Friday Morula*. January 24.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
HABKISBURG, January 17, 1868.
'DEAR READER:— The editor, hav
ing concluded to look in upon the do
ings 9f {he Legislature, has the pleas
ure (p> called) of addressing you from
the State Capital, i >.
Yesterday l 'we wended our way to
"the hitf," and sat down amid the as
sembled wisdom of Pennsylvania. In
the House of Representatives, a resolu
tion endorsing the action of the U. S.
Senate in restoring Stanton to the War
Office, wks under discussion. The de
bate was fierce and furious. The Itadi- 1
cals raked over the ashes of the late j
war, And sought dilligently among the j
blackened cinders of the bale-fires of
that unhappy conflict, for a single un
quenbhed coal with which to fire 1 the
"loyal heart." But hot the smallest
spark could be found, and Radicalism,
chilled by the frosts of October, was
warmed only by the terrible flagella
tion administered by the speakers on
the Democratic side. Rincehl ranted,
Herr and Hickman harrowed up the
souls of , (the "loyal," with the most
heart-rending accounts of Democratic'
"treason?," the member from Tioga'
strove to strang-Ie the Democratic op
position, and his colleague from Potter
Man-gled the King's English in ter
rific denunciation of President John
son ; but all in vain. The Democratic
speakers, Messrs. Jenks, Chalfant, Lin
ton, Tjeise and others, literally skinned
them, and they were fain to close the
debate by moving the previous ques
tion. •> at tJ ln,l t. • •
The course of the UriitedStates Sen
ate in forcing Stanton back into the
Cabinet, and the lqetidacity. of Gen.
Grant in violating his word pledged to
the President, have caused much feel
ing in political circles. AS for Stanton
himself, he is held in contempt, even
by those who applaud the Senate for
his restoration. The man who is
thrUst ont of the family of his neigh
bor, and then seeks to force himself up
-5 . . * • t I > • .if
op the society Qf .that fciquly, is not
generally .considered much of a gentle
mau. r. Much less is the cabinet minis
ter, who is to advise and consult "with
the Resident, a gentleman, if he drawl
back into the Presidential family after
he has heen kicked out r of it, Such a
man can only be regarded with con--
tempt and disguist, and his name will
be Written down in history as that of a
mean and groveling wretch, who sacri
flced hjs owu honor to carry, out the
malignant purposes of his, party. But
the indignation against Stanton, is no
greater than that manifested toward
Gen. Gtfant. "You can't make a silk
J, .1 ■. ■ . : • - t ■■■ I .<
purse of a sow's ear," and that a decent
man pan be made of one who was wont
to wallow in the gutter, appears to be
equally impossible, as shown by the
case of'this man Grant. It is well
known that before the war, Grant was
a man of dissolute habits and of doubt
ful standing in society. In his inter
course With President Johnson, he has
proved that he cannot be trusted by
his friends and that he is nothing, after
all. but a successful cut-throat. We
■
speak plainly, for we know whereof we
affirm. When it became evident that
the U. !3. : Senate would re-Instate Stan
ton, Gen. Grant declared to President
. : ..... I ' f .11. I if It '
Johnson, that he would either resign,
so that another Secretary of War ad in
terim could be appointed, or ho wonld
hold on until Stanton's right to the
place cotild be tested before the Supreme
Court. This declaration teas made to
the President repeatedly by Grant, and
the understanding between them was,
that Grant should Inform the Presi
dent which course he would pursue,
before ithe action of the Senate was con
summated;. -Instead .oC keeping his
word, M Went out of tire : War • Depart
ment like kkheemSteallng dbg itnd pefr
. i .! I lii'li it t-'jiiv. HI!
netted Stanton to crawl in ,before the
wqs .GWare of it. , . f Vinoug
common people;: audi conduct.. .would;
brand the man guilty of it as a liar and
a-traiter;- What tho name for it should
be' Gen; 1 (Grant's case; we leJve to
the decisiort of' those who ktlow just
exactly bow muqh , fimijooeN and,
treachery ought to be covered by the
mantle of the Lieutenant-Generalship.
The people can now take the measure
of this'lock-ja\v candidate for Presi
dent. A man who falls to keep his
solemn plwJges to will fail to
keep them to the people. ~ -
But the end is hot vet. The miser-
HI > II i I )S :
able qaj(iff \vho has forced hi msel f
back into the office from which he was
ejected, is not; and haver will be, re
cognized hy : the Presiderit as Secretary
of War. He may sit upon his stool
and issue orders, hißlike thoweof King'
Canutes the sea, they will not I>e
machine of his own, let him drive along,
and *6 shall dee how fgr he"wlll get."
1 9 ' >i,i' j • ° ,j
A aifaificant fact, in thia connexion, is j
* " feS|
the disapprobation of the course of.-the
Senate, by such Radfcafeorgifis as the)
X. Y. Times , the V. jt. ' ommenial,
N. Y. Evening 7W, Springfield I MRks.) j
Republican and other journals of a like
character. Indeed, Grant himself,
particeps crfminis as he is, has declared
that he Was "chagrfAed at his own
singular conduct toward the President,"
and has asked Stanton to resign.
