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ATTORNEVS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
BEDFORD. PA.,
Will attend promptly and faithfully to all busi
ness entrusted to their care. Special attention
?;iven to collections and the prosecution of claims
or Back Pay, Bounty, Pensions, Ac
OFFICE, on Juliana Street, south of the Court
House. aprs,67tf
J. MCD. SHARPE. E. F^KIRR.
SHARPE A KERR, ATTORNEYS
AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA., will practice in
the courts of Bedford and adjoining counties Of
fice on Juliana st., opposite the Banking House of
Reed A Schell. | March 2, 'OO.
J. R. DURBORROW. | JOHN LUTZ.
nURBORROW & LUTZ,
I / ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Will attend promptly to all business intrusted to
their care. Collections made on the Shortest no
tice.
They are, also, regularly licensed Claim Agents
and will give special attention to the prosecution
of claims against the .Government for Pensions,
Back Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, Ac.
Office on Juliana street, one door South of the
"Mengel House," and nearly opposite the Inquirer
office.
J OHN P. REED, ATTORNEY AT
LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Respectfully tenders
his services to the pnblic.
Office second door North of the Mengel House.
Bedford. Aug. 1. 1881.
lISPY M. ALSIP, ATTORNEY AT
2j LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and
promptly attend to all business entrusted to his
care in Bedford and adjoining counties. Military
-Jlaims, back pay, bounty, Ac., speedily collected.
Office with Mann A Spang, on Ju!iana street,
t vo doors South of the Mengel House.
Jan. 22, 1864,
F. M. KIMMELL. | J. W. LINGENFELTER.
KIMMELL & LINGENFELTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Have formed a partnership in the practice of
the Law. Office on Juliana street, two doors South
of the "Mengel House,'
G1 11. SPANG, ATTORNEY. AT
r. LAW BEDFORD. PA. Will promptly at
tend to collections and all business entrusted to
his care in Bedford and adjoining counties.
Office on Juliana Street, three doors south of the
"Mengel House," opposite the residence of Mrs.
Tate.
May 13, 1864. _
B. F. METERS. | J • W. DICKF.RSON.
Meyers & dickerson, at-
TORNEYS AT LAW, Bedford, Pa., office
same as formerly occupied by Hon. S. L. Russell,
a few doors south of the Court House, will practice
in the several courts of Bedford county. Pensions,
bounty and back pay obtained and the purchase
and sale of real estate attended to. | mayll,'66.
HAYS IR VIN E, ATTORNEY AT
LAW, Bloody Run, Pa. Office in Harris'
New Building. marl3°6S
BJ. WILLIAMS & SONS,
m No. 16 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia
LARGEST MANUFACTFRERS OF
VENETIAN BLINDS
WINDOW SHADES,
LJTSELL AT THE LOWEST
Blinds Repaired. Store Shades. Trimmings,
Fixtures, Plain Shades of all kinds. Curtain Cor
nice?, Picture Tassels, Cord Bell Pulls, <fcc.
upr24m2
1 FURNITURE AND CABINET
1 ROOMS.
THOMAS MERWINE,
AT THE
OLD STAHL WORK-SHOP,
has re-openeil the Furniture and Cabinet business
in that part of town, and is prepared to furnish
ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE, at remarkably
cheap rates. Call and examine his work before
purchasing elsewhere. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Special attention paid to the manufacture and
furnishing of coffins. Terms reasonable.
inaylm3
DR. H. FRAESSLEY, PHYSICIAN
FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC
DISEASES, and formerly attending Physician in
one of the most celebrated hospitals in the world
for Chronic Diseases, will make his lirst visit
through this county, for the treatment of chronic
diseases, and may be consulted at the following
places and times, FREE OF CHARGE.
If the Doctor cannot tell and explain the na
ture of a disease of a Patient after a thorough
examination. without mak ing many questions,
he considers himself not able to treat the case,
lie submits himself to he judged from that
standpoint, if the patient is not satisfied it null
not cost him anything.
Saxton, Saturday, May 16.
Woodbury, Monday. May 18.
Pattonville, Tuesday, May 19.
Enterprise, Wednesday, May 2(1
St. Clairsville, Thursday, May 21.
Lewisville, Friday, May 22.
Marietta, Saturday, May 23.
Pleasantville, Monday. May 25.
New Paris, Tuesday, May 26.
Schellsburg, Wednesday, May 27.
Buena Vista, Thursday, May 28.
Dry Ridge, Friday, May 29.
Rockville. Saturday, May 30.
