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HARVEY SICKEER, Editor.
TUNKHANNOCK, PA
Wednesdy.Sept, 12th 1866.
FUR GOVERNOR,
101. lIISTEH CIYMEB,
OF BERKS.
Ron CONGRESS,
HON. Win. ELWELL,
of Columbia.
(Subject to decisioa of Conference Ccnvention )
t • —.
FOB BHERIF?,
M. W. DEWITT,
of Tunk. Boro.
FOB PROTHOSOTART,
E. J. KEENEY,
of Br dint rim,
FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE,
GORDON PIKE,
of Northmoreland.
TOR REGISTER AND RECORDER,
O. L. PARRISH,
of Monroe.
FOR TREASURER,
JEREMIAH OSTERHOUT.
of Tunk. Ttcp,
FOR COMMISSIONER,
G. W. SHERWOOD,
of Falls.
FOR CORONER,
A. 11. BOLES,
of Me shop pen.
FOR AUDITOR,
JAMES R. ROBINSON,
of Forkston.
' KATIOiNAL UNION
Meeting.
THE FRIESDd OF
JOHNSON AND CLYMEB,
Will hold a MASS MEETING at
TUNKHANNOCK, TUESDAY,
September 18, '66, at 12 o'clock, m.
Hon. Heister Clymer
Democratic Candidate for Governor,
HON- MONTGOMERY BLAIR,
late a member of Lincoln's Cabinet,
in. his. i. mum.
Of Philadelphia, arid other distinguished
Speakers w ill address the Meeting.
Let there be a general attendance
of ALL who are in favor of SUP
PORTING the CONSTITUTION
and RESTORING THE UA'ION.
£3T The late hour at which we receiv
ed the Election Proclamation, has unavoid
ably delayed the issuing of our paper for
a few hours, this week.
Reirentatlve,
Jakev Kennedy, a man who is known to
be entirely unqualified for any position,
even that of a township office, has by feeble
imitations of Landon in preaching the ne
gro—and him crucified, succeeded in foist
ing himself upon the people of this district
as a candidate for the Legislature. It is
true he had a bare majority of the dele
gates in Convention ; but these were se
cured by dogiading supinations, by persist
ent importunities,by trickery f dseboo s f
more bare-faced than ever before resorted
to by any man in this county. All this
was done under the cloak of religion ; and
with so much tact and sccresy, that almost
everybody was surprised at the result. We
believe that upon a fair expression of Re
publican sentiment in this county, that he
could not, to-day, secure one fourth of the
v >tes in that party for his nomination. —
Yet, notwithstanding all this, unless Re
publicans themselves repudiate him, Sus
quehanna County with her stubborn adher
ence to party, will probably cram him. ab
noxinuß as he is, down the tbioats of the
peopl: for the next two years. Will the
honest masses submit uncomplainingly, to
such a degradation ? WH they support a
party and a ticket, headed by such a man ?
Ut them answer at the polls.
Look at Them,
We ask the honest white Republicans of
this county, and District, to look at the
character of their present and would be
representatives in the National and State
Legislatures, and then say, if they can, that
negro equality is not a cardinal principle of
that party. Congressman Mercur, \o-ed
for negro suffrage in the District of Colum
bia, in opposition to the almost unanimous
voice of the white men of that District,—
The Freedmarfs Bureau, Civil rights and
all other bills and schemes of the radical
disunionists, were voted for and still are
heartily supported by him.
Landon of the State Senate, introduced,
and had passed, a resolution approving the
votes of Mercur and other radicals on this
question of negro suffrage, lie has preach
ed negro equality for years, at almost every
school house and cross road in this and
the adjoining counties.
The Negro Equality Conventlm.
The disunion negro equality county Con
vention held at this place on Monday of
last week was decidedly a rich affair.—
Had we the time and space to devote to a
c iitique on its proceedings we might fill
columns with an account of its ridiculous
and farcical features, but we have neither,
and will therefore content ourselves and
readears with a few brief sketches.
