t l'.IMlS Ol' TIll! "AMEiUCArt."
TERMS-TWO DOLLARS per annum. ' $2 60 If
ot paid within tat year. No pup or discontinued
ntll all arrearages are paid.
These tarmi will s iftrlcfty adhered to hereafter.
If snbsorlben neglect or refuse to take their nsws
apera from the office to which they are directed, they
re responsible until they haTe settled the bilU and
rderecl thorn discontinued.
Postmasters will pleaso aot aa oar Agentf, and
rank letter containing subscription money. They
j:o permitted to do this under the Post Office Law.
JOB PRIHTINO,
AVe have connected with our establishment a well
selooted JOB OFFICE, which will enable as to
execute, in the neatest style, every variety of
rrinting
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Local Notices, Booicty Resolutions, o., 10 eenll
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Advertisements for Religious, CharTtfMosnd fejfo-.
oalionnl objects, onc-tialf the above rates.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
1. H- KASE,
ATTORIiY A r LAW,
' Two doors east of Friling's store, Market Square,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Business promptly attended to In Northumberland
nnd adjoining counties. Is also duly authoriiod and
licensed Claim Agent for the oollootionof Bounties.
Equalisation llouulies, Pension, and all manner of
clnims against tlio Government.
Sunbury, Sept. 15, 1866.
g0 Wo &mMT
ATTORNEY -A.T X.A.W,
Cffioc, three doors west of Bennett's Drug Store,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Collections and all Professional business promptly
'attended to in the Courts of Northumberland and
adjoining Counties.
Sunbury, Sopt. 15, 1860.
asORSElIlLL, SlMOK P. WOLVKBTOS.
HILL & WOLVEBTON,
'attorney niid i:oiineIor) at lavr.
STJNBXTBY, PA.
WILL attend to the collection of all kinds of
claimi , inoluding Back Tay, Bounty and Peu
iuns. apt. 1, '60.
JACOB 8HIPMAN,
FIHE AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENT
SUNBURY PENN'A.
REPRESENTS
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., York Pa.,
jnmherlnnd Vnllev Mutual Protection Co.,
iew York Mutual Life, Girard Life of Puil'b. & Hart
ord Conn. General Aocidcnts.
Sunbury, April 7, ly. .
Dr. CHAS. ARTHUR,
?L)omcropatIjic 13!)jjsictan.
Jraduuto of the Homccopsthio Medical College of
Pennsylvania.
Oi'fice, Markot Square opposite the Court House
SIJXBL'RY, PA.
Mnreh 3!,1H00. .
IOHN BOWK!, "VI REESHOLTZ.
Bowen & Seesholtz,
WHOLESALE RETAIL DEALERS
in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL,
J. Haas A Co's Lower Wharf, Sunbnrj-, l"o.
Orders solicited and filled with promptness and
despatch.
Sunbury, June 2, 1S66,
' SOLOMON MALICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BTJNBURY, Northumberland County, Pa,
OFFICE in East end of Weaver's Tavern, Market
Street.
All business entrusted to him will be careful y and
r.unctunlly attended to. Consultation in tho Bng
ith and German languages.
Sunbury, April 6. ihoa,
AMBROTYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH
Corncr Market & Fawn Street, SUNBURY, Pa.
S. BYEULY, PitopiiiEToit,
Photograph, Ambrotypes and Mclninotypes taken in
the beet stylo of the ai t. apl. 7, ly
J. R. HILBUSH
SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCER
AND
J US TIC It 01'' Til 11 PEA CE.
Muhonvi, Northumberland County, Penii'a
Office 'in Jackson township. Engagements can
be nimlo by letter, directed to the above address.
All buinoss entrusted to his core, will be promptly
attended to.
AprilJJjZiV- -
WM.M. ROCKEPELLEn. LtoYn T. Rohrbacu.
ROCKEFELLER & R0HRBACH.
HI ABtl ttV, I'i::VVA.
OI'FICE tho samo that has been heretofore occu
pied by Wm. M. Rockefeller, Esq., nearly op
posite the rcrtidence of J udgo Jordan.
Sunbury, July 1, 1S65. ly
MERCHANT TAILOR,
And Dealer in
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTING, &c.
Fawn street, aotath ofWeawr'i
Hotel,
STJ NUB BY, 3? -A.March
81, 1868.
GEO. C. WELKER & SON,
FIRE & LIFE INSURANCE AGENCY,
Offloe, Market Street, SUNBURY, PA.
Risks taken in First Class Stock and Mutual Compa
nies. Capital Represented i) 11,000,000.
Sunbary, May 12, 180C. y
COAL! COAL!! COAL!!!
GRANT Ss BROTHER,
Shippers Si Wliotcnnle A Itc-tnll
scaler lu
WII1TI1 At UE A. H CO II-,
In every variety.
Sole Agents, westward, of tho Celebrated Henry
Clay Coal.
Lower Wiiabt, Suniurt, Pa.
Sunbury, Jan. 13, 18156. .
Pensions Increased.
Tho late Act of Congress gives additional pay to
tho following Ponsions,v :
1st. To those who have lost the sight of both eyes,
or both hands, or totally disabled so as to require con-
Haul ottonditnrin. the IM1 of S2& 00 TIVT month.
2d To those who have lost both feet, or aro totally
disabled in the same so as to require constant attcnu
minn. the sum of S20 00.
3d. To those who have lost one hand or one foot,
or are so disabled as to render them unable toper-
form manual labor fli 00 per montb, ana otner
cases in proportion.
The subscriber is duly prepared for the Immediato
procurement of these claims.