Bridgeport, Monday, June 1.
Pala Alto, Tuesday, June 2.
Centreville, Wednesday, June 3.
Rainsburg, Thursday, June 4. .
Cbatlesvilie, Friday, June 5.
Springville, Saturday, June 6.
Clearville, Monday. June 8.
Cheneysville, Tuesday, June 9. -
Elbinsville. Wednesday, June 10.
Robisonville, Thursday, June 11.
Brush Creek, Friday, June 12.
Rayshill. Saturday, June 13.
Bloody Run, Monday, June 15.
Yellow Creek, Tuesday, June 10-
Hopewell, Wednesday, June 17.
Riddlesburg, Thursday, June 18.
Fairplay, Iriday, June 19.
Bedford, (Mengel House) Saturday, June 20.
£jp"Dr. H. Fraessley is a regular educated
German Physician, having practiced Medicine
nearly twenty years in Europe and this country.
Call at your principal post-office and get one of
Dr. Fraessley's circulars.
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VITATERSIDE WOOLEN FAC
TT TORY 1-30.000 LBS. WOOL WANTED!
The undersigned having leased the Large New
Woolen Factory, erected recently at Waterside,
for a number of years, respectfully informs the old
customers of the Factory and the public generally,
that they will need at least the above amount of
wool. They have on hand a large lot of Cloths,
Casimeres, Towels, Sattinetts, Jeans, Blankets,
Coverlets, Flannel, Ac., wtich they will exchange
lor wool, as has been the custom heretofore. Carpets
will be made to order, at all times. Stocking
yarn of all kinds always on hand. Our Peddler,
W. H. Ralston, will call on all the old customers,
and the public generally, in due time, for the pur
pose of exchanging goods for wool. The highest
market price will be paid for wool in cash.
N. B. Wool carding spinning and country Full
ing will be done in the best manner and at short
notice! JOHN I. NOBLE A BRO.,
tnay22m3 Waterside, Pa.
®lie tlcbforii (ftnjcttc.
BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
SlooflancTs Column.
you ALL
HAVE HEARD OF
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
AND
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC.
Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia.
Their introduction into this country from Ger
many occurred in
182;.
THEY CURED YOUR
FATHERS AND MOTHERS,
And will cure you and your children. They are
entirely different from * w-themany preparations
now in the country cal I—l led Bitters or Tonics.
They are no tavern-li-preparation, or any
thing like one ; but good, honest, reliable medi
cines. They are
The greatest known remedies for
Liver Complaint,
DYSHJCPSIA.
Nervous Debility,
JAUNDICE,
Diseases of the Kidneys,
ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN,
and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver,
stomach, or
IMPURITY' OP THE BLOOD.
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Fullnes
of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach,
Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Full
ness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eruc
tations, Sinking or Fluttering at the
Pit of the Stomach. Swimming of the
Head, Hurried or Difficult Breathing,
Fluttering at the . Heart, Choking or
Suffocating Sensa I I tions when in a- Lying
Posture, Dimness of V-F Vision, Dots or Webs
before the sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Defi
ciency of Perspiration, Yellowness of the Skin
and Eyes, Pain in the Side, Back, Chest,
Limbs, etc., Sudden Flushes of Heat,
Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imagi
nings of Evil and Great Depression of Spirits.
All these indicate diseases of the Liver %r Di
gestive Organs, combined with impure blood.
HOOFLAND S GERMAN BITTERS
is entirely vegetable and contains no liquor. It
is a compound of Fluid Extracts. The Roots,
Herbs, and Barks from which these extracts are
made, are gathered in Germany. All the medi
cinal virtueus aie ex traded from them by
a scientific Chemist, i ft These extracts are
then forwarded to this country to be used ex
pressly for the manufacture of these Bitters.
There is no alcoholic substance of any kind used
in compounding the Bitters, hence it is the only
Bitters that can be used in esses where alcoholic
stimulants are not advisable.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC
is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit
ters, with PURE Santa Cruz Rum, Orange, etc. It
is used for the same diseases as the Bitters, incase
where some pure alcoholic stimulus is required.
You will bear in mind that these remedies are en
tirely different from any others advertised for the
cure of the diseases named, these being scientific
preparations of medicinal cxtracts, while the oth
ers are mere decoctions of rum in some form. The
TONIC is decidedly one of the most pleasant asd
agreeable remedies ever offered to the public. Its
taste is exquisite. It is a pleasure to take it, while
its life-giving, exhilarating, and medicinal quali
ties have caused it to be known as the greatest of
all tonics.
