Bedford (Saaett
T.'iWorniac, January 27. 187©.
.4 MSASIKG ADIIMIOX.
A speech was made in Congress, the
other day, by Hon. Henry L. Dawes,
of Massachusetts, in thecourseof which
that honorable gentleman called h 5
party to account for their extravagance
in expending the public moneys. He
said that he was astounded to flud, on
a comparison of the expenditures of
Ex-Presideut Johnson's administra
tion with those of President Grant's,
that the latrer exceeded the former
by Nine Millions of Dollars per an
num !
Now Mr. Dawes is a Radical, and a
Massachusetts Radical at that. He
ranks among the ablest and most influ
ential representatives of his party on
the floor of Congress. Doubtless, if a
Democratic Congressman had made
the statement that the present admin
istration costs the peopie of the United
States Nine Millions more per annum
than did that of Andy Johnson, the
average Radical mind would not have
received it as truth. But Mr. Dawes
must be believed. He is our adversa
ries'own witness. His testimony a
gaiust the Democracy in times
past, was made to tell in favor of the
candidates of his party. Now, when
he testifies against his own political as
sociates, his evidence is certainly not
less credible than when it was given on
the other side.
Nine Millions of Dollars! Think of
it! It is no longer a matter of wonder
that the tax gatherers are so busy, that
the people groan under greater bur
dens of taxation than ever before, that
the revenues of the Federal Govern
ment are swolon to greater volume
than at any former period. And whilst
the people are compelled to pay Nine
Millions of Dollars per annum more
for the privilege of being governed by a
congreslonal oligarchy, than they
paid for the constitutional rule of
Johnson, price of grain, the wages of
labor and the value of property have
greatly declined since the advent of
the Grant regime. Is Congress doing
its duty, when it permits a derange
ment of the money market to take
place which brings disaster and ruin,
to the business of the country whilst,
at the same time it asks that the peo
ple, notwithstanding the shrinkage of
values, shall pay Nine Millions more
than formerly for the support of the
Government? Should not taxation
become lighter, rather than heavier,
with the decline in the price of grain
and the wages of labor? These are
questions which the voter must decide
for himself when he deposits his ballot
at the Cougresional election this au
tumn. We propound them just now, so
that they may l>e well pondered before
election-day. We ask no party judg
ment, but just a little reflection, a lit
tle sober, serious, steady thought.
DISCXIOX.
Georgia, after having been re-admit
ted into the Union, has been re-kick
ed-out. Virginia, after complying
with all the odious requirements of the
reconstruction acts, vainly knocksat the
doorsof Congress for admission. Ten
nessee is threatened with exclusion,
and Mississippi and Texas are still out
in the cold. It will soon be five years
since the war closed, and yet the U
nion is not restored. The Radical poli
ticians in Congress have conspired to
keep out the States which are not un
der the complete domination of their
own miserable tools. Because Georgia
is not a Radical State, she is not allow
ed representation in Congress; because
Tennessee has thrown off the yoke ol
Brownlow, she is to suffer dismember
ment from the Union. The old New
England Disunionlsts, the men who
pronounced the Union a "League with
Death." and the Constitution a "Cove
nant with Hell" are in full and abso
lute eoutrol of the Radical party. The
Union element which ruled the party
during the war, is completely over
borne by the Sumuersand Wilsonsand
llamlins who draw their inspiration
from Wendell Phillips autl W. Lloyd
Garrison. How much better is New
England Disunion than Southern Se
cession ?
DAWES' expose of the extravagances
of Grant's administration, in a speech
delivered in tlw House, the other day,
fell like a huge bomb shell into the
Radical camp. No matter how obnox
ious the dose, it must be swallowed by
the radical brethren, for is not Dawes
a shining light in the congregation of
the "trooly loil?"
GRANT'S administration, according
to Dawes' statement, will be a very ex
pensive one to the p ople of this coun
try. It has already eost the people o
verNiNF. Mii. LIONS more than John
son's for the same period! "Republi
can" advocates of retrenchment and re
form, what think you of the picture ?
The agent of the Mountain Crows
report that the Indians are contented,
and expect in the spring to help in the
a4jeLivtttLou of the soil.
