®|e Democrat
HAKYEY SH'KLER, Editor.
TUNKHANNQCK, PA
Wednesday, July, 13 1804.
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Army New?.
The Rebels h vo invaded Maryland with a
force of from forty to fifty thousand men, and
at latest accounts wire within six tinles of
Washington. Their intention appears to be
to capture the City by su prise, and before
Union troops can be brought forward for its
defense. They have three army corps north
of the. Potomac and are destroying property,
tearng up railroads, and cutting telegraph
lines on a wholesale scale. Quite a number
of Railroad trains have been captured, on
board one of which was Gen. Franklin who
was taken pri-. ner. Bal nm re and Wash
ington are both considered in danger and the
wildest excitement prevails, Troops have
been called for the emergency to serve one
hundred days, and it is hoped that the call
will be resj ruled to without delay,
SMALI. BCIANESS. — The New York World
says, Lieut. U 1. Biwmin, who has had
charge of the Military Academy at West
Point has >ved from that position
by order of Pi Went Lincoln. The reason
for the removi. may be found in the fact
that as soon as it was known that General
M Clellan was to deliver the oration on the
occasion of the dedication of the :to of ttie
Rattle Monument, Gen. C'Ylqa) was sent or*
bv tration to insist that another
orator stupid he ch >sen. The committee
who had the matter in charge refused, how
ever, to make any change after a formal invi
tation had been tendered and accepted. Lin
colahs-end Stanton's 6harp personal malice
against the General they had so wronged is
at the bottom of this punishment inflicted
upon Lieut. Colonel Bowman. The Round
Table doubted whether the Administration
was so forgetful of its self respect as to inter
fere in a matter of this kind, but this jour
nal haits answer in this Riaalk'st and mean
est of the many email and mean acts of the
Administration.
— . -
Honesty of the Republican party-
Thc convention which nominated Lincoln
at Chicago in IS'oO, as parr of their platform
adopted the following.
llesolced. That the maintenance inviolate
of the rights of the States, and especially the
right ol each State to ordtr and control its
own domestic institutions, according to its
own judgment exclusively,is essential to that
balance of power on which the perfection and
i lido ranee of our political faith depends, and
we denounce the lawless invasion BY ARMED
FORCES, of any State or Territory, no matter
under what pretext, as among the gravest
of crimes.
No sooner wis this party installed into
power than it cotnmencol the violation of
every sentiment uttered in this resolution,
snd during the time that has elapsed since
then the rights >f every state in the Union
have been violated, and nearly every State
has been invaded by armed forces—the
Southern States ostensibly for the purpise of
putting down rebellion—the Northern States
for the suppression of the freedom of speech
and of the press—for the kidnapping in their
dwellings, of peaceable and law abiding pri
vate citizens for dariog to differ with the
administration. The Repub'ican party- in
]BGO went bef >re the* pe pie den uncing
fnvr.sion by armed forces of any State or
Territory, No matter under what pretext, as
among the gravest of crimes yet a person ex
pressing the same sentiment to day would be
denounced as a "secession sympathizer," and
jn all pfobabili y the pensioned tools of the
administrations which went ialo power with
the foregoing resolution ac a portion of its
declaration of principles would bo 6cnt to
assault, arrest and abuse hit-n in his private
place of business or in ihe retirement of his
home. Stronger evidence ot intentional
fraud having been committed on the people,
by their public servants could not be pro
duced, yet we 11 . . citizens claiming to be
honest and coasc'o itious, par<bsting in call
ing ''QM Abe '' ' .jonest,-' and adhering to
the Republican 0 conization under the plea
of Christianity.
Uoro is at: rthet plank from the Chicago
platform which i. ids very well ia these days
of corruption ty disaster.
Resolved, 'lh-t ihe people justly view
with ulaim the . .ckle>s eyctrav'gance which
pervades every parim nt of the federal
(lovertntieiii; il .. a torn t > ruiid economy
a,.ti account a Inl: is indisp.m>tbic o arrest
ihe systcn ol pit. .der of the public treasury
I j'-fciTi red par tipgns ; while the receni start
ling b v yea pmtn• of fraud and Corruption at
ihe Federal Metropolis show that an entire
chai, 'a of Admit istration is Imperatively De
it landed.
The I inscription Law,
The following are the amendments made
by Congress, a few days sine# to the con
soription law. It will be seen that the Is3oo
commutation clause has been stricken out.
This was done at the command of Old Abe
and his pliant tod Stanton. It was a little
| distasteful to the abolition managers at first
and was voted down. The autocrat of the
White House applied the whip and spur, and
the bill passed the Senate by a strict party
vote. In the house one or two who
rlaim to be dc nocrats supported the meas
ure.
