Term" of Mcconstruction.
Quite an animated controversy has
sprung up on the question whether the
faith of the Republican party is pledged
to restore the Southern States to their
former privileges, in case they adopt the
constitutional amendment. The qies
tion was hardly thought worlh_ arguing
bj thc To-called Conservative pres.-, until
very recently ; but it now bids fair to be
come the most important queilion of the
.day. There is no longer any doubt that
the terms of reconstruction will be dic
tated by the Republican party, and that
Mr. Johnson is henceforth a mere cipher,
if, indeed, his value to his allies is not
better represented by a negative quan
tity—not merely adding nothing, but ac
tually diminishing their strength. The
rats who were tempted by the prospect
of oflic3 to desert what they supposed to
be a sinking ship arc rushing back in
droves with ludicrous panic. No politi
cian doubts the result outside of the
State of New York, and scarcely any
sensible Johnson man pretends to believe
t\jat this [State will resist the general
current.
Under these circumstances it is a mat.
ter of the highest importance to know
what is the policy of the triumphant par
ty, for if it is pledged to admit the South
cm States upon their adoption of the
new amendment, it is quite possible, not
to say probable, that those Statos will
yield. Indeed, if Mr. Johnson should
advise them to do so, there can be little
doubt that they would promptly comply ;
and thus reconstruction would be close
at hand. Mr. Johnson's notorious ob
stinacy may prevent this result from ta
king place; but he will have had a terri
ble lesson before Congress meets again,
and may be wiser than he is now.
On the one band the New York State
Convention and the National Committee
have pledged the party to receive any
State adopting the amendment. On the
other hand, several distinguished Cong
ressmen have declared their intention to
insist upon more stringent terms. The
Reconstruction Committee reported a
bill guaranteeing admission to the rebel
States upon the final adoption of the
amendment; but this bill was lost in the
House, eyery Democratic member voting
against it, together with all the very con
servative and vety radical Republicans.,
It thus appears that there is no author
ative pledge for the admission of any
State upon the adoption of the constitu
tional amendment; yet it ii> not difficult
to see that the Republican party is sub
stantially committed to a certain policy
in respect to this matter, and that the
South has now, as it has often had be
fore, an opportunity to chosse its own
destiny. If enough Southorn State rat
ify the amendment before next January
to make its final passage secure, and do
this in a spirit manifesting good faith,wc
believe that they will certainly be restor
ed to their places in Congress. We be
lieve that the same result would proba
bly attend such a ratification at any time
before next February; but if the South
should remain obstinate up to that time,
we judge that its .subsequent submission
would not avail it. Certainly we should
hold Congress to be abundantly justified
in refusing to wait after the month of
January for the ae'ionof the South.
Our reasons for this belief are easily
stated. The Republican party is gener
ally fighting its battles upon the basis of
the amendment, and on the assumption
that it rontains the terms of reconstruc
tion. Certainly no State convention and
no national committee have authority to
bind the whole party to any particular
course of action; but as a matter of fact
a sufficient number of candidates for
Csngress are committing themsclvct to
this policy to make it certain that it will
be cairtrd out, if the South is shrewd
enough to present the question in a prac
tical form. We do not sec how the ma
jority of Congress e-an well refuse to ad
mit uuy of Mr Johnson's States upon
the adoption of the amendment by the
requisite number of States, including, of
course, the particular State asking for
admission.
Hut when it is broadlp asserted, as it
is by some journals which affect a pecu
liar knowledge of the poyular will
(though they have shown in the past an
ignorance of it almost ludicious, consid
ering their prctensious), I luii the party
is pledged unconditionally to the admis
sion of ratifying the amend
ment, we deny it. Congress is under no
obligation whatover to admit any rebel
State until the ratification of the amend
ment is secure. It may waive this con
dition, as it did in farox of Tennessee,
but it is in no way baund to do so iu fa
vor of South Carolina, This, however,
is unlikely to be a practical question.—-
The amendment will probably ne ratified
either by all the revolted States or by
none, except possibly North Carolina.
