CURRENT NEWS.
Mrs. August Belmont is the daughter of
Commodore Perry.
The name of Iloratio Seymour contains all
the vowels of the alphabet.
Seymour and civil liberty—Grant and mil
itary despotism.
We have received a paper entitled "Dumb ;
Animals." Xo.allusion to GraDt.
Wild cats are plentier in Connecticut than I
they were fifty years ago.
The Alabama legislatqre has elected a ne- ;
gro chaplain.
i
Babies are fashionable in Paris, and nicely
dressed infants are let out at four dollars an
hour for the best looking.
One cannot get an idea from Grant, for the
■ame reason that one cannot get whisky from
an empty bottle.
Seymour and white supremacy—Grant
and black domination in ten Statea of the
Union. Chooae ye !
Grant cheated the Radicals in 18(36 and
ceived Johnson in 1868. He can't deceive
the people.
Democratic ratification meetings take :
place daily throughout the country, and are |
attended by thousands of people.
There is one tune that Butler should be
able to whistle to perfection—the Rogue's
March.
The key to the Radical Freedmen's Bu
reau is the dar-key.
The key to Grant's chest whisky.
The negroes of Florida, knowing their de
cided majority, insist upon a division of the j
cffices, much to the disgust of the Bureau
agents.
The burglars of Illinois steal the carpets
off the floors of churches. There were "lot!"
patriots who went further than that,and who j
atcle the 6acred vessels of silver.
A South Carolina alligator, probably in i
the interest of the "rebel Democracy," ate a
promising young black voter the other day. I
Dana denies fhat Grant once said he was
a Democrat. Pity his friends won't allow
bim the credit of one respecable sentiment.
A young roan told Dr. Bethune that he
had enlisted in the artny of Zion. "In which
church the Doctor, ''ln the Baptist,"
was the reply. "I should call that joining f
the Navy," replied the Doctor.
While editors of the North who rejoice in
the degradation of their race in Louisiana,
through the elevation of a full-blooded negro '
to preside over the Slate Senate, only verify
the adage : "It is a dirty bird that defiles its
own nest."—-Veto Orleans Times.
Mrs. Elizabeth CaJy Stanton says : "Why j
not follow a good man with the Democratic
party, rather than with Republicans to help :
lo place a drunken soldier in the White
House ?" Why not 7
Grant, with 200,000 men against Lee's 50.
000 made a big graveyard—losing over six
men to Lee's one, 117,000 to 19,000, in !
"fighting it out on this line," and finally, af- j
ter immense loss, fell bacx on McClellan's
old line where he might have started tn the
beginning without the loss of a single man. ,
Since Stanton left the War Department!
another fraud of nearly two millions of doU i
far* has been brought to light. It is a claim j
for bounties to colored regiments that never
had existence. The matter is undergoing an
Investigation and some loyal Rads will be
exposed.
A young ihinoceros has just been landed
In this country, the first fur twenty years.—
lie will not get his growth for some twenty
years, but weighs 3000 pounds and eats daily
two bushels of corn, one bushel of potatoes,
and three hundred pounds of hay, drinking
fifteen or twenty buckets of water.
Counterfeit -SIOO National Bank notes are
in circulation. Editors are in no danger from
bills of that size, but their readers may bo.
Gen. Frank P, Biair fought in more than
two score battles, and pet he is denounced in
unmeasured terms by the men who stayed at
home and sold shoddy cloth, bad coffee and
paper-soled shoe to the soldiers. Such is
Radical loyalty.
Failures—Grant ratification meetirgs.
The new ineano asylum has been located
near the town of Danville.
Hon. George 11. Pendleton has taken the
stump for Sey raour and Blair.
The salutation on the streets now is—
'•Hurrah for Seymour."
Ole Bull made thirteen thousand dollars
on his late trip to this country.
The negro Legislature of Louisiana meets
under the guard of bavonets.
Armies of rabbits are following up the
locusts in Tennessee.
An Idaho paper says a man recently poked
bis head out from "behind the times," in
that fast country, when it was taken eff by a
"passing event."