THE CAT OCT Ol THE BAG.
J. I'cMna'i Little Game Kipnti.
The Fulton Republican , of last week,
divulges some of the secrets connected
with the intrigue in this Senatorial dis
trict by which Mr. Stutzman was forc
ed to withdraw and Mr. Scull was sub
stituted as the Radical candidate. The
editor of the Republican was one of the
conferees from Fulton county, in the
conference which nominated Stutz
man. See how he "goes for" Cessna's
scalp:
[From the Fulton BepuMiean cf Jan. 20 ]
1 tic XXth Senatorial Difficulty.
During the political campaign of last
fall, we promised that at some future
day we would give the paitieulars of
the Senatorial fight in this district;
tlie nomination of Alexander Stutz
man, the manner in which he was
shoved off the track, and how. where,
and when, Ed. Scull was substituted
for Stutzman.
We would have published the facts
at the time, aud let the people of this
District know who was and is respon
sible for the blunder committed, had
we not been afraid that it might dam
age Mr. Scull's chances and be an inju
ry to the party. But now that Find
lay has received his seat, and Scull's
chances can not be effected by it, it is
due to ourselves, and the people of the
District to put the responsibility where
it belongs.
In the beginning of the campaign,
Bedford County presented the name of
Capt. Mullen, agallantsoldier,and up
right man, who received the primary
nomination. Somerset next presented
Mr. Schrock,and the Hon. Alexander
Stutzman, of whom Mr. Stutzman re
ceived a large majority of votes cast
on account of his great personal popu
larity. Fulton County presented five
names at the County Convention,some
of whom were good men, and person
ally popular; and J. B.Cessna, Esq.,
received the majority of votes in Con
vention, on the loth ballot, after a
warm contest. Mr. Cessna selected for
conferees to meet similar conferees from
Bedford and Somerset, H. E. Snafer,
Esq., David Hughes, Esq., and Jona
than Hess, Esq. Capt. Mullen's Con
ferees were Mr. Williams, Conley, and
Minnich ; Hon. A. Stutzman, had se
lected Hon D. Yutzy, Hon. 11. B.
Barnes, and Coffroth.
The Conference met in Bedford on
the 25th of August at 10 o'clock, and
proceeded to ballot for Senator. After
balloting different times, that day, and
each candidate having but 3 votes the
Conference adjourned until evening.—
During the evening Session the result
was the same as in the afternoon, and
Conference adjourned until next day.
During Wednesdayevening Hon. John
Cessna tried to make it evident that
his brother Jonathan must be slaught
ered,—that Capt. Mullen must be de
feated, that Mr. Stutzman must with
draw, and Mr. Koontz or Mr. Scull
must be the compromise candidate,
and the way must he made clear for
HON. JOHN CESSNA'S re-nomina
tion in 1870. Of Fulton County he
was not much afraid, as his brother
Jonathan would keep it straight; of
Bedford he would take care if Somerset
got the Senator, and Somerset could
not claim Senator and Congressman
both. Mr. Cessna thought it absolute
ly necessary that Fulton, Bedford and
Somerset be all right, if it would be
possible for him to get a re-nomina
tion in the District, as Adams and
Franklin Counties were dissatisfied
with his disposition of the District pa
tronage. Ol course there were several
Conferees who were too stupid to see
the "point," for Mr. Cessua, and un
willing to be made the tool of John
Cessna in a game of that kind.
When the Conference assembled on
Thursday morning, the result was the
same. An adjournment took place un
til 1 o'clock, when after balloting sev
eral times, some of the Conferees
changed off, voting for different candi
dates, but not changing enough to e
lect any candidate. After adjourn
ment, Mr. John Cessna sent invita
tions to the Washington Hotel for two
of the Conferees from Somerset, and
two from Fulton to come to his law
office, which they did; during which
time he urged upon the Conferees the
propriety of throwing Stutzman over
board, and insisting upon some new
man.
