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H. B.' MA8SER, Editor Proprietor.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, I860.
, ... FOR GOVERNOR,
en.JOIl W. UliAHY,
Qf Cumberland County.
nlon llepnbllcna bounty Ticket,
ron couauiiB,
JOHN B. PACKER, Ei., of Sunbuiy,
1 (Subject to deoision of Confer. Convention.)
FOR filtKRiFF,
SAMUEL H. BOTH BUM EL, of Zarb.
POIl PROTHO0TA.nY, ' i
CHARLES J. BHUNEE, of Banbury.
'Nomisatios for Congress. The
Dauphin County Republican Convention
nominated John B.Pucker Esq., of tli is place,
for Congress, by a rote of 52 to 17. This
we think, should Settle the question in favor
of Mr. Packer, inasmuch as the two large
counties of Dauphin and Northumberland,
contain two-thirds of the voters of this Dis
trict At the caso now stands Mr. Packer is
nominated by Northumberland and Dauphin.
Mr. Miller by Union and Snyder, forming
until recently, one county. Mr. Patterson
by Juniata.
The Republican vote for Congress, in 1864,
in Dauphin and Northumberland, was 7,103.
In Union and Snyder, 8,273., In Juniata, 1,
243. B this it will be seen that the two
connties which have nominated Mr. Packer
polled, in 1864, one-third more Republican
votes than the other three. Mr. Packer's
friends are anxious for his nomination, and
confident of success.
' Meeting Postponed. The Geary
meeting, noticed in the city papers to be
held at this place, on the 1st of September
next, has been postponed until about the
22d of September next. . Due notice will be
given of the exact time, next week.
37Tho Reading Mass Meeting was the
largest ever held in that place. Gen. Geary
was pracnt and spoke. A nnmbcr of promt,
nent speakers were present and spoke from
different stands. The friends of Clymcr
will have reason to congratulate themselves
if they can get for him the party vote at
home.
3 Reports from the corn districts in
all parts of the Union lead to the conclusion
that the crop will be unprecedented both in
amount and quality. The aggregate crop
cannot fall short of a thousand millions of
bushels. . '
tST A Mobile newspaper shows how ad
mirable it is reconstructed by declaring that
Dr. Doslie's body "boiled down, would make
good soap for Yankee school-marms." Some
of the Northern Democratic journals are
hardly more decent in their expressions.
IW Summing Up. Yallandigham, in a
private conversation with a Chicago gentle
man recently, summed up the political situa'
tion as follows':
"The only question now is whether the
whale shall awallow Jonah or Jonah the
whale that is, whether ihegreat Democratic
party shall swallow tue hanulul of Johnson
men, or the Johnson men shall swallow the
great Democratic party.'
In Ohio the rallying cry of tho Re
publicans in the canvass is, "The Constitu
tional Amendment as it is, and Johnson as
he was."
' The late Dr. Dostie was the first of
the loyal citizens of New Orleans to board
the Union fleet after the capture of tho city
in 1863, and declare bis devotion to the flag.
No wonder the Southern Democratic Jour
nals call him a malignant fanatic, who was
unfit to live.
83?" Rev. J. W. Ilorton, Chaplain of the
Louisiana Convention, and among the kill
ed, was a native of Nautuket, Mass., and a
direct decendant of Gen. Joseph Warren.
' The rc-nomination of the lion? Tho
mas Williams, of Pittsburg, fur Congress in
tho 23d district, is a merited tribute to
eminent ability and staunch devotion to
principle.
ioi.n icai. ii;ti n.
The CJiicsgo Uejiuhltoan gives the follow
ing version of General Dix, amended by
Johnson: "If any man attempts tu haul down
the American flag, ask him if he will accept
a 'national situation.'"
They have a way of "putting things" out
west that, to say the least of it, is very ex
preaaive. Among tho resolutions of a late
Union convention in IlliuoU we find the fol
lowing :
Iktohed, That "treason roust bo mado
odious," but that it cannot be made odious
by giving reliels seats in Congress, nor by
feediug Jefferson Davis on poached cces and
fried oysters. eo
The Chicago Tribune estimates the West
ern majorities for the congresbioual policv
Maj.
40,000
85,000
43,000
17,000
13,000
83,000
Maj.
lo.'eoo
6.000
10,000
Ohio
Indiana
IlliuoU
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Minnesota
Kacsas
Agg. muj. 203,000
The Demnpratift apllnm tn nnminaf nAn
Sherman for P mairlant. in IHAft la thua .....l. r...
... . . .mi. .runi.u
or ly the South Carolina Columbian :
"It there are two names which we should
elect to typify all that is fiendish in human
nature, they are those of Sherman, the arch
iucendiary, and of Logan, his tool."
Miles O Rikm.y one of the most versa
tile of living Iruhir.et and that is very
nigh praise thus describes the "little villian
of the luiiet," as a literary man.
"Raymond's articles are like nothing but
the Battj tov which children play with, and
call Pharaoh's serpents.' From the smallest
foundation or fact and the cheapest glitter
rViT taIn, moBt involute formation of
froth,!, evanescent, o l.-the won er b in
that so small an JJea cn be clothed in ,o
many wort.., and tb, .uU.anti.Ut, f ,ue
argument bttng just .U. efl. io
t, and tension to that of tin. Uite brown
material vomited forth ftotu one of l'Lr2X.
little pewter pyramid.. ...... , r,
Thi. is not copliiuojtr,, but w
afraid it is true.. ,.
A street railroad company of St. Louis
Lava bees fined three hundred dollars for
alleged eatortion in raisiag their rat of fare
after midnight.
A PROPHETIC LETTEB.
