Cf? gunfmtg American.
H. B. MA88KR, Editor Proprietor.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1808.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
NATIONAL TICKET.
PRESIDENT:
(itn. Il.VfUta S. CJHA.M',
OF ILLINOIS.
VICE TBE8IDENT i
RrnLTLKR COtrAX,
OF INDIANA.
STATE TICKET.
AVDITOR GENERAL :
Clcn. JOHN T. HARTBAMTT,
or MPSTOOMERT COtHtTT.
PURVEYOR GENERAL :
(Jen. JACOB M. CAMPBELL.
Or CANBMA COCKTT.
COTJN TICKET.
CONGRESS,
JOHN B. PACKER, Eq , of Bunbury.
(Subject to decision of Conferee Convention.)
ASSEMBLY,
ALFRED B- FISKB. of Bhamokin.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
WM, A. BOBEB, Eiiq., of Bunbury.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
JOSEPH M. NESBIT, of Chillisquaque.
THE DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
The Democracy had their first ratification
meeting nt the Court House, in this placo,
on Monday evening last. As it was the first
day of court, they felt that they could rely
upon a fair attendance. The room was
about two-thirds full, one-third, nt least,
being Republicans. The orators selected to
enlighten the befogged Democracy, were
Mr. Deise, of Lock Haven, and our versatile
friend, Charley Shriner, Andy Johnson's col
lector of this district. Mr. Deise is what is
sometimes called "a bora Democrat," and
could be nothing else if he tried. He im
agines that his deBtiny is stump oratory, and
that he ia bound to advocate the principles
of any platform the party may choose to
adopt, regardless of all or any consequences
that may ensue. He believes, if not in the
divine right, at least in tho prescriptive
right of his party to hold all the offices and
make the most out of them. To him it is
of littlo importance who tho party may
select for President, whether it be Soymoun
Pendleton, Jeff. Davis or Gen. Lee, even
Salmon P. Chase, the great abolitionist,
would not be objectionable. Mr. Shriner is
a more versatile genius, and is firmly im
pressed with the belief that the chief pur
pose of politics is office, and worships only
at the ehrlne in whose temple are images of
gold. Such were tho orators, whose mission
was, if not to explain, to befog thoee
doubting Democrats, who could not exactly
see why Pendleton and Haucock Bhould be
set aside for Seymour and Blair, at the spe
cial instance and request of August Bel
mont, tue foreign Jew banker and financial
leader of the New York money Democrats,
and agent for the Rothschilds, of Europe.
We entered the Court nouse when Mr
Deiso was already in full blast. With good
lungs and no lack of assurance, he let off
one of those speeches peculiar to his class
without much regard to logic, or consisten
cy in the relation of facts. And if he some'
times indulged in quotations, not the most
select, bucIi as"root hog or die," and other el a
gant phrases, it must be remembered that he
was the best judge of what suited the taste
and capacity of his fellow Democrats.
As a specimen of his feeling toward Gen.
Grant for whipping his Democratic Southern
brethren, he commenced by declaring that,
personally, he had nothing to say against
Grant, who could say nothing for himself,
and when some one exclaimed that "Grant
was educated at West Point," Mr. D. re
plied, "yes, and it took him ten years to
make a tanner of himself." To say nothing
of the bad tasto of Mr. D. it was certainly
worse policy to attempt to cast ridicule up.
on General Grant because he chose to follow
the humble occupation of a tanner. It was
bad enough for Southern members to de
clare on the floor of Congress, that "laborers
were only intended as the mud sills of socio
ty," but we hardly supposed that our North
ern sympathizers with the rebellion would
show their approval of such insulting and
disgraceful doctrines in the presence of our
mechanics and laborers. In the eyes of
Wade Hampton, Forrest, Buckncr and other
rebel Generals, who represented the chivalry
in the New York Democratic Convention,
Gen. Grant is nothing but a poor mechanic,
who had tbe impudence to head the "boys
in blue," and whip the chivalry into obedi
ence. Buckner, who surrendered to Grant
at Fort Donelson, no doubt felt indignant,
and why should not his friends in the North
sympathize with him. Among the numerous
false assertions he made, he slightly increas
ed tbe public debt, ten bundled millions of
dollars ; declared that Jefferson was op
posed to the "nigger," ct-c.
Among other inconsistencies, he stated
that every Democratic administrations had
been controlled by the will of the people,
and yet he abused Congress, who represent
the people, because they refused to surren
dcr their power and priviledges iuto the
lunds of the President, tbe one-man power.
Such are the inconsistencies of tho mulish
leaders of modern Democracy, who are will
ing to surrender, even tbeir liberties to pro
cure office.
When Mr. Shriner took the stand, he evi
dently felt the awkwnrdneis of his position,
and attempted to excuse himself by telling
a story related by Wade Hampton, the rebel
General, in the New York Convention. The
gist of the story was, to the effect that
a "nigger" was brought before a military tri
bunal, ami when the commander asked liin
what brought him there, Sambo said, "the
lrtier fotched me," and the reason why
Charley was at a Seymour meeting, was,
that "tbe Radicals fotched him." If Charley
had been candid, he could have explained
in four words the wholo difficulty. "The
collectorship fotched him." But Charley
knows that he has taken a voyage in a sink
"g hip, and therefore disclaims belonging
to the Seymour Democracy.
Tlie Secretary of State has issued a pro
Hamatlon announcing the adoption of the
Fourteenth Amendment as a part of the
'oM:oi.irj oi the Vailed States.
TACTS AND FldCBES.