Forgetful of the lesson of last fall,
the Radicals in Congress are daily be
coming more aml moreextreme. There
are now twt> hills before that body
which arc intended to abolish the Exe
cutive branch of tne Government, and
to render the Supreme Court of the
United States a nullity. The one takes
all control of the military commanders
in the South fVorn the President and
yests It in Gen. Grant; the other re
quires two-thirds of the Judges of the
Supreme Court, (instead of a majority,
as at present) to declare an act of Con
gress unconstitutional; that is to say,
one third can decide an act of Congress
constitutional, whilst twice that num
ber of the Judges are required to decide
it unconstitutional* Justice in Con
gres, should be represented by a set of
hay-SCales with three blind jack-asses
standing upon them to balance the Con
stitution, Law and Precedents. Even
Grant, toady as he is to the Radicals,
can't stand this sort of legislation, but
has entered his usual milknnd-water
protest against it. Meanwhile, the
industrial and financial interests of the
country, languish and decay; bank
ruptcy stares the nation in the face;
the few become richer, the many poor
er ; debt, taxation and starvation
• • ' • f | / • '
threaten , the "lqwer . million" with
untold wretchedness; and yet,Congress
pushes forward the revolution. What
is in store for us God only knows.
B. F. M.
FROM WASHINGTON.
, {Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. J
The ('resident and Mr. Ntnntoii.
WASHINGTON, Jan. I&.—There is a
decided lull in the excitement that has
prevailed here for the past week, and
to-day ; we have .neither a startling
fkct-nora sensational rumor to record.
It is well understood, by those conver
sant with the purposes of the adminis
tration, that none of the extravagant
things,,aud questionable orders men
tioned, in dispatches, sent hence were
ever contemplated, or under considera
tion by the President, and that they
only in. the brains of the
writers .of the sensational telegrams
which disturbed the citizens and com?
nierclal communities or the Northern
Cities, during, ,the week just closed.
There js reason to expect that Mr.
Stanton may resign in a few days.
,Gen. Grant was again with him to
night and unqualifiedly expressed his
opinion,that Mr. Stanton should resign,
and Geu. Sherman yesterday earnest-,
ly advised the same course. Meantime
Mr. Stanton is reduced to the merest
clerkship ip the War Department.
The President will not permit an order
to be sent from that department except
in strict accordance with law, which
being literally followed, will prevent
any order issuing from the Secretary
of War as heretofore, and compel eve
rything of that character to be issued
by direction of the President. Gen.
Grant will only recognize orders from
the President. DATA.
How THE NEXT PRESIDENCY IS TO
BE MANAGED. —The New York World
expresses the conviction that if the A
merican people sanction the reconstruc
tion pf the South under the military
bills, and allow it to be carried into ef
fect, the entire vote of that section in
the presidential contest will be radical.
The editor says:
And in ascertaining for whom the
vote will be given no one need pursue
his inquiries south of Washington.
The Schenck committee can answer any
such inquiry in advance; for that conii
mittee will in fact cast the ballot-for the
whole Africanized South. If that com
mittee says "Chase," Chase will get the
vote. If that committee says "Grant,"
Grant will receive it. If that commit
tee says "Butler," the cork will fly, and
the unbottled hero will pocket the votes
of the teu States. This is all indis
putably true. That committee, engi
neers the whole business, and employs
and pays its army of agents and mani
pulators, and every part Of the itlofister
?.ml diabolical machinery • responds
aithfnlly. to ils will, .r v . <• -i
AlftC New Ki<li<*al i:m
?ftie *NV 'Y. fferq!(l presumes it \vill
iint "violate imperial, cbnfidehee"''hy'
character of tfie gov
fnineiit aiHT household of the new and
ilagnifieept empire proposed to he e
recied, by the Radicals upon the ruins
Of republican liberty in the, United
&tatps. lb-re it i-:
His Imperial Highness Ulysses I.
Monarch of all he surveys.
Imperial Monthpioee aud keeper of
the Imperial Word and Conscience—
K. B. Washbnrne.
Minister of Confiscated Estates, and
ana General Factotum of the Imper
ial Mansion—Thaddeus Stevens. :
Minister of Military Injustice—Ed
ward M. Stanton.
Minister of the Radical Rackand Po
litical Joint Twister in General—Heorge
S. Boutweli. 1
Usher of the Black Rod—l red. Doug
lass.
Eord High Chamberlain and Picker
Up of all the Imperial Old lUibts, Old
Hats, and Old Clothe--Generally—John 1
W. Forney. <:-/ 1 1, ,• v?. d
Imperial Soft impeacherand Knight 1
Commander of the Order of the sul- '
pluireous Bath—James M. Ashley. ]
Imperial Windmill and Chief of
the Imperial BioWpipers—J. W. Hunn
ieutt.
Court Watchman—Henry Wilson.
Court Hangman—Ben. Wade.
