giontroot PtmacraL E. 11, HAWLEY, EDITOR. MONTROSE. IMPS'S. L WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 411. 1870 Democratic Nominations. FOR CONGRESS, J. B. McCOLLITNI, of Suscfit Co FOR PRESIDENT JFDOE, GEO W. WOODWARD, of Luzerne Co. • FOR REPRESENTATIVES. 0: M. GERE, of Susq'n Co. TIMOR VAUGHN, of Wyoming Co FOR PROTHONOTARY, &C. WILLIAM J. PARKE, of Dimock FOR COMMISSIONER, JOHN FOSTER, of Friendevill,e FOR JURY COMMISSIONER, JAS. 0. BULLARD, of Brooklyn FOR AUDITOR, MILTON GRIFFIS, of Forest Lake Election, Tuesday October 11, 1870. Our Cranium. By a . schedule of meetings appointed by the Executive Committee of Luzerne co., which we publish elsewhere, it will be seen that the time of our candidate for Congress is to be occupied in that locali ty, which of course was expected, as the people of that vicinity have not had the opportunity generally of seeing and hear ing the man who is to represent them in the 42d Congress that we have in this county. Our knowledge of.the man, our action in County Convention, and the fiery ordeal through which we have passed under Radical rule, would seem to make it unnecessary that he or any other person should be called upon to make any exten ded canvass in this county. Wo are au thorized, however, to say, that in case meetings are desired in any part of this . county, eloquent speakers can he furn- Ashed them, as Luzerne has those who are prepared and willing to do their duty.— What we want most is personal action on the part of every Democrat, and especial ly let the township committees be awake, and let earnest, immediate and united ac tion characterize their movements, and we do not fear the result. Our opponents have selected L.D.Shoe maker, of Luzerne, for Congress, wholly because he has money, as in their extrem ity they acknowledge its corrupting influ ence to be their only hope. Like a weal thy criminal arraigned before a court of jnstice,who ex pecal o retain that life which his conduct has forfeited, by the corrupt ing influence of his bleated money bags. so the Radical leaders have a faint hope of retaining their hold upon this govern ment' by fraud and the corrupt use of novae Princi les the have none ; —by they will have money so long as they can retain their hold upon the people's treas ury, with a Congress to legislate for them to rob us of our rights as white men, and of our hard earnings, by the most ruinous system of taxation that ever cursed a people. The issue to-day is fairly before the peo ple—money, which is expected to cover their multitude of sins; corruption of the deepest dye, negro equality, taxation, and robbery, against pure Democratic princi ples upon which our government was founded. Does it need any longer speeches to tell the Democracy of this county their duty ? We believe not. We have faith in the right, and that it must prevail, and that such a voice will be heard in October next at the ballot box from the true and tried Democracy of Susquehanna, as has not been heard in many a year. Action is the watchword anti let every Democrat be an executive committee'of one to be in his place at the polls and depositthis vote, for Democracy and nothing but Dem ocracy, which is the only effective ex ecution that can be done. Our County Fair. The fair past off amid very pleasant weather.with the exception of suffocating clouds of dust. The show of stock and produce was considered abont equal to that ofslast year. We were informed by the officers that the amount received was about $930. which is about the same as last year, but a deficiency of some con siderable was noticed in the receipts for attendance, which shows, that the num ber was considerably less, but it was balanced by the amount received fur life membership, which made the gross re ceipts about the same. The new arrange ment of holding the fair three days, d in 14eit\r\ s f two, as formerly, we think had i-aomethi ig to do with the attendance, as people •ho attend merely to see the "shows" were not able to spend more than one• day from their business, and they were not certain which was to be the prominent day. A great amount of dis= satisfaction was manifested in the fact of a second disappointment of a "prominent speaker" which was promised them a year ago. The people are thankfull that the society is supplied with a President that is always prepared