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.
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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.
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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.
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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. D., 1867. at 11 o'clock, A. M.
'IHQS. A. ROWLEY.
aug23w4 U.S. Marshal.
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i
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Calicoes, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 cents.
i
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Cassimeres, 75, 90, 100, 110, 120, 150 a
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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."