, • Y'l'j t ' ¥ER ARGUS. .-- i 1 j ■ TgES ; tane|[2lst> 1865. til- ■' dtfit^Gonventioxk f &StatW ftt WsoiiKSDAt, TH* Wth Sv '1865T it 12’ 6'clock M-, for tbe iiipow of gutting in noiiiiuatiorv a Jatetiokit.Mbc BUpponedbjrtho, at *!“9® 1 s: add- Maleas;! Wg** •* a l.va! pctmte peodredl .the fgyeat vic |iv i,,.A%naAaaetbesaT, ? hich liirenemfos denounced an* failure a; llorioos in 1865. i( • -'■• 1 I Our flak hah been maintained—pur Inomies fftcrttey«r«-odT SreßervJ. an* peace flict «ve|y ‘f«l6nd whq tvidpd in this Result. I feko tflOaauroa to be repye fsciite J iw’tiiat Convention.; We must fsae taitlthafc tbbfirmta dfi pur sncpeas Lre not list to the Nation 1 . |;. ■ ... I 1 Businlaa of vast importance will the nresclited for its consideration and | byery' district In the State -phon.d be I CAMERON j Chairman. [i'-'A/wl RcnPdict,) i " WlE | FoRNET ’ > i| | '..i.jPrimary Meeiipgs* I' We trust there will bej a'general at- I tendance of the , loyal ![peoplo of o?r I, countl at the primary mjeptmgs on the |r.24th ffist. In Iheipresent state of par ' li ties tfe Republican nomination for a . | countl office is equivalent to an elec* I* tion, find it is at the primary raeetingßj |i if atfall, that every citizen who de* I sixes iOipariicipate in Ithe selection of I Saalto wbom tjio public business and I the management of the county finan i t ceV IbflU be entrusteidj should make Ik his loice hoard and tie influence folk ■‘ife In this selection all afe Interested and J ail should take an interest. There is, i perlaps, - never a lifh of candidates Ik’ prolehtod to onr pfimary meetings | wiilro the qualifications of the persons IJ named are so exactly! [balanced ttot.it bcffiirnea immaterial to ,the public in* teiCst which should be nominaled.- wlen there is a full expiession of the people between thorn'the majority rijelyerts; it te as general thing by - |ght vote that y xlnerabla nominal* ms are made. Ji • i |/t .radical changed in the method Of fkirig our nominations is proposed | our County CoihWittee for the eon sf oration of ItopuMiCan. voters, and manner iu which} it is Submitted withdraws it from the V rOictioubf the Gohnty Convention. '»%a Delegates aifli.| to he instructed IfN ;if .. H •; IF.' IrV u> ';; v ; :» »». iV I;, f', : IMit at the . ConvenVon.' A 110 l there •will be [decisive, and it, is ereforo important that the subject ould be fully canvassed and gebor ly voted upon all the primary meet mgs.. The. changp proposed is ciearljr I Indicated in the call of the Commit* j lee, and has: discussed by thp Chairman through; the Argus. • The »oto 'at the pritnt|t]y, mootings will bb I 'For the Popular ! Vote” and “Agairi&t pie Popular [ Votef\ “For the! Vote by iSallo:," and “ A'qcinst the Vote by ''Ballot” ‘i dj Wb are .to .nominate on the 26tp three persons for Assembly, in con* junction with Washington county/otto person for each plf ho offices of Treas urer,' Coratnisaipbor, District Attor ■hey Surveyor, Poor, House Director, Auditor, Coroner! and two persons for Trustees of the] [Academy. Candi dates are In the ’field lor all these oifi pces except Corqnejh which seems for \ the present to go a bogging. J' | | ‘X 1! ’ . .(* ',"an I'.;* •1 i I :.i t;j _-i ig&.Wbea the Rebellion broke down, the Richmond Examiner broke down ;viib jtj and John 1 ilitcholl, jta Editor) I and one of tha [most. unmitigated scoundrels even Bhelterodfrom justice by pur flitted Northward to take'charge df; the New York Dai ?y News, the organ'of the Simon pure Democracy! in'j that quarter. The transition [was n aUral, but John soon I announce# that ■ he found itimpossi" hie toliveambig the : Yankees, and would seek a home in another land -r Thonewspaperq state, however, that at the urgent solicitation of a' couple of Government! jomcials,, ho has'pbst poU«d his trip abroad for the present. ty h ; ; S" , A 1 Ml }|! I * ■ • y Poath of Bon. Nor Middle-! swarth. / .1 Boa, Ner Middles worth, of Snydejf county, died oh ] Juno 2d, in the 72d ] ; year of He was a Captain •■in thenar of 1812, and distinguished ' himself for hip gallontry in sevortl battle*, fie served with distinction finiholh branches of Jhe Legislature, represented his |districtin Congress, sm for five years was an associate Judge on thq bench of .his resident country. Ho j yips a strong minded common sense imbued man, whoso natural energyand integrity of cnar aefor rendered; him respected aad be loved by his follow citizens, y I'l '. v ! ' - .1 * ‘ J, 'lt | ■ . •. t - u ~ ■ ; r :| ; Wab Secbetart on Du.