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MEMBERS :eE lHE CENTRAL Committee.

GA Fosdick, B F Jonas, F S Goode,
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ned Dy majority OF the quallneo persons
voting on the question Of ratification and
said constitution contains all the guaran-
tees required by sEid act !; therefore,
Be it enacted and declared by the Senate
aud Honse Of Representatives, ETC., That
the State Of Alabama is entitled to repre-
sentation in Congress, and Senators and
Representatives shall be admitted there
from on their taking the oath prescribed
by law.
The noon dispatches regarding Grant
and Hancocks correspondence Is snbstant-
tally correct. Further details are inaccessi-
bic.
Grant and Stanton had prolonged in
terview to-day.
The Arkansas constitution enftanchises
females aud negroes, and makes them com
petent as Jurors, and disfranchised those
disfranchised by the reconstruction acts
and those voting against the adoption Of
the constitution.
The correspondent Of the Baltimore Sun,
who is also an officer Of the White House,
teIcgraphs the following: 4Gen. Grant has
ordered Gen. Hancock to set aside the or
der recognizing the New Orleans City
Council.
To this Gen. Hancock respectfully takes
exception, and telegraphs Gen. Grant that
unless the latter revokes his order he, Han.
cock, must ask to be relieved from the
command of tho Fifth Military District.
Up to the present writing the President
has not received any communication from
Gen, Hancock indicating desire to be re
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VIDA ~ ASsuAsNss.o 'sNSs~'l ~ s'S'.l~
Of unsatisfactory calls, ! met with an &C.
cident which may give different turn to
the future Of my life. In crossing Jefferson
street at Third / saw coming from the OPP
posite side the most beautiful vision Of fe-
male ,lovliness my eyes had ever
beheld. You know what bad crossing 1t
is, those smooth stepping stones. worn
round at each end. She was picking her
way across the street. She had auburn
curls, melting blue eyes, rosy cheeks, and
such d mouth! She had black satin boots
with high heels; pink carriers With white
satin rosettes at the claps, and 0 gracious!
she had q nose that would put the model
smellers Of Greece entirely out Of joint.
Ny eyes were reverted to her face. Before
l could get the riyets out, we were close
together. ] sprang to one side to avoid .
collision. ID doing 80 Istepped npon the
round end Of one Of those confonnded slip
perry rocks and ] sat down on the same with
violence and dispatch. said ! sat down
on the rock. Not quite. That lady had
Just put her little foot on that stepping
stone ia time TO get it caught.
You may have seen mad dogs, mad bulls
mad hens and mad politicians, but I am
sure you never saw q sure enough mad wo-
man. The sudden pain wrung from her an
ejaculation which to this day / don't know
whether il was intended for an oath or q
prayer. TWAS this: "Ge-e-sus-Q -u-o-i-s-t.'
Those blue eyes fairly emitted sparks offre.
Her bosom heaved and that pretty little
mouth was transformed into the most vic.
ious,scowl mine eyes ever beheld. I,offer'
ed to apologize. She would not listen.
then offered the only reparation in my pow
eli, i. e., to marry her on the spot, but she
was obdurate and don't know that she il
repaired yet. She finally vanished from
my gaze into street car.
+ A New PRoMETHEUs. -Zadock Ded.
Idricks, Of Newark, Nd, has made q
steam man seven feet nine inches high
weighing some 500 pounds, and o.
about the same proportions of DAME
Lambert, which name has been giver
him. He works in shafts, and car
travel at least half q mile minute
The engineer unbuttonshis vestto feed
him with coal, and he wears q stow,
pipe hat. The inventor intends *
make some horses.
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GRANT ATTEMPTS TO EvADE THE ORDER BY
A FLANK MOVEMENT.

GRANT ATTEMPTS TO EvADE THE ORDER BY
A FLANK MOVEMENT.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY CT THE U. S., I
Washington D. c., Jan. 80, 1868 !
