1
"X3B PIATrORDii*
Tie following is the platform.'' adopted by
the Convention which assembled Baltimore
o n the “tb-of-June last, and 'to-nominated
Abraham Lincoln and Andrew j fthnson.
Rbsolved, That it is duty of ev
ery American citizen to against all
their enemies the integrity of„'£c Union and
the paramount authority of tu£; Constitution
and laws of the United States,' md that, Joy
ing aside ail differences and political opinions,
wo pledge ourselves, as Union ,11, en, animated
anC aiming at a common et, to-do ev
erything in our power to aid t-'Hf Govcrnmont
in 'quelling by force of arms thirirebellion now
rsjpng against its authority, an-Pfin bringing to
the punishment due to their critics tho rebels
and traitors arrayed against jlf op
plsuse). / , 'jy
Resolved, That, we opproV-ifbf tho • deter
mination of the the ‘United
States not to compromise wijj*;ravels, or to'
offer any terms of peaca except ;sach as may
he basod upon an “ unoonditioi pi surrender”
of their hostility; and a return;«to their just
allegiance to the Constitution ufli laws of the
United States ; and that we coTl, jpon the Gov
ernment to maintain this positi!(| and to pros
ecute tho war with .the utmost-possible vigor
to the complete suppression fi'jtho rebellion,,
in full reliance upon the self-dh<srifioesf the pa
triotism, the heroic valor and fmU|undying de
votion of the American their coun
, try and its free institutions. (A-^plttuse.)
Resolved, That as slavery, was the -cause
and now constitutes the strength of the rebel
lion, and as it must be always wd everywhere
hostile to the principles of republican govern
ment, justice and the national safety demand
its utter and ' complete extiij'Sjdon from'the
republic (applause), and’thafe ye uphold the
acts and proclamations’by wl'ics tbe Govern
ment, In its own defence, has aimed ’a death
blow at the gigantic evil. Wo; are in favor,
furthermore, of o.V to the
Constitution, to be made by tif;people in con
formity witli its provisions, a|#feall terminate
and forever prohibit the exislblce of slavery
within the, limits of tho juilSsLiotion. of the
United States. (Applause) .
Resolved, That the thanks},!! the American
people are due to the soldiehi &nd sailors of
the army and the navy who have
periled their lives 4 in defence-of] their country,
and In.vindication of tbe bgnS - of the Flag;
that the nation owes to them jsdme permanent
recognition of their patriotisiS -fed their valor,
and ample and permanent for those
of their survivors who have rfcjiived disabling
and honorable wounds in t i-ti service of the
country; and that the of those who
have fallen in its defence held in grate-,
ful and everlasting remember £e. (Load ap
plause.) - - - . i
llesolved, That we apprpvl and applaud
the praotical wisdom, the patriotism
and unswerving fidelity toUtae Constitution
and the principles.of. Amerliijn liberty, with
which Abraham .Lincoln- ha% discharged, un
der circumstances of unpai'aiolled difficulty,
tlic great duly and fesponsiblty’es of the Pres
idential office; that we apprise and endorse,
as demanded Jvy the emergency qjid essential 1
to the preservation of the nat’u 3, and as witht
in thor- Constitution, the SV(sures and acts
—.fiiVii u, .J-'*.t in .l the nation
nga.ir.st its open and that we ap
prove espeeiaily the Proclatetion of Emanci
pation, the employment as jJiJoh soldiers of
men heretofore held in slfiV.iry, (applause);
•nd that we have full in his deter
mination to carry these ahd.al| other constitu
tional measures Essential -to |he salvation of
the country, into full and oha.pleto effect.
Resolved, That we deem' essential to the
general welfare, that should' pre
vail in tlie national- and we'regard
ns worthy of public confidence and official
trust those oniy who cordial-y indorse the prin
ciples proclaimed in. thes-r Resolutions, and
which should characterize. 3h%. administration
of the government, [applahs'i;,]
Resolved, .That the Govfriipient owes to all
men employed in ita arrpit's -without distinc
tion of oolor. the full.protection of the laws of
war, [applause], and, that apy, violation of
these laws or of the nations
In the time of war, by-the ye »>ls nOw in arms,
should be made the subject.oj'full and prompt
redress. [Prolonged appla«%;] , j
Resolved, That '-the immigration
■which in. the past has adtjedjso, much to tho
wealth -and development and in
crease of .power to this naSd.w, me asylum of
the oppressed of all nations, ijiould be fostered
.and encouraged by a liber#:cad just policy.
