North Branch democrat., August 29, 1866, Image 2

and larger towns of the Southern States,
where different races and interests are
brought most closely in contact, and where
passions and resentment are always most
easily fed and fanned into outbreak; and
even there they are quite a? much the fruit
of untimely and hurtful political agitation,
as of anv hostility on the part of the peo
ple to the authority of the National Gov
ernment. But the concurrent testimony of
those best acquainted with the condition of
society and the state of public sentiment in
the south, including that of its representa
tives in this Convention, establishes the fact
that the great mass of the Southern people
accept, with as full and sincere submission
as do the people of the other States, the
re-established supremacy of the national
authority, and are prepared, in the most
loyal spirit, and with a zeal quickened alike
by their interest and their pride, to eo-op
erate with other States and sections in what-j
ever mav he necessary to defend the rights,:
maintain the honor, and promote the wel-1
fare of our common country.
History affords no instance where a peo
ple so powerful in numbers, in resources,
and in public spirit, after a war so long in
its duration, so destructive in its progress,
and so adverse in its issue, have accepted
defeat and its consequences with so much
of good faith as has marked the conduct of
the people lately in inrurrection against
the United States. Beyond all question
this has been largely due to the wise gene
rosity with which theii enforced surrender
was accepted by the President of the I ni
ted States, and the generals in immediate
command ot our armies, and to the liberal
measures which were afterward taken to
restore order, tranquility, and law to the
States where all had for the time been ov
erthrown. No steps could have been bet
ter calculated to command the respect, win
the confidence, revive the patriotism, and
secure the permanent and affectionate alle
giance of the people of the South to the
Constitution and laws of the Union than
those which have been so firmly taken and
so steadfastly pursued by the President of
the United States.
And if that confidence and loyalty has
been since impaired, the people South a r c
to-day less candid in their allegiance than
they were immediately upon the close of
the war, we believe it is due to the chang
ed tone of the Legislative Department of
the General Government towards them;
to the action by which Congress has endea
vored to suppress and defeat the President's
wise and beneficial policy of restoration ; to
their exclusion from all participatron itr our
common Government; to the withdrawal
from t lieni of the rights conferred and gnar
antcedb y the Constitution, and to the evi
dent purpose of Congress, in the exercise of
a usurped and unlawful authority, to reduce
them from the ranks of free anl equal
members of a republic of States, with rights
and dignities unimpaired, to the condition
of conuqered provinces and a conquered
people, in all things subservient and sub
ject to the will of their conquerers free on
ly to obey laws in making which they are
not allowed to share. No people has ever
yet existed whose loyalty and faith such
treatment long continued would not alien
ate and impair. And the ten millions of
Americans who live in the South would be
unworthy citizens cf a free country, degen
erate sons of an heroic ancestry, unfit even
to become guardians of the rights and lib
erties bequeathed to us by the fathers and
founders of this Republic, if they could ac-.
eept with uncomplaining submissiveness
the humiliations thus sought to he imposed
upon them.
Resentment of injustice is always nd
everywhere essential to freedom, and the
spirit which prompts the States and people
lately in insurrection, insurgents now no
lonizer, to protest against the imposition of
unjust and degrading conditions, makes
them aJI the more worthy to share in the
government of a free commonwealth, and
gives still further assurance of the future
power and freedom of the Republic; for
whatever responsibility the Southern peo
ple may have incurred in resisting the au
thority of the National Government and in
taking up arms for its overthrow, they may
be ) eld to answer for as individuals before
the judicial tribunals of the land, and for
their conduct as societies and organized
communities they have already paid the
most fearful penalty that can fall on offend
itirr States, in the losses, the sufferings, and
humiliations of unsuccessful war. But
whatever may be the guilt or the punish
ment of the conscious authors of the insur
rection,candor and common justice demand
concession to the great mass of those who
became involved in its risks and acted up
on what they deemed to be their duty, and
in defence of w hat they have been taught to
believe were their rights, or a compulsion,
physical or moral, which the} were power
less to resist.