to fill vacancies, yet they look upon it in the most reason ble light that it can be viewed, that in case, the President should be unable to preemie a speaker and be attacked with "diph theria* or some other indisposition him self, their condition as to speaker next year would be a hopeless one. The re marks of Mr. Jessup were very good and well received, a large portion of which were intended to stimulate our citizens to make a proper effort at the State fair, which we hope will be done, as we believe that Susquehanna Caunty can take a l positiOn theft among the'fin3t•conntlet) in the state, if she wilt b 0 take the ptiiper I intered. We thinka little kucitiledge of. what is done the will ierve.. , to aviaken . a deeper interest in our own society. Our County fair ground is now one of the most convenient and pleasant grounds Id the stag and we may have one of the best societies. The only question to be -settled, br thy- people—of Ititirtitiatity is, shall we do it ? . - - Ilepresentativ4p Viniference. The Republican conference for this as sembly district, met at Springville on Thursday last, and very inharmonious ly separated without organizing, the con ferees of Susquehanna refusing to admit Wyoming upon an equal representation. That immortal "Resolution!' which the Radical convention passed in Montrose at their last session, it seems, was not passed upon justice hut was another "Ring" of Radical inconsistency, which requires Bradford to do what they refuse to grant to Wyoming. The managers of that con vention seem to have been trying to ape the last Radical Congress which sent 166 days and hundreds of thousands: of dol lars of the people's money to legislate them-selves hack again, without any re- I gaud to justice, honor, or decency. The Susquehanna conferees met by thertiselves and nominated E. B. Beardsley,. and Moses Caldwell, and the Wyoming nomi nated A. B. Walker, of Nicholson. What a Dcmocnttic Mechanic said to a Radical illionr-dard. The Radical candidate for Congress in the Indianapolis district in Indiana, a professional 'politician and a man of wealth, and one of those fellows who, al though costive of ideas, seem to be eo dowed with adiarrhoea of Words, having challenged the Democratic nominee, Thomas Cotterell, a practical and work ing mechanic, toi discuss political issues with him On the stump, received from Cotterell the folliiwing,'modest " You challenge me to a contest of brains and tongue4,and.yomrselE fix times and plum That is not fair nor brave either. I will nut Fo into that' kind of fight with you. lon have enjoyed all the advantages of wealth, leisure and ed ucation, and have passed your life in training for politics. I have cussed my life in the pursuits of a mechanic. The people knew this when I was nominated. I did not ask them for the nomination ; was not even present when it was made. I think my position as a working man, long identified with the views, and fully . sym pathizing in their reasonable. demands, had much to do with my Unanimous nomination. I think it was not expected that I would run from my shop and busi ness house and mount the stamp. I think it was only expected that- I would if elected, make a good practical working member, and that my mechanical and business education would prepare me for legislating in the interest of labor and ac tive business capital. I hope the era of political .blatherskit- President fur anything it; his political career, it is for showing that a man'oan be a candidate and hold an office without being a political haranguer. 1 should hot wonder if in a discussion on the stump,. with me as an adversary, you could make "the worse appear the better cause," as in defending the cadetithip tra der in South Carolina in - Congress, with an ignoble few, and against the great bod y of the House, ion held that Lopit's resolution, declanng that person unfit to be a member of the House. ought not to pass. No doubt von could have vindica ted that vote, and have defended the ras cally broker in government favors with an eloquent speech. All I could do would be to vote to turn the rascal out of Con gree.s. " You can make all the' speeches von want—wheueier and wherever you please. I will arrange my own canvass in my own way." Death of W. EL Willer. This distinguished citizen and leading Democrat, of Harrisburg, died in that