Erll*y Moruiug, June 5. ISO*.
DEMOCRATIC STATE NOMINATIONS.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
HON. CHARLES E. BOYLE,
of Fayette County
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
GEN. WELLINGTON H. ENT.
of Columbia County
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN ITS
DEATH THROES.
The recent political scenes through
which we have passed—the impeach
ment of the President of the United
States, for sinister partizan purposes,
and its failure—the extreme malignity
with which it was conducted by the
Managers on the part of the House of
Representatives, and the wrath which
its result has extorted from the politi
cians and organs of the "Republican"
party; all these remind us of what we
have read of the death-bed conduct of
incorrigible sinners. We have read of
men who, in their dying agonies, fear
less or reckless alike of Heaven and
earth, cursed everything above and a
round them, even while the death
rattle was in their throats, and their
time was measured to the smallest
span. Such is now the condition of the
party which has ruled the country, for
the past eight years, with a rod of iron,
and whose every instinct seemed to he
mercenary, brutal and sanguinary.
Malignant in all their conceptions and
relentless throughout their whole
course, there has not appeared, in all
their actions, onegleam of magnanimi
ty, or sympathy, one solitary ray of
true christian feeling, one trait of gen
uine manhood, philanthrophy or patri
otism, to screen them from the univer
sal execration of mankind. All that
the worst of despotisms has done since
the world began, they have successful
ly accomplished within a few years.
They have trampled upon the Consti
tution, and outraged every right which
it guarantees to the people or to the
States; they have invaded the rights
of the Executive and of the Supreme
Court, two independent, co-ordinate
branches of the government; they have
wasted the public domain and revel led
in corruption; they have, in short,
prostituted themselves, from first to
last, for partizan or mercenary pur
poses. And now, having failed in their
last and basest object, the impeachment
of a President of their own choice, be
cause, unlike themselves, he chose to
reverence his oath and do his duty,
Diey rave like the dying sinner whom
they represent, and curse all that, pur
er and holier than themselves, stood as
obstructions in the way they bad chos
en. In their ease, as in the ease of the
sinners, this very raving i- evidence
that they have given up hope, that
despair has seized upon their souls,
that the death-rattle is in their throats,
that their last hour is at hand, and
that—Heaven he thanked'—the coun
try will soon he rid of the greatest
curse that ever was permitted to threat
en its existence and blemish its fame.
How long will the American people i
endure? How much longer will they
tolerate the reign of a party whose ev- i
ery act is evil, and whose every onward
step brings us so much nearer destruc
tion ? There was a period in the his
tory of the [>eople of the United States,
when acts such as we have witnessed
and patiently submitted to, within the
past two years, would not only have
been indignantly frowned upon, but
resisted with a power that would have
made the actors pause and tremble. It
is not so now. We bear what men
should be ashamed to bear. Aud frgrn
whom? From a Congress, which has!
constituted itself an oligarchy, which
is a disgrace to the nation ; the rep
resentatives of a party calling itself
"Republican," which exists only to be
the destroyer of republicanism, and
which must be put down, if we would
have constitutional republicanism to
live. And yet we pause, and palter,
and procrastinate, while that accursed
oligarchy and that anti-constitutional
party go on, step by step, in rapid pro
gress to the accomplishment of their
design. If we would save the Repub
lic, if we would preserve the constitu
tion, and with it the rights and liber
ties of the people, if we would reunite
tlieStates in fraternal bonds, and restore
the brotherhood and prosperity which
are essential to our existence as a great,
undivided, harmonious natiou, there
must be a great change of sentiment,
a sudden aud mighty re-action of pub
lic sentiment. Let us hope that it may
be so. Nay, let us trust that it is so ;
for, if the "Republican" party is re
tained in [ower, and the congressional
oligarchy continued, the character of
the government will have been chang
ed—the Republic will have ceased to
exist.
Now is the time to send in subscriptions to the
OAKPAIO* GAZETTE Pee terms in another column.
lEAX!
