THl'liUDA V, JCLV l'J, 1800.
JtiiM o. Ii.ill, ri irnii t rroruiLi tn.
. r. hoohk, ri'm-i-siiru.
ICR OuVEUNUK,
HIESTKU CI ArM Git,
Of J5KUKS I'OLWI Y.
VOTERS It HAD!
Wc copy the following from the Erie
'Vitpatch, the leading radical journal in
this district, livery word of it is true,
.nnJ wc eaunot Lut aJuiire tho caudor
and honesty with which the DitpnU-h
expresses its opiuion.
We publish the extract for the bene
fit of those Republicans who thiuk Mr.
Scofield oue if the shining lights tf the
present lltuiip Congress.
" What we want the people to under
stand is the fact that, when :i wan who
is iiclowlcdgeJ to be weulthy, Isilcd to
contribute us much toward the support
of the armies uf his country in its peiil
3S many of hi. poor neiyhbois, (,r has, it)
almost all euscs, even alter making per-'
nonnl pledges to the contrary, favored
lazy, pauper civilians lor office instead
-ot wounded soldiers, he is just an apt to
carry out '.he same menu, narrow, con
temptible policy in all the detail be.
. longiog to the position of Congressman
In the firbt place no man vrho has not
this fpirit in him will practice k nt all.
and anyone who will practice it at all can
not ovoid practicing it at nil times, and
more especially when he hopes by eo
doing to favor a party of men who are
more likely to command iiifincrico for
him than those who fight in the ranks
or have been wounded in the servi, e.
The principle is as old an the world, ami
as unalterable cs eternity. These, and
other reasons which we have given, and
still others which we will irive. are.uf.
'ficieut for us to oppose Mr. ScoCeld."
If IS TO II 1 OF
E Ij K C O U X T Y .
By a Northwestern Ptaasylviiiian.
EARLY SETTLEMENT OF HI DO WAY AND
vicisitv co nt: n u ei.
Although the Clarion was viewed
with rapture by Wihnaith, and the pine
ticcs Dualized by the calculating
shrewd uiiud of Dickinson. Bet a
word, or even a thought indicated that
the nest summer would Gud them em
ploying twenty to forty hauda in the
'Commencement of a lumber manufactur
ing establishment. It must have been
the eloquence of" Sam " that worked
as leaven upon their mind. Fair terms
were offered tho next winter by Messrs.
made in the winter of 82 and VI, on
their first visit before- mentioned. The
-.return of the party to IJunker Hill from
Moutiuorency, commenced after dinner.
It was a long ride for half a day on
horse back, over such a road. Mrs. J.
L. Gi'.lis went with them to visit her
friends, and she had courage for the
trip her sou Henry (now a distinguish
ed -'Lieut " commanding in tho Navy
and who is so well kuown at homo and
-abroad, for his daring and heroic rescue
of wrecked seamen, at Montevideo,) was
a 1st chubby boy, a little over a year old
and he had to be carried ; all took turns
in the cxtrctse. It was after dark be
fore they reached Bunker Hill and the
overhanging branches across the path,
made it perilous fur eyes and hats; they
were in constant danger of becoming
Absalomites." If '-Hank" should
ever read this, let him refer to the ten
sion of his sinews, when he was releas
ed from the " tiller " on his return from
his rescue of the seamen, he will have
an idea of the writers " unstrung with,
era" io carrying him through these
woods.
The nest winter 32 and 33, Messrs.
Wilmarth, Arthur Hughes and George
Dickinson came in and negotiated a
purchase of J. L Gillis and Mr. Ajl.
worth, for the land, aud water power re
quisite for the lumbering establishment.
The journey was made in a two.hor.se
ideigh, the road having been partially
lept opcu, (although a deep snow) by
the teams of Col. 'A'ilcox who had been
Lauliog in flour and provisions as before
alluded to ; so that with a good pair of
horses, by starting early from Judge
Bishops and driving lute, they could
make tho distanco from Bishops to
Montmorency rnd return io one day, a
deed which they actually did accom.
plish. Their advent and iuteuded soon
return, and with such a good team and
equipage, had well uigh proved a scri
tus matter to Mrs. Enos Oillie. She
Lad with cinch trouble aud txpence,
procured the services of a young woman
it ora M'Kean county and from Bear the
tate line as " help," hei fami'y was
large and labor scarce. Miss M
aj " helper " indeed (not such hei
fer as wrote- tho Republican Guide
Hook,) she was actually worth two or
three of usual assistants. She was a
ff cciuj'a cf ajcittt h'a tad
beauty ; no corsst stays cor padding
wcto required to make a shape. She
was ns square as a brick, stout as a
Conrstogn wagon, and active s a deer.
