Zlxt -r.ctltord rijnqai*rc;c, BEDFORD PA.. FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1884, foh PRfl&wSitfr, ABRAHAM MSSCOL3R of Illinois. FOR VICE fKESIDEKT,^ AA3REW JOIHSOX, of Tennewrfe. UNION COWTY TICKET.* ("•PNftRJESS FRANCIS JORDAN. I'KKSIDENT JUDUK, ALEXANDER KING. LEGISLATURE, D. T5. 'ARMSTRONG. .COUNTY COMMISSIONER, ABRAM H. HULL. POOR DIRECTOR. ASA STUCKEi". AUDITOR, EMANUEL J. DIEIIL IfciCThe general situation of military affairs is improving. Grant Has demanded the surrender of Petersburg. If it is not surrendered he will shell and destroy the city. Heavy firing was heard on Tuesday at Fortress Monroe in the direc tion of Petersburg. Wilson's cavalry, sent out to cut and destroy the railroads south and west of Richmond and Petersburg, has returned, after utterly destroying seventy miles of the three most important railroads to the enemy in Virginia.— Ihe Danville and Richmond, the Lynchburg and Petersburg, and the Petersburg and Weldon rail roads. AH of the supplies for Richmond had been brought over these roads. Their destruction is a severe injury to the failing cause of the rebels. There are various rumors of a rebel rebel raid through Maryland into the Cumberland Valley.— The enemy was in considerable force at Ilagers town on 3\ ednesday afternoon. Great alarm and excitement prevails in Franklin county. The roads are filled wi h cattle and horses from Maryland and the valley, moving north in the direction of Ilar risburg. 3V edo not think the rebels arc in large force. Though no doubt there are enough of them to commit great havoc wherever they go. Gen. Sherman has been successful in his operations a gainst Johnson s Rebel Army on Konesaw Moun tain, eausing him to evacuate that position, and giving the Union troops the possession of Marietta, Ga.,whicn is only about twenty miles frmnJAtlanta. The enemy was in full retreat when the dispatch from Gen. Sherman was written, and his army Mas in rapid pursuit. Dispatches from Memphis announce the deteat of the Rebels under Gen. Shelby at St. Charles, AT' a isa?, We took two hundred prisoners, recaptured the guns taken from the gunboat Ocean Queen, arid aho four mountain howitzers.. Shelby and Marmaduke's forces are said to be retreating, and White river is again unobstructed. The Baltimore American says of the destruc tion of the Alabama:—''Scarcely an event except that of a decisive victory won in the field by one of our great armies, could have brought more pleasure to the loyal heart of the nation than that which our foreign advices this morning record— the destruction of the Rebel pirate steamer Ala bama by the United States gunboat Kearsage.— The point of regret in this brilliant affair is that the destruction of the entire pirate crew was not as complete as that of the ship, and especially that Semmes, through a despicable trick on the part of the commander of the Britishyacht Deerhound, was enabled to obtain the protection of the Eng glish flag. We publish this week the proclamation for the elec tion on the first Tuesday in August. The object of the election si principally to decide whether the con stitution of the Btan: shall be amended so as to allow soldier# out of their election districts to vote. Per haps our readers may lie disposed to doubt our state ment that an effort will be made in this county by the Democrats to defeat this amendment. They believe the soldiers will generally vote against them, as well as against all measures favoring the schemes of Jeff Davis. It is but natural therefore, that they should oppose the amendment. The passhge of this amend ment will hurt the rebels in arms. A blow that hits hard on the rebels in arms, will hurt the Dmeocrats not in anus. Why should not they oppose the amendment ? The friends of the soldiers right -to a franchise so dear to every freem.iu should not be found wanting in vigilance. Sectktabt Chase nas resigned his position at the heat! of the Treasury. Wtn. Pitt Fessenden U. S. Senator from Maine lias been appointed in his stead. Mr Chase's resignation at this time is a subject of re gret, on many accounts. He has been unswerving and firm throughout all the vicissitudes growing out of this war. When others have faltered arid hesitated, he has stood staunch and true to the Union and free dom. We could have wished he had remained at his post and guide safely through the storm so long threatening the good ship of State. We can only console ourselves with the reflection that his succes sor is worthy m every respect to succeed him. Al ready we see that the typpointrnent of Mr. Fesstn den is received with favor and confidence alike by the friends and enemies of the administration. Mr. D. B. Armstrong, has appointed Hon. Geo. W. Householder, Geo. W. Williams Esq., and Mr. 8. A. Gump as his conferees to meet the conferees ■of Kukoa tyid Somerset. The time of meeting of the conferees is not fixed, but we suppose it will be early. Twelve Thousand Men called out.— ln o bedienee to & requisition made by the President upon Pennsylvania, Governor Uurtiu has issued & proclamation./sailing for twelve thousand militia volunteer infantry, to serve at Washington and vicinity for one husdred days, unless sooner dis charged. They are to be used to do guard duty and in the fortifications, relieving the veterans for active duy in the field. The Old Flacl—This paper of which an ad vertisement is given in the Inquirer, will propably be one of the best campaign papers published.— It is getting a large circulation iu the neighboring .