If the combined smartness and mean
ness of some of the "Republican" pol
iticians, should "strike in on them,"
it will be their certain death. For in
stance, John A. Logan ("Dirty work"
Impeachraent John) issued a hypocrit
ical order some time ago, that the
graves of the soldier dead, should be
"strewed with flowers," on Saturday,
the thirtieth day of May, which order
was issued by the said Logan, as com
mander-in-chief of the secret, oath
bound society of the G. A. R. Now
there is a post of this society in this
place, which numbers, all told, some
half dozen members. All of this half
dozen are Radicals. When Logan's
"strewing" order was received by the
Bedford "post," it was determined
by the latter, to invite the soldier citi
zens of the county, without distinc
tion of politics, to participate in the
ceremonies of decorating the graves.
Accordingly, a number of prominent
Democratic soldiers joined with "Re
publican" soldiers, in the published
invitation to their comrades to meet
with them upon this occasion. So far
so good. But no sooner was this invi
tation issued, than the Radical politi
cians published a call for a political
meeting , to ratify the nominations of
their party for President and Vice
President, which meeting was to be
held as a sequel to the decoration of
the graves ! The Radicals having thus
uncovered their little trap, Democrat
ic soldiers and decent people generally,
were justly indignant at the outrageous
attempt to prostitute to base party
uses the very graves that hold in sac
red keeping the dust of the gallant
dead. The Democrats at once called a
meeting to denounce this infamous
trick. When will the smart fellows
who run the Radical machine in this
place, learn that meanness and bad
faith only recoil upon those who prac
tise them? When will the decent
men among our political opponents
take courage to invite the conceited
hashes and shallow tricksters who th i ust
themselves forward as leaders, to take
their natural positions in the rear rank,
and let those lead who are men and
not mice?
FOILED !
The conspirators against the. life of
the Republic, have been defeated in
their nefarious purpose. The votes of
seven fearless men, have saved the Ex
ecutive branch of the government
from the annihilation meditated
by the "Republican" Congressional o
ligarchy. God be praised that he put
honesty and courage into the hearts of
these men, to defy the insane demands
of their party and to discharge their
duty according to the dictates of con
science. Fessenden, Fowler, Grimes,
Henderson, Ross, Trumbull and Van
Winkle are names that will go down
to posterity, honored and reverenced,
whilst those of the petty partizans
who would have destroyed an inde
pendent branch of the government,
to subserve party ends, will be execra
tes! or forgotten. The foul scheme to
depose the President has been defeated
by the very foremost men in the "Re
publican" party, and hence that por
tion of the Grant platform which sus
tains impeachment, is condemned by
those men and will be repudiated by
all "Republicans" who approve their
course upon this important and vital
issue. The Radical conspirators have
been completely foiled, and their vil
lanous trick to usurp the Government
thorougly exposed. The hounds that
lately hunted President Johnson, have
slunk back into their kennels, where
they will remain securely holed for
fear of "the wrath to come."
YES, BET THE PLATFORM !
"Grant captured Richmond !" says a
Radical smart fellow.
Yes, but the platform!
"Grant crushed the rebellion," claims
a "loyal" chap.
Yes, but the platform!
"Grantended the war," asserts a
nother admirer of Useless S.
Yes, but the platform !
It is not Grant you are asked to en
dorse. 11 is that platform ! t hat odious,
infamous, execrable Chicago platform !
that confession of political faith which
approves of making GOO,OOO ignorant
and degraded Blacks, just emerged
iroiu slavery, equal in the government to
one fifth of the ivhite voters of the Xorth !
Can you vote for Grant on that plut
formt That is the question.
THE Chicago Convention dubbed
the Radical party with a new name,
or rather with several old ones [latch
ed together. For the present it shall
be known as the "National Union Re
publican Party." Whew! what a long
tail our cat has got. But that cat will
get its tail shingcd before the ides of
November. Mark it!
—The blood which Grant predicted
would be shed in consequence of the
acquittal of the President is still un
shed.
fiOT *EM AT I.AST! *
We ask every white man "unto
whom these presents may come,"to read
the "Republican" platform upon which
U. S. Grant is to run for President.
We print it, letter for letter, on our
first page. The first and second reso
lutions of that platform commit Grant
and the "Republican" party openly,
avowedly and unequivocally, to the
Thad. Stevens Reconstruction policy
which makes voters of 600,000 Negroes
and gives the political control of ten
States to these semi-barbarous people just
emerged from the condition of slaves.