The more important question is. How
long is bound to keep the offer of admis
sion open upon these terms ? In order
to determine this, it is necessary to eon
aider all the circumstances. Clearly there
is no sort of obligation resting upon Con
gress to keep its offer open for an inde
finite period. It has the same right to
retract__its propositions before their ac
ceptance upon the other side which any
jtmate jperaoa ha# iu *■ ordinary bu»i
ness transiction.. Wc suppoee that the
offer of CongressJought to lie left open
until the Southern legislatures (as those
"illegal and unlawful assembles" are by
courtesy termed) have had ah oppntpni
ty to accept it. South Carolina and Tex
as have had this opportunity, but have
thrown it away. Most of"the- tither
Southern legislatures will not meet un
til January. It seems, therefore, fair
that Congress should nlHjw them until
the middle of that month to decide up
on their course. It cannot well allow a
longer time without consentin<; to a full
year's delay, since the terra of Congress
itself expires on the 4th o? March next,
and it will have only six weeks from the
middle of January in which to frame
and carry out a new policy. The South
will have had six months in which to
make up its mind, and may justly be
held to its decision.
We have thus gone through with all
delailsof the policy to which we blieve
Congress to be committed. It remains
tcf bo asked what Congress ought to do in
certain contingencies as to which it is not
committed. It has contracted no under
taking, express or implied, with any
State which refuses to accept the amend
ment. And we think that it will be the
imperative duty of Congress to reorgan
ize every revolted State which thus holds
out after the 15th or 20tli of January, by
means of a Statu Conventic n to be elected
by all the loyal people of each State,
without the slightest regard to the un
constitutional usurpations set up by Mr.
Johnson. It is at best a highly danger
ous precedent to recognize governments
set up and maintained by military power
and executive dictation. That Which Mr.
Johnson has done to please the white
people of the South, may at some future
day be imitated by soother President to
please black people, or without regard to
the wishes of any part of the people.—
Put if from considerations of temporary
expediency it is thought necessary to
sanction the usurpations of the Presi
dent, it is certain that such a sanction
should not be given in so vague a form as
,to imply that his action was inherently
right and lawful. And such an inference
might fairly be drawn from any action of
Congress which should leave the South
ern State free to come in at any time
with the form of government adopted by
them under Mr. Johnson's dictation, and
by voter.* of his selection.
Moreover, it is perfectly true, as Mr.
Peecher urges, that the work of rcjon
struction ought to be completed at an
early da}', and that the nation as a whole
suffers by delay. This does not prove,
as he imagines, that the work had better
be completed anyhow than that any de
lay should be suffered. A certain meas
ure of time is indispensable in every
great achievement; and excessive haste
would be ruinous in so great a task as
this. Put an indefinite postponement of
reconstruction is full of danger. Con
gress has given the rebels of the South
an option to assume the responsibility of
government if they will; but it has no
right to keep the whole nation waiting
for them. If the rebels will not act with
Congress, the latter is nol merely at lib
erty, but is morally bound, to appsal to
the loyalists of the South, and to give
them the power to institute and carry on
republican forms of government in har
mony with the Federal authority.— The
Nation.
—The Congressional election present
an issue between the People and Andrew
Juhnson, not between Congress and the
President.! And the issue which the
People have with their traitorous, usurp
ing servant in the White House is the
simplest ever presented in a national can
vass. It is: "Shall the country be gov
erned by those who fought to destroy it,
or by those who fought to save it ? Shall
it be governed by its friends or its ene
mies ?" That'sail there is of it. An
drew Johnson's purpose is to put the law
making aud executive poweis ofthe Gov
ernment into the hands of unchastcned,
unrepentant, malignant Rebels. 'The
People, through their loyal Congress, op
pose this crime; and on this issue, pre
sented'singly, they can elect their can
didates in every Congressional Dissrict
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, beyond
the shadow of a daubt; yes, and carry
every office, from Governor to Vothmas
ter, in every Northern and Western
State.
The IF oriel sayes that we affect to consid
er Federal office-holders "the most con
temptible creatures in existence." On
the contrary, we had a great retpect for
most of those whom Mr. Lincoln appoint
ed aud rejoice to see them justified our
good opiuion. A Federal office-holder
who obtains or retains bis place by apos
tacy, hypocrisy and baseness, it contempt -
ibe—who doubts it?—but a majority of
those left in office by Mr. Lincoln have
honored manhood by theu fidelity £o their
principles and tbeir conviction. The
tiread-aud-Butter reuegades arc a very
decided as well as detested minority.