After several hours of anxious counting
noses, canvassing, boring, tying and "influ
encing" delegates by the office seekers, the
Convention of white folks, so-called, met
and organized by electing a Head Centre,
Worthy chief, King of the "League" or
"Knight" of the inner circles, we couldn't
divine which. His calling the "Lodge" to
° O
order, and sundry other strange remarks
left the point in doubt. We were glad af
terwards, to learn that the squire, who by
the way is a very good kind-hearted man,
had received his recent education as a pre
siding officer within the sacred precincts of
a Templar's Lodge. The opinion was quite
unanimous in the convention, that he was
better qualified for measuring Wood,
with an accurately measuied pole, than pre
siding at disunion meetings.
The Secretaries of the meeting handled
the goose quills very dexterously, but it
was thought, would have managed them
more naturally, if they had been sticking
to the geese. The convention pitched in
to the Representative question, hut were
taken completely by surprise when some
knowing chap among them suggested that
there was a Congressman to nominate.
"What, a Congressman too"' was the ejac
ulatioa from the Worthy chief, down, —
This representative question had been
worked up so that it had made them forget
that there was such a man as U. Mercur,
or >uch an office as Congressman.
S. Leroy Tiffany, late editor of the Re
publican and "Babe of the woods" who is
always conspicuous on great state occasions,
took an early opportunity to post bimselt
on the judges stand and w itli another equal
ly busy body poured a shower of advice
into either ear of their almost bewildered
President
A proposition was made to vote by bal
lot, this was opposed by the Ken.nud.ium,
one of whom got up and charged his fellow
delegates with having been suhj cted to
"improper influence,s'' while at the same
time they—t ie Kennadian party —had it
all arranged to foist upon the convention
two bogus delegates, by which they
would secure the nomination of their
negro worshipping preacher on the first
ballot. During the voting the "monument
huil !er" sat ill at ease, wheezing like a j
stuck hog, witr great drops of sweat oozing
from his thick greasy skin. As soon as lire
announcement of his nomination was made
he jumped up aud with face as radiant with
smiles as a hollow pumpkin with a can
dle in it, he wheezed out that he would
pay for the delegates "dinners, <fcc.'" —•
The • <fcc." was understood by the thirty
delegates present, to mean a little some
thing that Good Templars don't take —in
public. This had a uiost charming effect
on the delegates. r l heir dry tongues *and
parched throats began to water in anticipa
tion of a few drops of "good craytur '' —
We noticed that they spoke up much louder
after that. This was especially noticeable
in the case of those who, wbeu the vote
was takeu to make the nomination unani
iuous, voted with stentorian tones, NO!
Until this moment^Jakey.doubtless judg
ing from himself, had thought that the
surest way to get at the hearts of men, was
through their stomachs ; hence the offer of
dinner 61c. After hearing these loud noes,
he made a break for the Dank and securing
a handful of $ 1,00 grecnbtcks he spent
the rest of the day in going around
the streets, presenting each of his dele
gates with a (foliar note. Of course Jakey
would not use ' improper influences" to se
cure a nomination. Of course lie felt very
pay-triotic just then; and the delegates
who took this money, must have felt "ha- d
up. It is reasonable to presume that a
man who poys money to secure a nomina
tion, at the hands of men elected to seive
the people, will ifelected liim*elf toke mon
ey for the passage of Tonnage Tax and R,
R. swindles.
Want of space forbids a further notice of
the very interesting proceedings of tLis
very interesting convention.
Congressman Mercur's Record,
A late number of the Danville Intelligen
cer gives us the proceedings of a radical dis
union Mass Meeting at that place, at which
Mr. Congressman Mercur was the only
speaker of any prominence—he being made
so by the fact that he asks to be sent to
congress again from this district. Though
the meeting was called a "g"and Mass
Meeting," and the notorious Jack Hamil
ton, Andy Curtiu and other celebrities
were announced, it turned out to be a
most contemptible fizzle both as to bear
ers and speakers.
