September 2, 1868 (4 pages)

is ~ af cometaties, $792,000 : for” Wells’ statement, made Juty 9t.:, The, Daily: Bennsceips NEVADA cITY. CARIFORNIA. = = = WEDNESDAY, ‘SEPT. >. 1868. UNION TICKET. ‘¥OR PRESIDENT, GENERAL ULYSSES 8. GRANT For Vice President, SCHUYLER COLFAX. Ge ‘JOHN B. WELTON. ue A. HOFFMAN. ‘O. H. LaGRANGK A. REDINGTON, a ALTERN A’ LEWIS SLOSS. 3. H. McNABB, “@, A, TWHERD. W, VAN DxcK. Tom CONGRESS, A. °s 2 Re ENT, COUNTY NOMINATIONS. : FUm ROAD COMMISSIONER, @RORGCE GEP HARD. FOR SUPERVISOR—ist District, JAMES MONKO. a Tae ‘NatroNaL AND Fixdnces.— The National comes'to the defense of: Dibble, “zat liddle fellow vat hop about " a0,” anid says that every statement made > by Dibble can be aubstantiated. Will the National ‘substantiate -the statement that ten per cent. of the. taxes’ paid by the ‘pedple is appropriated to the establishment of reading rooms and Grant and Colfax; Glabg: ~ This statement was’ made by Dibble with .as witich eafdesthess as aity other. ‘The . ” National’ characterizes the statement ‘that the etpenses Of the Army and Navy Departinents were otiiparatively Jess now than during the administration of Budhanan. Now for the proof. © MrBlain, of the ‘Honse, after giving the statement nade by Governor Seymour, in New York; #h¥s-Se¥mout’s own figures show only $175,000,009 had been expended in three years for the current . asd legitimate expenses of “bottr . : ; bratiches Of the service, a far Jess sum per regiment for the army than wasex™ pefided for the same service during Bu_chasan’s admiaistiation. Phe official rebords of the Treasury Department show that the ‘entire disbursements under direction of the War. Department for the year ‘en ing” ‘June 30th, 1868, “were '$126,946,646 62, of Which there’ was ‘paid for ‘bounties $88,000,000 ; for the-payment of State war Gainis, $10,330,188: fo harbor improvements, $5,111,300 ; for for rive® and support of Indians, $1, 000,000 ; Nationcommutation of idns of prisoners of war, $152,000; tor Freedmen’s Bureau, $3,215,000; and‘ for expenses of teconstruction, $1 1499,270, leaving as the actual _ expenses of thie arthy tor the year, pre~ cisely $56,713; 410. The entire appropriation for the prosgat year is only $33, 000,000, These figtres may be relied upon, as they are taken from Commissioner this year. ‘LétUnion men cut them out as the facis are continually misrepresented by the Democratic stumpers, anddf they, want proof ef their correctness, we will supply thedocuments. When a Demééfat Who" has read Seymour's apeech, says that the Freydmen’s. Bureat coat tén or twelve “millions , per annum, bet. him it did-not ; the figtres from the Treasury Departinept show that it coat, anly, $8,215.000 last year, and the estinmupted tust*foF’ tlie ‘¢hffent yearis’ ofly’ 500,000. © “When Democrats wh Heard . Dibble’ 8 specch state that this dostisution,is.a great Nigger boarding heyse,” show them the tollow‘ing figures ; The.Conmmittee on Dist. 1bution and Supplies in Alabama, reported to their Legislature, that in January, 1866; the Freédinen’s Bureau distributed 13,000 rations per day, “given alike to whites atid: Wlacks.” “The Com” missioper,at Mobile, reported rations issued August 1st, 1865, to’3,570 “destitute citizens,” the list standing in Sep* tember 1,742 persons, 95 percent of whom were rebels, The rations issued in January, 1866, in Arkansas, were 59,532.0 whites; and 1,696 to freedmen This noble charity of the Government was necessary. after the elosd’ of the war, when the‘imdustries‘of ‘the South were prostrated, and.ell nvedy, without distinction of color, shared the bounty of the Government ; and yet, Democrats of every ‘stripe a now seek by» misrep‘resentation apd downright falsehood to}. B AND, THE, FENIANS.— ink® ‘capital out/6f this gfand evidence yesterday received thé following. lett of Radi¢él magnanimity, which, perMoore's Fiat, August 31, 1868. ‘hap#, thay have saved their own fathers * Editor Transcript :—I have jast noafid motiierg front starvation. Out ‘upon them—un__rateful beings! The figures show conclusively that the white people of the South were by far the larger sharers. of the Government bounty. Oxe man like Semmes, blowing around on the anxiety of Southern rebels fur another outbreak, may excite disgust; but when dozens of leading rebels in different parts of the South didate for Vite President, their Jeadur, surpasses-them-alt-in-violent and revodutionary language, something besides disgust would beet 'to bein‘ order: BRAVE MEN —The bravest. . set, of men now in the éountry are supposed to be the Kuklaxers. Recently, it took’ three hundred of them to hang asingle negro in Tennessee. Their bravery is conclusively shown by the skillful manner in which they shoot persons in the back from bebind rocks,trees and fences, and the unceremonious way they have of. dragging defenseless men irom their beds at midnight. _—_———— Oo " ON THE OTHER S1DE.