The whole country are aware of the man
ly course pursue b, Geh. Geary, as Qover-'
nor of Kansas, uauof Pierce, but few have
teen hit appeal to James Buchanan not to
betray his country, by adhering to a cabal
of traitors who had ruled Piorco ' and nearly
rained Kansas. As ah evidence of his fidel
ity to principle and his remarkable foresight
we reprint the following letter from Gen.
Geary to James Buchanan, dated February
12th, 1857. Here,' as in, a mirror, lie seemed
to foresee and to fortell the awful revenge
that would punish any want of fidelity on
the part. of tho Executive. He counsels
James Buchanan, almost in set terms, what
to do to save the public from the plots of
Jefferson D ivis, and he predicts that if Jef
ferson Davis is permitted to carry out his
policy, "tho entire country will be Involved
in calamities too dreadful to contemplate
and as disastrous as any that could befall a
nation." But James Buchanan was deaf to
all such appeals", and General Geary, finding
himself deserted by his chief, resigned his
office, and was succeeded by Robert J. Walk
er, another Democrat, who was sent to Kan
sas in tho belief that he would prove a more
willing instrument The catastrophe was
completed by the Indignant refusal of that
eminent statesman to do tho work which
had disgusted and disheartened both his he
roic predecessors. , No true Pcnnsylvanian
can read this letter of Gen. Geary without
recalling the whole history of Buchanan's
administration, nnd without feeling a new
sense Of gratitude that the citizen who, near
ly ten years ago thought and wrote in this
way, is shortly to assume tho Executive
chair of this great State :
Executive Department,
4
Lecompton, Kansas Territory
Februwy 12, 1857
Hon. James Buchanan. Dear Sir ; No
apology Is needed for my again addressing
you, notwithstanding my last letter was
written only two days ago. In that I in
formed you, at considerable length, of the
condition of affairs in this territory, of cer
tain outrages that have recently been com
mitted, of the character of tho men, mostly
Government officials, by whom these out
rages were instigated, and that my situation
and usefulness here would depend mainly
upon the support of the General Government
in my endeavors to maintain the peace and
promote the welfare of the Territory. Since
then new devclopeuients have occurred
justifying all I then wrote, and of which it
is important that you should be apprised.
From reliable sources information lias
been received that new plans are being
formed, net ouly to assassinate myself and
certain members of my household, but to
create a breach of the peace, which threatens
to be fur more serious than the outrages
that have been suppressed, and which have
for their ultimate aim nothing short of the
dissolution of the Union in cuse of the fail
ure of tho unjust and infamous attempts
that are being made to force the institution
of Slavery upon the unwilling people of this
Territory.
Having positive assurance of the truth of
such reports, which have readied me from
sundry sources, and being satisfied that the
danger was imminent, and that prompt
uctioa was needed to avert it, I at once
addressed a communication to General Per
sifur F. Smith, at Fort Leavenworth, ap
prising him of the facts, and asking him to
send to my assistance two companies of
cavalry. I made this request in accordance
with unrevoked iustructions from the Presi
dent, "to maintain order and quiet in tho
Territory of Kansas, and if disturbances oc
cur therein to briug to punishment tho of
fenders ;" and with the firm belief that the
assurances received by me from the same
high source, that iu carrying out these in
structions 1 would be aided by such military
force as I might require.
This belief was not in the least shaken by
rumors that were rife throughout Lecomp
ton and vicinity, that the 'agitators of tho
pending disturbances were boasting of, and
glorifying in, information they assumed to
have received from Washington, that it was
the intention of the Secretary of War. Jeffer
son Davis, to withdraw from me all military
aid and protection, and thus leave mc at the
mercy of the assassins who were plotting
my destruction and that of the country.
Judge, then, of my astonishment upon re
ceiving from General Smith, in reply to my
requisition for troops, a letter continuing
the worst of these bold and infamous rumors.
In that letter ho not only refuses to furnish
tho troops required, but cooly informs me
thut I am to lie deprived of the few men that
were detailed to guard the executive build
ing, and the public records and other prop
erty belonging to tho Government. Hesays:
"All the foices here have been designated by
tho Secretary of War, and are under orders
for other services more distant, and even the
companies near you will have to be called.
There can, therefore, no longer be any
room to doubt, if there were any before, the
truth of the statements made to me by parties
of unquestionable respectability and veracity,
that the riotous men with whom I am sur
rounded, and who have already created, so
mnch mischief and perpetrated so manv and
such heinous encouragement and support of
Jeff. Davis, and others high in authority ;
tnut tuese nign omciaia anticipate witu satis
faction, not only new disturbances in this
Territory, but a dissolution of the Union
itself by forcibld means at no far distant pe
riod ; and that the seizure of United States
arms at Liberty, Missouri, by the ruttians who
invaded Kansas, in September last, was done
with their sanction and approval, and was
um a preliminary step to similar atrocious
and treasonable acts now in contemplation
in other portions of the United States.
Hence, it is with no ordinary degree of
anxiety tuat 1 again call your attention to
the existing state of things in Kansas, and
urge upon you, as soon as you shall have
assumed the Presidential office, the absolute
necessity of speedy removal of the tribuleot
men who employ their official positions and
opportunities for the basest purposes, and to
support, with all the power of the General
Government, the Executive of thia Territory,
whoever he mav Im in -li him i,,,,,i,.i.u
forts to preserve iu peace and promote it
prosperity. r
Should this duty be neglected, and the
parties now holding official position here,
and to whom I have heretofore directed
your especial attention, be retained in power
by the Administration and permitted to
consummate their treasonable H.;...
pcod upon it that the day U not far uu'taut
when the entire country will be iuvolved in
calamities too dreadful to contemplate, and
at disastrous as any that could lrii .
nation. . .
Very respectfully, ,
Your friend and ob't servant,
John W. Gbabt.
