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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