Stevens rails Greeley a "scarecrow."—
Greeley calls Stevens a blackleg. Forney
calls Cameron an old villain, and Cameron
declares Forney a rascal. All these Radical
leaders are eminent truth-tellers.
* The party of "moral ideas" is unfortunate
in Georgia,if the following paragraph be true:
"The negro Bradley's election to the Geor
gia Senate will be contested, on the ground
that he was a felon. Another negro elect is
in the jail or penitentiary, and his term will
uot expire soon enough to enable him to take
bis seat."
A young woman in a Western town has
been fined ten dollirs for kissing s young
man against h' will. Nobody around here
esoold prosecute for such an offense.
ffjje Democrat.
HARVEY SICK 1.1'.1t, Editor.
TUN KHAN NOCK, PA.
Wednesday, July 22, 1868.
FOR PRESIDENT, "
HON. HORATIO SEYMOUR.
CF NEW TORE.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
GEN. FRANCIS P. BLAIR.
OF MISSOURI.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.;
Auditor General,
CHARLES E. BOYLE, of Fayette.
Surveyor General,
Gen. WELLINGTON ENT, of Columbia
GEN. BLAIR'S LETTER, about which the
"loil" thieves are making such an ado, will j
be found in another column; and must
meet the hearty endorsement of every lov- 1
er of a free white man's government in the
land.
Since the nomination of Seymour
and Blair the blood thirsty Jacobinical rads !
pretend to be very much in fear of another*
civil war. Indeed they have all turned in- j
to "peace sneaks." They even seem to j
have forgotten that "the colored troops ,
fought nobly and are shaking in their 1
boots at Gen Blair's intimation that white :
men know and dare maintain their rights, i
What a miserable craven hearted set of
cus —tomers, they are !
WORK AWAY.
Gov. Scott, the newly elected Governor
of South Carolina, under the "Black
Crook" Constitution, in his inaugural says,;
that no organization exists in that state for
obstructing the laws. A similar statement (
in reference to all the Southern States was i
made three years ago by Grant, the envoy
extraordinary, in what the Radicals thui
denounced as a " white washing report • I
Yet a standing army is kept up there, and
is likely to be kept up as long as the rumps j
want places where their pets can steal with 1
impunity, and niggers votes to keep them |
in power
Work away white man I Radical rc- 1
construction has reconstructed you into!
slaves to support this great nigger dynasty.;
Yes, work away white man ! Its "disloil" I
its the worst kind of copperhcadism to com-!
plain of taxes and tariiffs when everything •
is so lovely and the nigger roots so high.
Radical Method of Raising the Wind.
The following letters explain themselves;
and show how the bond holders, shoddy
contractors and government thieves are i
raising a corruption fund to carry the elec
tions. This impuJent demand is ma 1c on I
1 all the supposed "loil" Post Masters and
office holuers tu the country. It is said to
jbe 5 per cent of the salary or estimated
receipts. By this rate each "loil" govern
ment teat-suckcr can estimate his share of
the fund for getting up enthusiasm for the
"grave-yard maker" and for bribing poor I
men to vote for a continuance of negro
domination, bond holders oppression, ru
inous tariffs and taxes, freedmen's bureaus,
: for lazy niggers See. Sec.
Capt. Burr, on whom this modest(?) de
! mand is made, having risked his life for
four years in the war —and suflered wounds
—to estab.ish a union under the constitu
tion fur white men, concludes to incur tlf?
risk of official decapitation rather than aid
in this nefarious plan of bribing poor
men to vote away their liberties, aud the
bread from their children's mouths.
MKSBOPPKK. Pa. July 20, IPgS.
j MR. HARVEY SICKLER DEAR SIR : I send you a
| circular loiter nuuouDciug to me an assessment on
; this Post Office, by the Republican Committee lor
I the election of Grar.t A Colfax, It shows how they
| are raising the wind. Use as you think best.
! Yours Respectfully
P. M. BI RR, P. M
| For President, For Vice President.
