NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS,
All crops in Georgia except peaches
and apples are very poor. Nearly the entire State
lias suffered from a protracted drouth, not enough
cotton being made for domestic wants. Conse
quently, at the end of the year, the people will
not have the means to begin the work of restoring
their ruined homes and broken fortunes.
—The Board of Public works of Chicago
lias let the contract for building a tunnel under
the river at Washington-st., in that city, and the
work will be commenced forthwith. The tunnel is
to be 1,450 feet long. The estimated cost is $200,-
000.
—The Census Board of the State has just
equalized the real and personal property in lowa,
ami find it to be $215,000,000. against $07,000,000
in 1863. The increase iu personal property has
been greater.
—An interesting young lady named
Spoece. while taking a boat ride last week, near
Euibarass, Coles County, 111,, was drowned by the
upsetting of her boat. Another young lady with
her managed to escapz.
j
—By a telegram received at the office of
1 ndian Affairs, the arrival of the Indian Commis
sioners at Fort Gibson is announced. They
reached there on tie 2sth inst. All were well.
—The Slircveport Vows of the 12th says
the negroes wen dying in great numbers at that
place from crowding into town where there was no
accommodations for them.
Reports received at the Department of
Agriculture warrant the statement that the potato
crop this season will be one of the largest crops
on grown in this country.
-The Hon A W. 11. Stuart of Stanton,
Ya.. was. on Monday morning week, nominated
i T 'ongrcss. George E. Smsny of Winchester
has been similarly honored.
—'lhe National Horse Fair at Spring
field. 111., closed on Saturday week, after a six
day's exhibition. It was well attended, and the
display of fine animals was extensive.
—News from Indiana is unfavorable in
regard to the grape crop. The Catawba and Dela
v are varieties, particularly, are suffering from rot
and mildew.
—The notorious Albert Pike of Arkan
sas, now residing in Canada, Las applied for par
don. Two hundred of the Mosonic Fraternity in
dorse him.
—The boiler of well No. 64, at Pithole,
Oil City, exploded on Saturday week, killing the
engineer and burning the tank and oil at well No.
05.
—lt is stated that a subscription for
J i ff'Davis is now being taken up in Biclimond,
which already amounts to a considerable sum.
—The Government is making arrange
ments to publish an exceedingly interesting his
tory ot tin-secret s, rvicc of the various Union ar
mies, which will embrace the espionage on all the
military ami ci\i! acts ut the Confederate officials.
—The Huntsville Advocate states that
the crops in North Alabama, from all accounts,
had been cut short by the severe drouth, which
has prevailed generally during the Summer. Corn
will be scarce, and in many localities liigli.
—Gov. iSmyth of Now Hampshire, has
invited the Governors of all the other New-Eng
land States, with their respective -nits, to be pres
ent as iiis guests at the New-England Fair, which
is to be held this Wi ek.
—The New-.lorsey Democratic State Con
vention at Trenton Thursday nominated Major-
Gen. linnyon of Essex for Governor, and pa sttl a
st lie- of resolutions of the usual IVmoc atic
stamp.
—— A st i ions accident happened to Gen.
N< ill ei Pennsylvania on Monday night week. As
lie was geitting out of a street ear in Washington
he was knocked down by a horse and badly in
jlllcd.
- —I lie steamer Pennsylvania which ar
rived on I - - day week from I.ivi rpool, brought
1-tlss passeitirers. This is 1 •.-li. veil to be the largest
number ever brought in one steamer.
From a boat which arrived at Selma
on the 17tli. it was learned that a large quantity of
Cotton Was on fire at Casaba; 1,(100 bales were
thiv Jeiieil with destruction.
—.Judge K. S. Fisher, the nominee for
Governor of the recently-adjourned Mississippi
(' uiv. ntion, is in \\ ashington. seeking pardon.
—'! homas Ilarlaiid ofCormeticut has been
ponded Chief CI.-;!; of tin Patent Office, and
Geo; . C. Selatefii i of Washington, Librarian.
-Adjutant-General Terrell of Indiana
has riccivt d official information that no troops iu
Sheridan's Department will be mustered out.
The steamer B. E. Hill sunk in the
Yazoo llivcr on Saturday night week. Boat and
cargo a total loss.
—There are tiuw in and around Wash
ington seven regiments of the Veteran Deserve
Corpse, numbering in the aggregate but fourteen
liundri dnu n, and eomiuanded by two hundred
commission! d officers.
—A man recognized as one of the Quan
trell band who sacked LawTcUce, Kansas, two
years ago, came to the house of a colored man
near the city, one night, and was arrested, ta
ken into town and lodged in prison.
Fan! Morpliy, the chess king, is in
New York. His friends deny that he ever was a
rebel, but say that he took an oath of allegiance to
the Union at the American Legation in Paris,
i arly during the war.
The Houston i Texas) Telegraph says
the negroes are becoming quite settled and orderly
in the main, and are ferreting out and delivering
up the rascals among themselves. Boberies still
continue at Houston.
—A Mrs Nestlorode, of Liberty town
ship. Centre county, has been arrested on suspic
ion of poisoning her husband, who died recently,
■slu is now confined in tin Bcllefonte jail.
—Previous to the'war there were MS
army imalids borne on the pension rolls, in the
disloyal Stat, s calling for an annual aggregate of
S7I.ML Now there are none.
—A butcher, named Woller, of Ellen
vilie, Wayue Comity, was recently murdered by
John Van Dusc-n, who struck him on the head sev
eral tillies with a hatchet.
lhe coal breaker at the Trevor!on
mines was totally destroyed ly fire a li w days "0
and the loss is i stuimted at s2s,n(io.
