Cfte aunbutj? American.
' H. D. MA88ER7 Editor Proprietor.
fftJNIirKY, HA.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1S08.
HEPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
NATIONAL TICKET.
PRESIDENT:
Urn. riVSSES W. WKAT,
OP ILLINOIS).
VICE "PRESIDENT !
M III YI.IOIl l.e'A,
OF 1SP1ANA.
HTATB TICKET.
AUDITOR GENERAL :
Oon. JOHN F. HAHTRANl'T,
or montqum env cohhtt.
SURVEYOR GENERAL :
Clan. JACOJJ M. CAMPBELL.
op cAunniA coi'STr.
COUNTY TICKET.
CONOR ESS,
JOHN B. PACKER. Esq , of Bunbury,
(Subject to decision of CWcreO Convention )
ASSEMBLY,
ALFRED K- I'ISKE. of Rhnmokin.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
WM A. SOBER. Esq., of Sunbury.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
JOSEPH M. NEtSBIT, of Chilliamague.
Tub Whiskey am) Toiiacco Bill. Tlio
bill reducing tlio tax on Whiskey to 60 cts.
from $3 per gallon, is n law fit last. After
rresiilcat Johnson litul notificil Congress
that Uo lmtl signed tlio bill, lie was prevail
ed upon by tbo "Whiskey King" to recall it,
abut finding that Congress were resolved to
pass it over his veto, ho wisely concluded
to consent to its becoming n law. Had tlio
"Ring" been ablo to defeat tlio bill, thoy
would havo divided the one hundred mil
lions of dollars, of which they havo been
robbing thu government and people in the
whiskey business, and furnished tbo Demo
cracy with millions to carry on their cam
paign. It is well known that the Whiskey
King saved Johnson from Impeachment by
expending largo sums of money. They bad.
therefore, claims upon bim. Had tho King
succeeded, they would have raised a fund
so enormous which, in the hands of unscru
pulous politicians, would havo endangered
the institutions of our country. Tho follow
ing is a summary of the main features of tho
bill:
The first section taxes every proof gallon
of distilled sprits fifty cents, to bo paid be
foro removal from the distillery or ware
house, which tax is a lien until paid upon
the property and apparatus.
Section 5 provides that distillers shall
register with the assessors of the respectivo
districts within sixty days from tho time
tho bill takes effect.
Section 13 imposes a tax of two dollars
upon every twenty bushels of grain convert
ed into spirits.
Section 50 imposes a special tax of $100
annually upon every 100 barrels of spirits
manufactured, and also provides for licenses
of $100 for every $23,000 worth solid, and
$10 incrcaso for every $1,000 increase of
sales.
Dealers ia tobacco, selling not exceeding
$10,000 worth annually, pay a tax of $35,
and $3 extra for every $1,000 worth sold.
Kaisers are Dot taxed for sales of their own
production. Dealers, selling between $100
and $1,000 worth, are taxed $5 ; those above
$1,000, $3 extra for every additional $1,000
worth sold.
Manufacturers of tobacco pay $10, and
$3 additional for every $1,000 their bond is
in excess of $5,000. Manufacturers of cigars
pay $10 where their sales do not exceed
$o,000 annually, and $3 additional for every
$1,000 in excess of that amount. All snuff
and chewing tobacco is taxed 83 cents per
pound ; smoking tobacco 10 cents per
pound.
Manufacturers of cigars must pay $5 for
every thoufend made, without regard to
quality, aud on all cigarettes, if they weigh
less than three pounds to the thousand,
$1.50 ; if over that weight, $5.
The time in which the bill goes into effect
is fixed at 60 dnys.
Adjournment ok Congress. Congress
adjourned on Monday last, taking a recess
until September 21. It had been the deter
mination of Congress to adjourn to the usu
al first Monday in December, aud this would
havo been done had not President Johnson's
veto message of tho Electoral College bill
made'uso of revolutionary and extraordina
ry language, which, following up Frank
Blair's violent letter, aud Hendricks' decla
rations in tho Senute, alarmed all loyal men
for the peace of tho country. It was deem
ed prudent therefore to tako a recess until
September, when, if Johnson's acta require!
atteution, it can bo given in timu for the
Presidential election.
A Unit. Xinetueu-twcutitths of all the
papers in the country nominated Gen. Graut
for the Presidency without even knowing
his political sentiments ; becauso they all
knew him to. be honest, patriotic, and de
tei ving of the honor for his national ser
vice. Such a tribute to the honesty and
patriotism of a citizen never occurred buforo
in this country, unless it was to Washing
ton, who even had his bitter enemies. Gen.
Grant has not changed one iota bincu then,
and ho stands before the country tho samo
honest and patriotic citi.en that ho was
then; therefore the honest men of all par
tics can support him without violating any
party heling whatever, as all panics have
eudouud him. .
Tue I.NDEi'ENOE.N r. We observe that this
paper, published by Mr. J. J. Auten, has
passed into the hands of C. A. Iteimen
snyder, Esq., who propose? to cnlurgo and
improve the paper. Mr. lioiniensuyUor, in
his salutatory, promises to make his paper
equal to "tho best Democratic paper in this
.uu omcr counties," and as he has the ability
and inclination to do so, we presume he will
successfully carry out his purpose.
Tnu nomination of lion. John I.. Dawson,
of Pennsylvania, as miuiater to Kussia, was
rejected. Gen. McClernand, as minister to
Mexico, met the fate he courted at the New
ork Convention, and by his ungenerous
Attrition of Gen. Grant.