Professor Jamea Pierce, of Harvard Col.
lege, has commenced a suit for $3,000 against
the Troy and Boston Railroad Company, for
aT of to.rs for Louisville started
nWLoaDur? Ksnluy. It week, and
or Kl1e und"l them died on the wa,
&vmb.l2dThe hurried to
wwawyiue, killed and consumed.
"ffly rlMCY ARRAIGNED tit
THE rilANS.
"A grand excursion and pio-nio of the
Irish Republican" Association of Chicago,
came off on the )0th Inst., at Haas' Park,
nine miles west of that city. . Not llcss than
,000 persons In all were present, a fair
portion of whom were Fenians and their
friends j but the chief attractions was
announcement that Governor Oglcsby,
Speaker Colfax and Gen. Logan would make
addresses. The weathtf was pry.l!ous, and
tho assemblage orderly. At 1, P.M. Gov.
Oglesby wrfs introduced and received with
great applause, and delivered an able ad
dress, which was received by the assemblages
with deafening cheers.
srEEcn op me hon. scnuvi.ER COLFAX.
The Hon. Schuyler Colfax was then intro
duced and loudly cheered. He-said :
I am here to respond to the noble resolu
tions yon sent me. I will very briefly review
the course of tho British Government to
wards its during our late service nnd perilous
struggle. That government made haste to
recognize rebels as belligerents, and to pro
vision the pirate rams they had built and
sent forth to devastate our peaceful com
merce. When we -asked England at the
close of tho war to repair the grievous
wrongs she had done, she kicked our Minis
ter out of her ante-chamber. Between na
tions the civil rule is better than the golden.
Whatsoever England has done unto us we
ought to do unto her until she repents.
When her hour of trial came, and the Queen
begged the President to issue a proclamation,
he should have taken her own proclamation
nnd said : "Here aro rebels fighting for
liieir liberty, as our forefathers rebelled and
fought for theirs. It is a fair fight. The
rebels are clearly belligerents ; let the fight
go on."
I confess I was unutterably humiliated
when. I read tho proclamation that Mr.
Johnson saw fit to issue, instead of such an
one as he should have issued. Why should
not Ireland be free I She once had a Parlia
ment of her own, and ought to have one
now. Now, this Democratic party which
has so long claimed to be tho friend of the
Irishman, has gone down to Philadelphia to
receive its creed lrora Andrew Johnson inm
self, who will dictate it so as to suit his
British fnends. Tho House of Representa
tives directed the release of the Fenian pri
soners held by the President of the United
states, but I grieve to say that until this
time the President hits failed to show even
courteous respect to the order of the repre
sentatives or the poople of the United States,
and the brave General O'Neill is here to
day under the bonds of the President, to an
swer his accusers at the close of this month
for loviug liberty for Irishmen. The Con
grcss had been wholly upon the side of Ire
land's independence, and my whole heart
is with you. Soon may we have another
Irish Parliament on Dublin Green. Three
cheers for that hip, hipv hurrah 1 Long
uuuiiiiucu upptause.j
SPEECH OF GENERAL JonN A. LOGAN.
After a song of "Sherman's March to the
Sea," General John A Logan was announced.
He said :
Fellow citizens : I shall not attempt to
address you at any length. Tou have heard
from your Governor and from the Speaker
oi t ne iiouse ot Kepresentatives, until the
road is so plainly marked that no man need
err in following it So far as Fenianism is
concerned. I no nothins about it : but so far
as your struggling for Irish independence is
cpneerned, you have my whole heart on your
side. Great cheering. My father was born
in county Monahan, Ireland, aud struggled
long for Irish freedom. He taught me the
lesson, and I learned it well the lesson of
undying patriotism that swears eternal eu
nnty to all oppressors. Great cheering.
So, then, when yon ask the true American
whether he is in favor of Irish liberty and
opposed to British oppression, ho lays his
nana upon bis heart and swears before high
neaven eternal fidelity to iriBb lnuependenc.
Loud cheering.!
It has been natuial for an Irishman to join
tne democratic party misled by the name,
My father was a Democrat. I have been u
Democrat, but this rebellion changed the
etulus of parties altogether. We can all sec
plainly now where the line is run that parts
patriots from traitors. You muBt not longer
be deceived. Every friend of freedom is the
Jriend ot Irish freedom, and to lovers of uni
versal and impartial suffrage only can Irish
patriots go to nna true menus. The man
who would enslave a biack man would en
slave an Irishman if he could. You have
been egrcgiously mistaken in supposing that
tne Slave holders have been your friends.
They have despised you just as they have
despised black slaves and all poor white
men, and have only fed you with whisky
when they wanted your votes.
The neutrality of England during our
war, our uovernor ana our speaker Colfax
have well said, is good neutrality toward
England now. It the Irish patriots want
vessels and munitions of war. they should
have them. We ain't afraid ot England :
why should we be t The United States is a
man; a man big enough and stout enough
to take cure of himself, and needn't be afruid
of a woman. Great cheering. Whenever
the time comes that Ireland has a chance to
be free, it will not bo Irishmen alone who
will spring to fight for her freedom. We
tell Mr. Johnson you may put your foot on
the necks of IrUhmen now, but Irishmen
shall havo their turn by and by. The Presi
dent encouraged the poor servant girls and
day laborers to give half of all their earnings
to buy arms and equipments and put troops
in tho field only that he might confiscate
these arms, and imprison these patriot lead
ers. Now, do you want any more of that
sort of help "No I no I no !" Well, then
you bad better give Andy Johnson and his
Copperhead and rebel confederates a wide
birth, and keep company with those who do
stand by you, and don't betray you in the
hour of your extremity. The time will come
to try again, and I hope to God it will come
soon. Go in and win. Fight for Irish liber
ty as you fought for the American Govern
ment, and you will win. Ureat cheering. J
Geuerul O'Neill was loudly called for, and
came forward amid the loudest cheering.
After order was restored he spoke at some
length, and the meeting then adjourned.