Thus at last, is the "Republican" par
ty and its candidate for President,
placed before the people in their true
colors. There is no longer any blinking
of the issue. We've got them on the rec
ord at last! No man can vote for U. S.
Grant without voting to endorse the ma
king of 600,000 Negro voters, and the giv
ing of those ignorant ex-slaves as much
political power as is possessed by all the
voters of New York, or Pennsylvania.
Now, my boys, you vote with your
eyes opon. "You pays your money
and you takes your choice."
GLORY!
The President has been acquitted on
theseeondand third articles of impeach
ment, and the high old court, 011 Tues
day last, abandoned the remaining ar
ticles and adjourned sine die. The vote
was 3") for conviction and 10 for acquit
tal, the same as on the eleventh article.
This auspicious result assures the down
fall of the sham "Republican" party.
The politicians of that party staked
their all upon the success of impeach
ment,and lost! Their prestige is broken,
their organization is demoralized, their
esprit du corps is gone, and their party is
literally "dead on its feet." Grant can
notgal vanizc it into life,tlieG. A. R. can
not save it, and all that is left to he done
for it, is to give it a decent burial out
of the sight of men. The political
preachers might as well begin to write
its funeral sermon.
READ THE CHICAGO PLATFORM.
Yo.i, read it! Grant pledged to
"maintain 1 ' 600,000 Negroes as voters
under the doctrine of* "Equal Suffrage
to all loyal men at the South!" Grant
pledged to pay the three thousand
millions of the Federal debt, at home
and abroad, IX GOLD! Grant pledg
ed to equalize and lower taxation, by
inducing capitalist# to loan the Govern
ment money! Grant pledged to the
endorsement of the ridiculous and
outrageous farce of Impeachment!
Grant pledged to the vilification of
Andrew Johnson, by charging him
with the responsibility for the corrup
tion of officials whom a "Republican"
Congress refused to permit him to re
move ! Such is the platform, with
the addition of a few "glittering gener
alities" about the rights of naturalized
citizens, which would be all right, if
they were sincerely meant. A famous
old platform, isn't it ? If Mr. Grant
can carry the 600,n0t) Negro voters on
his back, he is more of an Atlas than
we take him to be.
WILL UK RESITTX?
A decent respect for his position,
would induce Grant to resign the of
fice of Lieutenant General. Will he
do it? Is it proper that a candi
date for President, should have the
power to wield the force of the whole
army in his own behalf? When Gen.
M'Clellan accepted the democratic
nomination for President in 18154, heat
once resigned his Generalcy. Will
Grant have the manliness to do the
same? No! not he! His office of
Lieutenant General yields him a salary
of 20,000 per annum, and he cannot
forego this nice little sugar-plum.
EXLAK4IEMEXT.
At the close of the present volume,
on the first of August next, the GA
ZETTE will be enlarged to thirty-tico
columns, and will then beoneof the lar
gest weeklies in the State. As this en
largement will entail considerable ex
pense upon us, we ask all who are in
arrears to pay up promptly. Cannot
one thousand of our subscribers pay in
advance. On the first of August we
will begin the publication of a Roll of
Honor, which will contain the names
of all subscribers who pay for their pa
per in advance. Now friends, let us
see whether this list cannot be made to
run up to one thousand names. One
half of our subscribers, at least, should
pay in advance.
HE AT II OE EX-PR ESI HE YT JAMES 111-411
411 AX AX.
On Monday last, after a protracted
illness of seven weeks duration, the
Hon. James lmchanau died at Wheat
land, near Lancaster city, in the 77th
year of his age.
It A Die Ar, PLATFORM. G vcen backs
for the people, and Gold for the Bond
holders ;
Ballots for the Negroes, and Taxes
for white men ;
Is the essence of the last Chicago
Platform.