—A recent lecturer on moroion law
says that, iiecording ,to that code, ''a wo
man when she married lost her identity,
her distinctive'character, and was like a
dew-drop swallowed by a sunbeam."
<?hc American j
16F* The Largest Circulation oj
any Paper in the County.
THOMAS ROBINSON. - - Editor.
BUTLER PA.
WI:DM:SUAV, ot r. 10.ISBO.
l?""Lib«rty and Union, Now and Forever, One
and 'nteparable." —D. Webster.
US'"As the l'cnn township delegation
was coming down ih : I'lank lioad south of
Putlcr, on Friday last, they discovered
that the roof of the dwelling house of
.Mr. Edwards, who lives a short distance
South of this place, was on fire. A por
tion of them on horseback, at once, made
their way to the place, crossed fences an J
other obstacles, and soon succeeded in
putting out the flames, which, had it not
been for them.would soon have reduced
the tenement to ashes. An old lady and
gentleman compose the family, who could
have offered vety little opposition to the
destroying elements. Mr. Edwards re
quests us to express his heartfelt thanks
for this timely aid.
trti'-About twenty five of our Repub
lican friends in the berough saw fit to
cast their votes against Messrs. Cum
mins and Carvey, our candidates for As
sociate Judges, and in favor of their op
ponents, Marshall and Moyer. 'J he lat
ter gentlemen are mainly indebted for
'heir large vote hare, to Mr. Jacob Zim
merman and Mr. Win. Yogeley, both of
whom seemed to have quite a feeling iu
the natter, l'orourself wo consider this
most unjust. We had no letter men on
our ticket than our candidates for Asso
ciate Judges. And there was no good
reason why they should not run as large
a vote as Gen. Geary. Thank God, tliey
arc safe.
Our Convention.
The Republican Convention which
convened in this place on last Friday,
was altogether the greatest success ever
attained by any party in this county.
The fact that such a grand result was
not looked for by any body, made this af
fair a grand surprise to all. From quite
an early period iu the canvass an effort
had been made to secure the presence of
some distinguished gentleman, whose
name would secure a large attendance.—
But all efforts failed. Under these cir«
cumstancos there was a difference of
opiniou as tow hether we could bring out
sufficient numbers to secure success. The
experiment was finally determined upon,
and the Stcte Central Committee notified
of the fact, who at once promised to send
us Gen. E. M. Lee, of Connecticut, at
least, and perhaps other-*. Upon him,
therefore, we relied, but, even this rely—
ance failed us.
AVe know that it ,is the custom, and
duty, too, of tlre l'xccuttve Coniinittec
to concentrate their efforts, mainly in the
close, or what are called doubtful dis»
tricts. In this? view of the case we had
no special .claims upon it. Our Assem
bly ticket had a majority in the district
of about 2 ,500 votes, and cur Congress
ional district, say, 3,500. On the ether
hand, our neighboring eouuty of Arm
strong, was supposed to be close for As
sembly, while the Franklin, Luzerne,
Westmoreland and Crawford Congress
ional districts were all considered close.
These districts were, therefore, the bat
tleground of the campaign. Thus aban
doned to our fate we had to take care of
ourselves It is most gratifying tS know
that under all tli -se discouragements.our
Convention was such a grand success. —
We could hardly mention any one dele
gation with special favor without doing
injustice to some others—unless it might
bt the delegation from Jackson township,
which came with a brass band and ac
companied by a vehicle drawn by eight
horses, which contained thirty six young
ladies dressed in white, rcprespnting the
thirty«six States of the Union. Having
sent a large delegation to Harmony in
'O4. we knew something of the effort it
takes to get up such a delegation, as al
so, to make the trip. Our Jackson friends
have nobly reciprocated the complement,
for which we are under everlasting ob
ligations. Maoy other townships done
most nobly—all done belter than was
expected
The,turn out being so much greater
than was anticipated, we fear many were
unable to receive that attention which,
under other circumstances, would glad
ly have been paid them. This was un
avoidab e under the circumstances. The
demonstration was made, ,too, in the in
terest of a great principle for -which *'th'e
boys in blue" had sustained much great
er privations than could possibly live
been indured by any on this
Our Convention adjourned about four o'-
clock, without a single accident having
occured to mar the pleasure of the occa
sion which will be remembered by many
as one of the most pleasapt days of their
lives- '*
Ejection Returns.