Keeper of the Imperial Bedchamber
—Chailes Sumner.
Lady in Waiting—Anna Dickinson.
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r: ~ ; ' 1 1) I ■ i !
WASHINGTON Jan. 15, ; I&6S.—There
was receive*l at the headquarters of,
the army to-day, a copy of the letter
addressed by Major (ionera! Hancock
to the Governor of Texas, who asks,-,
for reasons stated, that a military com
mission be appointed to try three per
sons for the crime of murder.
General Hancock, in reply, expresses
the opinion that the existing govern-1
ment of Texas possess ail the powers,
necessary for the proper auij prompt
trial of the prisoners in question, in
due course of law, and says:
"It inUst lie a (natter of profound re
gret to all who valueconstitutional gov-1
eminent, that there should be occasions,
in times of civ\T commotion, when the
public good imperatively requires the ■
intervention of the military power for (
the repression of disorders in thebody. s
politic, and.for the punishment of of
fenses against the existing laws of a.
country, framed for the preservation
of social order ;.but that the interven- i
tion of this .power should be called lor
or,even suggested, by a civil magis- j
traie, when the laws are no , longer f
silent, and civil magistrates are possess- :
ed,in theii' respective spheres, of all the I
pow'ers necessary to give elfect to the !
laws, excites the surprise of the Com- j
maucler of the Fifth Military District, j
Conrieeticutjoker was recently]
fined sls for playing ghost. / (
JtRWI AJID OTHER ITBJH.
I BAi/POUJtu;, January 17.—The Hon.;,
j vA
! ator to-dfcy4ry thtvfeegi ■
i first ballot, to succeed Reverdy John
| son. The vote stood Swann, 49; Ham
ilton, 60; Judge Merrick, 5.
I A'chv* tejb of the
f "pfis&4?e through ttiai'city 3 , by express, j
of a body who lately ran away from
Lake' City, Minnesota, and went to
Boston, where lid gbt hard up, and
as his father did not think it best to
setfd him money to pay his fair home, I
he. was expressed by the .Merchrnts'j
Union, a broad tag.being sewed on his j
hat, on which numerous express agents j
had nqide their mark.
' —A couple in Oregon got tired of
living together, and mutually signed !
a paper NVhiCh they drew up for them- '
j selves —the wife gave her "beloved j
j husband a full divorce, an<i wishing
him all the happiness lie could get," j
and husband giving his wife "a little |
j rat colored mule."
—ln the Southern States, the total j
! registration of voters numbers 631.791 j
| whites and 697,960 blacks. In 1860, j
I there were in these States 668.961 votes
; cast at the Presidential election.
I A paper mill at the town of North j
: Shapleigh, in Maine, is at present en- j
! gaged in manufacturing leather board, i
I made of leather chipst, &c. It employs ,
j ten hands, and turns out about one ton j
; per day. . n • .•
—A hoy in Louisville, who had been '
j : reduced to great debility by frequent j
j and copious bleeding at the nose, for j
j which the physicians' could not ac
! count, sneezed out a thorn ft few days |
j ago, when the hemorrhages ceased, and J
l he is now regaining hisstrength.
| —Total amount of oil held in the oil j
! region in bulk boats, iron and wooden
j storage tanks, and on the hand of
i producers is 634,600 barrels; average
i daily production 11,036 barrels. Num
ber of new wells drilling 132; capacity!
of iron tankage 764,098 barrels; capaci- j
ty of iron tankage empty 208,098 bar-!
rels.
—A Nashville paper states that Pres
ident Johnson has purchased a fine
| farm of several hundred acres, contain
ing a superior mill site in Greene coun
ty, Tennessee lie intends re
tiring at the close of his term.
—The Italian newspapers complain
of the great increase of brigandage in
that country, the brigands frequently
putting their captives to death when
ransoms are not forthcoming.
—The internal revenue records just
tnodq public .show that the receipts for
amusements in New York and Brook
lyn last year amounted to $3,163,575.
J^iblo's.heads the list with $505,864
the work of the "Black Crook."
They have an exhibition of the
"Last Agonies of Abraham Lincoln,"
at an anatomical gallery in Boston. —
The- nost thing wtu profenbly be the
agonies of Mrs. Lincoln while attempt
ing to sell her wardrobe.
! —'The greatest activity now exists in
both political parties in New Hamp
shire, and eminent speakers on both
sides are soon to take the stump.
—Prairie chickens are so plentiful in
lowa that it is deemed a waste of pow
der to shoot at them. They are easily
knocked down and captured by men
who use only sticks.
—lt is said that the water is under
mining the Horse Shoe Fall, Niagara,
and that by-and-by the latter will tum
ble out. ,
—Two officers, by direction of Gen.
Meade,areiuvestigatingeharges of mal
administration against city officials of
Augusta, Ga., appointed by Gen. Pope.
—A' Massachusetts railroad has re
cently built along its line several miles
of high board fence to prevent the
drifting of snow upon its track in win
ter.
