"5Tb. MASSIB.Editor Proprietor.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1808.
KEPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
NATIONAL TICKET.
PRESIDENT!
ficit. l'1l'BSES H. WBAST,
OF ILLINOIS.
VICE PBESIDENT:
BCHL YI.KK COLFAX,
OF INDIANA,
STATE TICKET.
AUDITOR GENERAL :
Gon. JOHN F. HAHTKAHFT,
0 MCSTOOMEIIT COONTT.
SURVEYOR GENERAL :
Oon. JACOB M. CAMPBELL,
or ciimniA cor.iTr.
OOUNTYTICKET.
CONGRESS,.
JOHN B. PACKER, Esq , of Sunbury.
(Subject to decision of Conferee Convention.)
ASSEMBLY,
ALFRED R FI8KE, of Shnmokin.
DISTRICT ATTOUXEY,
WM A. BOBER, Esq., of Sunbury.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
JOSEPH M. NE3BIT, of ChtlHsquaque.
THE NATIONAL EXPENDITURES.
For months pnst, falsehoods with regard
to the current expenses of the Federal Gov
ernment have been tho principal stock in
trade with Democratic journals and speak-
era. The assertions of Horatio Seymour in j
Lis Bridgeport Bpccch that, in the Dscal year
then current but since closed, it was costing
'moro than $150,000,000 per annum to
maintain an army to keep the people of the
South iu subjection" that "More than
$800,000,000 a year have been wasted in
order to uphold this policy of Reconstruc
tion" that now, "$400,000,000 are raised,
and out of it the public creditor gets only
$100,000,000" arc fair specimens of the
atrocious lies that have been put forth as
facts in Copperhead harangues and edito
rials for the last ten months.
The Hon. Vm. B. Allison, of Iowa, soli
cited of tho Hon. David A. Wells, Special
Commissioner of Revenue, an exhibit of the
actual income and expenditure of the Fede
ral Government for the fiscal year, which
closed about a month ago.
Gov. Seymour guessed the Income for the
current fiscal year at $400,000,000; and it
was actually $400,300,000 (very nearly) ; so
that it is proved that he can make very
good guesses when no political capital is to
accrue from making bad oces.
Xow look at the other side of the account :
lie asserts that the cost of maintaining n
army to subjugate the South for the fiscal
year 1807-'8 was "moro than $150,000,000;"
and that "more than $300,000,000 a year
have been wasted in order to uphold this
policy of Reconstruction." Mr. Wells's re
port shows that tho entire cost of maintain
ing our army, supporting the Frccclnien's
Bureau, and defraying the expenses of Re
construction at tho South, amounted in the
aggregate at $02,727, G80 ; though this in
cludes the outgoes of a wasteful Indian War
on the Plains, and $1,000,000 appropriated
to feeding Indians whom wo had censed to
fight. Very much of the $5,000,000 spent
by the Freed men's Bureau went to feed the
helpless widows and orphans of White Re
bels left destitute by the collapse of the
Confederacy ; nearly all the residue was
paid for registering voters and holding elec
tions iu States where tho Freedmeu's Bu
reau is now being closed out, while Military
rule is already abolished.
Gov. Seymour asserted that of the $100,
000,000 of revenue tho public creditor gets
but $100,000,000. Mr. Wells's report sbowg
thut no less thuu $141,035,551 w;ero paid
in that year for interest on the Public
Debt much of it being tho back interest
on the Compound Iutcrest Notes, which
were paid off in thut year with the three
years' compound interest duo on them
so thut the interest on the National Debt
henceforth is but $120,000,000 per annum.
After paying this current interest, there
wero $31,719,747 left wherewith to reduce
the priucipul of the Debt. Thus the year's
revenue yicldud for the payment of interest
and principal of the Debt no less than $170,
033,208, being $70,385,208 more than Sey
mour asserted.
Gov. Seymour asserted that "more than
$300,000,000 a year have been wasted iu
order to uphold this policy of Reconstruc
tion." Mr. Wells's report shows that the
payments from tho Treasury for every pur
pose except payment of principal or interest
of the National Debt were less thun Two
Hundred and Thirty Millions (precisely,
$220,014,074) ; aud that of this amount, be
side many millious for Pensions, there were
paid
For Bounties to our Volunteers, f."Mi0.(MiO
For reimbursing War Claims, )U,.'i;;o,lfj8
Payments fur property lost in the Mili
tary Service of the United State, 5, 11 1,300
These three items together $53,441,488
are payment of Public Debt as much us
though they had bought up and canceled so
many Five Twenties. They are so much of
the cost of putting down the Rebellion paid
off and extinguished, once for all; so that
really the amount of our Nutional Dtbt was
reduced during the fiscal year jubt closed,
including the payment ol back interest on
the Compound Interest Notes, by little less
than One Huudred Millions of Dollurs. And,
instead of the eutiro current expense of the
Federal Government, except for the pay
ment of priucipul and interest of the Public
Debt, being "more thun $300,000,000," it
was considerably less than $200,000,000.
