sOtU*o, ft*. itrOTICE.—AH in our debt will please 1 b<*nr in mind we are preparing to make our fall purchases, and must have money. In many cases longer indulgence cannot bo given, and we earnestly hope all who know they have not paid us. will read this notice, come forward and pay up at anre. Our terms are six months, and upon all accounts, we charge interest, nfter due. aug9. A. B. CRAMER 4 CO. MONEY SAVED. -Intending toa dopt the cash system Oct. 1, 1867, and desi rous of reducing our stock as low as possible, before mtiking fall purchases, we will offer many great bargains for CASH. A. B. CRAMER A CO. aug9 I UMBER.—6o,ooofeet Oak, White J and Yellow Pine Lumber on hands and for sale by J. B. WILLIAMS A CO . junl4,'67tf Bloody Run, l'a. CO TT A(i E BEMINARV F<Hi YOUNG LADIES, POTTSTOWN. PA —This Institution is located on the and Reading Railroad, two hours ride froml'hiladel phia. The next yearly session will open Tuesday, September 10th. to continue ten months. Terms for Boarding and Tuition for ten months, $2BO. Extras at the usual rates For rurtber informa tion send for circular to Rev. JOHN MOORE, jul26ui3 Principal. DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNER SHIP.—We, the undersigned, having done business under the name ami firm of Stover A llol singer. hereby give notice that said firm has this dav been dissolved by mutual consent. STOVER .V HOLSINGER The notes nnd books of said firm will he left in the hands of C. R. Stover for collection, at their old stand. Woodbhrry, May 27, 1867. The business will be '• r nducted under the name and firm of C. R. Stover A Co. Thankful for past favors, we would respectfully ask the continuance of the same for the future. We invite the public tii call and oxamino >ur stock of GOODS, as we shall, as before, keep a general assortment of all kinds of goods usually kept in a country store. jun7m3 C. R. STOVER A CO. OO 00 PER HOUR realized by our s agents. For particulars enclose stamp and address KKCIIART, CRIDER A BRO., York, Pa. \Y r ASH INGTON AND J EFFER- Yf SON COLLEGE. NEXT TERM OPENS WEDNESDAY. SEP. 18. Apply to the PRESIDENT, Canonsburg, or to the Vice President, Washington, Pa. aug23w4 YirORTHY OF NOTE! \\ The place to buy good BOOTS AND SHOES, cheap, is at the Bargain Store of G. R AW. OSTER. They have just received a large assortment of superior quality. Bedford, Aug. 23,'67.w4. ]%TOXEY SAVED! If I The place to buy your goods and save 25 per cent., is at the Great Bargain Store of G. It. & W. OSTER, who arc now selling off (prior to closing, to extend and otherwise repair their Store room) their entire stuck at greatly reduced prices , many goods at and below cost. Bedford, Aug. 23,'67.w6 IVTOTICE.—THE CASH SYSTEM T IN FASHION!—The undersigned takes this method of requesting all persons indebted to him to call their accounts. This notice must be observed. On and after October 1, 1867. he will sell goods for cash and approved product only , having been convinced, by experience, that the cash system is the best for his customers as well as himself. A. L. DEFIBAUUH. aug23m3 rpHIS IS TO GIVE ;NOTICE, That §_ on the 14th day of August, A D., 1867. a Warrant in Bankruptcy was issued against the estate of William Spidle, of Bloody Run, in the county of Bedford and Stateof Pennsylvania, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt on his own petition; that the payment of any debts and delivery of any property belonging to such bankrupt, to him or for his use, and the transfer of any property by him are forbidden by Law ; that a meeting of the Creditors of the said Bankrupt, to prove their Debts, and to choose one or more Assignees of his Estate, will be held at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be halden at the office of John Cessna, Esq.. in Bedford, Bedford county, State of Pennsylvania, before Hastings tlehr, Register, on the 17th day of September, A. 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Roots and Shoes, all sizes and prices, j Hats, a large assortment, from 15 cents up. Coffee, 25, 28 and 80. Green and Black Teas, from $1.50 up ! to $2.20. Sugars, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, and best at 19 cents. Rice, 121 cts per lb. Clothing—Linen Coats, $1.50, 1.75 and $2.00. We will aell Goods for CASH and PRODUCE only, unless otherwise specified, and then we will require a Note, wkh Interest from date, and in no case will these terms be deviated from. We expect TO SELL GOODS AT SUCH LOW FIG URES that the consumers will see at once that it is TO THEIR INTEREST TO BUY FOR CASH or PRODUCE. You need not have any fears about paying high prices for goods to make up for losses sustained from customers who never pay for the goods they buy. YOU CAN SAVE AT LEAS T TEN PER CENT BY BUYING FOR CASH. J. M. SHOEMAKER'S, jun2B,'67. No. 1 Anderson's Row. gPLENDID OPENING of CHEAP SPRING and SUMMER GOODS, AT FARQUHAR'S Ne ic Bar gain Store, REED'S BUILDI.NO. CALICOES, (good) - 12ic. do (best) - - 18c. 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A liberal discount is made to persons advertising by the quarter, half year, or year, as follows: 3 months. 6 months. 