North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-06-24

none however LOOK cNeci. J.. except p'S w Slibt
fired by Green, which lodged in the thigh of
Mr.. Masters. There are varions and contra
dictcry reports in relation to the matter and
it is difficult 10 reconcile all of them as con-
sistent with truth, We would gladly refrain
from any attempt to give to the public any
thing more than what we have stated abnve /;
but, as the abolition organ of this place, edit
ed by the draf;-evading, runaway poltroon,
and sneak, beet-nosed Billy has chosen to
give partial and one sided account OF the
affair we will give what we believe to De a
fair and impartial account of II gained from
sources entitled t. full credit.
Masters is poor man supporting large
family BY days works. The draft OF October
last for his township fell upon him. lie how
ever did not report himself for duty at the
place of rendezvous. No efforts until the
present have been made to arrest him. Since
the anpointmrnt Of Green as marshall, he Is
represented TO have boasted that he would
draft Masters, boots and all " Masters lear.
| ipc that violence against him was contempIa-
ted provided himself with arms. On the
d,v of this occurrence he was back et MS
bouse. which is situate short distance from
the main road, in the woods choFp'ng. On
coming home he ascertained that Green, and
REYNOLDS had been there qu'zzng his whe'
and taunting his children, with such questions
rs 81 How would you like to have your dad
r, for soldier ?" &c. Masters surprising
they h,d gone to Factoryville went I"
neishbor's house (Mr. Frear's) borrowed
bag to get some potstoes from Mr.. Ascr who
| lives rile or more distant; while on his
way he passed TIE buggy of Green and Reyn-
olds. they having stopped at Mr.. Myers
| where they were told that the man passing
was Masters. They pur-ued aud "ver'""k
| him on :he road, and IN an authoritative way
| demanded his name. resi- dcnce, age &c Mas
| ters refused or neglected to make the proper
| responses, telling them it was none "t their
business Meanwhile he hal left the road
and was going across the frli. Reynolds
suggested that So saucy man should be shot
| in the premises to wit TO shoe; after one or
| more shots from them Masters fired his rifle
and one or two shots from his revolver; ; Reyn
olds and Green meanwhile kept mp a firing
from their revolvers. While looking for am
munitlon to reload his rifle Masters was
struck bv pistol shot in the hip, finding he
| had no ammunition, and being pressed pretty
/ hard Masters lift the field, Is the war reports
| say, in good order
| This frothy and abnsive a't'cle OF
the Republican in announcing Resistance TO
the draft in Falls, starts o&t with lie in the
! first sentence We are authorized to say
| say that Mr.. Ford, the Bradford county bully,
| who was sent down to enroll in Falls never
! saw an armed man never attempted I" en-
roll a man naver vas driven from that Town
| ship. lie went there, got DRUNK, claimed tn
be a good Democrat said he didn't want a
man to GO even though enrolled aud drafted
&C., exhibiting so much hypocrisy and false
| hood in all his actions, one Of his companions
heated by liquor furnished by himself, cid
boast that he could whip him; whereupon
Ford took his back track, saying that Falls
was too hot place for him.. The truth of
| the place. This then, is all that there was to
| Justify this Abolition Editor in publishing to
the world that " the enrolling officer was
driven from Falls Township 10y some OF the
1 81 4 ,,,o
! The frantic appeal of this silly abolition
| aeitator addressed doubtless to the inner,
armed circle of the Loyal Leaguers, of whom
B. C. Ralph Of Mehoopany seems to be the
mouth piece to GO to this vile nucleus of
treason" and wipe out =" the dupes of the
the Davis Conf drracy" will We venture to
say, fall upon ears as deaf aud hearts as era
| ven as those of him who wr ,te it. What
/ have the citizens Of Falls said or done that
| they should be the subjects If all this
abuse and defamation Where, when,
and how have they proved Themselves un-
faithful to the laws, the country or them
selves? They may be, and doubtless are ex
cited at the shooting of one of their neighbors
in an adjoining town by an upStart deputy
marshall. They doubtless feel that repe
tition, on one of their own citizens will be
resented But that a civil sober, unarmcd
man will meet with any resistance in perform
ing his duty even, under this Infamous con
script law, either IN Falls or Overtield we do
not believe.
FREE SPEECH Extract from a speech
delivered bs Hon. A. G.. RIDDLE Republican