A BIOGRAPHY OF
lllU.S'rUat CaYl'MUII.
Hiestcr Clymer was born in Berks county,
Pennsylvania, in tho year 1827, of respecta
ble parentage. His grandfather, George Cly
mer, was one of the signers of the Declara
tion of Independence. He had the benefit
of a liberal education, studied law, and was
admitted to practice at the Heading bar.
Nothing was heard of him in public life
until the year 1850, when he commenced his
political career bv running for the Legisla
ture on the Whig ticket in Berks county. Of
course h was not elected. He, however,
ran behind Gen. Win. H. Keitu, the Whig
caudidate for Congress, 1859 votoa.
He remained a Whig until 1856, when he
joined the Democratic ranks.
In 1800 he ran for the State Senate, on
the Democratic ticket, to fill a vacancy j and
honrr06? ',C0l"tJ that posi
tion for the last all years.
Hm 'c"rcli0d iu for an, evidence
that Mr. Clymer was Identified with any
measure, of great or publio importance. It
I,,i!in-0f1f.MUkin Pt i ordinary
or local legislation, except when It became
tion. Involved la the maintenance of the na
tional authority against tha revolutionary
attempts of tho seceding State. On all such
questions he was Invariably in sympathy
with the rebellion. But let the Record
speak for him.
On the 13th day of April, 1801, the day
of the rebel assault upon Fort Sumter, he
opposed and voted strains! the bill for arm
ing the State. See Legislative . Record for
IBOl, pages 0400, etc. . ...
On the 15th of April. 18(11. afWtlin nw.
of the fall of Sumter had been fired by this
i i . - ., .. . ... - . .
insuit to mo national nag, Mr. Clymer, witn
his five disloyal colleagues, entered on the
Journal of the Senate their solcm protest
against the passage of the bill for arming
the State. See Legislative Record for 1801,
pages 003-8.
In the session of 1802, during tho. dark
days of the Republic, and when reverses had
overtaken her armies, Mr. Clymer voted
against sustaining them in the field, by vo
ting against the joint resolutions of the Le
gislature to provide for the collection of the
direct tax levied by tne United States. Bee
Legislative Rccoid for 1802, pages 154-5."
un tue vtn ana loth oi April. 1863. on
tho consideration' and final passage of the
bill to authorize those in the military and
naval service of the United States to vote
he voted with his Democratic colleagues
againBt every section. Same page 808. '
in tne session oi lt)U4, on the Utu of March
upon the joint resolutions proposing' an
amendment to tho Constitution authorizing
the soldiers to vote, Mr. Clymer being pre
sent dogdal; and in the afternoon of the
same day, having asked leave to record his
vote, tho senate refused. see Legislative
Recoid, 1804, 835-841. ' ' '
And Inter in the session, when a bill was
introduced to carry this amendment into
cnect, Mr. Ulymer not only spoke against it,
but wit li his twelve Democratic colleacues
voted against it. See Legislative Record,
1804, page 509. .
During the session of 1803, Mr. Clymer
voted against joint resolutions in favor of a
law to define and punish treasonable offen
ses. Legislative Record, 1803, pages 204-8.
During same session he voted airainst the
bill to legalize the payment of bounties to
volunteers. This was on the eve of the in
vasion of the State, and but three months
bclore the buttle ot Gettysburg. Legisla
tive Record for 18G3, paaes 800-1 1.
On the 0th. of March, 1803, Mr. Clymcr
opposed giving Andrew Johnson, then Gov
ernor of Tennessee, the privilege of speaking
at the Capitol of Pennsylvania on behalf of
the loyal men of the south, lie denounced
him as a usurper, charged him with "up
turning every principle on which this govern
ment is founded ;" with having "bent the
suppliant knee before the throne of power ;"
and that, "for pelf or some other considera
tion," he had yielded to the mcanres of the
government. He further spoke of him "as
a mere hireling of Federal patronage and
power." Legislative Itecordof 1803, pages
370-7.
On the 21st of April, 1863, he addressed a
public meeting called under his auspices,
and held at the Court House in Reading,
lierks county. Among other violent and
inflammatory language- against the General
Government, he advocated the resolutions
that "resistance by force to an invasion of
our personal freedom is a virtue," and that
"we do not approve of this war as at present
conducted. Wo never did approve of it in
itself."
On the 24th of August, 1803, in his So
merset speech, Mr. Clymcr declared that if
Woodward and Yallandigham were elected
Governors of Pennsylvania and Ohio, they,
with Seymour, of New York, and Parker, of
New Jersey, would unite in recalling from
the ai my the troops of their respective States,
and thus compel the Administration to call
a convention of States to make terms with
traitors.
On the 3d of February, 1804, when Mr.
Clymer was charged with having uttered
such a sentiment, he failed to justify him
self, and went so far as to declare that the
United States then "presented a motimful
spectacle amongst tho nations i f the earth."
Mr. Clymcr was afterward a supporter of
the Chicago platform, which declared "that
after four years of "failure to restore the
Union by the experiment of war," "imme
diate efforts should be made for the cessation
of hostilities."
And his whole public career, and all his
official acts and private declarations have
uniformly been consistent with the above
record. Ho might do to rule over South
Carolina or Virginia, but never over tho
loyal men of Pennsylvania.
! i: irrit a l i t v i
Important Proclamation from Hie
retnident In Itrgnrd l the alLock
adeofJIatamorat by the Iiuperl-
By the Preiident of the United States. ,'
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, A war is existing in the Re
public of Mexico, aggravated by foreign
military intervention ; and .
