Zltt pontrog Alemotrat. 2. B. HANELF e :i, EDITWt. IZIDWEROSIC. PENNIA : WEDNEBII.I V. AUGUST 30. 1871. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, GEN: WILLIAM WCANbLESS, ME=l FOR SURVEYOR OF-NER A CAPT. J A3IES H. COOPER; OF LAW.II=CX COUNTY. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. FOXL SENATOR. REUBEN T. STEPIIENS—Breat Bend. [Subject to decision of Conference.] ron REPRESENTATIVE. DANIEL BREWSTER—Montrose. Pon DISMICT ATTOILSEY. GEORGE P. LlTTLE—z3iontrcrse. on COUNTY TREASCIII3/1. GEORGE. R McCOLLLT3I—New Milford. POE ASSOCIATE nrpovi. HENRY J. WEBB-3lontrose. GAYLORD CURTlS—Susquettnnna Depot FOR com - missioNen. FREDERICK TAGGERT—Midilletowtt FOR COUNTY AUDITOR. L. C. 8311T1I—Bridgewater. THE CONTEST IS OPEN. For lack of time we omitted to allude to the action of the Convention which met last week, and the ticket which it nominated. It is unnecessary for us to make any extended comment upon the men who have been disignated to lead the Democratic party of this County, as they are, or the most of them, so well known throughout the County that no doubt is left in the mind of any one of their honesty, fitness, and competaucy to fill the various offices for which they have been named, and also, that tl.ey are true representatives of our partly aod its noble principles, and we believe atilt times past that the October election 'will find every Democratic 'vote recorded in their Y , sup port. Never was there a greater truth uttered, than when it was said that "Right must finally prevail." The "bow of promise" is now clearly seen in the political heavens which inspires us with the hope that the flood of fraud and corruption which has threateried the destruction of republican institutions is about to be swept from the national horizon, and that the blood bought liberties" of the people under an impartial and honest administration of the Constitution and the laws are again to shine forth in all their former fkmo erotic purety. It is in the power of those who hold the ballot to continue the one or bring about the other, aid the lily home to every votet: 'Ma will vote do? • It is unnecessary for us to ask the above question 'to those who have battled for the right through years of persecution that are past, for he who is established upon truth and right cannot change, but we present it to those who hare given their support at the ballot box to place in pow er the present horde of corrupt officials. We hoist a ticket at the head of onr col umns, both State and County, composed of a class of men whose public acts and private honor are alike untarnished, hence there is no excese for any.r4an to vote againA it, but by doing so he- wilfully and iu the light of- knowledge declares in favor of the most infamous corruption, and thoroughly organized and high handed national robbery that ever cursed any Country. Do you want more proof than is being developed every day, almost, of their de falcations, frauds, and whole sale plunder ing of the people's money, wrenched from them by a most ruinons—sfstem of taxa tion and financial policy ? Are you satis fied with the condition of your priceless liberties as freemen, which are iu the hands of a Military satrap and subject to his will, who can over-ride the most sacred and inalienable right of an Ameri can citizen, freedom at the ballot box, by military coercion ? Are you satisfied that your civil freedom shall continue in the hands of a mercenary, of ceseeking Presi dent, who has a tyrannical power vested in him, equal to that of the most un limited despot, who can for his own ag grandizement, over-ride the civil courts, and-wield his military sceptre over their rains, and by suspending the writ of habeas corpus, ;loom each and every op ponent to the perils of a drumhead court martial or a political bastile ? That ho has these powers no one will deny, and that he will use them, has been but too clearly demdnstriited both in our own State and that of New York at our last election. Do you wish longer to beground down by enormous taxation, a major part of which if not stolen by base defaulters, goes to feed a ravenous horde of petty officials, and furnishes a corruption fund which is used to demoralize the people, manipulate conventions and bribe legis lators to make laws for the further:Zince pf their diabolical schemes ? Are you not satisfied with the terrible and costly ex periment of Radical rule for the last few years, and do you not long for a return to hone and constitutional liberty ? Let your and your action at the polls in October decide. Then and there declare either for or against the present misrule 'of our once prosperous nation. It is not too late to mend. affairs at this time but let the present condition of things continue