How do Seymour's pettifoggers meet this
crushing exposure .f their master's false
hoods and calumnies ,
Tuaddeis fcTEVF.iis. 1 be telegraph an
nounces the death of this eminent man,
which occurred at Washington city.at twelve
o'clock, on Tuesday night. The leading
journals of the cities, uext morning, con
tained a long account of his life and charac
ter. fcEYiioLtt &. Co. ik Bobios. The Demo
tr&cy of IiusUm have postpoued their rati-
"" meeting the third time. One of the
w., u uearing uf iu uomiuation of
S'" & J?1'"'. declared that "the Demo
not M y Ua,wbil'l'wl itself," aud he did
. eel dl,po;ed to .ejotc.ovtr the nhip
Tub Administration or Jcbticb. The
criminal record of the Court of last week
show the rapid growth and incrense of
crime in thii county. It ii a fearful record
and docs not speak well for tho morale of
the community. How much of it ii owing
to tho loose and alrarmt recklcse manner in
which proceedings against offenders are con
ducted, Is a question not only for the mo
ralist, but for the public to decide. The
administration of justice is such that well
known offenders walk the streets with im
punity. Repeated arrests, always ending in
the discharge of the offenders, for want of
evidence, has only served to embolden t'nem
in their career of crime, and induce them to
look upon the law as a not whoso meshes
are strong enough to hold only the weak
and tho ignorant, tho poor and tho friend
less. It is proper to gay, tho fault is not
with the bench. Judge Jordan has more
than once remonstrated with, and admon
ished those whoso duty it was to conduct
the prosecutions with effect. The lime was
when few of the bills sent before the Grand
Jury were ignored. Xow, it is nothing un
common to have n half dozen ignored in a
batch, many of them sent up to that body
are without a single witness to sustain them,
and are, of course, only important, so far as
tho fees of officers arc concerned, which,
iu such cases, nro mostly saddled upon tho
county. These aro matters in which tax
payers as well as moralists nro interested.
Tue Piinurs' Grant & Colfax. Club have
issued nn address to the public, making a
stirrin"' appeal for their cause and enndi-
dates. We are indebted to our friend, II. D.
Wharton, for a copy of their Constitution,
on the cover of which is a copy of tho badge
of the Club. It is elegantly designed, and
bears tho words "Churches," "Schools."
Those are the recognized nurseries of Re
publicanism, cs the ruin shop is of Demo
cracy. Mr. Seymour has written a letter accept
ing the nomination for the Presidency. In
it he attacks the Republicans- as bitterly as
he did throughout the war, and shows as
warm a side for tho rebels as he did for the
New York rioters who were burning asylums
and hanging innocent citizens.
.
Echo Answers. Who did the colored
Democratic delegate from Tennessee vote
for f Tho official report of the Convention
sheds no light upon that durk subject. Can
some Democratic journal or delegate from
Pennsylvania answer this civil request for
information ?
Bi'Y them Ur. If any man is sure that
Seymour and Illair will be elected, tho best
tliiug that he can do is to buy up all t'lc
old rebel bonds he can lay his hands on.
They are bouud to go up to par ten days
after the announcement of the election of the
candidates that that man is sure) will win.
Sell 'km. If there is a Democrat here,
abouts who is the fortunate, or unfortunate
possessor of any U. S. bonds, find he is cer
tain that Seymour will win, he had better
uisposo of them at once. They will go below
par like a shot, if what he believes te be a
certainty takes place.
In an admirable impromptu speech by
Hon. Schuyler Colfax, buhsctiuent to his,
great reception speech at South Bend, to
thousands of his constituents who met to
welcome him home, he uttered these words,
which ought to be writteu on the banners
of the campaign: "Loyalty siiai.i. oovkks
what Loyalty has i'keskkvkd." The
whole sentence reads thus :
'In all their hours of disaster and gloom,
when meu's hearts fainted by tho way, there
was one party, every man of which stood
around our banner, und never despuired of
the American Jtcpublic ; and there is one
organization thut. since the armies of the
rebellion were crushed, has demanded, and
intends to stand by that demand. God be
ing our helper, to the end thut loyalty shall
govern what loyalty has preserved."
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This 1'lijmc Deut and the Fourtekntii
Amendment. Chief Justice Chase, who has
lately been sitting in the United States Cir
cuit Court for the Western District of Vir
ginia, at Parkcrsburg, has, in his charge to
the Grand Jury of that District, made some
observations in relation to the Fourteenth
Amendment to tho Constitution, aud its
effect, which are important, coming from
the highest judicial officer of the United
States, bpeaking in an official capacity, nnd
also in relation to the publio debt. We sub-
join tho following extract .
"The war in which the nation has been
reccutly engaged for the preservation of the
national Uuion and government endangered
bv rebellion, made the contractintr of a lur'o
debt inevitable. This debt is tlie rin ,
our wiliomtl crtVciuv, und Liitd irrctocuhlij
the ijnud j'ttilh i'j the j'wili: Its invioluble '
obligation has beeu recognizeil by u solemn '
act of the nation in udopting the, Fourteenth !
Amendment to thu Constitution of the L'ni- i
ted States, which declares that the validity !
of the public debt of tho United States, uu- !
thon.ed by law, lucludiug ilebts lucurred
lor the payment of bounties for services in
suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall
uot be questioned. There arc iiitferencis of
opinion us to the mode of payment required
by thu American people through their gov
ernment, but nobody questions openly, if
anybody at all, that the dttt coutnuial mutt
lie jiuiJ, mtd iaul in jierfut ijuod Juith. The
law of the amendment, that the validity of
the national debt shall not bu questioned,
was already written upou the hearts of the
people before they made it a pint of the
Constitution. To provide for the reduction
anil final payment of this debt, and for the
annual expenses of tho government, taxes
are necessarily imposed. Iu other words,
tho equal proportion to be contributed by
each tilieu is ascertained by law. Ho who
withholds bis just proportion deprives the
rest of the people of exactly thu atuouut
w ithheld. His fraud operates as theft. The
sum total necessary to meet the obligations
of the nation must be raised. Fraud upou
the revenue does not reduce that sum ; it
merely shifts tho burdens evaded by the
fraudulent upon others who pay their full
proportion. All honest men, therefore,
htivii a common cause ugaiust the dishonest."
