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LANCASTER, PA., JANUARY 26, 1864.
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Now our Gag is flung to the wild winds free,
Let it float o'er our father land,
And the guard of Its spotless fame shall be
Columbia's chosen band.
"CLING TO THE CONSTITUTION, AS
THE SHIPWRECKED MARINER CLINGS
TO THE LAST PLANK, WHEN NIGHT
AND THE TEMPEST CLOSE AROUND
HIM."-DANIEL WEBSTER.
Election, TuesdaN , Februan
2d, 18(14.
DEMOCRATIC CITY ncluTr
Mayor
George Sanderson.
High Constable.
Samuel Huber.
NORTH WEST WARD
Select Council.
William Diller.
Common Council.
Emanuel Shober,
George Yeisley,
Frederick Pyle,
John A. Scheurenbrand,
William Morton.
City Constable
Jacob Gundaker.
Assessor.
William B. Strine.
Assistant Assessors
Mahlon Mercer.
Henry Sehner.
Judge.
John A. Shober.
Inspector.
George H. Albright
NORTH EAST WARD
Select Council.
Michael Malone.
Common Council.
A. Z. Ringwalt,
John Best,
Philip Ginder,
Edwin M. Schaeffer
Alderman.
Charles M. Howell
City Constable
Hugh Dougherty.
Assessor
I. F. Abele.
Assistant Assessors
William Lowry,
Dennis Marion.
Judge
John Rose
Inspector.
Jacob R. Everts
SOUTH WEST W ARD
Select Council.
John Deaner.
Common Council
Philip Fitzpatrick,
John M. Rutledge,
Anthony Iske.
City Constable.
Christian Fraile`•.
Assessor.
William Boas, Sr.
Assistant Assessors
George W. Metzger.
a Henry Wilhelni.
Judge.
Michael Withers.
Inspector.
John Witlinger„Tr.
SOUTH EAST WARD
Select Council.
John Deaner.
Common Council.
John T. MacGonigle,
Samuel Patterson.
H. K. Killian.
Alderman.
Washington Clark.
City Constable.
Albert A. Messenkop
Assessor.
James Wilhelm.
Assistant Assessors.
John Hensler,
Jacob ,Foose.
Judge.
William P. Brooks.
Inspector.
J. H. Hegener, Jr
The Democratic Tickets.
Above will be found the Demo
cratic City and Ward Tickets com
plete, as settled by the people at the
primary meetings on Saturday eve
ning, and we invite the closest
scrutiny into the claims and qualifi
cations of the candidates. They are
all good and true men, devoted to
the Union, the Constitution and the
supremacy of the laws, and, if elect
ed, will take care that the interests
of the tax-payers and the welfare of
the City shall be properly attended
to. We deem it unnecessary to say
any thing further in reference to the
candidates, as they are all well and
favorably known to the people, and
are presented to the conservative
citizens of Lancaster as in every
respect worthy their confidence and
support at the election on Tuesday
next.
Or General Banks, has issued a proclama•
tion for an election in Louisiana, under the
revolutionary edict of Mr. Lincoln, by which
the State is to be placed in the hands of the
one•tenth vote. The proclamation is charac
teristic) of the man who is willing " to let the
Union elide."
THE COADUCT OF THE WAR,
At an adjourned meeting of the Democratic
members of Congress, held at Washington a
few days since, the following resolution was
passed:
Resolved, That we are for a restoration of
all the States to the Union; that patriotism
and true statesmanship demand that such a
policy should be pursued towards the people
of the States in which the insurrection exists
as shall be beat calculated to bring this ex
pensive and exhausting war in which we are
now engaged to a close, and to restore said
States to the Union, under the Constitution,
with all the constitutional rights of the peo
ple unimpaired.
•
This resolution, says the Patriot & Union,
embodies the true doctrine, and is the only
plan upon which the Union ever can be re
stored. Sovereign States may be conquered
and held in subjection, but unless they are
treated in a spirit of compromise and their
equal rights under the Constitution admitted,
there can be no Union. The great mass of
i} i,
the eople North and South are to-day, as
they lways have been since they have ex
peri need the blessings of a republican form
of government, in favor of " the'Union as it
was under the Constitution as it is," and it
was the pretence of being in favor of the
Union and the Constitution that induced the
people to place the present Administration in
power. All through the campaign of 1860,
from President LINCOLN down to the lowest
hireling, every speaker clamored loudly for
the preservation of the Union and the Con
stitution—every Republican paper in the
country echoed the seine cry. LINCOLN re
peated it in his inaugural, and at the extra
session which followed a Republican Congress
reiterated it in the shape of a soloritn resolu
tion. Believing in these declarations, thy
people rushed enthusiastically into the war,
and if they had been carried out in good
faith, who can doubt that the war would have
ended a year ago Having, by these specious
pretences, accumulated a large army, and, as
they apparently believe, grown too strong to
be successfully resisted, the radical revolu
tionists who control the government now
throw aside their masks, spurn the idea of
re-establishing the old Union, trample upon
the Constitution, and subordinate everything
, to the abolition of slavery.
This policy necessarily exasperates and
embitters the South, drives those who were
in favor of the Union into the Confederate
armies, and unites them all in a fixed deter
mination to fight until they die in defence of
their property, their fire-sides, and their
homes. Besides, this we have the declara
tions Of SUMNER, PHILLIPS, STEVENS, and the
other leaders of the Jacobin party, that they
desire to prolong the war until slavery can
be exterminated. Look at it white freemen
of Pennsylvania under the guise of philan
thropy they utter sentiments fit only for the
Fiend Incarnate. They would prolong the
war, destroy our republican institutions,
squander thousands of millions of money,
sacrifice millions of human lives, and all for
what? To free the nigger ! when their own
reports inform us, that those they have al
ready freed are dying by thousands through
disease and starvation, consequent upon ex
posure and their inability to take care of
themselves. Truly has John Randolph re
marked, " fanaticism knows no stopping
place between Heaven and Hell."
Had the advice of General McCLELLAN and
other distinguished conservatives of the North
been heeded by the Administration in the
conduct of the war, peace with all its beni
ficent influences would have long since been
spread all over our land, which now through
the baleful effects of radical policy, is drench
ed in fraternal blood ; songs of rejoicing would
have went up to Heaven from many a fireside ,
where now they weep a father lost, a brother
slain ; thanksgiving and prayer would have
gratefully ascended to God, where now shrieks
and lamentations fill the air fur dear ones
sacrificed to the bloody Moloch of Abolition ;
our pulpits would have been filled with sincere
and earnest men, followers of Christ, preaching
" peace and good will to men," where now
sits enthroned the sanguinary Demon of fa
naticism, reeking with blood, whose fatal
breath, like the poisonous Upas, withers and
destroys whatever it touches.