—Leading jnon arrived! all. Springfioldl t ~illa frois ?[’. -pay it is confidepttyfys | -aerted tberc. lhat, ia the ne*yly cod* || Blnictad Cabinet, General FhaxK |* | Bi>Ali will (je Secretary of i War ip | . place of Mr. IsiAaroJb . .! '
  • Texas—Andrew J. Hamilton. *’ i They arevdsled with thesamepow. ( 1 oi’s conferred bylproolamution upon Gov. Holden, of North Carolina. Beriah Magoffin, of Kentucky, long rind otj tho extremest opponents of the Trover nmont, has returned to his State hnd taken the stump in favor of the jomendtbdnt of the National Con ititdtion for the abolition of human Slav|ry. tJhder the influnco et Sena |u>r las- Guthrie, Governor Bramlette, ex-Qovernor Magoffin, and others, the Kentucky Legislature ■ cannot hed tato long in concurring in the joint resolution of Congress. . 5 The Beptibliean State Contention oflowa, which mot Wednesday, nom inated the following candidates; For Governor, Hob. Wm. M. Stone, for Lieutenant Governor, Hon. B. F. Guo, for Supremo Judge,.- Hon Goo. G;iWright; for Superintendent pf Pub lic Instruction, , Hoik O. Fnvillc. The .Convention alsd inserted a plank in its platform in favor.of universal ..suffr rage in lowa, The rpsolutiqns on-j ! dorse the ratification of the tidhal Amendment abolishing Slavery; the: disfranchisement of traitors, and Speedy punishment of. Jeff Davis; are Th favor of making loyalty tho on.y »«• thn right ot suffrage; pay a trr favor Sfcdisfranchisibg and disqualify ingfrom the right of holding, offipc every citizen of the bps aided the re Bellion directly, or whh has lett, the Slate to avoid millitary service. N *, !, ■■■-£ Political. •thdraws bis Notes of Third Series of '7-30s Now ready- The demand ior the Second Series of the 7-30. Njotes was so great I that the Treasury Dopartmentwaa ] unable to print them, with sufficient rapidity to fill the order. It vfdl be remembered that a hundred millions I were , subscribed and paid for in a single week.. The printing presses! have finally surmounted the difficulty, laud on Wednesday, Juno 7lb, the de- livorioS Of the Third Series commenc ed, and will bo continued with the sumo promptness that marked the sap* ply of the notes of the first and second series.- It has boon this interruption! of delivery at the time of subscript ticn which has given an appearance 1 of a falling off in the popular taking of the*loan,—the. great body [of small, inkers being unwilling to pay their money unless they received their notes right in hand, to carrv them home. It is expected that after this week the daily subscriptions to the Seven-Thirties will run into! millions as they Will undoubtedly be stimulated by'the, opening of the farmers’ wool markets East and West It! is tot at all likely that the Government will ever again offer so desirable! a securi* ty as these notes,. and aboatjtwo ham dred only regain to be taken.? 1 !• '| ■ . n i With the close of the war the na* tional exponses will be vastly reduced, and investors= ‘must look for a sharpl reduction in the rate ot interest as soon r os. the present loans become due, and, can-be paid off.' There,is no reason why :tho United; States’ credit for money-should over again fell below its credit for courage. The same spirit that preserved the geogrd* phical integrity of the country will place its pecuniary integrity on apsr with that of the most favored nationa —and that will represent. a rate of interest’ under rather than over four percent. ‘ r “Unconstitutional,”— The Suproni e Court of Wisconsin have decided ihi.t the la[w of’Congress, requiring stamps lpgfli iii the beginning or other stages of a suit, is uncon stitutional, and therefore voi.d and the stamps bn legal papers not necessary. The gremhd of the decision is that tlio' imposition cf a tax upon any -proceed ings ih a State court is an inyasibaef the I light of a State, to rogulaloi pro ceed! ngsin its own courts; that\; if Congress can lax .tbesoproccedings af all, it can lay a tax that [will pnip tieaily amount to- a prohibition, ard thus legislate IheJSlate courts out )f existence! MEIN Random; • BT KOBEKT iiraiEE. 