Resolved, That-we are of the spee
dy construction of the ;raijyoj.d to the "Pacific.
Resolved, That the nafWal faith- pledged
for the redemption of the 'OiLalio delft must be
kept inviolate, and thafftrijthis purpose we
recommend economy and jffgid responsibility
In the public expendituresf .abd a rigorous and
Just system of taxation ? is the duty of
any loyal Stato to credit and pro
mote the use of the national currency, [ap
plause] - ;
Resolved, That vfe'appfpve the position ta
ken by the Government, people of' the
United States can never I'igSrd with Indiffer
ence the attempt of any 55’ifropean power to.
overthrow by force or to.supplafit by fraud
the institutions of any repabJioan government
on 4he Western Continent (prolonged ap
plause)—and that they.wijiyiew with extreme
jealousy, as menacing to -no peace and inde-,
pendonce, of this our country, the efforts of
any such power -to footholds for
monarchial governments, Wifstained by a .for
eign military force in nea£ "proximity to the
United States. [Long-ooiJUued applause.]
In contrast with the of'iw we place the fol
lowing—the platform of U%,Convention which
nominated McClellan:
nATBO'm. .
Resolved, That in the fitoVe,.as in the post,"'
•we will adhere with fidelity to the
Union under the Constituting as the only solid
foundation of our. strengtl Vitality, "ilnd hap
piness as a people, andpW a framework of
government e<p]aUy,cond- ibre to the welfare
and prosperity of all the & atgs, both Northern
nnd Southern. ' - t ' * ■
Resolved, That this bhilvention does ex
plicitly declare, as the so^si?of the American
people, that after four yt'.reof failure to re
store the Union By the ex«tsrfment of war, du
ring’ which, uftdet the pt otimsG of a military
necessity or war power hi.;&, r than the Consti
tution, the Constitntifioy haa beon d ; Bre .
gardedin every part, an ; ' : *ubiio liberty and
private right alike troddQ down, and the ma
terial prosperity of the ‘country essentially
impaired, justice, humatijtf, liberty, and the
public welfare, demand *t-j4b immediate efforts
'f.V
bo made for' a cessation of hostilities, with a
view to an ultimate Convention of all the
States, or other peaceable means to. tho fend
that tbp earliest practicable moment peace may
be restored on the basis of the Federal Union
of the States.
Resolved, That the direct interference of
tho military authority of the United States
in tbe recent ejections held in Kentucky,
Maryland, and Delaware, was a
shameful violation of tbe Constitution, and tho
repetition as such act in the approaching elec
tion will be held as revolutionary, and resisted
with all the means and power under our con
trol.- . -
Resolved. That the aim. and .object of the.
Democratic party is to preserve the Federal
Union and the rights Of the States unimpaired ;
and they hereby declare that they consider the
'Adminstfation usurpation of extraordinary and
dangerous powers not granted by the Consti
tution, the' subversion of the civil by military
law in imprisonment, trial and sentence of
’American citizens in States where civil law
exists in full force, the suppression of freedom
of speech and the press, the denial of the rights
of asylum, the open and avowed disregard of
of State rights, tbe employment of, unusual
test-oaths, and the interference with, and de
,nial of the right of the people to bear arms,
as , calculated to prevent a restoration of the
Union and the perpetration of a government
deriving its just powora from tho consent of
the governed.
Resolved, That the shameful disregard of
• the Administration to its duty in respect to
our fellow ciitzena who now and long have
been prisoners of war in a suffering condition,
.deserves the severest reprobation, on the score
alike of public interest and common humanity.
Resolved, That, tho sympathy of the Dem
ocratic party is heartily and earnestly extend
ed to the soldiery .of our army, who are and
have been jn tho field under the flag of our
country; and in the event of our attaining
power, they will receive all the care and pro
tection, regard and kindness, that, the bravo
soldiers of the Republic have eo nobly earned.
THE AGITATOR.
M. H. COBB,* EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
WEDNESDAY, :
NATIONAL UNION TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
FOE VICE PRESIDENT:
ANDREW, JOHNSON,
UNION ELECTORAL TICKET.
SCXiTORIAL.
Morton Mclliohacl, Philadelphia. ■
Thomas 11. Cunningham, Beaver county.
r.EPCESESTATIVE.