IIkau, Weekly 'Siukp-Suootf.b." Novel,
Practical and AWFULLY Sharp on Fogies,
Quacks, Pharisees and Politicians, ''boring
them riijU through ."' Only 50 Cents a year
in advauce. Bend 3 ct. Stamp for Sample.
Address, Dr. 8. M. Laudis, Philadelphia,
Pa. lm.
English paper say thut John Bright will
probably deliver a course of lectures in
America next winter.
A nail factory at Knoxville, Tenn., which
was recently started, ia tun.inr. out l.uir u
I ton of nails every day.
A Member or the CfllforI demo
cratic Coinnalttcc IeIttrc ttr
Urant and Ooltiil. -
The following communication waa ad
dressed by P. II. Sibley to the Democratic
State Central Committee of Calfornla, of
which he has been until lately a member:
Gentlemen of the Democratic State Central
Committee :l would be doing violence to
rr.y own feelings, aud guilty ot unfair con
duct to you, did I continue longer to share
your counsels and possess myself of your
plans in the coming political campaign. In
sentiment and sympathy I am no longer
with you. My judgment neither approves
the platlorm of principles put forth by the
Now York city Convention, nor does my
sense of dutv to tho country justify mo in
aiding to advance Horatio Seymour to the
office of President of the United States. In
remembering thut I am a Democrat, I can
not forget that I owe a higher allegiance to
the American Union. I should be glud to
remain in tho Democratic party, could 1 be
lieve that in doing so I am not sucriflcisjg
those principles of patriotism that are high
er and holier than any statement of mere
party fealty. I believe that the war was in
augurated by the South in the interest of
sluvcry. I believe it was the duty of the
Government to resist the heresy of secession
by arms. I believe the calling out of troops,
the draft of soldiers, the prosecution of war
against rebellion, was constitutional and
necessary for the preservation of our repub
lic. I believe the emancipation of slavery
was necessary and unavoidable as a war
measure. I believe the creation of a nation
al debt rrew out of the exigencies of tho
long-contiuued and desperate conflict. I
believe the issue of paper currency was an
evil incident to the struggle. I believo the
nBtional debt should be paid to the Inst dol
lar in coin of the national mint, and that no
form or measure of repudiation is consis
tent with national honor. I am opposed to
tho taxation of Government bonds as a
breach of covenant made with the boud
holders, and I am opposed to paying these
bonds with currency instead ot gold. 1 am
not in any degree feurtul of negro suprema
cy, nor do I believe thut if to the negroes
ate conceded their just lights under the law
there will be any danger of elevuting them
to a social equality with any superior race.
I am and ever have been opposed to mob
violence, and I never will cast my vote nor
use my influence to advance to high honors
any man who, as Governor of a gieut Com
monwealth, could fraternize with a mob or
encourage opposition to just laws, or when
the nation needed its last man to put down
the rebellion, could, by opposing the draft,
put himself and the State in hostility to the
General Government, I could have sup
ported a War Democrat like Hancock, or
Hendricks. I could support a Republican
like Frank P. Bluir, Jr., your candidate for
Vice President. His early stand for the
rights of tho black man ; his opposition to
shivery ; his brilliant war record, commen
cing iu the streets of St. Louis, and ending
iu Sherman's march through Georgia, I ap
prove ; but as 1 cannot sustain Blair with
out sustaining Seymour, 1 feel in duty and
conscience compelled to vote for Grant and
Cull'ax. I shall expect the bitter animad
versions of all who love the Democratic par
ty belter than they love their country. I
expect to have my motives questioned mid
my honor impugucil. I snail expect in lie
assailed by party malignitv. and to have I
heaped upon me an unlimited amount of I
personal abuse; but, conscious of tho recti
tilde of my motives, and in th confident
belief that I am but doing my duty, I have
deemed it proper to resign my position as a
member of the Democratic State Central
Commit tee. I therefore tender you my ro-
signution, gratefully remembering our p:i.-t
pleasant relations, and entertaining for you
ull only kind personal feelings.
I urn, very respectfully, gentlemen,
F. 11. Siui.i-y.
San Francisco, July 13, 1808.
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Contradicting the story that Orville Grant,
brothor of the General, is a Democrat, some
person states that he is prosperous: and
wealthy. The St. 7ks kmm'ntt happens
to know that he is not as wealthy by many I
thousands as he would have been if lis hail '
been a Copperhead. At a critical time in !
the war, Mr. Orville Grant nnd his partner ,
were engaged in a very profitable operation 1
in leather ; they had bought a large stock
and were hurrying it through their tanneries j
to secure lartie profits, when a call came for :
more troops. Mr. Orville Grant went to j
the establishment, and told bin men to leave j
their work nnd go into the set vice it might i
ruin him, he said, but it was no time for j
any man to stand iu the way of the nation's i
safety. They went; the whole stock of I
leather on bund was ruined, nnd Mr. Grant
lost 20.000 instead of .nuking 50.00U, as
ho would hove done bad he been nr.e ol
Seymour's "friends." It is needless to add
that Mr. Orville Grant has been a zealous
Republican ever since that party was form- I
ed, has often done good service as a speaker, !
and is a man of such devotion to principle
that he would vote against Gen. Grunt him
self if he wero a Copperhead candidate.
Rkiiui.s IUmtaxt in Arkansas. At
Little Rock, on the 2(lth of July, tho Re
;ublicuns met to ratify the nominations of
Grant ami Coltax, and at least ten tliousand
were present. When the meeting was iu
1 full LuniliKnn n rttcvK rv t coniicli riumo r-liaro.
! i,1!f down to the crowd with pistols in hand.
! 811fi commenced firing ; the tire bells of the
i cilv commenced tinting ut the same time.