Revenue Commissioner Welts hss publish
ed a summary of out national finances which
is ad extinguisher to the Copperhead false
hoods of Got. Seymour, and his servile Imi
tator. The following summary shows the
extent of the various amendments made by
Congress to the internal revenue laws that
hare reduced taxation :
Ryaotof Ju1yl3,186, t0,on0,00
lly set of Miuroh 2, 1807, 40,000,000
By act of February 3, 108, (exemption
of raw Cotton,)
By set of March 31, 188,
M,7,000
43.500,000
Total,
This is tetter than platform
$107,289,000
resolutions
It will be
or promises from canoiuaie.
seen that $67,209,000 of tuie reduction has
been made by the present congress, i u
total reduction of taxes since the war is a
very gratifying aggregate. Yet under all
these, the revenue for the fiscal year ending
June 30th, 1868, still reached 1406,300,000,
via:
rvrtom. (Midi H6S.W0.000
Internal Revenue (ourreney)
Miscellaneous (currney)
I'ublio Lands and direct tax (ourrenoj)
lVH.eoo.oos
47.000.000
a.soo.ooo
Total, 4O,S0O.0C9
If the amendatory tax law in reference to
spirits and tobacco be properly enforced, the
revenues for the current year will largely
exceed the above amount. As regards the
aggregate expenditures for the fiscal year,
Mr. Wells says :
The expenditure of tbe Government on aeoount of
interest on the public cteirt lor mo nseni year euums;
June SO, 1S68, wasflsl.oM.SM 13. The aggreget
expenditure! of the several departments of the Gov
eminent for the tame period were $22,I4,874 M,
making a total expenditure (or tho fiscal year end-
i 1 . on ,,1,1,! r C17I S Ml 99 .ml Inavinff an
estimated surplus of receipts over expenditure of
f34.749.777. The present condition of the funded
and interest-bearing debt of tho United States, ex
clusive of the bonds issued to the Tactile Katiroad
Companies (the interest on which is a charge upon
the roads,) necessitates a present annual expendi
ture on account of the Interest of about 12tV00O,-
000. The excess of expenditure on account of inter
est over this amount during the last fiscal year was
due mainly to payments on aeoount of accumulated
internst on the "aomnound-iuleroet notes." and will
not again appear In the future disbursement of the
Treasury on account ot interest.
These figures will bo apt to surpriso many
persons who have been led by partiran
speeches and journals to believe that Con
gress waa SQuanderini! all the revenues and
running into debt besides.
Congress has also passed a funding bill,
the effect of which would be to reduce thi
interest manv millions by putting the debt
t tlio low rntoa nf four and four and a half
per cent, interest ; President Johnson, infill
enced by the Democrats who opposed the
act vehemently, pocketed the bill to prevent
it becoming a law. As to the outlay upon
the army and navy, Mr. Wells goes into the
figures. Here is the statement of the expen
ditures of the Navy Department from 1SC0
to the present time :
1R82
1863
1864 .
1K65
18rt6
1807
$42,674,569
63.211.105
B5,733,292
122.507,776
43,324,118
31,034,004
25.775,502
17,300,000
1883
1809, appropriated
It will bo seen that tho expenditures
reached their height in the year 18G5 and
bavo rapidly declined since, so that the
amount appropriated for 1SC9 is. only $17,
300,000. Concerning the expenditures of
the War Department, the report says:
The total disbursements made under tbe ilirootion
of. or through the Wnr Department, for the fiscnl
voar ending Juno 30, 1868, were $123,248,048 62. Of
this amount there were paid :
For Bounties $.1fl,000,000
For Reimbursing State War Claims 10,330,188
For Engineer Bureau (mainly river and
harbor iuiprovcnicnta.1
For Payments for property lost or de
stroyed in the military service of tho
United Suites, Aot of March 3, 1849,
and supplements thereto estimated,
For subsistence of Indians, estimated,
For Freedman's Bureau,
For Expenses, Reconstruction,
For National Cemeteries,
For Commutation of Rations of Prisoners
of War,
6,132,620
6,111,300
1.000,000
3,215.000
1.799,270
792,800
151000
Total, $rtG,533,238
This amount, deduotcd from the aggregate expen
ditures above given, indicate the rogular and legiti
mate army expenditures for the tiscal year ondiug
Juno 30, 1888,lo bavo been $58,713,410, of which
do inconsiderable part is justly ohargeable to the
expenses attendant upon tbe existence of Indian
hostilities upon the plains in the summer and full of
li-67, which largely and execptionably augmouted
ihe cost of transportation and subsistence
Tho military appropriations for the current fiscal
year are $33,081,013,
As much noise has been made about the
huge sums spent by the War Department
since the close of the war, on this point
Mr. Wells says :
The aggregate expenditures made through or un
der the direction of the War Department from
April 1, 1865, to Juno 30, 1887, inclusive, were $917,
117,013 42. Of this aggrcgiite, the disbursement
for nine months, or from April 1, 1885, to December
31, of the same year, as stated by quarters, were as
follows :
From April 1 to June 30, 1865,
From June 30 to Sept 30, li-65,
From Sept. 30 to Deo. 31, 186,
$414,196,277 38
185,369.237 32
88,122541 65
Total, $647,688,050 33
It thus appoars that of tbe above total expendi
tures of the War Department, $617,688,000, or 70
per ecnt. of the whole, weredirectly contingent upon
the termination of thewar and the disbanding of the
army, and were disbursed within the nine months
immodialoly succeeding the surrender of Lea in
Arril, 1866.
Tbe balance of expenditure charged to the War
Department nn the books nf the Treasury, vix :
$269,428,987 10, covers a period of thirty months, or
trout January 1, 1668, to June 30, 1HW, and repre
sents tbe disbursement farther contingent upon the
termination of the war, such as arrears of pay and
transportation of troops ; the regular expenses of the
military establishment ; tho expense of the Indian
War in the summer and fall of 1867 ; the payment
of bounties ($49,382,859 from July I, 1866, to Juno
30, 1668 ;) the payments for property lost or destroy
ed in the militury servioe of the United States ($11,
000,000;) the reimbursement of State claims $10,
330,000 in 1807-8 ;) river and harbor improvements,
and the expenses of fortifications ; subsistence of In
dians; Freed men's Bureau; expenses of Recon
struction, to , Ac.