S. B. B0YER, Att y at Law.
Sunbury, June IS, 1866.
P 0 L I T I P Ajij.
conuiTTEi:.
Addreva to tho People or Pemiyl
Tfinlo.
THE VERY LATEST ARRIVAL ! !
Spring & Summer Goods!
JOSEPH KYSTEH,
Succesnessor to John Boiten.)
Corner of Market and Fawn Street,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
Invites the publio to call and examine bis elegant
assortment of
SUMMER GOOOS
which he will sell at greatly reduced prices. Mis
stock consists in pnrt of
CASSIMERE3
CLOTHS &C.
Silks, Delaines, Lawns, Ginghams, Calicoes, Muslins,
Sheeting, Tickings, Jeans, aud a full assortment of
Cotton aud Woolon goods generally.
Hosiery, Gloves, Hoop Skirts. Al.o HandkcrchieCi,
Brushes, Combs.
Hat him! CiipM, Itootn nnd Miocn,
His ns.wtment of goods will not, lie is nre suro
il to pluoec the fancy nd suit the wants of any dc,
sirous of purchasing. Hit stock of
HARDWARE AND QUEENSWARE,
and Groceries is largo in quantity and choice in
uality, comprising generally everything needed in
e nouncnoiu cuner lor upe or ornament.
He is nlnars rendv and clad to seo his frtelwts
and takes pleasure in shotiing them his goods even
though no sules ure rundo. lie only arks a call, and
i sure that the stock will coiuparo luvorauiy in
rice and quality with the clienpeyt.
ii. it. JiAsi:it,
(oruoT lit l.ntv, MMsini,
PA.-
1 oi
Ciillecliuns attuudud to in the counties of Nor
thumbcrland. Union. Suyder, Montour, Columbia
iid Ly uoming.
BV.rEnEXCEH.
Hon. John M. Reed, Philadelphia,
A. G. Oattell A Co., "
Hon. Win. A. Porter, "
Morton McMichael, V.m., "
E. Kclehain A Co., 2ci Pearl Street, New York
John W. Aehmcad. Attorney at Law, "
Matthews i Cox. Attorneys at Law, "
Sunbury, March 2, 162.
W110LKSALE AND RETAIL DEALER
in every variety of
ANTHRACITE COAL,
UriDer Wharf. BTJNBURY, Penn'n.
t'sr'Ordors solicited and filled with promptness and
despatch.
Sunbury, MayJ2L1806. y
33. O. QOBIKT,
Attorney nnd Counnellor nt l.av,
BOONVILLE, COOPER CO , MISSOURI.
WILL pay taxes on lands In any part of the
State. Buy and sell real Estate, and all other
matters entrusted to Him will receive prompt anon
tion.
July 8, 1865 octla, '64.
PHYSICIAN AND SUKGEON
NORTHUMBERLAND, PA.
DR. LUMLEY has ooened an office in Northum
berlund. aud o flora hit. services to the people of that
iilnce and the adjoining townsLips. Office next door
to Mr. Suotl's Shoe Store, where he can found at all
nours.
Northumberland August 19,1865.
FLOUR & FEED STORE
WHOLESALE AXD RETAIL.
fpIIE subscriber respectfully informs the publio
X that he keeps eonstuntly on band at his new
WAREHOUSE, near th Shamokin Valley Railroad
Depot, in SUNBURY, flour by the barrel and sacks
ct au ainasot ceea by the ton
The above is all maunfaotured at his own Mills,
and will be sold at the lowest cash prices.
J M. CADWALLADER.
Sunbury, April 1, !b66.
JEREMIAH 6NYLER,
Attorney A Counsellor at law.
M .MtlUY, PA.
iy IUlrIft Attorney lor INortlium.
berlund County.
Sunbury, March 81, 1866 '.J
Or. w. jeixjjpxT"
Attorney nnd Counsellor fit I
Office en south fide of Market street, four doors west
of Ej iter's Store,
HTTlSI-BTTH"ff". "PA-.
Will attend promptly to all professional business
ntruntad to hit ear, the collection of claims In
Northumberland and the adjoining oountiee.
Sanbury, April T, IWS4.
Sunbury, April 21, 1SC6.
JOSEPH EYSTER.
NEW GOODS!!
J H EN GEL
HASJmt roturned from Now York and Philadel
phia, and is now receiving a New Stock of
Spring & Summer Goods,
at a great reduction in prices.
(jicntlemen'a) Wear.
Fine Blaek Cloth at f 1.00 that used to sell at JS.OO.
CRmiuiercs, Satinott, Cashmeretts, Kentucky Jeans,
tottnuado and Linen Panting, at reduced prices.
Ladies' Dress Goods.
Silk, Wool Delaines, Mohair, Silk Stripe. Paul
De Chain, Alpucoa, Poplett, English and Scotch
Ginghams, Challics, Dclainos, Lawn, Calico and
Muslim, very cheap.
White Goods.
Linen Dress Goods. Linen Skirting. White Toilet
Ouilts. Brilliants, Swiss Stripe, Swiss Cambric, Jac-
conott, Irish Linen, Shirt Fronts, Ac
Ladies' Cloth and flannel backing, and other
flannel at low prices. White Shetland Wool, Shawls,
Balmoral Skirts, Ao Skirting and the latest style
if Hoop Skirts, very handsome and cheap.