—The net earnings of the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad for
the year 1867 were $2,443,114, against
$2,374,991 in 186$—showing ap increase
of $63,122.
—lt is reported that President John
son has not been to a theatre or any
place of public amusement for the last
ten years.
—Postmaster Keliey has returned
more than B,ooo.letters addressed to thei
proprietor of a single gift fraud in New ,
York...i. .i , ...1 ! .!.. . ..i >!>..; *
! —The graveyards within the Metro- :
politari district of London cover 587
Cres of ■ gVound - ," tiiid l*6hl lhbre than
half a million otfiiead. < ! 1 < ■ •!;/ ) .n
: —The PdtfCrbon (N'. 3.) Locomotive
•vVorks* havfe received Orders for making
ttaty eftgihes for the P.tcifl • railroad.
i —Utah is becoming a manufacturing
j-Cgion. —Announcements are made of
the erection of two. woolen factories
there.
—There have been collected in N. Y.,
for the benefit of the Swedish famine
sufferers $1,500,: and $2,500 additional
has been subscribed but is not yet paid .
Wni ... 0) ; K<tU /l ■ •' • t'M
—New Orleans hairdressers adver
tise a preparation for straightening the i
hair of "intelligent voters."
' —District Attorney Martin, who shot i
Judge Bustebd in Mobile, has been ad
mitted to bail in the sum of £10,000.' \
—Massachusetts legislators are get
ting board at the host hotels in Boston
at three dollars'a day, this winter. > j
—Somebody has written a book on '
unhappy marriages, which he proposes !
to cure by abolishing the marriage in- ;
stitution entirely.
—The mercury went down 30 de-,
grees below zero at Presque Isle, Me., i
last. Friday night*
—Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, it is said,
has received sla,Uoo from the sale of her
husband's Life.
—Counterfeit tens on the first Na
tional Bank of New York are in cireu
laflnn I
tfrogroH* of the fUUiml Whllen- i
ins Pro||h How 11 South.
it IHP® the J{ew Ygrk Herald. J 1
■ g| e rejijarts of the proceedings of the
&uhern liailioil ((institutional con
v€hti(>n<r%dntinae'"fo he diverting and f
characteristic both of the humor, ignor- i
ance, and desperation of Sam bo. It is!
evident that the nigger whitening pro
cess is meeting with but equivocal suc
qess>, is attempted in the
Louisiana where the
blacks, encouraged by their white al
lies, are grasping at more than the
privileges extended to the whites. In
all the public places, in all respectable j
hotels, traveling cars, and steamboats, j
where the discretion of managers and !
agents is exercised in regard to the pro
priety of receiving and entertaing white
guests, that discretion is not to be per-1
mitted in the case of negroes. A white
man drunk can be ejected with impu
nity by a Louisiana landlord, but a
black man drunk can be visited with
no such indignity under the new con
stitution, a black loafer, foul with filth,
, can take his seat beside a white lady
at a hotel table, in the steamboat, sa- j
loon, or railway car, while a white
loafer would be turned adrift without
ceremony. In public assemblages, a
black barbarian can yell to his heart's :
content and commit acts of disturb- '
ance without molestation, while a
white rowdy is hastily despatched to
the nearest station house. Briefly, the
whole scheme of these Louisiana Bad- •
icals is to make the black not only the ;
equal, but the superior, of the white I
man; to break down all the rules of so- j
ciety, looking in their aspiring igno- j
ranee, to the time when a decent white
woman will esteem it an honor to wed
a lazy and besotted black.
In'the Virginia Convention two re
markable events have just occurred,
and nearly at the same time—the rec
ognition of the Deity,.and the appear
ance of Ben. Butler. The Conserva
tives made a call for Henry A. Wise,
hut lie did not appear. Tfie convention
has also just decided two other matters,
both of which have already been set
tled and clinched by the Union 1 arms—
namely, that secession is null and void
and that slavery is forever abolished.
The opening vapors of the North
Carolina Convention begin to arise, but
nothing of a tangible shape has yet ap-
pea reel.. , .... ■ ,
The South Carolina Convention, in
which the blacks have some ten major
ity, is laboring which of two evils to j
Choose—a South Carolina or a Massa
chusetts man, for presiding officer. The j
latter is said to be the blackest.
The Georgia Convention is both hun
! gry and desperate. Things are becotn
i ing more and more gloomy and intri
cate in that State. The presence of
General Meade does not appear to have
smoothed the ruggedness of the situa- 1
tion or softened the asperities of party |
feeling. There is no money either in •
. the State Treasury or the pockets of the !
delegates. It is a beggarly show all i
around. A call is made to Congress to j
donate the public lands to the negroes ,
in order to test their capabilities of self-;
government; It would be a good way
< of getting rid of them.
'The Mississippi Convention is floun
dered between going on with its husi- j
ness and smashing up altogether. The j
proceedings thus far are exceedingly!
farcical; but the negro elerpent predom-;
i nates, at twenty dollars per day each.