Of the whole amount expended on the
Freedmen's Bureau and Reconstruction, the
former reaches only $9,617,000, and the lat
ter $2,344,700, and tbe work done for this
has been of incalculable benefit to the South
ami to the country. Tho total appropria
tions made by couuting for the current fiscal
year are eighty millions less than the aggro
gate spent for that ending June 30, 1868.
This exhibit shows that we have reduced
the taxes $167,000,000, paid off all the war
expenses, reconstructed the South, reduced
our debt, brought the army down to a peace
standard, and are in sound financial condi
tion, with our expenses falling every year.
Economy baa been steadily pursued by Con
gress, and there is no foundation whatever
for complaint in regard to tbe management
of our finances. Taxpayers may look to the
future for still further relief ia the way of
reduced taxes, reduced debt, reduced army
and civil officers and a prosperous nation.
Dun Voorhees has been making a great
fu.s about taxation, and he made so much
fuss about it that the matter waa looked
into, and it waa found that Dan'i tax
amounted to eighty seven and a half cents
in five year. Dsn is not tbe only oae.
Witness Febs. We understand the fees
of witnesses, attending Court in this county,
have been raised by speolal Legislative on
actmenti to two dollars per day. Our pre-
sent member ha the credit of increasing
this burden on poor suitors, for the benefit
of the office holders. The fees of Justices
of tbe Peace, and office holder generally,
have been greatly Increased of late years.
The mombers of the Legislature thomselvrs,
modestly raised their own fees from about
350 to $1,000 per session, or about Hirer)
fold. Can our Dcmocratio ReprtMntatlvaa,
for the last six or eight years, reconcile llirea
things, with their loud profession of roono
my, and their love for the (War peopln,
whom they so successfully humbug and
cajole, in order to fleece them.
Gkn. Ui.aih, in his speech at 1.eavonwtith,
on the 13th ult., made soma tWItuail.ma
that will be neither complimentary or a hick.
able to the Democracy. He had tho limim!
ty to declare, that "he had nothing to say
against Gen. Grant, prraoitnllv, and that
his military services would ever ho routmit
bered with pride." What will the roppni'
head journals, who have not brains iiottu,lt
to discriminate between argument and
abnso of Gen. Grant, say to such a tliH-lara
tion from their own candidate, anil ho a
soldier too. But the most unkind cut was
his declaration, that "tho lUdlt'nl parly
had made coppcrhcadiam iciretalle.'
Surely if theKadicals have really at-conipllah
cd so great a changr, they are entitled to
the lasting gratittido of respectable citizens
of alt parties.
Hon. Joskhi Wilson, the affable and in
tolligcnt Commissioner of the Land Office,
at Washington, has organized, under an Act
of Congress, a corps for the exploration of
the mineral resources of some of our new
Territories. Mr. Wilson's superior abilities,
and long experience in the Land Office, has
made his services almost indispensable to
the Government.
A White Man's Government. Those
who have been vociferating for a white
man's government, for the past few years,
and have quaked with fear at the idea of
negro supremacy, will be interested in the
following notice from the Georgia Telegraph,
a rebel Democratic paper, of the 17th inst :
"Hundreds of the colored voters were in
tbe Soymour and Blair procession, in Macon,
last Wednesday night, and thousands more
cheered it on with right good will. Tbe
talk about "conflict of races" is all stuff. The
Democrats in this canvass are going to il
lustrate not a conflict, but a co operation of
rate. We mean that somewhere betweeu
four-fifths and nine tenths of the Georgia
negroes shall vote with us, and by our side,
in this election; and we mean iu this to do
not the slightest violence to bis inclination.
Ho suall vote as be chooses, and ho shall
vote for his own best interests and happi
ness. We notify all carpet-baggers and ad
venturers at home and abroad, that we in
tend to try conclusions with them nn this
point, and help themselves if they can. The
vote of Georgia this fall shall be nigher a
unit than it ever was before. The Uadicals
shall get enough of "manhood sulTrage" in
Georgia to satisfy thorn for four years at
least.
XII i: IIAI.TI.MOKE II.OOD.
Sceiiea nnd
ItM-idcnla Tlie Ioaaj of
.tie.
We glean from the Baltimore papers of
Monday the following additional particulars
of the great flood :
"On Baltimore street, at the intersection
of that thoroughfare with Harrison street
and Markat Space (says the American) is
perhaps one of the most impressive exhibi
tions of the force and volume of tho flood.
The battered, scarred and mud stained walls
on cither side of Harrison street near this
point shows the depth of the water to have
been not less than eight to ten feet deep.
This vast volume of water, running at a rate
equal in velocity to the rapids of Niagara,
and laden with heavy timbers and wrecks
of alt kiuds, came with full force against
the front of the Maryland Institute, where
it divided and swept down either side of
Market Space, and through the arched
openings leading to tbe market house. The
resistance offered by the building and the
vast accumulation of ilebrii in front of it
soon caused the water to wash out the
street and footways, and hundreds of cart
loads of earth, were swept out, to a depth
of ten or twelve feet, including half the
width of Baltimore street, laying bare tbe
massive foundations of the Institute, on
either corner, for a considerable space.
"But for tho peculiarity of the foundation
of the Maryland Institute, the building must
inevitably bavo been destroyed. The walls,
however, resting upon triple rows ot spiles,
driven down into the marshy soil, firmlv
supported the heavy stone foundation walls
ana Ucficcl the power of tho flood. Thus
the building stands .secure, thnuch wo are
eorry to observe this morning that the pier
supporting tho northeast corner of the build
ing has settled about two inches, and that
Ihe first arch on the east side is damaged.
TUB WRECKED rASSENORR CAR.