Yankee Notions in Great Variety
Hosiery, Gloves, Pocket andkerobiefs, Suspen
cm, Neckties, Paper Collars. Umbrellas, a good
assortment of Spectacles, Coats, Spool Cotton, fnucy
Buttons, Trimming!, Ac
Carpets, Floor and Table Oil Cloths, brown and
?;reen Oil Cloths for windows, Gilt Shades, Fixtures
or Window Blinds.
Hats, Caps and Ladies' Shakers. Hardware, Nails.
Forks, Shovels, Spades, iron-tootli Garden Rakes.
GROCERIES, SALT & FISH.
Qucensware, Glassware, Boots and Shoes,
Paints, Oils, Glass and Putty.
School Books, and a new supply ol WALL PA
PER, will be sold very cheap.
All persons desirous of getting good goods at low
prices, for eaeh or eouutry produce, will please give
me a cull. J. U. ENUEL
Sunbury, April 7th, 18C0.
The Union Stnto Central Committco bad
it large meeting nt their rooms, No. 1105
Chesnut street, Philadelphia, on Monday,
8d inst. Reports from tho different counties
wero received, and nil were of the most
gratirjing character. The following ad
dress was ordered to be published :
THE SITUATION.
Committee Rooms, No. 1105 CnEssuT
Stheet, Philadelphia, 8eptemoer 8, 1868.
mioui CitUent : Tho superficial observer
might suppose, after tho fearful struggles,
sacrifices and sufferings of the last five years,
that we could safely rolax our efforts and
watchfulness j and returning to our Indi
vidual affairs, permit the machinery of tho
government to run itself.
Ac intelligent nnd patriotic survey of the
situation, however, will not warrant any
such conclusion ; but will impress us more
flinn ever with the truth and wisdom of the
adnire. "Eternal vigilante i the prite of
Six years ago the people lawfully elected
Al.puloini T.inrriln President of tho United
States. The minority, enemies of our Gov
ernment and country, refused to Bubmit to
their defeat at the polls, and, for the first
time in our history, appcaieu iroin me dui-lor-lwix
tn tlin sword. Thev defiantly threw
off all the obligations of constitutions and
laws, rushed madly into civil war, nnd
fought with malignity und desperation for
four lontr bloodv vcars in the wicked at
tempt to overthrow and utterly destroy the
Government handed down by our fathers.
This they did under tho pretext that a State
bnu a constitutional ngut io scceue iruiu uio
Union. The same thing had been attempted
by South Carolina in ia88; but, under the
vigorous administration of Prcsidont Jack
son, the effort signally failed, and the doc
trine upou which it was based was repudia
ted. But in 1850, when tho Democratic
party at Cincinnati nominated James Bu
chanan for President, they revived tlio old
State rights dogma of Secession, by re
adopting tho Virginia and Kentucky resolu
tions ot 17UU ana nvv, as a pari, oi men
platform. And at the Charleston Convention,
in 1800, although the party there split into
two parts, the one nominating Douglas, and
the other Breckinridge, for President.
These resolutions do not hold tho relations
of tho State to the United States as consti
tuting a Government in tho ordinary and
proper sense of that term, but declared them
to bo acompacl, aud that, "as iu all other
cases of compact among parties having no
common judge, each party has an equal
right to judge for itself, at irell of tnfraetwnt,
n if the vuxle and mcature of rerfitw."
Under this fiee democratic charter for
rebellion, tho election of Abraham Lincoln
wus claimed by tho Kcbcl States as an "In
fraction" of tho "compact," and they choose
Secession nnd civil war as tho "mode," and
tho destruction of the Union and of the
Government as "the mcavire of redrew."
IIcucp. when the war broke upon us in all
its fury, we found tlio democratic party
paralyzed. It was suddenly brought face to
face w ith the practical application of its own
political principles. Hence, too, tho sad
demoralization, and want of loyalty and
patriotism, shown by that party during the
whole war. Those of them who preferred
their country to their party and platform,
abandoned both platform and party, and
under the flair of their country manfully
rallied to put dow n tho Hcbellion, while tho
leaders and the mass of the party did other
wise. They had so repeatedly proclaimed the
right of Secession that thry believed it, and
were everywhere found justifying or excu
sing the Hebollion, denouncing every means
used to suppress it; predicting tho war a
failure, and endeavoring to make good their
predictions, and boldly denying thcro was
any power in the Government to "coerce a
State." The Democratic party thus acquired
a reputation for connivance at treason and
disloyalty to tue country, wuiuu jusuy
terms fixed bv Congress on which the States 1
lately in rebellion and their peoplo can re
sume their practical relations in the National
Union. These terms may bo briefly stated
as follows s
1. That all persons born or naturalized in
the United States shall be citizens thereof ;
and that all citizens shall have equal pro
tection in the enjoyment of life, liberty and
property.
2. That representation shall bo appor
tioned among the States according to num
bers, but that classes disfranchised without
crime shall not bo counted in fixing tho
basis of Federal representation.
8. That all who are guilty of treason and
perjury shall be ineligible for office, unless
the disability be removed by a two-thirds
Vote of Congress.
4. That tho validity of the National obli
gations incurred in the war shall not be
questioned, and all Rebel debts and claims
for slaves shall be void.
The States of Tennessee, Connecticut and
New Hampshire, by the action of their sev
eral Legislatures, have already ratified these
amendments by very largo majorities. Our
friends in Congress and out of Congress are
united in the conviction that these terms are
pre-eminently magnanimous, wise and just;
that they are the legitimate fruits of tho
war, and essential to our peace and security
for tho future. By tho storms of civil war
some of tho landmarks made by our futhcrs
were taken away, and some of the ancient
foundations laid by them were moved. Let
us wisely re adjust them, so that our temple
of liberty may ttand upon tho broader and
firmer foundations of universal liberty and
impartial justice.
the candidates.