Several shots took ctl'ect and wounded soma
Governor Clayton and others finally brought
the chaos to order and dismissed the meet
ing. Rut for the exertions of Governor
Clayton, thu city uo doubt would have been
The next dv there was a red-mouthed ; Ih" 1I(l,t're " "
rebel meeting held to ratify the nomina- j w '' "''" parll.
tions of Seymour aud Rlair. A dispatch to j V ashinoton, August 12 -1 he Attorney
the Chicago JttuMiean, containing these C?eneral 8 ,l,,u'on AIr- " 'T'
facts savs ' WBS sellt Secretary M Cullocli last
' -The 'principal orator was C. S. Cameron. ''; It decides that there is no vacancy,
who was a member of the New York Con - , "'"J ? consequently be no ap
vention. He .aid ; ' uxtq daw from, the I'".,utl'.ut to the Revenue- Comm.ssiouer
adjournent vt the Conation fire hundred , P- 1 .'',e P"n includes a decision that
thoumnd -ddler, would he oraanited into cm- i 1 ,e I'resideut cau till original vacancies, like
jHiniet, regimentt and brigade, unit army
eorj, remly, it need lie, to march to Washing
ton, Uu recommended every secesh to take :
the oath required by the reconstruction law
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tuat it was unconstitutional, ana not tunn
ing, and he closed by saying : 'We will tuke
this oath all over tho State, aud send three
votes into the Electoral College, and three
Representatives to Congress, and if lieu
Wade does not count our vote, then coir.es
the military organization, with Geueml
Slocum at its head all armed and equipped.'
Universal cheering followed."
. .
A firm in New Bedford is making three
wheeled wagons and carriages, which are
much liked by those who have tried them.
They are said to turn in less space and with
less danger of upsetting than four-wheeled
vehicles.
In Michigan, recently, thirty-five men
went into a harvest field to cut grain. About
ten a. m. uo less than sixteen of them had
been sun stricken, the majority of whom
died under the exposure. Such an iustanco
of wholesale casualty has hardly a parallel
in the history of this country.
At a recent Democratic uicetiog at Aiken,
S. C, Geu. Butler (late Confederate Cavulry
General) said ; "Agaiuat Gen. Grant as a
soldier, I have nothing to say. If left to
himself lie would doubtless fulfill to the
spirit and the latter bis parole granted to
the Confederates." Will The World please
Bote this Couftdeute of "Gen. Grant's mer
cy t"
Til 13 NATION I IMOinniMO.
ANOTHER. STATESMAN FALLEN 1 1
THADDEUB STEVENS DEAD.
PARTICULARS OF IJI3 DEATH.
HIS CONDITION BINCB SUNDAY.
Ill I.aMt Momenta oa Earth.
Washington, Atip 11. .The Hon. Thad
dcus Stevens diod at precisely twelve o'clock
to-night at his residence in this city, on
Capitol Hill. Simon Stevens, Thaddeus
Stevens, Jr., a nephew, and his housekeeper
were at Ins bedside; also Sister Loretta and
Sister Genevieve, of Providence Hospital,
ana J. Scott Patterson, of the Iutenor Do
pnrtment, and the servants of his household
Breathing his last, he passed away quietly
and calmly without a struggle, as though
tailing asleep. .
Washington, August 12. The closing
scenes of Mr. Stevens' life were of a quiet
and very impressive character. So little
was known outside of his real condition,
that his best friends had but little appre
hensions of any immediate danger. Thad
deus Stevens, Jr., his nephew, and Mrs.
Smith, his housekeeper, were at his bedside
during the evening; also Sister Loretta and
Sister Genevieve, of Providence Hospital,
together with Mr. Patterson, of the Interior
Department, and tho servants of Mr. Ste
vens' household.
By his immediate attendants bis death
has been long looked for at any hour.
Since Sunday last, it was apparent to them
that he was rapidly sinking, and they relin
quished all hopes of his ever again appear
ing in the halls of Congress, where his
face, through' past associations, had be
come familiar to members and spectators
alike. The calmness and even cheerfulness
evinced by him so long as power of speech
remained wns remarkable. He ceased to
speak at four o'clock in the afternoon, and
seemed to settle into a quiet reverie, show
ing no indications ot Ins inability to articu
late a word. During Monday he seemed to
be worried and evinced considerable anxiety
in regard to the state of the countrv. induc
ed mainly, perhaps, by the indication of
iroiiDie in J.ouisana. lie expressed a hope
Unit president Johnson would abstain from
any measure of a character calculated to
disturb the tranquility of the countrv. and
hoped that no necessity might arise for the
reassembling of Congress in September.
Yesterday afternoon he conversed with
great cheerfulness and animation, talking
on a variety of ordinary subjects, and evinc
ing a lively interest in that which interested
those around him. In conversation with
Mr. Simon Stevens about this time, he re
ferred to Mr. Everts, Attorney-General, in
terms of marked kindness and confidence.
At the conclusion of the conversation he
commenced to crow feeble.
About ten minutes before his death sister
Loretta requested the permission of his
friends to perform the baptismal rite, and
no oo)c:iioii oeing ottered the impressive
ceremony was performed amid reverential
silence. To her who performed this act it
undoubtedly nppeared to be one of great
importance, and the earnest and devoted
affection with which it was done strongly
atl'ected those who witnessed it, even those
holding different faith from hers.
, 11 wormy oi note mat tne sisters whose
benevolent wnrks had been so heartily
It is worthy of note that the sisters whose
seconded by the great departed, in furnish
ing nut and using legislative efforts in be
half of nn institution to which they are at
tached (Providence Hospital), visited him
daily during his illnesa, nnd manifested a
devotion which showed how fully the? ap
preciated tho charitable and beneficent
spirit which has marked the noble life that
was drawing rapidly to a close.
