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TROY y. Y. Thursday. Oct. 3. 1875.
Al .he onion Convention here to-day, the
Hon jaime. Gibson ofiNnhhinrton WIS un 'nimously
nom mated for senate tom tie AlIth District
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NATIONAL MILITARY AND NAVAL AsYLuM.-
A meeting Of eorporators Of "fhs National Military
snd Na al Asylum for the Relief the Totally Dsnblei
Officers aud Men OF the Volunteer Forces ~ the United
States is TO be held iD the library Of the Smithsonian
Institute at Washington. OF Wednesday, Oct Ia. AZ
II o'clock.
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NEW ORiRAss Wednesday O,$. L. Is65.
The New Orleans and Jackson Railroad has
hecn completed through to Canton, Aiss.. AM trains
viii soon commence ruIurg.
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Lnuuch Of the N~shnfniny.

PHILApgIrHI,. Thursday. Oct. ! 1868
The steam I,igate NsshaIning, the largest
vessel launched Ia Philadelphia, Vas launched this
afternoon
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Prospects Of Gc.. Basks's Election -
Congress.
BoeIov. Thursdsy. Oct. S.

BoeIov. Thursdsy. Oct. 5. ls65.
A NJ citing Of RcpublIcaus held at Lawrence
nigh e.ced deegatss g. tie Sixth Congressional
District ConvClion who are favorable 10 the cttce u
Gen. Bank, iB t..ts district ior tongrcss.
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RoBgpD HIS FMpLoyrR.-A bow named

ROBBED HIS EMPLoYER.-A boy named
Pstrick Naion. in the employ " WW. Martin st
Saltcryille. broke into the slerpingroom of r MaFs
on Tuesday night and stole So ~. With which no
decamped. The Young thief was onnd az the Oi Sow
ery Theatre on Wednesday, anu taken ntoesto1J
Ii admitted his g,t aud said that ne squdnuerod"
GO rsderabe portion OF the money with some coinpan-
ore Recorder Martindale of Jersey CAY !csterday
q ommiited him 10 The County J all FOR tFi-i.
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The NashpiHs Banner has story TO the effect
TINT Wm L. Yancey died of spine disease, brought on
by nlries received In personal encounter with Ben
Hill of Georgia In secret session VI the hepei Senate
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Nnvy-Xrrd Employers Prohibited from
Giving Money for Political Purposes.

The following significant order which was
issued yesterday will be read with interest by the pub
c The last sentence is thus italicized in the original
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Secretary sewmrd aud Son as Princeton.

TKKNToS, y. j.. Thgrsday. Oct. 5. 1865.
The Hon. William II. Seward and son, and
suite are the guests Of Judge Fields, at Princeton to.
night.
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Movements Of Gen. Grr,,.

HARksbuho' "a Thursday, Oct. ). 1863.
Gen. Grant aud family passed here this morn
ng In the Pennsl h nrin Railroad Companys special
car lie viii arrive In Philadelphia about noon to-day.
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ARREST OF SUSPICIOUS PgasoNS-A woman
giving her sne Pearsall arrested yester-
dsy neraing suspicion Of having stolen yalu ,be
gold watch and chain. which she offered % sell FOR SiO
arl pair Of shoes at Murphys shoe store IN Hooiaou
eryst, Jersey City. An Engiishman giving the mans
WedDesday night in Giaa1,t.. Jersey Cry on suspl.
con Of having stolen quantity Of plated sNerwars
and wearing apparel which he mad in his possession.
Reed claims 90 have brought tho goods from England
and was on his wav 70 take the midnght train for PM
adelphia. The prisoners weie held for examination.
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The Egeiwrn Of Troops.

BosroN Thursday. Oct. 5. 1865.
The 81 Massachusetts, Cavalry, 400 strong,
last from Kansas arrived here to-day and proceeded
to Galloupes Island. where the men will bc paid aud
mustered out.
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From LouisviIie.

LOUISVILLE Wednesiay. Der. T. 1865.
The 18th NowI0rk Infanlry leave here to
day and expect TO reach bone on Saturday morning.
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Cam, Of aprra,. Calendar.

ALBANY, Thursday. Oct. s. 1865.
The day calendar Tor Friday. Oct q, 1866
Nos. I6 les IGs 40 III. i72 i73 ia, l7s and I7G
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EPISCOPAL GENERAL CONvEN.
TION.

