North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-08-22
Good Hits.

Congress was about to adjourn took a large
number of pictures to perpetuate its re-
membrance with the people. We repro
duce few of them that some of the mem
bers of the Radical persuasion in this quar-
ter NAV preserve the Iikenesses of their
friends in miniature. Look and read.
A PERSONAL JOB. Congress demands
.retrenchment in the departments, and rails
es the compensation OF members to five
thousand dollars per session.
A CoNTEMPTIBLE JoB.-Congress cuts
off the bounty to poor soldiers, raises the
salary of members to five thousand dollars
per annum, and squanders over two hun
dred and fifty millions useessly.
A SLY JoB.-Congress proposes to fund
the National debt and sell surplus gold, al
lowing a percentage for the business to out
siders, and raises the pay of members to
five thousand dollars.
A Down EAST PEDAGoGuE JOB Con
gress proposes to establish a bureau of Ed
ucation at cost off millions per annum,
and increase the pay OF members to five
thousand dollars per session.
CONGRESS-. M ,anly cuts off the salary
of Minister HARVEY, because be wrote a
private letter in defense of the President,
but increases its own salary, earned only
by abusing the President.
CONGRESS is going to pay itself high
salary for keeping the Union dissolved.
CONGRESS votes to pay itself more mon
ey for remaining in session to legisiate
against the people and in favor Of Radical
office holdiers
a Cracking JoB.-Congress raises the
salary of its members to five thousand dol
lars per session, and compeIs the Govern
ment to pay the National banks thirty mil
lions per annum in the shape of interest on
Government bonds. for the privilege Of
having Treasury ynotes and legaltendcrs
superseded as currency
CoNGREssMEN have evidently made up
their minds that they will not be reelected,
and are stealing all the money they cak.
A VERY SERIOUS JoB.-With revenue
of over two hundred millions above what is
demanded, Congress piles on taxation by
increasing the tariff aud internal revenue
tax thirty-cight millions, and raises the
compensation of members to $4,000 per
session.
CoNGREss, having robbed the public
treasury in every other way, now makes IA
direct grab at the erecn-bachs by an in
crease of salaries.
A CHARITY JOB Congress raises the
salary of IFS members to five thousand dol
| lars per session and gives seven miliiu.I IN
in one lump for another great charity hum
| bug called the Freedmen's Bureau
| A BAB JOB.-Congress raises the COM
pensation of members to five thousand dol
lars per session, and proposes to lend Mex
| leo thirty millions of dollars, the revenue
of that country being collected by French
officers TO satisfy French claimants.
CONGRESS- votes to increase its own sal
AIRY, but defeats the Bai krupt Bill, design
ed to relieve poor debtors.
@ A short time ago General Geary
went to York and was serenaded by a few
of his partisans. Of course, he made a
speech and said that all soldiers who would
not vote for him were "Hessians and cow
ards" On Thursday last he paid another
visit to York County. and made another
speech in which he used the following Ian
guage:
When look around this asscmbage and
| feel that around me are fellow soldiers wht
| have borne arms with me from the first bat
| tie of Bull Run, not one or two from regi
ment, as was the case at Harrisburg, q few
DAYS ago, ShySter and c0uurIS, Skuikers ana
| hospital bumnerS-I know such is the fact
for I hare driren then, from the army my
self.
The "Gonerar' as a speecl,-maker is
about as efficient as he was Soldier" =
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He is continually putting his foot toto it.
He had better confine himself to letter
writing, i'll which branch of polite litera
ture he has earned so much enduring fame
sB- Keep it before the people that in {
Committee of Conference, the Rump Con
gress, on the day of adjournment, increased
their pay about 100 per cent. Five thous
and dollars to Representative and sever
thousand dollars to Senator was no
enough for this session. Let the people
remember this outrage when they come tC
vote for legislators. Oh! for set of mer
who will legislate for the good of the couM
try instead of their own pockets. Iyhilt
they very materially cut down the soldier: