V,ont \ rost pemotrat, „ -- - A. 3. GERRITSONI, TUESDAY, F,Ef3. 5, iB5l. Democratic State Conventions. The Aso announces that the Dania oratio State Central Committee of this State has fixed the Second Tuesday of June next for the meeting of the Conven tion to nominate a candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court; and also recomMen ded 'he Democracy of Pennsylvania to forthwith elect two delegates of recog nize' position and influence with the par- tWvortt each _Representative and Senato rial District, whii shall meet in Miss con vention, at Harrisburg, on a day to be fixed by the Chairman of the State Cen tral Committee. A resolution of thanks to Ron. William A. Wallace, Chairman, awl other officers of the • State Central Committee, was unanimously adopted at the last meeting of the committee, which was at Harrisburg on the 290. Veto of the Colorado and Nebraska Bills. The main objections- to the , Colorado bia are that the population is not suffi cient to entitle the Territory to assume the position of a State, and that the peo ple, through their representatives, have protested against' being forced into the Union without having the question sub mitted to them for their decision. The first of these objections appears to present quite sufficient jnstification for the veto. At the last session of Congress a similar bill was passed, and was returned without the signature of the President. In the message then sent to the Senate it was stated as a reason for the veto that the population of the Territory was not believed. to be more than Si- ty thousand. Since that time a census has been taken, and the population is found to be less than twenty-eight thous and, or under one-fourth of the • number required as the basis of representation for a single Cpngressional district in any 'of the existing States. The veto of last year was not, acted upon by the Senate, but while it remained on the table the pres ent bill was passed. We copy ,the following paragraphs from the veto message of the President: " Having again carefully consid ered the subject, I have been unable to perceive any reason f,r changing the opin ions which have already been communi cated to Congress. I find on the coutra ay that there are many objections to the proposed legislation of which I was at that time aware, and that while several of those which . I then assigned have, in the interval, gained in strength, yet others hare been created by the altered charac ter of the measure now submitted. The Constitution tinder which this Slate gov ernicent is proposed to be funned, very properly cateains a provision that all laws in force at-the time of its adoptiouand the admission of the State into the Un - ion shall continue as if the Coustitution bad not been adopted. Among these laws is one absolutely prohibiting negroes and mulattoes from the right to sit as jurors. The bill was vetoed by the Goiernaeof • the Territory, who held that by the - laws of the United States negroes' and mulat toes are citizens, and subject to the da l ties as well as entitled to the rights of citizenship. The bill, however, i:was_ passed, the objections of the Governor to the contrary notwithstanding, and is now a law in the Territory. Yet in the bill now before me, by.which it is proposed to admit the Territory as a State, it pro riled that "there shall be no denial of the elective franchise or any'other rights to any perecnrby reason of race or color, excepting Indians not taxed." The in congruity thus exhibited between the leg islation of Congress and that of the Ter ritory, taken in connection with the pro test against the admission Of the State, hereinafter referred to, would seem clear ly to indicate the itnpolicy and injustice of the proposed enactment. • It might indeed be a subject of grave inquiry, slid doubtless will result in such . inquiry if this bill become a law, whether it does not attempt to exercise a lepwer not conferred upon Congress by the Fed eral Constitution. That instrument simply tleclares that Congress may admit new States into the Union. It flouter - 6' says that Congress may make net* States for filo purpose : of admitting them into the Union, or for any other purpose. And yet this bill is.us t Lear an attetnpt to make the institutions as any one which the people could en gage. In %ietr of this action ol Congress, the louse of Representatives of the Territo ry have earnestly protested against being forced into the Union without having the question submitted to the people. Nothing could be more reasonable than • _the position which they thus assume, and ..riskily 'cannot be the purpose ofCon emss to force upon a community, against th e i r .government which they do mot belielte themselves capable of sustain- :;The Nebraska bill presents the same state of affairs as regards a former veto. By the billthe Territory is declared tote 3 State; but as added clause declares it shall not be recognized as a State until the Legislature accepts 'negro.eqriality as: a fundamental and perpetual law. The President very properly suggests that the territory should be admitted on an equal footing with other States, or the question of negro citizenship be first submitted to the PEOPLE for their approval or rejection. We Will publish the latter veto message in full nest week. - Editot. If Crime Then, it is Crime Now. On December 4, 1882, Thad Stevens of fered the following resolution, ns " the sense and conviction, of the House:" Resolved . , .Tha le- any person in the etoPloyment of the United States, ih eith er the legislative or the executive branch, should propose to make peace, or should accept, or advise the acceptance, of any such preposition, on any other basis than the integrity and entire unity of the Uni ted States and their Territories as they existed at the time of the rebellion, he will be guilty of a high crime." At present Thad and his adherents re fuse to make peace on the basis of "in tegrity and entire unity of the United States," "as they existed at the time of the rebellion." lle and they oppose in tegrity and Union and are working 'to reduce ten of the States to territories. Is not be, and are not they " guilty of a high crime ?" 4 As they then adopted the resolution, it 'follows ,tbat they now, according to their record, are criminals. Jan. 29.—1 n (ho Senate Mr. Connell called up an act to create a loan for the redemption of the overdue loans of the Commonwealth, which, after several. amendments, was - passed. The special order was the discussion of the joint. resolution from the House, urg ing the Senate .to reject the nomination of Edgar Cowan as Minister to Austria. The debate on the Republican . side was by Messrs. Fisher, McConaughy and Lan don, and on the Democratic side by Messrs. Burnett, McCandless, Searight and Wallace. The resolution then passed by a party vote of 18 yeas to 11 nays,four Senators being absent. Jan. 30.—1 n the House Mr. A. D. Markley, of Montgomery, offered the fol lowing : =IE2I Pennsylvania Legislatum Resolved, That the House of Represen tatives of Pennsylvania acknowledge with gratitude the course of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, in discour aging every attempt, whether by Radi cals at the North or Secessionists at the -South, to overthrow the liberties of the people and. the Constitution of the na tion, and that his firm and judicious exer cise of the veto power, and his faithful adherence to the trne principles of repub lican government, mark him alike as a statesman and patriot. The resolution was opposed by Messrs. Lee., Allen and McCreary on the Republi can side, and sustained by Mr. Mark le•. It was finally indefinitely postponed by a vote of 51 Republicani to 33 Demo crats. Jan. 31. 7 -In the House Mr. Freeborn read a bill proposing to prohibit any transportation companyor agent from pro viding separate seats for whites and ne groes; punishing by fine any who prevent negroes from occupying the same seats alongside of whites, and prohibiting any distinction 'or favoritism Gin account of race or color. • The negro equality constitutional niendment,was discussed by Messrs. Kin BitCalmont,Barpn, and oil , ers; in favOr, and= by Messrs. Kurtz.', Bar rington Wildman, Rhoads, Koon, and others, in opposition. Feb. the •Tiouse Mr. Deice pre- stinted a petition from four hundred and sixteen naturalized citizens of Clinton County, praying that Congress might be urged to extend the same privileges to white emigrants in the District of Colum bia, in regard to suirrage;as it has eXtend ed to negroes in that District. Oongresstonal Proceedings, San. 27—In the'Senate the bill to au thorize the construction of a lateral branch of the Baltimore and Potomac 'Railroad into and within the District of Colvabia, wastaken up and passed. The tariff bill *as taken up and a ntunber of amend- Mends acted upon. The Conference Com mittee on the bill in:' regard to the ap pointment of pension agents, made a re port. The report was agreed to, and the bill now goes to the President. It re , mores all pension agents appointed since the 'first ofJuly last. In' the House, the