1 year. *One square - - - $4 50 $6 00 $lO 00 Two squares - - - 600 900 16 00 Three squares - - - 8 00 12 00 20 00 Quarter column - - 14 00 20 00 35 00 Half column - - - 18 00 25 00 45 00 One column - - - - 30 00 45 00 80 00 *one square to occupy one inch of space. JOB PRINTING, of every kind, done with neatness and dispatch. THE GAZETTE OFFICE has j just been refitted with a Power Press and new type, j and everything in the Printing line can be execu- I ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest I rates —TERMS CASH. All letters should be addressd to MEYERS A MENGEL, Publishers. AFFAIR* IX Nil hill lIAX'S KING ROW. Radical Crimes in Texas Delaileil- The True Canute of lite Troubles in that Slate—A Ooctinient for the Conn try to Ponder. Ac. Governor Throckmorton publishes, in the Texas Slate daze tie, a document which in the first part is a defence from the charge of <teneral Sheridan, that lie was an impediment in the way of re construction, and in the second he re ports on the General, and proves that I the General was an impediment. We make the following striking extracts : It cannot be forgotten that extraor dinary impediments to the proper exe cution of the acts of Congress have been thrown in the way, Ist. By circular order 13, which tilled the whole coun try with consternation, and forced the impression upon the minds of the peo ple that it made no difference what they did, they were not to have the benefit of the laws, but were to he op pressed and humiliated by the exercise of unlawful power. 2d. By refusing to appoint persons to fill vacancies in State ofliees except such as could take the "test oath." 3d. By delay in ap pointing boards of registration in many counties, where, il appointed, the work , had not commenced as late as a month j since. 4th. By selecting none as reg- j istrars but those of one political party, and they, as a general rule, of the most violent and prejudiced of their party. sth. By appointing negroes on the Board of Registrars, who are notori ously incompetent, when respectable and intelligent white men could have been obtained without trouble, who ! had been through the war and are yet loyal to the government. 6th. By the exclusion of sextons of cemeteries, of j auctioneers, police jurors, managers j and clerks of elections, members of po lice, under-wardens of workhouses, school directors, Ac., from registration, not to mention ferrymen, overseers of; the roads, foreigners by birth who at-, tained their majority in America, but; had no naturalization papers, and many other classes not excluded by law, but excluded by the registrars. 7th. By the manifest disinclination of the milita ry authorities to believe in the sinceri ty of the declarations of the State offi cials, the newspaper press and the peo ple, of their desire to comply with the acts of Congress. The property of citizens has been used without compensation—not in a few isolated cases, but in many ; not alone the property of those who en gaged in the war against, but of those who were through the struggle and are yet faithful to, the general govern ment. The Freed men's Bureau has exercised power not conferred upon it, its agents' have made arrests, and imposed penal ties not justified by the law nor sus-: tained by reason. Under pretence that the civil rights act had been violated, citizens have been arrested and re strained of their liberty, without the process or forms required by that law, and for offences alleged to have been committed long anterior to its passage. The town of Brenham was set on fire by United States soldiers, and a large amount of property destroyed. If the deed was not instigated by the officer in command, it was perpetrated almost in his immediate presence, and no ef fort was made to prevent it, nor to pun ish the offenders. The judgments and decrees of the courts have been prevented from being executed, and have been ordered to be set aside, and indictments and papers in criminal and civil causes have been forcibly taken and destroyed, and the judges required to dismiss suits in a number of cases. A decree of the District Court of the United States, for the Western District of Texas, was interfered with, and for a time, its execution was prevented. Frecdmcn charged by indictment with high crimes have been protected from arrest and trial. One charged with an attempt at rape upon a girl 14 years of age was taken from jail by or der of an agent of the Freedmeu's Bu reau, and when the facts were made known the agent was not punished, nor the criminal returned to the officers of the law. Two citizens, arrested by and in cus- BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13. 