of the ptti HOME. In Congress an Impartial Suffrage Amendment passed the Senate on Tuesday .by 40 j eas to 16 nays, fix Republicans voting no, and four not voting. Qn Wednesday both branches met in joint session to count the electoral vote for President and Vice President. Objection was raised to the vote of Lou isiana being counted, but both branches (51 to 7 and 132 to 63) ordered it to be counted. Objection was made to the counting of the vote of Georgia, and when the Senate bad withdrawn the House voted (150 to 41) that it be not counted, but the Senate decided that under the joint resolution of the week previous, it must be accounted. Amidst much turbulent opposition from Gen. Butler and others, this decision was submitted to. The result showed 214 votes for Grant and Colfax and 71 (or with Georgia 81) votes for Seymour and Blair. The bill authorizing the importation of machinery for lepairs was passed. In the House the bill for ah Air-line K R. from Washington to New York was passed.' The con tested seat of the delegate from Mexico was given to Mr. Chaves. The bill giving $lOO,OOO prize mo ney to the officers and crew of the Kearsarge for destroying 'the Alabama , was passed. Bills were passed to bring our National Banks under better control, as was a Bill "to prevent the further in crease of the national debt," providing’ for public sales of gold from the Treasury. The Northern Paci; fic R. R. Co. were authorized to issue bonds for the construction of their road. The Senate amend ments to the Constitutional Amendment were non concurred in, and a conference was asked. The nem Constitutional Amendments, as passed by the U. S. Senate, are as follows : “ Art. 15. No discrimination shall be made in the United States, among the citizens of the United States, iii the exercise of the elective franchise, or in .the right; to hold office in any State on account of race, color, nativity, property, education, or creed. Art. 16. The second clause first section, second article of the Constitution of the United States, shall be aynended to read aB follows: “ Each State shall appoint, by a vote of the peo ple thereof qualified to vote for Representatives in Congress, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in Congress; but no Sen ator, or Representative, or person holding ah office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector, and the Congress shall have power to prescribe the manner in which such elec tors shall be chosen by the people.” General.— -There are 691 Of Prest. Johnson’s nom inations lying before the Senate. On Saturday he nominated Gen. Grant’s meddlesome brother-in-law, Lewis Dent, as Minister to Chili, vice Gen. Kilpat rick. He has pardoned Dr. Mudd, one of Lincoln’s murderers, and Sanford E. Church in prison at Al bany for perjury. Mississippi will not be admitted under the Constitution already adopted, but the Re construction Convention will meet again. The na tional pension-roll numbers 75,000 invalids and 92,- 000 widows and orphans. The amount paid them during this fiscal year will be $19,250,000. Gen. Grant was officially notified of his election on Sat urday. He said that he would not let even those whom he had selected know who were to compose Cabinet until he nominated them to the Senate, and that he would have as’little scruple in removing his own nominees to any office (if they proved unwor thy) as those of his predecessors. Diplomatic. —The Ways" and Means Committee have agreed to repeal the resolution for a confer ence in regard to the navigation of the river. S ( t. Lawrence. Hon. Caleb Cushing lias returned to Washington, with the treaty concluded by him in reference to the Darien Ship Canal. The position of arbitrator upon a boundary question between Great Britain and Portugal, has been accepted by the President of the United States. The South American Republics have accepted the mediation of the United States in their disputes with Spain. The Congress of Plenipotentiaries is to meet at Washington in the spring. In Pennsylvania the Quakers protest against the militia-tax as an outrage on thenghtsof conscience, aud propose to submit to distraint rather than pay it. Bedford county renominates Gov. Geary. The Democrats of Franklin county nominate Mr. Cass, President of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chi cago R. R„ and son of Gen. Lewis Cass. The Dem ocrats elect the Mayor of Reading. The bolting of three Republican Senators will kill theabominable Metropolitan Police Bill. A new county called Pe trolia lias been erected. The Xllth and XVlth St. R. R. Rill has passed both Houses and has been signed. In the Middle States, New York eity owes $26,- 863,094 and claims that the sinking fund will wipe it all out as soon as due, while the corporate prop erty is worth $90,750,000. James T. Brady, a prominent and much respected Democratic politi cian and lawyer, died suddenly of paralysis of the brain. The clothing cutters have struck and nine teen shops have agreed to pay the increased de mands. The Public Charities bad 92,272 persons under their charge last year. Cornell Übiversity pays its professors $38,000 per year, and has an in come of twice as much. The