"Immediately on the north crossing of
Harrison street was to be eeen all that was
left of the wreck of the city passenger rail
road car, tho perilous drifting of which
from tie track on Gay street an account
has been given in these columns. The
lower portion of tho body of the car was
found bottom up. The upper portion had
entirely disappeared, its appearance indica
ting more strongly than language could de
pict in what a fearful peril the passengers
of this ill fated Btreet car must have been
placed.
PAVEMENTS TOBX W.
"The footways and portions of the street
along tho entire length of Harrison street,
aa also on Frederick street, portiona of Fay
ctte street and Gay street, have been swept
out, in some places down to the foundations
of the buildings, and much time and labor
must be required to repair the damage.
The eutire line of Harrison street is filled
with a confused mass of wrecked and ruin
ed property, covered with mud and filth,
whilst from every doorway tbe inhabitants
are shovelling out masses of mud, enough
to fill good sized scows.
ntiEs or distress.
"Presently cries of distress were heard
from the market house, and it was soon as
certained that a number of persons had been
caught there by the storm, and were in peril
of being drowned by the rising flood. With
a promptness and tnougbttulness that is
highly creditable to the ceotleman. Mr. Ste
vena procured a piece of timber, and with
the assistance of bis friends knocked out
some planks on tbe side of the ticket office
in tbe main entrance to tbe ball, which eoa
bled tbem to communicate with the people
who were nooa-Douna in tue market ueueatu.
The water was uow some eight or ten feet
deep, and the only refuge of these unfortu
natea was by climbing upon and clinging to
tbe stalls. Tbe first one thus rescoed was a
little girl about twelve years of age, who
w as cijngmgto one ol the doors of the
market house. A rope waa paiard round
her body, nnd sho waa dinwil lip lu aaluty
Next the rescuers mad an opiitiltiu mh ilm
opposite aide of the stairway, ami tit HiU
way delivered Irom tne late wiiiti ioit
ed them, a large numlar t pois. in t.f all
agoa and lea, whits) and mil.ua.l, li,oit
thirty live in all, Many wait. iiIM,h and
among I ha number wm tiilab tdk
who Had I'orn patient t Ilia alnim "V
taken rluu lit Mia maikot litmsa, MiUiMum
soon to fjot awav In a iiaaalittf ) link t
the timely ti Hints nf Ida peidlMitait aim
named. ii doubt manv nf ( ! i.o.iiila
would have hum dnttviied,
"Mr. SlBVPiia litlntttie tta Dial hIioii Ilia
flood was at Ha hululit tta Viillt.ad a '!
atrtiuulliiit til Ilia waiut and iliiriliiai laldd
Iv dn Ilia al alila id Ilia out "l
Mnlttaott allent, Mia l.iuHiesa was prompt
If wattdiad and near altitlt made In
Mm. Ha waa. Iiowovm. reai'Mml b ail
PUianl nt tumid Ilia hmieoaiiM Maiaxl ftpaeo,
Wlm tliaw llto lad lld' I"" srMMiiiii aiory
window II la pinbably that this lad tuny
liav Urmit Ilia nun WHO waa tin iu nv e.
aeiijjrr i-at whan It waa wracked on Hnrrl
aoi si I ant,"
rUun prniiilnaiit nen In the South appear
t.t Iml.li.iilnir under the illusion that the
war la tutl yet over. For Instance, a Con-
fntlruaU named Williams, in addressing s
... rnitml ntimooratiomassmoutiiiKatShrrva
port, La,, the other day, pitched into the
North in the following stylo ;
"Wo arraign them in the name of our own
dmuly Imlovod Confederate dead chcers,
whoso bones are strewn all over the Houtli
west killed in battle by the atrocious catialty
of the Kadicnl Uovcrnment. cheers. "
Unfortunately for tho argument of Mr,
Williams, about as many of the rebels who
fell in battlo against their country were killed
by bullets fired by Democrats as by Kopublt
cans ; and when ho proposes to make the
-Lost CauBO triumphant in the approaching
election, he does nothing out array together
the mass of true patriots, Democrats as well
as Republicans, under tbe banner of Grant
and Colfax. Tbe cry now, as in the dark
days or yore, will bo :
Down with the traitors, mp with the stars !
Rally round tho Flag, boys Rally onoa again.
Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom !
FROM WAMHIKttTO.ll.
WASmuGTOw, August 4. The Internal
Revenue Commissionership has finally gone
begging for some person to fill it, having
been positively refused by Governor Cox, of
Ohio. Tne President tendered it to several
parties to-day, among them Governor Cox
of Maryland, tbe new Commissioner of Pen
sions. As far as known it has not been ac
cepted. Attorney-general Evarts, who
still absent, is said to have prepared an
opinion, to the effect that when an oflicia
resigns and such resignation is accepted by
the President, thero is a vacancy. If Mr.
Evarts gives such an opinion it decides Mr,
Rollins' caso at once, and tho latter has
already signified his willingness to abide by
the decision of tbe Attorney General.
The announcement made some time ago
that the claims of the United States against
the pro-Rebel bankers of Paris, Erlanger &
Co., had been decided adversely iu the courts
there, was a mistake. The case has only
been appealed to a higher court, nnd the
State Department has authorized Minister
Dix to engage some of the ablest French
lawyers to represent our government. Some
eight or ten millions of dollars are invol
ved. The health of Thaddeus Stevens contin
ues to grow worse, and his strength is fast
failing. Ho bad arranged to leave to-morrow
for Lancacter, but under advice of bis
physicians his departure is indehnitly post
poned. He is confined to bed, and sees
very few friends.
A despatch from Lieutenant-Governor
Glcason, of Florida, received here to-day,
says the Legislature of that Stato has passed
a bill providing for the choosing of Presi
dential electors by the Legislature in joint
session. 1 be bill will receive tho sanction
of the Governor and become a law.