I'KO.U VTAKIIIXiXO.
WAsiiiNGTov.August 0. Yesterday morn
tho Attornev-Gencral was, for the first time,
requested iu writing, by the Secretary of
the Treasury, to give his official opinion in
tho case of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue. The questions asked are, whether
the office is now vacant, end whether the
President may fill it if vacant ? He will
probably give no opinion on eithrr one un
til the entire ground covered by the subject
is thoroughly studied.
As the Attorney-General wishes to give
the subject grave consideration, it will pro
bably be Friday before an opinion is deliv
ered. It was decided at the Cabinet mectiug on
l-Viil.-iv l:mt tlittt ft rirpnlar nrrlftr .timilil !
i-sued relative to tho disturbances in the'
Southern States, and the demand by the
Governors thereof upon the President for
IrAi.iu 1'ltla r,rili.P la nw l.altw. r,raiar.ft
, , of yy aufj & sued
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in a few days.
It is understood that tho Mr. Johnson lias
concluded to recognize tho State govern
ments now iu force in the South as legiti
mate, nnd an order from the War Office
will be shuped in view. It will bo address
ed to the military commanders now in the
South, and will intruct them to furnish
troops for the preservation of order and the
execution of the laws, to the Governors of
the States wheu they are properly applied
t.
The recent public debt statement sho'.vs
the important fact that the national debt
without interest, amounted to 18,000,000.
Of this $3.4:13.000 is composed of 7 80's
which should have been redeemed in S SO's
but the holders of which failed to present
mem m lime, l lie later class ot ootids is
! !,07 being presented at the Treasury, and
1 l ' T V V- S VIM J eevtu wtlvljUIUU 1 ii U I 1 tUlY
to the atuouut of $000,000.
,t Homey aViit-rnl Krnrls Deride
the Alaska offices, witli regard to the Con
gressinnal recess.
Mr. Lvarts is understood to hold the same
! P'''n thut the two Houses do, that it has
..... i i . iv.... ........ ...t.:u
mil, iiiu ie;ui t'ueci uji'u ajjpuiuiiucuia ivuieu
an adjournment would have.
Short Harvest ok a War. A decree
having been issued, within a few days, by
Louis Napolbon, suspending the tonnage
dues on all vessels entering the ports
of the French Empire for the three months
from the 1st of next October, the fact is
regarded by many us indicating either a
short harvest iu Fruuce or a European war.
This makes another interesting speck on the
European horizon.
Tins is the way a leading Democratic
member of the Georgia Legislature recently
freed his mind :
''Hu said there might once have beeu a
necessity for the rebels of Georgia to submit
to tho military authorities, but there is none
now. 'The Democratic chivalry of tho North
are murchiug to our rescue. Gen. Lee used
sometimes to issue orders to us to bold our
positiou a little longer, and reinforcements
should be sent to our rescue, and that would
inspire us to fight until we wrested victory
often from the very jaws of defeat. We are
fighting now another battle. Tba enemy
presses us hard. But let us bold our posi
tion a littlov longer, and the Democracy of th
yjrth trill he here to our aetiet-aM, and wake
victory perch upou our banners.'"
DlMised Cnltlo.
From th FltUburg Papers, Aug. 8. .
The cattle disease, which has occupied so
large a share of publio attention during the
past few days, is still anxiously discussed
among all classes, and reliable information
concerning it is eagerly sought for. In this
city prompt and etHcient means wore taken
to displace the diseased animals, as soon as
the symptoms were sufficiently developed,
uu bisu to prevent tne spread oi tne conta
gion to other herds. Yesterday Mr. Hosack,
the Meat Inspector, visited the stock yards
at Kast Liberty, and killed the remainder
of the eighteen car loads which had been
diseased. Thirty-eight head were killed
yesterday, and yesterday evening the yards
were entirely cleared and renovated.
One hundred and forty head were shipped
East to Comraunipaw, near Jersey City, to
a grease and bone boiler at tuat place, who
paid $28 per head, while the price paid
here was only $9 per head, these were
shipped in separate cars, and the cars will
not be used again lor shipping cattle un
til thoroughly renovated, and until a suffi
cient time has elapsed to warrant their safe
use for that purpose. Of the entire lot of
eighteen cars, Mr. Horst owned forty-one
head, of which eleven died and one was
killed, the balance being sent East. Of the
lot belonging to Mr. Alexander, two hun
dred and twenty-three were condemued, and
but one hundred and forty tent hast, the
remainder either having died or been killed
by order of the Meat inspector. One lot
belonging to Mr. D. Groff passed on direct
ly East, not having becu re-shipped at East
Liberty, and the number is unknown, and
it is reported that several had died be lire
passing east of the Central Stock Yards.
The lot of one hundred and forty heud
shipped at Communipaw, went by special
train, and telegraphic advices and orders
were sent ahead to all points, aud to the
yards at Jersey City.
The Mayor has stationed policemen at the
East Liberty Yards, to see that none of the
carcasses are disposed of for auy other pur
pose than that of conversion into grease,
Ac, and a special policeman is stationed at
the establishments where the rendering pro
cess is carried on. The disease, thus far,
has not been developed among our native
cattle; and it is safo to conclude that, unless
we have fresh importations of affected stock,
the danger of contagion has beon averted.
We do not entertain for one moment the
idea that a single particle of the flesh of
these animals can, either purposely or acci
dentally, find its way to the meat market.
There is an extremely limited demand for
cuttle, aud the best and most healthy stock
is purchased very cautiously and scrutiniz
ingly by our butchers. The consumption
ot meat has fallen off in a marked degree.
IHscuatcd Ilccves).