Tli e Int l/igewer makes the followingcom
m< nts on Mercur's speech ; by which it
seems that he concluded, in that county, to
drop the nigger and mount the taiiff as
his hobby. In a speech at this place last
court week, (held there, so as to insure an
audiance) *e are told that not a word was
said about the tariff, bjt that the "barbari
ties of southerners" and the misfortunes
of the "loyal" were his themes. lie and
Landon both unequivocally declared them
selves in favor of giving the right of suf
frage to the negro, and of keeping out the
south until that right, as they called it,
was accorded to him. Surely their votes
in the Senate and in Congress show that
such is their position. But read what the
Intelligencer savs:
Mr. Meicur took the stand and com
menced a speech, which, however lengthy,
however lame in argument, was gentleman
ly and decent in tone compared to that of
the fledgling who had preeeeded him.—
Mr, M's anxiety appeared to be to char
up his record in the Mump .Congress. He
dwelt a long time on the subject of the
tariff, a hobby that every opposition can
didate in this district is sure to mount
when they come this way. They imagine
if they only talk tar ff to the people, all is
well, and accordingly Mr. Mercur gave the
audiance a full surfeit of this subject. Ac-;
cording to bim, it was tariff, first, last and
all time. Hut he neglected to ted bis au
ditors, notwithstanding all his efforts, and
all his atteinpte to prove he belonged to
the tariff party, that the Republican Rad
ieals having over a two thirds vote iri both
Houses of Congress, slaughtered the tariff
bill. He also dwt It long and pathetically
over his action on the soldiers'bounty bill ;
eontending that be bad placed himself
right on the tecord o*l that measure, ex-
C-pt that when it came to the final vote,
lie voted against it, a< did some thirty five
other radicals, a'd had if not been for the
votes of Democratic members the bill wo'.i j
have been defeated. His excuse was the
Bounty bil l was coupled with another to
raise the salary of Congressmen, and his
'•oncience would not ailovv him to vote
for the latter An India-rubber conscience,
truly, he must have, considering that he
was not too conscientious to draw the
additional amount voted to his salary, out
of the National Treasury. All his pleas
and subterfuges and att mpts to paliate,
that vote wib not avail There stands the
record. WHEN THE BILE WAS CP
BEFORE CONGRESS GIVING NE
GRO SOLDIERS S3OO BOUNTY, MR
MERCUR VOTED FOR IT. WHEN
THE BILL GIVING SIOO TO WHITE
SOLDIERS WAS UP BEFORE THE
SAME BODY. MR. MERCUR VO
TED AGAINST IT.
Mr. Me'Ctir also took occasion to cm
plain of the Dcraoc atic papers fr charg
ing the Republican party and its leaders
with being iw favor of negro suffiage, and
sought to defend bis party in Congress bv 1
a transparent attempt at deception. He
wanted his auditors, whenever they heard
a Democrat chaig- the Radicals with be
ing in favor of negro suffrage, to challenge
the former to show anv act passed by the
late Congress lOinpelling anv State to
adopt negro suffrage. Now Mr. Mercur
must have known he was addressing at
least some men of intelligence, persons
who were able ro read and judge correct -
Iv in rcf.-rence to what tliev did read, and
knowing this he should not have treated
them as being ignorant or credulous. Fur
thermore he lias been a Judge of an im
portant Judicial District, r.nd th<ref -re
should rise above the finesse an I arts of
the pettifogger lie knows and every
other man with a modicum of brain
knows, that Congress has not the power to
interfere with or regulate the elective fran
chise in the Stars. But in the District of
Columbia, and in the Territories of the
United States Congress has sole control in
this matter. Hence, so far as Congress
had the power, they used it to fasten ne
gro suffer ge on the people. The House
of Representatives passed a bill forcing ne
gro suffrage on the peop'e of the District
of Columbia, no'witbstandi rig the citizens
of that di-tricf had protesti d against if by
a vote 6000 to 38 vot s in favor of jt
The following is the section of the bill
conferring the right ofsu ffrago on negroes
in the District ot Columbia.
A Bill extenting the right of suffrage in the Dis
trict of Coin in Ma
BE IT EXACTED. A". That from all laws and pirts
of laws prescribing he qnalifi-slions of electors foi
anv office in the District of Columbia, the won!