DEBILITY.
•There is no medicine equal to Iloofland's Ger
man Bitters or Tonic in cases of Debility-.
They impart a tone |q and vigor to the whole
system, strengthen -A- the appetite, cause an
enjoyment of the food, enable the stomach to di
gest it, purify the blood, give a good, sound,
healthy complexion, eradicate the yellow
from the eye, impart a bloom to the cheeks, and
change the patient from a short-breathed, emaci
ated, weak, and nervous invalid, to a full-faced,
stout, and vigorous person.
Weak and Delicate" Children are
made strong by using the Bitters or Tonic. In
fact, they are Family Medicines. They can be
administered with perfect safety to a child three
months old, the most delicate female, or a man of
ninety.
Tiiese remedies are the bent
Blood Purifiers
ever known and will cure all diseases resulting
from bad bload. Keep yjur blood pure; keep
your Liver in order; -|- keep your digestive
organs in a sound, I healthy condition, by
the use of these reine JLJ dies, and no diseases
will ever assail you. The best men in the country
recommend them. If years of honest reputation
go for anything, you,must try these preparations.
FROM HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva
nia.
PHILADELPHIA, March 16, 1867.
I find that li Hoofland's German Bitters" is not
an intoxicating beverage, but is a good tonic, use
ful in disorders of the digestive organs, and of
great benefit in cases of debility and want of ner
vous action in the system.
Yours Truly,
GEO. W. WOODWARD.
FROM HON. JAMES TAOMPSON.
Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, April 28, 1866.
I consider "Hoofland's German Bitters" a valua
ble medicine in case . of attacks of Indiges
tion or Dyspepsia. I \ can certify this from
uiy experience of it. XX. Yours, with respect,
JAMES THOMPSON.
FROM REV. JOSEPH 11. KENNARD, D. D.,
Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
DR. JACKSON —DEAR SIR :—I have been fre
quently requested to connect my name with rec
ommendations of different kinds of medicines, but
regarding the piactice as out of ray appropriate
sphere, I have in all cases declined; but with a
clear proof in various instances, and particularly
in my own family, of the usefulness of Dr. Hoof
land's German Bitters, I depart for once from
my usual course, to express my full conviction
that for general debility of the system, and es
pecially for Liver Com ■y plaint, it is a safe
and valuable preparation. In some cases
it may fail; bnt usual-i-x ly, I doubt not, it
will be very beneficial to those who suffer from the
above causes. Yours, very respectfully,
J. H. KENNARD,
Eigth, below Coates Street.
CAUTION..
llooflund's German Remedies are counterfeited.
The Genuine have the signature of C. M. JACK
SON on the front of the outside wrapper of each
bottle, and the name of the article blown in each
bottle. All others are counterfeit.
Price of the Bitters, $1 per bottle;
Or, a half dozen for $-3.
Price of the Tonic, $1 50 per bottle ;
Or, a half dozen for $7 50.
The tonic is put up in quart bottles.
Recollect that it is Dr. Hoofland's German
Remedies that are so universally used and so
highly recommended;and do not allow the
Druggist to induce I lyou to take anything
else that he may say-L-'is just as good, be
cause he makes a larger Thwse Reme
dies will be sent by express to any locality upon
application to the
PRINCIPAL OFFICE,
At the German Medicine Store.
No. 631 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia.
CHAS. M. EVANS,
PROPRIETOR.
Formerly C. M. JACKSON & Co.
These Remedies are for sale by Druggists, Store
keepers and Medicine Dealers everywhere.
Do not forget to examine the article yon buy,
in order to get the genuine.
may29'6Byl
' u.hc Dnlfottl (6alette.
CAM A lUJIOdtAT" BK SAVED?
The following 1 , which we cut from
| the columns of the Advance (Congrega
tionalist), shows a curious drift in re
ligion. Here, says the American
Churchman , edvidently is a class of
questions which never occurred to the
ancient casuists. Can a "Democrat"
be saved ?—that is the question now
rife among our Congregational breth
ren. Hitherto they have "converted,"
in the Church mentioned, none hut
| "Republicans." Now, however, they
! have actually got some "Democrats"
truely converted, and the question
rises, can they be truely converted and
still remain wicked "Democrats"
It is evidently an important ques
tion with the Congregationalists,
whatever it he with "the Democrats."
The Advance , as will he seen, is not at
all clear on this new question. In
deed, it is one to puzzle the wisest
head.