students number 388. The Social’Science Association of the United States will hold a meeting at Albai y, N. Y!, this week. Papers will be read on “ University Education,” by Goldwin Smith ; on the “ Supervision of Public Charities.” by P. B. Sanborn; on ‘‘ Model Lodging houses,” by C. L. Brace; and on “ Protection of the ballot," by C. F. Adams, Jr. Mayor Hall, of New York, presided at a Fenian mass meeting on Mon day. In the-Zhfmor the residents of the suburbs of Cin cinnati are organizing regular committees to sup press highway robbery. Of the seven Republicans who aspired to Senator Pratt's vacated seat in Con gress, the Eighth Indiana Distriet has chosen Jas. M. Tyson. Two Female Suffrage Conventions met in Chicago. Murray McConnell, a State Senator of Illinois, was found murdered in his office, at Jack sonville. Th,ere:are said to be three thousand acres of grape vines within a radius of fifty miles around Keokuk, lowa. The Wisconsin Legislature asks Congressto aid the Central Pacific and other rail roads, and to tax lands held by Indians under pa tents. The Senate has voted its consent to the for mation of the new State of Superior. Gen. San born, of Minnesota, urges that guns be distributed to the Indians, because bullets are far less danger ous than their arrows. The Indians, in violation of treaties, have appeared south of the Platte river, near Fort McPherson, and troops have been sent to hat point. In the South the Railroads are to issue excursion tickets at low rates to persons wishing to invest in real estate. Baltimore owes $24,947,986 and has assets valued at $22,017,260. She will expend in 1869 $4,883,883, of which all but $1,710,200 must be raised by taxation.. The City Councils vote the hospitalities of the city to ex-President Johnson. Gen. Stoneman .continues to remove politically in competent office-holders. The farce ot tryiug Da vis, Lee,: Breckenridge, &c., for treason at Rich mond, has been formally abandoned. Gov. Brown low’s resignation takes effect Feb. 25. Gov. Holden says that North Carolina cannot do with fewer U. S. troops. South Carolina is legislating to enforce the Civil Rights Bill: Cuban filiibusteriiig parties are said to be starting from the Georgia and Florida coasts. Georgia is to elect Congressmen in April.’ An injunction hae been issued iu New Orleans, to THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1869- (.prevent lottery dealers from pursing their business. , The deficit for the year in the State Treasury is | f 386,000. The Episcopalians of the State have re solved to establish schools for the Freedmen. The Constitutional Convention have voted to divide Tex as, the territory beyond the Colorado, and 8. of lat. 32° becoming West Texas, with its capital at San Antonio. Gov. Bullock has vetoed a resolution of the Georgia Legislature referring the question of negro equality to the Courts. On the Pacific Slope San Francisco had another small eartliqnake, and a heavy rain-storm has done great damage in the State. The United States Coast Survey is engaged in taking the exact longitude of several far Western cities. FOEEIGX: In Cuba Dulce is recruiting volunteers quite brisk ly, and is arresting suspected persons—an English Consul among others. Fred. Cavado,. who com manded a Philadelphia regiment of Zouaves during the war, and his brother, are the leaders of the in surgents in the sugar district. . 1“ San Domingo Pres. Baez is said to be quite anx ious for annexation to the U. S. The population is 2,000,000 ; the debt several millions ; the territory larger than New Hampshire and Vermont. South American advices report a revolution in Ecuador, ex-Preaident Moreno having supplanted Espinosa., The rebellion in Bolivia bas.been completely .sup pressed*. The yellow fever continues to rage in Southern Peru. In South America,(he utter route of Lopez and the occupation of Ascuncion by the allies is confirmed. In Canada the Privy Council voted not to inter fere in Whalen’s case and he was hanged on Thurs day afternoon for the murder of Thomas D’Arcy Magee. _ He confessed his presence at the murder, but denied that he fired;, A bill was to be preeenl ed in the Newfoundland Legislature, on Saturday, for the entrance of Newfoundland info the Domin ion Confederation; . „* In England the Lords met on Thursday and ad journed to Monday. Gladstone announces that the Ministry will shrink from no part of the Liberal programme endorsed by Disraeli’s defeat. The Tories are preparing for, vigorous opposition. Lord Cairns will lead them in theftjpper House, Reverdy John : son has been feasted in Glasgow, and made a speech defending the Alabama treaty as definitive-and sat isfactory. The. “ Cannie Scots ” besought him to urge the United States to adopt Free Trade. The Mayor of Dublin is to present to tin Queen at her next'levee a petition for the pardon of the Fenians, signed by 100,000 Irishmen. The recent gale did great damage to the shipping. John,Hulme of Man chester, inventor of the self-acting spinning mule is dead. American theatre managers are buying up the singing girls of low halls in London by the offer of large salaries. In France the fortresses on the eastern and north ern