In fact, she was a treasure to Mrs. Gillis.
1'ickiiiHon and Hughes were both younu
and unmarried, and they were thought
less of such endowments, but not so as
to Wilmarth ; ho was instantly struck
with the stalwart maiden; her strength,
agility and handincss excited his admi
ration. It is more than probable that
to his (i. c. himself) unconscious glan
ces toward the maiden, tho formed the
opinion that he was the kindest pantle-
man of the whole party, an-.! the did not
hesitate to cspress it openly, and inti.
mated to Mrs. Gillis that it was her in
tension to accompany the party in the
sleigh to her home (some fi'ty miles
distant.) and that if they should want
her they could afterwards send fur hrr.
' But the sleigh is loaded, and they
can't take you." " There is only three,
or, 1 Mr. W is a little mm. nn 1 he
and T can take one seat." " But how
do you know they will take you?'
'Oh, I know they will, and I'm going."
Here was a quandary for poir Mr.
Gillis ; to hi left at such a time, and on
such short notice, was distressing.
Poll's temper was well knnwji ; a resolvj
end hp, execution kept in the s.tnie wake
with her. If she had made tip her
mind to go home in that sleigh, you
might as well have trbd to shake oiTthe
witch from tho tail of Tutu O'Shantr r's
mare; she would have bung on to the
tail b"ard all the way. What was to
be done? Mrs. Gii!i applied to "Jim."
It ' will bo all (). K. says he." lie
calls Miss M aside, and asks her,
'" What do you think Wilmarth says
about you?" " What docs be ? " said
Miss M , with sparkling eyes, anti.
eipating a complimeut. He says you
would make a u d good bobsled to
ride dowo hill upon, and wishes he had
you to go through the wood to go down
one of the long hills ! " Fire and fag
ots! what a whalloping of pots anil kct.
ties there wan. A crinoline of the most
fashionable dimensions would require
no more room than l'all did that day
The party left, and Mrs. Gillis' " help"
was saved. It is proper aud just to say
that in after years Polly and Wilmarth
made merry over this iituiiMug plot of
" Jim's " to detain her at lur woik.
At this period lS3d there were
not exceeding seven families in Uidg
way, to wit : Mr. Aylworth and Caleb
Dill on tho west side of the creek ; Enos
Gillis, -J. W. Gallagher, If. Kurns, (sur
Joab Pobbin, on the cast side James
L. Gillis yet resided at Montmorency.
The commencement of building mills,
&c, !; Hughes & Dickinson, and the
s"ttlement by Col. Wileos this same
year tended much to oneourago these
denizens of forest lite, and matters be
gun to wear a more lively aspect. Goods,
wares and merchandise became tangible
property nd so many teams as wore
required up m the road, kept up an in-
teicourse with what was then termed
the outer world. "lis true, tho Gillis'
had succeeded in having sever?! mail
routes established which centre 1 at
Itidgway, as follows : from Kittauniug
via Brookville to Uidgwav, from the
south; from Bellefonto via Karthaus,
to llidgwny, from the east; from Kidg-
way to Smethport and Olean, and from
Hidgwav to Warren, each weeklv. and
the writer is not sure but that upon all
tlute mutes the mails were carried uu
dor Gillis' contracts with the l'ostofiice
Department, as there were but few con
tractors w illiug to take them. But with
all these mail facilities, the teams car
ried the greater part of the local infor
mation, either in letters or orally ; and
their arrivals and departures were al
ways attended with as much excitement
as arrivals nnd departures of the steam
boats to and from their wharves or
id' railroad trains to aud from their de
pots in other parts of tho world.
