CURRENT NEWS.
Counterfeit notes—the political notes of
the Grant canvass.
The most popular nets, at Saratoga just
now are the bru nettcs,
I
The Radical cry—help us, Postmasters or j
we SIDE.
Discharged—the Radical party from the
confidence of the people.
Peace warrant—to be issued next March
by President Seymour.
A man of weight died recently in Ken
tucky—he was a five hundred pounder.
Ex President Pierce writes that New
Hampshire will go for Seymour.
Seymour will carry Pennsylvania bytwen
ty-five thousand majority
The Cincinnaiti Enquirer says if "silence
is golden," Grant is very rich.
The "coming man" is named Grant. lie
is coming to grief.
Captain J. M. Hudson, who crossed the
Atlantic in his little yacht "Red, White and
Blue," is penuiless in London.
Why is the letter T like the approaching
November election ? Recaue it is the end
of Grant !
The Radical papers say, " If we lose Grant's
election, all is lost." There is one comfort,
their loss will be the people's eternal gain.
The number of threshing machines in Ibis
country is said to be 225,000. Grant will
think there are several millions of them in
November.
A Radical cotemporary says that two hun
dred "Tanners" met Grant at Galena—
What an awful barking time ii must have
been.
When General Grant reached Denver
Colorado, all the soldiers of company B, '
Third Infantry saluted him with a Seymour ;
add Blair flag. The General felt unable to
remain long in that town.
Failures—Grant and Colfax meetings.
During the war Seymour was always fill
ii:g the ranks of our armies while Grant was
thinning them out.
"Money makes the mare go." and as a
consequence the Radical wire-workers are
spurring up old jade and the postmasters at
the same time.
Thirty-four negroes andten degraded ra <"s
were arrested in Bedford 6treet, Philadel
phia, tor disorderly conduct. Grant anil
Colfax will carry that ne ghborhood sure.—
fur Grant.
The besUway to secure peace is to whip }
the Radicals so badly that they will not be |
heard of again for ten years, for they are the j
ones who have provoked civil war in this j
country, and they are the ones who wish to >
renew it.
A novel pedestrian feat was recently per*
formed in England. A man walked, wheel
ed a barrow, trundled a hoop, and bopped
on one leg a distance of five miles, in sspa
rate feats of a mile, each, within one hour,
for £2O. and won with two minutes to spare
We Polked them once.
We Pierced them well,
And then we Bucked them sore;
And with Frank Blair
We'll make them stare,
That they may all Sey-mour.
The hanging cf the express robbers in In
diana has decreased the vote for Grant.
Grant wants peace. Seymour will give it
to him after March 4th, 18(;9.
Sigel is for Seymour and Blair. So are
they who Lught with him.
There are four thousand female warriors in
the Paraguayan army.
Willis Rollins, a colored Democratic speak
er of New Orleans, has become famous for
his eloquence.
The Radical party swallowed Grant at
Chicago, and Prentice thinks that accounts
for their staggering ever since.
~ There will be a total eclipse of the sun in
• India during this month- In November
there will be one in the United States.—
The tota 1 eclipse of the son of Jesse.
The Radical puns on Seymour's name are
not very pungent.
A Montreal shoemaker cut off the esrs of
his apprentice. The boy had previously cut
out the shoemaker in his wife's affections.
Some ungenerous biped has patented a
medicine to make a fellow rise early in the
morning. The Boston Post says a six
month's old baby can beat it to death.
Col. Wm. B. Thomas, Collector at Phila
delphia under Lincoln, and heretofore a shin
ing lighf in the Union League, has been ex
pelled. (ause why—be goes for Seymour
and Blair, and is throwing the influence of
hie immense wealth and popularity in favor
the Democracy.
The day before the nomination of Grant,
Gold was below 140. It is now nearly
150.
Grant will not resign. He sees signs of
approaching defeat on every hand, and is
determined to hold on to what he has al
ready got.
Ben. Butler ran for Stevens' shoes,
The moment he was dead,
And also grabbed Lis shining wig,
To clap it on his head ;
Thus habited from top to toe,
More fame he hopes to win ;
'Tis but a new-made version of
The Ass and Lion's skin.
Grant's peace—throwing clubs and
atones amongst women and children at a
Democratic meeting in Missouri.
