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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-11-05
A CARD

d CAhU
To the Hotel keepers of Monroe and sd.
Jacent counties.
Look to Your Interests!
We are offering Liquors, Wines. &C.,
narrated pure, and containing no Drugs.
OILS, Essences, DC, whatever, at the fol
lowing very low prices:
Brandles from 5OcGs1 90 per gallon
Gins 5Oc075c q
Bourbon Whisky, 40c@65c. {"
Monongahela, 40c(065c. +"
Old Rye, 4Oc(d65c. /" I"
I" Apple 50cG$1 90 ="
Common 15c(025c
Wines Gall kinds 5Oc@sl 90 4
Please give US call, or send your or
ders, and satisfy yourselves that VIC do do
1t, that We 'ciU do it, and the reasons
,chy we can do it.
Also, please remember that ,ce do not
hare any thing to do tcitA "Druggedr' Lii.
quors. Anything you buy from us we
guarantee Pare, and much below the pri.
ces usually paid for the Drugged Liquors
Very Respectfully,
j. S. WILLIAMS, & Co,
Stroudsburg, Monroe Co. Pa.
July 27, 1865.
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WILLIAM >. l. ELLI'S
PATENT DOUBLE ACTING
FORCE PUMP AND FIRE ENGINE.
In use from Maine to Texas, giving entire
satisfaction herever used.
Suitable for all purposes where a Force
or Suction Pump can be used, and we think
it the best Pump ever offered 10 the public
1t has the advantage of the attachment of
hose for the purpose of forcing water in case
Of fire, or washing windows or carriages,
watering gardens, or the conveying of wa
ter anywhere desired. In winter it never
freezes. aud is already ready for use.
REFERENCES.
These pumps are in use, and warmly re-
commended as Pump and Fire Engine by
Lynford Marsh & David Keller, Strouds
burg,
Thomas Brodhead, Delaware Water Gap,
VIM. Sandt & George Wise, Portland
(late Dils Ferry),
VIM. ii. Bush, Quakertown,
and thousands Of others all over the country.
Pump and township rights in Monroe and
northampton Counties, for sale by
WILLIAM WISE,
Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co., Pa.
July 80, 1868.
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Call and be Convinced.
BRANCH STORE
IN
East StrOudSburg. Pa,

'SoSO ~ u - NN-'' ~ eAA S3 - So'S
For the convenience of the inhabitants of
East Stroudsburg and vicinity, the firm
have also opened Branch Store near the
Depot, where everything in their line of
business, together with BOOTS g. SHOES,
NOTIONS. &c, will at all times be found
in full assortment, for inspection and pur-
chase by customers. They have also on
hand fine stock of
PURE WINES & LIQUORS,
of the very best brands, which they offer to
Hotel keepers and others, at prices unusual
ly reasonable. Drop in and see.
G. S. DETRICK. S. S. DETRICK.
July 25, 1867.
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a Gard.

The undersigned has opened an Office for
the purchase and sale of Real Estate, in
Fowler's Building, on Main street. Parties
having Farms, Mills, Hocels or other proper
ty for sale will find it to their advantage to
call on me. | have no agents. Parties
must see me personally.
GEO. l.. WALKER,
Real Estate Agent, Stroudsburg, Pa.
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FREE FIGHT!
/" COME ONE, COME ALL"
One Thousand Dollars in
CIR E EEN BACK S

to be giUen a'cay by the subscribeS, IN tbs
.toLlocing manner:
Each suit of Furniture exceeding one
hundred dollars, will contain one so green
back exceeding two hundred dollars, $50.
All bills exceeding eight hundred dollars
will receive one enameled Bedroom Suit,
containing 13 pieces, in any color desired.
Also a present given with each bill exceed
ing SO.
CARPETS, 0IL-CL0THS, &c.
Every order exceeding 40 yds. of Brussuls
Carpet will contain one So greenback.
piece of Binding, papers of Carpet Tscks.
Every bill exceeding 30 yds. of Three-ply
or Ingram Carpet will contain 50 and one
piece OF Binding, and 4 papers of tacks; and
each bill will be sold at less money than can
be purchased at retail in New York City.
]. III. MCCARTHY,
Odd Fellows Hall, Stroudsburg, Pa.
December II, 1867.
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Undertaking