U. S. GRANT, SCHUYLER COLFAX
ROOMS or THE
UNION RTFUBLICAN CCNGRESSICNAL COMMITTEE,
WASHISOTOS, D. C. July 13, 18g3
| POSTMASTER. MKSHOPPEN PA Sin : The Repub
! lican National Committee, and the Union Republi
j can Congressional Committee, being profoundly im
pressed with the importance of vigorously prosceu
| ting the ensuing political campnisn, apply to you
for an immediate contribution of 43.
All in sympathy with the purposes of the Repub
i lican party will readily understand that expenses
' must lie incurred for organization, documents and
I Breakers, in successfully conducting a Presidential
' Campaign. The funds coutribut d will be judicious
ly expended.
Communications should be address* 1 to Thomas
L Tullock, Secretary, Washington, D. C , and will
be promptly acknowledged.
William Claflin, Chairman, William E. Chandler,
Secretary, Republican National Committee,
j Edwin D. Morgan. Chaiimaa, Union Republican
Concessional Comuiitlee.
Robert C Sebenck, Chairman. Thomas L. Tullock
' Secretary, Union Republican Congieiuional Execu
tive Committee.
St. Louis "man and brother" has
just recovered one coot damages for hav
ing had to endure the deprivation of his
"right" to ride on the street cars with
white people.
Charles Sumner wants that fellow do
i miciliated in Washington.
Address Of The Democratic State Con
vention.
DEMOCRATIC STATE COMM'EE ROOMS,)
Clearfield, Pa., July 14, 1868. )
To the People of Pennsylvania:
The political contest, just entered into
is laden with grave results to your busi
ness and to yourselves.
The Radical party asks a renewal of
its power and the continuance of its mis
rule.
Defeated in every recent election, it
now disguises its principles and trusts for
success of a military prestige of an availa
ble candidate.
It ofiVrs to Grant the shadow of power,
as a price for securing the reality of Con
gress.
Its success will bring you continued
misgovernment by a Radical Congress,
the control of every department oif the
government by Radical domination and
the perpetuation of its iniquities, its ex
travagance, its elevation of the negro, and
the prostration of yonr business interests.
It came into existence to benefit the
negro ; its devotion to his interests gave
us four years of war, grinding taxation,
and three thousand millions of debt; its
de'ermination to place the negro over the
white man has for more than three years
k< pt society shattered, commerce para
lyzed, industry prostrated, the national
credit below par, and the Union divided.
It has governed us for nearly eight
years ; the history of its first administra
tion is written in four years of blood and
recorded in an enormous national debt;
the history of its second administration is
that of nearly four years of peace, with
absolute power, aud a Union not restored,
a government of tbe sword, business de
stroyed, taxation crushing the enregies of
the people and the negro vested with the
balance of power,
Its end and aim is the preservation of
Radical power through the votes of ne
groes, and to this will be sacrificed your
material interests, and, if necessary, your
personal rights and your form of govern
ment.
Military rule oppresses the nation and
(fats out the substance of the people. It
is tit that Grant should lead the party that
maintains that rule, for his laurels were
gathered by tiie sword alone.
The Democratic party, placing itself
upon the Constitution, pledges itself to
strict obedience thereto, to the mainte
nance of the government created thereby,
to the supremacy of law, to a reform of
abuses, to economy in administration, to
equal taxation, and to justice to ail.
It antagonizes and denounces that in
famous policy which, during more than
three years of peace, has overtaxed the
people, has governed by the swotd and
lias destroyed the credit of the nation.
Its policy is one of thoughtful foresight,
of cautious statesmanship ; it seeks no new
path ; but by the line of the written law,
in the light of experience, it will guide the
Republic back to the highway of progtess
and prosperity and will restore it to na
tional credit and fame.
It presents to you with pride its candi- j
late lor the Presidency : HORATIO SET- ;
MOCK, of New York, a statesman and an
honest man. Capable and pure, possessed
of large experience, and gifted with the
rarest qualities of the head, and of the
heart, an intellect, sound in judgment aud
prompt in action, none more competent to
lead us back to tbe haven of law and or
der.
Pennsylvania owes him a debt of grati
tude for his prompt aid when her border
was attacked.
The issues are before rou ; they are,
The statesman against the soldier, in
tellect agaiust force ; tbe law against the
sword.
