NEWS FROM ALL NATIONS.
—lt is estimated that one thousand per
sons have arrived at Galveston and Houston, Tex
as. to escape the persecutions of guerillas in the
interior, who rob and murder on both sides indis
criminately, for plunder. Affairs throughout the
State are daily becoming worse instead of better,
and innumerable outrages are hourly recorded.
—Gen. Graut is expected in Galena in
October, to witness the marriage of Col. Babcock,
of his staff, to a charming young lady of that little
city. The General's house is kept in excellent
order, and ready for occupation at any time. Vis
itors are always admitted.
—The Belleville (Ark.) News says that
lastweek four Union men accepted a challenge from
four late rebels to fight a duel with rifles, distance
one hundred yards. All being sharpshooters, each
ball took effect, three being killed outright, and
the other five more or less wounded.
--The great lake tunnel at Chicago will,
in all probability, be completed next month, and
1 reparations are now making for its formal open
ing. Ceremonies appropriate to the completion of
so stupendous a work will he gotten up on a scale
of great magnificence.
jj A board of officers of the Engineer Corps
of which Gen. Q. A. Gilmore is President,has been
convened at Fortress Monroe to report upon a se
ries of experiments with heavy artilleries. Several
new varieties of shot and shell for rifled cannon
are also being tested.
—The cholera has beeu declared epidem
ic in Memphis, though its ravages are mainly con
fined to a section near a bayou. ,Out of 171 deaths
l ast week 107 were from cholera. The largest num
ber of deaths was on Friday, 47 fatal cases being
reported.
—The Boston Collectorship of Customs,
vacated by the resignation of Hon. Hannibal Ham
lin, has it is understood has been tendered to Geo.
Ashmun, of Springfield, Mass.
—By the last valuation of real and per
sonal estate of the City of Boston, the former is
put down at $225,707,215, the latter at $189,595,-
130, an increase of $43,400,570 on the previous
year.
—On Sunday evening a lady residing in
Cincinnati,was accidentally killed by a young man,
who jokingly pointed an old musket at her and
pulled the trigger, not knowing that it was loaded.
—The first bale of Sea Island cotton was
received at Savannah on Wednesday last. It was
raised on the Kilkenny plantation, which is in
charge of Capt. Dutcher.
—The ostrich Bent from Brazil to the City
of Boston, and cared for on the Common by a most
attentive Committee, died last week.
—Hon. Aaron 11. Cragin, of Lebanon, X.
H., I nited States Senator, has nearly recovered
his health, and has been able to make a visit to
Concord.
Ex-Gov. Gilmore, of Concord, N. 11.,
continues very low, and his family entertain little
or no hope of his recovery.
—John French, of Bath, was killed while
walking on the track a few rods East of Painted
Post. lie was struck by the pilot of the engine
attached to the Day Express and hurled some dis
tance on the other track.
—ln the Twenty-first Congressional Dis
trict Mr. John Covode, the Republican candidate,
seems to be ahead. The appearances indicate his
election by a majority of three hundred. He is
working up the district with great energy.
—ln the Twenty-fourth Congressional
District the prospects of Mr. George V. Lawrence,
the Republican candidate, are decidedly bright.—
He will be re-elected by at least fifteen hundred
majority.
—The organization of the "Grand Army
of the Republic" in Illinois now numbers 80,000,
all ollicers and men who served in the army daring
the war.
—1 ho returns so far show the Union Re
publican majority in Maine to be 29,076. It will
probably exceed 20,000.
—The trial of the I'eabody rifle by the
Canadian Government has resulted satisfactory,and
a large order has been given. It is understood
that tbv Government accepts the offer of the Uni
ted States Company to send machinery and men
to convert the Enfield lilies into breech-loaders.
—At a recent meeting held in .Sprit,g
field, Mass., the Fenian organization in that city
voted to disband. Whatever funds they have left
they donate to one of the Catholic charitable soci
eties.
—The bulk of grain at the ruiim of the
Sturges Elevator, Buffalo, is still burning,although
the fire occurred seven weeks ago. On Tuesday
the flames burst forth as vigorously as on the day
of the fire.
—The steamship Meteor, which cleared
from Boston on Wednesday for the East Indies, has
been again seized by the Government.
—The American Express Company ship
ped from Lockport,N. Y., during the week ending
Sept. 15, 293 tons of peaches.
—lliester Clytner'a canvass for Governor
of Pennsylvania bears a very curious relation to
Valhindigham's efforts, three years ago, to get to
be Chief Magistrate of Ohio ; and there is very
good reason for believing that if he continues it,he
will finally attain the vote thrown for that original
Copperhead.
—Clymer's platform is intended to secure
the rebel soldier of South Carolinia a political pow
er equivalent to two votes for every single vote
thrown by the Union "Boy in Blue." Geary only
asks that the patriot and the traitor should be
equals in the new reconstruction.
—The New York Herald announces that
General Grant fully endorses the constitutional
amendment.
—ln Urbane a day or two since,the Dem
ocrats called u soldiers' convention to send dele
gates to Cleveland. The soldiers came en nuus.it,
elected delegates to the Pittsburg Convention, and
passed strong Radical resolutions.
—•The ridicule heap.d upon .Mr. Raymond
by the press of both parties continues unabated. -
Copperheads vie with Radicals in discharging sharp
pellets of wit at the unfortunate man on the fence
with a leg on either side.