On Friday morning Jonathan Cess
na asked a conferee from Somerset to u
nite with him upon a new man from
Somerset, throw Stutzman overboard,
and he, Jonathan, would have his Con
ferees vote for the new man. But un
fortunately for Johu Cessna and his
brother Jonathan, there were Confer
ees from Fulton who would not be vo
ted. And it is but justice to the Con
feree from Somerset, to say that he
would not accept the proposition.—
The vote during Friday aud Friday
night was about the game, except that
Mr. Hughes and Hess from Fulton oc
casionally voted for Stutzman and Mul
len. Our county was entitled to the
nomination, and our claim was recog
nized by both the Conferees froiuSonier
set and Bedford,but strenuous objections
urged against the man whom we presen
ted ; and public avowals were made
that if we had made any other nomi
nation, we wouid have received the
candidate at once. On Saturday fore
noon the result was the same; Mr.
Hess and Hughes occasionally voting
for Stutzman and Mullen ; just before
meeting in the afternoon, Mr. Hughes
made u> a proposition that we would
go down and vote for Mr. Stutzman,
aud settle.the matter. When Confer
ence met Mr. i .ughes voted twice for
Stutzman, and on the next ballot H.
E. Shafer voted also for Mr. Stutzman,
electing him, when the Bedford Con
ferees threatened to withdraw, and
Mr. Hughes asked permission to with
draw his vote, which at request of H.
E. Shafer was granted What Mr.
Hughes' object was in acting thus, we
are at a loss to know. But either his
proposition in our room to voteforStutz
man was to sound us how we stood, or
his voting forStutzman was to flatter the
SomersetConferees,heexi>ecting that he
might be thecompromisecandidate,as
soiue of the Soiner.-ot Conferees had said
to him,that if he had received our coun
ty nomination they would have nomi
nated him ; and seeing that the nomi
nation of Stutzman spoiled that hope,
asked to withdraw his vote, The Bed
ford Conferees asking time to con
sider, the Conference adjourned. Dur
ing the adjournment, Hon. John Cess
na was very busy ; but whether he ad
vised the Conferees from Bedford to
withdraw or not, we are unable to say,
but he did advise two of the Fulton
Conferees to withdraw, aud break up
the Conference. When the Confer
ence met in the evening, the Bedford
Conferees withdrew, and and H. E.
Shafer voting with the Conferees from
Somerset, nominated Mr. Stutzman.
This ended the Conference.
After Mr. Stutzman had been nomi
nated, a few of the politicians frocnßed
ford raised a hue and cry against Mr.
Stutzman; and received encouragement
from the Chambersburg "Repository,"
Cessna's organ and the organ of a few
Philadelphia politicians, by whom the
greater part of the office (it is alleged)
is owned.
And now we will give briefly the
whole connection of the Philadelphia
"ring" including McClure, Mann,
Quay, Ilamersly, Covode and Cessna,
and the smaller lights. Mr. Stutzman
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having voted last winter against the
Metroi olitan Police bill, was threaten
ed with death by Philadelphia
roughs,and of course they wereanxious
that some other man should come from
this District, as they expected to bring
up the same bill this winter. And Mr.
Cessna having promised, it is alleged,
to give an appointment under the Rev
enue, to a Franklin County man he
was desirous of getting Mr. Stutzman
off the track, and Mr. Scull on, so that
an appointment could be made for
Franklin County. And Mr. Russell of
Bedford had probably an interest in
the matter, which caused him to take
the part he did at Bedford at the pub
lic meeting, against Stutzman.
John Cessna having been fairly de
feated, in his choice in the Conference,
determined to force the regular nomi
nee off the track, and put on a man
who would answer his purpose. He
had pro|K>sed the name of Mr Scull
during the Conference, and the same
reason was given by his friends that he
him.-elf had given before the pri
mary election, why he did not want
the nomination. Namely: That it
would not pay him, to give up an
office which he held for four years,and
probably for eight years, which paid
him a salary of about $4,000 a year, for
one that would pay only SI,OOO a year,
for three years, and would have to pay
about SI,OOO for expenses during the
compaign. But this was no obstacle
in John Cessna's way. Was not John
Covode, his friend, for whom he had
made an infamous report in Congress,
Chairman of the State Central Com
mittee? And did he not have control
of the campaign money? Anyhow,
Mr. Cessna showed a letter from Co
vode, or a dispatch, requesting him,
Stutzman and Scull to come to Phila
delphia, to "fix" up the matter. They
went, and when they came home, Mr.
