Bt)t gunbutg 8merican. II. B. MABSSB, Editor Proprietor. sinvHtuitY, pa. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1868. BBFUBX.IOAN NOMINATIONS. NATIONAL TIOHET. PRESIDENT t Uea. ULVKIDN U. GRAXT, OF ILLINOIS. TICK PRESIDENT i CHUIXER COLFAX, or INDIANA. PRESIDENTIAL ELBCTOBS. AT LARGE. Morrison Coatof, of Philadelphia. Thorn en M. Marshall, of PHUburg. TlliMnt. TUalrlat. 1. W. H. PniTM, 2. W. J. Pollock, X. Richard Widely, 4. G. A.ilill, 6. Watson P. M Gill, 8. J. H. Bringhurst, 7. Frank C. lleaton, 8. Itaao Eckert, 5. Marii Hoopes, 10. Jacob M. Rand, 11. William Davis, 12. W. W. Ketebuui, 13. Samuel Knorr, 14. 11. F. Wagonsellor, 16. Charles II. Mullin, 16. John Stewart, 17. Oeorgo W Elder, 18. A. Olmfload, 10 .limn Sill. 20. 11. 0. Johnson, 21. J. K. Enlnr. K.2. William Frow, 23. A. W. Crawford, 21. J. 8. Kulan. STATE TICKET. AUDITOR GENERAL : Gen. JOHN F. HABTKAKFT, OP U0NT00MEI1T COrKTT. SURVEYOR GENERAL : Oen. JACOD M. CAMPBELL, Or CAS1BUIA COUNTY. EIBTKICT TICICET. CONGRESS, JOHN B. PACKER, Eaq., or NOKTBtMIIERLAIlD tOl'KTT. COUNTY TICKET. ASSEMBLY, ALFEED R. FISKE, of Bhnmokut. DISTRICT ATTORNEY, WH, A. BOB EH, Esq., of Bunbury. COUNTY COMMISSIONER. JOSEPH M. NE3BIT, of Chillisrinaque. DEMOCRATIC ARGUMENT. Last Saturday evening we stepped into the Court IIouso to hear what the oracles of Democracy had to nay, on the affaire of the nation. The Democratic Club was in sua sion, nnd our neighbor, T. II. Purdy, Esq., was on the rostrum. Mr. Purdy's speech was evidently made up to order, and con tained a number of statements that required a vast amount of credulity even in a Demo cratic audience to listen to, without a broad grin. When Mr. Purdy eulogised President Johnson for his honeBty and patriotism, we could not help thinking how greatly he dif fered from the editor of the North umberhwd County Democrat, who only a few years ago denounced Andrew Johnson as a drunkard and one of the greatest political scoundrels of the day. But this, we presume, he con sidered a matter of little importance, as Democrats generally are supposed to have Tery short, if not very convenient memories. Another of his flights of fancy was, in add ing about five hundred millions to the pub lic debt. Mr. Purdy said it was not true that the Democrats were opposed to the wnr. True Democrats.such as Daniel S, Dickinson, of New York, Gov. Todd, of Ohio, and others, were certainly not, but the Copper head portion of the party most assuredly did oppose the war, a fact which Mr. Pur dy's own paper will abundantly show. But, perhaps, his most extravagant flight of fancy was on the negro question. ' lie declared tho Freednicn's Bureau fed, at the expense of the government, three millions of lazy negroes, which we of the North had to pay for. If so, this institution must cast into the shade even the miracle, of the "five loaves and two Bshcs." According to the report of Gen. Howard, tho Commissioner, the ex penses of the Bureau were about three mil lions per annum, and in some of the States more than half was expended on poor whites. This, according to Mr. Purdy's logic, would allow one dollar per year, or two cents per week.for boarding lazy negroes who certain ly can eat if they can do nothing else. Such is the material which constitutes a large portion of the speeches of tho Democratic orators, and this stuff they cram down the throats of their too credulous hearers, with out regard to consistency or truth. One of Brick Pomeroy'g disciples in this place has been engaged in distributing imitation one dollar greenbacks attached to a circular, iu which it is 6talvd that the government has one currency for the rich and one for the poor, namely, bonds and greenbacks. One of the Cops, we under stand, cut oil' tho picture, and passed it on a brother Cop bB a greenback. Such pictures way answer the double purpose of currency and argument with theCops.but they will de ceive uo Republican with either the one or the other. The Conferee meeting for the nomination of a candidate for Congress in this (14th) district was held at Ilarrisburg, on yester day (Friday). The conferees from this coun ty were Robert M. Flick, Esq., of Milton, Jacob Seashr.ltz, Esq., of Lower Augusta, and F. A. Haas, Esq., of Shamokin. The -meeting was merely a formal one, as J. II. Packer, Esq., of this place, received a unani mous nomination on the second ballot. The Democratic Conferees met at this place, on Monday last, and nominated Gen. Joseph Knipe, of Ilarrisburg, as their candi date for Congress in this district. Gen. Knipe is now Postmaster at Ilarrisburg, and will, no doubt, be voted for by the party, though some of them may not like the opinions he expressed in regard to copper leads in 1864. If the General could borrow about 2,500votes from the adjoining district, ha might have soma show for au election. Ges. RosEtiiAKs, in his correspondence with Gen. Leo and other rebel Genertds, whom he visited at the White Sulphur fipiings, in Virgiuia.will rather detract than add to toe reputation of the General. 