frontiers are being largely supplied with mate rial of war. Jeff. Davis is confined to his room by an affection of the heart,' the only indication that he possesses that organ. American residents of Paris have organized to relieve countrymen in dis tress. The Cretan Embassy inform the Parisians that “they are going to the United States to nego tiate a loan and the purchase of plated vessels.” Le Revue thinks Gen. Gra,nt will have more difficul ty in choosing Ambaseadors.than Cabinet Ministers. It thinks the character of the present United States representatives and of recent transactious'is not very creditable. In Aparin Espartero again refused a seatin the Cortes. Topete orders the navy to be remodelled. One of the assassins of the Governor of Burgos has been sentenced, but his case will be referred to the Cortes. The Carlists are active in raising trouble in the Basque Provinces. Many of them have been ar rested in. Madrid, and the French government, which is closely watching the frontier has stopped . one party which was trying to cross into Spain. Ten : thousand troops are. to sail for Cuba. The Cortes met on Thursday with great ceremony. Serrano as President of the Ministry made the opening address. He congratulated S]»in <>«» her-taking agSftra'TOrfe most place amongcivilized nations, urged financial economy, and recommended that the measures al ready taken to establish freedom of religion, the press and education be confirmed, and. that slavery be abolished without precipitation. Of the mem bers 235 or 250 are liberal monarchists, 75 to 80 are republicans, 20 are Carlißts, and 2 are for Isa bella. The Republican's have abandoned their plan of a permanent directory, by which they hoped to buy over the Monarchist leaders, and are trying to secure the support of monarchists enough to elect Espartero to the throne. They denounce the plan of a regency and council which is growing popular in the Cortes. The liberal monarchists are lea by the Mayor of Madrid, and have not Succeeded in unit ing on a candidate.— Latest. —Olozaga resigns hia seat in the Cortes and his Embassy to Paris. Prince Ferdinand of Portugal consents to be a candidate : for the throne. Regiments are volunteering for ser vice in Cuba. In Italy Victor Emmanuel is bankrupt. France offers to withdraw the troops from Rome, in accord ance with the Convention of September, if Italy will guarantee the Papal salety and independence. The Government have been suppressing disaffected newspapers for inciting the Mill-tax riots, in which 257 persons were killed, 1099 wounded, and 3288 arrested. In Germany the Prussian diet adjourns this month and the North German Parliament meetß March 5. Bismarck’s organ says he subsidizes the Paris news papers, but they deny this. The opposition de nounce the Home policy as a bureaucratic despot ism unworthy of a free people; and the Foreign policy of Territorial aggrandizement as incompati ble with peace. In 1808 the steamers from Ham burg carried out 30,969 emigrants to the United States. The confiscated estates of King of Han over are worth $10,374,000. —In Sweden the national Parliament ib discussing a proposition to stay the tide of intemperance by prohibiting the manufac ture of brandy. —Denmark refuses to buy ironclads abroad, but votes to make them at home. In Greece “ the party of action ” seem to have been defeated through the personal influence of the king, as Walewski returns to Paris with a favorable reDly to the protocol of the Conference. A new Cabinet has been formed, which is unanimous for peace, and have countermanded the orders for war like preparations. In Turkey the Sultan has been reconstructing his Cabinet, Fuad Pasha, Minister for Foreign affairs, having died. The Persian shah at the head of his army, is marching on Bagdad and troops are being hurried to the Eastern frontier. In China the natives have had a fight with the crew of the ’British gnnboat Grasshopper, whom they drove back to their ship. Drunkenness in France. —A French ma gazine, called The Work of a Day World [sic] of France, says: “ Drunkenness is the beginning and end of life in the great French industrial centres. There are manufacturing towns (Lille, for instance) where the women have followed the example of the men, and twelve out of every one hundred women are confirmed drunkards.” So much for the sobriety of wine-producing countries. Look Out, Don’t Touch it. unless in pure white wrappers,, both Wolcott’s Pain Paint, for pain, and his AnnihiLator, for Catarrh. Take none other, or you are cheated. Sold by all druggists. , HUMAN BLOOD !! ITS MYSTERIES. It must be admitted by every rational mind that the man who contributes the most toward promoting the happiness and welfare of the human race must of -necessity be the ealearned by Ida tallow-men; and acting upon tide principle it appears that Prof. R. L. Hamilton, of New York, has, by patient investigation and vast experience, solved the uncertain question in relation to the vexed and important subject of Liver complaint and other chronic diseases. It will be remembered by (be readers of this paper that, a few days ago. Ur Hamilton’* Tb-ory of Liver, Lung, aud other disea* »es, was published