Yesterday-The North Caro-.
lima Delegation Admi'tcd - Day OF
Thnnksgiving-Adn,i DuPont-Ob's'
unry-ProvisiennI System for Dioccses
Additional Hymns-Ilonrs Of Meet.
ing -Finnmcini-Easter Day Aims-
Puuctunt,ng the Crced-CIcrgymcn I'm
tlse Pupy aud NAVY.
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POWDER EXPERIMENTS.
Tie AfeOclsfef IFr'-,
WAsHINoTos. Thursday Oct. s. 1865
TIE RUSSIAG-AMERICAS TELEGRAPH


TIE RUSSIAN AMERICAN TELEGRAPH.
Minister Clay has transmitted to the State
Department ofciol copy fthe conditions stipulated
betwecn the Russian TelcHnpi Department and Hiram
'ible!, fr tie establishment of teegrapic c0nnlun
cation between Russia ard America, BY which the
exclusive right il granted tO the ftter pen poten9ry
OF lie American Western Union Telegraph Company
for SO year, rom the day he ne shall be opened, the
,iussan Government 10 grsut further term 1t may
Judge convenient In order 20 encourage the under
tsEng, the Government grants Ia the Company az
allowance Of 80 per cent ON Tie net produce Of dis
patches transmitted by IL over the lines 10 and from
American aud. In order 20 contribute ms much ns pos
s9e 10 Tue success Of the present undertaking the
Minister Of Public Utility will adopt the measures
necessary for securing the Compqnys telegraph from
being Dailcously injured by the local population but
at the same time the Government refuses 10 take upop
Itself any Responsibility FOR such injuries Of any nature
Whatsoever. The Company is allowed to import ma
I teTials free OF duty.
| SALE OF RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK.
( Col. A. l.. Robinson, Superintendent of
United states Military railroads, recently sod at nuc
senger cans. They were purchased principally by Tho
Southern railroad companies and brought eii70O in
ca6h or ebOut two.thirds " the original cost Forty
OF fifty locomotives and five Fix hundred car, are 10
b, sold on tie Eth inst. at Alexandria Va Much Of
th stock taken South 10 be used for the transpor
tsto on o. Gen. Sheilnans advancing army. but Lees
c olYituLtOn rendered lite employment unnece.sary.
BEAUBRGARD.
Several weeks ago Il lady friend made app-
cation to the State Department FOR passport for Gen
Beanregard that he might avail himself Of tho Official
order q mting such offenders 70 voluntarily exile
ihonsev ves during the pleasure OF the Government.
Eut it Is undcrstoOd that the Southern lady, who
WAS to day at the Presidents house. is now interesting
herooH 10 procure for him the Executive clcneocy.
THE CHOLBRA-ITS INCREASE
! The United States Consul at Port Mahon,
under date Of Sept 3 Gays the cholera st Parma Ma.
jorca. has carried OF many people, aud there - no
elimination of the disease. panic prevails there.
he cholera has nsO appeared mt CDdadcls IL II nov
ed al uD n
Mah0n. and others Of various diselses The chol-
| era is JepIeeented TO have broken Oat west
of Pi1f Mahon. bot thus far this scOurgo
scems 10 have been confined 10 the great channels OF
human travel aid the mars Of commerce. There IN
information. however. that IL has appeared IN the
interior Of Spain TIE Consul saw, that from inforDa.
tion received az Port Mahon. 1t is believed that tho
soOurgewil again visit the West and that information
Inns also been received there that the Russian pest
which was thought ~ have disappeared las broken
out iu Siberia. The accounts OF ts pest are irghlrl
beyond ANY tAing hesetofoIe known. ...
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FROM WASHINGTON.
spscis. Dispatch e. The N. Y. Tribune.

Special Dispatch tc The N Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON. Thursday Oct ), 1866.
NATIONAL BANKS.
Up to the present time nearly 1,600 National
Banks with an aggregate authorized capital of s5sc
579 2Ol, bave been established in the United States.
LOUISIANA POLITICS.
The following telegram was received at the
White House to day: .f.
Nrw.ORIRANs. Oct 5, 1885
TO President Avnryw JOHNSON: Gov. Wciles has
beeu nominated by reclamation 10y the Democratic Cen
yeuton. Tie Presidents policy Is indorsed.
c. BULLTrT.
This report quite the opposite of that seat to the
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The Old Colony Railroad Corporation IL abont
Ia erect station building in Boston which viii be
thousand iect long I'D OF elegant architecture
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ALLEGED HIGHWAY ROBBBRY.-IW0 men
cd and taken before Justice Adrdge Of Hudson City
on charge OF forcby robhing a man OF $50 nea'
GresnyilIe. and also stealing cow They We're COM
nitted 10 tho County j si for tria.
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ATTEMPT TO PASS COUNTERFEIT NoNBY.--A
uo, norned Julian Leehnlan taken before Justica
AIdriJge OF Hudson City yesterday charged with hav,
I'M, attempted 20 pass counterfeit 80 L. 5. Traasry
nnte on Thomas Shelton OF the town OF Union. IBs
a1.,useI WAS committed ~ the County Jail.
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DFAD LETrYfs.

