fncendiaries and thieves no moro violate the
fecognized rights of others when they burn
houses and commit robbery, than do Aboli
tionists, when, by the underground railroad,
or other devices, they deprive the slavehold
er of the South of that property to which
the Constitution and laws of his"State, as
well as those of the United .States, guarantee
protection. If in the attempt to commit ar
son or robbery, life is taken, it is murder in
the first degree ; so too it is tnurJer of the
same degrco to take life in the unlawful at
tempt to deprive the owner of his rights in
the services of his negro. And here, too, we
will remark that the present war, if Aboli
tionists should succeed in diverting it from
its proper purpose of upholding the Consti
tution and Union, and prostituting it to their
cherished object of freeing negroes by kill
ing white men, would become an atrocious,
murderous war,'that would justly subject all
w'ho give ft such direction to the penality of
the law imposed against the highest of
crimes.
The policy of Abolitionism, therefore, is
not only unsupported by one tenl'ble ground,
even for its puliation, but judged by its ob
jects and its effects, it is in the highest de
gree criminal and disloyal. By eradicating
Abolitionism, we remove not only sectional
ism from the North, but the cause of section
alism in the South.
The fall of Abolitionism, we verily be
lieve, tfodld m a short time be attended by
the fall of Secessionism. Although the im
aginary advantages of a Southern Confedera
cy, entertained by man}' in the revolted States,
has secured for it unconditional supporters,
yet the desolation that has already attended
upon their efforts at separation, the contin
ued pressure of our arms, and the recollec
lions of the blessings of the Union, will, up
on the removal of the cause of Southern Sec
tionalism, revive their sentiments of nation
ality.
We believe that upon the substantial ex
tinction of Abolitionism, the Union certain
ly can be restored, but that without such
extinction it never can be. It is, therefore?
quite as essential that the energies of the
loyal men of the North be directed against
the Abolition foes of the Union a3 it is
against Secession foes. It remains, there
lore, "only to inquire in what way can these
energies be most effectively directed to ac
coinplish the desired purpose ? We onlv
reply, by supporting the organization of the
Democratic partyr There is no other thor
oughly loyal party in the land ; it has al
ways been national; it is the only party that
has no affiliation or sympathy with section
alism—North or South—it is the only party
in Pennsylvania, that is not in the sympathy
or support of such fiends as Wade, Sumner,
Greeley, Phillips, Lovejoy, and Wilmot.—
The national men who supported Bell and
Everett in the late Presidential canvass, we
believe, may now be counted in the ranks of
the Democratic party. The only other po
litical organization in this State, is the ene
my of the Deraociatic party, who has ral
lied once more under the designation of the
" People's Party." This party held their
Convention at Ilarrishurg on the 17fh inst.,
and their true character is abundantly shown
that in their resolutions they enlogize and
sustain Senator Wilmot while they condemn
Senator Cowan, both by the homage paid to
Mr. Wilmot, and by refusing to Mr. Cowal
even the meed of " faint praise." The dis
tinguishing feature in the political course of
those two Senators, it is well known, is that
Mr. Wilmot has supported the extremest
Abolition measures of the present Congress,
whilst Mr. Cowan has won the admiration
and confidence of every Union-loving patriot 1
in the land by his honest and fiariess oppo
sition to these measures—measures that
tended to make disunion perpetual.
Cah ahy loyal man in the State, theref r e,
hesitate which of the two political organiza
tions is entitled to his support ? The stan
dard bearers selected by the Democratic
State Convention are in every respect deserv
ing of your confidence.
- Isaac Slenker, our candidate for Au
ditor General, is a gentleman of distinguish
ed ability and spotless reputation. is a
native of York county, Pennsylvania—born
of German parents, and who were tillers- of
the soil. The early political course and well
tried integrity of Isaac Slenker, is known to
many of the people of Pennsylvania. In
3834 he was elected to represent Union and
Northumberland counties in the Senate
of Pennsylvania; and while too many
Senators yielded to the influences that
were employed by the late Bank of the
United States to obtain its charter from a
Pennsylvania Legislature, Isaac Slenker,' with
eleven others, as holiest men, resisted tlie in
fluences, and won the reputation of faithful
among the faithless. Ife was upon the Judl
ciary Committee of the Senate, and took arf
active part in the revision of our civil Code.