In March, 1800, the Union party assem
bled iu Convention to nominate a candidate
for Governor. It rc-afhruied its pntriotic
principles as proclaimed and fought for du
ring the war, and declared it to bo the right
and duty of Congress to prescribe tlio terms
of reconstruction. On this platform Major
General John W. Geahv wns nominated for
Governor by a unanimous vote, and subse
quently his nomination was enthusiastically
endorsed by a largo and intelligent Conven
tion of the Soldiers and Sailors of tho State.
He is no obscure personage, but one of the
representative meu ot theso eventful times.
As a civilian he has filled with ability and
distinction many important public positions,
requiring intelligence, discretion, and tho
highest order ot integrity una administra
tive ability. Ho has been a farmer, a teach
er, a civil engineer and a manufacturer. He
has served the people as Postmaster and
Mayor of a city, as Judge of a Court and as
Governor of a Territory.
As a volunteer soldier ho is the pride of
his comrades, nnu an honor to Ins btnte.
He went out from home to the Mexican war
as a captain, and came back with honors as
colonel of his regiment. He entered tho
service in tho lute rebellion a colonel, and
fought it all the Way through, having been
promoted to the exalted rank of Major Gen-
ral "for litaeta to cummnnd and promptness
to crerute." This vuliant and fuithful sol
dier was present at, and participated ir. sixty
battles, and was tour tunes wounded in ac
tion, but never defeated. IIo made the en
lire circuit of the Itohel Confederacy, and
fought its authors aud defenders from every
State that acknowledged their usurped au
thority. Ho has given his country his first
born son, killed in imttie; lie lias periled
his life and shed his blood for tho flag and
causo of our country, und ho bears upon his
person the honorable scars from many a well
fought field. Such is tho candidate pre
sented to tho suffrages of tho loyal and
patriotic voters of Pennsylvania.
As a competitor the Democractic party
Sheet Iron and Stove
mai nC U& JL -HE3 s
Market Street, near Engel'i Store, SUNBURY. PA.
A N immense stock of every kind of Tin Ware,
XX. and bbeet Iron ware or all descriptions.
STOVES,
COOK, OFFICE and PARLOR STOVES of the best
Brands which are unsurpassed for beauty of finish,
simplicity of arrangement, combining cheapness and
durability and each stove warranted to perform what
they are represented.
Coal Oil, Coal Oil Lnmpi, Iauiersia,
Shades, Cbimnys, and all artiolos usually kept in an
establishment of this kind.
COPPER, BRASS and IRON KETTLES, of all
sisee.
t'RUIT JARS and CANS of the latest Improved
styles.
lie is also prepared to do all kinds of Spouting and
Koonng, nange ana rurnaee nor a.
ilepairuig, euaaply and neatly executed.
BEN J. ZETELMOYKR.
Sunbury, July I, 18M. ly
Bricklayer and Builder,
Market Street, 4 doors East of Third St.,
SUNBURY, PENN'A.
II.-AU .lobbiiiff proiwptly sU
triad 10.
tuebury, Jane J, ISnS
1 AAf Currlai.il MkM Wantaul Ia tn9 V.ll..
lUUU Spokes, UuU, Alias, Springs, Bands, Bolts
and everything pertaining to the business at the
vneap uaraware ana Iron Store of
J. IL COKLEY A CO.
DIARIES for 1868. Au assortment of
Diaries, large ana small, for Bale by
ANNA PAINTER.
Sunbury, Jan. 0, 1868. ..
BREAKFAST SHAWLS, for sal a,, the Faac
L!t... r r . till UTL'D
l LBS. Nails and Spikes at 97 V .
eg, aim new iiarawere cuoreoi
J. it. IUM.I no
Euobury, June IS, l&6
10,000"
crned it to continuous and overwhelming
defeat!, until at tho close of tho war it had
not a uovernor or a legislature in emio
loyal State, except littlo Delaware and tho
Legislature of Kentucky. And sinco the
Philadelphia Convention it seems to have
fallen uuon the expedient 'of other noted
criminuls, and resolved to sally forth under
new name,
Not until April. 1805, were tho Kebels
finallv overcome, and then only by the pow
cr of our armies, which they could no longer
withstand. Thcro was uo voluntary sur
render ; but their arms were stricken from
their bloodv hands. Tho great conspiracy
against freedom had failed, and the armies
and people ot eleven rcvoiwa Dtaics were bi
the mercv of the connuercrs, professintr a
willingness to accept any terms tuo victors
would impose. Congress had then recently
adjourned, and under the law would not
assemble until tne following uecemuer.
unless convened br the President in extra
session. The occasion seemed to bo one of
a siiflirinnt noveltv and imnortaucc toreciuiro
i .
a meeting of Congress, but tne rresident
judged differently. He proclaimed that theso
States had been deprived of "all civil gov
ernment," and the Supreme Court of the
United States declared the whole people
thereof to oo "alien enemies."
The President proceeded by proclam&
tions, by appointments of provisional gov
ernors, and other means, to create govern
ments for the rebellious states, ana upon tne
annual meeting of Congress made a report
of what had beeu done, and recommended
the admission of representatives. Congress
claimed to have iunsdiction over the whole
subject, and proceeclca to inquire wueiuer
or not governments had been established,
and whether, nnder all the circumstances, it
vnuld be crooer to restore those rebellious
people sod States to tueir former relations
and riguis in tue union, wuuout am iiupo-
ainir soma terms upon them, as security for
th future. The (treat question is not wbe
tliar the States themselves ah all be restored
but whether they snail nave representation
in Congress tertnt or vuniui unn.
