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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26
Groaor B. GooDLAspEn, Editor.
mAxIMs FOR THE DAY.


No man worthy tho Office Of President should
be willing to hold It II counted in or placed there
bv aov fraud. U. s. GRANT.
/ could never have been reconciled to the Gle
yation by tho smallest aid Of mine Of person,
however respectable in private life, who must
forever carry upon his brow the stamp OF fraud
frat triumphant in American history. No sub
soquent action, however meritorious, can wash
away the letters Of that record.
CHARLES FRAscts ADAMS.
I would rather have the endorsement OF quar-
ter Of a million Of the American people than that
Of the Louisiana Returning Board, OF Of the Com
mission which excluded the facts and decided
the question on a technicality.
Tuos. A. HEsDRIcKs.
Under the forms Of law, Rutherford ID. Hayes
has been declared President OF the United States.
His title rests upon Acknowledgement OF lawful
voters the false certificates Of the returning OH
GERS acting couuptly, and the decision Of a com
mission which has refused to hear evidence OF al
legged fraud. For the hrst time are the American
pennie Gun frontad with the fact Of fraudulenty-
elected President. Let II not DO UNDERWOOD tnat
the fraud will be silently aoquieeced In BY the
country. Let no hour pass In which the usurpa-
tion is forgotten.
ADDRESS or DEMOCRATIC NJ. C.'s,
One hundred years Of human derravity sccu-
mulated and concentrated into climax Of crime,
Never again In Eve hundred years shall they have
an opportunity TO repeat the wrong.
DASIEL W. VOORHEES,.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26


TuE STALwARrs AND THEIR PET.
1t is curious to watch the move.
ments Of certain men throughout the
country since Gen. Grant has landed
on these shores and been the recipient
of so many and general ovations. The
stalwart Radicals of course desire to
make him their candidate for Presi.
dent, hence we find them assuming
to take charge Of him and so surround
ing him as to prevent him coming in
contact with other parties who have
designs on him, but not exactly in the
direction OF stalwartism. 1t is not
sure that Grant wants to be considered
a stalwart, as we find in his late Chi.
cago speech, sentiments the diverse Of
those held by Conkling, Blaine and the
late Zach Chandler. These sentiments
were put forth on an extraordinary
occasion and as if intended to beget
confidence in him in another quarter.
IL Is also well known that Grant pro.
poses to make tour of the Southern
States next Spring, all of which indi.
Gates that ho has desire TO enlist the
feeling in that section in his behalf.
What may follow il be should compass
this feeling is yet TO be told. 1t may
disconcert the plans of the s,alwaris
who are now 80 demonstrative. At
any rate VIC believe him and somo par.
ticular friends to be playing a deep
game that Is yet to be unveiled in the
future Danrilie InteliigencT.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26
NOT RIGHT.

II looks to us, at this distance from
the fcld, as though the Democrats in
the State OF Maine were about TO prac-
tice Radical joke on the "Cbristian
statesmen" of that loyal Common
wealth. The editor of tho Philadelphia
Times, in alluding to what has been
transpiring away down East, remarks
at is marvellous how closely the
Democratic Returning Board OF Maine
copies the record Of the Republican
Returning Boards of South Carolina,
Florida and Louisiana. When the
Democrats appealed to the Returning
Boards of tho South for permission to
inspect the returns 80 that frauds
might be detected and possibly pre-.
vented, the returns were studiously
kept from all but tho electoral con-
spirators until the crime of defeating
the well.known will of the people was
consummated. When the Republicans
Of Maine appealed to the Returning
Board of that State for permission TO
inspect the returns, it was obstlnately
refused, and how or where fraud is "a
strike in Maine will be known only
after the blow shall have been dealt,
ust as was done in the South Indeed
it would seem that Governor Gracelon
and his council have been reading up
minutely the record of the Louisiana
South Carolina and Florida Returning
Boards of 1876, and the speeches Of
Blaine, Hamlin, Hale, Fry and Others
in defense OF the electoral burglars Of
the South, and they seem TO be equa
TO the work OF leaving an exact copy
of the Southern Returning Board
record as a chapter in the history oI
The politics of Maine. Possibly whcr
the Maine fraud is to be announced
officially 1t will be accompanied with
u citation of the Florida precedents
where the solemn judgment Of Re
publican Supreme Court was insolently
defined to give victory TO fraud, anC
with salient extracts from thespeechet
of Blaine and Hamin defending tht
herosm Of Returning Boards. II SO
it will teach the lesson most impress
lively that lawlcssness is ever a re
proach to a State, and that the lawIess
ness that perverts the law to sanction
lawlessness, is the end OF order, safety
and government"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