Stutzman withdrew, and Scull's name
was substituted. Mr. Stutzman's ex
penses were paid, we were informed ;
but whether Mr. Scull received enough
to balance his loss or not we don't
know. Of course it was nothing to
Mr. Cessna, this little arrangement.—
So outrageous was this proceeding that
the honest voters of Somerset County
utterly refused to vote for Mr. Scull.
They knew it was a trick of John
Cessna's, and that Mr. Scull and Stutz
man had been duped. It was for this
reason, and no other, that Mr. Scull
was not elected; for it is not contended
that he had a majority of votes cast.
Mr. Cessna tried to explain Scull's de
feat, by ascribing it to some oil specu
lations, and becau:-e Stutzman had
helped to defeat Scull; but this is not so,
as he well knows. Mr. Stutzman rode
day and night after his return, urging
his party to support Scul'.
If Mr. Stutzman was an objectionable
candidate, and the nomination was to
go to Somerset County, it should have
been given to Mr. Sehrock, as he was
next on the list at the primary meet
ings held.
When the Legislature met, John
Cessna, was at Harrrisburg manipula
ting the affair, and we may say, that
had be not been so justly loathed and
contemned by honest members, Mr.
Scull would have probably received
his seat. But any man's connection
with Jonn Cessna, politically, will
surely politically damn him.
We believe Mr, Cessna is responsible
for the defeat o: the District, and we
believe that he has also defeated hiui
self for a renomination for Congress.
We advised him some time ago that if
lie wanted a renoniination, he should
attend to his Congressional duties, and
not engage so assiduously in fixing up
the District for a renoniination.
We have now given the /acts in this
case and leave the peopie to judge who
is responsible for our defeat.
IF a Democrat had said half so much
of the corrupt and extravagant doings
of the present administration, as did
Dawes, u Radical member of Congress
from Massachusetts, the whole pack of
loil h< unds would have barked at bis
htel, aud cried out, Copperhead ! dis
loyal! treason! But as the expose comes
from a promiuent member of the radi
cal family, what will they do?
Under the blessed slate of things ex
isting in Georgia, no one need be sur
prised to bear of the enacting of scenes
familiar to Poland and Ireland. A no
torious scoundrel named Norris, has
been dispatched by the Radical Satrap,
Terry, with a gang of soldiers, to a p 'arc
able county '.n the State, with orders
to arrest and carry off the principal cit
izens. Norris has taken along a black
list of one hundred and fifty gentlemen,
and has established himself in the
house of a citizen, whom he turned out
to make room, and has inaugurated a
reign of terror. Men are being seized
and dragged Irom their beds at night,
and are hunted by armed soldiers
through the woods. The women are
plunged into the deepest distress by
anxiety for Ihe fate of their husbands
and male relations. Norris was for
merly Sheriff of Warren County, and
made many enemies by his insolence
and cruelty, and General Terry has
given him this opportunity to wreak
his vengeance on those who have offen
ded him. All this is taking place in the
"land of the free and the home of the
brave"—the great American 'republic'
so called.
Kentuckey to New York greeting!
A message from Governor Stevenson
to the Kentucky Legislature, commu
nicating the reconsideration and rejei
tion of the fifteenth amendment by the
Legislature of New York was receiv
ed in the House of Representatives
with irresistible demonstrations of ap
plause.
A nephew of the iute President
Pierce was arrested through mistake
as the embezzler of $500,000 from a
Pennsylvania nabob lately, and the
little matter was settled by his receiv
ing $15,00t) indemnity for his soiled
honor.
Santa Fe advices state that Lieut.
Cashing has returned to Fort Stanton,
from a severe Indian campaign, in
which he had killed several Indians
and captured a large quantity of live
stock.
The wife and two children of a farm
er. named Dowd, living near Vermil
ion City, Dakota, perished during a se
vere storm on Saturday night, last,
while endeavoring to reach a farm
house.
General Augur has received official
information that the Pawnee Killeis
band were engaged in the massacre of
Buck's surveying party on the Repub
lican last summer.
A woman and three children were
burned to death in a house at West
Point, Prince Edward's Island, on the
12th inst.
t'OJfGBKSSIOSAi.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.