Nor can it be amiss to remember that.
terrible as have been the bereavements and
the losses of this war, they have fallen ex
clusively upon r.either section and upon
neither partv ; that they have fallen, in- j
devil, with fargieatet weight upon those
with whom the war begun ; that in the
death of nlatives and friends, the disper-i
sion of families, the disruption of social
systems and social ties, the overthrow of;
governments of law, and of order, the de
struction of property and of forms and
modes and means of industrv, the loss of
political, commercial, and moral influence
in any shape and form, which great calam
ities we are sure the States and the people
which cnteri d in the war against the Gov
ernment of the United States have suffered
tenfold more than those who remained in
allegiance to its Constitution and laws.—
These considerations may not, as they cer- *
tainly do not, justify the action of the peo
ple of the insurgent States ; but no hu
mane. generous mind will refuse to them j
verv considerable weight in determining
the line of conduct which the Government
of the United States should pursue toward
thein
Thev accept, if not with alacrity, cer
tainly without sullen resentment, the defeat
and overthrow they have sustained. They |
acknowledge and acquiesce in the results
toth mselves and the country which that
defeat involves; they no longsr clairr for
any State the right to secede from the Un
ion ; they no longer assert for any State
au allegiance paramount to that which is
dne to the General Government. They
—j3Anqs jo uotptuisap oqi pajdaooß OAeq
acolished it by thesr State Constitutions
and concurred with the States and people
of the whole Union in prohibiting its exist
ence forever upon the soil or within the
jurisdiction of the Uuited States. They
indicate and evince their purpose, just so
fast as may be possible and safe, to adapt
their domestic laws to the changed condi
tion of their society, and to secure by the
law and its tribunals equal and impartial
justice to all classes of their inhabitants. —
They admit the invalidity of all acts of re
sistance to the national authority and of all
debts incuried in attempting its overthrow.
They avow their willingness to share the
burdens and discharge all the duties and
obligations which rest upon tliem in com
mon with other States and other sections
of the Union, ani they renew, through,
their representatives in this Convention,
by all their public conduct in every way
and by the more solemn acts ly which
States and societies pledge their faith
and allegiance, through all time to come, to
the Constitution of the United States, and
to all laws which may be made in pursu
ance thereof.
Fellow-countrymen, we call upon you, in
full reliance upon your intelligence and
your patriotism, to accept with generous
and ungrudging confidence this full surren
der <n the part of those lately in arms
against your authority, and to share with
them the honor and renown that await
those who bring back peace and concord
to jarring States. The war just closed,
with its sorrows and disasters, lias opened a
new career of glory to the nation it. has
saved. It has swept away the hostilities
of sentiment and of interest which was a
standing menace to its peace. It has de
stroyed the institution of slavery, always a
cause ofsectio.ial agitation and strife, and
has opened for our country the way to uni
ty of interest, of principle, and of action
through all time to come. It has devel
oped in both sections a military capacity
and aplitu le for achievements of war, both
by sea and land, before unknown even to
ourselves, and destined to exercise hereaft
er. under united councils, an important in
fill,-nee upon the character and destiny of
the continent and the world. And while
it has thus revealed, disciplined, and com
pacted our power, it has j roven to us be
yond controversy or doubt, bv the cour.-e
pursued towards both conteading sections
by foreign poweis, that we must be the
guardians ot our own independence, and
that the principles of republican freedom
we represent can find amongthe nations of
the earth no friends or defenders but our
selves.
We call you, therefore, by every con
sidoration of your own dignity and safetv,
and in the name of liber y throughout the
world, to complete the woik of restoration
and peace which the Pre -ident of the Uni
ted States has so well begun, and which
the policy adopted and the principles as
serted lo the present Congress alone ob
struct.
