members of City
Council ; Col. Prescott, Washington R.
R. Co., and J. S. Gibbs. Esq.
The comniiUeo tnado a very favorable
impression upon enr citizens by their
intelligence, urbanity aud zeal in the
discharge of their duty trusting more
to ocular demonstration than to geologi
cal reports, maps, &e.
They visited theDaguscahonda Mines
as also several of the companies upon
the line of the Daguscahouda Railroad
for several miles crossing to St. Mary's
and theuce to Cameron county.
IV e shall wait with much interest the
report to their camtitucnts, which we
shall lay before our readers as eooh as
possible.
It being the first committee of the
kind who have visited this section, and
from ifs numbers and high character
its report will no doubt be auxiously
looked for by the citizens of Buffalo, as
weil as ourselves.
The night or Suff rage.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
has just pronouncad a decision on what
is familiarly kuowo as the " deserters'
aw." The decision does not tako cor
nizaace of the question as to the consti
tutionality of the law, but is chicflycon-
fincd to the point at issue, to wit, the
ritjht of a judge of election to reject a
man s vote when the word " deserter"
is written opposite his name on the list
ot voters. Chief Justice Woodward and
Justices Strong and Thompson decided
that the judge of elections could not re
fuse a man's vote wu'(ho had ben tried
and convicted of desertion ; while Jus
tices Read and Agnew, on the contrary,
held that the judges of elections were
the proper persons to decide the qui
tion.
This is an important judicial an.
nounccraent. Tho law in question put
into the hands of any political officer
making up the list of voters the power
to disfranchise a freeman by writing
against his name the word " deserter."
The amount of proof necessary to sub.
stantiate that charge rested solely with
the persons who were to prepare the of
ficial enumeration and names of voters
for the difforcot election divisions of the
State. They could say what constitu
ted a desertion, and what was to be cal
led by a milder name. If a man failed
to respond to a draft at precisely tho
time designated in the notification, no
notice need lie taken of any ecteuuniing
circumstaooos, and his name could be
marked in such a manner as to close the
ballot-bo against him and load his
character with false imputations. In
the hands of unscrupulous politicians,
this power could bo used in such a man.
ner as to work incalculable mischief.
They could exempt Irieads and punish
enemies. They could usurp tho prerog
atives of the judges nod inspectors of
elections, aud in this manner decide ira.
portatit issues connected with the wel.
fare of the people and the perpetuity of
the free institutions of tho country.
But tho Supreme Court has decided
that, under tho law of Congress, a nnui
must be legally " tried and convicted of
desertion " before tho officers nf election
are justified in refusing his vote. The
mero circumstance of the word " de
serter " being placed opposite his name
is no ground for disfranchisement. The
right of voting, for participating in the
affairs of tho nation, ia of too much im
portance in a political and governmental
point ol view to be interfered with for
partisan purposes. If men have been
guilty of desertion, they can be arrested
and tried, as they were after tho war of
1812, and then, if tho law of Congress
be constitutional, the punishment will
ioiiqw, jjut until mat course is pursu.
ed, the officers of elections arc to follow
the law of fho State, and disregard the
action of those who have been preparin
the lists to suit tho framcrs of the " de
serters' law " and their Radical mas.
tcrs. The action of the Supreme Court
in this case is a just and proper vindica
tion ot the right of suffrage, and will do
much to insure a fair expression of the
will of the people at the coming elec
tion. Age.
.ifTairs In Europe.
Although Prussia occupies Holstein,
war has yet not actually commenced.
Austria contents herself with protesting
that tho entry of Prussian troops into
the Duchies ia a violation of the Gas.
tein Convention. But this protest does
not alter the determination or move
ments of Prussia. Baron Scheel Pies-
sen has beon appointed President of
Schleswig Holstein, and the Kinij of
Prussia has declared that he intends, in
conformity with the principles of the
unity of both Duchies, to convoke the
Estates and have the matter settled in
that manner. A proclamation has been
ssucd by the President of tho Duchies,
ting that tho Prussian authorities
will not permit the execution of any law,
ordinance, or decree, issued by tho for
meT government, which they think
illegal or prejudicial to the peaco and
unity of tho Duchies. This is a bold
movement, and shows that Prussia is in
earnest in her determination to keep
the ground just occupied at all hazards.
Austria is endeavoring by diplomacy
to detach the small German States from
Prussia, and unite them in favor of a
modified confederation. In Bavaria
this feeling has been exhibited in an
open manner. 1 lie ultramontane party
are desirous that Bavaria shall take part
with Austria, and an effort is being
mado to cause the King to change the
ministry, who maintain the policy of da m
claring against the power that 6hall
commence the war. But even with this
feeling it is not certain that Austria can
obtain any useful support from Bavaria.
The House of Hapsburg is not papular
with the people, and tho German ele.
ment is strong in favor of Prussia. This
same feeling gives Prussia a decided
advantage in all the States forming the
German Confederation. The war is
looked upon as likely to affect the lights
of the Confederation and tho territorial
limits and governmental privileges of
the States forming tbo same, and hence
the Germans are anxious that the leader
of the column shall bo in full sympa
thy with them, aud willing to insist up.
on their supsemacy when the day of
settlement comes. Austria is not es
sentially German, and hence the lean
ing of tho masses in both the larger and
smaller German states in favor of Prus
sia. The distress prevalent throughout
Hungary, and the constant secret ad
dresses circulated among tho peasantry
Irom Ko.-uth and other exiles, will
arouse tho peoplo in that province and
make them willing to aid ia any move,
ment intended to weaken the power of
Austria and give them a hold upon the
throttof the tyrant who for years hr?
trampled upon their rights and insulted
their nationality. The poles and Ital.
iansalso have no reason to love Austria,
nor will they miss an opportunity to
striko for injuries long endured and
keenly felt.