I Robert P. King* 13 Elias Vt. Hall*
2 George M. Coates, 14 Charles l H. Shriner,
3 Henry Bamm, 15 John Wister,
" 4 William H. Kern, . 16 David McConaughy,
O iSainn d. oom«, ri uaym vr , ’rrnuuzr,
6 Charles M. Hunk, 18, Isaac Benson,
7 Robert Parke, 19. John Patton,
8 William Taylor, 2rf Samuel B. Dick,
9 John A. Hicstacd, 21 Evcrhard Bierer,
10 'Richard Hi Coryell, 22. John P.Pcnney,
11 Edward Holliday, 23 Ebenercr McJankin,
12 Charles Fv Reed, 24 John W. Blanchard.
' POE COXGRESSi
S. F. WILSON, of Tioga County.
.[Subject to action of Conference. ]
- ' POE -ASSEMBLY.
JOHN W. GUERNSEY, of Tioga.
[Subject to action of Conference .]
FOR SHERIFF.
LEROY TABOR, of Tioga.
FOB COMMISSIONER.
ELEAZER S. SEELEY, of Deerfield.
■ fob auditor; "* , ; ‘ '
JOHN G. ARGOTZINGEB ", of-Rutland.
FOB CORONER.
DAVID S. PETERS, of Mainshtrg.
“There is the enemy—forwardsaid one
of Napoleon’s Marshals on a memorable battle
day. It will bear repeating now, in the begin
ning of what is to be the most memorable po
litical campaign ever made on thfl continent.
The debates and action'of the Chicago Con
vention show to the country tho reality of the
alliance between the Northern Copperheads
and Jefferson Davis.
We publish the platforms of both parties in
another place. The Union party can afford to
go before the country on that re cord. Let ev
ery candid man read both platforms. The un
scrupulous will derive no benefit from reading
either, or both.' ’
Tiro case stands thus : Abraham Lincoln
f and a vigorous war for the unify and lasting
peace of tho country ; or George B. McClellan
and disunion, and an interminable border war
fare which must follow.
The issue is sharply defined. The man who
does not wish to bo deceived cannot he deceiv
ed. The man who votes mistakenly nest No
vember, would walk over, a precipice in broad
daylight. - ,
Read the platform upon which McClellan
stands and invites the support of the freemen
of the North; and read it critically: Toucan
not find one word in condemnation, no, not even
a word in deprecation of the rebellion ; not a
word of reprobation of the wicked chiefs of the
rebellion. Is it.not so ?
You will at once conclude that there must bo
some reason for so grave an omission. And
yon are right; there is a reason, nnd a suffi
cient reason.
■This fearful reunion was incited by the chiefs
of the proslavery Democracy ; it has been pros
ecuted from the beginning, andis still waged, by
the chiefs of that party; arid as the Chicago
Convention was under the management and con
irol'of the vicious remnant of that same party,
any condemnation of the rebellion would have
been a condemnation of iheir own del, and any
WELLSBOKOUGH, PSWW'Ai
of Illinois.
OF TENNESSEE.
LOCAL TICKET.
Bow For Tho Fight.
"THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOE.
reprobation of the rebd chiefs mould have been The true mon of Tioga, cannot longer delay
reprobation of \ their nobler comrades in arms. organization for the campaign. Ton days is
We consider that a good and sufficient rca- t imo enough in ■which to organize a Union
son why the Chicago Convention did not find i .. .. , T ,
, league in every district. , Lawrenceville has
one word of condemnation for this great rebel
lion against the Government.
Mark who moved to make the nomination of
McClellan unanimous: C. L. Vallandigham, a
man who makes no concealment of his sympa
thy with.the Rebel leaders; and Daniel W.
Voorhees, who aspires to be the chief of armed
resistance to the Government in the north—
both signers of a petition in favor ol “ two re
pnblics and an united South,” These men', if
incarnate devils may be called men, and their
fellows; acquiesced, in the nomination of Geo.
B. McClellan because they satisfied themselves
that he could be moulded to their purposes.
And they are not mistaken. Geo. B. McC.,
is one of those timid, negative characters, who
cannot but be guided and impelled as superior
intellects and stronger wills may choose. The
traitors knew-their man. Such keen intellects
as Vallandigham,—for he is at once the ablest
and bravest of northern rebels, —never mistake
men. They read" them as other men read the
news, —right through".