It is now aim >st impossible to get substi
tutes at any price within the means of a poor
man—The rich, only, can procure men to
take their places in t 1 • ? ranks— No alterna
tive is left the poor .ran but to leave t the
country—and even that may be denied—or
to incur the danger of being shot in a war
which all reflecting men. feel is being waged,
more for the nigger than the white man.
'• The President of the United States may
at his discretion, at any time hereafter, call
for any number of lueu as volunteers, for the
respective terms of one, two, and three years
for military service, and any such volunteer,
or in case ufa draft, as hereinafter provided,
any substitute shall be credited to the town,
township, ward, or city precinct or election
district of a county, toward the quota of
which he may have volunteered or enga.ed as
a substitute and every volunteer who is en
gaged and mustered into the service for a
term of one year, unless sooner discharged,
a bounty of two hundred dollars; and if for
a term oi three years, unless sooner dischar
ged, a bounty of three hualrel dollars—one
third of which bounty shall be paid to the
soldiers at the time of his being mustered
into the service, one third at the expiration
of one-half of the term of service, aid one
j i Jur l at the expiration of his erm >• -orvioe ;
and in case of ins deatn wane in the service,
the residue of his bounty unpaid shall be
paid to bio wid?w, if he shall have left a
widow ; if not, to hi 4 children ; or if thero
be none, to ins mother, io case she be a
widow.
In case the quota or any pa r t thereof of
any town, township, ward of a city, precinct
or election district, or of any ounty not so
subdivided, shall. not be filled within toe
space of fifty days after such call, then the
President shall immediately order a draft ior
onn year, to fill such quita, or any part
thereof widen may be unfilled, an 1 m case of
any such dratt no piyinerit of money sirai I
be accepted >r received by the goveruraent,
as commutation to release any enrolled or
drafted nion from personal obligation to per
form military service.
It shall bo lawful for thO exec! 1 * 111 '' 3 an y
of the slates to send recruiting agent 4 lntX)
an} 1 of the states declared to be in rebellion,
except the states of Arkansas. Tennessee,
and Louisiana, aid to recruit volunteers un
der any call, unlsr the provisions of tiiis act
who shall be credited to tne state and the
respective subdivisions thereof, which may
procure the enlistment.
Drafted men, sabstittues, and volunteers,
when mustered in, shall bj organized int > or,
assigned to regiments, batlcrie*, or other or
ganizations of their own states, and so far as
practicable shall, when assigned, bo permit
ted to elect their own regiments, batteries
or other organizations from among those of
their respective states, which at the time of
their assignment may not be filled to their
maximum number.
The twentieth section of the act entitled
"An act to amend an act entitled an act for
enrolling and calling out the national forces,"
approved February 23, 1894, shall be con
strued to mean that the Secretary of War
shall discharge minors under the age of
eighteen years, under the cirrumstances and
the conditions prescribed in said section ;
and hereafter, if any oincer of the United
States shall enlist, or muster into the milita
ry service, any person under the age of six
teen years, with or without the consent of
his parents or guardian, such person so en
listed or recruited shall be immediately and
unconditionally discharged upon tlie repay
ment of all bounty received, and any re
cruiting or mustering officer who knowingly
enlists a person under sixteen years of age
shall be dismissed the service, with the for
feilure of all pay and allowances, an l shall
be subject to such further punishment as a
court martial may decide.
Si.vlh. Section three of an act entitled
'An act to amend an act entitled an act for
enrol'ing and calling out the national forces,
and for other purposes, n approved February
24, ISG4, be and the same n hereby amend
ed, so as to authorize and direct district pro
vost marshals, under the direction of the
Provost-Marshal General, to make a draft for
one hundred per cen'urn in addition to the
number required to fill the quota of any dis
trict ; as provided by said section.
Seventh , That instead of traveling pay, all
drafted persons reporting at the place of ren
dezvous shall be allowed transportation
to their rlaces of residence.
Eighth. All persons in the naval service of
the United States who have entered said
service during the present rebellion who have
not been credited to the quota of any town,
district, ward, or state, by reason of their
being in said service, and not enrolled prior
to February 24,1804, shall on satisfactory
proof of their residence, made to the Secreta
ry of War, be enrolled and credited to the
quotas of the town, ward, district, or state,
in which they respectively reside.