Ihe time is close at hand when members
of a new Congress are to be elected. If
that Congress shall perpetuate this policy,
and by excluding loyal States and peoole
from representation in its halls shall con
tinue the usurpation by which the legisla
tive powers of the Government are now ex
ercised, common prudence compels us to
anticipate augmented discontent, a sullen
withdrawal from the duties and obligations
of the Federal Government, internal dis
sensions and a general collision of senti
ments, and pretensions which inav renew
in a still more fearful shape the civil war
from which we have just emerged, We
call upon you to interpose your power to
prevent the recurrence of so transcendant
a calamity. We call "tipon you in levery
Congressional district of every State to se
cure the election of members who, whatev
er other differences may characterize their
political action, will unite in recognizing
the right of every State of the Union to
representation in C'ongr -ss, and who w ill
admit to seats in either branch every loyal
Representative from every State in allegi
ance to the Government who may be found
by each House, in the exercise of the pow
er conferred upon it by the Constitution,
to have been duly elected, returned, and
qualified for a S'at therein.
\\ lieu this shall hive been done the Gov
ernment will havH been restored to it- in
tegri'y, the Constitution of the United
States will have been re-established its full
supremacy, and the American Union will
have again become \\ hat it was designed
to he by those who foruu d it—a sovereign
nation, composed of separate State-, each
like itself moving in a distinct ami inde
pendent sphere, exercising powers defined
and reserved by a common Constitution,
and resting upon the absent, the confidence,
and co-operation of all the States and all
the people subject to it- authority. Thus
re-organized and restored to their con
stitutional relations, the States and the G 11
eral Government ean enter in a fraternal
spirit, with a common purpose and a com
mon interest, upon whatever reforms the
security of personal right*, the enlargement
of popular liberty, and the petf. ction of
our republican institutions nviy demand
RADICA: DOINGS.— The Radicals kept
the Tennessee members o:t of their sea's
for-eight months. At the close of this ses
sion they admit these members and declare,
by paying them for the entire session, that
they were wrongfully kept out. Had they
been admitted, as they were under the
Constitution entitled to be admitted, the
Frecdmen's Bureau Bill would not have
b*en passed over the President's veto, nor
would have Senator Stockton been turned
out of his seat
Again, if the members from Tennessee
are entitled to their seats in Congress, it is
certain that the representatives of other
States, now wrongfully denied admission,
are also entitled to seats.
I hi- Radicals can never repair the evils
they have already inflicted upon the coun
try.
The only votes cat against the equaliza
tion of soldiers bounties in the Rump Sen
ate were the following: Anothy, Chandler
Cress well, Harris, Kirk wood, Lane, Ney,
Ross, Trumbull, Wade, Wilson, Willey and
Yates—l3—all Disunionists.
Cjje fern ocrat.
HARVEY SICK!jER, Editor.
• TUNKHANNOCK, PA
Wcduesdy.August 29, 1866.
"for governor,
1019. HEISTEfI EIYMEB,
OF BERKS.
FOR CONGRESS,
HON. Win. ELWELL,
of Columbia.
(Subject to decision of Conference Convention )
FOR SIIERIF ,
M. VV. DEWITT,
of Tank. Jjoro.
FOR PUOTHOSOTART,
E. J. KEENEY,
of Bruintxim,
FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE,
GORDON PIKE,
of Xortlunoreland.
FOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
O. L. PAKRISH,
of Monroe.
FOR TREASURE R,
JEREMIAII OSTERHOUT.
of Tunk. Tec p.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
G. W. SHERWOOD,
of Falls.
FOR CORONER,
A. 11. ROLES,
of Mi-shop pen.
FOR AUDITOR,
JAMES R. ROBINSON,
ofForkston.
jtgr Don't forget the great Democratic
Mass Meeting,to be belli at Tunkhannock
on Tuesday, Sept. 18th. The lion. Heis—
tcr Clynier, Hon. Montgomery Blair, and
other eminent speakers will certainly be
present. *
&TT lie length of the address of the
National convention at Philadelphia ; with
a full report of the proceedings of our late
Democratic county convention, has crowd
ed out of our paper this week, several arti
cles which would add much to its variety.