The platform is, throughout, remarkable for
what it does not say, rather than for what it
does say. Its chief significance lies in its stud
ied silence respecting questions which must be
met by evtfry party that goes before the peo
ple in such times. Its tirade against tlje Ad
ministration is quite a matter of course. Its
perversion of the facts of record arc hot only
matters of course, but necessary to establish
the identity of its mendacious origin: We ex
pected lies and perversions of fact from such a
party. That party has a well-earned reputa
tion for stupendous lying.
But the last plank in the platform, deserves
especial rrotioe. It is to the effect that “ the
Democratic party heartily and earnestly extends
its sympathy to the soldiery of our army.”
Let us see about that:
da the second day of August, ultimo, the
people of Pennsylvania held an election for
the acceptance or I rejection of an amendment’
to the Stats Constitution giving the right of
suffrage to the qualified voters now, or who
may hereafter be, in the military service. On
that question the people were invited to vote.
It may be presumed that the “ Democratic
party” seized upon that occasion “ to extend
their hcariy sympathy to the soldiery of our
army.” So—
Berks County, which gave Woodward a
heavy majority last year, gave a majority of
1,931 against the soldiers.
Cambria County, which gave Woodward 800
majority, gave 474 majority against the soldier.
* ___ |
Center, gave Woodward 344 majority, and
100 against the soldiers.
Clearfield, 950 for Woodward, and 785 ma
jority aaainst the soldiers.
SEPT. 7, 1 1864.
Columbia, 2500 maj. for Woodward, and 1000
against the soldiers.'
Elk, Fulton, Jnniata, Lehigh; Moproe,
Northampton, Pike, and Wayne, counties, all
gave majorities for Woodward, and all likewise
gave majorities against the soldiers.
And every one of these counties that voted not to
lei the soldiers vote, Kill -give majorities for G.
B. McClellan next November, without much
doubt.
Such is the “ hearty sympathy the Democ
racy extend to the soldiery in our army.”
And mark if that sort of sympathy don’t re
act upon the Copperheads next November, and
cause the nominees of the Chicago Convention
to engage a steerage passage np the river.
"The Taj land igh a m mp'r b of this county held
■their Convention in the Court House on Mon
day night. The day and the night wore stormy
and unpleasant, which may have had some
thing to do with the attendance, which was de
cidedly slim. We could count hut 51 regular
delegates, leaving a deficiency of 17. This de
ficiency was partially made up by the usual de
tail of Wellsboro talesmen.
Mr. D. li. Sherwood was the Chairman. He
prefaced the proceedings with a,short and ma
lignant speech, characteristic of the man, who
is an undisguised sympathizer with the rebel l
lion ; and this fact, and not that other—his po
sition in the church—accounts for the stupend
ous falsehoods which made up the substance of
bis harangue.
Messrs. 11. Sherwood,-and Stephen Pierce,
were named for Congress. Mr. Sherwood de
clined, Mr. Pierce waa then nominated by ac
clamation. lie will carry Fall Brook. Fur
ther comment is unnecessary.
Dr., A. M.' Loop, of Nelson, was nominated
for The Doctor is worthy of a bet
ter fate. i '4
Mr. Leonard Gillette, of Covington, was
nominated for Sheriff; Mr, Mowry, of Farm
ington, for Commissioner ; Henry Goodrich, of
Tioga, for Auditor; and B. R. Hall, of Bloes,
for Coroner. ' ' '
The. Chicago platform was fully endorsed.
Mr. IT. Sherwood was called upon, and .de
livered a characteristic speech. Ho was fol
lowed by Messrs. M. F. Elliott, and Prof. Allen
—both of whom very successfully reproduced
their stock harangues of last year.
■ It was the dullest Contention ever held in
Tioga. The machinery moved awkwardly, the
spirit was decidedly poor, there was neither
earnestness nor enthusiasm., The resolutions,
which tally with the Chicago platform, are re
markable for their poverty of spirit, and their
cowardly avoidance of the vital question,
And be it remembered as a significant fact,
that not one of the speakers so much as men
tioned the fact of- the great victory for our
arms at Atlanta. And not a word of sympa
thy for the men who are fighting the battles of
onr common country. Take these facts heme
to yopr hearts, loyal men of Tioga, and remem
ber them to some purpose at the ballot-box.
the honor of first organizing and gettingyigor
oasly at-work. Not a district should remain
far behind. Up, and to tho work 1 Oar oppo
nents are never idle. They are at work, se
cretly as well'as openly. Bat a month lies be
tween this and the October election. In that
month much work host be done. No loyal
man is privileged to avoid his share of thrs la
hor. To Work; .then, without delay.