Henhy M. Watts' nomination as minister
io AUiri nu been confirmed by tU Senate
The Democrat in Pennsylvania boast
that they will carry rennsylvania.on account
of Laving elected Judge Bharswood last
October. An examination of tho vote will
dissipate effectually all such ideas. The
highest vote every received for a Democratic
candidate was 800,391 for Mr. Clymer, in
I860. The vote last fall was as follows!
Williams, 200,824 ; Sharswood, 207,745. In
1864, the vote for Mr. Lincoln was 200,301 !
for McClellan, 270,310. In 1806, General
Geary received 800,374 ; Clymer, 390,391.
A. the case stood last year the Democratic
candidate was elected solely because of dis
affection in tho city of Philadelphia, and be
cause more Kcpublicans than Democrats neg
lected to vote.
Tho difficulties in Philadelphia have been
adjured, and that city will giro a majority
for IMrtraiirt and Grant. That of itself
will bo sufficient to determine the vote of
the state despite tho voting manufactory
existing in Luzerne county. A full'voto is
morally certain; the canvass will bo thorough,
and that ensures a handsome majority.
In Grant's letter of acceptance wcreod :
"If elected to tho office of President of
tho Tinted States, it trill lie my etideacor to
adminhler Al.l. Till! laws in goodaith, with
economy, ami Kith ft vice of yicing l-KAil-.,
O.I MET, A."U I'UOTIXTION KVUllVWIILllK."
In Prank P. Blair' letter before nomina
tion wo read a very different doctrine:
'There is but ono way to restore the Gov
ernment and the Constitution ; mid that ih
or the Pntidtnt elect to declare the reconstrue
tinn arts null and roirf, compel tho army to
undo its usurpations at tho South, iiisimcupk
TIIK OARPF.T HAfl fTATE OOVKUNMKSTS, al
low the white people to rc-orgnnizo their
own governments, and elect Senators and
Kepresentativcs."
In the former we havo obedience to law,
protection and peace; in tho hitter, disor
der, military despotism and civil war.
. . .
'I'lm l nio raHc .Uertini in Allan,
tu Spirit of t lie i:x-KolM'l SpcuKcr.
A despatch from Atlanta, Ga., 23d inst.,
to the Cincinnati Oa:ctt gives the follow
ing account of the speeches at tho Democra
tic Convention in that city on thnt day :
The rebel Democracy have for ono day
at least re taken Atlanta. Their Delegate
State Convention assembled this morning,
and also their great State mass meeting,
the latter of which was a highly successful
affair. Larno numbers of people commenc
ed comiug into the city as early as last
evening, and this morning the whole place
was alive with tlio shouts ol multitudes, mc
music of bands and tlio roar of cannon.
The Delegate Convention met at ten A. M.,
at Davis' Hall, and was organized by calling
W. Kcdding, of Harris county, to tho chair.
The roll of counties being called, all in the
State wero represented.
A committee was appointed to select per
manent officers. Whilo they were out Col.
J. 15. Weeius was called on for a speech,
who told them that the result of their suc
cess in tho contest before them would be to
expel from Georgia tho cntiro brood of
Northern vagrants, Northern rapscallious
and Northern paupers, and Southern mis
crcauts now infesting her. Tho sentiment
was received with tho usual compliment of a
rebel yell.
A. J. Kamsey, of Columbus, mado a vio
lently rebel speech, declaring that in the
late war the South mil nothing but main
tain their rights ; that tho government
wrongfully made war upon her, and that
the very day the war commenced tho Con
stitution was overthrown. Mr. Clarke made
a speech plednina himself before God to
fight to the last tho new governments that
had becu set up in tho South, and then the
Convention adjourned tine die.
M ade Hampton lie Makes n t'liar-
nctcrJhlic Speech.
Wade Hampton has just made a speech at
Charleston, explaining ins connection with
the Democratic Convention. Speaking of
the piattorra, lie says :
"As it was my good fortune to be on the
committee which framed this instrument, it
may be interesting to yon, perhaps, to learn
the dotails by which it was perfected, aud
the views of those who made it. As you
are aware, the Committee on Kesolutions
consisted of oco member from each State.
On assembling, it was found that a very
great ilirlernncc of opinion existed. Among
other resolutions offered were some declaring
that tho right of suffrage belonged to the
States, and this was announced to bo good
Democratic doctrine. I agreed to the pro
positions, but at tho same time said that it
seemed to me thoy had omitted ono very
vital point, which was to declare to what
States the doctrine applied. I thought it
was necessary to guard and limit that decla
ration, and to tho end that we might know
at what time we could go back and say who
were the citizens of the States, I asked that
they would declare that these questions be
longed to the States under their Constitu
tions up to the year 1805.
Gentleman were there from North, South,
East and West, and by all we were met with
extreme cordiality. They said they were
willing to give us everything we desired;
but we of tho-South must remember that
they had a great light to make, and it would
not bo policy to place upon thut platform
that which would engender prejudice ut the
North. They, however, pledged themselves
to do all in their power to relieve the South
ern States, and restore to us the Constitution
us it had existed. As we wero met in such
a kindly spirit, I could not but reciprocate.
I knew that I was representing the feelings
of my peoplo when I did so, and I told them
that I would withdraw all the resolutions I
hud offered, and no doubt other Southern
delegates would do the same, and would
accept tho resolutions offered by Hon. Mr.
Bayard, tho Senator from Delaware, winch
declared that the right of suffrage belonged
to the States. I said I would take tho reso
lutions if they would allow mo to add but
three words, which you will find embodied
in tho platform. I added this: "And we
dcclaro that the Kecnnstruction acts are
revolutionary, unconstitutional and void."