Meanwhile the starving darkies in
the interior, as well as in cities, are a
waiting the resaltsof ail these eflbrts
to hasten them on the road to civiliza
tion ; and, when not engaged in pas
times of a more lively and desperate
cnanicter, th£y pass their time in catch
ing catfish, and stealing sweet potatoes.
They are too lazy to earn even their
salt.
The N'ew Amendment to tJe Keeonstrue
■ j lion ActN., . i , . .
The new amendment to the Recon
struction acts, which have been so of
ten amended before, proposes to put
aside the Supreme Court as an inter
preter of the laws, and the President as
the Executor of them, in order that
Congrsess- may absorb into itself all
the functions of Government. It has
heretofore evinced such superior wis
dom, du the restoration of the Jate in
surgent.States, and in the management
of finance and taxation, that it thinks
nothing less than universal power its
due. .
While it proposes to forbid the ju
diciary to pronounce an opinion on cer
tain subjects, it also declares the num
ber of votes in bench by which any o
pinion is to be held as valid. • Two
thirds of the judges—not a majority of
them—must concur in pronouncing
upon the constitutional merits of any
law ; that is, two-thirds this, month,
but as Congress regulates the matter,
it may be three-fourths next month,
and the month after unanimity. In
other words the decisions of the high
est judicial tribunal will be made to
(take their complexion from the politics
of the legislative department.
By the" organic law, the, President
of the United .States is made the Com
mander-in-Chief of the Army and
Navy of the United States; but that is
an antiquated law, and .Congress pro
poses to set it aside by enacting a law
of its own "sovereign will"—as the im
peachment report would say—confer 11
k-lryg t he power jippn bur principal gen
eral, , .As a soldicf of gteat distinction
and merit, lie is ordered to begin with
an act of" iusobordmutioti' towards his
chief whose autihdricy tie 1 ' is tv> disre
i'jard, and assume the character of
ary dictator,.Ju-i ten ( at• leagtn of. the?
states of tfie Uwien.-wV. 1 V,
'
lias admitted that he 'prom is-,
led the President, when appointed, to
jretain the office of Secretary of War
' butil relieved by the President or
| ousted by a mundamiis, but says he
I changed his mind about the. power of
the Rump Senate to reinstate Stanton,
! after he gave that promise, and there
fore gave up the office upon a simple
! notice from the Ruffip Sbn'ate. It is
pretty evident that his nomination for,
the Presidency by "narrow-minded j
! blockheads" greatly assisted him in i
1 "changing his mind,*' but that will not
i relieve him of any of the odium of a.j
, violated promise. There is scarcely 1
any doubt now left that this "military
! adventurer" has for some time lieen
secretly acting as the tool of the Rump
traitor's. His whole course towards
the President has been that of a trick
ster and in nothing like a nian or a
soldier. During the past few days he has
fallen to the level of the lowest mon
grel politicians in the estimation of the
piHqite.— Ftitriot and IMion.
BEX BLTLKK is in Richmond, and is
receiving all sorts of attentions at the j
hands of his short-haired friends.—
Wonder whether the "great bottled"
has gone South to inaugurate the al
ready announced movement, looking
to his nomination as the out-and-out
negro candidate for the Presidency?
By this move ho hopes to checkmate
Grant, whose rising popularity has
thrown "Spoons" Butler's chances In
to the buck-ground. Since Grunt's
duplicity in the Stanton affair, Butler
will doubtless feel strongly encouraged,
and may, in the e;id, if lie will hpt
persevere, succeed in accomplishing
his cherished purpose.— Evening Her
ald.
JJPW HAMPNIURE.
]unvt%nt*V*' MeoU.ig-Dr.at Enthual
b. fi ' 4**- h
britßi.iDPoN, N. H., January B.—The
tiseKafjfres qi'Nuw Hampshire held
the la&est and most enthusiastic meet
ingl that has ever been held in the
northern part of this State, in this place
to-day. A President, twenty-three
Vice Presidents, three Secretaries, all
late of the Radical party, officered the
meeting, which was addressed by Hon.
E. C. Baker of Boston, and John 11. |
George of Concord,-who made long but
interesting speeches, after which some
of the prominent converts made re
marks announcing their intention to
vote for the Democratic nominee.—
This wholesale renunciation has crea
ted great surprise and will do much
service for the good cause. One of the
Vice Presidents was a member of the
Radical State Central Committee for
the past and present year; another was
apparently one of the most zealous at
their last State Convention; none of
the officers have heretofore identified
themselves with the Democrats.—
Judging from changes like these on ev
ery side, you may justly expect good
tidings of us in the spring.
Nor Diabolism—A Little White Girl
On t riigerl by a Megro.
One of the most infamous outrages j
that ever occurred in this city was per- !
petrated in Cherry alley very recently.
