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HARVEY SICKLER, Editor.
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TUNKHANNOCK, P A
Wednesday, July, 2O 1864.
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FAIR NOTICE
On and after tho close of the pres
ent voltimn, (August 3d), the sub
scription price of the Democrat will
be §2, per year, in advance. If not
paid within six months, $2,50 will
positively be charged. Those who
have already paid for the fourth vol
umn or any part of it, will receive it
up to the time for which they have
paid, at our former rates.
Col, 11. M. Hoyt and Lieut. Col Conyng.
ham of the 52d Pa Vols, with a part of their
regiment were taken prisoners on James Is
land, a few days since.
JC3T From the Potomac there is no news
of importance save that the rebels have made
n safe retreat from Maryland, with a large
<lrove of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine, and
immense wagons, trains of provisions and
plunder. Gen. Sherman is said to be meet
ing with some snccesf.in his campaign against
Atlan'a,
X Negro Murdered.
Our usually quiet town was throw* into a
in of intense excitement on Thursday of last
week, by tho murder of a negro, said to be
from Canada, by the name of George Holmes.
The circumstances, as we have learned, are
as follows. Holmes with another negro, and
four or five white men, or boys, were brought
here; Under arrangement with some substi
tute brokers, to be disposed of as substitu'es.
It i 6 said t'uat the negroes were to receive
.SSO and tho white men §IOO each. All
above these sums, respectively was to be re
ceived by the brokers. The two negroes
were secure d by Mr. Geo. D. Jacason of
Sulivau Co, at §550, each examined.accepted,
clothed and sworn tn, for two men drafted
from that County. Two or three of the
white substitutes were alto accepted, and
sworn in for men drafted from this County
at §6OO each. S4OO, of this money, in each
case was left on deposit with the Provo6t
Marshal, as collateral security for the safe ap
pearance of these men at. Carlisle the place
of rendezvous, where the amounts agreed to
be paid to them, were to be paid, and the
remainder to the substitute agent. As the
board of examination had not finished their
labors they wnnH not take peronal charge
of these men vntil the close of the exaraina
tion. which was en Friday. On Thursday
at about clock, George Holmes the mur
dered man, started from Wall's Hotel, where
his guards had kept him rather closely, and
ran rapidly down the street towards the riv
er, closely pursued by three of those having
them its charge, and one of the white substi
tute. 'When nearly opposite C. M. Koon's
Grocery, some ten or twelve rods from the
Hole!,-one of them fired a pistol at him, from
about-four rods behind. Another shot was
fired after running a few rods further—just
before he reached the canal bridge below
Wheoloek's store—neither shot took effect
nor stopped the'fugitive negro. He and his
pursuers-dashed through the toll gate and
across the river bridge never stopping to pay
toll, though hailed and commanded to do so,
by the trusty guardian of that portal. The
distance between the negro and his pursuers,
was not materially lessened in the race
across the bridge. The white substitute be
ing ahead of all others, tried his hand at
himaud fired two more shots at his fleeing
brother soldier, neither taking effect. Upon
arriving near Dr. Dana's residence the negro
threw off his coat, and shoes, and ran into
the woods, where for ten or fifteen rods a
regular chase ensued and several shots were
fired at htm ; one of them hitting him near
the backbuiijpassed between the ribs into
his right lung Still continuing to run, he
was struek upon the head with the pistol,
which was broken vo three pieces. 110 was
then pushed or fell down, exhausted bleed
ing and dying. To add still more to the
atrocity of this crime, the murderer caught
up a ciub lying near by, and beat him over
the head. Another one of the party came
up at this time, threw a stone at him cutting
a severe giish in his head. Dr. Dana who
waxon the spot, in a minute or two after,
found him speechless ; and in a minute or
two more he died.
The murderers returned with apparent
nonchalance, to town, where the whole par
ty repaired to the Provost Marshal's office
as it 6eetned, for protection against the indig
nation of the citizens who by this time sur
rounded the office. A warrant was imme
diately procured, and they were lodged in
jail to await examination.
The Coroner summoned a jury of Inquest
where the facts above stated were elicrted.
Two of the parties arrested, who seemed to
have no participation in the affair were re
leased and the three directly implicated
were on a slight hearing before the justice
recommitted for trial.