(immense cheering.)
When I proposed that every single mem
ber of the committee and the warmest men
in it were tho men of the North came for
ward and said they would carry it out to
tho end. Having thus pledged themselves,
I feel assured that when tho Democratic
psrty como to triumph they will show us a
remedy for our misfortunes in their own
good time, for which I am perfectly w illing
to wait. Such is the history of our platform,
and such were tho motives which governed
the committee in its formation. As tbo
rcpresentivc of South Carolina on that com
mittee. I preseut that platform to you in
uie earnest nope mat it will meet your cor
dial approval. As to iny own sharo of tho
work performed in the committee, I can
assure my fellow-citizens that the onW oh.
jects for which I labored were to make it a
strong ana honest platform, one that would
secure the rights of the South and protect
the honor of my State. It is for you to
ay how these objects have been fulfilled."
It will not escape genoral observation that
while tbo Kepublicaus in Congress are restor
ing the Southern States, one after another,
to their old places in the Union, every
Democratic member of both bouses reeulai lv
votes aia'tnat nip), rtf.r.ii..n
i - o wm. iiaviry
Deatrneilre Flood In Maryland.
TERRIBLE LOSS OP LIFE.
Baltimore, July 24. Early this morning
rain commenced tailing, and after a slight
intermission, it began at about nine o'clock
to pour la torrents, and up to this hour
(two r. M.) has continued to fall incessantly.
That portion of the city adjacent to Jones'
Falls is inundated, and travel is entirely
suspended in that vicinity. Frederick and
Harrison streets are completely flooded, also
the Marsh Market Space. The Maryland
Institute is surrounded by a sheet of rush
ing, foaming water, that is carrying every
thing like bogheads, barrels, bales of hay,
etc., with it. The floors of the stores on
the streets named are under water, and the
merchants have been compelled to remove
their goods to the upper stories.
Tho loss will bo Very heavy, but cannot
now bo estimated. No loss of life has yet
been reported.
Baltimore, July 24.-3 r. m. The water
commenced rising a few minutes before ono
o'clock, and rose at the rato of two inches
per minuto, and has continued to rise up to
this hour. Calvert street is Hooded to Lex
ington, within a few feet of Monument
Square. North street is flooded nlmost its
entire length to a depth of four to eight feet.
Holliday street to Fayette street is Hooded,
Ford's Theatre being entirely surrounded
by water, which is passing down Holliday
and Baltimore streets. Gay, Frederick and
Harrison streets sro entirely submerged.
Tho water on Jones' Falls is several feet
abovo the bridges, and it is not known
whether they havo been swept away. On
many of the wharves near tho Falls the wa
ter is sevefal feet deep. A city passenger
car was swept from tho track on Gay street
down Harrison street, with n number of
passengers in it. Tho wildest rumors pre
vail in regard to tho numbers drowned,
some estimating the number at seven : others
say all wero saved but one, Mr. Ward, a
printer. A large number of dray horses and
some drivers are lost. There is no commu
nication between the eastern and western
paitsof the city. The water is sweeping
everything before it. There is no commu
nication north by telegraph. The flood is
the greatest every known here.
Bai.timouk, July 2410 o'clock p. m.
The tlood to-day subsided as suddenly as it
arose. Shortly after 4 r. m., the water was
carried off within tho banks of Jones' Falls.
At this hcur, the damage cannot bo proxi
mately estimated, but none of the estimates
place it below $3,000,000. Hundreds of
stores were submerged, and many hogsheads
of molasses on tho wharves and sugar in the
warehouses, were entirely destroyed. A
number of buildings and stores wero under
mined and damaged.
Denmnad's foundry and Bently's iron
works were partially swept away.
Tho gas works supplying the eastern part
of tho city were submerged, and that sec
tion is without gas to night.
Kuno of tho water mains aro reported to
have been carried away.
The loss of life in the city has not been
ascertained, but four persons were drowned.
Mr. Ward, who was reported drowned, was
saved, and is well.
Tho trains to Washington ore running,
the damage to tbo Baltimore and Ohio rail
road being comparatively small.
On tho Northern Central rood the damage
is greater, mid it is reported that the trains
will not run for several days.
Tho Potapsco rose higher by many feet
than ever known before, and swept away all
tho houses on tho low streets, contiguous to
its banks, in tho town, including Gambrill's
celebrated Flouring Mills, together with the
mill bridge, the county bridge, and injured
the granite cotton factory considerably. The
house of Dr. Owens, in which was his wile
and six children, was carried off and all
drowned. Eight or ten other persons wero
also drowned. Five men were seen on the
roof of the Putapsco mill when the founda
tion had nearly given way. Five houses at
Elysville were carried off and two or thrco
persons drowned. It was heartronding to
behold the distress of tho sufferers here.
The discoveries to morrow will give us
tho details of this great calamity. All who
can aro rendering assistance. I have just
learned that tho Granite Mills, at Elllcott
City, fell from tho pressure of the Hood, uiul
sixty of the operatives perished. The de
struction at this place is much more teniblu
than first represented. Many of those above
mentioned as lost in Granite Mills were
women.