•out: ties. We think it might be made very use ful in Bedford county. The terms are very low, ad with a little effort clubs could be raised at -ever; P. O. in the county. . Usngress adjourned last Monday. • rt is forever Abolished in Maryland. J THE NOMINATIONS FOR CONGRESS. The Union Candidate!? for congress in this dis trict are, Col. Francis -lonian, of Bedford, and Gen. Win. H. Koontz, of Somerset. Others are spoken of, but these ISti Gentlemen are most prominently before the public; and it is geuerally conceded that one of them will be the nominee. Gen Komtz, is an able man. very popular throughout the whole district, and especially iir his own county. Ills integrity is beyond question; If nominated he will be very heartily supported in this county, by the Union men. But every thing said in behalf of Gen. Koontz as a candidate fully applies to Col. Jordan with the important am! essential addition in favor of Col. Jordau of a larger experience. Col. Jordan has been favorably known in every part of this district for years, as an able lawyer and public man. He is known too over the whole state, and is regarded as one of the strongest men in it. If elected to Congress, lie would at once take a posi tion of influence there, that a young uian fresh in practical experience of great public affairs, would require many years to attain to. Bedford, we think has other claims to the nomination than the especial fitness of the candidate presented. It is twelve years since Bedford has had a representa tive in Congress. In some parts of the district, outside of this county, a curious notion prevails that because a candidate for President judge, is presented from this county and likely to receive the nomination of the judicial conferees, qf course we cannot ex pect the congressional nomination at the time. Therew ould be some force in the idea, if the ju dicial district and the congressional district, were precisely the same. The mere fact, that, there happens to be several counties in the one that belong to the other, does not seem to us of any account, in influencing the choice of candidate.— Speaking of the Union nominations in this county, tire Pittsburg daily Gazette says; We earnestly hope that the conferees of the Congressional district to which Bedford county belongs will have the wisdom to nominate Frank Jordan for Congress. He is just the man to de feat the Copperhead Coffroth, and is, niorever, one of the ablest men in the State. His honesty, too is above suspicion. In this crisis Pennsylva nia ought to send her best men to Congress, and Col. Jordan is one of them. The Harrisburg TeUgroph speaks of Colonel Jordan in terms of very high praise: but falls in to the error of supposing that he has already re ceived the disrict nomination—a view of the case that probably General Koontz and Somerset, will not acquiece in, any sooner than may be necessary. ,The following is from the Telegraph; \\ e referred to the fact, a few days since, that CoL ¥ rancis Jordan had been nominated for Con gress in the Bedford Congressional District; but we consider that the gentleman selected for so im portant a position deserves something more than a mere passing notice. In point of ability, per sonal integrity and political purity, Col. Jordan has no superior in the Commonwealth. As the Bedford District, is now represented, it is a dis grace not only to its constituency, hut a humilia tion to the State at large. We earnestly trust, therefore, that Col. Jordan may be induced to ac cept the nomination thus offered him, and that he will appear before the people, in advocacy of the issues involved in the coming contest. If he does that, he can defeat any man whom the copper heads can nominate. THE COXSCRIPTIO.Y. * Human nature is truly a sublime and beautiful study. No theory of Christianity, or philosophy, or ethics has afforded the millions who think so wide a scope for their deep researches as this one small principle of the vast whole. Every feature which adonis the world, or appeals to the nobler impulses, nave here found expressions of apprecia tion or denunciation. And when we for an instant remember the sligbtr.ess of the attending circum stances which impel man to riot in unexcelled praises, or to overflow with the bitterness of gall, we are compelled to exclaim against the weakness which governs this very inconsiderate sphere. Men in their weakness endeavor to portray the weak nesses of others, forgetting that they are types themselves of what they attempt to portray. No class of men so fully illustrate this .theory as the wily, or, if you please, the wiry politician, whose sole and only motives are self or the elevation of his particular party. He. in his heartlessness, ex ults in anything that will redound to the injury of his antagonists, or the immediate advantage of his political friends, even if the means should be reach ! Ed through the destruction of thousands of his fellow beings. So it i? reached, that is all sufficient. It may behoove him to lament over the misfortunes of others and lie may shed tears, collusive tears, to deeeive the unwary and unthinking, but the uncovered heart, divested of its guile, tells us that political preferment and advancement is the secret spring, fountain, from which gush all his inspira tions. It is but a few days since we were forcibly and irresistibly reminded of the correctness of our views in this respect, in perusing a delectable par tizan sheet, ranking with the venom of the most poisonous reptile, under the heading of the '"Beauties of the Conscription." Here an effort to appeal to the wicked prejudices of the partisan were laboriously and insinuatingly attempted, based upon the advantages afforded by the com mutation clause in the Conscription Bill; a clause against which this paper railed in the most vehe ment and abusive language, with the most boister ous and terrifying threats, instigating barn-burn ings and other demonstrations of resistance to the legally constituted autnorities. Had the soul of an honest man peered out from beneath the mask of this unsceming and reckless demagogue, who does not allow an opportunity to escape to malign the sincere efforts of patriotism aud right, we could pray as sincerely, honestly and devoutly for peace as he can, but the knave who subordi nates tlie heavenly qualities with