C3T The illncsa'o?one of in;r principal
fouiposiiors ha? delayed us somewhat in get
ting np onr paper and must excuse any deffi-
X'oeiee in our isue of dav.
rar Most of the older class of people
will remember the story of the Fanner'and
the Lawyer, about their rights with respect
to the ox and the bull ; how in that instance
44 circumstances altered the case." Thelate
murder committed in our midst has brought
their case vividly to our minds. For the
past three years we have observed a growing
recklessness as to human rights, human prop
erly, and human life, among those who claim
to be " loyal" as against those whom they
denounce as " disloyal." Daniel S. Dicken
son, their mouth piece, boldly proclaimed
their policy, when he said, " hang them (the
disloyal) first; and look up the law after
wards. ? The mobbing of democrats has
been one of their favorite pastimes, A man
in Springvilie who, it was claimed, was a
deserter, was ahot down by them before the
eyes of his wife and children. A man by the
name of Masters in UvprOeld?%as shot down
because he wou Id not answer t|*e imperti
nent questions of Marshal Green. In a
neighboring county, wo are told, quite a
number of men attempting to desert; have
been treated to cold lead. We have yet to
fee the first abolition paper or speaker who
has condemned these lawless acts. On the
other hand we have hearc and seen the sen
timents and acts applauded, justified, and
approved, both by public speakers and by
tho prcs*. No democratic speaker or press,
has failed to condemn them over and over
again It will be borne in mind that in all
these cases, the injured parties were white
men, and according to the modern definition
of the term, either ''disloyal" or In the at
tempt to evade the draf{. In short it is saiu
they were '"copperheads."
The negro, Holmes, who was sworn into
the U.S. service, and to bear true faith and
allegiance to the Government Jtc. j" and who
afterwards otumpteu to run away, was
according to this rule, " disloyal" a
deeerter, lie was pursued and shot, as ma
ny white men have been; and are being,
every week. The law abiding, law observing
men of the county felt that it was a most
outrageous proceeding. A willful murder ;
ard as fuch should lot go unpunished.
Not that they loved the negro less, but lib
erty more. They felt that it was one of the
bitter fruits this abolition policy, bolsiered
up by the maxim; inter armes silente leges."
(An infamous doctrine for a peop'o
governed by a fixed constitution and laws.)
Does any man believe that these feelings
prompted the abolitionists to such zeal as
they manifested in bringing the guilty parties
to justice ? Does any man believe, that if
Marshal Green or any other of the satraps of
old Abe Lincoln had pursued and Rilled a
whde man —a democrat—a copperhead—if
you please, under like circumstances, atteude
ed as in this case with fiendish and brutal
mutilation, of the body while dying, that
these "Loyal" menjwould have condemned the
act ? Does not their past conducts and teach
ings show that thoy* would have justified and
approved 't ? What then, is tho secret of this
sudden conversion, this regard for a "dis
loyal" fugitive ?Is it not that he was
black Republican and not a "disloyal copper
head."
The 4th in Washington,
The Washington papers bring to us the
humiliating intelligence that on the 4th of
July, the negroes of that city assembled in
large numbers on the public grounds around
the President's Mansion—and there guarded
by white sentinels posted at the different
gates,—arcund the sparkling fountains and
beneath the cooling shades ola nation's paik,
held high carnival—feasted and reveled under
the smile and sanction of the ocupant of the
White House.
Within and around that city are thousands
of wounded and languishing white men whose
parched lips and fevered brows have uut the
rich cold lemonade, nor the balmy cool shade
there furnished to that motly crowd of re
veling niggers.
And but a few miles away from them, be
heath the hot glare of Virginia suns, and in
the stifling atmosphere of Virginia swamps,
rendered still more horrible by the decaying
corses of thousands of (heir comrades, toiled
and fought the noblest of the land. No trees
to shelter them —no cool river breezes to re
fresh them—no fountains splashing tnusic on
the air for them. Parched with heat and
worn with toil—their hearts saddened by re
collections of their noble cotnrads whose dead
bodies filled every mile of that terrible march
from the Rapidan to the Appomattox—visions
of happy Fourths of July stealing over their
minds—tins noble army of white men—the
very flower of the land—were bur img them
selves fruitlessly upon almost impregnable
fortifications at the commands of a bead long
and unreflecting leader, for what ? Ttiat the
negro should have the privilege of enjoying
himself socially and pieasurabiy on the 4th
! of July in the public grounds of the Nation's
Capital.
I Wc had thought that nigger songs on the
bati'e field, and White House balls after bat
tles almost within sight the mangled and
bleeding forms of tho dead and dying, was
strongest evidence of a nations humiliation
and the deproved ta r tes of its abolition ru
lers, but in this 4th of July negro carnival,
beneath the shades of the White House, they
have sounded a still lower depth of humau
abasement. God save us fiom another such
4th of July.