—Gen. C. C. Washburn,of Minnesota, was
severely injured at the Falls of St. Anthony on the
17th inst., by a workman who tipped a load ol bro
ken rock upon him. His head and right foot were
very badly injured, and his body was bruised in
several places.
1 iie Grand Lodge of Good Templars of
Illinois commenced their thirteenth nnuual session
at Aurora on Tuesday last, with 253 delegates in
attendance. The number or members in good stan
ding in the State is 36,000 ; number of working
Lodges, 593.
—The Troy Press states that during the
severe thunder-storm oil Friday last, a burning
mass of meteoric substance fell in Broad-street,
Waterford, creating quite an excitement among
those residing on either side of the street.
—The damage by the late rains in South
ern Indiana is very great. The entire country in
the lowlands is under water. Crops are almost
ruined, nnd the destruction to fences and bridges
is very great.
—A woman named Churchill was fatally
<c aided in Detroit, on Friday by the explosion of
a ' in of tomato* whi. L she carelessly placed upon
It./ while sealed.
gkadfoitl Jtcportc*.
Towanda, Thursday, September 27,1866.
Union State Ticket-
FOB GOVERNOR,
GEN. JOHN W. GEARY,
OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY.
FOB CONGRESS,
HON. U. MERGER, OF BRADFORD CO.
Subject to the Congressional Conference.
Union County Ticket.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
G. W. KINNEY, OF SHKSIIKQUIN,
JAMES 11. WEBB, OF SMITHFIELD.
FOB ASSOCIATE JUDGE,
J. W. VAN DYKE, OF CANTON BORO.
FOR SHERIFF,
WM. GRIFFIS, OF STANDING STONE.
FOR PROTIIONOTARY,
W. A. THOMAS, OF TROY TWP.
FOB REGLSTEB AND RECORDER,
GEN. 11. J. MADILL, OF WYSOX TWP.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
WM. B. DODGE, OF TOWANDA BORO.
FOR AUDITOR,
ISAAC D. SOPER, OF BURLINGTON TP.
FOB CORONER,
CAPT. J. 11. HURST, OF DERRICK.
Union liejmbJiettn Meetings !
At SIONROETON, Saturday, Sept. 20, at 7p. m.
Speakers—Gen. H. J. Madill, Henry Peet Esq.
At FEENCHTOWN, Friday. Sept. 28, at 7 p. m.
Speakers—Henry Peet and W. A. Peck.
At ATHENS, Thursday, Sept. 27, at 7p.m. Speak
ers—U. Mercur and Gen. H. J. Madill.
At ULSTER, Friday, Sept. 28 at 7. p. m. Speak
ers—U. Mercur and Gen. H. J. Madill.
At LEEAYSVILLE, Monday, Oct. 1, at 2p. m.
Speakers—U. Mercur and Gen. 11. J. Madill.
At ORWELL HILL, Monday, Oct. 1, at 7p. m.
Speakers—U. Mercur and Gen. H. J. Madill.
At BURLINGTON, Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 7p. m.
Speakers—U. Mercur and W. H. Carnachan.
At CANTON, Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 2 p.m.—
Speakers—U. Mercur, Clinton Lloyd aud W. H.
Carnachan.
At BENTLF.Y CREEK, Friday, Oct. 5, at 2 p. m.
Speakers—U. Mercur and Geo. Landon.
At SPRINGFIELD CENTRE, Friday, Oct. 5, at 7
p. m. Speakers—U. Mercur and W. H. Carna
chan.
At ALBANY, in Bahr's School House, Monday,
Oct. 1, at 7 p. m. Speakers—Heury Peet and
W. T. Da vies.
At TERRY, in the School House near Jason P.
Horton's, Tuesday, Oct. 2. at 7 p. m. Speakers—
lienry Peet and W. T. Davies.
At WEST GRANVILLE, Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.
m. Speakers—Col. E. Overton, Jr. and J Hol
comb.
At NICHOL'S SCHOOL HOUSE, in Burlington,
Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 7p. m. Speakers—Col.
E. Overton, Jr. and J. Holcomb.
At CAMPTOWN, Monday, Oct. 1, at 7 p. ni.—
Speakers—P. D. Morrow and C. 51. Manville.
At EAST SPRING HILL, Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 7
p. m. Speakers—P. D. Morrow and C. M. Man
ville .
At MACEDONIA, Saturday, Sept. 29, at 7. p. m.
Speakers—W. T. Davies, J. Holcomb and E. W.
Hale.
At SUGAR RUN, Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 7 p. m.—
Speakers—P. D. Morrow and C. 51. slanville.
At DECKER S SCHOOL HOUSE, Friday, Sept.
28, at 7p. m. Speakers—C. 51. slanville and
O. D Bartlett.
At MOORE'S SCHOOL HOUSE, Saturday, Sept.
29, at 7p. m. Speakers—C. M. slanville and
0. D. Bartlett.
At STANDING STONE, in the School House near
Asa Stevens, Thursday Oct. 4, at 7 p. in. Speak
ers—O. D. Bartlett and J, Holcomb.
At STANDING STONE, in School House near
Hugh I'ark's, Saturday, Oct. 4. Speakers—P.
D. Morrow aud C. 51. Manville.
At MYERSBURG, Saturday, Oct. 6, at 7 p. w.—
Speakers—W. A. Peck and Henry PeeL
At STEVENSVILLE, Thursday, Oct. 1, at 2 p. m.
Speakers—W. A. Peck and Henry Peet.
