<Dc Democrat.
HARVEY BICKLBR, Editor.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA
Wednesday, June 29, 1864.
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and as some people still have a veneration
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The 1 ribnne of June 17 admits
that lire KLI JS hoped and piayed for the
success of the Lincoln ticket in 18C0, so that
they could destroy the Union While Gen.
GRANT is poking the rebels out of Richmond
with the bayonets of his brave army, let the
.1 oyai people of the North rally and drive the
Republicans from Washington by loyal
votes,
JC3T Let the fact bo made known East
and West. North and Soutb, that the Tr'ib
nne of June 17, 18G-L editorially admitted
that the radicals and rebels understood each
other, and conspired together to destroy this
glorious Union. "When," said the Tribune, '
' through their ( the rebel) aid we elected
"LINCOLN and HAMLIN our triumph was no- '
'where more generally or openly exulted]
over than in Charleston, the fountain, and i
•focus of the rebellion." These factions I
have been equally the curse of the country >
and it is the duty of the country to rally at j
the next election and put down LINCOLN as |
well as Lis confederate JEFF DAVIS,
Thurlow Weed's Letter.
A large portiofl of our space, on this page,
is devoted to Thurlow Weed's expose of the
rascalities and iniquities of his late political :
friends—the "Loyal Leaguers" of N. V.— i
-ibis Tisfi mony, coming as it does, fiom a
inm.but recently in the full confidence cf j
tne "Administration," a man who has most i
of the bruins and probably all of the honesty I
of the r party, cannot be gainsayed nor uo* i
rdcJ by the shoddy Abolitionists. It shows j
that their greed fu-gaiu Las been the main- j
spring to all their blatant professions of loy- j
a . A iact a!; discerning people discovered i
long ago. It shows, in short, where the!
'"money goes," and who arc traitors t(> their j
country. Let all who have any doubts ou
these points, read the letter.
Since writing the above we have seen
another et(cr horn the same trenchant pen,
W Which it would seem, that Mr. Weed is
r.ot content, with sticking a pjr; in this foul
I est of ttaitors and thieves; but is deter
mined to '' bring down the roost."
The Friends of the Rebels!
ihe i rib une, of .yerterday, in trying to
picti a haw in the matchless oration of GEN
ERA; Met LELLAN. makes the following aston
ishing admission :
>o w we oppose to this allegation, first, the
guv, conspicuous, abundantly established
fact that the engineers of the rebellion tlesir
td and labored for that very Republican
triumph■ oj 18ou which is here made the
i "use of their revolt . It was to this end that
they forced through the Senate of that year
the Jell Davis platform whereby Mr. Douglas
:;nd his friends were virtually read out of 'he
Demoentic party. It was to this end that
they deliberately and determinedly complet- I
ed the overthrow of that party by bolting
irom the Charleston Convention and notnina- !
ling Breckinridge and Lane against D ug!as j
.snd Johnson. Ail through the canvass, we J
Republicans recognized and treated the bol- j
ter as our virtual and powerful allies. !
And when, through their aid, we had!
elcr:id Lincoln and liamhu, our triumph was j
now here more generally or openly exulted ,
over than in Charleston, the fountain and fo- !
eus of the rebellion,
ihe above is an actual txlract fiom the
Tribune of June 17, italics and all. It proves
the following points :
1. 'ihat the Republican party and the
Kccsbionifta understood each other, and that
they worked together.for the dissolution of
the Union.
-• That the leaders of the oonspiracy to
take the South out of the Union- warmly
sympathized with Mr. GREELEY and his
triends in their efforts to elect Mr. LINCOLN
in ISGO, and that the heart and focus of the
rebellion cper.lv exulted when they succccd
- It is thus established'that the true!
fi .'..ids o. the Union are the members of the
Democratic party, for their bueeess would
have insured us against the- horrors of at
tempted si cession,
it is for tl fr country to say whether it
widies-io play into the hands of the rebels
■>y re elect Lug Mr. LINCOLN and keeping the
ii ; üblic in party in power,— World, \
Y£ttY CURIOI!S RKVKLATIONH.
Thurlow Weed on I'oiiiical Rascality~ln
tida View of Radical Roguery,
:■ jrrr^:-. '■*
[Pram tbo Albaay Evening Journal, Jane 18]
7 he Evening Post attempts tu reverse our
position, making itself the assailed instead of
the assailing party. That Journal went out
of its way to stigmatize me &s a "fellow" of
whom the President should "keep clear."