1867. tody of a company of soldiers, were murdered in less than an hour after their arrest by the person (himself a fu gitive from justice) who pointed them out, and at whose Instigation they were arrested. Upon the testimony of soldiers, who were present, the officer in command was indicted as accessory to this murder, yet he was not delivered tip for trial. The following is a specimen of some of the orders that have been issued— this by an officer of the grade of first lieutenant : Special Orders No. 8. It having come to my knowledge that lawless men, perjured traitors, en emies of law, order, and of the United States, sympathizers, aiders and abet tors of t lie Burns and Clarks' thieves, outlaws, and assassins, have been en gaged in making threats, and in other notorious, disorderly, and disloyal con duct; and it havingconie to my knowl edge that certain numerous citizens here and in the vicinity of this post, profess to be opposed to these lawless scoundrels, and to be friendly to and willingtoaid in maintaining the au thority of the United States govern ment: This is, therefore, to notify the former that for the first over act no quarter will be given, and the Inter that they wit I be held responsible in person and property. Under order of this officer for arrest of citizens, a house was surrounded at night, two of the inmates were shot, bayoneted and beaten with the butt of guns. The excuse was that resistance was made and the soldiery fired on. The dying declaration of one t>f the men slain, corroborated by the sworn statement of survivors of the family, were, that the house was surrounded by men unknown to them, and their surrender demanded, which at first was refused, but when the father was informed that the military authority of the United States demanded the ar rest of his two sons, the officer was in formed that they would yield, and he was invited to come into the house, and that upon the entrance of the offi cer, followed by some of the men, the work of death commenced. This man stated further that when he had par tially revived from the wounds he had received, hearing the crowd in the yard, he seized his gun and tired on them, and then crawled out and ex tinguished the fire at the end of the house. The Executive of the State in formed Major-General Griffin of the oc currences, and without expressing cen sure or oxculpaJLintf the cili/.ens of any offence, expressed the fear that a great wrong had been committed, and made a respectful request that a commission of army officers should investigate the acts. His request was not complied with. Certain laws of the State are set a side, and others are not allowed to be enforced. In accordance with the constitution the Legislature abolished five of the Judicial Districts of the State, and five judges and the same number of district attorneys went out of office. Two of these districts have been revived, and two judges restored by military re script. The other three districts are not restored, probably because the po litical faith of the judges is not of a character to suit those who exercise the power. The jury laws of the State, if not a bolished, have been amended by an edict, and new qualifications are requir ed. In many counties a jury cannot be had ; in others, only by taking negroes 011 the panel, who have only the new qualification, and none of the other requisites demanded by the law. In many counties the courts cannot be held for the trial of criminal offences, and the counties are burdened with ac cumulating debts. In others, the lives, liberty, and property of the people are determined and adjudicated by a class of jurors not qualified by law, and to tally unfit, from their previous condi tion in life, to discharge properly the responsibility so suddenly thrust upon them. Reeeutly a respectable citizen, up wards of 70 years of age, in feeble health, upon the complaint of a freedman that he had obstructed his registration, was arrested and confined by the military in this city. Notwithstanding his own ill health, the sickness of his family, his asseverations of innocence, and that he could so prove by white and black testimony, and his offer to furnish any amount of pecuniary bail, as well as the pledge of individuals of the first re spectability, to be present for trial when required, yet this was refused, lie was placed in a hospital, and finally, but not until he was dying, the request of his friends, that he might be removed to more comfortable quarters, wascom plied with. He died in a few hours af ter his removal. The frontier ol this State has been one continuous scene of butchery and devastation. IC2 persons have been murdered; 21 wounded, and 43 women and children carried into captivity by the Indians within the last two years. Within the last mouth seven personsare known to have been murdered, and sev en carried into captivity. Besides this, hundreds of thousands of dollars in val uable property have been destroyed and carried away by them. These things have been brought to the attention of the commanding Gen eral of the Department, and his aid is earnestly besought. I was told by him in answer thereto, that there were more casualties occurring from outrages per petrated upon Union inenandfreedmen in the interior of the State than occurs from Indian depredations on the frontier; that the former greatly ex ceeded the latter, and are induced by rebellious sentiment. I was, however, promised assistance, but it came tardi ly* The consequence is that troops are still scattered over the interior, where all is and has been peaceful, and when the civil authorities are able to main tain order and afford protection to the inhabitants. Troops have been sqnt to the frontier, hut not in sufficient num bers. The posts are at great distances from each other, and can afford hut lit tle protection. The incursions on and butcheries of defenceless people by the Indians