Our political adversaries Democrats, Reb
els, and sympathizers, North and Sooth
t uiihuut Urmt or Condi! iont. andforthteitk.
Consross. by the almost unanimous vote of
all the members who sustained the war, has
proposed sundry amendment! to tne con
stitution of the United States, ta.be submit'
ted to the State Lcelslaturei mr ratmcauou
and it will be the duty of the Legislature w
re about to elect to approve or disapprove
thei fundamental changes la tbe National
Constitution. These amendments are the
has presented the Hon. lliestcr Clymer.
He, too, is a representative man: but it is
of his party, rather thau ot his country. J In
platform and ms campaign tntis tur, may uo
summarily comprehended in tho phrase :
Up with tue Kctiel, and down witu tuo
negro." lie is a lawyer ty proiession ; anu
it is believed he never held any ollice, except
that of State Senator. His public record,
therefore, is a short one, and consists entirely
of his votes and speeches ilunug Ins senato
rial career. Dut that term covers tho entire
period when the country was torn by a dis
tracting ana Uiooay civil war ; nnu wuen
the State was lavishly contributing her blood
and treasure for her own defense and for
that of the National Government. In this
tremendous struggle, wbero did I Hester
Clymer stand ? And whit did he do ? IIu
lias mane Ins record, ar.u let mat answer.
In 1801 be voted aguinst tuo bill tor tlio
arming of tho State, and after the news ol
the attack on Port Sumter had tired the
hearts of our people, nnd thousands were rul
lying to the defense of our insulted ting, Mr.
Clymer caused to ba entered upon the jour
nals of the Senate his solemn protest against
the bill for arming tlio btato.
In 1802, when reverso had overtaken our
armies, and our credit was strained to the
utmost to keep men in the field, Mr. Clymer
VOieU UHIllllBb bUU UIUI JITBWIUIU'M IJI", Utility
for tho collection of tho taxes levied by the
Lnited States.
In 1803 Mr. Clymer vote 1 against tho bill
to enable our soldiers and sailors to vote
when abseut iu service
In 1804 he dodged the vote on the proposed
Constitutional amendment allowing soldiers
in the field the right to vote, and alter said
amendment bad passed ho voted against tho
bill to carry it Into cllect.
He voted against tho bill to define and
punish offenses of a treasonable charcter, and
against the bill to legalize tho payment of
bounties to volunteers.
In February, 1804, in a speech in tho Sen
ate. referrinK to the recent defeat nf Valltin
digham in Ohio, and of Woodward in Penn
ylvanl, Mr. Clymer said "I say now and
believe tbat it was tuo greatest calamity mat
has yet befallen this country that those two
men were not elected.
Such is an outline of the inglorious record
of Hiester Clymer, and by it, as he declared
on a recent occasion, lie is determined to
stand. Ills whole public career, and all bis
official and public declarations of opinion
have been uniformly consistent. His record
may be searched iu vaiu for a vote or senti
ment evincing true loyalty to the flag or
cause of tho country, or which was not at
the time in harmony with tho prevailing
political sentiment at ltichmond and Charles
ton. Upon these records and caudidates wo
most confidently appeal to the patriotio
voters pf the Keystone State for a most em
phatic verdict in favor of the right '
V OBGAKIZATIOS.
Sundry despatches captured from the en
emy discloses his mode of organisation and
plan of campaign. The Chairman of their
State Central Committee, as a sort of head
centre, appoints a reliable subordinate in
every elecuoe district in the State. These,
from the debrU of tbe late "Knights ef the
Golden CitcltV and such other auiim!t as
can be had, 870 required V organize "mystic
circles," or Democratic clubs, which aro to
register tho voters, collect money for the
party, distribute documents, and do various
other things to insuro the full party vote.
These are semi-military secret organiza
tions, and the members are admitted by ini
tiation, at which the candidnto "places his
right hand on his left breast," and enters
into tho most solemn vows to "vote against
all men who aro willing to givo the nccro
cither political or social equality in this State,
.1 f . . T , Ft".. '. i i.
or any otuer suite, j-zisinui. or itrmuij m
this country." Their watch-words aro "Si
lence," "Obedience," "Vigilance." It is a
pity the great lights of these magnanimous
Cut riots should bo longer concealed under a
ushel, and that they can Cud nothing more
important to do in this great crisis of our
country's fate. Hut forewarned should be
forearmed. Guard well ngninst these insid
ious appeals to the prejudices of our people,
and attempts to mislead them by such means.
Bo not deceived by the stalo clamor about
negro equality and negro suffrage.
These fuvotito bobbies were supposed to
have been ridden to death at our hist elec
tion, when, as now, they were declared by
these samo men to bo the great issues of tho
contest. They are now raised up nnd brought
npon tho track ngnin, mounted by the samo
rider, and destined to the same ignoble end.
Tlio Constitution of Pennsylvania permits
only white men to vote. I5y its terms it can
be amended only onco in every five years :
and having been amended in 1804, allowing
tho soldiers tlio right to vote, it ennnot, in
conformity with its own pi'ovisions,le amend
ed again vntil 180!). It is hoped, therefore,
our Democratic friends w ill restrain them
selves, and not press negro suffrage upon us
belore authorized by tlio Constitution ol tlio
State.
