x flit fltmncrat, f _r . = HARVEY SIL'KLER, Editor. TUNKHANNOCK, PA IVrdiiesily, June 27, 1866. FOR GOVERNOR, IIS. IEISTEB CLYMEB. OF 15ERKS. THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM . The l>emocracy of Pennsylvania in Convention met, recoftnizing a crisis in the affairs of the Re ] utile, and esteeming the immediate restoration of the I'uion paramouut to all other issues, do re solve : 1. That the States, whereof the people were latt- U in p-hellion, are cntegral parts of the Union, and sre entitled to representation in Congress by men ou'v elected who bear true faith to the Constitution and" Laws, and in oder to vindicate the maxim that taxation without representation is tyranny, such representatives should be forthwith admitted. •J That the faith of the Republic is pledged to the |ay went of the National debt, and Congress should pass all laws necessary tor that purpose. 3 lh it we owe obedience to the Constitution of the I' *ed States (including the amendment prohib its. very.) and under its provisions will accord to ti: emancipated all their rights of person and property. 4 That each State has the exclusive right to regulate the qualifica* ions of its own electors. T. 'i!i .t the white race alone is entitled to the con trol i f the Government of the Republic, and we are unwilling to grant to negroes the right t vote That the bold enunciation of the principles of the Constitution and the policy of restoration con tained in the recent annual message and freedmen's bureau veto message of President Johnson entitle him In the com. ienco and support of all who respect the < ' i sfitntiou and love tLoir country. 7- Teat the nation owes to the brave men of cur an. - and navy a debt of lasting gratitude for their heroic service, in defence of the Constit u tion and the Union ; and that while we cherish with t aider affection the memories of the fallen, we pledge to their widows and orphans the nation's tare uti<i protection. >, Til at we urgo upon Congress the duty of equal izing the bounties of our soldiers and sailors. EU. -UMTW =-.NM I <■■■ ■OMHR* Message from President Johnson. It has boon the boast of the disunion Romp Congress, that they could authorize amendments to the Constitution, which would accomplish their political partisan purposes, without danger of a veto from the {'resident, it being a disputed question, whether or not a joint resolution of C'on prc-s requires the executive sanction —the Bumpers holding now, that it does not. — The amendments to the constitution were not therefore submitted to the President for approval. The President, however, ha> uiven these disunionists and the coun tr\ very clearly to understand that their n*gro equality scheme does not meet with his approval. In the following message sent iu to Congress on the 22d inst., he disavows his c 'imt xion with their schemes ; and inti mates a doubt as to whether the'r action i* in 1 armuny with the wishes of the peo ! ' l( \ * . ! TIMS bomb-shell from the President, tiiiown into the midst ot this nest of dis union cot spir:;tor>, is said to have produced much consternation. MESSAGE. I'u the Senate oml Ho ist of Representees : 1 submit to Congress a report of the Sec ret:-.! v of State, to whom was referred the 'O cum-nt resolution of it e 13th inst., re specting a submission to the Legislatures of the States of an additional article to the Constitution of the United States. It will be sn 11 from this report the Secretary of State had, 011 the 10th inst., transmitted to the governors of the several States certified epics of the joint resolution passed ou the lo h inst., proposing an amendment to the Constitution. Even in ordinary times any ou' >tiou of amending the Constitution must 1) j .slly regarded as of paramount impor tanee. This importance is at the present time enhanced by the fact that the joint resolu tions w as .not submitted by the two Houses for the approval of the President and that of the thirty six States which constitute the Union. Eleven are 'xcluded from repre soiiiat on iti either House of Congress, al though with the single exception of Texas, th y have been entirely restored to all their functions as States, in conformity w 111 ihe organic law ot the land, and have ; ppi; ted at the National Capitol by Sena tors and Representatives who have applied for and have been refus ed iiiiissiiv to the vacant seats. Nor have the sov u-ign people ot the nation been af- L nl d an opportunity of expressing their riew-i pon the important question which the amet diuent involves. Grave doubts there f ie may naturally and justly •arise as to w I etlu r the action of Congress is in harmo ny with the sentiments of the people, and w hot her State Legi.-latflres elected without : etV reuce to such an issue should be ca'led upo > bv Congress to decide respecting the rat Tit-atiou ot the proposed amendment. — Waivi : the question as to Congress npon the jo ut resolution proposing the amend ing :t. or as to the merits of the article which it limits through the Executive Pe paitment to the Legislatures of the States, Idtitn it proper to state that the steps ta ken by the Secretary of State, as detailed i> ill. accompanying report, are to bt? con sidt re da- purely ministerial, and in no -.