At the expiration of his senatorial term. Mr.
Slenker returned again to the practice of I.is
profession as a lawyer, and since then has
been out of public position, except that in
1850 he was one of the Presidential Electors
on the Democratic ticket in this State. Mr.
Slenker is a gentleman of commanding abili -
ties ; highly exemplary in his habits of life ;
of great indus'ay and purity of character.
Col. James P. Barr, our candidate for Sur
veyor Geneaal, is the editor and proprietor of
the Pittsburg Post, a newspaper that since
Mr Barr's connection with it, has ever been
the advocate of sound national principles.
During the present civil war the Post has ably
advocated the prosecution of the war for the
suppression of the rebellion, and the prcser
vatiou of the Constitution and the Union. At
the same time it has been unsparing in its
hostility to tiiat "isloyal part}' or combination
that has sought to prostitute such war to the
mere purpose of negro emancipation, and to
that policy in conducting it that necessarily
tends to make disunion perpetual, and to per
manently destroy our republican form of
Government, Mr. Barr, like Mr. Slenker, is
* PeDnsylvanian by birth, born in the county
of Westinoeiland— is a practical printer—has
raised himself to a proud political position by
his industry and energetic character, and is a
gentleman of promptness and integrity is all
his private and political relations.
White our candidates have great reason to
entertain a just pride that they have been se
lected as the standard-beares df a great na
tional party, struggling to maintain the Un l
ion and Constitution against and
insiduous assaults of their enciflies, still, that
part}' may congratulate itself that it is so
wothily represented in its stanard-bearers.
Fellow countrymen, a great issue is befote
you—it involves the momentous considera
tion) whether our Coi solution and Union
shall be preserved ; or whether Abolition foes
North, or Secession foes South, shall destroy
them! Every patriot in the land should
know and feel that the only chance for the
preservation uf our present Government, its
Constitutioii and the Union based thereon, is
in the success of the Democratic party in the
free States at the next election ! If we fail,
then all is lost, and the hitherto glorious fab:
ric of our once great Government will fall
into the abyss of anarchy, or else Upon its
ruins a despotism will be reared.
In either event our future will be marked in
desolated homes, ruined fortunes, the depri
vation ol personal liberty and personal securi
ty, and very possibly our soil and our streams
be reddened with the blood of our own
people.—Tn such circumstances tve appeal to
every loyal Pennsylvanian to do his duty, by
giving his energies, his influence, and his vote
to insure the success of the nominees of the
Democratic party.
By order of the Committee.
F. W. lIUGHES, Chairman.
WHAT IS TREASON*
From certain indications, which have gone
to the world within a short time past, we
are led to ask : What is Treason 7 Horace'
Greeley, of the New York Tribune publish
es the following:
"We hare repeatedly saiJ, and we once
more insist, that tlje great principle embod
ied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Ameri
can Independence, that Governments derive
t heir just powers from the consent of the
governed, is sound and just; and that if the
slave States, or the Gulf States only, choose
to form an independent nation, they have a
clear moral right to do so. * *
K Whenever it shall he clear that the great
body of the Southern people hate become
conclusively alienated from the Union, and
anxious to escape from it, we will do our
best to forward their views."
1$ this Treason 1
Greeley utters it, and is permitted to roam
at large aud defame the Government and the
Democratic party.
A meeting of the Abolitionists was recent
ly held at Boston, where several speakers
boldly avowed ths'rr hostility to the Union,
and Parker Piilsbury spoke as fotlows •'
'• Halt a million of the sons of the North
have gone to that worse than Ganges croco
dile that inhabits the rivers of the South,
and now 300,000 more are demanded. Why
did not a voice go up from the United North
that not another soldier should go until the
war was turned against slavery ? (Great ap
plause.) Abraham Lincoln, formerly called
the slave hound of Illinois, has increased and
enlarged his former tendency."