His Excellency Andrew Johnson, Pres't:
SIR: have the honor to acknowledge
the return of my note of the Oath instant,
with your Endorsement thereon that am
not to obey any Older from the War De-
partment assumed to be issued by order of
the President, unless such order is known
by me to be authorized by the Executive,
and, in reply thereto, to say that | am in
formed ,by the Secretary Of War that he
has not received from the Executive any
order or instructions limiting or impairiDg
his authority to issue orders to the army,
rs has heretofore been his practice under
the law and the customs of the Depart
ment. While his authority to the War
Department. is not countermanded, will
be satisfactorily evidence to me that any
orders issued from the War Department,
10y order of the President. are authorized by
the Executive.
/ have the honor to be, very respectful
~, your 0bedlent servant,
US. GRANT, General
THE PRESIDENTS VERSION OF GRANTS
TREAGRERY.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, |
January 81, 1868.
Geaerdl-I have received your communi
cation Of the 2sth inst renewing your re-
quest Of the oath, that should repeat in a
written form my verbal instructions of the
18th inst, viz !: tnat your obey no order
from the Hon. e. M. Stanton as Secretary
ofWar, unless you have information that
itwas issued by the Presidents direction.
10 submitting this request. with which I
complied on the 29th inst, you take occa-
sloa to allude to arecent publication in re-
ference to the circumstances connected
with the vacation by yourself Of the Office
q Secretary of War ad interim, aud with
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execution VI tuc laws. FJEi axe
I have not yet been informed by you
whether, as twice proposed by yourself that
YOU had called upon Mr.. Stanton and made
an effort to induce him voluntarily to res
IGN from the War Department. You con-
clude your communication with reference
to our conversation at the meeting of the
Cabinet held on the l4th inst. In your ac-
count of what there occurred, you say that
after the President had given his version
of cur previous conversation, you stated
substantially, as given in your letter, that
You in no wise admitted the correctness
of his statement, though to soften the evil
dent contradiction of my statement made,
/ said, abiding to our first communication
on the subject, the President might have
understood it in the way said, viz: THAT
had promise to resign If did not resist
his reinstatement" ] made no such prom
Use. Ny recollection of what then trans
PRED is Numerically the reverse Of your
narration,
In the presence Of the Cabinet, I asked
you, FIRST, if, in a conversation which took
place shortly after your appointment as
Secretary of War adj interim. you did agree
to remain at the head Of the War Depart
ment and abide any judicial proceedings
that might follow the noncurrence Of tie
Senate in Mr.. Stanton's suspension, or
should you not wish to become involved Ia
such controversy put me in the some pos-
iti0n with reference to the office as previous
to your appointment, by returning it to
me in time to anticipate such action by the
n Il Al
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calls attention especially to that part Of the
correspondence relating to the CONVERSE
ton between Grant and the President, and
requests statement Of what was said on
that occasion. ss' =
Inreply Secretary Wells says: My rec
collection of the conversation corresponds
with your statement oft iu'your letter Of
the 3lst Of January. The three points
specified in that letter giving your recollec-
ton of the conversation are correctly
stated.
Secretary Nc Culloch says il cannot un-
dertake to state the precise language used
but I have no hesitation in saying that
your account of that conversation as given
10 your letter to Gen. Grant Of the 3lst,
substantially and in all important particu-
lars accofds with my recollection oft.
Secretary Randall says : have read
carefully the correspondence in question and
particularly the letter of the President to
Gen. Grant, of the 3lst. The following
extract from that letter is according to my
recollection q correct statement of the con.
yersation that took place between the
President and Gen. Grant at the Cabinet
meeting on the 18th Of January.
Randall then quotes the Presidents yer.
sion of the conversation, as published.