"white" he, .nd the same is heiehy stricken oat,
ant that fiorn and after fn pvz*age of this act n>
p reon sh ill he disqualified from voting :it any elec
tion held in the said District on account, of color.
SEC. 2. That all acts .if Congress and all laws of
the State of M >rvland in force in said District and
all f rdtoanees in the cities of Washington and
Georgetown inconsistent with the povisions of th s
act are herehv repealed and annulled.
On the final passage of th's bill 116
votes were cast in its favor. All Radical
Republicans, including the vote of Ulv-es
M • rcur; against it 45 votes, all Demo-
I erats and Conservatives.
Again, on the bill to amend the organic
| acts <<f the tenitoiies of Nebraska, Colora
do, Dakota, Montana. Washington, Idaho,
Arizona, Utah and New Mexico, the ninth
section reals:
RESOLVED. Thuf within the territories aforesaid
there shall t>e no deniol of .he elective franchise to
citiwns of the United States because of rnoe or color
and all persons shall be eqn>l hefore the law And
nil acta or parts of acts either of Congress or the
legislative asseinLlies of the territories aforesaid,
inconsistent with the provisions of thia act, are here
by declared null and void.
On the meageof this bill containing
this negro PuffVa<xc and i, gro equal ty
section, the yeas were 79, all radical Re
publicans, including the vote of Ulysses
Mercur; nays 43, all Democrats and Con
servatives.
Thus it will be seen by the record that
Ulysses Mercur voted for both of these
bills, voted in favor of negro suffrage and
negro equality, and all the pitiful evasions
and shifts he resorts to to shield himself
from opposing the feelings and interests
of his constituency, prove* that he has not
the fiaukness and manlir.ess befitting a
Representative. Ilis votes also prove that
he is willing and anxious to strike at the
very foundation of Republicanism, the
light of the majority to rule. It also
proves that when tlie time arrives when
amendments to the Constitution of this
State can be voted for. we will find him
with his radical conspirators at work try
ing to fasten negro suffrage on the citizens
of Pennsylvania.
We g> on and criticise his at
tempt to defend the Radical paity in their
efforts to break up the Union by keeping
out eleven States, but bis arguments were
so weak it is not worth the trouble. Judge
M is not a fluent speaker, neither is he ar
gumeniative nor gifted with that eloquence
which makes the worse appear tne better
cause. He is what might be termed a
dull prosy speaker.
The Douglas Monument Ceremonies,
CHICAGO, Sept 6.—The ceremonies of
the laying of*the cornerstone of the Doug
las monument have been concluded with
great success. They were participated in
by the President and parly, and the corner
stone laid by the Free and Accepted Ma
sons of Illinois.
Tht monument, which already reaches
att altitude of sixteen feet, was canopied
with a huge American Hag.
Douglas' grave is directly to the east of
the monument. It was most beautifully
decorated. A frame work, consisting of
four arches, one on either side of the iu
closure around the grave and reaching up
wards about thirty-five feet, was ended;
and each arch was most tastefully draped
with black cloth, beneath which, lying in
graceful folds, were large Ameiican Hags.
The summits of these arches were orna
mented with evergreens and wreath of
flowers, and at each corner was placed a
large vase, containing a huge boquet. One
vase surmounted the southern arch, facing
the enttancc to the grounds, and the up
rights or pillars supporting the arches were
handsomely entwined with black and tri
culond bunting. The raijing around the
grave was covered witli American flags,
tastefully arranged, and dotted at interval*
with wieatlis and flower*. Vases weie plac
ed at each corner of the railing, filleil with
choke flowers. To the Souih of Douglas
grave was placed a model of the monument
to his memory, and to the north a fine bu>t
of the great statesman was placed on a pe
destal. A gold star was suspended directly
over the grave, upon which was inscribed
the words un example." The grave
presented a remarkable beautiful appear
ance.
The President, General Grant, Admiral
Farragnt, General Meade, Members of tin*
Cabinet, Senator Doolittle, the Committee
of Arrangements ami others, entered the
grou mis, and marched uncovered past the
Knights Templars to their proper places on
the monument.