1 he North can afford to be magnanimous and will be, but no UnirJh officer or roan can re cognize the leading Southern rebel officers, in the language used by Gen. Rosccraus, without humiliation and lots of dignity. That's Rouoh. The Vermonters onght certainly to have given the Democrats enough reprt.senUilv.is in their lower house to call the previous question. Republicans la oar Legislature would have very little to Deiocm. ..'eh ln whU tU HISTORICAL LIGHT. The Democratic part hat placed Sey mour and Blair before tbt country upon a platform which declares tha reconstruction acta of Congress to be "revolutionary, un constitutional and void." Let us assume this, for tha take of argument ; what gov ernments, Men, exist in the rebel States f Either those which solemnly declared their States separated from tha Union, or those which Andrew Johnson assumed to institute through tha machinery of his provisional governors. Tba Democracy now propose to recognize one or the other of these forms of government for tba Southern States. They propose to hold elections under their au thority. And they threaten war if we do not recognize tha validity of these elections, and count the electoral voto so chosen. We will do tho Copperheads the justice of assuming that they do not desiro the res titution of those State Governments which seceded from tho Union, mado war upon the Government, and brought such misery upon us and such destruction on the South, They declare they will not recognir.o the Governments created by Congress, and this leaves onlythoso which were created through Johnson's "policy." We propose to show what kind of members of tho Union these States, so governed, would make. NORTH CAROLINA. The Convention of North Carolina, Octo ber, 12, 1805. Motion made to prohibit the payment of the war dobt of the State, created in aid of the Rebellion. Laid on the table. October 18th, A. Johnson telegraphed to his creature, and on October 19th the Rebel war debt of the State was repudiated, yeas 84, nays 12. Missigcirri. Legislature of Mississippi met Noveinbor 24, 1805, and passed a bill reserving twenty per cent, of the revenue of the State as a fund for the relief of destitute, disabled Confederate and State soldiers and their wid'ows, and for the support and education of indigent children of deceased, or disabled Confederate or State soldiers, &c. Novera ber'27.1865, tho ioint committee of the Leg islature reported against the ratification of the amendment abolishing slavery ; ana ttie report of the committee was adopted. Nov ember 8, 1805, ' the Legislature adopted a memorial to Congress for tho pardon ot Jef ferson Davis. December, 1805, the Legisla ture changed tho name of Jones county to Davis county. Georgia. Nov. 4, 1805, Convention abolished sla very with this Proviso, "That acquiescence (!) in the action of the government of the United States is not intended to operate as a relinquishment, or waiver, or estoppel, of such claim lor compensation or loss sustain ed by reason of the emancipation of his slaves, as any citi.eu of Georgia may here after make upon tho justice and magnani mity of that Government." Nov. 8. 1805, Convention met. Tho State dobt of Georgia (incurred in aid of tho rebellion) declared null and void yeas, 133; nays, 117. March 10, 1800, bill passed Legislature authoiizing on extra tax ef two per cent, for the benefit of indigent soldiers and the families of deceased soldiers of the Confederate and State troops.. ALABAMA. The Legislature passed the following sec tions of a tax law, the most eminently Democratic legislation we ever saw, except, perhaps, the pensions to Confederate sol. dicrs. Perhaps a part of the tax raised by this bill went to that highly patriotic ob ject: "Sec. 12. To sell, or expose for sale, for one year, at any one place, any pictorial or illustrated weekly, or auy mouthly paper, periodical or mngizine, published outride the limitt of this Slate, toil not in a foreign country, and to vend the same on the streets, or on boats, or on railroad cars, a tax of fifty dollar." "bee. 13. To keep a news depot for one year in any city, town, or village, for the sale of any newspaper, periodical, or maga zinenot including pictorials provided for in tho preceding section, a tax of ttn dol lars." SOUTH CAROLINA steadily refused to repudiate the Rebel State Debt. One telegram from the President, and three from Seward, urging the Conven tion to do so were treated with contempt. Before dispersing they let'erred to the "Committee on Federal Relations" the sub ject of the debt created to aid the rebellion, but the Convention (and its committee) never met afterwards. That debt, under the government which tho Democrats in sist is the only valid government South Carolina has, remains due and payable. FLORIDA, Which contains fewer inhabitants than Lan caster county (after repudiating the Rebel Stiito Debt with an alacrity peculiarly Flori- dUn), coupled to her ratification of the anti-slavery amendment tho following resolu tion : "Jfrmlreit, That this amendment to tho Constitution of the United States is adopt ed by the Legislature of Florida, with the understanding that it does not confer upon the Congress the power to legislate upon the political status of the Freedmen of the State." Enough for this time ! Freemen and sol diers ! is this tho temper which conquered, parolod prisoners of war should exhibit to fit thorn for restoration t If so, vote for Sey mour and Blair. If not, and you think the United States conquered iu the last war, vote for the representatives of tbejust, nier ciful and loyal Governments established by Congress. Vote for Grant and Colfax and Peace-! Oi'R Candidate. The following notices of our candidate for Congress, J. B. Packer, Esq., serves to show the entire satisfaction and unanimity of the district in his nomina tion. Mr. Packer will receivo the largest vote ever polled in this district for any can didate : 4 A Good Nomination. Wo are gratified to learu that John B. Packer, Esq.,of Sun bury, has been nominated to represent his District in Congress. Mr. Packer is not only very popular but is a man of mora than ordinary talent and ability. Nor is this all. Us is oaeot those kind ot men that win be of some use to his District. His consti tueuts will always find him ready and wil ling to serve them and look after their in terests. He will be elected by a large ma jority. Bloomsburg Jti-publican. Fob Congress, John B. Packer of Nor thumberland county, beads the list. The large vote which the county gave Mr. Pack er, is lullkieut evidence that his nomination in tha district (which is a certainty) meets tha approval of all. Mr. Packer 'n a lawyer by profession. In this sphen he 1ms iiot only practiced in his owu, but also in adjoining counties. Ha is a uiun of great popularity and therefore no stranger in this district. The voters in tha district will give him an overwhelming majority in October.