ci ty Sept. 12th. Gen. Miller was a promh vent citizen and politician. He, a few years ago, rept esented the'•Da4hba Dis trict. in Congress, and while .a young luau, yet he commanded a high position in the House. By royality of intellect he won and maintained a high •riositiou at the Bar. As a husband, father, friend and citizen, all loved him and thousands will mourn his loss. - Gen. Miller was a son-in-law of the late Christopher L Ward, Eig. deceased of.Towanda, Pa. I=MEIEI ri- -- -t — Charles B. Brockway editor of the Bloomsburg Columbian has received the Democratic nomination for Congress in thi 13th District consisting of `.illontour, Clombin, Wyoming., and Bradford coun ties. Capt. Brockway is a lire Democrat and proposes to represent the district that Mercur has misrepresented so long. Mer cur is his opponent. I=Eri The Montrose Republican has the following startling editoral in its last issne: Can our copperhead friends find any consola tion—any dims of the decadence Oft Republican ism in the recent elections in Vermont and Main'' We have carried bothStattai by increas ed majorities. Such arguments are very lucid indeed without figures. We will give a few facts and figures as they are. Gen. Grant curried the State - of Maine in 1868 by 26,000'majority. The Democrats in the vote for 'Highborn last yearl9,4l over 17,- 000 them. Perham's majority for Goveritor this Year mit ,excevd six thousand. The ,city .of Bangor for the first time in" ifs history gives a Dem 'ocrtio majority and thp tow,a of Lewstown chang4 its front. We considef consolation enough for this time. 'Figurps tvilittot misrepres ent if editors do. • The eilitor ofthelLootrose ReEd'iwan rare MeCollata is 4 R4inc , :on. Wheelie lie Wonder if .lib pcir;Ftt,fr,e ( wades .donit'fiche after ' such a sevor trial of their powotti. • The Candidates The Republicans of Luzerne have nom inated Shoemaker forCongiess. He has etrthoatomination on the etrengtit of a prior election to the Senate, Ond upon the promise tikat r he will put Money in the canvass. He has-no other qualifications exeept4hat of beinga very Clever fellow. Hehusiio ability beyond that of being able to horde a very large fortune that was bequeathed to him, both from hie own and his wife's parentage.. H he hadn't immense wealth the RepUblicau party would never think of L D. Shoema- The Republicans will find, however, that they have a very different road to travel from what they had when Shoema ker run for the Senate. He was then comparatively unknown by the people,. Now it is known that. lie was one of the first to vote for negro amendment. The question came up in the Senate while he was yet a member, and his rote Call there be found recorded in favor of that inigni tous scheme which seeks to place the ne gro on the level with the white men. He was one of the prime movers and persistent advocates of the infamous reg. uftry law, the whole object of which is to deprive the laboring man of his right to vote unmolested and untrammelled. Not only that, it is chiefly due to him that we are obliged to vote upon seperate slips of paper—another Republican method of hampering the citizens privileges at the ballot-box. Every move that he made in an official capacity, which ever amounted to anything, was aimed directly against the poor man. Such is the record that L D. Shoemaker has made for himself. and it is such a one that the Democracy of this district can never overlook. Now he is bronght forward as a candidate for Congress with no other hopes of success hut the fact that he is a rieh man, and that Mr. McCallum. the Democratic nominee, is poor. The Dymocrat - who goes back on his party for any such con sideration will deserve and get the uni versal execration of the community. If Mr. Shoemaker and his friends are going to be mean enough to attempt to carry this election by bribery and corruption. we earnestly hope that their money will be taken and used against them. It will be serving them just right., and showing to them that Democrats, though poor, hold principle alative-everything else. We want no negro sympathizing man to go to Congress frdm the 12th Congress ional district. We want no man either whose sympathies are not in full accord with Democratic men and measures.— Scranton Democrat. The War. Several Uhliins have been arrested in Paris and are to be tried as spies. 