During the fiscal yea ending June 30, 1865,
the number Of dead letters returned to The Dead Letter
Office ia Washing ton was htile under 1900 COo.
These contained s2Gt0 in cash, beside mary other
articles Of value. q million three huodred thousand
OF these letters we've returned 10 the writers
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-08-23
The Case Of WIFI am Kessler.

William Kessler. poor insane man, of
j .ckson township, in this couaty was drafted;
but no notice was ever served on him, the
officer whose duty it was, saying that i, was
unnecessary, that be knew him to be insane
and that he would so return the facts. Sub
spquen,ly, William Kessler was taken to the
Lunatic Asylum at Harrisburg, and by some
means returned home.
The notifying "ficer went into the service
and died The way seemed to be clear and
thirty pieces Of greenbacks, prize not to be
lightly discarded. Accordingly one bitter
cnld night in February last, squad, followed
by a military official, arrested the poor lena
tic, hurried him from point to point WITHOUT
giving his friends time or opportunity TO
bring the facts before the convicting tribunal
until finally the poor FRIENDLEss INSANE
citizen, found h,mself incarcera'ed in Fort
NJ fin, under sentenc' Of a C. nrt Martial, 70
a c nfinement fnr TWO YEARS WITH
BALL AND CHAIN!
Who shall answer a: the great day, for the
un.xampCd suffering this innocent lunat,c
has endured
We are glad to add, that upon the facts
being made kn"wn to President johnson, he
Immediately ordered Kessler's release and
discharge, and 10 be returned in charge of 9
guard TO his home in Jackson township -
For which to him, thanks Bio msbur9
Democ. at,
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-08-23

GENERAL LEE TENDERED THE Presidency
OF LEXINGTON C"LLEGE.- The Stauntou(V
Spectator says: son FRIDAY last the trustees
of Washington College, at Lexington, unanl
mnusly resolved to tender to General Lee the
presidency # that venerable insti'u ution, Gen
Lee was long professor at West Point, and
now that his military occupation is gone"
perhaps forever, We trust we may find it to
accord with his ever patriotic impulses to be-
come the guardian Of the many ingenious
youths of Virginia who would flock around
him there"
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-08-23


HEAVY BANK DEFALCATInN AND SUICIDE.
Henry b. jenkins, for many years the pay
ing teller of he Phprix Bank, # New York
was arrested on Thursday on the charge Of
being defaulter in the sum Of $4,000 -
The cashier, in his affi1avit, said that the
accused admitted his guilt, but offered no
excuse. Severa! other parties implicated in
the defalcatinn have also been arrested
John II. Earle, ,one of the parties implicated
confessed that he had received 100000 from
Jenkins which had been sunk in stocks -
A ter being locked up in the station house
he committed suicide. On the funr of the
cell was found a small pocket knife about two
inches long, with the blade about three quar-
ters OF an inch, and of the kind knoxn a, a
lady's packet knife. This instrument, it Is
supposed, was concealed on the inside Of the
lower lip. The deceas ed was determined on
his deaI ; he first cut hole near the iugu-
lar VEN. and pushing the knife in workei
round and round till he made a hole in his
neck about the size of quarter Of dollar.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-08-23
The Atlantic c .bIe--Great Expec tations
Disappointed.

A brief Queenstown telegram received by
the Cuba, relieves the pressure of public ex-
pecta'on in regard To the cable. and brings
wit h it a disappointment which will be uni
versaly and deeply felt.
The Great Eastern seems to have proceed
ed on her voyage successfully up to the Goth
ulf, At that date all was reported going on
well and fsvorably. Oa Sunday, the Both
the day on which the Cuba called at @ ieens
town, brief dispatch was received announ
cling that after 700 miles had been payed out
-l5O being the work of Saturday, the Goth
--insutdtion 1ds oSt. The closing word OF
the dispatch are these cause UNKNOWN
Further particulars have not transpred. :"
Those @ho may still cherish vague hope
that the break may be reparable Will find
nothing to encourage that hope in the history
which We publish to-day-of the first
ab 'rtive attempts of (eight and seven years
ago. to lay the cable. There has either been
an nndeteced law in the wire aud its coat
ing, or The paying out. of Goth, which, it will
be see:, was at the rate of siT miles an hour,
involving strain upon the cable which it
was not calculated to bear. We shall not
have long to wait for further PARTICULARS
The Great Eastern could have been but lit
tie over two days sail with her full steam
power on) away from Valentia. She wou'd
be back there in time for the particulars nt
her passage to be forwarded by the next
SnHth ,mpton steamer, the Bremen-due at
Cape Race to morrow or Satutday,-N. Y,
Times, 10Th.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-08-23