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THE THREE GRACES OF SHODDY. — How
ard of the Times, Stanton of the Tribune,
arid Henderson of the Post, all have niches
in the walls of F>rt La Fayette.— Albany
Argus.
Democratic editors are sent to Fort La
Fayette but mere is a difference between the
" order of their going" and that of the Shod
dies, The former arc sent because of their
po'Hica! opinions, but the latter are sent—
ode for forgery , another for furnishing the
enemy with contrabind goods, and a third
for swindling *he Government.
SOO OfiO Mora,
The pnpirs of Yesuiday biing u° the gen
uinc pr°clamation of old Abe calling for 500
00? mare soldiets lo serve for one year. If-
Dot furnished in fifty days (by the sth of
September ) a draft is to be made, The Ras
cal Howard, was sent to Fort Lafayette for
calling for a less number. Had not Lincoln
ought to be invited to retire to the shades of
Springfield ? We should not olject if all his
emancipated niggers were included in the
invitation.
IT IS well to bring forward the similar
sentiments of mem holding influential posi
tions, expressed under other sircumstances.
Mr. Davis waa certainly prophetic. Mr, Lin
coln reminds us of Ilatael the Syrian, asking
—"ls thy servant a dog, that he should do
this great thing U'.and went home and mur
dered his master.
EXTRACT FROM THE LA'ACCCRAL. ADDRESS OF
ABRAHAM J..NCOLN, MARCH 4TH, IFG4.
Suppose you go to war. you cannot fight
always ; and when after much loss on both
sides, and no gain on either, you cease fight
ing, the identical questions as to terms of in
tercourse are again upon you. This country
with its institutions, belongs to the people
who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow
weary of the existing Government, they can
exercise their constitutional right of amend
ing, or their revolutionary right to dis
member or overthrow it.
EXTRACT FROM A SPEECH OF JEFFERSON
DAVIS IN THE V. P. SIN AT F, JAN. 10, 1801. -
Ifyou wiil not havo it thus ; ilin the
pride of power, if in contempt of reason and
reliance upon force, you say we shall not go
but shall remain as subjects to you, then,
gentlemen ef the North, a war is to he inau
gurated,th • like of which men have not seen.
Sufficiently numerous on both sides, in close
contact with only imaginary lines of division,
and vvitli many imams of approach, each sus
tained by productive Sections, **h a people ot
which will give freely both of money and of
stores, the conflicts must be multiplied indeti
nately ; and masses of men, sacrificed to the
demon of civil war, will furnish hecatombs,
such as the recent war in Italy did not offar.
At the etui of all this, wdiat will you have ef
fected ? Destruction up >n both sides ; sub
jugation upon neither ; a treaty of peace,
leaving both torn and bleeding ; the wail of
the widow and the cry of the orphan substi
tuted for tho e peaceful notes of domestic
happiness that now prevail throughout the
land ; and then you will agree that each is to
pursue his separate course as best he may.—
This is to be the end of w?r. Through a
long series ol years you ma}' waste your
strength, distress your people.and get at last
to the position which you might have had at
first, had justice and reason, instead of sel
ti-hness and passion, folly and crime, dictated
your course.— Boston Courier.
A Herald correspondent from Sherman's
army writes under date June 22 i .
It is sad to contemplate the fearful suffer
ings of the people, particularly th women and
children in those parts of Georgia over which
we have campaigned. As for the men, the
young are in the rebel lines . trie old have
fled to the woods.. Some few have ventured
to remain at home ; these have fared the
best.
Our men have, in too many instances,
burned d >wn the houses, destroyed their
contents, driving the wretched inmates,
homelc starving outcasts, to perish of cold
and hunger. True, such fiendish acts are
not tolerated ; but stragglers and hangers on.
who bring up the rear of a larga army, da
Btroying everything like a swarm of locusts,
particularly when thev find houses deserted.
I have met frenzied groups of affrighted,
starving women ami children huddled togeth
er in the woods, where uiany of them per*sh
of cold and we t. Such sad pictures of old
and young—gray haired matrons and timid
girls—clinging together in hopeless misery
may be imagined but cannot be described.
The young lady who had a thousand
acres of valuable land, which the young men
said was sufficient ground for attachment.,
did not many as weil as the voi;i g lady
without a fortnne, who had learned to dis
card all kinds of Suleratus or soda,save Her
rick Allen's Gold Medal, which lies no equal
on this or the other Continent. Go ye.
young ladies and do likewise, and Dame For
tune will smile on you also. Everybody re
tails it, and most of the wholesale Grocers,
wholesale it. Depot 112 Liberty Street
New York.
