NEWS FKOM ALL NATIONS.
—Mr. Ghas. G. Ephlin, Mail Agent be
tween Williamsport aud Elmira, has resigned. He
would not consent to hold a place under a Presi
dent who has become the chief among traitors. —
Mr. Lloyd Oliver has been transferred to the place
vacated by Mr. Ephin.
—Jacob Salladc has been appointed Post
master of Williamsport, and John 11. Campbell
Collector of Internal Revenue, vice Geo. Bubb.
—The wife of Geo. Archer, proprietor of
the PattersonJ House.Elmira poisoned herself last
Wednesday with arsenic,and died'the next morning.
—Rev. M. S. Kymer, of Dushore, recently
took into the Methodist Church twenty-one new
members.
—The corner-stone ol the Institution for
the Blind, at Bat ivia, N. Y., was laid on the Cth
of September. The building will be enclosed by
January next.
—There was a tournament at Iluntsville,
Ala., lately, at which one of the contestants ap
peared as the "Knight of the Gray Jacket." Pas
sing down one of the streets, attired for the tour
nay, he was halted by a detachment of United
States soldiers, and the buttons were cut off" from
his jacket ol gray. He made no resistance, and
when asked what he meant by appearing in rebel
uniform, replied, "tournament."
—lntelligence from Mexico to the 31st
tilt., is received. Gen. Bazine was preparing to
open a new campaign in Northern Mexico. It was
rumored that the French had retaken Tampieo.—
The Journal Je Sin Louis says that France has no
design of abandoning Mexico to anarchy. At Mat
amoras forced loans were the order of the day.
—lu the Texas Legislature, Aug. 14, Mr.
Jackson offered a resolution instructing the Com
mittee on Public Lands to inquire into the expe
diency of donating three hundred and twenty
acres to each Confederate soldier, who, by reason
of wounds received in the late war, is incapaeiated
for labor, and to report by bill, or otherwise. It
was adopted.
A cripple soldier, of lowa, while lately
exhibiting a panoramic view of the death-bed scene
of Abraham Lincoln, at Talleyrand, Keokuk Coun
* tv, was mobbed by a gang of ruffians.
—Advices from Georgia received at the
Freedmen's Bureau, state that the cotton crop
looks well, but is menaced by the caterpillar, which
has already begun to hatch in great numbers.
—A letter from Gen. Kiddoo, Assistant
Commissioner for Texas, states that Texas will
yield a larger cotton crop than any previous year,
uot excepting the immense yield of 1860.
—Since the New Orleans Massacre, we
don't believe there is a Johnson Republican in the
country except such as are eating his bread and
butter.
—The best politicians in New York are
confident of the Republican party losing nothing
in that State at the coming election.
—Mrs. Heggie, of Ithaca, who poisoned
her two daughters, received sentence on Tuesday,
and is to he hung at Ithaca on the 19th of Octo
ber.
—The Government supplies the Fusion
ists with bread and butter, while the New York
Times deals out the weak tea—in argument.
—Andrew Johnson has declared treason
to he the hujhest crime known to the laws. He
seems logically to conclude that it is so high that
the laws cannot reach it
—The Democrats of the Bradford dis
trict are snubbing Tracy, Clark and Monroe, rene
gade Republicans, who want to go to Congress.—
They like the treason, but despise the traitors.—
Piltsbvr] Gazette.
. —A laborer in Portland, Maine, lately
found u wallet containing SG,OOO. He hunted uj
and found the owner, who generously gave th<
tinder fifty cents. That was rather a "big thing.'
—The President's speech at Detroit equal
led in vulgarity his paroxysm of bad temper ant
bad language to evenings before, at Cleveland.—
How carefully and conscientiously this man toili
to keep alive in the memory of the American peo
pie the awful lesson of the 4th of March, 1865.
—liheuben E. Fenton, the present Gov
c-rnor of New York, has been renominated for tlia
office by the National Union Convention, whicl
met at Syracuse, N. Y., on Wednesday. Genera
Stew art L. Woodford was nominated candidate fo
the Lieutenant Governship.
-It is stated that the Canadian author
ities invited President Johnson to extend his tou
into Canada, in order that a proper dsmoustratioi
might be made as an acknowledgment of his sei
vices in suppressing the Fenian invasion.
Three of the Pennsylvania district
now represented in Congress by the Democrats
were carried handsomely by the Republicans las
year. No reason exists for it worse result uow.-
('lose up the columns,and march on !
—lt is reported that Mr. Cowan aske<
permission to address the Union meeting whicl
was held in Grausburg, his home, last week ; am
that the meeting decided by a unanimous vote nc
to hear him. Bad on Cowan, that. •
Slavery is not quite abolished in thi:
country. The Copperheads still remain the slave
of the South, and they seeui to like it. If ell, ther
is no accounting for taste.
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, ex-Vice Preei
dent of the United States, has resigned his posi
tion as Collector of the Port of Boston,takingstron|
grounds in favor of Congress, and opposing "M;
Policy."
Among the speakers at the Copperheat
meeting at Doylestown, on the 21st ult., was ai
t \-officcr of the rebel army. Heister Clymer ad
dressed the same meeting. "Birds of feather,'
Ac.
Let all true patriots do their duty, anc
the cause of disloyality will be as irredeemable ai
a Confederate ghinplaster.
