The Jeffersonian. (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, July 30, 1868, Image 2

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    (lIjc Scffcvsonian,
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 18C8.
ran prfsidknt,
ULYSSES S. GRANT,
OF ILLINOIS.
I'OU VICR-PRKSIPKNT,
SCHUYLER COLFAX,
. OF INDIANA. -
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
FO U A U I J TOIt-G KX KR A I.,
G ex. J 0 II X F. II A R T It A X F T
' FOlt SURVEYOU-GEXF.RAL,
Gen. J A.C O 15 M. C A M 1 B K L L
First in the Field.
Mr. Stackhouse inserts his card, tin
week, anuouueiuir himself as a candi-
date for County Commissioner.
. ;
tier We would especially invite at
tention to tho advertisement headed,
"Attention, Farmers!" iu another col
unio. The pump offered for sale is really
n good one and worthy the attention o
all persons needing one.
Sudden Death.
Mr. Elias Utr, of Lower 3IU Rcthcl
township, Northampton County, Pa., af-J
tcr eating a hearty breakfast, on Friday
morniug, the 24th inst., went out, as
usual, to his work. It was Mr. Utt's
usual practice to return to his house about
every hour and a half or two hours. His
ttay ou Friday juorning wa3 so much
longer than common that his family be
came alarmed and went in search of him,
and found him lying dead in his buck
wheat field, where he had been noticed,
by a neighbor, driving out some cattle
The deceased was iu his 7Sth year, and
was much respected irf his neighborhood.
The physician pronounced it a case of
palisy.
Melancholy Case of Drownis,
Mr.Wlbcrt L. Northrop, son of Mr G. W.
Northrop, of Canadensis, while in company
with his mother, his sister, his brother, and
a number of friends, on a pleasure excursion,
was drowned at the Duckbill Falls, in this
county, on Wednesday of last week. The
deceased was a young rnand of fine natural
talent?, which had heen much cultivated by
a liberal education, and was just about en
tering1 upon a manhood of most excel lent
promise, when remorseless death thus rc-
inorselcesly put an end lo his exbtence.
The particulars connected with his drown
ing, and which were handed us by an eye
witness to the scene, wc arc reluctantly
compelled to lay over until next week. The
funeral of the deceased tuck place on Tues
day, and was attended by a large concourse
til mourning relatives and friends. The sym
pathies ofour entire 'community for the bc
reavcj family were awakened by the sad
event.
t&" Wc have, lor several weeks past,
Lccu in the receipt of a new paper,
called the " Democrat' published at
cranton, Pa., by J. B. Adams, Esq..
whilom of lbs Milford " Herald." The
"Democrat" is of large size, 13 neatly
priutcd, and is most decidedly and un
mistakably Democratic in polities lean
ing strongly towards the Rrick Pomcroy
school. It is the only live Democratic
paper iu Luzerne County. J. B. is a
ii'lcj and racy writer, and is making out
of the li Democrat" a very rcadible pa
jer. While we wish nothing but over
whelming defeat to the pernicious prin
ciples sustained by the " Democrat," the
editor aud publisher has our best wishes
for pecuniary success.
JtjJ One of the heaviest rain storms
we remember to have witnessed, or heard,
passed over this section of country on
Friday night last. The rain fell in tor
rents indeed it seemed as though the
water fell in a continuous sheet. The
rain commenced at about eight o'clock.
The streets of our borough wcro flooded,
ud considerable damage was done to
uew buildings in course of crectioa aud to
gardens, and quite a number of cellars
filled with water. The streams in this
neighborhood ran bankfull ca Saturday,
and many of our farmers suffered consid
erable damage in the carrying away of
tanks, fences, grain, etc.
The flood was heaviest along McMi
chacl's Creek, and the loss, also, greatest.