In the United Stales Senate yester
day, after the presentation of an aval
anche of petitions for the abolition of
the franking privilege, on motion of
Mr. Wilson, the bill prohibiting retir
ed officers from being assigned to duty
which entitles them to full pay for
their services was taken up and passed.
The Senate then went into debate upon
the Virginia Bill. On motion of Mr.
Stewart the Senate bill was laid on the
table, and the bill passed by the House
on Saturday was taken up. Mr. Ed
munds offered to amend by requiring
the imposition of an oath in the eases
of State officers, that the incumbents
are not ineligible under the fourteenth
amendment. After a long debate this
amendment was voted down. Mr.
Morrill opposed the House bill with
velwmenee, and asserted his fear that
the Republican party was committing
suicide. Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, in
terjected the sage remarking that the
Republican party's inclination to com
mit suicide was because it felt it ought
to be hung. Without action the Sim
ate adjourned. In the House a large
number of bills and resolutions were
introduced and referrred to appropri
ate committees. Among the former
tie most important were: to repeal
the tonnage tax on American vessels,
to improve Mobile harbor, to dispose
of the public lands in Florida, Alaba
ma, Mississippi and Arkansas; to pay
one year's salary as Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court to the family of
Edwin M. Stanton ; to declare null
and void all acts done by legislative,
executive, and judicial officers labor
ing under the disabilities of the four
teenth amendment, and to establish a
postal telegraphic system in connection
with the Post-office Department. The
House went into consideration of Mr.
Judd's bill to apportion the representa
tion of the several States in the House
of Representatives for the Forty-sec
ond Congress. Mr. Judd and others
addressed the House, and it was evi
dent from the tenor of the debate that
a bitter sectional feeling is growing up
between the East and West. The J louse
adjourned after further unimportant
business.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.
The admission of Virginia hangs
fire in the Senate. There was a dull,
prosy debate yesterday ; a talking a
gainst time while the extremists are
devising new measures to keep the
State out in the cold. The prospects
now are that Virginia will not be ad
mitted upon the easy terms agreed to
by the House. Among the new bills
introduced into the Senate was one by
Mr. Abbott to increase the efficiency
of the army. In the House, the sen
sation was a stirring, slashing speech
by Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, upon
the extravagance of Giant's adminis
tration. Mr. Dawes told plain and cut
ting truths, and his Radical associates
gazed upon him with open mouths,
astounded by the explosion in their
own camp. The Democrats should
immediately publish the speech of the
ablest of the Massachusetts Congress
men as a campaign document. Mr.
Kelley attempted to reply, but was cut
off by the expiration of the morning
hour. The House discussed Mr. Judd's
apportionment hill, and referred it to
the Committee of the Whole. General
Slocum introduced bills for the erec
tion of a post-office and other govern
ment buildings in Brooklyn, and for
the removal of the Brooklyn Navy
yard.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.
The straight-out Radicals of the Sen
ate obtained their first victory in the
Virginia fight yesterday. After anoth
er debate of a couple of hours, a vote
was taken on Mr. Edmond's amend
ment imposing a test-oath 011 the mem
bers of the Virginia Legislature, and
it resulted in the affirmative—4s to 1( ; .
The only Radicals conservative enough
to vote with tiie Democrats were
Messrs. Ferry, of Connecticut; Kel
logg, of Louisiana; Ross, of Kansas;
Stewart, of Nevada ; and Trumbull,
of Illinois. Mr. Nye afterwards
changed his vote to the neg
ative. The Senate also discussed the
question of abolishing the franking
privilege. Several more bills were in
troduced to give away public lands to
railroad corporations. Mr. Trumbull
reported adversely to the bill allowing
States to determine the qualifications
of witnesses in the United Statescourts.
In the House of Representatives, two
Peunsylvaniaus, Kelley and Dickey,
attempted to reply to Dawes' speech
charging the administration with gross
extravagance. The plain truths of
Dawes have made the Radical Con
gressmen sick with apprehensions of
the consequences of the exposure. The
House likewise discussed the pension
and West Point appropriation bills.
More petitions against the franking
privilege were presented.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.