Whereat, Tho United States, in accordance
with their settled habits and policy, are a
neutral power in regard to the war which
thus afflict, the Republic of Mexico; and
Whereat, It baa become known that one
of tho belligerents in the said war, namely,
the Prince Maximilian, who asserts himself
to be the Emperor of Mexico, has issued a
decree in regard to tho port of Matamoras
and other Mexican ports which aro in the
occupation or possession of another of the
said bolligerenta, namely, the United States
of Mexico, which decree is in the following
words :
"The ports of Matamoras, and all those of
the Northern frontier which have withdrawn
from their obedience to the Government, aro
closed to foreign and coasting traffic during
such time as the laws of the Empire shall
not be therein reinstated.
"Article 2. Merchandise proceeding from
the said ports on arriving at any other where
the excise of the empire i. collected, .hall
pay the duties on importation, introduction,
and consumption, and on satisfactory proof
of contravention shall be inepressibly con
fiscated. "Our Minister of the Treasury is charged
with the punctual execution of this decree.
"Given at Mexico the 9th of July, 1800;"
Andtrhereat, The decree thus recited by
declaring a belligerent blockade, unsupport
ed by competent military or naval force, i.
in violation of the neutral rights of the United
States, as defined by the law of nations as
well as of the treaties existing between the
Uuited States of America and the aforesaid
United States of Mexico.
Now, therefore, L Andrew Johnson, Presi
dent of these United States, do hereby pro
claim and declare that the aforesaid decree
is held, and will be held by the Unitd States
to be absolutely null and void as against the
Government and citixen. of the Uuited
States, and that any attempt which shall be
made to enforce the same against the Gov
ernment or citizen! of the Uuited States will
be disallowed. ' .
In witness whereof I bav. hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington,
on the seventeenth day ot Au-1
gust, in tho year of our Lord
ooe thousand tight hundred
IZZtvJ nd sixty six, and of the Inde
pendence of the Uuited States
of America tha ninety-first.
" - - Ahdrew Johnson, j
By the President :
Wu. H. Seward, Secretary of State.
In Pari. 10,000 war map. were sold in
forty-eight hours after Badowa.
The New Orleana fffauiaaere.
Gen. Balrd forwards an Offlolal Beport.
8TATKMEN OF frHE NUMBER OF KILLED'
AKD WOUNDKD. ) , .
"MY FOLICYiaF LOXJISJAWA s
' New Orleans, Aug.' 16. '
Gen. Baird'i official rennrt nf Mia muaurra
was forwarded yesterday by Gen. Sheridar.
to Gen. Grant, with a respectful demand
that it be made public. The report embra
ces a, history of all the circumstances con
nected, with the massacre, and prove con
clusively that it was preconcerted and pre
arranged by the rebel Mayor,John T. Monroe,
the Lieutenant Governor, and others inter
ested in breaking up the convention. The
report l also a vindication of the course
fmrsucd by General Buird, who claims to
isve taken every precaution consistent with
the factl then known to him, and but for the
treachery of the police and rebel city and
State officials it is claimed that the precau
tion taken would have been sufficient. It
remain, to be seen whether the President
will dare refuse to allow the publication of
this report and General Sheridan's dispatches
to General Grant, after their publication has
been demanded by General Sheridan. ' The
medical officer detailed to make an official
report of the killed and wounded presented
the names in full, together with the character
of the wounds received by tho following
parties,1 viz:
- Members of the convention one killed
and eight wounded, or one-third of the mem
bers present; white citizen, attending the
Convention, two killed and nine wonuded ;
total number of whites killed and wounded,
30. Colored citizens attending the Conven
tion killed, 84; wounded, 110; total of
colored killed and wounded, 153. Of the
police, there were 10 slightly wounded, most
of whom were on duty the next day. One
white citizen with the police was killed.
The evidence shows that the man was acci
dentally shot by the police; also, that in the
excitement many of the police were wounded
by their comrades. In addition to the above
the doctor reports ten colored men killed
and twenty wounded whose names he could
hot ascertain. From the best information
at hand I am forced to believe that there
were a great many more killed and Wounded
among the colored people than have been
officially reported by Dr. HartsulT. Many of
tho woundbd are secreted in out-of-the-way
places, and it would be impossible to get all
of their names.
- The New Orleans Tribune of to-day's issue
says : 1
Our list, so fur as completed up to the
present moment, shows a total of 878 killed
and wounded among the friends of the con
vention. The military commission will finish exam
ining witnesses on Tuesday next, and Im
mediately proceed to arrange the evidence
in form. The report and evidence will cover
about 1,200 pages of legal cap paper, closely
written on both sides, and will prove the
most damning record and solemn protest
yet made public against Mr. Johnson's policy
-of reconstruction, which the evidence proves
must, if persisted in, end in the extermina
tion of all Union men in the South.
' Judge Hasting, United States commission
er, and a well known loyal Southerner, had
his house fired last night by some rebel mis
creant. This is the second attempt that has
been made to burn him out in the course of
three weeks. Two citizens were arrested
yesterday by the military for threatening the
lives of members of the conventicn, and
making use of treasonable language under
direct pressure from the President. The city
government is being gradually restored to
the civil authorities. Union men continue
to leave the city in considerable numbers,
and a great many are preparing to follow as
soon as they can dispose of their propctty.
But very tew who can possibly leave will
remain to submit to rebel persecutions.
1'UO.U !KW OIILHAS.
New Orleans, Aug. 10.
General Baird's official report of the mas
sacre was forwarded yesterday morning, by
General Sheridan, to General Grant, with a
request that it be published, together with
his telegrams to General Grant. Buird's re
port proves beyond all doubt that the mas
sacre was pre-arrunged by the rebel Mayor,
John T. Monroe, and others, who had deter
mined on effectually disposing of the con
vention by slaughtering its members. Tho
report of the military commission will be
completed by the 25th inst., and together
with the evidence will cover over one thou
sand pages of closely written foolscap. There
is sworn testimony that secret signs and
pass-words were used between tho police
and the different rebel military organizations
in The city, on the day of the massacro.