Of the "coursenesß" of this gratuitous as
sault. compared with the terms of my reply ,
I shall leave others to judge. It will be found
that Ihe Post was more disturbed by the ex
posuie of its meditated treachery than by
any question of'temper or manners?' T he
Post , however, only indulges its poetic "gen
eralities" as an army throws forward its
skirmishers preliminary to an engagement,—
Whenever The Post , its neighbor, The Tri
bune, or Mayor Opdyke, get into a "tight
place," they resort to the "steamer Cataline."
In all emergencies they play that card. The
! alleged "frauds" in the "charter" of the
"CataMne" hive covered hp and shielded
rascalities and corruptions enough to sink a
! nation. Under the auspices of the Van Wyck
Investigating Committee (whose chairman
sought to avenge hun-elf upon me because I
: had declined to demand from the Boar l of
Stale Canvassers a certificate of Ins election
to Congress without regard to the question
! of whether he was or was not legally chosen,
I stimulated by 7'hc Tribune , prominent mem
i hers of the "Union Defense Committee," Col
i lector Barney and Mr. Opdyke, singled out
i the "Catulme charter" as fraudulent' though
hundreds of steamers, before and since, bad
i and have been chartered at much higher
l rates. It was not thai too much paid for
! the Cataline, but that my enemies (gentle
men whose hostility bears date with some
. disapp linted aspiration) suppose I was con
' nectcd with that charter. This supposition
and the accusations founded upon it, are
wholly untrue and unjust, Working the
double wrong of injuring the parties who
were concerned in the charter of the Cataline,
' and of traducing tne, who was not in any
1 way or manner, directly or indirectly, so
: concerned.
The Tost, after a dissertation on "temper
and manners," proving, in its own way, that
its free epithets of "fellow" and "burglar"
are not "coarse," concludes .•
Yet we cannot congratulate Mr. Weed on
playing Very well the part he has been forced
to take. There is enough of his abuse, suoh
as it is ; but is so coarse as to be nauseous.—
lie is much more at home in his w ell known
capacity of father of the lobby at Albany
He is much more ingeuious and successful in
maneuvering a gridirui railway through the
New Y'oik Legislature. His dexterity in
chattering the steamer Cataline for the use
of the Government in the beginning of the
war. was the admiration ofall Wall street.—
Mr. Daws, on tho ttoorof the House of Rep
rescntatives at Washington, it may be re
membered, paid a handsome tribme to his
financial abiliiy, when he spoke cf the liberal
percentage secured by htm on contracts given
out at the opening of our civil war. Here
his geniu3 shines almost without a peer.—
"These," as Virgil said of another person in
Dryden's translation—
Thcie :ire impsrial arts ar.l worthy tho"
Let Mr. Weed then confine himself to theso.
However, if he chooses to indite another
silly article of the rainc sort for The Evening
Journal, he lots our free consent.
I avail myself of the courtesy of The Tost
"to indite another silly article,'' remarking,
by the way, that.the services of the reputed
"father of the lobby" may be dispensed with
while an editor of The Evening Post remains
a prominent member of that body, passing
his winters in Albany, using the columns of
that convenient journal to support or oppose
bills in whibh he is interested. With this
representative in the "lobby at Albany," and
another of jts associates with his arms shoul
dor deep, as a navy agent, into the Federal
Treasury, The Post's censorship of legislative
purity is modest and becoming ! If by invit
ing ''another si Ily article," some of the glass
windows of The Post get broken, it must"be
remembered who threw the first stone 1
But I return to the steamer Cataline, in rela
lion to whose charter accusations and asper
sions hive followed me, from uiy own couo
try to Europe, for more than three years
'lids allegation has been the basis of assault
arid the tin me of abuse in Congress, in jour
nals, upon the slump, and by indviduals,
while I was entirely disconnected with the
charter of that steamer, and, indeed as igno
rant et the fact < f the charter as any man,
woman < r child in the State.
{Here follows a copy of the correspondence
connected with the purchase of the Cataline,
concluding with a letter from Capt. Comstoek,
who, with Col. Tompkins, claim t" be alone
responsible for the charter Eds Journal of
Commerce ]
Having borne quite long enough, the re
ptoach consequent upon these calumnies-, I
take leave to unmask some of my assailants.