Ninth. If any person, duly drafted, shall
be absent from home in the prosecution of
his usual business, the provost marshal of
the district shall cause him to be duly noti
fled a soon as may be, and he shall not be
deemed a deserter, nor liable as such until
notice has been gi. n to him and reasonable
time allowed >r him t > return and repon to
the prov 'Si marshal of his district, but such
absence shall not otherwise affect his liabili
[ ty under this act.
Tenth and Eleventh Nothing contained
:in this act is To be construed to alior or in
| any way afL et; the law relative to those Con-
Iseientionsly" opposed to bearing arms, or to
affect the rights of persons to procure sub
stitute*.
Jeflbrsou Davis* Peace Envoys.
When (he lion. Alexander II Stephen ß .
Vice President of the Southern Confederacy,
applied for a personal interview with Mr,
Lincoln, and was curtly and arrogantly de
nied admission within our lines, upon a point
of etiquette, wo expressed sorrow and sur
prise that the administration should have
thus dismissed an opportunity to open a path
of negotiation that might have led to an hon
orable peace. The Administration journals,
at the time, insisted that Mr. Stephen's mis
sion was entirely disconnected with any pur
pose of a diplomatic nature, and that it refer
red exclusively to a military question. We
advanced arguments to prove the contrary,
and exposed the absurdity of the supposition
that a tatesfnah, of such superior abilities as
Mr, Stephens, and oni? of such high official
grade in tlie Confederacy, should have been
dispatched upon an errand less important
than the discussion of the radical points of
difference bet ween the sections. We publish
to day a recent correspondence between Jeff
erson Davis and Governor Vance, of North
Carolina, that proves that we were correct
m our estimate of Mr, Stephen's mission ;
and that further proves how obstinate and
systematic have been this administration in
closing all the avenues through which the in
fluence of reconciliation might enter. When
wo leflcCt upon the terrible sacrifice of life
that has occurred since that time, and of the
new obstacles to compromise that have been
engendered, it is impossible for the patriot
and the humane man to repress his indigna
tion at tlie heartless treachery of those offi
cials who, for their own purposes,could thus
coldly shut the door in the face of a messen
ger of peace.
Mr. Davis says : '-We have made three
distinct effor's to communicate with the au
thorities at Washington, and have been in
variably unsuccessful." In regard to Mr.
Stephen's mission, he says : "The third tune
a few months ago, a gentleman was sent
whose position, character and repu'ation
were such -s to ui-uiv hi- reception,if rue er-
emj were uot determined to receive no pro
position whatever from the Government.—
Vice President Stephens made a patriotic
lender of his services in the hope of being
able to promote the ti <se of humanity, and ,
although I tlo belief was enterlai ned of his
success, I cheerfully yielded to his suggestion
that the experiment should be tried. The
enemy refused to let him pass through their
j lines or to hold auy conference with their.
He was stopped before he even reached Port
ress Monroe uii his way to Washington.
We should not have referred so pointedly
to this correspondence, had not the* Black
Republican press, at the time of Mr. Ste
phen's njection, sought to deceive the public
and to exculpate Mr. Lip >!n by repeated as
seriions that the prep -id interview had
nothing whatever to do with peace negotia
tions. But we wish the .people to appreciate
the extent to which the arts of deception
have been practised, to blind the public as to
k h e re.'*' of affairs. It would not have
suited i' fr - ljdcoln's purpose to have had the
war terin.nateJ AT * t,at timc > bec ause, ID the
first place, the AbolnJ n P >r ' n,t r 'P en ~
ed, and, in the second '-'' s arrail 3 c_
ments for retaining the President-/ wef." ,iot
matured. He, therefore, sent a discoui |
ous and foolish anwef of rejection to Mr.
Stephen's request for an tnterview, knowing
that such a course would so effectually dis
gust the Southern people as to render any
future advances oa their pirt. improbable.
At the same time, he instructed his organs
to mislead the Northern people by asserting
that Mr. Stephen's mission was of no politi
ca. importance, having reference exclusively
to an exchange of prisoners. But, in the
course of time, the truth starts from its hid
ing pi ace, and confronts the falsifier. W<s
were sure, then, that Mr. Stephens came up
on an errand of mercy, of humanity and
patriotism to appeal to the rulers of the
North for negotiation wi'h a view to the
peaceable settlement of differences. Ilis
mission was one of peace and for that reason
was thwarted by Mr. Lincoln. In that as in
all other things, the Administration pursued
a Dolicy tending to exasperate the Southern
people and to prolong the war. To have held
a conference with Alexander 11. Stephens,
upon whatever subject would have disgraced
no Government and wronged no cause ; for
whatever his political creed may be, ho is a
statesman, a gentleman, and an honorable,
conscientious and right-hearted man. That
we all know, and as such, he is the peer of
the best in Washington. When he a-ked
admission at the threshold of our Council
Chambers, we must have known that no dis
honorable motive brought him there ; and
when our Chief Magistrate turned his back
upon him he likewise turned away from a
hope that was offering to heal the wounds of
our poor country. In dictating the brief
lines that denied the interview, he dictated
the death warrants of hundreds of thousands
of .our c mntrymen whom Mr. Stephens
would have spared, but whom Abraham Lin
coin doomed to the slaughter pens, that in
their blood might be written the realization
of his schemes— N. Y. Daily i^eics.