-i'Veyiw? Courier The Taouers of Chicago propose to enroll ten thousand man immediately. There are already five thousand equipped. "A Whit Mar's Gotmhmmt." Jor an example of tha mode in whloh tha Booth-j ern Democracy occasionally vary their oc cupation ln shooting "Radical niggers," by trying to coax them to become "colored Democrats," wa submit tho annexed cate chism, which has been prepared for the use of tha Virginia freedmen by tha Richmond Whig, one of tha leading Democratic rebel journals of tho Booth. It covert the whole ground, with more than usual fidelity to the troth, and makes very fair reading for the Democrats hereabouts, who believe in "a white man's government." The TTAfyatkt: What gave the negroes the right of tuf frage in New York t The Democratic party. Who presided over the Convention which gave this privilege to negroes t Martin Van Buren, a Democrat. Who afterwards elected Martin Van Bu ren President of tho United States ! The Democratic party. Who married a negro woman and by her had mulatto children t Richard M. John ton, a good Democrat. Who elected Richard M. Johnson Vice President of the United States f The Dem ocratic party. If President Van Buren had died, and Richard M. Johnson had become President, who would havo becomo the Democratic mistress of tho White House ? This negro woman. Who mado the negro a citizen of the State of Maino f The Democratic party. Who enacted a similar law in Massachu setts ? Tho Democratic party. Who gave tho negro a right to voto in New Hampshire ? Tho Democratic party. Who permitted every colored person own ing $250 in New York to become a voter? A General Assembly purely Democratic. Who repealed tho laws of Ohio which re quired negroes to give bonds and security before settling in that State ? Tho Demo cratic party. Who mado mulattaes legal voters in Ohio ? A Democratic Supreme Court, of which Reuben Wood was Chief Justice. What became of Reuben Wood ? The Democratic party elected hiin Governor three times. Who helped to give free negroes tho right to vote in Tennessee under the Constitution of 1797 ? Gen. Jackson. Was General Jackson a good Democrat ? Ho generally passed as such, "Vcrinonl's IKcjinMicuu Victory W an Won by Hard Work." A friend writing from Montpelicr, glori fying over the result of the election in Ver mont, makes the following important and instructive statement : "Our victory was a signal and decisive one, but the result must not be accepted as an achievement secured without a contest Vermont's Republican tictory was icon by hard work. 1 doubt if ever a similar thorough organization was had in any State prior to an election. Every district, ward, borough and city had their active Republicans clubs, which were in turn divided into vigilance committees, that operated with the precision ot men trained for that peculiar work. For two months before the election every Republican voter was a Redublican orator; and the men thus inspired were unceasing in their work. Whenever a Democratic speaker from abroad traversed the State, the meetings which ho addressed were attended by committers of Republicans who mingled with the people who composed such pssum. blages, observing all that was said and tuk. ing special care that no man was imposed upon by a falsehood. In this manner the sophistries, dogmas and falsehoods of the enemy were coutroverted, ex plotted and re futed as soon as they issued f rom that throat of a Democratic orator. In fact, there whs no resisting the efforts and the influence of these sub committees as they made their ap pearance at a Democratic meeting. They were composed of men of inllueoce and worth, who were fully able to converse on all the issues of the campaign. Still other committees were on duty, visiting voters at their residences, in the workshops, the busi ness mart and tho social circle, until the masses of Vermont were actually mado a continuous political meeting, at w hich the influence of Republicans took the lead. All conversations become a debate of political issue. Business for awhile infused its vigor and its integrity into politics, and men of respectability, business worth and moral iutluence, threw their weight into the oon test, not merely to elect certain candidates to office, but to shape the course of the State in a political line of duty which would ensure it the best government, and thus con sequently secure its prosperity. Hard work won us Vermont, and now that the contest is over, the work will be redoubled to in crease the lustre of the victory we intend to win in November." What is uttered by our correspondent in reference to Vermont, may be applied to Pennsylvania. Hard work is what we want in tho Keystone State. We have tho moral force, the native talent, and the large inter est to make a worker and au orator of every Republican. If all these are uroured we can make our October victory a success which will render doubly glorious iu our favor, the triumph of November. Hard work oggrcs sive work iucissive work incessant work the work that appeals to conviction and arouses pride in personal inerest and general welfare, is what will win us great Republi can victory in Pennsylvania in October and November. 