A black, fiend named Charles Henry,
who was in the habit of visiting the
house of James Moloney, during the
latter'*imprisonment lor violation of
the license law, took advantage of
his absence to violate the person of his
daughter, a little girl between seven
and eigh t t years of age, and communi
cated to her a loathsome disease. Accor
ding to the little girl's statement be
fore Mayor Edwards yesterday after
afternoon, the black-skinned and, black -
hearted scoundrel repeated the mon
strous crime.ou last Tuesday night,hav
ing in the meantime silenced his victim
iby threats. The child's condition le.d
to a suspicion that she had been outra
! ged„and upon being interrogated, she
' made developments which led to the
negro's arrest. After a hearing Mayor
Edwards demanded two thousand dol
lars bail for Henry's appearance at
j court, in default of which he was com
mitted to prison,— llarrisbury Patriot
and Union.
i —There were six hundred and eighty
> four deaths from cholera in St. Louis
! from June 22<1 to December 7,1867.
■ ' ——^
REVIEW OF THE MARKETS.
Corrected every week. < ■ '<
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20.
FLOUR.—'The quotations are—
Northwest superfine, $7.00@7.50
! Northwest extra, 8.00(a9.00
! Northwest extra family, 9.50(a 1(>;75
Penna. and West'n sup., 7.50(q8.25,
Penffa. and West'u extra, 8;60(a.9.50
Penna, and West'n family, 10.50(a>12.00
! Penna.and West'n fancy, !2.5O(&13,o0
| Rye flour, ( • < 8.50(q9.'J0
GRAIN. —We quote— '
Pennsylvania red, per bus., $2.30(g12.59
Southern
| California,
j White, 1 ' '
! Rye, "" . : Motafc7®
i Corn, for yel., 44 $1.15(//1.30
Oats, 44 70(7oc
PO VISIONS.—We quote— _
Mess Pork, per bbl„ s22,ppfeol).oo
Bacon Hams, per 11?., . , 1,80 ll>c
Salt Shoulders, ' 4 10(>I0iC
Prime Lard, 4 * I3e
SEEDS.—We quote
Cloverseed. per bus., at $7.5(i'./ B.rtf>
Timothy, 44 i'.
Flaxseed, " i - - 2^45(^2.00
SPECIAL NOTICES. "
I n FOR Si ATioxi—l n formation guar*
anteed to produce a luxuriant growth qf hajr up
on a bald head orbeardless face, also a recipe for
the removal of Pimples, Blotches, Eruptions, OtcJ,
on the skin, leaving the same soft, clear, and beau
tiful, can be obtained without oharge by address
ing THOS. F. CHAPMAN, Chemist, 823 Broad
way, New York." sepl3mS
—1 ♦ ,
CANCER, SCROFULA, AC., CURED.—
Persons afflicted with Cancer, Scrofula, Tu
mors, Eriiptirv Ac., are CURED by the use of Dr.
GREENE'S ELECTRO-MEDICATED BATHS and
Indian Vegetable remedies which cleanse the blodd
of all Humors, Mercury, Ac., apd restore
health to invalids afflicted with every variety of
disease. A book describing Cancer, Scrofuja, Hu
mors and other diseases, wjth their proper means
of cure, may ue obtained free at the Medical Insti
tute, or by mail. Address Dr. R. GREENE, 16
Temple place, Boston, MksS.
ADDRESS TO THE NERVOUS AND DE
BILITATED whoie sufferings have been protracted
from hideous causes, and whose cases require
prompt treatment to render existence desirable.
If you are suffering or have suffered from involun
tary discharges, what effect does it produce upon
your <reiier&l health ? Do vou feel weak, debilita
ted, easily tired ? Does a little extra exertion pro
duce palpitation of the heart 1 Does your liver, or
uriuHry organs, or your kidneys, frequently get out
of order? Is your urine sometimes thick, milky, or
flocky, or is it ropy on settling' Or does a thick'
scum rise tio the topi? Or is a sediment at •he bottom
after it has stood awhile? ,D you have spells of
Short breathing or dyspepsia? Are your bowels
Constipated t Do you.bay.ft spells of fainting or
'■ rushes of blood to the head ? Isypor mernqry im
paired? Is vour mind constantly dwelling upon
[hissubject ? Do you feel dutl, listless, "moping,
tired of company, of fife 'iDoyou wish to oe loft
alone, to gel away frbih'evbfybody ? Does any lit
tle thing make you startor jump Is your sleep
broken or restless?. Is the lustre of your eye as
The bloom on your cheek as bright?
a ypu,enjoy yourself in Society as well ? Do yo^
pursue your business with .the same energy? Do
youfoel as much confidence in yourself Are
your spirits dull and flagging. giVeu to fits or mel
ancholy? If so, do not lay it to your liver or
dyspepsia. Have you restless nights ? Your back
weak, your knees w,qalt, and have but little appe
tite, and you attribute this to dyspepsia or li.ver
couiplaini?