Western Copperjobnson journals are
doing their best to induce the Radicals to get uj
another war —"just a little one —and theMissour
Democrat is cruel enough to calmly assure then:
that they will be badly beaten to their heart's con.
tent if really desirous,
—A n> gro was recently murdered in cold
blood in Missouri, Mexico, amid the applause ol
the multitude. The principal charge brought
against the deceased was that he wore "Lincoln
pants."
—A young scamp in Michigan, son of a
distinguished clergyman,recently achieved distinc
tion and arrest by marrying two young ladies of
good family within ix weeks.
—A boy was killeed in Cambridge, Mass.,
on the 3d inst, by a grindstone, pulled over upon
him by a dog.
George Trusscl, owner of the eulebra
led trotting horse Dexter, was shot dead in Chica
go on the *2d inst.. by a woman.
—Two blind men got to lighting in New
York ou the Ith inst., and cruelly cut and bruised
each other.
—Cholera appears to be on the decrease
through the West.
—Different accounts from the South indi
cote that, though the rcttou crop has failed in a
few places, the yield on the while will he greater
than was anticipated,
Gouera! Miles, recently relieved from the
eor man/l of jfwt/< <w Monroe, Las left that place
t'.f W txi.iutfs/n
ffcadfatd Reporter.
Towanda, Thursday, September 13,1866.
Union State Ticket.
FOB GOVERNOR,
GEN. JOHN W. GEARY,
OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY.
FOB CONGBESS,
HON. U. MERCUR, OF BRADFORD CO.
Subject to the Congressional Conference.
Union County Ticket.
FOB REPRESENTATIVES,
G. W. KINNEY, OF SHESIIEQUIN,
JAMES H. WEBB, OF SMITHFIELD.
FOB ASSOCIATE JUDGE,
J. W. VAN DYKE, OF CANTON BORO.
FOB SHERIFF,
WM. GRIFFIS, OF STANDING STONE.
FOR FBOTHONOTAB Y,
W. A. THOMAS, OF TROY TAVP.
FOB REGISTER AND RECORDER,
GEN. 11. J. MADILL, OF WYSOX TAVP.
FOB COMMISSIONER,
WM. B. DODGE, OF TOAVANDA BORO.
FOB AUDITOR,
ISAAC D. SOBER, OF BURLINGTON TP.
FOB CORONER,
CAPT. J. 11. IIURST, UF IIERRICK.
VSION HEPI'BLICAN
MASS MEETING!
HON. JOHN W. FORNEY.
WILL SPEAK AT
Troy, September 21,
AND AT
To ic an da, September 22,
AT 1 P. M., AT EACH PLACE.
It is also expected that Gov. CURTIN, and oth
er distinguished persons will be present—of which
positive notice will be given hereafter.
THE COUNTY TICKET.
We had only space and time, last week,
to present the names of the gentlemen
placed in nomination by the County. They
are so well known to the people of the
County, their nominations were made with
such unusual unanimity, that we deem it
almost unnecessary to recommend them,for
the support of the voters.
For Representative, the Convention re
nominated by acclamation, G. WAYNE
KINNEY, of SheshGquin. There could be
no better proof that Mr. K. faithfully rep
resented the people in the last legislature,
than the fact that there was no voice rais
ed against his re-nomination. Unassuming
in his deportment, Mr. K. is thoroughly con
versant with all the great questions of the
day, aud his views are in unison with
masses of the country. He made an effi
cient aud capable legislator,and will do the
County credit in the next legislature. His
colleague upon the ticket, JAMES II.WEBB
of Smithfield, is perhaps as well known to
the people of the County, as any man with
in its borders. He is noted for his zealous
support of the principles of the Republican
party,for his earnestness and efficiency and
sterling integrity. Thoroughly conversant
with the public wants, the interests of the
people may be safely entrusted to his care.
He will make a useful and efficieut member
of the Legislature.
For associate Judge, J. WILSON VAN
DYKE, of Canton, was nominated, and the
honor was wortherly conferred. The office,
though not onerous iu its duties, has its re
sponsibilities, which demand that the occu
pant should be a man of sound judgment
and strict integrity, all these are combined
in Mr. VANDYKE. The bench will not be
dishonored while he has a seat upon it.
ForfSheriff, WILLIAM GRIFFIS, of Stan
ding Stone,was nominated by a vote,which,
while not reflecting discredit upon other as
pirants to the office, was in the highest de
gree complimentary to him. Mr. GRIFFIS
has been a working member of the Repub
lican party, and has given time and means
unsparingly and ungrudgingly for the ad
vancement of the cause. He will discharge
the duties of the office of sheriff with satis
faction to the public. Generous by nature,
with a heart always open to the relieve the
wants of the distressed, those who may be
unfortunate enough to make his acquaiu
tenance in an official capacity, will never
have reason to complain that he exceeds
what is necessary for the proper discharge
of his official duties. He will [make a popu
lar, and at the same time, an efficient High
Sheriff.
WILLIAM ALONZO THOMAS, of Troy
township, was nominated for l'rothonotary,
by acclamation. The honor this con
ferred upon Mr. THOMAS, was wortherly be
stowed. He has been one of the most re
liable aud efficient Republicans in Western
Bradford, Formerly County Commissioner,
he displayed in that office, a care for the
interests of the tax-payers, combined with
a suavity of manner, which gained him many
friends. As Frothonotary, the public will
find him a capable and obliging officer.