The Way DCIMI DneUUos Procure
Political Capital-
The Savannah, Georgia, Republican
j says that "On Saturday last we receiv
ed the following dispatch from Phila
delphia:"
To John E. Hayes, Editor Republicon:
Please telegraph to Press to-morrow
(Sunday, 17th,) a short dispatch of the
feeling in your city on the reception of
the news from Washington to-day.
I will reciprocate if you desire Ans
wer. JOHN W.*FORNEY, Jr.,
Managing Ed. forPhila. Press.
Agreeably to this request the editor
transmitted the following:
OFFICE DAILY REPUBLICAN, SA
VANNAH, Ga., May 17, 1868. — To Phil
adelphia Press: the telegrams an
nouncing probable acquittal of Pres
ident received with joy, by Conserva
tives. Radical office-holders and seek
ers disgusted and alarmed at the news.
Intense anxiety prevails among all
classes to hear final decision, while it
is generally conceded by both parties
President will be acquitted. The pat
riotic and unselfish course of Fessen
den, Grimes and other Republican
Senators has had most salutary effect
upon minds of the ultra Southern peo
ple and will prove beneficial to our
whole country.
(Signed) JOHN E. IIAYES.
Of course the above did not suit the
dead duck, and accordingly the follow
ing was substituted :
Special Telegram to the Phila. Press.
SAVANNAH. Ga., May 17.—The
news announcing the probable acquit
tal of Andrew Johnson was received
here with joy by the Rebels. The U
nion men are cast down and alarmed ;
they fear the result. The so-called
Conservatives of this city are more
outspoken than ever, and we can look
for an early expression of their views
and feelings, in a manner peculiar to the
ultra Southerner. From all parts of the
State comes wprd of the rejoicings of
theex-Rebel soldiers. The perfidy of the
Republican Senators will cause many
a Northern man in Georgia to return
home. To stay here has long been
scarcely possible. Now no Unionist
will be allowed to remain. Intenseex
eiieinent prevails everywhere to hear
the final decision, but it is generally
conceded by both parties that the cause
of Jet!'. Davis has been this time tri
umphant.
We of Pennsylvania are not surpris
ed at an act so small and mean, when
laid at the door of a dead duck family,
but the Savannah editor is justly in
dignant, and wastes a high-toned edi
torial upon the perpetrators of it. The
game is not worth a percussion cap
much less a charge of tine rifle powtfer.
Conservative Soldiers" ami Sailors* Na
tional Convent ion.
The Executive Committee appoint
ed by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Con
vention, held at Cleveland in 1866,
have called a National Convention of
the Conservative Soldiers and Sailors
of the United States, to meet at the
city of New York, the 4th of July next,
to take action on the nomination of
Conservative candidates for President
and Vice President. As it is desirable
that Pennsylvania should be fully
represented in said convention, we re
quest our late comrades in arms to
take the necessary action to have dele
gates elected or appointed from every
Congressional district in the State.—
As the time is rapidly approaching
when the convention will meet, there
should be no delay in the matter.
EDMUND L. DANA, Brigadier Gen
eral.
WELLINGTON H. ENT, Brevet Ma
jor General.
J. B. SWEITZEU, late Colonel and
Brevet Brigadier General.
JOSEPH F. KNIPE, Major General.
W. W. 11. DAVIS, late Colonel and
Brevet Brigadier General.
WILLIAM M'CANDLESS, late Colonel.
JOHN P. LINTON, late Colonel.
JOHN S. M CALMONT, late Colonel.
LEVI MAISH, late Colonel.
ItmiKimliou of Secretary Stanton.
At about 3.30 this afternoon the Pres
ident received the following communi
cation from Mr. Stanton :
WAR DEPARTMENT, 1
WASHINGTON, May 26, 1866. )
Slß:—The resolution of the Senate
of the United States of the 21st of Feb.
last, declaring that the President has
no power to remove the Secretary of
War and designate any other officer to
perform the duties of that office ad in
terim, having this day failed to be sup
ported by two-thirds of the Senators
present and voting on the articles of
impeachment preferred against you by
the House of Representatives, I have
relinquished charge of the War De
partment, and have left the same, and
the books, archives, papers and prop
erty in my custody as Secretary of
War in care of Brevet Major General
Townsend, the Senior Assistant Ad
jutant General, subject to your direc
tion. EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
To the President.