-use whatever committing the Executive to an approval or a reommendation of the am. nuiucnt to the State Legislatures or the p .ple. < >n the contrary, a proper application of the let ft; aid spirit ol the Constitution, as v. til h> of the interest* of national order h.umody and union, and a due deference f'< r an enlightened public judgment, may at tlii- time well suggest a doubt whether any Jtmeudmen tto the constitution ought t>> he proposed by Congress and passed upon t lie Legislatures of the several • States for tinai dc eision until after the admission of such loyal Senators and Representatives of the now unrepresented States as have bet n or as may hereafter be chosen in con tinuation with tha Constitution and laws of the United States. ANUKEW JOUXSON. Then and Hew. When Andrew Johnson first became President, the Disunionisls declared that for some wise and good purpose Providence bad removed his prede - cessor, and called him to the Executive chair. Since, hewever, his course has not proven to be in consonance with their blood thirsty, plundering anticipations, Andrew Johnson is only President by accident . As a sample of the many speeches and sermons which wtre delivered throughout the coun try, on the death of Abraham Lincoln, in which the radicals modestly claimed exclu sive proprietorship in every providential occurence, we quote a few sentences from a sermon preached by one Rev. Crane, in Hartford. It reads strangely in the light of subsequent eveuts. The Rev. gentle man said ; " But it is possible, it is more than possi ble, that just these qualities unfitted him for the final settlement of this convict.— There was danger that he would subordi. uate his executive functions to his personal sympathies: that be would forget that &od hud placed the sword of retributive ju s tice in hig hands to be used ; that he would feel that the traitors had suffered enough al ready, and needed no further punishment that he would even pardon Davis and Ste phens, and Johnson and Lee if they should come into his power. He was drifting in that direction, and most of us were drifting with him, * * * • • * * If he was in danger of this mis take, then his work was done, and there tore Hod translated him, having so nobly done, to glory. But Andrew Johnson, a man of nerve, has had his heart under the iron heel of this rebellion. He appreciates treason. His sense of justice is paramount to bis tender sensibilities. He holds a double edged and keen edged sword,which reaches to the souther most point of Hori da. Therefore I believe Jhat God raised him up to bring this rebellion to the con summation of just retribution. It is not private revenge that he will wreak, but the vengeance of God, whose annointed minis ter he is. And so God has given him to the nation when the nation needed him.— And we will lift our reverent eyes to heaven to-day, and gazing through our tears, say, "Thou doest all things well." * * * The nation will understand ere long that the dark Providence of last Friday night was a-mereiful Providence. Andrew Johnson is the Joshua whom God has ap pointed to consummate the work which our dead Moses so nobly commenced." Now it is a remarkable fact that in all the "loyal" pulpits of the land there is to day scarcely a single prayer offered up in behalf of this Joshua who was to lead the nation to its land of promise. As. soon as Andrew Johnson showed to the world that he was no blood-hound, the "loyal" preach ers quit praying for him They refuse to take anything in their sacred hands which has r.ot the smell of blood on it. NV hat a gloriously consistent record they are mak ing for themselves! A COMPLIMENT. —Gov. Curtin recently paid a high compliment to the Court and Jury of Schuylkill county. Benjamin Ban nan, publisher ol the Miners' Journal , in that county, was recently indicted for libel; the allegation being in substance that Ban nan, in his paper had madecharg.-s ol gross corruption against the judicial officers of that county. Judge Elwell, of this Judi cia'l District, was called to Schuylkill to try the case. The Jury, upon one trial, convic ted the prisoner. The compliment ot Gov. Curtin consists in this: that he was con vinced before hand ot the guilt of Bannan, and that justice would be done him by a ju ry of his Peers. The Governor, therefore, prepared a pardon before hand for his fa vorite Bannan, and after the Jury had bro't in a verdict of guilty, the pardon was pro duced in open Court, ami Bannan walked out, to the admiration of himself and shod dy in general, and to the amazement of the lovers of justice. An excellent exemplification of the dis crimination of the "model Governoi." He knew before hand, that Bannan was guilty. —Ex. "I was dining at a hotel in riiiliv delphia," wiites a gentleman of Knoxville, Tennessee, " and sitting nearly opposite Giddeon Henderson, Esq., of this city, a well known merchant ,who was on his semi annual tour to the North to buy goods.