I. ate it.
Bai.timohr, July 25. Tho losses by the
flood yesterday will foot up several millions
of dollars. Tho following firms lire among
tho sufferers : Head fc Co.'s tannery, $'.'0,
001) ; Dcumcud iC Son's machine shop 5(100 ;
Armstrong Co'a soap and caudle manufac
tory, partially destroyed; Woods, Weeks &
Co.'s sugar refinery, $:JO,()00 ; Fisher Bros.,
importers, lose $10,000 in sugar and molas
6es. Beutly, I.arrabeo & Co.'s iron foundry
gave way, and the west walls fell, causing a
heavy loss. Many piivato houses were more
or less damaged. Also, Warfield it Co.'s
Monument Flour Mills. A largo quantity
of sugar and moUssc3 on tho docks was
washed away, and many wharves were de
stroyed. Nine bridges over Jones' Falls on
different streets were swept away.
At Ellicot City the destruction of life and
property was very great. About th'nty
houses were swept away, some of them con
taining wholo families, who wero carried
with the current und drowned. Several
bodies have been recovered to day at and
near the Belay House.
The following aro reported drowned at
Ellicot City : William Patterson, wile and
son; Mrs. Farren and her two children;
Fanny and Emmy Duval ; Wm. Reese, wife,
son aud daughter; tho family of Dr. Owens,
und a number cf others, names not given.
The losses on property at Ellicot City are
as follows: Grambrill's lower Putapsco
Flour Mill was entirely swept away, ami
the upper mill partially destroyed. The
Granite Cotton Mill of Ben. Deford, which
cost $100,000, is a total ruin. Gray's large
cotton factory was also much damaged. The
Union Company's cotton mill, half a milo
above Ellicot City, was badly damaged and
much cotton lost. The stores ot George O.
Bradley and Joseph H. Leyster, with all
their goods, were swept away. Tho Aval
Ion marl and iron works, uear thu Relay
House, were destroyed. Several days must
elapse before an accurate estimate of tho
losses can be made.
The loss of life in Baltimore city is not
positively known to exceed four, only that
number of bodies being yet found, but there
is uo doubt some were swept into the river.
Bai.i imiihic, July 20. The number of per
sons missing and drowned at Ellicot City,
as received at the offices of the city papers
to night, reaches thirty seven. In Baltimore
city, six. Tho long bridge over the Putaps
co, tioin the loot ot Light street to the Au-
ue Arundlu shore, is blocked with debris of
the flood. The' river surfaco for several
acres is jammed with tho wrecks of thirty
bouses, and all kinds of moveable mutter,
factory fixtures, boilers, putts of engines
uud every species of property. Nearly two
huudrod bales of cotton were taken out of
the water.
The railroad track through Pratt street
has been repaired, and the cars of the through
trains pass through the city. Thousands
visited the flooded district to day. Many
steamers were at work pumping water from
cellars, and a heavy force ol workmen aud
carta are employed in clearing up the mud
and dirt from the market and streets On
the flau below the Belay House, eight dead
bodus were recovered to day, and nine yes
terday, most of which were recoguiied by
friends and relatives from Ellicot Cit y.
The bodies were those of persons from 4
to 60 years of age, and stripped of all cloth
ing. Inquests were held on the bodies as
soon is found, and all wera taken to Ellicot
City for interment.
The l'renlict In the Lehigh.
Bethlehem, July 25. There is a tremen
dous rise in tho Lehigh Valley. At this
place the water rose twelve feet in six hours.
All along the vally, from hero up, tho da
mage has bcea terrible.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad bridgo ot
Slatington ia gone, and the track badly
washed at Lehigh Gap.
The Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad
bridges at Perryville and Lehigh Gap, also,
ouo below, and the acqneduct at the Gap,
havo been carried away.
Passenger travel will not be interrupted
by tho North Pennsylvania and Lehigh Val
ley Railroads.
Ali.kstown, Pa., July 25. Tho Lehigh
and Jordan rivers roso suddenly at two A.
M., nnd soon tho water was eight feet above
low water mark. Much damage has been
dono to property. Two bridges havo been
carried away and ono man drowned by run
ning over a dam in a small boat. Several
loaded canal boats havo been carried below.
ritO.VI AVASIIIAtJ ! ).
Washington, July 27. No Congrc.?s ever
adjourned so quietly as did the Fortieth
Congress to day, and nono with tho public
business more completely finished. The
Senate corridors were so densely packed for
the last two hours that it was with difficulty
that members could pass between tho two
Houses. Many waited in hopes of getting
access to the galleries to witness the closing
scenes.
Beyond the usual noiso and confusion
consequent upon a full House, and matters
of interest pending, there was nothing un
usual. At nine o'clock, there were not
thirty members present, but they soon gath
ered in until there wero 130 present, 111 be
ing a quorum.
Mr. Schenck liied in vain to get the small
Tariff bill through for the relief of the copper
interests, but Mr. Banks fillibustered away
tho time, so that with really only thirty
members behind him, he effectual ly defeated
it. Seeing that it was in vain to try to pass
it, Mr. Schenck called up tho conference re
port on tho funding bill, which is really
Sherman's bill, but with reduced rato of
interest. This was resisted by the Democrats
untill tiicy could resist no longer, by the
Speakers ruling, then it passed 102 to 32,
and was hastily enrolled and signed and
laid before tho President.
A last and feeble attempt to pass tho Cop
per bill was made, and pendHig tho cull of
the yeas ana nays upon tho dilatory motion
of Mr. Banks, Mr. Colfax adjourned tho
House, and in an hour not a dozen members
were to be found in the Chamber. All the
trains North and South, were crowded with
members and others, and in less than a
week's time not a dozen members of both
Houses will bo found here.
There weio not over twenty bills left upon
tho Speaker's table in tiie House, none of
them of any national importance.
The President stated to day that he should
not remove Mr. Rollins. Internal Revenue
Commissioner, but would await the confir
mation of his successor by the Senate. Mr.
