Franklin Repository

A correction to the story that appeared in the last issue of the Repository stating that A. D. Gordon is the acting Assessor of the district. In fact, the position is held by Frederick Wiemer.

Schuyler Colfax will deliver his address, "Across the Continent," in Chambersburg on April 20th.

The article notes that Congress passed the supplementary Reconstruction Bill, overriding President Johnson's veto. The vote in the Senate was 40 to 7, and in the House 114 to 25.

Across the country, and even in the states lately in rebellion, assert the editors, there is growing public sentiment in favor of granting blacks the right to vote. The lone exception to this shift in sentiment is among Northern Democrats whose blind devotion to slavery and fear of economic competition with blacks in postbellum society has stifled their ability to move on and join the rest of the world in welcoming the dawn of a new era in American history.

The article criticizes a suggestion made by the Pittsburg Gazette to form a mixed ticket of Republicans and Democrats to represent Allegheny in the next election for the state assembly. The Gazette proposed the idea because "the present legislature has lost the Republican party its prestige and power," a notion that the Repository editors do not challenge, though the editors do question whether the election of Democrats will solve the problem.

The piece welcomes the return of the Mercersburg Review after a six year hiatus. The journal will be published with "renewed life and energy" under the direction of Rev. H. Harbaugh.

In the state capital, explains Horace, the Repository's Harrisburg correspondent, there were "lively times" during the past week. Of particular note, he says, was the controversy over the bill to increase funding for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which Gov. Geary vetoed much to the delight of the "Western enthusiasts in the anti-monopoly line."

The Repository's Washington correspondent reports that Congress easily passed the supplemental Reconstruction bill, only forty minutes after the President had vetoed the same measure. Manhood suffrage, "Spectacles" declares, is now the fixed policy of the government," and "it will never be overthrown." Among the other events of note during the past week was the "scramble for the spoils of the administration," which was the "most disgusting exhibition of place-hunting ever witnessed in the history of this government."

The article provides a brief summary of some of the impeachment proceedings conducted against members of Congress and the Judiciary since the establishment of the United States.

The piece relates the story of B. F. Mead, an "old man" who beat his daughter with "a large black-jack switch four or five feet long" because he disapproved of the style she had cut her hair. The beating left her with "a great number of stripes extending from shoulder to shoulder," one of which cut through the skin. Attempts to bring the man to trial were thwarted by his ability to keep his daughter from testifying.

According to Gov. Geary, in the last four years, nearly fifty murders have been committed in Schuylkill county, a coal mining region where there are numerous "secret affiliations" among "disorderly" miners. To deal with the lawlessness, says the article, a committee of citizens from the county visited the legislature and urged it to institute a program to halt the violence which continues to threaten their community.

It is reported that a riot broke out in New York as a procession of Irish societies made their way through the city's streets. The violence began after a truckman was attacked for taking too long to remove his team from the route. Numerous rioters and policemen were seriously injured in the ensuing melee.

Contains the election results from Antrim township and the Borough of Greencastle to complete the list of officers elected in Franklin county. In the Spring Election, Republicans elected judges of the election in ten districts and Democrats in twelve, with a tie in Warren. In Washington, which usually goes Republican, a Democrat was elected, and in Guilford, where Democrats generally win, a Republican emerged victorious; elections in the other areas went largely as predicted.

At the 10th Annual Session of the East Baltimore M. E. Conference, which was held Frederick, Md., on March 19th, appointments were made for the Carlisle and Frederick districts.

Contains a supplement to the recently enacted Road Law for Franklin county stipulating that roads shall be sold or contracted for no longer than a year, and that no drains or ditches shall be required on the road when the bed of the road is solid.

It is reported that W. R. Kreps, formerly of Franklin county, was arrested for his involvement in the murder of an infant in Harrisburg, where he was the proprietor of the States Union Hotel. Evidently, a woman staying at the hotel gave birth to the child, then left with another woman and Kreps. Shortly after, the baby's body was found buried in the hotel garden. The three were arrested in New York and brought to Harrisburg to face charges of murder.

Informs readers that a telegraph office opened in Waynesboro at the drug store owned by J. F. Kurtz.

Reports that John Ely was attacked and knocked down by "a colored man named Williams" while crossing the bridge near Lemnos Edgetool factory on Wednesday night. The thief absconded with one hundred dollars in greenbacks and another hundred in promisory notes. Williams was arrested the following day, though only half the money was recovered. He is currently being held in Fort Doebler.

The storm that passed through the area on Thursday and Friday, leaving 15 inches of snow, caused three barns to collapse.

In a fight that took place in Quincy on Monday evening, George Rock stabbed Jacob Fisher eleven times in his abdomen. Rock attacked his victim shortly after the two men got into an altercation. Fisher is expected to recover.

Notes that the legislature has extended the time for the payment of the enrollment tax on the Act to Incorporate the Gettysburg and Chambersburg Railroad company, which was initially approved on April 17, 1866.

On March 19th, D. J. Shull and Mary J. Shaffer were married by Rev. P. S. Davis.

On March 14th, Andrew Foust and Mary Christmas were married by Rev. T. Crider.

On March 21st, David Stouffer and Mary Bixler, of Carroll county, Md., were married by Rev. H. Y. Hummelbaugh.

On March 19th, Joseph S. Maloy and Sarah E. Wingert were married by Rev. P. S. Davis.

On March 19th, Cyrus F. Kelley and Sarah Forney were married by Rev. P. S. Davis.

On March 21st, William Lochbaum and Annie M. Reasner were married by Rev. H. Y. Hummelbaugh.

On March 19th, Joshua J. Norris and Sarah J. Cramer were married by Rev. J. A. Kunkleman.

On March 17th, Cyrus Blood, 71, died in Chamberburg.

On Dec. 23rd, 1866, Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Roof, formerly of Chambersburg, died in Urbana, Ohio. She was 60 years old.

On Feb. 27th, Sarah Warden, 84, died in Urbana, Ohio. She was the mother of Elizabeth Roof.