Gen. Bui 11, who saved Grant from being
defeated at Shilob, now declines to rescue
him again, and supports Seymour and
Blair.
Cljcgemotnti
HARVEY £ICKUEK, Editor.
TUN KHAN NOCK, PA.
Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1868.
FOR PRESIDENT,
HON. HORATIO SEYMOUR,
OF NEW TOKK.
FUR 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
MASS MEETING. *
At a meeting of conservative citizens of
Wyoming County, held at the office of It.
R. Little, on Monday evening Aug. 17th
1868, called for the purpose of considering
the question of holding a mass meeting of
the conservative citizens of Wyoming
County; during the present Presidential
canvass. It. R. Little was elected chair
man, and O. L. Parrish, Secretary of said
meeting, whereupon it was unanimou.-ly
Rrjolttd, That a meeting of the conservative cit
izens of said County be held at Tunkhannock, at
siu-h point as shall be decided upon by the Committee
of arrangements on the 15th day of Sept. next, in
the afternoon and evening.
lion. J. V. Smith was appointed a com
mittee to correspond in reference to speak
ers upon the occasion. On motion, L. C.
Conklin, O. L. Parrish, IV, F. Terry,
Carl Ilenniger and J. P. Loderick were
appointed as a committee of arrangements.
On motion the following named gentle
men were chosen as a committee in refer
ence to attendance, viz.
HAMLET HILL Braintrim,
HENRY NEWCOMB, Clinton,
T. 1). IIEADLT, Exeter
WRA. BENEDICT, Eaton,
RILEY SICKLER, Falls,
IIIRAM HITCHCOCK, Forkston,
MILES AVERT, Lemon,
C. L. VAUGHN, Mehoopany,
RICHARD MOOKS, Monroe
AHIKA GAY, Moshoppen,
ZIHA BILLINGS, Nicholson Twp.
L. HARDING, Nicholson VIL.
J. M CARET Northinoreland,
11. COMSTOCK, North Branch,
LEWIS AGEK, Overfield,
DANIEL LAI.L, & 1 M • ...
GEO. OSTEKI.OLT, } Tunk. Twp.
JOHN W. CRAWFORD ), V ~ ,
A JACOB DECKER, J Washington
ROSWELL GARET, Windham,
On motion the meeting then adjourned.
11. It. LITTLE, Chairman,
O. L. PARRISH, Sec'y
£££* Old Thad. Stephens had only endor
sed a port of the Democratic Platform, and
was therefore only about half prepared to
die; —hut,"Give the Devil his due."
papers are teeming with ac
counts of outrages committed on inoffendiug
citizens of the South by negroes instigated,
and often lead on, by the black republican
carpet baggers and scallawags who have
gone there under the protection of the Bu
reau and bayonets.
Not a single radical paper had condemn
ed these lawless proceedings. No radical
orator has condemned them.
but a single kinky hair, of one of the
colored brethern, be straightened out, and
one universal Low! goes up about the "rebel
outrage."
(3TAn ignorant specimen of a radical
ant-eater gravely informed ns, that he was
"against Seymour because he got up a riot
in N. Y. City."
Of course we didn' attempt to undeceive
the stupid creature, by telling him how
Seymour put down a riot which Stanton
and his his dishonest I'rovost Marshals
got up. We had uot forgotten the injunc
tion as to casting pearls before that breed
of animals.
A QUEER ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF GRANT.
—The New York Herald, has been silent
upon the political situation for some days
past. It has quit prophesying that Grant
will be elected. Its last effort in bis be
half was a singular one. It said:
"Seymour and Hoffman, the Tammany
candidates for Governor, are both Puritan
ical in their notions, ami live upon cold
water and weak tea. Hoffman, we believe,
did attempt a glass of lager at a German
meeting during the campaign of 18GC, but
was compelled after drinking it to go home
to bed and send for his family physician.
GRANT ON TIIE OTHER HAND,
WOULD SCORN TO DRINK WATER
WITHOUT SOMETHING IN IT."
That certainly is a singular argument to
advance in favor of a candidate for the
Presidency, but it has the merit of truth.
We commend it to the serious attention of
all straight out temperance men. They
ought either to anwer it or refuse to vote
for Grant Which will tbey do ?
KEPUDIATION!