Secretary Stewards letter is quite long
giving detailed account Of his impress
aions of what occurred. Quoting the sub
stance of what the President said 10 bill
letter OF the 3lst, Seward says: " I did
not understand Grant as denying nor ..
explicitly admitting these statements in thu
form and full extent to which you madl
them. His admission Of them was rattle
indirect and cifcumstantial, though ! dit
not understand IL TO bean evasive one"
Alter further Gesails, Seward continues
Certainly Gen Grant did not atany tim
10 the Cabinet needing insist that be ha'
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In tlis SATURDAYS conversation, either al. /

FIJI sthe Saturday & conversation, either al:
rectly OF finally, advised You of his deter.
mination to retire from the charge Of the
War Department, otherwise than under
your own subsequent direction. He, acqui
esced in your statement that the, Saturday 3
conversation ended with an expectation
that there would be a subsequent confer.
ence on the subject, which he, as well as
yourself supposed could reasonably take
place on Monday. Zen. Grant admitted
thatit was his expectation or purpose to
call on you on Monday, and assigned rea-
sons for the omission. 's 4
Stewards letter caused shouts 0flaugh-
ter and alternate derision and Incredibly
from the Republicans, % his cautious mar
rative proceeded gtt(.sss.
Secretary Browning's letter is also quite
long, and is mainly repetition ofithe
Others. HEtE
Grant has already written aireply, OPEN
ing as follows:
al have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt ofyour communication Of the 10th
inst, accompanied by statements of five
Cabinent officers Of, their recollection of
what occurred in the Cabinet meeting Of
the 18th Of January. Without admitting
anything contained in these lStatements,
where they differ from anthing4 heretofore
stated by me, Ipropose to notice only that
portion Of your communication wherein /
am charged with characterization"
Grant then proceeds to argue the point
at some length. .2..9 '.''Ssl
Grants last letter TO the President clo-
ses by disclaiming any intention on his
part, now or heretofore, TO iisobey any le-
gal order of the President.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Judiciary
Committee stands four to three against
Edmund's bill regulating impeachment pro.
ceedings.
The Senate committee will report favor
ably upon the bill forbidding despots in ma
tional banks in cities where assistant treas
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-09-23

ES- Joe. Brown, whom the Radicals
have promoted to the office of Chief JUS
tice Of Georgia, as reward for his loyalty,
mode this nice little speech to his fellows
at Chicago, on the occasion of Grants nom
ination: Il am an original secessionist. l
was born in South Carolina, and grew up
under the influence and teachings of CAL
houn. early imbibed his States Rights
doctrines. / went into secession cordially,
and stood by it as long as there was chance
to sustain it. | fought you openly and
boldly" The Devil is saint if he will
only aid the Radicals in putting the negro
above the white man.
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DURSTANT to an Act of General Assembly of
l. the Commonwealth Of Pennsy vania, entitled
"An Act relating TO elections in this Common wealth,
approved the second day of July, Ammo Domni, one
thousand eight hundred and thirty nina, NJ w.
DEWITT. Sheriff Of the County Of Wyoming, Penn
sylvaDia. do hereby make known and give notice to
the electors Of the county Aforesaid, that election
will be held in the said County of Wyoming, on
TUESDAY, the THIRTEENTH DAY OF OCT
NEXT, Ammo Domini one thousand eight hundred
and Gxty-eight at which time, persons will be voted
for to 6ll the following Offices; ---ss. -..-a-
One person to 6ll the office Of Auditor General Of
the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania.
One person to fll the oics of Surveyor General Of
the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania.
One person to represent the thirteenth Congress
tiea OF Columbia, Montour, Bradford and Wyoming,
IN the Ho Of Representatives of the United States
of Ameriea,
One person 10 represent the counties Of Wyoming,
Susqushanna and Bradford in the Senate Of the Com
nonwsaith Of Pennsylvania. r.l5
Two persons to represent the counties Of Susqus-
hanna and Wyoming in the House Of Representa-
tives OF the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania.
One person for Treasurer Of the county Of Wyo.
ming
One person for County Commissioner for the osun-
One person for District Attorney of the county of
Wyoming.
One person for Coroner for the County Of wyo.
ming - IN
One person for Auditor for the county Of wyo-
ming.
One person for County Surveyor for th. county Of
Wyoming. ,FEltE
ALSO HEREBY MAKE KNOWN ANB GIVE NOTICE.
that the places OF holding the aforesaid General
Election, In the several wards boroughs, districts
and townships within the county Of Wyoming are
40 folloWs, to wit;
Braintrim District, At the house lately occupiod
by T. d. Spring in Laceyville.