long, with suck rapid and unmistakable strides towards centralization in the future as have been made in the : past, and the doom of repnblieinklustitutions is, sealed. The ways are belore - you, choose befieen them. t A Full Poll of the Democratic Vote.ol fo- will Secure the Election of Our State G Ticket by a Large Majority. tiir Let Every Democrat Remember that,JEl grand impress the Truth of it Upon the . rir Minds of HiiNeighbora I! - 4E3 saecoosmia.ea,. STATE TREASURY ROBBED • A HMS RENO OP COMEX OYPICLM. "ISsarea,g , 'is 3:11.46.1.c1uci, TRIM WILL NOT DISGORGE. In 1867 a ring of officials obtained au; thority from the legislature for the ap pointment of a special agent to collect DISALLOWED iND SUSPENDED claims due the State from the General Government. Governor Geary at once appointed G. 0 Evans to do the work. Withfnn forty days he received 81,383,- 000 that belonged to'-the State. If he could accomplish this so easily, why could not the State Treasurer do the same ? , At subsequent dates he received other sums, until the whole amounted to nearly $3,000,000. This money was paid mainly by drafts payable to the order of John • W. Geary Governor. Of this vast sum a $3G3,523.85 has nev er reached the treasury of the State, and is now in .the possession of George 0. Evans and the corrupt ring of State officials who run the Government and administer the finances of the State, and other prom inent Republican politicians. The project was framed by the men who control the republican party of Pennsyl- vanta. They are the men who have robbed the treasury and the people. Why did they not expose this embezzle meta long since? Why did the treasury officials fail to collect this money for nearly four years? Why do they neglect Now to proecute the offenders if they are not their accom plices ? Why do they seeklo remove from his office the man who has exposed the fraud? Why arhey so anxious to elect an au ditor gaeral who will be their own creature ? Let the candid Republican read the facts as shown up by the Philadelphia " Bulletin," a Republican paper, and de termine for himself the truth or falsity of the charges* ire make. The Ruling Passions Strong in Death. -The Radical politicians of Ohio, read ing the band-writing on the wall to the ei r gi l gt4,Weri A NlVElN very silly story to the effect that he is in sace. It is needless to say that there is not one word of truth in the report—that it was circulated for the sole purpose of injuring a brave soldier and the cause he represen to A leading physician of Pittsburg, who is himself a Radical, and who Was with General McCook on Monday last and also on Tuesday morning, says that he is ashamed of his party for circulating such falsehoOfis. The General has exerted himselrtoo =eh in the canvass during is e past thtee weeks and that he is threatened with paralysis in consequence. With care and quietness, it is hoped he will again be able to take the stump in two weeks. He will remain for the pres ent at his home in Steubenville, and in the meantime, General George W. .Mor gan and General Thomas Ewing will fill the General's appointments. So much for one of the most heartless lies ever in vented, which will return only to plague its inventors. —When Radical office-holders are rob bing the State .Treasury of thousands, is it not high time that a check should be put upon them by electing a Democratic Auditor General to settle their accounts and see that no, improper ones are paid ? There is a reported deficit unaccoun ted for, inthe Post Office Department, of nineteen millions of dollars! Verily the people pay dearly for the services of Rad ical thieves! —One of Gov. Geary's State ag,ents to collect war claims, Geo. 0. Evans, is a de faulter to the amount of *363.523. 34! Verily the people pay dearly for Radical agents! United States Treasurer Spinner fails to account for Treasury warrants drawn by him to the amount of over throe MilliOUß of dollars I The dates of the respective warrants and amounts of each are given. Where is the money ? Verily the people pay dearly far Radical rule ! Secretary Bontwell hatt''spent about a million of dollars in trying to sell four hundred millions of Government bonds and has utterly failed! So mnoh for the boasted government credit under Grant's Radical administration. The New York Ifereury calls for an examination of the books of the Treas ury Department. It sayS: The people are not allowed to know anything about the disposition of the revenue of the country, amounting to over 8400,000,000, beyond Each facts as the officers of the Treasury ma? vouch laafe toigive. Let the books of the Treas ury Department be examined at once, that the people may know what hair been done with their money. Federal thieves have been employed