The carrying of the mails through a
long wilderness, or across illimitable
prairie, through swamps aud across
swollen streams, sometimes iu the hat
or pocket of the carrier for miles and
miles, without a single incident that
would excite a thought iu tho general
reader about its importance to individu.
als, or to its primary object in the set.
'.lenient of this va-t country uuder the
jurisdiction of tho United States, has al.
ways h&d the attention of the I'osioflieo
Depurtmeut ; aud thoso early carriers
have stories of wild adveuture, perils
and fatigues equal to those of the soldier
of his dangers in the field, or his enter
tainments in camp.
Caleb Dill, at this period quite a
young man, was probably the first mail
carrier to and from tti lgway. Charles
aud Isaao Hortou, jr. w.ere also among
the first mail-boys on the weekly route
from Kittanniog to Kidgway. They
were Bcrc Jais, tal tuk'rg into consid
eration tho " long stretch " betwc-ii
houses, heavy snows, falling trees, but
lew bridges across the streams, and hi'--Hers.
of ice, it would seem npullin to
one not orctftomcd to forest life. I'm'
these indtTatimblo hoys hIwuvs iki 'i1
time with old " Maj " or "ll'ilot " under
them, they wero ns fearless of the rle
merits as they wero of boa's and other
niiimals. The route from Bellofontn '
llidgway was harder still, owing to a
longer dit-tsnee of itnlmJfn wilderness,
srid having the Susqu'dianna. Bennett's
Branch and tho Clarion to ero- ; bit'
'here were seldom failures in the mails,
and then only when the stres'iis wt
too much swollen. Who. tunnm.' the
settlers of that day, fails to recollect the
indomitable " Cooney," who for a ! -r:ir
time was the mail carrier from BelKonte
via Tlidgway to Smcthporf ? He whs
"little but d d old," and his TPiirmkn
bio physiognomy obtained for him th
copnomrn of " J udgo Bnrnsido " Ha l
he been in clmrtft of one honored tiom
and dollars in bank notes hp would oof
have been more carpi ill than he wi of
his mail. Thnt portion of the " T'ike "
which ss finished, and over which fm
traveled, was his pccul:ar rare. Every
fallen tre that intercepted his riding
was sure to he reported to tho snnerin.
tendont of the turnpike, with strict or
orders for its removal bpf.iro his retuni
on pnin of forfeiinrf, of chatter, or the
destruction of their gates. Poor fi-llow.
he did not live to see a railroad in pro
cess o! C'intruction that, was to annihi
late t'noa long, fatiirneing nnd lonely
rides he so patiently nnd cheerfully
endured. Then there was tho Warren
mail twenty two miles without a house,
nd merely a br'dle path port of the
way not underbrushed. The writer
once had occasion to ride on this path,
about mid way he met "Thin " Hyatt,
a youngster then, with the mail. It
was a hot day apart from the shade ;
Dan was on foot, tho mule ahcid, his
long cars wcie nearly covered with yel
low jackets, and tho vital fluid was
dripping from the wounds they were
making. The mule looked sorry, and
did'nt appear to appreciate his precious
burthen, neither did he seeem to care
as much for Uncle Sam's service as for
a tuft of fresh grass. Dan appeared to
be philosoplrz'ng thus, " This, though
a lonesome service, has its reward ; be.
sides, who knows but those -saddle Irigs
contain precious or sad news, the lornier
to theHfihcted and the latter to curb ton
exuberant j"ys ; something of peace or
war; they may have had a fi-h'ip
tant documents may bo sending their
way to influence a score of votes ; at all
events. I am the Inrbingerof communi
cation between the outer world and tho
wilderness, und for which I am hutind."
I'erhups the whole postaue pai 1 and to
be colli cted in his tmil bigs would not
have purchased a feed of oats for the
mule yet its importance in embryo
could never be realized. It wis the an
nual cry of thoso narrow minded, one
idea, selfi-.h close fi ted watch dogs of
the Treasury to decry the mefu'ness of
the Postoffioe department. Whenever
it does not pay expenses abolith it Why
should e be taxed to furnish a revenue
to establish mail routes ad offices where
cent per cent is not returned ? Cut off
every upptndago that does not pay."