It is very hard to be serious on this
subject, without expressing indigna
tion at such an utter caricature of a
Church as this, that makes a man's re
ligion depend on his party politics:
DEMOCRATS AND CHURCH MEMBER
SHIP. —A brother asked a question
which has puzzled others beside him
self:
"I wish to call attention to a matter
that has caused some of us hard study
and a considerable trouble of mind.
During the progress of our meetings,
several men were brought to an ac
knowledgment of Christ, and, as faj as
man is capable of judging, were truly
converted to God, that have always
been "Democrats." Some of them
take the . . . ~ and others the . . .;
some are radicals, others conservatives.
Thus far our church has none but Re
publicans in it, but we have nothing
in our church constitution, by-laws, or
Confession of Faith that excludes
these persons from uniting with the
church, if they give the required evi
dence of conversion on axamination.
Some of our members, however, claim
that a man is not converted who will
not acknowledge the equality of man,
black or white. On the other side, it is
claimed, that from the Word of God,
we have nothing that will exclude a
man from the church that gives good
evidence of conversion, and that we
have no right to question a man as to
his political opinions when he applies
for admission to our church. I wish
you would give us an opinion on this
matter in the Advance."
No iron rule can be laid down, but
each case must be judged by itself, in
the exercise of charity and good sense. j
A regenerate heart does not, alas! al
ways at once secure a regenerate head.
It does not appear probable that a true
convert will very long be edified with
reading that consists of a New Testa
ment interleaved with the ... If,
however, a man's error lie in ignor
ance, rather than malignity, if he do
not deny human equality as regards a
right to kind and just personal treat
ment, but only as to political privi
leges, about which the best men differ, ;
and if he show in other respects the <
true Christian spirit, he ought to be ad- J
mitted. (!)
"SHOOTING DESRTERS."— The Phila
delphia Press having undertaken what
it calls the purification of the Republi
can party, publishes the following as a
"Senatorial black list:"
Fessenden, Fowler, Grimes, Ross,
Trumbull, Van Winkle and Hender
son.
Adding, in another place, Judge
Chase's name, and demanding that
these gentlemen shall be turned out of
the Republican party." "We do not
want political association with this
clique," says the Press.
It also demands the expulsion of the
—"New York Evening Post , Chicago
Tribune , Cincinnati Commercial , Prov
idence Journal, Springfield Republican,
Bridgeport Standard, Buffalo Advertis
er, Buffalo Express, and Hartford Cour
antP
The Post replies for itself:
"The support of men and journals of
independent opinions is of great im
portance to a political party, and it
would perhaps be well for the Republi
can party, now entering upon an ar
duous canvass, if its leaders would call
off their dog."
WHEN Ulysses S. Grant was a small
boy his father bought him a little
hatchet. Ulysses was so delighted that
he went about hatchetiiig everything
he could find. One fatal day, after
things had been going on thus, so, for a
week, Ulysses cut down one of his fath
er's favorite pear trees. When the old
gentleman saw the ruin of his favorite
pear tree he went to LT. S. and said :
"U. S. who cut down my favorite pear
tree?" "I cannot tell a lie father; I
cannot tell a lie," said Ulysses, "A.
Johnson cut it down with his hatchet."
"My dear son," said the old gentleman,
spanking him, "I would rather have
you tell a thousand lies than to lose so
fine a pear tree."
IT is said that the increase of cholera
in India is owing to the destruction of
the crocodiles by Englismen. Those
animals used to eat the corpses that
were thrown into the Ganges.
IKE MA KVEE is convinced that brim
stone matches were never made in heav
en ; and, says he, it is sad to think,
that with few exceptions, matches are
all of them tipped with brimstone.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1868.
CORRESPONDENCE.
DEAR GAZETTE.—Have you heard
j from Chicago ? Has the telegraph al
ready announced to you that the Bond
holders have triumphed? How are
the mighty fallen —Greely, Wendell
Phillips, Anna Dickerson, Esq., and
others noted, yet not so potent, of less
er note, yet mighty in "Loil" Con
claves- in Union Leagues, in Dorcas So
cieties, Patagonian Missions, Borioboo
lah Gha and Kansas Aid Associations,
all set aside, yea spurned, spurned ig
nominiously, and for what? Tell it
not in Gath—for the "National Cigar
Smoking Humbug," as Anna D., Esq.,
calls him. For that stolid, drunken
creature Grant, whom en dell has de
nounced in strains of indignant elo
quence from the rostrum and through
the columns of the Anti-Slavery Stan
dard for months past; and H. S. dam
ning with faint praise in the Tribune,
yet working like a beaver for Chase or
any other man except "'Lyssus." But
yesterday their words might stand a
l gainst a world, now none so poor as do
them reverence. Anna, having
strengthened the back-bone of the Late
Lamented, could mount the stump,
and traitors, Rebs and Copperheads
fled from her burning eloquence. Did
she denounce one of them as "disloil"
the Secretary's little bell jingled, the
brave, chivalrous Baker summoned
his minions, and soon the unhappy
wretch disappeared in some Bastile
that darkly yawned for him, and his
place was vacant, his name blasted, his
substance stolen, his children wander
ers and beggars, and the truly "loil"
rejoiced at his summary snuffing out.