also attended to at short notice.
Call and see them before you purchase
elsewhere. Compare prices and material.
Furniture cheerfully shown without charge.
ID. s. LEE. s. LEE
If you want Cane-Seat, Wood-Seat or
Rush Bottom Chairs, call on
LEE g. BRO.
If you want Bureaus, Bedsteads, Cup
boards, Tables, Wash Stands, &C., call on
LEE 81 BRO.
In short, if you want any thing in the Fur
nture line from single article to COM
plete suit, call on LEE & BRO.
90 Ware Rooms doors bove Washing
ton Hotel - Fowler's Block.
Stroudsburg, Nov. 81, 1867.
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THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE RE.
Il Gently purchased the entire stock OF
Furniture OF Messrs. Rogers g. Danner, on
Main Street, three doors below the Woolen
Mills, TO which they have added large as
sortment of all kinds of superior Furniture,
and with increased facilities for business nd
determination to give satisfaction to all
who may favor them with call feel iusti-
fed in asking the continued patronage of the
old customers of this establishment.
They keep constantly on hand complete
PARLOR,
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MAKE WAY!
GOOD NEWS FOR ALL
IN SHAPE OF
New Goods at StOTmSyiile.

TEI1E subscriber takes pleasure in inform
- ing the public, that he has just opened
the largest and best selected stock of Goods,
at his old stand in Stormsville, Pa, ever
brought into Monroe county, and that he
has determined 10 dispose of them at prices,
much cheaper than they can be bought at
any other establishment, whether in town or
country. His stock comprises, in almost
endless variety, and of the best quality.
DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS,
HARDWARE,
QUEENSWARE,
GROCERIES,
DRUGS, MEDICINES, &C., &c.
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SPECIAL NOTICE

NJ IO1G1A 4t " - Il SH
TO FiRMERS AND ALL PERSONS OWNING
HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP & HOGS!
In the spring of the year when Horse is
about shedding his coat nothing will do him
better service than teaspooniul of
YOUATTS CONDITION POWDER,
every morning, well mixed with his feed.
cows.
In milking COWS the subscriber feels con-
fident that YoUATT's POWDER, as he noso
prepares it, will astonlsh all who use il, and
convince the most incredulous to say that by
te7ding COW one teaspoonful of foUATT' 6
POWDER once a day ill SO much increase
The quantity and quality of the milk as TO
yield one pound Of Butter per week more
IS promising much, yet we have the eviderce
of hundreds to prove this assertion. This
increase is made by keeping the ccw in a
healthy condition with a good appetite.
HOGS and SHEEP will be greatly bene-
fitted by using this powder. One of our
customers says that he had l6 sheep all of
which had the Distemper, and concluded he
would try an experiment with YoUATT's
POWDER - be gave half of the number the
Powder, and they recovered in short time,
the rest died.
The genuine YOUATTS VEGETATIVE
CONDITION POWDER is prepared from
Youatt's original Recipe at Holinshead's
Drug Store. All other is counterfeit.
Try 1t and be Convinced.
w. HOLLINSHEAD
March u, 1863.
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CHAMBER and

both of their own and city manufacture,
which they will dispose OF at the most reason
able rates.
They employ none but the best of work
men, and purchase none but the best quality
of well seasoned lumber, and are therefore
prepared TO manufacture TO order on the short
est notice any and every thing in their line
from single piece of furniture up to CON-
plete suit.
Repairing and trimming of all kinds of
furniture done with dispatch and neatness,
ct the lowest possible terms.
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TUE Two.rnfnns RUIZ

This is an undomooratie feature of
Democratic conventions which should
never have been introduced, and should
be now abolished Il was conceived as
an arti6ce Of politicians Its first appli-
cation accomplished it's obiect--tbe &c.
feat OF Mr. Van Buren, in lS44-buti IL
may be gravely questioned, whether It's
results, even in that instance, were wise
as party measure, for it led to the de-.
feat Of Cass in ls4S, by the detection of
Mr.. Van Buren, throwing the vote Of New
York to Taylor Instead Of being a
promoter Of greater unanimity, it offers
facilities for lengthening out tie struggle
over nominations, until heartbGrings are
eugendered 1t plants the seeds Of alien,
alton which sometimes bear bitter fruit
pending the elsotion, and sometimes
OftorSsrds This was the case between
Douglas and Buchanan in 1856, and led
10 ths separation between them during
the entire administration of she latter
Il disrsSfed she Charleston Convention
in 1860, and gave the country 10 Lincoln
and calamity Indeed, not one word can
be said in defense Of lite retention either
on principle or policy
This is government Of mAiorities
They decide every thing. A majority
Of tho Electoral College make the Presi.
dent A majority Of Congress make
the laws A majority OF ths people make
the College and the Congress Why
then should two~thirds be required 10
decide who shall be the candidate of tbe
party IL does not require two tSirds
to declare what the principles Of the
party are In fact the two thirds rils
is unknown in the theory Of our institu>
tons, except when CongrOss Is called 20
pass upon an Executive veto or when
either branch IL required TO exercise it's
primitive power There is neither reason
nor anology, nor expOdioncy in holding
It as a hxed rule in Democratic Congen-
tions, aud we hope the convention IN the
grand remoddeling Of the party, which Il
lie its duty to make, win abrogate ID
But il may be said that to dispense
with il now, would excite suspicion that
it was done in the interest Of come can
didate, and thus exerta hurtful infaencs.
But when is il to be done except on just
such an Occasionf By this reasoning an
improper and obnoxious precedent Wpuls
be perpeteaied n tlie two~thirds rule h
unnecessary, wrong and 'undemocrA6c--
and ID clearly is-lst ID be abolished now,
regardless OF she consequences 20 indi-
viduaA The Democratic party Is strong
enough 20 do right always Ifitip not.
tbs too weak 10 s1ecoed. Then wopay
lss the rule DO declared Ghat majority !
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washington Items.