In the distribution of lucrative offices at
Washington, a claim came up from The Even
ing Post. One <fits proprietors, (Mr, Hen
derson,) asked for, ami received the office of
Navy Agent. Even in times ot peace that
office, according to The Post enjoyed an un
enusahle notroity connected with the "un
clean drippings." The Evening Post incum
bent, it ia alleged, has swelled these'"drip
pings" enormously, Some weeks since, its
neighbor, The Commercial Advertiser , sub
mitted the following charges against the Na
V y 4gency :
THE NAYV AGENCIES.
It appears that since the present Adminis
tration cam- iii' o P w wer, G. W. Schofield &
C0.,0f New York, paid $1,152,214,-
99. A portion of this for articles con
tracted for, but the larger J>art of their de
liveries were mado upon n?\at are called
"open purchases"—that is to say, an order
frdTh the raw agent at New York, dife"-tmg
them tc procure oertain articles aud to deliv
ir them to naya! storekeeper at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard! Ostensibly in the
hardware business, thev have in this way '
supplied the Brooklyn Navy Yard with fire
wood, lumber, lime, hair, plaster, iron, nails,
Hard ware, paints, glass, ship ehandlery, char
cgal, o'dtq betting, Staves, packing, leather,
ho?e, stoVjsicooki-ig 'nfefisfll/fie copper.
The navy agent does net appear to have paid \
the Unst attention to lite quality or the co#t '
effthe articles VippfieJ bv bis genera' por
chasing agon ts, SchoffelJ i Co.
Tfie members of this firm, detected at last
j anJ-OPW being ined by cou.X nmrli%l,
systematic set ofbobks, frbnv -whiuh Senator
Grimes was permitted tp make .s Jme extract*
! Cf) incorporate into bi\recent speech.'. I c >p/
j a few items as a sample of the manner
which "open purchases" have been made at
' f | New York. The first column cocUia tbe
1 , cost price of the articles named, and tke aec
. j end column shows what the Governmeat paid
. for the same urticles—the Navy Agent ap
proving the bills :
Charged to
May 26, 1863. Cost to tiorern
-329, *o. C. W- S. Sr Co, menial.
240 pair brass binge stationary,
pins, [tjt a., 90c Ji; 32 821600
i 370 pair brfiss Kingo stafTonary
pins 3 in, 70u 49 43 262 00
; 400 pair brass hinge stationary
pins, 2J in. 45c 16 45 199 00
1,000 grs brass screws, assorted,
' j at 81 787 80 4,000 00
1,500 gross iron screws, assorted,
at SI 40 555 85 2.100 00
SI, 126 75 86,749 00
August 15, 1863. .
1,031
20bMs turpentine, S63J galls.
at S3 50 81, 169 40 84,109 60
2 bbls copal varnish 112gails.
at 85 50-.-. 207 20 616 00
j 2blis Japan varnish. fiGgalls
at 84 50 115 80 387 00
81,552 40 85.111 00
■ September 7, 1853.
I Crd. 426 (bill.)
100 black buff hides at 8)6 81,600 00
Carthage • 8 25
$625 00 81,600 00
November 2, 1863,
1, 703 (bill)
{ C. A R. C. G. P, Coulkrr ; 50,
larrels yitoh, at $25 8500 00
| Cartage, three loads, at $1 50 4 50
850 00 8504 50
It is rnmored,and lam inclined to be
j lieve the rumcr, ihat another account fcoek
j kept by Messrs. Sc ho field & Co, shows to
| whom they had to pay a goodly per-centag®
ol these enormous profits. J\lour verront.
Ex-May or Opdyke was active in getting
up the "C'atalioe" slander, and has assailed
uie in the newspapers and at Washington.
This man has made more money by secret
partnership in army Cloth, blankets, cloth
j ing and gun contracts, than any fifty sharp
ers, Jew or Gentile, in the city of New York
j Passing his operations iu the names of Ca
: hapt and others, 1 shall briefly submit the
history and result of one financial dodge.— i
During the riots in New York a gun fac.
I lory w as destroyed. O. W. Farloy, Op
) dyke's son-irr-law, made a claim upon the
I supervisors for damages sustained iu th® de
j struc'ion of guns in the process of tnauufac
ture under a contract with the government..