4 'Electric lights have been placed on the Paris forts to reveal the enemy at night. Piris has }x•en declared in - a state of siege, non-combatants are to he expelled. Strasbourg has been badly damaged by constant bombardment, but still holds out. The Prussians are slowly concentrating round Paris, and cutting off all its com munications. Uanrubert escaped form Metz with 6,- 000 men, and is marching to Paris. Ba zaine has gone to :sedan. An American ship is reported to have arrived at Ti M lon with live hundred American volunteers and seven thons:ind During the earlier days (4' the war Na p-dean, it is said, corresponded with Eu genie in cipher. The key has. heCn dis covered. and Bismark has replied to Jules Favre that there are questions to he settled be fore host !ales eau -be even• temporarily suspended. Republican County Convention. The Convention of the R-rahliean par ts' met at the Court house, in Wakes !lane, this A. it. E. N. Willard, Esq. of Scranton, was chosen President. The following nre the nominations: Congress--L D. Shoemaker, Wilkes Barre. Judge—G. M. Harding, of Wilkes-Bar re. Associate Judge.—.l. 3L Poor, Carbon dale. Representatives.—George )nay, Scran ton, John MacNialion, Plains, Richard Williams, Razelton. Prothonotary—Peter Seiple. Pittston.. , Clerk of the Court.—G. P. Richards, of Plymunth. .. ' District Attorney.—Alex. Farnham, Wilkcs Barre. Commissioner—C. A. Cowles, Waver- Auditors—Daniel Jones, Exeter, and George Fortner, Neiseopeck.—Scraiticni Denwarat. gentleman, residing at Green ville, South Carolina, writes to the Bos ton Pox/, that the Gov”rnor of the State is arming the negro militia, and many of the white quake with fear that. the result may lead twit war of races. Theif serv ants are daily looking for Winchester rif les, and as soon as they get them, form themselves into cliniatnies, and drill eve ry night. In conthisiun, he says they be lieve that it is the intention of the Radi cals to stuff the ballot-boxes, or intimi date the whites from. voting, as the Radi cal Governor lnts appointed Radical man agers of election. —Gustave Dore is said to have execu ted a picture designed to illustrate„ the horrors of war. It shows a burning vil liage. with the corpses of soldiers heaped up in its streets, with dismantled houses and perishing cattle. Over this scene of ruin and distress rises a lurid moon. Dore has evidently made Sheridan's campaign in the wally of Virginia the subject of his picture. -,,r. — The recent fire at Constantinaple rendered 25,000 iverple lionseless, and they are now bheltered by thegovernment or otherwise provided for. The whole number i 8 supplied with food: The )10-' hammedans hare the eredit of being very kind to the Christians. and in many in stances are willing to rent thou houses at merely nominal rents. rgr All the Radical Congressman. from Maine were compelled, during .the recent canvas in that State, to abondon the protective tariff platform. and adopt a. tariff for revenue. In this State the icals are told by their organs thatlnrotect ion is universally aceepte&by that party; while iu the East and West ibis 'repudia ted by a majority of the men nominated for Congress. Thus Pennsylvania 4.14 be cheated by her professed friends:; . • —Pittsburg is disposed to brag over couple aged fifteen and sixteen, who -hare just gOt a diyorce. • • General News Items. —Java crocodiles disposed of 158 hu- ! —Revels has been made aD. I). How mants*L-1049. ~. -- -..... .- tit that for... Hiram it._ r :. - ~ --Au Rtilia Ke teAgrsiC is iOtt chief- : - ..',—Pruigsitin military etithusiat(ii is oath ly worketkliy woeue4:: : : '' 'l., t (Meeting to a war with Russia:l' i.fi —EligiUnd 4is'ortlereot l a gun *Sighlfjg I i.4—The State Fair buildings 4 t .Serantoji thirtifivitonik . ... A '',.._ -, ~.: contain about 300,000 feet elf ludther."' —Kansas has 16,000 more men than women. -The North Adana Chinamen play ei r st -- /-; if -:—There are Tess than 2,500 - gentiles in —From a Pitts4eld (Mass.) boric-top fourteen to'n can be 'seen. youtiioteighty.fivi won the belt at a champion dance in Ge?rgi 3 - • —The Street railroad iniSalern, Mass., is 'to be sold at auction for ,debt. duel is pending at Indianoplis be tween a polioeman and s lawyer. —The hew 8500 regal-ttnder notes are to bear a vignette'of John Quincy Adams. —The estate of the