THE )L advocate. .-vt ."ms r,. iiii.i,, :iirona nuirnii.Tuii. J. ! Monr.r., piDLisurn. TO 11 COVtUXOIl, HI ESTER CLYMEE, OF JJEUKS COUNTY. HEWS summary, Tim Fenian invasion of Caiupo Billo is alvmt ' pl.iycJ out." Tha Canadian ) iu-iv in f r.-.u vi;h the Amci ifiiii fmcc ruder ti,n. Mrade, to preserve nr-ii t..i;:v in t'ifl roar, is ton rurn.idahlc : njru'i.in ri.in to permit i-f sueci-ss. We ; if ivtt t.-.!,l tli. 'it. tlio whole tiling was iii'.ioli uiaa'iii'c-d by the newspi.pcrs. Yho last in'Wi I'rxn that cju:i) tor shows tile ma ntii r in which se ns-itir n items are rot titi fn-st dispatch to tlio c fleet I :i it a pat ty ol Ionian', 1ml aMiMiiptei lo 0ri:?5 ".Vi r ironi r,i t; !-t. Mi;. i spoils the parly con-i.t:d yhttis. nd di.-pi' .tory ty s.-itw, that ti (,f tr:. A new u.c vi ry.cnt is now said to he tiitei! etiing oti thr lakes. The IVpnty Vr.itod Slates Marshal seize I one bun iivoI iii.a i oty ."-juirmu.'l.l rules hi in, .(go, fnuivl scceted in a l ain which )iad been s':5;i!v 1 to a pr.miim nt Feu as " i, aid.iiicry." This movement by tie l.ikis is to bo under (leio ral :;ernry. The Ga'.lou Islands in Jjake :,:iio, v.hieh arc at j rii-cr.t only in babiiod by sea i.ul!s. arc stated to havt 1 eca pi;e:u-.l upon as a rl icc of rendez r cus and l-t.'C c f ntpplics. 1 be t'V.ol'.-ra :r, now tiio j;rcat topic f di-r-r.s-oi;. Two vtss'-ls are now in New Y t li. ii.iil or. having the disease i a 1 ai-d -.be Knabin 1 and the Virgin ii. On t!.u Vitghda. from the 12th to Je-.t':s. " Ta tV.o lni.ital s'h-p there . . . , . were cu i.i-t 1 r.il.iv. tinny tour cases ; n Saturday, sixty seven ; on Sun lay, seventy I Into a totut increase s.ucc ) total increase 1 '!, thirty n'ne. TcniV.e c.ti!.'Mins have taken phire in ir.iu I: iTioise.) and A.-.in" ,a!l. invol ing n.tich l.ssrof life and destruction if property. These explosions were 'uu:-.cd by a new chemical compound t.no'.vn a.s Nitio Gletrine. wbic'i is said t bare ten tim s tbn ( xolosive force of i-mpow li r. Si -icc these explosions, its j i-.i iaa!ac!'.ir,; and transportation 's lunch i 1 . 1 aen :u!ca i. .m i me eunject uas cecu t ;:Vrn up in 'oii'.rrcss. The President h is r.n le a n'tmber of lioiijinaliijiis to ofiiucs, but the Senate does not seem disposed to act on them. Maj. Get,. Sickles is appointed Min. asstcr to the Hague. i .1 i i . . Restoration Owing to the great length of the tes ttmony f Hon. A. II. Stephens we vuo not able (o give it entire to our readers in ibis issue, but we shall con f-b.ide it in utr nest. We believe that the impoi tan jo of the subject, the ac knowledged standing and iuflueuce of the witness in the i-'outb, and the lucid and candid character of bis testimony, fully justify us in devoting to it so larjie a portion of our Epico It has been published in all the leading papers, and very nearly all in commenting upon it, bavespokcu favorably cf Mu. Stephens and the honesty with which be has tes tided. The New York Trilune says : ' Iho testimony of A. II. Stephens, i:s printed elsewhere, will be rend with peculiar i'ltcics. The second officer in the Confederacy but always regarded as a reluctant Rebel possessing the confidence of t'.e good men id the .r-onth more th irouglily thai; any of their leaders, his words have more than ordinary meaning. He tells us that an overruling majority of the people of Georgia are now willing to accept the TC-sults of (he war in all their fulness, to become loyal eilizeriS. and abandon forever any claim to exercise the rijbt of secession. 'J bat experiment is a failure, and if nothinir else deterred them, the memory of the dreadful war would be sufficient. Emancipation is accepted by the people in good faith. The ncirrops desire to work, and the re latians between employer and employee arc as satisfacteiy ai ia ucy part cf the world." 'faking the T rilune's condensed state meat of the testimony, with its endorse rjent of Stlp;if.ns, every candid mind must acknowledge that the evidence 'iillv Fus.iaius every statement made by l iesident JoiixjON and Gen. Guast ; s t ) the feeling of the southern people, ; ud consequently justifies the Prcsi ilei.t'i; policy of restoration. If " au -veruliu,' majority are willing to accept the result of the war n all their ful ncss, tobecaiiie loyal citizens, and abai) don forever aoy claim to exercise the nht ol secession what reason can there be against readmitting them to the enjoyment of the rights and privi leges to which they are entitled under the Constitution. Tho rights of the ne,-rces (the only rights of which the radicals Ecem to take cognizance) surely an not be in peril, where ' cmaDcipa ''in h scceptcd by the people iu good i iili " and " the relatious between cm. y ; r a:.d employee ara os satisfactory .. .!. at'V ' art of the world." The l.ite.-i iUjtuiio:i Ycrk i 51 "Si of gold la .tslntlc Vhotcra. Tliis dread scourge whisc ravages in this country in former years, have ;iveii terrible proof of its malignant juiwets has again entered our borders to renew its work of death. L9t summer o gazed with nwe and trembling upon its res's'less progress westward from Ceti tral Asia, throtmh Europe and Africa, marking its track by the countless thousands of its victims, and a feeling of profound thankfulness tilled us wheu j the summer bad passed, and the relent less disease seemed to have expended its fotco in reaching the western limits of the old world liut early spring has hardly opened, when we behold the in satiate monster, seemingly but. invigor nted by the winter's inaetiviy, at uur veiy threshold demanding our lives. The denizens of the cities of the sea. board are astir with fear. Thousands will rush from infected districts into the country. He are tint out of danger. If any fact in reference to this disease which has thus farbuflb'd all the efforts of medical skill to control it, settled it is that the disease is infectiousand follows the course of travel and commerce. A'idgway, during the former visitations of this plague was iu the bosom of the wilderness, " forty miles from any place." and had but little coinuiuuica tion with the outer world. Now, we are upon the line of a great thorough fare with daily coiners and goers. Our pure watct and pure air may attract visitors flying from the disease, who may bring the infection with them. Let every one make it a point to give some atten .: .1 . .1... .-I. generaKy cweeded to be Useful for . i l ll .1 ' e prevenuon. anuve an uuw jnurui cleuulinrss tleanliness of yonr persons. rnnl. .,. .nli i, TliU I is iho grand means of prevention, not only of cholera but of all other diseases. It has been well said in this respect that cleanliness is akin to godliness." . Unfair Teal. A II Sti.phf.ns testifies that the mt favorabo l0 ' , ,. . , . CV - is Ihu nrnnrl negro sun agv, uuu mm io mo fimuw and only evidence of their alleged con tinuing disloyalty and unfitness for con gressional representation. Why do not the radicals apply this same test to Connecticut, which last spring gave 11000 Republican majority, but last fall 6000 majority against negro suf frage or to Wiscoofciu, another Repub lican State, which also voted last fall against negro suflrage or to uny nor thern State, for there is net one but what draws invidious distinctions against colored persous. C OIIRESPOXT3EXC E. We coiumuiu :lie Imiown," ulne letter of L. T. L. to the fivorable eon sideration of our readers as being perva ded by the true spirit. In the great national trial through which we are now passing, we should not brood over the dead issues of the past, but grapple with the momentous questions upon whose decision depends the weal or woe of our country in the future. He care not what may have been thecandidate's position on issues of the past ; that is of no importance now ; if bo is sound on the great question of Restoration, ho is with us and we with Mm. It is no reason that men should differ upon the question of to-day. simply because ibey diflered upon another qwbn yes'eT day. It is to be ex ectid that thinking men will arrive at diffrrcnt conclusions upon ibe same Hihjt. and that thu mass of thinking men shall be divided differently upon different subjects. lie have therefore no hesitation in saying f or ourselves and our paper, that we arc willing to support any candidate for Congress who endorses and will sup port the principles enunciated by I'resi dent Johnson in bis veto of the 1'reed man's Bureau Rill without regard ' whether be comes from Kepublicau or Democratic ranks. For tlie Advocate. .Vat t'oiiffressmun. Mn. Epitor. The time is now ap proaching when the people of thi Con grcssiotial district should be thinking about the selection of a rei ituume to succeed tho present incumbent Glenni