Daiyiel Webster's Prophecy,
Extract of a speech delireted at Faneuil
Hull, March 7, 1850, l>y Daniel Webster,
"If the infernal fanatics and abohnists ev
er get power in their hands, they will over
ride the Constitution,sef the Supreme Court
at defiance, change and make laws to suit
themselves, lay violent hands on those who
differ with then in their opinions, or dare
qu ration t heir infallibility, and finally bank
lupt the country and deluge it with BLOOD.'
It has now been two years since
our army was going to take its " 4'h of July
dinner in Richm< ltd." The soldiers have
fought bravely, but the administration in a
matter which they saiu could be ended in
sixty days with seventy five thousand men,
has failed though it has had near two mill
ions.
ARE YOU READY NOW FOR PEACE. —Two
years ago. Horace Greeley made the tallow
ing proposition :
If three months mere of earnest fighting
shall not serve to make a serious impression
on the rebels, let as bow to our destiny, and
make the best attainable peace.
We a*k Mr Greeley now, are you ready
to act upon your own proposition ?
DEATH OF GOV. READER.— Andrew 11.
Reeder. cx- Governor'of Kansas, died at his
residence in Easton on the morning of the
oth after a short illness.
Lieut Sterling a Prisoner.
Philadelphia Pa.
July 13 th 18C4,
P. T. Stetling Esq.
Sir ; On behalf of Geo.
Sterling, Lieut., and Aid-de Camp on Gen.
Finy's staff; I write to inform you lliat he
was captured by the Reb. Cavalry, under
Maj. Gil more, on Monday the 11th inst,—
The tram from Baltimore to Philadelphia
huving been seized and burnt about 20
miles from the former place, all soldiers were
made prisoners—Mr. Sterling among them.
At his request I write to inform you of the
circumstances Myself and two others were
released—being surgeons and sick. The
other# were taken off, You need be under
no apprehensions in regard to bis personal
safaty, as his captors were inclined to treat
the prisoners in as kind a manner as possi
ble. Each officer was allowed to take what
clothing they could carry ; and some few re
trined their valuables. Mr. Sterling and
all of them looked upon the affair in as cheer
ful a light as possible, and departed in the
best of spirits. T icy will probably either
be exchanged or parolled. Lieut. Sterling
entrusted me with a package, which he said
was valuable. Would you sir : if you have
an opportunity, of corresponding with him,
inform him that it was forwarded ?
If there in any other information that 1
Could impart I will do so. cheerfully. Please
preserve my address, and request Lieut.
Sterling, when he returns, to wri'e me, and
oblige.
Yours Respectfully,
A. Louis EaKtn.
391 Chestnut St,
Philadelphia.
.
Trade in Substitutes.
Th<* conscription law passed at the last
session of Congress, authorizes enlistments
from any Southern State. Tins has opened
a brisk trade in substitutes. Negroes are
brought North by the car load, and sold to
persons who have been dratte-J, or who fra r
the draft, at from S3OO to SOOO each- As
only a small part of this amount is paid to
the poor darky,the dealer makes a handsome
thing of it,and if we are to believe the stories
of republican papers, that negroes make bet
ter soldiers than white persons, the govern
ment is the gainer by the operation.
II >w much better this is, in a moral point
of view, than the slave trade, we leave it for
Republican casuists to decide.— Ex.
jMANY who think themselves the
pillars of the church, are only its sleepers.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
~ Agent fur the Democrat— Aunt v OAT, ESQ
has consented to act as our Agent iu receiving and
receipting subscriptions for the North Itron-h Dem
ocrat. All monies paid him either on subscription
or for advertising trill he duly accounted lor and
rc lited the same as if paid to us. .
Dur rates tor legal and otlmr advertisements
not alrcacy fixed ny contract, job work Ac., will be
for the present, increased at from 23 to 3.> pcreeut,
according to the nature of the work to be done,
The Daily Age.—Owing to the iate increase in
the cost of paper and othoi material, tho terms of
the Daily Age have been advanced to •$ 10 per an
num. $ 5, for six months $ *,50 for three months.
The Campaign Age.—The publisher* of the
able and fearless exponent of true Deinocratie prin
ciples. Tk • Age, propose to publish u weekly cam
aign paper commencing (about ihe Ist of August )
Now is the time to circulate the documents. A tit
le effort will secure a club of fro t "ten to one hun
dred in every election distract. See the prospectus
elsewhere.