We regret to learn that 31ichacl Supers
looses heavily in graiu and hay washed
away; and that John Huston lost nearly
bis whole potato patch, and a large lot
of wheat and rye iu the sheaf. Others
residing along thi3 creek also suffered
more or less damage, but their names
have not reached us. A private bridge
over the Mc3Iichacl's, about a mile above
town, was also partially destroyed. Two
ealrcs, belonging to Peter II. Robeson,
pasturing opposite the borough, ot into
the water and were carried over the dam,
at the new covered bridge, aud strange to
relate, escaped injury. We give in atothtr
column a grapic account of the destruc-
tive cuccra ox the biorw tit
Md , and aluoi' the Lehi-h.
RJti
luiorc,
Sec Bunch of Grapes
On Standard in another column. SPFiF.R'S
STANDARD WINE HITTERS is
highly recommended hy physicians for
Dyspeptic?, on account of its tonic pro
pcrtics, its purity, and its delicious flavor.
Spcer's "Standard Wine Bitters."
The undeniable fact that those Bitters
are composed in the main of Spcer's pure
wine analysed, dud recommended to in
valids and the -Mcdicar Profession, by
the best Chemists in the United SUtc8,
cannot fail in inspiring confidence iu the
public, in the use of the " U me Litters
Sold by Fred. Brown, corner of 5th and
Chestnut sts., and other Druggists.
mm i
Harmony Restored.
Wc arc pleased tp sec that the trouble
which divided our Republican fiicuds of
Philadelphia have been amicably settled.
Mr. 31ann and Mr. Hazlchurst have both
withdrawn from the contest for District-
Attorncyship, and the Hon. Charles Gib
bons nominated in their stead. 31 r
Gibbons is well kuown throughout the
country as an ardcut, unflinching Rcpub
lican, and as a lawyer of sterling worth
His election, which is certain, will secure
a most excellent law officer to the city
and cause rejoicing everywhere.
KzT The Ladies' Fair and Festival, to
secure funds for furnishing the New
Presbyterian Church, will be held in the
unfinished room of the church, on the
5th, Cth, 7th and Sth of August. Ex
tensive arrangements arc being made to
interest and entertain all the visitors
A Novel Art Department is being pre
pared by adepts iu that line, while the
Ice Cream, Dinner, Tea and Refreshments
arc in such hands as will certainly secure
them iu unexceptional style and abund
ancc. Fancy and useful articles, from
the handiwork of ladies here and abroad
will be exhibited in great variety, and
the whole thing promises to be of un
wonted excellence and completeness
Their need of help is pressing, and we
trust they will have a very liberal pat
ronngc. Remember it begins oa Wed
acsday, August 5th.
Waler.
No reference to the waters of the flood
caused by the heavy rain of Friday night
last, reader, but the introduction of wa
ter, cool, sparling, and pure, into our bo
rough. The movement is again ia mo
tion, and this time in such a shape, as to
make it a matter altogether for the people
themselves to decide, whether wc shall
depend on our present aqueous resources,
or whether wc will enlist the aid of the
beautiful, pure and gushing springs of
our neighboring hills in securing a sup
ply. The corporators named ia the char
ter have already secured the right to
these, and it now remains but for our cit
izens to say the word, which is destined
to set the ball iu motion and secure us a
bountiful supply of water of the best qual
ity ere the frosts of winter set ia. At a
meeting of the corporators held oa 3Ion
day last, Jacob L. Wyckoff, Jerome S.
Williams, and II. S. Wagner were ap
pointed a committee to await upon our
citiacus and secure subscriptions to the
capital stock of the companj'. The com
mittcc will attend to the duties of their
appointment on Saturday and 3Ionday
next, aud it is hoped that their advances
will be met with a most liberal response
from all on whom they call. There is
ccrtaiuly, nothing so important to a town
as a good supply of pure water, and it ap
pears to US' that a better time than now to
secure it will never reach us.
Tho President Judgeship.
It looks " muchly," now, much 33 they
may regret it, as though the people of
this 22d Judicial District, would soou be
compelled to cast about lor a successor to
our present President Judge, the Hon.