—Some time since the Hzaminer howled in “virtuous indignation” at the fact that a “poor soldier who fought for his coun-, try was denied a a job of painting worth three dollars, by a miserable Radical Post Master at Béhicia”*’ The Solano Herald. gays ‘that othe “poor soldier” fought in the rebel army, and spends his time in denouncing the government tion., No wonder the Hzaminer’s sympathies . were. aroused, for the poor pol-. are? Tought oF on their side. ee cree ‘PEANUT Call is considerably pe about the Chronicle which is soon to make ite appéafance in San Francisco. It don't Reck-well upom: its-stomach.— The Call is a venemous copperhead sheet and not worthy the support that has been given it: ‘The only reason assigned by wmany of its Bay subscribers for taking it, is simply because it is cheap. ‘the Chronicle is bound to ‘have a large circuhition in the’ igterior. Not a copy of the Call is‘taker in this city, for our people liave no use for such a thing. Hon. George A. Pugh, Dem., of Ohio, said in. his speech at the Democratic ratification meeting at Cincinnati, on the 24th ult: “If any man has come hither to-night. expecting to hear me abuse Gen, Grant, I tell him that he is mistaken in the persen. I don’t abuse him. [shall give -him the honor, and great honor it: is: whick he deserves ; and if.it were a question of giving hohor, the most devoted of his political of . 8¥pporters should not be ahead of me.” TENNESSEE Kvu-KLux.—In the county of ‘Weakley, not tong since, a number of the -poadg’ chivalry, ‘with their Kuklax regalia, sallied: forth to whip nd intimidate the, poor, affrighted negro, During their absence on these errands, some of théir’stables and barns took fire, and ‘one of ‘their dwellings was in flames. So suys.the Whig. Two Iowa papers offer:to let alb responsible Democrats have copies regularly until November 3d, the subscription to be paid in fullif Grant and Colfax are elected; butmothing aval! to be charged ii they are defeated. a THs Virginia Hiaterprise says: “NV are greatly mistaken in the pluck ‘ the Union mien ofan Francisco, if they long submit to haye ‘their meetings distutbed by Democratic ruffians and then‘ pay” exorbitiint fines for ‘perform: . ing the dutigs which ought ta be done by the Democratic: police of that city.” wits 23 FRANK Blair, tue Democratic steal. date for thé Vice Presidency,” mide a speecly during tlie Wreat campaign of 1860,.at-Terra Haute, Indiana, in which he said: “I Would rather sleep with a Niggér than With a Dehdcratl” * THE managers advertise for bids for and ice cream stands at the Northern Willey Septentber the ae ised are doing the same thing, while a can-; District Fair, to commence’ at Marys-, and blowing: about ‘tremendous taxed). q privileges, such ms, nesta upant, bar, fruit . ) ticed an item in your paper of last week stating that August Belmont had sold Bills of Exchange to certain Fenians in New York, and that the party in Ireland to whom the bills were sent presented the same for payment, was not only refused payment but arrested and thrown into prison ; also that the drafts were returned to New York and. Mr. Belmont refused to refund the money on the ground that the money was intended for Fenian or illegal purposes, and that he as the agent of the British Government would not and, could not refund it. Now, Mr. Editor, I have no hésitan¢y in pronouncing the whole story a fabrication—did it not originate in your own fertile brain? is the leader of the Democracy-in this country, and by his ‘masterly strategy our glorious standard bearer; Mr. ‘Seymour, wasplaced at the heiid of oar ticket’ You ought ‘also to know that no man who has ever acted as the friend of the English Government—pertidious Albion—or’as thé agént of the “bloated bondholders” could obtain such a prominent position in the Democratic party ; consequéntly Ldeny in toto your strictures upon our honored chairman, Mr, Belment._Were-your remarks. true,how could it be expected that my countrymen could vote a ticket or support a party made and engineered by such a man. Again I ‘deny iv; it is, it must be false. . No. doubt Mr.: Belmont is . himself of Irish extraction, and probably’ ‘related to the Belmont families who reside o Poo-loo-teo-ka mountain in the Whee. Ault range, ten miles south west, of; Ballyshannon. Should you. be “in ppardel enough to give the above denial a place in. your columns, . may) be mua’ again to defend won, edad Of ad leaders. ERNICUS. In fepl¥ to” ci bernleds, ” we*weuid say that it always gives’ us “pldastife’ to answer any questions “from , Democrats, in regard to