The Pay of Soldiers.
The proposition agreed upon by
the Democratic members of Con
gress, at Washington, to support a
bill which shall pay the gallant sol
diers of our army in gold, or its
equivalent, is consistent, fair and
just, and we trust it may become a law
without any difficulty. The soldier
who leaves home and family and
kindred to fight the battles of his
country and sustain the honor of the
old flag, ought not to be allowed to
suffer through the depreciation of
the currency. At the beginning of
the war the soldier's thirteen dol
lars a month was equivalent, in its
value to him or his family, to what
twenty dollars is at the present time ;
and in justice, he should either have
his pay in specie or its equivalent,
or, if that cannot be done, (and we
see no reason why it should not,)
then let his pay be doubled in the
paper currency of the country.
The officers of our army get too
much, and the common soldier, who
has to do all the hard work, too lit
tle. Let Congress reduce the pay
of the officers, and increase the pay
of the rank and file of the army,
and the war will be conducted with
greater energy, and with more satis
factory results. These are our sen
timents.
Delegates Elected.
The Democratic Convention of
Montgomery county met at Norris
town, on Tuesday last, and elected
Daniel Quillman, William Ronden
house, William H. Witte and J. B.
Davis Representative Delegates to
the Democratic State Convention,
with unanimous instructions to sup
port Delegates to the National Con
vention in favor of Gen. GEORGE B.
MCCLELLAN for the Presidency.
sag- The Legislature failed to
elect a State Treasurer on Monday,
consequently a bill must be passed
fixing some other day before an
election can be held. This, how
ever, cannot be done until after the
Senate succeeds in effecting an or
ganization, which may or may not
take place for a month to come.
THE LOYAL TENTH OE LOUISIANA
The efforts making by the radicals to obtain
the loyal tenth of Louisiana to accommodate
Mr. Lincoln's ideas of a republican form of
government, has disclosed the fact that the
negro is to be made the controlling element
in the composition. It appears that, after
many months of canvassing prior and since
the proclamation, they have succeeded in
organizing a convention, though the enroL
ment of one-tenth is not complete. Two whole
parishes were represented in this convention,
by the admission of negroes as delegates, who
voted and participated in the proceedings
The portrait of Abuliti s on, drawn by its owp,
hand, is seen in the following reen,utions.--
The first was passed on motion of WENDELL
Pamirs, at the Tabernacle, in New York,
May 4, 1848 :
Resolved, That recognizing, as we do, with
profound gratitude, the wonderful progress
our cause has made during the last eighteen
years, and yet considering the effort now
making to impress the community with the
idea that the church and the land can and will
abolish slavery by its own virtue, and that the
parties are able and willing to grapple with the
evil, this society deem it a duty to reiterate
its convictions, that the only exodus for
the slave out of his present house of bondage
is over the ruins of the present American
Church, and the present American Union.
The second was also adopted by the Aboli•
tionists of New York in December, 1859 :
Whereas, The dissolution of the present im•
perfect and inglorious Union between the free
and slave States would result in the overthrow
of slavery and the consequent foundation of a
more perfect and glorious Union, without the
incubus of slavery, the.efore
Resolved, That we invite a free correspon—
dence with the dieunionists of the South, in
I order to devise the most suitable way and
means to secure the consummation so devoutly
to be wished.
Nobody believes, says the Boston Courirr,
that the Abolitionists have changed a hair's
breadth in their principles or purposes since
these resolutions were passed. Even within
a year ono of thew, CONWAY, has proposed to
treat with a rebel in the name of the Aboli
tionists of the North. The radical programme
of conquest instead of reunion, in the Aboli
tion plat, the plan of avowed, glorying trea•
son. let men who in 18-18, or in 1859, were
filled with horror and patriotic anger at such
avowals as the above, now weakly aid or
tacitly connive at their realization as u govern
mental policy !
'CHIC CARNIVAL OF CORtLUPCION.
'Chu Albany (N. Y.) Statesman, a Ropubli-
cAn paper, says :
Chase is bitterly complained of for his
Barnet's and Butlers, his Cornwells and Cal—
licotts, his Revenue and Confiscation Agents;
and Mr. Lincoln is complained of for Custom
House and contracting swindling, yet there is
not the first move in Congress or out to expose
or arrest the frauds. There seems to be a
perfect carnival of corruption and crime in
every department of government and little or
no effort to slop it. By and by, unless there
is a change, it will be found that Republican
nominations as well as republican institutions
aro a failure."
Alluding to recent exposures of corruption
in Washington, the Cincinnati Gazette, also a
Republican paper, says :
"It disheartens the people in support of
the war for the preservation of the Govern—
ment, when they see the public officers turn
ing it to profit, and rapidly accumulating
fortunes out of it. Extravagance and pecula
tion, and suddenly acquired wealth 'in the
Government officers, are more depressing to the
patriotic people than the deadly hostility of
the rebel enemy."
The New York Tribune is forced to say that
"as to the corruption which of late has stalked
shamelessly through our legislative halls,
what is to be done ? If nothing, then repub—
lican institutions are a failure."
The case of Hunt who paid Hale the $3OOO
to get him out of prison, has recently been on
trial before a Commission. He was Superin
tendent of transports, and had charge of the
hiring of vessels for the Government. One
witness testified that a steamer hired by him
was worth $65,000, that at the rate agreed
upon she had earned for her owners $173,500
up to date, that the Government had supplied
her coal, that her average running expenses
were from $lOOO to $l2OO per month, which
were defrayed by goods sold on board and by
profits on meals and berths. Another steamer
worth $55,000, was hired to the Government
at $36,500 a year.
John P. Hale has declared, in the U. S .
Senate that "the liberties of this country are in
greater danger to-day front the corruptions, and
front the profligacy practiced in the various de
partments of the government, than they are from
rebels in the open field."
How can a nation be saved from such perils
as now surround us, when men in high places
and low, are leagued together for the sole pur
pose of plundering it?