• Gen. H. J. MADILL of Wysox, was also
unanimously nominated for Register and
Recorder. Of Gen. M u>iu.'s services iu the
field, and of his qualifications for the office
iu which he has been named, it is hardly
necessary for us to speak. The office of
Register aud Recorder has become one of
the most important in the Country. Gen.
MAJJIUL'S legal education, with his abilities,
give him superior qualifications to fill the
place.
For Commissioner, WM. B. DODGE of To
wanda borough, was re-nominated. This
deviation from the usual custom, is an cv
dence that he has given universal satisfac
tion in the office for the past three years.—
We believe the unusual vorJiut ia that he
bae made a good Commissioner, and that
the inteiesia pf the people of the County
will be advanced by hi® being retained for
another term,
For Auditor,lSAAC D SOPERof Burling
ton, was also nominated by acclamation.
Mr. SOPER is one of the "boys in blue,"
having served with greatcredit in the 141 st
regiment. His qualifications for the office
of Auditor, are unquestionable, and the se
lection is a good one in every respect.
For Coroner, Capt. J. H. HURST, of Her
rick, was nominated by acclamation. Capt.
H. having commanded a company in the
50th regiment, served his country brave
ly, and bears upon his person the marks of
severe wounds received upon the battle
field.
We are gratified in being able to say,
with truth, that these nominations have
given unusual satisfaction. Of their elec
toin,there is,of course,no.questiou, but what
is better still,the election of candidates has
created no dissensions, and left behind no
feelings of disappointment. The ticket is
universally conceded to be a good one, ju
diciously made, and will receive a general
endorsement at the polls.
HENRY WARD BEEI HER AND HIS LETTER.
THE most extraordinary political produc
tion we have met with during the last
mouth, is Henry Ward Beecher's Letter to
the convention of Democrats, and a few sol
diers, who recently met in Cleveland, Ohio,
projected and carried through by Johnson
copperheads to sustain their sinking cause.
This production of Mr. BEECHER'S is ex
traordinary for its shallowness, and more
extraordinary because of the position which
its author occupies before the country, as a
rampant out-spoken abolitionist, long be
fore, and since the war. That one thus sit
uated, should suddenly abandon a cause in
whose advocacy he has become n> torions,
is well calculated to create surprise. But
the weakness, the inconsistency, and per
verseness of man will not, in all likelihood,
cease to surprise man while man lives. Mr.
B. has never been regarded as a politician,
and never has claimed to be such, only as
his pretended anxiety for the freedom of
the slaves, identified him with political is
sues ; and the ridiculous blunder he has
fallen into, is perhaps, attributable to this
fact. For had he not gone outside of his
calling, and into a business he did not un
derstand, he would not now be overwhelm
ed with condemnation for his inconsistency,
and pitied for his disgraceful fall. Ninety
nine out of every hundred of the truly loy
al men of the laud, white as well as black,
and among whom were the only friends
and admirers BEECHER ever had, are amazed
at his apostacy, and shocked at the flimsy
pretexts he offers as a justification. As an
advocate of freedom he stood high, as a de
serter of a righteous cause, none is more
pitiably dishonored.
The letter is a labored one, well and care
fully written, and new arguments are aduc
ed in it, to prove the Johnson scheme of re.
construction correct. We propose to look
at some of its points. The second para
graph, and the first of the argument runs
thus :
Our theory of government has no place for a
State except in the Union. It is justly taken for
granted that the duties and responsibilities of a
State in federal relations tend to its political
health, and to that of the whole nation. Even Ter
• ritories are hastily brought in, often before the
, prescribed conditions are fulfilled, as if it were
dangerous to leave a community ontside of the
i great body politic.
Very true, Mr. BEECIIER. SO in society,
there is no place for a man except as a
member of it; and not only does his incor
poration in it,promote the health of the com
munity, but a just performance of the " du
ties and responsibilities" are essential to
its very existence. Suppose however, this
individual attempts to destroy the commu
nity—nay more, he believes it right to de
stroy it, and works to this end. Is his pres
ence, or incorporation, then healthful ? And
a State in its federal relations, is just what
an individual is in civil relations to the
body politic. But says Mr. 8., even Terri
tories are hastily brought in, often before
the prescribed conditions are fulfilled, as if
it were dangerous to leave a community
outside of the great body politic. If this
preacher was better versed in political
facts, it is to be hoped he would not give
such an untruthful reason for the early ad
mission of Territories. The Territories are
urged into the Union thus early, because
political adventurers, who go to them for
this purpose, are in a hurry to get into the
Senate of the United States, fhis is noto
rious to every politician in the land, and
the struggle in Kansas was for the parti
zan aid it would give to or against slave
ry ; but this bright preacher, and dull poli
tician, can't now see the point, poor soul,
lie could once.
In the third, fourth and fifth paragraphs,
Mr. B. prophesies that if the rebel States
had been instantly admitted, on the assem
bling of the last Congress, " the public
mind of the South would have been far
more healthy than it is." How does he
know this ? He knows just nothing at all
about it. That is the truth of the matter.