General Nathaniel Greene, the rev
olutionary hero, was the subject of
eulogistic speeches iu the Senate yes
terday, the occasion be ing the presen
tation of his statue from tiie State of
Rhode Island to the national capitol.
Mr. Anthony made the ofl'ering, and
Mr. Sumner the senatorial response.
Two other Radical Senators indulged
in ltttlespeeches. The oh| patriot would
turn in his grave if he knew that the
men who are oppressing old Virginia
were his eulogists. Mr. Casserly in
troduced a bill providing that public
land* in California shall be open to en
try by homestead and pre-emption
8 ittlers only. Mr. Jonkling, from the
special committee, reported a substi
tute for the House Census bill, R di
rects that v'CWua shall be taken ou
the old plan, under direction of the
United States marshals. Mr. Ramsey
brought forward his bill to establish a
postal telegraph system and to incor
porate the United States Postal Tele
graph Company. The Virginia bill
was taken up and discussed. Drake
had a new obstruction amendment pro
hibiting Virginia from ever hereafter
altering her constitution so as to de
prive the darkies of suffrage. After
several speeches, it was agreed to bring
the bill to a final vote at 4 o'clock this
afternoon. In the House of Represen
tatives the proceedings were unusually
spicy. The League Island job was up,
and Mr. Schofield, of Pennsylvania,
attempted to answer Mr. Dawes. A
sharp encounter of personalities took
place, during which Mr. Dawes insin
uated that Mr. Schofield was no gen
tleman. Later, when the House
plunged into a debate on the whole
free-trade question, pending the pas
sage of a resolution to print Mr. Weil's
report, Mr. Logan insinuated that Mr.
Kelley was a liar. The Western Rad
icals generally sided with the Demo
crats in favor of Mr. Wells. Mr. Bing
ham asked leave to introduce a ridicu
lous bill, making it an offence punisha
ble with fine and imprisonment for any
person to propose to repeal the action
of a State Legislature ratifying any
proposed amendment to the Constitu
tion. Mr. Eldridge objected. Mr.
Hooper, the Mormon delegate, pre
sented memorial, signed by 22 000 eiti
zensof Utah, praying admission as a
State. The House passed the Mili
tary Academy appropriation bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.
Virginia was rejected by the Senate
yesterday. The debate was marked
with a great speech by Mr. Trumbull,
who talked for an hour to a most atten
tive audience against the monstrosities
of the ultra wing of his party. Sum
ner came in for his most powerful in
vective, and in the course of his speech
he thundered forth against the Massa
chusetts Senator ;he inevitable accusa
tion of falsehood which now accompa
nies exeited discussions between Radi
cal orators. Drake's obstruction a
luendrnents were tacked on to the bill
by small majorities, many of the mod
erate men, as Trumbull, Carpenter,and
Conkling, voting with the Democrats;
but the bill as amended finally passed
by a strict party vote, 47 to 10. It now
goes back to the House for renewed
action. Previous to the Virginia de
bate Mr. Pomeroy proposes! a sixteenth
amendment to the constitution, con
ferring suffrage upon women. It was
referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Patterson introduced a bill to a
holi.sh the Freedmen's Bureau and to
provide a Bureau of Education (for
negroes). Little of interest transpired
in the House of Representatives. But
ler attempted to get a chance to reply
to Dawes' speech, but was choked
down by the persistent efforts of Benja
min, of Missouri. To-day is buncombe
day in the House.
An important bill has just been in
troduced into the Legislature of Penn
sylvania. It prohibits the carrying of
pistols, whether loaded or unloaded,
unless a certificate of the mayor of a
city or from a justice of the peace is
obtained. The law further requires all
persons obtaining such permits to reg
ister their names, their business, and
to specify the motives for carrying
such pistol, and that if any injury shall
result to a person by the use of a pis
tol, the presumption of law and fact
shall be that the person using such pis
tol, and causing thereby bodily injury,
maliciously intended to kill the person
so injured, unless he can prove to the
satisfaction of the jury that he used
said pistol in the necessary protection of
his person.