'I'll lit Annual Reduction of tlic Ktate Debt. There are two sublime result, before which the Democracy are now utterly dumbfound ed. One is the election in Vermout, which overwhelms the conservative with some thing like the effect produced by Union victories during the war. The other is the fact that while Johu F llartranft has been Auditor General, the Stato debt has been reduced at the rate almost of a million and a half annually. There is on escape from such results. The Democracy may iterate and reiterate charges of mismanagement against tho Republican party, but figures show that the debt of Pennsylvania hat been annually reduced $1,344,01)2 14. This is historical. It is part of the official record. Why don't the Democracy give the figures iu the Vermont election, as well as those show ing the annual reduction of the Stute debtt WATCH Tin: iiouiiEK cot;. TIl-'.H. DEMOCRATIC IMPORTATION. Remember the l-Vaiids) iu Center C'ouBl They Will be Itepented Ifnot Watched. Let every honest man remember the enor mous frauds perpetrated lsst fall in the Tweoty-firet Senatorial district. That these frauds are to be enacted, there can be no doubt. We have now a letter before us which sayt : "Information has reached us of a deep laid scheme to send a large number of Democrats from Maryland to Pennsylvania, to vote at the October election. We warn the Republicans of Pennsylvania, to be on the alt-i t in every pari of the Stato, cr they will be overborne by imported Democrats from the adjoiniug States." It behooves every Republican, therefore, to watch the rascals. Ilarrisburg Tthgraph. Hotel proprietors rejoice over the abttin; enct from meat ceased by cattle disease. THE KV-HLIII DRItlOCRACT, They Number Half Million A Demo era tie Organisation Prospect of a Civil War What Oen. Forrest Say s About it Tho Facts Qixen. The Northern Democracy have denied the existence of a secret organization, among their party in the late rebel States, under the name of "The Ku-Klux Klan," having for its object a violent resistance to the laws. They have constantly declared the state menu of the loyal press, in relation to tbit illegal and revolutionary organization, to bo Radical lies. Will they deny the facta as charged, in the face of the frank admission! made by Forrest, the Fort Pillow butcher, last week, to the correspondent of the Cin cinnati Commercial, who visited him to as certain the facts concerning this Ku-Klux Klan. The Conversation is fully reported in the Commercial of September 1, and we ex tract as follows : Memphis, Tknk., August 28, 1808. My first visit to day was to General For rest, whom I found at his office at 8 o'clock this morning, hard at work, although com plaining of an Illness contracted at the New York Convention. The New Yorkers must be a hard tet indeed, for I have not met a tingle delegate from the Southern States who has not been ill ever tince he went there. But to General Forrest. Now that the Southern people have elevated him to the position of their great leader and oracle, it may not bo amiss to preface my conversa tion with him with a brief sketch of tho gentlemen. Previous to the war in 1853 he left the business of planter, and came to this city and engaged iu tho business of "negro tra der," in which traffic be scums to have been quite successful, for, by 1801, lie had be come the owner of two plantations a few miles below here, in Mississippi, on which he produced about a thousand bales of cot ton each year, in the meantime cairying ou the negro trading. In June, 1801, he was authorized by Governor Harris to recruit a regiment of cavalry for tho war, which he did, and which was the nucleus around which he gathered the army which he com manded as a Lieutenant General at the end of tho war. After being seated in his office, I said : "General Forrest, I came especially to learn your views in regard to the condition of your civil and political u Hairs in the Stato of Tennessee, and the South generally. I desiro them for publication in the Cincinna ti Commercial. I do not wish to misrepresent you in the slightest degree, and therefore only ask for such views as you are willing I should publish." "I have not now," he replied, and never have had any opinion ou any public or po litical subject which I would object to hav ing published. I mean what I say, honestly and earnestly, and only object to being misrepresented. I dislike to bo placed be fore the country in a false position, especial ly as I have not sought the reputation which I have gained." I replied : "Sir, I will publish only wliut you say, and then you can not possibly be misrepresented. Our people desire to know your feeling toward the General Govern ment, the Stute government of Tennessee, the Radical party, both in and out of the State, and upon the question of negro suf i'rfipc "In the event of Governor Brownlow s calling out the militia, do you think there will be any resistance offered to their acts '(" I asked. "That will depend upon circumstauccs. If the militia are simply called out and do not interfere with or molest auy one, I do not think there will be any tight. II, on the contrary, they do what I believe what they will do, commit outrages, or even one outrage, upon