ip the greenback bn irean for years, and they have become wealthy on moderate salaries , Let the zeid of corruptiou be cleansed at any Mt. Radical Rascality. Within the last.monthstays the West chester Jefersonian an unusual number of Radical thefts have come to light. First we bad the expose Made by Secreta ry Boutwell of the defaulting Internal Revenue. Collectors ; next-the "big steal" of l'ostruaster General Cresswell; next the exposure of Boatwell's thefts by his conscience keeper,,detective wood,of the Treasury departthent f and as the most bare faced and .unblushing fraud of George 0, Evans, State agent for tile col lection of the Pennsylvania War Claims. We venture to say tnat no government on the face of the earth, no matterhow corrupt can make such an exhibit of fraud and rascality equal to that made in this coun try within the past month. Of bourse the effort will be made to cover up these robberies lest it might injure the pros pects of the " God and morality" party. The Evan's fraud however is so bold and patent that it is found impossible to shield him and his accomplices entirely, and so with the view of making a virtue of ne cessity none of the radical papers, with the exception of The Press and Harris burg Stale Guard, attempt to defend him, but by denouncing him hope to draw pub lic attention from the greater and more hellions crimes of the Federal officials. One phase of the Evans fraud they wish and intend if possible never to expose, and that it the names of his accomplices, lest some of those high iu authority might be implicated. With the view of throwing what light we can upon this branch of the subject we wish to make a plain statement of a few facts. It is admitted by all that ,the joint resolution authorizing the appoint ment of the agent was loosely drawn if not drawn with intent to assist in the commission of the fraud. The resolution was introduced in the Legislature by Sen ator Connell and fathered in the House by Elisha W. Davis, both " trooly loll," and both from Philadelphia. Now was either or both of these men implicated in the fraud—wilt they answer? The vote in the Senate and i liouse we are unable to give. Toe Joint resolution was approved by Gov. Geary on March 22d,1867, and on the same day he ap pointed George 0. Evans State Agent to collect the Pennsylvania War Claims. Mr. Evans, notwithstanding he had the handling of immense sums of money, has never made any report of whether or how be performed his responsibilities, nor was never called upon for any by either the Governor, Auditor General, or State Treasury, until after his eyposure; when otir bullet riddled Governor hastens to approve his course by saying that he con sidered Mr. Evans " a most satisfactory agent." Does it not look as though Geary was in the ring? Ifow does the auditor .'" conneC ion with flits niiifier. The 1" /r -ainy Telegraph of Tuesday last says: "The State Treasurer and Auditor General had full control of the matter for five years past, having Evans tinder their particular charge. As accounting officers they knew every cent of vouchers Evans had in his possession from time to time. having all pass through their bands, and it was their duty to call him to account from time to 'time on any routine or schedule they might fir, and if they hare not done so, and reported annually to the Legislature the disposition of every cent, they have not performed their duties." Are the skirts_of the Attorney General clear? We fear not. Ile has permitted Evans to be at large for the past two weeks, parading the streets of Harrisburg and Philadelphia, as though an innocent and unoffending citizen, instead of arrest ing him for embezzlement. His Deputy Attorney General, who ferreted oat this grand piece of rascality,• refusing to re sign has been discharged. Does not these facts all point to Geary, Ilartranft, Mackey - and Brewster as the accomplices of Evans? But we will be greatly surprised if the whole affair is not smothered up, lest "the party of great moral ideas" might suffer damage. If however, this whole matter and all concerned in it are-not fully and thoroughly exposed and punished, the people of the Commonwealth will hold that party responsible who placed in posi tions of honor, trust and profit, men unfit and unworthy of the slightest confidence or regard. Upon the Republican party must rest the odium of the Evans "Steal" until they expose and bring to justice every ras cal concerned in it. More Railway Slaughter. Death rode the rail on Saturday, and reaped a rich harvest. No less than three accidents occurred on that date, two of which were accompanied with loss of life. The most serious affair took place on the Eastern Railroad of Massachusetts, by wnich twenty-five persons were killed