The Examination of Di aftetl Hcii in this Coun
ty closed on Thurday last, Of the 211 men drafted
I was dead 2 were non-resident.* ;62 were dis
charged on the ground of disability ; 4ft paid Com
mutation ;49 failed to apper ; 3 wore uudsr nge ;
9 were over age ; 3 furnished substitutes ; 14 wers
in the service ; and 16 are yet to pay or furnish, suh
•titntes. Of the 3 substitutes, one is now in jail
charged with murder. So that but two mou out of
ihe number drafted have found their way into the
aruiv and they are Canadian substitutes One
might fairly infer froiu these facts that Old Abe's
war for the nigger is not so very jojulnr, the
people demand a vigorous prosecution of tho war
Will the." Loyal Lcrguers " hereabouts paint out
the " white feather party" against which they
prated so loudly, three years ago. We opine the
"peace party" is now the dominant one so far as
members are consented.
l.icut. Geo. II Sterlim; —Wc have been re
quested by the friends of Lieut. Sterling to publish
the following in relation to h ui, which wc cheerfully
do. As will be soen by a letter published elsewhere,
he is now a prisoner in hands of the rebels, and a
the charges against Lint are being investigated, it is
but just, that any rumors prejudicial to his charac
ter. which, as far as we know, has hitherto been
without blemish, should be taken cum grano satis.
Head Quarter*, Dept. Yu. and N. 0.
July 11th. 1564.
Factoryvillo Pa*
Mr U. V. MACE.
Agent H. K.
P.eports having been circulated at his home,
against tho character of Lieut. Sterling; I beg every
body to suspend judgment until the matter can be
investigated, ifhi-h /am note doing. So far T
hare found ntithing uh'.ch can implicate',, Mr. Ster
ling.
13. F. BUTLER.
Maj. Gen. Commanding.
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PROCLAMATION
re* A
SPECIAL ELECTION,
TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY AUGUST 2, 166-L
'
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY
CF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL
VANIA.
ANDREW G. CURTIN,
Governor of the said Commouweaith.
To Anitta GAY ESQ.. Sherif qf the County of j
Wyoming— Send Greeting :
WHEREAS, A joint resolution proposing certain
amendments to the Constitution of this Common- '
wealth, whi"h are as follows, viz :
" There shall he an additional section to the 1
third article of the Constitution, to be designated
as section four, as follows: (
" SEC 4. Whenever any of the qualified electors
of this Commonwealth shall be in any actual uiili- j
furv service, under a requisition from the President j
of the United States, or by authority of this Com- !
monweallh, such electors may exercise the right of'
suffrage in all elections by the citizens, under such I
regulations as or shall be prescribed hy law, as
fully as if they werj present at their usual place
of elections.
" There shall be two additional sections to the |
eleventh article of the Constitution, to be designat- j
d as sections eight and muc, as fot lows :
"Sec. 8. No bill shall bo passed by the Legisla- 1
ture containing more than one subject, which shall >
be clearly expressed in the title, except appropria
tion bills.
" SEC 9. No bill shall be passed by the Legisla- !
ture, granting any powers or privileges, iu any ease
where the authority to grant such powers or privil- ;
eges, has been, or may hereafter be, conferred • pon
the courts of this lorn mm wealth," has ben agreed
to hy a majority of the members elected to each
House of ;he Legislature, at two successive sessi >„s i
of the same :
And trhercas. It is provided to the tenth article of
said Constitution, that any amendments so agreed
npon, sha 1 ne submitted to the people in such man
ner and at such time, at least three months after
being so agreed to by the two Houses, as the Legis
lature shall prescribe ; such submission to be in such
manner and form, that the people may vote for or
against each amendment se. arate and distinctly ;
And ichcrcas , i!.v an acta>t the General Assembly
of this Commonwealth, passed the twenty-third uav !
of Aprtl, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-four i is provided '• that for the purpose 1
of ascertaining the souse of the people of this Com- I
tnonwealtn, in regard to tne adoption or rejection oH
said amendments, or either of them, the Governor
of this Commonwealth shall issue a writ of election,
directed to each and every Sheriff of this Common- j
wealth, commanding them to give notice in the us- '
ml manner, in not less than two newspapers in j
each city nod county : Prodded , That so many '
are published therein, and by at 1c ist two priute l
handbills iu each election district, of r very city and
county whereiu no newspaper is pu dished." that an
election <vhl be held iu e.ich of the townships, bor
oughs, wirds. precii.Cts, and di-triets therein, on the
FIRST TUESDAY OF ia the year ~t
our Lori. one thousand eight hun'lrel in! sixty
four for the purpose of decid ng upon the approval j
and ratifications or rejection, of the said amend- '•
ments, which said election shall bo opened, held j
and closed upon the day last aforesaid, at .he phi'.— ,
es and within the hours, at and within which, the J
the gtneral elections of th s Commonwealth are di- !
rdbti'd to l>e oiieusd, held and closed.