At HERRICKVILLE SCHOOL HOUSE, Wednes
day, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. Speakers—W. A. Peck
and Henry Peet.
At HORNBROOK, Friday, Oct. 5, at 7p. m.—
Speakers—W. A. Peck and Henry Peet.
At WINDHAM. Thursday, Oct. 4, iu Union Church
at 7p. m. Speakers- P. D. Morrow, W. T. Da
vies and N. C. Elsbree.
At SIECCA SCHOOL HOUSE, near Miles
in Warren, Friday, Oct. 5, at 7p. m, Speakers
—P. D. Morrow,W. T. Davies andN. C. Elsbree.
At WEST WARREN SCHOOL HOUSE, near Man
son Elshree's Saturday Oct. C, at 7 p. in. Speak
ers—P. D. Morrow, W. T. Davies and N. C.
Elsbree.
At THE RED SCHOOL HOUSE, in North Ghent,
Sheshequin, slouday, Oct. 8, at 7p. in. Speak
ers—W. T. Davies and G. W. Kinney.
ARE YOU ASSESSED?
The election takes place on Tuesday, the
9th of October. 1 'ersons not assessed
should see that their names are placed on
the list before Saturday, September 29th.
JL'DGE MEILTT'K'S I.F.TTEH OF ACCEPT
ANCE.
The following is Judge MERCCR'S letter
of acceptance, iu reply to the committee
appointed by the Conference to inform him
of his unanimous re-nomination as the Un
ion Republican candidate for Congress in
the XIII th District:
TOWANDA, Pa., September 17th, 18(!C.
slessrs. D. 11. B. P ROWER and 51. WHITMOYEK—
| Gentlemen:- Yours of the 12tli instant, informing
me of my unanimous re-nomination as the Union
, Rt publican candidate for Congress, in the XII Ith
District of Pennsylvania, has been received.
I accept the nomination, nor will I attempt to
conceal the fact of my high appreciation of the
I confidence again reposed in me by the Republican
i masses of the District, It gives renewed assurance
that n.v course in Congress meets the approval of
| my loyal constituents.
I.nynl men must rule U,e Xation, and all the power
and influence of our Government must be so exer
cised as to preserve the Union, secure the just
fruits of our victory over rebels in arms, and the
protection of mail's equality before the law.
Accept my thanks for the kind manner in which
you have communicated to me the action of the
Conference. I remain yours truly,
ULYSSES MERCUR.
W iu, MR. EI.WEI.L RESIGN ?—For years we
have beeu accustomed to hear the Demo
cratic leaders and organs rail against the
interference of the Judiciary with political
affairs, and earnestly appeal for the preser
vation of the judicial ermine from all con
tamination with politics. When Judge MER
CUR was a candidate two years ago, lie was
called upon to resign, by these same immac
ulate gentlemen, who are now supporting
Judge EI. WELL. Will they be consistent now,
and advise him to resign his Judgeship? We
have no idea that they condemn in him
what they so loudly denounced in Judge
MERCCR'S case. And if they did, we do not
believe Judge ELWEI.I. will resign his posi
tion upon (he bench, for tho empty honor
of being the Copperhead candidate for Con
gress, only to be badly beaten.
I.ET NO SOLDIER BE DECEIVED.
TIIE Copperheads are industriously cir
culating the report, through their papers,
aud by the distribution of placards, "that
Congress, in 1806, voted the Black soldier
S3OO for extra bounty, and appropriated
the money to pay it," while " the White
veteran gets SIOO, extra bounty, and Con
gress appropriated no money to pay it."
This is a base appeal to the passions and
prejudices of the people, and no one, must
especially a soldier, should thereby be de
ceived ; it is maliciously false.
Every White soldier who enlisted into
the service of the United States prior to
June 25, 1803, for a period of three years,
received a bounty of SIOO. Those who re
enlisted as veterans, prior to April Ist,
1804, received an additional bounty of
S4OO, thus giving to the re-enlisted " White
veteran,"ssoo bounty ; while those who did
not re-enlist, received but SIOO. By subse
quent Acts of Congress every soldier, with
out resjxct to color, who enlisted for one
year and served his time, received a boun
ty of SIOO ; for two years, S2OO ; and for
three years, S3OO dollars.
The last session of Congress passed a
law giving to every soldier who enlisted
for three years, and served the time of his
enlistment, and was at the time thereof,
"entitled to receive a bounty of SIOO, and
no mure," an additional bounty of SIOO, and
to those who i erved two years of the time,
an additional bounty of SSO. This provi
sion as will be Been, is intended to benefit
a class of early enlisted veterans, who did
not re-enlist as before stated ; and so far
from the assertion being true, that " Con
gress appropriated no money to pay it
the provision is contained in a section of
the Appropriation Bill for the " payment
of sundry civil expenses of the Govern
ment," approved July 28, iB6O, and the
proper officers are directed to provide the
details for the payment of the money, and
the Secretary of War has issued an order
directing the Paymaster General to pay it.
Prior to January Ist, 18G4, the Negro sol
dier served in the army doing battle
against the rebellion, for $2,00 less pay per
month, than the White soldier, and receiv
ed no Government bounty, when Congress
i by the Act of June 15, 1804, (see Statutes
at Large, Ist session 38 Congress, Page
135,) had the magnanimity to allow him,
from Ist of January, 1804, the same pay
per month, aud from the passage of the
Act, they were to receive "such sums in
bounty as the President shall order, not ex
ceeding one hundred dollars."