He may think as he says, but ninety-nine
out of every hundred Union-loving men in
the country, 2nd many of them as good
prophets as he, and better judges of the
facts and surroundings, differ widely from
him on this point. Besides, facts, and ex
perience, are against Mr. BF.ECHER. Ken
tucky, for example, a slave State that has
not been out of the Union, and has had, all
the time, in full force, its municipal regula
tions, and representation in Congress, has
to-day, the most restless, lawless, and dis
affected population towards the federal
government, of all the States in the Union,
except perhaps, Missouri. Even Maryland,
Tennessee and Delaware, not to the same
extent, have much of this vicious element
in them. Thcsp are undisputed facts, and
none but the purblind fail to see them ; and
what do they make of Mr. B.'s fine spun
theory ? Moreover, the experience of all
nations, establishes, beyond peradventuro,
that when a people are broken up by war
as the South has been by the the Rebellion,
it takes years, often ages ( to smooth down
the irritating causes, and the turbulence
which follows. But this wise divine has
cot known, or lias forgotten this import
ant truth (if history. Oh no, according to
his theory, only admit to Congress, the reb
el scoundrels who attempted to destroy our
Government, who ordered our property to
be destroyed, thousands of many of the
best of our people to be butchered, starved,
and whole communities burned and poison
ed, and there will be peace at the South.
Marvellous doctrines ! The bushwackers,
thugs, and rioters of the rebel array, who
are driving the Northern men from the
South, and hunting down the defenceless
negroes, as a class can not read or write,
and do not know what the word Congress
means, or whether A. 11. STEVENS, ROBERT
TOOMBS, SEIDELL, and their compeers in
crime, were even in Congress or not, or any
other political fact whatever, yet according
to this sage Mr. BEECIIER, admit the South
to full fellowship in the Government, and
its ignorant, lawless desperadoes will, all
at once, become quiet and peaceable citi
izens ! What a panacea for Memphis and
New Orleans butcheries of Union men?
This is doubly distilled nonsense, to say
the least lawful thing of it.
In the next five paragraphs we have an
other as profound a disquisition as the one
just considered, but it is on the question of
allowing the rebels to rule the government.
On this point Mr. BEECHER becomes excited,
and his indignation and scorn ure let loose
at those who fear such an event, with de
strvctive effect ; but to us, it appears like a
kicking-gun, hitting only the one who fires
it. He asks, "Is this nation, then, to be
dismembered to serve the end of parties ?"
Poor man has taken a dose of copperheads
somewhere, and it is nauseating his mental
stomach. Has Mr. B. forgotten the import
ant fact, that the Republicans in Congress
declared, in the preamble to the bill provid
ing for the restoration of the rebel States,
that it is expedient that the States lately in in
surrection, should, AT THE EARLIEST
DAY, consistent vrith the future jjeace and
safely of the Union, be restored, and that all
that hindered immediate restoration,that has
hindered it all along, and that hinders it
now, was, and is the unwillingness of the
rebels to agree to be at peace with us lor
all future time. So that any day, during
the session of Congress, after the passage
of this bill, and indeed, before, the South
ern States could have come in, and it was
their sole fault they did not come in. Then
why this bold falsehood, by more than im
plication, that the ltepublicans are keeping
the South out in order to keep themselves
in power. Shame on Mr. BEECHER'S aposta
cy, and on his lies as well. After taking
it for granted that the rebels will give us a
good government, if they should carry the
elections, this consistent divine goes off
in hyperbolical extravagance. The bush
whackers, thugs, and clay-eaters of the reb
el army, " have gone home to preach a truer
and nobler view of human life." Yes, we
have the evidence of their elevated tone in
the Memphis and New Orleans riot s; and
the " exalted public sentiments" of the
South is seen in the legal devices enacted
in the States respectively, to degrade and
keep in ignorance the blacks. The new
party there, and the only one in existence,
is not seeking a new channel, but is follow
ing the old democratic one ; and the " new
era of liberty" is divulged by WADE HAMP
TON, HENRY A. WISE and the liichmond
Whig. If Mr. B.'s religious teachings are
as shallow and deceptive as his political,
we pity his followers. In the last para
graph on this particular part of his subject,
j where he contrasts the wealth, industry,
I diversity, forwardness, productiveness, nu
merical force and weight of the Northern
and Southern States,he makes another weak,
if not a ridiculous proposition, in view of
the experience we have had as a nation, by
saying, "In the presence of such a con
trast, how mean and craven is the fear that
the South will rule the policy of the land ?"
We will meet the malicious libel implicat
. Ed in this interrogatory by putting others.
Hid not this same preponderance exist dur
ing all the long years the South controlled
the policy of this Government before the
war ? Has Mr. B. forgotten that the North
is divided, and that the South has held the
balance of power, and that by means of a
union with the pro-slavery half of the
North, the South has ruled the policy of
the nation in the past, and has allied her
self with her sympathies for the same pur
pose in the future ? That iq the past this
unholy alliance drugged the Government
with pernicious measures uutil it puked up
a rebellion ? And is this not to be dreaded
for the future ? It is mean and craven then,
to dread such a rebellion as we have had.
It is mean and craven to protect the Gov
ernment against disruption in the future.