Alter a fervent prayer the Right Wor
shipful and Grand Treasurer, Mr. M, J.
Noeos, proei-edod to deposit the articles in
the cavity set apart for the corner stone.
After this ceremony the Chicago Light
Guard baud played a solemn dirge.
The Grand Masters then directed the
Grand Senior Warden to app'y his level
to the stone and see if it was level. The
Giatnl Warden did so, and reported the
stone level. The ceremony of pouring oil
and strewing corn was then proceeded witli
by the Grand Master, after which he stated
that the Masonic rites would conclude with
an ode.
An impressive prayer was then dcliver
ered by the chaplain of the da}*.
Major Rice tlien introduced thcora'orof
the day. Major Gneral John A. Dix.—
After the delivery of tbeoiaiion, President
Johnson delivered an appropriate speech.
Speeches were also made by Secretary
Seward and Gen. Grant, when the immense
assemblage s t parated.
How the Generals Stand,
Tito following list of true, tried and gal
lant soldiers lisive all expressed themselves
in favor of the President's policy :
General U. S Grant,
Lt. Gen. IV. T. Sherman,
Gen. IP. S. Hancock,
Gen. Geo. B. McClellan,
Gen John A. Dix,
Gen. Robt. Patterson,
Gen. G. A, Guslar,
Gen. L. 11. Rosseau,
Gen. Wm. McCandless,
Gen. Peter Lylo,
Gen. A. H MeCook,
Gen. George Crook,
Gen. J. Mcl'lernand,
G'-n. D. N. Conch,
Gen. W. B. Franklin,
Gen. G. K Warren,
Gen. Phil Sherridan,
Gen. T. L Crittenden,
Gen, O. B. Wilcox.
Gen. J. C. McKibbin,
Gen. Frank Blair,
Gen. Durbln Ward,
Gen. Hugh Ewing,
Gen. Wellington Ent.
and a hundred others, whose names we
cannoi just now call to mind.
Now LOOK ON THIS PICTURE :
Among the few who support the Rump
Congress, the following are ' he most prom
inent :
Gen. Joshua T. Owens,
Gen. Wm. B. Thomas,
Gen. C, 11. T. Col lis,
Gen. John P<>pe,
Gen. Fisher,
Gen. Ben. Butler,
Gen J. W. Geary,
Gen. Carl Short*,
together with a lot more such patriots and
heroes.
General Grant,
The "Red Republicans" are intensely
annoyed by the position of Gen. Grant, and
are industriously endeavoring to explain
away his presence at the reception of
the committee appointed bv the Philadel
phia convention to wait upon tue i'nsident
and present him an official copy of the pro
ceedings. Some of them allege that the
general was there by accident, and others
that he has sent for an official business, —
Neither of these statements is true, altho'
it is not doubted that the general was in
vited to attend.
The editor of the News was oresent as a
member of the committee, and knows the
fact that General Granttook part in the pro
ceedings from choice. This was manifest
from bis whole conduct. He entered the
east room after the committee, and after
the President had taken his position, and
was careful to make his way through the
crowd and take his place by the side of the
President, grasping his hand cordially as he
did so. ll is idle for the revolutionists to
count on Grant as being with them. He
has never voted with them, and never will,
and when the impending struggle comes he
will be found as ever at the head of the
ARMY OF THE UNION, — Phili, News.
fggj' Every Geary organ teems with false
hoods about the insecurity at the South for
the lives and property of Northerners and
Union men This they call mak
ing politic d capital for the Rump faction
and its candidate Gear}'. Their lies are
made out of the whole cloth. The milita
ry commanders of every department report
mo-t favorably of affairs in every State,
and declare that Northerners are as safe in
any part of the South as in the North; and
negroes everywhere, except when they get
up a negro suffage riot, as at N.ew Orleans,
and w hen they commit ciiines, are as safe
and as well treated as it is possible. The
Southern people accept the situation and
are intent only on repairing the damages
of the war.
TUB negro delegates were all permitted
to participate in the inauguration of the
League's "Southern Loyalist Convention,"
which met yesterday on the street, in front
of the League House, and in National Hall.