AN HONEST MAN LEAVES THfi COR
RUPT PARTY.
DON'T WANT OFFICE OK HONOR FROM SUCH
A SOCRCK.
BLACK REPUBLICANISM AT A DISCOUNT IN
WYOMING COUNTY.
The following note handed us for pub
lication speaks for itself, and shows unmis
takably, how the wind is blowing in this
region.
To THB EDITOR OF THE WVOVIRG DEMOCRAT.—
Having been nominated by the late Republican
Convention as its candidate for the offi.-e of Treasur
er of Wyoming County, I desire to tender my
thanks to said Convention for this token of its es
teem, but most respectfully decline the acceptance,
of a nomi notion at the hands of a party with which
I have no longer any sympathy, and with which I
have therefore ceased to act.
FLETCHER DICKSON.
Tank. Aug. 17, IR6B.
Out for Seymour and Blair, and the
Whole Democratic Ticket.
The Daily Republic published at Pitts
burg Pa., a workingraen's organ, has
hoisted the names of Seymour and Blair.
Boyle and Ent, Ac. Thai's the way the
workitigmen generally are going.
The lion. Judge Mello, of Pittsburg
has joined hands with the Democrats and
is enthusiastic in his support of Seymour
and Blair.
The Greensbnrg, Intl., Expositor, here
tofore a Radical Abolition sheet, has de
clared for Seymour and Blair. It says
that "the German Republicans of Indiana
abandoning that party by thousands and
enrolling themselves among the supporters
of Seymour and Blair." They see how
the wind blows and acts wisely.
At a Democratic meeting in Fayette co.
Ohio, last Saturday, the principal speak
ers were Judge R. M. Briggs and Col,
John M. Connell. Both these gentlemen
have heretofore been staunch Republi
cans, but they cannot sanction the usurpa
tions, the corruption and the unparalleled
extravagance of the Radical .Congress
which styles itself the government. All
over the country the same thing isgo ng on
and everywhere many of the more honest
Republicans are pledging themselves to
support Seymour and Blair. Grant will
be beaten worse than Scott was, if there
is no abatement in the tide of popular
feeling.
The St. Louis Times announces the
names of three leading Get man Radicals
who have forsaken Grant and will vote
for Seymour and Blair. Their influence
is worth thousands of votes.
The Quincy 111., Herald says in that
city there are not less than fifty changes
of this sort in the last three weeks, and in
the county not less than two hundred.
The "loyal league" of Philadelphia
have expelled eighty-two of their members
for nou payment of dues, They have
united with Seymour and Blair organiza
tions,
A correspondent informs the Philadel
phia Aye "that one hundred German citi
zens in one of the upper wards of the eity,
who have hitherto voted the, Radical tick
et, have declared their intention to sup
port Seymour and Blair. The German
citizens of the Sixth ward are also flock
ing to the suppoit ot the Democratic par
ty, being unwilling to belong any longer
to such a corrupt, radical and revolution
ary party as that now in power. Germans
who have lived under a monarchy in their
native land, are against corruption, and
the rule of the bayonet and the sword ;
they love liberty, economy and honesty ;
they arc for constitutional rights and a
constitutional Union. The Germans not
only in the upper wards, but all over the
city, are coming into Democratic ranks.—
We take the pleasure in stating, on the
authority of Dr. lioth. one of the leading
| German citizens of the Sixth ward, and
who is well posted as to the German sen
timent throughout the city, that three
fourths of the Germans will support Sey
mour and Blair and the other Democratic
nominees.
Tints the solid men of the Radical parry
—the honest Union men—men who stand
| upon principles—are this year wheeling
j into line with the Democracy ; and it is
! with such help that will enable us to
sweep the country at the coming elections,
i —Ex.
Radical Extravagance.
Since the month of June 1805, more
' than twelve hundrtd millions of dollarx
: have been collected from the people of this
; country , yet we have increased our indebt
edness instead of diminishing it. Just
think of it tax payers. There has been
perfect peace all over the land, and no
necessity for any expense, except what is
ordinarily required for the cost of govern
ment. Yet the Radical party has in some
way managed to dispose of this vast sum
of money, besides running us many mil
lions into debt. If this extravagance con
tinues, how long will it be until the gov
; ernmcnt utterly (ails from sheer povertv ?