Let the address, which was prepared by
the lion. Henry J. Raymond, editor of the
New York Times (It publican) be read
and circulated.
Our Ticket,
Wc to-day place at the head of our pa
per the Ticket put in nomination by the
county convention held at this place on
Monday last. That the convention pre
sented to the voters of the district and
county so excellent a ticket, is cause for
congratulation. It is true that the hopes
of many good and true men were disap
pointed, that individual preferences in
many eases were not gratified. This was
inevitable from the very fact that more
candidates were presented to the conven
tion than there were offices to supply.—
We have yet to learn that there is a sin
gle blot or stain upon the character of a
single one of the ticket. That each is emi
nently fit for the position to which he is
nominated, every man who knows them
must concede. It is not alleged that any
one used corrupt or dishonorable means to
secure his nomination. Viewed with refer
ence to distribution, to the character and
fitness of the candidate, we pronounce the
ticket a good and strong one, and believe
it can and will be triumphantly elected.—
H'e have too much confidence in the hon
or, the integrity and the fidelity to the
principles for which we are all battling,
of those who were named in the convention
to believe that a single person, who was an
unsuccessful candidate, will fail to give to
his more successful but honorable compet
itors, a hearty support. If there are any
such, thev will certainly prove to their
friends that the convention acted wisely in
nctni nation other and truer men
The Rebellion at an End,
The President has issued a Proclama
tion declaring that the Rebellion is at end
th roughout the whole countiy. The Proc
lamation is too long for our paper. It con
cludes as follows:
Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States, do hereby
proclaim and declare that the insurrection
which heretofore existed in the State of
Texas is at an end and is henceforth to be
so regarded in that State, as in other
States before named, in which the said in
surrection was proclaimed to be at an end
by the aforesaid proclamation of the 2d
day of April. And Ido further proclaim
that said insurrection is at an end and that
peace, order, tranquility and civil author
ity now exist in and throughout the whole
of the United States of America.
DEMOCRATIC CO*TLFTY CONVEN
TION.
In obedience to the standing rule of the
Democratic party, and to the call bv the
Chairman of the standing committee ; Del
egates from the several election districts of
Wyoming County met in Convention at
the Court House, in Tunkhannock, on
Monday, August 27th, for the purpose of
placing in nomination Candidates to be vo
ted for at the ensuing General Election.
John Jackson, chairman of the Standing
Committee, called the Convention to order
at 2 o'clock P. M.
On motion of Wellington Lee, Wm. M.
Piatt Esq. was chosen President of the con
vention.
On motion of R, R. Little Esq. Harvey
Sickler and Heister Keeler were chosen
Secretaries of the convention.
The list of Townships being called the
following named persons appeared and
presented credentials as
DEDEGATE3.
BRAINTRM. —T. D. Spring, "Wm. Neigh.
CLINTON. —Lewis Armstrong, Frank
Castle.
EXETER. —SamueI Wall, Geo. Sickler.
EATON. —W. Lee, J. C. Herman.
FALLS.—F, V. Sickler, Carick Dewitt.
P FORKSTON. —J. G. Spaulding, Hiram
Hitchcock.
LEMON. —B. P. Carver, Geo. Stark.
MEHOOPANT. —Henry Love, T. Vaughn.
MESIIOPPEN. —DanieI Dankinson, E. J.
Mowry.
MONROE. —John Wall, Miller Patterson.
NORTH BRANCH.— Harrison Ccmstock,
H. Champin.
NORTHMORVLAND. -A. J. Tripp, Levi
Winters.
NICHOLSON. —Edwin Stevens, Z. Bil
lings.
OVERFIELD. —Martin Sickler, 11. 11.
Walters.
TUNE. BoRO.-Wm. M. Piatt, John Day
TUNK. TWP. —R. R. Little, Joseph
Sliupp.