Hon. Jas. I! 8011, late of the Supreme
Bench of Texas, lias been made Gov. Hamilton's
Secretary of State.
I lie census of Illinois is completed
ml the grand total of its population is in the
neighborhood of 2.200,000.
—At Nt w York last week 5260 emi
grants arrived.
.Tun. E. Brown, rebel Governor of Geor
gia. is now in Washington, seeking pardon.
—ln Paris a Committee on Prisons has
declan d itself opposed to the system of close con- j
tiiu mciit in cells.
Gen. Harris has levied :i tax of £5 on
liquor sellers in Fredericksburg to clean up the
tpwn.
—A rich man recently left his tailor'
slso,uuO, when Li died, in London, for being so
very attentive.
lU.ulfont
Towanda, Thursday, September 7, 1865.
I iiion Stale Ticket*
EOB AUDITOR GENERAL,
JOIIN F. IIARTRANFT, MONTG'RY Co.
FOB SURVEYOR GENERAL,
JOHN M. CAMPBELL, CAMBKIA CO.
County Ticket.
FOX: STATE SENATOR,
HON. GEO. LANDON, OF BRADFORD CO.,
FOR PRESIDENT JL'DGE,
HON. F. R. STREETER, OF Susy. Co.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
LORENZO GRINNEL, OF WELLS,
G. WAYNE KINNEY, OF SHESIIEWUIN.
FOR TREASURER,
J. PERRY VAN FLEET, OF LKROY.
FOR COMMISSION ER,
STERN McKEE, OF FRANKLIN.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
WILLIAM T. DAYIES, OF TOWANDA.
FOR AUDITOR,
GEORGE W. ELLIOTT, OF IIERRICK.
FOR COITNTY SURVEYOR,
JAMES J. NEWELL, OF ORWELL.
SAiY The Senatorial Conferees for Brad
ford, Wyoming and Susquehanna, will
meet on Monday, Sept. 11th, at G'amptown,
Bradford county.
TIIK NOMINATIONS.
The length of the proceedings of the Con
| vention, and the want of time, precludes
the possibility of extended comment upon
the action of the Convention and the merits
!of the nominees. The unanimity and good
| feeling which characterized its delibera
tions, and the worth of the candidates, are
a guarantee of united and vigorous action
on the part of the Union party of the Coun
ty, and the sure pre courser of victory at
the polls.
We shall next week present in detail the
qualifications of our candidates and their
claims upon the suffrage of the voters.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Some of the democrats appear to be very
much concerned about the future of the re
| publican party, and arc urging, that inas
j much as it was organized to resist slavery,
| and that institution being now dead, the
; purpose of its organization is accomplished,
I there can, therefore, be no longer need for
its existence. We regret to see too, that
i one or two weak-minded, or half sincere
editors, who have been therefore,, counted
with lis, have fallen into the same error.
This is a very grave mistake,and is design
ed for our ruin. It is not at all likely that
it will accomplish this, but it shows up the
i desperation of our opponents. They have
no hope of success so long as the republi
' can organization remains intact ; and that
the salvation of the country depends upon
; this ; no sane man can for a moment doubt.
Indeed, there never was a time when the
! necessity for a full and thorough organiza
' ti. >ii i f the republican party was more im
(peiatively called for than at the present
moment ; and for the paramount reason,
; lhat our beloved country was never in
| greater peril than at this time. This arises
! from various causes, but the chief reason
, springs from the apathy we have fallen in
j to. We have stili the numerical strength
j to beat our opponents at the polls, and the
1 country's open enemies in the field ; but
the continued effort for four long, weary
i years to save the Union, in a most desper
ate conflict, when every nerve was strained
!to the utmost tension, and anxiety, and
| gloom Imiig over all, at last, when victory
came,the nation sank exhausted,uot dream
ing' that further watchfulness was required,
i and hardly earing to learn, or believing
when they learned, that the enemy was
: only defeated, and not conquered. From
I this lethargy it is high time to arouse. For
j every day's experience adds new proof that
j the rebellion still lives. The rejoicing over
| its overthrow had not subsided before hints
readied us, that we were not yet done with
the rebels—that the defeat of their armies
j only proved that they could not conquer
us ; but it did not prove that they could
; not out-wit us, and divide the Union at last
by strategy. And from the hour it was
| well settled that the rebel armies were dis
banded. a movement was set on foot to se
! cure the political control of the respective
Slates which composed tiie bogus confeder
: acy.
1 To this end, there sprang up suddenly in
these States thousands of good Union men,
who hastened to Washington to make
known their loyalty, and to urge on the
. President the immediate re-organization of
il.cir State Governments, all vliyhfly hinting
t ; 'mi that seemed feasible, and that had
before been agreed upon. The unanimity
which appeared to prevail among these
: newly lound loyalists, in the manner of the
n-construction of their States, led the Pres
ident into the appointment of some one of
their number to an office, which neither
statutes, or the organic law of the country
recognizes. While this was a mistake, it
is not necessarily fatal ; and the President, '
who is right on all questions effecting the
integrity of the Union,begins to see through
the scheming devices of the enemy. Thanks
to their early boastings, and their great
haste to over-reach. Now it comes to light
that the object of getting a spiedy reor
ganization of the rebel States, and in their
own hands, is to get them into managing
and voting trim for the next Presidential
election, when to a man the rebels are to
vote for the democratic candidate.