How long can the people bear sueh a bur
; Jen ? and how are we to hope for a de
j crease of the vast debt upoti which we
pay interest, if our expenses continually
j exceeds our income ? we hope every
, b'idy will think seriously over the linan
! cial danger which threatens us with ruin
for we have come to a point when such a
danger is very iminent, and if the policy
l of the Rump Congress is continued, it
j will not lie long until it is fully upon us.
No man who thinks the subject over,
and takes into consideration all the cir-
I cumstancea, can ome to any other con
! elusion than that we are being most
j shamefully robbed by the party in power.
The amount of money, raised from taxa
; tion and from the sale of government
bonds it> the past three years could never
have been honestly disposed of in so short
a time. It is high time the people were
opening their eyes on this subject.—Belle
fonte Watchman.
Arms ! give us arms !" is the crv
of the carpet baggers. wait till next No
vember, and in the general and precipitate
rush of the radicals towards Salt river,legs
will be more in d roand than arms.
COLUMBUS PRISONERS.
Account of their Arrest, Imprisonment,
Treatment, &c.
[From the Columbus Sun, July "Gth.j
July 25th, 18G8.
Upon resuming onr personal liberty, we,
the undersigned, known as the Columbus
prisoners, deem it proper to publish the
following brief account ot our arrest and
confinement bv the military authorities.
During the night of the 30th of March,
George VV. Ashburn was assassinated in a
low negro brothel in Columbus, Georgia
On the 6th day of April thirteen citizens
were arrested by Captain Mills, of the
United Slates Army. On the 30th they
were released under bond. Four of their
number have never been rearrested. Ihe
man Mills stated that he did not know the
charge against the party arrested, but no
one believed him, and the fact is only men
tioned to show the character of tie pro
ceedings, On the 14th day of May lour
arrests were made, on the 24th four, on
the 2d of June four more, on the lOlh sev
en, followed the next day by two others.
On the 14th another, and the last arrest oc
curred. These arrets were made by the
order of General Meade. Several of the
undersigned have in their possession writ
ten orders which show this fact. The ar
rests were made without warrant, affidavit
or charge. We were kept in total igno
rance of the ex parte eviJencc against us,
and the name of onr accusers were con
cealed from us. No one who has followed
the trial will be surprised at this apparent
neglect.
While we were clamoring for the char
ges against us, Joe Brown, Whitley, Ma
jor Smyth and others were suborning Betz,
Marshad. Bennett, and Amanda Patterson.
The evidence for the prosecution acknowl
edged that disclosures were made under the
acts of imprisonment. This is bad enough,
but a worse feature is that the date of
these disclosures is placed by the witnesses
themselves subsequent to the arrest of a
majority of the prisoners. The question
naturally arises upon what foundation were
based ? Of the twenty two persons arrest
ed on end since the 14 th of May, four were
suborned by torture, bribery and threats
Nine, after confinement in felon's cells and
much Buffering, were released without any
explanation whatever. The remaining nine
arc signers of this card. The prisoners ar
rested in May were at Frot Pulaski before
they were remove to Atlanta. Their cells
were as dark as dungeons, without vcutila
tion, and but four feet by seven. No beds
or blankets were furnished. The rations
consisted of a slice of fit pork three times
each week, and beef too unsound to eat the
renaming da\s. A piece of bread for each
meal, soup for dinner and coffee for break
fast, finished the bill of fare. An old oys
ter can was given each prisoner, and in
this vessel both coffee and soup were served.
It may be said that the soldiers received
nothing better, but these citizens were not
soldiers, and their friends were able, will
ing and anxious to give them every com
fort; they were denied the privilege, lie
fused all communication with friends, rela
tives or counsel, they were forced to live
in these horrid cells night and day, pros
trated by heat, and maddened by myriads
of mosquitoes. The calls of nature were
attended to in a bucket, which was re
moved odce in twenty-four hours.
At MePherson Barracks we were placed
in cells 5 feet 10 inches wide, by 10 feet
long. These cells were afterwards divi
ded, reducing their width to 2 feet 10
inches. This is terrible, but true. Upon
the arrival of the officer sent from Wash
ington to investigate the arrests, the par
tions were removed Neither bed or bed
ding was furnished for from two to five
days. We were not permitted to see
our friends, family or counsel until after
memorials to Congress had aroused the
whole country to the enormity of the out
rage. Even after this, our letters, breath
ing the alfections and sympathy of a wife
or mother, were subjected to inspection.