late Jerome Dona parte amounts to $250,0o0: —Gen. John A. darfield begin life as a driver gli . tlie Erie Canal. , —143,178 trnigrants . : have arrived at New York from July 14 to July 28. —The population •of Staten Island is es timated it 4 25.4/00. —lowa farmers train mild-hill cranes to hunt potato-bugs. —ltaly will produce this year and un usually large amount of oil, wine and silk. —Larger parties of young men hilve left in the steamers to join, the netich and Prussian armies. hundred years ago 170 crimes were puni4able in Great Britain with death. lii ow, but two. —A man aged S-1 years was married to a man of 75, at Burlington, 'lowa, last week. —lra'Peek of titmtforsh Conn., who be gan life poor. left *1.300,000 to be divid ed among xis children. ' —A Woman's s4iiffmge Convention was held at Niagara Falls the first week in August. • • —A little lowa boy memorized 1,400 Bible Tern:,, but died with brdin rever be fore he'eoutd use them. —A g,entleman in Boston lately, com mitted suicide bteatise his garden was de vastated by his sun's chicken& —A prisoner in jail at York, Pa., has beep non tined ,over nine years fur refusing to !answer a,qtteistion in court. —Bismarck has the advantage of youth over ; he being only. filly-seven and the French emperor sixtygwo. —The Chinese governMent has sent a large sum of money as a present to Mrs. .bosun —Tesasdlits water-melons as large as a barrel.' • Mark Twain thitiks . these are quite appropriate as present to editors. —kfainily in Indianapolis Dias been poiscitietl, by drintitig soda water drawn from an titg'copper-lined fountain. —The war in Europe is hurrying all Ardericans borne in. post haste, as they do not cure,tu bu taught between two tire. —An English • paw says the latest wrinkle of fashion its New York is the wearing of diamonds in the teeth. —One of the tallest horses in the world. standing nineteen hands high, 6 owned in St.Johu, New Brunswick. —A tnan in Stockton' named La Gage has fallen heir . to an estate of 885,000,u00 —A mati naive d Blake bas arrived at Portland, 'Oregon, from Cltina, who says he was shatt*lnvd. and takep to China. lady has taken • to silk worm us pets, and raised a large colony fur amusement. —lt is. estimated that there am tire• hundred millions of dollars deposited in the savings banks of this country: —Chinese are to be instructed in the mysteries Of printing in one of the hiraest publishing houses of New York: —A Chkingo rather has been commit ted as 4 .ungovernable and Yicions,', on his son'ircomplOnt. — T he risiiikes of the grasshoppers have beer very severe in some parts of Los Angelus and San Bernardino countitht ('al iron' —.—Ono of the ten-Aloft:lra greenbacks. recently stolen from the 'llmastiry at "Washington, has turned up in a store in ,11e. --4 - knterul,yonng mcn•of good families in Neur , York city have been sent to the Binghamton asylum to be cured of drunk ellCSE. —Loveyonr enemies, particularly when they eau attack your southern frontier. is. the • London Spectator Snspects, the prosent Austrian rvading of the Gospel. —A Hludoo cabby, before mounting the box and taking reins and - whip in band, always first formally prays,that his driving Vela: the glory of - hts God. —The:entire police force of a Pennsyl vania town resigned in a body the other day; from' lonesomeness. It was a man named Jthaes. —A boy in Portland has, had a bean removed from his ear which -had been there thirteen years, and the only change it had sustained during this long period of Limp }pas a change of its color to black. --Arnold pedagogue of South Carolina has just died, whose proudest boast: was that be had flogged the governor, the judges and 'irony lawyerswhen they Were boys.:; ' —There is little difference between the brigands of Greece and' the doctors of this ctinntry ; for while the brigands live by plunder, the doctors live by pill-age. -Like a - morning dream, life becomes more and more 6414 the longer we live, and the reason of everything becomes mere cleat', What has puzzled -us before seem less mysterious, and the crooked 'paths look straighter as we, approach the end. —A, balmy Citizen of Porlsmouth,a few hnightS, since, undertook to ascend the closet shelves at his boarding house, thinking he was going up stairs to, his sleeping room. The shelves wouldn't stand it, and they, heand the dishes, came