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Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-10-21
A LADY'S TRIBUTE TO GOVERNOR
SEYMOUR.

Tile Rerolution, Mrs Cady Stanton's
paper, publishes this extract from letter
of a lady in regard to the Presidential
nomination.:
In private conversation Governor Sey-
mour is instructive and interesting, and is,
if possible, more remarkable for his ele-
gance of manner, and graceful courtesy IN
the drawing room than his matchless and
magnetic power as public speaker. AL
though most captivating in private life, he
is in no sense man OF forms or fashion.
In his presence the plainest persons are at
their easc-and feel at once that they are
with kind and good man, Democratic in
all his instincts, principles and purposes.
Simple and unostentatious, strictly temper
ate, he uses neither strong or spurious Ii
quors, ror tobacco: of the most refined
tastes and elevated morals; it is said of
him, by those who have known him from
his early youth, that he was never under
the intluerce of strong drink-never known
to tell an untruth or utter profane oath
to indulge in a vulgar story, a coarse
anecdote or an obscene jest-nor did he VI
olate the proprieties of the Sabbath, or sit
at the gamblers table, nor cross the thresh-
old of more fashionable vice. Purity of
life is with him marked characteristic.
Educated in the Episcopal church, he has
ever remained faithful to its communion,
aornng lis doctrines by blameIess life
and multiplied deeds of charity. Yet free
from sectaranism, he has contributed lio-
orally 10 the erection Of every other church
and place of public worship in the city of
Utica and its vicinity. An active Trustee
of Hamilton College Ia Presbyterian insti-
tuton) Re has been made by 1t an L. L.
d., as well as bv a Methodist University in
another State. The children of the or
phan asylum have been guests at his
house (Which is a house of prayer,) and it
was noticeable that, when the news of his
nomination reached Utica, these children
spontaneously turned out in procession,
and manifested their joy in many pleasant
ways peculiar to the innocency of child
hood
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-10-21

The SQUIRE AND HIS WIFE.-Thes squire
had friend to visit him, and was very
much annoyed in being interrupted by hi:
wife, who asked him what he wanted fol
dinner.
$50 away let US alone" impatiently
said the squire.
Business detained his friend till dinner
time, and the squire urged him to remain
The Squire was generous provider,
proud of his table and he complacently
escorted his friend to seat. A little to
the surprise of both, they saw nothing on
the board but huge dish of salad, which
the good wife began quietly to serve up
MY DEAR" said the Squire "where arc
the meats T."
"There are none to-day" replied his
good lady.
No meats what in the name of pov-
erty The vegetables, then-why under
the sun do you not have the vegetables
brought in 2"
you didn't order any vegetables" J."
'Order-I didn't order anything" said
the amazed Squire.
"Gou forgot" coolly answered the
housewife. 81 asked what we should have
for dinner and YOU said, Lettuce US aIone!'
and here it is"
The friend burst into laugh, and the
Squire, after lurid and lubrious moment
joined him.
''Wife, give it up. owe you one
Here is fifty dollars you wanted for that
carpet, which denied YOU The Squire
forked over. Now let US have piece
and some dinner"
The good woman pocketed the paper,
rang the bell. and sumptnous repast of
fish, poultry and vegetables was brought
in
a few days afterwards the Squire re-
maihed working in his garden some time
after the usual tea hour. His wife grew
impatient of delay, and went out to find
him. His excuse. when she asked him
what he was waiting for threw her into
tiulter of excitement.
"Some ones to come to supper he
exclaimed. "Why didn't You tell me
| declare yon are the provokingest man.
And without asking which of his friends
was expected, she hasteGed to change her
dress and 'sick up" her hair for the oc-
casion. This done, she came out and
found the Squire seated at the table, read
ing his paper,
Where's Your company -
My company l haven't any company"
"But you said you expected somebody
to supper " exclaimed his wife.
MY dear | said no such thing. lou
asked what | was waiting for, and said
Summons to come to supper"-that's
what SAID was waiting for, my dear
And came at once"
"And You have made ME z, AID change
my dress Q, III pay you for this :"
"No matter about it my dear. owed,
you remember, for that lettuce"
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-10-21