A SUMMING UP.—A writer in the
Bridgeport. (Connecticut) Fanner thus
sums up what has and what has not
been accomplished by the war. lie
says:
"I was one of thos patriotic cusses
who considered it to be bis duty to
fight for the Union. I was always
very fond of the Union, Messrs. Edi
tors, and I supposed that all that was
necessary to restore it was to lick the
rebels. Candor, however coin pells me
to admit that I have been mistaken.
Much, however has been accomplished
and muchly, if not more, has not
been accomplished. We will state it
thusly:
ACCOMPLISHED.
liebels licked like thunder.
Fivv hundred thousand men killed.
A few more disabled.
The desolation -and devastation of
the South.
The abolition of slavery and the abo
lition of the white people of the South ;
also the abolition of the Constitution
of the United States.
An insignificant debt; say two or
three thousand millions.
Heavy taxes.
Negro suffrage.
Negro representation in Congress.
Africanization, miscegenation, etc.
NOT ACCOMPLISH bio.
The restoration of the Union.
These, Messrs. Editors, are but a few
of the objects which we have accom
plished by the war for the Union ! I
trust, sirs, that in future you will not
have the audacity to claim that "the
war was a failure."
The JclfcrNon On vie Trial.
RICHMOND, May 31.— Itisnow prob
able that Jefferson Davis' trial will be
postponed until October, as the leading
counsel on both sides have agreed on
that time. The witnesses had been
summoned for Wednesday next. Da
vis has not arrived here, in view ot the
probability of the postponment.
—ln Middle and West Georgia the
rust has appeared in the grain crops.
THE CAPITAL REDEEMED!
Grant's Nomination Ratified by
a Democratic Victory!
WASHINGTON, June 1.
Washington is redeemed. Given,
the Democratic candidate is elected
Mayor by about one hundred and fifty
(150) majority. The Democrats carry
four wards out of seven and secure
both branches of the City Council.
SEWS AND OTHER ITEMS.
The Radical method of guaranteeing
a "republican form of government" to j
States of the Union, consists in taking i
the ballot out of the hands of white |
men and putting it in the hands of
negroes, and keeping a standing army
to crush out complaint.
—America is the only despotism of
of modern times where the bulk of tax
es is laid on industry. The very pau
pers of America are taxed, while the
bloated Eastern nabob rolls about in
his magnificent exemption.
—Six citizens of Hamburg, S. C.,
have been arrested for refusing to al
low freedmen to hold a political meet
ing in the Union Church in that town.
They are to be tried before a military
commission at Aiken, by order of Gen.
Canby.
—Salnave is gaining ground against
the rebels in Hayti. He has recaptur
ed a fortress on the south side of Port
au Prince. The foreign consuls hold
out against his demand for rendition of
refugees.
—Joseph Brown was hanged on Sat
urday, at Hudson, New York, for the
Canaan child murder. He made a
written statement. He made a speech
on the scaffold, in which he denounced
the State's attorney and the witnesses,
lie declared his innocence, and said he
had nothing to do with the murder,
and did not know who had.
—On Tuesday morning the Connecti
cut Legislature elected ex-Governor
William A. Buckingham, of Norwich,
United States Senator for six years
from the fourth of March next. The
vote stood: Senate—Buckingham, 12;
Dixon, 9. House—Buckingham, 124
Dixon 109. Absent, 5.
—Youatt, the well-known veterinary
surgeon, who has been bitten eight or
ten times by rabid animals, says that
crystal of the nitrate of sih'er rubbed
into the wound will positively prevent
hydrophobia in the bitten person or an
imal.
The Lynn (Mass.) Reporter says that
an aged lady who died in that city re
cently, in the eighty-fifth year of her
age, was watched the night previous to
her death, by her twin sister.
—Captain John L. Worden, formerly
of the Monitor, goes to Germany, in
June, for his health. He has never re
covered from the wound he received
in the famous fight in Hampton Roads.