Butler County stands firm ! Not on
ly so, but has made a fine advance. The
returns are still incomplete, but sufficient
ly definite to give a pretty good guess as
to the result, Gen. (ieary will have about
500, majority lu the county; auJ u!l the
ticket is elected. Marshall may not be
beaten more than 200. But "an iueh is
as good as a mile." We congratulate our
friends on the result. All the districts
have done nobly.
The following is tho vote on Gover
nor :
Geary. Clvuier.
Clinton, 158 30
Middlesex, 143 GO
Adams, 103 01
Cranbeiry, 88 93
Jefferson, 00 127
l'etin, 120 57
Summit, 84 143
Butler, 104 124
Coniioqueneising, 125 6!)
Oakland, 82 08
Con ctfrd, 132 3 4
Shpperyrock, 100 80
Mercer, 90 82
Bor. Butler, 119 192
Borough Cenlreville had seven innjori
ty for Geary.
Iti'liellion In TCXIIN.
The Capt. Geo. W. Smith, who, as
will be seen, is besieged by tho Rebels
in Brenham, Texas, is known to many of
our raiders, lie was born and brought
up in this town ; bis father, George W.
Smith, Ksq., being, formerly, otic of the
leading lawyers of tho place. Captain
Smith entered the service at the begin
ning of the rebellion, and distinguished
himself by many feats of gallantry in
the Western Army.
We see by the Commercial of Satur
day, that Gen. Sheridan sustains ('apt
tain Smith, and warns Gov. Throckmor
ton that discharged Rebel soldiers will
not be permitted to place U. S. soldiers
in a state of siege.
[Correspondence to the Clirotjlclo ]
GAI.VESTON, September 15, 1 800.
Ou the night of the f)th instant, (Jap
tain George W. Smith, 17th U. S. in
fantry, commanding the post ot Breuhaui
was asked by a Mr Duke, a dancing mas
ter of that place, for a guard of two men
to protect him in having a ball in that
toivn. Captain Smith informed him that
he must look to the civil authorities for
protection ; that he could not allow his
soldiers to interfere between citizens, as
it caused unnecessary in itation, and was
calculated to produce bad results. Sir
l>ukc replied that he only feared inter
ference from freedmen, and said that the
local police did not like to interfere with
freedmen when the service of the milita
ry would secure the result. Captain
Smith then gave Duke two men asguafd
but scut them unarmed, knowing that if
they had only to guard against freedmen,
there was no necessity of sending armed
men, as the freedmen uniformly respect a
blue coat and brass buttons, anu are the
only persons in this State who do. The
soldiers went to the ball, aud had only
been there a lew moments when they
were set upon by a party of F. F. I 's,
led by a man named Wyatt, (a profess
ional gambler, but vouched for by the
Houston and Galveston papers a.'a high
toned gentleman and good citizen.) aud
knocked down with slung shots and beat
en. The soldiers retreating to the street
were fired upon and shot down, oce kill
ed and the other mortally wounccd.—
About an hour afterward a party of the
young men ot the town went to and broke
up a negro ball, beatiug aud dispersing
the dark es. Two hours afteward the
town ol Brenham was set on lire, and the
business portion burued. It is supposed
by the military that sonic of the negroes
set lire to the town in icvenge for the
breukiug up of their ball. Ihe citizens,
in order to cover up aud take away at
tention from the murder of the soldiers,
charged this act upon the soldiers. The
day after the fire a lew of them came for
ward aud made affidavits that they saw
soldiers setting fire to one of the . stores
—the one in which it originated. A day
or two afterward it struck the worthy
denizeus that it would be a good plah to
secure the removal of the troops by im
plicating them all in theburning; so now
they have seeured witnesses who say that
they saw Captain Smith setting tire lo
the store with his own hands, and they
have indicted him and four of his men
for arsou. They have called in, armed,
aud organized the young in"n of the sur
rouuding counties, and have besieged
Captain Smith in his camp. S.xty men
staud picket between camp and towt',
with orders to shoot down any officer or
soldier attempting to pass from camp to
town. They have notified Captain Sinl»h
that he will not be allowed to receiv un\
more supplies of any kind, and
have actually captured a parcel
of ammunition which was being sent to
him from Houston. The sheriff has no
tified Captain Smith that if he docs not
surender himself and men by Mon
day next he will tike him by forcj.—
Captain Smith has built himself a fort
and rifle-pit, and d„es not propose to sur
reurender. Governor Throf kmortou and
others, "my policy" men, do not like this
open rebellion, not on acount of love for
the Government, but for fear of the re
sult North. The Legislature are not easily
coatrollsd, and they demand that the
President shall dismiss Captain Smith,
and turn hinwover to the civil authorities,
to be tried and convicted by prejured
witnesses.