'f - -i-.i'! To I one Who loves to pdrm; 0 Ahooghltnl rnbdHntilri, the ?h)»oBopJir of History, few seated of more, iowi.se Wss^^B. is always * subject of; increasing terest. "I j ■ Itiay possibly bithonghtpresump tionTfor one at tUjday to hope to bsv anything eithe r new or .interest- Kona subject Uicbbas claimed Ihl Ttentionof iPoet. Pamtef, . and Historian ever si nee, its glpnons in auguration, and has hausted by either the | each minds as Irving or the solid laborsloT » °v^ Sparks. Yet onb may pardoned for ending the dy reaped by sdipany pi the bngbt* eat intellects in our . own bnghtgal % of fame, in thi faint hope of glean* ? 2* few sheaves, »n( e have beenlneglejuted by others lid their protnee abundance.- n the early daks of Greece, when a Iliad and Odyssey had been »ung /[Homer, and Itheir allegories and pisodes had beep accepted as the be- M, land interwoven | with the religion ot the nation, ajbody of mmor poetß prose caUed tke Bhapsodists.who opt ( Snding orh^in gi toiejiual,or even imitate the immortal’baM ofChios, contented themselves with reciting to [.their countrymen these ooblepMms. andfrecalling atstaledintorvaU what constituted the pride and glory of the Greek* With iplthoso of those [ old jßhapsodists, would we venture to pall attentioni to oJ American BeyolniiOn. An Iliad, explained id aU its InUaess by the InminOTW ,of Cine. tke Marshall, not jewunodin allits depths by the ihdefatigabloreeearohra &fflared Sparks, not! developed in jail iits magttificoncp by theversatile gc* nips of George [Bauet 6ft, nor portray fejin all its brilliancy i bp for the Ume_hc~ 7 have overiuriicjd [the fpmndat|ionB “social existence.; The primary use of every revolution that hai 6c irred, is confessedly. the inability of o oxisting fprm pi society to meet jvernmenx^aVetij«ofrtrTOo^p~p 1 ve for toleration, [jthat the remedy of total sahvoisidn is trioil, | I -The horrors qf tpej'French KevPlu* on were* only paralleled by the suf* rings of people under the; An ent Regime, The British commons ever threw off the yoke of Charles resist, till pis; haughty tyranny [bo line, totally nopnrfpatiblc with ilicir (dependence; and [the English Clergy odured James tbslj 11, tin they [were. pnvinced that! nothing short of [the Btal abolition |ot the Establishment rould satisfy tbat bigoled, imperious, nd intolerant sov srPi gn. such s. these, warrant ns, ns they occur long the patih of History,' in’ conehi ing that every revolution which jhas iccurred has been productive of some; ;ood. That after the first bnrst of nry has subsided, some long standing' ivil will bo fjund to have been swept iway, some great wiong ropedied, j md some ae vantage gained [for the lenefit of succeeding generations. .The great Empires of Asayriajßab- [ flon, Egypt [and Persia, totally deny* ng to the mass of mankind ail partic pation in the pfyirs of Government, :outd but crumble under the'enervax ling inflnenejes which surround the! Blonarohs qf [licentious and unlimited, courts. Yoteaoh one was an improve-; moot noon its predecessor, though destined to give | way to revolution as falling to pcet [the demands bribe age. To these in due course succeed ed the Greeks [with their fierce and turbulent democracy, their splendid literature and increased civilization.; But their intestinewnrs and ciyil com motions prepared tho way for Alex • wider, who,| crossing the Hellespont, entirely remodeled I the affairs of the world, and{ certainly swept at one