our.statements, when they are asked:in' ‘a proper spirit. In proof of the clidrge alluded to, we are _corroborated ‘by the Irish. People, . paper published by D. O'Sullivan & Co., in New York, and a strong friend of the Fenians, ‘The Circumstances as stated by that paper, are these: In 1865, certain drafts upon Rothschild & Co. were purchased from Mr; Belmont in the name of aman called George Hoppe. and the first of these drafts was intended for revolatioliary purposes. Mr: George Hopper was thrown into jail on suspicion of: Fenianism. Released ‘at length, the ‘‘second of those drafts” was. forwarded to him, which were ‘duly signed and presented for payment to Messrs. Rothschild. Payment was refused, and they were placed in the hands of.a.solicitor,; Mr. Lawless; of: Dublin, for collection. He was not able-to obtain payntent in Great Brithin, and they were then ‘sent tol a ipectable lawyer ot New York to be collected of Belmont, who having issued them, was the legally responsible party. Legal proceedings were commenced against, him’ to.secure payment, and-he entered’ a defense on the grounds that “the money was intended for il’egal purposes, and that he, Belmont, was acting in the interest and under the direction of the English Government.” Thliese are, substantial.y, the facts given by the Jrish. People, and that paper adds: “These facts were fully ascertained on the 30th inst., by. a Committee of the ‘Irish Rights Association,’ appointed to maak aPhguiries: on’ the subjéct in: the proper quarter.” } is**H@bernicus” satisfied? 1f ngt.he cap send.to, the Association mentioned. above, and obtain a certified copy of the defense made. by. ® e. Mr. Belmont, inthe New York Count. Of Mr. Belmont’s birth we know nothing, but we do knew. that while professing to. be a friend of the Fenians, and so far obtaining their confidence as to induce them to make him an agent for the transmission of: money to Ire. land, he was, confessedly, playing the part.of Judas, and, on his own slatement, acting for their. evemy. A man who occupies such a. position must not only be despised by) those. ke betrays, but by the party whose tuol he is; and yet Belmont’ is ‘tlie. mahager ‘of the party which the mass of.Irishmen are supporting, i Tite Committee to whom thi eather was. referred. by the Sap} sancjscy Bis] neers, recommend the pi thi a ‘of perI chailengethe —proof.} “You must be aware that Mr, Belmont respected . ‘sons who arrived in the State inwl850.) THE Elmira Gazette, the aay Demo“. endige dail in” Chemung county, New bogs has'comié out for Gramt and Colax, declaring ‘that Horatie Seymour osiot ot shonld not be elected President of the United States. _ THE Chicago Post says: “The Democrats of Marion county, Ky., had a ‘glorious ratification’ lately. They went to the house of George Rogers, a Union soldier during the war, dragged him’ from ‘the presence of his wife; and hang him to the limb of a tree.” THE Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad undertakes to furnish, destitute immigrants, who arrive at Milwaukee, with frée ‘transportation to the places . which they have chosen for their residence, when on the line of that read. ‘Says the Columbus Journal : “If you desire to witness.the pperation of a leech; let it be communicated to one of the Blairs that you have an office at your disposal.” Gen. Jubal Early, the drunken Confederate whom General Sheridan drove out of the’ Shenandoah” Walley, says . GeneralMGrant.“‘has no ability as a_gen. eral, and no capacity for President.” At a Democratic meeting in Westfield, “Mags., Henry Fuller presided, and introduced the speaker as Gen. Grant! and after the audience had given three cheers for the Republican nominee, and roars of laughter at the blunder, the President seulengeea nihil AGeaeAP Stites, SS caer rare mean.’ How CHANGED.—A few years ago the Democratic party objected to the Republican glement pecayse, as they . . averred, it Was ‘sectionaly’ having Lo supporters in the South. ing more members in the South than it ought to have. When can we please the “untefrifiéd ?” cide THE Madison, Wis. Journal, quoting the statement of the World that Wisconsin is safe for Seymour, says: “‘Wisconsin is good for anywhere from 15,000 to 25,000 majority for Grant and Colfax. It will not give less than 15,000 ma— jority.” AT Morristown, Tennessee, on the receipt of ithe mews. of the “acquittal . ~ . of Andrew Johnson) a. Ku-Kins Democrat got drauk, tore down & portrait of Abraham Lincoln and trampled it ‘under his feet; This is fair samplé' of moderna and enlightened Democracy. Gov. Woop, of Oregon, has been invited to stump this State for Grant and Collax, and answers that he cannot do 80, On account of ill health, but says his ‘heart isin the cause, and