Secretary of the i Treasury was requested to suspend the' sale Of confiscated whisky unless the price 1 of erpd be equal to the tax thereon. I Jan. 28—In the Senate a bill was pass ! ed, compelline• every person in copyright -1 ing.o. book, and engraving photographs, runpo ; or charts, to send a copy of the . same to the Congressional -library. . The ant to amend en act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States was !passed, and goes back to the House for concurrence in a verbal amendment. It ptovides for the; granting of writs of hab as corpus by the justices and judges of t. e several courts of the United States, in cases Where any - person 'may be re stVained of his or her liberty, in violation of the Constitution or treaty or law of the United States, and that, pending the pro ceedings upon the application, or an ap , peal, all proceedings against each per son so alleged to 'be restrained,- shall be null and void. It also provides for writs of error to the Supreme Court upon de crees ofState courts, wherein is drawn in questiOrahe validity of a treaty or a stat ute aim an authority exercised under the United States, etc. The act not to apply toiaiies in. which any person is - held. in the custody of the military authorities charged with any military offense or with having aided and abetted rebellion, etc., ! prior to the passage of the act. At 1.35 p. In., the President's; Private Secretary arrived, and announced the re turn of the bill to admit Colorado, with, the objections of the President. Ileve , ' toes the bill on the ground of insufficien cy of population in, that Territory, and for other reasons. The House proceed to the considera tion of Stevens' reconstruction bill. Af ter considerable discussion, the Uutise, by a vote of eight eight to sixty five, referr ed the bill to the Reconstruction: Com mittee; the Democrats all voting:in the affirmative. _ Jan. 29—In the Spate the correspon• define, with the State Department on the subject of ,Mr. Motley's resignation as Minister to Austria, transmitted 'by the ' President, was laid before the Senate, and ordered to be printed. The President's veto of the bill to i admit Colorado was read. The tariff bill was taken tir:l Mr. DA ' vis addressed the Senate against the bill. While Mr. Davis was speaking, the Pres ident's private secretary arrived with the veto of the bill to admit Nebraska. In the House the Invalid Pension bil: was passed. Jan. 30—In the Senate the President's veto of the -Nebraska bill was read, or dered to be printed and laid upon the ta b!e. A resolution was adopted calling for information as to the cause and origin of the Fort Phil Kearney massacre. A bill was passed prohibiting territorial .ofricers from absenting themselves from their posts more than thirty days at a time. Jan. 3l—The House took up the bill to reorganize the Indian Department. An amendment was offered but rejected, ex tendibg to Indians the same political rights given to negroes. The amendment transferring the control of Indian affairs to the War Department was adopted. The bill was then passed. Feb. I—ln the Senate, the bill to regu late the duties of the Clerk of the House of Representatives was taken up. After debate the bill passed—yeas 3], nays 6. The bill declares that the Clerk, in organ izing the House, shall only put upon the list of members those from States repre sented in the previous Congress. Pending the consideration of the bank rupt bill, the House bill anthorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to receive into the Treasury the residuary legacy of James Smithson, upon the same terms as the original beqnest to the Smithsonian Institute, was called up and passed. In the House, a joint resolution in ref erence to the Smithsonian Institute, no ted above in the Senate proceedings, was introduced and passed. A resolution was adopted permitting Captain John A. Webster, Jr., of the steamer Mahoning, to receive from the government of Gilat Britain a gold chronometer, in apprecia tion of his valuable services in saving British vessels in distress on our coast. War Between the Freedmen's Bureau and the Negroes. SAVANNAH, January 30. There has been further trouble on the Cheeves plantation, in South Caroline; the negroes will not leave the place and still refuse to contract for this year. A collis ion occurred this morning, in which Lieu tenant Lemon, of the Freedmen's Bureau, was shot in the left arm. He returned the flre and killed the negro. Captain Branat_is reported as being held a pris onerby the