sweep thquskndq of errors down into the vast abyss of oblivion. U ‘ The Boman Empire was in many respects superior to the Grecian, and from their Senate and Tribunes,[ their arts and then aims, Civilization and the interests j oif Humanity have re> cieved mazy, advantages, for j Which tho name of] Borne will ever bP faek in grateful remembrance. But Borne, Seated on helr seven hills, the far-fam« ed and haughty niiefcress ofthe world, .whose power {seemed as imperishable ns her dominion was absolute, fell at lasi, yielding: to inevitable destiny. : .TLor came thoSttighty, tbo over* whelming, t|h’o te'rriblo Mediaeval Bov; olutiou, w;Hqn now law's, now institu* tions, and now [customs obliterated everything that!;. | had gone boforej then the tide t|f Northern Emigra tion, setting in from unknown regions [over the fai 'esi portions of the civil ized world; an|d npw when vandalism desol atod tip j Classic fields ofj Judy, and trainpl edjnppn the monuments of Giecjian it really scorned ap if all was lost, i and that here was 1 a reV ohitipu.'than swallowed up all that was good in the glqomSof an eternal; night ,\ Yet I firmly Relieve that,the Goth was j on tb a 1 whole as superior! to the Romfin as th[o lat,6r most ur.qucstioh i j j . .' ■■ ■ i ; ! ■f;. KUMJEB 'I- I i i’ t ! : !*i i -i ‘ 1 ably'if as ito tile Greek. I And; I am confiti cntr that i the revolution ; wjhich - swept away jtlxi whole existence pf the Koman E'jnpiif, vf ith ite complicated machinery <>f]| government, was not without ilia beneficial Ircsultsj toman kind] the Roman i wps in many respect* snporiorVo bia Barba rian eonqueroc his manners . wor e fined, hefbaa o cultivated taste, be had ■ carried" llKof'irts -to; groat perfection, and bad filled the world with the tro phies. of hiß geoiua and V»lorj *kuo the jGctbWaifrudo add asimpld Barbarian,; with no appreoia-1 tiok of artS, [with no comprehpnripn of the pleasuie of rffinemepi ormvil-1 ization, yet in somorespocW the far! excelled] the Homan, and these qualities ontweighmany impcrfpcuons The Roman *as| essentially theidof atdr; the Goth a spiritualist; The Bo man worshiped tbe Jnp»-: ter,and teed nib adoration upon works, of art- All This diyinUtea took l*v *»Wj rible shape]' They were menjaodwo, menlikodiimself. The Goth, on the othei band; worshipped Odin visible, add bawed eabmlsswelyboWrq those awful dad mystoriodsdivmilieq . wboin it wto Moritdgo to wptoj®* ;anylikenettor TisibleshapejjThmje: : fore, whbii Christianity bpod me t^ e religion of; the world, tholtoman cor rupted it by symbols, ernoifixi and. theworsbip of image? nsorped tbe place of the trae of devotion, and a rites and ceremonies waasubstitated for religlon. Butdbe Cpth, true to bis splritualUm 4 roeeup this idolatry, and in tbei Luther and Calvin emancipatod the Church flora the dominidd of Oar great Reformation isl.due to the : MedSmyal Bevblution. 1 Another bedefit to MiorWlted. to Revolution is the emancipation ot wq- I man. .Under the Boman ?way sho ; was llttlej more thad the. slave ol her lord add the victim of bis ely !woman:-wlvichi,cndrpc the * present age, wolowoi to birbarmhs i whojp verthVow] tUc Homan lEmpiro, And taoro than!this, Fanild those institutions; Which Urn ,M,e -1 diicvhl I Revolution ■ brought,. I jrdyp 1 deneb 1 sclcrna to have- granted comjppn-; leatibn by way of arousing ’the Wint i of iriqdiryi and iuVcßtigalipti. ’ While ) the walla pi; Byzantium jWcto crum- j 1 blin«. Roger Bacon was preparing;his 1 Opit*' Majus. ! As' the | T° s ®-1 iciver the,dome Sophia,,yaust |w»* learning to use the mqvablo iyp° s > Ivvhon jtho’last ray o^>'K J Vt , the I old Civilization nppoai|edj to bo ex tin guisheU by the tiiuraplAdthe haugh- Jr iliisschnan, stealing Kis way way across]lhi §«nt. *.