Gen.'SnEßJfAsr is entitled to the credit of the
first victory over the Vallondighammors. The
fall of Atlanta has created as much confusion
in the.grand army of McClellan Minute. Men
as a shower of 13 inch bombs. How unfortu
nate for them wonld bo the fall of Richmond I
Is it not quite plain that tho strength of Mc-
Clellan depends greatly upon the fata of our
armies before Petersburg and elsewhere ? Hu
miliating as the fact may bo, it is still a fact,
that every victory over armed rebels by our
brave armies is a damaging defeat to the Chic
ago nominee. The interests of tho Copper
head faction and Jeff. Davis are identical. Ev
ery disaster to cjur arms wiH give new hope
and vigor to the Copperhead movement.
The party that nominated Gen. Me. and;
George H. Pendleton, should be known hereaf
ter as “ The Society for Testing the Practica
bility of Miscegenation.” McClellan has been
regarded os a War Democrat, and Pendleton,
has been a thorough Peace Copperhead from,
the beginning; he trained with Vallandigham
and Voorhees. If this is not a clear case of
political miscegenation, whore is the other ?
They stand yoked on a platform that threat
ens bloody revolution if its candidate bo not
suffered to. stalk unopposed into power. That,
too, is in'keoping with the record of that party.
Thrust from power by the election of Mr. Lin
coln, its leaders rushed into the rebellion now
sacking the land.
We know of a man, a citizen of Tioga coun
ty, who groans under tho burden of taxation
(worth from §5OOO to §lO,OOO, and pays §lO,
perhaps, national taxes,), and who thinks, peace
would be cheap at almost any price.
Yet this man is a sort of a patriot, without
doubt. As an cyidenice of the fact, we may
mention that ho goes about the country buying
gold to sell again ; and has made no little prof
it thereby. . * .
This man does not hesitate to profit by ibe
misfortunes of bis country, and does not object
to an accommodation with the rebels which
would indefinitely prolong tho war, and so
give,new vitality to tho speculation in gold.
Of course not.
Not more than ten days ago, rather less, a
prominent Copperhead politician of this county
declared to a friend of ours, that Sherman had
met with nothing but defeat in his advance on
Atlanta. Probably that pious sympathizer
with treason will consider the capture of At
lanta as tho annihilation of Gen. Sherman.
We suppose such men may have suffered a
change of heart, but it must have been of that
physical kind known as “ fatty degeneration.”
The daily reports of the Stock Exchange
show that gold rose from 231 to 248 about the
time the news of the result of the Cnicago Con
vention reached New York. As gold fell some
22 cents during the session of the Convention,
the Coppery, papers demanded that }t should
be attributed to tho probability of McClellan’s
nomination. Unfortunately for that theory,
gold went up like a rocket when bis nomina
became a fact.
The Elmira Advertiser says that when the
news of the nomination of the Chicago Conven
tion reached that place, the rebel prisoners sot
up a boisterous shout for McClellan,' "We sub
mit.that that was very appropriate. The same
paper says that the rebel prisoners expressed
their preference as being for Tallandigham for
first choice, and “ Leetle Mac” x next. That is
also very proper.
The K. G. C., 0. A. K., and S. of L., met
in Convention at Chicago on the 29th nit, end
after the usual wrangling,; concluded, as'usual,
to lay aside principle and amalgamate into one
delightfully harmonious whole. They then
nominated Geo. B. McClellan as their candi
date for the Presidency, and Geo. 11. Pendleton
of Ohio for the Vice Presidency.
The fall of Atlanta is the hardest blow yet
inflicted upon the rebellion. Richmond must
soon follow. Mobile is already ours, practic
ally, all its harbor defences having been occu
pied by our troops. It will ho seen that the
Chicago Convention omitted to congratulate
Admiral Farragut on his brilliant victory in
Mobile harbor. Such victories. are damaging
to rebels and their sympathizers, j j-
Among others, we are curious to know if tbo
Vallandighammers aro going to permit McClel
lan to engineer the campaign-on, their side. If
so, tbo contest will be greatly Amplified and
cheapened; as a few-wooden guns will keep
binrand his army of American Knights 1 and
Minute Mon in cheek until the campaign is
over. By all means let “Lectio Mao” man
age the campaign.