Frederick Douglass WHS greeted with re
peated cheers by bis Radical brethren,
which compliment he gracefully acknowl
edged by removing his hat bowing gently.
—Aye.
THE SENTIMENTS OF BRAVE MEN. —
"Perley," in his dispatch from Philadelphia
to the Boston Journal, speaking of the visit
paid to delegates foul South Carolina to the
Massachusetts delegation, says :
"Then Gen. Custur came in, and was intro
duced to G*i:. McGowan of the Confeder
ate aimy. After cordially shaking hands,
Cu-tur said ; ''General, we have been look
ing at each other often during the war,thro'
field glasses amid the smoke of battle If
we can now shake hands, these civillians
who have stayed at their homes in safety
surely shoulj.
Den ANT, a New Orleans fellow, who has
been imported into Philadelphia to help
put Geary stock up to average in the mar
ket, declared at a speech in the League
House, on the 31st, that "until thenegioes
are allowid to vote TIIFUE CAN BE No
PEACE IN THE COUNI..Y," —If a tew such
fellows as Durant would be awarded their
just deserts at a rope's end, there would be
peace enough in the country. — Age.
The Head Scenter of the Republi
can party of the United States is Sambo.
Local and Personal*
A Festival will be giveu by the Good Tem
plars of i his place, at their Hall on Friday the 21st
inst The proceeds of wbiih are ti he appropriated
to fittirg up and furnishing their Ilall. Music,lce-
Creum and other refreshtnen's are ta.ked of,as proin •
ineut on the programme. Particulars uext week.
A Funiij" Rook has just come to us, called ''Po
etical Acorns from the Great Oak Hall." It is one
ot the joliest litt e books we ever saw—full of fun,
side-splitting pictures ami capital jokes. It is a
good thing to have about the house—or. as it is maile
to nicely fit in the pocket, it is just what is often
wanted to make a merry e.ening. It is given away
gratuitously by Wanumaker t Brown, the popular
C.othier, Oak Hall, S. E cor. 6th a d Market sfs.
Philadelphia, and anybody can get it by enclosing
their address and f two-cent stamp for the postage'
Scorbutic diseases are the parent stock frotn
which arises a laige poition of tl e fatal maladies
that afflict mankind. They are as it were a species
of potato rot in the human constitution, which un
dermines and corrupts all the sources ot its vitality
and hastens its decay They are the germ from
which spring, Consumption, Rheumatism, Heart dis
ease, Liver Complaints, aud Eruptive .Diseases which
will be recognized us among those most latal and
destructive to the races of men. So dreadtul are its
cciisequences to human life, that it is hatdly possi
ble to over estimate the importance of an act uil,
roluule remedy, that can sweep out this Scroiulous
coiitauinatiou. We kuow then we shall proclaim
welcome news to our readers of one from such a
quarter as will leave little uoubt of its efficiency
and still more welcome, when we tell them it surely
does accomplish the en 1 desired. We mean Area's
SAKSAPABILLA ana it is certainly worth the atten
tion of those who are afflicted with Scrofula or Scro
fulous complaints.— Register, N Y,
Married.
FER 3FSON-HETTESUEIMIR- It. Tunkban
np'-k, by Rev. C. R. I^une,. :tt his residence the sth
int. Wm. U. Ferguson of Lake, Luzerne Co. Pa ,
and Sorcnda M daughter of Mr, Win. lletteshei
mer ol Monroe, Wyoming Co Pa.
JENKINS—STEVENS—At the wine place, by the
same, the Bth inst, Z uas Jenkins of Tunkhamioek
Township an 1 Climena, daughter of Mr. Damon
Stevens cf Eaton.
STEVENS—BROWN—AIso, at the same plaoe. by
the same, the 10th inst, Charles F, Stevens, of
T rrytown, Bradford Co. Pa. and Eliza E. daugh
ter of Mr Mason Brown, of Browntown, Pa.
IIARDINO—ARMSTRONG- At the parsonage in
Northmorelaud, by the Rev. Oliver Lewis on
Wednesday the sth inst, Mr. 11. M. Harding to
Miss Ann Armstrong, both of Eaton, Wyoming
Co. Pa.