}* I find Ji place for the kindling of a i, brighter civilization in.amo.w , ;ii sU .tl-jjifacts thafisubw how ihuch j’ vtiC| |Or*a nu n i ! Tnustjrcfiorvo fuivanhthcr paper fcomo thought upbn this si ' ' |‘ [i ; ! _ji tm ~^ More Develojpem* diorethe | Military Commission. f: ■i •* <■ - ■ iiJ ■' For the Argus. •AEERS- •i I ! INDOM. !; w 1 ! . ■a . ■ ■ i ■j i - •• • ■ How the Democracy Paid. Expanses j'< in the Election of 1864; TheEefcel Treasury; ;oots the bilL . ~! ii ■: '•■ ■ i , iT. 1 . • ■' vr The; following testimony was taken beforethe Commission Engaged in the tritlll of tho Conspirators for the; as sassination of the PreiOdjbnt.pn the 16lh instJ Bert Wood, as' oil our readers iffnoWi wa!s a LcmoCraiic member of i' i. • • 1 ,■ • - - • , • , Congress from Ncw 'Sork and ran the' Peace machine there du ring the catm paign <>f 1804.. i= .'[ ■' V" j'l Examination ol D. SI Eastwood, 1 by Judge Advocate Holt:—Live in | Mon treal j Canada; anij Assistant Manager ot the Montreal branch sof thel On tario; Bank; am acquainted tyith Jacob Thompson, formerly Secretary of the; Interior of. the- United States,- and wrtbitbe account which he kept in the; bank; the monies deposited in that bank to bis credit accrued from nego tiation bn bills of exchange, drawn by j the Secretary of jtbe Treasury bf this so-called Confederate States 'upon their agents at Liverpool. ' L | Question. —State whether otr not in the course of disbursement, made by-j Jacob Thompson, of the ’funds placed to bis credit, j this requisition waS drawn on the bank ? (Exposing tc j witness a" pspeiji given below.) Answer.—lk was: it is my band, wri ting. ', j J ||j. ■. |;. !-■ Qostion.—lPlease read ;it 'to the Court. Ans wer(Read sng June 19; 1864. ; Warrant from the Ontarioßank on New York, in. Ihvbr of Benjamin Wood, Esq,, for $25,000: current funds, <10,000; debits exohaogeSrOlp.OOO.” Th,e papershews that that originally draiwi in favor of Benjamin; Wood. Esq., and that the name of : J). S. Eastwood was after wards substitu te • '* i'.• ■''"Hi I Qncetion.-rStato.tqo exact condition of tliat paper. Ansv er.rrrAs: it reads nbwitls adraft on Nt w York, payable to the order of D. S- Eastwood—that' ifi.jjmyself. - | I ; 'J - •j Question.—Stale bow that .bhango i occurred. Answer!—/The iamo kf Wood j as it appears, was jra&odatiMr.ThompEon’Ht-cqudatjand. nine, as an officer b:' the bank/ was mbstitutod. j i I, /'h - I.” j Question —That is tno 1 ongjnalpapor? Answer.—lt isf.'-; j ; (vf ■' j- , j Quoition.T-Now look,/at this bill !>f joxenango (anbthet piper whs hero ixhibiied to the iwitbesky .and state whether it was drawn upon that requi sition f Answer—lt/was |■ - { f j kt tho request of tj leJUdge SAdyp l.o tie witness tbcb read the piper ■- j *!' ‘ --j" '- J | ' ft . ■ v tB the court. I| |i4 dalijd Montreal, August 10th,1894; a°d*i •« dire °“d to S tho Cashier “o! the ! { City! Bapk | of New York, Wordii.g iu {follows i.i'.' -[; i i V-' -V'!-. '■ f “Atthrbo days, jattor eight pmape pay lb ho ortter of D; S. Bast Woad, in oar. 1 ifenifunds, ?25,000,far value thoLfttpoilntrO^ "this lank/’ jt" . , ' J.-'ILJ, ii Theondorscipdnt on lh|e bill diroc- ; I the, payment to pe made* to Hoq |; Bon. Wood. aod is signed by B. F. Queation .—Yon, state thatth mo, which thiP]bill *M,Ar^wp|- i -ia the sarnd'for which that requisitipnwas made by Mr-Thompson, in the name of- Wood?! An«woti“ltwas - , i Qhestion.lsifite whether or not the bilU of ibachaneo you have ]j,nst read Uihe Ar awor. 14 Question --IWbere did yod dp^o !u l Answer."! obtained xt un ;New York, from thb caabiojr ot tpo .bank; on which it! is The witness stated iprther tWhe was nof acq.uam ted wiih tho Bonj, Wood referred to r but he sdpposed it to be the Bame Whb t at thej datV, of I that t^nsaciionjwas a momber of tbe Congma ofjthqfUnt '■ ted States. ft -ll;.. i; 'Asia Gross examined by Sir. Aiken.;-— Ihd treat 1 with) I which witness! was con- ST never heaM the [name . 5? John fl. Surratt i mentioned be- , The Judge Advocate explained to 1 the Witness;the localities fona which {drafts had been made by the Ontario Bank, and reqdcstedhimrt,© tbe date 1 and amount p» i shown bv the paper had been drawn., York. The wiipessi stated f that tlf'e following were *hnongtb« d camber of drafts drawn oMheddof , October. ; A draft fok- SIO.OOO m * on the 11th of October, one .for »&,- f 000 in gold, on November Sd, ptb, and , Bth, biRB for abont «Ql,OOO in pmted , St dies ciiifenVyjon the 14th and iMdrCh last small dr itls AVCro. drawn. jlsaniihiitionof God. byJ“dg° aSiBMo!