The charge therefore, so glibly handed
around by the Copperheads, that " Congress
in 1806, voted the Black soldier S3OO, for
extra bounty," is a fabrication ; on the
contrary, "Congress in 1.800 " has not
changed the condition of the Black soldier
as to bounty, except in so far as he may by
construction come under the provisions of
the Act of July 28, ISGO, providing for the
payment of the extra bounties above men
tioned. Much difficulty arose in th pay
ment of bounties under the law, to the wid
ows and children of Black soldiers, for
want of proof of marriage, and the Second
Auditor of the Treasury was compelled to
reject many claims for this reason. Con
gress therefore passed the following law to
obviate this difficulty :
'' Tliat in determining who was the wife, widow,
or heirs of an}- colored soldier, evidence that lie
and the woman claimed to be his wife or widow
were joined in marriage by some ceremony deemed
by them obligatory, followed by their living togeth
er as husband and wife up to the time of enlist
ment, shall be deemed sufficient proof of such
marriage for the purpose of securing any arrears
of pay, pension, or other allowances due any col
ored soldier at the time of his death; and the
children horn of any such marriage shall be held
and taken to be the lawful children and heirs of
such soldier."
The justice and propriety of which will
be at once acknowledged by every person
having any knowledge of the marriage re
lations of the Blacks while in a state of
slavery.
THE REAL ISSUE between the President and
Congress was recently very briefly stated
by Horace Maynard. He declared Congress
desired so to legislate that loyal men might
be empowered to reconstruct the rebels tates
while the President and Mr. Seward were
plotting for the power to confer the privi
lege on the rebels of reconstructing the loy
al States. There is no question as to the
justness of this definition. The whole force
of the Copperhead faction is now wielded
to accomplish this purpose. When Wood
ward was a candidate for Governor he made
no concealment of his design, in the event
of his election, to withdraw all Pennsylva
nia troops from the support of what he cal
led "Lincoln's Government," asserting that
the people of the South were right in their
"revolution," and should have what they
demand. Hiester Clyrner is actuated by
the same spirit. He believes that the peo
ple of the South were right in their "revo
lution,'' and that it is the Northern and not
the Southern States which need reconstruc
tion to prevent another uprising of the peo
ple of the South. He believes in Andrew
Johnson's policy of reconstructing the
North. He believes that the South was and
is right, and that is the people who fought
iu the war and saved the Government, who
need legislation for their future control.—
Horace Maynard is right. Let all who have
a vote remembers that as they cast it in
the Pennsylvania election approaching,they
will decide whether those who died for the
Union gave their lives for a right or a
wrong, and whether those who fought for
the Union and survived the war arejworthy
of controlling the Government, or whether
it should bo controlled by traitors ! This is
the issue, pure and simple, of the contest in
Pennsylvania.
TEC?' WE understand, says the Tribune,
that Gen. Sheridan has forwarded a report
of the situation in Louisiana and Texas,
showing that the society of tlioso States is
in a condition of anarchy. We trust this
report will not be withheld till after the
election.
tea?" The Union party endorse Congress
"as it is," and Andy Johnson "as lie was"
in 1861.
IKIOH REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING.
Notwithstanding the extremely unfavor
able weather of last wsek, the equinoctial
sturm raging until Friday night, a large
assemblage gathered at this place on Sat
urday to hear the eloquent and distinguish
ed gentlemen who had been announced to
speak. The meeting was organized upon
the Public Square by the election of the
following officers :
PRESIDENT.
EMANUEL GUYER, of Burlington.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
BURR RIDGWAY, of Franklin.
FRANKLIN BLACKMAN, of Sheshequin.
WILLIAM HOWELL, of Warren.
THOMAS T. SMILEY, of Monroe.
ROBERT M'KEE, of Leßoy.
ROSVELL LUTHER, of Burlington,
O. F. YOUNG, of Rome.
G. 11. WELLES, of Wyalusing,
A.B. SMITH, of Ulster.
RICHARD GILBERT, of Asylum.
G. W. BRINK, of Leßaysville.
N. N. BETTS, of Towanda.
SECRETARIES.
JOHN 11. HIKES, of Wysox.
W. H. THOMPSON, of Herrick.
The meeting having been called to order
GOT. ANDREW G. OLUTIN was introduced by
the President, and welcomed in the most
enthusiastic manner. The " boys in blue "
who were present in large numbers, recog
nized in the Executive of the State, the
"soldiers' friend," whose best energies
have been devoted during the late rebellion
to their interests and welfare. Gov. CUR
TIN spoke about an hour, reviewing the
great questions of the day in an able man
ner, and at bis close, three hearty cheers
were given for him.
.fudge J. R. G. PITKIN, of New Orleans,
then spoke, giving an account of the late
dreadful Bcenes in that city, of which he
was an eye-witness, and was followed by
Judge MERCLR, at the close of whose ad
dress the meeting adjourned.
In the evening, the Court House was fill
ed with an attentive audience who listened
with marked attention to addresses from
Judge PITKIN, and Col. VAN VEEET, two
Southern loyalists, delegates to the South
ern Loyalists' Convention at Philadelphia.
The presence of such large numbers un
der such unfavourable circumstances and
the enthusiasm manifested, are sure indi.
cations that the freemen of Bradford are
fully awakened to the importance of the
coining election, and will express at the
polls their detestation of Southern traitors
and Northern allies.
The presence and music of the Smithfield
Band, the Leßaysville Band, and the Ulster
Band, added much to the occasion.