in connection with many other vital facta, in which all diseased persons are interested. Many wonderful cures •were pnblished from all parts of the connti-y. Others of a start ling and interesting character are givf n below, which it seems to us are evidences that cannot be questioned for a mouie.it, and we ad vise those who are suffering fro'u tin* diseases he makes a specialty of, to write their lull symptoms and get Professor Hamilton's opinion and advice at once. STRONGLY CORROBORATED 11 TO THB AF7LICTED TTKETVfHERE. During my labors in publishing and editing a newspaper for many years in this city, and also in the performance of my duties as a clergyman in this and other cities, I hive become thoroughly and intimately acquainted with R. Leonidas Hamilton,Jdv D, the Justly celebrated Lung, and Blood Physician of- this city, who is located *6 No. 548 Braidway. The doctor was for maiiy years a regular practising physician, and also for *omeyears a professor in one of onr Last.medical schools, and during sncli ex* 'tensive experience, he fully realized the inadequacy of the ordi nary treatment made use of in all chronic diseases, more especially that class of troubles arising from deranged functions o' the Liver and digestive organs. Heat once set hiruself about the study of the class ol disonaes, determined to make them a specialty.- Laying the vegetable world under tribute, he has made discoveries and coropoaoded specifics on sou d philosophical principles wh-ch have made the most wonderful cures in the au nals of medicine. Liver, Blood, Lung and Nervous diseases,> are now virtually.under his fall control and yield to the magic, subtle power of his remedies. I have myself seen numbers of those who have been saved from the hind of.death by his power, when the unfortunate sufferers seemed doomeJ *6 an,early grave, and all other treatment was (rf no avail. In addition to wbat I can vouch for personally, I have ample evidence from other clergymea, phy ’ sicians and.eminent men of the highest character,' who been saved by this .wonderful; treatment, and who speak.in the highest praise hu*l gratitude of Dr. Hamilton as a physician and a gentleman of houor aiid integritv, It is Simply statlug the posi tive truth when I say that it it Well known throughout this country that where his works are kiK-yrn and the fruits ol his skill have been witnessed, he is highly es f> enied by the people as the most eminent and remarkable physician in the treatment ot chronic diseases of the age. As tc e, result of a long personal and familiar acquaintance with Prof. Hamilton and his uiiparaleled success an a professional manof-thb highest order, 1 frankly express the h >pe that di eared humanity in every part of our land may avail themselves of his mqst remarkable skill, ; and thussh&ie the noi>le so kindly aml fn&jsly bestowed upon all. Moai respect fully,*- i- ; i ‘ , vQ . ».. s , - * Rqv.W.B, JACOBS, ‘ No, 41 Park Row, Room No. 4. THE TTORK GOES BitAVELY^ONI Akotseb Glbrgtha.h CueidH The eminent divine, Rev. J. W. Hinkley, of Athens, Maine, writes: • V ' . “My health has sofar imprbyedfrom the effects of your treats men t that lable to r&hme nty pastorship. Had it not, be* \ C&hCCDStON. It .would seem toJ us tfcUt, after carefully jooking.over. the evi dence given above, alFreasionable porsbus ihust be led to the con elusion thattheie cau- be no good-reason far. doubting,,the fact that, Hamilton Is Just what he is represented to be—a very successful physician in the treatment of •Chrbtiic .Diseases: It s uselesi'to cry humbug,” for the above parties have -volunteered to give their evidence for the benefit of the BQBcring r aud ; Tor no other purpose. AN of these testimonials ace genuine—are guar anteed to be so, in met—ah-fit is ea -yto’wrlie- to them, ana get from their own pens ; Any of them will answer all in quiries of this either in pergon.in .by letter. Prof. Hamilton has now in press and ’n arly ready a pamphlet containing a biographical sketch of his remarkable life, with a tine lith >g u(>ii picture of hipasclf. . This,book .also contains a complete history of PrOt. H.’s,wouderfulcures —his theory of cUkohbcs, aim ' th*> only natural-, sufe'air.i positive'treatment fot all chronic dis eases—a valuable work for everybody. Sen*. Fuzz. Have oo heßitaucy'injwrUiug to the Doctor, and state, to him your case in full, arid he will deal honeatlv aud promptly with -yen,. AllJaUai-s *o bißl jjißSt tfo'addrwuud >K»u, ; ■— - R. LEOSin&S HAJIM.TO.V, 31. !>., N Care of Postroffi.ee Sox 4.952, Xfew York'. The number ot the Foat-offlce Box must be put.. o ( n. each letter to insure safety. ’ A- ' febll-4w PHILADELPHIA. W&* Samples sent by mail when written for* WESTON & BROTHER, MERC HART TAILORS, 900 ARCS STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Have Just received a handsome assortment of PALL AND WINTER GOODS for Gentlemen’s wear, to which they invite the attention of their friends and the public generally. A superior garment at a reasonable Price. , . SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. apr2-ly. , - i- Agents Wanted —$10 a Day. TWO $lO MAPS FOB $4. 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