Meantime, JAMES BUCHANAN*, the base old
traitor, is to write a book, which shall be
devoted to proving that the federal govern
ment lias no legal power to coerce a refrac
tory State. All the democrats, those late
ly in rebellion included, are to be freshly
indoctrinated with this old heresy ; and
then, when they elect their President—if
the good Union people will ever again al
low them to do so—the democrats of the
South can inaugurate a new movement for
a division of the Union, this time with cer- j
tainty of success. The Northern democrats
must acquiesce in this, else why are those j
of the South so confident of final triumph
through their aid ? There is one thing very
certain of the democrats of the Northern
j States, and that is, that they will strike
hands with frend and foe,and agree to any
terms, that will secure to them a new lease
of power. No one who has scrutinized
their conduct during tfie last four years,
i will for a moment doubt this ; and, in view
| of the maneuvering to aucomplish this, just
hinted at,the Union men of the tuition must
seethe danger which surrounds i c nntry.
Projects and schemes, plots and Counb'i
plots, of various shapes, and purposes, to
suit all localities,and emergencies, are now
j in progress, in every division of tin- land,
! all designed to defeat the republican candi
date for the Presidency at the election three
years hence. All the intervening elections
I of county and State officers, and congress
men, are to be managed to this end, and it
! behooves us to be on the alert. " The
price of liberty is eternal vigilance." Let
us not then, through carelessness, or any
cause under our control, allow the common
enemy to get the advantage.
Our opponents at the polls are just as
positively the enemies of the country as
; the open rebels we so lately conquered; and
: they are to be united in future yet more
1 closely than in the past, because they have
found that the division and ruin they would
invoke can not be otherwise broucrit about.
We must not forget the dreadful cost at
j which we have just hindered this. That
' | the blood of our murdered martrys appeal
1 ! to us to maintain the vantage gained in
1 the recent contest, for liberty and Union.
If, as a party we fail, we cease to have the
' i power to perpetuate the new era of free
i doin we have inaugurated ; and we owe it
| to this cause, and ourselves, to strengthen
; and uphold it by a continuation of political
| power. Seeing therefore, that the base
| purpose of dividing the Union, and re-en
-1 1 shiving the blacks is still to be persisted
in, not this time by open assault upon the
government, but by the yet more danger
ous wiles of insiduous foes, iu the garb of
Union men, there is an intense excitement
to prompt us to action in our political du
ties. We trust this timely warning will
not be lost on the republicans of this con
gressional district at least.
REPRESENTATIVE CONFERENCE. —The Rep
resentative Conferees from the Counties of
Bradford and Sullivan, met at Towanda,
Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1865, present—
llradfvrd County —E. B. Coolbaugh, S.
S. Ilinrnan, E. R. DeLong, W. H. Shaw, \Y.
B. Dodge.
Sullivan County —Thomas J. Ingham, N.
N. Ackley.
On motion, N N. ACKLEY was elected
Chairman, and W. 11 SHAW Secretary.
On motion Lorenzo Grinnell, was unan
imously nominated as a candidate for Rep
resentative.
The Confrenee then proceeded to the
nomination of a second candidate for Rep
resentative.
E. B. Coolbaugh, named G. Wayne Kin
ney of Bradford county ; Thomas J. Ing
ham named Augustus Lippincott, of Sulli
vau county.
A vote being taken, G. WAYNE KIN
NEY was declared duly nominated as a
candidate for Representative.
On motion, Unsolved, That the time of
meeting of next Representative Conference,
shall he 011 the first Tuesday after first
Monday of September next, at Towanda.
FOREIGN NEWS. —By the arrival of the
Saxonia at New York, and of the Peruvian
of Father Point, we have five days later
. news from Europe.
Mr. Mason has addressed to The London
Times a letter concerning the Shenandoah,
in which he states that the Confederate au
thorities in Europe, on learning that the
war in the United States was ended by the
surrrender of the Confederate forces, took
immediate measures to arrest the course of
that ship.
The Great Eastern safely arrived at
Sheerness on Aug. 20. On the next day,
the several Boards of the companies inter
ested in lite Atlantic Telegraph Cable held
meetings to consider their position under
. the temporary disappointment which has
. occurred. It was resolved to take immedi
. ate and.energetic action not only to com
plete during next Spring the laying of the
. j present cable, but to submerge another by
j its side.
i The cholera .continues to spread in Italy,
t but in Spain it is on a decrease.
Count Waleweki, the Government candi
i date, has been elected to the Corps Legisla
tif in the Department ties Landes without
opposition. In another district the Opposi-
I tion candidate has been successful.
The Convention between Austria and
Prusia was concluded at Gastein on the 14th
of August.
Later aecconiits of the opening of Suez
' Canal state that it will yet take three years
1 to complete the canal, and then the ques
; tion will arise how far it can be made avail
able for large ships.
| *
BgL. ('apt. R. B. Winder, son of the de
ceased Rebel Gen. Winder, whose name is
among those indicted with Wirz for inhu
man treatment of imprisoned National sol
ilidrs, was arrested at Drumraondtown, Vir
ginia, on Thursday last, and sent to Wash
ington under guard to await the disposition
of the military authorities.
STOI* THE LIE.—A report has been circu
lated, conceived and published by some ma
licious or very much mistaken person, to
the effect that Sergeant Humiston, the man
who was found lying dead on the battle
field of Gettysburg, having a photograph
of his two children clenched in his dead
hand, had not really lost his life, but that
he was taken a prisoner, and had returned.
The poem of James G Clark, on the inci
dent of his deing found on the battlefield is
well known. The report that Humiston is
still living is a fabrication. He died on the
field of battle as reported, and his widow
and children need for their support the
sums obtained from the sale of photographs
i of the two children, whose likeness the
I dead soldier held in his hand.
Kepublican County Convention.
At a Convention of Delegates from the 1
; several election districts of Bradford Coun
: ty, convened at the Court House in Towan
j da Itorough, in pursuance of the call of the
! County Committee, on Monday evening,
Sept. 4, 18C5, for the purpose of placing in
nomination a County Ticket, H. LAW-!