‘.-Aid acquainted’V.tl. Bcnj/Wood, ol.NdwTork, and know his band ; wnUng. |The i n -# r Bomont |“li. Wood,”! on thp back of>he_ bill, of exchange given above'jwas ed to witness, and the bund writing identified by Kirn US , that i.of Bonn Wood, of New York. Witness stated further that at the time: at which the) paper appeared tb|bavu Mn datcd, . Mr. Vt ood was a member of Congress , ; of the U nited Stales, and editbr and |proprict|Or of New Yor f Examination of Mr. Abraham h j acquainted witt Bonj |Wo6d of the citv of Now York, and know, his handwriting; The eodorsement on the bill of 1 bill' of exchange | Mr.j Wood -was[a member of the Congress of Slates,! and editor and, prpprict or of of.-tho New York Daily' News. Wjt-j boss has bccn in the ha )itoi receiving lettera) from Mr. WoodJ ' | | j | The: Court then loc k a ! recess till 2 p’clqbk. Upon reassembling Judge Advoeiito Holt fittggoitcJ tliut if IbCji argument of' the'l counsel for the dp4 ifonco was com the absenep of Col Thompkiiis, a jmeiribor of thp court; who is iddipposea/it would havte j ta bo rcad over to hlmj during a sub ! sequent session - jbf court. Jlje j thought tliero would hi no loss of lime j to, : the ebui-.t it’ pi adjournment was (lakbirtlillj Monday |ji r j ' Thp cr ' ,jJ - lL " Monday '\. ■ ; t|* ft ‘•' ''New richest Ilonaroia |are thus jdesc,nbed} William B. AstOr, wi>rj.b about fiftj millions, owns about j two f tbousanc stores and. dwellings!, and lias the reputation of being a ygootl' and leni ent landlord. :Heis A well preserved old gentleman, on| the] cloudy eide-Of sixty; industrious} reticent bnd puke, tual.; He seldom . hiS face at a pablio gathering,rarely makes brmtuill conspicuous-in tbo newspapers, And seems to be devoted fdmoBt/ontir|ely to tbp task of taking care of, his ini-: mer.se ' fortune. : He is tali, straight, spare', grav arid’gravel., A-T Stewart is reported to be worth Urn ty millions. Though lain active business man, I he find's] time to look ‘aftOr the interests olthpcity, and be made himself prominent in hispaviouo ' endeavors to. pat down thp rebellion. He is A tail, ibid man] pf,- perro ns , sanguine temperament. He is about sixty y eai s of age, quiet apd; dignified | lin hi# de- and charitably disposed when appealareaph hllm, In thiscity and [elspwhCxe, niany v of tbib currents of charity/ are, dammed lab the decks of private secretaries. Commodore Vanderbilt is a tall,white-haired, red cheeked,bandsoirjeOljl roan of sove'pty, and fast. He drives a fast hone, sails, a fast boat; and sometimes assoob ateap with fact men. ! He ss| worth at least treaty (some; say Tor ly)millibnsi He as, very liberal to the gdvo.rnirj*nti generous to the poor. ]i i| ■■■'> . j@“An altcnipt wa s raadd on Satur day] ■ evening , to| assassinate Dr. Ii W ipalo w' Ayer, of Cb icago,tbreo shots being fired at hinraja ho Was driving iptqjbia stable, i}r. Ayer pcjrspn whp exposed the plot of thp ‘‘So 19 ot Liberty” to destroy Ohicago. and his liio jhas‘ repeatedly been threatened by those Who' aro jamartingnndor ; :ti» exposure. The penalty" of: an .expose Of t ie secrets of. this Order ‘wasdcAlh, as appeared in; evidence before' the Mil tary .Commissior s, butmone u oula. hav 0 supposed. atilt is late day ec udaS iarfly |an attempt; would ;havo nbeon made to enforce jit. • - 1 ■ . ■■■• • i , ■ Tl I • • • } • : . t ••-■•S' S 1 : 1 I' jr CTfWN ' r 1 ' T IITV CONVENTION. J ■■ E ihdin the Townships at 4p. _m. V, f . 