Is Hit's Treason 1
Pdlsbury utters it, and is unmolested,
and is at liberty to preach his Disunion doc
times wherever he can get an audiunce to
listen to them.
Wendell Phillips, who was taken upon the
floor of the Lnited States Senate in disre
gard of the rules of that chamber, and is
t.onored a-bd fawned upon by Vice-President
Hamlin, has proclaimed himself the open en
emy of this Union for years, and sa>s that
not one man should be permitted to leave
the States until President Lincoln has de
/lared a principle and states what we are
fighting fur.
Is this Treason 7
Senator Chandler vilifies and abuses Gen.
McClellan and the President in such way as
to give aid and comfort to the rebels, and
they print his speech in their journals With
approval.
Is this treason 7
An officer of the army publishes a long let
ter in one of the public prints, which is cop
ied by'a largfe' number of papers in the ser
vice of the Republican party, proposing to
raise—not a company, nor a regiment of he
groes—but an army of 150,000 negroes, and
t:.lte them to the field.
Is this Treason ?
The Adjutant General of the State of
Rhode Island has issued an order for the en
listment of a regiment of colored volunteers,
and says the Governor will lead them in the
Held.
h this IreneJnl
A leading Abolition-Republican of this
I borough denounces General McClellan as
[ "a il—n coward, and a d—n traitor."
1 Is this Treason I
Some one connected with the office of the
Harrisburg Patriot and U-ion printed a
handbill, calling a meeting of the negroes of
that city in the Market Square at 4 o'clock
:in the alternoon • that tlm great Gfcn. Lane
would address them; that they be
armed and equipped, Ac., as white soldiers,
I'• and no distinction would be trta-de." This
j till was issued as a joke by sothe of the
boys ; it might be said, with great truth, as
a practical eminent upon the saym&s and
teacliidga of leading Republican orators end
newspapers, who have long advocated the
arm : ng and equipping of the negroes. This
! joke was practiced upon the Abolition brawl
ers by a Democrat, and therefore is Treason,
and the editors and proprietors are arrested
and hurried off' to Washiugton and imprison
ed.
Where is Senator Wilson now to raise his
voice against illegal imprisonment in Wash
ington 7 But we forgot—these men are
white —tl.o6o he w: s so particularly interest
ed in were negroes. Is it Treason to state
this?—£>.
(Tilt -Democrat.
HAFEVEY STICKLER, Editor.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA.
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 1862.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
FOR AUDITOR-GENERAL,
ISAAC SLENRER, of Union County.
FOR SURVEYOR-GENERAL,
JAMES P. BARR, of Allegheny Co.
FLEDGES OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
RESOLVED, That neither the Congress of the Uni
ted Slates, rior the people of the government of the
non-slave-holding Slates have the Constitutional
right tt) legislate upon, or interfere with slavery
in any of the slave-holding Stutes in the Union.—
Resolution of lion. JOHN SHERMAN, passed February
llth, ISGI.
" I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to in
terfere With the Institution of slavery in the States
Where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to
do so. * * * * There is m uch contro
versy about the delivering up of fugitives from ser
vice or labor. The clause I noic read is as plainly
written id the C'oiistitution as any other of its pro
iis ions. "No person held to service or labor in
one state under the laws thereof escaping into ail
other, shall, in consequence of any law or regula
tion therein, be discharged from such service or la
bor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party
to whom such service or labor may be due." It is
scarcely questionable that this provision was intend
ed by those icho made it for lite reclaiming of what
we call fugitive slaves; and the intention of the
.aw giver It the law. All nlembevsqf Congress
swear their support to the whole Constitution, to
this provision as much as any other. To the prop
osition, t'ten. that slaves whose cases come within
the terms of this cl IUSO, shall be delivered up. their
oaths are unanimous. —President LINCOLN'S inau
gural address March 4tb, 1861.