— He bad two young ladies from this State under his charge, who were making their first visit to your regions, and one of them sitting on each side of Mr. Henderson at ta ble. Directly in front of him sat a dandy who. having finished his soup, raised his eye-glass and stared steadily, first at one and then at the other of the ladies. Mr. H. seized a heavy glass tumbler, and 1 thought was about to spoil the fellow s pro file by hurling it at his head ; but, instead of that, he brought it to his own eye, and looked deliberately through the bottom of | it at the head of the scamp in front of him. i The attention of the company was fixed upon the fellow ; a general giggle began and grew, till he was compelled to quit the room in the midst of the jeers of the guests The Threatened War In Europe. The steamers Peruvian and China ha/e arrived —the former at Father Point and the latter at Halifax—bringing news to the I Bth inst. Matters are assuming an alarra i ing turn in Europe. Prussia has inaugu rated hostile measures by marching her ' troops into Holsiein. The movement j took place on tde 7th, and the Austrians j are reported as concentrating in order to resist the invasion. A battle is imminent and cannot long be delayed, and naturally much excitement is manifested in all quar ! ters. Large bodies of troops "have also been stationed along the southeastern fron tier of Prussia to guard against any sudden irruption from an army advancing north ward from Austria. Faars are entertained that hostilities may break out upon the Danube in consequence of the difficulties between Austria and Prussia. All the foreign journals agree in considering war inevitable Bread-stuffs and provisions were advancing. The closing safes of five-, twenty bonds were at 63 f, which is little below the price ruling in this country, Death of General Lewis Case. This distinguished citizen died at his residence in Detroit, Michigan, on the 17th inst, in the 84th year of his age. He was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1792, and at ten years of age entered the acade my at that place. In 1799 his father re moved to Wilmington Delaware, and his only son Lewis obtained employment as a school teacher. In 1800 he accompanied his father to Ohio, and commenced the study of law at Marietta. He was admitted to the bar in 1801, and established himself at Zanesville. In 1806 he was elected a member of the Ohio Legislature. In April 1812, Mr Cass was elected colonel of a reg iment of volunteers, raised to protect De troit from the British and Indians and was further promoted to the rank of brigadier general. He joined General Harrison's ar my in July, and bore a full share in the pur suit of the British General Proctor an J the glorious victory over the British and In dians at the river Thames. After this de cisive battle, General Cass was placed in command at Detroit, and shortly appointed Governor of Michigan. In 1814, he con cluded a treaty with the Indians at Green ville, by which the inhabitants of the West ern territories were secured from the inva sion of the Indians in June,lßls. General Cass removed his family to Detroit, and fixed his permanent residence there. In August, 1831, General Cass was ap pointed Secretary of War by Andrew Jack son. In 1836, exchanged the post ofSec retary of War for that of Embassador to the French Court. Returning from France, he took an active part in the cam paign which resulted in the election of James K. Polk, President of the United States, and shortly after that event was chosen Senator from the State of Michigan, In May, 1848, General Cass was nomina ted as the Democratic candidate for the of-; ficeof President of the United States. He was defeated bv General Tylor. On being nominated for the Presidency he resigned his seat in the Senate, but subsequent to his defeat wm again elected for the remain der of the term he had resigned. Upon the termination of his six years' term in the Senate he was re-ekcted, and passed through the trying times which ended in the repeal of the Missouri compromiser. In 1857, Mr. Buchanan, then President, ap pointed Gen. Cass Secretary of State, an of fice which he held until the end of Mr. Buchanan's administration. Upon 1 his sur render of the seals of office, he retired to private life, from which he never emerged. Gen. Cass was thoroughly American.— All his hopes, aspirations and ambitions were indissolubly connected with tlic glory and prosperity <jf his native land. As a public officer he was a model for imitation Honest, punctual, affable and never allow ed his own comfort or convenience to stand in the way of a faithful discbarge of bis of ficial duties. His manners were those of the age in which he was schooled - plain, frank and open ; and hence the strong hold he had upon the masses of his countrymen. Genera! Cass was One of a race of patriotic 1 statesman by whose exertion this nation ' was rai® p d to a proud position, and his memory will long remain embalmed in the I hearts of lis fellow-citizens.