A "BUsTED" CosoREssMAN.--HAoK.
ENsAcK, N. j., Nov. l9.-An adjourned
meeting of the stockholders of
tho Hackensack National bank, of
which Congressman Charles II. Yoor-
his was President, was held in the bank
building today. The committee ap.
pointed to examine into the affairs of
the bank reported. yoorbis' liabilities
are set down at about $3.50 900. The
committee say that out Of S131, 900
loans and discounts made under Voor.
hls' Presidency, ss1 900 are worthless,
$4,000 doubtful, and the balance
available. The committee presented
schedules to the stockholders for their
consideration. The first exhibited the
impairment which would have to be
made good il the old capital of $780,
900 was retained, viz, seventy-three
per cent. or $4,000 The second in
the event of a reduction Of capital TO
$4,000, viz, forty-three per cent.
and should tho bank go into liquida-
tion, viz, twenty-five per cent. The
comptroller of tho currency notified
the officials that il the affairs of the
bank were not speedily wound up he
would place it in the hands of q re
ceiver. The Hackensack Savings bank,
which is simply an offshoot of the
bank proper, will also go into liquida.
tion, as there is no doubt but what its
finances are in like wretched condi-
ton. The meeting adjourned to Satur-
day next. The feeling against Voor-
bis grows more bitter as the secrets Of
the banks management are disclosed.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

In Washington, on Monday last, the
Grand Jury found indictments against
John HiIE, late President, and Charles
X. Prentiss, late Cashier of the Ger,
man National Bank Of Washington,
D. c., for cmbezzling ssa,62o.74 in
cash and $1,000 in tho stock of that
bank on or about June 4tb, 1878. Mr..
HitShas been Consul General Of swits-
erland ip Washington for many years.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26


CUrE.-As the Hayes family havo
been attending all the Agricultural
Fairs throughout the country the past
year, tho Washington Post takes the
opportunity to announce TO tho public
that "until the County Fair season re
commences, Mr.. Hayes will bc open
to engagements for the dedication OF
buildings." This may be agreeable in
tclligence to the building" folks but
those who make pilgrimages to WASH
ington to attend to public business, and
find "tbc Government" absent, will
not feel 80 good. Hayes abscnteeism
is becoming as notorious as Grants.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26
pocxrr CuAnrrY--A New York dl.

vine said, in regard to the doctrine of
immersion, las; Sunday, that the man
who did not go far enough into tho
water to get his pocket.book under,
was spiritually benefited to but a very
limited extent. If this doctrine is
preached very extensively it will tend
to spread eoldness over the congre.
CATION, as the colored brother said
about the ten commandments Boston
Pat
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

Go oN.-The Postofiice Department
is carrying on a vigorous warfare
against all lottery companies. The
Postmaster General has directed that
mail matter should not be delivered to
certain persons whom he specifies by
name, known to be agents or managers
Of lotteries in Louisiana or Kentucky.
He has attacked one of the most prof
table species Of gambling Of the day,
and it will not give up the fight until
it has exhausted every legal quibble
and technicality.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

TnAr's Irl-We have frequently
wondered why such large majority Of
the people of Allegheny county voted
80 madly wrong. The Pittsburgh
Telegraph gives us the key to the re-
suit, as follows
One Of the many marvels II the day 10 that a
man living in the enlightened city Of Pittsburgh
should believe In the nncient folly Of witchcraft
30 hrmly as to burn his hard earned furniture TO
get rid Of the evil spiriu The Missionary So
eieties still have work at home.
Ignorance and bigotry is the foun.
tain from which flow such large Radi.
cal majorities in Allegheny county.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