SHALL DESERTERS VOTE !
TIIE official list of deserters from the
Pennsylvania regiments and from the draft
has been received, and is now on lile at
the office of the Clerk of the Quarter Ses
sions, for the inspection of the public.
We notice an attempt ia being made by
the Copperheads to intimidate the officers
of the election, to prevent the execution of
the law passed laat winter. They are
threatened with prosecution, if they reject
the offcrred votes of deserters, and it is
proclaimed that lawyers have been engag
ed to carry ou such prosecutions. This is
all idle talk, and not worthy of notice. It
is also asserted that the law has been pro
nounced unconstitutional. This is also
false. The law was passed last winter,and
has never been tested. It is a law of the
Commonwealth, and as such all officers of
election are bound to respect it. All threats
of prosecution for observing a law of the
land, which the officers, by their oaths, are
required to carry out, are but attempts on
the part of the Copperheads to deter elec
tion officers from their plain duties.
RESIGNATION OF MR. MYER.
The following letter from E. REED MYER,
Surveyor of the Port, at Philadelphia, will
be read with pleasure by bis many friends
in Bradford. Mr. MYER, it will he seen, re
fuses to submit to the dictation of Ilis Ac
eidency, and takes occasion to define his
position in regard to the issues of the day
iu explicit terms :
CUSTOM HOUSE, PHILADELPHIA, (
SURVEYOR'S OFFICE, Sept. 21 st, 18GG. j
kir :—l have the honor to acknowledge the re
ceipt of your communication of the 18th inst., di
recting me to lill the position of Deputy Surveyor
at this Port, with a gentleman, who, by direction
of the President, you have named for the place.
The relations sustained by this office to the
head of this Department of "the Customs, are of
such a character as at least to justify the expecta
tion that the person making the appointment, and
who alone is resprons'Mt for the conduct of his Dep
uty, should hrve been consulted in regard to it.—
Such, however, has not been considered the prop
er course in the present instance, but on the con
trary, the demand is peremptory, and I am ordered to
make the appointment. 1 respectfully, hut earnestly
protest against this demand, and therefore decline
to comply with the President's orders.
Permit me to say in conclusion, that I do not
propose to abandon the political principles that 1
have maintained and defended for th? last twenty
years, nor to part with my old political friends. 1 n
fact, I earnestly and honestly approve of the poli
cy of Congress in regard to the settlement of our
present difficulties, as the wisest, best and safest
tor the country, and of course, do not approve that
of the Administration.
I have therefore to inform you that I have ten
dered to the President my resignation as Surveyor
of the Port.
I am very respectfully, your ob't Serv't,
E. REED MYER, Surveyor.
Hon. H. MCCULLOCH, Secretary of the Treasury.
fl®" No reader should overlook the able
"Address of the National Union Committee
to the American people," which appears on
the first page of the REIMRTER. This repre
sentative body of the Republican or Union
party has brielly stated the principles and
purposes of the great loyal element of the
country, North and South ; and the South
ern people may learn from it what they
have to expect from the continued ascend
ency of the party which carried the nation
safely through the storms of rebellion and
civil war. They will learn from it that they
have nothing worse to fear than the adop
tion of the constitutional amendment, with
its consequent reduction of Southern rep
resentation to the voting basis, the exclu
sion from office of all who have departed
from their oaths of allegiance to the Con
stitution, and the protection of all men
equally in the courts of law. The address
disclaims auy purpose to carry out Mr.
Johnson's whilom policy, which was to
hang the leaders and confiscate and impov
erish the whole slaveholding class. The
Southern people will breathe freer when
they learn that the sanguinary policy of
Mr. Johnson will meet with no general fa
vor with the dominant party in the land.
THE ISSUE PLAINLY STATED.
The Conservatives labor to create the
impression that the radicals are opposed to
the speedy restoration of the revolted
States to their old places in the circle of
the Union. President JOIINSON, Secretary
SEWARD and a good many newspapers ex
pend a vast amount of tnrgid rhetoric to
this end. The facts so obviously point in
the opposite direction that we are Con
strained to conclude these distinguished
gentlemen, and those newspapers do not
believe what they affirm on this head.
Congress has laid down the conditions
on which it will consent to the restoration
of the rebel States. These conditions are
embodied in a formal proposition to amend
the Constitution in f>ertain particulars. Not
one of these conclusions look to exclusion,
for any period, long or short, of the revolt
ed States, from full and equal participation
with the loyal States iu the control of the
government. The understanding is, that
so soon as any one of the eleven seceding
States shall ratify this amendment its dele
gations shall be promptly admitted to seats
in the Senate and House of Representa
tives. One of the eleven, Tennessee, did
ratify this amendment, and its Senators
and Representatives were promptly sworn
in. No reason exists for believing the
same rule will not be applied to the re
maining ten. These ten States, or any of j
them, can take places in Congress at the
opening of the next session, if they desire
to, by following the example of Tennessee;
and this is certainly as early as the adop
tion of the President's Policy can possibly
get them in.
The actual point in controversy, then, is
not the precise or relative time when the
other States shall be restored, but the con
ditions exacted as precedent to restoration.
Congress insists on the incorporation of
four new stipulations into the organic law
—l. That all persons born or naturalized
in the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, shall be accounted cit
izens, and that no State shall make laws to
abridge the privileges or immunities of
any citizen in respect to life, liberty or
property. 2. That representation shall be
apportioned, not according to population,
but according to the number of voters. 3.