(Jcorgc li. Barrett. Wc noticed, a week
or two ago, the resignation of Judge
Lynn, of the Clearfield District, and
then Etatcd our imprcssioo, as to what
might grow out of that resignation. 31a
ny thought our impression was unfounded
The last " Kaftsman Journal," published
at Clearfield, Pa., in epcaking of a sue
ccssor for Judge 3IcEualIy, and the move
mcnts of tho Democracy looking that way,
informs us that there arcthrce candidates
iu the field, and that the Clearfield De
mocracy iustructs for George It. Barrett,
the Ceutro Democracy for J. II. Orvis,
and the Ciintou Democracy for Charles
Mayer. Should Judge Barrett receive
the nomiuation, as we infer from the
"Journal" he will, the district being
largely Democratic, his election will be
beyond a peradventurc. To ask him to
decline that position, as all his interest'?
lie in that district, and remain with U3,
would be asking too much; wc may as
well, therefore, begiu to look arouud and
sec what is to be seen iu shape of a proper
man for us. If the best talcnU and qual
ifications arc wautcd, of course, the se
lection will be left with the Republicans;
but if a second-rate Judge, ouly, is need
ed, as wc presume will bo the case, the
Democracy of the district will, doubtless,
take the mutter 'u hand aad ive us the
Down on William A. Wallace, Chair
- . man, &c.
William A. Wallace, Chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee, ap
provcr of coffee stained naturalization pa
pers, tc., has again commenced the in
dulgence of his squibbing propensities,
and the prospects are that he will con
tinue to punish his party with his dia
tribes until the end of the campaign.
William is, doubtless, deeply impressed
with his skill in that line, aud his effu-
sious arc, hence, as much a result of the
promptings of love, as of the promptings
of duty with him. Rut, -unfortunately,
for William the party are not likewise so
impressed, and would just as soon that
he save his ink and spare them the ia
flictioa. Anion;? the masses this feeling
is freely expressed, and occasionally an
outspoken organ of the partjkjjivcs vent
to it. The Scrantoa " Democrat," of last
week, a paper whose politics can never
be mistakea cither for Republican or
doubtfully Democratic, speaks its scnti
mcnts oa this head, aud oa William A
Wallace generally, thusly:
The Honorable AYilliam A. Wallniv, t'hair
man of the Democratic State Central Con nr. i
teo of the Stale of IVniisylvania, ha roniriun-
eel ' hid annual effusion in the shajm of al
iliwca to the TVmoernt of this State. Wo
vi.-h that the Hon. William A. Wallace, chair
man aforesaid, would k-arn that he ha some
thing to do liesides to sit in hi- oUiee and in
dite short paragraph, lie hold an important
and responsihle iMtion, and we do hope for
the Mike of the party, that lie will, this fall,
show more capacity for it than he has ever
done heretofore. We recollect, List fall, that
the same William A. Wallace gave assurances
to the Democrats that the State won hi certain
ly go IV'tnocratichy a handsome major! tv, and
we recollect too, that we jns-t carried it by the
skin of our teeth. We thought then that we
should have had 10,000 majority, anil we still
think we might have had, if the Statu had hcen
projK'rly ami prudently organized.
.We sire very much of the opinion now, that
it will not do for the Democracy to put their
trust in Mr. Wallace's short paragraphs. There
is a great work lie tore us, and it is a pity that
we couMn t have a master hand at the helm
The victory that we propose to get, would K1
so much easier, for, say what you will, there is
every tlung in an elucient, able and capaM
leader.
Mr. William A. Wallace, chairman aforesaid.
ignores the great issue ln-fore the ieople, the
llond oiiotion. On this subject his address is
as silent as the chamU-r of death. He seem
to In-long to a race of old fos.-ils who have It-en
dreaming for the last few vears, IW and lv
he ni.iv wake up to the tree isiie lefore tin
in-ople. We do hope thnt he will not frg
that it is of the IVnioerntic. Committee that he
is chairman, and not the licpuhlicaii.