JWne Therefore, In obedience to the requirements j
of the tenth article of th Constitution, and in ac
cordance icilh the true intent anh meaning <f the •
aaiu act it Mto tierioi.ii tit tins Common— ;
wealth, I ANDREW G. 0! RTI.V, Governor ef the '
said Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do issue this !
writ, dc unhanding ami requiring you. the said Ahi
ra (Jay Sueriff of the said county, to j
give notice in the usual manner and as by law re- !
quired, that an election will he held according to !
the terms of the Constitution, an I provisions of the i
act of the General Assembly aforesaid, in etich of]
the townships, boroughs, wards, precincts and dis
tricts therein on the li st Tuesday of August, in the j
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and.
sixty-four, for the purpose of deciding ujK.m the ap •
proval and ratification, or rejection, of the said
amen linent.
Given under my hand and tho great seal of the
State, at Harrisburg, this twenty-first day of Juue
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred •
and- sixty-four, and of the Commonwealth the '
eighty-eighth. I
By the Governor: ELI sLIFER,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
In pursuance of • the ai-orcpmeluniation of the
Governor of the Commonwealth of t'ennsylranie, I
All IRA GAY . High sheriff of the County of Wyo
ming, Pennsylvania, do hereby make known and
give notice to the electors of the county aforesaid,
that an election will be held in tho sai l count v of
Wyoming. OX T FES DAY, THE SECOND DAY
OF Al'ti I'ST. lfb'-l, for the purpose of voting on
" a joint resolution proposing certain amendments
to the Constitution of the Commonwealth."
I A1 SO HEREBY" MAKEKXOWX AND GIVE
NOTICE that the place of holding the aforesaid
general election in the boroughs, districts and town
ships witlnu the county of Wyoming, ure as follows
to wit:
Braintrim, at the house occupied by T, D..Spring,
in Laceyvillo.
Clinton, at the new school house in the vilage of
Factoryville.
Eaton, at tie house of Peter Stroh, in Eaton town
ship.
Exeter, at the house of Solomon Brown, in Exeter
township
Forkslon, at the house of Hiram Hitchcock, now
occupied by AP. Burgess,in Forkston township.
Falls, at the hou-c now occupied oy Enos Beeuier
in Falls township.
Lemcn, at the school house near 11. G Ely, in
Lemon township.
Monroe, at the house of John Phoenix, in Monro a
township.
Mehoopanv, at tho house of Peter Bender, tuMo
hoopanv township.
Mcshopj.cn at the house of Daniel Hanktnson, in
Meshoppcn township.
North.in.relanj, at the house of Winters A How
ard, at Centermoreland Corners, in XorthinnreMnd
township.
Nicholson, at the house now occupied by E. X
Bacan, iu Nicholson township
North Branch, at the school houss near the store
of John Pfouts in North Branch townshi p.
Overfield, at the old svhool house near Lawrence
Agcr's in Overfield township.
Tunkhannoek, Borough, at the Court House in
j Tunkhuuno.-k.
Tunkhnnnock township, at the Ceurt House in
Tunkhaun- ok
Windham, nt the house of David Fisa, in Wind
i ham township.
I Washington, at the Baptist church on Russell lliil
! in Washington township.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Ctnnmoniceallh of I'emsyt
| ravin in General Assembly met, and ii is hereby
i enacted by the authority of the same. That for the
' purple of ascertaining the sense of the people ol
I this Com Uionwenlth, in regard to the adoption 01
! rrjoc tioJi of .-aid niiiendnunts, or either of them, the
i Governor f this Commonwealth shall issue writ of
election di'ectu I t each and every sheriff of this !