Complete your township and county or
ganizations without delny ; revive nt ouco
everywhere the Leagues and Associations
which proved of such vast service during tue
war: let every friend feel that ho has some
thing to do iu the good work and proceed
forthwith, to do it with all Ins might. L.X-
cludo nil sido issues and suppress all local
quarrels ami personal nspimtions, and labor
only for the public good. See to it that all
need Hi I assessments arc made in duo time.
Ho not discouraged by tho boasting and
clnmor of our adversaries : they have beeu in-
gloriuusly defeated in every contest for years,
and cannot prevail against us. frothing but
our baso betrayal by tho President, and tho
hope of ollico could have galvanized them
into sullicicnt vitality to make another fight
against the victorious hosts of freedom. The
physical conflict, for tho timo at least, is
ended, but tho moral conflict between loyal
ty and disloyalty continues, and tho gravo
question is, whether tho ono or the other
shull rule the State or tho nation.
We urgo harmony, energy, systematic,
associated and individual labor, nnd tho re
newal of tho fires of patriotism. The loyal
and patriotic peoplo ot tho State have nobly
sustained us and the causo of our country,
under tho heavy pressure and discourage
ments of drafts, bereavement, taxation mid
carnage, and when nothing but an abiding
tuith in the justice ot Uod could enable us to
see the end. Surely there can bo no faltering
now, when the goal is reached, and when
one more united rail y for our principles nnd
our Hag will enable us to secure tho ripe
fruits of tlio late dreadful conflict, and to
gamer them safely for ourselves and chil-
uren.
We stand over tho ruins of a gigantic Re
bellion, the most formidablo enemy republi
can iustitutions ever encountered. We stand
by the graves of three hundred thousand of
our noblest men, who counted their lives
well spent when offered freely for liberty and
Union. In tho prcsenco of their speechless
but eloquent dust ; in the presence of doubt
ing and sneering enemies of free governments
at llonie and abroad ; iq tho presence ot the
oppressed millions, who from beneath crush
ing despotisms watch our flag with tears,
hopes and prayers ; before tue rapidly count
ing millions ot tlio future ; before a God of
Justice, and iu the namo of all that makes
Uithtulness to Hun and honor among men,
we stand pledged to secure and maintain
forever the principles for which our brothers
died.
liy order of the Committee,
F. JoitOAti, Chairman.
iii-Miv tVAitu iii:lxiir.
LTTEK TO HIS CONGREGATION.
lie Denlcia that He Ik r "Joliuon
Den lea that He Ik rt
IHani"
On Sunday morning, Oth inst., at the con
clusion of the sei vices in Plymouth Church,
Brooklyn, a letter from Rev. Mr. Bcccher
was read to tho congregation by Captain
Duncan, to whom it was addressed. It was
written in reply to representations of the
differences of opinion tlint provniled among
the mcinlersof his church concerning tho
sentiments and Views expressed in his reply
to tho invitation to officiate as chaplain of
tho Soldiers1 nnd Sailors1 Union Convention
which was held at Cleveland on tho 17th
inst. We make the following extracts, which
speak for themselves. The residue of tho
letter is an attempted vindication of some of
tho positions he has assumed :
Pekkskill, Sept. 8, 1800.
Mr Deau FitiKND : I am obliged to vou
A Vcvy Apt neply.
A soldier of this city who served wltfl tUtv
tinction as colonel of a Michigan Regiment
was approached by an officer who supports
Johnson, wiVu a suggestion, that as military
men, they ought to pay their rcspwt .tr
President Johnson upon his arrival to Tole
do. "You may, but I will not," rcyHe'd. tho
Michigan colonel, for I have no respect fot
him."
"But," quoth tho Johnsonian, you will go
with us mid show your respects for Grunt
and Fnrragut, who accompany hiui won't,
you 1" . .
"My dear sir,' replied tho colOlieV, "thcro
was onco an old lady who kept a boarding
houso for Inborers. Ono morning she canm
across a pieco of tainted beef which slio
purchased cheap nnd boiled for dinner. It
"smelt to heaven" and not a border would
touch it. That evening she sliced and fried
it, but it wouldn't do it still smelt. The
next morning she made hash of it, but it
smelt louder and louder, when a boarder
who could stand it no longer spoko his mind.
"Look here, old lady, you may bilo it, you
may try it, or you may spile good potntc;
for your letter. I am sorry that my frieuda i by hnshin' it with 'em, but that meat
and mv conercra!ioii aru erieved liv m i tin- and you can't crowd it down mo in
Cleveland letter.
This feeling, however, has no just grounds,
whatever may bo the seeming. I have not
left, and do not propose to leave, or to be
put out of the Republican party. I am in
sympathy with its aims, its great principles,
and its army of noble melt. But I took the
liberty of criticising its policy, iu a single re
spect, and to do what I could to secure what
I believed and still believe to be a better
one.
I am, and from tho first have beAn, fully
of opinion that the amendment of the Con
stitution, proposed by Congress, equalizing
representation in Korthern and Southern
States, was intrinsically just and reasonable,
and that it should be sought by a wholesome
and persistent moral agitation.
Neither am I a "Johnson man" in any re
ceived meaning of that term. I accept that
part of the policy which he favors, but with
modification. I have never thought that it
would be wiso to bring back all the States
in a bo ly, and nt once, any more than it
would bo to keep thcul all out together.
Ouo by one, in due succession, under a prac
tical judgment, rather than by a wholesalo
theoretic rulc,I would have them re-admitted.
I still think a middle course between the
President's and that of Congress would bo
wiser than cither.
But with this my agreement with the Pre
sident ends. I have long regretted his ignn
rauco of Northern ideas and sentiments and
I have been astonished and pained at his in
creasing indiscretion.