The prision sink was immediately at our
cell doors, and emitted a stench that was
horrrible.
At times when some humane soldier
was willing to transcend his orders, and
give a breath of fresh air to soothe our
distended, bursting veins, we would ask
him to close the door, preferring to risk
suffocation rather to endure the intolera
ble smell.
During all this time we wore ignorant
of the charges against us. Of course we
accepted the common rumor that our ar
rest grew out of the murder of Ashburne,
but after our counsel was permitted to
visit us no definite line of defense could
be planned in the abscence of all specifi
cations. We were furnished with a copy
of the charges made against us on the 27
of June our trial having been set for the
29. The intervening day was Sunday,
and we were one hundred and forty miles
Irom the scene of the murder and the
residences of our witnesses.
Several of the undersigned never saw
the detective Whitley until weeks after
their arrest. When they did meet him
he never presumed to treat them with
disrepect.
Recent developem mts, new to vis, have
sworn him to be intairous, and his treat
ment of suborned witnesses will be proven
to those who know the facts. Our friends
and the press have not exaggerated the
barbarity with we wore treated, but tfrey
should not throw the responsibility upon
a contemptible detective, who would only
glory in the notoriety his infamy would
give him. We fly for higher game.—
General Meade told General R. 11. Chil
ton , (during the war Gen. Lee's Adju
tant.) upon the eve of his departure from
Atlanta, that he had left full instructions
with General Sibley concerning the dis
position of the Columbus prisoners.—
These instruction; controlled our treat
ment, and leave no issue as to the ques
tion of responsibility. At the proper
time, and in a manner that will not in
trude upon your valuable space, we will
make good our positiun, and will show
conclusively that this unparalleled perse
cution was attempted solely and entirely
for political purposes.
The officers and soldiers of the gatrison
were as kind as their orders would per
mit, and respectful, with but few excep
tions. General Dunn s courtesy during
the trial, especially after Duke's alibi, was
in strong contrast with the vindictive, un
generous, and unmanly conduct of Joe
Browo.
Of the able and unretiiing efforts of our
counsel we cannot speak in too high
praise. To the people of Georgia, and
especially to our good friends in Atlauta,
we return our sincere thanks for their
sympathy and assistance.
W. D. Chipley, C. C. Bedell, tt. A.
Wood, E. J. Kirksccy, M. D. R. Hudson,
J. L Wiggins, Alva C. Roper, W. A.
Duke, J. \V. Barber.
Questions for the Northern Industrial
Classes.
IFho is it at present keeping white me
chanics and laborers for seeking employ
ment in the South ?
Who is making a bairen waste of the
most fertile and productive section of the
Republic.
Why is the burden of taxation so op
pressive and employment so scarce.
Why are there to-day hundreds of
thousands of white men and women in the
North, living in dread of starvation within
the present year.
Why are the commerce of the North,
and the ship-building interests almost to
tally paralyzed ?
lUliy is the South threatened with a war
of races, and civil law trampled under foot
in that section.
Why are millions of white men not rep
resented in Congress ?
Why have all the guarantees of the Ci.n
stitution been broken down, and the rights
of free born Americans suljected to the ar
bitrary will of irresponsible satraps ?
Why are thirty millions of white men
taxed tor the special benefit of a class who
pay no taxes ou the gteat bulk of their
property ?
Why should there be over two thousand
millions of dollars exempt from taxation '
Why should there be special legislation
for one class of the population, to the seri
ous injury the interests of every other ?
YVhv should the great agricultural pop
ulation of the West be made tributary to
the manufacturing lords of Yaukce land ?
If the nat onai bankers are enabled to
make twenty millions of dollars a year out
of the industrial classes by their specnla
ti >n in the necesities of life, why are they
tob rated ?
If negroes are fit fir freedom, why lias a
great po >r house system for their support
to be kept at the expense of Northern in
j dustrv ?
Why is it that the products of the South
have fallen off to a great extent ?
Why are murders and outrages, and rob
beries so ft a fully frequent all over the
South ?
If the war wa= prosecuted for the pres
ervation of the Union,why are States kept
out of it ?
