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ASSASSINATION OF THE POES/DENT,
This satanic deed absorbs the whole excite
ment of a week which has been prolific of stir
ring events. It is too late to announce it as
new, for we have no reader who did not hear of
it on last Saturday, and probably no one who
did not on that day read all the particulars of
the terrible catastrophe as published in the
Washington despatches of that day. The sim
ple facts are that, on the evening of April 14,
President Lincoln and his wife, together with
other friends, visited Ford's Theatre for the
purpose of witnessing the performance of the
American Cousin. It was announced in the
papers that General Grant would also be pre
sent, but that gentleman instead took the late
train, of cars for New Jersey. The theatre was
densely crowded. During the third act, and
while there was a temporary pause for one of
the actors 'to . enter, the sharp report of a pistol
was heard, which merely attracted - attention,
but suggested nothing serious, until a ratan
rushed to the front of the President's box, wav
ing along dagger in his right hand, and exclaim
ing "Sic cover tyrannis I" and immediately
leaped from the box, which was of the second
tier, to the stage beneath, and ran across to the
opposite side, thus making his escape, amid
the bewilderment of the audience, from the
rear of the theatre, and, mounting a horse, fled.
The screams of Mrs. Lincoln first disclosed
the fact to the audience that the President had
been shot, when all present rose to their feet,
rushing toward the stage. many exclaiming,
"Hang him! hang him!" The excitement
Was of the wildest possible description. There
was a rush towards the Presidential box, when
cries were heard, " Stand back ! (Hie him air I
Has any one stimulants ?" On a hasty exami
nation it was found that the President had been
shot through the head, above and back of the
temporal bone, and that some of the brain was
oozing out. He • was removed to a private
house opposite to the theatre, and the Surgeon-
General of the army and other surgeons were
sent for to attend ,to his condition. On an ex
amination of the private box, blood was dis
covered on the back of the cushioned rocking
chair on which the President had been sitting,
also on the partition and on the floor. A com
mon single-barrelled pocket pistol was found
on the carpet.
At midnight, the Cabinet, with Messrs. Sum
ner, Colfax, and Farnsworth, Judge Carter,
Governor Oglesby, General Meigs, Colonel
Hay, and a few personal friends, with Surgeon.
General Barnes, and his medical, associatesi
were around his bedside. Vice-President
Johnson was also in attendance. The Presi
dent was in a state of syncope, totally insensi 7
ble, and breathing slowly, the blood oozing
from the wound at the back of his head. The
surgeons were exhausting every possible effort
of medical skill, but all hope was gone.
This conditions of things continued through
the night, and at twenty-two minutes past seven
o'clock on the morning of the 15th terminated
in the death of our great and good chief magis
trate, at the time when he was bending the
whole wisdom of his administration-to adop
measures of leniency towards the very wretches
to whom we are doubtless indebted for this
most afflictive calamity which could have well
befallen the nation. What we have lost, we
know only too well. What they have gained,
may be judged from the fact that they have dis
placed a ruler who was, if in auythin exces
. ...... • • . tpmner ' ti wit
one who comes into power smar ing wag -t ar
peculiar sense of wrongs received, which has
so deeply impressed the Union men of the
South with the feeling that rebels should be
handled with ungloved hands.
THE PRESIDENT'S DYING HOURS.—Among
those present through the night, was Rev. P. D.
Gurley, pastor of the church which the Presi
dent attended, who divided his time between
the bedside and the room where Mrs. Lincoln,
in agonizing distress, sat with her son and a few
other friends. In both places he offered fervent
prayer. -The dying man was unconscious, but
it was good for the living.
THE ASSASSIN.—His identity is proved be
yond all question. Evidence enough has accu
mulated to fasten the guilt of the actual com
mission of the deed upon J. Wilkes Booth, an
actor of some account. The outrage upon
Secretary Seward was evidently committed by
another person. But papers, found in the
trunk of Booth, reveal an extensive, bloody con
spiracy, originally intended for execution on
the 4th of March, and embracing in its pro
gramme the murder of other members of the
Cabinet and the Vice President. Clues have
been obtained which are expected to lead to
important arrests. We confess to much sur
prise, in view of the conclusive discovery of
such a conspiracy, on reading that President
Johnson, immediately folloWing his inaugura
tion, walked unattended from the Kirkwood
House to the Treasury Department, to attend
.his first Cabinet meeting.
.I\NOTHER ASSASSINATON ATTEMPTED
Secretary Seward the Intended Victim.
At the same hour when the President was
murdered, a similar and nearly successful at
tempt was made upon the Secretary of State,
and upon his son, the Assistant Secretary, and
others around him.
About ten o'clock a man rang the bell, and
the call having been answered by a colored ser
vant, he said he had come from Dr. Verdi,
Secretary Seward's family physician, with a
prescription, at the same time holding inhis
hand a small piece of paper and saying, in an
swer to a refusal, that he must see the Secre
tary, as he was intrusted with a particular di
rection concerning the medicine. He still
insisted on going up, although repeatedly in
formed that no one could enter the chamber.
The man pushed the servant aside and walked
quickly to the Secretary's room, and was there
met by Mr. Frederick IV. Seward of whom he
demanded to see the Secretary, making the
same representation which he did to the ser
vant.
What further passed in the way of colloquy
is not known, but the man struck him on the
head with a billy, severely injuring the skull,
and felling him almost senseless. The assassin
then rushed into the chamber ,and attaked Ma
jor Seward, Paymaster in the United States
Army, and Mr. Hansell, a messenger of the
State department, and two male nurses, dis
abling them all. He then rushed upon the
Secretary, who was lying in bed in the same
room, and inflicted three stabs in the neck, but
severing, it is thought, and hoped, no arteries.
The assassin then rushed down stairs, mounted
his horse at the door and rode off before an
alarm could be sounded, and in the same man
ner as the assassin of the Preside - tit. It is be
lieved the injuries of. the Secretary are not
fatal, nor those of the others, although both
the Secrerary and Assistant Secretary are very
seriously injured. •
This murderous attack, taking place at the
same time with the shooting of the President—
between nine and ten o'clock—leaves no doubt
that both were acts in a conspiracy—the carry
ing out of threats which, under the shadow of
Davis' governmeni, have been long uttered by
the Richmond paTers. The world never wit
messed a more marked case of judicial hardness
in wickedness—a more striking case of self
seeking of utter destruction. One week ago
the prospect of a general forgiveness of the
leaders of rebellion was only to bright. It is
all gone now.
-L'CONDITION OF SECRETARY SEWARD AND His
oN.—Latest accounts represent the Secretary
as improving and enjoying a fair prospect of
recovery. His son Frederick is in a more
dnbiOus condition—in fact exceedingly critical.
THE NEW PRESIDENT.—Vice President John
son took the oath of office as President in his
rooms in the Kirkwood House, on Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock. There were present
only Chief Justice Chase, who administered the
oath, Secretary McCulloch, Attorney General
Speed, and eight other distinguished civilians.
After receiving the oath, and being declared
President of the Uhited States, Mr. Johnson
remarked:—
Gentleman, I must be permitted to say, that
I have been almost overwhelmed by the an
nouncement of the sad event which has so
recently occured. I feel incompetent to per
form duties so important and responsible as
those which have been so Air pectedly thrown
upon me. As to an indictiSon of any policy
which may be pursued by me in the administra
tion of the Government, I have to say that that
must be left for development as the Adminis
tration progresses.
"The message or declaration must be made
by the acts as they transpire. The only assur
ance that I can now give of the future is refer
ence to the past. The course which I have
taken in the past, in connection, with this
rebellion, must be regarded as a guaranty of the
future. My past public life, - Which has been
long and laborious, has been founded, as I in
good conscience believe, upon a, great principle
of right, which lies at the basis of all things.
The best energies of my, life have been spent in
endeavoring to establish and perpetuate the
principles of free government, and -I believe that
the Government, in passing through its present
perils, will settle down upon principles conson
ant with popular rights, more permanent and
enduring than heretofore. I must be permitted
to say, if I understand the feelings of my, own
heart, that I have long labored to ameliorate
and elevate the condition of the great mass of
the American people. Toil and an honest ad
vocacy of the great principles of free Govern
ment have been my lot. Duties have been
mine, consequences are God's: This has been
the foundation of my political creed, and I feel
that in the end the Government will triumph,
and that these great principles will be perma
nently established.
" In conclusion, gentlemen, let -me say that
I want your encouragement and countenance.
I shall ask and rely upon you and others in
carrying the Government through its present
perils: I feel, in making this request, that it
will be heartily responded to by you and all
other patriots and lovers of the rights and in
terests of a free people."
President Johnson retains the old Cabinet
intact, appointing Win. Hunter, Esq., the Chief
Clerk in the State Department, to be the Acting
Secretary of State during the inability of Secre
tary Seward to attend to business. We have
seen, in the correspondence of the daily papers,
many statements of views said to have been
expressed by Mr. Johnson, as to his future
course, but we doubt whether as yet anything is
known of his intentions beyond what he - has
expressed above. The best understanding is
said to exist between himself and the Cabinet.
THE WEEK'S SEWS.