The President in reply to somo inquires
made tho other day as to what ho intended
doing to aid the success of tho Democrat
ticket, said whatever he might do be certain
ly would not do anything to help General
Grant.
.cw Albany, lnI., Mliowlnt; lior
i'olora.
Indianapolis, August 4. At the munici
pal election in Kew Albany to-day, the Dem
ocratic candidate for Mayor was elected by
143 votes, a Republican gain of 700 votes.
Mr. Hendricks spoke at length, on last Sat
urday, with what effect to day's election
demonstrates. Kew Albany has always been
a famous Democratic stronghold.
HKi;Yirii:sj.
A ipirited candidate Frank Blair.
A. T. Stewart has bought a $200,000 villa
at Kew Port.
The Queen of England proposes taking
a Swiss tour, in cog.
Photographs of Longfellow sell immense
ly well iu England now.
We believe iu woman's rights, but not in
Cady Stantnns writes. Chicago Pott.
The horse car companies of Kew York
lost horses recently from overheating.
Boston is fond of frogs. One dealer there
sells six hundred pairs of legs per week.
General Grant owns forty-two hnrscs.it is
saivl, and the whole batch is only worth
about $10,000.
Tbe sweeping and dusting of the British
House of Commons costs eight thousand
dollars a year.
The Democrats of Michigan have a candi
date for Lieutouaut Governor whose name
ia Coflinbury.
Kewberryport has an old berry woman
who is 05 years of age, and has for seventy
years been peddling fruit.
Pennsylvania was invanded by the rebels
July 1, 1808 ; New York, July 8, 1868.
The last new thing in ladies' fashions is
patent eyelashes,
Canada forsees itself aa the great water
ing place of the United States.
Indiana Democrats will not allow Frank
Blair to speak in tbeir Stale, under any pre
text. Tho Irish PeopU, a neutral paper publish
ed in Kew York, has the following in refer
ence to August Belmont :
Irishmen Irish Democrats tho man who has
unblushingly proclaimed himself In an Amerioan
oourt of Uw an agent of England your old tnemy
the deeulator of your peUrnal hearths is the
identical individual who is actual chairman of tba
Vemooratio falionl Executive Committee.
A secessionist at Cape May offered to bet
$20,000 that Ohio would go for Seymour ;
but when it was accepted with the addition
of f 5,000 that Ohio would cive ten thousand
for Grant, and twice $5,000 that the same
State would give him twenty thousand ma
jority, the gallant butternut turned bis gray
oacK anu retreated.
A little daughter of Mr. 9. Jordan, Dur
ham, Connecticut, swallowed a piece of
acorn last winter, since which time she has
been troubled with a very bad cough so
bad that she waa thought to be In coneump
tion. About three weeks ago sho coughed
up the acorn, which waa found to be sprout
ed, ana sue nag been wen ever since.
Pike, of Opera House fame, is reported to
be woith $18,000,000. Whoever caught
that pike made a good haul.
A good sized piece of horse radish kept
in the month at church, will keep you awake
turiDj tue ootl steep provoking semoo.
Ilnl It lilliiitilnniis and anthracite ooal have
'm tuittiil In ilia Itudky Mountains, on the
mm ,.f ,M Kii.wt.) Knllway, clogej to the
. . jl,.. L.( uti., Held la near Benton.
,, it, tiMHi. -f' Ida nfoeslnii ol lb North
t'latK.
A rtm-f m I llioftr (miiiiiIt, Illinois, wont
in ) t.Htt.lr n.iit mm 'liioadaf wank erltli four
iiiteh lie Hi'iuhht the ami too dot and
Uii.i tut h hern, Imi before he reached
It all Ilia luiiaa Ml dnad fioin beat.
Una firm tu Maine, manufalure
toil tiiimaand imiiitiaaliie ir week. That
1.114 bm tlialr innniiaain leaiho, Which they
Minuily feiolvMil fin in Rhode Island, giving
an pin y maul In lid branch of busioest to
final lift j to una liundrad hands.
I lia limit nf ( iovarrmr Hiiymnr's nomin
tion lor tlio I'rraldttncy reminds an exchange
nf llin alorv of tl ftlullluau and Ida wife I
"It'a a bad cowld ye have. A drop of the
craylhur ml do no baarrunt.' 'Ocli, hone,'
suid lllddy, 'I've taken the plidgo, but you
can mis a drink. Teddy, and force me to
awally It."
Newport ia Oiling up last with summer
residents. There are now three hundred
ami fifty families, representing from three to
four thousand people, which makes riewport
lively. More than three hundred equipages
turn out on the avenues in the afternoon
There is a farmer in Jones county, Iowa,
so the Anomosa Kurekn affirms, who will
vote lor Seymour and Blair, and who sup
ports his determination by the declaration
that "the meanest, most contemptible thing
them fellows down to Congress have done
was to send a lot of bureaus to them freed
men down South."
The Wheeling (Va.) Intelligencer says
"lietween Alancington and llesaville are
several tanneries by the roadside, which
adopt a device very suggestive of their
owners' politics. At each a fine 'Grant and
Colfax flag floats from a pole, and under
neat the flag, from a sort of spar, is suspend
ed a tannetl hide. This bide in intended to
symbolize tbe condition of the Democracy
iu November." '
Gen. Grant recently remarked to a friend
"The rebels we whipped, as it was our duty
to do ; they fought us bravely, and I for one
have no spito against them. If they behave
themselves I shall think well of them. But
the Copperheads and Peace men of th
North tho men who during the war reviled
tho soldiers, encouraged the enemy, and did
their utmost to stop supplies and reinforce-
menta to our boys in front such men
can't forgive ; I will never forget them, or
have anything to do with them."
All the moderate Republican journals, o
the Aew lork lime. Springfield (Mass.