W. eolie.ld. I take it for grant, ed that licit her bo or any other man rep icseutio'' tho sentiments he does, ctn obtaiu a majority of the votes of this district, if tle voter are permateil ti fair and duijtassionatc eajirrstHn oj their ttpinuiu. Firmly convinced of the truth of this conviction vou may possibly aid m ac comrdishing a treat publio irood by giv. inr publicity to the following views and suggestions of cue who has spent much anxi jus thought upon the subject one who lias no personal cud or aim beyond that which belongs to the " geuerl wil fare," to accomplish one who is not i politician, and can io no sente claim membership witn the JAoiocrauo par tv. All admit that jmrtv spirit has been carried to excess ; and tnnny c uito ihat the late devastating war and t'n ptc-etit deplorable and diftrwvrd condition if our otiee happy. pronrroils and perlect ly united couutiy is .clearly traceable to the virulence of party spirit. Be the cause what it may. it is tmw unmistake ably the duty of every patriot to pursue that course which is best calculated t restore peace and jr.iod will between the people of the Northern and Southern Mates if that be pofmofe. Represent, ativo men of tho South gav it is so far as they arc concerned. They tell us that, having appealed to the sword, they have made up their minds to submit to its decision in good faith, and more than this : As il for the purpose of appeasing the spirit, of Abolitionism after Con. gress having solemnly resolved that the war waged for no put pose of " aggres sion," or of inicrfeieiiee triih "estab lished institution' of any of the States " ibey have cordially assented o the total abolition of their cherished insti tution by Constitutional amendment. With the hope of restoring peaceful re latioiis between the sections so lately belligerent, they have done many. yea. all other things that, as a Christian peo ple, they can be asked to do. And what have we of the North done? It is answered, tve are ctt re quired to do any thing. Rut are we ii(t extuituig ton much ? They offer to come back, and be part of us, and help us pay our debts, and defend us against our enemies ; but we say " No. we are not leady to do that. He will furnish oU. not as individuals, but as cnwmu ties as Slates. lie will tax you, mil e you help pay our debts, and fight our oaltles, but we will not ixtend to you the piivilegesol freemen me rujht oj rttircscntntion. There !s the issue between the Pres. ideut and the majority of Oongress, The President seeing that the objects of the war are fully accomplished, that peace is fully restored, and that there is not a hostile arm in rebellion against ilie National authority, is in favor of the admission of the Southern Senators and Reoresentatives well knowinir that each House Mill retains the power to expel any f its members for cause. Id this be ia but carrying out what he be lieves to be the wishes of a vast majori ty of the people of the whole country; and is no doubt doing precisely what the lamented Lincoln would do, if living. Against him is arrayed a large ma jority in both branches of Congress, under Ibe lead of hu inner, in tre oue, and Stevens, iu the other two men so extremely radical in their vtews that it is safe to assume that there are not a do&en uien, eitlier in the Senate or House, who are willing to go the full length (bat ibey do in favor of negro equality. Yet the cut ire Legislation of the country k undir their control, ol Stevens, not a word need be said tn any I'ennsylviinian. 'I his character is fitly given in the history ot the Ruckshut war. Does uny one i-uppose that this old sinner" is any less a revolutionist now at 80 thau he was then ut 50 ? and were it possible, the principles and pre judices of Sniuiier are even inure dan. gero'is than those of Stevens. Iu such a contest, when the issues are so broad ami so momentous, fan there I e any doubt upon which side will be anaved the honest and reflecting por tion of the jnople i Is there a single Congiessi'.nal district in Pennsylvania, mi which this issue is clearly and dis tiuctly presented to the people, which will fail to sustain the President? I think not ; and so thiukiug call upon all men iu this district who think as 1 do, to bestir themselves without delay. No nuiu is a good Democrat, or a good Republican, who is unwilling to saeri. fine his