The new bayonet legislature of Mis
sissippi have ratified the fifteenth a
mendmeat. A special dispatch to a
Memphis paper says that Eggleston
and Ames will, without doubt, be e
lected Uui ted Stales Sena to rs. Eggl es
ton is a carpet-bagger from Ohio.—
Ames is a carpet-bagger from Maine,
and, as military commander over Mis
sissippi, has been a willing and despi
cable tool of his Radical masters in
Congress. Neither of these embryo
"Senators" have been in Mississippi
more than threeyears, and neither has
a single interest iu common with the
people whom they will pretend to re
present.
The Rhode Island Legislature has
swallowed the fifteenth amendment,
but the dose went down hard. The
trouble with the Radical majority was
that by the adoption of the amend
ment enfranchisement will be bestow -
ed upon several thousand Democrats,
who by the unjust laws of the State,
have been debarred from voting.—
This wid give the State to the Demo
crats—a prospect not altogether plea
sant for Messrs. Anthony and Jenckes.
As Mr. Sprague is half way out of the
Radical party, a political revolution in
Rhode Island wouldjust suit him.
Great preparations are being made
at Portland, Boston and Peabody,
Mass., for the the funeral ceremonies
of George Pea body. Robert C. Win
throp is to deliver the address in B >ston,
and Governor Ch imberlin is to be the
orator at the Portland obsequies. The
honors to the dead philanthropist Will
be of an unusual and imposing charac
ter all along the route from Maine to
the final resting place.
More unkindness to the noble Afri
can I Governor Geary, of this state,
was grandly inaugurated at Harris
burg, 0:1 the 13th inst., by the aid of a
procession of military and fire com
panies, Because a black regiment was
allowed in the line all the fire compan
ies except two, deserted in anger.—
They will be punished by the loss of
their charters.
The sleeping-car of the mail train
ou the Tennessee Road, which left
Lynchburg on Friday evening last,
was thrown from the track, and, after
being dragged some distance, was pre
oipitated down a bank and dashed to
pieces. Conductor Nelson and leu oth
ers were severely bruised, and General
VV. C. Roddey, of Mississippi, slightly.
A young .matron of Bridgeport,
Maine, aged 15 years, recently made
an addition to the census, with the as*
sistauee of her mother, aged 32 ; her
grandmother, aged (51, and her great
grandmother, aged 72, thus compress
ing five generations into the smallest
compass on record,
According to a letter from Port Lar
amie, the Indians captured forty head
of rattle from a herder oo the 14th
inst.
General Lee is to participate in the
funeral obsequies of the late George
Peabody, at Pen body, Mass.
Senator Lowry has introduced a bill
abolishing capital punishment in the
State.
Why is an ax like coffee?—lt must
be ground before it can be used.
Signal for a bark—Pulling a dog's
tail.
Anthracite coal sells at sl9 per tun,
Macon, Georgia.
A patent hobby horse is the only a
musement of Charleston at present.
How does a cow become a landed es
tate? By turning her into a rield.
A good guess at a tailor's name—Mr.
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by a very simple remedy, after having suffered
severalycars with a severe lung affection, and that
dreaddisease, Consumption, is anxious to make
known to his fellow-sufferers the means of cure.
To all who desire it, be will send a copy of the
prescription used (free oi charge.) with the direc.
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'hey will Gad a sure cure for Consumption, Asth
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'mending the Prescription is to benefit the af
flicted. aud spread information which heeonceive g
to be invaluable; aud he hopes every suffererwilj
try his remedy, as it will cost them nothing, and
may prove a blessing
Parties wishing the prescription, will please ad
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Williamsburg. Kings County. New York
may 14 yl
ERRORS OF YOUTH. —A gentleman
who suffered for years from Nervous Debility
Premature De :ay, and all the effects of youthfu
will, for the sakeot suffering human
ity, send free to all who need it, the receipt and
(jireotionsfor making the simple remedy by which
he was cured Sufferers wishing to profit by the
adverliser'sexperieuce. can do so by addressing
'n perfect confidence, JOHN B. OGDEN,
No. 42 Cedar street. New York
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Sell e,K' k'i Pu I tno ai c Syrup,
Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills. willcurtCon
sumption, Liver Complaint, and Dyspej eia, if ta
ken according to directions They are all three
to be taken at the same time. They cleanse the
stomach, relax the liver,and put it to work :then
the appetite becomes good ; the food digests and
makesgood blood ; the patient begins to grow in
flesh; the diseased matter ripens in the lungs,
and the patient outgrows the disease and gets
well. This is the only way to cure consumption.