FROM GEN. dIoCLELL AN'S REPORT
Sharp Letter to Mr. Stanton
On the night of the 28th I sent the following
to the Secretary of War:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY or THE PoTomAc,
SAVAGE STATION, June 28, 18(12, 12 20 A. M.
—I now know the full history of the day. On
this side of the river, the right bank, we re
pulsed several strong attacks. On the left
bank our men did all that men could du, all
that soldiers could do, but they were over
whelmed by vastly superior n mbers, even
after I brought my last r !serves into action.
The loss on both sides is terrible. I believe
it will prove to be the most desperate battle
of the war. The sad remnants of my men
behave as men ; those battalions who fought
most bravely and suffered moat are still in the
best order. The regulars were superb, and I
count upon what are left to turn another bat
tle, in company with their gallant comrades
of the volunteers. Had I (20,000) twenty
thousand, or even (10,000) ten thousand fresh
troops to use to-morrow, I could take Rich
mond ; but I have not a man in reserve, and
shall be glad to cover my retreat and save the
material and personnel of the army. If we
have lost the day, we have yet preserved our
honor ; and no one need blush for the Army .of
the Potomac. I have list this battle because
my force was too small.
I again repeat that I am not responsible for
this, and I say it with the earnestness of a
general who feels in his heart yhe lose of every
brave man who has been needlessly sacrificed
to-day. I still hope to retrieve our tortures,
but to do this the Government must view the
matter in the same earnest light that I do.—
You must send me very large reinforcements,
and send them at once.
I shall draw back to this side of the Chick
abominy, and think I can withdraw all our
material. Please understand that in this bat
tle we have lost nothing but men, and those
the best we haie.
In addition to what I have already said, I
only wish to say to the President that I think
he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous
when I said that my force was too weak ; I
merely intimated a truth which to-day has
been too plainly proven. If, at this instant,
I could dispose of (10,000) ten thousand
fresh men, I could gain the victory to morrow.
I know that a few thousand more men
would have changed the battle from a defeat
to a victory. As it, is, the Government must
not, and cannot, hold me responsible fcfr the
result.
I feel too earnestly to-night—l have seen
too many dead and wounded comrades to feel
otherwise than that the Government has not
sustained the army. If you do not do so now
the game is lost.
If I save this army now, I tell you plainly
that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other
person in Washington.
You have done your best to sacrifice this
army.
To Hon. E. M. Stanton
THE " SOLDIERS' FRIENDS.”-A few days
since, Mr. Dennison, the Democratic member
of Congress, from the Luzerne District, in
this State, introduced a bill in the House in
creasing the private soldiers' pay to thirty
dollars a month, which was opposed by the
whole solid Abolition rote. On the same day
the Abolition majority passed a resolution to
give a batoh of Abolition Committee Clerks,
four dollars per day I Comment is useless.
EXCUSE FOR RASCALITY.—Young Cornwall,
a Treasury clerk at Washington, who has
lately stolen one hundred thousand dollars
from the public treasury, and has confessed
the crime excuses himself on the ground that
robbery on every hand was going on upon a
large scale, and be thought it no harm to
rash in and get his share.
.01. 1 EttRORS NOW uirkRTIEIRowN
What an old fogy TR..PRAS JEFFERSON was!
Ile came no nearer being a statesman! (as
compared with the present more enlightened
and " Loyal " standard at Washingt m) than
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE:did to being a capable
military leader as compared with the more
illustrious and successful commander, ABRA
HAM LINCOLN. It was JEFFFRSON who pro
claimed such crude and visionary notions as
these, which the modern Republican party
have shown to be gross humbugs:
"Equal and exact justice to all men, (f
whatever state or persuasion, religious or
;
Peace, commerce, and honest friendship
with all nations, entangling alliances with
none ;
The support of the State Governments•in all
their rights as the most competent administra
tions for our domestic concerns, and the surest
bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies ;
The preservation of the General Govern
ment in its whole constitutional vigor, as the
sheet anchor of uur peace at home and safety
abroad ;
A jealous oars of the right of election by
the people;
A mild and safe corrective of abuses,
which are lopped by the sword of revolution,
where peaceable remedies are unprovided
Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of
the majority, the vital principle of republics,
from which is no appeal but to force, the
vital principle and immediate parent of des
potism ;
A well disciplined militia, our beet reliance
in peace, and for the first moments of war,
till regulars may relieve them ;
tar The supremacy of the civil over the
military authority ;
Stir Economy in the public expense, that
labor may be lightly burdened ;
The honest payment of our d. bts, and
sacred preservation of the public faith ;
Encouragement of agriculture, and of com
merce as its handmaid ;
The diffusion of information, and arraign
ment of all abuses at the bar of public reason ;
Freedom of religion ;
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS ;
And freedom of person under the protection
of the II ABBAS CORPUS ;
And trial by juries impartially selected.'
GEN. HANCOCK IN CHARGE OF THE
RECRUITING SERVICE.
Major General Hancock, one of our bravest
and most successful corps commanders, who,
it will be remembered, was severely
wounded at Gettysburg, has been ordered to
Pennsylvania, with authority to re..ruit this
corps to 50,000 men, for special service.—
Gen. H. is a Pennsylvanian, an officer in the
regular army, wh t has been in the volunteer
service since the outbreak of the rebellion,
and has been with the Army of the Potomac
through all its hard fought campaigns, dis
tinguishing himself in almost every engage
ment by conspicuous gallantry and skilful
generalship. He commanded a division of
the glorious Second Corps at Antietem,
Fredericksburg, Chanoellorsville and other
battles, and at the memorable contest at
Gettysburg was in command of the Second
Corps and Left Centre, which received the
most desperate charge made by the rebel
forces during tlitat conflict, repulsing them
with fearful loss. That repulse, in which
Gen. Hancock was severely wounded, decided
the fate of the day.
His headquarters are at Harrisburff ( He
pays the present bounty of $402 to veterans,
and $302 to all other recruits, Persons vol
unteering under him can make choice of the
following regiments and batteries, viz :-81st,
140th, 116th, (battalion,) 148th, 53d, 145th,
71st, 72d, 69th and 106th regiments of infan
try, and batteries C and F independent Penn
sylvania artillery, F and G let Pennsylvania
artillery.