It i 6 for you to determine which of
these will be*t suit our present unhappy
condition.
By order of the Democratic State Com
mittee.
WILLIAM A. WALLACE.
Chairman.
Colfax's opinion of Grant less than a year
ago.
Schuyler Colfax, less than a year ago,
was a candidate for President, and oppos
ed to Grant. The following circular from
the Indiana headquarters was circulated by
his friends, and at the time excited much
comment. It was known among politi
cians as tbe " Colfax Circular." We give
it below.
I Sixteen reasons why our Republican par
ty should not run Gen. Grant for Presi
i dent in 1868 :
I—He has all lie deserves at the bauds
of the American people.
2—He could not deliver an inaugural
address.
3—Because no Democrat has succeed
ed for the past quarter of a century as
President of the United States.
j 4—Because at this peculiar period in
i the history of our great country we need
lan able and experienced statesman at the
! " White House."
j s—Because one hundred thousand
I grnves and four million of Freedmen de
' mand a Republican President and Vice
j President.
6—He> s D °w, and always has been a
i Democrat, and has never endorsed tbe
Republican partv.
7 Because he has proved a failure in
every capacity outside of the military.
8— He claims to have no knowledge of
Politics or National affairs.
9 —Because all the Democrats and reb
el papers endorse him:
10—He has followed our drunken Dem
ocratic Johnson in all his rcbellous rows
against Congress and our party.
11 Because he has insulted tbe Re
publican party by endorsing the removal
of the Secretary of War and acceptiug the
position himself.
12—We have one hundred better men
for President.
13—Because all parties claim him as
belonging to their party.
14—We have the power to select a
statesman, if we wish to
15—Because the Democrats, and reb
els have no other available candidate.
16—Because Illinois gave us tbe im
mortal Lincoln, and Indiana offers our
most available candidate.
AMERICAN REPUBLICANS.
TW PLEASE POST THIS UP.
General Frank P. Blair's Letter.
WASHINGTON, JUNE 3D
Coltnel Jas. 0. Broudhead.
DEAK COLONEL: In reply to your inqui
ries, I beg leave 10 say that 1 leave to you
to determine, on consultation with my
friends Irom Missouri, whether my name
shall be presented to the Democratic Con
vention, and to submit the following, as
what I consider the real and only issue in
this contest.
The reconstruction policy of the Radicals j
will he complete before the next election;;
the States, so long excluded, will have been
admitted; negro suffrage established and the
carpet-baggers installed in their seats in
both branches of Congress. There is no i
possibility of changing the political charae- 1
ter of the Senate, even if the Democrats
should elect their Prenident and a majority
of the popular branches of Congress. We
cannot, therefore, undo the Radical plan of
reconatuction by Congressional action; the
Senate will continue a bar to its repeal.
Must we submit to it ? How can it b.o
overthrown ? It can be oveJthrown by
the authority of the Executive, who is
sworn to support the Constitution, and who
will fail to do his duty if he allows the
Constitution to perish under a series of
Congressional enactments which are in pal
pable violation of its fundamental princi
ples.
If the President elected by the Democ
racy enforces or permits others to enforce
these Reconstruction acts, the Radicals, by [
the accession twenty spurious Senators and
fifty Representatives will control both bran
ches of Congress, and his administarlion
will be as powerless as the present one of
Mr. Johnson.
There is but one way to restore the Gov
ernment and the Constitution, and that it
is for the President elect to declare these
acts null and void, compel the army to un
do its usurpations at the South, disperse
the carpet-bag State governments, allow
the white people to reorganize their own
governments and elect Senators and Repre
sentatives. The House of Repressntatives
will contain a majority of Democrats from
the North, and they will admit the Repre
sentatives elected by the white people of
the South, and with the co operation of the
President it not be difficult to c impel the
Senate to submit once more to the obliga
tions of the Constitution. It will not be
able to withstand the public judgment, if
distinctly invoked and clearly expressed,
on this fundamental issue, and it is the sure
way to avoid all future strife to put this is
sue plainly to the country.