To these three medicines Dr J H Schenck, of
Philadelphia, owes his unrivalled success in the
treatment ot pulmonary consumption. The Pul
monic Syrup ripens the morbid matter in the
lungs, nature throws it off by an easy expeotora
tion, for when the phlegm or matter is ripe, a
slight cough will throw it off, and the patient has
rest and the lungs begin to heal.
To do this, the Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake
Pills must be freely used to cleanse the stomach
and liver, so that the Pulmonic Syrup and the
food will make good blood
Sehenck'sMandrakePills act upon the liver,
removing allobstructions,relax the ducts of the
gall-bladder, the bile starts freely, and the liver
is soon relieved ; the stools will show what the
Pills can do . nothing has ever been invented ex
cept calomel (a deadly poison which is very dan
gerous to use unless with great care), that will
unlock the gitll-blediler and starts the secretions
of the liver like Schenck's Mandrake Pills.
Liver Complaint is one of the most prominent
causes of Consumption
Schenck's Seaweed Tonic is a gentle stimulant
and alterative, and the Alkali in the Seaweed,
which this preparation is made of, assists the
stomach to throw out the gastric juioe to dissolve
the food with the Pulmonic Syrup, and it is made
into good blood without fermentation or souring
in the stomach.
The great reason why physician? do not cure
consumption is, they try to do too much; they
give medicine to stop the cough, to stop chills, to
stop night sweats, hectic fever, and by so doing
they derange the whole digestive powers, locking
np the secre'ions, and eventually the patient
sinks and dies.
Dr. Schenck, in his treatment,does not try to
stop a cough, night sweats, chills, or lever. Re
move the cause, and they will all stop of their
own accord. No one can be cured of Consump
tion. Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Cataarh, Can
ker, Ulcerated Throat, unless the liver and siotn
ach are made healthy
If a person has Consumption, ofcourse thelungs
in some way are diseased, either tubercles, ab
scesses, bronchial irritation, pleura adhesion, or
thelungsarea mass of inflammation and fast de
caying In such cases what must be done? It
is not only the lungs that ere wasting, but it is
the whole body. The stomach and liverhavelost
their power to make blood out of food. Now the
only chance is to take Schenck s three medicines,
which will bring up a tone to the stomach, the
patient will begin to want food, it will digest easi
ly and make good blood : then the patient begins
to gaiu in flesh, and as soon as the body begins to
grow, the lungscomtnence to heal up,and the pa
tient gets fleshy an 1 well This is the only way
to eurcconsumption.
When there is no lung disease, and ODly Liver
Complaint and Dyspepsia, Sohenck's seaweed
Tonic and Mandrake Pills are sufficient without
the Pulmonic Syrup. Take the Mandrake Pills
freely in all billious complaints as they are per
fectly harmless
Dr. S ihenck, who has enjoyed uninterrupted
health for many years past, and now weighs 225
pounds, was wasted away to a mere skeleton, in
the very laststage of Pulmonary Consumption,
his phy-icianshaving pronounced his case hope
less and abandoued h iiu to his fate. lie was cured
by the aforesaid medicines, and since hisreeovery
many thnusandssimilarly afflicted have used Dr.
Schenck'spreparations with thoaamc remarkable
success. Full directions accompanying each,
make it not absolutely necessary to personallysee
Dr Schenck, unless the patient s wish their lungs
examined , and for this purpose he is professional
ly at his Principal Offloe. Philadelphia, every
Saturday, wherealllet era for advice must be ad
dressed . Ho is also professionally at No. 32 Bond
Street. New York, every other Tuesday, and at
No 35 Hanover Street. Boston, every other
Wednesday. He giyesadvice free, but for athor
ough examination with his Respirometertheprice
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P. M.
Price of the Pulmonic Syrup and Seaweed Ton
ia each $1.50 per bottle, or $7.50 a half-dozen
Mandrake Pills 25 cents a box. Forsale by all
d ruggists,
Dn J. H. SCHENCK.
may2Byl 15 N. 6th St., Philada., Pa.
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