Rollins is going North, to be gone a few
days, and will not make any appointments
under tho new law until his return.
Among the lust actions of the Senate, was
the confirmation of a Democrat for Post
master of Washington, vice Bowen, the new
Republican Mayor. When tho nomination
of Mr. Cumuiings was taken up, a motion
was made to lay it upon the table, and a
cull mado for tho yeas and nays. It was not
carried, the vote being 29 to 21 ; but as
there was less than an hour remaining, seve
rul Senators rose to debate it, and talked it
past the hour of adjournment, when it and
all other nominations not acted upon fail,
and must, at the next session, be renewed,
if actions is to be had upon them.
It was understood by the President's Cabi
net, at the close of the session, that he sign
ed tho Funding bill, but when tho clerks
came to look over their notices and the
numbers of tho bills, they did not find it.
It has sinco transpired that ho carried it off
with bim and dues not intend to sign it at
all.
Speaker Colfax and family left at two, p.
m., for South Bend, Ind., where be is to have
a grand reception on Thursday, and will
make a short speech, but not on political
matters.
Ben. Wade and his family start to-morrow
morning for their homo in tho Western Re
serve, Ohio.
Ben. But'.cr left for Lowell, Muss., on tho
evening train.
Thnd. Stevens will not leave for several
clays, having considerable business to do ut
the Departments for his district.
(From tho N. Y. Tribuno
'I lie I'rcxiat'iK-y.
Facts for the Peoplo Col fax !
Weighed and found wanting Hamp
ton !
Democratic "Brick"-dust, The L.i Cimc
Democrat !
Tho trumpet blast of tho Democracy A
general blare !
A new exerciso in
declining nomination.
g ia in ma r bey m our
Candidates of tho Fourth Party Brigham
Young und Brick Pomeroy !
Hendricks says that Blair is generous.
With shirts J or lemons and whisky!
Dix to Seymour ''I havo troops enough
to take care of tho mob and you too."
Tho organization of Seymour "Rangers''
has commenced. Suymour derangers will
bo in order after a while.
A. J. compares tho New-York nomina
tions to the small pox liable to kill, hard
to cure and harder to endure.
"Ho (Seymour) wears the mantle of Dem
ocracy." Copperheail paper. "The green
uiantlo of tho stagnant pool." Shakes
peare. The Democratic newspapers aro very much
worried about tho loyal carput-baggnrs at
the South. They prefer the rebel knapsack -ers.
It is said that A. J. bus his weather eye
out for a future Senatorship. He will
have to move to Delewure, then. A good
match for Suulsbury 1
The World speaks of Horatio Seymour as
a "patriot." 1 ins is an auusion to tne i-
Riots in New York iu July, 1S03. Do
troit Tribune.
Mnny of the untertificd base their hope
of Seymour's carrying New-York upon the
fact that his "friends" can vote ofteuer than
the friend of any other man.
At the Democratic ratification, in Rich
mond. Vance declared thut " What t,'tt Con-
Vt,tr'" fvU'Jht '"" rould !e iron hy the ehelion
of & iiuour ami Jjiair." ui course,
Tho fieymoui-shriekers, who are endeav
oring to restore the old state of, things iu
this country, might us well utteinpt to forco
a three-months' chicken back into its shell.
The papers announce the portrait of Frank
Blair, taken in 15 different positions.
There is ouo characteristic conimou to them
all ; in every position ho is in pursuit of
ollice.
When Horatio Beyinour said ho must
"stand upon his convictions of duty and
houor against the world," ho did not antici
pate YtillaDdighaiu and Pendleton both
coming out for him. Against "the world"
he stood it vory well, but "the flesh of the
devil" weru too much for hint.
It took tho Democratic National Conven
tion three days to nominate a condidate,
but only three minutes to pass a resolution
requesting President Johnson to Dardon
Jetr. Davis.
A Western paper says that the Democrats
in Indiana are so enraged at tho defeat of
Pendleton, that they actually show symp
toms of oppoplexy if a greenback is exhibit
ed to them.
Tho Deraocratio National Convention
opened an eloquent prayer by tho Rev. Mr.
Morton, and closed with eloquent curses,
not loud but deep, by tho swindled Pendle
tonians. The Cc-mmontccaUh says : "We are ex
pecting every day to bear some enthusiastic
Democrat give as a reason for Colfax's un
fitness for tho Vice-Presidency, tint ho
never was drunk iu his life."
Miles O'Reilly ho who writes verses in
piuise of Graut calls Seymour "an ayyle of
gold in a basket of silver." Say a basket of
greenbacks, Mi!os, and you havo it right.
But O, what nu npplo rotten to tho core !
Mr. Pendleton, with his theory ot unlimi
ted greenbacks, clings around ! ho neck of
Seymour like the Old man of the Sea on tho
shoulders of Sinbad. Seymour is sure to bo
choked unless ho breaks his tormentor's
head.
When people aro drowned, cannon aro
sometimes fired for the purpose of rising
their corpses. Tho Democrats havo been
firing cannon over Seymour and Blair. But
there is no hopes of getting their heads
above water.
Pollard, the Rebel author of "Tho Lost
Cause." publishes another book. "Tho Lost
Cause Regained," in which he says he is
now "convinced thnt the truo case fought
for in tho late war has uot been but, im
meustirably or irrevocably, but is yet iu a
condition to bo regarded by tho South an
ultimate issue of the political contest," He
had seen Blair's letter.
At the Democratic ratification meeting in
Fourteenth street, New York, Rev. Dr. Bow
man, of North Carolina, said that "the negro
was no moro like tho race that God had
created in his image than a jackass was like
a horse, or a carrion crow like an eagle."