party for his country bis poli tics for natiiotisoi 1 believe there is quite enough of ihi kind of patriotism iu ibis district to carry it. Our present member has takeu the lead in the de nuiiciatioii of the President Next Io Forney, he is the most, violent. Noth ing but the blindest obedience to party rule eoiild secure lor him. or for any other man vho is not openly and avow edly with the President and against the radicals, the united Republican vote of the District The hemocrats are too lar in the minority tt atfud a rcasouabl-e hope of success, should ibey make a regular nomination. It is thin the oj poitiiiiiiy of the conservative, or, il oii leave, of the Johnson Hcpubiicali t.et l!o in take the lull lat, ve, and lie cideiion ibe man. He have many Jr.mi whmi to select. E"ie county tan f'nriii.-h liall u down ; Jl'arren county can give us '.'ahi.:os R. i'Uiina (an old member) (Teaifield her Ja.MKS R. GhaIMM. and no doubt there are oth ers ; all men of the very highest char acter ; and either of whoui the Iteino. crats being unanimous for the I'resi- leht as against the radical in Congress would deliuht to support. Such a movement would be Utuuiphautly sue cesstul ; and not only so, but it would le men a rebuke to dangerous men and destructive principles as would not be lorirolieu tor at least halt a generation. Every patriot. should renumber and i here are patriois belonging lo all par ties that our country iH not yet saved ; that it is beset with many perils And ihey should know, before it is too lute, that the only way to save it is for them to lay aside their character as partt-aus und act the part of patriots. Respectfully, L' T . L. In Ho. i: oil ol a v.igiunt woiii.-n in t liies'.io u i-ans.iu-d i bi.t slie oeiH-ialiy beat her biistiaml ii.io in-i nsilulii in he ii, wiling, before si in n i n l et Usll:il round, mi that be win el not le quire hi l seivie.b loi li e remaindi i o! .be tiay i hut a bouse-bold luiry she most be!' Kor tlie Advocate. COAL FORMATION. Number Three. T omitted to state iu my last that iron me occurs in the shales of the two last named beds of coal, C. and D, particu larly above the latter. (I shall hereafter use numbers instead of letters to desig. nate the beds, lest I might misapply them.) Pa-ssine from D, or fourth bed in the ascending order, we come to the 6fth bed of coal, which may be averaged ut eighteen inches or two feet in thick ness ; the under part bituminous, the upper a slaty cannel coal ; iu one place I have seen it near four feet of the lat. ter, except two or three inches in the bottom of bituminous coal. Above this bed occurs two beds of limestone Dear together, the under bed of a dark and the upper of a bluish color the under one about eighteen iuches or two feet thick, and the upper about three, but neither of them are generally of a very good quality. Passing these beds we come to a uiixture of lime and sand stone which may be singly a limestone in some places After these comes the sixth coal bed. I have never seen this bed opened on the side of the basiu I am alluding to, but on the west side of oue of the blanches of brandy Camp creek, and in the same position in the scries of this bed I have seen it opened in two places ; in each of which the coal is Dear three feet thick and of good quality. lie next come to a bed ot limestone, three or four feet thick ; this is represented by the state geologist as being four feet, thick at Brandy Camp, and 1 think Isaac llorton, Jr., burned some lime from it. The next coal in the ascending order is the seventh bed : this is from two to two and a half feet in thickness, where I have seen it opened, but it is somewhat slaty. Over this we come to tho eighth or highest bed, which is three feet in thickness where I live : it is of very good quality There is limestone under this bd. I mined the coal in this bed two winters, but the dip was the wrong way for niin ing on my land, and I did not want to open it on other people's, so the water made me back out and leave it; this coal was excellent "for rlacksmiths. Over this bed where the hills are high enough, there is a considerable quantity of blown Hematite iron ore I saw on a small stream flowing into Rattlesnake Run, aud a short distauce from Little Toby, some opening of coal, one bed about five, and the other about three feet thick, of a good quality, with