However u lie wants to lake up his icl am
iHKtrd with the Bondholders, he had ln-tlcr go
The Democratic party don't go bonds in any
shaiH., manner or form, and anv ni.iv nr set ol
men who attempt to ignore the rights of the
people on that question, has in vulgar pai lance
got to go down the llowlioie.
Work up this canvass then ou the true issue
One currency for all ; the lond holder and the
plow holder jpial taxation or llcpuiliatioi!
f-S"" The " Democrat," of last week
contained a communication in which the
writer attempts to excuse Seymour's
"my friends," addressed to his mob aup
porters, by a comparison with the con
duct of Washington during the whiskey
insurrection and of Jackson durincr the
nullification troubles. There is, however
a wide difference between the cases; for
whereas, Seymour, as a partizan, address
ed the asylum-burners, aud negro hang
crs, as friends, alter their crimes had
bctn comraittcd,and because of the politica
influence he, as a pothouse politician, ex
crciscu, obtained tucir submission, ou
promise to yield their law-breaking and
mobbish demands; Washington, before
crimes were committed obtained sub
mission to the excise laws, and Jack
son to the tariff laws, by kind words
backed up with a force sufficient to show
what would be the result ia case submis
sion was rciuseu. Uovcruor Seymour s
speech to the mobiles was almost wholly
apologetic for the mob, and was express
ire of sympathy for their supposed wrongs
Washington aud Jackson, iu kind words
addressed the reason of men, aud immc
diatoly followed with an assurance ol
what would be sure to follow in case they
further refused to submit to the laws
It wou't do, ucighbor; you might, with
more certainty of success, hope to make
a whistle out of a pcrcinc's caudle ap
pctidagc, than to make a Washington or
a Jacksou out of a Seymour. It can't be
done.
V. P. Blair calls for revolution because
impcrtial suffrage has been established at'
the South. let on June 7, 18G.J, head
dressed a meeting at Cooper Institute,
cw-lork, at which the following rcsolu
tion was adopted :
Resolved That wc hold, this truth to
be self evident, that he with whom wc
can trust the bullet to save the life of the
uation, wc cau likewise intrust the ballot
to prcscrvett ; and wc inrokc the coo-pcra
tiou of the Federal and State Govern
ments, and the people thoughout the
Lnion, to use all lawful means to cstallith
a system of tvffeayn uhieh shall be equal
ana just to alt, uiaclc as mil as white.
And ucn. John A. Logan and Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant occupied the same nlat
fprm.
In an article on the campaign in 3Ias-
sachusctt?, the Boston. Journal makes
this gratifying statement: "As to this
State, after haviug given Liueoln 4 1,000
majority over all, in 1SG0, aud nearly
78,000 majority toward hw re election in
18G1, ehc will be ure to do quite as well,
it not better, for tJrant and Colfax; in
fact we shall roll up one of tho grandest
majorities ou record."
(Kr my wjfj:s CIIOIC1
AND Tin:
whole l-unily prcllr it.
Mij. iC A. Alll.v's
ui'uovtii (niu style) Hair Uuioku or
Juuioj.VG, in u,n: Lufte). Iwcry ViV'ilUl
SCiij it, l'llLC Oi; ' ll.ii!. :r
GREAT FLOOD IN BALTIMORE.
SOME SIXTIOXS OF.T1IF. CITY F.H1HT FKKT
I'XKKlt WATF.lt. IIOKSKCAUS SWEPT
AWAY I'.LlMUMiS UXPF.UMIXF.D.
l'UUl'F.KTY lESTKOYl.l. UAMAtiF.
MOKE THAN S3,000,000. THE OR A
NITE MILLS AT EI.I.1COTT CITY RKroit
TED CAUUIED AWAY, AM) SIXTY LIVES
LOST.