WASHINGTON. —TIios. Kintner, Benj.
Adkins.
WINDHAM.— J. G. Fassett, Meritt Com
stock.
CONG RESS.
On motion of R. R. Little Esq., the
Hon. Wm. Elwell was nominated by ac
cla'amation as a candidate for Congress.
On motion of Ziba Billings, R. R. Lit
tle and C. D. Gearbart were chosen con
gressional conferees.
SHERIFF.
The following persons were named as
candidates' for the office of sheriff; Moses
W. Dewitt, Tlios. J. Wright, Henry New
comb, L. C. Conk 1 in, Riley Sickler.
On the Ist Ballot, Moses M. Dewitt had
13, Thomas Wright 10, Henry Newcomb
5, L. C, Conklin 3, and Riley Sickler 6
votes.
The names of Newcomb, Conklin and
Sickler were then withdrawn.
On the 2d Ballot, Moses Dewitt had
19 and Thomas J. Wright had 17 votes.
On motion the nomination of Moses
Dewitt for the office of Sheriff was made
unanimous.
PKOTHONOTARY.
The following persons were named as
candidates for the office of Prothonotary :
Ephraira J. Keeney,S. 11. Sickler, E. N.
Bacon.
On the Ist Ballot, E, J. Keeney had 16.
S. 11. Sickler 14, E. N Bacon 7 votes.
The name of E. N, Bacon being with
drawn, on 2d ballot E. J. Keeney had 24,
and S. 11. Sickler 12 votes.
On motion the nomination of E. J. Kee
ney was made unanimous.
ASSOCIATE JUDGE.
The following persons were named as
candidates for the office of associate judge:
wm, McKune, Gordon Pike, E. N. Ba
con. S D. Ingham.
On the Ist Ballot,Wm. McKune had G,
E. N. Bacon 8, Gordon Pike 10, and -S. I).
ingliam 12 votes.
The names of S. D Ingham and wm.
McKune having been withdrawn; on the
3d ballot, E. N. Bacon had 16 and Gordon
Pike 20 votes.
On motion Gordon Pike Esq. was de
clared unanimously nominated for the of
fice of associate judge.
REGISTER AND RECORDER.
The following persons were named as
candidates for the office of Register and
Recorder; J R. Robinson, O. L. Parrisb
On the Ist Ballot, James 11. Robiuson
bad 17, and O. L, Parrisb 19 votes. 4
On motion 0. L, Parrisb was declared
unanimously nominated for the office ol
Register and Recorder
TREASURER.
The following persons were named as
as candidates for the office of Treasurer:
J. C. Luce,Geo. w. Stark, E. N. Bacon,
T. D. Ileadlcy, win. F. Terry, S. T. Flum
merfelt, Jeremiah Osterhout.
On the Ist ballot, J. C. Luce bad 11
Geo, w. Stark 3, E, N. Bacon 8, T. D.
Ileadly 1, wm. F. Terry 5, S. T. Fium
merfeit 2, Jeremiah Osterhout 6 votes.
The nomes of candidates having beeu
withdrawn at successive ballots.
On the 6th ballot
E N. Bacon, had 17 votes.
Jeremiah Osterhout. 44 1 9 44
On motion the nomination of Jeremiah
Osterhout was made unanimous,
COMMISSIONER.
The following persons were named as
candidates for the office of Commissioner —
Ira Robinson, Wm. F. Cairl, G. W. Sher
wood, J. Rittispaugh.
On the first ballot
Ira Robison had 12 votes,
Wm. F, Cairl 44 7 *•
G. W. Sherwood 44 1 4 44
J. Rittispaugh 44 3 44
The name of Rittispaugh having been
Withdrawn. On the 3d ballot
11 a Robinson had 8 votes.
Wm. F. Cairl t£ 9 "
G. W. Sherwood <£ 14 "
On motion the nomination of G- W,
Sherwood for the office of Commissioner
wtis made unanimous,
CORONER.