a oed of limestone between them. 1 could not locate their position io the basin fiom any partiwular marks 1 could dis cein while there. In giving a hasty accouot of my knowledge of part of the Little Toby coal basin, I may here re. mark that the averages 1 have given ot the coal beds is designed to fall short rather than over their correct measure, ineot. As I have given some account of Iron ore iu the coal measures, it may not be amiss to mention that the state geologist told me that whenever the sandstone aud conglomerate rock could be got under, a good bed of iron ore existed. This rock exists all along the Clarion River, and the heads of Elk Creek, ficquently throwing off bog ore in springs. There are several acres of ground impregnated with the oxide of iron, which may be found at John Mosier'son Rrandy Camp Creek, which undoubtedly flows from this bod. Professor Rogers, in one of his annual reports, explains the reason of the ores seldom being seen n tne unaeriaying shales, he says they discompose and fall away ; wnue me cong omcrare roe, nol easily decomposed, falls over and covers ud the out crop of the ore. I will fin ish with an extract from his fifth annual report : ' About t mile and a half above Cat. edonia.on the edge of Bennett's Rraueh, the current has cut away the loose rock and cnveniig sou, leaving the ore in view under the oveihanguig sandstone ot formation twelve, (the sandstone and conj lomerate rock), the bottom of which is within ckht feet of the water. Im mediately beneath the sandstone lies one foot ot black shale, and under this three feet of brown shale, which contains scat tering nodules of the ore, uuderlaid by a solid bed of the ore, forming, with very little shale a bed between three aud tour f eet thick." JESSE KYLER. AOAINST THE UNION AND FOR TI1E Nk.iiho. The disunion majority in Congress are true to their antecedouts. When we were a united and happy peo. pie, blessed with peace, prosperity and amity, they and their associates at tacked the Union of the States, and the Constitution of our fathers ; the one was denounced, the other vilified. Concord, amity and forbearance, the silver cords that bound our people in a common des tiny, were rudely sundered, and in their stead came a career ot nate, vituperation and bloodshed ; love tor the negro prompted its inception, anxiety, for his freedom nerved tnem in their progress. and a desire for this social elevation roused them to renewed exertion. As the peculiar friends of the Negio they nullified the plain provisions of the or. eanio law. and violated laws enacted un dcr its requirements As his sealous advocates, they now violate the elemen tary Pttneiples of the Constitution, and refuse representation to people who are true to the laws and faithful to tho Gov eminent. They were against the Union at the beginning, aud they are but oon sistent in opposing it now. 1 hey are tiir the Negro and against the poor white man and their policy of to-day is hut the ii flex of their sentiments in tho j.aM I h'i true rallying cry is; T wnii the Ni:ono AND down with run I'mon. Thev are dis-Unionists in tin uht, dis Unionists in word and du Unionist ta deed, ' General Grant la to ba uiou1ptH by Fraoklio Simmons, a youns Boston artist who has studio io Washington. A doe at Springfield (111.) wa changed from jet black to pure white by use ol coal oil to drive away seal. TheBaneor WAiVsayi that the Em. tern part ot Maine has been visited by freshet gieatcr than his been known for year. The cashier of a French bank, ac- cused of abscondinR wifh $140.000.has been arrested in New York, and will be returned to France undor the extradi tion treaty. Io Cincinnati, one day last week, an insane man made an attack upon a Catholic priest in his own house and af. ttr the fatter had fled, proceeded to smash the furniture to pieces, fie was finally secured by the police. In Canton, Ohio, there are forty- three drinking saloons, and the town pays them 1154.800 each year, enough to build a churtsh, an academy, a public hall, a gymnasium, and found a free h. brary, all of tbem upon a liberal scale. The Milwaukee -Afrtc says that for the first time in many years the Demo crats made a clean sweep of the city electing all the officers. " Wisconsin," it concludes, " in November will send an entire Johnson delegation to Con gress." Good. Push on