The subjoined extract from DANIBI, WEB
STER'S great oration on the completion of the
Bunker Hill monument, June 17th,1843, may
be profitably read and considered by ail good
citizens at the present time, especially if
taken in connexion with the thzraiit outrages
perpetrated by the military in the recent
elections in the States of Maryland and Dela
" A military republic, a government found
ed on mock elections, and supported only by
the sword, is a movement, indeed, biit a ret
rograde.and disastrous movement, from the
regular and old fashioned monarchical system.
If men would enjoy the blessirg,s of republican
government, they must govern themselves by
reason, by mutual counsel and consultation,
by a sense and feeling of general interest, and
by the acquiescence of the minority in the
will of the majority, properly expre,sed ; and
above all, the military must be kept accord .
ing to the language of our bill of rights, in
strict subordination to the oivil authority.
Wherever this lessen is not both learned and
practiced there can be no plitical freedom.
Absurd, preposterous it is, a seoff and a satire
upon free forms of constitutional liberty, for
forms of government to be prescribed by mil.
itary leaders, and the right of suffrage to be
exercised at the point of the sword."—
vol. 1, p. 98 .
The organization of the Senate appears no
nearer a consummation than it was three
weeks ago. Senator WRITE'S seat is not yet
filled, neither is there a likelihood that it will
be, short of a new election—the prediction of
the Philadelphia Press that his exchange
would be effected within a week from last
Friday, to the contrary notwithstanding. All
motions that were made, since our last, have
been defeated by a tie vote—the Democratic
Senators voting against the efforts of the Ab•
lition Senators to do business under the
present illegal tenure of the Speakership, and
the latter voting against every motion to pro
teed to the only legitimate business—the
election of a Speaker. The only motion that
succeeded was one made on Thursday, by Mr.
CLYMER, to adjourn over till Monday.
The House is doing nothing of importance
while the " dead-lock " in the Senate contin-
STATE ACFRICULTURA.I. SOCIETY
The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania
State Agricultural Society was held at Har
risburg on the 19th inst. Hon. THOMAS P.
KNox, of Montgomery county, was re-elected
President Gen. Tobias Barto, of Berks, one of
the Vice Presidents ; A. Brower Longaker, of
Montgomery, Recording Secretary ; A. Boyd
Hamilton, of Dauphin, Corresponding Secre
tary ; S. S. Haldeman, of Lancaster, Chemist;
and Dr. John Curwen, of Harrisburg Libra-
The 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th of Septem
ber next, were fixed upon as the days for
holding the next State Fair. No choice of
place has yet been made, but the Secretary
was directed to invite proposals and subecrip.
tions from such County Societies or localities
as may be desirous of securing the.next Fair,
and make report thereon at the quarterly
meeting of the Executive Committee in March
next.
G. B. MCCLELLAN
SHOCKING MURDER.--A man named Felix
Gill, residing in Spruce Street, Philadelphia,
was arrested on Wednesday last on a charge
of murdering his wife the same morning. It
appears that a legacy of $30,000 was recently
left him, and a payment in advance of $3,000
was made thereof. This money he handed to
his wife, and used to be supplied by her with
what he required. Becoming very dissipated
upon the strength of his good fortune, ho be
came the associate of the most abandoned
characters, and wound up his career of crime
by murdering his wife, to whom he had while
much intoxicated, applied for money. The
woman, whose blood was spattered' over
almost every part of the house, the furniture
of which was broken to pieces, must have
struggled long and desperately against
her fate. She was beaten to death with a
poker.
WORDS OF WISDOM
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
COURT PROCERDINos
The January Term of the Court rd Quarter
Sessions was held last week—Judges IlAyns and
BRENTON on the bench. - The Court opened on Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock, when the list of Grand
and Petit Jurors was called, and eighteen of the
former answered to their names. The Grand Jury
were sworn, Hon. A. E. ROBERTS appointed Fore
man, and Judge HAYES delivered the charge, after
which the balance of the morning session was taken
up with the bearing of Constables' returns, etc.
Catharine Elizabeth Dennis, residing in Dorwart
street, this city, was arraigned, on complaint of
George Sheaffer, for having, contrary to the dot of
Assembly of the Bth of April, 1861, told fortunes
and predicted future events, by cards and other
wise, for money. The case was given to the Jury
On Monday evening, and they remained out the
whole night. They came into Court on Tuesday
morning, and stated that they were unable to agree.
The Court again reviewed its charge, and then dis
missed them to their room for further consultation.
At 12 o'clock they again returned, and rendered a
verdict of guilty, but prayed the merciful consider
ation of the Court. The defendant'S counsel asked
a suspension of sentence, and gave notice that they
intended to move for a hew trial.
Elias Whitman plead guilty to the larceny of a
horse, the property of Christian H Hissley, of West
Donegal township, on the 15th of October last, and
was sentenced to 3 years and 9 months' imprison
ment in the Eastern Penitentiary.
Elizabeth Johnston, a young African-American,
with a little responsibility in her arms, was indicted
for the larceny of $l5 from Sarah Mitchell, another
brunette. The testimony, however, proved that the
prosecutrix's daughter was the thief. Verdict not
William Hamlin was charged with stealing a sad
dle from Andrew L. Lane, but the evidence dill not
sustain a conviction, and the jury returned a verdict
of not guilty.
Stephen Miller, African-American, was charged
by Martha Frisby, of the same species, with malici
ous mischief ;,..or, as the Jays- maiden expressed it,
"persistent mischief." Verdict guilty, and Stephen
was sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and the costs.
William Smith was indicted for the larceny of one
$lO and five $5 greenbacks, one Spanish quarter and
one gold dollar, on the night of the 9th of Septem
ber last, the property of Lewis Warner, of Philadel
phia. The robbery occurred in this city. Verdict
guilty.
The same defendant was arraigned .on two more
similar indictments, and found guilty on one, and
not guilty on the other. He was sentenced to two
years' imprisonment in the Lancaster Co. Prison on
the'fast indictment, and to fourteen months on the
second.
Jacob Strine and John Striae, of Columbia, were
complained against on two cases of surety of the
peace, by Daniel and Martha Freed, •and bound
over to keep the peace for three months, and pay
the costs.
In the indictment preferred against Jacob Shaef
fer, Frederick Wicket, (since conscripted,) Sebastian
Wicket, Lewis Wicket, John Kirchner, Sophia
.itichie, David Fry and Mary Ann Fry, for riot in
this city, on the 16th of July last, the defendants
came into Court and plead guilty. Sentenced to pay
a fine of $25 and pay the costs.