'f d<-temites lo> County Contention Byauihprityof the Sekraur to tie held at thejCouKT Housb, in; Beaver, on uryj thcundirsigutd, the Oei jldft! th&dmh 'of\ :JunJ 9 •U- w *’ «on Agetl for the a^le Mfeidteeasjßte sv&sstsi frikirr& tnnwetsneh other , - SEVEN-THIRTY arev instructed to rote "P®“ ® 15th' 1865, and are pajiblc tl changing ‘hd pteaent ielegntc .line, in. currency, or at IgpjSSff’ASrtfK gws4- Lp, are worth dfess— —mw «, i?erSn?iir conyentWn Whether >ny , change SfaUi County or imwiic^ 'shall be made,Land, ifso, which system shall a dds;/ro»i one lo three per.cn i hrfP^i-li®fS& Swb’". *• K** DdeBatM Sy% r c«.pona attached , SSI .....a;.:....i Industry ......... .. .3 may be # off andsold to a nJuimiur ......i .Independence ->;j. f: Mar#..,......- -2 The interest to ' Hewßrighton....i....d _ ' One cent per doy on I 4 NewiSewiekly - 4 'Two tinti ,“ I »;• SS& "'" "..d North SeWickly..’.—3 : 10 “ “ KyOnOpy..***”**' . . n «. j. ~• 1 ■ 4 ,On «4*. »i£,. *4. & .i • PaUki ...1.......-2 . ofnil lb,o #nqioj CO ANNOUNCEMENTS. Vo are: authorized to annonnco th at ol followin^g cntiemon arc candidates jjtj tho offices named, subject to the i<> vision of the Union County Conyen ion; A»sornUy. M. S. QUAY, Borough, ■'' TreeeurOr; GEORGE W- HAMILTON, .Boro ! SAMES BRITTAIN, Gretno; MILO R. ADAMS. Now (Brighton; Alfred g* Arc kb ary. Borough. MATTHEW T KENNEDY; ■ Now ■’ Brighton; ! ,-j- .'f : .1 j • (■ Commissioner., JOHN SLENTZ, Ohio; JOHN SIMS, Pattorßon. JAMBS Mi IMBKIE. Big Beaver; ■ DAVID D. JOHNSON. Borough; JOHN WILSON, Industry; ; ! | District Attorney.^ JAMES S. RDTAN. Borough; JOS. U CUNNINGHAN,. Borough . !- County Surveyor-' AEARIAH WYNN,- Beaver, Poor Howe Director. SAMUEL GIBSON, Brighton; ;j- .. .i, Auditor, \ • ' •i! HUGH J . MARSH VLL, B» Beaver; TAWF.S HARPERy Frahklort; AJ T.SH ALLEN BERGE "i 1 Rev. D. P. LOWARY, Beaver; Rev. J. M SHIELDS, Bridgewater: . Rev. D. H A. M’LEAN, Borough; "I L ' NOTICE --- ii~ i . To StbeMwldera of the Smith’s Fer and Little Beayer Petroleum Co.h ; i i ■ ■ i-j- Subscribers to the Capital stock of tV above Company will please call at the of fice of the Company and receive their ccrlifi [ cate's. | j j [CHAS. B. HURST, j I Rochester. Jane 21,’C5. Troas. & Cl’k. . -S 5 O [Reward. i A NTHOS HEIDIGGpR, late of Bridgcwa . ter, Beavcrcounty, entered ,my house, as 1 am constrained to believe from .all cir cumstances, and stole two hundred dollars'in money out of my sleeping room. The above 0 reward will bo paid, for bis arrest and dolivc ry at tho Jail of Beaver-County. ' • .juneld’Ool BENJAMIN MCLHEIM. irnod - :s.—T|lj< rk mrl ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE. "TTT HERBAS letters of administration liar'-; \Y ing been granted to the undersigned, on "the! estate of James Mat, late of Fallston, Bearer county. Pa, deceased, all persons knowing themselves indebted,to said estate are requested to make, payment immediately and thoee,baving; claims against the same wi_ present Ihcmito the subscriber duly sulhenti cated for settlement. ' I N ; 1 M. J. INGRAM, Adm’r., jel4’6s !; ■ New Brighton. .. Notice to Contractors- , SEALED‘ PROPOSALS will be reieivpfl nl ; the Commissioner’s office, in Bearer, up to Saturday, Jane 24, 1865, for the extension of Slone Workj .and also; for Wooden Super strnetioh of a Bridge across Raccoon'creek near Robiti Potter’al ’*} Bids will bo received for each separate part of the work, and also for the whole contract. ' lit By order of Commissioners; i '■ June 7.’60. : WM. S. BARCLAY, Cl’R i i • ,1 ;i ' . .. . ■ 1 1 EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. | i i T 1 ETTEBS* testamentary on the estate'of l i Bksj. Beho, late of North Scwickly township,'; Beaver County, Pa., doe’d, haying been granted to the nndjersigned, all persons indebted! to said;ests|te are requested to {mike Immediate payment, and those haying claims against the sante will present them properly authenticated foraettlement. < ' 11..I 1 .. . WM.IBBNO, „ I i 1 , MARTIN BENO, / Kx •;! • my3l I New Castle, Pa. Sale ipf Valuable Seal Estate ' I IX BE AVER COUNTY. ' J private sale that I valuable fannsituaieih Ghippewa town-j ship.Bcaver county; Pa. r on the Publicroad leadingfrom New Brighten, adjoining I lands of Robert Mackey, Henry. Wagner, dames Ransom, William Scott, &e.,' eontainingabout 115 ; acres, 1 about SSacrcs cleared, on wbiclj ,is| erected;a log; dwelling house, stable, &o.