negroes., Colonel:Sibley has dispatched s s eventy men to thizt scene of action and rumors of au engagement are prevalent. The surgeon of the sixteenth infantry was sent over awaiting the arri val of the boat for further particulars. , [sEcoND DISPATCH.] SAVANNAH, Ga. January 29. Colonel Sibley returned in theboat, and reports that all is quiet now, but he deem ed it necessary to leave a heavy guard to maintain order. The whole of the troub le is laid to Aaron Bradley, a colored lawyer from Boston, who makes a boast that he would like to see bloodshed, and promises the negroes Oat if they will re sist the United States forces at the point of the bayonet the land will be theirs. The burning of the steamer General Shepley is attributed to the same source. There is a general spirit of insubordina- Lien among the negroes in this district. CliAitt:Eszox, January 30. The new Assistant Commissioner has abrAisheil the former h,bor order. The freedmen now contract like any body else for the best they can. Stevens on Republics. In the course of a speech in Congress, Mr. Stevens uttered the following lan ry b rnwe : I deny that this Government has ever been a repub!ic. I deny that the State of Pennsylvania has cver!been a .republic, and I wish this Congress: would take it in 1 hand and make it a republic. What a slander on the wisdom and pa triotism of the founders of the Republic. If Washington, Madison and their com peers could arise from the dead and hear the noble work of their hands traduced in this manner they would cast ouch a with eringglance of scorn upon the old 'repro bate, Stevens; that would drive him from the'seat he disgraces. He is not satisfied with denouncing' the government of'the United States— the work of Washington and his compa triots—bat denies also that Pennsylvania is a 'republic and wants Congress "to take it in hand and make it! a republic." What do -the people of Pennsylvania thinks of having their admirable State government remodelled according to the notions of the "hero of tho buckshot war?" Do they still doubt that the object of Ste vens and his followers is revolation Coming to It. Our Radical Republican fellow citizens hereabouts, many of them at least, prior to the last election, indignantly denied that they were in favor of negro suffrage, and insisted that no such direful calamity would befal Pennsylvania as a 'result of Gen. Geary's election to the-Gubernatia- rial chair. Even Geary himself, in order to quiet the consciences of those who were squea mish on this. point, denounced. all such t. charges as " copperhead lies," and to ' prove it he informed people publicly from the stump, on the honor of a . candidate for Governor, that negra suffrage could not be established in this State without an amendment of our State Constitution, and" that no such amendment could take , place for at least three years to come, in asmuch as a provision in that Constitu tion precluded amendments oftener than once in every five years, and the last amendment was only two years old. Well, Geary was elected Governor,and on the same day that he was inaugurated, crener:.l C.imeron was elected United Stec' Scn:itor by tha representatives of the same Marty. After his election Came -I,m too le a specelt to his friends and at his enemies, in xt hieli he declared that he hoped "to live to Fee the day when the word white would be stricken from our State Constitution." And on last Tues day Mr. Quay, fearing that unless the mat ter was hastened, Old Winnebago might not live to see " the day," introduced in to our State Legislature a bill to provide for holding a State Convention to amend our State Constitution by striking there from the word " white," and thus extend• ing• to ntw.oes the right of suffrage. Hon. Philip Johnson, Representative to Congress from the eleventh district of this State, died in Washington on the 31st ultimo. Mr. Johnson was a native of . Warren County, New Jersey, and came from a revolution ary stock, his grandfather having partici pated in that • memorable struggle. In 1839, Mr. Johnson removed to Northamp ton county, Pennsylvania entered Lafay ette College, where- he spent two years. Subsequeqly he taught school in the South, and also studied law. Having re turned to Northampton County, in 1843 he was admitted to. the bar, and soon af ter elected to a county office, which lie filled in such a manner as to add to his popularity with the masses. Mr. John , son was chosen to the State Legislature in 1853 and 1854, and in 1857 was made I Chairman of the Democratic State Con ( ventton. In 1860 he was revenue Com missioner for the third Judical District-of the State, and also elected a member of the thirty seventh Congress. He was re elected to the thirty eighth and thirty 9(b Congresses, and near the end of the lat ter has ended his career. Mr. Johnson was not a brilliant man but possessed of sound judgment and admirable business qualities. The True Purposes of Radicalism. " If the law stands in our way, so much the worse for the law."