WHAT PURE PATRIOTS !—lt is amusing to
hear that class of men, consisting of Butler,
Dix, Dickinson, Holt, Johnson, Cameron,
Forney, Dougherty, &c , talking about the
pure patriotism which cruiced their actions
jn leaving the Deniocr.-t r party, A slight
ii ference to the present positions they occi.
pj> shows ti.i.t the patriotism which governs
them is of the paying kind. Butler and Dix
are Major.Generals; Dickinson is a State
officer, in New York ; Holt is Judge Advo
cate General ; Forney is Clerk of the Sen
ate and Chief of the Kitchen Cabinet at
Washing! IJ Cameron was Secretry of War
and Dougherty wanted to be Attorney Gen
eral for the Eastern District of Pennsylva
nia. OJ course 'lie idea of making it pay
was not thought ot by these worthies when
| they j >ined the abolition party. Again, at
j the recent Abolition Convention at Bilti
i more, out of the ten ennd : <Mes named for
I the Vice Presidency, eigh < . fhetn were of
I this class of unadulterated patriots. This
I shows that office is what governs these fel
i lows and not principle or patriotism. Out
I upon sush hypicrie-*,— Ear.
Lietter Diom tbe Army.
We have tgfiiake the fol
lowing a letter written by Mr.
Tiffany one of the former editors of the Re
publicuv at to his wife here. It
shows that even the soldiers—who it is ad
mitted—have but little chance to inform
them-.- ves upon the true slate of affairs, arc 1
beginning to know that they and the coun- I
try have been deceived by the lies and mis
representation of the aboliliou press. It
shows too that the soldiers are not, as we arc
constantly told— <{ spading for a fight' 4 —Wo
are not surprised that the sad experience of
the past few weeks, in mov'ng upon the en
cnjy'a works*" has made the uieu in the ar
jmy feel that they are doing quite-too much
to gratify trie blatant, loudmouthed, stay
at-home party, who are
hissing them on death; that a few
pampered favorijes may furnish themselves
from the ruins of a broken union.
NEAR PETERSBURG Va. July 3d, 180-4
DEAR WIFE :
1 am thankful to to the rul
er of all things that* I am permitted once
more to inform my distant friends that I am
still among the living. My health up to a
week past has been better than I could have
hoped for considering the hardships and tri- |
als we fiave passed through.
lam at Brigade Head Quarters. Tne du
ty 1 have to do is very easy and consists 1
| mostly in laying around. We are tar enough
to the rear to be nearly out of danger from
Reb bullets. A great many want to know
I suppose, how the last battle went. My an*
swor is, invariably, that we have had but
one and that commenced on the fifth day of (
May last. The soldiers all cousule thera j
selves with the belief that this season will
end the war, and I believe so myself. If we
can't whip them by fall we never can. The
' soldiers will s.and it n > longer fney w :1
go for a new administration. In fact I have j
changed my views considerable from what j
they were when I left home- There :s too ;
much nigger in the present administration
and too in my lies published in newspapers. ,
I find if I want to aproximate any where
near the truth, 1 have to take it from Dem
ocratic papers.
Inclosed you will find a silver dollar, (if
it ver reaches \ou) which I send to the lit
tie " cherub," and one which I prize quite
highly (lr two reasons; one is, because
they arc very scarce, and the other because
it is a relic from the battle field near Peters-
burg, and was once the property of some ,
Reb. I chanced to pick it up shortly after
the battle. You can get some one to punch j
a hole through it and hang it on her neck
when she is cutting teeth for her to ribble
%
■"y S.) good by at present.
11. E. TIFFANY.
R uuuflfl^P^^lTiurches.