If the South is permitted to fall under
negro domination, will it be fit for the bab
itat.on of white men ?
The iuclustorial classes of the North will
find an answer to all the questions in the
destructives. It is to them we arc indebted
for the evils by which the country is !
threatei ed. And the worst is ye' to come '
The negro refuse to woik, and the great I
productiveness of the South is lost to the I
country. The while men of the free States
are oppressed with taxation, that they may
be supported in idleness. Of the four or
five hundred millions of doll .rs which are
raised upon the industry of this section
every year, a larger portion is used in the
devilish w rk of reversing the natural or
der of the races.
\\ orking men of the North, wall yon.
can you endure this infamous work ? Do
you not see that the perjured, plundering.
Constitution breaking, law-defjing gang
called Congress, is striking at your rights
at your freebom, at your dearest interests,
through reconstruction.
There lias not been a single act of legis
lation, a single measure passed in Congress
that has not been aimed at yon.
It is you that the National Banks are
fleecing.
It is your families who are made to suf
fer, that the South may be Afiicanized and
converted into a wilderness.
It is out of your pockets that the taxes
to pay the interest on untaxed bonds is
paid.
Nearly one-half yon labor is mortgaged
for t lie support of a privileged class.
our loaf of bread is the cents, because
the South, instead of contributing to the
resources of the country from the fertile
soil, is a drag and tax upon your industry.
Look into Radicalism, and you will find
in it the true cause of all the poverty all
the misery, all the wrongs from which the
whole country is now suffering.
The remedy is in your hands and the
time is hastening on when it can be applied.
Organize and be prepared for the day of
action, the daj' on which you can settle all
sources with the party of ruin and anarchy,
the party which seeks to maintain its pow
er through the sacrifice of every right and
principle vindicated in great revolution.
Organize for the salvation of the Repub
lic, and rescue it from a beastly, degrading,
tuongrclism.
Organize to save this land for white men,
and make it the white man's inheritance.
Organize to protect yourselves and fam
il.es from the conspiracy of an unconstitu
tional Congress, and from the nefarious de
signs of an unprincipled bondocracy.
Organize for the emancipation of eight
millions of our own race and blood, from the
most galling, crushing, binding despotism
ever inflicted upon a people.
Think of what they are to-day suffering
—Tiiink of their ruined homes, their wast
fields, their prostrate trades, their thousands
of proverty-stricken orphans and widows.—
Think of the fate with which they are
menaced. Think of the outrages perpetra
ted by a halt savage race, iustigated to
• heir deviltries by Radical friends and cut
throats. Think of this, and resolve in your
hearts that, the aoeursed party which has
brought this woe, which has brought this
flood of evils upon this land, shall i when
the day of retribution come, he crushed in
to the earth, under the tread of your tri
umphant majorities.— Metroplitan Recbrd
His CHARACTER. —Many of the Radical
organs are now suffering the pangs of in
digestion, in eating their own words, spok
en of Grant before be was their candidate.
1 lien they uttered their real opinions; now
they sing the set chorus of the party. In
this matter, the Tribune lately called the
attention of the Times to some of its old
' opinions. Recently the New York Times
retorted thus:
"The Tribune must have its own record
in view when it tpeaks of newpapers which
'now follow the instincts of success, and
are the lusty champions of Grant.' There
is none else that we can think of to which
the description truthfully applies. For
months, up to a very recent period, the
Tribune had only contemptuous terms for
the Union soldier. He was a mere 'epau
letted Sphynx'—a nobody off the battle
field —a doubtful and over-rated man,
whom the Republican party could not af-
I ford to 'make its standarJ-bearer.' Such
: was, in brief, the estimate which the Tri-
I bane put upon Gen. Grant at a period
; when the Times was earnestly advocating
! his nomination as the only man around
whom all friends of the Union could conti
I dently rally. When this conviction be
i came general, and the Republican party
! indicated its choice in a manner not to be
mistaken, the Tribune dropped its sneers,
restrained its antipathies, and joined ir, the
! universal shout These arc not antecedents
; which entitle our cotetnporary to play the
| patron or the bully."
Delegate Elections to County Conven
tion.