The Boston Transerijit suggests that
Andrew Johnson, like Andrew Jackson, had
now better be styled tho "Hero of New Or
leans." Thomas S. Turner, of Frccport, Chairman
of the Republican State Committee of Illinois,
having gene over to the Bread and-Butter
party, has resigned. He will have a place
as Collector of Internal Revenue.,
Spurgeon savs that Henry Ward Beechcr
seems to him, in breadth and variety of
mental endowments, more like Bhakspeare
than any man who has lived since his time.
Foreign Humbug and Native Honesty.
With all our cuteness, we are annually
swindled by foreign humbugs who palm
themselves on us as medical men and univer
sity-graduates. Mr, A. Speer, however,
comes out flat-footed and tells us he is no
doctor but a plain, practical man, with a
good property in New Jersey which he has
turned to account in making his Sam burg
Port wine, which he does not wish the pub'
Ho to regard as a patent medicine, but sim
ply to give it credit for whatever medicinal
virtues scientific men affiini it possesses.
W. A. Bennett sells it.
J3f See a Woman, in another column
picking Samburg grape, for Speer'a Wine.
It is an admirable article, used in the hospi
tals and by the first class families in Paris,
London and New York, in preference to old
Port Wine. It is worth a trial, as it give,
great satisfaction. For sale by W. A. Ben
nett. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
' KXTHA IIOU.M'V.
EXTRA BOUNTY! ! Ian prepared to collect
th. additional Bounty da. Soldiers under the
lai. Aet of Congreaa, promptly and speedy. Soldier,
will Bod it to their advantage to either call la person,
Write or send their disobajge to me; my charge in
each ease is Five Dollar, no charge until bounty is
aolleoUd. Satisfactory references will ia ail ease,
be given, , ,
JAMES M. SELLERS,
No. 224 South 4th Street, Philadelphia.
August a, 18oo. 4t
PUBLIC SALE
VALUABLE PROPERTY
WILL be Mid at public sals, at the Court House
iu the borough of Banbury, on SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 1st lb, at one o'clock P. M., th. lot
lowing valuable property, to wit :
A certain half Lot ef Ground, situate aa Third
street, between Market and Chasout streets, in the
borough of buubury. Northumberland county, p..,
whereon is erected a large two-and-hall Story Brkk
Building know as th. Pnblie Hofcool House
Terms aad sjosMiiUosu) will be soada knowa on tbs
day of sal.. , r . .
K.WILVERT, Pre.1. School Board.
. L T. RoaaaAca, Secretary.
Bunburj, August J, I646Y
Great Attraction,
atth.
N EiWr T,I N WARE,
t Sheet f ron and fetere Btre or
SMITH & OE1TTHEB,,
Whr tb.y ke oonstwitly on band and manufao
tar. to order at ibort notioo.
TIN AND SHEET IRON-WARE of all dosorlptlons.
They would eapcolsllj call tbo .Uenlioa of par
ebuen to thair Urge, and wall telected stock of
COOK AND PARLOR STOVES.
Th. rabMriben hav. mad. rrftngoment to bar.
all their beat itoraf mad. to ordor, and thoaa who
would b.T a good itove would do wall to go and
xamin. thaii large and well aeleoted -took.
' Flint. They defy competition- on the following
tried Braadi ef Cook Stove, vis I - , , , .
Combination sjlati llarner, Cook.
Uovernor Penn Cook,
WABASH AND IRONSIDE,
and tho well known Antiduet Cook Stove called
SPEAR'S ANTIUUST. . . . , ,
Also. Parlor and office Stoves in great variety em
bracing all the best nuiufactnrea aud most fashion
able designs, unsurpassed for beauty of finish siaitili
city of arrangements combining cheapness, durability
and each stove warranted to perform what the; are
represented.
Also, The celebrated Baltimore Fire Place Stove,
for heating flint, second and third stories by Register.
Also, VULCAN BEATER.
Also, the oelebrated MORNIKO GLORY.
Conl Oil, Coal Oil iAtnps, Shade,
Cliimnles, and all articles
usually kept in an establishment of this kind.
Tbey are also prepared to furnish Slate and do slating
iu mo oes worKuiaoiiae manner.
Also, to do Tin Hoofing, Spouting, Range and
Furnace Work, Ua Fitting, Ac Repairing neatly
and cheaply excoutod.
Also : '
"lluugli a Kaw Hone SnpcflMtON-
phatfV'
Remember the dace. .Simula ml SnW nw.m
nearly opposite Couly's llardware Store, Market
nrrei, intwEu iuiru anu rouriu streets, xsuilding
August 25, 1803.
PUBLIC SALE "
or
VALUABLE CHURCH PROPERTY.
"1TTILL be sold at Public Sale, ail that oortain
Y V half LOT OF GROUND, situate on the oorner
of Chesnut and Third streets, in the borou&h ef Sun.
bury, Pa., adjoining Publio 6'ohool Property ; also,
a large brick building erected thereon known as the
rnENilYTKKIA CIIMICII.
Sale to take place on Saturdar. Sent. 1st. 180(1
at th. old Court House, at 1 o'clock P. M.. of said
day, when the terms and conditions will be made
anown. A. W. tilllt'K,
Chairman of Committee
Sunbury, August 25, I860.
STOP & LOOK AT THIS!
CAPI TA I,, glOO.OOO.
Important to nil Owners or I.Ive
milE GREAT EASTERN DETECTIVE HORSE
I Insurance Company, chartered March 12, '66,
by the State of Pennsylvania, insures, HORSES,
MILES AND CATTLE, against loss by then, death
by fire, accident or disease.
Office : 108 South Fourth Street, Philad., Pa
President : Col Charles Frailer ; Vice President, D
L. Estorly; Secretary, Dr. B. Becker; General
Agent, P. Hafla.
