Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-09-25

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Democrats for having on certain occa
sions supported certain Republicans 1t
seems strange that the master of that
journal. Immediately on the heels Of such
an article. should 60 on pilgrimage of
one hundred miles 90 as to get the lead
at the introduction of an old Republican.
whose advocate in his 'own way he
now too is. people who live in glass
/ houses" and so forth.
The train came in at the time designa-
ted and passed the crossing at the Pat
terson house, go that the rear end of the
car was about opposite the teleg' aph of
flee. DR.. Crawford and Mr. John Gray
bill appeared on the platform with aud
introduced Mr.. Greeley to the largest
crowd of men, women and children, of
all ages that had greeted the gentleman
! on The circle between this point and
Philadelphia, excepting Harrisburg and
Lancaster.
Mr. Greeley stepped out and rested his
right hand on the railing around the
platform of the car and delivered short
speech. lie declared him.elf no orator
and no mendicant or beggar for the votes
of the people for President. II the peo
pie thought that the interests of the coun-
try will be better promoted by the elec
ton of another. they should act accord
ingly at the polls. "A by stander"
quietly remarked to friend, "lf Greeley
is not begging votes why does he swing
around the circle p The answer was
caught up and lost in the music of the
band that was let loose on the compile
ton of the speech. MIR. Greeley is
well preserved man. of 81 years, stand
ing nearly if not quite six feet high, and
of rotund form. His hair is long, thin
and white. His face that evening. in the
glare of railroad lamps, seemed of
milky paleness and was cleanly shaven.
A friil of white whiskers. however, stand
out prominently from under bis chin and
extend from the lower point of one ear
to the lower point Of the other. complete
ly covering the glands of the throat
His eyes, under glasses, seemed luster
less and his face, while delivering the
speech, was so evenly set that it would
indeed have required the most astute
physiognomist to have even ventrred
gness as to the feelings and mental bent
of the speaker, just then. Some of the
spectators compared HE face in expires
sion to that of big baby. 1t did not
so appear to US Our connubial relation
chip has been such that for the eight
years past baby has been fixture in
our house, and their manifold express
sions are among the every day living
pictures among which we live and move,
and we must confess that among the al
most innumerable phases of physiogno-
my that they manifest, none have i'm
pressed US with resemblance to the ex-
preston that Greeley wore, ,vhan he de-
llvered him self at the station on the eve
ming in question. You look into Mr..
Greeley's face and you can no more tell
what is to come than if you look on the
lids of scaled book to read its contents
He was clothed in suit of black broad
cloth and had his feet encased in pair
of roomy shoes, and on his hands he
wo.e pair of brown cotton gloves. Of
course he would not be Greeley without
the white felt hat. While speaking he
held it in his left hand The inevitable
white coat was not about, it lay on
seat in the car while be spokc-so we
were informed by gentleman who ac
companied him to Lewistown. That was
meeting No. l. The wings of the De
mocracy were unit in that homage.
MEETING No. 9,
was held on the following evening
Thursday evening-at the Court House,
by the Ring Democrats. George Jacobs
presided. The speaker was young man,
of slender form. and probably five feet
ten inches in height. His face wore the
expression opposite to that of the Child
like and bland" and you instinctively
felt that in all probability its owner could
quite as readily lend hand in tearing
up pavement and pitching brick-b at
the heads of his opponents as those
skilled at that business. Spates was this
gentleman's name; he was from Balti-
more His speech. with one or two ex-
ceptions, consisted in a reproduction of
Democratic charges. He blundered fear
fully on the Alabama claims question
He denounced Grant for ever having al
lowed the question Of consequential dam
ages to have been brought up, when the
fact is clear to all the reading world tina,
Charles Sumper is the father of that
doctrine. He thought no lawyer Of any
standing would for moment have thought
of presenting such aquestion; but he did
not comprehend that he was pounding
the new ally of the Democracy-Mr.
Sumner-by so talking. The impracti
cablity of Charles Sumner on this point
was the chief reason of his removal from
the Craftsmanship of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs. The speaker said moth
ing about that. Perhaps he did not