A CHANGE OR RUIN--WHICH ?--What
an admonition there is to the laborers, tax
payers, and lovers of the country in the re.
marks of Washburne, Of Illinois, while ur-
ging Congress not to delay adjourning
He said:
ale desired an adjournment at the earli-
est possible moment, for if they went on at
the rate they were going, the government
would have neither money nor credit
left.
What an admission for leading black
republican to make, on the floor of Con-
gress and in the face of the American peo-
pie
Profigacy, extravaganza, veuality, cor
ruption, legislative jobbery were all
summed up by Washburne in the phrase,
"At the rate we are going" and the con-
sequence was selfevident, 'the govern
ment would have neither money nor cred
it left"
Is there any wonder that the people
everywhere cry for change
A change means selfpreservaton--
nothing more, nothing less.
A change is resisted by those who are
fattening off the laborers and taxpayers
by those who want power to continue their
plumber of the public-by those who grow
fat on the unrest and disturbed condition
of the country-ty those who want to
destroy the republic by making the rule
of the people odious-by those who want
power to compel the people to become
slaves to money aristocracy for genera
tons to come.
Where will the people-the laborers,
the traders, the farmers, the mechanics, the
business men-be in this controversy.
Their course will determine the capacity
of the people for self.government; and, in
fact, whether this republic is temporary
OF permanent human contriyance.- Cjncin.
nat' Enquirer.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-10-21
THE BoNDHoLDER--PARABLE OF
THE POUNDS.

The following is a translation OF an arti-
Gle which recently appeared in the Chicago
Union couched in spiritual language and
affordiug an apt illustration of the position
Of the bondholders TO the people:
And he taught the people and spake
unto them a parable "
In the paradise OF the bondboIder, il is
- with the man who borrowed from a
friend $4,000 in gold.
But when the war came, and the chief
couucil at Washington declared that the
debt should be paid in greenbacks, he went
one day and bought with his $4,000 in
gold $4,000 in creenbacks. And he took
thereirom SO, 900 and went to his frier
and said Here my friend, take what |
owe thee"
Bnt the other said, 81 loaned thee gold,
and thou shouldst repay me in gold"
"Unbelievcr." cried the other, read
this" This note is legal tender for all
debts, private and public, etc 81, as a
loyal man, show myself willing and obedi-
dent TO the command of the chief council
Thou wilt resist the laws of the land
Thou art copperhead and a traitor
| Here, take that which is thine own, and
90 thy way
And, as the loyal man would not bury
his pound, he went and bought him, with
the remaining 1000, which he honora-
bly, earned by his loyal trade, United
States fve-twenty bonds, which aetted
him an income of 5000 in gold or $4,000
in the money of the land, about 10 per
cent. "And he clad himself in purple
raiments.
And when he wanted to increase his
talents, he deposited his bonds in Wash
ington, and it came to pass that he receiv-
ed permission TO take from the people
many thousands of dollars more every
year, because license was given him to is
sue national bank notes at usury,
For say unto you, that unto every
one which hath, shall be given and from
him that hath not, even that which he
hath shall be taken away from him."
Then spoke the chief council;
This loyal fellow shall be free from all
taxes and assessments"
"And cried the Republican convention
at Chicago, "Laborers and taxpayers be
honorable -hon0rdbie--HoNoRABLE! Pay
this loyal man, who is in need, with gold
-gold-GoLD!"
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-10-21

The National Intelligencer contains the
following on the talked-about report con-
cerning the Camilla Riot:
1t was announced several days ago that
General Sibley, the chief officer of the
Freedmen's Bureau in Georgia, had made
an official report upon the late riot at
Camilla. Various applications have been
made to the Bureau here by the repre-
sentatives of the press for copies of this
report, to all of which it has been replied
that the report had not been received.
1t has been ascertaine1, however that it
has been in tie hands of General Howard,
Commissioner of the Bureau, since Tues
day of last week.
This report embraces the sworn state
ment ofreputabe witnesses as to all the
details of the affair 1t verifes the cor
rectness Of the statements originally made
by the Sheriff and Messrs. Vanson and
Johnson and B. Ii. Hill, and shows con-
clusively that the whole responsibility of
the riot rests upon the negroes and their
white leaders, Pierce and Murphy that
the negroes marched to the meeting in
body, and armed and we'll provided with
ammunition, and when demonstrated with
by the Sheriff as tending to produce Sc
rious disturbance of the public peace, re-
fused to lay aside their arms. This was
the cause of the riot.
The effort to suppress the publication
of the report is attributable exclusively to
the fact that it would just now be serious
ly damaging to the Radical party in the
pending canvass, as it not only entirely
contradicts the falsehoods manufactured
and put forth for the benefit Of the Radi-
Gals, demonstrates, beyond any shadow Of
doubt, that the negroes and their Radical
white leaders were the unprovoked ag-
gressors in The Camilla riot, and were
bent upon producing a violent collision
between the negroes and the whites,
which, except for the prompt and efficient
action of the Sheriff, might, and probably
would have resulted in general war of
races. Instigated solely for the salvation OF
the imperilled radical faction Of revolu-
tionists in the North.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-10-21
A. STRANGE CHARACTER.