— Age, The LaCrosse Democrat—Brick Pomeroy's Reply to the Cincinnati Commercial —The Assassination of Lincoln We did thank God for calling Lincoln home. If Lincoln is in Ileaven. as Al>oli tionists say, he is better off than be was in Washington, beset by thieves, Abolitionists army contractors, office-seekers and gaping listeners to bis smutty jokes. As a friend of Lincoln we thanked God fr calling so great and good a man home before he should become disgusted with the Annas, the Janes, the Thaddeuses, the Benjamins, the Freds, the Charleses, and others of the God and Morality party. We thanked God for calling Lincoln into the presence and company of Dcmocrats.as he is if in Heaven. The poor Pr sident snfferod enough from being with Abolition ists on earth, and we thanked God for call ing him beyond their reach or influence here or hereafter. Whatever is, is right. God,who rules ns all, wanted Lincoln removed—He made Booth His agent; no one but God is to blame for Lincoln's death, God is never to blame ; we, who are Christians, should tliand Ilim for everything ; we do so thank Him ; he who does not thank God, is no Christian ; those who assail us are no Christians. We believe the country is better off now than when Lincoln was alive. | We believe more in statesmanship than in j nigger songs, or in humorous yams in time ! of war. We believe Lincoln was a mere iran of I putty in the hands of traitors and thieves, known latterly as Abolitionists. We believe God saw that he was not useful, even if ornamental, and removed liirn to make room for a better man. We believe Johnson is a better man than Lincoln —if he has not been, surely the Republican party would not have gone out lof the Union for a candidate for the Vice I Presidency, when they had so many good, ; pure, honorablo statesmen in the North ! We believe the country would be better off to-day, if every Republican and Aboli j tion traitor, meddler, sycophant, apologist thief, traitor, or tool of traitors, were in the j bosom of Abraham. We believe, further, that the Abolition 1 party is going to the devil, literally,and we I do not care how quick. And we etill further believe that "Brick' , Pomeroy has more true friends in the coun try than Lincoln ever had—that we do not care the <nap of a finger for the good or ill opinion of all the Abolition editors in the land—that we shall edit this, paper just as ! we see fit, and do what not one of our as- I gallants dare do—tell the truth without fear or favor.— LaCrosse Democrat. A New "rtrk letter makes the gratifying statement that the Government at Washington is using its influence on ; behalf of the Fenian prisoners in the hands ; of the Canadians, and with a fair prospect of svecess. A correspondence has already pasted between the Governor General and the State department on the sobject. We rust onr government will succeed in sav ing the lives, and eventually securing the I liberty of the brave but rash and deluded ntfn who crossed over into Canada. The Right of Suffrage* The Philad'a AeE says: The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has just pronounced a decision on what is familiarly known as the "deserters' law." The decision does cot take cognizance of the question as to the constitutionality of the law, but is chiefly confined to the point at issue, to wit, the right of a judge of election to reject a man's vote when the word "deserter" is written opposite his name oh the list of voters. Chief Justice Woodward and Justice Strong and Thomp son decided that the judge of elections could not refuse*a man's vote until he had been tried and convicted of desertion; wh le Justices Read and Agnew, on the contra ry. held that the judges of elections were the proper persons to decide the question. This is an important judicial announce ment. The law in question put into the hands of any political officer making up the list of voters the power to disfranchise a freeman by writing against Ins name the word 'deserter.'' The amount of proof necessary to substantiate that charge rest ed solely with the persons who were to prepare the official enumeration and names of voters for the different election divis ions of the State. They could say what constituted a desertion, and what was to he called by a milder name. If a man failed to respond to a draft at precisely the time designated in the notification, no no tice need be taken of any extenuating cir cumstances, and his name could be marked in such a manner as to close the ballot-box against him ar.d load his character with false imputations. In the hands of un scrupulous politicians, this power could be used in such a manner as to work incalcu lable mischief. They could exempt friends and punish enemies. They could usurp the prerogatives of the judges and inspec tors of elections, and in this manner de cide important issues connected with the welfare of the people and the perpetuity of the free institution of the country. But the Supreme Court has derided i that, under the law of Congress, a man ; inust be legally "tried and convicted of desertion" betore the officers of election j are justified in refusing bis vote. The mere circumstance of the word "deserter ' being place<l opposite his name is no! ground for disfranchisement. The right | Of voting, of participating in the aftairs of j the nation, is of too much importance in a political and governmental point of view to he interfered with for partisan purposes, | If men have been guilty of desertion, j