Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-10-07

ASSOCIATED PRESS LETTER
PnlLAnKLPniA, Oct. 8, 1874.
GRANT AND rnE THIRD TERN.
In'or,ler that might furnish the
patrons Of The Associated Pross Let
icrs with the most reliable iniorma-
tiou cohccrning the third-tcrm move
ment--which thoughtful men cease to
regard as o joke-i have secured the
services of Washington corespon-
dent who is not in the habit Of max
ing mistakes. He informs me: That
the President is loquaciously happy
ovm' the rcsult Of the nominating con
ventions recently held in the State Of
New York, that he looks upon the
nomination Of Tildcn by the Demo
ciais and Of Dix blythe Republicans
Tor Governor, rs irfcvocably deteifnin-
mg the question Of the next presi.
dcncy, as well as that of Governor of
New York. n rf
The President thinks that II was
clearly within the power Of the Dem
eerats to have carried the State of
New York, and had they done 80 their
success in the Presidential canvass
would have been assurod that oppor-
tunity. he regards as now hopelessly
lost TO them. President Grant DO
lioves that had the Democratic con-
vcntion nominated General Winfield
s. Hancock for Governor, they would
have swept the State by twenty thou
sand majority, aud the current, started
there, would have relied iiresistibly on
until il would have landed Hancock in
the Executive nunsion.
General Grants Of opinion that he
who does most to bring order and
prosperity 10 the Southern people will
unquestionably be the one chosen
President IN 1876. He thinks that u
great change hss taken place in the
nai,.sls o. the A-r.thsrn ,,snple IN ref
lerenee " the negro question, and that
uncomfortable disaster must inevitably
fellow the enactment Of the Sumner
Civil Rights Bill He is not insensi-
bic TO the hostility he would incur
from Massachusetts in the event Of
his vetoing such a bill. While the
President is reticent AS TO what he be
licves will be the result Of the election
in Pennsylvania, he does not hesitate
to express his conviction that General
Dix win be reelected in New York by
a large majority. In this particular !
presume il IS scarcely necessary TO re-
mind the reader that the New York
Democratic convention declaredagainst
a third term for the present incum-
bent, or for any other President, aud
that the Republican convention, re-
solved That the administration Of
lPr~idenf Grant has been distinguished
for achievements in domestic and for
lcisn policy unsurpassed in the history
Of the country.
.f Bours INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Commissioner Foster has been
snatching the bogus insurance compa-
mics Of this city, "bald.hsaacd,p as the
boy of the period expresses ii, and the
Peoples Insurance Company and Cen,
tral have been compelled to "step down
and out, The Secretary of one has
stepped out OF the country, and |
think Mr.. Foster will cansc the Prcsi.
dent Of the other to step into the pen.
itcntinry for raising one thousand dol
lars worth of railroad stock to make
ii represent sl2S,o00 in value. The
Safeguard has, for want of a certii.
cate of good charster, ceased TO do
business. II is safe TO guard against
insuring in any Of the aforementioned.
l. An attcmpt was made by the com
missioners of Massachusetts and New
York to give the Penn Fire n ablack
eye As this company has many
risks throughout this and other States,
have, for the benefit Of those insured
in it, closely scrutinized its affairs, and
Us correspondent who cannot afford
TO make u mistake in 40 important n
matter as this, / unhcsitatingly as-
sert that the Penn Fire Insurance
Company Of Philadelphia is entirely
solvent and fully able TO pay all It's
losses; ITS President, Fielding Il. Will
liams, is II most sensitive and honorl-
bic gentleman, Is worry wealthy aud
would spend his last dollar to meet
the obligations Of his company, rather
than have his honor tarnished. Such
gentlemen rs Thos. Blackmore of the
old firm of darretson Blackmorc 4
Co., aud Andrew Moore Of the firm Of
John Gibson, Sons 4 Co, who are di-
rcctors cannot afford to be officially
connected with q corporation that Is
not all It represents itself to be. To
my readers who have their insurance
in this company, let a.s say that their
risks are perfectly safe, the company
Is making money and the attempt Of
the two commissioners TO discount It
in public estimation has fallen short Of
its purpose.
I The Illinois commissioner has lust
concluded an examination Of this com
lpany's affairs nnd is well pleased with
It's condition 4r.i'
SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITION.
Tho exhibition which opens in this
city on the 9th Of October, under the
auspices of the Franklin Institute, win
be remarkable, more particularly for
the display of machinery, which, for
the number Of pieces on exhibition will
excel anything Of the kind ever pre-
sented for public inspection. The
most marked advancement in skilled
mechanism, during the last fifteen