tho people, they and Mr. Jirownloic's government will bn swept out oj existence ; not a Radical trill be left aliie. If the militia are called out, wo cannot but look upon it as a declaration of war, because Mr. Brownlow bus already issued his pro clamation directing them to shoot down the Ku-Klux wherever they find them, and he calls all Southern men Ku-Klux." "Why, General, we people up North have regarded the Ku-Klux-Klan us an orgunizti tion which existed ouly in the frightened imaginations of a few politicians." "Well, sir, there is such an organization, not only in Tenuessee, but all over the South, and its numbers have uot been ex aggerated.'' "What arc its numbers, General ?" "In Tennessee there 'are oar forty thou sand ; in all the Southern States they numlier alioutjiee hundred and fifty thousand men." "What is the character of the organiza tion, may I inquire ?" "Yes Bir. It is a protective, political, military organization. I am willing to show any man the constitution of the socie ty. The members are sworn to reevgnize the Government of the United States. It does not say anything at all about the govern ment of the State of Tennessee- Its objects originally were protection against Loyal Leagues and the Grand Army of the Repub lic, but after it became geucral it was found that political matters and interests could best be promoted within it, and it was then made a political organization, giving its sup port, of courcc, to the Democratic party." "But is the organization connected throughout tho State i" "Yes, it is. Iu each voting precinct there is a captain, who, in addition to bis other duties, is required to make out a list of names of wen in his precinct, giving all the Radicals and all the Democrats who are positively known, and showing all tho doubtful on both sides and of both colors. The list of names is forwarded to the Grand Commander of the State, w ho is thus ena bled to know who are our friends and who are not." "Can you, or are you at liberty to L'ivo me the name of the commanding officer of una muie l "No, it would be impolitic." "Then I suppose that there can be no doubt of a couflict if the militia interfere with the people; is that your view I" "Yes, sir; if they attempt to carry out Governor Brownlow's proclamation, by shooting down Ku-Klux for he culls all Southern men Ku-Klux if they go to hunt ing down and shooting down these men, there will be a war, and a bloodier one than we have ever witnessed. 1 have told tueo Radicals hero what they might expect in such au event. 1 hare no poiedtr to burn l illing negroes. I intend to Kill the Iladicals. I hare told them this and more ; there is not a Bndical leader in this toirn but is a marled man, and if a trouble should break out not one of them would be left alive. I have told them that they were trying to create a disturbance and then slip out and leave the consequences to fall upon the negro, but they can't do it. Their houses are picketed, and .when the light comes not one of them would ever get out of litis lotrn alive. We don t Intend tney shall ever get out of the country. But I want it distinctly understood that I am opposed to any war, and will only tight in self defense. If the militia attack us, we will fight to the last, and if necessary, I think I could raise forty thousand men, in five day, ready for the Jield." "Do you think General, that the Ku Klux have been of any bene tit to the State f" "No doubt of it. Since its organization the Leagues have quit killing and murder ing our people. There were tome foolish young men who put masks on their iacet and rode over the country, frightening ne groes ; but orders have beeu issued to stop that, and it but ceased. You may say fur ther, that three mendiers of the Kit-Klux hate been court-martialed and shot for violation of the orders net to disturb or molttt tho ry!e" "What do 70a think of General Grant I asked. "I regard him ai a great military com man macder, a good man, honest and liberal, and If elected, will, I hope and believe, execute the la'wt honestly and faithfully. And by the way, a report hat been publish ed In some of the papers, stating that while General Grant and lady were at Corinth, ln 1863, they took, and carried off, furniture and other property. I here brand the author at a liar. I was at Corinth only a short time ago, andi personally investigated the whole matter, talked with the people with whom he and hit lady ttaid while there, and they tay that their conduct was every thing that could have been expected of a gentleman and lady, and deserving the highest praise. I am opposed to General Grant in everything, but I would do him Justice." 1 The foregoing it the principal part of my conversation with the General. I give the conversation, and leave the reader to form his own opinions as to what General Forrest means to do. I think that be has been to plain in his talk that it cannot be misunder stood. FROM Ml'.TnXKY. ATROCIOUS outrages bt the k. k. k. tbkt ATTACK A QUAKER SETTLEMENT, AND DE STROY ITS COTTON MILL LOSS, f300,000. Louisville, Ky Sept. 8. The attack on the Quaker settlement of South Uniontown, in Logan county, on Saturday night, by the h.u Klux Democracy, was ono of the most causeless ever ncroctratcd bv thnt irnntt of cut throats. The Quakers were peaceful, non-combatants during the war, bin stead fastly loyal to tho Gevernincnt. Tho Klan set fire to their largo woollen factories and burnt them to the grounds, involving a loss 01 over f auo.ouo. The particulars of n terrible and atrocious outrage one that puts to shame tho boas ted civilization of the age have just reach oil rtlia T a.f Vrirl.v ntr.1, V..111m ' " .. wt.j, U"J. m. 1 . . 