That no person shall be a member ot either
branch of Congress, or a presidential elec
tor, or hold any office whatever under the
United States, who had previously, as an
office-holder under the general or any state
government, taken an oath to bear.? true al
legiance to the Union, and then violated it,
by embarking in the rebellion ; and, 4.
That the public debt of the United States,
i including debts incurred for payment of
j bounties and pensions fur services in sup
; pressing the rebellion, shall not be impair
ed ; and that neither the United States nor
any one of the States shall assume to pay
I any debt contracted in support of the re
t rebellion, or to indemnify for the loss of
slaves emancipated.
The President's policy declares each and
all of these stipulations to be wrong, and
maintains that the revolted States shall
come back without conditions, and without
any changes whatever in the Constitution
designed to operate as guarantees for the
future.
When, therefore, the President, or any
body else, charges that Congress or the
Republican party are disuuionists, in any
sense as implying opposition to the com
plete and prompt restoration of all the
States, and to equal authority, he or they
deliderately falsify. The question at issue
is—shall the Union be restored ? All are
agreed on that head. The only open ques
tion relates to conditions. Ou that ques
tion the President has gone squarely over
to the rebels and sympathises with them,
and declares that no condition whatever
shall be prescribed or enforced. The Re
publicans, having fought the war to a suc
cessful conclusion, are resolved that such
terms shall be assented to as will guard
against trouble in time to come, as will
protect the just rights of the emancipated
bondmen, and secure beyond ail peradven
ture the national credit. This is the length
and breadth of the case.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE is the theme of all the
Copperhead speech's now made. It will
be remembered that for four years the Cop
perhead leaders at every election have in
sisted that the same question was an issue.
At the election of two Congressional Dele
gations from this State the issue of negro
suffrage was lugged in, the Copperheads
insisting that it was the question. The
Copperheads were whipped by large major
ities on the popular vote at both those elec
tions. At the last Presidential and Guber
natorial elections the same issue was made
by the same men. Again they were over
whelmingly defeated. The Republican par
ty at all these elections paid no attention
to this question. The Copperheads were
allowed to have the field to themselves, and
it is of course fair to suppose that they got
every vote in the State opposed to negro
suffrage. Taken on the merits of their own
defeats, what does the result prove ? We
leave the Cops to answer ? In the contest
now waging for Governor, the Cops are
again CryiDg nigger. They insist that ne
gro ouffrage is the only issue-. As in the
contest of the last four years, these miser
able demagogues will again be defeated.—
And what will their defeat prove ? We
leave them to answer for themselves.
jfcaU' MR. FORNEY was unavoidably com
pelled to forsgo his appointments to speak
at Troy and Towanda. His labors in the
western part of the State brought on a se
vere illness, which detained liim at Couder
port, until he could recover sufficient
strength to return home. The disapopint
meut was great to our people, as Mr. FOR
NF.Y is held in high estimation by the loyal
people of Bradford.
Hon. A. G. Cattell has been elect
ed United States Senator from New Jer
sey. Mr. C. is an able man, aiul a staunch
Republican.
RKMKMIIEH.
That Hiester Clyuier is flie caiididaD* f>r I
Governor in Pennsylvania,for whom J<*(I• 1 -
son Davis, Gen. Dick Taylor, Gen. It. L.
Lee, Gen. Early, Gen. Longstrcet, John
Breckinridge, and every other traitor and
rebel in the whole South would voir if they
had a vote in Pennsylvania.
REMEMBER, Loyal men, that every traitor
in the State who was opposed to the war,
who gloried in rebel success,and cried over
Union victories will vote for Clyiner.
REMEMBER, that Clymer's success will be
rejoiced in by every red-banded traitor
everywhere.
REMEMBER, That J. C. Breckinridge who
is across the borders, in Canada,is just wait
ing the result of the elections in this and
other States to return to Kentucky to be
elected to the United States Senate from
that State.
REMEMBER, that Hiester Clynier said that
the defeat of Vallandigharn for Governor of
Ohio, was the greatest calamity that befel
the country during the war.
REMEMBER, that Vallandigharn was during
our whole struggle with the South, Hiester
Clymer's model of a Patriot and Statesman,
and that on all occasions Clyiner defended
him as the true representative of Democ
racy.
REMEMBER, soldiers, that if Hiester Cly
iner could have defeated the amendment to
the constitution allowing soldiers to vote,he
and his party would gladly have dtine so.
But Republican vote carried it through the
Legislature and the people adopted it at
the polls, all Copperheads voting against
it. _
RESTORATION.
THE POLICY OF THE U NION PARTY TO EESTOEE THE
NATIONAL UNION !
Resolved, by Ihe Senate and House of Re]>-
resentalives of the. United States of America,
in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both
Houses concurring, That the following ar
ticle he proposed to the Legislatures of the
several States as an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, which,
when ratified by three-fourths of said Leg
islatures, shall he valid as ft part of the
| Constitution, namely :
"ARTICLE—, Section 1. All persons horn
'or naturalized in the United States, and
! subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citi
-1 zens of the United States, and of the State
wherein they reside. No State shall make
; or enforce any law which shall abridge the
I privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States. Nor shall any State de
prive any person of life, liberty, or prop
erty without due process of law, nor deny
to any person within its jurisdiction the
equal protection of the laws.