It is mean and craven to dread the butcher
ing and starving of our sons, brothers hus
bands and fathers. According to the logic
of this profound divine, it is mean and cra
ven in civil communities to protect them
selves against plunderers, arsons, and mur
derers, by the punishment of crime. In
short, that it is mean and craven to put up
guards against any wrong or evil—mean
and craven to dread disease and pestilence.
Out upon such damnable heresy, and such
a fallen and despised apostate.
THE GUILLOTINE is at work ! It is no lon
ger thought uecessary to hunt up "JOHNSON
Republicans" to fill the offices. The Cop
perheads are too eager to allow that. The
North Orwell Post-office,iq this County was
removed nearly one and a half miles,to find
a Copperhead for Post-master 1
Mr. JOHN 11. GRANT, the Troy postmaster
has been removed, and A. I). SPALDING, Cop
perhead,appointed. Mr. GRANT, has made an
accomodating postmaster, bqt didn't saiis
fy the Cop's because he has always been a
radical Republican,
We trust that the remaining office-hol
ders in this County will be speedily decapi
tated, if any Copperheads desires their pla
ces. It will be a lasting disgrace in all
tirap to come to have solicited or accepted
office under this Administration, and a stig
ma to have held a place under it.
THE CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS.
THE Copperhead,or Democratic,or Nation
al Union, Congressional Convention, has
nominated Hon. WM. ELWEI.L of Blooms
burg, as the candidate for Congress, of the
party which supports the policy of placing
the Government in the hands of the men
so lately engaged in endeavoring to over
throw it, by war and bloodshed. This nom
ination has been made under instructions
from Senator BCCKALEW and in defiance of
the wishes and personal aspirations of the
men in Bradford, who have had longings
for Congressional honors. Messrs. TRACY,
PIOLETT, and others, have been constrained
to give way to the policy of the Columbia
County junto, who would neither tolerate a
recreant Republican, nor permit the selfish
desires of ambitions men to stand in the
way of their great anxiety to defeat Judge
MERCUR.
Against Judge ELWELL as a neighbor and
as man we have not one word to say. He
has lived in this place for years, and de
servedly enjoys the respect of our citizens.
Personally, no candidate could have been
presented more unexceptionable, and it
was probably this consideration which in
fluenced the Senator in bringing him for
ward as a candidate. We have every rea
son to believe that he has permitted his
name to be used against his better judg
ment and inclinations, after the most ur
gent solicitations from those who hoped
that his amiability and negative qualities
would make him the most available can
didate.
The very reasons which have influenced
the Copperhead leaders to press this nom
ination upon Judge ELWELL, and the inde
cision and weakness he has shown in ac
cepting it, should be sufficient to satisfy
every Union loving citizen, that he is the
most unsafe man in the District to trust at
the present time, in the National Congress.
The times demand the election of men made
of sterner stuff*. It is no time now to send
men to Congress because of their amiabili
ty, and because they are made of too plas*
tic material to have decided opinions upon
great national questions. Judge Ei. WELL'S
political career has been distinguished only
by the ease with which he has become the
instrument in the hands of corrrupt and de
signing men in supporting measures, at
which we will do him the justice to say his
better nature revolted. lie has been a
striking example of a man who would do
right, if left to himself, who has always
been wrong because he has not had force
of character and decision enough, to pre
vent his being led astray by more positive
men. He is one of those
" Who know the right—approve it too,
Condemn the wrong—and yet the wrong pursue."
In Congress, such a man at the present
time would be more dangerous to the be6t
interests and well-being of the country,than
a VALLANDIGHAM or WOOD, because, being
led and governed by others, there would be
no measures which he would not be made
to support, no revolutionary or unpatriotic
schemes that the Southern leaders might
originate which he would dare to oppose.
He would be as wax in the hands of his
masters, to be moulded and shaped as they
might desire.
In this connection, a paragraph from an
excellent article we published last week is
so apropos that we here insert it :
The only danger is that in some representative
districts the people may be swindled by plausibili
ties and respectabilities; for when, in political
contests, any villainy is contemplated, there are
always found some eminently respectable men,
with a fixed capital of certain eminently conserva
tive phrases, innocently ready to furnish the
wolves of politics with abundant supplies of sheep's
clothing. These dignified dupes are more than
usually active at the present time ; and the gravi
ty of their speech is as edifying as its emptiness.
Immersed in words, and with no clear perception
of things, they mistake conspiracy for conserva
tism. Their pet horror is the term "radical;"
their idea of heroic patriotism, the spectacle of a
great nation which allows itself to be ruined with
decorum, and dies rather than commit the slight
est breach of constitutional etiquette. This insen
sibility to facts and blindness to the tendency of
events, they call wisdom and moderation. Behind
these political dummies are the forces of the John
son party, men of insolent spirit, resolute will,em
bittered temper and unscrupulous porpose, who
clearly know what they are after, and will hesitate
at no "informality" in the attempt to obtain it.—
To give these persons political power will be to
surrender the results of the war, by placing the
Government practically in the hands of those
against whom the war was waged.
" The forces of the Johnson party" in this
Congressional district have put forward
Judge ELWELL as their " political dummy,"
and they hope thereby to deceive some
well meaning voters iutp. the support of
their schemes because he is au "'eminently
respectable man." That they will persuade
any intelligent voter to vote so as to give
them power, we do not believe, and they
will find after election, that however much
our people may respect Judge ELWELL as a
man, they have no respect for the political
position he occupies, and they will teach
him not hereafter to bpcpme a tool in the
hands of (Jopperhead leaders.