Clinton, Mt tho new school house in the village Of
Faetoryvills. 3E.
Eaton, at the house Of Peter Stroh In Eaton
township.
Exeter, at the house late of Solomon Brown, in
Exeter township. ---.
Forkston, at the house Of Hiram Hitchcock, in
Forkston township
Falls, at tho house Of Levi Townsend. in Falls
township. ." "-
Lemon, at the sehool.house, near II. G. Ely, I'm
Lemon township -.
Monroe, at the rod school house in Monroe town
ship H.. ....,' ....... M -. :
Mehoopany, at the house Of Peter Bend or, in Me.
hoopany township. ~
Msshoppen, at the house Of Daniel ,Hankinson, in
Aeshoppen township.
Northumberland, at the house Of Winters 4 How.
ard, ct Centremorslond Corners, in Northmoreland
township.
Nicholson, at the house occupied by p. 8. Bacon
in Nicholson township. 'T0 -. -
North Branch, ut the school house near ths storo
late Of John Pfouts, in North ranch township.
Ovsrfsld, at tho old school house nsar Lawrence
Ayers, ta 0vsreeld townshlR
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CoNGRATULAToRY ADDRESS.
DEMocRATIC STATE COMMITTEE Rooms,
903 Arch Street, Philad'a.

| DEMoCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE Rooms,
903 Arch Street, Philad'a. {
To the Democracy of Pennsylvania:
The sturdy Democracy of Maine have
covered themselves with glory.
In the very citadel of Radicalism they
demonstrated that you are upon the eve
of magnificent victory.
The two parties were last arrayed at the
polls upon national issues IN 1866. Maine
then polled vote nearly equal to her
vote of 1864, whilst PENNSYLVANIA poled
her largest vote.
I'm 1866 Radicalism received in Maine
69,637 votes. In 1868 it receives, as
they themselves estimate, rs, ,O02 votes.--
This is an increase Of per cent upon the
vote of 1866. ,..
In 1866 the Democracy then received
4l,947 votes, and in 1868 it receives
55,725 votes. This is an increase of 80
per cent. upon the vote of 1866.
In 1866 Radicalism received in Penn
sylvania 307,274 votes, and Democracy
received 29O,O9G votes.
Apply the test of Maine to this vote,
and Radicalism will receive in Pennsyl-
vania an increase of per cent, or "a
58l votes, making total of 33l.S55
votes, Democracy will receive an increase
of 80 per cent, or 87,O26 votes, making
total of 377, ,l24 Democratic votes, show
ing that we will have clear Democratic
majority of 1920.
Whilst the totals shown by this esti-
mate are too large for the vote that well
cast in October, no man who knows the
con dltion of public sentiment in Pennsyl,
vania will assert that the relative propor-
ton will be lessened
Maine voted for John c, Fremont, yet
James Buchanan was elected President.
and Pennsylvania led the column of States
that made him the Chief Executive of the
nation,
The hope of the Republic is in the De-
mocracy of the keystone.
As in 1856, the responsibility of deter
mining the contest now rests with you.
Maine has proven that you can again
bring triumph to the principles you love.
Let US arouse to renewed energy and
more determined effort.
By order of the Democratic State Com
mittee.
WIN. A. WALLACE,
... Chairman.
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DOCKS will be opened for subscription to the
ID Stock of the above Company, at Mill City
Hotel, on Monday, Sept 28 1868, at 10 o'clock, A.
M. The books will DO kept open for 10 days there
after, until the whole amount Of Stock 10 taken.
The following is the act of Incorporation r.'
AN ACT to incorporate the SchultETills, Mill City
snd Tunkhannock Turnpike Road Company.