During tho past week we have had re
ports from the West and Southwest of dis
eased cattle being on their way eastward to
a market. The majority of our citizens
were inclined to look upon those rumors us
in the interest of drovers anil butchers, for
the purpose of raising the price of beef. It
seems, however, tbut the alarm has a good
foundation. In New York city tho Hoard
of Health has tuken tho matter in hand,
though advices received there stating thut
a large number of beeves from the Wist,
designed for that city aud Philadelphia,
were diseased. Acting promptly, the board
ordered an inspection of the drove yards,
and, by telegraph, requested Governor Fen
ton, of New York ; Wind, of New Jersey,
and Geary, of Pennsylvania, to have all stock
trains inspected at the principal stations
along the railroad routes. This action of the
New York Board of Health is wise, and we
hope that our own authorities will take
immediate steps in the matter. While vu
have this hot weather upon us, it is proper
that they should make every effort to avoid
the introductiou of any extra ills into our
midst.
If the beeves now on their way East arc
affected by disease we do uot want them in
our markets, aud until it is satisfactorily
ascertained by competent authoiity that tin
meat of such "ill -fuvored kine" is excluded
from our stalls, we would advise our citizens
to lit all beef alone. We now have a plenti
ful supply of healthy vegetables, and at this
time of the year they uro more conducive to
the sanitary condition of the community
than all the meats paraded iu our matkels.
Inquirer of the 0ti.
I For the American.)
Sr.Nuiitr, August 10, 1803.
Xeurt. Editors :
Believing thut tho local press is tl.e
proper place to discuss questions of a local
character, 1 take tho liberty of sending you
this article in reference to Sunbury aud her
wants. First, the advantages that Suuhury
possesses, as far as situation is concerned, is
equal, if not superior, to any other iu the
iuterior of the Slate; having all the udvati
tages that Ruilroad and wuter communica
tions can give her, while the minerals Coal,
Iron and Stone, are to be found in large
quantities in tho surroundiug country.
These, w ith many other advantages, not ne
cessary at this time to recapitulate, she has
now. hat uoes sue waut to ucveiope
these 1 Not capital or business men, for we
have them bete, if they could only bo in
duced to move iu the matter. The buildiug
aud operation of a Furnace here, is conce
ded by all parties, would be a great benefit
to the town, but how to do it is the ques
tion. One woy would be on the Co-Operation
or Stock plan. If parties having thu
ground suitably located, would take slock
fur thu ground, our lumbermen, stoue aud
brick men, furnish muteriul, taking stock
for pay, there would then only huve to be
money enough raised to pay for labor and
machinery, and that could cusily be douu.
There may be other aud better plans to ac
complish this great desideratum. If any
others have suggestions let us hear the in, so
we gets Furnace. With that, rolling mills,
nail factories, aud other branches of iudus
try, will lollow. Business will increase.
Property will advance in value. Labor be
in greater demand and be better paid than
now, aud Sunbury would tuke her place,
where she properly belongs, among the
"live towns" of the day.
Now, Messrs. Editors, I hope others will
take bold of this matter ami w rite or talk
Furnace, or something else good, until the
object is accomplished.
Enterprise.
biss Bixcn or Gnarcs on Standard Id another
column, brass's bTASDAiio Wins Bittehs is
highly reeomnieudod by physicians fur Dyspeptics,
on account of its tonio properties, its purity, and
iu delicious Savor.
Dott. It is a duty we owe to ourselves, sa well
as to those who are dependent upon ut, to preserve
our health and strength. Speer's "Standard Wine
Bitten" are found to be au unfailiug and valuable
assistant in maintaining tba vigor of the system, and
in keeping it in ton.
Bold by Druggists and Grooeri.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
AGENTS WANTED LIGHTS AND 8IIA
DOWS OF THE GREAT REBELLION eon
lain in g Thrilling Adventures, Daring Deeds, Start
ling Exploits, and Marntlous eape of bptes, Seoul
and Detective.
The cheapest, most eomplete and intensely Inter
esting war book yel published, eon tain ing over 600
pages and namerowa Mgraviag. Prtaa only i 14-
bend lor eiroalar and term.
Aleo, JAJULY QUARTO BIBLES, fcest adltloa
ubtiW. WILLIAM FLINT, Pobltaber.
r ro. 14 8. Seventh, Philadelphia, Pa.
August II, ss -.toa.
E. W. CLARK & Co.,
' Bankers,
No. s s. Third St., Philadelphia,
GENERAL AGENTS
' wa Til
National Life Insurance
COMPANY
- or TBI
VX1TED STATES OF AMERICA,
ren tarn
Statrn of Pennsylvania and Mouth,
erst Kew Jersey.
The NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COM.
PANY is a corporation Chartered by Bpeoial Aot
ot iongresi, approved juiy ta, iooh, wild a
CashCapital of One Million Dollars
and is now thoroughly organised and prepared for
business
Liberal terms offered to Agonte and Solicitors, who
are invited to apply at our office.
Full particulars to be had on application at our
oflioo, located in the ieaond story of our Hanking
House, where Circulars and Pamphlets, fully de
scribing the advantage offered by the Company, may
oe neu.
Application for Centrnl and Weitern Pennsylva
nia Iu be made to B. 8. RUSSELL, Manager, Tuwan
ua, ra.
B. W. CLARK k CO..
No. 3i South Third Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
August 15, lSoS. ly.
NEW CARRIAGE & BUGGY
MANUFACTORY.
riWK subscriber respectfully informs the oitir.ons
J. of Sunbury and vioinity. that he has npenod a
shop in Su. IStrnh's lllanksmithshop-Iiuililing on
Chestnut street, Sunbury, Pa., where he keeps con
stantly on hand, and manufactures to order,
t'iri-luc, l!iiR! " Mulhyai, A.C.,
of tho latest style and of the best material.