"CIvILIzArIoS"lO AoAIS,-An ex-
change says: "Whilc General Grant
passed through tie Republican town
of Galesburg, ILL.,, he was bit with an
egg-a stale egg. # was dirty trick,
a foul outrage, Of course, but nobody
has presumed to hold the entire popu.
lation of Galesburg, the civilization Of
Illinois, or the society of the North
responsible for 1t. But, If the same
thing had happened in Yazoo, Missis.
sippi, II would have been otherwise"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

BAD FOR ELIzA.-Tho Louisville
(Ky) Courier special from Canton,
Miss says Eliza Pinkston, of Return.
ing Board notoriety, was arrested ON
Saturday, charged with numbering her
husband, who died suddenly on the
10Th inst. The parties had heen mar.
ricd only two years. They had fre-
quent quarrcls, and separated two
weeks ago They met and quarrelcd
on Friday, and he died on Saturday.
The Coroner has the case under inves.
tigation.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26
THE LAST FICTIlf.


We notice that the editor Of the
Now York Sun has resumed his annual
dirty work OF libeling his superiors.
He now makes grave objection to
Senator Bayard because she ia no
statesman" No one but knave or q
fool would allow himself to make such
u remark. More; The editor in ques-
ton, with somo others, is a stalwart in
abusing and slandering his superiors,
and is always engaged negatively.
They are not satisfied with picking up
a candidate and urging his claims
before the people with their usual
ability, as becomes Democrats and
statesmen, in all preliminary contests ;
but they drop their own candidate and
usually expend their talents IN loeling
rival candidates. If common honesty
and fair dealing with our party friends,
and everybody else, leads to this, we
have been badly educated.
Our idea about this lie, that tho edi-
tor of the Sun, and everybody else, has
the right to advocate the claims Of
their respective candidates, from Pres
ident down to Constable, but they
should never assail a rival for the same
position only upon the ground that he
ia dishonest or incompetent Outside
of this limo OF demarcation, we esteem
it n crime for candidate or bis friendE
to assail rival. That is our opinion
Who dare deny our position ?
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26
Brrr by rue FLocK.-Thc Dcnve

BEEF ny THE Flock. The Denver
(Col.) Nelcs says: "A very large cattle
sale was effected in this city, the pur.
chascrs being two gentlemen from
Michigan, who propose TO make Den
yer their future home. The names OF
the purchasers are $. G. Shepard, OF
Detroit, and B. +. Shepard, OF Ovid.
Tho purchase they made includes a
herd Of sixteen hundred cattle belong.
ing TO Mr.. Anton Schindolholtz, Of this
State. The cattle have been herdcd
on the Republican river for some time
and are In excellent condition. The
herd is composed OF native cattle, bred
and improved since 1865, and is con
sidered one Of the choicest herds 10
the State. The amount for which they
were sold was about $4,000. The two
Micbiganders who have made tho in
vestmcnt arc well up in tho cattle busi-
ness, and their venture will undoubt-
edly prove q profitable one"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

Conc REss.-This body meets at the
Federal Capitol next Monday, Decem-
long session, lasting, in all probability,
until the 4th of July. The Democrats
will have full control of both Houses,
and will be held responsible for the
legislation which may be enacted or
omitted. The party responsibility is
far greater than many suppose, and
therefore it behooves every Democrat
to be at his post
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

No SuRraIsE.-However rcpulsivc
the fresh revelations of Radical villainy
in louisiana may be, tbcrc Ia satisiac.
ton in ,hs p 'aectIon that they cannot
bo worse than the expos. heretofore
made. Past exploI ations in that o. ''
tor have touched both the zenith and
nadir of Republican rascality and have
cit no chance ofa possible surprise
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

AT Dallas, Texas, last Tuesday, the
charter of the Texas Trunk Rail- Dad
Company was filed. The road Is to
run from Dallas southeastwardlyto to the
Gulf of Mexico at or near Sabine Pass,
with branch from the main line to
the Louisiana line, in all a distance Of
$50 miles. Josiah b. Graves was
elected President.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