To accommodate some special purpose of our
printers; the copy for much of our secular in
telligence was made out and in type before the
reception of Saturday morning's news. There
are items in what follows which might other
wise have been omitted. '
IMPORTANT MOVEMENT IN
Several ofthe members of the rebel legifda.
ture of Virginia and other influential men have,
through the Richmond Whig, (now in loyal
hands,) and by handbills' invited a number of
leading citizens whom they name ; heading the
list with R. M. T. Hunter, to meet them in
conference for discussing the best means of re
storing peace to the State of Virginia. They
also express their opipion that the exigencies
of the situation demand an immediate meeting
of the General Assembly of the State. They
say
em e. rates to "a sesn'tie Legisia
ture in Richmond, in connection with the Go
vernor and Lieutenant-Governot, and to their
free deliberation upon public affairs, and to the
ingress and departure of all its members, under
safe conduct has been obtained. The United
States authorities will afford transportation
from any point under their control to any of
the persons before mentioned. The matters to
be submitted to the Legislature iLre the restora
tion of peace to the State of Virginia and the
adjustment of questions involving life, liberty
and property that have arisen-in the State as a
consequence of the war. We therefore ear
nestly request the Govertior, Lieutenant-Go
vernor, and members of the Legislature to re
pair to this city by the 25th of April. We un
derstand that full protection to persohal pro
perty will be afforded in the State, and we re
commend to peaceful citizens toremain at their
homes and to pursuelheir usual avocations
with a confidence that they will not be inter
rupted."
They also say that they have procured safe
conduct from the military authorities of the
United States for the gentlemen whom they
invite by name, to enter the city and depart
without molestation. Affixed to the call is the
following :—" I concur in the preceding re
commendation. J. A. Campbell." Judge
Campbell, it will be remembdred, was one of
the celebrated Peace Embassy. Under this is
added :—" Approved for publication in the
Whig and in handbill - form. G. Weitzel, -Ma
jor-General Commanding." •
This military sanction to an attempt to con
vene the old rebel State Government for the
express purpose of adjusting its relations to the
Union, - does not'accord with the rumor' that the
President hasliven his sanction to the - Pierre
pont Government. Just now things look as
though the way of restoration, not alone to
peace, but to dignitiesand power, by the black
est of the traitors—such for example as the
Virginia Governor Smith—was becoming very
simple. We he,ve the highest order of faith in
our supreme government, but in such a case as
this we walk only by faith. We certainly do
not understancl.all these thing 7 3 ..
LATEIL—We learn, with great satisfaction,
that the above order, granting safe conducts to.
the rebels has'been revoked.
RICHMOND.
CHANGE OF COMMANDERS.—Gen. Weitzel has
been relieved of command in Richmond, and
the Department has been turned over to Gen.
Ord. The appointment is likely to give satis
faction. The administration of the military
government in that Department will unques
tionably become one of the most perplexing
which has been committed to any such admin
istrator during the 'war, arising chiefly from
the rival attempts at the re-creation of the civil
government of the State. Gen. Ord, through
his whole career, has shown remarkable ad
ministrative qualifications, and brings to the
discharge of the duties of his enlarged command
a perfect acquaintance with its requirements,
and a large experience in its details. Probably
no officer could have been selected by General
Grant who would better fill the difficult role
General Ord will be called upon to perform.
Nor is his capacity in council his only claim on
the regard of his country. His services in the
field have been arduous and brilliant, shoiring
him one of our first soldiers.
The General has lamed an order addressed
to the people of Richmond and its vicinity,
stating that no difficulty will be made in admit
ting them to bring marketing to that city. They
are invited to commence their ordinary traffic
at once, and are assured of protection in pass
ing to and within the lines of the United States
forces. The citizens of Richmond and shop
keepers and others are also requested to re
sume their ordinary avocations as speedily as
possible. It is the wish and the intention of
the military authorities to protect all good and
peaceable citizens, and to restore, in as great a
measure as practicable, the former prosperity
of the city. No molestation by, soldiers or
others will be allowed to any who are engaged
in peaceful pursuits. Gentlemen from Rich
mond say that this order has already had the
most happy effect, the citizens being encouraged
to resume their vocations, in the full assurance
of protection. -
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1865.
In the midst of this, however, He, "from
whom all blessings flow," must not be forgot
ten. A. call fin a national thanksgiving is being
prepared, and will be duly promulgated.
Nor must those whose harder 'part gives us
the cause of rejoicing be overlooked, and their
honors must not be parcelled out. With others,
I myself was near the front, and had the high
pleasure of transmitting much of the good news
to you ; but no part of the honor, or plan, or
execution is mine. To General Grant; hit
skilful officers, and brave men all belongs'. The
gallant navy stood ready, lint was not within
reach to take an, active part. By these,recent
successes the reinauguration of the
.national au
thority, and the reconstruction which has had
a large share of thought from the first,is pressed
much more closely upon our attention.
It is fraught with great difficulty. Unlike
the case of a war between independ&t nations,
there is no authorized organ for e us to treat
with. No' one man has author 4 to give up
the rebellion for any other man—we simply
must begin, with and mould from l. disorganized
and discordant elements. Nor is'it a small ad
ditional embarrassment that we, the loyal peo
ple, differ amongst ourselves as to the mode,
manner, and measure of reconstruction.