" Section 2. Representatives shall he
apportioned among the several States ac
-1 cording to their respective numbers, cuunt
' ing the whole number of persons in eaeli
State, excluding Indians not tax. d : hut
whenever the right to vote at any election
for electors of President and Vice Presi
dent, or for United States Representatives
in Congress, executive and judical officers,
or the members of the Legislature thereof,
is denied to any of the male inhabitants of
such State, being twenty-one years of age,
and citizens of the United States, or in any
way abridged except for participation in
1 rebellion or other crime, the basis of rep
: resentation therein shall he reduced in the
! proportion which the number of such male
' citizens shall bear to the whole number of
1 male citizens twenty-one years of age in
I that State.
" Section 3. No person shall he a Sena
| tor or Representative in Congress, elector
I of President and Vice President, or hold any
j office, civil or military, under the U. S, or
| under ary State, who, having previously
! taken an oath as a member of Congress,or
! as an officer of the United States, or as a
member of any State Legislature, or as an
executive or judicial officer of any State to
support the Constitution of the United
States, shall have engaged in insurrection
or rebellion against the same, or given aid
or comfort to the enemies thereof : but
Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of
each House, remove such disability.
Section 4. The validity of the public
debt of the United States authorized by
law, including debts incurred for the pay
ment of pensions and bounties for service
in suppressing insurrection or rebellion,
shall not be questioned, but neither the
United States nor any State shall assume
or pay any debt or obligation incurred in
aid of insurrection or rebellion against the
United States, or claim for the loss or
emancipation of any slave, but all such
debts, obligations, and claims shall be
held illegal and void.
SOME OF MY POLICY.—WE find the follow
ing in the New Orleans Tribune, in regard
to the condition of the loyalists in ihe
South.
When a teacher goes to some village and opens
a school for colored children, he is turned out, and
not seldom beaten, stabbed or killed. When a
man of liberal principles speaks of liberty and hu
man rights in our country parishes, he is at once
threatened with assassination. There is no polit
ical liberty in the South,outside of a few cities,and
even in these cities, under the "protection" of our
flag, the incendiaries of Mobile and the assassins
of New Orleans and Memphis tell the tales of the
liberties we enjoy.
It is not necessary,however,to look merely
to "Radical" journals to prove tluit the old
hatred of all that is Northern is reviving
throughout Rebeldom. Almost every South
ern Copperhead sheet now spits out its de
testation of everything pertaining to the
old "Free States," with a virulence which
is well nigh venomous. One Lynchburg
(Va.) journal, under our hand, contains
j sweeping slanders on our northern women,
j while nearly all are manifestly in favor of
I keeping \ ankces from their sacred soil.—
i And yet these are the men who are now bla
tant in professing Unionism, and who, while
crying aloud that the coming battle shall
be, if anywhere, ou Northern soil, still re
pose all their hopes on the aid of those Nor
thern Copperheads who are, of all men, the
eery ones who would suffer most if such a
war begun.
Q.DN SIIOP!
GUNS, RIFLES AND PISTOLS.
J. V. GEIGSR, would respectfully inform the public
that he has opened his
GUN SIIOP
On the north side of the Public Square, near the Court
House, where may be found Double and Single Barreled
Guns, Kifles, Revolvers, Pistols, Cartridges, Ac.
Keys fitted to Doors. Trunks and Padlocks.
Particular attention given to repairing, and all
work warranted. J. V. GEIGEIt.
Towauda, Aug. 26, 1866 6m.
AMERICAN HOTEL,
TO W A N D A , P A . ,
Having purchased this well known Hotel on Bridge
Street, 1 have refurnished and refitted it with every
convenience for the accommodation of all who may pat
ronize me. No pains will be spared to make all pleas
ant and agreeable. J. S. PATTERSON, Prop.
May 3, 'C6.-tf.
Books anil Stationer)],
N' * A * * A N 0 M I\ ,
AT TUB
NEWS ROOM ANI) BOOK stoj-J
The undersigned having purchased the nr.r.e
AND NEWS ROOM of J. J. Griffith £ M ' K
vitc the old patrons of the eatahLdu .
generally, to call and examine our st.„ k " ! '
ACVoltl> ek iJAt'k ! i
8. W. ALVOBD. y * "•'I Kr.l;,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OT \(n r
XA and instrumental music constantly „„ ,
news ROOM''*
A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTM!AT
XI. Family and Pocket Bibles, cheauer iU„ '
fore offered in this market, at the \, v j'
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS 0
A Hizes and styles, at the • NTtts |, f)l '■
/TAMES FOR THE FAMILY
DON'T FAIL TO CALL AT Till; Vt,
ROOM , and it you dou't whit \< . ''
for it. ALVOJii) ,i BAzSL** k
MUSIC, OR ANY OTHER
A-TX iu our line, ordered at short i, t , ' u
/JHINESE FANS FOR SALE AT p
NJ HAVING AND TOILET SOAIG~
kA sale cheap at the NEW '
POCKET BOOKS, A LARGE v<st
A MEN fat the NEWS
FINE ASSORTMENT OF i
Books at the NKV,'- '
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO ALL THE -i
O DAKI) Daily and Weekly Papers . tec. .. .
....
/100DS OF EVERY DK.SCKII'] lo\
VA redot ed prices at
A LARGE ASSORTMENT 01 BE?
quality Perfumery at the NhU -
COMMERCIAL NOTE PAPER
\z Beam or quite, very cheap at the ,\EWS ROOJJ
} ARGE VARIETY OF FAN( y t ; i n
JU CLES at the Nut's I;'
MISCELLANEOUS BOOK.- AT cik,
at the NEWS : OM
POCKET CUTTLERY LOWER THA>
A at any other establishment in towu, at the
XKit's r: n*M
insurance.
riUIE -ETNA AND THE i'oUil \\
1 FIRE.
JSTNA INSURANCE COMPANY
UAItTFOBD, CONN.