Roferenoe, by permission, to tho following gentle
men: Hon. Simon Cameron. Harrisburg, Pa.; Burd
Patterson, Esq., Pottsville, Pa.; Gon Joseph LStich
tcr, Hardware Merchant, Reading, Pa; Dr John
Uloningcr. President Lebanon Bank ; L Whitney,
Banker, Pottsville.
Our rates are lower than any other Insurance Com
pany, while they insure against one risk, we insure
against all risks. Agents wanted in every county in
tli. State,
ISAIAH 8, GOSSLER,
Assistant General Agent, Sunbury, Pa.
August 18, 1866 ton
Auditor' Notice.
THE undersigned Auditor appointed by tbo Or
phans' Court for Northumberland county to ex
amine nnd restate the account of Peter B. Masser, nno
of the Executors of Henry Mnsscr deoensed, will at
tend to the duties of his appointment at bis office, in
the Borough of f-'unbury. on Saturday the 15th day
of .September next at 10 o'clock A. M.
S. B. BUYER, Auditor.
August 25, 1800 3t
extim nor.vrv
TO
SOLDIERS! WIDOWS! FATHERS ! MOTHER?!
AND MINOR CHILDREN !
Bounty Bill just passVxt gives all soldiers who en
listed for three years, sinoe April la, lst, and served
their full term of service, or were discharireil l,i.f,,r
the expiration of mid torm of sorvioe on account of
wounds received in the line of duly, and received
One Hundred Dollars Bounty and no more, are now
entitled to an extra bounty of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS. Widows, Fatburs, Mothers, and Minor
Children of deceased soldiers who enlisted for three
years, as above, and died in the service or from ill.
sease or wounds oontrnotcd in the service and line of
uuty, are entitled to tb. above extra One Hundred
Dollars
Ijp-lo be obtained upon application in person or
by letter to the Military and Naval Agency, No. 427
Walnut street, Philadelphia.
J6EPH E. DEVITT A CO.
August 18, 1805 lm
BOUNTY FOR SOLDIERS.
I HAVE made arrangements in Washington City,
for the prompt oolluction of Bounty under the
lata Act of Congress. I have also received the pro
per blanks to prepare the claims. Soldiers entitled
to this Bounty should apply immediately, as it is es
timated that it will require three years to adjust all
the oluims.
All soldiers who enlisted for three year and who
have not received more than (100 bounty are entitled
to th. benefits of this Aet, as well a soldiers who
have enlisted for three years and discharged after a
servioe of two years, by reason of wounds received,
diaeaaooontraoted in line of duty, or re-enlistment.
LLOYD T. ROURBACU.
Sunbury, August 18, 186A.
llonnllesi Collected.
n w TtAT;pT Airt. t ..-1 n.
offers his professional servioes for the eollection of
wuuutivB uue ui sutuiers unaer me late equalisation
Aot passed by Congress. As an authorised elaim
agent he will promptly collect all Bounties, Pensions
and Gratuities due to soldiers of th. late war, or the
war of 181 2.
Sunbury, August 13, 1806.
AdsnlnUtralor'a ftotiee.
NOTICE is hereby given, that letters of adminis
tration having been grantod to tho undersigned,
on the estate of Job. Kohl, late of Lower Mahonoy
township, Northumberland county. Pa., deeeased.
All persons Indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment, and those baviug claims
to present them duly authenticated for settlement.
JAMES KOHL,
HENRI KOHL.
Low. Mahonoy twp., Aug. 18, '64. Adrn'ra.
iOTICI?I
AN appeal for Borough Tsxea will be held at th.
Aloe of K. Y. Bright, on the 28tb day of Au
gust, 1864, between the hours of o'clock, A.M.,
and IS M.a ud between the bours of 1 and 6 o'clock,
P. M. K. Y. BRIGHT, Chief Burgee..
Jacob FaintA, Clerk.
Eunbury, Aug. 11, 1868. St
CALL and se. those beautiful Bird Cage, at th.
new Hardware store of
; - J. H. CONLEY A CO.
THE following person, ar. entllled to receive an
increase of Bounty under th. Aot of Congress
passed July 18M, to equalise Bounties. -
1st All soldier, whs enlisted after the 19th day of
April, ISSl.lor S vears. and aarvad thair lima of
enlistment and bav. been honorably discharged, and
have received or ar. entitled io reoeiv. a Bounty of
iloo, are entitled aa additional Bounty of ftlOO.
2d All such soldier, wh. enlisted for I yean, and
bav. been honorably disoharged on aooount of
wounds received ia the line of duty, ar. entitled to
aa additional Bounty of low.
Sd The Widow, Minor Children, er Parents of such
soldiers wbn died in the service of wounds er disease,
are entitled to an additional Bounty of f OO.
Bv aDnlieatioa la ) P wni vmivi w v -r
Pvaiuar, Pennsylvania, t is aa aatborisadClaiui
Agent, all suoh claims eaa be speedily ooUeeled. j
buubwy, August 4, lHO. U
"VrOTICSTOOFFICERS.-Aot.f Congresr, .p
proved, July 18, I860, give Three Months'
Pay Proper to oflUot of voluutMT ear viae, who were
in any maimer honorably dbwbarged after April dib
loot who had bea omoers on March Ud, lt. An
ply immediately, ia persoa ar by letter, to lb. Mili
tary .ad Naval Agency, No. 411 Walnut street, Phil
adelphia. JObKPUB DKV11T4-CO.
. August 4, I860. Jt
nimm aLOUIHA HHISSf.EIt,
Itllllinery Ueods and Ire Trltaaa
mine;. Head Ureases,
' GLOVES, PARASOLS, &c Ac.,
South sid. of Market Square. BUNBTJRT, Pena'a
Has Just returned from tho eHles with a ehoto.
selection of seasonable goods to which th. attention
of the Ladies la respectlully sollolted.