Baltimore, Md., July 21. Bain
commcuccd falling early this morning.
After a slight intermission, it began to
pour in torrents, and up to 2 p.m. con
tinued to fall incessantly. That portion
of the city adjacent to Jones Falls is in
undated, and travel in that vicinity was
entirely suspended. Frederick and Har
rison sts. were completely flooded, and
Ccutcr Market space, and the Maryland
Institute was surrounded by a sheet ol
rushing, foaming water that carried every
thiug like hogsheads, barrels, bales of
hay, &c., with it. Ihc first floors of the
stores on the streets abovc-uamcd were
under water, and the merchants were
compelled to remove their goods to upper
stories. The water commenced rising a
few minutes before 1 o'clock, and rose at
the rate of 2 inches per minute till 2:45 p
m. Calvert st. was flooded to Lcxiugton
St., within a few feet of Monument square;
North st., almost its-entire length, to the
depth of cigth to nine feet; Holiday st
to Fayette st., Ford's Theater : being sur
rounded by water, which passed down
Holiday and Baltimore sts. Gay, bred
crick, and Harrison sts. were entirely
submerged. The water at Jones Falls
was several feet above the bridges in the
afternoon, and it is not yet known whether
they have been swept away. On many
ot the wharves south of Pratt st., from
the falls to rredcrick st., the water war
several feet deep. A city passenger car
was swept from the track on Gay st. down
Harrison ft., with a number of passen
gers. 1 he wildest rumors prevail iu re
gard to the number downed, some csti
mating it at seven, others say that all
was saved but on 2, 31 r. Wards, a printer,
is kuown to have been drowned. It is
impossible now to get the facts. A oum
bcr of dray horses aud some drivers arc
reported downed. There was no commu
nication between the eastern and western
portions of the city, aud there was no
communication south by telegraph, all
the hues bciug down. 2s o such flood has
ever been known here.
Baltimore, July 24 10 p.m. The
flood to day subsided as suddenly as it
arose. Shortly after 4 o'clock the water
was carried ofi within the banks of Joucs
Falls. At this hour the damage cannot
be approximately estimated, but none o
the cstinfatcs place it below $3,000,000
Hundreds of stores were submerged, and
many hogsheads of molasses on the
wharves and sugar in warehouses were
entirely destroyed. A number of build
ings and stores were undermined and
damaged. Denmcad's foundcry am
Bcntlcy's iron works were partially swept
away. The gas works supplying the
eastern part ol the city were submerged
and" that section is without gas to niiiht
Some of the water mains arc reported
carried away.
The loss of life in the city has not been
ascertained; it is believed, however, that
but few have been drowned. Mr. Wards
who was reported drowned, was saved and
is well. Col. Webster, Collector of the
Port, rescued a drowning man by rush
ing into four feet of water as the man
was being borne away in a torrent, com
plctcly exhausted. The trains to Wash
ington arc ruauitig. The damage to the
Jaltiuicrc and Ohio llailroad is com para
lively slight. On the Northern Centra
lload the damage is reported to be great
er, and the trams will not run for sevcra
days.
A telegram this afternoon from Fllicott
City (formerly Kllicott's Mills), reports
the Granite Mills carried away, and GO
lives lost. Dr. Owens entire family, ex
ccpt himself, were drowned.
the vkry latest.
Baltimore, July 2G Midnight.
The railroad track through Pratt st. has
been repaired, and the passenger cars of
the trains from Washington to the North
pass through the city. Thousands visited
the flooded district to-day. Many steam
crs were at work pumpinjr the water
ironi the cellars, and a heavy force of
workmen ana carts arc employed cleaning
the mud and drift from the markets aud
streets. On the flats below the llclav
House, 8 dead bodies were recovered to
day and 9 yesterday, most of which were
recognized by their friends and relatives
Irom hlhcott City. Ihc bodies were of
persons from four to GO years of ajre. and
stripped of every particle of clothing.