Leonard Jones, monomaniac of most
| original type, died in the hospital at L Louis-
vile the other day at the age of seventy:
When about twenty years OF age, Jones
betrayed Symptoms of the mouomania,
which afterwards rendered his name ia
miliar TO every citizen of Kentucky. His
chief hobby was the idea that human life
could be rendered immortal merely by
fasting and prayer, in the prOmu CATION of
which theory he earned the title of Live
for,E Ever Jones" After he took to the
business of promulgating his remarkable
views, he conceived the idea that he was
living illustration Of his own doctrines.
The manner in which he illustrated them
may be inferred frcm the following Incl
dent: Having been invited by lady re-
siding in the vicinity of Louisville TO par
take of bountifnl repast of soup and
pumpkin, Live for ever pointedly declined,
telling the lady of the house that he had
not tasted food for forty years.
Finally he was prevailed upon 10 sit
down, when he gnlphed down a tureen of
soup, and pitched into the pumpkin IN such
a ravenOus manner that the lady Of the
house, who was first disposed to regard his
statement in the fight of jest, seeing The
inexorable demand exhausting the total
| supply OF pumpkin, announced her belief
in the story Of his interminable fast. In
one Of his strange business freaks he al
most ruined number of gentlemen whom
he induced by wonderful representations
to 60 into stupendous speculation. 1t
was Jones first and last. Failing to SC
cure an office by election, although for
many years an aspirant for every office in
State he proceeded to recanvass the State
on the principle that the least number OF
votes should elect. Although he was the
most extraordinary character in the coun-
try. The physicians assert that lie was
not insane, and incline TO the belief that
bis mind was in state Of "quasi de-form-
ity."
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-10-21

~A Wisconsin paper has come in
possession of the following particulars of a
little Ku klux outrage which was recently
perpetrated in Alabama. The boys were
rather severe in their treatment Of Mrs.
Bsgger, but she probably deserved it, and
ought to thank her stars that she was not
seriously hurt:
A horrible outrage was committed some.
where in the State of Alabama few days
ago. Our informant is reliable coored
man, who heard the particulars from a
member of the Loyal League who got
his information from fellow who lost
cousin in the late war 1t seemed that
Mr. Carpet Bagger was attack in his own
house by 1852 Ku Kluxers, armed with
double --barrelled bowie knives. They
slaughtered and ate nineteen of Mr.. Bag
gers children before his eyes, and COM
PEELED Mrs. Bagger to cut her own head
off and hang it on hook in the cellar.
She was then ordered to keep still upon
pain of instant death. She happened to
sneeze, and the leader of the dastardIy
crew immediately V had thrcshing machine
set up, and run Mrs. Bagger through. It's
very doubtful if she RECEIVERS. Mr.. Bag
ger was then forced to swallow four tons
of gunpo WIDER and handful Of nitro gly-
cerine. He was next dieted on live Goals
until an explosion took place, which sub
jected Mr.. Bagger TO such an intense pain
as almost TO deprive him of reason. They
next shot him full of holes, made him hur-
rah for Jefferson Davis and Horace Greeley
and finally inoculated him with the small
pox, and soaked him with strong lye. He
was threatened with instant death # he re-
vcaled the names of any of the perpetra-
tors Of this outrage, all of whom are
neighbors of Mr.. Bagger, and who bate
him because Mr.. B. was loyal sutIer and
cotton speculator during the war, and nov
lives on a confscated plantation. with
enough niggers to elect him to the egis
lature 1t is feared that Mr.. Bagger has
sustained such internal injuries that he is
not able to appear as witness at the mil
itary commission appointed to try some
ex-rebels for reading Democratic newspa-
pers.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-10-21
SUCCEssFUL SEAKCH.-Mr. /

SUCCESSFUL SEAKCH.-Mr. L-af-
fronted his wife, who, TO punish him, re.
solved to act dumb whenever he was pres
ent; and so well did he maintain her rcso-
luton, that nearly week passed away du-
ring which not word did she utter in his
presence. She performed her household
duties as usual, but speak she would not.
He tried to coax her out of her whim, but
10 vain. At last he tried the following
plan 10 overcome her resolution, by work
ING on her curiosity - the most ungoverna-
bic of female propensities. Returning one
evening from his employment, his lady sat
there as usual, mute. lie Immediately
commenced a vigorous search throughout
the room, drawers, boxes, shelves; every
thing that could be thought of was over
hauled, His wife was struck with aston
ishmont at his unaccountable behavior, and
as he proceeded in his search, she became
nervously anxious 20 find out what he was
looking for. What could it be She look
ed his face, to CLEAN, if possible, from his
expression, the object of his search; but no
90, he was sober as ajudgc. He lifted the
edge of the carpet, looked under the table
cover and finally approached her chair,
looked under it, and even went so far as o
brush her dress partially aside, as if what
he sought might be there. She could stand
il no longer. She burst out-"Bob, what
arc you looking for 2" He smiled and aU-
swered-"Your tongue, and have found
;tu
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-10-21