As a general rule, I abstain from relating the
reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to
be provoked by that to which I cannot properly
offer an answer. In spite of this precaution,
however, it comes to my knowledge that 'I am
much censured from some supposed agency in
setting up and seeking to sustain'the new State
Government of Louisiana. In this I have done
just so much and no more than the public
knows. In the annual message of December,
.1863, and the accompanying proclamation, I
presented a plan of reconstruction(as the phrase
goes), which I promised, if adopted by any-
State should be acceptable and sustained by
the Executive Government of the nation. I
distinctly stated that this was not the only plan
which might possibly be acceptable, and claimed
no right to say when or whether Members
should be admitted to seats in Congress from
such States. This plan was 414419%4104mb"
witted to the then Cabinet, and waardistinctly
approved by every member of it. One of them
suggested that I should then and in.. that ,con
nection apply the emancipation proclamation
to*the heretofore excepted parts of. Virginia and
Louisiana; that I should droP the _suggestion
about apprenticeship for freed people, and that
I should'omit the protest' against my ewn - pow;
erg iiiregard,to the• admission of members of
Congress ; but even he approved,. every park
and parcel of the plan which hu. abide been
employed or touched by,the action of Louisi
ana. The new constitution of Louisiana, de
claring emancipation for the whole State, par
ticularly applies the proclamation to the part
previously excepted. It does not adopt ap
prenticeship for freed people, and it is silent,
as it could not well be otherwise, about the ad
mission of members to Congress. So that, as it
applies to Louisiana, every member of the
Cabinet fully approved the plan.. The message
.triXcLoctr.PAlt r an“. • • • • •
not a single objection to at from any .professed
emancipationist came to my knowledge until
after the news reached Washington that the
people of Louisiana had begun to move in ac
cordance with it. From about July 1862, I
had corresponded with different persons sup
posed to be interested, seeking a reconstruction
of a State government for Louisiana when the
message of 1863, with the plan before men
tioned, reached New Orleans, and General
Banks wrote me that he was confident the peo
ple, with his military co-operation, would , . re
construct substantially on that plan. I wrote
him and some of them to try it; they tried it,
and the result is known. auch, only, has been
my agency iii getting up the Louisiana govern
ment. As to sustaining it, my promise is out
as before stated, but as bad promises are better
broken than kept, I shall treat this as a bad
promise, and break it whenever I shall be con
vinced that keeping it is adverfie._to,_ the public
interest. But I have not yet been so convinced.
I have been shown a letter on this subject, sup
posed to be an able one, in which the writer
expresses regret that my mind has not seemed
to be definitely fixed on the question whether
the seceded States, so called, are in the Union
or out of it. He would perhaps add astonish
ment to his regret were he to learn that since I
have found professed Union men endeavoring;
to make that a question, I have purposely for
borne any public expression upon it. As it
appears to me, that question has not been, nor
yet is a practically material one, and that any
discussion of it while it thud remains practi
cally immaterial could have no effect other than
the mischievous one of finding , out friends as
yet; whatever it may become hereafter,' that
question is bad as the basis of 'a controversy,
and good for nothing at all—a merely pernicious
abstraction. We all agree that. the seceded
States, so called, are out of their proper prac
tical relation with the Union, and that the sole
object of the Government, civil and military, in
regard to those States, is to again get them into
that proper practical relation. I believe it is
not only possible, but in fact easier to do this'
without deciding or even considering whether
these States have ever been, opt of the Union
than with it; finding themscriids safely atiorne,
it would be utterly immaterial whether they
had-ever been abroad. Let us all join in doing
the acts necessary to restoring the proper prac
tical relations between these States and the
Union, and each for ever after innocently in
dulge his own opinion, whether in doing the
acts he brought the States from without into
the Union, or only gave them proper assistance,
they never having been out of it. '
The amount of constituency, so to "speak, on
which the new Louisiana government rests,
would be more satisfactory to all if it contained
50,000, 30,000, or even 20,000, instead of only
about 12,000, as it does. •
It is also unsatisfactory to some that the elec
tive franchise is not given to the colored men.
I would myself prefer that it were conferred on
the very intelligent and on those who served
our cause as soldiers. Still the question is not
whether the Louisiana Government, as it stands,
is quite all that is desirable? The question is,
will it be wise to take it as it is, and help to
improve it, or to reject and disperse it? Can
Louisiana be brought into proper .practical re
lation with the Union sooner by sustaining or
by discarding her new State government? Some
12,000 voters in' the heretofore slave State of
Louisiana have sworn allegiance to the Union,
assumed to be the rightful.pOlitical power of
the State, held elections, organited a State gov
ernment, adopted a free State constitution, giv
ing.the benefit of public schocas equally to black
and white, and empowering,the Legislature to
confer the elective franchise lipon the colored
man. Their legislature has already voted to
ratify the Constitutional A mendment recently
passed by Congress abolishing slavery through
out the nation. These 12,000 persons are thus
fully committed to the Union and to perpetual
freedom in the State, committed to the very
things and nearly all the things the nation
wants, and they ask the nation's recognition
acid its assistance to make good their commit
tal. Now if we reject, d spurn them, we do
our utmost to disorganize and disperse them.