Did things at the Capital drag too
slowly, did the back-bone of the L. L.
show signs of weakness,' then Boaner
ges Phillips would hurl his withering
sarcasms, or his more dreadful threats
!at all concerned, President, Cabinet,
Congress, Courts, all hastened to obey
his behests, to hurry forward the
schemes in which he condescended to
' avow an interest, and then his God
| like wrath appeased, he magestically
returned to Boston and the Nation was
| tranquilized. Did he from the rostrum,
Lin language that was an outrage and
! insult to Americans, hold up the sav
age, butchering Negro Chief of St. Do-
I niingo as the superior of the great and
! good Washington, all the decency
party shouted Yea, and Amen ! To
doubt was treasonable, to diffe'r, dan
gerous. Now he may roar himself
hoarse, he may denounce Grant as a
fool, as a drunkard, as one whom the
negro-lovers dare not trust, and it has
no effect; Loilty, Manhood Suffrage,
Recenstruction, even the 40 acres and
the mule are lost sight of, the Bond
holders have told them they must be.
recreant to all former professions,
j must follow new prophets an 1 a new
I creed, must eat dirt, and they cry
I "Kismet." It is fate.
"Truth Is stranger than fiction."
| "Doubtful things uncertain," every ad
| age bearing upon the instability of hu
man affairs is more than verified in
the action of the Chicago Convention
j and the conduct of the Republican par
j ty-
During the reign of Lincoln, every
move of a partizan character, every
thing remotely bearing upon politics,
was carried with a high hand. Wfaeth
|er the Ucase originated in Boston or
Washington did not matter, when
; once issued the serfs bowed to and
obeyed it. Did any disaffected person
question its wisdom and justice, were
there not subservient Courts,
Military Commissions organized to
convict, Secret Spies, Provost Guards,
I and local Police, all willing and anx
ious to seize upon and punish even be
fore trial.
What do we now see? What is the I
present state of that arrogant, all-gras- j
ping party? Sitting in sack cloth and
ashes at the feet of Grant, all its migh
ty men (and women) cast aside, the
polished Wade, the chronic Sheridan,
the eloquent Phillips, the philosophic
G reely, the chaste Dickinson, all tli rown
aside for one who never believed or
acted with them, who refused to an
swer questions, even when propound
ed by a Nigger Delegate from Virgin
ia. Who with studied contempt has
treated their rallying cries, their Ora
tors, Mongrel Conventions, in fact all
the usual party accessories. So des
perate was their strait that they had to
tamely bear it all, even his avowal be
fore the Smelling Committee that he
had favored Lee and other pestilent
Rebels, had interposed between them
and punishment, which, when they
thought was done by Andrew John
son, was treason, was violation of
pledges, &c., Ac., but when done by
Grant, although overflowing with
spite, malice, venom, all the devilish
passions that they had nurtured during
the war, they dare not complain, but
forced in silence to swallow doses that
sickened their souls, and added ten
fold malignity to every New England
insult to Almifihty God, offered in the
guise of prayer. Sich is life !
What an affecting thing it must have
been, when the news was received in
the Grant family that " 'Lyssus was a
goin tew be President or sun'thin'."
How proudly the form of the venera
ble and talented Jesse would dilate, as
he in his new character of Correspon
dent of the Ledger , announced the
news. How the heart of the Intellec
tual Aunt would swell with joy as she
thought of her future triumphs in the
Nation's Capital, where her fame was
established "as a great reader of his
tory and having insisted on calling the
baby Ulysses."
With what supreme contempt the
whole family would view the hide and
leather business, and how roundly they
would swear never more to soil their
hands with Dubbin or Fish-oil, but
keep them ready to thrust into the
public Treasury, where 'Lyases had al
ready thrust his to the arm-pit. But
let us not intrude into the domestic
privacy of such refined people—lt
should be sacred.
RADICAIi I* LATFOKH.