they can be arrested and tried, as they , were after the war of 1812, and then, if j the law of Congress be constitutional, the ! punishment will follow. But until that | course is pursued, the officers of elections are to follow the law of the State, and dis regard the action of those who have been preparing the lists to suit the framers of the "deserters' law" and their radical mas ters. THB ATLANTIC CABLE —At last accounts from England, nearly a thousand miles of the new Atlantic cab e had been stowed on the Great Eastern. About sixty miles per day were stowed away, the work proceed ing day and night. Il was found that the Great Eastern will not be able to take all the necessary cable, two thousand sreven hundred miies, on board. The screw steam er Medway, consequently, has been char tered to take about five hundred miles of the old cable frOm the Great Eastern, An other steamer, the Albany, is also engaged to assist the enterprise, and the British Government has again granted the services of the war steamer Terrible, to accompany the expedition. Each of the three steam ers is to be furnished with grappling appar atus, so that the old cable may he grappled at points a mile apart to break the strain and give greater security. The Great Eastern will only partially coal at Sheerness, owing to her great draft of water. She is expect ed to quit the harbor June 28, and start a day or two after tor Beechaven, Ireland, where she will complete coaling, and pro ceed to lay the cable. From the Springfield Republican. The Assassination Witnesses. The Judiciary Committee of the House are reported to he embarrassed by the bad way in which the witnesses as to Davis' connection with the assassination piot, be have themselves. We do not see the rea son for embarrassment at all. Certainly the Committee can have no desire to fix so monstrous a crime upon the chief traitor. On the contrary, they must feel relieved to know that there is no evidence of any such crime, and that Judge Holt's contra ry opinion rested upon wholly unreliable testimony. The case appears much woise now for j the witnesses than it did when first brought before the Committee. Campbell, who swore hardest to statements implicating Davis, has since taken back and denied all tliat lie first asserted, and now says that the entire testimony was deliberately got j ton up in order to secure a share of the re ! wards for the arrest of Davis and ths. oilier conspirators. Conover, one of Baker's detectives, who was an important witness in the assassination trials, finding that Campbell's confessions were putting him in a bad position, obtained permission from the Committtee. about three weeks ago. to proceed to New York and hunt up other witnesses, who, as he said, would sustain his testimony and disprove the fisal testi mony of Campbell. A Deputy Marshal went to New York with Conover, to keep watch of him, but Conover soon gave him the slip, and he has not since been seen. It is not likely that he will ever appear again voluntarily, and his escape goes to confirm Campbell's disclosures. There is now little room to doubt, what has always been suspected by those who carefully read the assassination trials, that, the principal witnesses for the Government were perjured scoundrels. — Perhaps none of the convictions procured by their testimony were undeserved, but if the culprits were allowed a legal trial, in stead of trial by court martial, the country would not have been troubled by the un pleasant suspicion that wrong may have been done in the name of justice. Better the escape of some of the guilty even than a suspicion like this. IMPORTANT SOLDIERS* MEETING The Soldiers In Jthe Field for President Johnson and Ilelster Clymer. An enthusiastic meeting of honorably discharged soldiers favorable to President Johnson and Ileister Clymer took place last evening at the public house No. 10, South Broad street, above Chestnut.— General Wilson McCandless was elected President, and Lieutenant J, J. Sullivan was appointed Secretaiy. The President appointed Captain powers. Private Samuel F. Cloak, and Private Charles Van Ilgrn, a Committee on Resolutions, and they re ported the following, which were adopted unanimously : Whereas, A so-called "Soldiers' Conven tion" lately assembled at Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania, under the pretense of ex pressing the opinion of the citizen soldiers of the Keystone state who hare survived the perils of battle and returned to tbeir homes, on the present condition of public affairs: and Whereas, Said Convention, with some distinguished and exceptions, was largely composed of "home-guards," and "head-quarter" guards, and quarter masters, and relieved officers, and some who had such respect for State rights that they did not believe in crossing the "Stste lineand Whereas, Justice to the rank and file who helped to do the fighting, and those officers who led their men to the front, de mands that they should not be executed from an expression of their opinion or be trayed by interested politicians into voting aqainst the cause for which they fought: therefore Resolved, That those soldiers who be lieve the late war