Aecompanyiny the above notice was a greenback,
for the printer, for wlrch be feels profoundly grate
ful ; and wishes the happy couple a life of uaalloyed
doubl* blessedness.
GENHRAIJ
ELECTION PROCLAMHION
WHF.REAS, in and bj an Act of tha General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, entitled "An Act regaining the General
Elections within this Commonwealth, passed the 2d
d >y of Ju1y,1833," it is made the duty of the Sheriff
of every county to give public Dotice of such Election
to be holden, and to make known in such netice what
officers are to be elected--Therefor* I AHIRA
GAY, Sheriff of the County of Wyoming, in said
Commonwealth, do make known by this advertise
ment. to the Electors of the Coanty of Wyoming
that a
GENERAL, ELECTION,
will be held in the County of Wyoming oa the
Second Tuesday of October next.
(it being the 9ih oav of said month), at which time
State. District and County OffioeA as follows are to'
be elected, te wit :
One person for Governor of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
Oue person for Congressman for the 1 3th Cft!L
gressional District.
Two pet sons to fill the offices of Members of the
House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, to repre
sent the counties of Wyoming and Susquehanna.
One person tor High Sheriff of the County of Wyo
ming
One person for Associate Judge of the County of
Wyoming.
One person for Prothonotary and Clerk of the"
Court of Wyoming
One person fot Register and Recorder of the Co.
of Wyoming.
One [.erson for County Commissioner of the County
of Wyoming.
One person for County Auditor for the County of
Wyoming
One person for Coroner of the County of Wyoming,
I also hereby make known and give notice that
the piace of holding the General Election in the sev
eral townships within the County of Wyoming, are
as follows, to wit :
Braintriui District, at the house occupied by T. D,
Spring in Lacey ville.
Clinton, at the new school house in the village of
Factory vill s.
Eaton, at the house of Peter Stroh, in Eaton town
ship.
Exeter, at the house late of So'omon Brown, in
Exete towhship.
Forkston, at the house of Hiram (Hitchcock, in
Forkston township
Falls, at the house of Levi Townsend, in Falla
township.
Lemon, at the school-house, near H. G. Ely, in
Letron township.
Monroe, at the red school-house in Monroe town
ship.
Mehoopany, at the house of Peter Bender, in Me
hoopany Township
Meshoppen, at the housefrf Daniel Hankinson, in
Meshoppen township.
Northtnorela id, at the bonse Winters k Howard
at Ceutremoreiand Corners, in Nortbmoreland town
ship.
Nicholson, at the house occupied by E N. Bacon
in Nicholson township.
Korth Branch, at the school-bouse near the store
late of John Pfouts, in North Branch township.
Ovtrfield, at the old school-house near Lawrence
Agers, in Overfield township.
Tunk. Boro. at the Court House, in the Boro. of
Tunkh innock.
Tunkhaunoek Township, at the Court House,in the
Born of Tuukhacnock.
Windham, at the house of David Fisk in_Windham
township.
Washington, at the Baptist Church on Russell Hill
in Washington township,
In pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An
Act relating to the Elections of this Commonwealth,"
passed the 2d of July, A. D, 1839.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
'•That the Inspectors and Juages chosen as afore
said shall meet at the respective places appointed for
holding the election in the districts to which, they
respectively belong, before nine o'clock on the morn
ing of the second Tucsiay in October, in each and
every year, and each of said Inspectors shall appoint
one clerk v <ho shall be a qualified voter of suo < dis—
triot.
"Incase the person who shall have received the
second highest number of votes for Inspectors shall
not attend on the day of Election he, the person
who shall have received the second highest number
of votes for Jndge at th preeeeiing election shall
act as Inspector in his place. And in case the person
who shall have received the highest number of votes
for Inspector shall not attend, the person elected
Ju Ige shall appoint an Inspector m his place ; and
in case the person elected Judge shall not attend,then
the Inspector who received the highest number of
Totes shall appoint a Judge in his place, and if any
vacancy shall continue in the Board for the space of
one hour after the time fixed for the opening the elec
tion of the qualified voters of the township, ward or
district, for which such officer shall have been elect—
ed. present at the place of election, shall elect one of
their number to fill soch vacancy.