Unconsciously, the President is the chief
obstacle to the re-admission of the Southern.
States. It is enough that he is known to
favor a measure to set the public mini1,
against it. This is to bo deplored. Hut it
is larijchj oicing to hit inereaidng imprudent
conduct. I bclievo him to be honest, sincere
in desiring what he regards as the public
good, but slow and unapt in receiving help
from other minds. Proud and sensitive,
firm to obstinacy, resolute to fierceness, in
telligent in his own sphere (which is narrow),
ho holds his opinions inflexibly. He often
mistakes the intensity of his own convictious
lor strength of evidence.
Such a man has a true sphere in periods of
peril, when audacious firmness and rude
vigor are needed. But in the delicate tasks
of adjustment which tollow civil war, such
a nature lacks that tact and delicacy and
moral intuition which constitute the truo
statesman.
Mr. Johnson's haste to take the wrong side
at tho atrocious massacre of New Orleans
any shape." "Now," continued tlvo Very
positive colonel, "you rirnv take Johnson
boiled, fried, stewed or eanrfwiched between
two as good potatoes as Grant and Farragut,
and ho stinks. You cau't crowd him down
uie at any price."
The conversation closed quite abruptly.-
Exchange.
"Ats'T You Jimmy Buchanan ?" Tho
Lancaster ICipfcut gives us the following ac
count of a scene that occurred at tlio depot
in that place, and which is worthy of general
circulation : The other day, while his excel
lency tho sago of Wheatland, was at tho
depot of tho Pennsylvania Hailroad Com
puuy, iu this city, to seo some visiting
friends, and while waiting for the train
several plainly dtwacil rnen, from the rural
districts, and strongly tinctured witu thu
"sweet German accent" common to this sec
tion of Pennsylvania, entered tho depot.
Their eyes soon foil upon thu commanding
form of the ex-Prwitlpnt. After looking at
him a moment the following brief collo'qliy
took place between tho two :
"Shall I speak to him '"'
"Yes, go up."
Thus encouraged, our rural fiienil advan
ced boldly, ntad putting himself in front oi.
his excellency, addressed to him the in terra -fiotory:
ivin i you jimmy iucnauan r
His excellency, evidently not liking this
abrupt salutation, turned upon his heel nnd
resumed conversation with liis friehd. Tho
countryman, however, not to bo bluilod off
so easily, approached his excellency in tho
rear, and slapping him upon the shoulder,
repealed the question :
"I say, ain't you Jimmy Buchanan t"
"Yes, sir, mv namo is Buchanan t"
"Wasn't you President of the United BUlcs
once V
"Yes, sir, I was rresident."
"Well, we hurrahed far you and v'rtlcd All"
you, and a d d pretty botch you niado of
it."
His excellency again turned upon his heel
arid left the rural gentlemen to their own reflections.
A young girl in Utica committed auicido
in coiisequenco of the sudden death of a
yoling man to whom she was tenderly at
tached. Wo learn ,from our western exchanges
that the prairies aro beginning to abound
with chickens.
Seven horses were shipped at Cincinnati
was slwcing. 1 ho petversltin and mu Ua- i W(.(,nes(, fnr Kew"Yotk, whbse esti
tion of Sheridan s dispatches need no char- I ,.,..., .... Ann nan
actcrization. I do not attribute this act to j
him. Yet itwatof such a criminal ami dis
graceful nature that not to clear himself of it
by the e.rotvre and rehuke qf the offending
parti amounted to collusion with crime lifter
the fact. What shall I say of the speeches
made in the wido recent circuit of the .Exe
cutive t Are these the vat of reconciliation.
Put it Uown.
Put it down, as a fact, that every man
who opposed thu recruitment of our armies
during the war, who denounced tho diaft,
who participated in or sympathized witu
Northern riots that were orginated in the in
terest of Treason, is a stippotter of the
Philadelphia Conveutiou movement.
Put it down, that all the deserters lrom
(lie Union ranks ; all the spica and informers
who kept up correspondence across our lines
witli rebels; all the wretches who were
identified with organizations like tho Sons
of Liberty and Knights of tho Golden Circle;
all tho St. Albans raiders, Lnko pirates and
hotel-burners, aro enthusiastic adherents of
tho Philadelphia Convention.
Put it down, that tho vcncrablo fossils,
overlaid with the mould and dust of by-gone
generations, the Silurian politicians, w hose
bloodless hearts, Curing tue long anu awiui
struggle for national preservation, were never
animated by one pulsation of sympathy for
our imperiled Government, are entering iuto
tho Philadelphia movement.
Put it down, that tho men who "fired the
Southern heart," who murdered our wound
ed upon the battlo field, who filled with dead
and dying, who maintained the carnage pens
at Belle Island and Andersonville and
Millen. who perpetrated the butchery at
Fort Pillow and the slaughter of Lawrence,
aro all delighted supporters ot tuo Philadel
phia Convention.
Put it down that the brutal wretches who
floured In tho recent riots nt Memphis and
New Orleans, who aro making it unsafe for
a Union man to live in tne cities oi tue
South, who openly vaunt their identification
with rebellion, and who are combining to
take control or civil atluirs in every boutu
ern State, were all represented in the Phila
delphia Convention.