It was a remarkable saying of old Abe,
about "tunning the churches," it was witty, i
chaste, and very respectful—very. It ex
pressed a degree of caution, too : no man
like-i to "run a machine" he has no knowl
v 1 Abe know about tho
churches 1
It see us now. however, Abe, Traß j
roereh acting possum," he hi.'' 6 ° tD t ' l,u j
remarkable animal in tho woods whnf vp' 1 * j
ing rails, and learnt something. S una- I
months since two of the Catholic Sees of this
were made vacant by death, and it
became tho duty of the lloly See, at Rome,
to fill the places of Bi slop Hughes of New
York, and Bishop Ivcnrick of Baltimore.—
Now, it appears; while Abe was lifting his
hands against "running the churches" at
home, he was actually trying that experiment
with the Pope, by intcfering with his eccle
siastical jurisdiction in selecting the success
ors of these vener ihlc Prelates:
First of all, says an exchange, there was a
rumor at Rome that "the United States gov
ernment" had interposed objections to the
Holy See making those n >niinations on the
ground of mere eciesiast ieal fitness. "The
government" urged that 11 the views of the
'government," should be consulted. Ttiat, if 1
k "lhe government" was to. patronize "the
church," the least that could be expected 1
would be that Prelates should he nominated
wno enter into the views of " the govern
ment.".
Rvaly, this must be flat'e-ing to the mem
hers of the late Methodist E. General Con
ference who went in a body and offered Fa
thcr Abraham the consolation and support
of ALL the Methodists in the U. S., and who
'for crumbs of comfort in the shape of a smut
ty joke, wriggled and twisted into aa shapes
at his royal feet ; and to the committees of
Baptists, and Presbyterians, and especially
to Bishop Potter whose back smarts under
the lash of Bishop Hopkins, must it be grat
ifying.
It must be consolation, we say, to think
that after failing to subsi disc the Catholic
Church, he should now attempt to "run"
their "machines," each flattering themselves
with the idea of being made the established
church unld£ the spiritual and temporal hand
of the great Illinois rail splitter.—Jejfersoni
a n.
OVE GOOD TH.KC. —The General Confer
ence o. the Methodist Episcopal Church at
its recent setting, made it a standing rule for
the officiating clergymen to repeat the Lord's
Prayer, at service. This is a good thing; for
hereafter they will have to give over slander
and pulpit defamation against neighbors, and
follow Christ, or thoy will find themselves
praying for their own destruction. Ye can
not servo God and mammon, nor pray for .he
destruction of even an enemy, without a ;xing
of God tlv same measure justice.
PROCLAMATION,
FOB A
SPECIAL ELECTION,
TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY AUGUST 2, 18G4,
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY
OF TIIE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL
VANIA.
ANDREW G. CURT IN,
Governor ol' the said Cumiuouweait.il.
To AIIIRA GAY Esq,, Sheriff of the County of
I Wyoming—Send Greeting :
, WutiubAs, A joint resolution proposing certain j
amendments to the Constitution of this Common- !
wealth whi-h arc as follows, viz :
j "There shall beau ufi iitional section to the 1
third article of the Constitution, to be designated'
i as section fbtir. as follows
! " Sec 4. Whenever any of the qualified elector*
of this Commonwealth shall be iu any actual mili— !
; tary service, under a requisition from the President
i of tho United States, or by authority of this Com
monwealth, such electors may exercise the right of
1 suflragc iu nil elections by the citizens, under such |
regulations as or shall be prescribed by law, as
fully as if they were present at their usual place j
! of elections, _
" There shall lie two additional sections to the j
' eleventh article of the Constitution, to bo designat- i
d as sections eight and nine, as follows
" SBC 8. No bii! shall be passed by tlie Legisla- |
ture, granting any powers or privileges, iu any ease :
I where the authority to grant such po-.vcrs or privil- j
i eges, his been, or may hereafter be, conferred pon
the courts of tit's <'e n.uon wealth," hasoe.n agreud I
to by a majority of the members elected to each'
House of the Legislature, at tw > successive sessi us
of the same :
And whereas. It is provided to the tenth article of
said Constitution, that any amendments so agreed
npon, sha 1 be submitted to the peapie in such man- j
tier au iat sUeh time, at least three months after
being so agreed to by the two Homes, as tho Legi<-
1 a ture shall prcscr.bje such submission to bo iu such j
manner and form, tlmt the people may vote for or ;
against each amendment se arate ami distinctly ;
And whereas, By an act ot the General Assembly
of this Commonwealth, passed the twenty'-thiru day j
ol April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-four i is provided for tho purpose '
of ascertaining the sense of fhe p pie of this Com- I
monwcaltii, in regard to tno aao.. lion or rejection of j
said amendments, or either of them, the Governor '
of this Commonwealth shall issue a writ of election,
directed to each aud every hhenlf ol this Common
wealth, commanding them to give notice in the us
ual manner, iu not less than two newspapers in
each city and county: Provided, That so many
are published therein, and by at least two printed
han (bills in each election district, of r very city an I
county wherein n > newspaper is pu dished, that an
election wi Ibe he' I in e-eb of the townships, l,or
■ w .r is, praeirets, and di.-tricts therein, on the
F lr.rT "11 E.SDAY OF AI G4 ST, in the year of
our Lord, one thousand eight huu Ired anl sixty
fcttr for the purjiosc of deciuing upon the approval t
and ratifications or rejection, of the said amend ;
tuents, which said election shall be opened, held '
and closed upan the day last aforesaid, at :he plac
es and within the hours, at and withiu which, the
the general elections of this t'cnuionaiealth are di
rected to lie opened, held and closed.