. .
David Fitzsimmons was indicted for malicious
mischief, on complaint of Anderson C. Stone. Ver
dict not guilty.
Elizabeth Hardy, Kate Wenger, Ann Ford and
Frank Ford were indicted for malicious mischief, on
complaint of Anderson C. Stone. Verdict not guilty,
and Elizabeth Hardy and Frank Ford to pay each
one-fourth of the costs, and Anderson C. Stone the
remaining half.
Thomas F. Lend was indicted for fornication and
bastardy, on complaint of Lydia Ann Murr. The
defence plead the statute of limitation, the offence
having been committed in March, 1861. Verdict
not guilty, and defendant for costs.
Co - m'th vs. Pearsol & Geist. Indicted for a libel
on Mr. Cyrus Cremer, Keeper of the LanCaster Cu.
Prison. The defendants are the publishers of the
Daily Evening Express of this city, and the libel
was published sometime in November last. The case
was called up for trial on Wednesday afternoon, and
occupied the whole of Thursday, being given to the
jury that evening at 9 o'clock. It waa ably con
ducted on the part of the Commonwealth by District
Attorney Livingston, lion. Isaac E. Mester and
George Brubaker, Esq., and for the defence by Col.
Fordney, George M. Kline and 0...1 . Dickey, Esqrs.
Mr. Itiester closed for the Commonwealth in a pow
erful and eloquent argument. The charge of the
Court was favorable to the defendants. The jury
were out until Friday morning at 11 o'clock, and
brought in the following singular verdict: ''The
jury in the case of the Comthonwealth vs. Pearsol d
Geist render a verdict of Not Guilty. The cove to
be paid equally between the prosecutor and defend
ants; recummending that the defendants be request
ed to retract the supposed insinuation on the private
character of Mr. Cyrus Cremer. This trial excited
a great deal of interest, from the fact that the par
ties concerned are prominent members of the Re
publican party. The whole thing resolves itself in
this: that one portion of the "loyal" men are bit
terly opposed to the control of the prison being in
the hands of Mr. Brubaker's friends, and the other
portion, which is equally large, is just as antago
nistic to the opposite party. "That's what's the
matter."
Mr. Brubaker presented a petition from D.lB of the
voters of the N. W. Ward, city, asking that the ward
be divided into two election districts, East and West,
the dividing line to be Mulberry street. The matter
was referred to three Commissioners to be appointed.
Frederick Byerly was indicted and convicted of
stealing three bushels of oats and two sacks, the
property of David Potts, and one bag of timothy
seed, the property of Benjamin Denlinger, of Lan
caster twp., and sentenced to four months' impris
onment in each case.
Frederick Barnhart Was indicted and convicted of
an assault and battery on Susanna Harman, on the
19th of November, and sentenced to pay a Sue of Si
and costs of prosecution.
William Ray Awns charged with having, on the
24th of December last, passed a $5 counterfeit note,
purporting to be of the Union Bank of Philadelphia,
on Joseph Brintnall, of this city, in redemption,
with other good money, of a one dollar greenback,
which had been altered to a ten, and which the de
fendant had previously passed upon Mr. Brintnall.
It was given in evidence, also, that he had passed a
similar altered note on B. B. Kauffman, of this city.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the Court
sentenced him to 3 years and 9 months' imprison
ment.
John Burke, Richard. Brush and Jane Parker
were charged with assault and battery on James
Madison, colored, and firing his shanty. The whole
of the party were drunk at the time. The two male
defendants now expressed a wish to be, and were,
sworn into the service of the United States, conse
quently no evidence was offered and a verdict of
not guilty taken in favor of all of them.
Isaac Knear, J. Harman and Samuel Harman,
were indicted for an assault and battery on Michael
Rudy, one of the City Watchmen A. verdict of not
guilty was taken with regard to the Harmans.
Knear plead guilty, and was sentenced to pay a fine
of SIC and the costs.
No other business of much importance was trans
acted. The Grand Jury made the following report :
To the Honorable, the Judges of the Court of
Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the
County of Lancaster.
The Grand Inquest inquiring for said county at
January sessions, A. D., 1864, respectfully report :
That they have had before them 47 bills of indict
merit, of which 34 were returned endorsed tine bills,
12 endorsed not true bills, and one was withdrawn
by the District Attorney.
They visited the House of Employment for the
poor, which they found in good order and condition,
the inmates expressing themselves well cared and
provided for by Mr. Fairer and his 'estimable wife,
who have oharge of the Institution.
They visited the County Hospital which has,
within the past week, passed into the hands of Mr.
Fairer.
The buildings of this Institution are not well
adapted to the purposes of a Hospital, but they are
nevertheless susceptible of much improvement, both
in condition and convenience.
The Inquest are unanimous in the opinion that
the Poor House and Hospital should be under the
management and control of one and the same per
son, the Hospital being an inseparable part and
member of the Poor House.
The County Prison was also visited and its man
agement inquired into. The building and its inter
nal working appears to be in good condition. The
regulations of the Prison, as it relates to the convicts,
though not perhaps in strict acoordanee with the
enactments of its establishment, are claimed to be
well adapted to an economical and successful man
agement of the labor of the convicts. Moreover, it
is averred by the present Keeper, that the discipline
and rules of the institution are the same now, as he
believes, as those ordered by former Inspectors and
observed by former Keepers.
The Inquest tender thanks to the Court, the Dis
trict Attorney, the Sher iff, and our attendant, Mr.
Rohrer, for courtesies received.
Having thus performed the duties required of
them, the Inquest pray to be discharged from fur
ther attendance. A. E. ROBERTS, Foreman.
NEW PUBLICATIoNE.—W e hove received
from Westhaeffer, No. 44 North Queen street, the
following publioations :
" Life of Archbishop Hughes."
"Life and Services as a Soldier of Major General
Grant."
Webster and 'Jayne's Speeches in the U. S.
Senate, in 1830." This is a full report of that great
and intensely interesting debate.
These publications will be eagerly sought after,
and can be had at Westhaeffer's.
—Godey s Lady's Book, for February, is already
on our table, and as usual beautifully embellished
and filled with the choicest reading matter. Godey
is determined to be up with the times.