Repairing of Wagons, Carriages. Ac, done at the
shortest notice.
Persons in want of fine Buggies and Carriages, are
rea netted to call before purchasing else hero.
11. C. ROUSIl.
Sunbury, July II, 'SfiS ly
jy j7ri." i.AX. It I HATyU K IS IX,
OCCULISTS AND MANUFACTURERS OF TUB
CELEBRATED
P K It F E C T ED SPEC T A C L V. 8
EYE GLASSES, AC.
jt art ford, coyy,
HAVE AITOINTKD
T. S. SHANNON,
SUNBURY. FENK'A.,
As their sole agent for Sunbury nnd rtciuily for the
sale of the oelcbrated
PERFECTED SPECTACLES,
AND EYE GLASSES.
i In doing so thoy haro confidence in the ability of
their agent to meet the requirements of all cus
j tonjers. His assortment of our REAL'TI li'UL l.FN-
fcES comprises every form and kind, calculated for
tne siinplon as well as tne worst cases oi msoie-ta or
impaired vision. An opportunity will be thus af
forded, to procuro at all times
SPECTACLES UNEQUALLED BY ANY OF
TUEIR STRENGTHENING AND PRESER
VING QUALITIES.
Too much cannot be said as to thoir Superiority
over the ordinary glasses worn. There is no glim
mering, wavering of the sight, dizziness, or other
uupluasiint sensution, but on the contrary, from the
peculiar construction of the Looses, they are sooth
ing and plea.'ant, cnusiug a feeling of rcliel to the
wearer, und Producing a Clear and Distinct Vision,
a in the natural lieaUhy tight. They aro the only
spectacles that
PRESERVE AS Wit 1.1, AS ASSIST THE SIGHT.
Hnd aro lho cheapest because the Best, always last-
in if many Years without cIihoro being necessary.
li I'AITION. Mr. T. S -HASNON, Jeweler,
Is their Only Agent appointed in Sunbury and i-
ciniiy. i
Ij'We employ no Peddlers. augl.'6S ly. .
."li-o in ItiisiKni j"
Iu tho District Court of the I'nited States, for the
Western District of Pennsylvania. I
In the mailer of Asa II Rerjtrca- )
sor, Rankrupt. j In Bankruptcy. !
To Whom it may Concern : Tho undersigned here- !
by gives notice of his appointment as ahHgnoe of j
Asa H. Rergstresser, of the Borough of Shnmokin. in
the County of Northumberland, and Statu of Pcnn- j
sylvania, within said District, who has been ad
judged u Ranknipt upon his own petition by the Di- 1
tricl Court of aui I District. ;
S P. WOLVERTON, Assignee, Ac.
Sunbury, July 2i, I.mH 3t !
JOHN P. HAAS,
Dealer in all kinds of
ANTHRACITE COAL,
MIDDLE WHARF, SUNBURY, PA.,
IS prepared to supply all kinds of Anthracite Coal
A Irom luo Shamoktn t'oal Kegion at cheap rates.
All orders promptly tilled.
Country custom re
JOHN P. HAAS.
spectt'ully solicited
fMinhurv. July 18, ISr,3.
PATENT
PROTECTOR
ALWAYS RELIABLE."
THEY MEET EVERY WANT IN A GOOD
EITHER FOR USE BY
Families or Fruit Preserver!.
rSTjys
THEY CAN lit' MADE AlR-lliiitl VUl'U CER
TAINTY AND EASE, AND READILY OPENED
Without lujury to ibe Cover.
The Protector Jars have metal Lids with Arms,
which turn on the inclines of the neok of the Jars,
and tbut ligbteu the rubber onto Ibe Ground Edge
of the Jar mouth. The rtiault ia. a r.imhin l.i.l an.i
Clamp (one piece, which oloaca or opens the Jar
with a slight turn, aud without injury to th oovert,
wnionoau inut ne uea repateaiy.
For aui by Glass and Crookery Dealers, House
Furnishing and'Drug Stores.
TRADE SUPPLIED BY
'.fcJ.wooi.iii:,
Patentee and Manufacturers ;
Also, Manufacturer! of Druggist' and Perfumers'
GLASSWARE,
Win, Porter, Ale and Mineral R ater Bottlee,
Pickle. Preserve, Jelly and Snuff Jars.
PATENT MEDICINE BOTTLES,
ty Particular attention given to Private Mouldi.
OFFICE, No. IS 6ouih Tib St , Philadelphia
July , 1868.-4t
C AAA LB8. OF CARPET RAUS WANTED at
tJUUU the bwreor
MOORE H DIM rwR,
Market tweot, Arurbury
l '5' ill
i fp m
!j fTT '
.jliMii.',: J..j, ;
$?ii' $
V1 ur iin:;,.l.t:
ISP
yh;o mi; phaiticailt
EDUCATED for BUSINESS LIFE,-
AT
CRITTENDEN'S
Commercial College,
6S7 Chesnut 8t.,oor. of 7lh., PHILADELPHIA.
Established 1844. Incorporated 1855.
The longett ttahlihtd and belt orqunvced
Commercial College in the City.
The nraotlnat alu of lt aanns of Instruction has
been teated by long experience.
HUNDREDS OF YOUNG MEN
Hare found, In the knowledge gained here, lho
means ot profitable employment, and of success in
business.
Each Btudent Is Instrncted separately, and In the
most praotioal manner.
Books for the various Branches of Trade are
opened, written out, and closed in the manner prac
ticed in our best mercantile houses. The didorout
Business Papers, such at
BILLS OF EXCHANGE,
PROM TSORY NOTES,
CHECK ACCOUNTS SALES,
ACCOUNTS CURRENT.