Now Therefore, Iu obedience to ;ho requirements
of the tenth article of tho Constitution, and in nc- 1
cor da nee with the true i ntcnl anh mectninsr of the '
saiu act oi .lac General Assembly ot thi* Common— I
wealih, 1 ANDREW G. CI KTIX, Governor cf the I
said Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do issue this |
writ, demmanding and requiring you, the said Ahi- j
ra (jay Slicriff of the Bai 1 county, to :
give notice in ihe usual manner and as by law re
quired, that .in election will be held according to
the teuns of the Consti uiion, an I provisions of the !
act of tho General Assembly aforesaid, in each of i
tho townships, boro .ghs, wards, recincts and dis- }
(riots therein on th* that Tuesday ot August, in the -
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ami!
sixty-four, for the purpose of deciding upon the ap 1
prova! and ratification, or rejection, of ihe enid ;
amendments.
Giveu under my ban I and ihe great seal of the
State, at Harrisburg, this twisty-first day of.Juue
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-four, and of the Commonwealth the
eighty-eighth.
By the Governor: ELI SLIFER
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
In pursuance of the abovcproelamation of the
Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsvlvanie I
AIIIRA GAY, High -heriff of the County of Wyo
ming, Pennsylvania, d. hereby make known anl
give notice to the electors of the county aforesaid,
that.in election will bo held in tho sai l coun" y of
Wyoming, ON TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY
OF AUGUST, 1864. for the purpose of voting on
' a joint resolution proposing certain amend ments i
to the Constitution of the Commonwealth."
I Al -_0 HEREBY MAKE KNOWN AND GIVE '
NO 11( F. that the place ot holding iho aforesaid
general election in the boroughs, districts and towu- ;
ships within tho county of Wyoming, aro a* follows j
to wit: I
Braintrim, at the house occupied by T, D. Spring.
, u Laecyvillc.
Clint.,* 1 - at (he new school house in the vil.igc of
Factory vi.,'e
Eaton, at the house Peter Stroh, in Eaton town
ship.
Exeti i at the house of Solomotf Brown, in Exeter
township
F'orkston, at the house ot Iliram Hitchcock, now I
occupied by AP. Burgess,in F'orkston township.
Falls, at the hou*e now occupied uy Enos Beemer ,
in F'alls township.
Lemcn, at the school house near H. G Ely, in
Lomon township.
Monroe, at the house of John Phoenix, in Monroa
township.
Mehoopany, at tho house of Peter Bender, in Me
hoopany township.
Mesboppen at the house of Daniel Ilanktnson, in
Meshoppen township.
Nortbuioreland, at the house of Winters Allow- ,
ard, at Centermorc'and Corners, in Northmoreland
township.
Nicholson, at the house now occupied by E. N.
Baeen, in Nicholson township
North Branch. a *he school house nenr the store
of John Pfouts in North Branch townshi p.
Overfield, at the old school I. ate near Lawrence
Ager's iu Overfield township.
Tunkhanuock, Borough, at the Court House ia i
Tunkhaunovk.
Tunkhannock township, at the Court House in
Tunkhanuock I
Windham, at the house of Duvid Fiss, in Wind- j
ham township.
Washington, at the Baptist church on Russell Hill I
in Washington township,
j SBC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of'
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Fennsyl- '
! vania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby i
enacted by the authority of die same. That for the
purpose of ascertaining the sense cue people of
' this Com monwcalth, in tcgatu to the adoption ot
j rejection of saiu amendments, or either of them, the I
Governor of this Commonwealth shall issue t writ of :
' election directed to each and every sheriff of this ;
i Commonwealth commanding them to give notice in
the usual manner, in not Jess than two m wspapcrs in
I each city and county : Provided, that so many are
| published therein, ..nd by at least two punted hand- •
\ bills in each election district of every city and coun
ty wi -reiu : o pewsp .peris published, that an clce
ion will be hel l in each of tn<- townships, boroughs,
war ds, precincts, and districts therein, on tho first j
j Tuesday of August, in the year of our Lord one
I thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, for the pur
i pose of deciding upon the approved and ratification
i or rejection of the said amendments ; which eleclioA,
shall be opened held and closed upon tho day lust
aforcsasd, at the places and within the hours at and i
within which the general election* of Uiis Cotmnon
: wealth are directed to be opened, h.eld aud closed ;
an i it .-hill be the duty ot the jo ages, inspectors and
; ebrksol each of said townships, boroughs, wards, [ re
| c-ncts and distr cts io receive, at the said election.