Thu Reverend Doctor was followed by Mr.
Henry (Iwin, aouailnion and Jormcrhj a shire.
This "hybrid," w ho was no moro like a man
(a Democratic man) than "n jackass is like a
horse,"grcntly edified thcDemocruts to whom
ho "brayed." But what hhall be said of the
Democracy when it nllows itself to be ad
dressed by a "nigger VSaanlun L'ejmUi
can. An old soldier who has lost an arm says :
"I am waiting to see If tho people of this
country are going to elect Horatio Seymour,
and if they do I will swear that I lost my
arm in a threshing-machine, not in defonsc
ot my country."
A New York paper savs that Blair takes
whisky for medicinal purposes. 7h lltrt- !
ford port says: "Wo are inclined to think
it tra.i "for medicinal purposes" to wit, for
corns. Ho was dreadfully corned all the ,
time ho was here." i
Doolittle, too, says that Seymour fought
tho battle of Gettysburg. Well, if ho did
he had a very queer way of talking about
that exploit in the famous 4th of July speech
delivered in New-York, whilo tho 'fighting
was going on in Pennsylvania.
Tun CharksfoirnlS. O.) Xiirt says : "Give
us but a little warning, and the young Dem
ocracy of Charleston will prove to their
delegates that they have fire and vigor
enough to make our victory certain." Sure
ly, these aro chickens of the old Rebel
Democracy.
Tim Detroit Pont says : "Tho Democratic
party proposes to run the Presidential race
with a three-legged horse. Seymour is the
'bloated bondholders' ' candidate. Blair is
the candidate of tho revolutionists. Their
platform is the candidate of tlie remiilia-
I tionists."
Many of the delegates and visitors at the
Democratic Contention in this city com
pluined bitterly becauso tho price of whis
ky was put up to 15 cents a during
tho Convention. But they took their re
venge in nominating Blnir. Ho will put
whisky down in spite of Now-York.
The Sing Sing Pi'puUifan, speaking of
the third-party movement, wants to know
if a fourth party can't be gotten up for Andy
J. In which caso wo could have Grant
fighting on tho "square," Chase "catacor
nering," Andy on the "circulur," and Sey
mour dodging in and out."
It has been stated that Gov. Seymour
never originated anything. This ia a mis
take, for hu was the first to inform Presi
dent Lincoln "thnt it was believed by at
least one-half of tho peoplo of the loyal
States that the conscription oft was in it
self a violation of tho supicme constitution
al law."
The I'os'oii Pest complains of the vigorous
manner in which tho Republicans conduct
tho campaign, and says : "Tho blood
hounds havo been let loose." To which
The Transcript responds: "Yes, and be
fore tho campaign closes our neighbor will
sen tho foxy Seymour loso his brush, and
tho wolfish Blair, his ears."
An exchange says: "Gen. Grant and
the Democracy have dono a great deal of
business together within tho p.ist few years,
(ien. Grant has dono the tanuinrjr, and the
Democrats liave furnished tho hides ! They
banded in two moro last week th()50 of
Horatio Seymour and Frank P. Blair. They
will be dono eurly in November.
Gov. Seymour said that his privato honor
would not permit him to became a candi
date for the Presidency. Ho said, also, that
public honor required the scrublous fulfill
ment of our financial obligations. His
piivato honor, however, did not preveut him
form becoming a candidate. Is his regard
for public honor no greater ? .
(Jen. Albert Piko said, in a Seymour mass
meeting at Memphis, last week : "This is a
struggle for life or death. Onr honor, dear
er than our life, is at Make, The man or the
seat of men that denies mo the right to
vote, iu the State in which I live, is not my
political opponent, but my personal enemy
ane deadly foe." That piko wants another
spearing.
iikiii rrn:.i.
Laura Kcene is to manage a new theatre
ut London.
IIolo iu-the Day had ion who succeeds
him.
Since the war the population of Missou
ri has incrcated 850,000.
The Btisquehanua river is to bo stocked
with black bass from the Ohio.
Ono hulfof the cultivated land in L'tuh is
sowed with wheat.
A special steamer is to take Burlingame
and his suite to Europe.
Pendleton Escort uniforms aro fur sale in
the pawn-shops of Xew York.
Potato bugs half an inch long are eating
up that valuable vegetable iu Wisconsin.
Milwaukee has a rich bride of eighty
four years of age whose huBbandf not jet
tweuty-ouo.
Tho peoplo of Peoria, Illinois, propose to
expeud .100,000 in the construction of wa
ter works.
In a speech delivered in Indianapolis, in
August, 1800, Frank Bluir stigmatized the
Democrats as "hell hounds."
A movement ia on foot iu Ohio to adorn
the grave of ex-Prusideut Harrison, at North
Bend, and make it a State mausoleum.
An Illinois farmer discovered a melodra
matic robber's iteu on his land, thu other
day, with trapdoor covered with sod, elegant
tolcn furniture, inside, and much plunder.
The Denver Board of Trade reports for
1807 gross aalcs of merchandise at $5,040,
000. Value of lumber sold, $850,000. Goods
manufactured at Denver, $887,000. Gold
hipped by Well. Fargo & Co., $1,500,000.
Tho fact that the soldiers in 1864 gave
121,021 votes for Abraham Lincoln, and
only 35,050 for McClellan, may give somo
idea of how the soldiers will bo likely to
vote this year.
Garibaldi, it ii said, has lately positively
refused to see American visitors in bis
Island home.