" Lest there should be some uneasiness in the
Uiirtds Of candid men ds to what is to be the course
gf Ike Gortrnfnent toward Southern States after
the rebellion shall have been suppressed, Hie Exec
utive deems it proper to say it wilt be his purjyosr
then, as ever, to be guided by the Constitution and
tlte laws; and that he will probably hare no differ
ent understanding of the powers and duties of the
Federal Government relatively to the rights of the
States and the people under the Constitution than
that expressed in the inaugural address."—Presi
dent LINCOLN'S Message to tho Extra Session of
Congress, July 4th, 1861.
" RESOLVED, That Ihis war is not waged on their
part irt arty spirit of oppression, nor lor any pur
poses of conquest or subjugation, nor for the pur
pose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights
or established insiitrtions of those States, but to de
fend arid maintain the siip rerhacy of Tie Constitu
tion and to preserve the Union with all the dignity,
equality, and the rights of the several states unim
paired ; and that as soon as these objects are ac
complished the tear ought to cease." Resolution of
lion. JOHN J. CRITTENDEN, passed, July 22nd, 1862.
£isr The Dt-ws bv the last night's mail |
couthms the rutnors for the past week that
Harrison's Landing was to be evacuated by
McClellan. That post has been left by our
army, and it is supposed for the put pose of
forming a junction with Pope and Bornside,
preparatory to a dash at Richmond from the
Nirth.
t.t-
We to-day publish the patriotic ad
dress of the State Central Democratic Corn
mittee, to the lO.MII and conservative citizens
of Pennsylvania. This address deserves and
should receive the careful perusal of every
man in the land. It is a calm and dignified
appeal to the reason of men. Its arguments
are irrefutable. lis history and exposition
of the causes thai lead to the present unhap
py condition of affairs now upon the Country,
has now become a part of the history of the
county and must srike every reader as can
did and truthful. Let every man read and
re-read it, until its truths and arguments
shall be indellibly fixed upon his taintl. As
before said it is addressed to the reason of
men ; the passions which our opponents are
seeking to inflame, are but poor guides in an
exigency like the present.
-—
THE ONLY SOUND DOCTRINE,
The firm and steady support given to the
Government by the Democracy in all the loy
al States, strikingly contrasts with the facti
ous efforts of the Greeleys, McMichaels. Bee*
chers, Forneys, and other ladicals, to sow dis
sensions, and by creating distrust and embit
tered feeling, render impossible the work of
restoring our once glorious Union. This con
trast is not more evident in Pennsylvania
than in Ohio, where Judge ltanney, the Dem
ocratic candidate for the Supreme Bench, of
that State, is, in company with tho Hon.
Thomas Ewing, stumping the State, appealing
to the people to volunteer for the suppression
of the rebellion. The Judge's speeches are
sound and sensible. The last one he deliver
ed was atChillicotho, from which wesclect the
following patriotic paragraphs :
Whether we voted for the present Admin
istration or not, we are equally interested in
preserving the Government. Administrations
are but for a day. Thank God, this country
is ours. We had better expend all we have
in preserving it, and leaving it to our children,
than* to leave them anything else.
We are under obligations as citizens to bear
arms is defence of the Government, and to do
so rulaotarify. Should we wait to be forcted
into ilie field, we would not be doing our dh
ty ; and thr moral effect of popular support
would lost'-to the Government. This call
is addressed to us all, Do not look around
you for a poor man who may be oblidged to
go. Let'him who is in a situation to enlist step
forth, and say to others, come ! It is a great
matter with us" to know that we are right
"Thrice armed is he who Iras-his' qfcarrol
just." Without discussing the past, I say to
you that this lebvlhou was produced by am
bitious men in the South, without reason or
excuse. We do not deny the right of revolu
tion, but those who undertake such moe
ments can be justified only by such reasons
as our fathers had—such as are recorded by
Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.