Grant wants 100,000 men to make the
rebellion draw its final breath. He will have
them, and that soon; aqd with the fall of the
rebellion in Virginia, goes tho last hope of reb
els and their sympathisers.
Tub New York evening papers of Monday
bring the news of tho capture of the rebel pi
rate Georgia, jjjy tbo 11. S. Sloop-of-war Niag
ara. Huzza! the old flag forever 1
AT&AJtfTA IS OUKS 2
A GLORIOUS TICTOBIT ! I
War Depabment, 1
Washington, Sept. 2d, 1864. J
To Maj.-Gen. Dix ;—The following tele
gram, from Major-General Slocum, dated this
day, in Atlanta, and just received, confirms
the capture of that city :
“ General Sherman, has taken Atlanta. The
Twentieth Corps occupies the city. The main
army is on the- Macon road, near East Point.
“ A battle was fought near that point, in
which Gen. Sherman was successful. - Partic
ulars are not known. , , .
“ 11. TV. Slocum, Maj.-Gen.” .
An unofficial report 'states that a battle was
fought near East: Point, by Gen. Sherman,
with Hood. The Rebel army wes cut in two,
with very heavy loss to the enemy, and Gen.
Hardee was killed. Our loss is not known.
Edwin M. Stanton, Sec'y of War.
Wi 5 Department, Sept. 2d, 1864.,
To Maj.-Gen. Dix :
Sir : It is ascertained with reasonable cer
tainty that the naval and other credits required
by the act of Congress will amount to about
200,000, including New York, which has not
been reported yet to the Department; so that
the President’s call of July 10th is practically
reduced to 300,000 men to meet and take the
place of;
first: —The new enlistments in the Navy ;
second. —The casualties of battle, sickness.
third; —The Hundred-Days ;troops and all
going out by expiration of service this fall.
One-hundred thousand new ttoops promptly
furnished are all that Gen. Grant asks for the
capture of Richmond and to give a finishing
blow to tbo Rebel armies yet in the field.
The residue of the call would be adequate for
garrisons in forts and to guard all the lines of
communications and supply, free' the country
from guerrillas, give security to trade, and
establish peace, order and tranquillity in every
State. ‘ , '•
Edwin M. Stanton, Sec'y of War.
Gen. Grant telegraphs the Secretary of War
that before the news of the fall of Atlanta had
reached him, the rebel pickets stated to ours
that Hood had been whipped by Sherman, with
a loss of 40.000 then to flood.
The latest nows we have makes Sherman’s
victory complete. "We have Ijtefally unhorsed
the Conthievoratea, as Atlanta is of thrice the
military importance of Richmond. It was the
workshop of Rehcldom.
AN ACT,
to authorize the payment of Bounties to Volun
y ’cars in ike County of Tioga .
Sec. 1. Be it enacted <f -c.. That it shall bo
lawful for the Supervisors of the several town
ships in the County of Tioga (and in ease the
said Supervisors or any of them refuse or neg
lect so to do) Tor the School Directors of said
township and the Burgess and Council of the
several Boroughs in said County, tu offer pod
pay bounties to volunteers to fill the quota of
said Townships .and Boroughs, under the pres
ent oallof the President of the United States,
or any future call of said President not exceed
ing three hundred dollars each, and the said
supervisors or school directors as the case may
be, and the Burgess and Council of the several
boroughs are hereby authorized to borrow mon
ey and issue bonds, warrants, or certificates of
loan therefor, with or without interest, and
coupons attached which shall be exempted
fronKfaxation for State and County purposes.
Sec. T. ’That it shall bo lawful for su
pervisors or school directors, as the case may be,
and the Burgess and Council of said Borough
to levy and collect a tax for the purpose of pay
ing said bounties, and repayment of said loan
upon all personal property, professions, trades
and occupations made taxable for State and
County purposes, together with a per capita tax
on aft male taxable inhabitants of said town-
and boroughs not exceeding §5 each; pro
vided that not more than two per cent per an
num shall be assessed on the last adjusted val
uation of property in said several townships
and boroughs fur State and County purposes.