—Satrap Canby on Tuesday removed
thirteen of the eighteen aldermen of
Charleston, South Carolina. Under
the new organization there will be
seven negroes in the board. This is
Radical 'reconstruction,' par excellence.
—lt is said that both Grant and Col
fax consider their chances of election
entirely too slim to warrant their res
ignation, and they have concluded to
hold on to what they have.
—Mayor Watkins, of Columbus, Ga.,
and all the aldermen, have been remo
ved from office by Gen Meade.
Capt Mills, U. S. A., has been appoin
ted mayor.
—The Missouri delegates to the
Fourth of July convention have been
chosen, but not instructed, though most
of them are said to favor Pendleton.
—'Thecitizens who were arrested in
Hamburg, S. C., for not allowing freed
men to hold a political meeting in a
church have been released on promising
to give bail for their appearance when
their trial takes place.
—Yellow fever has killed two thous
and people at Callao, Peru, and half
the people have left the city. Most of
those who died were foreigners.
—The gallant white men of Paraguay
still hold at bay the superior numbers
of the Brazilian Emperor's mongrel
army. Three cheers for gallant little
Paraguay.
—Mr. John Mansfield, residing on
Boston street, Lynn, now seventy
seven years of age, has worked sixty
three years on a shoemaker's seat, and
for the last thirty years in one shop.
—Cattle from Texas, with horns so
long that they can scarcely pass the car
door, and hoofs corresponding, are at
Cairo awaiting shipment East.
—John J. Clayton, an old merchant
of Augusta, Ga., has committed suicide
by firing the contents of a shot-gun in
to his breast.
IN Ru.-sia, by a recent ukase, all per
sons are required to salute the police
and to remain uncovered when address
ed by any member of the force. A se
vere penalty is attached to a violation
of these orders.
GATHER TIIUM IN.—The brightest
intellects of the opposition are falling
intcf rank with the party of the Union,
the Constitution and the. laws.
—Since Stanton has found himself
unable to "stick" to his garrison,
where will the i ads stick him now ?
—lt is said that Stanton expresses
himself entirely and intensely disgus
ted with the whole Radical party.
Shocks ol' EHrlhqiiakCH.
SAN FKANCISCO, June I.—Two heavy
shocks of earthquake were felt* at Sac
ramento, at 9 o'clock last night, hut
were not felt at all at San Francis
co or along the coast, but were severe
in the State of Nevada, which seems
to have been the principal of dis
turbance. Four heavy shocks were
felt at Fort Churchill and Virginia Ci
ty, but no damage was done.
At Virginia City large buildings
were racked and everybody rushed out
of doors. The pumps in the Savage
Mine were stopped, the miners think
ing a cave had occurred.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Wooley's case.
WASHINGTON, May 30.—Another ex
citement was raised in the House to
day by the introduction of a resolution
by General Butler to cut off Wooley
from all communication from the out
side world. The Democrats, as on yes
terday, denounced General Butler, his
committee, and .the Republicans gen
erally. Several Republicans opposed
the resolution, and General Butler at
last consented to modify it so as to al
low the prisoner's family, his counsel,
and his physician to visit him. In this
shape it was passed.
General Schofield,
the new Secretary of War, is expected
here to-morrow from Richmond. He
will take charge of the War Depart
ment on Monday. There was a rumor
to-day that the President would refuse
to sign his commission, owing to the
manner in which the Senate confirmed
him. It is believed, however, that
there is no foundation for this.
A <ljutant- General Townsend
is still in charge of the War Office, but
does not transact any business as Secre
tary of War.
Admission of Southern States.
It is very plain that the Radicals are
quarreling among themselves in regard
to the proposed admission of five or six
of the now excluded States of the
South. The more ultra men oi the
party say that they will lose by the op
eration, and that the "carpet baggers"
are not to be relied on. They instance
the case of Fowler, of Tennessee, on
the impeachment to show
that the so-called "trooly loir' men of
the South are too uncertain in great
party measures to be admitted to seats
in Congress. Therefore they are in fa
vor of going on under the present ar
rangement, especially until after the
Presidential election.
The Attorney-Generalship.