WAsHINGToN, June 27.-Ramsey in
the Senate to day introduced bill provid-
ing for the reorganization of the recipro-
city treaty with Canada, whenever Great
Britain, and North America passes the
reciprocity laws also for free navigation
to ST. Lawrence and tributaries, and free
use OF fisheries. s..H s.a.l. .-.
The report of the Paymaster General
shows that $206 lis SO had been paid out
for bounties under the act OF July 1866. a
The Governor Of Georgia left tonight
for the new Capitol at Atlanta. The
Legislature will assemble on the 4th Of
July, and, ii is believed, the conditions
imposed by Congress viii be complied With.
Senators will be elected and Representa-.
tives admitted on or before the Tth. g
The Senate has confirmed the nomina-
lion of General McMahon az Minister to
Paraguay. 10 al 81 ly..t 'tirlt't 81
No action was taken on the nomination
of Mr.. EvaTts for Attorney General. D.
Fractional currency Issued for the week
$500, 600; United States notes, $84, 900 /;
fractional currency shipped, $659,lls +;
United States notes scot TO national banks,
SOS, 372 national currency redeemed and
destroyed, $409, loo. Esd .elsH .l ~ .gI
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THE wEEVIL sTASDTSG aRAIN.

A correspondent of the Franklin Re-
oisi0 asks if there is such n thing as vice.
vii attacking standing grain, and states
that before cutting bis rye he weutiover
it for the purpose OF examining it, and
the FIRST head he shelled out contained
halls dozen small black bugs, which had
preyod upon and destroyed the grain.
lie asks information from his brother
farmers in regard 10 this bug. The
weevil appears to be attacking the wheat
in various pnrts Of the country The
Baltimore San says
Eve learn from a gentlsmaE who has
good opportunities 20 Judge, both from
personal inspection and from information
obtained through friends, that the red
weevil has made its appearance in the
wheat in the upper part Of BslGuiore
county - ." .."
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rERsoS Al. RENCoUNrER IN ESox
WILLIE

The Knoxville Press and Herald OF
he 26th inst, Publishes the following
On Thursday afternoon a. Mai, 4. B.
Kirby, ofthe Press AID Herald. was COM
posedly walking down Gay street 10 the
Office, he was mel near the corner Of Church
street. BY John B. BroWnlow, Of the Knox
vile WRig, who stepped up 70 him and re
marked Kirby yOn are ado seOundsel I"
thsreby choosing his familiarity with the
lexicon 90 BrOwnlowisms which se peb-
lished lie ether day. TO this courteous
greeting Mr. Kirby replied with The very
appropriate remark .you're another = and
lsi eul With his right, intending to counter
on johns peek :, bat missed and struck
him on che shoulder The editor Of the
Hkig stepped back and commeneed huut.
Ing for his weapons, Of which ne had four
about hss person 10 wit: two revOlverz
and two derringers. Mr.. Kirby being er-
Erely unarmed, and DOT even having =
stick, at once clinched and endeaEorrd 10
get possession Of enc Of the pistols. Dur
ing the scuffis his foot caught IN the curb
stone and be fell, Az he lell. BroWnloN
drew HE pistol and snapped IL 1t Mr..
Kirby, but the pistol being one Of Tie old
fashioned kind, hrasa moUnted, Il failed %
20 OF; and inst 40 this moment Assistant
Marshal Osborne very opportunity came TO
The relief Of Brownlow, who hsd tor some
~ Fl. .....tIfrf aer. .. $40
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0rR AnENTa