The object of this Convention and it can
have no other result is to "nationalize"
rebellion, and make treason respectable. Its
effect, if any effect result from it, must bo to
einbsrrass the loyal majority in their great
work of reconstructing the Government upon
tho basis of liberty and justice ; and in this
unholy work, it will have tbe encouragement
and support of every man who has hereto
fore beeu known as au eueoiy of the Union,
or a foe to the measures adopted by tho
Government or its preservation. If those
who have heretofore aoted with tho loyal
masses fancy the company in which they
find themselves, or tho worlf they are called
unon to rjerform. then indeed their degene
ration must be complettd sad absolu'.e.
A.toaiiy Journal.
There is a polico judgo in Portland who
has rejected the doctrine that umbrellas aro
common property, and has sent a uinn to jail
Tor thirty days for "borrowing" ono without
leave.
Caleb dishing and Judgo Chas. James,
of tho Commission to lievise the Laws of the
United States, havo fitted up their rooms in
mated value was 00,000.
Dr. A. A. Gould, eminent as n physician
and naturalist, and one of the most esteemed
citizens of Boston, died in that city bh Satur
day. A boy fell frrtin the fifth Btory of a houso
in Boston on Friday, and when picked up
it was fotliid that lie bad broken no hones.
A disappointed young lover in Augusta,
Ga., named Henry C. Summers, committed
suiciclo last week with prussic acid. Death
was instantaneous.
Gen. Grant is expected in Galena io Oc"
tober to witness the marriagb Cf Col. Bab
cock, of his stuff, to a charming voung ludy
j of that city.
A vtrr.go was arrested tho other day in
Wnclilnrvtnn find rilmmfiliriid tliplr ltilirtra
Col. Chandler is acting as Recorder of the ' M?mP1'i' ,v-er ,,J ,ni1 whipped out. in a
Commission.
Four bonds of the Drninngo Company of
New Orleans, 83 vears old, amounting, with
interest added, to $1 l,4-10,were recently found
in a lodging house in Paris. They ure gen
uine, and worth the money they call for. An
owner has not yet been found.
Samuel Rolland, a colored man, residing
in Memphis, Ti-nn., has brought suit nizuiust
his former msBter for tho recovery of $1,400
in goui, i no savings oi a iiieiiinc, wuicn, uo
fore tho war, had been discovered and taken
away by his owner, who applied it to his own
use. In caso the civil courts refuse to do
hiin justice, Rolland will try a military tribunal.
fair tight, two men
man aud a negro.
iu succession a whilu
Tho wife of Mr. Henry Witlcy, a resident
of the town of Worth, Illinois, was bitten by
a mad dog about two weeks since. She was
taken with tho hydrophobia a short time
afterwards, and died from the effects of tho
disease. The death of tho wifo distracted
the husbacd. He became possessed with the
idea that he was also attacked with tho
dread t'ul disease, and on tho 7th :nst.,strango
ly enough, drowned hiinjelf iu a stream
uear tho town.
While tho President was speaking from
the window of the Delavan House at Albany,
he inquired 'To whom have I proved a trai-
tori" when an Irishman replied, 'To Gcnoral j
Sweeney aud the Faynlans.' He continued,
'I bavo held every ofhco in the gilt of the
people ; what more can I desire?' when a fel-
low sung out, 'Another term.'
Two Uuited States soldiers wcro found
murdered at Savannah, Sunday night, and
on each was pinned a placard reading,"Thus
the South retaliates for tbe arrest of Skiltou,
and Harbridge," referring to the arrest of
the former for abusing a negro, and tho lat
ter for attempting to carry pestilential wool
lens into New York.
- Prof. Aoaskiz says that "God Save the
Queen" is an old Swiss national air that has
"been known for centuries."
Tun cholera U still raging among tho
negroes on tbe Louisiaua plantations.
Mrs. Leonidas Polk, widow of tbo Loui
siana Bishop and Rebel General, is iu such
reduced ciroumstancea tbat she has opened
a Female t ducat lonal IuatiiuU ta support
herself aud family,
Richard R. Turner, of Li'iby Prison noto
riety, has been arrested in Richmond, for at
tempting to shoot a man naiucd Hukins.
For six weeks not a drop of rain has fal
len on the city of Chattanooga, and during
all tho timo tho thermometer has ranged
from 02 to 103 degrees;
The manufacture of potterywaro in F.ng
land now employs 110,000 persons, the pro
duct of whose Industry fiuds its way to all
portions of the habitable globe.
Tho receipts of Internal Hevcnuc since
July 1st, are stated to be tiHy-ttf-o millions.
Ono effect of the last pence proclamation is
to reduce the pay of private soldiers from
$10 to $11 per month.
The annual production of theF.nglish coal
mines is ninety-two millions of tons, and
three hundred thousand miners are employ
ed in mining it.
In New York tho room occupied, by tho
Brokers' Board, fifty fet-t by sixty, on a sec
ond floor in Broadway, costs $20,000 a year
for rent. Tho Astor House rents for f05j-
000.
Tho iron moulders of Worcester, Mass..
are on a strike for au advance of 15 per cent,
on their wages.
General Fullcrton has tendered his rcsiu-
nation to the Secretary of War, which liaa
been accepted, to go into effect the 10th of
September.
The Treasury , Department gives botioo
that it will not hereafter acknowledge tho
receipt of contributions to the "couscicncu
fund" of less than one dollar.
Wild men and women live in the woods
of Pennsylvania. llotton Pod.
No such thiug. Such folks livo lu the
cities. .
Last wock, a widow lady, rcspocfabla
though poor, whose husband had met his
death in the Union army, and who is now
living four miles from Bowling Green, Ky.,
was, without the slightest provocation,
taken from ber house at night by soino
guerillas, and tied up by the tbuipl s and
brutally flogged, after which she wa to ti
ed with a coat of tar and feathers.