Mayor Opdyke was by virtue of his offioe, a
member of the committee before which this
alatn was allowed. Opdyke disclaimed any
pgrsonal interest iu the gun claim. Farley
denietf, in the Journals, that. Opdyko was
! interested, and made an afliJavit, which was
J submitted to the committee, swearing that
j he was the sole owner of the gun contract,
j Opdyke, therefore, sat in the committee in
vestigating the claim cf his son in-law, and
I at an early date received a check for *sl99.- ,
j 000. It is alleged that $25,000, received
j from the Government on tho contract, was
i forgotten in making up the cla'm against the
j city. But though the city paid liaudsoniely
I and promptly, Gammon" soon came 1
' "to grief.,' He relvsed to divide profits fair
j ly, and Nr. McFeil, member of the present
Legislature, commenced a suit against Geo
' Opdyke for a sixth pnrtof the jjI'JO.OOO
; fn presenting this claim to the supervisor®, 1
; Opdyke declared, and his son-in-law. Far
ley made oath, that tho former itad no pe
cuniary interest in it. In answering Mr.
McNeil's complaint, Opd) ke denies that
Mcneil is tb.uv interested, and cvow®? kim- 1
self as the owner of the share claimed by the \
plaintiff! And this answer to M#feil's
couipliiint is sworn to by Opdyke ! This
therefore, is Mayor Op]ike's p .sition. To
qualify himself to act impartial/;/ and honest
ly for the tax-payers of New York on a com
mittee, he disclaims being interested in the
gun claim, and tn that disclaimer his son-in
law adde an affidavit. The claim is allowed
and paid. A partner, after calling the ex
Mayor a swindler, prosecutes for a share of
profits : and in his defence, Opdyke made
oath tha 1 he owns the largest share of the
contract, v.h ; ch, before the claim was paid,
he had repudiated 1 I might "discharge"
this patient "cured but one other finan
cial achievement claims notice. More than a
yar ago, Mayor Opdyke and others remind
ed General Fremont that, when ho was a
candidate for President in 1865 he was
weakened by pecuniary embarrassment ; and
that, as his friends intended to run him
again, it would be wise to put his affairs in
better shape. The General assented, giving
Messrs. Opdyke, Morris Detchum. and f), D. :
Field, a schedule of his debts. Those friends i
formed themselves into a M.tr'pora Mining •
Company, mortgaging the mines f< r one :
million five hondereu thousand dollars, wilh j
the proceeds from which al! the general's
debts were to be paid. But difficulties aross '
which, however, were adjusted by tho pay- I
mentf by Gen. Fremont, of two million four !
hundred thousand dollars, in Mariposa stock
to Messrs. Opdyke, Ketcnum, and Ilocy, and
a counsel lee of two hundred thousand dol
lars to David Dudley Field E-q. And, said
the confidential and real friand of Gen. Fre
mont, who gave me this information, " there
wtrs other extortions and exactions, daring !
the negotiations," that would make Jews
blush," So that in training Gen. Preuont
for the Presidents course has grooms re
ceive a gratuity of two millions six hundred
thousand dollars. How pleasant it must be !
for Messrs. Opdyke and Kefchurn to see !
♦ heir uutered Mariposa stock going tbrongh
Wall nnd Wirtjam streets like " swill m>lk w
through a tenement block, or "Parker Vein"
in its balloon glory ? Through tbe N. Y. j
Tribune I have been assailed and calumina- j
ted, personally, by editors and Washington 1
correspondents, for nearly f.nir vear*. They J
assisted in minufacturin?. and gave the
widest circulation to, the Cab-dine slander '
Whil® falsely accusing me,Tue lribnue as so- j
ciatf*s and correspondent., were themselves j
ntxk'pj; money out of G •▼eminent cooßrtcti
Jnit*" ni v next to ®upp!ying the caana vi
through the Neve York Custom Hoiiee, lie
'Eruption exist in c-'tluii spociUttiw*,*
cr ri led on, T am pained afid .be-
I*g constrained to admit, under the "porrpits
tbe Treasury nt. if 11.>r by Trea
' Vtf gi>ts ; and nerta'rfly if there be Snarry
| such agents as Calicut and Camp, the former
• Tribune protegs-the latter a- Tribune
* associate. It is alleged that Mr. Greeley
( obtained Cahoot's appointment, aftd shared
profit with hito. Of this I know nothing
more thart that a gentleman hsgh, in position
hiformed me that drafts haebconie from Ctl
lieot to Mr. Greeley, But Camp, whom ex
erybody knows as trading upon bis connec
tion with The Tiibune, and who is now
South getting cotton from the enemy, and
sending them supplies in return, avows his
. connection witd Mr. Greeley in cotton spec
ulations. "King Cotton," in more ways
than one, works evil to our country. It first
caused rebellion and war. It now, present
>ng stn ng temptations to avarice, is furui*!i
--j ing our enemies with. the mean* of subsis-
J Itnce. Lite \ alley of the Missistppi is rep
resented as reeking with cotton corruptions.