But there is 119 ihadofr of excuse for this at
rocious attempt of the rebels to overthrow our
Government.
Remember the toils of our fathers, who set
tled this country, and the heroic struggle of
the Revolution, the wisdom of the framers of j
the Government, the mildest and best in the
world. All that has been gained for us in the
pa-t the rebels seek to wrest from us. They I
6eek to sever an immense section of our couA j
try, and to accomulish this, they, in their des- j
peration, Wobld sell that section back to Old j
England, from whom our fathers conquered it ;
It is for us to say whether this shall be done. '
The people can prevent it ; t>ut if we would
prcven f it wo must rise in our might; we
must show some of the spirit of our forefath
ers, while we say to the Executive : You ate
acting as our agent, and we hold you respon
sible for the preservation of the Union. We
must also say, We are hero ready with men
and means to enable you to pei f din your duty
It is idle to call for the suppi 0.-.sion of the re
bellion unless we make the needful exertion
to suppress it.— Constitutional Union.
HUNtER'S M'OUO BRIGADE DIS
IJ AN DEI).
The accounts from Port Royal, which are j
to the 10th iust., will prove a sriurce of real !
mortilioation to the Aixlivwr, Orcolovo, M.J 1
Michaels, and other negroites. A letter to !
the New York Times says :
The Negro Brigade organized by General
Hunter has proved an unmitigated failure. !
Out of eight hundred contrabands on the tinis- I
tor roll, there were some five hundred who J
"skedaddled, ' and many of the remainder'
felt so uneasy under military control and
discipline, that they watched for opportuni
ties to escape. Those who have deserted
have mostly joined the rebels.
On Saturday morning last, a rumor pre
vailed around Hilton Head that the famous
negro brigade would be disbanded that after ;
noon. The rumor of the disbandment proved
correct ; for Geneaal Hunter had despatched
an Adjutant and several officers to Elliot's
plantation where the brigade was in camp.
On the arrival of these officers their pur
pose soon spread through the camp creating,
the wildest joy amcng the " soldiers." The
fragmentary remnant of the brigade soon fell
in line, and were officially disbanded. They
were "delighted, but re.t more so than the
white troops. The ex-soldiers rushed to and
fro, arid were soon busy in making prepara
tions for their homes in Beaufort and other
places.
A rhoft tune since five deserters from the
nlgro brigade were captured while sailing
with arms, ammunition, Ac., in a boat at Sea
brook Ferry towards the main land, occupied
by the rebels. They were placed hi irons,
and are now confined at the Rips Raps.
A letter to the Herald, says :
The experiment of negro soldiers has been
tried they will not answer the purpose f<>r
which they were created. Whether General
Hunter's conrs • was adopted with a view to
strengthen the army or to benefit the contra
bands, or to build up popularity for himself
it has certainty proved unsuccessful ; an ,] so#
with less ceremony than attended its begin
in?, it has been abandoned. 'I he conserva
tive policy of the Administration has not
been without its effect in closing the militarv
career ®f the negroes ; but I n< ver tin-loss be
lieve that Gent ral Hunter had become lit >r j
oughly convinced that they would never la- :
of any benefit either to hnu or his command.
Placing them on a level with white 6oldiers, !
who came hither from their comfortable j
homes to fight for their country at thirtin I
dollars a month, had no go > f effect upon to • |
volunteers. The negroes,before insolent and \
.supercilli His, became more so as they were i
elevated and instead of being treated kindly j
as they had formerly been, the spirit of dis- j
satisfaction begotten by their gay uniforms 1
and fine airs vented itself in sundry and di
vers kk'ks and cuffs and jeers, which kept
both whites and blacks in and unpleasant
and continual foment. Now that the negroes
are returned to the plantations and to the
work-shops where they belong, and the work
of ending the rebellion is recommitted to the
hands of white men, we may ohpo for a bet
ter state of feeling, not only in th's depart
ment, but throughout the country.