Now, reader, self-abuse, venereal disposes bauly
cured, and sexual excesses, are all capable of pro
ducing a weakness of thp generative organs. The*
organs of generation,'when ill perfect health, make
the man. Did you ever tbiuk that those bold, de
fiant r energetic, persevering, successful business
men are always those whose generative organs
are in perfect he Ith ? You never hear 'such
men complain of being Inelanchbly, of nervous
ness, of palpitation of the heart. They are nev
er afraid they_ cannot. sucqeed in, business.; they
don't become sad and discouraged ; they are al
ways polite and'pleasant in the company of ladies,
and look yu and them right in the face—none ot
j your downcast looks ox any other meanness about
I them. Ijito not mean those who keep the organs
inflamed by running to excess. These will noit
only ruip their constitutions, but also ilio-e they do
business with or for.
How many m> u from badly-cured diseases, from
the effects of self-abuse and excesses, have brought
about that state of weakness in those organs that
has reduced the general system so much as to in
duce almost every other disease—idiocy, lunacy,
paralysis, spinal affections,' suicide, and almost
every other torm ofdisease which humanity is heir
to, and the real cause of the trouble scarcely ev
er suspected, and have doctored for all but the
! right one.
Diseases of these organs require the use of a diu
| retic. HELMBOLD'S FLUID EXTRACT BUCHD
! is the great Diurtrtic, and is a certain cure for
i diseases of the Bladder, Kidneys, Gravel, Di-opsy,
Organic Weakness, Female Complaints, General
Debility, and all diseases of the Urinary Organs,
whether existing in Mule or Female, from what
ever cause originating and no m tter how long
standing.
If no treatment is submitted to, Consumption or
Insanity may ensue. Our flesh and blood are sup
ported from these sources, and the health and
happjneS3, and that of Posterity, depends upon
prompt LUP of a reliable remedy.
IJelinbold's Extract Jjuchu, established upward
of 18 years, prepared by
H T. HELMBOLp, Druggist,
591 Broadway, New York, and
101 South lfltb Street, Philadelphia,Pa
PRICE —$1-25 P? r bpttje, or 6 bottles fof $0 50,
delivered to apy &d4jcss. Sold by Drug*
gists everywhere. mattVWyl.
FACTB.' M ' " 1,1 11 'I'M I I
That we have unequalled facilities for conduct
ing business to the advantage Both Of Oflftetteii
and patrons, we submit the lollowing TRUTHS— •
well known as such to the entire business commu
nity.
Ist. We have abundant cash capital , therefore—
2d. Wo ure euabled to Buy for Cash exclusive
ly. consequently at the lowest possible prices,
with the markets of the entire world to select
from.
3d. In this particular WE HAVE ADVANTAGES
shared by no other bouse in our business.
4th. We sell for cash exclusively—therefore at
the lowest possible prices—having no losses
incurred by selling on credit, to pfovi'de fbr.
sth. e have a business experience of a quarter
of a century, having beeD longer established
than any house in our trade in Philadelphia.
6th. Our business is thoroughly systematized, tke
result of long experience, which hds taught
us what the wants of the public are, aud how
best to meet them.
7th. We employ the best talent in all departments, '
our garments are therefore unsurpassed in
style, fit and workmanship.
Bth. Our business is large and constantly, increas
ing, enabling us to keen at all times the lar
gest, best assorted, and most complete stock
of MEN'S, YOUTHS', and BOYS' CLOTH.
IXG in Philadelphia, to which large daily
additions are made of fresh goods, replacing
those sold.
Qth. For reasons already enumerated we can, and
do sell clothing in Cvery respect superior
surpassed by none, equalled by few—at pri
ces guaranteed in all cases lower than the '■
the to west elsewhere, or the sale cancel led and
money refunded.
10th. If buyers should for any cause become dissat
isfied after a purchase is made, if reported
within a reasonable time,we pledge ourselves,
by exchange, refunding of money, or other
wise, to give full satisfaction in every case,
Mnd request that all such may be reported to us
for adjustment. ■ > >• ••• 1 •
CA!!l>.— Our stock of Fall and WipterClothing
is full and complete, and selling rapidly', odt ia as
rapidly replenished each day with fresh and desi
' rable styles of new goods, purchased recently, for
cash, at grept sacrifices, enabling us to sell at pri
ces lower than have been known for years. Con
gratulating our patrons upon the decliue of prices,
which enables us to offer superior garments at such
tow rates, we request the favor of a call.
IlalJ'way between j BENNETT A Co.,
Fifth and ( To WEB HALL,, • . .
Sixth streets 1 518 MAKKET ST., f
... ~ PHILADELPHIA.
jan3mfi*l And 600 Broadway, NEW YORK.
Proofs of Uie Superiority of ,
THE AMERICAN
WALT HAM
• r i i •! •! • t • fi i : 11 t i nt> i r
WATCHES. , „
Thin country has reason to -fee proud of thi#
splendid specimen of American operative genius
and enterprise That it will work a revolution
in the watch manufacturing of, the world no one ;
can doubt who examines the' operations of the
Walthain establishment, for it turns out watoh
movements at jiiht abont bne-half the coat of im
ported movements —beside the uniform Tfellabrlfty
of the maehino-made watches must give, them: a
great advantage over all others wherever know®.