Scarcely a citizen in Texas thinks it
any h&nu to ,sw.ear against a "Yank '
when* he ig on trial, and for a comrade it
being tried by the Government. At the
request of Governor Trockmorton, Lieut.
Col. Mason, commanding this district,
went to ftrenham and made a thorough
investigation. About 10 or 15 citizens
swear that the spldierj fired the town ; 2
Or 3 that they saw Captain Smith and
four of his men do it; some claim to
have recognized him by a home he rode,,
others by his voice, although the most
positive witness says tlie moon was not
shining. and that the nearest he tva? to
Captain Smith wan eighty yards. On the
other baud, Captain Smith is by positive
testimony, and t > the entire satisfaction
of Colonel Mason, cleared from any com
plicity in the burning. It is shown tbat
when he heard of the murder of his sol
diers, he got a guard and patrolled the
town, picked up all his men in town, and
returned to camp about 11 o'clock, and
gave strict orders to his sentries not to
allow a man out ot camp under any cir
cumstances It is shown that he was no
tified by the agent of the Freedmen's
Bureau of the attack on the colored poo
pie. and that he feared further trouble,
and that in accordance with the asrent's
request his troops were kept under arms.
It is shown that when the fire broke out
in the town, which was 3 o'clock in the
morning, ha called the roll and found ev
cry man prompt. That he stayed up all
night with his men, and was not absent
from camp after 11 o'clock that night.—
This was proven by the whole company,
(-15 men,) his servants an 1 hostler, his
sister and her husband, and ('apt. Craig,
Veteran Reserve corps, agent of the bit
rcau. This is proven conclusively. In
the face of all this, men doliberately per
jure themselves to secure political ends,
and if possible secure the removal of the
United Stales troops from their midst
I a.-k you and every candid reader if this
conduct is not the very reverse of peace
and good will, and the desire to do right
on the part of the South ? It is not. on
the other hand, h yh banded, open rebel,
lion? Here are two I'nited Sta'es sol
diers murdered in cold blood, and for no
other reason than the intense hatred
borne them by the Southern people.—
Here is a captain of the regular army
besieged in Ins camp, his ammunition
captured, and his supplies cut off. ami
not only he but also a superior officer,
sent to investigate the matter, was told
that the citizen guard was instructed to
xlvxit •i/uwii its ii (I<hj urn/ i/—ii YtinierV
sohiicr coming Jrom Captain Smith *
camp. The guard of sixty young men
stand regular picket between camp and
town. These people do not wait fir an
investigation of Cuptpin Smith's course,
but act in this defiant manner at once,
and not ouly this, but openly boait that
as soon as tluy can communicate with the
President their proposed testimony will
ho received over that of the officer who
investigated Captain Smith's conduct,
and over the testimony produced before
him ; that Captain Smith will be dis
missed without any trial, and turned over
to them for trial.
1 have simply written yoJ » plain, un
exaggerated statement of this cise, and
leaveyour readers to judge for themselves
whether they intend to trust such men
with national power. Colonel Mason
leaves tomorrow to represent to General
Sheridan the tutus at lircuham. when it
is believed and hoped that that officer will
take measuies at once to relieve Captain
Smith from his state of siege, and pun
ish as it deserves the conduct of these
arrogant and violent people. UNION.
The Couveutiuil ill Duller!
The sth of October, ISOo, was a gala
•lay in Butler. Notwilhstnuding tho fair
on the previous day, and a good ''buck
wheat day"on tho 6th, there was such
an outpouring id' the peoplems was : ever
witnessed in the town of Butlur before.
Republicans were wide awake to the iin
portanoe of the issues before the people,
and their Convention on last Friday was
a complete eclipse to th» pooi efforts of
the Johnson Cowan-Davis party on the
day before.