I repeat that this is real and only ques
tion which we should allow to control us:
Shall we submit to usurpations by which
the Government has been overt ho wn, or
shall we exert ourselves for its full and com
plete restoration. It is idle to taik of
bonds, greenbacks, geld, the public fairh
and public credit. What can a Democrat
President do in regard to any of these,
with a Congress in both branches controll
ed by the carpet-baggers and their allies ?
He will be powerless to stop the supplies
by which idle negroes are organized into
political clubs—by which an army is main- j
tained to protect these vagabonds in their j
outrages upon the ballot. These, and '
things like these, eat up the revenues and j
resources of the Government and destory its j
credit, makes the difference between gold j
and greenbacks. We must restore the j
Constitution before we can restore the fi- j
nances, and to do this we inust have a Prcs- j
ident who will execute the will of the peo- !
pie by trampling into dust the usurpation 1
ut Congress, known as the Reconstruction
acts. 1 wish to stand before the Conven
tion upon this issue, but it is one which em
braces everything else that is of value in j
its large and comprehensive results. It is i
the one thing that includes all that is worth
a contest, and without it th< re is nothing
that gives dignity, honor, or value to the
struggle.
Yonr friend,
FUANK P. BLAIR.
Nicholson Brass Band Benefit.
NICHOLSON. July 2. 1808.
Our wideawake little town was drawn
together on Monday evening last, for the
purpose of enjoying a Strawberry and Ice
Cream festival for the benefit of the Nich
olson Cornet Band. The Presbyterian So
ciety very kindly gave us the use of their
Church on this occasion.
It was considered qnite a success,
the amount of the recipts being about 880.
Everything being agreeable and interesting.
It was got up by the ladies, and conducted
by them throughout- It seems that a por
tion of the citizens appreciate the sweet
music of our interesting Band, especialy the
ladies of this organization, who met a few
I days previous and determined upon giv
ing a benifit. Th principal among
them being: I'op. IJallstea l, Em. Harding,
Hat. Raymond, and many other equally in
terested.
There was any amout of Strawberries,
Tee Cream, and a great variety of other
fruits and cakes, besides a large
supply of Lemonade served out by Rebecca
alias Dell Snow, at five cents a glass, anu
being so well patronized that within a short
time their supply gave out and they thought
it best not to make any more.
Near the close of the festival, there was
a novel election, five cents entitling a per
son to a vote, and casting as many votes as
they pleased at that rate, and the person
receiving the most votes to have a monu
ment rake trimed with beautiful flowers.
Rev. Mr. Arms and Arnold were nomina
ted, and after a few votes east, 11. Stein
back the leader of the Band was nominated.
The electionering soon became exciting,
and nfter prolonging the election some
thing less than seventeen days the ballot
was closed, and counted, 215 in all, ol
which 11. Steinback received 188, and re
ceived the certificate of the election in
shape of the large cake. Thus ended a
very agreepble entertainment. B.
fiTThe president of the negro Loyal
League at Klyton, Alabama, is in jail for
stealing bacon —caught in the act.
Serves him right, for condescending to
steal anything of smaller value than silver
spoons. If he had taken plates and tomb
stones, and "sich like," he might have sent
to Congress and become ao Impeachment
manager.
The Bureau in Kentucky and Tennessee
A lale report of the Secretary of War,
relative to the coudition of freedmen's
affairs in Kentucky and Tennessee, pre
sents some points of interest. In the case
of Kentucky the Bureau Superintendent,
after dwelling on the increase of negro
vagrancy says '* There is another cry- J
'• ing ami tertible evil, that of" taking up"
"or ii.discriminate intercourse. * * *
" Vagrancy and " taking up " have never ;
" been so gr eat as at present, or thev have
" never been brought so plainly to view." j
In the report of tlm Superintendent for
Tennessee it reads strangely that " but,
"comparatively few written contracts
" have as yet been made between planters
" and laborers, and but few contracts dur
" ing the present month have been sub- :
" mitted for approval at this office."