the " earth quake!" The Omaha Republican of tho 9th has some exciting news from Utah, It learns that " the greatest excitement prevails among the Mormons, and a fix ed determination rto their part to drive out or exterminate all Gentiles. Eight men have receutly been assassinated while the editor of the Vedette, with all other Gentiles has been notified to qnit the country, or fare worse. Placards are posted up in alt Lak city warning all Gentiles to leave immediately. At a wedding in New York, of a Miss Allaire to a Mr. Walker, the fath er of the bride pinned to her veil ten ono thousand dollar greenbacks. The groom wan congratulated by his friends upon having a wife with so attractive a figure. She was also presented with sixty-two shares of Pacific Mai) stock. After such a matrimonial start the hus band would be a brute if he was not j pacific male for a year to come. The disunion of the Southern lead. era was distinguished by openness, straight-forwardness and courage. That of " the traitors at the other end " is notorious as secret, wriggling and cow ardly. Davis and his adherents stalked defiantly out of the Federal councils ; slammed the door noiselessly : gave warning ; " drew the score; " " came up to the scratch ; " got the worst ot it ; " hollered enough," and promised to do better. On the other hand Sumner. Stevens, and their followers, sneaked into their places in Congress, and, while talk'iDg to the people with forked tongues, are picking the stars out of the flag, rending the Constitution into fragments and digging mines beneath I the great temple of tho Union. By keeping up an incessant nro ot hard words against the people of the South and babbling continuously about negro 1 sun rage they hope to blind the people I to their devilish designs against the uuion aou our repuoucan lorm ot government. There :8 oa exhibition at Balti more, a model, some twelve feet in di ameter of a revolving vessel, the inven tion of Mr. George T. Snyder of Lancaster, Pa. The great novelty embraced in the construction of this vessel, consists iu a very simple applica tiou of locomotive power, by which this vessel is made to roll over the water instead of running through it, and so completely arranged that passengers and freight remain stationary; while the hull of the vessel is rapidly revolving, therefore, can never get aerouod, being adapted from hei form to either land or water, hogioeers, machinists, and ship. wrights many of whom have carefully examined the principle universally concur io allowing to this vessel vast superiority in power and speed, while its practical application to navigation, in all minor points is fully conceded. It is claimed that she will eclipse any vessel now afloat. It will no doubt be seen at once the advantage that this vessel of. ters as an " express agent, as it claimed that she can easily make from sixty to eighty miles an hour, and if necessary the speed can bo increased to one hundred miles au hour. THE MARKETS. RinowAY, April 12, 18G6. FLOUR, per bbl $9 60 14 00 PORK do 81 60 WHEAT, per bushel 2 60 Kir. i uw CORN 1 10 OAT8 65 BUCKWHEAT 1 25 DRIED APPLES 4 00 BEANS 3 00 BUTTER per pound 00 LARD 26 CHEESE 30 MACKEREL 12 WHITE FISH ...12 EGGS per dutto 35 Erie, Pa., April 24th, 1866. FLOUR per bbl $8 60 to 13 60 PORK 26 00 to 27 00 BEF F 18 00 to 20 00 WIIITK FISH bbl 8 76 to 9 00 iiui Ktni,b -ii uutoi2 uu WHEAT per bushel 3 00 to 2 40 HE AKi) 1 7510 3 00 EGOS per dza 20 lo 22 LARD per pound 19to 20 CHEESE 22 to 24 BUTTtR 40 M 46 ORE A T EXCITEMENT Is kept ap by tit DAILY ARRIVAL OP NITT 000D3 AT FREDERICK RUDOLPIT8 Cheap Cash Store, Where he hat oa hand and for m'. MEN 4 BOY'S CLOTHING, DRY GOODS, LADIES 4 GENT3 FDRNISHIQ GOODS, LADIE8 DRES3 GOODS, LADIES' Jt GENTS' SHAWLS, SONTAOS, BREAKFAST SHAWLS, NUBIAS, COMFORTERS, SCARFS, ROODS to. ALSO HATS A CAPS, BOOTS k SHOES, A very large and well selected STOCK of the best made, and warrants! ia evwy reipeet ALSO GROCERIES, COFFEE, SUOAR, TEA RICE, f LOUR, SALT, PORK, FISH Ac. ALSO CONFECTIONARY AND YANKEE NOTIONS IN GREAT QUANTITIES AND QUALITIES TOBACCO AND SEGARS OF THE BEST QUALITY, JOT I say, to one and all, that my stock ia full and complete, and will be sold a4 small profits. Give me a call before purchasing alts wbsre. FREDERICK RUDOLPH El Mary's, Nov. 25'6-ly.
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