We,
in fact, say to the white man, You are
worthless or worse ; we will neithef help you
IDIPORTAIVT SPEECH BY PRESIDENT
LINCOLN'.
On the morning of the 11th inst. President
Lincoln addressed the people who, on the occa
sion of the illumination of the Executive de
partments and Presidential mansion, assembled
before the latter with their congratulations.
The speech was certainly devoted to the mo
mentous question of the hour—" What next?"
We are told that before its delivery, it;as sub
mitted to the Cabinet, and that it secured their
entire concurrence.
We meet this evening, not in solrow, but in
gladness of heart. The evacuation of Peters.
burg and Richmond, and the surrender of the
principal insurgent army, give hope of a right
eous and speedy peace, whose joyous expres
sion cannot be restrained.
nor be helped by you," To the blacks we say,
"This cup of liberty which these your old
masters hold to your lips, we will dash from
you, and leave you to the chance of gather
ing the spilled . and scattered contents in some
vague
,and undefined when, where and how."
If this course, by discouraging and paralyzing
both white and black, has any tendency to
bring-Louisiana into proper practical relations
with the Union, I have so far been unable to
perceive it. If, on the contrary, we recognize
and sustain the new government of Louisiana,
the converse of all this is made true.
. -
We encourage theleart and nerve the arms
of the 12,000 to adhere to their work, and ar
gue for it, and proselyte for it,. and fight for it,
and feed it, and grow it, and ripen it to a coin
plete success. The colored man, too, in seeing
all united for him, is inspired with vigilance,
and energyt and daring to the same end. Giant
that he desires the elective franchise—will he
not attain it sooner by saving the already ad
vanced steps towards it than by running back
ward over them? Concede that the new gov
ernment of Louisiana is only to what it should
be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall - sooner
have the fowl by hatching the egg
than-by
smashing it. [Laughter]. Again, if-we reject
Louisiana, we also neglect our vote in favor: of
the-proposed amendment to the National Con
stitution. To meet this proposition, it has'been
argued that no more than three-fourths of these
States which have not attempted secession are
necessary 'to validly ratify the amendment.
I do not commit myself against this further
than to say that such a ratification would be
questionable, and sure to be persistently ques
tioned, while a ratification, by three-fourths of
all the States would be unquestioned and un
questionable. I -repeat the question, can
Louisiana be brought into proper practical re
lations with the Union sooner by sustaining or
by discarding her new State government?
What has been said of Lonisiana will apply
severally to other States, and yet so great pe
culiarities pertain to each State, and such im
portant and sudden changes occur in the same
State and withal so new and unprecedented is
the whole.case, that no exclusive and inflexi
ble plan can safely be prescribed. As to details
and collaterals, such an exclusive aad inflexi
ble plan would surely become a new entangle
ment. - Important principles may and must be
inflexible. In the present situation, as the
phrase goes, it may be my duty to make some
new announcement to the people of the South.
I am considering, and shall not fail to act when
satisfied that action will be proper.
p mA o 4_41 CI tlati 'EV UV EIMAII
Two of these have appeared during the week.
One under the provisions of a law passed in
1861, closes the principalports south of the
Chesapeake against commerce. It was under
stood, at the time of the passage of the law,
that, while foreign Powers would respect the
effective blockade of those portsby naval force,
a claim to exercise legal authority over them as
over other ports of the United States would not
be respected. It is believed that the time has
now come, however, when the United States
Government can claim to exercise that legal
authority over all its ports, whether'blockaded
or not, which belongs to every independent
sovereign Power. A sufficient number of
Southern ports are left oyen for, legitimate
trade, and thoie now proclaimed dosed will, it
is presumed, be reopened after a time. Mean
while, blockade-running is likely to be effect
ively ended.
The second pioclamation relates to the fact
that our "vessels of 'war have, in - certain foreign
ports,. been refused privileges and immunities
to which they were entitled by treaty. or the
(iomity of nations, while, on the other hand,
vessels from other nations requiring said privi
leges, have uninterruptedly enjoyed the same
in our ports: The proclamation goes on to
say :—.7" Now therefore I, Abraham Lincoln,
PFesident of the United States, do hereby make
have reached any foreigrL country in whose
ports the said privileges and. iMmunitities shall
have been refused as aforesaid, they shall con
tinue to be so refused, then and thenceforth the
same privileges and immunities shall be refused
to the vessels of war of that country •in the
ports of the United States, and this refusal shall
continue until war vessels of the United States
shall have been placed upon an entire equality
in the foreign ports aforesaid with similar ves
sels of other countries. The United States,
whatever claims or pretence may have existed
heretofore, are nowat least entitled to claim and
concede an entire and friendly equality of right
and hospitalities with all maritime nations."