'lh I'ostofflco Department, iu its organ
ization, was uot intended as -u reventid
measure for the support of the Govern
ineut, but more considered as one ot its
expenses to bo borne equally by tho
pcojle, audit maybe regaided us one
of the wisest imusurei of our govern,
meut to extend it r nn& : itions corn
mensurato with the m ivements of the
population in the redemption and set
tlement of so large a country as ours.
Let tluse who are ready to pounce
upon every administration for its ex
penses iu supporting this part of our
system ponder upon these things The
man who would beirru lg the expense
of carrying a mail at public charge to
the pioneer who leases the comforts of
a more civilized life to extend our set
tlements and plant his family upon its
eontincs, because it " doa not pay "
is fit for treason, stratagem aud spoil."
JACOU HI DO WAV.
The individual whose name heads
this chapter, and fl am w hence ' Kidg.
way " derives its name, has been so of
ten mentioned in this History," that a
brief sketch of him will not bo out of
place. He was emphatically arVt man,
lived end died es such. His wealth
was acquired by dilligence. skill, ceou
omy n all the minor details ot luswic-s
It was not acquired by midden snoculi
lions, in " shoddy " contracts, or petro.
leuiu prizes, but by slow ni tfure w-
cumulations. He was able pecuniarily
to own these large bodies of land, and
pay its tuxes. So long as the prospect
fcf gctt'tuiecte oo Via l:iuds arisdug trout
his own expenditure, apin.irel pnib.ih'e
to lis mild : I.e- was an'eiitly rli.'iL'el
in I heir prneeuiino tin i u: vine 1 hi
hinds iiocut ding.y. He V;is ;i Miiei-re
n liuirer ol ih i' ipi 1'it v of bo o i i e'l o
acter. eillel ?'' ti'i tii'f " w'iV'i di
pensed with nil applie items In ure iter
Wealth, in ;ase of iiiirf iitiimi ,,-),y nn
avoidable iieeej-itii-s His jn lii'irvit o
may be sa'elv averred Was never at fi'llt
in ilisprimiriatinsr vte m-n in the sale of
his binds, lvi woii'd improve and pay
tor I hi in But le w esitiii.s were ever
built upon l is lands, likely to b" d 'sei-
led by an u n i ' " ' le niftier
mid en lineiic"' svere the no ili'i
Mo
. I.,
mired lie va- a hsi l itr- '
true "li"i' el' I lie term i lei t ' i' r v
physiognomy. It wis rVs '.
tioii of hum in c'ihimc' r f'-e !
ti i in to n'l'". surh niif iu ibe r-cu
ol Kidgwny and vicinity; ami :liont
losing single debt. Business men ami
acc niritatits have u-nt ! ly one or moii
open iieei no's le)gi-is, in which to
e u ry balance" tor a Innuer ol shutter
time, as pr ifi , l is and cxn"iise " nn I
which perhaps iiniain loiever unbal
anced or closed. 'Idle cwiio. the jeal
ous disliker ot ciVA m'-H, ibe Caviller d
good deeds ni'ght peilutps s.'V . that the
iiit id' gratitude nevev romaim-d its un
paid upon .Mr. !l bulks, o; even cur
lied iu (o that -i ccpteeh: ol pi .fit and
loss" acc not, but such a .-img m hiM
bo regarded us a slainlcr b) 'It- a 'mi
rers of Mr. It 'Tis true when tin citi
zens ol Uidgway applied for a public
burial ground, Mr. It. had a valid- aud j
rational excuse against tho appl'cation :
pp. 'cation :
it was was va'id beea-
lix? 'mid vas
his : it was lalional, because it milita
ted against hi- doctrine of self rel'dnn
among his sealers. Thw, the validity
ai.d the rationality was apparent to every
one, when he declared, he " would not
Cud laud for tho living aud the dead."
The Ilidgwayites can congratulate them,
selves that the sin of ingratitude d ies
not lie at their doots in the matter ol
adoratiuu. lor a receptacle of the dead.