Among the many lessons which
Democrats have learned under Abolitionized
Republican rule, is the mode of getting rid of
political opponents. Democrats have always
considered that the Constitution ol the United
States secured to every citizen, as well of the
party out of power as of those belonging to
the party in power, the freedom of speech and
of the press, and acting upon this belief have
already tolerated the largest liberty to their
political opponents. This has been so in
times of war as well as in times of peace.
During the war with Meimo, the then Demo
cratic administration was assailed at every
point, by the party out of power. Many of
those who Were then the loudest in their de
nunciations, ate now occupying high places,
and are at least" disposed to allow to others
what the) so long enjoy ell under Democratic
rule, viz : The liberty of speech. Democrats
have always acted upon I* net pies well
known and recognized, add they were ever
willing to submit their action to the unre
stricted criticisms oftheir opponents, and to
meet them In foil, fair, and free discussion.
But the present Abolitionized Republican
Administration haVe inaugurated a very diff
erent rule. They have ignored all the guar
antees of the Constitution for securing the
liberty of the citizens, instead of meeting
their opponents in open, free discussion:
Every doubt which may be expressed as to
the policy or expediency of any of their
measures is denounced as " disloyal," and the
author is arrested and hurried off to some
Govornuiet Fortress. This is certain lv a
very easy and convenient modef-<>f getting rid <
of our political opponents, when they become '
troublesome, and may suit the party now in i
power. But how will they relish the appli- (
cation of this new rule to theiriselve?, when
the conducting of the Government shall be,
a3 it most assuredly will be, placed in the
hands of the old Democratic party f " I)o ! .
unto others as you would that others would .
do unto you." is not the ride by which the |
party in power appear to be actuated, but
tViey may be made to feel the effects of the ■
precedents which tliey have set with terrible :
retribution. — Mt. Holly Herald..
ARRIVAL OF COLONEL CORCORAN.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Colonels Corco
ran and Wilcox, Lieutenant-Colonel Bow
man, and Major Yodges, arrived here this
morning, in the steamer Henry Burden, ac
companied by Adjutant-General Thomas.—
This afternoon, while Colonel Corcoran and
his friends were at dinner; a regiment march- ,
ed to and halted at his quarters.
The band hating played an air of Welcome, j
bheers were given and also calls for his ap- j
i pearancc, both by the military and the large ;
crowd of civilians. Col. Corcoran in re- ;
sponse, expressed an ardent wish that the I
wicked Rebellion should be speedily crushed. I
New "i'ork and I'ennsyliirnia, and, in fact, j
all the must vie with each other to j
' put down the traitors.
; As for himself he was ready to seize in his j
hand either tie sword or the musket, and
' |jrc[>iite\l al once l litko any to i
serve his country. He would nut indulge
in lengthy remarks at this time. lie sim- ,
ply appeared to bow his ackwnowledgments,
hut he would soon take an opportunity to
say a few words to his fellow citizens.
He thanked the officers and men before
him lor their kindly greeting. Nothing had
dona his heart go much good as to hear these
cheers, excepting the cheers which he heard,
when a prisoner, at the Union celebration in
the ancient town oi Salisbury, North Caroli- i
ua, on the 4th of July la-t.
The Colonel of the* regiment briefly and
appropiiate'y responded, when the military j
resumed their march and Colonel Corcoran i
retired amid enthusiastic cheers.
A inugmfficent reccp-ion is to be given to !
the officers just named to-morrow evening.
The Hon. Alfred Ely is now in Washing ;
ton, on official business. Being the old friend
and fellow prisoner of Col. Corcoran and the I
other officers, he has been selected to make
the opening speech. Colonels Corcoran and i
Wilcox will respond to Mr. Ely. Senators |
Harris, of New York, Chandler of Michigan, {
and Sumner, of Massa htrsetts, n<>w here, !
are expected to speak ; in Welcome of the diss
tinguished prisoners.