SECTION |. Be It enacted by the Senate and
H0use Of Representatives. of the Commonne edHh Of
Pennsylnaniatn General Assembly met and 1t IS
hereby epaeted by the authority Of the same. That
N. B. Chds A. MeKinstry, H. W. Rozell, Mich ael
Walter Z. V. Sicklsr, c. Sherwood, A. Secor, Joseph
Graham and William N. Piatt, or sjority of them,
be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to
open backs and receive subscriptions and organize
Company by the style and title Of the Schutzyille,
Mill City and Tunkbannock Turnpike road Company,
with power to construct O turnprke road partly clay
and partly stone all OF either commencing at the
most feasible point in SehusEvills, end may
connect with the Newton aud Scranton turnpike
road company and thence by the most practicable
route to Mill City, with power to extend it to the
bridge seross the Tunkhanno creek the limits
Of the borough Of TuDkhaDuock, subject to all ths
provisions aud restrictions Of act regulating turn
pike and plank road companies, approved the twsn-
ty-sixth day Of January, one thousand eight hun
dred and forty nine. and the supplements thereto
Prorided, That the said company shall have power
to ersst gates and collect tolls said road when
or more miles are completed.
SEcrIoK 2. That the capital stock Of said COM
pany shall consist of two hundred shares Of twenty
i've dollars per share: Prorided, That the said
company may from time to time, by votA of ma
jorty Of Its stockholders at meeting called for that
purpose. increase their capital stock much ls in
their opinion may bs necessary TO complete the road
and to carry out the true intent and meaning of this
act. ELISHA A. DAVIS,
Speaker Of the Houss Of Representatives.
JAS. L. GRAHAM,
Speaker Of the Senate.
Approsed, the first day OF April, Ammo Domini
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-sight.
JNO. W. GRARY.
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Radical Candidate for Congress.

Ulysses Mercur has been renominated
by the Radicals of this district as their
candidate for Congress. A more inefficient
specimen of Representative never mis-
represented this section Of the State. II
he would properly ply bis vocation, be
would follow the army of carpet baggers
in one of the Southern States and be cleo
ed by negro constituency. He has been
representing the Cults and Sombos of the
South for the last four years, now let him
move there bag and baggage. and hence
forth let white man represent the white
men of this district. It is time this i'm
beetle was repudlated by the people
OF this district, and he will be at the
coming October eIection.-DanviHe In
telligencer. '4."
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Facts for Foreigners.

The difference in the principles o.
Frank Blair the gallant standard bearer
of the Democratic party and Schuyler
Colfax the candidate of the old Know
Nothing party, is shown in the following
extracts, the first from speech Of Blair
the second from speech of Colfax. Blair
says:
"The first duty of Democratic govern
ment should be to Vindicdte American
! honor in the matter OF the Imprisonment
and punishment as felons of American
citizens in England and ireland or suspi-
cion aud without proof. The prisoner
SHOULD BE DEMANDED at the camnons
mouth, OiM proper apologies and sufficient
idenenity for the Outroges." -ssvsl#
In contrast with this Cofax SAYS:
81 once registered solemn oath neuer
to vote for a foreign born man for any of
flee under the American government, and
to remove all foreigners, aliens and Ro-
man Catholics from office whenever
might possess the power to do So"
Is this not sufficient to show which Of
the candidates can be counted as the
friend of the foreigner? Is it not enough
to satisfy any man, born upon the soil of a
foreign country, that in voting for
Schuyler Cofax he votes for bis sworn
enemy, while in voting for Frank Blair he
| supports his avowed friend ? How then
can any one hesitate between the two 3
How can any one so far forget his man
hood, his sell respect, as to cast his ballot,
for man who has registered in Heaven
an oath of eternal emnity against foreign
ers, and especially Roman Catholics =
Remember these things Irishmen and
Germans! The same party that is. now
laboring so assldiously to give the negro
a vote, labored just as hard in ls54-56 to
take from you the privilege of voting
Radcalism, is to-day, with its Junior Sons
Of America, its Loyal Leagues and Grand
Army of the Republic-is but Know
Nothingism itensifed. 1t has the same OBJ
ject and aim that it had when it howled
place none but Americans on guard to-
night and swore--in cock lofts, and corn.
cribs, behind dung hills and out-houses-
eternal hatred to men of foreign BIRTH
Remember this when asked to vote for
the old Know Nothing Schuyler Colfax.-
Beltetonte Wdtchntan.