The platform adopted by the Chica
go Radical Convention is as follows
The National Republican party of the
United States, assembled in National
Convention in the City of Chicago, on
the 20th day of May, 18G8, make the
following declaration of principles:
First. We congratulate the country
on the assured success of the reconstruc
tion projects of Congress, as evinced
by the adoption in a majority of the
States lately in rebellion of constitu
tions securing equal civil and political
rights to all, and regard it as the duty
of the government to sustain these in
stitutions and to prevent the people of
such States from being remitted to a
state of anarchy.
Second. The guarantee by Congress of
equal suffrage to all loyal men at the
South was demanded by every consid
eration of public safety, of gratitude,
and of justice, and must be maintain
ed ; while the question of suffrage in
all the loyal States properly belongs to
the people of these States.
Third. We denounce all forms of re
pudiation as a national crime;
and national honor requires the
payment of the public indebted
ness in the utmost good faith to all
creditors at home and abroad, not only
according to the letter, but the spirit
of the laws under which it was contrac
ted.
Fourth. It is due to the labor of the
nation that taxation should be equali
zed, and reduced as rapiply as the na
tional faith will permit.
Fifth. The national.debt contracted,
as it has been for the preservation of
the Union for all time to come, should
be extended over a fair period for re
demption, and it is the duty of Con
gress to reduce the rate of interest
thereon whenever it can honestly be
done.
Sixth. That the best policy to demol
ish our burden of debt is to so improve
our credit that capitalists will seek to
loan us money at lower rates of i nter
cst than we now pay, and must contin
ue to pay, so long as repudiation, par
tial or total, open or covert, is tlirea
; tened or suspected.
Seventh. The government of the Un
ited States should be administered
with the strictest economy, and the
corruptions which have been so shame
fully nursed and fostered by Andrew
Johnson call loudly for Radical re
form.
Eighth. We profoundly deplore the
untimely and tragic death of Abraham
Lincoln, and regret the accession of
Andrew Johnson to the Presidency,
who has acted treacherously to the peo
ple who elected him and the cause he
was pledged to support; has usurped
the legislative and judicial func
tions; has refused to execute the laws ;
has used his high office to induce other
officers to ignore and violate the laws ;
has employed his executive power to
render insecure the prosperity, peace
and liberty or life of the citizens ; has
abused the prdoning power; has
denounced the National Legislature as
unconstitutional; has persistently and
corruptly resisted, by every measure
in his power, every proper attempt at
the reconsrtucton of the States lately
in rebellion ; has perverted public pat
ronage into an engine of wholesale cor
ruption and has been justly impeached
for high crimes and misdemeanors and
properly denounced guilty by the vote
of thirty-five Senators.
Ninth. The doctrine of Great Britain
and other European powers that be
cause a man is once a subject he is al
ways so, must be resisted at every haz
ard by the United States as a relic of
the feudal times, not authorized by the
law of nations, and at war with our na-;
tional honor and independence. Nat-:
uralized citizens are entitled to be pro
tected in all their rights of citizenship
as though they were native born, and j
no citizen of the United States, native
or naturalized, must be liable to arrest;
and imprisonment by any foreign pow
er for acts done or words spoken in this
country. And if so arrested and im
prisoned, it is the duty of the govern
ment to interfere in his behalf.
Tenth. Of all who were faithful in
the trials of the late war there were
none entitled to more especial honor
than the brave soldiers and seamen,
whoendured the hardships of campaign
and cruise and emperiled their lives in
the service of the country. The boun
ties and pensions provided by law for
these brave defenders of the nation,
are obligations never to be forgotten.
The widows and orphans of the gal
lant dead are the wards of the people,
sacred legacy bequeathed to the na- {
tion's protecting care.
Eleventh. Foreign immigration,
which in the past has added so much
to the wealth and development of the
resources and the increase of power of ;
this nation—the asylum of the oppress
ed of all nations—should be fostered I
and encouraged by a liberal and just
policy.
Twelfth. This convention declares
its sympathy with all the oppressed
people which are struggling for their
rights.
VOL. 62.—WHOLE No. 5,446.
i Till) KEITBI.ICAX ( AMHDATD FOR
PRESIDE VT.
If a backwoodsman should insist on
using an axe to cut his crop of grain,
instead of a sickle, because the axe had
rendered good service in felling the
forest that stood upon the same ground
the preceding year, nobody would
be apt to think well of his judgment in
the selection of a utensil, .As we are
not to have a war, there is less fitness
in the selection of a general, than of a
! statesman, as a candidate for President.