•in which agents of the Treasury an I officers
jof the ariny are implicated. Indeed, the re
jcent disastrous defeat uf Gen. Banks is
j represented to have been a cotton expedition
Messrs. Allen and Fredrick, of Rhode Island,
partners or agents of Senator Spragae, are
■aid to have enjoyed peculiar facilities for
obtaining cheap cotton. Before secession
culminated in rebellion, I foresaw, tujro
clearly than others, its certainty, and its
formidable character. For endeavoring to
prepare the Government and p>ople for a
conflict which would severely try the
strength of the Union, I was denounced by
The Evening Pist. X. Y. Tribune, and other j
bltra journals. Denunciations were soon
followed with false accusations, designed to
impair tny supposed influence with the ad
ministration. But I labored on, however,
neatly, faithfully, unselfishly, but with no '
effect. I aay unselfishly, for I had only the :
safety and welfare of my country at heart.
The President, each member of his Cabinet,
and the officers of the Government, knows
tbat I have asked nothing personal, either of
placei patronage or profit, for myself. I have
bid offers and opportunities, frequent and \
liberal, to make money out of the Govern- '
went, but they were declined. It was well j
that they were, for such is the vigilance of
public censor* tbat 1 am not even allowed !
the privilege of engaging in ordinary bud- 1
Mi'J. Whan, some mouths since, it was
alleged ;.st I bad purchased whisky.-* on j
•peculation that was held by The Tiibune ; 0
be a suitable occasion for sharp reproof.
T, IV.
Letter from the Aiiay,
ENTRENCHMENTS NEAR COI.U HARBOR,
June 10th, IBG4.
j
At sundown, last evening, tfie b >ys m the :
rife pits were jubilant over the reception of '
j news that Fort Darling had been taken t
The news ran along the line like wild-fire. 1
! Cheer after cheer rent th air. Tiie ban Is
■ truck up our nationa' airs, whiff the rebels
j locked on in mute a<tonisli nan. ] hope
the report m®y be true, but it rr> iTs confir
mation! and I have s rious of i; re
liability. Tho story, howt-ver, is neither im- i
poasiole nor improbable, and may be weii
founded.
O'nC of those scenes which
shame manhaod and forever blacken the
character of the victim occurred this morn- I
ing } " drumming-out of camp." Tdo not
know what tKtf offense was, but it was a
most ludioioua scene. The man's arms were
pinioned, a file of men with fixed bayonets, i
At a charge, were placed behind him, the I
drums and fifes of his regiment following,
playing the " rogues march." He was then
marched to the rear of the army, followed !
by the jibes and jeets of his former cornea les I
and the hooting of the men near whose j
quarters he passed.
Before opening fire yei terday, the rebel
pickets gave our men warning that they
were going to do so, and manifested a spirit i
of fairness which will not ui to be recipro- j
cated whenever opportunity occtti * k> do so. i
They calicd out, " Get in your holes, yak**, I
we are going to fite oa you;" and even!
fired the first few shots high, that they j
might have an opportunity to do so. There i
lias been no tiling of any moment up to five
o'clock to-day, and both armies seem dis
posed to rest from the exhausting labor
which they have undergone. The lull in the |
storm is rather pleasant than otherwise, and i
I would not bo sorry if it were continued un- t
til the close"of the war. li the belligerents
would only be brought to think so the plan i
would answer every purpose, and pmiiapsi
bring about the end aimed at more spccdi'v
tban by fighting.
June II.—A heavy column of artillery i
Was moved fr<>ni the right center acro>s the j
left flatik, this morning before da) light, 1
bite House Landing abandoned as a dep-t '
for supplies, the raiiroad is being torn up '
Mod the i;o"n removed, and every indication i
—etna to point to another change of front.
gsneral impression seems to prevail that ;
w® are about lo nifve to the south side of;
the James, and by threatening the enemy's i
communication with the South compel him j
to abandon Richmond, or withstand the vig j
Or of a siege, on short rations, and with no !