LATEST. 7 ,-TIIESDAY.
Gen. Canby has captured Mobile. On April
9th, Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely yielded to
the united efforts of the army and navy, and
were captured with 5700 rebels. Spanish Fort
and Blakely being the principal defences, the
debels at once abandoned- Mobile, which was
entered on the 9th by the United States troops.
The number of cannon captured in the city was
300. The remnant of the rebel garrison re
treated on their gunboats up the Alabama
river.
DEATHS.
MERCER.—Near Petersburg, Va., on the 2d inst.,
from wounds received while storming the enemy's
works, on the South Side Railroad, Adjutant J.
DRUMMOND MERCER, of the One-hunclred.:and
ninteenth Regiment; Pennsylvania Volunteers. in his
30th year, eldest son of the late Commodore'Samuel
Mercer, U. S. N. -
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knowledged to have no superior in the market, and
superseding all its competitors.
Sizes,l, 2, 3, 4,6, 8, 14, 23 Quails.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
GAS STOVES,
FOR SUMMER USE.
BROIL, BOIL, ROAST, BAKE. TOAST. and HEAT
SMOOTHING IRONS
Hundreds of Families use them with perfect satis
faction.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE OF GOODS
CHARLES BURNHAM,
No. 119 SOUTH TENTH STREET,
OLD EYES MADE. NEW.
A pamphlet directing how to speedily restore sight
and give up spectacles, without aid of doctor or medi
cine. Sent by mail free on receipt of ten cents. Ad
dress E. B. FOOTE, M. D.,
'l3O Broadway. New York.
SIX- DOLLARS FROM FIFTY-, CENTS.
Call and examine something- nvgentlY needed by
everybody. or sample be sent free by mail for 50
cents, that retails, for $6. R. L. WOLCOTT,66I. Y.
96itiitat.
DYSPEPSIA
AND DISEASES RESULTING FROM
Disorders of the Liver
And Digestive Organs,
ARE CURED BY
1100FLAND'S GERMAN MITERS,
THE GREAT STRENGTHENING
TONIC.
THESE BITTERS
HAVE PERFORMED MORE CURES!
Have and do Give Better Satisfaction!
HAVE MORE TESTIMONY!
RAVE MORE RESPECTABLE. PEOPLE TO
VOUCH FOR THEM!
Than any other article in the market
We Defy any one , to Contradict this Amer
' tion, and Will Pay
$lOOO
To any one who will priiduce a certifsostte published
by us that is not GENVINE.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS
Will cure every case of
CHRONIC OR NERVOUS DEBILITY,
DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS, AND
DISEASES ARISING FROM A
DISORDERED STOMACH.
OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOM
Resulting from disorders of the Digestive Organs,
such
as Constipa
tion. Inward Piles,
Fullness of Blood to the
Head, Acidity of the Stomach.
Nausea, Hearttiurn. Disgust for Food,
Fullness or weight in the Stomach,Sour Eruc
tations, Sinking or Fluttering at the pit of the
Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried and Dif
ficult Breathing, Fluttering of the Heart. Choking or
Suffocating Sensations when in a lying posturetDim
noes of - Vision, Dots or Webs before the Sight,
Fever and Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of
Perspiration, Yellowness of the Skin and
Eyes, Pain in the Side Back, Chest,
Limbs, Ac., Sudden hushes of
Iteat,Burning in the Flesh,
Constant Imaginings
of Evil, and great
Depression of
Spirits.
REMEMBER THAT THIS BITTERS
Is NOT A. C 0 01,IG ,
CONTAINS NO RIIMOR WHISKEY,
And Can't Make Drunkards,
IS THE BEST TONIC• 01 THE WORLD.
READ :14710 SAYS SO.
. .
From Rev. Levi G. Beck, Pastor of the Baptist Church
at Vhelter. Pa.; formerly of Baptist Church, Petnber
. ton; N. • •
* se • * * • * * i • •
I have known Hoofiand's German Bitters favorably
for a number of years. I have used them in my own
family, and have been so pleased with their effects
tbiat I was induced to recommend them to many others,
and know that they have operated in a strikingly
beneficial manner. lake great pleasure in thus pub-
Holy proclaiming this factond calling the attention
of those afilicted with the dmeases for which they are
ecommended to these 13ittera-knoVing from experi-
this more cheerfully as Hooflan s ers anten ,
to benefit the afflicted. and is "not a rum drink."
Yours truly, LEVI G. BECK
From Rev. .1" .: Winton Brozpa,..D. D., Editor of the En-
eye/molts of Religious Knowledge.