The material issue urging Prussia to
this contest is undoubtedly tho posses
sion and opening of seaports on the
Baltic and North Seas. Her nary is
now in a good condition, and with suit
able and convenient ports her com.
merco would inorcase with rapid strides
The war against Denmark was provoked
in a great measure by this desire on the
part of Prussia, but in that myeincn
Austria was associated, and when the
Duchies wore detached from Denmark
tho former stepped in and prevented
tho full fruiting of the Prussian scheme
Fiom that time assy bo dated th
.... . . . . i . t i
i-suuuguinum oi mo iwo leauing tier
man powers. Prussia then learned that
A . .! . 1 . i .
Austria was aeterminea to cross ner
path towards maritime aud commercial
supremacy among the German states.
and France saw the door through which
to pour tho waters of discord and weak
en her ancient enemies. Both Prussia
and France at once commenced to ngi.
tate the Italian question. In fulfill
ment of this purpose the Italian people
nave been aroused, and Garibaldi is
heading an ardent and excitable volun
toer force, eager to tear down tho Aus
tnan colors from tho turrets ol St
Mark's nnd free Venetia and Lombardy
trom Austrian rulo. This is the pres
ent aspect of the controversy in Europe,
and it is no marvel that Austria hesi
tatcs before drawing the sworo and
throwing away the scabbard. Th
movements on the military and political
nl.A..tin.J ' . .
vuMouuaiu are ocamsi ner, and war
enco a fact the end no man can see.
Phil' a Age.
MARRIED.
On tho 19th inst, at tho resideuce
of the bride's father, at Whito Hall, by
tho Rev. J. Philip Bishop, Mr. Ezra
P. Dickinson of Ridgway, Elk county
J a., to Miss Jennie Overholtzer of
hite Hall, Cumberland county Pa
The happy couple will please
accept our congratulations. May ttey
have a long lease of tho " fitful span "
and never get old, is the ardent wish of
the Printer.
DIE 13
On the 9th of June, Mary Ann Mc
Mann of Fox township. Aged 17 years
and 2 months.
THE MARKETS.
RirawAY, Juno 28, 1866.
FLOUIt, per bbl $13 00(a) 15 00
PORK do .Sfi 00
WHEAT, per bushel 2 70
RYE i oo
CORN... i io
OATS 65
BUCKWHEAT. 1 25
DRIED APPLES 4 00
BEANS 8 00
BUTTER per pound 35
LARD 20
CHEESE 30
MACKEREL 12
WHITE FISH io
EGGS per doien 35
Erik, Pa., Juno 28, 1866.
FLOUR per bbl..... S 8 50 to 15 CO
PORK 32 60 to 34 50
BEE F 20 00 to 21 00
WHITE FISH J bbl 9 25 to 0 50
MACKEREL 10 50 to 12 50
WHEAT per bushel...... 2 60 to 2 70
BEANS 1 75 to 2 00
EGGS per dozen 23 to 25
LARD per pound 24 to 25
CHEESE 10 to 17
LUTTER 24 to 25
W. 8TJSBB1NS
DENTIS T,
OF BItOOKVILLE PENN'A
Begs leave to announce to the citizens
of Ridgway and vicinity, that he will
be at itidgway, July 1st 18GG, for tho
purpose of operating in the line of his
profession.
W. JJ. Klugolene or Ei ther 6Donre
applied for the alleviation ci pain
in the extraction of teeth.
Juoe-28'U6-tf.
AND FAIR
THE OPENING of 4 Grand Fair
under the direction of the ladies of St.
Marys, for the benefit of the church
will commenoe on Wednesday evening,
at Windteldcr's Hall and continue for
two weeks.
The exercises to be enlivened bv the
St. Mary's BRASS BAND which will
be in attendance every evening. A
general invitation is extended to all.
Mrs. GEORGE WEIS,
. " IGNATIUS GARNFR.
" SEBASTIAN WIMMER
" JACOB SCHOUT,
" G. B. WALMSLEY.
June-28'66-2w.
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A gentleman who suffered for Years
from Nervous Debility, Premature De
cay, and all tho effects of youthful in.
discretion, will, for the sake of suffering
humanity, send fre to all who need it,
the receipe and directions for making
the simple remedy by which he was
cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by
the advertiser's experience, can do eo
by addressing
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Our Stock of STOVES consists in part
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NOTICE is hereby given that the
following acconnta have been filed
in my office and will bo presented at thj
next term of tho Orphan's Court of Elk
county for confirmation.
1. Final account of W. A. BIy Admin,
trator of David Huller deo'd.
2. Final account of Adolph Fochtman
Administrator of A. Kunta deo'd.
Final account of John Stockman and
Anthony Fochtman, Administrators
of Loreuz Stockman deo'd.
GEO. A. RATH BUN,
Deputy Register.
May-31'G6-4t.
ISSOLUTION OF CO-PART-NERSI11
P. The Partnership
heretofore existing between the under,
signed, is this dissolved by mutual con
sent. JAS. B. HULSE, THOS. KING,
A. L. VAIL, JOSEPH KING.
Jversey, May-12'6Q-4t.
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