bids Union men God-speed.in. their efforts to redeem the State. THE, pW eirlog Amerie moter that many prominent Federal -office-hoiders in that city, satisfied that Grant. wil] have the appointing, power, after the 4th of March next, are feelin their way back to the party they degerted,. and openly state that they canna poate? Sey mour and Blair. or YES THEY WILL salt the Bepubligan tanners of this country don’t tan Blair’s hide before he gets through his political career, it Will becatge. they don’s. know a calf skio when they see it. A DEMOCRATIC paper, contradicting report that Susan B. Anthony’s paper partially supports Seymedr}? indignant— ly declares that “The Revolution will go the whole hog. & WHEN Sey:mour was elected Govern. or of New York Stonewall Jackson called to his men for three. cheers. RECENTLY, 45,000 cart-loads of mud, left by the late flood in Baltimoré, were removed. Mrs, Lincoln has sailed for Europe, and will; it’ is said; be’ the guest of Queen Victeria. ABovr one seventh ‘of the, State of Mississippi is pdrariiont for, sale under execution. Pe 23 —— A PuraDELPaiaN is making a good thing, by raising Maltese, cats at thirty. . dollars each. ae held igecently, ;the /Hon.) The ‘trouble . now is, it is too unsectional—there beSRR a RR eae ll a a a ARRIVALS AT THE NATIONAL EXOHENGE HOTHE. = =6f Broad ‘Street, Nevada City, ‘Onlifornia, LANCASTER « # ; HASEY .» Prop’s. Sept ember 1. 1868. T Jena San Ftancise Prof Rutan Grass Val H 38 Holloway~ W Novitzky do W.C Wilkerson 3 D. eee h D Taaffe ‘ Wilson. : G Reese do 'O Chaney” “a6” JH Van Ennor do « PGaiway aiileen Ranc W H Major do MLColbert do = J sores t Xow! ee ay de Culbert = w eerrh a iar ell O H ‘Tufts San Mics Mrs Delay oo W BChurchiliSnauwT og Soup do Fore “igage iecn'G Valles urphy Tass y P Crowery Chips 2 Fl ¢ Smith ~ Hartwe: Stage Line —_ _ anata aoe. 1m “FIRST RATE AND = well, stockeds running from_NE Roary “a XuU _bET to re ee [DUTCH FLAT is Re eeED Po FOR SALE CHEAP, with StageStabics at You Bet. . Also: the TOLL ROAD irom Little York. to Duteu. Fiat. . For phony ag address -; CULBY, Nevada City. 22 Gu. H [#-The Voice of the People! Patronize the Cheapest ! a ea KEEP DOWN THE MONOPOLY ! THE PEOPLE'S PLATFORM! exADQPEED, AB. drop vs / TREMENDOUS MASS “MEETING” : 0 tw.” JOR A Quartz, Miners, Ranchmen, Republicans, Democrats, ‘Workingmen, Lawyers, -_ Dectors, Printers, Hotel. Keepers, Natural’ and ‘Adopted ' Citizens . of ‘every age, class and condition] J ! Ir Is THE OPINION OF GOOD JUDGES, backed by meh of all parties, that not less than twenty thousand people were present during the entire sessiun of the Convention. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed tothe end: The fo}lowing Preamble and Resolutions were pre_ . sented by Senater Fitz, son-of thelate General — ‘. Tailor, and read id ‘4 lond and distinct tone ‘of voice ; Wasnesa, li has been the custom of ourancestors, from their earliest infancy to hood and ofd age, ‘and ‘parti¢alarly aide tie issue of our memorable and glorious American Revolution, to wear a good suit of clothing’; therefore, Reso.vep, That the great’ body of the dear people require a good, substantial, and wellmade article of Clothing, and that it is the opinion 0: this Cénvention that thé aforeeaid great body of humanity should be clothed at ‘all hazards. [Gfeat cheéring.] REsoLvED, That the most extensive and desirable assortment of Clothing, Gents’: FPurnishing Goods, Hats, Caps; Boots and Shoes. of evéry @estriptioh} maybe found a BANNER’S CLOTHING EMPOKIUM.,' ReEsoLvep, That this Convention recommniend the above establishment, with entire cordiality and freedem, to.the pressing necessities of the many millions, [Cries of “aoud !? ‘Good l’ That's it!’ and a general clapping of hands from the congregated masses. ] Resotvev, That their: Department: of Fine Fashionable Dress Suits, Beaver Business Suits; and Gent's and Boys Cicthing of ‘every description, is unsurpassed in style and qnuality, and the LOW PRICES DEFY COMP&ETIWIUN. [Great cheering amotg'the-people. : ' Major$hertpnrse. moved the.adoptiqn above resolutions, which was seconde 2 General Approbation, wlio made a few spitited! and highly eulogisticremarks,in teference par tiewlarly to the resolutions. Une wt aye caue up from the vast throng, which revealed the depth of fevling ihat, prevailed among the people on this subject. ~ . A motion.was made. that rhe progeedings be published in the Nevaba Dairy TRanecairT, after whith the} meeting ‘adjoprned with nixx cheers for BANNER BROTHERS, ;and the People’s Platform. ANBON W. LESTER. “AusTIN w. LETER. A. W. LESTER & C0, Dealers in Groceries;Provisions, Pho® go gutis Seer ened, Liatons, oF 7 «ec, banage Cer Goods delivered: reasonable dina free of charge. a mM So Aig

is ~ af cometaties, $792,000 : for” Wells’ statement, made Juty 9t.:, The, Daily: Bennsceips NEVADA cITY. CARIFORNIA. = = = WEDNESDAY, ‘SEPT. >. 1868. UNION TICKET. ‘¥OR PRESIDENT, GENERAL ULYSSES 8. GRANT For Vice President, SCHUYLER COLFAX. Ge ‘JOHN B. WELTON. ue A. HOFFMAN. ‘O. H. LaGRANGK A. REDINGTON, a ALTERN A’ LEWIS SLOSS. 3. H. McNABB, “@, A, TWHERD. W, VAN DxcK. Tom CONGRESS, A. °s 2 Re ENT, COUNTY NOMINATIONS. : FUm ROAD COMMISSIONER, @RORGCE GEP HARD. FOR SUPERVISOR—ist District, JAMES MONKO. a Tae ‘NatroNaL AND Fixdnces.— The National comes'to the defense of: Dibble, “zat liddle fellow vat hop about " a0,” anid says that every statement made > by Dibble can be aubstantiated. Will the National ‘substantiate -the statement that ten per cent. of the. taxes’ paid by the ‘pedple is appropriated to the establishment of reading rooms and Grant and Colfax; Glabg: ~ This statement was’ made by Dibble with .as witich eafdesthess as aity other. ‘The . ” National’ characterizes the statement ‘that the etpenses Of the Army and Navy Departinents were otiiparatively Jess now than during the administration of Budhanan. Now for the proof. © MrBlain, of the ‘Honse, after giving the statement nade by Governor Seymour, in New York; #h¥s-Se¥mout’s own figures show only $175,000,009 had been expended in three years for the current . asd legitimate expenses of “bottr . : ; bratiches Of the service, a far Jess sum per regiment for the army than wasex™ pefided for the same service during Bu_chasan’s admiaistiation. Phe official rebords of the Treasury Department show that the ‘entire disbursements under direction of the War. Department for the year ‘en ing” ‘June 30th, 1868, “were '$126,946,646 62, of Which there’ was ‘paid for ‘bounties $88,000,000 ; for the-payment of State war Gainis, $10,330,188: fo harbor improvements, $5,111,300 ; for for rive® and support of Indians, $1, 000,000 ; Nationcommutation of idns of prisoners of war, $152,000; tor Freedmen’s Bureau, $3,215,000; and‘ for expenses of teconstruction, $1 1499,270, leaving as the actual _ expenses of thie arthy tor the year, pre~ cisely $56,713; 410. The entire appropriation for the prosgat year is only $33, 000,000, These figtres may be relied upon, as they are taken from Commissioner this year. ‘LétUnion men cut them out as the facis are continually misrepresented by the Democratic stumpers, anddf they, want proof ef their correctness, we will supply thedocuments. When a Demééfat Who" has read Seymour's apeech, says that the Freydmen’s. Bureat coat tén or twelve “millions , per annum, bet. him it did-not ; the figtres from the Treasury Departinept show that it coat, anly, $8,215.000 last year, and the estinmupted tust*foF’ tlie ‘¢hffent yearis’ ofly’ 500,000. © “When Democrats wh Heard . Dibble’ 8 specch state that this dostisution,is.a great Nigger boarding heyse,” show them the tollow‘ing figures ; The.Conmmittee on Dist. 1bution and Supplies in Alabama, reported to their Legislature, that in January, 1866; the Freédinen’s Bureau distributed 13,000 rations per day, “given alike to whites atid: Wlacks.” “The Com” missioper,at Mobile, reported rations issued August 1st, 1865, to’3,570 “destitute citizens,” the list standing in Sep* tember 1,742 persons, 95 percent of whom were rebels, The rations issued in January, 1866, in Arkansas, were 59,532.0 whites; and 1,696 to freedmen This noble charity of the Government was necessary. after the elosd’ of the war, when the‘imdustries‘of ‘the South were prostrated, and.ell nvedy, without distinction of color, shared the bounty of the Government ; and yet, Democrats of every ‘stripe a now seek by» misrep‘resentation apd downright falsehood to}. B AND, THE, FENIANS.— ink® ‘capital out/6f this gfand evidence yesterday received thé following. lett of Radi¢él magnanimity, which, perMoore's Fiat, August 31, 1868. ‘hap#, thay have saved their own fathers * Editor Transcript :—I have jast noafid motiierg front starvation. Out ‘upon them—un__rateful beings! The figures show conclusively that the white people of the South were by far the larger sharers. of the Government bounty. Oxe man like Semmes, blowing around on the anxiety of Southern rebels fur another outbreak, may excite disgust; but when dozens of leading rebels in different parts of the South didate for Vite President, their Jeadur, surpasses-them-alt-in-violent and revodutionary language, something besides disgust would beet 'to bein‘ order: BRAVE MEN —The bravest. . set, of men now in the éountry are supposed to be the Kuklaxers. Recently, it took’ three hundred of them to hang asingle negro in Tennessee. Their bravery is conclusively shown by the skillful manner in which they shoot persons in the back from bebind rocks,trees and fences, and the unceremonious way they have of. dragging defenseless men irom their beds at midnight. _—_———— Oo " ON THE OTHER S1DE.