—Forney. The above quotation occurs in au edi torial in the Washington Chronicle, trea ting of the late decision of the Supreme Court in reference to the subject of mili tary commissions. The country is at length officially in formed that there is. no law which the radicals will Tespect. "They are determin ed to revolutionize the Government and change its form completely. They will abolish or overri.le the laws they so open ly proclaim they disregard. What can we expect of a party which publishes this authoritative announcement of its futute course? Torrible Explosion in Conklin. About J o'clock on Thursday morning last, the boiler•head of Wells, Lawrene: & Whitney's portable steam saw-mill in . Conklin, blew out, 4ightly injuring Wm. Whitney and I3enj. Lawrence, and severe ly if suit fi►tally scalding a man named John Stevens, who has a wife and two or three children. Ills thigh is also broken, and it was thought, our informant stated, that his leg was also broken below the knee. His injuries from the steam are confined to his abdomen, groin, thighs, &c. are very painful. Mr. Osterhont, an employee in the mill,is the greatest suffer er from the steam, being scalded so badly that the skin peeled from his back and sides, and he lays suffering the greatest agony from his burns. Our informant states that he barely escaped the fate of the others, as he was on his way to the mill on business with the proprietors. We I have heard no reason assigned why the boiler blew up. Drs. Burr and Griffin were summoned ,to attend the injured men. LATER.—We learn from Dr. Burr, one of the physicians attending the unfortun ate victims of the accident by steam in Conklin, that they lie in a very danger ous condition, being much more severely scalded than was at first reported. It took Drs. Burr and Griffin the whole day to dress their wounds, and put them in anything bordering upon a comfortable condition. It will be almost a miracle if they live.—Bing. Rep. nr'fbe Supreme Court' of the United States decided in some lottery and liquor cases, that neither a license nor the pay. ment of a special taz under the acts of Congress of 1864-66, authorizes the car rying on of business contrary to State laws. Chief Justice Chas? delivered the opinion. Ashley, thi Impeacher: Mrs. Annie Ashley, the wife of Ashley, the member,of Congress' ?rho preferred "treason charges" against President Johnson, and asked for his impeachment, has been arrested in Washingtonotharged with threatening to shoot a-woman who gave the name of Martha Cunningham. It is alleged that the cause of the difficul ty was a not altogether nnfonnded jeal ousy on the part of the M. C.'s wile.— Mrs. Ashley gave bail to appear in Po lice Court and answer to the charge. 411112) CitcniNman, Jan. 25. The trial of the thirty ladies of Green field, Ohio, for mobbinc , the liquor dealers, was concluded yesterday. Today the ju- - ry returned the verdict of $625 for the plaintiffs. FnaNFons, Ky., January 30. Garrett Davis was to day re elected United States Senator by the Democrats and Conservatives, receiving seventy eight votes against forty one for Mr. Bris tow and a few scattering votes. 4 —The-other night when the thermome ter stood at zero a prominent citizen was aroused by a violent knocking at the door of his domicil. Supposing that something extraordinary had happened, he jumped out of bed and opened the door, when-he found a boy, who questioned him as fol lows: " Do you live here? Are you go ing to live here next summer ? Do you own this house ?" Upon receiving atilt-- mat ive answers the boy further interroga ted : Well, Mr.—, will yon want I your garden plowed next spring, because if you do, I want the job." The " prom ! ink-nt citizen" slammed the door, and went back to bed with anything but a religious turn of mind. BALTIMORE', January 31. The harbor of Baltimore although not free from ice, is open. The Criminal Court, has been engaged fir the last. three days in the trial of nag gert-y and Phillips, for the murder ofJohn Itoot, on the day of the last State elec tion. The accused were special radical policemen. The jury to night brought in i a verdict of murder lir the second degree. —The Boston Post compares the Re publicau,,party to a pawnbrokers' shop, full of unredeemed pledges. -...