ItenMifan, and New York Commercial Ad.
tertiser type, bavo ranged themselves under
tbe Grant nag ; and Ihurlow Weed, now in
London, forgetting all bis hatred of th
Radicals, writes home : "The Democratic
nomination for President seriously disap
points me. If I had a thousand voices
raise, and as many votes to cast; they should
all be pronounced and deposited for Grant
and against Seymour."
Rest.-i.ts of a Mibunderptandiso. The
King of Holland recently left for the lakes
of Lucerne, and tho day of his departure
was tho day of the Queen a arrival, Owing
to some little domestic misunderstanding
the King and Queen are never seen together,
which baa induced tbe people to call them
"the sun" and "the moon."
Femai.k Liberty. In Paragua women
do all the farm work, (tending the flocks
and tilling the ground,) and fill all the petty
offices of Government, and it is alleged that
Paraguay is the only country in the world
where woman has a perfect equality with
man. She holds oflice, lights, works on the
farm, recruits soldiers, serves in the hospital,
guards tbo house, tames horses, and in fine,
she is free. Man has taken off the shackles,
and she is equal to tho situation.
Commissioner Rollins Determined to
Stick. A despatch from Washington states
that notwithstanding tho earnest desire of
Andy and of Secretary McCulloch to remove
Commissioner Rollins, to give A. J.'s follow
ers crumbs of consolation, Mr. Evarts, the
newly appointed Attorney General decides
that Mr. Rollins is entitled to retain the
oflice until his successor is duly qualified.
Under the new law providing fur supervisors
of revenue districts, with powers of appoint
ment, Andy aims at universal decapitulion.
Mr. Rollins has given the President to under
stand that lie is willing to turn over the
oflice to any one who in his opinion will be
acceptable to the majority of the Seuate.
In tlio meautimo Commissioner Rollius will
stick.
The New Postovfice Law. Tho post-
office law passed by Congress last week in
troduces some new and important changes
in the mode of conducting tbe business of
the department. It provides for the return
nf all letters on which the name of the sen
der is endorsed, if not called for within
thirty duys; reduces tbe fees on money or
ders; doubles the compensation of postmas
ters for the payment of money orders ; al
lows weekly newspapers sent to regulur sub
scribers in the county were published to be
delivered free of postage from the post office
nearest the place ot publication ; authorizes
tbe issue ot duplicate money orders for such
as have been lost; makes it felony to coun
terfeit money orders.
The Slavic Trade. The African slave
trade still exhibits signs of vitality. Eigh
teen slave vessel were captured by the British
squadron on the East coast of Africa during
1807. In this service one vessel, tho High
flyer.secmsto have particularly distinguished
herself, having made nn less than teu of the
captures. The number of slaves on board
ot these vessels was estimated at oo'j, but in
some cases they were got ashore before the
capture took place. Most of the vessels
sailed under Arabian colors.
The total eclips of the sun, nn August 13
1908, will be of greater duration than any
eclipse for the next two centuries. While
the sun is almost at the greatest distanre
from the earth, the moon is nearest the earth,
and tho moon's shadow will pass near the
earth's equator all circumstances which
increase the eclipse either in duration or in
extent on the earth's surface. The total
eclipse will commence a little past sunrise
at Aden, (Red Sua,) passes during the fore
noon though India, and ends in tbe even
ing in New-Guinea. The longst duration of
tbe total eclipse will be six minutes and fifty
seconds a duration greater than it bus
been for more than a thousand years back.
Most of the Europcau governments have
resolved to send scientific expeditions to
India, &c, fur the observation oi this rare
phenomenon. The English expedition left
England some time ago ; the French expe
dition will be sent to Cochin China and
Malacca, and will be aided by several ves
sels of the French navy ; the Austrian ex
pedition will go to Aden. Tbe Parliament
of the North German Union voted $18000
for an expedition, and even the almost bank
rupt Papal government will send an expe
dition to India, with the renowned Father
Seccbi. Whether the United States will be
represented is not known.
Sai Buaca or Gaares on Standard ia another
column. Bpsbb's Btabdabd Wii Bittbbs is
highly recommended by physioians for Dyspptio
on aeoount of its tonio properties, its parity, and
its delioious flavor.
Gbatb Bittbhs. Every one knows th value of
tne grape, a a luscious and poaltby fruit, speer i
"Standard Win Bitters" Is the ultimata of th
grape ; In it properties, mildly stimulating, diuret
ic, sudorific, and tonie. Alor than seven-eighths of
tbem ar lb par iuioa of th grape, simply mad
bitter by Peruvian Bark, Chamomile Flowws.Saake
jtoot, uaiamiu, vud caery stars, a,
fold ty i'rujgj:.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
To th Worklnarmrn of ajnnbtiry
sail Tlrlnlty,
AttRtTf NO) nf the workings of Runhnry and
Vielnll. Ill k. k.1.1 l ika If. II VmMir'm
Store, earner of Foarth and Markat streets, oa Mon-
7 evening, August 10th, at! o'oloak, for lb mi
poea of orgasnelng a Labor Reform Lagu. All
ii i? ,aoor rlorm, ara anrdiaiiy in-
n i . ... Maar Woaxixoaa.
Dunbury, Aug. 8, 1888.
To Teachers.
Tn Committee on Permanent Cerllncata will
meet for the examination of Teaohers, at Bun
bury, in the N. B. Ward Bobool llouse.on Saturday.
Augusi m, isos, t is o'elaek A. M. All teachers
uwiring permanent aerunoates will please attend.
. . O. N. WAGNER,
Chairman of the Commute.
Augusi 8, 1868.
jyjr. I.AARlM 4c .RIO It It IS,
OCCl'MSTS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE
CELEBRATED
PERFECTED SPECTACLES
EYE GLA8SKS, AC.
UARTFORD, COA'iV., '
AVI APFOIIITID
T. S. SHANNON,
BUNBTJBT. PEWW'A..