TnE DUTcHMAN's TRICK While a
Dutchman was passing through city in
Vermont, Yankee came up to him and
said, "Shon, if You treat TO the cider will
learn you trick" Shon agreed. 1ank
then placed his hand against fence and
told him to strike it as hard as he could.
Shon, not thinking that any harm could
befall him by doing so, struck a black
smiths blow, but instead of hitting Yank's
hand, the latter jerking it away, poor
Shon struck the fence board, knocking it
off. "Mein Colt in Himmel cried
Shon, "what yon make follish? knocks
nv hand off clean up de elbow! Oh,
socker blitz mine poor frau, what will
she ssy:' ...........
Poor Shpn was bound TO have revenge
so one day as he was passing through q
field, he espied man. Going up TO him
he said: ''Mynheer, I show you one little
trick for nodding" As there was nc
fence or tree near, Shon put up his hand
against his mouth and said : "Strike ynst
as hard as you can." Mynheer struck,
and Shon pulled away his hand and re-
ceived the blow on his mouth, and was
knocked down.
Shon jumped up, his mouth bleeding
and commenced dancing with pain
Sherusalem, goes back TO Holland on
the first train
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-10-21

PARTING WoRDs,-A lady parting from
her husband few days since IN the cars at
Albany was overheard by the passengers TO
utter the following paragraph, all in one
breath Good bye Will. Write 10 me ey-
cry day, won't you III expect letter
three times week anyway. Take good care
of my Sunday school class, for | want il
when | come back. If Miss Smith calls
don't give her more than so cents, for We
have TO support our own church, you know.
Don't forget 10 bring my silk dress and
my other shoes. Come as soon as you can.
Goodbye. Don't forget your cane. and let
your mnstache grow"
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-10-21

THE EDlToR.-A schoolboy's compost
ton on The Editor" ran as follows, in a
school not far from Cincinnati:
THE ED1roR.,-The editor is one of the
happiest animals in the known world. He
can 90 to the circus, afternoon and even
ing, without paying cent; also TO in
quests and hangings. He has free tickets
to picnics and strawberry festivals, gets
wedding cake sen. to him, and sometimes
gets licking, but not often. for he can
take things back next issue, which he gen
orally does. l never knew only one edi-
tor to get ked-Hls paper busted that
day, and he couldn't take nothing back.
"While other folks bave to 90 to bed
early, the editor can sit up late every
night, and see all that's going on, The
boys think it's a big thing to hang out till
10 O'Clock. When | am a man | mean to
be an editor, so | can stay out nights.
Then that will be bully. The editor don't
have TO saw wood or do any chopping, ex-
cept with his scissors. Railroads get up
excursions for him, knowing if they didn't
he'd make 'em get up and git. In politics
he don't care much who he goes for if they
are on his side. If they amt he goes for
'em anyhow, so it amounts 10 nearly the
same thing. There is great many peo-
pie trying to be editors who can't and
some of them have been in the profession
for years, They can't see it, though. If
was asked if had rather have an educa-
tion or be circus rider, wonld say, let
me go and be an editor"
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-10-21

PROCLAMATION.
In the year which is now drawing 10 an
end. the art, the skill, and the labor OF the
people of the United States have been
employed with greater diligence and vigor
and on broader fields than ever before,
and the fruits of the earth have been
gathered into the grainary and the store
house in marvellous abundance. Our high
ways have been heightened, and new and
prolific regions have been occupied. We
are permitted to hope that long protracted
political aud sectional discussions are, at
no distant day, to give place to returning
harmony aud fraterBal affection through
out the Republic. Many foreign States
have entered into liberal agreements with
US, while nations are far off, and which
heretofore have been unsocial and eXclu-
sive, have become our friends. The an
nual period of rest, which we have reach
ed in health and tranquility, and which is
crowned with SO many blessings, is, by
universal consent, convenient and suita-
BILE one for cultivating personal piety and
practicing public devotion. |, therefore,
recommend that Thursday, the 26th day
of November next, be set apart and OBJ
served by all the people of the United
States as day for public praise, thanks
giving and prayer to the Almighty Crea-
tor and Divine Ruler of the universe, by
whose ever watchful, merciful and gra-
cious providence alone States and nations,
no less than families and individual men,
do live and move and have their being.
In witness whereof, l have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal Of the United
States 10 be affixed.
Done at the City Of Washington, this
twelfth day of October in the year Of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty eight, and Of the independence
of United States the ninety-thrd.
[sEALl ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President.
WM. II. SEWARD. Scc'v Of State.