The Democratic electors of Tunkhan
nock Borough and the several election
districts in W joining County, are request
ed to meet in their several election dis
tricts on Saturday the '29 th inst., between
the hours of two and five o'clock I'. M ,
and elect delegates to represent tbem in
County Convention to be held at Tunk
hannock on Monday the 31st inst,
VIGILANCE COMMUTEES
The following Vigilance Committees,
for the several districts in said County,
were returned at the last annual Conven
tion :
Braintrim, George Ketir.arJ, Jlamlet
Hill, A. G. Seymour.
Clinton, David Armstrong, Daniel Bi
dleman, A. O. U'Jey.
Exeter, Sam'l Wall, Benj. Sickler, Fish
cr Gay.
Eaton, George Jayne, John Lee, Bow
eis Hunter.
Falls, Andrew Dewitt, Ira Weed, G.
W. Sherwood.
Forkston, Russell Comstock, Cha-. Mil
-1 lcr, Oscar Farr.
Lemon, Georg : B bee, H. Billi igs, L-
Clouse.
Mchoopany, Warren Gotf, John Sbehan,
Henry Love.
Mesboppen, John Bridget, J. G. Da* is,
Erastus Bowman.
Monroe, C. S. Shooley, W. Watson. I
Wra. Sickler.
North Branch, W. Iloxie, C. Adams, j
D. S. Catlin.
Northmoreland, L. Winters, J. Perry,
E. R. Uallock.
Nicholson, E. N. Baron, M. Oakley,
J. Stevens.
OverfieM, Henry Ag r, Henry Bur
gess, Henry ii. Walter.
Tunk. Boro, Thos. Osterhouf, Wm S.
Ixutz, James Young.
Tunk. Twp., S. N yliart, D Z. Michael,
Win. Ball.
\\ asliington, E. Ovta tkld, J. Robinson,
W Crawford.
Windham, II W. Keeney, Chas. Fes- ;
sott, W. T. Keithline.
RILES FOR THE GOVERNMENT UK DEMO- '
CIIATIC CONVENTIONS, beC.
1, The Democratic electors of each elec- j
ion district in this county, shall annually
on the last Saturday in August, meet at the !
place of holding their General anil Town- j
ship elections and elect three suitable per
sons to serve as a Committee of Vigilance
for the ensuing year, whose duty n hhall be |
to superintend all other tn>enn s s of the j
Democrat electots of their district.
2. At the same time and place, shall s'*r>
be elected two deleaves to the County Con
vention, who shall on the following Monday,
meet at the Court II use, tn the Boro of
Tonkhannock, and after organizing by elect
ing one of their number for a President, and
two Secretaries shall proceed to nominate
such District and C unty Officers as are to
be voted for at ihe en-uing General Election
—elect Conference lor such Disirict officers
as they shall Dominate--appoint Delegates to
the next State Convention and a Standing
Committee for the County.
3. All C unty Conventions shall be held
with open doors.
4. AM candidates fi r nomination shall In
voted for viva voce ; and the one receiving a
majority of all the votes polled, for any office
shall he nominated.
5 The Convention shall keep a journal of
all its proceedings which shall be duly pub- j
lished in the Democratic paper or papers ol j
the County ; and any nomination not tnide a ;
conformity with the forgoing rules shall be j
declaired void, and the vacancy or vacancies !
so occuring, shall be supplied in the manner
hereinafter provided.
6. The Standing Committee shall consist
of nine Democratic citizens of the county,
who shall hold ihcir office for one year from
and aftej the date of the eleciton ; and it
shall be their duty, during that time, to cali '
at all County Conventions, Mass and other J
meetings of the party—to fill all vacancies of i
the Ticket, occasioned either by the declina- j
lion of nominees, by a want of conformity to j
the foregoing rules, or where the Convention j
shall have failed to tnake a nomination, and \
also in special elections, where the necessity
for doing so occurs after the regular time for
holding County Conventions—and to till
vacancies In the Committee Vigilance, occa
sioned by removal, death, or failure on the
part of the citizens, to elect him
7. The Standing Committee shall annual- I
ly hereafter, in issuing the call for the elec
tinn of Delegates to the County Convention,
cause a copy of the foregoing rules to be pub
lished in connection therewith.
8. These rules may be amended, or new
ones added therein by a general meeting of
the Democratic cit-zens of the county called
for that purpose bv the Standing Committee
or if the same shall pass tw> successive Coun
ty Conventions without amendment and not
otherwise.