Inquests are held over the. bodies as soon
as they arc found. They aro all takcu to
Jjllicott Lity for interment.
THE 1RESIIF.T IN THE LEIIIOII.
ir.im.MiKM, juiy o. J hero is n
tremendous rise in tho Lchich Valley
At this place the water rose twelve fect
in six hours. All along the valley, from
here up, the damage has been terrible.
The Lehigh Valley llailroad bridire at
Slatington is gone, and the track badly
wasucu at jjcnigu uap.
The Lehigh and Susquehanna llailroad
bridgo at Pcrryvillc and Lcbfch Gap.
also, one below, and the acquoduct at
llic Uap, have been carried away.
Passenger travel will not bo interrupt
ed by tho Xorth Pennsylvania and Lehigh
Valley llailroads.
Allentow.y, Pa., July 25. The Le
high and Jordan rivers rose suddenly at
two a.m., and soon the water was ciaht
fect above low water mark. Much dam
age has been done to nroncrlv. Two
bridges have been carried away, aud one
man drowned. by running over a dam iu
i fcmall boat. Several loaded canal boats
have been carried below.
K.sto.v, July 25. Cantain Fisher's
boat has been lost here, aud one man and
woman peiihhed.
Hcbcr Kitiibcll, the .Mormon, left six.
ly-fccvcn widows. No wonder he died.
t would Luvc been CtlOU'-h to kill thr
ievil.
Deserting the Sinking Ship. .
From every point of the compa?s coiucs
the information of Democrats throwing
overboard the New York ticket and plat-
form
Lf it goes on at this rate for a
short time there will not be a corporal's
guard left.
The following arc a few in
stances:
The Tipton "Times," the most influ
ential Democratic paper in Eighth Indi
ana District, repudiates both candidates
and platform.
Gen. llosccrans is in Chicago and says
he 41 washes his hands of the Democratic
Convention."
The Hon. J. W. Gordon, a prominent,
Democrat of Indianapolis, has publicly
aunouueed himself for Grant and Colfax
The Huntington " Globe" (War Dcm
ocrat) hoists the uamcs of Grant and Col
fax and the whole Republican ticket.
The Bedford correspondent of the Phil
adelphia " Press," writing from the
springs, states tl at Justice Gricr, now
among the visitors at that famous water
ing place, regards Grant's clcctionas
morally certain.
John Morriscy, who, with all his
drawbacks, is a man of his word, has
bolted Seymour and is going for Grant.
Seymours duplicity has disgusted huu
:Thc Boston "Journal" says: A prom
incnt member of the Democratic party
said, last night, " I have talked to over a
hundred Democrats this afternoon and
evening, and they all think as I do
that no honest man can vote for Seymour
and no white man for rrank Blair.
The Ogdcnburg "Journal " says:
gentleman of this town, heretofore one o
the strongest Democrats in Election Dis
trict Xo. 1, declared, in our presence, on
Wednesday, his determination to vote for
General Grant. He says there is no use
in trying to disguise the fact that the
people arc for the hero of Vicksburg
Fort Donclson and llichmond. There
arc other Democrats in the vicinity who
have made up there minds to vote for
drant.
When Calvb Cushing heard of the no
mination of Seymour and Blair on their
repudiation and revolutionary platform
he remarked that he had hoped that the
Democrats would serve up a new dish
this time, but they had presented the
same old plate ot hash.
The Washington correspondent of the
boston "Advertiser says: A gcutleman
from Tennessee says that several delegates
from that State to the 2cw lork Con
vcntion are going to support Grunt and
Colfax. It is further stated that they
get tncir cucshom the bite House, an
that the l'rcsidcnt, while he will not
come out for Grant will do nothing oHl
cially or personally to help Seymour.