and forty wounded. Fire was added to the horrors of the scene, and a score of the victims were roasted to death. A couple of trains collided upon the Philadelphia Railroad the same day, near Westport, killing five persons. A gentleman wa badly injured on Saturday afternoon, by the canon the Schuylkill and Susgnehan na 'Railroad, running over a cow. The occurrance on the Maifsachusetts road seems to have proceeded from sheer care lessness, as an express tram ran into an accommodation train while the latter was standing still. Such occurrences should always be made the subject of examina tion, and theguilty parties punished in a severe manner. A few engineers and con duotors hanged would have a most salutary effectenpon railroad management in this country. Gold on Saturday was inactive, with a slight accession of stiffness, opening at 11211.; going up to 112}; later In the day falling to 1121, but dosing finally at 1121, the same as heretofore noted. Ster ling caliange 123 a Int The Bolters from the Temperance Convention, The editor of the It'eystoge Guod lar ways for the intruacidate Joshua Owens,the Combee and fur certain reimblietui newspaper in a lively style.: A day or two after the ad jouriernent of the State temperance con vention the following item appeared iu the Harrisburg stalc,fuerind:. " limbers of the Democratic State Central Committee, it is said,. were in Harrisburg on 'Wednesday, engineering the proceedings of tht temperance con vention. We do not know this to be true, but give it as a charackristic"part of the democratic intrigues to insure the defeat of the republican patty. Temperance men who are republican; will appreciate this statement." To which the Good Tonplar replies w 3 Follows: That editor keeps on the safe side of this story, by saying "le does not know this to be true." But, Le kusms that it is a lie, manufactured by himself; and he doubtless knows, to), that the only " State Central Comniittee" influence that appeared in Harrisburg on that oo casion, was the appearance of a republi can party delegation of curbstone mem bers of the convention, who came in the interest of their party, and made them selves extremely ridiculous by first trying to get into the convention which they could not do, and second, by publishing a card seceding from aconventton of which they were not members. It seems to us that the bogus bolters and their radical editorial backers get de cidedly the worst of it in the controversy which is now going on.—Lemcastcr In(c•!- llgcncer. Telling the Truth About the Evans The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, a staunch Republican journal, comments thus upon the Evans case: " The exposition of the defalcation of the " Special Agent of Governor Geary," as he is called, to which we hare devoted so large a portion of our attention during this week, has excited surprise and indig nation throughout the State. - It is not only that we have unearthed what we think the law will call the embezzlement of Three llnndred Thousand Dollars of the State's funds. That would be bad enough. ltut in doing this, we have must unexpectedly developed a very singular disposition on the part of the highest of ficials of the State to excuse and shield the accused agent, instead of adopting promptest and stearnest,mensures to pro tect the State and punish the offender. Governor Geary has undoubtedly con nived at the irregularities of his agent, for years past. The discovery of his se cret agreement with hint bars all plea of ignorance of his malfeasance. The desire to drive Deputy Attorney General Mc- Clure from his office, as a punishment for exposing the fraud, and the declaration that he is entirely satisfied with the agent's conduct, are among the unanswerable profs that Governor Geary has preferred to shield Mr. Evans, rather than to pro tect the interests of the State. Why Governor Geary shon4 have stood between his special agent and ex posure, needs to be explained. Mr. Evans has kept three hundred and twenty thqus . the money has been, in some way, spent. j We were led, at first, to hope that the bulk of it was within reach of legal pro cess of recovery. But we fear now, that j this is not the case. But where is it? Mr. Evans can tell if he will; and if an hon est use has been made of it, there enu be no object in concealing it. We shall ac- ; cuss nu one of sharing in these spoils un til we get the proof. But when we do I get it, we mean that the public shall have Attorney-General Brewster has not moved with very groat rapidity fa follow ing up this important case. NEaking till allowances for the deliberate processes of the law, it is hard to understand why the Special Agent is not already under arrest. Wo take it for granted, that the Attorney. General