—We have received from the publishers, Van
Eyrie, Horton lc Co., 162 Nassau street, New York
City, the January number of The Old Guard," a
Democratic monthly journal, edited by C. CHATIM
DEt Bonn, Esq., one of the ablest writers in the
country. An excellent engraving of that gallant
and unflinching Democrat, Hon. C. GODFREY Guw-
TBEII., Mayor of New York city, adorns the first
page. The pages of this journal are filled with the
choicest reading matter, and from the low priors at
which it is furnished, 15 cents per number, it is to
be hoped that every Democratic family in the coun
try will subscribe for it.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. -THC.MAS C.
Commrs, Esq., the newly eleoted County Commis
sioner, entered upon the discharge of his duties yes
terday. The Board elected the following officers for
the ensuing year :
President--William Spencer.
Solicitor—Jesse Landis.
Clerk—Peter Eberman.
Janitor—Joseph 0. Snyder.
These are all excellent selections, and have al
ready proved themselves faithful and efficient officers
APPOINTMENTS AT THE PRIS)N —The BO:1rd
of Prison Inspectors met on yesterday, and made
their appointments as follows :
Keeper—William Shirk.
Under Keepers--Henry Shubert, Rudolph Christ.
Physician—Dr. Wm. Compton.
So, then, the Thugs have wentunder in the fight.
This is the fate of war.
THE HOLidANS. — The Holman Opera Troupe
were hero five nights last week, and drew erowded
houses on every occasion. They are certainly fine
performers, and worthy the liberal patronage be
stowed on them.
DEMOCRATIC CITY CONVENTION.—The dele
gates to the Democratic City Convention, to declare
the nominees of the Demooratio party for Mayor and
High Constable, met at fdesserikop's Hotel, East
King street, on Saturday evening, January 23d, at
9 o'clock. The following delegates were present:
N Ward—A. J. Steinman, Wm. MeComsey
Dr. Sam'l Welchens, Geo. W. Brown, Jno. Nixdorf.
N. E. Ward—James C. Carpenter, Alfred San
derson, Thomas J. Wentz.
S. W. Ward—James Peoples, Christian Getter,
Michael Flear.
S. E. Ward—Jacob H. Smith, John H. Retiree,
H. K. Killian, M. MoCullom, J. IL Regener, Jr.
The Convention was organised by the selection of
the following officers :
President—WlLLlAM liinComsay.
Vice Presidents—Jamas PEOPLES, MICH/LEL MC
CULLOM.
B earetaries—ALFßED SAI DERSO3, J. H. HEGF.-
NEB, Jr.
The returns from the different Wards were then
called for and read, as follows :
Sanderson, M. Huber, EL C.
113 113
158 158
198 198
139 139
N. W. Ward,
N. E. Ward,
S. W. Ward,
S. E. Ward,
The President then declared Grontis Se2rniensow
and SAMUEL Hunna the unanimous nominees of the
party for Mayor and High Constable, after which
the Convention adjourned.
A SEVERE BUT JUST CANE-ING.—Cur Dem—
ocratic friend and neighbor, REUBEN H. LONG, Esq.,
one of the very ablest young lawyers in this olty,
was the recipient a few days since of a handsome
silver-headed ebony cane, presented by two gentle
men of Harrisburg as a testimonial of their appreci
ation of his services in conducting to a successful
issue an intricate law case, in whioh they were his
clients. The cane is appropriately lettered and
chased, and will doubtless be highly prized by Mr.
LONG.
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.—The Republican
party met 'in their respective wards, on Saturday
evening, and made the following nominations :
Mayor—John Fondersmith, N. E. Ward.
High Constable—C. Benj. Smith, N. W. Ward.
NORTH WEST WARD.—Select Council—Anthony
E. Roberts. Common Council—John W. Ilubley,
George Ackerman, Joseph Hoover, Jacob G. Getz,
Isaac Mishler. Alderman—Capt. John H. Druck
enmiller. City Constable—John Trissler, Jr. As
sessor—William Demuth. Assistant Assessors—
William C. McKeowen, George Shindle. JUdge—
Chatles Buckius. Inspector—John Kahl.
NORTH EAST WARD.—Select Council—Anthony
Lechler. Common Council—Reuben A. Baer, J. It.
Smeltz, A. W. Russel, R. M. Morrow. Alderman
—Gerardus Clarkson. City Constable—Philip S.
Baker. Assessor—William Hensel, Sr. Assistant
Assessors—U. M. Zahm,
Cadwell. Inspector—Roland Kinzer.
SOLITII WEST WARD.—Select Council—Charles A.
Heinitsh. Common Council—Amos Gruff, Jacob
Rhoads, Gideon Arnold. City Constable—Henry
Hardy. Assessor—Henry Frailey. Assistant As
sessors—H. Clay Danner, —. Judge—
Luther Richards. Inspector—Fred. Albright.
SOUTH EAST. WARD.—Select Council—Charles A.
Heinitsh. Common Council—John L. Benedict,
Benjamin Bowman, M. F. Steigerwalt. Alderman
Walter G. Evans. City Constable—John Shertz,
Blacksmith. Assessor—B. F. Cox. Assistant As
sessors—John Copeland, John H. Roy. Judge—Geo.
F. Brenernan. Inspector—John Shear., Shoemaker.
REPORT OF TILE. STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF
COMMON ScnooLs.—The report of the State Super
intendent of Common Schools, for the year ending
June 4, 1863, is out. The report contains much
valuable general and statistical information upon
the condition and progress of the school system.—
The number of Common Schools in the State, ex
clusive of the City of Philadelphia, is 12,161, an in
crease on the last year of 171. The whole attend
ance of pupils is 634,499, an increase of 19,412.
Average attendance of pupils, 397,922, an increase
of 9.569. Average length of school term, 5 months,
14 days. Average cost of each pupil per month, 50
cents, an increase of I cent. Number of teachers,
14,442—increase 62. Total cost of tuition, $1,498,-
040—increase 5130,859. Total cost of the system,
82,284,099—increase 556,934. These facts are en
couraging to the friends bf the school system. Not
withstanding the war, the average attendance has
been larger, the average per cent. upon the whole
number in attendance one-half per cent. greater
than last year. There were 717 less male teachers,
and 779 more female teachers than the year previ
ous, owing to the war.
lor The Intelligenoer
TOE CHRONICLES OF COLUMBIA.
CHAPTER 1.
1. Now it came to pass in the first month of the
year sixty-four, there went out a decree to the peo
ple of Columbia, that they should choose from
among them men to rule them in their town.