JOHN W. FAXON. OF the Northern Bank
of Tsnnsssee. is our authorised agent at ClaFks-
vile, Tennessee. to recsive and receipt for sab.
scriptions and advertisements for the UxIoS AND
DlsPATCH. tltu l-fs et.e..
s. B. R02ELL. of Franklin. is cur author.
lied agent for Williamson and adjoining ooun-
ties, to receiye and receipt for subscriptions TO
the UsIoN AND DIsPArcH.3 5 4
DR.. j.. B. MATTHEW'S. Druggist, Odd Eel
lows Hall Building. Woodland street, is our
authorized Agent to receive and receipt for adj
vertising and subscriptions in EdgeGeld. Orders
delivered TO him will be promptly attended, to.
He win also keep the Daily UNION AND DIsl
TOE on sale H..... .a 80 FAfT 1913 .
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Largest CIreuIatlOn 10 CItT odd Slale
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NEWS OF THE DAY.Tx

~ EwS OF iii II ID ~ II
There are now three hundred inmates Cd
the Ohio Reform School, near Lancaster.
To-day Sunday has been appointed re
day OF thanksgiving throughout Great
Britain for the success Of the Abyssinian
expedition. u ssggass
There was a heavy hail storm in Broom
county, New York, June oath, which ma
terially damaged corn-felds fruit orchards
and gardens. Some Of the hail stones
were az large a. hens eggs. az"
One wall Of the Hospital Of 81, Mary Of
the Conception, 10 process Of erection in
Chicago, fell on The 24th inst buryiDg
eve wofkmen 10 the rnins, two Of wboEn
H. B. Eaiy, an old resident Of Union
town, Kentucky, shot himself through the
head few days ago. He stood before a
lookinR-glass in order 70 pick out q soft
H spot in his sknll for The bullet Pecuuiary
embarrassment led TO the suicide. - -1
DR.. s. W. Miller, Clerk of the Courts ef
Wayne county Missouri, was shot and
instantly killed by some unknOwa villain,
who fred through an open window at his
victim, while the latter was engaged at q
social game Of cards, on the night Of the
18th inst. .e4u4a64 assaN
The Trustees Of the Aniietam Cemetery,
q
vote By which they formerly adopted a
resolution setting apart certain portions OF
.a the cemet4Fy as burial places fof the Con-
federate dead aud the ehole question was
70 a >postponed 10 next November
Andrew Armstrong, Of Baltimore, and
t. +. Fitch, are making q match % sail
rival yachts, Of two and half tons burthen,
across the Atlaatic, between New York
and Dublin. Armstrong is the survivor
Of the wreck Of the little I" John T. Ford, :,
capsiEed on lhe csast Of Ireland last August,
and this recovered yacht Is the one be pro-
poser to use in the present match.
AZ the old historic town Of Worms, sex
tsasiFs prepaTatioDsa are hsing made for the
fortboOniug celebration Of ths Reformation.
The principal streets squares and historic
places are 10 be decorated with flags and
triumphal arehes All the Protestant
denominations unite in the celebration.
Crowds Of viaitoH. from every part Of Ger
many ara pouring into Che city, and great
number Of foreigner, the majority Of whom
are Americana, arrive by every train.
The ROman ezileg at Perugis have sent
their oongratniadons 10 The managers Of
the festival
A Washington special of the 18Th inst.
10 the Cincinnati Gdsette says: The Senate
JudiciGIy Committee will not take up
EvRrts nomination az Attorney General
Till ils meeting on Saturday, andit b i'm
possible 10 predict how they will report
Ii is found by the impeachment investi-
eating committee that his fees from the
government for three years since Johnson
came into power amount 10 upward OF
S4s 900, and good deal Of wondar is ex-
pressed that with snch IA income he should
OOnseht 20 accept Office. The committee
are urged by many prominent Republicans
Of the North 10 report in favor Of the con
frmg6oD
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mississippi Election. etc.

JACKSON, June 81 Returns from three
boxes in this city give 269 Radical major
ity. The Democratic majority as far as
heard from is $4,000. Several counties
which were claimed by the Radicals, re-
turn large Democratic niajorfties. The
home of Jamisou, Radical candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, pOlled a unanimous
Democratic vOte-not ore Radical vote
having been cast.
Gen. Mcdowell telegraphs to General
Freeman, President Of the Democratic Ex-
ecutive COMMITTEES, that he has sent no
communication to Gen. Grant, nor any
other party, indicating what course the
election will take for or against the Consti-
tuition.
The election will continue on Monday
and Tuesday.
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government. We demand in the manner
Of The Fathers Of the Constitution, and fer
the same Of posterity, not its reconstruc-
ton, but the restoration Of that sacred IN
strusnent which has been to US all "pillar
Of Gre" from 1877 on to its present over
throw; and in all solemnity, before God
and man, nnder a full sense Of the re
sponsibiIily of sill we utter, We do hereby
fix our names TO this protest against the
admission of these three persons claiming
to be members Of Congress from Arkansas.
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opinions 10 obtain a majority.