The Republican Union Conference which
meets this week, will undoubtedly unaui
mously re-nominate Judge MERCUR, all the
Counties in the District having with entire
unanimity and enthusiasm declared for him.
The issue will then be fairly before the
people. Personally, the candidates are
equally unexceptionable—both boing long
time residents of this County, and equally
upright and worthy citizens. Politically,
they are as wide apart as the poles. Their
past political career, familiar as it is to the
people of this county, illustrates their char
acters, better than we could portray it.—
Judge ELWEI.L has been distinguished for
his weakness and vasodilation —sometimes,
in the bettor promptings of hie nature,start
ing aright, but always checked aud led es
tray by controlling influences, which his
yielding disposition could not withstand.—
While honored as a pitiaen, he never
been respected as a politician, Judge MEE
CUB, on the contrary has won the respect
and admiration of our people by his bold
ness and consistency, lie has always been
decided and outspoken 011 all the great
questions of the day. No doubt has ever
been entertained, as to what his sentiments
were,on all matters where a freemen should
think and speak. Perhaps there are no \wo
men in the District, who more eminently il
lustrate the difference between a fearless,
independent politician and a " political 1
dummy" than the two candidates lor ( on- •
gress in this District. ,
The voters of this District are to decide ,
this fall, which of these two men they will ]
have to represent them in Congress during
the next session. It is a question of incal- 1
culable magnitude,not only to the voter,but ]
to generations yet to come. Judge MER
CUK'S Congressional course is familiar to i
all, and is a guarantee of what may be ex- 1
pected of him in the future. Judge ELWELL
is the especial candidate of Senator BICKA-
I.EW and however plausible or reticent he
may be, will become if elected, the supple
tool of such men as the Senator.
THE PROSPECT IS BRADFORD.
During the past few days we have had
an opportunity of seeing and conversing
with many of the most intelligent Republi
cans from all parts of the Couuty, and the
universal testimony is, that never were the
people so thoroughly awakened to the im
portance of the coming election, are so uni
ted in their determination to rebuke at the
polls, the treachery of ANDREW JOHNSON, and
the insolent demands of the rebel leaders.
We have made diligent inquiry to ascertain
if a single Republican, who has been con
sidered reliable in the party, can be found,
who now approves the policy of ANDREW
JOHNSON. Such a man does not live in Brad
ford Couuty. The people are wide awake
as to the importance of sustaining Con
gress, and greatly excited and alarmed at
the recent outrages upon Southern Loyal
ists, and the treasonable scheme of the reb
el leaders. We can assure our friends
abroad that they will hear a good report
from Bradford, on the 9th day of October.
We have entire unanimity of action, no lo
cal dissension agreviances,no disatisfaction
with our Couuty ticket, but our people are
animated with a strong determination to
roll up a tremendous majority at the polls.
THE SOUTHERN LOYALISTS' CONVENTION.
We have only room, this week, to refer
in general terms to the Convention of South
ern Loyalists which met in Philadelphia
last week. It was largely attended by loy
al men from the Southern States, and cre
ated the most unbounded enthusiasm in
Philadelphia. Presided over by Hon. J. J.
SITED of Kentucky, the proceedings were
characterized by a freedom of discussion,
in marked contrast with the denial of free
speech in the late " bread and butter '' Con
vention, in the same city. We shall next
week give our readers the views of those
who have been persecuted for their loyalty
to the Union, by the rebels who are now
claiming to be the only friends of the Con
stitution and the country.
THE PRESIDENT ANSWERED.
' The President is travelling through the
country depositing the Constitution in the
hands of the people. Vermont last week
made the first response to the harangues
of this political traitor, by increasing the
Republican majority 5000 or more. On
' : Monday, Maine spoke in thunder tones, by
electing the Republican State Ticket, by a
majority of 30,000, being an increase of
10,000 over former majorities. These re
-1 suits are a sure indication of the popular
s feeling and point certainly to the over
whelming overthrow " My Policy" is to re
e ceive in the coming elections.
UNGENEROUS.—We understand that the
I Copperheads have already informed Mr.
TRACY that ho "cant run their machine."—
They say he has not brought any votes
with him to their ranks, and that he shall
not make them trouble, as he did the Re
publicans. Poor TRACY ! where will he go
next ? Perhaps the President, in considera
tion for his eniment services will give him
a foreign mission ? We recommend him for
the next vacant place.
THE CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION.
On Monday last Hon. U. MERCUR was
unanimously renominated for Congress, by
the Union Republican Convention of this
county.
It is almost unnecessary for us to give
this circumstance more than a passing
notice, for his nomination for re-election
was demanded and expected by every Re
publican voter, not only in the county, but
in the District. Long before Congress ad
journed, the enemies of Freedom, suspect
ing and fearing this event, commenced a
warfare against Mr. MERCCR, and since that
time have been engaged in the pleasant
pastime of defaming .and slandering our
worthy member. The whole copperhead
press of the District have labored faith
fully, in this particular, and their energy
has been worthy a better cause.