1 11 J uljUV .11 1 11L Connor, a young white girl, a domestic in a family living ten miles from this city, in this county, was dragged from her bed by a party of ten men, carried into the woods, stripped of her clothing, and covered from head to foot with tar. The villains had neglected to provide themselves with fes thers, and the victim was sparedthat India uity. After subjecting her to this shameful treatment, tho scoundrels left her alone in the woods half dead with fright and the ill treatment she had received. She menaced to reach a neighbor's house, where she was cared lor. bho is still very ill frwiu the ef fects of the treatment received. A UNION SOLDIER snOT BY TUE VEILED MUR DERERS. Bowlino Gheen. Kv., Sept. 8. The out rages of the Ku Klux Klan in this part of Kentucky, are exciting the utmost alarm in all classes of society. Saturday night they entered the house of Glasgow Williams, formely a Union soldier in Franklin county, and shot him dead, sputtering his bruins over his wife, who was pleuding for his life. IiilIi; Ikt-bt Stateiin-nl. The following statement of tba public debt cf tha United Slutoa on tho 1st of September, 1308, bai juat been Issued : Debt bearing coin intorejt : 6 per cent boudo, S221.5S8.4O0 00 iW;l.K77,;tuu 00 l.ottl. 22i),0i0 00 6 per cent, bond, 1K8I, 0 por cent. Z-M uuuils, $J.0aii,491,700 00 (10,585.410 00 62. 205,1)110 00 3,000,UOO 00 Debt bearing currency interest 3-ycnr eoutpouml interest note, 3 per ecnt. certificates. Navy Pension Fund, $75,800,410 00 Matured debt not presented for payment : ,'1-j enr 7-30 notes due August 15, 1807, June aud July 15, 1H03, Compound interest notes matur ed Juno 10, July 15, August 15, October 15 mid Doooiuber 15, 1807, aud May 15 and Augutt 1, 188S, Texas indemnity bonds, Treasury notes, acteJuly 17, 'CI, and prior thereto, Bonds, April 15, 1842, January 2H, 1842, January J3, 1647, aud March 31, lhlH. Treasury notes, March 31, 1803, Temporary loan, Certificates of indebtedness, $4,650,000 00 503,490 00 2j6,0U0 0U 154,111 64 1.258.200 00 555.42 oo 13,0w'wii, Z $I2,6I5,2I3 01 Debt benring no intorest : I'nited Statos notes, Fractional currency, (iuld certificates of deposit, $350. 021, 03 00 31. 802.218 37 25,101,020 U0 $412.S4,1I 37 5,6o7,912,285 01 Grand total, Six per cent, lawful money bon is Uued to the Puoifio Railroad Companies, Total debt, Coin in the Treasury, Currency in the Treasury, S35.314.000 00 2,64.1,2511.285 01 02,57(1,001 21 15,001.070 77 Total, 107.641. 071 98 Debt les cash in Treasury, 2,535,614,313 03 The foregoing ia a correct statement of the publio debt as appears from the books and Treasurer's re turns in ibis deparfncul on September 1, 1868. Ill oh MeCui.Locn. Secretary of the Treasury. There is almost no water in the Missouri. Grasshoppers are damaging Ohio grapes. Dayton, Ohio, makes nearly 030,000 gal lons of linseed oil a year. Wisconsin's wheat harvest averages twen ty bushels to the acre. General Grant was in Chicago last Fri day. f37,550 a year are paid to teachers in Cin cinnati. Quiucy, 111., snipped 1G00 baskets of peaches the other day. IYachc6 are plenty for a dollar a bushel at Greenborough, N. C. JosEru McDivitt, the Democratic nomi nee for the Pennsylvania Senate, in Adams county, was a member of the Baltimore Con vention of '01, and is said to have votect for the secession of Maryland. . John Alexander has a farm of 23,000 acres in Champaign county, 111. He has 4, 000 cattle and 3,000 acres of corn. A Mr. Sullivant ha a farm 40,000 acres in Ford county. In Ikuton county there is a farm of 20,000 acres. It has 42 miles of board fence aud 70 miles of Osage orange hedge. Campaign in Maine. A prominent gen tleman who has just returned to Washing ton, from Maine, says the best informed Democrats conceded that the Hepublicaus will carry that Stute by at least twenty thousand majority. Among those who ex press this opinion freely are "Sunset" Cox, who bus been actively engaged iu stumping the State for the Democrats. Mr. Cox, in conversation with this gentleman, suid : "I tell you, sir, it is no use shutting our eyes to plain facts. Popular enthusiasm for Grant is irresistible, lie will sweep everything before him." SouTnEitN View of tiie Vermont Elec tion. The lticbrooud Dispatch sayt of the Vermont election : If Maine shall show a gain, large or small, for the ltadicals, Seymour may consider his chance of being a successor of George Wash ington as small indeed. In another article on the tame subject the Dispatch sayt : The National Intelligencer of yesterday ad duces figures to prove that whilst the Radi cals have gained largely over their last year's majority iu Vermont, the Democrats have gaiued more votes relatively than they. That is to say, whilst the Radicals gain 10, 000 on 82,000 not quite a third the Democrats gain nearly 4,000 on leas than 12,000. Thit kind of figuring, we need hardly add, will not materially assist in the election ef our ctadidate. Am. the Democrat So campaign documents omit Frank Blatr't Broadhead letter, and la many of the Stales that give large Republi can maiorlties the Democratlo State Com mittee decline to publish hit letter accepting the nomination or the Vloa presidency. Bit Boko of Qrapis en Standard la another aolumn. Brian's Btabdard Wmt Bittcri l highly recommended by phytiolaoi for Dyipaptle, on acoount of Its tonio properties, Its purity, tod its daliolonj flavor. Loss or ArriTiTi aid Dibilitt. Of all tha tonio preparation! now in market, ws know.of none nnal to Ppe-r'i "Standard Wins Bitten" for those who Buffer either from over mental or nhviiaal ex ertion, retultlni in loss of appetite, ana oomequent HVilllltJ. C7UIU VJ ITHftglBie. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. r ii 1 l 1 1' iiil MANCf ACTtiRBR Or No. 901 Chnrrh Xtreet, PHILADELPHIA. lW Send for Engraving and Price List-. N. B. Presidential Campaign Torohes, 25, 28, 30. 35 and f 10 00 perhandred. September 12, 1863. 4t. G28""H00PSKiRTS"C28 AMD CORSETS, CORSETS. WM. T. HOPKINS, ., OX Arch Htrect, INiilndelphln. MANUFACTURER OP THE Celebrated "CHAMPION" Hoop Skirts FOU LADlfiS, MISSES AND CHILDREN. Tha largest assortment, and beat quality and styles in tha American Market. Every lady should try them, as they recommend themselves by wear ing longer, rotaing their shape much better, lighter and more elastic than all others warranted in every re3poct. and sold at vory low prioes. Ask for Hop kins' "Champion" Skirt. Superior Hand-made Whale-Gone Corsota in Fif teen different tlrudos. inoluding the "Imperial" and Thompson A Lanedon's "tilove Fitting" Corsets, ranging in prices from 81 cents to S5.50; together with Joscjh IJeckel's Colebia el French Woven Corsets, superior shapes and quality. Ten different tirades, from $1.10 to S5 50. Thoy aro tha finest nnd best goods lor tho prioes, ever imported. TheTrado euppliod with Hoop Skirts and Corsuts at the Lowest ltntes. Thoe vh-iting tho City should not fail to call and examine our Uoud and Prices, ua we defy all com potition. February !9, 1808 10mo. THE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, I or I UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, I WASHINGTON, D. C. mariercu iy cpeeim Act ol Congress. Approved July 25,1808. fash Capital 1,000,000. BRANCH OFFICE, PHILADELPHIA, FiRfT National Bask Iicu.niNo, Whore the general business of the Company is trans- acted, and to which all general corru.pondence should be addressed DIRECTORS. Jay Cooke, Philada. E. A. Rollins, Washington. C. II. Clark, " Heury D. Cooke, ' F. U atoll ford Starr, Wis K. Chandler, " Wm. G. Moorbead, John I). Dufrees, " Geo. F.Tyler, Edward Dodge. New York. J. Uiuekluy Ciurb, 11. C. Fahnestock, N. Y. OFFICERS. C. II. CLARK, Philadelphia, President. HENRY D. COOKE, Washington, Vice-President. JAY COOKE, Chairmau I'iuar.cu aud Executive Committee. EMERSON W. PEKT, Philad'a, .Wy anS Actuary. K 8. Tl'RNER. Washington, Assistant Secretary. FRANCIS (i. SMITH. M. D., Medical Director. J.EW1XU MEARS, M. D., Assistant Medical Di rector. .tlrilit-al .11 vinoi-y Hoard. J. K. Barnes, Surgoon-Ueneral U. S. A., Washing ton, P. J. Horwili, Chief Medical Department V, S. N., Washington. D. W. Bliss, M. D. Washington. Nolicitore and Attorney. Wm. E. Chandler. Washington, D. C. George Harding, Philadelphia. Pi. This Company, National in its character, offers, by reason of its Large Capital, Low Rates of Premi um and New Tables, tha most desirable means of insuring lite yet present od to the publio. The rates of premium, being largely redneed, are made as favorable to tba insurers as those of tha best Mutual Companies, and avoid all the complication, aud uncertainties of Notes, Dividends and the mis. understandings which the latter are so apt to oausa the Policy-Holders. Several new and attractive tables erenow present, ed which need only to be understood to prove aoeep. table to tha publio, such as tha Income-Producing Policy and Return Premium Policy. In tha former tha policy-holder not only aecurea a Ufa inauranoa, payable at death, but will reeoive, if living, after a period of a few years, an annual income equal to tan percent. (10 per cent.) of the jtir of bia policy- In the latter, the Company agrees to return to tha assured tho total amount of money ha has paid in, in addition to the amount of his polioy Tha attention of persons contemplating Insuring their Uvea or increasing tba amount of inauranoa they alreay have, is called to tha special advantages onered by tba National Life Insurance Company Circulars, Pamphlets and full particulars givon on application to the Branch Office of the Company in Philadelphia, ar to its General Agents LirLocal Agents are Wanted in arary City and Town; and applications from competent parties for suoh ageooiea, with suitable endorsement, should bt addressed to tha Company's General Agents only, in lueir rwprauT. uisiricis. eiRBRAb AGENTS t E. W. CLARK 4 CO., Pbilad.lpqia, For Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey. JAY COOKE k CO., Washington, D. 0.. For Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, District of Columbia at'.d West Virginia. September t, 1868. ly IMaaiolullon of Partnership. NOTICE Is hereby given that tha eo-partnershlp heretofore existing between J . Waiser Bueaer and E. Master liueber trading under the trm of "Uuobar Brothers," in tne tanner basinaas, was this day (August 24th. 1868,1 dissolved by mutaal eon sent. The business will hereafter be conducted by the nndextigoed, at the old stand, where all persons indebted to tha firm of Buoher Brothers, are re quested to salt without delay and make eattlement, lod save eoai. E MASSjCR Bt'CHEH. Sunbury, August 2, lt ie mmm T. f. HHAMFIOM, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER' Corner of Third Btreat and M.rket guur, in Mil iar s oione cunning, BUHBUKY,PA. of the most elabrated makers, eonststin of the t0T.1 PP'"0". Traey It Co., Waltham, B.rtl.tt. W. tilery, and all grade of tha Elgin Ili a make. Also, sot Agent tor tha celebrated, PAUL BRI TON Watob, la Bold and Silver Case, at low prices fsllrer Ware fbr Wedding Present, of entirely new designs. Bolld Silrar Table ar-l Tea Spoons, Batter Knives, Forks, Castors, lea ' Pitchers, Fruit and Cake Basket!, Svrop. Mugs, Batter Dishes, and everything in tha Silverware line at low prices. JEWELRY, A fine stock of 18 k Rings. Alloa Una selection of Gold and Jut Jewelry of all descriptions. Uulil and Silver Chains, at low prion. GOLD PENS. Fine Gold Pens tn Gold, Silver and Rubber Cnsoi, of tueoelebrated make by Huffman and Stewart. CLOCKS. A full assortment of 8 day and 30 hour Clocks, at low prioaa. Also Sole Agent for tha oelebrated Perfcoted Spec tacles, warranted to give entire aatisfaction. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired and war ranted. All orders promptly attended to at tha shortest no tioa. Sunbury, Sept. S, 1868. 1 Penney lrnnln Ntnlo Agricultural Society. The next Exhibition of this 8ooiety will ho held nt IIARRISBTJBQ, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, September 29 end SO October 1 and 2, 1868. Catalogues of premiums oan be had, and informa tion given upon application to the Secretary, at Ilar risburg. The PREMIUM LIST has been eulnrged, and is a very liberal one. Exouraion tlokets will be sold by the principal Railroads leading to Ilarris burg, and freight carried at reduced rates. A. BOYD HAMILTON, Pres t. A. B. LONG AKKR, Secretary. For doing a family washing in the best and cheap est manner. Guaranteed equal to any in the world! Has all Uie strength of old rosin soap with tho mild and lathering qualities of genuine Castile Try"' splendid Soap. Sold by tha ALDEN CHEMICAL WORKS, 48 North Front Street, Philadelphia. August 29, 1863. ly. I31t.lll IMKUUR SALOO.V The Oldest and most noted Institution of the Kind in Sunbury. J. W. WASHINGTON, HAVING removed to his new building on Third Street, between Market and the Depot, is now prepared to servo his customers better than ever Having secured iha services of first clasa Barbers, SHAVING AND HAIR-DRESSING will bs executed in the latest style. The building having been erected especially ror tbs purpose of a First Class Barber Saloon, 0. having fitted it up in the latest style, he hopes to reooive a liberal share of patronage. In-tlie adjoining room a first class Confectionery has beon opened fur tho sale of Ice-d-t-iim, t'undieti. Cnke, Jtecr, and numerous other Temperance Drinks in common uao. Oranges, and other delicious fruits and eatables of home and foreign growth in rich profusion and elegant variety. Sunbury, September 5, 1868. BIRD CAGES, 11 different kinds. If you want good and cheap Bird Cagos. go to CON LEY & CO S i:ttc of Abigail I. jirt-cuouli, leueiiscd. 1ETTERS testamentary on tho above estate, hav" J ing been granted to the undersigned, all per ous;indebted to the same, will make payment to, and those having claims or demands, make known the lama without delav to E. GREE.NOl'GH SCOTT, Executor. m Potwville, Schuylkill county, Vu. August 20, 1868. 6t. NEW MARBLE STORE. e?Si M). i)J'2, f& ChesnutStreet, JAS. E- CALDWELL & CO., JEWELERS, Have been appointed SPECIAL AGENTS in this city for the salt of tho GORHAM MFG. COMPANY'S Fine Electro-Plated Ware. Wa guarantee these goods to be decidedly supe rior to anything in the market, excelling in de.-iu, finish and quality. A lurgo assortment will be maintained, and sold at the manufacturers' regular FIXED PRICES. Trade Mark ppi Stamped on of IfifJ bnsuofoaeu Elcotro Plata (jjjvAMin, article. J.E.C ALDWELL & . o K02 t'healuut Ntreet PHILADELPHIA, July IS, 1868. mh7,ly. V ! . jJ JIH.1 PAC"riCAI.I.Y LDL'CATED for BUSINESS LIFE, AT CRITTENDEN'S Commercial College, 637 Chesnut St., cor. of 7th., PHILADELPHIA Established 1844. Incorporated 1855. The longest established und best oig,ini'-,.l Commercial College in the City. The praotical value of its coarse of instruction has been tested by long experience. HUNDREDS OF YOUNG MEN JIave found, in the knowledge gaiued here, tho lueau. ui prouutuia vuipioyuieui, ana oi suocee in business. Each Student is Instructed (oparatoly, and iu thu most practical uiannor. Books for the various Branches of Trade aro opened, written out, and dosed in the manner prac ticed in our bust mercantile houses. Tho different Business Papers, suoh aa BILLS OF EXCHANGE, PROMISOR Y NOTES, t CHECK ACCOUNTS SALES, ACCOUNTS CURRENT, LETTERS. INVOICES, Ao . Are made out as in actual business. pi:iThinp la tanght by a superior penman in such a manner that an attentive student in a short time gains a Rapid, Free and Elegant atyla of Business Writing ORNAMENTAL WRITING, Of all kinds, is executed in the most finished man ner. COMMERCIAL CALCULATIONS, Inoluding the beat and most rapid methods of com puting Interest Exchange, Profit and Sules, Avera- Jing Accounts, Ac, are comprised iu tba Course of nsuuclion. BUSINESS PRACTICES, Purohasos, Sales, Consignments, Shipments, Deal ings with Banks. Remittances, Ac. Ac. Also, Commercial Law, Phonography, Detecting Counterfeits, Ac. Students reoeived at any lime, and instructed at suoh hours as may beet suit their oonvemence. Tha large number of business men now in '""" ance, and the numerous applications received tor its students to fill vaoant positions, fulvy attest thu preoiation ln which the institution ia held by I bo business oominunity. OPEN DAY AND EVENING. CATALOGUES f EST GRATIS. Tha Crittenden Commereial Arithmetic an! mi ainaas Manual, for sale at the College. Handsomely bound, i2 me. Prioa, $1 50 8oM peat paid to an "4W 8. H. CRITTENDEN CO. July 25,1868 " JF von want a pioura, of any kind, rf friaad, go to lljerly'e i3' jnre, uear tbs railroad. 4
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