will do his duty, after a while; but, considering the promptness of the financial officers Of the Government, the public natural) Tooke for a similar activ ity in the law department. Married Women in Long Branch. Oliva, the gushing correspondent the Philadelphia Preß•,.gices the follow ing sketch of a certain class of married women at Long Branch : - All gatherings at Long Branch, wheth er they take place in the water, on the lawn, or in the large parlors, remind the observer of a woman suffrage convention. According to a physical necessity, women must have matters all their own way. Whilst men are at home toiling at their self-appointed tasks, women are here spending money as though it were water. Iu the Orient a woman must hide her face, and keep herself sacred for the man who furnishes everything to make life just what it is in the highest ranks of the East. According to this custom there must be some secure return for the ven turesome outlay. In the Occident women are rulers and men ale slaves, thanks to the progress of the nineteenth century. A married woman of the fashionable kind at Long Branch has arrived at that point where there is nothing more that, can be expected or desired. She has a suite of rooms set apart for ler exclusive use. She has servants who Mao neither eyes nor ears. She has a carriage lined with satin as luxurious us eider-clown which comes and goes by a wave of her jeweled hand. She bus a professional bather to take her into the briny fluid, who knows how to manage, so that even the Atlantic shall not visit her Cheek to roughly. She has usually a very young man attached to her by invisible reins, after the dramatic manner of Aunt Trotwood i and Mr. Dick. This innocent creature fills the measure of her vanity when nothing better has been gathered. for the slaughter. The most desperate flirtations are seething and bubbling whilst the husband is growing bald with hard thinking in Wall street. If this woman' with any progeny she has a nurse or governess for every child, whilst a French maid waits at her elbow to comb and adjust her false hair, to powder, pencil, and paint, to unhook, unlace or untie. Why, Queen Elizabeth wos denied more than half the luxuries this American princess enjoys. What re. turn to the world does this woman make for all she takes out of it? Her mental organization is us false as her physical, and yet New York sends scores of just such women to all the' fashionable resorts in the country. Can women be said to be enslaved whenwe have such pictures be fore our eyes? If such are in bondage, it is only the God who created them can unseal their eyes, notwithstanding Mrs. Cady Stanton and Parson Beecher. Fire at Williamsport —Loss $225,000. 1 On l. 4 unday evening last a fire brake. out in Eagle stable, in the alley in the,i rear - of Captain Else'illutelyin Williamt sport, and, a high wind pie ailing, forty.; six buildings were. destroyed berureT thi, flames could be extinguished. AMong.; the structures burned are IMebler's hall; Vares' brick row, the residence of ex- Gu \ ernor Pucker, William Vanderbilt's , fine dwelling and the new Methodist dwell. The latter building was just completed—the bell having heen put in its place Just Saturday. .The 105,.w ill i reach $.4'.!25,000. with an insurance of about $135,000. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. The line residence of the late Governor Packer, ant occupied by his widow, was completely destroyed. - Very little furni ture was saved. The library of the gov ernor, which was a line one, embracing many rare and valuable books, was entire ly consumed. The collection of coins had been removed sonic time since. gond Otttellig cwt. RELIOIOIIB SERVICES BAPTIST RET. L B. Nunn, Pastor Sabhatit Service , . 10) 5 " E. ra, awl p, Sabbath SLhool 11 m Pra)er Meeting, Wednesday Evenings CATIMILIC C Ill' RC11,... lbw. J. SuArrcln' Sabbath Servicop ',Lund Sulu lay Mt that Mouth tiabbath School. lamicdtitteiy bactre Mat.s EPTECOPALA,CiItReII ,I2xl . E. A. Wartntxr.n. Hector Sabbath Ear lres 10.4 a. nt. end 7..4 p. ni Stluthly Si hool I/ th Wuelt.Day Survlceo -Friday, 1 p. tn. METHODIST EPISCOPAL . .Rev. A. D. At.tx ANDER. Sabbath 11 , erv1,.... 