A poor timo-piooe of the machine make will be as
rare in the future as a good one pf hand make,he'
been heretofore for machinery is arbitrary in. its
performance, and can make a perfect article just
as easy as one that is worthless. It 'will be a
cause of congratulation if, this, highly, useful At
inerican Enterprise shall have the effect, of driv
ing out of market the thousandsof trashy-foreign
articles miscalled timekeepers, by furnishing so
excellent and economical a substitute. — N Y- i
Times.-
"We have had one of the works bfthis Company
in a case for some considerable time, and comppr-,,-
ing them with former first-olass works of different
manufacture possessed by us, they ' estab-'"
lished in our opinion their superiority over, any,,
ever introduced for correctness,as time pieces,"r-.
The World. tA
1 "We notice with regret (writing of the Paris
, Exposition), the absence of specimens of American
manufacture, which, although only eompara
tively of recent birth among us, is already pro
ducing results of the most satisfactory .character.
The watches manufactured, by the Waltham Com
pany are certainly, so far as strength, durability,
and excellence as time-keepers are concerned, as
good as anything produced by the lTrench or Swiss
manufacturers. i ' —JV. z. Ite.rg.lf , , '
"The beauty, the precision, the greater cheap
ness, the uniform excellence of a watch construc
ted by machinery so exquisite that the mere
. spectacle of its operation is poetic, gradually
give the American Watches a public preference
which will not be deceived."— Harpers' Weekly.
•r. -t— i -1 •! 1 I• I ► k
EVERY WATCH FULLY WARRANTED, r P
For Sale by all First-class Dealers in the hal
ted States and British Provinces. , , ~
For further information address the Agents,
ROBBINS A APPLETON.
janlOwl , 182 Broadway, New ( Yprk.,
A STAR ON FIRE! was recent- '
ly reported by the astronomers. What of that!
Who cares for an orb myriads of miles away
Meanwhile, the whole cpuntry is . : \ \ / >< .
In a Blaze
of excitement at the wonderful effect produced
. during the past year upon vens of thousandsof
Human Spheres
by that quencher of fiery hair, that transformer of
gray hair, that swift boautifier of hair of every
unpleasan-t shade of color,-n • t i --. i ii J
CRI ST ADO RO'S HAIR DYE,
a preparation as harmless the April rain, Man
ufactured by J.
New York. Sold by all Druggists. Applied by
all Hair Dressers. .... . , >, , I
To OWNERS OF HORSES.—Thous
ands of horses die yearly from Colic. This need
not be. Dr. Tobias' Venetian Horie Liniment
will positively cure every case, if given wbqn first,
taken. Thi cost is only one dollar. Every owner
of a horse should hare a bottle in his stable, ready
for use. It is warranted superior to anything
else for the cure of Cats, Wihd Galls, Swellings,
Sore Throat, Sprains, Bruises, Old Sores, Ac.
This Liniment is no new remedy. It has been
used and appovd'of for> 20 years by the first
horsemen in the eountry. Given to an over
driven horse, it acts like magic. Orders are con
stantly received from the racing stables of Eng
land for it. The celebrated Hiram Woodruff, of
trotting fame, used it for years, and said it is far
superior to any other he has tried. Recollect,
Dr Tobias' Venetian Horse Liniment is pnt up ifi
pint bottles. Take no other. Sold by the Drug-,
gists and Saddlers. Depot, 56 Cortlandt Street,
New York. janlOwd
To CONSUMPTIVES. —The Rev. ED
WARD A. WILSON will send (free of charge) to all
who desire it. the prescription -with the' directions
for making and using the simple remedy by which
|ie was cured of a lung affection and that dread
disease Consumption. His only object is to bene
fit the afflicted and he hopes every sufferer will
try this prescription, as it will cost them nothing,
and may prove a blessing. Please address Rev.
EDWARD A WILSON, No. 165 South Second
Street, Williamsburgh, New York. sepl3mß
0
ITCH! ITCH!! 'ITCH tW-^Scralch'!'
Scratch ! ! Scratch !.' .'—ln . from Ift 48 hours
WHEATOS'S OINTMENT cures TMI ITCH.
WHEATON'S OINTMENT oures SALTRHECM,
WHEATON'S OINTMENT cures TETTER.
WHEATON'S OINTMENT cures Barbers Itch,
WHEATON'S OINTMENT cures Old Sores. r
WHEATON'S OINTMENT , cores , Evert/ ki<t
of Htmor like Ma'gitcv "
Price, 50 cents a box ; by lnaif, 60 cents. Ad
dress WEEKS A POTTER, No. 170 Washington
Street, Boston, Mass. FOB sale by all Druggists, i
sep2o,'67yl _
ERRORS OF YOUTH.—A Gentleman
who suffered for years from Nervous Debility.
Premature Decay, and all the effects of youthful in
discretion, will, for the sake of suffering humanity,
send free to all who need it, the recipe find dire*,
tjons for making the simple remedy by which tie
was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the ad
vertiser's expeuieuce, can do so by addressing, in
perfect confidence, ' JOHN B. OGDEN,
jn' Cedfr Street, Yoflt,