About 8} o'clock, A. M., some of the
members of the Union Geary Club of
Butler, on Itorscback. carry.tig banners,
and led by the Brass band of Saxonburg,
Commenced parading through the town
aud lQconnoitering tho different roads.—
Major George W. Heed was chosen Chief
Marshal of the day. George \V. M'~
Caudless was chosen as Marshal of Ihe
Geary Club. L'under thit judicious man
agement of these two officers and I heir
aids, the affaii was admirably coudutel
throughout the whole proceeding*.
For a time the procession sooiuo I m i/
smalt in the eyes of the " Diuiinyciats,
and a visible pleasure could be traced in
their brazen features. About 11 j o'clnct
the peals of the Court llou e bell awa
kened the Republicans on the hills aiound
aud very soon their banners were seen
coming, beautiful and numerous, towards
the town. First came the Butler town
ship delegation ; then I'enn and adjoin
ing townships, led by the veritable Sim
eon Nixon ; Summit came ; Connocjuen
cssingand adjoining townships soon came;
and the best of all was Jackson and Ze
lienople. This latter delegation was pre
ceded by a wagon drawn by eight horses,
and containing Thirty six ladies dressed
in white. The ) coplc of Jack-on town
ship and Zelienople b.orough, may be
proud of their delegation, at.d although
their numbers did not quito take the flag,
their taste and appearance took a nice
banner—w'lich was presented to the la
dies —and merited and received the prais
cs of all sensible people Most
if not al! the townships iu the county
were represented in the procession, and
although, but a meagre effort was made
to bring out a '-full force," yet the oldest,
men of liutler say that they had not seen
the like here before.
After the procession marched and coun
ter marched through the various streets,
'•hey dispersed for dinner.
About two o'clock, P. M., the
tion was organized on the " Commons,''
in front of the IJoyrt Housa, to hear the
speeches uf tjie day. The speakersrfrom
abroad did not come, for some reason, and
wc were treated to good aoum! addresses
by our home talent—which by t4io way,
is equal to auy in the State.
following officers were chos«n, viz :
President—Thomas llubiusou, Esq. j
Vice Presidents —Robert Scott, Win. |
Ulgbani, David Shannon, Sr., J. \V Bow
man, John Negley, Sr , and Johuson |
White. i
Secretaries—William 0. Cainplell, 51. i
N. Greer, and George A lllack.
Addresses were given by Messrs. llob
inson, l'urvianee, Thompson, M'Cacdless
slid Nixon.
After the addresses, the fl ig was award
ed to l'enn township, and ieceivcd by
Simeon Niton, who proposed to give it to
the township that will increase its repub
lican vote the most at the coming elec
tion. Alter the flag presentation, the
Convention adjourned to meet iu their
sever 1 electiou districts on the 9th inst.,
to give the "cops" and "rcbs" another
"drubbing."
tfommuuicatiow:..
For the ntiz<Mi
Snbbntli Si-hool Ccluqradoii.
.Mk. ]>uriou: (j, i, U |, invita:ion
from the U I*. Sabbath School (through
its estimable Superintendeot, Williamson
Christy,) to 'lie Mew llupe Sabbath
School, the latter joined the former at the
U. I'. Church, on Thursday morning the
20th nit., for the purpose ol participa
ting iu the exercises atteudant
Upon a celebration.
A |-Mees-i,iii was iiunie I lately formed,
preei'c led by i baud of mu-iu, an.l march
ed to au adjuiuiug grove where a mag
nificent dinner (prepared by the good
people of Sunbury and vicinity,) was
s which b 'th J '-i liari au I spec
tators did ample justice.
Dinner over all retired to the church,
and on motion, liev. Father Coulter was
Called to the chair; and Washington Bo
vard and Juhu A. Bailey chosen Secre
taries.
Af'ler n prayer by Father Coulter, and
voeul music by the choir, a beautiful
piece suilabb t > the occasion was read
by Dr. D. Christy. Jtejorts of each
school being made, by Messrs. Uovard
aud I'ryor, an able and inttfl'esting aij
dress to parents and teachers was deliv
ered by Rev. Thus. M. Seaton. Appro
priate remarks were then made by Rev.
Win. Black and Win. M. Graham, Ks«|.