2. And accordingly at the appointed time the
people came together at the Town Hall to choose
their rulers.
3. And it came to pass that the leaders of the
sect called Africans " did very much fear for their
men, lest the voice of the people should be written
against. them. And they were exceedingly troubled.
4. And they chose from amongst them one for, the
office of High Priest. Now he had been at a former
time a " White" man, but having seen the phi,
and greenbacks, and fine linen, and spices and per
fumes of the Africans" he had bowed down his
head at d become like unto them. And he did, in
many ways, despitefully use those who had been his
friends and neighbors.
h. And when the people were gathered together
the great fear of the "Africans" was made mani
fest. And they said one to another, " Let us do
even as our fathers have done, and swell our hosts
with the halt, and the blind, and the maimed; yea,
let us vote also the uncircumcised.'
6. And they, having raised a great shout, rushed
into the Town-Hall, and did Strive with the officers
and scribes that the noses of the outcasts, and of the
Gentiles, should be counted. And many did swear
falsely and blaspheme.
7. But there arose one collect Joseph, surnamed
"the Cordwainer." Now this man was a Democrat,
and of small stature. Bu , . nevertheless he withstood
them and had no fear because of the noisy multi
tude. And he raised his voice against the frauds of
the " Africans."
8. And the Africans waxed wroth, and said,
" Who is this, that standeth up and speaketh thus
in the presence of the High Priest, and of the
scribes, and the contractors ?" And they gnashed
their teeth and swore horribly.
9. But Joseph the Cordwainer did but protest the
more, and called for the book of the Laws and the
,
Covenant. ; merci al men of the metropolis. We earnestly
IU. And behold ! when the Covenant had been ; direct the attention of members of Congress to
brought his words were c.mtirmed, and he did over- i the secrets which lie bidden in those stone
come and triumph over his adversaries, and the
wicked men who had striven against him were sore I walls. The revelations yet to be made will our
abashed. ' pass all that has been heard of the' Stantons,
11. Then it came to pass that one among the . and Palmers, and others heretofore exposed.
Africans, named "Chip,' a sly man and full of We are told the Administration are in some—
deceits, was chosen to curse and scof at the Cord- ,
wainer, and to bring him low. ' thing of a quandary on the subject. It is
12.. And he having received his orders, went forth ' not yet quite certain whether the New York
to do as he had been commanded. And he wrote an Custom House belongs (in an electioneering
epistle for the newspapers, that it might be seen of point of view) to Mr. Chase or Mr. Lincoln.
all men. And going to the printer he paid to him As soon as this importantquestion is
his price. q
13. And behold the printer did print the lies and definitely settled, we hope to see a revelation
deceitful words of " Chip," and sent them forth to I of the iniquities of three years of party
the people. wrong. The people 'will not care which
14. But the Cordwainer epake not a word, end branch of the party is charged with the respon•
went forth on his way, and was not afraid because
of the liar called " Chip." . sibility."
15. But he forthwith wrote and caused to be
printed his own defence, and the people saw that he
had written the words of Truth and Justice. And i
they murmured against the "Africans" and the
Contraotors.
16. Then it came to pass that another, the eon of
a dissembler and apostate Democrat, being wroth,
said, "1 also will write." And he sent forth his
epistle. And he was called " Alert." He lied also,
as he had learned of his father, and he blasphemed
the truth.
17. Now this yonng man was College-bred, and be
wagged his head in the fatness of his conceit. And
his father and kinsfolk were hugely delighted, and
said :
18. " Who is like to Alert, and who shall stand
before him ? Behold he goeth forth ass young ram ;
he okippeth like unto a billy-govt; he feareth not
his bones! He bath slain the Cordweiner ; he bath
destroyed the Copperheads! Betel.
19. " He bath written poetry in the high places ;
he bath snatched the sheep-skin from his elders!
Like to the worm and the moth bath he devoured
books; he hath fed to fatness on the thoughts of the
great! Selah. Who shall scoff at the dimple of his
chin? who shall chide the blackness of his catiale?"
20. And they drank Lager and embraced each
other, and called for the harpers, and fiddlers, and
those that play upon the Jews harp, and they all
rejoined with great joy.
21. And going forth into the highways they
brought in such as were called " Loyal;" and they
were of divers colors. And they pressed one who
carried a torch and lighted the lamps of the town,
and him too they brought in. And he did many odd
tricks to please the multitude. But some said he
was a fool, and would not be comforted. But he, hav
ing drank of their whiskey, shouted " Wa 2 hoo,"
and etraightway all was well.
22. And ending a man in a ragged doublet they
knew him to be a poet, and they oarried him before
the High Priest, and caused him to sing a canticle
to the praise of his eon. And opening his mouth ha
said :
23. "Baca magms (
auribas,
Subjugatie Mitts,
Acinne egregius ; '
Asinoram Dominus."
24. Then the High Priest said : "Let us now gird
ourselves and go forth against the Demoorats. Let
us scourge them with rode; let us bring them down
from the high places; let LW blot out their name;
let them he no more remembered forever;" and
turning to his first born, he said :
25, " Amen dices, asine
Jam satur de gramine,
Amen, Amen itera
Aspernare vetera•
" Aurum de Arabia,
Thus et 51yrrhum de Baba,
Tulit in Columbia,
Virtue asinarla."
26. Then they raised a great shout, which went
forth even to the uttermost parte of the town—yea
even unto Tow-Hill. And the inhabitants thereof
were much rejoiced at the defeat (..f . the Copperheads,
and they drank much whiskey, and sang songs,
even the canticle of the Ape of Illinois on the field
of Antietam. •
So endeth the first Chapter.
COLUMBIA, January 21st, 1864
tip The grog ration will probably be
restored in the navy. Enlistments it is
thought will follow.—Exchange paper.
The grog ration was abolished in the times
or the Maine law delusion. The leaders in
that delusion are now the leaders in the Abo
lition delusion. We suppose they still think
the grog Nion a great sin, but as, in their
estimation, slavery is the greater sin, they
propose to fight the devil with fire—that is,
slavery with grog.
FRAUDS ON TRIO GOVISMIDDINT.