Although not disposed to favor orrecommend Patent
Medicines ingeneral, through distrust of their ingre
dients and effects, I yet know of no sufficient reasons
why a man may not testify to the benefits he believes
himself to have received from contribute Ince parations
in the hope that he may thus to the benefit
of others,
I do this more readily in regard to Hoofland's Ger
man Bitters,_prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, of this
city, because I. was prejudiced against them for many
years, under the impression that they. were chiefly an
alcoholic mixture. lam indebted to my friend, Robt.
Shoemaker, Esq.. for the removal of this prejudice by
proper tests, and for encouragementto try them, when
suffering from-great and long continued debility. The
use of three bottles of these Bitters, at the beginning
of the present year, was followed by evident relief,
and restoration to a degree of bodily and mental vigor
which I had not felt for six months before, and had
almost despaired of regaining. I therefore thank
God and my friend for directing me to the use of them.
Philada.. June 23.1861. J. NEWTON BROWN:
From Rev. J. M. AMIS. forrnerly Pastor of the Co/embus
• (N. J.) and Milestown (Pa:) Baptist Churches.
NEW RoomsLiu, N. Y.
Dr. C. Jaokson:—Dear Sir—l feel it a Pleasure
thus of my own accord to bear testimony to the excel
lence of the German Bitters. Some years since, being
much afflicted with Dyspepsia , - I used them with very
beneficial results. I have often reCommended them
to persons enfeebled by that tormenting disease, and
have heard from them the most flattering testimonials
as to their great value. In cases of g,eneral debility I
believe it to be a tonic that cannot be surpassed.
J. M. LYONS.
_Prom Bev. J. S. Herman, of the German Reformed
Church, Kutztown, Berke County, Pa.
Dr. C. M. Jacksom—Respected Sir—l haVe been
troubled with Dyspepsia nearly twenty Years, and
have never used any medicine that did me as much
good as RoOfiand's German Bitters. lam very much
improved'after having taken five bottles.
Yours, with respect, J. S. HERMAN".
PRICES.
Large size, (holding nearly double quantity)
• $1 per bottle—half doz
Small size-75 cents per bottle—half d 05 ..........
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS !
•See that the signature of " C. M. JACKSON "• is on
the WRAPPER of each bottle.
Should your nearest druggist not have the article,
do not be put off by any of the intoxicating prepare
tioru3 that may be offered. in its place, but send - to us.
and we will forward; securely packed, by express.
PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND MANUFACTORY.
No. 631 Arch Street, Philada.
JONES - 6t EVANS,
(Successors to C. M. JACKSON & C 0.,).
PROPRIETORS.
For sale by Druggists and dealers in every town
in the 'United States.
Browne's Metallic'Weather Strip
AND
WINDOW BANDS
Totally exclude cold. wind, rain, snow and dust from
the crevices of doors and windows, and save one-half
the fuel. _ --
DAVID H, LOSEY,
Sole State Agent,
38 South Fifth Street, Philade - 11 a.
gar Send for circular. Local agents wanted through
out the State. • 983-ly
W. P. CLARK,
No. 1626 311AILIIEIr STREET, - P1141;.AIIA.
BOOTS AND' SHOES OF MY OWN MANUFAC
tare. Ladies'. Misses', Children's, Men's, and Boys'
Boots and Shoes of every variety, at moderate prices,
N 0.1126 MARIrgT STREET.
.J. & F. CA DMUS,
No. '738 Market, St., S. E. Corner of Eighth,
PEMADELYEII . .t.
ItianuCaoturers and Dealers in
BOOTS SHOES. TRITNITS. CARPET • BAGS AND
VALISES of every variety and style. -.
grodo, gtalrtmito,
THE WEST CHESTER ACADEMY
MILITARY INSTITUTE,
AT WEST CHESTER, PA
WILLIAM .F. WYERS. A. M. Principal.
J. HUNTER WORRALL,A.M.,Ph.D.,Aaso.PrincipaI.
The scholastic year of ten months commences on
the FIRST TUESDAY—the 6th—of Septembef next.
The corps of instructors is large; the course of instruc
tion thorough and extensive. designed to fa boys and
young men for college or for the active duties of busi
ness in its various requirements. Students who design
entering Yale or Harvard College are especially in
vited to avail themselves of the tried advantages of
the school. Business men will take notice that the
modern languages—German, French and Spanish—
are taught by native resident teachers, who have no
connection with any other school. 'Two German gen
tlemen of superior ability and experience devote all
their time to the department of Vocal and Infra
mental Music. , Diaior G. ECHENDORFF, assisted by
the Military Superintendent, has charge of the Mili
tary Department.
For catalogues, &0.. apply in person or by letter at
the school. - • 951-1 v
SELECT CLISSIM 110 ingl SIR
S. E. cor. of Thirteenth and Locust Mai,
PHILADELPHIA
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1864-5,
Sessions Commence September sth and Februmi lst.