As their Sol agent for Bunbury and vioinity for tbe
iiu oi m ceiooraiea
PERFECTED SPECTACLES,
AND EYE GLASSES.
Ia doing sa they hav eonfldenoo in the ability of
tbeir agent to meet th requirements or all cus
tomers. His assortment of our BEAUTIFUL LEN
SES comprises every form and kind, ealculated for
the simplest as well as the worst oases of diseased or
unpaired vision. An opportunity win DO tnus al
lowed, to prooure at an times
SPECTACLES UNEQUALLED BY ANY OF
THEIR STRENGTHENING AND PRESER
VING QUALITIES.
Too much cannot be said as to their Superiority
ever the ordinary glassea worn, mere is no gum
mering, wavering of the sight, dissiness, or other
unpleaaam sensation, nut on tne oonirary, irom me
peculiar construction of the Lenses, they are sooth
ins and pleasant, oausing a feeling of relief to the
wearer, and Producing: a Clear and Distinot Vision
as in th natural beaUhy sight. They are the only
apectaoles that
PRESERVE A3 WELL A8 ASSIST THE SIGHT,
and ar the Cheapest because th Best, always last
ing many years without ehange being necessary.
I3TCAUTION. Mr. T. 8. ?HANNON, Jeweler,
is tbeir Only Agent appointed in Bunbury and vi
oinity. fJWi employ no Peddlers. augl,'68 ly.
STONE FUIYIPS.
THE subscriber, well known in this part of the
country as a manufacturer of Wooden pumps,
has now turned his attention to putting in the
CELEBRATED STONE PUMP,
which for durability, appearance, continued fresh
ness of water, and protection against freezing ar
grtly superior to Ibe ordinary wooden pump.
They have been used in Sunbury for the past two
years, rendering entire satisfnetion, and can be seen
at the residences of Messrs. Chas. J. liruner, Lloyd
Rohrbach, James Boyd, W'm. 1. tireenough, and
other gentle i en in Sunbury.
Price, (1.00 per foot.
PETER WEAVER.
Upper Augusta, August 1, 18AS im
-
Dealer in all kinds of
ANTHRACITE COAL,
MIDDLE WHARF, SUNBURY, PA.,
IS prepared to snpply all kinds of Anthracite Cnnl
from th Shamokiu Coal Region at cheap rates.
All orders promptly filled. Country custom re
spectfully solioitcd. JOHN 1. HAAS.
Sunbury, July 18, 1868.
ftotioc In Uankrnitry.
In th District Court of tbe United Stntos, for the
Westorn District of Pennsylvania.
In th matter of Asa H. Bergstres-
ser, Bankrupt. J In Bankruptcy.
To Whom it may Concern : The undersigned here
by gives notice of his appointment as assignees of
Asa II. Bergsiresser, of the Borough of Shamokin, in
th County of Northumberland, and State of Penn
sylvania, within said Distriot. who baa been ad
judged a Bankrupt npon his own petition by tbe Dis
trict Court of said District.
8 P. WOLVERTON, Assignee, Ac.
Sunbury, July 25, 1808 3t
iWfCMiriAWGGY
MANUFACTORY-
alHK subscriber respeotfully informs tbe eitiions
. of Sunbury and vicinity, that he has opened a
shop in Sol. Stroh's Blacksmithshop-Building on
Chostnut streot, Sunbury, Pa., where be keeps con
stantly on band, and manufactures to order,
4'arrinafea, Itusjf.va, Sulky, &',,
of the latest style and of th best matorial.
Repairing of Wagons, Carriages. 4c, done at tho
shortest notioe.
Persons in want of fine Buggios and Carriages, are
requested to eall before purchasing elsowhere.
II. C. ROl'SII.
Sunbury, July II, 1868 ly
PROTECTOR
FRUIT JA.ItS.
"ALWAYB RELIABLE."
THEY MEET EVERY
WANT IN A GOOD
l9
EITHER FOR USE BY
Families or Fruit Preservers.
THEY CAN Hal MADK A1K-T1GUT W illi CER
TAINTY AND EASE, AND READILY OPENED
Wlthoat Injur j to the Cover.
Th Proteotor Jars have metal Lida with Arms,
whieb turn oa th incline of the neok of the Jars,
and thus tighten lb rubber on to th Ground Edge
nf th Jar mouth. Tbe result ia, a Combin Lid aud
Clamp (on piece, whieh elosea or opens th Jar
with a slight turn, and without injury to tba oovers,
whiohoao thus b used repeatedly.
For sals by Olaaa and Crookery Dialers, Hous
Furnishing and Drug Stores.
TRADE SUPPLIED BY
F.aYJ.llOUnii,
Patent and Manufacturers ;
Also, fctaoufaetarerl of Druggist' and Perfumers'
GLASSWARE,
Wis, Portar, Al sad Mioral Water BotUee,
PiokU, Prrv, Jelly and Snaff Jars.
PATENT MEDICINE BOTTLES.
GTPartloular attention given to Privat Mould.
OFFICE, Na. 2 South Tlh St, Philadelphia
July 25, 1868.-4t
KAAA 188 or CARPET RAGS WANTED at
UUUU
th Btor of
MOORE DIE5INGR,
Markat sueet, 5uabury.
May 1
$ to! fi
ill si
P raj j
1 IS I
11 " H
vot;4 mum ritAcricAi.ti
EDUCATED for BUSINESS LIFE,
AT
CRITTENDEN'S
Commercial College,
131 Cbssnat St., eor. of 7th., PHILADELPHIA
Established 1841. Ineorporated 1806.
Th longrrt tttabluhtd and beil organized
Commercial Collegt in tftt City.
Th nraetioal value of its oours of instruction has
been tested by long eiperieoc.