G. lThe Cabinet Organ of Ma>on & Han |.
lin has, for 90 small aninstrument, wonderful
volume and power, and variety of expires
sion that is equalled only by costly pipe or
gan, while its purity and sweetness of tone
ore truly charming. 1t is most admirably
circulated to meet the wants OF families and
small churches. 1t can be transported with
safety, takes up no more room than a melode
on, does not soon get out of order, and makes
an elegant article of furniture for the parlor
We are but doing favor to our readers by
calling their attention to the Cabinet Organ.
-Ame rican Bdbtist.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-08-23
W HSt1 6'"'NHUl n 6Ntuo}
Yours very truly,
VIM. ID. KELLEY.
Southern Elections q sham.

The elective features of our government
are nuhfied by those in power, who have
been sworn before Almighty God to obey
and preserve them. The Washington au-
Notwithstanding the President, appoln' ell
provisional Governors for the rebel States
with instructions to call conventions and T.,
fix the terms upon which candidates could be
Available.
All this was complied with in Virginia,
Kentucky and Tennessee. The Sou lhern
nations they put fnrward the men most popu.
lar in their resp 'ctive localities aud as far
as the elections have been held, these candi
dates have been almost unanimously elected.
This vas unexpected to those living with
in the currupt atmosphere Of Washington, and
at certain military headquarters
TIE people had wiIled It 50, and the mill
tary ds.potism Of the land did not apprnve
of their choice. Ths experience Of the past
few years, has shown the pnwer of the mill
tary, over civil authority, and the strong arm
of arbitrary power va. sought to annual the
elections.
No language can properly describe the in
fsmy and s! ane of this military interference
L. is as defiant, and a hundred fold more
cn~ardIy than secession. 1t destroys the
Federal Constitution, and cravenly seeks the
military power to carry it's point, in opposi-
tlon to the wishes and rights Of the people,
In other words, 1t is the workings of an &C
cursed military desp"tism, besotted and reck-
less, W hich seeks to fastcn the chains of sa-
very upon free people !-Sunbury Dem.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-08-23

THE RADICALS IN MAINE.-The Convention
of Radicals at Portland bids fair to secu re all
the notoriety they desire for their assault up
on the policy of the President. They notify
Mr.-Johnson that it is his duty to keep the
Southern States under provisional govern.
ments, as they are unsafe repositories of Free
Republican Government. They demand ne
gro equality, negro suffrage, and removal of
distinction of color. They then threaten the
President for not trying and executing JEFF
Davis at once. These and others make up
mixture of denuncation aud praise, in which
they recommend an amendment to the Con-
stitution establishing equality of representa-
ton, and declare that the colored people must
have conferred upon them, in fact as well as
In name, all the political rights of freedon.-
These resolutions are not, we think, at all in
I'm accordance with the public sentiment Of
the people of Maine once, next to New
Hampshire, in Jackson's time, amsng the
most Democratic States in the Union. How
far partisan manipulations, combinations, and
the control of the Executive State officers by
the radical wing of the Republican party will
now be able 20 influence results, time will
show.-N. Y. Express dug. H.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-08-23

sustained each member of it as they did it's
distinguished head.
You can imagine how painful it must have
been to them to find themselves constrained
by duty to proclaim the fact that the first
man the head of their party had been in
duced to appoint as the successor OF John B.
Floyd had displayed greater aptitude than he
for his worst tricks. But it became inevita-
BILE, Tor this old man, notwithstanding his
boasted and reputed millions, believes that
one Of his name is never rich enough until he
has ht,le more, and, to save their party AMI
the country, the friends of the Admipistra.
ton in the House had to proclaim his infamy
and denounce his crimes. Nor was the vote
by which they did it q mesgre one. HIS
friends and those who would most gladly
avertcd this disgrace from our State, could
rally but about one third Of the House
against the resolution of condemnation
The vote was about two'to one against him,
though |, as a Pennsylvania, not willing TO
bear witness against the representative of
our State, buI too we'll satisfied Of his guilt
to vote against the resolution, failed to re-
cord my vote.
In this Iacr, gentleman, you have the secret
OF ''this distinguished sta tesrnan's hostltv to
me and my friends. Mr.. WaIborn, the Post
master ut PHI adeIphia and other of his crea
lures, have offered me his friendship and sup.
port If | would endeavor TO have that resulu-
ton expuuged' My reply has invarlbly been
that To STIR foul matter would be 10 produce
stencil. have never in his or aught else
endeavored to propt,ate him OF his creatures.
No store may mark the spot where my poor
iem.ins may fnsly rest. but mean that my
children shall be able TO vindicate my name
by polptn. to the fact that Simon Cameron
and his confidential friends were ever hostile
TO the.
With grateful regards,
Yours very truly,
VIM. d. KELLEY.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-08-23
Wedn esday, Aug. 23 1865.
-". DEMOCRATIC
STATE CONVENTION.