O,YEsl-The Butler Hoot.on organ,
theWest Chester Record, calls it a "con-
spiracy" to seize State government
and put in office persons who were not
elected. Well, we admit it; but if q
President is put in on that plan by
Radicals, why should Democrats be
disiranehised.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

LOYAL SARoAsM.-The Washington
Post OF the goth remarks Stanley
Matthews took occasion in bis address
to read to Erring Brother Key, who
sat near him, a scathing sermon on
the wickedness Of secession in general,
and Tennessee secession in particular.
Mr.. Key must have enjoyed the re.
marks on States rights, but he didn't
seem to look entirely bappy--as IL bis
cup Of blessing was going to slop over
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26
MORE MURDERS WANTED.

The New York Nation, advising the
Republicans concerning the Prcsiden-
tial canvass, warns them that they
cannot with effect, even with dccency,
go INTO the campaign with the two
murders and one assault on which they
have conducted the canvass just closed,
and adds
"rhe Chisholm murder occurred in
1877 and you used il in the elections
OF last year. You have now used 1t
again, and came very near having to
use ii alone. The Dixon murdcr--a
poor one at best, in which one bull
doing rufiian and gambler killed
another-camc to you in The neck OF
time, and 80 did the assault on the
postmaster at Blackville. You must
remember that in the late canvass you
threw overheard every Republican
doctrine or argument except distrust
Of the South. You got rid completely
OF civil service reform, and you said
nothing, or next 10 nothing, about the
enormous volume of notes which the
Government has still outstanding, or
about the pile of silver coin which is
accumulaiing in the Treasury, and
which possesses so much explosive
power You were silent, too, about
State affairs. You fell back, in fact,
almost completely on Southern law.
lessness, and the danger now is that
you will have to 60 into the Presiden-
tial canvass with the weapons you have
used in this one.
"But you cannot go into Presiden-
tial canvass, or even 90 to the Con
vention, and draw mp the platform on
stalwart principles. With ne.hi"ss but
two old, and Indeed one might say,
second hand murders You will, there.
fore, need fresh ones during the com
ing Winter and two murders collected
over an area as wide as the South and
from perturbed and semi-barbarous
community will not be enough, even
when dressed up with the best rhetoric
a. q. year command. Yea :s;as. hare =. Ct
least dozen to support the dreadful
picture you now draw OF Southern
society. The danger Of this state Of
things is that your dependence on
murders for your campaign ammuni-
tion and your dislike to take up any
thing else will during the Winter lead
you first TO welcome them and then, by
a process with which human nature is
only too familiar, TO desire them as
necessary to the salvation Of the party
That this wretched condition of mind
ought to be guarded against all OF
most of you will admit, and it can only
be guarded by such utterances between
now and next June as will satisfy the
party managers that the game which
has just been no successful within the
party in this State can not be played
over again in the larger feld.'
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

0uR NonLE CoMMATpEn.-That tar.
listed old RIVER Of tho deep, raised on
n prairie farm In the State OF Indiana,
Secretary Thompson, will have no sub
marine experiments, He Gays the
regular marines are paid 10 attend
,rersonally 10 their duty, and hc don't
propose to have hem put in subs and
go loadn9 ,hcn,ss ssslves, II isn't disci'
pIino.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26
Nor ANOTHER DOLLAR OF Elk

Nor ANOTHER DOLLAR OF ExTRAs.-
A cotcmporary properly remarks; sit
is only matter Of about two and q
half millions, mere bagatelle, that
MIR. McCrary wants added TO the army
appropriation. The country is full Of
Democrats who will never cast an
other ballot for any member of Con-
grcss who consents to increase this
branch OF National expenditures. And
this fact is one not likely to be ig.
norad ~
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

PRoPEn.-The New York Evening
Express suggests, in double leaded
editorial, that. the Democratic Con.
gressional caucus should choose com.
mittee from tho Democratic National
Committee, none Of whom shall belong
to the State of New York, TO consider
the situation of the party in that State,
-"-t such . plan for its rcorgan.
ana rep - think wIsc under
isation as they n.,.
the circumstances
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