10.45 a. m. and 1.31 p. to. Sabbath S hoot Y p. m Prri3er Meeting, Thurrdaye 10.45 a. m. and Vi p.m ==111! Proyer Thm,day Evening!. • Illumines Notices. —We have some two year old subscribers we would like to get acquainted with. If you can't come yourselves 'dense remit by letter, we need the money and friends both. —The Susquehanna County Fair, advertised this week. --I). I)., & L. Searle Jr , give notice of change in time of the Montrose & Conklin stages. Sec —A. P. Stephens gives notice of appoint ment as as,ignee of henry Ackert. See adver tidement. —(lardner'A Business 4 11 bIlege,:•. , :cranton. vertberl this week. —Bead inimin.,ks card, B. L. Baldwin, Att o rn cc and Counselor at law in another colutun. Senatorial Conferee*. ;tre requeste , l by IL T. Stephens, DeAb er:ale unminer for State Stmatur, to annonce appointment of the following named per:(ms as Senatorial Conferee , : for Su•Aptehanua County J. 11. I)u,enbury, of Great Bend, E. B. IlitNN and C. 1.. Brown, Mont ; and J. L. Merri man of Franklin. Snakeg. The Susquehanna Jwirnal says: Wm. Pot ter, of Harmony, and a company of ("then, went hunting whortleberri , , , , on Monday, 7th, and not meeting with very grxxl succel., turned their attention to snahes., Mr. ['otter, in passing a ruck on Ilogback lint, heard one aing ; une of hi rorrpaniom prie 1 up the rock m bile lie dispatehed the siager. While th 'in; :30 sever al others ran out, and f9r a few min:(", Ve longest of a hik h tnuasured over eight lint, and earth il ,ixtee:t rattle. . Canal Extension The Binghamton says that tlie IL.mk Bottom dam in that city is about to be raixl by the ' , Her to enable boats to er,,,s the Su.,amehanna river on the Chenan,go ('anal ex tension. Work \vas commeneml on 3lumbry. Aug. 11th, by the eontractoN., 31eN:srs Charles .1. Deuraw and :Nathan L 0,!tonl. II 10 ID In. of wood, as• are also the l•ais. It will cost about $lOOOO or $50160 to complete it, and all Is expected to be finished this fall. If the dam is raised it will atiord a water power of great value to the city of Binghamton. A Problem Solved In one of the towns of Sullivan county live. an old fellow named Lew D., who is blessed with a larger gilt ot gab, and cursed with an inordinate love of whisky. Lew likes to talk. Religion, science, polities, and literature occupy Lis time and claim his attention when he is "three-quarters past half-seas over." On one such occasion Lew was asked the following question A canon is on a train of cars that is running at the rate of a mile a minute, the cannon contains a charge of powder that will throw the ball from the cannon at the same rate ot speed, and if a ball be fired from the cannon in the direction the cars arc going, how far ahead of the cars will the ball be in one minute? Lew thought a moment and then said, "the cars go a mile a minute, and the ball just as last— By gravey The ball icouldn't get out of Ow cannon!" Let the students of Philosophy say how near Lew is rielt Court Proceedings—second week. Commonwealth vs. James J. Todd. Indict ment, bastardy. Clara A. Butterfield, proseeu tritt. Verdict, guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of $lO for threase of the poor Of New Milford Borough, and Cysts of prosecution, and that be pay the prosecptrix tOO for her lying-in expens es, and for the support and maintenance of her child to this date, and that he glees security in the sum of' $lOOO to the overseers of the poor of New Milford Borough, that ha will pay to said proseentrix one dollar a week till said child ar rhtes at the age of five years for its support and maintenance, and front that age to the age of nine years the sum of :31.23 a week, to be paid quart erly in advance. Nathan F. Dickinson vs. Lathrop Township. Verdict for defendant. Qalu•y Rynearson vs. James Oow, Replevin, Verdict, Len cents fur plaintiff. Commonwealth vs, John Selzer. Indictment, desertion. Defendant sentenced to,pny ousts of prosecution, and give security in the sum of $lOOO to perform the following order It is or dered that he pay Mary Ann Setzer, fur the sup port and maintenance of herself and child, the sum of thirteen dollars each mouth in advance, the first payment to be made un the first day of September. The Slate "'tar The policy of the Pennsylvania cultural Society, is to make choice of a location for holding its Exhibition, and make an arrange ment for its second show at the sante point, so that each portion of the State shall have the opportunity-of witnessing the progress in Ag riculture, Horticulture, and Gognato Industries in its own, and from other portions of our Commonwealth, In pursuance of this plan, arootoo Jo, again ,the location fur ;the wining Fair. To give Exhibitors evity• opportunity for the display of their productions or articles, a carefully prepared and largo space of ground has been enclosed, abundantly, supplied with water; easy of access to any part of the city tit Scranton, and surrounding towns; and upon which has been erected two halls, carefully protected from the weather, 2ricx:3o feet each ; ()Ile hall 175x45; several spacious tents; 125 „Ilona! staldt,y 4 150 cattle sheds; 50 sheep pens ; :110 pens 104 wine an amphitheatre with 1,000 ;15C411.4, 44:every other arran,gem?ritfoipeunits, Tort of'ylsicors or exhibitors in every aepart,;, 'meat *tally repre