was for the Union of all the States, and the Constitution is the Su preme law of all the States, and for which they took up arms ; and who did not fight to alter our glorious form of government, or to give the negro all the political and soeial rights of free white citizens ; and who believe President Johnson is anxious to se cure for the people the practical results of the late victories won in the field, by re storing the States to their constitutional relations, preserving the and de fending the Constitution as Washington gave it to our fathers ; and who are op posed to the action of the so-called Con gress as revolutionary anti-republican,-and destructive of the general prosperity and happiness of the whole people—all such are invited to meet at llarrisburg on the dav of —. A. 1). 1860, in convention, to express their opinions and sign their names thereto A committee of thirteen was appointed on permanent organization whose duty it slioul ] be to report at next meeting. £ After a few remarks in reference to the objects in question, the meeting adjourned until next Wednesday evening at same place. — Age. The Civil Rights Hill. Shall the negro intermarry with our daughters, and take an equal place in our households ? The Civil Rights Bill says that he shall. Shad*negroes intermingle with our re fined ladies in steaming hot theaters, ball rooms, opera-houses, and railroad cars? The Civil Rights Bill declares that they must. Shall the negro supercede Grant as gen eral-in-chief of the United States army? The Civil Rights Bill says that he can do so. Is a negro five times better than a white mar. that the former should vote immedi ately, while the latter has to undergo five years probation if he brings his skill, labor and money to this country from abroad ? The Civil Rights Bill declares that the ne gro is five times better. Shall the farms of the great West. ar,d the whole country be owned Ly negroes, and white labor be made subservient to negio proprietorship! The Civil Rights Bill provides for this condition of things. Are we to have negroes tilling the posi tion of post captains in the United States army I The Civil Rights Bill says that we are. Is this a white man's government for white men ? The Civil Rights Bill says that it is not. Are we to have negroes representing this Govcrnment as United States minis ters at the courts of France and England ? The Civil Rights Bill says that we are. Shall negroes sit in Congress, in the Cabinet and other high stations side by side with white men? The Civil Bights Bill says that he may. Shall our children see a negro in the Presidential chair ? The Civil Rights Bill provides for such a contingency. The Washington National Repub lican reveals in the following paragraphs a conspiracy of the Radicals which, we have never doubted, has formed a part of their secret policy all winter, and been the in spiring motive of their legislation: It is nothing less than a conspiracy to override the Constitution under the guise of a new construction of the second para graph of the first section of article 2 of that instrument, which is in these words : Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in Con gress." The new construction is that no State is entitled to appoint any electors which shall not have Senators and Representatives from eleven States whose inhabitants were concerned in the recent rebellion should be admitted to seats in Congress until after 1808. This rebellion is the key note to the ob stinate refusal of Congress to admit to their righttul seats Senators and Representatives whose loyalty was never doubted, and to the organized opposition on Congress to what is known as the President's plan of restoration. GOLD is quoted in the city papers, at $1,55. Senator Doalittle dbdartfd in the Rtimp Senate, the other dajyffcat ,4 jf the present Congress had permitted 'oyal rep resentatives from the South to take their seats at the beginning of the session, Uni ted States bond would be ten p6f cent, higher than-they are now, and he Believed further that if this had been done, Afaximil ian would be out of Mexico," No attempt was made to dispute this, and no mail' 1 ct ordinary intelligence in the country will' gainsay it. Upon the revolutionary disun ion faction in the Rump Congress rests the odium of allowing a monarchy to' be established without protest at our very' doors, and of depreciating the Government securities. If the bonds were now ten per cent, higher, the paper currency would be more valuable too, and the prices of the necessaries of life would be much lower than they are at present. The facts that the rich arc losing and the poor suffering arealike due to the factious disuuionism prevailing in Congress. An Extra Session of the Legislature. It appears from the intimations had from Andrew Curtin that the Legislature will l>e called together soon to adopt or re ject certain amendments to the Constitu tion, which were passed by two thirds of the present Rump Congress. These amend ments carry with them the curse of negro suffrage and negro equality with the whites in civil and political rights. This question the disunionists dare not allow to go to the people. The present leg islature therefore must act on the matter, no difference if they were elected at a time when no issue of the kind was before them or ever dreamed of. The disunionists caunot afford to let the issue come before the people this fall. It will be at a heavy expense to the tax payers if the legislature is called together. Hut what does Curtin care for the poor people who twice elevatid him to his pres ent position ? Nothing. The next Legis lature could do the work without the addi tion of a single cent to the regular expens es.