HUNDREDS OF YOUNG MEN
Hat found. In the knowledea rained her, the
means of profitable amploymtnt, and of success in
ousinass.
Each Student is Instructed separately, and in th
most praetieal manner.
Bonks for the various Branches of Trade ara
opened, written out, and elosed in th manner prac
ticed in our best mercantile houses. The difleront
Business Papers, sueh as
BILLS OF EXCHANGE,
PROMISORY NOTES,
CHECK ACCOUNTS SALES,
ACCOUNTS CURRENT,
LETTERS, INVOICES, 4o..
Ar made oat a in actual business.
PE,VvIAiSIIIP
Is taught by a superior penman in such a manner
that an attentive student in a short time gains a
Rapid, Free and Elegant style of Business Writing.
ORNAMENTAL WRITING,
Of all kinds, is ezoouted in the most finishod man-
COMMERCIAL CALCULATIONS,
Including the best and most rapid methods of com
puting Interest Exchange, Profit and Sales, Avera
ging Accounts, Ac, are eomprised in tbe Course of
Instruction.
BUSINESS PRACTICES,
Purchases, Sales, Consignments,. Shipments, Deal
ings with Banks, Remittances, it., 4o.
Also, Commercial Law, Phonography, Dotccting
Counterfeits, Ac
Students received at anytime, and instructed at
such hours as may best suit their convenience.
Tbe large number of business men now in attend
ance, and the numerous applications received for its
students to fill vacant positions, fully attest the ap
preciation in which th institution is held by the
business community.
OPEN DAY AND EVENING.
CATALOGUES SENT GRATIS.
Th Crittenden Commercial Arithmetio and Bu
siness Mannal, for sal at th College. Handsomely
bound, 12 mo. Prio, 11.60. Sent post paid to any
address.
8. II. CRITTENDEN A CO.
July 55, 1888. 6m
NOTICE TO COAI.OPERATORK.
COAL LANDS F03 LEASE.
VVOTICE is hereby given, that proposals will ha
received by tbe undersigned, to grant for a
term of years, near Trevorton, Northumberland
County, Pa., several new leases upon Red and
White Ash Coal beds, having four miles run abovo
water level. The rea ash are the same veins now
beinc worked by the Lykens Valley Company, tbo
ooal from which is of a superior quality and alwuj s
commands th highest price in the market. Pos
session of the premises can be given immediately.
In addition to the facilities now possessed by this
region for shipment to market by way of the North
ern Central Railway and the Pennsylvania Cnaal,
there will, it is believed, very soon be an opening to
tho Kasicrn market, by way of tho Enterprue and
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.
JOHN W. HALL, or P. W. SHEAFER.
Engineer of Mines, 125 Centra St., Potuville, Pa.
Harrisburg, July 11, 1888. 2m
NEW MARBLE STORE.
NO. 902, w&
! 2iesnu; Street,
JAS. E- CALDWELL & CO.,
JEWELERS,
Hare boon appointed
SPECIAL AGENTS
in this city for the sale of tho
GORIIAM MFG. COMPANY'S
Fin Electro-Plated Ware.
We guarante these goods to be deoidedly supe
rior to anything in the market, excelling in design,
finish and quality.
A lurgo assortment will be maintained, and cold
at tbe manufacturers' regular
FIXED PRICES.
Trade Mark npi Stamped on the
of lilp baseofeaoh
Eleetro Plate gsmioy article.
J.E.CALDWELL&C-
."No. 002 Chestnut Street
PHILADELPHIA,
July IS, 18C8. mhT.ly.
HOTEL FOR SALE.
TnK 'Susquehanna Hotel," located on tho cornor
of Penn and Fourth Streets, in tlio Borough of
i bunbury, jNOrihumberland county, 1'a , is otlcrcl
i at private sale, on reasonable terms. This well
I known Hotel has lately been renovated, and is onn
of the best stands in Ihe place, with an excellent
run of custom. For further particulars apply to
O. W ARBO.IAST, Georgetown, Pa.,
or GEO. WAGENSELLER, Sunbury, Pa.
July U, 1868-
SrEJER'S STANDARD
Wine Bitters !
For the Weak,
For th Pal,
For th Siokly,
For the Aged,
For Females,
For Spring Us ! ! !
ty .Xo Bitter) equal to tliem ! JT
Speer't Standard Wins Bitters,
Mad of
WINE. HERBS AND ROOTS.
Praia's Celebrated Wine, so well known, with
Peruvian Bark,
Chamomile Flowers,
aoak Root,
Wild Cherry Bark,
Ginger,
and suoh other Herbs and Kooia as will in all ca.
assist Digestion, promote th Seoretions of the sys
tem in th natural ehannels, and give
TONE AND VIGOR
to the
Yoani aad Old, Male and IVmule !
All us it with wondifu saoess. Brings
To th Pal Whit Lip.
BLOOM AND BEAUTY
To the thin face and ear worn oountenanc.
Cures Kever and Create Appetite. Trr them.
Us none other. Ask for Speer' Standard' Bitters.
Sold by Druggists and Grocer, gee that my signa
ture is over lb oork ofeaoh bottle.
ALFRED SPEER,
Paasats, N. J., and MS Broadway, New-York
CP" Trade supplied by Johnston, Uolloway t Co ,
Philadelphia : Qeorg A. Kelly, Pituburg ; and by
all Wholesale Dealers.
For tale by W. A. BENNETT, Sunbury, Pa.
July II Qot23 '7 ly.
CARPENTERS.
WILL find ia oar ostabtiehment a superior stock,
or Plan, Saw, Augers, Hatchet Uammers, t Has
Chls.1., to , A.., for ad,byj h EYJ,
STONEWARE.
THE boat and ehaapasl assortmant of F-oe ara
lah6lal,Jusroivawilor 1 cheap at tee
Maaaotk Caeb tor u y rRILI-N"
. vicob , 41 .hcalthV
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