LETTERS. INVOICES, Ac.
Are mads out as in actual business.
pi:vm.vkiiip
Is taught by a superior penman in such a manner
that an attentive student in a short time enins a
Rapid, Free nnd Elegant style of Business Writiu;.
ORNAMENTAL WRITING,
Of all kinds, ii executod in the most finished man
ner. COMMERCIAL CALCULATIONS,
Including the best and most rnpid methods of com
puting Interest Exohacge, Profit and Sales, Avera
ging Accounts, Ac, are oompriaed in tho Course of
Instruction.
BUSINESS PRACTICES,
Purchases, Sales, Consignments. Shipments, Do.'tl
ings with Ranks, Remittances, Ac Ac.
Also, Commercial Law, Phonography, Detecting
Counterfeits, Ac.
Students received at anytime, and instructed at
such hour, as may best suit their convenience.
The large number of business men now in nttend
anco. aud the n-imeroua applications rocrivo.J for iN
students to fill vacant p'jjiti iiif, fully niic.i tl.o ap
preciation in which tba iniiitutiou is he-Id I'V tho
business community.
OPEN DAY AND EVENING.
CATALOGUES M-NT GRATIS.
The Crittenden Coiomeiciul Arithmetic and I!u
sinesi Manual, for sale at the College. Handsomely
.bound, 12 mo. Price, Hl.bU. Sent pot pui I to any
address.
S. II. CRITTENDEN A CO
July 25, 18118. 6m
NEW MARBLE STORE.
NO. 90-2, A
a& Chesnut Streetgg
JAS.E- CALDWELL & CO.,
JEWELERS,
Have been appoiutcd
SPECIAL AGENTS
in this city for the sale of tho
UORI1AM MFG. COMPANY'S
Pine Electro-Plated Ware.
Wc guarantee these goods to be decidedly supe
rior to anything in tho market, excelling in design,
finish and quality.
A 4urfto assortment will be maintained, and sold
at tho manufacturers' regular
FIXED PRICES.
Trade Mark npi Stumped on tho
of lily base of each
Elcotro Plate (jgjUMMrcp .article.
ALDWELL&I 0.
Mo. U O a Chestnut Street
PHILADELPHIA,
July IS, 186S mb7,ly.
Ai-i'li Si., Iel, --u :tI ant Ills, l
to llie IMilsIiV s-ImoI Ilostnr,
SUNBURY, PENN A.
CCOZ S707SS
of thu boat Putttrns.
PLOWS,
Six puttcrns. tho finest in tl.o State.
Persons wishing to buy moves, cnu puivh.ie thorn
chenper ot this establishment than any whore else iu
the pliice.
STONE PUH2PG.
II K subsoribor, well known in this part of tho
oountry as a manufacturer of W ooden tiumi'-.
, nas now tunica h.t attention Iu putting in the
j CELEBRATED STONE PUJIP,
! which for durability, appearance, couiinued fre-h-1
uess of water, and protection ngair.-t freezing am
greatly superior to lho ordinary w-iodeu pump
They huve been ued iu Suitl.ury fur thu p'i-t two
years, rendering entire saiiir.iciir.n. and can be seen
! at the residences of Mefr. l'h:H. J. Brtiuer, Llojd
I Rohrhach. Jamea Hoyd, Wiu. 1. Greinough, and
, other gentle en iu Sunbury.
Price, 1 Ou per foot.
PETER WEAVER,
j Upper Augustu, August 1, lSd-l 3m
HOTEL FOR SALE. ;
; rpiIE ''Susquehumia Hotel," located on the comer
i I of Pcnn and Fourih Stieols, iu the Boroui-h ot
Suuhury, Northumberland ciuuty, Pa..H offered
at private sale, on reasonable turn. This well
known Hotel hut lately beon renovated, and is ,nc
nf the beat stands in Ibe place, with an cxt-cllt-iit
run of custom. For further ptrli.'ularsapplv to
(. W AH BO. i AST. Georgetown. P ,
orUKO. WAliENSELl.ER, Sunburv, Pa.
July II, loS
SPEEK'S STANDARD
Wine Bitter
2
! J2
TviCOlT 0 HEALTH,
strjengthI (BEAUTY 1
I
For the i uak,
For the Palo,
For the Sickly,
For the Aired,
For Females,
For Spring Uo ' ' '
LSVo HlMci-k -iiitl to ilu-iu ! 3
Speer's Standard Wina Eitters,
Made of
WINE. HEUB3 AND HOOTS.
Sraca's Celebrated Wine, to we'd know:,, wi:o
Peruvian Bark,
Chamomile Flowers,
Snake Root,
Wild Cherry Bulk,
( anj lurh other Herbs and Roois a will in all iim
u.ugur,
auiil Dinesiion. promote the Secretions of tue sp
tern in the natural channels, aud give
TOXE AND VltiOn
to the
Young aud Old, Male nnd Teiunle I
All tue it with wonderful success. Bring
c:u mm. e bz.
To th Pal White Lip,
BLOOM AND BEAUTY
To th thin fao and eare worn eouptenanre.
Cures Fevr and Creates Appetite. 'lr''a
C none other. Ask for Speer t Standard BUUr.
Bold by Druggiau and Grooers. See that my signa
ture is over the oork of each bottle.
ALFRED SPEEK,
Pjataia, N. J , and US Broadway, New-lork
ty-Trad supplied by Johnton. Holloway Co .
Philadelphia I George A. Kelly, Pituburg , and
all Wholes! Dealers. p.
For sale by W. A- BFVMTT. SueisT, P
: July H .2S 7-ly
P., nlil T ,