The old Sixty ninth New York Regiment, j
formerly under the command of Cob Corco- j
ran, is ordered up to Washington, to be pre - |
ent at the reception. This afternoon and
evening, the room of Col. Corcoran was
crowded with friends.
■
DELEGATE ELECTIONS.
The Democratic electors of the several
Townships in Wyoming County and Tunk
hannoek Borough, are requested to meet at
the several places, for holding elections in j
their several election Districts on Saturday, j
the 30th inst.. between the hours of two and
five o'clock, P M. and ih-ct Delegates to |
represent thein in County Contention , to be
held at Tunkhanrock, on Monday, the Ist.
j day of Sejiti ruber, 18(12.
CCMMITTEES OF VIGILANCE.
IT.-.
Braintrim—-Joseph Fox, Win. Neigh Chas. j
' Keeney.
! Clinton—.Benj, Thomas, Pardon Knapp. *
I John Baker.
i Eaton—Geo. Ney, llham Bodle, J. N
| Pilgrim.
Exeter—Simeon Gay. Tho's. Deadly, Ash
j be! Lee.
Falls—AtnosT. DeWitf, Joseph Daily.
; Furkston—Calvin Robeuson. 13. 11. II abbs,
i P. McQueen.
Lemon—Nat. Koim, George B. Camp,
Miles Aveiv.
Mchoopany—Richard Lott, Benj. Kintnen
George Ilenning.
Meshoppen- -P. 0. Dunlap, Clark Burr
j T. F. Bullard.
Monroe—E. Thompson, J. J. Schooley,
Jasper Danish.
North Branch—Daniel Collins, 11. Cham
pion, W. Burgess.
Northmoreland—Aaron Whitlock, E. R
Hal leek, Gordon Pike.
Nicholson—W. Osierhout, Elijah Ball, E.
N. Bacon.
I Overfield— Isaac I.atcer, i.ewis Agrr, W
J I). Reynolds.
Washington—J. W. Crawford, Charles i
j Place, Tho's Steinples.
! Windham—J. G. Fassett, Wm. Taylor, C.
I F. Champion.
Tunkhanrock ?p.—O. Ostcrhouf, John j
j Flummorfelt, P. IVcker.
Tunkhannock Boro.—C. P. Miller, F. G.
Osterhout, G. I>. Williams.
The Delegates to be elected tit said Dele
gate Elections, are requested to meet in
; County Convention, at the Court House, on
Monday, the Ist day of Sept. next, at one
o'clock P. M.
HOLES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF DEMOCRAT
IC CONVENTIONS, itc.
1. The democratic electors of each election
district in this county, shall annually, on the
last Saturday in August, meet at the place of
holding the'7 General anil Township-elections,
and elect three sui table persons to servo as a
Committee of \ igilance for the ensuing year,
whose duty it. shall be to superintend the
next election of delegates to the County Con
vention, and also to call and superintend all
other meetings of the Democratic electors c?f
their district.
2. At the same time and plr.ee, shall also be
elected two delegates ' > the County Conten
tion, who shall, on thu following Monday,
meet at the Court House, in the Borough of
Tunkhannock, and after organizing by elect
ing one of their number for a President, and
two Secretaries, shall proceed to nominate
such District and County Officers as are to be
voted (or at the ensuing General Election
elect Conferees for s ich District officers as
they shall nominate—appoint Delegates to
the next State Convention and a Standing
Committee for the County.
3. All County Conventions shall be held
with open doors.
4. All candidates fot nomination shall bo
voted for viva voce ; and the one receiving a
majority of all the votes polled, for any office
shall be declared duly nmninated
5. The Convention shall keep a journal of
all its proceedings, which shall be duly
lished m the Democratic paper or papers of
the County ; and any nomination ivt made
in conformity with the foregoing rule* shall
be declared void, and the vacancy or vacan -
cies so occurring, shall be supplied in the
manner he-em after provided.