Jacob Itidgway aud Stephen Girurd
both resided iu Philadelphia, aud were
cotetuporaries in tho accumulation of
wealth. Tho latter died first distri'o.
uting his immense fortune io objects
worthy of a public character, the latter
to his immediate descendants and legal
heirs. Ho may have become displeased
ut what was termed an evasion by the
city of I'iiiladelphii in the disposal of
Mr. Girard's legacy ; probably tho city
of Philadelphia had no claim upon Mr.
I'idgway. he was u native. Ml. Giratd
- u i.flciiriier by inrlli. j no toiuier
lies buried in ' Laurel Hill " Ceuietiy.
The latter exists io marble within the
vestibule of that far famed eolict: which
his wealth instituted nn I endowed.
The biographies of rich mn m et sel
dom chronicled, only as they exist upon
testamentary r. cords, tho books, and
assessors duplicates, if we accept the
means resorted to. tor the aceuuiul.itinn
o' their wt-nltli. In their day and gen
t-rati.ui. th ise two cntcmnoi.iries Mr.
Kidgway and tJirardiiMy lnv,.- Keen
c-n.-idcred as the two r.pi c-t ue-n in
I'hiUdelphta. Both aun-sed tluir plop
erty by slow beginnings, aeecler.ted in
every turn like the rolling snow ball,
proportion enlarges, until it bee miihs a
ponderous mass, it lm rie I in its motion
it is likely to bn ak off in fragments,
lessoning its inerease. it not ir,s inter de
struction as a c impact body : thm these
men never allowed the leat unnecessary
expenditure, ami every detail, and
every calculation of interest Mil value
made to a m niioru itieal exactness, it be
c.itne a habit and a rule. " Tike care
of tho pennies the pounds will take
care of themselves." U an old a i :'e aud
although true, a, a geiie il application
might be and is well quetione ! wheth
er it is lati I title, or 6hou'd ho pertina
eioiisly adhere 1 t) whsn the results are
no longer necessary. Oue anecdote ot
each of these men will suffijc. Mr.
tairardiua business oprradon a
I a., i i: . . . ,
iiii, iii.u iuini.-r UIU lull C.',? as 11
afterwards appeared on Mr. G's books,
leaving a balance due him of six cents,
a tew years after they met and Mr.
Giratd politely n.cut'wned this balance.
The gentleman as politely tit-id out the
Spanish coin, sis and a yiiarttr cents
(dimes and half dimes not I lion coined)
observing as "ho did not carry the
cents and couU not prefer any thing
but silver and as there was no les.ser
currency iu tho U. S. than hat cents,
he did m t see how be could get his
change," tho ludiciousncss of the do
maud and difficulty of arithmetical bal
ance so struck Mr Giiard as to cause a
laugh on both sides, aud the matter
drooped.
Mr. Hidgway during one of bis last
visits to M'Kean and Jefferson iu rein
tiou to bis lauds, had stopped for the
transaction uf burdnisi at a tavern at
tho lower eud of tho village of Smith,
port, expecting U meet other parties at
tl p 1 1 vi-rn ut (ho upper end, ho paid
b's hill mid in doing so chsngo could
be made exactly nnd their became due
Mr ''. two cents The following day.
Mr. B wis ready to leave from this
t.l.iee for Bidgwy. 'he team was nt the
d,,r i-na ls wine muddy and n hstd
journey belino tlictu. lie desired them
to wait 'till be could walk (or ride) down
and get bis change from tho other
lioiise, onn quartet of a mile, observing
to the company, that ' it was not the
vulur of the two cents but he. could not
break over a rule of bis life " which
was to fqu'trr all accounts. Tho team
s'er in view nf driving after datk over
i bad mad. would willingly have paid
the tiro crnt. but a principle! would
have hi en violated.
T KK CONTINPKO.
'Mil KptTcill Your printer has made
qiiife a tiiiuil.iT of blunders in publish
mil' my la-t communication on the pi
ii'-ou Mi'jict. In omitting the 77o he
inis cut ot a whole period of three fig
uit-s. reducing the union nt to tho one
thou-endth part of the number given
in the question. Ho said 85 hun.
died tlis uf u mile, when be should have
said cigh'y tlirce, and il Philomath will
reduce 15.782 inches to inches when
bo should have said, reduco 15.782
iiiihs to inches and used the word debt
in place of lelt H. W.
