, 1866-10-18
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
Gross FRAUDS In tho Luzcrne (l21h)
District

From the Philadelphia Psess.]
In studying the returns of the late cleo.
tion. two facts forcibly impress the intclli-
gent observcr-that wherever the ot1cial pa
tronagc-as in our navy-yard wards-os the
prejudces ofthe adopted cltizcns-as in the
counties of Schuylkill and Lnzcrne-cou1d
be used and operated upon, there the Cop
perhead majorities Increased But for the
these two elements, the Union minority in
Pennsylvania, Today, would be nearer
one hundred thousand than fifteen thousand.
Great surprise las been manifested ut the
enormous majority thrown In the county Of
LuzeEne against General Geary. Why and
how this was done, let the Scranton Rtpub-
litan of the 18th inst. relate.
We arc glad to perceive tha. Mr.. Archibald,
the Union candidate for Congress has re-
solved to contest the election, in which case
wc have no doubt that the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes will decide in bis faror, and thus
his paFtfsans to resort to such outrageous
frauds for the purpose Of cheating an iatelli-
gent people out Of their rights:
ELECTION FnArns-1he table ne publish else
where tells i,s own story; The Twelnh Ward,
Is this year; the North District Of WilkesbaTro
IT, 4,dy %s lna aS 81 s s is sa
It's s9 democratic majority last year, and
lI& Itu 1Dl& IuU t*uuLH Dlal{lEl OIL f1US-
I'm Township, with lis. 153 ta.ablcs md
10 Democratic 1najor'ty-thesc and numerous
similar districts show the perpetrattun Of enor-
Cagrant and wholesale as 10 leave M doubt Oft
being. possible to expose the:,. Tho most uu~
bluRhipg OF the fraudulent schemes was the Issue
by the thousand, OF naturalization papers IL 6i11i,
hearing the signature and official seals OF Michael
rhils'in, Pfothonefasy Of the county, Or John F.
Brown, CLERK q he hayor'e Court q carbontalc::
them have come into the bands Of the Union
County Committee. Ou making The discovery
aT aons sSss os!p na we're sss sss In the
FRArpr1Esr SATrRAL1xAT1os PArEEs.-An eK-
tens1ve and organized echcme to cheat the
Of tho coming election has been detected. The
p.oof Of this great felony Fraudulent naturaliza-
the county, bearing the seal Of tho Conrt Of Com
mon rlcas Of 1nzcfne Comfy, of which Michael
J. rhilbin is The psothono.azy and lawful cus-
We have bundles Of the papers issued in blank.
which have a!ecady been placed In tile hands Of
the intended Illegal yoteC. IN fnnnmerable pre-
BOX to crush Ill fraud BY eEsey e4e1ctse G. d sc
%ah s1s o1 as p1o,lded ths II following IL pea,
' 3ssc7.ox no il. Tiat II my person shall f.1se1y
make. forge. or counterfeit, or ca7:e Or procure
TO be falsely msdc. forged, o. eountertsiied. any
ntter. or use a. tFnc any false, forged Or counter
feed certificate Of citizenship. or shall make sale
or dispose Of any certificate Of cittsenshIpto any
person other than the person for whom It was
originally tssued and to whom 1t may Of right be-
long, every snch person shall be deemed md al-
jndEed guilty felony, and on being thereof con-
be imprf.oned and kept to hard labor for period
not less than three or more than fire years."
All persons attempting 10 "uso" such certid-
Gates OF naturalization arc hereby warned that
they will he arrested. prosecuted and punshed TO
the full extent Of the Law.
GARR1cK u. HARD1so,
II. ". PALMER,
WASHINGTON LEE, JR.,
HENnY II. uoyT,
STEWART 1'KAncE,
CHAs. PARRISH,
L. D. SHoEXAEEn.
WflEesb3yye. Pa, October g. 1866