J. V. SMITH.
' Chairman Standing Committee.
THE REASON way.—The reason why
j the British journals are almost unanimous
jin the opinion that the Democratic uomi
! nees for President and Vice President will
jbe defeated, can be found in the fact that
; 3169,000 in gold left New York on Thurs
! day last to pay interest on the bonds of
j the United States held by their readers.
|ln the event of Giant's election this state
I of affairs will be continued { hut if the tax
| payers, or, in other words the people de
| cide in favor of Seymour, the allies of the
' Radicals in Europe will be compelled to
, take the same kind of money the laborer
: receives as a remuneration lor the "sweat
lof bis brow." Do you uijit J that, now j
An Incident in the Early Life of Gen.
Grant.
_____
BY tIIB FATHER.
We wish our reader* to distinctly un
derstand that we are not so partial to our
nominees for the Presidency that we can
not see some good traits in the history and
character of General Grant. The follow
ing incident of Hiram, in his youthful
| days, furnished to the world, and made
public through tbe New York Ledger by
his father, will strike the reader at a glance
that the boy Hiram U. was an inquisitive
cuss and always had a propensity for
hanging on to a good thing, as the sequel
will show in the following incident.—
Iliram's father says :
" One morning in the early part of the
month of Juuc, when Ulysses was about
twelve years old, I had a cow which I de
sired to have driven to a neiglilior's place
about two miles away. As it was impor
tant that tbe cow should be driven over at
that particular time, I called Ulysses, who
was out back of the house digging fish- 1
worms prepartorv to going fishing. Ulys
ses answered " What?" I told hint I
wanted him. He asked What for?"—
; 1 told him to help drive the cow awav.—
He wanted to know " What I wanted the
i cow driven away for? " I relate this to
j show that even in early life he was never
willing to undertake anything without
fiist understanding what was to be done,
• t>ut also knowing the reason why it sltoull
he done. So he turned all the other cat-
I tie out into the lane which led to the pas
ture, and then turned the cow out into the
road and started her in the right direction,
j She acted very wild at first an l tried
Sard to get by us and go to the yard.—
i But alter we had driven her about eighty
rods, she walked along so well that Ulys
! scs thought he could drive her alone, ami
I let him. I do not think I had been in
! the house longer than five minutes when
on looking out of the window, I saw the
cow coming back towards the house at a
furious rate, with Ulysess holding on to
her tail. How the hoy held on has always
j been a wonder to me. I do not think he
touched the ground oftener than once in
, twenty feet. His hat was off, and his
1 hair was streaming in the wind. Just in
j front of the house was a mud hole iu the
road, which I had long intended, but as
long neglected, to fill tip. Coming to that
the cow made an awfui leap, actually jerk
ing away from Ulysses, and he tell head
long into the mud. He was complet- iy
submerged, so great was the force with
which he fell. He was so much out of
breath, that he Could scarcely extr cute
Ifmself alone, so I went to his assistance.
He was indeed, in a sorrowful plight. N>t
only weie his clothes, completely coveted,
hut his eyes, nose, mouth filled witii tintd.
1 asked Ulysses what this really meant.—
He said the cow tried to run by him, and
he tried to head her off, hit could nt
stop her, so. as she passed him, he grab
bed hold o.' her tail. I only relate this
incident to show the bull dog plu k an i
tenacity with which Ulysses always held
on when he got hold of a good thing."
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SELECT SCHOOL
It. E WATkrNS woull respect fully
tbe Public that he will open a Select School it -
Union Institute.
AT BRAIKTRIM,
On Monday, Sept. 7, 13g9, to continue e^ et '
weeks. Good board can be procured in ' ,
reasonable rates, or rooms can be rented to p-t
desiring to board themselves.
Terms from $3 to $3.
Ap|INIBTRATOR3 NOTICE.
Whereas, letters of administration on
Ebenerer Parrish, late of the township of
deceased, have been granted to the subset iDer. , ,
persons indebted to the said estate are requcs
make itnme<iiate payment, and those
tnands against the estate of the sat I dtvedc '
make known the same duly authenticated.
delay. JOIIN F PARI-'^
AdiuiatsV^
Monro*, Jkßf M, MFk niOf