At the last formal meeting of the Democratic
State Central Committee, it was resolved that the
State Convention should be called to meet at Har.
risburg on Wednesday, the 2lst day of June inst
But, having since learned from majority of the
Committee, and been advised by many other lead
ing Democrats of the State that a postponement to
later day would on many accounts, be acceptable,
and 10 generally desired, hereby give notice that
tAs next Democratic State Convention of Pennsyl.
vania will convene at the Hall Of the House of Rep
resentatives, in the city of Harrisburg, on THURS
DAY, THE OATH DAY OF AUGUST NEXT, at
oOe o'clock P. M.
c. L WARD, Chairman,
TowANDA, June lst, 1865
e The Democratic papers Of the State re
respectfully requested to copy.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-08-23

e Hawsville correspondent of the
ST. Louis Republican says: Numerous in
stances have occurred of late where negroes
have returned from Indiana to former mas
ts,s, and begged to be taken back to their for
mer condition, satisfied with the experiment
Of living among their friends in the free
States. They now think that comfortable
home with good master is preferable TO
freedom and the hard task master they find
in the free States"
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-08-23
Astounding Financial Frauds in New
York.

YORK.
New YoRK, August Is Further devel-
opments of the forgery Of gold certificates
have been made.
1t appears that Mr.. Edwin Ketchum. of
the firm Of Morris. Kerchum & Co, has been
IN charge IF the business of Mr. Charles Gra
ham, broker in Exchange place, during the
illness OF that gentleman. Upon the return
uf Mr. Graham to his Office, he discovered
that several checks were missing from his
check book, and this fact has led to the sus
picion that Mr.. Ketchum is concerned in the
forgery of certain fraudulent checks tha,
have been, within few days past, brought
to light. Al all events he is absent. 1t is
extent of S285,000. This morning the firm
OF Ketchum & Son suspended payment, and
Graham & c." also announced their inability
to meet their engagements. Mr.. Graham
stated at the Bnard of Brokers thatlhe hoped
to be able to settle all his stock contracts
at to-day's prices.
suspension of Morris, Ketchum & Co.'s that
Mr.. Ketchum's son had distracted bonds and
other surities from the vaults of the banking
house to the amount of 100000.
Another statement is that young Ketch.
nm forged gold certificates to the amount Of
$2,500,O00 which have passed into the coff
erS of the banks, which viii be the principal
sufferers. ..r
Sitting the various rumors. it seems to be
established that young Ketchum is guilty of
r"bbers to the amount of not less than So,
OO0O 600.
lie had for some time taken the place of
his father in the management of the business,
and he possessed the fullest confidence OF
all who knew him.
He left his home last evening and has MT
been traced since.
His partners did not suspect their losses
yesterday, SO adroitly were his operations
conducr ed.
El~ard ketchum, who has absconded, ia
twenty five years of age, and has been mar
RED two or three years, and has one child.
Before departing he left letter for his IA
thcr in which he admitted his crime, and
asked his father t" provide for his wife and
child, sayingshe had provided for himself
Ii is reported that he abstracrel bonds
from he sale of the firm. but to wha ex
tent is nat known.
The Fourth National Bank, it is now sta
ted, i involved by his transactions to the
amount # $255 900, having negotiated some
Of the forged certificates.
The last seen Of Kechum was in trunk
store on Broadway, and it was thought from
aglance az the money, while he was buying a
travelling bag to amount to a, much as sixty
thousand dollars.
card from the president Of the Fourth
National Bank saying it is ptrfectly sound,
and that the earnings for the last six months
exceed the amount Of forged certificates held
by them.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-08-23
HARVEY SICKLER
Chairman Standing Committee.

1t will require more than one and a hall
million dollars to pay the general "ficers as
signed to duty under the recent general ord, r.
This is monstrnus imposition upon tn tax-
payers. The people want no standing army
Of shoulder-straps while peace reigns-es-
pecally OF those POLITICAL holiday creatures
WIN never saw the front in war times.
Muster them out and st"p the vast expense.o
keeping them in idleness.