MILLINERY GOODS AND DRESS TRIMMINGS
With Desd-Dressos, , , Glovej,
Hosiery, - , Ribbons,
ha been carefully selected and will give satisfaction.
Miss Sbissler aas had aa experience In the bosl I
fleas that enables her to select goods with an ay. try
the taste and wishes of her customers, ana sneoegs
continuance of favors in tha future whioh she take,
pleasure In acknowledging during the past year.
Ladies will Ind a choioe stock of every thing in her
line of business.
Sunbury, April 14, 1889. ' -
fSCJJWJnCJM.Ys)
Monday, August 27.
GARDNER, HEMMINGS, & CD'S
AMERICAN CIRCUS,
AKD
VAN AM3URCH & CO'5
MAMMOTH AlENAGEEIE
A!?n
EGYPTIAN CAR .WAN,
The Largest Traveling rshibiticn in
tho Wor d.
Cotnpri-fliiic lli, on'y
REAL MENAGERIE
In America, with -tin
Raliy i:it pliant, U Humped. Camel.
Koyal i:Mg;tl T,g'i s, niul Host of
lMons, Tigers, Lcoir.uuK fic ,&c.
And tha
BEST CIRCUS TROUPE
In Airerict, wttk
Belter Horses and Poniec, Better
Performer and Bette r CIc wns
Than btv c-tmprUttl many in.. r Kxliihition.
Two Perfr nuances each Car. At
t: rncon ar.d Night
Poors r cn at 1 nnd flj i.Ylm V
Oae Prlue of AdmUfion to Beth &o-'.
Adults 50 cts. Children under 10 years 25 cut.
Also exhibit in
SHAM0KIS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25.
SIILTOX, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2S.
Y. II. U.lltlsM'.Bt, Agent.
Augukt 18, I860.
EXTRA PENSION
TO WIDOWS. EXTRA PENSION TO WIDOWS.
Widow, are now entitled to an Increased Pension
of 12 per month for each ohild ot the soldier under
1(1 years of age. To be obtained upon application
in person or by lotler, to the Military nnd Xaval
Agency, No. 427 Wiilmit street. Philmlolpliin.
JOSEPH E. DEVITT A CO.
August 18, 186(1. lm
a.v. tci-:.Hi-:.vr to
The Quaker Citv Business College, Tenth and
Chesnut, and Broad and Spring Unrden Streets, Phil
adelphia. Opening of the Fall Sessions, Sept. Sal .
LIBERAL INDUCEMENTS, a ducouutot 25 per
cent, allowed on all Scholarships purchased during
the month of August, reducing the terms to J IB.
Mouey may be remitted bv mail, and K-hnlUnl,i,.
, secured by those who propose to outer at any future
Superior Advantages. This Institution ranks tho
first in the country ; is a regularly incorporated Col
lege, authorised by law to grant Diplomas and oon
fur Degrees of Merit.
Tho Fall Sessions will open with greutly Inoreasod
facilities, and young men desiring to qualify tliera
selvos for business life ber. advantages to be obtained
nowhere else.
Fairbanks' Bookkeeping. This work, tha most
complete and extensive Treatise on Bookkeeping
ever written, oontainiug 424 pages, and composed
exclusively of Actual Business Sets, will be ready
for publication in August. Price, 3; by subsorip.
tion, paid in advance. $2 40. Remit money, and
secure a copy. Descriptive, Ciroulars on application.
Improved Course or Instruction. With the intro.
duotion of this book, and with able and experienced
instructors, th. studonts of the Innituiion are guaran
teed a Practical Accountant's course of the highest
value, suoh as has never before been placed withiu
the reaoh of students of Commercial Schools.
T. E. MERCHANT, L. FAIRBANKS. A. M.
... BcrUrT- President.
August II, 1KB it
Iterator's ftollr-e.
Entitle ef Philip lirymire, Accented.
NOTICE is hereby given that letters testamenta
ry have been granted to the uudersigncd. on
the estate of Philip Brymire, late of the borough of
Sunbury, Northumberland oounty, Pa., deceased.
All persons indebted to said estate aro requasted to
make immediate payment, and those having claim,
to present them duly authenticated for seitlotncnt
WM. M. ROCKEFELLER, Ex'tr.
Sunbury, August 4, 1868. fit
EQUALIZATION OpIbUNTIES."
I. II. EASE,
Attorney at Ijiw, M unitary, la.
T 8 duly authorised and Licensed by th. Govern
ment to collect .11 Military Claims against iho
United States. Bounty money due soldiers under
the late Equalisation Aot of Congress, aud all mili
tary olaiw. against the State, due soldiers of 1812,
fur Pension, and Uratully. Claims due soldiers of
the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps from enlistmcut to
the dat. of muster, promptly oolloolod.
Sunbury, August 4, 18iio
QO AAA A l'KAU saade by any ens with
O'w.VVU I5 Stencil Tools. No experience
necessary. - The Presidents, Cashier, and Treasurers
of 1 Banks iudorse the circular. Sent free with
samples. Addreantha American Stencil Tool Works,
Springfield, Vermont.
alajy xa, sooe. mm. -
IMPORTANT TO DISABLED SOLDIERS, BAI
LORS and MARINES. Soldiers, sailors, or Ma
rines, who have lost an arm or log, or been perma
nently and totally disabled in the sume, ar. now en
titled to a pension of Fifteen Dollar per month ;
those who have lost both arm. or both eyes, Twenty
five dollar. This aet also restorua th. Pension to
Soldier aia ployed ia any elvil wpaoity nodef th.
UevarnaMBl. Apply in persoa or bv mail to the
Military and Naval Agency of JOSEPH E. DLVIT1
A CO., No. 427 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
August 4, 1866 Bt
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