Commonwealth commanding them to give notice in
the usual manner, in not less than two n< wspapcrs in
1 each city and county : Provided, that so many arc
. published therein, and hy at least two punted hand- j
bills in each election district of every city and coun
! ty wherein no newspaper is published, that an ele.*-
' ion will be held in each of the townships, boroughs,
j war tls, piecinrts, and therein, on the first
' Tuesday of August, in the year if our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, for tho pur
i pose of deciding upon the approved and ratification
or reiection of the said amen tuients ; which election,
'• shall be opened held and close 1 upon the day last
nfor< sasd, at the places aud within the hours at and
within which the general elections of this Couimon
j wealth are directed to be opened, held and closed ;
and it shall b. be duty of the judges, inspectors and
de'ks ot each of said townships, boroughs, wards, | re
eincts and distr cfs to receive, nt the said electioti,
tickets, not exceeding tne number of proposed
amendments, either . ritton or printed, or partly
j w.ittc and partly printed, from each of tho quali
fied voters of this Stale, who may offer the sarno
and to deposit them in a hox or boxes, to be lor
that purpose provided by the propor officers ; which
I ticket shall be respectively labelled ou the Outside,
j "First Amendment," "Sei> nd Amendment,'* and
"Third Amendment and tKoSe who are favorable
to said iiiucndments, or any of them, may express
their approval thereof by voting, each, as many
separate written or printed or partly written or part
j ly printed ballots or tickets, • there are a § parinent
■ approved by tfcetu, containing tiU the insy t , thereof
I the word* ' For the ;'' uti I those who
*
: are opposed to such n mendmunt*, or any if them
; may er press their opposition hy voting e ,ch as
; many sepernte, written or printed , r '
: writ'jn and partly printed ballot, , jT t '
i as there sro amendtmn's not approved, by them con
taining, on the inside thereof, the wor "Ag'iinst
| the Amendment V the electors voting for or a-vint
j 'hc amendjnentshall be <■ n.idere I as voting for or
against the proposed fourth section to article three
ot the Constitution, extending the right of suffrage
: to soldiers ; electors voting for or against the sc*-.
j ond amendment shall be considered a* voting for or
| against the propose 1 eighth section to article eleven
r> n " tilut ! on ■ ""•> 'lectors voting for or again*
the third mendmeot shall he considered as voting
| for or against tho proposed ninth section to arti,-U
• eleven of the Constitution
! SKC. 2 That tho election on tho said proposed
amendment shall, in all respects, be conducted aa
the general elections of this Common meal th are now
! conducted; and it shall be tho duty of the return
' judges of the respective counties and districts tbera
i of. first having carefujly ascertained the number of
votes given foror against each of said amendment*,
i m the manner aforesaid, to make out duplicate re-
I turns thereof, expressed on words at length and not
; in figures only ; one of which returns, so made, shal
I be lodged in the prothonotary's office of the court of
, common pitas of the proper county, and tho other
: sealed and directed to the Secreta y of the Common
, wealth, and by one ot said judges deposited, forth
, wjth, in the mast convenient post-office, upon which
postage shall be prepaid at the exi>c t .Be of the prop
: er county. r
SEC. o, That it shall ie the duty ot the Secrt"
tary of the Commonwealth, on the tiventv-third day
■of Ai gist next before four o'clock, post meridian
: to deliver to the Speaker ot the .Senate or the
| Speaker of tho Home of Representatives, the re
turned the said election, from the several counties
J of iho commonwealth ; and the same shall on tho
I -atTio day and hour be o)>eni d ind published in the
proveucu ot the members of toe Senate an 1 House of
Representative.* ; and the nam or of rites given for
and against said amendments, rcspecti 1 - cly, shall b
carefully summed up and ascertained, duplicate
certifi .ites of the result, shall bo signed by /he
t-jieckers of the two houses. One of said certificates
shall bo delivered to the Secretary of the Com
monwealth. who shall cause the same to be record
e i and filed in his office, and the other of said certi
ficates shall be delivered to the Governor, who
s nut forthwith issue his proclamation, declaring
whether the said amendments, or either of them
: have been appro/el and ratified by a majority of'
the qualified voters of the State voting thereon :
| I'rocidcd iba* >l'for any cause, a quorum of either
| houses ot the Legislature shall not be present at the
j 'lav and hour above mentioned, then the said votes
shall be opened in tlm presence of such members
ot sa'..l houses as shall be present; and in case of
; iho absence of the Spe iker of either ot said houses
. the certificates shall be signed by the Speaker
> present ; or, In ease of the absence of both spenser*
I by the Chief Clerks of both houses, or either of
| them in the absence of one of the said darks.
SEC, 4. That the several quties r quired to bo
performed by the sheriff*, commissioner s, constable*
i judges inspectors and all other officers whatever, in
and about the general elections of this C >mmon
wc.iith shall 1.0 performed by such officers in and
about the election herc.n provided for ; and all per
,-ons, whether officers or others shal; be liable to the
same punishment for the neglect of any duty or the
c"iu uission of any offence at in or about the sai l
election as they would f..r the nglect of like duty or
j the votnmissioa of like ofFm-c at, in or übout tho
general elections of this Common wealth.