The last act of tho rebels, before the war,
was to voto the Democratic ticket. The
first act of the rebels, after the war, was to
voto the Democratic ticket. As there was
but ono step from Democracy into rebellion,
there was but ono step from rebellion back
' l T
into jyeinocracy.
Gov. Andrew, throo days before his death,
said : "The tendency of tho hour is toward
Graut ; and that is best. Grant is so square
and honest a man that 1 believe lie is bound
to be right anywhere."
The wife of an unfeeling brute who refus
ed to work because he "did not get pay
enough," died of starvation last week at
Orange. Sho had not eaten onything for
five clays, Sho addressed a noto to some
friends, asking food, but when succcfr finally
camo she was beyond help.
A short time ago a white man in tho vici
nity of Warrcnburg, Mo., married a black
woman. The citizens heard of the fact, oud
brought tho man into town to suffer indig
nities. Whilo ho was being persecuted, a
large crowd around, hooting, yelling, Ac, n
gentleman present stepped up and askc
him, "What aro your politics, my fiiend V
"I am a Democrat, havo always been a Dein
ocrat, and always expect to be a Democrat."
I lie hooting subsided.
A Bio Eel. The largest conger eel ever
known to be captured, was recently caught
near Wexford. Ireland. His leni'tli was
over fourteen feet, and his circumference ex
ceeded four feet. The mane of hU back re
sembled stro;ig horse haii .a'id stood four feet
high. When caught in tho net his struggles
arc stated to have been tremendous. Lovers
of ells can faintly imagine how a choice
slice from such a monster would taste.
Moumons Cumino to Missouiti. A large
party of Mormons have arrived at Chevenne
from Salt Lake, en route to Missouri. They
denounce the wrongs, abuses and injustices
of the Mormon Church without (tint; con
demn Briglmm Young as an iiuposter, work
iug solely for his own worldly advancement
and again. They intend to settle in Mis
souri, where they aro satisfied they can en
joy civil aud religious liberty.
Sse Eixcii or (Jiui'KS on SmndiirJ in nnothor
column. Btekr's Standard Wise Dittkus is
liiglily recouimon led by physicians fur Djupeptics,
on account of its tunic properties, its purity, and
its delicious flavor.
An Excei.i.kut MKDiri!fE. T1b leadinc paper
of tho Nortbwuat, the Wisconsin, Milwaukic, (jots
off somo vory good things, among tho latent of which
wo extraot the following: Ono of the niont popu
lar medicines of the day is lontl?ind' Uermnu Hit
ters, which is deigned to keep the itotnnch nnd
liver in a heulthy condition. The liitlcrs is pre
pared without tho use of intoxicating lupiors, and
if a pornou desires to drink liquor under the fush
iouakle uume of Hitters, he had beat apply fur Bomc
thing elso than Hooflnnd's. l)ruggits tell us that
the culo of this article is large, and ii continually on
he increase, that all who uo it aro pleased with
its excellent qualities, and that they could not think
of keeping store without it. It cases of debility or
prostration of tho system, Ilooflaml'iUrrinan Hitters
will be found an excellent artido, as well as for
Dyspepsia."
Jluoflnnd'i German Tonic ii a combination of all
tho ingredients of tho bitters, with puro !antii Cru
Huui, orange, aniso, Ao. It is used for the .mine
diseases as the hitters, in cases where an Alcoholic
Stimulant is required. It is a preparation ot rare
medical value, and most agreeable to the palate.
Principal offico,6:tl Arch Streot, Philadelphia, Pa.
tiold everywhere by Druggists and others.
fr is only necessary to givo Mr. Spoer's "Stand
ard, Wine bitters" a fair und judicious trial, to bo
fully convinced that they are superior to uny other
offored to the publie, or to tho niediol profession,
as a remedy for debility arising from tho inactivity
is his Wluo, combined with tbo bitter principle of
ino uufci luuica, uurus nnu roou,j Known ui practical
chemists See his advertisement in nnother col
umn, or bis circulars at the principal Drug Stores.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Jpssrs. I.AZAIU S At MOUKH,
OCCULISTS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE
CELEBRATED
PERFECTED SPECTACLES,
EYE GLASSES, &C.
HARTl'OUD, COSX,
B A V E AITOINTEU
T. S. SHANNON,
BUNBURY, PENN'A.,
As their Sole agent for Punbury and vicinity fur tho
snle of the celebrated
PEUFEC TED SPEC TA CL ES,
AND EYE GLASSES.
In doing so they havo confidence in tho nbility of
their agent to meet the rcfuirutnenls of nil cus
tomers. His assortment of our BEAUTIFUL LEN
SES comprises every form and kind, calculated for
the simplest as well as the worst cases of diseased or
impaired vision. An opportunity will Lo thus af
forded, to procure at all times
SPECTACLES UNEQUALLED BY ANY OF
.THEIR STRENUTUENINU AND PUESER.
VINO QUALITIES.
Too much cannot ba said as to their Superiority
over the ordinary glasses worn. There is no glim
mering, wavering of the sight, dizziness, or other
unpleasant sensation, but on the oontrary, from tho
peculiar construction of tho Louses, they are sooth
ing uud pleasant, cnusing a feeling of rolief to tho
nearer, aud Producing a Clear and Distinct Vision,
us in the natural heal. by sight. They aro the only
f pectaclet that
PRESERVE AS WELL AS A.S.SIST THE SIUHT,
and are tho Cheapest because the Best, always lust
ing many years without change buing necessary.
I jT CAUTION Mr. T. S. .-H AN.NON, Jeweler,
is their Only Agent appointed in Sunbury nud vi
cinity. Ij'We employ no Peddlers. augl,'6S ly.