HENCE SCOTT, of Towanda twp, was!
elected President, and J. W.INGHAM, of
Terry, and E. B. COOI.IIAIGII, of Towanda, ;
j elected Secretaries.
The list of election districts was then :
! called over, and the following delegates
appeared and presented their credentials :
I A-ylimi -11. Dclong, 8. M. Laporte.
' Affinity lushiei Vnnlooa, Chimney Corbin.
Adieus tap. Ikisliii Sutterlee, D. L. F. Clark.
At... ■ boro.—X. ('. Harris, I). F. I'ark.
Alba C. G. Manly,
Burling tun .f. 4V. Nichols, H. It. Hill.
| Burlington ..est—W. 1). Gainage, John Campbell, j
j Burlington boro.—C. I), ltoss, Philander Long.
| Canton twp.—M. A. Ayres, A. E. Case.
; Canton boro.—J. B. Gronteer, B. 1). Tattle.
! Columbia—('. IB Taylor, 15. F. Knapp.
i Franklin—M. Marshall, Charles Stevens.
Granville—V. Saxton, C. 13. Itoss.
| Herrick—J. S. Crawford, E. Carr.
Litchfield—A. J. Taylor, 11. McKinney.
Lcroy It. McKee, Reuben Stone.
1 Lelluysville—Stejiln n Goram, IT. A. ltoss.
Monroe twp.—J. S. Coolbaugh. freeman Sweet.
Monroe boro.—S. S. Hinuian, M. M. Coolbaugh.
Orwell—C. J. Chubbuck, W. S. Fisher,
i 1 Overton—Orlando Haverly.
i ! Bike -It. Brink, H. B. Layton.
j liidgbury—D. H. Gillett, A. E. Chamberlin.
> ; Itoine twp.—W. B. I'ark, A. G. Spencer,
ltouie boro. —O. F. Voung, C. lliuey.
Smithfield -(). I\. Bird, Henry I'lielps.
[ ! Springfield— B. K. Adams, S. Phillips.
| South Creek—Peter J. Dean, J. M. Young.
| Sylvania—F. Freeman, Alden Keyes.
- i Shi sheiplin—L. J. Culver, X. Miller.
' : Standing Stone- G. A. Wood, -J. V. Vanaukin.
' ! Terry J. F. Dodgo, W. Horton.
| Towanda twp.—ll. L. Seott, G. If. Fox.
, Towanda boro.— E. Overton jr., \V. H. H. Gore.
I Towanda north - E. Uutty, 4V. S. Rundcll.
! Troy twp. —John Grist, B. D. Freeman,
j Troy boro.—L. A. Saylcs, It. E. Rediugtou.
■ | 'i'uscaiora—W. Burrowcliff, 11. Taylor.
| Ulster—-J. 11. Mercereau, J. Mather.
| Warren—D. Fonlk, It. B. Howell.
i Windham—Asa McKee jr., W. Babeoek.
I Wysox—D. S. Horton, J. S. Prink,
j Wells—A. Young, J. H. Brink,
| 4\ iluiot—lt. 11. Ely, J. W. Ingham.
• j From North Towanda, two sets of dele- \
■ i gates appeared ; whereupon it was moved I
1 and seconded that Ezra Rutty and W. S.
■ j Rundall he admitted as delegates.
-1 No delegates appearing from Overton
' | twp., cu motion Orlando Haverly was ad
. | mitted as a delegate from said township.
-1 On motion Resolved that the Convention
1 proceed to the nomination of Candidates, j
• | end that the nominations commence with ,
the lowest office.
Moved to amend by commencing at the ,
[ highest office. On this the yeas and nays .
were called, and were as follows : yeas, 51, |
1 ' nays, 83.
Mr. \\ . 11. 11. CORK, oflered the following I
■ | reso ntion which was unanimously adopted: j
ltvsohal, That P. D. Morrow, E. O. Goodrich, 1
i Win. A. Peek, E. Overton, jr., C. M. Manville and '
i J. H. Webb, be, and hereby are appointed judicial I
Conferees to confer with the Conferees appointed by |
; the Republican Convention of Susquehanna Coun- j
ty. with instructions to concur in the nomination
I ; of the Hon. F. B. Streeter.
The Convention then proceeded to the ;
nomination of a candidate for Senator. The
- name of Hon. GEO. LANDON was presented
! to tiie Convention.
' j KZEKIEL CARR, of Herrick, offered the fol
! lowing resolution which was adopted :
li'-solvc'l, That the following persons be appoint
! Ed Senatorial Conferees, and they are hereby in- 1
, strncted to support Geo. Landon for tin Stat.- Si n
- ; ate, viz : Win. T. Davies, E. W. Hale,C. F. Nicli
i ols, Harry Mix, Andrew Fee.
The ( Jonvention then proceeded to the
| nomination of candidates for liepresenta-
i fives. 1 lie following names were presented
j to the Convention :
| C. M. MANVILLE, Towanda borough.
LORENZO GIUNNELL, of Wells twp.
' J. B. HINKS, of Wysox.
G. W. KINNEY, of Shesliequin.
S. W. ALVORD, of Towanda borough.
, Col. JOSEPH H. HORTON, of Terry.
On motion LORENZO GRINXELI,, of Wells
r township was nominated as a candidate for
Representative by acclamation.
; The Convention then proceeded to ballot
for a candidate fur Representative with the
following result ;
Ist Ballot. 2d Ballot. !
Kinney 34 47 j
} llines 20 17
Alvord 7 withdrawn
Manville 10 .....8
f Horton 5 4
Whereupon G. WAYNE KINNEY, of She
t shequin, having received a majority of' all
, the votes given, was declared duly uomi-:
. nated as a Candidate for Representative.