The policy adipted by tho Cap
tain General of Cuha. under instruction
from the home government, and tho
new ami Severn laws and decrees pro
I mulgated for tho suppression of rebel
lion, gives additional color to the rumor
that the people of that island are pro
patinir to-revolt avrainst Spanish rule
and expect nid ami assistance from the
South American republics tow at war
with Spain.
The R'Jic.il Legislature of Con-
nectiuut is the first to ratify the Rump
amendment to tho Constitution of the
United States. Not many wotks ago
the people of tho same State, by a deci
tied majority, decided against amending
their own constitution so as to give the
elective franchise to negroes 1
A destructive fire occurred at Port
land Maine, on tho 5th inst.
The fi c commenced a little below the
loot of High street. It next burnt Holls
flouring mills and then Brown's sugar
houses with all its surroun lings ; then
Staple & Sons & Richardson foundries
and everything elseou Commercial street
.. . .., t. . r. i.
called Graham's corner, composed of
small wooden buildings, clean. Street
then burned up as far as the old Lau.
muti House, on I'leasant street; one
third way up Center street; half.wav
up Coltou street ; completely up Cross
nod U..;.m streets, Temple street ami
Exchange street. It swept down on the
northerly side of Dine street to India
sircct. on the east whib on the west it
wound alona diagonally across Middle
street and duwn to Cumberlaud, takin"
merlin Mouse, but sparing the First
f .ar.sh Church. Thou from Chestnut
street to North street D made a clean
sweep on the southerly side of Cumber,
laud i-treef, and the satno was the case
with Congress and everything clso to
Dine street as far east as India street
It is almost impossible to tell where
the people live, the ruiu aud destruction
is so Complete.
It is a generally conceded fact that
I'resic'cnt Johnson will veto the tariff
JJill.
Senator Lane, of Kansas, shot him
self on the 1st inst., inflicting a wound
which resulted fatally, at tiioo o'cluck
to day.
lie had been acting strangely for sev-
oral days, and a carelul watch had been
I
Kept over him, Lut while ridin last
evening will, a brother.in M,
MeCull, and Capt. Adams, brother of
his son in law, be got out of tho wagon
.vh:; h had stopped at tho gale of tlC
residence of Mr. McCall, aud slipping
to the rear drew a pistol and shot hiiu.
self in the mouth, the ball passing out
thioogh the top of his skull. Tho act
was undoubtedly the lesult of tempora
ry mental deratigemeut.
He is tho third member of the family
who has destroyed himself.
The ocourreu-e created uuiversal sad.
ness here.
Since the above was in type, we leain
that the Senator is improving, and
hopes are enter taiued of his recovery.
Hostilities have commenced in Eu.
rope between Austria and Prussia in
good earnest. The Prus.sia.is havo en
tered Saxony, and the Italian govern
ment hsve declared war against Aus.
tria. France has declared herself neu
tral as" long as tho belligerents do not
endanger her iuterests. Tho Berlin
correspondent of the Londou Times
say the Russian force concentrated in
Southern Poland is dow slowly ad vane.
ing in thf. direction of the Silcsian fron
tier. Httd it is surmised in Austrian IV
'n I. lht they will uke up such a posi
tion is to eventually be at the disposal
of tbn King of Anstris, on the least in
fci lerenee by Fittnee.
The Italian nimy crossed the Mincio
without meeting opposition from the
Antrlans. It then pushed on towards
Pcscbiera and Verona where a meat
battle was fotmht, the Italian army, un
der Victor Enmntiel. were defeated.
Garibaldi had embarked from Como
with volunteers to join tho Italians.
The New Vork Herald's Mexican
correspondence says that the Mpx'cans
arc becoming moro and more united in
ibe cause of independence. 'I he Impe
rial forces have lately met with a num.
ber of defeats, somo of which ate im
portant.
8tSrBy last week's Clearfijld Repub
lican we seo that Maj. Witiirt.M is a
candidate for the nomination of Assnci.
ate Judge in that county. The Msjor
was one of the victims to the Reign uf
Terror inaugurated by the Incompetents
in that c ei ity, aul bjro his persecu
tions manfully.
The People' Candidate for
Congress.