G. D. William s& Dr. A. H. Boles, were
then named as candidates for Coroner.
On the Ist ballot
Dr. A. IT. Boles had 23 votes.
Geo, D. Williams 44 1 2 4 *
On motion the nomination of Dr. A. 11.
Boles, was made unanimous.
AUDITOR.
James R. Robinson was nominated by
acclamation for the office ofaudilor.
REPRESENTATIVE CONFEREES.
On motion, Ziba Billings & Thomas Os
terhout were chosen Representative Con
ferees.
STANDING COMMITTEE.
The following named persons were cho
sen as Cour.ty|standing committees for the
ensuing yer.
L. C. Conklin Tunk, Boro.
Perry Wdsey " Twp.
Henry Brown Nicholson.
Miller Patterson Monroe,
Wellington Lee Eaton.
C. L. Vaughn Melmopany.
E. J. Mowrcy Meshoppen.
Lewis Ager Overfield.
Harrison Comstock North Branch.
The following named persons were re
turned as vigilance committee of their re
spective districts for the ensuing year.
BRAINTRIM — 11. Ilill, Phillip Thomas,
J. R. Rabin
CLINTON — S S, DeKay, Frank Castle,
Milton Britton.
EXETftR —(No committee returned.)
EATON — J N. Pilgrim, Wm. Benedict,
Samuel Neigh,
F \LLS — G. Sherwood, D. C. Post, A. T.
Dewitt.
FORKSTON — D. Fasset, Tlios. P. Hitch -
cock, R. Rogers.
LEMON — Elijah wilson, Rob't Shales,
Z. M. Smith.
MEHOOPANV— A. K. Farr, litifus Deck
er, wm. Jennings.
MESHOPPEN — A Williams, S. 11. Jenkins
w 11. Cortright.
MONROE — w, F, Cairl, Dan'l Morgan,
Norton L.Newberry
NORTH RRABTCH—J. R. Hurlbcrt, N. G.
Finney, S. IL Valentine.
NOUTIIMOKF.LAND— L. Avery, p. C. Hat
field, A. O. Lutes.
NICHOLSON —(Ao committee returned)
Overfield—Andrew Agcr, Riley Mott,
Alfred Mahon.
TUNK IIORO— wm. M. Piatt, John Stem
plcs, George D. williains:
TUNK. TWP. Stephen wilsey, JFI ;m
merfelt, Jas. wagncr.
WASHINGTON— John Melhuish, Lewis
Cook,
WINDHAM— E. D. Fassett, D. G. Kee
ney, Lyman Garey.
R. R. Little Esq-, offered the following
resolution, which was unonimausly adopted.
Resolved, That the Democracy of Wy
oming connty in convention assembled here
by h- artilv approve and endoiso the Peso
Intions and address of the late National Un
ion convention ; and that the principles
therein enunoiatcd are hereby ratified as
fully and emphatically as if the same were
herein set forth in extenso.
On motion, the convention adjourned
sine die.
Heister Keeler) Secty's W. M. Piatt
Harvey Sickler j President
Address ot the Democratic State Commute*:
DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE )
ROOMS, 828 WALNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA, August 20 '66.
To the people of Pennsylvania :
The issues of the canvass are made up.
The restoration of the Union and the
preservation of your form of government
are the 7ilal questions that now confront
you.
Secession is dead, but disunion still lives.
Slavery is extinct, but fanaticism survives.
Tffc rights of the white man are submerg
ed in efforts to elevate the negro, and the
black man is sought to be made a con
trolling element in the politics of the Re
public.
Centralization seeks to rear its -despotic
power upon the ruins of the Constitution,
and foreshadows a war of races for its ac
complishment.
Proscription and disfranchisement usurp
the places of magnanimity and clemency,
and discord and hate combat Christian
charity and national concord.
Congress refuses to nourish the resources
necessary for payment of the debt of the
Republic, and loads with taxation the in
dustrial interests of the North. Congres
sional extravagance is the rule; economy
in public affaiis, the exception.