The Tennessee negro, it seems, cannot
be trusted to make a contract month's !
labor or hire for himself, yet is deemed
competent to vote. On the school ques
tion this Tennessee report says:
It is to he regretted that the colored
people have not been more liberal in the i
support and establishment of schools.— j
Their entire contributions and payments;
during the month amount to but little over i
SI,OOO. I have promised them frequently '
aid on the condition that they will con
tribute a small portion of the cost in labor j
or money, which they have seldom if ever
done. They st em to depend on the whites
and the Bureau to supply them with
schools, churches, and many other conve
niences, comforts, and necessaiies. They
wont school", but, are unwilling to pay any
thing to support Ihejn. At this time there
would prof,ably not be a single colored
school in Tennessee if the JJurtau were with
drawn.
It will be noticed here that it is not
said these negroes are unable, but '• unw ill- j
ing "to support schools. That they have j
money is shown bv (he 81,000 contributed,
and even if they had none, they could at j
least give them labor. But no, they " de-;
" pend entirely on the whites and the Bu- 1
"reau to supply them with schools, churches
" and many other conveniences, comforts, j
" and necessaries." Those who can, and
won.f pay for what they want should go '
without. It is unfair to saddle old folks
with their needs. Touching next on gen-;
oral topics, this repott goes on further to !
say :
There is much in the political condition
of Tennessee to account for a state of (lis- j
order, ft is my opinion that there will no '
peace for T> un sset and no safety for the j
negro u hih the majority of property-holders
and tar-payer* and of the white are dis
franchised. This, however, is not within
rnv prov nee either to condemn or cure, — j
But to account for the gnat number of (
outrages against the freedmcn, which '
seems to l e increasing. I have felt it to he j
my duty to give my opinion as to tin
cause. There is still another cause, hut
only a secondary one, viz : That so-mlbd
reconstruction of the State has prevented
the United States military commanders;
from giving the protection they only can!
give where the evil law is rot supreme, j
Now they can onlv interf re when called i
on by the civil < Ulcers f r aid. Bu' a- ,
nearly all the county officer* are ex nb'-ls j
iliev will never call on the United State>
military for aid. Been the l r n<>n men in ,
the State and county governments are <• n -
willing to rail on the md'hry Jox aid un- j
lessen the eve of an election.
As a season of labor is now at. hand,
and no election is to take place till next :
November. I may safely predict a quiet
state of affairs Ml the excitement of the j
coming Presidential campaign shall have ;
reached a considerable height. Then, lie j
tween the Loyal League, the Grand Army j
of the Republic, the Ku-Klux-Klan, the
whites disfranchised, and the blacks en- J
franchised, I think there will most proba
bly be a very disorderly, and probably a
very bloody contest.
As this report is signed by a brevet Ma
jor. General, Assistant Bureau Commis
sioner, the testimony it presents as to the
inutility of the bastard government now in
vogue in Tennessee is worty of attention. .
For the disordets apprehended in the fall,
" the so-called reconstruction of the State "
is held responsible, and bevond doubt with
entire*justice. But beyond this response
bility is another—that of Congress for this
so-called reconstruction. Whatsoever these ;
crazed negroes and bogus governments
may do in the way of violence is diiectly
chargeable to the Radical party. The
seed being theirs, so is the noxious growth
that springs therefrom.— WOßLD.
A Precious Lot.
U. S. Grant is the man. who in cold
blood, demanded ol the War Department
that no exchange of prisoners should be
made, when thousands of the bravest and
best of our brothers and friends were suf
tering and dying in Southern prisons. It
is eminently fit that he should be support
ed bv Horace Greeley, the bail of Jeffer
son Davis, by Joe Brown, of Georgia, the.
founder of the Andersonville prison, by Ben
Butler, the man who assisted in prevent
ing nn exchange, by Stanton, who declar
ed that lie would not exchange healthy
rebels for the skeletons of Union soldiers,
by \V r . W. llolden, who offered a reward
to any man who would assassinate Abra
ham Lincoln, by John A. Logan, who tri
ed to raise a regiment in Southern Illi
nois for service in the rebellion, but fail
ing, sold himself for a pair of epaulettes,
by Bingham, denominated by Butler the
murdered of ail innocent woman, and by
all the carpet-haggars and niggers who are
now reaping the fruits of the sufferings and
sacrifices of the soldiers of the Union. —
Grant and his supporters are a precious
lot, truly. How their record appeals to
the support of soldier citizens ! It is pos
itively irresistible, — Ifarrisbnry Patriot,
gg"To clear a house of vermin—use
common green paint in powders.