ASSE TS , JU L Y 1 , j > ,■
Cash on hand in hank and with Agent -.. £ ;
United States Stock
Heal estate, unencumbered
State Stocks 4
New York Bank S'o: as
Hartford Bank Stocks 7
Miscellaneous Bank Stocks >'•
Railroad Stocks, etc j
Mortgage Bonds, City County & It. H ] ,■.
Total S f ,073.0.;'-
LIABIL I T I E S .
Losses unadjusted and not due i.ii:.
Net, $3,854,594 20,
Income for last year (net) $2. • -J.: •<
Or a daily income of say f'.t.iiuO.
Losses and Expenses for same time. l:,5410
Total Losses paid in 47 years $!:• !_7 ;;
Viz: Fire, 17,243,<>0u Inland, ii.'-i ;■ ■ ■ 7
Government and State Taxes paid {l7 -.IT
LOSS BV PORTLAND FIRE, Jn.v 4;ii
The total amount coveied by .Ftna Policies 11 ]
perty destroyed or damaged is $.0(.,.-54, on alii -
vage will he about 5 per cent. Our total 10-- vri.l r
vary much from 1900,000, and is being promptly adja
ed and paid. This sum is 5 per cent. u;. ::
figure hut slightly exceeding our g ~
taxes paid last year, or a proponion i . .' 1
loss for a company of SIOO,OOO a-.-ets.
The necessity for insurance and ihe value 0:
wealthy, strong corporations, is toi. illustr-'
this fire Several weak lnsuiance Companies
trcyed. Portland has a population o! 35.001; .
handsomely built, mostly fine lir.ck or stun • •;
—protected and screened with upward .t
trees—hounded ou three sides by wator
ally,almost rising from the ocean and -
steam tire depai trnent—yet it has {lo,(.i>
erty consumed in a few hours—up. :: a fn-i:., •>'
people are least occupied—from the vert
cause ot a contemptible firecracker.
Remember the triffling origin of li:, ■ .i t:
away in a tew hours tiie earnings of yc.-..-. 1
your best interests and give the -Etna a
you need proper Insurance security. I'U.KU-S
fair terms. H. B. Mr RE AN. At
Towanda, Aug. 11, 1860.
fHisctllcmeons.
/J.ROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
WHOLESALE AND 11ETAIL,
JOHN MERIDETII,
Main st., first door south of Rail Road Ih-.i ■■ T
has just received a large addition to hi-.-: .
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
Which will be sold at wholesale and re:., i at the >
lowest rates.
Farmer's Produce of all kinds bought and sulJ.
The public attention is respectfully invite,.:
stock, which will be found to beFre-i.
prices and will be sold at correspondingly low rates
Towand I,July 17,1*66.
ITIHE OLD BAKERY REVIVED!
PETTES & IIOVEY,
Arc now receiving a iresh supply ol Nu - <■': -
Candies, at the old Stand ou Main stivit l : •
Court House. Also an assortment ot
FAM IL V GROG E 111 ES,
Such as Teas. Sugars, Coffee. -.
Syrup, Spices, Ac., Ac., which will he sold -
cau be bought in the borough ot Toivauda . r el.-fi- r
GOOD GREEN TEA FOR 11. PER roL'V
Kept eoustautly on hand.
BREAD, BUSCUIT, PIES,CAKES, AC. At
At the Towauda Bakery.
Crackers by the barrel or pound, at the Bakery
PEI'TBSA HOltl .
May 7, 'CG.—tf.
Ty HOLES ALE MUSIC DEPOT.
L. B. POWELL, Scrantou. Pa., Dealer in '
ing's Pianos, Decker's Pianos. Mason V IF'
Tet Organs, Treat Lii dsley A Co s M. i <i<.
kinds ot Musical Instruments, Sheet M
Books. Orders from Dealers and T- .1 -''
solicited. Address
L. B. POWEIa.,
116, Pennsylvania Avenue. 8 rsuto:
June 11,1SGG.—yl.
pIANOS, AMERICAN ORG A Nr 5 -' >N
A MELODIANS.
The undersigned most respectfully anu,
citizens of Towauda and vicinity, that he has I
the Music business of G. T. COLK, and
supply any ot the above articles, together with
VIOLINS, GUITARS, ACCOBDIANS. SiGING-S.
on as go. KI terms as they can be li id e.-w ..
W. A.CHAMBKIO -'^
He is also Agent for the
CELEBRATED AMERICAN WAT' ' 1
and has always ou hand, a good a- ••rtmeto
Watches, with a general assortment ol
JEWELRY AND FANCY GOOI'-S
Silver and Plated Ware of the BEST M AN 1 1
ERS. which will he sold at unusually low v.
large variety of Clocks just received, am"
be found the Sotii Thomas, which has 11 j
REPAIRING AN D JOBIO X<■ ■
done with neat iess and dispatch, and • ' Hi ;,.
those who can't see, we would sav g' ' 1 •
and get a pair of that will mi v
as ever. Don't toiget the shop. ;I ,A|S.
Comt House. W. A.LHAM."-
Towauda, Nov. C, 1805.