! tickets, not exceeding tne number of proposed
amendments, cither rittcn or printod, or partly
w.ittcn and partly printed, from each of tho quali
fied voters of this State, who may offer the same,
and to deposit them in a box or boxes, to be for
that purpose provided by the proper officers ; which
ticket shall bo respectively labelled on the utside.
"^ ,r . st ' •Amendment," "Second Amendment " am*
"Third Aiacndiuoatand those who aro luyorablo
to said amendments, or any of them, may express
their approval thetec by voting, each, as many
sr.parato written or p. od or parßy written or*part-
I lj' printed ballots or tickets, as there are amendment
approved by them, containing, on the inside thereof,
j tho words "Fqy thq Amendment j' 1 and these who
:.ru opposed to such amendments, or any of them,
ntny express their opposition by voting each, as
many seperato, wfittcn or printed cv partly
written and p.rftly pr inted ballot? or tickets
as there are amendments not approved. by them con
taining, on the inside thereof, the w< r "A"'-,inst
Cm Amendment;" the electors voting for or againet
the wnepdmcntshall be considered as rutin-* for or
ifgalns' the propose J fourth section to nrticle throe
of the Constitution, extending the right of suffra m
}o soldior* ; electors voting for or ag.iiust the tec.
ond amendment shall be considered as voting for or
ngaint the proposed eighth soction to article eleven
of the Conslitut 0:1 ; and electors voting for or a 'dine
tlie third mendment-shall be considered as voting
for or against the proposed ninth section to article
eleven of the Constitution
Site. 2 That the election on the saij prop,sad
amendment shall, in all respects, ho Conducted
the general eleclions of this Cumin mmealth ar i
conducted ; and it shall be the duty 0 f the rctu.n
judges of the respective counties and districts there
of, first having carefujiy ascertained the number of
votes given foror against each of said amendment*,
in the maniier aforesaid, to make put duplicate re*
turns thereof, expressed on words at length and •not
in Sgares only ; one of which returns, so made, shsl
be lodged in the protbcnolary's office of the eourt of
common pleas of the proper county, and the other
sc. 1 -I and directed to the Secreta y of the Common
wealth, aud.hj, one ot said judges deposited, forth
with, in the most convenient ]>ost-offiee, upoo which
posiago shall be prepaid at the expense of the prop
er county. 1 r "
t.,r SEC T- hat U Bhn " ,h o d o'y of the Seere—
Ury or the Commonwealth, on ihc twenty-third day
ai S 1 i i.ext, before lour o'clock, post meridian
to deliver to the Speaker ot the Senate or tho
Speaker of tfcs IIou:-e of Representatives, the re
turn* of tuo said election, Iroiu tLc scveia! counties
of the commonwealth ; and tho same shall on tho
samo day and hour be open.d and published in thv
prevouca of the members of the Senate an t House of
Representatives ; anl tho mini er of votes given fo r
an l against said amendments, respecti- ely, shall be
carefully summed up and ascertained, duplicats
certificates of the result, shall be signed by /he
Speakers of the two houses. One of said certificates
shall be delivered to the Secretary of the t'om
ni mwealth, who sbal! cause the same to be reeord
e I and filed i i his office, and the other of said certi
ficates shall he delivered ta the Governor, wh'
siali forthwith issue his proclamation, declaring
whether the sai l amendments, or either of th m,
hive been appro,ed and ratified by a maj arity f
th'' qualified voters of the State voting thereon :
Frocided ihat if for any cause, a quorum of either
houses of the Legislature shall not i> j presmt at tho
day and hour aboro mentioned, then the said votes
shall be opened in the presence of such members
ot sai l houses as shall he present ; and in case of
the absence of the Speiker of either of said houses
the s >id certificates shall be signed by the Speaker
present ; or, In case of tho absence of both speakers
by the Chief Cierks of both houses, or either of
the::) iu the absence of one of the said clerks,
SEC, 4. That the several qaties r quired to bu
performed by the sheriff*, commissioners, constables
judges inspectors and all other officers whatever, in
and about ihe general elections of thts Common
wealth shall be performed by such officers in and
about the election herein provided for ; aud all per
sons, whfMh-r offi crs or others shall he liable to th >
same pun shim-nr for the neglect of any duty or th*
commission of any often-e at In or about the sail
ele.-ti ,a as they w mid for the neglect of like duty or
the coinmi -ioa J like offence at, in or about the
general elections of this Commonwealth.