1 On motion of E. Overton, E. B. Cool-!
• baugb, Win. B. Dodge, S. S. Ilinman, E. R.
1 DeLong, Win. 11. Shaw, were elected llep
. rcsentative Conferees to meet Conferees
. from Sullivan County, to place in nomina- j
. tion candidates for Representatives,
r The Committee then proceeded to the
nomination of a candidate for Treasurer,
, the names of J. Ferry Van Fleet, of Leßoy,
and Andrew Fee, of Wyalusing, being be
. fore the Convention. On the first ballot, J.
- FERRY VAN FLEET was declared duly
; nominated as a candidate for Treasurer,
. receiving 18 votes ; Fee 31 votes.
Ihe Convention then proceeded to the
nomination of a candidate for County Com
-1 missioner. The names of HECTOR OWENS, of
Ridgbury, JOHN SAYI.ES, of Granville, and
: STERN MCKEE, of Franklin, were presented 1
to the Convention. The Convention then ;
balloted as follows :
Ist Ballot. 2d Ballot, 1
Owens 20 14
Saylcs '2l 18
McKee 34
Whereupon STERN MCKEE, of Franklin,
having received a majority of all the votes
given, was declared duly nominated as a
candidate for County Commissioner.
The Convention then proceeded to the
nomination of a candidate for District Attor
ney. The names of Ws. T. DAVIES, of To
wanda horougli ; W. 11. CABNOciux.of Troy
borough, and BENJ. M FECK, of North To
wanda were presented. On the first ballot 1
J WM.T. DAVIES was declared duly nominated, I (
1 receiving 53 vote.Carnochan 20 votes, Peck <
4 votes. J ,
The Convention then proceeded to the 1
nomination of a candidate for County Au- '
ditor, and the names of W. F. CORBIN, of! |
Warren, GEO. W. EI.I.IOTT, of Herrick, and 1
Col. IRAD WILSON, being presented the Con
vention balloted as follows :
Ist Ballot. 2d Ballot 6
Corbin 15 10 I (
Elliott 26 .'.*.'.*.'33 i (
Wilson 17 20 I t
For County Surveyor, the name of JAS. ( T
J. NEWEI.L, of Orwell, was presented, and
011 motion he was nominated by acclama
tion. i
On motion the Chairman was auth sized j '
to appoint the usual County Committee.
The Chairman stated that a paper pur-:
porting to be a protest against the nomina- j
tion of the Convention for Senator had been
presented.
011 motion, Resolved, That the protest be
laid upon the table, without being read. j
Col E.Overton, jr.,then presented the fol- |
lowing resolutions, which were unanimous- j
ly adopted.
The Republicans of Bradford County in Annual ;
Convention assembled, do resolve,
Ist. That the suppression of the great rebellion
by force of arms, and not by a miserable conipro- I
raise of principle, is a cause of great joy to all j
lovers of the Union, and calls for praise to our
gallant soldiers and sailors, mid gratitude to the I
giver of nil good.
2d. The principle tliut " life, liberty and the i
pursuit of happiness,'' the great object to b( se-j
cured by civil governmciJl, lias been reaffirmed in
such a manner that future generations will IV • 1 and 1
acknowledge the magnitude of the great questions j
involved in tin contest.
3d. While we mourn over the untimely ami mm- j
dermis death of A blow Lincoln, we rejoice that j
the patriotism and firmness of Andrew Johnson 1
give assurance that the administration of tins gov
ernment is ill sate hands.
4th. The action of the recent Republican .State
Convention, meets with our cordial approval, and
we will give our earnest supp >rt to its nominees.
sth. The past four years have fully vindicated
the principles and policy of the Republican Party, j
in the hour of our country's perils those privileges
sustained it. We firmly believe that it is by an 1
adherence to those principles alone, that our glo- '
rious institutions can be preserved and perpet
uated.
SPEECH or MAJOR GENERAL HARTRA NET-
The people of Nurristuwn, last week ser
enaded the Hero of Fort Steaduian, now the
Union candidate for Auditor General. After
a congratulatory sheech by B. F. Hancock,
Gen. Hartraiift responded to the call of the
people as follows :
MY FELLOW CITIZENS:—I thank you most
sincerely for this compliment to-night. It
assures ine that you endorse my past pub
lic life and that 1 hold your confidence and
support in the public contest soon to be i
I inaugurated. I also thank you, Mr. Ilan
i cock, for the kind mention of my military
history. Of this 1 will not speak rror de
tain you but a moment.
As a soldier I feel it my duty to give my
humble aid to the great party which has
| during the rebellion so nobly supported the ;
Government in the struggle for its exis
tence and national honor. It put forth its I
strong arm and assisted the Government in
filling our depleted ranks. It this had not
i been done we would still be digging in
' front of Petersburg, or perhaps been cotn
. polled to accept a dishonorable peace. To
|do this in a righteous cause would have
been a disgrace to every soldier. If a sul
! dier is true to himself he must be true to
j the Union party. His pension list, his |
I bounty for his early enlistment, his right of:
j suffrage, his protection through life all ap
j peal to him
1 need not say that ( very effort should
be made now to protect and encourage la
' bor. You well understand that it is the
| wealth oi a nation. And, while this so, al
' so from patriotic considerations see that
1 the returned soldier is honorably employed.
It is the highest favor that can be bestowed
upon him 01 his country. He will then
soon forget his camp life and become an in
! dustrious and prosperous citizen.
The military power (if the rebellion is
. crushed, I may say forever, and the nation
looms up amidst the ruins more grand and
1 powerful than it ever seemed before. But
' rem* iiiU r the spirit of rebellion is still alive
' and must be more carefully guarded. Let
| it be shorn of all political power, for in that
| is concealed all its strength and danger.