—Some time since the Hzaminer howled in “virtuous indignation” at the fact that a “poor soldier who fought for his coun-, try was denied a a job of painting worth three dollars, by a miserable Radical Post Master at Béhicia”*’ The Solano Herald. gays ‘that othe “poor soldier” fought in the rebel army, and spends his time in denouncing the government tion., No wonder the Hzaminer’s sympathies . were. aroused, for the poor pol-. are? Tought oF on their side. ee cree ‘PEANUT Call is considerably pe about the Chronicle which is soon to make ite appéafance in San Francisco. It don't Reck-well upom: its-stomach.— The Call is a venemous copperhead sheet and not worthy the support that has been given it: ‘The only reason assigned by wmany of its Bay subscribers for taking it, is simply because it is cheap. ‘the Chronicle is bound to ‘have a large circuhition in the’ igterior. Not a copy of the Call is‘taker in this city, for our people liave no use for such a thing. Hon. George A. Pugh, Dem., of Ohio, said in. his speech at the Democratic ratification meeting at Cincinnati, on the 24th ult: “If any man has come hither to-night. expecting to hear me abuse Gen, Grant, I tell him that he is mistaken in the persen. I don’t abuse him. [shall give -him the honor, and great honor it: is: whick he deserves ; and if.it were a question of giving hohor, the most devoted of his political of . 8¥pporters should not be ahead of me.” TENNESSEE Kvu-KLux.—In the county of ‘Weakley, not tong since, a number of the -poadg’ chivalry, ‘with their Kuklax regalia, sallied: forth to whip nd intimidate the, poor, affrighted negro, During their absence on these errands, some of théir’stables and barns took fire, and ‘one of ‘their dwellings was in flames.. So suys.the Whig. Two Iowa papers offer:to let alb responsible Democrats have copies regularly until November 3d, the subscription to be paid in fullif Grant and Colfax are elected; butmothing aval! to be charged ii they are defeated. a THs Virginia Hiaterprise says: “NV are greatly mistaken in the pluck ‘ the Union mien ofan Francisco, if they long submit to haye ‘their meetings distutbed by Democratic ruffians and then‘ pay” exorbitiint fines for ‘perform: . ing the dutigs which ought ta be done by the Democratic: police of that city.” wits 23 FRANK Blair, tue Democratic steal. date for thé Vice Presidency,” mide a speecly during tlie Wreat campaign of 1860,.at-Terra Haute, Indiana, in which he said: “I Would rather sleep with a Niggér than With a Dehdcratl” * THE managers advertise for bids for and ice cream stands at the Northern Willey Septentber the ae ised are doing the same thing, while a can-; District Fair, to commence’ at Marys-, and blowing: about ‘tremendous taxed). q privileges, such ms, nesta upant, bar, fruit . ) ticed an item in your paper of last week stating that August Belmont had sold Bills of Exchange to certain Fenians in New York, and that the party in Ireland to whom the bills were sent presented the same for payment, was not only refused payment but arrested and thrown into prison ; also that the drafts were returned to New York and. Mr. Belmont refused to refund the money on the ground that the money was intended for Fenian or illegal purposes, and that he as the agent of the British Government would not and, could not refund it. Now, Mr. Editor, I have no hésitan¢y in pronouncing the whole story a fabrication—did it not originate in your own fertile brain? is the leader of the Democracy-in this country, and by his ‘masterly strategy our glorious standard bearer; Mr. ‘Seymour, wasplaced at the heiid of oar ticket’ You ought ‘also to know that no man who has ever acted as the friend of the English Government—pertidious Albion—or’as thé agént of the “bloated bondholders” could obtain such a prominent position in the Democratic party ; consequéntly Ldeny in toto your strictures upon our honored chairman, Mr, Belment.._Were-your remarks. true,how could it be expected that my countrymen could vote a ticket or support a party made and engineered by such a man. Again I ‘deny iv; it is, it must be false. . No. doubt Mr.: Belmont is . himself of Irish extraction, and probably’ ‘related to the Belmont families who reside o Poo-loo-teo-ka mountain in the Whee. Ault range, ten miles south west, of; Ballyshannon. Should you. be “in ppardel enough to give the above denial a place in. your columns, . may) be mua’ again to defend won, edad Of ad leaders. ERNICUS. In fepl¥ to” ci bernleds, ” we*weuid say that it always gives’ us “pldastife’ to answer any questions “from , Democrats, in regard to our.statements, when they are asked:in' ‘a proper spirit. In proof of the clidrge alluded to, we are _corroborated ‘by the Irish. People, . paper published by D. O'Sullivan & Co., in New York, and a strong friend of the