HENRY C. JOHNSON.
Speaker of the llou e of Representatives.
JOHN P. PENNEY,
Speaker of the Sentte. #
AITROVEH.—TIio twcnly-thirl day of April, An- f
no Domini one thousand eight hunired an l s x'v
four.
MEET: no OF nriTt'itN jrwirs,
I'ur-u int to the provisions contained in the 21 sec
tion o( the act aforesaid, the judges of the atores.ii 1
district shall respectively take charge of the certifi
cate or refum of the elu tion of their respective dis
tricts, and produce these at a meeting of one judge
from each district at tho city of Harris!.urg, on tho
third day after the day of ejection, being FRIDAY,
the 5 h of I t ESI)AY, ih a anl ihere to do anil pet
torm ihe iuties rt ja.re 1 ->y la# of tho s*i-i|ju lges.
Also, that where a judge by sickness or unavoida
ble nccident is unab;# to attend such tneetings of
julges, then the certificate or return aforesaid shall
be taken eh irge of by one of the inspector* or clerks
of the election o said district, who shall do an l per
form tho duties required of said judges unable to
attend. *
Gii-en under mvhand, ; n my office in TunUhannock
the 27th day >i June. A D- 13(54.
AIIIIIA GAY.
Sheriff of Wyoming C >
SHERIFF'S Ofeick Tuakhaanock June 27, 1364
T II E
CAMPAIGN AGE.
THE PUBLISHERS OF
TIIE PHILADELPHIA AGE,
Will issue a Campaign Sheet f. r tho Democratic
an 1 Conservative masses
It will be printed on a large sheet of fino white
paper at such rates as will bring it within the
reach of all, .It will support the nominees of the
Democratic National Convention, the lull proceed
ings of which.will be published in its columns. It
will boldly advocate the tights of the white map,
and fearlessly sustain all t'"fi constitutional rights
of the citizen, no matter from what quarter they
rnav be assaiied.
Trie first num ier will he issue! about tho sth of
August. The whole nambor will be thirteen fol
lowing each other weekly, untii the I'rcsidentio.
election, tho tesult of which will be contained in
the final number. Democratic and Conservative
Giubs, County Committees, Agents and all inter
ested in the cause are invited to co- r erute in the
circulation of
THE CAMPAIGN AGE.
T r. ft M s :
The CAMPAIGN AGE, ol Thirteen Numbers.
SrxGf.E COPIES for the series, 50 cents.
is CiA'BS of not less than 29 to one address 45ets
each
IN Ci.FBS of not less than 50 to one address 45
cts each.
(.'ash must accompany each order, and NO VA
RIATION WILL BE MADE IN ANY CASK
FROM THE ABOVE TERMS.
Orders sh->ul I be sent in immediately, to
g loss tin i:\xi3R & welsh.
130 Chestnut street,
rhilodelphia, Pa.
3XTew Store,
IT. NICOLAS" 8L0CI;
505 BROADWAY,
NEW YORK.
The proprietors have-* perfected arrangements
which ennfile them to announe to the Ladies of
New York and vicinity, that they have socured the
services of
MRS. E. WINTLE,
(for some yeara Superintendent of the Ladies' De
pai/ment in " Gk.ms'b BAZAAR ') who will have
charge ot their
Haunts.
Mrs. W. will be assisted by one of tho most ac
complished Cutter* and Designers of
LAD'tS', MISSES,' CHILDREN'S, '& INFANT'S OUTFITS
all of which they aro prepared f o furnish to order.
Particular attention will be given to
BRIADI.TKOUSSKAUX,
IN ANY DESIRED STYLE, HOWEVER ELAB
ORATE.
Ladies favoring us wit i their orders may rely
' upon having them executed in the most approved
ntanuor. No pains will be spared in giving per
| tect satisfaction.
SCOTT Si BALDWIN,
Importers of Fut*.ihing Goods aud Manufactur
i ors of Ladies' Outfits. Ac.
505 Broadways N. V.
A,l SCOTT, )
O. S. BALDWIN. S
government may (ax our match
! we c 1 Mettle the world to match ou
i Paladium.