A Convention of repre.-entative men
from each of the United States has met
within the past week ; they have forecast
the future, agreed in sentiment, and dis
persed to their homes.
Their work has passed into history ; to
the impartial mind that work is a perfect
answer to the charge that the South is not
ready for restoration.
Composed of men of every section, hold
ing every shade of political opinion, they
have re enunciated the eternal principles
that lie at the base of our institutions, have
renewed their vows of fealty and of broth
erhood, and have joined hands in an united
effort to restore the Union and preserve the
government created by the Constitution.
No man need err in this contest:
Support Congress and you sustain dis
union, attack your government, and ele
vate the negro at the expense of your own
race.
Support the President and you restore
the Union, preserve your government, and
protect the white man.
On the one side are Stevens, Sumner,
agitation and disunion.
On the other, the President, the Union,
peace and order.
By order of Democratic State Commit
tee. " WILLIAM A. WALLACE,
Chairman.
PADICAL DOXOLOGY.— WE understand
that the sacred radical eaucusses at Wash
ington invariably close with the following
fragrant and appropriate Doxology, long
metre :
From Africa the negro came.
Stand up good Stevens bless the day,
He is the object of our love
In him wc live, in him we move,
For him we preach, for him we prav,
For him we meet from day to day,
That colored cuss from Africa.
Brudder 1 had. Stevens pitches the tune;
after which all to prey upon the vitals of
the country,
Appointments of the Democratic Candidate
for' Governor.
DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE
ROOMS, 828 WALNUT STREET,
PHILAOELPHIA, August 9, 1860, i
Hon. Heister Chmer, Democratic candi
date for Governor, will speak as follows: At
Danville, Thursday, August 23.
Johnstown, Saturday evening, Aug. 25.
Somerset,*, Monday evening, August 27.
Uniontown, Tuesday, August 28.
Waynesburg (Greene Co.), Wednesday,
August 29.
Washington, Thursday, August 30, >
Beaver, Friday, August 31.
Newcastle, Saturday, September 1.
Erie, Monday Sept. 3.
VV arri-n, Tuesday, September 4.
Franklin, Wednesday, September 5,
Clarion, Thursday, September 6.
Oil City, Friday, September 7.
Petroleum Centre, Saturday, September
8, 2 p. M.
Titusville, Saturday cv ning September
7.
St. Mary's (Elk County,) Monday even
ing, September 10.
Emporium (Cameron County) Tuesday,
September 11,
Lock Haven, Wednesdav, September
12.
Allentowp, Saturday, September 15.
Montrose, Monday, September 17.
TU\K:IANNOCK, Tuesday, September 18.
W ilkesbarre, Wednesday, September
19.
Scranton, Thursday, September 20.
Stroudsburg, Friday, September 21.
Sunbury, Saturday, September 22.
York, Monday, September 24.
Lancaster, Tuesday, September 25.
Xorristown, Wednesday, September 26.
Democratcic newspapers please insert.
Bv order Democratic btate Committee.
WILLIAM A. WALLACE.
Chairman,
JACOB ZEICLER, Chaiiman,
JOHN MILLER,
Secretaries.
Local and Personal.
A Musical Convention and Concert will be giv
en at Mesboppen. commencing Tuesday Sept. 11 th
to continue four days. Advertisement and further
particulars will be given next week.
An Obituary Notice—From Nicholson—a fine
piece of composition, is at hand, owing to the rapid
manner in ivhich it was written, we failed to clearly
ID ake out the name of the deceased, Will the wri
ter enlgihtcn us ?