General Grant has been nominated
I solely in consequence of his military
I reputation. Waiving, for the present,
the fundamental objection that the in
strument is not adapted to the propos
ed use, and that the Presidency, dur
ing the next term, will afford no scope
for the exertion of military talents,
we challenge inquiry into the grounds
of General Grant's fame as a soldier.
! We suppose none of his friends will
j seriously maintain that he is entitled
i to be called a great general merely be
, cause he has commanded great armies
1 much less because he had exposed and
lost in battle great multitudes of men.
His reputation rests upon the fact that
all his campaigns have been success-
I ful. But success against such adversar
ies of Pillow or in the
| West is no very signal proof of abili
! ties, unless they commanded greater
forces; which they did not. General
Lee was a more worthy antagonist;
but General Lee was not conquered by
fighting him, but by exhausting his
resources. He stood on the defensive
for nearly a year after Grant assumed
: command in the East, although the
Confederacy was even then, when
Grant crossed the Raipdan, tottering
and well-nigh spent by three years'
exertion in a strenuous and unequal
struggle. It is certainly just to credit
; Grant with the captureof Lee; butthere
I is a debit as well as a credit side to the
i account. What General Scott called
j "the economy of life by means of head
j work," will be sought for in vain in
j the campaigns of Gen. Grant. His
successes have been won by a prodigal
I expenditure of his soldiers. In his
last and greatest campaign he pitted
! an enormous army against a small one,
j and sacrificed twice as many men as
Gen. Lee had under his command. It
is not justice but adulation, to praise
him as if he had conquered an army as
large as his own. It is not justice but
an affront to humanity to give him
as much credit as if he had achieved
the same result without such wholesale
sacrifices of men. The following is an
authentic statement of the respective
forces<md losses of Generals Grant and
Lee between the Rapidan and the
James:
Grant on assuming command May 4,
18(54, had of effective men besides the
reserve, when he crossed the Rapidan,
! 125,000.
Lee at the same date had an effective
force of 52,000.
Grant's reinforcements up to the bat
tle of Cold Harbor, June 3, were 97,-
1 000.
Lee's reinforcements, up to the same
date, were 18,000.
Grant's total force, including rein
forcements, were 222,000.
Lee's total force, including reinforce
ments, was 70,000.
i Returns to their respective Govern
ments showed that when both armies
had reached the James, June 10, the
number of Grant's army that had been
I put hors du combat was, 117,000.
Up to the same date, the number of
Lee's men who had been put hors du
| combat was, 19, 000.
The two armies then met in front of
Petersburg.
We have been at some pains to as
certain and verify these figures, and
we vouch for their substantial accur
acy. We shall take good care that
they do not escape the notice, nor slip
the recollection of the country. We
cheerfully concede to General Grant
the merit of succe s; but it is right
that tho country should know the ter
rible cost at which that success was
purchased.
The truest test of military genius is
the accomplishment of great results
with slender means.
Wecan recall no instance (unless Grant
bean instance) of a general who estab
lished his title to be called great, other
wise than by succeeding against great
disadvantages—either superior num
bers, or consummate abilities in the
commanders opposed to him, or form
idable physical obstacles. A man does
not prove that he possesses a giant's
strength by overmastering an invalid
or a cripple. A general does not estab
lish his title to be considered great by
subduing an army one-third as large
as his own, and losing five of his own
men for every one that he disables of
the enemy.
We have had some experience be
fore of running successful generals as
candidates for Presidency ; but their
achievements were, in this particular,
a great contrast to those of General
Grant. General Jackson won his bril
liant victory as New Orleans with 7,000
men against a British army of 12,000.
General Taylor had but about 0,000
men at Buena Vista, and the Mexi
cans twice or thrice that number. Gen
eral Scott had 8,500 at Cerro Gordo,
the Mexicans 12,000. The splendid
victory of Contreras was achieved by
Scott with 4,500, against 12,000 Mexi
cans. General Scott, in his report to
the Secretary of War, speaking of the
battles in front of Mexico said, "And
I assert upon accumulated and unques
tionable evidence, that in not one of
these conflicts was this array opposed
I by fewer than three-aud-a-lialf times
j its numbers—in several of them, by a
! yet greater excess." If it be said that
j Grant had disadvantages of ground
and position to encounter in advancing
through an enemy's country, the same
is equally true of Scott, who neverthe
leas with greatly inferior numbers ad
vanced rapidly from triumph to tri
umph, while Grant, ojieratiug with
superior numbers against a nearly ex
hausted foe, required a whole year to
capture Richmond, which finally suc
cumbed to exhaustion, rather than to
military genius*—A". Y. World.