Secretary Schurz will not Ia kc part
in the Louisiana campaign and neither
will Honest John Sherman. John
ought to go down aud look after tho
interests of his friend Eliza Pinkston,
who is accused of the indiscretion ti
putting her husband out Of the way.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

Beaman, recently appointed United
States Senator TO fill the unexpired
term of the late Senator Zach. Chand.
Ter, has declined on account ofill health,
and Governor Croswell, of Michigan,
has appointed Ex-Governor Henry p
BALDWIN, of Detroit, to fill the vacancy.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

Captain Crokat, who witnessed the
death of Napoleon l., and who was the
original Of the "Officer on Guard" in
Stcuben's well-known engraving, has
just died at Edinburgh, a General of
81 years of age.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

Congressional Printer Delrees is not
aiding the Grant Boom to any great
extent. He says he has the positive
assurance of MIR. Hayes that he will
not be candidate. Perhaps Mr.. Hayes
had better wait until the nomination
is offered him.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

Mrs. Amy Harris, ofSyracuse, N. Y,
is in luck. She has been notified that
she has fallen heir to a fortune of ST..
100000, left her by James Motz, whose
adopted daughter she was. Fortune
hunters will take notice that Mrs.
Harris has a husband.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

Mr. Walt Whitman is returning TO
the East in comparatively good health
and full Of enthusiasm concerning the
lmmensity of the Western territory
and its wondrous riches.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

At last we have the official vote of
Maryland. The Democrats cast 90,-
767 votes for Hamilton for Governor
while the Republicans cast 6s,6lO for
Gary, leaving Mr.. II. net profit on
the transaction OF 22, 157 votes.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26
FACTS OFHIyTORY.

Amer the war with Mexico, which
had the effect TO increase the area of
frontier requiring protection from ma.
rauding Indians and Mexicans, Con.
gress, in March, 1855, passed On act
authorizing the raising and equipping
Of two regiments Of cavalry for this
purpose. The First and Second cav.
airy regiments were Differed pyyoung
officers Of tho army who had "won
their spars" ia tho ,Sesiran battles
aud were selected with great care for
this special service. Their names have
since become renowned on the field and
IN the forum, and sparkle like jewels
on the brow Of the Muse of American
History. II. V. Sumner, of Massachu-
sets, was selected TO lead the First
cavalry as Colonel, and Joseph Il.
Johnston was tho Lieutenant Colonel.
Ben. Mccullough was chosen Major,
but declined George B. Mcclellan,
VIM. N. r. Bcall, Mcintosh, Ransom,
j. Il. B. Stuart, Mcintyre, Crittenden,
Lomax, and others, were Lieutenants.
In the Second cavalry, Albert Sidney
johnson was the Colonel Robert Il.
Lee, Lieutenant.Co W. J. Har.
dee, George IL. Thomas, and Earl Van
Dorm were Majors; E. Kirby Smith,
George Stonoman, Theodore OHara,
Whiting, Evans, Charles W. Field,
John B, Hood, Phifer, Van Camp,
Fitzhugh Lee, and others, were Lieu.
tenants. These regiments were doing
duty on the plains OF Texas aud the
Indian Territory when the sounds Of
martial music from homo dispersed
the gallant leaders. General Thomas
alone OF the Irregular" officers of the
original Second cavalry remained on
the side OF the Union.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

Sultan Abdul Hamid has $4,000
every "a hours. But he never pays
his debts The Gar has $4,000, the
Emperor of Austria about $4,000,
Kaiser Wilhelm still less, while the
King of the Belgians has only $1,000
a day.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

MIR. Darwin intends TO publish the
life of his grandfather this year The
old man, distinguished physician at
one time, was overwhelmed in his last
years by calumny. He is one of the
suppressed characters in science.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

Go Enthusiastic support of
Democratic nomination continues to
engross the Radical editorial mind.
Such unselfish labor is creditable to
human nature. 1t reoonciles one to
the slings and arrows of outrageous
fortune in this sea OF troubles.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-11-26

Chicago claims TO have cleared over
a million dollars on the Grant show.
Small towns are now writing tor terms.
, 1879-01-26

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ioadin shotgun, cheap for cash. Address
rrunp paftcalafs Is to gun price wanted, etc. 46,