The charges brought against Mr. MER
CCR is simply a re-hash of the old stereo
typed cry raised against Mr. WILMOT,
years ago— nigger. Unable to find a sin
gle charge upon which to base a reasonable
cause for opposition, a great cry is made
about "negro suffrage," "negro equality,"
white man's government," &c., —questions
foreign to the matters at issue in the pres
ent campaign, and subjects which can in
uo wise enter into the present canvass.
The question of negro suffrage has nothing
whatever to do with politics this fall, and
every rational man knows that Congress
has no power to make a negro a votc- r in
Pennsylvania, and farther, that a negro
cannot become a voter in this State until
the Constitution is amended, and that the
State Constitution cannot be amended only
once in five vearq, and that the last amend
nient was adopted in 1863, consequently it
is not subject to another amendment until
1860. Wny give ourselves any uneasiness
about questions that cannot become a pol
itical issue for two or three years to come ?
Better by far grapple with the issues of the
day, and settle t'ueta for the welfare and
happiness of our beloved country.
The record of Mr. MERCCR, while in Con
gress, is before the people, and is subject
to the scrutiny and criticism of all. Let
any man take his official record and point
out the blunders and inconsistencies of Mr. |
MEROCR'S Congressional career. All the
charges the opposition have been able to '
bring against him, are those cited above— |
not a single one of which has a shallow of
foundation. His record is clean and can
not bo tarnished by his vile caluminators. j
That Mr. ME HOUR will receive the nomi
nation of the Conference there is no doubt.'
\\ ho his oppouent will be we do not know,
but looks very probable uow Judge j
EI.WEU. will be the man. We arTaT
ed that Mr. EI.WEU. has consented
come a candidate, but be that a- it "
the duty of every Republican is to
whole influence to secure the e1... •;
Mr. MERC K Although we esu , ',n J,!. ' f
ELWELL highly as a man, yet we
gard it a great political calamity ,
elected to Congress. He is , me ~ ,
most radical and bitter democrats i r 11
District, —a strict party man, who | il '
nothing but the most ultra inc'asuie ß .To "
democratic party. He cannot he
even a conservative democrat, f„ r ,'
of the "unterrified" ultras of the party Wiy
Should Mr. EI.WEU. be nominated it
be done lor the purpose, and in the \, . j
securing a portion of ths Republican ' v
of tins couutry. That he has many w
personal friends in the Repullicai/i v
the county, there is no doubt, but can e '
be persuaded to vote for him ? ( ~
publicans so far forget the duty the
to their country to vote for such a" m'*-
Let every Republican remember tw'V
is principles, not men, which are co n*
ing in this struggle, ami that WinuJ
WEI.I. is as hitter an opponent to tin
cherished principles of the lb pubh
party as any man that could have
placed in nomination. His hostility '
bitterness to the party is proverbial
should any Republican be importing
vote for him on personal grounds, let •}
beware, for we have warned them i. tC"
—Athens Republican.
[From the Harrisburg 1
A VOICE PBOM "UP NORTE
EDITOR TELEGRAPH: —Dear h'ir ; | •
was shown a letter yesterday In in a
seientious" Cop (?) to a persona! IV;
warm advocate ol'Geu. Geuiv. Tim
was connected formerly with a v! !, ] t ,
perhead journal, printed not a hui.ur i
miles from Harrisburg, and was i.i "
party sent to the Old Capitol |. ilf '
treasonable conduct. The man it.
is certainly a vara avis of the < lyrm-r . '
for it is seldom you hoar a Cop h
truth nowadays. it is, therefor,reli,'-:
ing to meet with an individual b-j
to the opposition party, v>Lj La.
enough to stick to the truth occasionally**
The man in question is a person r.. ..*'p )
some brains, and has at h-a.-t a spark A
honor in his breast He writes freiuTow
anda, Bradford county, as folio >vs ■
"The chances for Gen. Geaiy, iu ti.e
northern tier of counties, I must admit am
good. Clymer, in my opinion, will unJ :bV
edly 'go up the spout.' I think that G,arv
will carry the State by 35,00u 0rb.,.'.,
votes."
We admire your honesty, Mr. C 0,., but
beg leave to differ with you, so far as n
gards the majority business.
even 80,000 would he a safer calculate.,
The "Boys in Blue" are bound to give
Iliestcr Clymer a lasting rebuke, a,
■ iherefore, will roll up a rousing ma; a.;,
for Gen. Geary.
ONE OP 'EM.
DISSOLUiIOX. —Notice is hereby givea
that the partnership lately existing betweei i,
Henry Barstow and W. 11. H. Core of X .va>,a
under the firm of Barstow & Gore, was dk Ivtd ''n't::?
11th of September, 1566, by mutual consent. A'i d-tL
owing 10 the said partnership are to be received by ■'
W. H. H. Gore, and all demands on the said partur
ship are to be presented to said \V. H. H. Gore lor • v
meat, as he is authorized to settle all debts do-', '
|by the company. r> H. BARSTOW
fcji U.Wi W. 11. H. GORE.
MISS HUNTS SCHOOL.-CitcuLiisi..:.. >
having delayed the erection of tin
house, Miss Hunt, will re open her school tor y
dies at the old location, on Monday, September' the ii'.i
Terms:—English Branches id 50 to {7 00. Fma i • ;
Latin, extra, each, $2 50 to ii 00. Also a charge I
,uel - Towanda, Sept. 13. l-wl.