Cor,. Dan Rick :
Dkar Sin. We, the undersigned
cirzens of Girard and Erie County, in
view ot tho patriotic services rendered
the Gimrnment. and the many thou
sands of hard earned dollars you have
expended to sustain and carry on the
war aira'nst relic 11 ton ; having proved
yourstlf thp true friend and supporter
ol Andrew .lo'insnn and his Administra.
tion in their efforts to restore the Union,
and hiving confilence in your integrity
and ability to discharge the duties of
Representative of the 19th District in
Congress, we therefore request that yon
allow your name to be used as the Peo
ple's Candidate for that office at th
ensuini; election.
Gen. Scnyard,
E. J. Kenyorj,
J. GnlliforJ,
J. Martin,
W. L trout,
Wm. I'latl,
H. Benham,
James Hrnwley,
Henry Ball,
B. C. Ely.
A. M.O.born,
Clias. B. Grant,
Louis Yeager,
a. D. Tookctt,
J ihn lirccht,
Hiram Daggett,
.1. V. Al water,
K. lowcl,
K. W. Clink.
William Tyler.
G. S. GulPford,
D oh n May. 3r..
j. L. Mart,
O W. Ptincs,
A. Martin,
Itoht. Wilcox,
J. E. I'eitihone,
A. Slono.
James I'allaa,
C. L. Phelps.
John II. Oulliford,
A. O. Ely.
E. K. Smith.
Frank AlcCreary,
Wm. H. Edson,
F. 'I. CoaU.
John Robertson,
D. Olio.
John Kesael,
E. 8. Bplknap,
W. D. Webber,
II. L. Carr.
W. D. Martfn,
J. T Simmons,
A. White,
S F. Mason,
l. B. ChcTalier,
Jan. I. Thayer,
S. T. Williams,
Geo. C Martin,
C. W. ffoyes.
1. Naton
Mfxon Godfrey.
H. Kiltelberger. Jr.
Mich'lSchniiiaker. Jr.
Heinrioh KHtelberger,
Koberl Calder,
I-. D. Hart.
J. M Murphy,
J. Bender.
Altoona, Pa., June 26th 1866.
To the Citizens of Girard and
Erie Countv, Penn'a.
Your letter, ptoposing to run ma for
(.ogress, is received. I would indeed
b- insensible to the commonost impulnes
of humanity were I not tilled with the
warmest seiitiiiioutol gratitude for the
iiienoiy expressions and personal re.
gard that your letter coutaius, signed as
it is by Ripublieans and Democrats,
whom I know to be staunch suuponers
of the Government, an i m my who have
ri-ked i heir live for tho preservation
of the Union. Such distinguish id o m
sideration overcomes every natural ob
jection I may have for political honors,
consequently do accept of your kind,
invitation to allow my niilna t0 oe
but with the understanding that T an)
not to bo tho standard bearer of either
political party (Republicans or Demo-
crats) but if nominated it must be by r
People's Conveution. as I belong to 'Je
people. They are my friends and p.
trons, and in justice to them, cotnpo,ai
as they are of all sh ides of polUcal
opinions, I must oontiuueto livo in dieir
esteem, und labor to promote their tap.
piness and interests which has been tie
bright of my ambition for tweaty rye
T .
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Tin- DAN lllCB'
July,12tf.
RinawAV, July 12, 18C6.
KI.OUR, t,er bbl f 1Q fin t c rr
i'ORK....:.d ms;
WHEAT, per buslielV".V.V".V.V.V.VZ. 2 70
K t 1 1-w-i
oats 1 ir
DHIED APPLES .' 1 55
WEAX8 "
BUTTER per nound "
lakd Z Tn.
CHEESE rX
II Wil.'riim ...... ...uv
IH-ll icitr.i.,
WHITE FISH ,n
1
EGGS per doztn !.Z'..Z&
Ebie, Pa., July 12, 1866.
JnV.11 Pr bbl $ 8 60 to IS 00
J,t? 3 0i)to 8460
EF F 'noo.ii m
WIIITK FISH J bbl 9 21 to 6 60
MACKEREL.... lOOOtollKr;
WIIE T per buiu.l " o n.Vl
BE N8 1 7S t onn
EGO. per dozen. 28,.
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