Immediate prospect of getting the larder re- i
pleuished. This wuuld be much belter than ;
on attempt to reduce the place by storming
its surrounding works, as the latter plan l
would require quite as much timo and in- j
volve more serious loss of life. Authori
oonjecture has been stated tu the effect that j
McClellauT. old route will bu followed,
This would give us the advantage of an open t
country, after reaching Fair Oaks, instead
of the heavily timbered, and abrupt, broken i
eouotry which wo must traverse by pursuing
the Hne upon Whieii we are at present oper
cting. i here is every reason te suppose,
however, that we will find the enemy * suffi
citotly formidable on every suit of the threat-
city. It is settled, I think, no jse
jl-kius intention is entertained of attempt-
Hi'-f 1 ' pOSUiu:.
pi *•]? becqph-v. He W.T be fore '
ijfrn it. ail he has bthers, or so lengthen bis
im>e ijiiffit will be a comparatively ea*y task
ffo penetrate them, by mussing heavily upon
any chosCn point. Grant tnay be manoeu
i veriug with some sucii ultimate purpose, but
( I am fearful tbat Lee is to wiley and under
stands his game too well to be caught nap
} piug. Whatever the purpose may be, it is
certain that another move is about to be
f made bn the military cbc*3 b>arl AVo
*mn*t purtenrfy swsit its and
hope that the rebel chieftain may at last
be checkmatod and forced to abandon the
g.4e,
Our brigade bands are kept well up to the
front, contrary to former custom, and make
all the noisy mnsic which big horns aud lit
, tie horns; cymbals, and rattling
drums are ca f ab!e of producing. This seems
to be a species of imp >rtant annoyance which
our neighbors can scarcely tolerate, and
liiey have was'ed a aeal of ammunition in
random shots, guided merely by the three
tion from which the soundsprccsed. They
I have one wheezy sort sort of an in-t tntion
which they bring up ecca-i rnally and make
vain efforts to imitate the splendid music of |
' our magnifficent bands ; but the difference
is so palpable that it only excites the mirth
' fulness of our boys, who are quite vatn of
their " blowing machines."
It is now past five o'clock in the afternoon,
and the day las passed thus far with tolera- '
ble quiet. Three wounded men have just j
gone to the rear, and those are the only cas i
| ualties that have come under my observation
*ince yesterday. Entrenchments are being j
! thrown up along the road leading to our left,
troops arc constantly marching in that di-
rection, and if 1 d ; not miss my guess, to
| morrow's sunrise will find our scries of •
i works ibanat ned. The enemy may follow
j the movement an 1 give us battle outside of ;
| his fortifications, but there is little hope that
' he will do so, for we can easily whip him up
!on a pain and he is too conscious of;
; the face to afl'ord us the opportunity.
; June 13.—F r once I have proved a false
: prophet. There was no general movement |
j last night, and the belligerents are siill f icing
, each other, showing their teeth occasionally, j
l and now and then uttering an ominous growl
I am still of opinion, though, that the move- ,
I tnent has commenced, and you can regard its
bffng carried out as a settled matter; except,
; indeed, Grant's purpose is to make a diver j
j IFTbrt by moving a heavy cob'tnn to the cne- |
i rny's right, thus forcing him to weaken bis
lines and perhaps divide hi* purpose, A
( rapid and unexpected movement in'ght sur- '
i prise ths enemy and enable Grant to so
( punish him i:i detail that his final discomfit !
: ure could he easily acconiplished. Grant's
' plans seem to have- been, from be beginning,
to work upon and worry the rebel flanks; i
! and the movement at present, on the tnpiz
I may be only another of the smies '
Meantime our own troops arc as co. , eteiy
myetith tas Grant could wish the Heheis
to be. They do not understand bis system '
of tactics, av] at vi rv change of front ai.?'
in sernoist! übt whether the rebj or them
selves ire the beaten party.
i A detncluncNt ..f our men. sent to White
| House lor the purpose of bringing up horses
lo replace 'lie b or li) we have had killed •
bore, have just returned, and reported the |
1 wagon trains in park near thai place, and the 1
roads tilled with tro?ps moving in that di
rection. As usual, We are left to cover the •
movement, and w'ill probably have nothing |
. but a nickel lir.c in front of us bv 9 o'clock
j this fv< irng. It will then be " Limbers-to |
J the rear,'' aud a 1 otig aud tedious night in.>rch j
i probably harassed by the enemy's sharp
j shooters and long range artillery,
j Near Uhai Its city cross Roads, June 13. !