I hope soon to see the immense armies of
the North and South engaged in civ ii and
peaceful pursuits, all adding their energy ;
! to restore our happy, glorious country to
• its former wealth and prosperity. Allow
ine again to return my thanks for your com-,
pliinent.
A FIRE IN THE REAR. —AII good soldiers!
take precaution, as they advance 011 the :
! enemy, to, prevent the forces which they!
■ lead being assailed by a lire in the rear. ;
| This was not the ease with Col. Davis, the j
j copperhead candidate for Auditor General. \
[ W lieu he marched to the contest with trai
| tors, he left an enemy behind in the shape |
| of a newspaper he owned ami controlled,
I which was unceasing and unrelenting in
j its abuse of those in authority, and in its \
i fiercely tenacious misrepresentation of the
objects and the ellorts of the Government j
to put down rebellion. If half the charges ;
could be proven which Col. Davis' own jour-'
mil preferred against those engaged in |
' sustaining the Government, lie would stnnd
to-day fairly accused of murder, rapine and !
| robbery. And yet for being engaged in '
| what his own newspaper characterized as
I damnable outrages on the people of the
j .South, Col. Davis asks the people of Feim-j
i sylvania to elect him to a high office. Was '
| ever inconsistency more impertinent and |
1 ridiculous ?
'I HE Opposition politicians having'
spent four years in denouncing the war I
and every useful man connected with it, !
and having justly earned universal odium 1
by their treasonable sentiments and actions, i
are now seeking to regain power in some j
sections by nominating soldiers as candi
dates for important offices. This shallow 1
subterfuge will fail to deceive a patriotic
people. Intelligent voters will not endorse !
j the principles, past course, and present I
policy of men wiio.se hearts throughout the !
contest were with the secession armies, 1
merely for the sake of voting for reprcsen-1
tatives of their doctrines who helped to de- i
feat the rebellion. While they will gladly !
embrace opportunities to reward our brave
heroes with official positions, they will not
be betrayed into endorsements of an organi-!
zation which did all in its power in the dark '
days of danger and trial to render aid and
comfort to the enemy.
IT is confidently asserted by New
York journals that JEFF DAVIS will soon be
tried for treason before a United States!
Circuit Court, probably at Richmond, Nor
folk, or Fortress Monroe. That he is guiltv ;
"of levying war against the United States"
is so clear a fact, that we presume he will
not even deny it. His defence will proba
bly be based upon the assumption that he '
was the head of a da facto Government, and
that the Southern States had a right to :
secede, etc. His legal advertisers will
doubtless make the best of what is appar- '
ently a hopeless case, and will present!
every imaginable point which can afford a ;
chance of his escape through the "glorious
uncertainties of the law." The trial will
have an important influence not only in
determining his fate, but in eliciting such
decisions as will clear our law against
treason of all obscurities.
Jefl Davis, who lias recently been
suffering somewhat from a second attack of
erysipelas, is said to be now quite recover- I
ed. lie took his customary walk outside of
the casement on Thursday last fay the first
time in four days.
THE TRIAL OF WIRZ.
At tin- opening of the court for the trim (
of VVir/j, on Wednesday, it wan stated Pail |
the defendant liad been handcuib d every
night since his incarceration. b-m-r.d
Thomas, a member of the court, and maker
of tire statement, held that the handcuffing
was unnecessarily severe, since the pn "
Qjier requires the use of his hands to at- ■
tend to any business that might be neces
sary in the course of his defence. Judge
Advocate Chiptuan said the handcuffing -
was merely precautionary, and resorted to
at the instance of the counsel, wiiu teared
that Wiry, would commit suicide, !:-• n iving
saiii almost as much when they (.Messrs.
Schade and Baker) retired from the ease,
[on Monday last. "11 the counsel desert
me, and do not return, 1 will never again
i come into the presence of the court 1 Ai
i though the prisoner had olten adopted
handcuffs to punish many of those under
his ban, the court had no desire to reial
j iate, and undoubtedly, Colonel t'olby, the
keeper, would cease the indicium. Mr. Ba
ker attributed his suggestion to manacles
ito the excitement of the moment, and j
! hoped their use would be dispensed with.
! The evidence taken was partly lavor.ilile |
and partly unfavorable to the witness. —
Lieut.-Col. Parsons, formerly of the 55 th
Georgia regiment, a regiment, by the way,
composed of men wlio bad a secret iv.-pect
for the l uiou, according to'the t< stiuiony
of A. J. Spring, who had been a pii.-iom i' at
Andersouville, said that the sm ilim - • ami
j insufficiency of accommodation ui the pi s
[ oners wen nut laults ol \\ n/., but >' 'iio.-e
who laid it out and of the Confederate gov
eriiMK ut generally its " high oiiic as lie
commanded the prison ii. .rln t mi l
best days" —not very good, we sink, e\\
at the best —and at one time Urn 1 to alia Ley
the thronging nuisances ol st--uo i anil lion,
but was prevented by General Howell
I Cobb. The legal proceedings necessarv
lor such abatement were eha rue iri/.ed iy
the (feueral as unoiUcerhke General
Winder, it was lostili • 1, had "supre ae con
trol over the prison." The "dead line"
rime to be an in. litution alter Captain
H'irz assumed command of the post, but
this line, the Colonel held, in principle, dill
i ered nothing from tiie imaginary "sentinel
line," or beat. Two witnesses were exam
ined concerning th' supplies of food and j
medicine ; one, a resident near Macon, said
that the crops were always good in the
section of country in which the stockade
was situated ; another, A. J. Spring, a
; I.'nion prisoner, thought there was plenty
j of green corn, peaches, etc., in the country,
1 arid ho had seen :i storehouse three or lour
hundred feet long Idled with supplies, two
thirds of which seemed to be corn meal.