I IST OF LETTERS RE.ALUXLYfr IS
J-J the Post Office at Towanda, I'a.. for ir.e week end
ing September 8,1666.
Boils C Mrs. Bowman C, Brayne ls .nnaii. BLckf \
Mrs, Burr L, Bowman L D.Bollarn M !.. i'ouitielL;-
tin, (foreign) Bennett S. Boss Wallace; Chollar in
Crotty Edmuud, Cary Ida Miss, Cole John, O-.:..,.
Milton C. Chaise Thos. R, Daily Catharine, Do—
Miss, Field C. H, Graham F, Glazier Jos B: iV •y
Jeff, Herda Fred, Knowles J B, Leahy Ellen, Lean Ii
Loony Thos, McMickle Armor, Marty Abe., X... ..
Amanda. Mather Jno, Menremedet John. M l,
Nichols P, Northrop S. W. Pierce Eliza, lVnwr W
Ryo n Mary Ilyersou Peter, Rider Tillanr.y
liva n Andrew. Sumner A . R. Summers J.
Jane E. Snyder K, Story W. H, Thomas J. ( a 1
LL, Luiock Eliza, Watts D. D, Wright X.:.,. . -X"
F G, Wright Robt, Wolf Wilhelm.
calling lor auy of the th ve fa
please say •'Advertised,'" ana give the data ' the a
vertisement. S. \V. ALVOBII,
Sept. 10, 1666. Postmaster.
HARTMAN'S SAFETY BRIDLE AND
I, IN ES—Patented November 7, I*6sm -:
! novel invention prevents all accidents by Lu U .::
| it, the running away, or kicking of a horse, is utterly
| impossible. A most valuable art'ele tut ail who i—
horse-. See Agriculturist for Mai ... No. Hi. ...
mendedby Wilkes. of the Spirit of the Tim m ; It
of the New loik Ledger, the Editor of the Fit A/. I ■
and Farm, and many other celebrated ho.-.iucu
The subscriber owns the patent for Ti _u. -
hanua and Bradford counties. Individual • i wrasiir
rights for sale, on lavorahle tei ms
Harness makers who wish to make the >.•> :'• u
customers who bay iudividual rights will be ileal".
liberally.
By a alight alteration, the safety lines may be t
tached t.' almost any bridle.
All persous are cautioned against making or u-inc tie
bridle or liues, in the eouutics aforesaid, wim
thority from tne undersigned.
ROBERT C. SIMPSON
Wellsboro. Sept. 5,1666. —tt.
I EDI CA L ELECTI? \CI T V
WILL RESTORE YOU TO HEALTH.
Thousands are suffering with liu germr auu y a...
maladies who can be perfectly cured i a /<••* •
meats by this practice. Such is l)r. Cwcr <' '•;
in con trowing the worst forms of chronic ui-cs-r-: tj.
after au " Electrical Diaguosis." he will .;x v :;E . A
ci'ke by special agreement il the patient d-sire- tt v
diuggiug the sy-iein with poisons, as ail cute- -re in
formed by " Galvanism," • • Electro-M.i- u- a.
er modifications oi Electricity. The ■-i a
are permanently cured by Electropathy trtanavc
Rheumatism, Gout, Dyspepsia, Catarrh. AstiUßS. b.
chitis, Congestion ot Brain, Kidney Cent;'.ami-- *
betis. Mercur al Diseases, LiverComplaint-. f\.uc ""
eases, Scrofula. Ulcers. Weak '.jw, all > uas-a- •
eases, Palpitation of Heart, tjum.-cy, Head-Ltc-. s
Female Complaints, Neuralgia. St. Vitas M.. ■ ■
Jaw. Epiliptie Fits, Consumption, (Ist stage) 1
or Palsy, General Debility. Prolapsus Aui ut
Ague, Ac. t .
Dr. Coulter will remain three weeks. 1! •;•.- - ■ j
floor of Means House, Towanda. Consultation .tee.-
The poor will be treated at reduced rates.
Sept. 13,1866.
Q U N SHOP!
GUNS, P.Tri.ES AND I'inTOLS
J. V. Geiokh. would respectfully inform the f
that he has opened his
GUN SUOl'
On the north side of the Public Square. :il • rI ,"
House, where may be found Double an J sen r.
Guns, Rifles, Revolvers, Pistols. Cartridges, a
Keys fitted to poors. Trunks and Paul
Particular attention given to r *C;. ■
work warranted. J. • 11 '
Towanda, Aug. 26, 1866. 6m .
J J. NE W ELL,
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
Orwell, Bradford Co.. Pa„ will r'ompHy
business in his line. Particularattention g •
niug and establishing old or disputed 'ties.
surveying of all nnpattented lands as soon .
are obtained.
May 17, 1866.
JJ OUNT AI N IAK E !
The subscriber respectfully informs the no ■ ; '
Pleasura Grounds connected with Mounts ■
been put in complete order, and tuat lie 1- r •
the reception of parties. , ■"'
His Buildings and Boats have all uaJu.
repair, and parties will and every th,:.;-
their comfort. A more delightful , t)ie .
not lie found in the county than this la * e , b ,, a; ar
ceut grounds, affording shady walks, goou
excellent fishing. HARRISON Po r ' 1 '
Burlington, July 2,156G,