STONE PUMPS.
fpllE subscriber, well known in this part of the
1 country at a manufacturer of Wooden pum,
has now turned hisatteutiou to putting iu thu
CELEBRATED BTONE PUMP,
whieh for durability, appearance, continued fresh
ness of water, and protection against freesing are
greatly superior lo the ordinary wooden pump.
Tbey have been used in Kuubury fur the past two
years, rendering entire satisfaction, and can be seen
at tbo residences ol Messrs. Chas. J. Bruner, Lloyd
Rohrbaeh, James Boyd, Wm. I. Ureenuugli, aud
other geutle en in Sunbury.
Price, SI 0 per foot.
FETER WEAVER.
Upper Augusta, August 1, 18o8 3m
JOHN P. HAAS,
Dealer in all kinds of
ANTHRACITE COAL,
MIDDLE WHARF, SUNBURY, TA.,
IS prepared to supply all kinds of Anthracite Coal
from the Kbainokiu Coal Region at cheap rates.
All orders nromntlv filled. Country custom re
spectfully solicited. JOHN P. HAAS.
Biinnury, July 18, 1868.
l.iuLuwanna At KluoiuabiirfX IC tail
ronit.
ON and after Monday, May 4th, 18IW, Passenger
trains win run a follows
Leava
SOUTH WAKD.
A. M
6 40
S in
A M
8 30
a 40
P M
6 43
T 4j
P M
3 30
6 OS
8 4S
. 2.1
10 05
" Foranton,
" Kingston,
" Rupert,
Dauvllle,
Arr. NorUVd ,
Leave Korth'd.,
" Danville,
" Rupers,
" Kingston,
Arr. at boraotoo
20
DM
10 S
NORTHWARD.
!j
T03
T3 AM.
10 IX) T 00
11.10 8 00
4 45
6 2
e ui)
a 40
P. M
1 60
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H A FONDA, Sup't.
Kin,;stoa, May 19, lo
NOTICE TO COAL OPI'KA TOUS.
COAL LANDS FOU LKA8E.
"VTOTICB Is hereby given, that proposal. m j,.
il reeeired by the undersigned, to grant for a
term of yean, near Trevorton, Northumberland
County, Pa., several bow leases upon Red and
White Ash Coal beds, having four miles run above
water level. The reu uh aro tho same veins now
boing worked by the Lykons Valley Company, the
ooal frm whtoh is of a superior quality and always
command) tho highest price in the market. p,w.
session of the premises can be given immediately.
In addition to the facilities now poisesied hy tint
region for shipment to markot by way of the North,
em Central Railwny and the Pennsylvania Canal,
there will, it is believed, very soon be an opening to
the Eastern market, by way of the Enterpriie and
the Philadelphia and Heading Railroad.
JOHN W. HALL, or P. W. BHKAFKH.
Engineer of Mines, 125 Centre St., Pottsville, Pa.
llarrlaburg, JulyJIlWW. 2iu
Police in llimkriipK'j .
In the District Court of the United States, for tho
Western Distriot of Pennsylvania.
In the matter of Henry Longenecker )
and Alfred H. Fisko, late trading I In Bankrupt
as Henry Longenecker ft Co. I cy.
bankrupts. )
To wnoH it may coxcRnx: Tho undersigned
hereby givo notico of their appointment n-i hjmhik-m
of Henry Longenecker and Alfred R. Fiskr.nf tho
Horough of Shamokin, In tho county of Norllnnnln'r
land, and State ol Pennsylvania, within said District,
who have been adjndgod HnnkrupLiupnn thoir owr.
petition by the District Court of said District.
LLOYD T. KOHUUACII,
3. K. DAVIS, Jr.,
Sunlairy, July IS, 18H8 : AsMgncea, .to.
ioli' in Hit ii It rn toy.
In tho District Court of tho United. States, fur thu
Western District of Ponn-ylvania.
In the matter of Asa II. Bergstres- j
er, Bankrupt. j In Bankruptcy.
To Whom it may Concern : The undersigned here
by gives notico of his appointment as n.fiiirnoes of
Asa H. Hergntrossor, of the Uorough of Shaniokin, in
tho County of Northumberland, and Statu of Penn
sylvania, within said District, who has boon ml
judged a Bankrupt upon his own petition by tho Dis
trict Court of saiii District.
S P. WOLVKMTON, Assignoc, Ac.
t-'unbury, July 2i, LSUS 3t
kIi .Xi) l'lttcnt uj.i '
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AT
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Purchases. Sales, Consignments, Shipments, Deal
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Also, Commercial Law, Phonography, Dotectinj
Counterfeits, Ao.
Studentsrecoived at any tinl, and instructed at
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July 25, ISM. 0m
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THEY MEET EVERY WANT IN A li"'n
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of the Jar mouth. The result ia, a Combine Lid and
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OFFICE, No. 20 South 7th St., Philadelphia.
July JS, 1863.-4t
NEW' CARlUA(Tir&; BUCfiV
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riUIK subscriber respeotfully informs the citifna
L ol Sunbury aud uciuiiy. that he U"J
hop ia Sol. btrob's Blacksuiilhhop-Buildu : n
Che.tnul street, Sunbury, Pa , where be kP con
stantly on hand, and manufactures to order,
Curriaea, MujiK), eulls, .
of the latest stylo and of the best material
R.pairing of Wagons, Carriages. doM " ,h
"pern' want of fin. Buggi- - J,-. -requested
teall before Pwcb"luc KOUSH.
Sunbury, July II, 1-1T
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