Provided that non-commissioned officers and
privates in actual service of the United States
army and navy from this commmonwealth, or
who were permanently disabled in such ser
vice or having been in such service for the
space of one year and honorably disfaarged
therefrom, and the property of widows and
and minor'children, and widowed mothers of
non-commissioned officers and privates shall
be exempted from taxation under this act.
Sec. 3. That all assessments of taxes by the
school directors or a supervisor in any of the
townships in said county for the purpose of
paying bounties to volunteers to fill the quota
is hereby legalized and made valid.
HENRY C. JOHNSON.
Speaker of the House of Rep’s. •
JOHN P. PENNEY.
Approved the twenty-fifth day of August
Anno Domini ono thousand eight hundred
and sixty four. A. G. CURTIN.
Abuse op the President. — The abuse heaped
upon President Lincoln by those opposing him
is no new thing. Every President from Wash
ington on down has been more or less subject
ed to a scathing fire of misrepresentation and
abuse from political opponents. Even George
Washington was thus treated—thus abused by
the traitors of his day. They called him “ liar,”
“ arch deceiver,” “ fool”, “ tyrant,” and
clown.” His messages were denounced as “awk
ward performances, disgraceful for a child,” and
some went so fares to declare they “manifest
ed a spirit of absolutism.”—They went even
farther]—calumniated him as a man, a citizen,
and d ('statesman. But posterity has done him
justice. . .
As with Washington, so with most of his%snc
cosaora. They all passed through the ordeal
of slanderous abuse. It is especially so with
Abraham Lincoln. Hia political foea pro
nounced him a boor, clown, fool, tyrant, knave,
baboon, and all manner of other bad names.—
He disregards it all. He goes on calmly and
bravely performing bis duty. The future will
justify him ns posterity has Washington.
.—A McClellan mob-meeting in New York,
according to the report of the World, a Mc-
Clellan organ, manifested a great dislike to
Grant. Atone time the crowd shouted "Grant’s
a botiherl” That is the name given to Gen.
Grant by the Rebel papers in the South, who
delight to sing tho changes on “ Grant, the
Botcher, Butler, the Beast, and Sherman, the
Brute.” The New York Copperheads have
already learned the two first names past, and
they will soon bo talking of “Sherman tho
Brute.”
Speaker of the Senate.
We leam that Gen. McClellan, declares
vately among bis friends that he cannot
wdl not endorse the Peace platform constant
for him at Chicago. What is the use of ,I*2
humbug ? He is nominated on that platform 3
he was nominated after that platform had h,
adopted, with bat few dissenting votes
those mostly of men who wished it made me
abject than it is; and he would not bare bo
nominated if it had been understood that h
would not accept that platform. The CM f*
dates and the platform are indivisible' th'"
principles are of far more consequence’than
the men. Jt speaks well for Gen. M.’s 'W ea »
Point training that he is ashamed of his com
pany; but this amounts to nothing unless ho
tramples the rile .thing under hia feet.
Cannot disencumber himseirof the platform
and yet receive-the votes of those who sunnor*
him for its sake.—iV. T.JR-ibunc.
—The treaty which the Gorman powers bars
concluded, with Denmark strips from her the
Duchies of Sholswig, Holstein and Lanenbure
with the islands belonging to them,comprising
the whole of the isthmus uniting Denmark
proper with the continent, and containing sev
eral excellent forts, and two of them strong
fortresses. Denmark previously embraced 21.
900 square miles, and 2,290,000 inhatttants.~
Wow she is rednoed to 14,002 square miles and
1,407,747 inhabitants. Denmark disap
pointed in the help.she expected from England.
—When Farragut was notified of the surren
der of the rebel ram Tennessee, he sent an
officer off-to receive Buchanan's sword. On
learning of, Buchanan's wound, an officer asked
Farragut if he would go off am] sea him. Far
ragut looked along his decks, strewn wity dead
and dying and mangled comrades, and red with
the blood of others who had fallen and been re
moved. and then replied; “ With these brave
men before me, killed and mangled by him, I
consider him but my enemy. I want nothing
to do with him."
The laws of Slavery, says the Richmoid
Enquirer , the highest Democratic Authority,
apply equally to White Men as to
Those who vote for tho Platform know
what they have to expect; if laboring men {hoy
are considered fit to be bought and add, and
wear liveries.— N. F. Tribune,,
AS this season of the year whoa Dysentery and
bowel complaints are so prevalent; it 13 im
portant to remember that tho Medicine known os
Cholera Drops which is sold at Roy's Drug Store, is
ono of the few remedies which can always be relied
npon ; it is always safe and has been in use for many
years.