The President to-day, among other
nominations, sent to "the Senate the
name of Hon. Henry Stanbery to be
Attorney General of the United States.
WASHINGTON, June 1. —General
Schofield was in conference yesterday
with the President in relation to the
business of the War Department, which
became somewhat complicated during
the contest over its late occupant.—
General Schofield has received a leave
of absence for a year, and has signified
his willingness to accept the office.
His commission has been prepared,
and he assumed control this morning.
Thus terminates the long struggle to
deprive the Executive of the right to
associate with him, in the administra
tion of the affairs of Government, men
who will labor in harmony with him,
and upon whose ability and fidelity he
can rely.
Mr. Stanton, it is said, is arranging
affairs with a view to an eaily depar
ture from the scene of his inglorious
defeat.
lE<rrD>lc Murder at Kingston, Mass.
PLYMOUTH, Mass., May 27.—Corne
lius Holmes, brother of Alexander
Holmes, formerly President of the Old
Colony Railroad, was found murdered
about seven o'clock this morning, in a
by road near the back entrance to the
cemetery in the adjoining town of
Kingston, with his brains beaten out.
It is stated that at eight o'clock last
evening, while he was at the house of
Samuel Andrews, a boy came to the
door and delivered to him a note, upon
which he remarked that he must be
going, and started by the path across
the cemetery for the Stony Brook
neighborhood, at the depot. Mr.
Holmes was quite a wealthy man, but
not being of a strong mind, his proper
ty has been mostly held in trust. It is
known that he received quite a large
sum of money yesterday, wlrich was
found upon him. It is supposed that
the murderer was frightened away be
fore robbing his victim.. The scene of
the murder gave evidence of a violent
struggle. No positive clue has yet
been obtained of the murderer, and
the wildest excitement and suspicion
pervades the usually quiet town of
Kingston.
Consternation in
MONTREAL, May 30.— The utmost
consternation and alarm prevailsamong
the authorities and people here. Last
night despatches were received by the
General com madding, conveying infor
mation of the gathering of a considera
ble body of men at Buffalo, and anoth
er body at St. Albans. As the result,
telegrams were sent to Toronto to call
out the volunteers at a moments no
tice, and a battery of the royal artillery
was at once ordered to the front. Bar
racks for the accommodation of 3,000
men have been erected at St. Johns.
The volunteers at the front have been
under orders all day in expectation, of
a Fenian invasion. Two companies of
the city guard left this afternoon for
St. Johns. The number of Fenians at
Albans is said to be two hundred.
Gunboats have been despatched to pa-,
trol the river in the neighborhood of
Prescott and Kingston. The Royal
Canadian Rifles, stationed at Prescott,
are to be uniformed.
THE LATE KIT CARSON. —The name
of Kit Carson, whose death is just an
nounced, is one that has been the
synonym of wild adventure and dar
ing to all Americans of the present
generation. The death of the renown
ed and redoubtable "Kit" look place
at Fort Lynn, on the 23d of May, of
a rupture of an artery in the neck.—
11 is career has been one of romantic
interest, as a trapper, guide and moun
taineer. He was born in Kentucky
in 1809. In 1547 he was appointed
lieutenant in the rifle corps of the
Fnited States army. In 1853 he drove
6,500 sheep over the mountains to Cali
fornia, this being then considered a
very hazardous undertaking, and, on
his return to Taos, wasappointed Indian
agent in New Mexico. He has been
largely instrumental in bringing about
the treaties between the United States
and the Indians, and on a mission of
this kind he visaed Wasington not
long ago in company with a deputa
tion of the red men, and made a tour
of several of the northern and eastern
cities.
NOTIC E TO DELINQUENTS. —We have
placed our books and accounts in the
hands of John P. Re'ed, Esq., of thsi
place, for collection. All accounts for
subscription for the year ending Au
gust 1, 1868, remaining unpaid, are in
cluded in the bills which Mr. Reed is
authorized to collect. We have been
compelled to resort to this course in or
der to obtain a settlement of our ac
counts. We have too much to do to
attend to making out bills, and we
are tired of dunning. Money we must
have , as we have many debts to pay,
and we desire to act honestly with our
creditors. Therefore, we ask all to
pay Mr. Reed, who can, and those who
cannot, we ask to call and settle. If
there is any thing in their accounts by
which they consider themselves ag
grieved, let them call on us, and we
will make all right that is not right.