-9'
Gov. Seymour, the copperhead candi
date for l'rcsidcnt, is the niau who said
soon after the commencement of the re
hellion, that the confederate constitution
was ''better than ours." "Why not,
continued he, "obviate all difficulty by
simply adopting that constitution : per
haps that remark gave him the nomiuation
Perhaps the persistent rebels expect him
to carry his suggestion iuto cflcct. It is
evident that they anticipate great thin
Irom him if elected.
The Copperheads talk about standing
by the Declaration of Independence I
JctFcrson, the father of their party, va
the writer ol that instrument. Go into
a Democratic Convention and try it; of
fcr a resolution, "Jicsolvcd, J hat wc dc
clarc, in the language of Jefferson, that
all men arc created equal, aud that the
governments derive all their just powers
from the couscut of the governed, and
they will turn you out as disturbers ol
the peace.
Kvcry man of 1SG1, that stood up in
Congress iu the dark Winter when State
after State was seceding, and said, "No
Coercion ! you cannot coerce a sovereign
State they may talk treason here in the
Capitol as much as they please, aud draw
.the sword ol rebellion in the face of the
Government without iiiuderancc" every
one was a J'emocrat.
When Abraham Lincoln put negroes
into the army, to fight, Jeff. Davis de
nounced it. bo did the Democrats. -
When Mr. Lincolu issued the J'maucipa
tion Proclamation, JcfT. Davis denounc
ed it. So did the Democrats. When
Jeff. Davis said this was a ncuro war, the
Democrats echoed his words and said ;
"This is a negro war."
Lvcry man who was a leader iu the
llebellion iu the South, as President,
Vice-President, member of the Cabiuet.
speaker of the House of Representatives,
the head of their armies, every ono ol
them was and i a Democrat.
On July 4, 18G3, while Graut was go
ing into Vicksburg, and Meade resting
ou the glorious field of Gettysburg, Scy-
I.I 1. X r l
uiuut was making a &pcecu iu .cw 1 OrK
in which he declared the resort to arms
a failure, and deuouueed conscriptiou.
Brick P omcroy denounced Seymour as
"false and deceptive," and Blair a "vile
creature" and a "low follow," a few days
before they were nominated, aud has not
yet recovered his speech.
Tho Importers and Traders Bank- nf
New York was robbed of SS0.0OO in
bonds aud cash, while tho Democratic
Convention was in session. Tho delegate
who carried off the pile has not becu dis-
covcrcu.
Monroe Copperheads can swallow any
thing even their own words. After nil
flieir blowing, they will be compelled to
voto for a "bloated bondholder" and :.
"Lincoln hircliug! Poor devils, how thev
squirm 7 1
Bccchcr is out in a letter d envinf that
he was for Chase. Ho says ho always
supported Grant.
It is said that BucLucr thould by all
means go for Grant, because Graut "went
POLITICAL.
Seymour's "ftiendo" A mob hang
ing negroes to lamp-posts.
"Wilt thon ?" said the Tammany Con-
vcntion to Seymour and he wiltcJ.
New rendering by Grant " I propose
to fight it ouf ou this liuc if it take all .
Seymour."
Grant's nomination gives universal sat
isfaction. Seymour's, universal stupefac
tion.
An appropriate design for a Seymour .
illumination. a colored orphan asylum'
on fire. ...
The LonUvillc Journal says Franklin
Pierce drew up the Democratic platform'.
How is that ?
A Western paper says that Gen. Frank
Blair will deliver tcmporauee lecture
during the campaign.
Persons 'who think that platforms du
not influeffee Presidential elections arc
referred to Gen. McClcllan. ,
Fvcry negro becomes ''intelligent,"
"moral," "rcikied," and "white," the mo"
mcut he votes the Democratic ticket.
The lion. T. W. Green, a prominent'
Indianapolis Democrat, repudiates Sey
mour and Blair, and comes out for Grant
and Colfax. .. . .
Seymour's- physicians say he is-likely '
to become crazy within a year. If ho -has
any hopes of defeating Grant, he Is
crazy already.
The Wheeling Jnt If iyencer says: "Mr.