The Washington Chroniele, edited by Joss
W. FoRNEY, in a labored article, 'a week or
two ago, attempted an apology for the numer
ous outrageous frauds that are daily commit
ted on the Government by the employees and
friends of the Administration. It makes light
of the whole matter, and essays to show that,
great as the robberies are, it is but trifling and
nothing more than should be expected from
poor human nature, It is surprising that the
organ of the President, in condescending to
notice this subject, should treat the matter so
lightly. The sweeping charges should either
bt disproven or denounced in unmistakeable
terms ; but the fact of excuse' being offered
by a mouth-piece of the Administration, goes
very far to show that those in authority are as
deep in the mud as the plunderers are in the
mire. This thing must be ventilated, and the
rascals must be exposed to the gaze of the
public. The fact of the Abolition majority in
Congress refusing to appoint committees to
investigate charges of fraud against those in
power, should not prevent the crnservative
press from crying aloud and exposing the
scoundrels who are robbing our por bleeding
country. We add the following from the New
York Journal of Cononsrce, and earnestly
commend it to the attention of our readers :
'• Daily exposures of the most atrocious
frauds in public offices and in connection with
the public service, are constantly attracting
the attention of the people. They come so
fast that the popular mind is no longer shook•
ed when they are heard ot. It seems to be
taken for granted that men will rob the pub
lic treasury, and that this Administration
above all others, must be expected to have
thieves and plunderers in its employment.—
People laugh when a new fraud comes to light,
and look with a sort of amused suspicion at
office-holders not yet detected in the crime
of stealing, and rather take it for granted
that their turn will come next. There was
never a time in American history when the
public mind was s., thoroughly demoralized
in this respect. •The simple faet is that the
radicals have taught the people to look. leni
ently on the crime of appropriating other men's
property. Nay more, they have raised steal
ing to be a virtue, and theft is praised as a
proof of loyalty.
" To the everlasting disgrace of America
and American history, the dominant party
took the responsibility of insisting that private
property should not be protected from plunder.
General McClellan was denounced in the most
violent terms, in Congress, in the public
prints, in club-houses and in the streets, for
protecting private property along the line of
his march. The radical party boldly an
nounced the doctrine as their own, that the
Northern men might rightfully steal from the
Southern men. It is impossible for the radi
cals to escape this charge. They made it the
great point in their raid against McClellan
while he was on the Peninsula. In vain did
high-minded men in the Republican party
resist this horrible doctrine, which radical
vindictiveness invented and supported. All
honor to those men who, notwithstanding the
pressure of party affiliations, did faithfully
and earnestly protest against the disgraceful
creed They are free from responsibility.
They see with us, to-day, the effect on the
morals of the radical men who were given over
to love of spoil. That effect is visible all over
the country.
" We were talking with a Union man from
North Carolina some time since, and on ask
ing him what had become of his house, he re
plied that it had been cleaned out, and he
and his family had lost furniture, ornaments,
library, clothing and everything. He had
talr'eu the trouble to trace some articles, and
knew the Northern families, in which they
now were. ' For instance,' said be, ' my
chandeliers are in the house of .' The
Lasts are too well known to be denied or
doubted. Thera is a black record against us
as a nation in this matter. Silver plate,
books, furniture, ladies' dresses, furs, the
common articles of 'loot,' are treated by radi
cals as the proper subjects of plunder, and the
stealing is commended. The result on the
morals of radicals is as important as the result
on national reputation. They are, of course,
demoralized and degraded. The man who
justifies stealing frcm the house of a South
erner, would of course, as the very next step!
steal from his own government. The radical
politician who justifies plundering Southern
homes, is not fit to be trusted with his neigh—
bor's purse. These are not hard words for
the subject. It is a subject which ought to
bring a blush of shame to the cheek of every
American. It is not surprising that the New
York Custom House so often reveals secrete of
fraud and corruption.
" It has been the business of too many men
in it for two years past, to enrich themselves
on plunder, either by pretence of , mforoing
law, by confiscations, or by fraud without color
of law. The place Is an Augean stable of
wickedness. The merchants of New York will
bear us out in this statement. It is a burden
on them, a terrible imposition on the own—
FROM CENTRAL AMERICA
Terrible Calamity in Chili—Two Thou./
Band Women and Children Burned to
Death, Act
Nirw YORK, Jan. 17.
The steamer Ariel arrived from Aspinwall
to-day bringing $365,000 in treasure.
Revolutionary movements have broken out
in the States of Antigua, Santander and
Boyaca in New Granada, under the auspices
of the conservative party.
The news from Central America is unim—
portant. The capital of Honduras has been
removed to Graoin.
Two engineers were expected in Costa Rios
from the United States to make surveys for a
railroad to the Atlantic.
The steamer America, from New York, sn
October 30th, arrived at Panama on January.
Ist. Sho• ,brought news from Valparaiso that
the cathed`ril in Santiago, Chili, caught fire
on the 14th' ult., when densely crowded with
human beings. The doors were closed by the
pressure of the crowd. The interior of the
building being ornamented with light drapery
and other inflammable material, was soon in e
blaze, and the flames spread rapidly through
out the whole building, and most of the people
in it were either burned or crushed to death.
Some one thousand nine hundred and fifty
dead bodies, mostly women and children, had
been removed from the ruins.
The South American mail steamer reached
Panama with $918,000 in treasure for En—
gland. She brought a confirmation of the
above related calamity, stating the number of
killed at 2,000. The church contained 20,000
lights, from some of which the fire connected
to the drapery of the gigantic image of the
Virgin, and the pasteboard devices were in
an instant sheet of flame whioh rushed along
the festoon of lights to the roof and directly
spread to all parts of the building. The peo
ple rushed to the—principal door and it was
soon blockaded, most of the men escaped by
the side doors. But a few minutes elapsed
ere the lights suspended so plentifully from the
roof poured a rain of lighted fire on the people
below, and in less than fifteen minutes over
2,000 persons, mostly females, were blackened
corpses.
From Equador the advises are meagre. An
armistic of ten days was in force between
Mosquera and Flores. Mosquera had released
all his prisoners.
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CON
VENTION.
At a meeting of the National Demooratio Commit.
mitee, held at New York •this day, it was unani
mously Toted that the next National Democratic
Convention, for the purpose of nominating candi
dates for the Presidenoy and Vie° Presidency of the
United States, be held at Chicago, 111111014, on
Monday, July 4, 1884.
By a vote of the Committee, at a meeting held
September 7th, 1883, the number of delegates fir
each State wu fired at double the number of its
electoral votes.
AUGUST BELMONT,
FUND. 0. PRIZOM, Sanitary.
Niw IOW; Jan. 12, 186 E