Let not the friends Of Mr.. Pendleton
be dismayed BY telegraphic reports Of
formidable combinations against him,
and stories Of HE lack Of strength in the
East BE has, despite the efforts Of GERS
tain politicians, mach more strength east
of the Allegheny Ridge. than they are
willing to admit He is cOnfessedly the
strongest man before the convention.
We are not unaware Of Che source of
| most Of these giyings out, but they viii
be unayailing to detract from his
strength. They are chiefly inspired in
quarters whence they might be expected
| from motives Of selfiuterest They are
pat on the lips of men who would ignore
all reference to financial measures Of re-
form; and pirate largely about the great
issue being whether re are TO have a
| government at all o. not These men
seem Is forget, that even upon this ques-
ton, ar. Pendleton has a record co M
parable with the best What abomina-
ton of Radicalism has he not fought
since 1861, aye, when some Of his chiei
competitOrs we're giving the most hideous
Of them, the straction of their authority,
personal and official 2 sa-srs
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Suspension OF AIerchanss' National
Hank. afe

Rank, etc.
MEMPHIS June 27.--The Merchants
National Bank Of this city suspended this
morning. 1t is said their assets viii ex-
coed their liabilities.
John 0'ConneB a iournsyman tailor,
vas waylaid on Beale street last night by
tEo negroes, knocked on the head with a
bar of iron and then thrown into the bayou,
where he was found by the police insensi-
bic. There are no hopes Of his recovery.
A shooting ARRAY occurred on Main
street this morning, between j. X, Kelly
and Ben Garrett, detective. The former
was shot twice and seriously injured. The
affair grew ont of an old feud, Garrett
was acquitted, it being shown he acted
solely in selfT.deepse.
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time been waiting for some one 10 hold
him, and took the pistol from him and
arrested both the parties.
The parters were then escorted to the
Recorders Office, and the bell was rnhg ior
Judge Swan, who arrived in few minutes,
and after hearing the facls in the case fined
lie belIigerent eaitors So each and costs.
kei. Kirby at once settled his Ene, aud
Brownlow, not being in fnnds, Esq. Knott
went his security.
The crowd then dispersed, sadly repeat
ing to each other, "NObOdy hurt 80
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REPUDIATING .DFHE r0UL PARTY

From the COvington (Tenn.) Record. June %.
The following card from D. b. Boswell,
Esq, fully explains ITSELF He, like Mr..
Spellman, had been placed as delegate TO
the black -and-tan without ever having
known Of such thing as Radical Coz
vention in Covington. The fact is the
mongrels are hard up for material in this
county aud as they are entitled 10 three
delegates they were trying TO find MEM
bers. .---s 49,. .lt.f.sf
SAM. P. Rose, Esq, Editor Upton Re
cofd-SIR / see BY a late issue of your
paper that my name is placed among the
list Of Radical delegates 10 the Radical
Convention st Nashville. / wish 20 assure
you, sir, and The people OF Upton county,
that il was done without my knowledge or
consent. ] have no afiliation with the
Radical party. love my country, too
much, and The people Of this county are
too dear 70 me ever TO wish TO see them so
degraded as the Radical party would have
them. -.s-.r s... I
am sir, very respectfully,
... ID. b. BOSWELL.
Coyingion, June 20, 1868. p. .-i.a
We publish below the card OF VIVA. Me
Intosh, Esq, explanatory Of hisoonnection
with the black,and-lan, fence corner con
yenlion held IN Tiptoo. We do 80 10 ina.
tice 10 him and without comment: A
EDIToR REoasD. You will please give
the following publicity: | am and always
have been a Union man. | was at a meet
ing as ! supposed, Of Union men, in Gov
iugton, and there was as | thought an I'M
derstandiBg IN regard to who were to be
delegates TO the convention; none Of
whom, a. understood il, we're TO be colOred.
| am opposed &c delegates Of that class
until they are more or better enlightened
in regard to the Laws Of the country, They
now have the right OF suffrage and | am for
white man rule. The rights Of this com
munity would be in a bad state with that
class al the head ,5f affairs or controlling
the Offices Yours respectfully,
-raa VIZ. MCISTOsn.
COgingtOn, June "a.