| We abandoned our works at Cold Harbor
! on the evening of the 12th, soon af;er dark, '
and to k up a position in the breast works
which had been constiacted for the purpose i
I ofcuvt iing the contemplated movement.—
ins picket line was called in at 1 o'clock,
j and the rear guard commenced its long and
i
1 tedious march, which was continued vviih
: little;intermission, up to nb ut 10 o'clock
{ last evening, at which time we crossed the '
i Ghickahominv, some iniiL's before Bottom's ;
Bridg*). 11. re we found our Corps encainp- :
. ed, and to" owcary and worn to care lur our
usual refreshing cup of coffee, wrapped our
blanket* ub iut uo and were soon in the land
i of dreams,
1 The withdrawal of our picket line was con
bidered a rather delicate operation, and eve
rv mean* was resorted to to deceive the en- 1
etny to (he :c J. intention, but they set-in ed
*o know what was going on quite as well as
we did, aud even called out to our Ohio reg
iment, as it wis leaving the rifle pit : *'Oomc
boys make less noise there, and get i-ffas 1
quietly as possible." There was no fighting,
however, and the withdrawal was made I
without further notice from the Rebels.— ;
Neither have thev approached our lines or
disturbed our march.
We are about 3 miles from James liiver j
a glimpse of which was afforded us (rotn a
neighboring bill, and, f should judge, near
Harrisons Landing. Thus the army of the
Potomac, siuce coming upon the Peninsula,
has virtually followed the track of McClel- ;
I fan, and now occupies much tue same p si* 1
tloh that it did, when he, for the last time, '
begged for re inforcements, and that he i
rrvght be permitted to make another attempt i
upon the Rebel capital. lie was too rlow I
for otfr remarkably fast administration,—
Tt wanted m >re fighting and less pick and
spade. General Greeley of tho Tiibune,
wrote chvpie-r after chapter u 4 ou this topic, |
and demonstrated to the emin at I
tion of his readers, most of whom Were also i
Generals at about that time, that pigks and
spades were hot at all ossentis! to reduce,
rebel fortifications. Powder aud ball were
the only protection needed by ou brave sr- j
UT in figh'ing Rebels. Ons John Tope
- T~ ' j
Ambrose liurnsilo and bccatn*
CMivvrts to Ge tral theory, and
8 fefhiiv made attempts ly act in accord
a-icr ijhis counsel. been gravely
1 a tit n'-d tint McClellan, while upon the pen
inshla, killed more uten b>* pick and sp^d e
i than were killed by rebel battery, The ar ;
guiuent is, of course, absurdly ridiculous
but admitting it for the sake of argument
j how \vas it with GenetaJ Greeley's contorts?
Let the mouldering bones of the slain at Dull
Kun, Chan til la, Fredeticksburg and Chan
cc I lor v i lie answer. Grant sticks-to tire pick
and spadh with even greater tenacity than
1 McMeMrfn did and. 83 fur as my observa
, j tien < xLeads, wiwiout (he loss of a single Jifo
fr.un their use. Some of the " old soldiers"
i l:ven have the hardihood to argue that their
u*o bus been the means of saving many val
uable lives ! Grant is slow, too, remarkably
tedu us and keeps the just expectation erf
the c luntry too long waiting. If slow, he
has thus far proved sure, and I really thibk
that it would pay the country to wait the
result of his present campaign with ad the
patience it can muster.
, 1 think it quite probable that we will re
ms n quiet for a few days, in order that the
j men and animals may obtain a little much
needed rest. Tois, like everything else con—
nected wit the future operations of the ar
my, is only conjecture ; and so, leaving it for
I the present, we will leave it to time and Gen
| Grant to afford us the desired information.
Yours, CLINT.
LOCAL AND FERSONAL.
AjstSrffie Democrat—.\HlKA HAV, ESQ
j has c mscntod to act as our .Agent in receiving and
receipting subscriptions for the North Bronch Detn
oerat. All monies paid hint either on subscription
j or for advertising will le duly accounted for and
rclitod the same as if paid to us.
The Mew Eugine~—lately ju- up by Messrs
Shoemaker L Stone al their Tannery in this lior
! ough is now Working finely. The machinery has
not however.been attached to it.