still continue, and some, of these posts are barely able to protect themselves. Many other things might beenumer ated to show that whilst my accusers charge Jhat 1 have not proper respect for the laws of Congress, and am an impediment to their due execution, they themselves have evinced in their conduct but little regard either for the laws of Congress or of the State, or the wellbeing of society. All these tilings have the people of Texas borne, and are yet bearing, quiet ly. Still, they have not lost hope that reason will again dawn upon the Amer ican mind and do them justice. In August, ist>.j, Governor Hamilton, who had been appointed provisional governor, arrived at the seat of gov ernment, and some time elapsed be fore the local organizations of the coun ties could be effected; and though for many reasons the Governor was per sonally no favorite with the people, he was treated with ail the respect due to the position he occupied; and instead of being thwart'-d in his measures, all the aid that could be asked wasextend ed to him in every effort to restore or der. And though in the meantime the negroes had been liberated from their former obligations, and were not inclined to labor, the people went to work with a hearty good will, not withstanding the difficulties which at tended the new system of labor, to mend their broken fortunes and to re store again prosperity to the State.— There were but few idlers among the white population, as the products of the field and the pasture sent to market will show. The people were satisfied that wheth er the war was just or not, their defeat was irrevocable; nobody thought or dreamed of further resistance; but they were ready to bear it. In the meantime the courts, federal and State, were organ ized; thejudges held their courts v'i-fh regularity and freedom, as formerly; the marshals and sheriffs served writs and made arrests without let or hindrance; the proceses of the courts were duly executed; real estate appreciated in the market, and all things seemed to indicatean early return to prosperity. The President of the United Shites issued his amnesty proclamation; the people who were so entitled availed themselves of it, and those who were not, sought special pardon. As soon as it became apparent, under the liberal policy of the President, that the great body of those lately engaged in the war were to be admitted to the rightsof citi zenship, we began to hear murmuring from certain quarters. Indications were soon manifested of a disposition to defeat a reorganization of the State 011 the basis prescribed. Every South ern State had already organized its State government except Texas. Be ing ably 110 longer to delay it, the Pro visional Governor ordered an election of delegates to a State convention —men of all shades of opinion were candidates, and the vote of the State was full ; no riot or discord occurred anywhere, and the convention assemble'l 011 the 7th February, 1860. It adopted every measure which was demanded as a pre requisite. It heard and obeyed the voice of the President, the only voice which spoke with authority; and this authority, at the time, seemed to be supported by views of the most enlight ened statesmen and journalists of the North. The abolition of slavery was recognized; the war debt of the rebellion was repudiated ; the ordinance and doctrine of secession was abandon ed, and the permanency of the Union and supremacy of thelawsof the Uni ted States declared ; many rights were conferred upon the newly liberated class. Provision was made for their future education—for the equal preser j vation of their lives, liberty and proper ty with others, and for the bestowal of other rights and privileges whenever they should become competent to ex ercise them. Had it been known that more would have been required, to obtain representation in the national councils and local government, such further requisites would have been con ceded in the same spirit. The truth is, the people were tired of war and its desolations, and most earn estly longed for peace and its blessings. If they had sinned they had grievously suffered, and were ready to make the atonement. Many hearthstones, once happy, had been made desolate; many who had been reared in luxury, were now penniless; but there was no repin ing over the past—all eyes hopefully turned to the future. But the storm was brewing, which Was destined to sweep over the country as a whirlwind. A small party had already been form ed who were really, though not avow edly, opposed to the President's policy. His policy was too liberal, and too ma- VOL. 62.—WHOLE No. 5,409. Ny had been restored totherhrhtsofcit izenship. Thetru'h is that they feared j that before the intelligent portion of j the community their claims to office 1 would be rejected. I fence they propos \ e<l the enfranchisment of the blacks with the right of suffrage. This was a question of policy—and inasmuch as many the of most intelligent eommuni tiesat the North have continued to re fuse the ballot to their colored popula i tion who are more or less educated, it i was supposed that we could refuse it to the ignorant blacks in our midst, with out d inger of incurring any penalty.