When any of the prisoners did get loud
1 from outside the stockade it was taken
away from them and given to \Y irz. I'he
; same witness saw a man shot by guards
for rolling under tiie "dead line" while!
asleep, but had m-ycr seen \\ irz shoot any
; body, although he was vi ry abusive sum
; limes, and made a great many threats.
Sergeant Corbet, the executioner ol B-- >ih,
| stigmatised YY'irz as a most atrocious man;
!he knew none more go; but could not;
question that .discipline in the stockade
| ought to have been strict on account ol
raiders and malcontents among the pris
oners themselves. Dr. Conklin, a Conf< der- :
ate surgeon, admitted the tilth, misery, and
deaths, but did not know that Wirz was to
blame, although he saw the defendant
strike a man win• had, iroin sheer ,nab,iity,
uiico fallen out ol the rauks, and, on an
uther occasion, set dugs on a, luan who had
tried to escape, and allowed liiem to bite
him. 1 his testimony closed i.ie session J
the court, which then adjourned until Fri
day morning.
THE CONDITION Of THE FREEDMEN Of
MISSISSIPPI.
An interesting report has been received
iat the* Frceduit n's Bureau from Colonel
Samuel Thomas, Assistant C minis-.!
Mississippi, dated \ icksbiirg, Aug. Id, c •■-
j taining an account of allairs in that Mate,
j He says railroads are being rebuilt, roads
| and bridgcs)repaired, telegraph lines exton
| ded to the cities and interior towns of the
i State, and in a short time communicati- u
1 will be easy and rapid. The colonies of
i l'reedmen working the land assigned them
j at Davis Bend, Camp llawlev, near Vieks
-1 burg, De Soto Point, opposite, and it
! Washington, near Natchez, are all doing
! well ; their ciops an maturing fast ; as
i harvest time approaches tiie num'oc r of ru
i tions issui d are reduced, and they are eom
i polled to rely on their own resources. At
i least ten thousand bales of cotton will be
j raised by these people, who are raising
crops on their own account. The number
of idle people around them is constantly de
clining', as labor is abundant, and good pri
ces arc ollered for all kinds of work, ihe
j Treasury Department has tin ned over to
i the Bureau all lands, houses and tenements
; held by them. This included houses in
I Yicksburg and Natehcs, which were bring
j rented from month to month,and plantations
j leased January 1, IFGS. Claimants arc
| making great exertions to have their prop
j crty returned when it is b used but not us
j ed for the benefit ol rctVugees or lVeedmcu.
, Tiiey argue that the President's proclama
| tion secures to them right of prop, rty, and
I implies that all the property held by Gov-
I ernment should be restored. This property
j is a source of considerable revenue to the
Bureau. The General commanding depart
| mcnt has returned a large amount of prop-'
I crty to citizens, which has been in posscss
j ion of Government. The feeling against !
taking property of most violent rebels is
i strong. The amount of rations issued to
; whites is about the same as issued to freed
j tned. Not less than 5,000 people tire cut
j ting wood for steamers on the Mississippi
, Fiver, and more people are engaged in this '
; business than ever, but they support tlieni
! selves. The total number of l'reedmen in
j the State is estimated at 3D,G00, of whom
j only uUOO are receiving assistance from
j Government.
J JteS 1 " John F. M. Steen, of Heading, broth
j cr-in-law to YY illiam \. Lyon, was brutallv
j murdered in Easton ori Saturday evening
i last The particulars, as far as we were
able to learn, were about as follows : Mr.
, Steen was setting in front of Smith's Hotel,
i near Easton, when ho was approached bv
two roughs—men who had had their trial
! on Saturday, and were convicted of liigh
i way robery, but were on bail and awaiting
: sentence. The loughs approached Mr. S.
and struck him, with a billy or pair of iron
knuckles, on the temple, causing instant
death. The men then made their escape,
and were not arrested up to Monday.
The trustees appointed by Judge
Packer for the management of the new
Polytechnic School have adopted the name
of "Lehigh University," by which the in
stitution is to be known. " Packer Col
lege " was urged by several members of the
hoard of trustees, and the citizens in the
Lehigh Valley, but the donor forbade it
An election of the officers also took place,
and the following gentlemen were selected': 1
William Bacon Stevens, D. P., L. L. p.,!
Bishop of the Episcopal Diooes'e of Penn
sylvania, president; Rev. E. M. Potter
secretary ; E. P. Wilbur, treasurer.
Assess the Soldiers.—One of the
important duties devolving upon ■ ..
ent ward, township and county com
throughout the State, is that •.! ~
and fully asse.-.-dng (lies Idicr.- Ie .
the election districts. The al .-cm
soldier from his home, and his a,
right in the meantime to vote in Ae
rendered it unnecessary to em brace
name in the new assessments made
the war. In addition to this, many ~f
soldiers have changed their residem-,..
which re-assessment becomes als .
sary. The 30th of September, ensui: -
the limit of the time app< int'd lor t
assessments. Ibis is a very short period
fir the performance of such an ii ] ,
duty, and we therefore earm tly urge
friends in the various < A: I . n dhs;, .
once to collect a list of all uuus.v g .
diers as well as citizens, and haw ti.. •
names placed on the proper duplieq,.,
Every returned soldier muni !*■ so/ ,
hi: trill forfeit hi a rot*!