—S tar. Local and Personal. • (touts ad i >hors—in large quantities and of al! sizes and qualities, can be had at the lowest cash prices, at Siiscr's A (Jo's, new store on Bridge street apposite Wbeelock's old stand Violent Showers--hare been the order, In this vicinity, for the past week or t-vo. Considerable damage b :ing done to roads and to bridges on small streams. Attention.—We call the attention of those wish ing to purchase goods, ti< Bunnell A Bannatyne's Stock, which has lately been replenished at lowest cash prices. Judging f-om the rush at their stoie their prices are as low as the lowest Call and MI tkcm No Paper Next Week —Observingonr nana! custom one which is almost universal with publishers of newspapers, we shall issue DO paper frotn this of fice next week This will give our typos sr short res pite from the incessant routine, duties of the offlos, and all >w them an opportunity to celebrate the 4th in a becoming manner; which, we hope they will do i even if it takes a whole bunch of fire crackers. A Brutal Habit oreustom exists to ft consider-- | able extent among a certain class ot rowdy men and! 1 br>3>* who har.g around our comers, half drunk or wholly so; to,-m.ike insulting an! indecent remarks about passing ladies, or to use vulgar, offensive and blasphemous language—not addressed to the ladiev themselves—but intended for them to hear. No one but a vagabond and brute Will bi guilty of such meanness ; and all such should be taught if they do not know it, that they not only violate publio morals and decency, but the laws also. NOTE —These remarks are intended for all thosa to whom tbey apply. Change of P. 0--We have the very best au thority tor the announcement, that the name of the Post Office which a few years since was changed 1 from Mecshoppen to Sterlingville, (probably to gratify a little family pride.) has now been changed to the original, aboriginal name MS.SHOPFEN, which name it is hoped the good sense of the people will allow the place from this time henceforth to retain. A change has also been made iu Post Matters at that office by the removal of 0. 11. Loomis, the rad i ical incumbent and the appointment of Lieut. P. M. ; Burr, who most earnestly sustains the President and j his reconstruction policy. The Lady's Friend, fer July.— The July No.' opens with an unusually handsome and suggestive ' engraving called "The Distressed Bachelor." In : the Fashion Plate, tasteful and attractive i s usual |is a charming bridal dress . Then there Is a wood | cut of many piquant faces illustriting "Tha Hair, | ' The Pointalide Veil," "Zouave Jacket," and a | piate consisting of seven figures of ladies and children showing the newest and prettiest of the Summer Fashions. Music— "ldora Schottish " Among the stories are "The Distressed Bachelor; "Paulino j Beranger's story," Ac., Ac-, Price 12.50 a year; 2 copies 84 00 ; 8 copies (and ene gratis) sl6. j Specimen number will be sent for!scents. Address Deacon A Peterson, 31$ Walnut Street Philadelphia, IDiecl. PHOENIX—In Tunkhannock Juno 22. Philo Phoe nix an ember of the I. 0. of Q. T. in the 25th year of his age. At a special meeting of Tunkhannock Lodge No j 141, of the 1. 0. of G. T. convened on the death of ( Brother Phoenix, the following preamble and reeolu tions were adopted. WHEREAS—It having pleased tho Almighty Die poser of all things %o remove by death from us Broth er Phoenix, Therefore. Resolved, That we bow in humble submission to the will of our All-Wise Creator ; and believing that ' whatever He does is for the best ; that in the death of Brother Pboeoix, we loose a true and faithful member of our order. Resolved, That we tender our heartfelt sympa thies to the friends of the deceased, in their afflie ! tion remembering that. Soft penitence, oft distills a tear And hope in heavenly mercy, lightens fear. Oft will a tear from struggling nature fall. And then a smile of patience brightens all. Resolved That we wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. As the remains of Brother Phoenix were to be in terred some ten miles distant the Lodge could not attend in a body, but marched in procession as an escort to the forrv in accordance with the rules and usunges of the order ; thence to their final resting place by six pall bearers of the order and intasrdd-' according to the rules prescribed by the Grand Lodge of the I. 0. of G. T. of North America. Resolved, That a copy of the above resolutions be. presented to the family of the deceased. Resolved, that the above be published in the North Branch Democrat, and Wyoming Republican
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