DISSOL U WON.
THE Co-partnership heretofore existing between
H. W. Porine, of Bath, N. Y., «fc E. P. Ferine, of
Troy, Pa., under the firm of Ferine & Co., is this day
dissolved by mutual consent. 11. W. P BRINE.
Troy, Sopt. 1, 1801. E. ?. PElfcfE,
Mr. E. P. Ferine, in behalf of the old firm feels
very thankful to the public forthoir liberal patronage
during their co-partnership. In, assuming tho pro
prietorship of the business, he £opcs to merit a con
tinuation of said favor. The business will be con
ducted as heretofore. We shall endeavor to keep a
large and varied stock of merchandize and shall offer
them at prices not to be found elsewhere.
LIST OF BETTERS remaining in the Post
Office at Tioga, Sept. sth, IS&l : -
Arrcy, Hester Anna Mrs. McCarty, John
Brown, Mrs. Fanny McCollins, Mrs. John
Helleu Packard, J. H,
Brady, Frank Powell, Mlcbiel
Corey. Wm, Pratt, Sirs. Mary
Carr, Mrs. .Lorain S. Ramcr, J.
Day, Wra. fl. Stcvsen, Miss Nancy
Dinglar, Soyirfan Smith, Wm. B.
Ellis, N, 11. Smith, Conklin
Gregory, 11. L, Siglin, Jesse
Howland, A. B, Smith, Mrs. Mary
Hoilxday, Ephram Townsend,* Wm. 2
Ilnsley, Geo. W. 3 IVright, Lewis
Harris, Miss Sarah Whitaker, Mrs,
Kcancy, Mary Werts, Mrs. J.
Lamberson, Jeduth Welch, Mrs. Charlotte
Miller, Mias Mary Winters, William
To obtain any of these' letters, the applicant
mast call for “advertised letters/* giro the dato of
this list, and pay ono cent for advertising. If not
called for within one month they will be sent to tho
Dead Letter Office. LEWIS DAGGETT, P. M.
GOOD! NEWS I'D TRUE!
PEKING
Is now offering tlio Largest, best selected and Cheap
est Stock of
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
to be found this side of Kew-York. "We make no
idle boast. Wo have the Uoods and can readily sat
isfy any one in want of Clothing, that what-wo affirm
is literally true I
Come ate that Hanger 1
after enter garments, and wo will treat you well! and
clothe yon bountifully. ’Xis truthfully said that
“THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM,"
yet no more so than, ho who comes earliest gels al
together the
BEST BARGAINS
in Clothing—simply, hocanse-he has a FULL STOCK
from, which to make his selection.
E. P, PEBISE.
TROY, Pa , Sept. V, 1 SGI.
P. SEWELL, DENTIST,
MANSFIELD, TIOGA COUNTY, PA.,
IS prepared to operate in aIV the improvements in
the various departments of filling, extracting, in
serting artificial dentures, &c.
Mansfield. August 10. ISfii-l y.
ESTRAT.
CAME, into she enclosure of the subscriber Ift
Joclison township, on tho *Bth Inst.. a. Diwh
Brown Marc Colt. about throe years cld, with a-whito
spot in tbo forehead, and three white foot Tho
owner is requested to como forward, prove property*
pay charges, and take her away*
Jackson, Aug. 17, 1364.3 TYLER WHITE.
CAUTION.
VHEREAS, my wife, Wilhelhnena, has left my
bed and board without just cause or provoca
tion ; I hereby caution all persons against harboring
or trusting her on my account, for J shall pay nodebti
of her contracting after this date/
FERDINAND EMBERGER.
Dcltnar, August 10,1804.3
REVENUE STAMPS.
A BARGE ASSORTMENT of Rovenuo Stamp*
of all denominations, just received at tbo First
National Bank of Wciyboro, in tho Store building
of C, ifc J. L. Robinson/'Pcrsons wanting Stan*? 3 ***
request to call and get a supply.
Wollsboro, May 25, IStU-tf,
Concentrated lye. for sale »t
ROY'S DRUG STORE.
FLINT CHIMNEYS, extra quality for KcrostaS
Lamps, just *
R 0 Y'S' DRUGSTORE. -
AN Assortment of TABLE GLASSWARE *«•
found at BOV’S DRUG STORE.