"In all cases where the names of a person claim
ing to vote is not to be found on the list furnished
by the Commissioners and Assessors, or his right to
vote whether found therein or not is objected toby
any qualifiei oitixeo it shall be the duty of the In
spectors to examine such persons on oath as to his
qualifications and if he claims to have resided in the
Stare for one yeiror more,his oath shall be sufficient
proof thereof; but he shall make proof by at least
one competent witness who shall be a qualified elect
or that has resided within the district for more than
ten days immediately preceding the election, and
shall also himself swear that his bona fide residence,
in pursuance of his lawful calling is within the dis
trict and that he did not move into the district for
the purpose of voting therein.
Eve r y person dual'.fied as aforesaid, and who shall
m:. ke due proof, if required, of his residence and
payment of taxes as aforesaid, shall be admitted to
vote in the township, ward or district ia which he
shall reside
.•If any person or perrons shall make any bet or
wager upon the result of any election in this Com
monwealth, or shall offer ha make any such bet or
wager either bv verb il proclamaiion thereof, or by
any written or printed advertisement challenge or
invite anv person or persons to make such a bet or
wa *er, upon conviction thereof he or they shall for
trit and pay three times the amount so bet or offered
to bet.
' If anv person not bylaw qualified shall fraudu
lent ly vote at any election within this Common
wealth, or b<ing otherwise qualified shall vote out
of his proper: district, or if anv person knowing the
want of such qualification shall aid or procure smh
person or persons offending shall on conviction be
fined not exceeding two hundred dollars and be im
prisoned for a term not exceeding three months.
"If anv person shall vote at more than one elec
tion district, or otherwise fraudulently more than
-nee on the same day or shall fraudulently fold anl
deliver to the Inspectors two tickets together, with
the intention to illegally vote, or shall vote the same
or if any person shall advise or procue other so to do
he or they so offending shall on conviction, be fined
in any sura not less than fifty nor more than five
hundred dollars and be imprisoned for any term not
less than three nor mors than twelve months.
"If any person not qualified to vote in this Com
i monwealth agreeable to law (excepting the sons of
qualified citizens.) shall appear at any place of elec
tion for the purpose of issuing tickets or influencing
citizens qualified to vote, he shill on conviction for
feit and pay any sum not exceeding one hundred dol*
Urs for every su h offen e, and be imprisoned for any
term not t xceeding three months.
"That any person except justices of the peace
who shall hold any oflSce or appointment of profit or
trust under the government of the United States, or
of this State, or of Dy city or incorporated
1 whether a commissioned officer or otherwise —a sup.
ordinate officer or agent—who is or who shall be em
ployed under the legislative, executive of judiciary
department of this State or of the United States, or
' of any city or incorporated didrict and also that
i ' every member of Congress and of the State Legisla
ture,and of the select or common council of any city,
or commissioners of any incorporated district is by
1 law incapable of holding or exercising, at the same
■ time,the office of anpointnent of Judge,lnspector or,
{ Clerk of any eleotion within this Commonwealth and
1 that no Inspector, Judge or other officer of any such
election, shall be eligible to any offioe to be then
i voted for.
j "No person shall be permitted t> vote at any
eleotion ns aforesaid, other than white freeman
of the age of 21 years or more, who shall have re
• sided in this State at least one year, and in the
election district where he offers to vote, at least ten
■ days immediately proceeding such election, and
within two years have paid a State or county tax,
1 which shall have bei>n assessed at least ten days
i before election. But a citizen of the United States,
who has previously been a qualified voter of this
' i State, and removed therefrom and returned, and
I who shall have resided in the election district, and;
i paid taxes aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote after
residing in this State six months, provided, tht<_
the white freeman citizens of the Unit d States
between the ages of 21 and 22 years and having re
1. sided in this State one year, tfhd in the election
! district 10 days as aforesei'l, shall be entitled -c