Coucluding rem irks an J benediction by
Father Coultor, after which all wended
their way homeward, well pleased with
the day's proceedings.
Rev. .) .NO. COULTER, Frest.
W. RUVAIUI, )
J. A R.ULKY, ) R-! '
O HALLEHGE -
Match limit.
Hu t'l.Kit, Out. 8, IMJ
(' 11 A-. HUFFY, C«pi. Dan. Pnrmr*: -
CAI'TAIN : —ln behalf of the Davy
t'rouketts I hereby challenge you to a
trial of >kill in a .Match Hunt, to bo had
with.ii! the limits il Rut'er comity, on
s'ueli a day as you may select.
Threc.ycais ago, you will- remember,
ou the 25th uf November, the DAN
hoo.NF.s and DAVY CHOCKKITS met in
friendly strife. It was a war of blood,
but it brought no sorrow to any bumiiu
household, —it aiade neither widows nor
orphans : it even canicd comfort niel en
courageuieut to those of our dear one',
who, in that real, gigantiu struggle lor
national life weic shedding preciou
b'ood l hey triumphed, thank Li• ><!, a
tlic [light must aLvays'ti iuuiph,—and »e
turning Peace brings ll< healthful seas
mis ana frui'iul harvests.
Lot us inike this anniversary of in in
ic strifejan interesting reunion, to pledge
tlio return of lasting I'ia'c, — the ecssa
lion of violeijt passions, and t> welcoiuo
the new era of JflKtil ioitl i.iid prrpcri'y
i need iiui that tins Davy Crock i t -
confidently expect to retrieve (lie I 1.-I
laurels of the ii.xh ol Nov.
1 have the honor to he
V'eiy Respectfully,
Your ob't servant,
EDWIN LYON,
Captain Davy Crockett*.
IAL'T I.MT, Bth Oct. 1800.
EDWIN LYON, L'apt. Dttrj G'rocfat*;
—CAPTAIN .—I liave the honor to pick
up the gauntlet which, in behalf of the
"Oiocketts," you have bravely thrown
down. In doing so, I liave the assur
ance that the "Booties" will che'rfully
ratify my promptness and eagerly en'er
upon the trial which is to reassert the'.r
supremacy aud tc maintain the title ul
victors which is rightfully theirs.
I do remember, Captain, tho friendly
strife of three yours ago, and more espec
ially, do T remember the sequel—l mean
the festivities. My comrades remember
theoj, too. A"d let mo warn you. that
the memory of these things, with all
their important surroundings, will re
quire the ••Davys" to measure themselves
severely with the ••DaqV'toj avoid a rep
etition ot them.
In a word, the Ban Boones accept the
challenge of the ''Davy Crocketts," and
I would uaiiie the 30th dayof this month,
it being (Jhooieday. I also designate
that the hunt is to ba confined to Butler
county, and that there are to K observed
the same rule! game list, civilities, and
fentivlties as governed that Big-hunt ot
which this is a supplement.
With assurance of uiv consideration I
am, Captain,
Yours, truly,
CHARLES DUFFY,
Cuptain of the Ban Boones.
VICTORY!
ELECTION
GLORIOUS NEWS! t
t
BUTLER COUNTY
ALL RIGHT!!
AMD THE UNION!
PENNSYLVANIA,
OHIO,
lItfDIAIVTA
AND IOWA,
Have all none Republican.
All lienor to.the loyal men of
Butler Oonntv ! They liave-so
'
| lily discharged their whole duty.
: Vindicated their power to main
j tain their well-earned supre.m
--! acy.
We would now advise our
Democratic friends to call in
their negro pictures, and save
them for some future emergency,
when free schools and free chur
ches too, shall have ceased to he
j controling institutions in our
country. FIVE HUNDRED
MAJORITY is a nice little com
i pliment for the '• Negroes' canch.
! date.
We have no further time for
details, and would therefore say
;to our readers that the cause of
the UNION has suffered noth
ing at the hands of its friends
at the election yesterday. The
influence of the 'Bread and but
ter brigade" was scarcely no
ticeable, —indeed was quite
overbalanced by the accessions
which came from other quarters.
Rebels have been once more de
feated, Copperheads repulsed,
and "My Policy" played out,
and a new Radical Congress elec
ted. Glory enm|gh in one day I