— ' The proposition was therefore rejected. The Convention having adjourned, j all parties went again before the people j at a general election—very few if any openly opposed the plan of reconstruc- I tion adopted, but the defeated party were charged by their opponents, and were believed by the people to be op posed to it. Upon the result of the e leetion being made known the Presi ■ dent authorized the government to be turned over to the officers chosen by the people who were, generally well qualified for the duties they were called I to fill. Peace was proclaimed, we and i bleieved we had entered on a new era of i prosperity. The legislation of the I country shows it. Immigration and capital were invited to the State. Com panies to develop our mines and min eral springs, to improve our bays and harbors, to make railroads and canals, I to build shops, to erect manufactures, to improve towns and cities were form j ed and chartered. Courts wereestablish ■ ed; the taxes, the public debt, thepub | lie buildings and institutions, dissem ination of the laws, and decisions of our courts, public schools and univer isties, public lands, with every other matter of general interest, received due attention. Nor was the freedman for gotten. The penal codes were changed to meet his new condition, and upon him was conferred every right which ' was enjoyed by the white man that he might be enabled to protect his life, : liberty, and property. Under this order of things the laws j have been regularly, peacefully execu ted, rights have been adjudicated, ! criminals have been arrested, tried, and punished without interruption both in , the State and federal courts, saving on i lysuch interruptions as have been made by those who now charge me as being ian impediment to the execution of law. In view of these facts, what shall be | said of those politicians who, being do ! feated in the State election, abandoned j their country to disseminate through out the Northern States the misrepre sentations and slanders which have brought upon the country so direful a I calamity as unrestrained martial law ; | or, what of those 1 who securely remain j in the State, and by anonymous letters , to the Northern journals and politicians I falsely representing f he lawlessness ! and disloyalty of the people, eontribu ' ted largely to the same end? It is true that the commission of crime I has been frequent, and that offenders ! have not always been punished. Hut ' the same may be said of every State in | the Union, and in this regard, it is be lieved that Texas presents no worse re cord than older and more favored ' States. lint it is insisted that the Legislature, in refusing to accept the proposed a mendment ol" the Constitution of the United States, known as the fourteenth article, was an evidence of disloyalty. That amendment was proposed under the forms of the Constitution, and, it was believed, in its spirit that is that it was to be deliberated upon freely, and accepted or rejected by the several States, according to their own ideas of public policy, and their own interest to be affected thereby. When submitted to this .•state it had been considered re jected by a number of the States repre sented in the national councils. It was by t he Legislature respectfully received, referred, reported up<m and debated, and believing it was manifestly con trary to tiie interest of the State and the whole Union, it was rejected. This was only the exercise of their sound discretion. They only had acted as they had been invited to do. Had they known that the acceptance of it was absolutely necessary, that the State should have the privilege of a lo cal government of their own choice, and representation in Congress, it would have been adopted. No charge, therefore, can be more wanton and un just, than to attribute the motive for rejection to a spirit of disloyalty. The loyalty of the great mass of the people is unquestionable. They are obedient to the law; they have borne with every law, even with the enfran chisement of the blacks, and disfran chisement of the whites, with equa nimity, and without useless murmur ing. No tumult or sedition has occur red; noorganization exists to impede the laws; and so careful have the people been to give no color to such a charge, that though their most vital interests are now at stake, no party organization has been made against the present ul tra party which seeks to enslave them. —Since the first of June, a disease of the nature of dysentery or cholera mor bus has prevailed along the Mississippi River, in Arkansas, and hundreds of persons, both white and black, have been carried off. Almost every planta tion has lost from one to thirty persons. On onesthall plantation, a fewdaysago, nine negroes died within forty-eight hours. An abatement of the disease is not looked for until the corning of cold weather. PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT. A Warning Against Intended Obstruction ol tlic Execution oftlie Laws. Tile AIIIIJ and Navy Enjoined to As*lt and Sustain the Judiciary. Ehe People Exhorted to Maiiiiuin the Niipremacv of the Federal Constitution. I i Ihe Earns of the Euitcd States Shall aird V* ill be Enforced. An Amnesty Proclamation In be Issued. W ASHINOTON, September 3. PROCLAMATION 