-- It costs 530,000,000 .a year to fight the Indians. GREAT DEPOT -FOR -7- 3EXA.9r Si, C.ALM:OIi, FURS, coir_,c)rrimirkrgi-, FURNISHING GOODS GLOVES & MITTENS, BOOTS & SHOES. lEEE= ALL =MN OF Vikt WS , mado to order, and Merchants, supplied at the lowest New Tort Nisi • The public ere Invited to eel, examine Goode, and get the prices, tf they don't the Goods. Publie Monne, 'Montrose, Ang.l, 18E8 The iqoritrose Democrat IA PUBLUDED EVERY TUESDAY MOTINING, AT MONTDOSIC, StIAQIIIMATMA COSTNTY, PA., St: A. 47. CA. 311 va.zuse zr, Ai $2 PLO minx IN ADVANCE ...1312 $23 AT END OP TEAL Iluilneseiadverthiements inserted at $1 per square of 10 lines, three times, and Wets for each additional week. Yearly advertisers, with usnai changes. charged $l O for four squares, quarter column $l5, - half column $3O, one column $6O, and other amounts in exact proportion., Business cards of three lines, 0; or one dollar a line. OrLegal notices at the cask:Mary rates,—ahoot 50 per cent. in addition to businesstotes. Job PrlMlng executed mistly and promptly at fair prices. Deeds, Mortgages; Note; Justices . Conetsbles School and other bUriks for sale. s r I OICZXIMIII I CU:kola W3irswern FOR SO DAYS ONLY, OR"E" CirCO COMP IS NEW YORK -4 WHOLESALE PRICES, BENGRANIT.ON 323ra,x103a store. SECURE BETTER BARGAINS Than will ever be offered to ate people in BEAVER CLOTHS, FRENCH CASSINERES; Made to order to the most Fashionable Styles • CUSTOM TAILORING DEPARTMRST Bar. 312ELM"DTXV:Ir "Sr C1)17140"0-, A First. Class Critter, very highly recommended by tie JOHN G. STETTLIER, rif"Cuttiug'done to order; oa skort I. N. HINE & CO. ISOntrome, Nov. 13, 1660 H ATS & CAPS for a t e BOYS, a Um Fainlale Cbilap Store EMPORIUM Of 1101 STILES! NEW GOODS. H . Burritt L'uns o u w pp r li e es eel e itt: large sal eictiwg , kwas , kly, C n u t , 5a .,,,,, A, WSizod OWL.e.afmo ,i 6 3 hb . .....V1. aid , .a.) U. Embracing extra varieties of Fashionable Drees Goats •In plain, sullied and figored Delaney, imperial Lustres, Merinoesi Paramattav, Plaids and Prints, Cloths, Cs' tasimeres, Flannels, Brodie and , Wool Shawls, Balmoral and Dnpler Hoop Skirts, Ladies' and Gents' Furs, Buffalo Robes, Carpeting, Floor Oil Cloths, Wall Papers, Window Shades, Hat • and Ceps, idoets, Shore, and Clocks ; including also as usual a general &avert melt of other Dry Goods, Dress Trimmings. and Us. hen Notions. Groceries, Crockery; Hardware, Iron. Nana, STOVES, Drugs. 0115, Paints, Se. ac., !raid he will sell on the most favorable terms for Cash, Pre duce, or approved Credit. New Milford, November, MG. TEE BEST BOOTS a t STlOEFaln.marhet a the Fairdale Cheap Store DRY GOODS from N. Y. auctions. Store at the Fairdalo Cheap WI FM &WIRIER SHERI Have just received their 101 l assortment of Wi.ter BOOTS & 8110 ES, which we propose to sell lower than any Ann is ta County, for ready pay. Also, BEADY MADE CLOSING, on hand, and mad* to Enemas, viten desired. HATS d CAPS,. GLOVES, TENS, NOTIONS, di. Are.' "Ni,gs,zekll7 . cl-rcirooriew away down below tbe market, Binghamton, or ashy oili er man. Call and see and astray yourselves. FOrners' Produce reeelred and shipped to New York freo of charge. G. L. STONE. - - Montrose,Oct. MI, Mt L. C. K.IIBLER FIEAVE [MEETING st Our Fa!rash, asap More • • Administrator's Sale. T. a 3 for p . ennti e r r e s o_ f r A e rtriTZ l h. at d l eCt i c al i tit o o l eo s 1 township, on S ATURDAY . JAN. 96, 1867, At one p '• clock, p. m., the following-property, to wit One Rome, one bri,, ,, gy Wagon, one Marness, one Pot tar, B Sheep. ono Cow, three yearns:Heifers, one d , . one set double harness, a quantity of Grain, and viri• one Farming Utensils. , TER/lg.—S ix months credit wilt De. given 02'0 sums over $5. ; i• . AMOS HUT% Jr., Aster. Choeonnt, Jan.% 1867. , •; • ESTATE OF GORTON LOOMIS, late of Maori, SosquebanitA Canty; Pa., bit. Letters Of •AleattdstrAtfon igloo the caste of tbe above named decedent baying been granted to the usierelp ad, all persons indebted to ea% and tereby me* fled to make immediate- poymant. thou claims against the sardel.o pont them deli eadliOsw etted for sottleakeltll., •• A. Jr 11117 ANT, ♦dm 't. Weekly*, Dee, 11, IWI. AT THE SOST Is TON TIME TO this N4eisity New Styles Coatings in AND ,BROADCLOTHS, Vnder the Soperistesdases or well known and others -it, WARNER. STONE WAIIITBL
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