0. The Standing Committee shall consist of
nine Democaatic ci'izens of the county, who.
shall hold their office for one year from and
after the (hrte of their election ; and it shall be
their duty, during that time, to call all Coun
ty Conventions, Masn and other meetings c?
the party—to fill all vacancies in the Ticket,
occasioned either by the declination of nomi
nees, by a want of conformity to the forego
ing rules, or whfcfe thb Convention shall have
failed to make a nomination, And also incase .
of special elections, where the necessity for
d >ing so occurs after the regular time fot
holding County Conventions—and to fill va
cancies in theCommitteos of Vigilance, occa
sioned by reinova', death, or failure on thfl
part of the citizens to elect them.
7. The Standing Comroittbfe shall annually,
hereafter, in issuing the call lor the election
of Delegates to the County Convention, cause
a copy of tlie foregoing rules to be published
In connection therewith.
8. These rules may be amended, or new
ones added thereto by a general meeting of
the Democratic citizen> of the county called"
lor that purpose by the Standing Committee,
ir if the same shall pass two successive
County Conventions without amendments,
and not otherwise.
R. R. LITTLE,
Chairman of Standing Cent.
3NT©-ws
THE ATTACK OX JBATOX ROUGE.
The Rebels Repulsed Death of Genera)
Williams.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—The steamer Trade
Wind, from New Orleans, with dates to tho
Gth inst., arrived here to-night. Her passen
gers report that Brrckinrrdge attacked Baton
Rouge on the sth, but that the Rebels were
repulsed.
Gen. Williams had his head shot off by a
cannon ball.
FROM lIAKRISBtfIGi
Officers to remain at Camp—Xewpgapers In
terdicted—Examining Surgeons—
Regiments Departed.
II\RRTSBI RG, Aug. 16.—General Wool, in a
special order, has forbidden the officers at
Camps Curtin afid Simmons to visit town ex
cept on business connected with the trans
portation of troops or supplying them with
arms and equipments. This is certainly a
very good order, inasmuch as it will keep th-s
officers with their men, wbc need constant
drill-instruction to prepare them for the ac
tive part they, as soldiers,.will soon be called
upon to take in this onr National life struggle-
Hitherto it has been too much the practice
among many of our military officers to sport
their tinseled uniforms ami blazing shoulder
straps on promenade nrarly all the day long
in some place of ain use nit* t, sleeping at the
" best hotels," and enjoylrgpcostly liquors and
wines, while their men have been neglected.
It is but justice, however, to remark that most
of the officers of the new requisition are punc
tual in attendance to their camp duties.
Admission to camp has been denied tonews
boys with copies of the Patriot and Union
I for sale or distribution.
The duty of appointing examing surgeons
j in every county in which a draft will be made
devolves upon the Executive of the Slate. I
See on the list of applicants for these positions
the nanus oi some of the most eminent sur
geons in the State.
More regiments left for the South to-day,
one of them, the Easton Regiment, under
command of Col. Jacob G. Fnck. The Dau
phin county regiment is imder orders.
The following is the order issued on Friday
orning by Mij ir-Gjneral Wool:
HEADQUARTERS BTH ARMY CORPS, )
Hamsburg, Aug. 15, 18G2. £
Special Order, No— The Major General
Commanding has learned with regret that it
is too frequently the case that scarcely an
j officer is found in the Camp attending to his
, business of preparing the men for departing
j for Washington, which is of ihe first import
| anee.
Hereafter, no officer will leave the Camp
and come to town, except on business con
nected with the mustering of troops and sup
plying them with arms and equipments.
Whenever the order is given for the trans
i portation of troops, whether by regiment! or
company, it is absolutely required that each
an 1 ever)' officer shall be present to attend to
i his duties,especially to supeiintend the load
i ing up of badgagc in Camp and at the cars. —
i No surplus baggage will be allowed,
i It is hoped that the General CommancTtig
will not be oblidged to remind the officers of'
the prompt execution of this'ordcr.
J. E. Wooi., Maj-Gen'l.
—lnquirer.
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