— j Tsro orchards on the premises. The premises underlaid with (too cwuu o/ coal; one veinS 1-2 f*et inthlckness, open and operated; also n vetnU,l-2 feet thick. If not sold before the 28dday of June, inst-,,it will be offered' .at pablioeakall o’clock, P, M., on that day, ba the premises. : Terma made known on day of sale on application to subscriber. For fur ther infoncationinquire of Josiah on; the premises, or of the undersigned; own ■ . cr. of Ihe same; iq-said Township, oc addresi them al Ncw Brighton,-Beaver eounty,»Ps. Juno 7,’C5. 1 WILLIAM THOMAS. : ■ i : ■ ■ • ■ I - : ; ' : ' S' I -''l 1* ' , A '-: ■' i I’ U ~ C7r: ~..' "~:~~.~. similar in form and privileges to the Soto. Thirties already‘sold, exccpnhai the Goisi meal reserves to itself the option of paying Merest in gold .com at > per cent, instead i 3 in currency. • Snbsctibers wilU, duct this interest in currency up'to July IS at the l lime when they subscribe. I The delivery of jthe notes of thiJahirdn- Ties of the 7-30 s will commence oh 'the If Jjune, und will be made promptly and cot lluously after that date. [ - I , The slight change made in the eonditic ithis Third Series affects, only the matter teres,tj The payment in gold, ifmadt, \ I equivileht to the currency interest of tkt ;cr rale;'' ■ I : I " Thdreturn to specie payments, in then of which only will the [option to pay inte in Goldie, availed of, j would Iso redact equalize pricesthat purchases made »i per “den(. lingoid would. be . fully «p hose|m4de with seten and three tenth in i ).'!•' This is fba$SLV LOAK Ilf MABSI offered by and its advantages nske;it the . I' -!-' - il' Greit Papdw U»n of ttn ties than42ao.«»l«» f* the. iihd by the last Cdngreaa are now , icii This amount at the tale a, Geinc abeorbed, wiU all be anbserit ia the nejrt sixty days, when the undoubtedly command a ntmim, u formly been this case on el«to| the tions to other Loans. fn order that citizens of every Votsmc Uon of the country may be’iffordrt htil for taking the loan, the National Banks, Banks, and Private Bankers thrpngb woiujlr? have generally agreed to res own agents, in whom they have o, andwho only are to| b«[ responsible foi liyerybf the notes for which they orders, ■:' l’ if ' ' JAY COOKE, iCWPTIOS 'A GLUT t.Phila' pSP *T XL BE 11SCEIVED tank of , Beaver Bfw.--my3l !-•' So- ,;i - ", “ v SI'BSI |j Srnscßii’TH National B ' I Mftjr 1 ”7 jf : —•-- :'I j • iv ■-! ■ • ’■ v bi MEI A -v- ■ v ~ . -~; I ~+ . 00. •yonicTm, , Subscjj,-; f a i 1 tl,iril «Wi«K)' f len .»a,u»*. ®,Uiiowu isn ( ■ LOAD, f ff J,te »f July f roi '<'■ couTertibU l; >!« cent. ' BONDS. a Premium,' ■',ji • y'emmeni Bondi, ipl wbitb j- Xpwoununtotheb ‘ ts M* on other ' t ** cl ‘ a »l«, «Wi f> w v«u, b n ■ Ks Sioo .. s'soo" •> i ?100n receipt otiubscrin ril Sevics.wc precis*.. Valuable Farm and : Coal T'/' r ■■ For STale: JptONTAINIXG, 110... Acjrcs—W . located on thc[Teft bank of the Ui miles from Ibc town of. Beaver. 6 Smith's Ferry Oil regions, and withh. i the village of Industry,*, the seat of ti ioa! operatic is,, 'two comfortable Lt l ; ting Houses onthefiu'ni. Soil well j to grain gre wing land grazing. M * keres arc iiiidcrlaid : with two veins' trior '* - I. » j . '• BITUMINOUS C0.1L,; X)ae four feci, the!other three —a rods "■ ' Icoal from the 4 feet vein ip the n» {track half that distance trill rua-tt la {feet or lower vein! , | FIEE CLAY and LIMESTONE, of, ity, and in great] nbundanM, ' also to contain a vein of excellent « tlerms,! dnd farther p«i| quireof .jImES BRITT.Ub. dtp (ncar the premises,) or M. «h V‘ ' Beaver, Pa, 1 j . { • s - Ba: Beals Bonds, INSXJRAN Coi rpHE.L I Rocbi by F. A. tronage ol eral. Particuli Of Officers’ out of ; Petition!, |j|r ; Deeds dra 1 " Fire risks Companies. r- 1 Revenue 1 Kefers ti tom. H. St I Kqchcaji » FINB FARM, coot*. TV in 3 nulw of th. Remington, on ?V houiH Str^-nrss mySV D«*ter ‘f: isasss** jCjUBSC*-—, O gnbserijitloi. Ferry mcl jUlttej will pleese dof aprl2!dq.j jA, Cauffcey & <•'