Chase has scut a lock of his hair to the
Democrat from California who gave him
a vote."
A Southern Democrat pretty pearly
hit the general feeling of the section
when he said he was a converted llcbcl,
but "liable to backslide." ;..
The attempt to cxcitccnlhusiasm for
Seymour and Blair is like trying to send
up one of Love's balloons with the heat
of a lighted caudle.
"Killing two birds with ono stone"
Vallandigham "tomahawking" Pendle
ton and cutting out Thurmau by the
uomiation of Seymour.
Seymour said, "I should be dishonored
if I accepted your nomination." Aud thU
before he knew Frauk Blair was to go on
the ticket with him.
Where is Seymour's promised letter of
acceptance? Wc have heard from the
Blair family. They - joyfully accept.
What is the matter with Horatio? Cau
the Ulica doctors inform us?
The Louisville Journal says that when
two or three Democrats are gathered to
gether there will the spirit of Democracy
be also. That's true, uo matter what tho
tax is.
The Chicago Times says of Gov. Sey
mour: "He docs not get drunk. He i-
not a profane man. He nevcr'was a poli
tical apostate." But how about the other
man ?
The Clcvi land Herald nays of Seymour's
backer, Vallandigham, "He was a convic
ted traitor, banished for seeking to kindlo
a fire in the rear of the Union army"
Horatio Seymour has dccliued so many
times, and so pcrsistcutly, that .there in
no doubt he will soon go into a gcucral
decline aud close up business.
The Indianapolis Sentinel .says the
Democracy can beat the llcpublicans
this year with a wooden man. " Their
nomiuation shows that they think so.
The Republican choice for the Presi
dency and Vice-Presidency Grant and
Collax. Ihc JkCpubhcatr choice for the
Democratic National Dominations Sey
mour and Blair.
Democrats arc growing scarce in Pitts
burgh, Pcnn. At the bottom of a call
for a Copperhead ralifieatiou meeting it
was recently necessary to forge the names
of a number of prominent Republicans.
Seymour Jfan I tell you what, sir, .
Democracy is looking up. Grant Man
well, your bogus Democracy is so flat
on its back, that it can't look auy other
way.
The new doctrine of pence "There i. s
but one way to restore tho Government
and the Constitution, aud that is for the
l'rcsidcnt elect to declare the Reconstruc
tion acts null and void-" F. P. Blair.
The Bite Tavern was the lirst institu
tion in Boston to hoist the Seymour and
Blair flag. The State constables mado i
raid upon the place subsequently, - and
captured a lot of gambling instruments.
An exchange says "Job had the boils,
but he was spared the Blaits. H he had
them his wile need not have urged him
to curse himscirand die. lie would have
done it at once without any advice.
' The iVmocrats of the West arc begin
ning to think that the New-York Con
vcntion consisted of Greenbacks ami
Grccnhourns ou tho fciJoi and Roads aud
Sharpers ou the other.
Blair says "wc seek to restore the Con
stitution by executing the will of the peo
ple" The Chicago Jst says if ho
doesn't look sharp, tho will of the people
will execute him.
A Connecticut Democratic pa per stated"
that Gen. F. P. Blair is a graduate ot
Yalo Dollcge, aud The Xew-Haven Jvur
pal explains : "Gen. Blair graduated at
l ale quite prematurely. It took him less,
than a year to 'go through' college."
The Jtoslaa Transcript pays that tho
New-York platforms calls to miud a re
mark made by President Felton in tho
Fremont campaign : "Stand on tho Demo
cratic platform! Why, I should as soou
think of staudiug ou the platform of J ake.
Ketch!"
Two Democrats recently set fire to a
church in Magnolia, Miss., because they
had been refused the uso ol it lor apolit
ical meeting. Five thousand Democrats
once sot liro to au Orphau Asylum in
New ioik because several thousand
Democrats in gray had been killed at
l'.i him" uL l'uil Puucl-nji.
Vkliburij and Gettysburg