Democratic Meeting.—We notice that the
j Democrats of Luzerne Couuty are making prepara
tions fur a Celebration of the anniversary of Inde
j penJer.ee at Benton Center on the 4th. Several
I able speakers are announced for the occasion. Let
j Wyoming be represented
i Daring Robbery,—David Mead while return
-1 ing from Factoryville, where he had beeD, on Fri
j day evening last, in passing through a wood near the
j Block Si-hool House in Overfie'd Township, WHS as
saulted knocked down and robbed of about 8100,
I in money, *>y ttiree ruffians, wtio it seems were lying
| i" 1 wuit for him. No clue has leen found of tho
I perpetrators of this dastardly outrage*
Musical Institute.—A few years ago an off>rt
, was li'a.ic by our musical frienis in Susqueh uina
, at d •'< oil nsr ' < t i t (t. f;cnc tie c>taL)isl mtr.t
of a Normal Institute of Music in this section of the
j p-rate. A in"c-ting was catlcd and committee ap
pointed to consult, first, as to tho probable sacsesh
j of an institution of the kind, and second, respecting
its location. Mr. Theo. E, Perkins, an adopted
citizen of Wyoming County, and justly celebrated
■ as one of the first Professors of Mu-ic in the C'oun-
I try, .vns conceded to be the p>roper man to occupy
tho Prii, ipul's chair. We now have the pleattriof
' saying to those friends, that the location has been
i select 1 an 1 the arrnngetn cuts all consummated for
t'.e c. mniecceirent ef the first full term of the Nor
ma! Institute of Musuj at Tunkkaabock Pa , July
J'lth 1 ?G4- Our advertising columns will give fur
t:. r puticub r- In justice to Professor Perkin's,
:i'i l I t the credit of Northern Pennsylvania, w#
't'"t "to• e the c' r Tt so rust lined as to insure tho
Pi \ r i:: th fuifillmc! tof his design to make
the I:;:ati'.n here a permanent oner.
; FATTETT —KEEXEY—At tho Residence of tha.
Bride'sfither. on the 21st inst., by the Rev. D-D
Cray, Mr. Elgar D. Fasset, of Scottsvilla, to
Miss M.try-E. Keeney, of Golden Hill.
ROBINSON —CRI'I.SE—At the residence of the
i bride, in .Stcriingviile, Jane 11th, by Ker. J. R.
I Legff., Mr. J tines M .11 ibinson, to Mrs. Eliza
Cruise, AH of Meshoppen Township.
Special notices.
A DM! XIST HA l OICS NOTICE.
HEKEA.S, letters of administration has been
Vv gnnit'd to the subscriber on the Estate of
(leer. W I'/o-ir late of Fiikston, Wyoming Coun
' ty, Dec'.J. All |>ers-uis owing said estate are re-
I quested to make p lyuient, aud persons having
claim-agailist -ai l estate, will present them duly
I authenticated to the subscriber ut Forks ton. Pa.
JOHN G. SPAILDIXU,
Administrator.
! June f. 1364-
TT:OSS , 3[/ : 1 , 3t , "ty , 3? KJS.
S'aVstit-.itn? can be procured for Drafted men upon
! application to
Wm M PIATT A
Tunkhannock R. li. EVANS.
June 15th 1564.
Tho Substitutes furnished will not he liable to the
j l-aft, the quota for Townships will thus bo filled and
men liable to the draft relieved from any further
I call.
DIIA.PT.
Wm- M. Piatt, will be nt his office to attend to the
| Draft for Wyoming County, fro.a the Ist day of Ju
\ ly, until the examinations are e'osed bv the board
' of Enrollment.
I Tunkhannock,
June 15, ISG4
\
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Don't fail to rea l the advertisement in this paper, \
'IMPORTANT TO FEMALES.
DR. OHEiiSEMAX. of New Yerk.has devoted
I the lastthirt v years of practice to Female com
| V plaints His Pill# apt like a charm. They art
\,reliable and safe.
ADMINISTRATOR'S MOTICE,
jVfOTICF, >s hereby given that letters of Admin-
I X istration in the matter of the estate of Jacob
D. 1 lutnmerfeit, late of Meshoppen, Dee'd, have
i been issued to John Flummarfelt. All persosa h*
debted tc sail estate are notified to mako payment,
, and all persons having claims against said eyjvtenre
req"ested to present the same duly authenticated,
to live undersigned at th House of aamuelT, FliVU*
! merfelt, in Tunkhannock Township.
SARAH M FLI'MMERFKJ.T ) . . ,
JOHN FLI MMERFELT, S
? ITRI .MUN IAL."IT you wish to marry, ad
dress the undersiged, who will send you " without
money and without price,"valuable information that
j will enable you to marry happy and speedily,no mat
ter how old how ugly orh-ow poor. Tuis is a reliable
affair. The information will cost you nothiog ;
an 1 if you wish to inarry, I will sheorfully assist
1 you. AM letters strictly confidential. T' i desired
information sent by return mail, and no questions
asked. Address
SARAH ii- LAMBERT,
Dreeojieint, Kings Co., X.Y