Fenians, ‘The Circumstances as stated by that paper, are these: In 1865, certain drafts upon Rothschild & Co. were purchased from Mr; Belmont in the name of aman called George Hoppe. and the first of these drafts was intended for revolatioliary purposes. Mr: George Hopper was thrown into jail on suspicion of: Fenianism. Released ‘at length, the ‘‘second of those drafts” was. forwarded to him, which were ‘duly signed and presented for payment to Messrs. Rothschild. Payment was refused, and they were placed in the hands of.a.solicitor,; Mr. Lawless; of: Dublin, for collection. He was not able-to obtain payntent in Great Brithin, and they were then ‘sent tol a ipectable lawyer ot New York to be collected of Belmont, who having issued them, was the legally responsible party. Legal proceedings were commenced against, him’ to.secure payment, and-he entered’ a defense on the grounds that “the money was intended for il’egal purposes, and that he, Belmont, was acting in the interest and under the direction of the English Government.” Thliese are, substantial.y, the facts given by the Jrish. People, and that paper adds: “These facts were fully ascertained on the 30th inst., by. a Committee of the ‘Irish Rights Association,’ appointed to maak aPhguiries: on’ the subjéct in: the proper quarter.” } is**H@bernicus” satisfied? 1f ngt.he cap send.to, the Association mentioned. above, and obtain a certified copy of the defense made. by. ® e. Mr. Belmont, inthe New York Count. Of Mr. Belmont’s birth we know nothing, but we do knew. that while professing to. be a friend of the Fenians, and so far obtaining their confidence as to induce them to make him an agent for the transmission of: money to Ire. land, he was, confessedly, playing the part.of Judas, and, on his own slatement, acting for their. evemy. A man who occupies such a. position must not only be despised by) those. ke betrays, but by the party whose tuol he is; and yet Belmont’ is ‘tlie. mahager ‘of the party which the mass of.Irishmen are supporting, i Tite Committee to whom thi eather was. referred. by the Sap} sancjscy Bis] neers, recommend the pi thi a ‘of perI chailengethe —proof.} “You must be aware that Mr, Belmont respected . ‘sons who arrived in the State inwl850.) THE Elmira Gazette, the aay Demo“. endige dail in” Chemung county, New bogs has'comié out for Gramt and Colax, declaring ‘that Horatie Seymour osiot ot shonld not be elected President of the United States. _ THE Chicago Post says: “The Democrats of Marion county, Ky., had a ‘glorious ratification’ lately. They went to the house of George Rogers, a Union soldier during the war, dragged him’ from ‘the presence of his wife; and hang him to the limb of a tree.” THE Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad undertakes to furnish, destitute immigrants, who arrive at Milwaukee, with frée ‘transportation to the places . which they have chosen for their residence, when on the line of that read. ‘Says the Columbus Journal : “If you desire to witness.the pperation of a leech; let it be communicated to one of the Blairs that you have an office at your disposal.” Gen. Jubal Early, the drunken Confederate whom General Sheridan drove out of the’ Shenandoah” Walley, says . GeneralMGrant.“‘has no ability as a_gen. eral, and no capacity for President.” At a Democratic meeting in Westfield, “Mags., Henry Fuller presided, and introduced the speaker as Gen. Grant! and after the audience had given three cheers for the Republican nominee, and roars of laughter at the blunder, the President seulengeea nihil AGeaeAP Stites, SS caer rare mean.’ How CHANGED.—A few years ago the Democratic party objected to the Republican glement pecayse, as they . . averred, it Was ‘sectionaly’ having Lo supporters in the South. ing more members in the South than it ought to have. When can we please the “untefrifiéd ?” cide THE Madison, Wis. Journal, quoting the statement of the World that Wisconsin is safe for Seymour, says: “‘Wisconsin is good for anywhere from 15,000 to 25,000 majority for Grant and Colfax. It will not give less than 15,000 ma— jority.” AT Morristown, Tennessee, on the receipt of ithe mews. of the “acquittal . ~ . of Andrew Johnson) a. Ku-Kins Democrat got drauk, tore down & portrait of Abraham Lincoln and trampled it ‘under his feet; This is fair samplé' of moderna and enlightened Democracy. Gov. Woop, of Oregon, has been invited to stump this State for Grant and Collax, and answers that he cannot do 80, On account of ill health, but says his ‘heart isin the cause, and bids Union