HENRY C. JOHNSON.
Speaker of the Hou e of Represent.vivos.
JOHN P. PENNEY.
Speaker of the S<*mte.
j At rtc VEIL —The twenty-third day of April, An
| no Domini one thousand eight hundred and s xit
i four.
MEETtxo cr RETURN jiiicrs.
Pursuant to the provi.-ions contained in the 21 sec
| tion of the act aforesaid, the judges of the aforesaid
j district shall respectively take charge of the cctt'fi
; cate or return of the ele tion of their respective di; *
; tri 'ts. and produce these at a meeting of ouejaJge
j Ir.iin e u.h district at the city of II irrisburg, on the
• thir l lay after the day of election, being FRIDAY,
j the s'h <>f TUESDAY, then and there to do and per
; form the duties require i hy law of the *\i Ijjulges.
Also, til it where a judge by sickness or una roida
! ble accident is uivsble to attend snch meetings of
I judge*, then the certificate or return aforesaid shall
. lie taken charge of by one of the inspectors or clerks
. of tho election o; said district, who shall do and per
form the duties required of s.ii 1 julges unable to
■ attend.
(liven under myiianJ, in my office iu Turk bannock
the 27th day ol June. A D- 1864.
' AH IRA G AY.
Sheriff of Wyoming Co
SHERIFF'S OFFICE Tunkhauno.k June 27, IS6I
T H E
CAMPAIGN AGE.
THE PUBLISHERS OF
!TII E PII I LAr> E LPHI A AGE*
! Will i**ue a Campaign Sheet f.-r the Democratic
I and Conservative masse*
I It will be printed on a large sheat of fino white
paper at such rates as will bring it within the
I rea. hof all, It will support the nominees of the
j Democratic National Convention, the full proceed
! ings of which will be published in its columns. It
j will boldly advocate the lights of the white man,
■ and fearlessly sustain all the constitutional rights
of the citizen, no matter- from what quarter they
may be assailed.
The first number will be issued about tho sth of
August. The whole numbor will be thirteen fol
lowing each other weekly, until the Prcsidtnti*
election, the result of which w ill be contained in
the final number. Democratic and Conservative
Club*. County Committees. Agents and all inter
ested in the cause are invited to co-operate in th>
• circulation of
THE CAMPAIGN AGE.
> TK 31 s :
ThejUAMPAIGN AGE, ol T'hitteen Numbers.
FINGI.E ConES for the series, 50 cents.
, | IN C'I.LBS ol not less than 2 ; > '•> one address 45cts
! each.
1 IN CLUBS of notices than 50 to one address 45
i '■ ct* each.
Cash must accompany each order, and NO \A-
I PiIATIOX WILL I3K MADE IN ANY CASE
I FRuM THE ABOVE TERMS.
, I Orders siioul Ibe sent in irninetliatelv, to
CLOSSBItMN M:K <SS WKLBH.
! 130 Chestnut street,
Philodslphia, Pa.
13Mew iStore,
u iitiiir mci;
505 BROADWAY,
] j NEW YORK.
: | The r*' priotors have perfected arrangements
I which en ihlu the in to announe to tho Ladies of
. ; New York and vicinity, that they have secured tho
j services ot
MRS. E. WINTLE,
' (fur some years Superintendent of the Ladies' De
. ■ pai/iuent in " GESIN'S BAZAAR ") who will have
charge ot their
ittantillfl, flnb (CrcSfiraafcing
Unonts.
Mrs. TV. will be ssisted bv <>o p of the most ac
t ecuuplishud Cutters and Designers of
' LAOUS', MISSES,' CHILDREN'S, & INFANT'S OUTFITS
1 all of which they aro prepared to furaish to order.
. ! Particular attention will be given to
1 liRIAUI.TIiOUSSKAIX,
r IN ANY DESIRED STYLE, HOWEVER ELAB
ORATE.
r Ladies favoring us witY their OTtlers may rely
i upon having thorn executed in the most approved
i. manner. No pains will be spared in giving pr
--i feet satisfaction.
SCOTT fc BALDWIN
S
V Imjiorters of Furnishing Goods and Manufactur
ers of Ladiea' Outfits. Ac.
t 03 Broadway!
i A, L SCOTT, )
o 0.8. BALDWIN. \ i