Friends, let us have the old scores wip
ed out, and begin anew
Campaign Gazette!
REPUBLICANGOVERNMENT,
Civil Liberty and Constitu
tional Rights!
NO STANDING ARMY!
NO FRKED.VEN'K BI REAI !
NO NEGRO STATES!
IWhile Men Musf Rule America!
"Light, more light!" is the start
ling cry of the honest people groping
in thedarkness of Radicalism. "Light,
more light!" shouts the groaning tax
payer, bending under the load which
j a Radical Congress has heaped upon
! him. "Light, more light!" is the
pleading cry that comes to us Trom
i those who earnestly seek a remedy for
the disease that is tugging at the vi
tals of the nation. Look and ye shall
see! Read and ye shall know! The
| BEDFORD GAZETTE, for the Presi
! dential Campaign, will be a complete
compendium of political news, speeches,
documents and every thing that per
tains to a political canvass in the col
umns of a weekly newspaper. It will
be published from the first day of June
until the seventh of November, next,
: at the following low terms, cash in ad
vance :
One copy, $ .75
Ten copies, 6.00
Twenty copies, 11.00
Fifty copies, 25.00
Not only should every Democrat
have his county newspaper, during the
coming'eampaign, but lie should like
! wise make it a point to furnish his Re
j publican neighbor a copy. This is
I the plan upon which our opponents
I have acted for years, and it is about
time that Democrats do something of
the same sort. NOW, GO TO WORK
and put your Democratic newspaper into
the hands of every Republican who will
read. If you will do this you will
accomplish more good in six months
than you will by any other means in
j six years. Democratic politicians,
j throughout the county, are enabled, by
i the above low terms, to circulate Dem
ocratic newspapers at a very small
cost. We appeal to them to see toget
| ting up clubs, and to see to it in time.
Now is the time to sow the seed. Af
ter a little while the heat of passion
and prejudice will beam upon the pub
lic mind in all its intense fierceness,
and then seed-time will have passed.
Friends, let us hear from you !
THE OLD GUARD FOR JUNE.—The
contents are as follows: Ist Modern and
Ancient Ideas of Liberty Contrasted,
(by the editor,) chapter Ist. Ideas of
Government and Liberty Current in
Europe from the Second to the Seven
teenth Century ; 2d. Positive Democra
cy, (by the editor); 3d. Dead Under the
Roses, continued, chapters 14 and 15 ; 4.
May Song, (poetry;) 5. Astorre, an
Italian Historical Romance,continued,
chapters 12 and 13; 6th. Sub Rosa, a
Maiden's Love Story; 7th. The Negro
Bureau ; Btli. The Last Battle of Stone
wall Jackson, by a member of his
staff; 9th. Types of Mankind, by Dr.
Van Evrie, No. G—The Negro; 10th.
Bread and Sack ; 11th. The Soul's Idol,
(poetry;) 12th. The Book Table, which
is well covered with a most interest
ing and diversified melange , and is ve
ry inviting; 13th. The Editor's Table
which contains the usual quality of ve
ry acceptable matter.
TILK OLD GUARD from now to No
vember will be more valuable than ev
er to Democratic readers. As the poli
tical topics discussed will have a
close relation to the great and grave is
sues before the country, every Demo
cratic voter should get the work. Sin
gle copy, 25c.; one copy, one year, $3.
Van Evrie, llorton tfcC'o., publishers,
No. IG2 Nassau street, New York.
DEMOREST'S YOUNG AMERICA, for .
June, has been received, and is full of
interesting matter for young readers,
and should be found in every house
hold. Address "Demorest's Young
America," New York.
THE NURSERY.— We have received
the June number of this welcome little
visitor. Our little ones are delighted
with it. Every family should sub
scribe for it. Address John L. Shorey,
publisher, Boston Mass.
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