The Great Menagerie—of Van Arabugg A Co.
combined with Gardner, Hemming" A Co's. Amaru
can Circus advertized in to-day's paper will exhibit
at Laceyville, on Friday, Sept 7th. and in Tunkhan
nock, on Saturday Sept, the Bth. This truly, excel
lent show, should not be confounded with the in
significant affair, called by the high-sounding title
of the 'lnternational Circus," which is advertised to
come ofl on Saturday next. This last mentioned
concern, with a view to deceive the people into the
belief that they too have a menagerie, have posted
1 ills containing representations of wild animals.when
in truth they have vol a (■ingle one, except a few
crow-beef horses and mules with two-leggedljackaases
and hahrons of the genus homo for drivers Peo
ple who do not wish to be gulled out of their time,
and money too, had better slay at home, and leave
this humbug circus alone—pretty severely.
REMEMBER that THE SHOW— the Menagerie, the
Oreat Dramatic, Gymnastic, Equestrian and moral
entertainment, will he given ox SATCRDAT THE BTH
SEPTEMBER, and NOT BEFORE.
One ticket admits fo both menagerie and ciicus
Bring along youi wives, sweethearts, and little ones.
Court Proceedings.
(Reported for the Democrat.)
The August term of Court, held at this place, last
week wag largely attended on the first day, and
promised to be one of at least ordinary interest
On aciount of cases being settled and otherwise dis
posed of, there were only four jury cases trie J du
ring the term. Two of which were for the purpose
of adjusting confiding claims bctwaen individuals:
and two for vindicating the peace and dignity of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."
The following are the cases tried before a jury.
Commonwnalth rs James Roberta. Indictment,
assault and battery T. L Utley of Clinton Town
ship, prosecutor. The defendant in this case, who
was a school director, was charged with forcibly
expelling the prosecutor from school, which the de
fendant claimed was on account of repeatedly diso
beying the rules of the school and in accordance
with the direction of the school directors; which was
proved. The Jury returned a verdiot of not guilty,
and each party pay one half the cost.
Commonwealth rs Win. I. Bar dwell. Indictmen
assault and battery. F. M. Terwileger prosecutor
The jury rendered a verdict of gnilty ; and the
Court sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of
twenty-five dollars, and the costs of prosecution.
Andrew Auroiek rs. Harriet Drake, appeal, ver
dict, five dollars for plaintiff, and each party pay
their own cost -
Rliey S. Athertou rs. Daniel Atherton. Dent.
Judgment two hund ed ard nine dollars and seventy
three cents for the plainiiff.
The following are the Bills presented by the
grand jury.
Cominonweilth rs James Roberts. Indictment
assault and battery. T. L. Utley, pros. True bill.
Commonwealth vs Jacob Plotteuburg. Indict
ment, larceny. Prosecutor, S. J. Ingham True
bill.
Commonwealth rs. Wm. L. Bardwell. Indict
ment, assault and battery. F. M. Terwileger
prosecutor. True Bill.
Commonwealth rs. Levi Winters. Indictment
Lioel. Wm- McConm l prosecutor Bilt ignored
and the prosecutor to pay the cost.
Commonwealth' rs. A. L Carey. Indictment
enlisting to serve in another State and procuring
to leave this State. Owen Baker, prosecutor. Bill
ignored.
Two indictments against T. B Wall, and four in
dictments against John Stemples for selling liquor,
in which Perry Marcy appeared as prosecutor, were
all ignored and the proseeutoi sentenced to pay the
costs. The people will certainly be very glad to
learn that there are no violations of the Liquor
Laws in this place.
Commonwealth rs. John H. Snyder and A. L,
Tiff iny supervisors ofE aton lownship Indictment
not repairing roads on return of Con-table Wel
lington Lee Prossecutor True bill.
Commonwealth rs. M W. C. Dctrick. Indictment
assault and battery, with intent to ravish- Lecta A.
Rosengran t pros. True bill.
The returns of the Constables of the several
township? show that there have been no violations
of the Liquor Laws in this County since last April
Court ; which must be very gratifying to the work
ers in the cause of temperence. It also appears
from the same, that the roads and bridges are in
good order in all the Townships except Windham,
Braintrim. Tuukhannock and Eaton-
JYb other business appearing, Court adjourned on
Thursday morning,