We expect to clear both houses of Con
gress of vermin soon, by using sense, done
up in white man's ballots.
Another letter from Pendleton—Sey
mour Endorsed.
NEW YORK, July y.—The following
private letter from Mr. Pendleton WHS
addressed to Washington McLean, of the
Ohio delegation, and was handed to John
A. Green, Jr., on their atrival in New
York ;
CINCINNATI, June 25, 1868.
Mr DEAR SIR: YOU left my office
this morning b fore I was aware of it.—
1 songht you at home, but you were not
there? I must say what I want to by note.
As soon as yon get. to New \ork see t>ov.
Sewnour. You know what was my feel
ing before and after I heard from him last
fall. He is to-day the foremost man in
our party in the United States. ili abili
ity, cultivation, and experience, pnt him at
the hea lof our statesmen. He commands
my entire confidence. I would rather
trust him than mvself with the delicate
duties of the next four years. You know
I ant sincere. Make him fi*el this, and
that he can rely on me and my friends.—
I have a natural prida, an honest pride, I
believe, in the good will of my country
men J Jut you, better than any one else
know that is neither egotistical nor over
ruling, and that I am really anxious to
give up the nomination to anybody who
can gel one single vote more than myself.
Express this frankly to the Governor, but
delicately, and let him understand my
views of men and measures as I have fre
quently given them to you. Good bye.—
God bless you.
Yours. GEORGE 11. PENDLETON.
To Wash. McLean.
Lafayette College.
We call the attention "of our readers to
La Fayette College noticed below for two
reasons: In the first place, it is properly
speaking a College of that high order
which Classical learning receives deserved
attention, and next, because in the
Scientific department endowed Mr. Pardee
it is fully up to the wants of the times, fur
nishing young men with all the known fac
ilities of becoming fitted for business.
"The Thirty third Annual Commence
ment of this Institution will he held on
Wednesday, July 29. Besides the orations
of the gia luating class, the candidates foi
the Master's Degree will be represented by
two Orators, Kev. James Roberts and W.
S. M'< lean, Esq. : —the former from
Fianklin and the latter from the Washing
ton Literary Society
Ex-Gov. Pollock will preside at the
Commencement Dinner, given by the la
dies of Easion to the Alumni and other
friend of the College. Tuesday morning
(July 28) the lJoar l of Trustees and the
Board of Examiners from the Pardee Sci
. ntific Course ho d their meetings and the
lie-Unions of the Franklin and Washing
ton Liter ry Societies take place in their
respective Halls.
1 he Scociety of the Alumni meets in the
afternoon, and the Hon. Galusha A. Grow,
Ex—Speaker of Congress delivers the An
nual (Ration in the evening.''
A four year old boy who rode ponies in
a circii", now travelling at the West, was
recently thrown from the buck ot one of
them and trampled to death.
We much regret the above accident. —
That boy might have b■■en Granted the
I'ietidencv of the U. S. some day.
It is sai 1 the nomination ot Colfax has
given di.at fa-tion to the colored Iladt
icaL of tli • Suuili. They insist that the
no i k< \ w liieli performed the principal part
with Grant in the eircus rinil, is entitled
to lit second place, at leist, on the ti ket.
The only difficulty in the way i> wh. re to
find the monkey. We think any other
one will do. 'iiah lor Grant and Jockox.
tour tluough the West is not
a march of triumph. The telegraph bare
ly tells where he is. A few idlers at rail
way stations, here and there, occasionally
give him an indifferent cheer, which he ac
knowledges in indifferent way. As to en
thusiasm, or even to cordiality, there is
none at any point.
gTATEM E JN T ~
OF THE
HOME INSURANCE COMPANY
of New Have n, January 1, 1868 : •
Capital Stock • 1.000,000,00
Surplus 619,070 00
ASSETTS.
Market Value.