I* J" An effort is to be made to r ml t
sunken steamer Pewabic by ni . -• ' ;
ing bells to secure tin treasure that
down ami any bodies that may be h, •
wreck. In the safe of this ill-fated .-m .
i r there is an immense amount of mom v
longing to the Express Gompanies, c0nn,,,...
cial men and passengers, and next wee,; ;ill
effort will be made to reach it. Tie- wo ...
ing steamer Magnet, of the Home lusit a.
Company, will be brought into requ -ii „
and Mr. Pike, of Buffalo, will do what
b* done as sub-marine diver, lie ha.i
to Detroit, and will commence opera;i
i i. oiiue, and continue them as long as | ..
tieahle. The water is thought to be a.
1 -11 feet deep where the steamer went d
and Mr. P. has operated successfully c
depth of 200 feet. To reach the safe •
Pewabic, he will be compelled to cut
way through two decks.
k-jf At Randall's Island, New York, ft.,.,.
' is a little fellow aged fifteen, who a g....
tiiii" s'nee swam from his keeper. If, . v .
followed to N >v York, wiu-re lie
in the Albany boat. Seeing the k--i ,
jumped into the water and swam to ;...
'l'roy boat. He was there caught and _ .
en in charge of a policeman. From iiiu,
j escaped and swain back to the Album h
which In reached as she was ieav . - -
; pi< r. !'!•• held on by a stanc ii >n ui !. -
guards in front of the paddle, and t!.--;-.
i re-maim 1 twelve hours, wet to tie .; _
i While there his head was hit by th( add
ami badly injured. Fndaunb '. h •
: till the boat reached Albany. Th t<
graph had notiiii I officials im.-iv,
a boat he saw men waiting 1>; l .
took to the water and battled puisiti
two hours. He was caught and takcij.
to Rand.ill's Island, and now <D• -> tl
work in a shoe shop.
m
I The Secretary of the Tri sun
; lately rei eived intelligent
smuggling operuti ms <-n ti. Fa
i der. F.lks, sugars, drugs, an !
• jiortatious on which there is a hi_
duties, have lab-iy e> me into ti.
evading all duty, in large quant- tit -.
! tit .t 1s ts of this Department
track of a number c-t aiispectec u- .
j The able < 'ommissioiu rot ('us; a-
Fargent, Es-j., has been dispatcie ■. t-v .- ■
n taiy Mt t'ulloch to the t anuda line .
purpose --j giving his personal > pen.-
to tin matt- r.
i'. ni r .t'M th Car li -s isk K : -
j —The Ovid Dee gives the particulars i
shocking accident which occurreii ... 11-
■
■
house, poured some k< rosene or r< fined
troleum from a can upon a lire in the
1 which she had just lit, but which did . :
I burn quiie so fix-ely as she desired,
ih.unc caught the stream and ran mt
can, cans -g an explo> : ..n which ki.
the girl down and e■iv--r. -1 her with t.- •
jof fire. She died soon after, in great ig
JiV. —/. iiiii'd
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.
feaT" A suit has been comrnenctal in i
Johnson < unity Circuit Court. M!.->
a I uion soldier named Bryan li .-
against several distinguished Jo bl •
eluding .Sterling Price, James -. Ik
Stephen ' oeken'i ami others—l > s - >
damages i'-r false imprisoum -ut eariy
die war. Price and Rams both have
erty in the State, which will amply e t
tiie verilict, if one be rendered in tire pin-.-
titPs favor.
A correspondent of the Maine I'-tii
oerat says that the lather of Jell" I)av -w --
born in Maine, and went South when -
had nearly arrived at manhood. Ho wo
not allorward heard of until Joif D..\ - v.-
ited Maine some years ago, when ii' :
I in conversation with a friend, that his fat -
I cr was born in Buxton, and had arrived in
Mississippi a poor boy. The write:
Davis's parents were not married
4®" Col Jacob M . Campbell, and bieut-
Col. John P. Linton, the nominees -1
: two political parties for Surveyor Gei.n
are from the same county (Cambria, i
, belonging t-> the same regiment in tin -
vice, and both were unsuccessful e
dates before their respective district
fereuces for the nomination for State
; ator. We doubt whether two can lit - -
■ for a State office were ever selected u
i similar circumstances.
Col. Amos Binney, Chief Pay ma.-or
the Department ol \ irginia and Y
i Carolina, had been ordered to Wash
j on suspicion of having made thirty or i
thousand dollars by paying the > -MI i
sevcH-thirty bonds and sliaring th
"t buying them up at a heavy disc .zu .
the Y irginia banks. It is now stat 1 ■
, fourteen other paymasters in that vH j --
| mcnt are implicated with Binney, and t
j whole matter is under investigation.
YY estvvard March of the Cholera. —I ~
dreaded disease appears to be slowly ! -
I steadily advancing westward. It . ■ •
ready, at last accounts, reached Mars- •
ami was spreading consternation thr- -njC
out the southern i ities of France •' ;
Spain. As the season is now far advan<
it may not cross the Atlantic this v
we ought to be prepared with all tii i.eo"
sary sanitary measures to meet it win v •
it comes.
Ufa?" A wrecking train, which left P ' i: '
tunoogu on Wednesday afternoon, ' '
( Sonth, when nearing Dalton, about dost,
came in collision with freight train Y . '■
coming toward Chattanooga. A g' : "
wreck ensued, the cars of both trains he ::
tlomohshed. Two tie ad bodies liav- 1
found, and it is certain that a numbci' ! '
were killetl and seriously injured.
Killed Himself.—At Geneva the ': r
day, a little fellow, while attempting ' 1
walk a plank, turned up edgewise, i" •
totion of Denier, who walkid in that \
lately, fell across the board and so inj U! ' !
was the little bov ( onlv seven yeai*s <>.'
that he died in ?, minute or two. — /• ' '
Gazette.