11V THE PRESIDENT. The following proclamation was is sued this afternoon by the President of the United States: A PROCLAMATION. W7 lereas, By the Constitution of the United States, the Executive power is vested in a President of the United States of America, who is bound by a solemn oath, faithfully to exeeute the office of President, and to the best of his ability, to preserve, protect and de fend the Constitution of the United States, and is, by the same instrument, made( 'onmiander-in-l hiefof the Army and Navy of the United States, and is required to take care that the laws be faithfully executed ;anil, 11 'herens, By the said Constitution, it is provided that the United States which shall bo made t in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, and the Judges in every State shall lie bound thereby; and, 11 ' hereto *, In and by the same Consti tution, the judicial power of the United States is vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may, from time to time, ordain ed e.-> tablish, and the aforesaid jucßKtfl pow er is declared to extend to alLcase* in law and equity arising unaeTrne Con stitution, the laws of the United States, and the treaties which shall be made under their authority ; and, llVicmw, All officers, civil and mili tary, are bound by oath that they will support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign anil domes tic, and will bear true faith and allegi ance to the same ; and, Whereas, All officers of the Army and Navy of the United States, in accepting their commissions under the laws of Congress and the rules and articles of war, incur an obligation to observe, obey and follow such directions as they shall, from time to time, receive from the President, or the General, or other superior officers set over them accor ding to the rub s and discipliueof yar; and, Whereas, It is provided by law that whenever by reason of unlawful ob structions, combinations or assembla ges of persons, or rebellion against the government of the United States, it shall become impracticable, in thejudg ment of the President of the United States, to enforce, by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the laws of the United States, within any State or Territory, the Executive in that case is authorized and required to secure their faithful execution by the employ ment-of the land and navy forces and, Whereas, Impediments and obstruc tions, serious in their character, have recently been interposed in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina, hindering and preventing, for a time, a proper enforcement there of the laws of the Unite d States, and of the judg mentsaiul decrees of a lawful court thereof, in disregard of the command of the President of the United States; and, Whereas, Reasonable and well-foun ded apprehensions exist that such ill advised proceedings may he again at tempted there or elsewhere. Note, there/ore, 1, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do here by warn all persons against obstruct ing or interfering, in any manner whatso ever, the faithful execution of the Con stitution and the laws, and command all officers of the government, civil and military, to render duesubmission and obedience to the said laws and to the judgments and deercees of the courts of the United States and to give all the aid 111 their power nec essary to the prompt enforcement and execution of such laws, decrees, judg ments and processes. And I do hereby enjoin upon the offi cers of the army and navy to assist and sustain the courts and other civil au thorities ol the United States, in a faith 1n 1 administration of the laws thereof, and in the judgments, decrees, man dates, and processes of the courts of the United States; and I call upon all good and well-disposed citizens of the Uni ted States to remember that upon the said Constitution and Laws and upon thejudgments, decrees, and processes of the courts made in accordance with the same, depend the protection of the lives, liberty,and happinessofthe people;and i exhort them everywhere to testify their devotion to their country, their pride in its prosperity and greatness, and their determination to uphold its free institutions, by a hearty co-opera tion in the efforts of the government to sustain the authority of law, to main tain the supremacy of the Federal Con stitution, and to preserve, unimpaired, the integrity of the national Union. In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal to be affixed to these presents, and sign the same with my hand. Done at the City of Washington, the third of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-sev en. (Signed) ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: WM. H. SEWARD, Sec'y of State. —St. Louis has had thirty suicides during the present summer. It is no wonder that people -become disgusted with life in aStateandcityso radically oppressed that preachers cannot preach, teachers cannot .each and Sisters of Mercy cannot carry relicfand sympathy to the sick and without being dragged before a court or thrown into prison by godless Radicals. A letter from Arizona states that there arc "ten Indian massacres to ev ery one reported."
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