PuDila are carefully prepared for any class irecollege
or for mercantile life. •
Thoroughness in every study wltich is undertaken
is insisted upon as essential to true progress and mental
development.
A fine enclosed playground on the premises gives
unusual value and attractiveness to the location of
the school.
All other desirable information will be furnished to
those interested on application, either personally or
by letter, to
B. KENDALL, A. M., Principal.
PEUDELNIA COLLERITE
, 52 - €16173N1G-
1530 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
REV. CHARLES A. SMITH, D. D., E. CLARENCE
SMITH, A. M., Principals.
Ninth year. Three Departments: Primary. Aca
demic and Collegiate. Full college course in classics,
mathematics, higher English and natural science, for
those who graduate. Modern languages, music, paint
ing and elocution by the best masters. For circulars.
apply during July and August at 1226 Chestnut street,
or address Box 2611, P. 0., Philadelphia, Pa.
The next session will commence on MONDAY, Sep
tember 19th. ap2l
College Hill Military Boarding School,
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.
OTIS BISBEE, A. M., Principal.
Classical. Commercial. Military. For information
address the Principal. -961-6 m
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DON'T FAIL TO RFAD Tag!
COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE! COFFEE!
EK BEARE STREET, N. T.,
Three doors -front- Greenwich street, call universal
attention to their
Kent's East •India Coffee.
Kent's East India Coffee
Has all the flavor of OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA,
and is but half the price: and also that
, Heat's East India Coffee
Has twice . the strength of Java or any other Coffee
whatever, and wherever used by our first-clan hotels
and steamboats the stewards say there is a saving or
50 per cent.
Rent's East India Coffee
Is the most healthy beverage known and is very nu
tritious. The weak and infirm may use it at all times
with impunity. The wife of the Rev. W. Eaves, local
minister of the M. E. Church, Jersey City, who has
not been able to use any coffee for fifteen years, oan use
Kent's East India Coffee
Three times a day without injury, it being entirely
free from those properties that produce nervous ex
citement,
Dr. JAMES BOYLE, of 156 Chambers street, says:
"I have never known any coffee so healthful, nutri
tious and free from all injurious qualities as
Rent's East India Coffee.
I advise my patients to to drink it universally, even
those to whom I have hitherto prohibited the use of
coffee."
The PRINCIPAL OF THE NEW YORK EYE
INFIRMARY says: "I direot all the patients of our
Institution to use exclusively
. Rent's East India Coffee,
And would not be without it on any account"
The Rev. C, LARUE, an eminent clergyman of the
M. E. Church, now stationed at Halsey street, Newark,
"says of
Kent's East India Coffee:
"I have used it nearly a year in my family, and find
it produces no ache of the head or nervous irritation,
as in the case of all other coffees. It is exceedingly
pleasant, and I cordially recommend it to all clergy
men and their families."
Kent's Ea.ll - India Coffee
Is used daily in the families of Bishop Ames. Bishop
Baker and many of the most distinguished clergymen
ancl,professional men in the country.
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS!
And be sure that the packages are labelled
KENt'S EAST INDIA COFFEE,
154 READE ST., NEW YORK,
As there are numerous counterfeits afloat under the
name of - Genuine East India Coffee," Original East
India Coffee," etc., put forth by i.mpostors to deceive
the unwary.
In lib packages, and in boxes of 36.60 and 100 ibs.,
for Grocers and large consumers. Sold by grocers
generally.
Orders from city and country Grocers solicited, to
whom a liberal discount will be made.
Sold by JOHN B. PARKER, corner of Eleventh
and Market streets, Philadelphia. JAMES WEBB,
corner of Eighth and Walnut streets. WM.BARVIN.
1204 Chestnut street, above Twelfth.' THOMP
SON BLACK At SON, N. W. corner Broad and Chest
nut streets. SIMON COLTON & SON, corner Broad
and Walnut streets.
LEMUEL SMITH,
General Wholesale Agent,
NO. 115 NORTH FRONT STREET, PHILL
THOMPSON BU OK & SON'S
Tea Warehouse and Family grocery Store,
N. W. cor. Broad and 4Blestmat Streets,
PHIL ADELPIII4.
(Establiished 1836.) •
AN N EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF CHOICE
Black and Green Teas, and every variety of Fine
Groceries, suitable for family use. Goods delivered in
any part of the city,• or packed securely for the
country. al-IY
THOMAS CARRICK & CO.,
CRACKER AND BISCUIT BAKERS,
- 1905 Market Street, Philadelphia.
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SRlaDßAiG,arand wpm
BISCUITS. PLC , ICS.
TUMBLES, and
GINGEN NUTS, &PEES, SCOTCH
and other Cakes.
filled.
Ground Cracker in any quant.ty„ Orders prompa,
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