Real Estate owned by the Company••• -8205.500 00
Loans on Mortgages 37,374 00
United States Bonds. 5-20s 325,075 00
Missouri State Bonds 19 950 00
Ternt-ssee State Bonds 16,900 00
Wisconsin State Bonds 12.000 ( 0
Virginia State Bonds 17,4g8 gO
National Bank Stocks 3g1,!89 50
Canada Bank Stocks 34,373 75
Loans on Collateral and on Call 23,814 50
Cash on hand and in Banks 66.914 53
Cash in hands of Agents 230 109 36
Interest Accrued 37,463 25
Bills receivable 41,370 75
Premiums unpaid at home and branch
Offices 109,541 90
Rents accrued 2,302 00
Salvages on Fire and Inland Losses Un
determined 51,45144
Other property owned by the Company •• 25,771 88
81,619,070 34
LIABILITIES,
j Losses in process of adjustment 855,350 44
Statement of Premiums received and Losses paid
during each year since the organization of the
Company :
Premiums received. Losses paid.
1360 37,887 30 20,787 20
186 87.220 00 46.190 63
186 168 289 49 92,130 89
] 1863 256 973 55 160,433 30
i 1864 470.473 78 278.499 04
11885 773,915 63 451,294 9g
I ISgg 1,477.231 23 1,122.908 90
I 16g7 1,950,027 01 1,137,935 44
Stock owned by the Directors.
: January 1, 18g7 8233.700
j January 1, 18g3 270,000
D K SATTERLEE, President,
DANIEL TROWBRIDGE,
CHARLES WILSON,
SAMUEL L. TALCOT,
Viee-PresidenU.
W.m. S. Goot>Et.L, Secretary.
Special atuution paid to perpetual policies.
D. G. BLACK, Agent, Niehoslon, Pa.
D. AC. J. Wright, Agents. Tunkhan nock, Pa
FOU £ALE CHEAP,
At JEREMIAH CAMPBELLS', Tunkhannock,
Pa. u49-t£,
SUM St LIMP'S film,
THE IMPEACHMENT
OF THE
President
Has been an exciting topic for some weeks
past, but greater interest is now
manifested in the
fact that
SHERMAN* LATHROP.
Have received and opened their
SPRING STOCK
OP
Dry Goods
Of all descriptions, and are prepared
to exhibit to their customers as
fine an assortment as cau be
found in any inland town
in the State. We are
aware that competi
tion in our trade in
Tunkhannock is
to be unusu
ally brisk
and de
ter-
mined,
and have
selected our
stock with es
pecial care, in
order that our pat
rons may be fully
satisfied that so far as
prices, taste and elegance
are concerned, they could
not do better than to continue
us their favors. We shall at all
times and under all circumstances
be gratified to be permitted to show
our stock whether there is a de
sire to purchase or not. The
following comprises a
part of our variety:
SIIAWLS, of all kinds,
SACK GOODS, of all kinds,
GINGHAMS,
GLOVES,
MOZAMBIQUE,
LAWNS,
PEKCALE,
MERINOES,
SILKS, all colors,
HOSIERY,
MARSEILLES,
SIEEL PONGEE SILK,
ORG ANDIE3,
CHAMBRAS,
ALPACCAS,
all ifcai*
WHIT! ALPACCA,
SWISS MUSLIN,
DELAINES from Hi U 31 •*.;
BOOK MUSLIN,
NAXSOOKS,
CARPETS,
MATTINOS,
OIL CLOTH,
PARASOLS,
CLOTHS,
CLOTHING,
CAS3IMKRE?
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
LADIES' GAITERS, $1.25 to S3 par pir
Balmoral Skirts
for summer.
HOOP SKIRTS,
CALICO from 10 to 16 cts.
LADIES 7 BASKETS,
LADIES' RETICULES,
TRUNKS, of all kinds,
Ac.., Ac., Ac., Ac.
We invite all to call and see us. 9
know that oar friends and acquaintances
will do so, and we do not hesitate to
that we shall at all times bo pleased to se®
strangers, and are satisfied that they will
not go away cross or dissatisfied.
SHERMAN & LATHBOP'
Towklwmxxfe Ur 1I ***