men God-speed.in. their efforts to redeem the State. THE, pW eirlog Amerie moter that many prominent Federal -office-hoiders in that city, satisfied that Grant. wil] have the appointing, power, after the 4th of March next, are feelin their way back to the party they degerted,. and openly state that they canna poate? Sey mour and Blair. or YES THEY WILL salt the Bepubligan tanners of this country don’t tan Blair’s hide before he gets through his political career, it Will becatge. they don’s. know a calf skio when they see it. A DEMOCRATIC paper, contradicting report that Susan B. Anthony’s paper partially supports Seymedr}? indignant— ly declares that “The Revolution will go the whole hog. & WHEN Sey:mour was elected Govern. or of New York Stonewall Jackson called to his men for three. cheers. RECENTLY, 45,000 cart-loads of mud, left by the late flood in Baltimoré, were removed. Mrs, Lincoln has sailed for Europe, and will; it’ is said; be’ the guest of Queen Victeria. ABovr one seventh ‘of the, State of Mississippi is pdrariiont for, sale under execution. Pe 23 —— A PuraDELPaiaN is making a good thing, by raising Maltese, cats at thirty. . dollars each. ae held igecently, ;the /Hon.) The ‘trouble . now is, it is too unsectional—there beSRR a RR eae ll a a a ARRIVALS AT THE NATIONAL EXOHENGE HOTHE. = =6f Broad ‘Street, Nevada City, ‘Onlifornia, LANCASTER « # ; HASEY .» Prop’s. Sept ember 1. 1868. T Jena San Ftancise Prof Rutan Grass Val H 38 Holloway~ W Novitzky do W.C Wilkerson 3 D. eee h D Taaffe ‘ Wilson. : G Reese do 'O Chaney” “a6” JH Van Ennor do « PGaiway aiileen Ranc W H Major do MLColbert do = J sores t Xow! ee ay de Culbert = w eerrh a iar ell O H ‘Tufts San Mics Mrs Delay oo W BChurchiliSnauwT og Soup do Fore “igage iecn'G Valles urphy Tass y P Crowery Chips 2 Fl ¢ Smith ~ Hartwe: Stage Line —_ _ anata aoe. 1m “FIRST RATE AND = well, stockeds running from_NE Roary “a XuU _bET to re ee [DUTCH FLAT is Re eeED Po FOR SALE CHEAP, with StageStabics at You Bet. . Also: the TOLL ROAD irom Little York. to Duteu. Fiat. . For phony ag address -; CULBY, Nevada City. 22 Gu. H [#-The Voice of the People! Patronize the Cheapest ! a ea KEEP DOWN THE MONOPOLY ! THE PEOPLE'S PLATFORM! exADQPEED, AB. drop vs / TREMENDOUS MASS “MEETING” : 0 tw.” JOR A Quartz, Miners, Ranchmen, Republicans, Democrats, ‘Workingmen, Lawyers, -_ Dectors, Printers, Hotel. Keepers, Natural’ and ‘Adopted ' Citizens . of ‘every age, class and condition] J ! Ir Is THE OPINION OF GOOD JUDGES, backed by meh of all parties, that not less than twenty thousand people were present during the entire sessiun of the Convention. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed tothe end: The fo}lowing Preamble and Resolutions were pre_ . sented by Senater Fitz, son-of thelate General — ‘. Tailor, and read id ‘4 lond and distinct tone ‘of voice ; Wasnesa, li has been the custom of ourancestors, from their earliest infancy to hood and ofd age, ‘and ‘parti¢alarly aide tie issue of our memorable and glorious American Revolution, to wear a good suit of clothing’; therefore, Reso.vep, That the great’ body of the dear people require a good, substantial, and wellmade article of Clothing, and that it is the opinion 0: this Cénvention that thé aforeeaid great body of humanity should be clothed at ‘all hazards. [Gfeat cheéring.] REsoLvED, That the most extensive and desirable assortment of Clothing, Gents’: FPurnishing Goods, Hats, Caps; Boots and Shoes. of evéry @estriptioh} maybe found a BANNER’S CLOTHING EMPOKIUM.,' ReEsoLvep, That this Convention recommniend the above establishment, with entire cordiality and freedem, to.the pressing necessities of the many millions, [Cries of “aoud !? ‘Good l’ That's it!’ and a general clapping of hands from the congregated masses. ] Resotvev, That their: Department: of Fine Fashionable Dress Suits, Beaver Business Suits; and Gent's and Boys Cicthing of ‘every description, is unsurpassed in style and qnuality, and the LOW PRICES DEFY COMP&ETIWIUN. [Great cheering amotg'the-people. : ' Major$hertpnrse. moved the.adoptiqn above resolutions, which was seconde 2 General Approbation, wlio made a few spitited! and highly eulogisticremarks,in teference par tiewlarly to the resolutions. Une wt aye caue up from the vast throng, which revealed the depth of fevling ihat, prevailed among the people on this subject. ~ . A motion.was made. that rhe progeedings be published in the Nevaba Dairy TRanecairT, after whith the} meeting ‘adjoprned with nixx cheers for BANNER BROTHERS, ;and the People’s Platform. ANBON W. LESTER. “AusTIN w. LETER. A. W. LESTER & C0, Dealers in Groceries;Provisions, Pho® go gutis Seer ened, Liatons, oF 7 «ec, banage Cer Goods delivered: reasonable dina free of charge. a mM So Aig