THE FLORIDA ELECTION.— How the
Ballot-Boxes were stuffed. —The Balti
more Gazette makes the following ex
tract from a private letter written
by a gentleman living at Madison,
Florida, and addressed to a gentleman
in that city:
MADISON, Florida, May 10, 1808.
During three election days of Monday
day, Tuesday and Wednesday last, we
had exciting times. The Radicals had it
all their own way on Monday, but we
had it our way on Tuesday and
Wednesday, and were certain our can
didates had been elected in this
county, if only by a small majority ;
but we were most awfully swindled in
the end. The ballot box was made with
a moveable slide, though in appearance
all right. After it had been sealed
with wax on the lock, over the heads
of the nails, over the ticket hole and
every other place possible, and each
seal stamped with a peculiar seal, it
was taken, when the polls were closed,
to the honse of one Simon Ivatzenberg,
(the candidate for the Senate), the se
cret seal removed, a number of the
Democratic votes taken out and treble
the number o Radical tickets put in
their places. We succeeded in finding
the man who made the box and he
told us the plan was given him by
Ivatzenberg What is more singular
is that the box at Tallahassa, Leon
county, was made in the same way, and
while the voting was going on the side
accideotly fell out, and of course was
instantly nialed up, though it had al
ready been stuffed. Other counties were
served in the same way. Several affi
davits have been sworn to and sent to
General Meade concerning this matter,
but it is doubtful if any good will re
sult therefrom. The Radicals have it
all their own way.
HUMAN MONSTROSITY.—In Lincoln
county, Tennessee, is a well developeil
white child of some ten years of age,
walking, talking, eating, &c. t in the
most approved juvenile manner, with
a third arin growing from its back, im
mediately between its shoulders. This
arm, as it is called, is no flabby, useless
excresence, as is common in such freaks
of nature, but a healthy, well defined
limb, with separate and appropriate
bones, joints, muscles, etc., and applied
by Its little owner to a number of
strange uses. In the centre of a plate
of bone permanently uniting the shoul
der-blades is the socket or first joint,
permitting the limb to be moved free
ly in all directions, by means of sever
al powerful and strangely complicated
muscles. From the socket extends a
tri-angular bone—or three small bones
combined—perfectly straight, and a
bout eight inches in length, termina
ting in a short flexible wrist, upon
which closely fits the hand. This
hand is somewhat in the shape and a
bout the size of an ordinary funnel,
with four finger-like projections at e
qual distances about the rim. The fin
gers have claw-like nails, joints, <£-c.,
and possess the power of opening and
closing as in the ordinary hand, their
grip, however, being much more pow
erful. The palm which seems already
hardened by use, recedes into the
wrist, leaving a small opening from
which constantly oozes a dark mucous
discharge entirely devoid of smell. At
a word from its mother the child lifted
and carried about with its member a
small chair, and other unyieldy arti
cles ; suspended itself from a walking
stick—in fact, went through evolu
tions which would put to blush a well
t.ained monkey. The limb, being
perfect and harmonizing with the en
tire body, is nothing more nor less
than a designed addition to it by its
great author, and this little boy's birth
has created a blank in natural history.
—Nashville Union.
CONG KEG ATIONAL SI NGING.—'W hy
is it that in almost all our churches the
singing is left to a few, generally to the
choir? Why not all sing; there are
very few persons to whom God has
not given some musical powers, at
least enough to join in the hymns sung
during Divine services. The masses
are not, however, so much to blame as
those who lead the singing. There is
too little spirit; the tunes are drawled
out, every word and syllable length
ened and twisted, until the music,
which would otherwise be the most
inspiring portion of the worship, loses
all interest and really becomes tire
some, for music loses all its charms
when indifferently rendered. Then
let there be an improvement; let tho
hymns be sung with spirit and ener
gy, so that all will feel interested, and
join in the worship of God, simply be
cause they cannot help it, and are im
pelled by some strong inner power.
Take the music away from devotional
exercises and what have you ? Many
persons praise God more sincerely in
this way than any other, because there
is an irresistible charm about it; the
heart fairly overflows with the excess
of emotion. Give us good, spirited
singing in which all can join, in our
churches, and the result will be—fewer
vacant pews.
A PENITENT on his death-bed recent
ly sent one dollar to a man in Swan
ton, Vt., to pay for half a pint of bran
dy, with sugar stolen twenty years a
go. Poverty and poor health were the
causes of the theft,