which man has has been endowed, for the visible, plainly visible purpose of bolstering up an ungenerous, unprinci pled and unpatriotic party.we arc compelled to turn from le-t we might be contaminated. We under stand this olatnorons and unjustifiable appeal. We know that it docs not mean the "peaceful ballot;" a soothing clause thrown in to wash down the un datable whole. Look at it: "The peaceful ballot must be our weapon." Who can read the article and say that it was not an after thought to incorporate this sentence, instigated by the fear lest it might i savor too strong of sedition. We pity the man who w ills but dare not. One word. Bedford connty has been terribly con scripted after having sent more than her full quota to the field, flan any honest man say that these men could not have been procured and accredited to us if the Commissioners had paid a liberal bounty ? X'o. Then let the "aged mother," the "weeping wife," the "consumptive"' and the "epeleptie" turn their just indignation upon those who are the willing authors of all their'misery. A few thousand dollars would have saved us, but democracy had the power, and it must leave its curse. ** THE President ha* proebimcd martial LAW in Ken tucky. From'the .V. 1 . Trllnne. NO COMMUTATION—CLOSING UP. Congress succeeded, late on Saturday night, in perfecting tie new Conscription bill. Under this act, drafts isiay be made for oue, two or three vear.s; bounties of $ JW, S2OO, and S3OO, are to I>e awarded for one. two and three years' service respectively. Commutation is no more; but every one drafted may serve in person or by substitute, and fifty days' notice must be given before enforc ing the draft, Each State is at liberty to obtain substitutes hr (be States in insurrection end have them Credited rtrt her qticfta.' We do not see how the act could have been rendered more lenient, if the paramount object of recruiting our armies is to bo kept in view. When the first Conscription Act was passed, we heartily appro red and sustained the Commutation therein embodied. So long as tbe Government could find substitutes for ssoo, it. was wist; and right to accept that sum instead of personal service and use it to obtain a willing instead of an unwilling soidier. I bit times have c hanged, compelling a change in the laws. The War Department, which at first held the S3OO, a full equivalent for person al service, now reports a vitally changed state of facte. Labor is scarce and wages high, so that money is largely paid in as commutation, and the S3OO each will no longer procure recruits to the extent required. The Rebels have called out every white male who can carry a musket; so that our Generals now regard them across their very last ditch. Butjthe waste of the campaign has been very .great; and we need replenished ranks to finish the work. To obtain them it is essen tial that a call lie now made which will bring not money bu,t men. Hence the new law. When the first act was passed, the S3OO com mutation was made the chief ground of objection to it. The Copperhead organs fairly howled at the idea of compelling tbe poor to serve and let ting off those rich enough to pay S3OO. The bloody and brutal Jeff. Davis Hiots in our city last Summer were in good part, evoked and kept alive by clamor against the S3OO exemption.— But, from the moment wherein the War Depart ment decided to ask for a repeal of the commu tation clause, every Copperhead in Congress has fought against repeal, and it has now been carried over tbe votes of them all. And the Opposition journals and grog-shops are now as clamorous against the repeal as they were against the enact ment. of this provision. A Special War Tax was enacted by Congress during Saturday's sitting. Five per cent, on all incomes for 18f>3 is to be paid on the Ist of Sep tember next; and it is calculated that this item will put $20,000,000 into the Treasury, to be de voted to paying bounties to soldiers about to be drafted. An attempt was made to include a tax on liquors in hand; but this defeated the bill, and it had to be passed without —too many members having friends who arc interested in whisky. It is hinted that a member from this city, who was at first aconspieous champion of taxing Whisky, has since seen (or felt) something that has turned him completely topsy-turvy, so that he now resists this tax as zealously as he ever favored it. Queer world this. Congress has decided that none of the States which have been formally declared in insurrection shall vote for President till readmitted into the Union. The States thus excluded from participa ting in the approaching Presidential contest are as follows: V 1 RGINI \, TENNESSEE, NORTH CAROLINA, Mississrpi, SOUTH CAROLINA, LOUISIANA, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, TEXAS, Our Children on these Troublous Times. Grace Greenwood in her late lecture in Chicago drew the 1 olio wing picture of the future: "Back ou these troublous times will our children look in reverence and awe. The sous of our brave Soldiers wili date their patents of nobility on gran der battle-fields than Agincourtor Bannoekhurn. Such patents of nobility as no royal herald s office has symbols sufficiently glorious for. Many a coat ol arms in those days will have one sleeve empty. We may picture to ourselves a group of noble young lads, some ten years heufc. thus proudly accounting for their orphanage, which the country should sec to it. shall not tie made desolate. Says one —"J/y father fell in beating back the invaders at Gettysburg.' Says another— "My father fell at Lookout Mountain, lightning aliove the clouds." Says a third— "My father suffered martyrdom in Libby Prison. " Says another— My father went down in the (Cumberland." — Yet another —" My father was rocked into the long sleep below the wave, in the iron cradle of the Monitor." And there will be haple.-s lads who will listen in inoumfui'envy—saying in their secret hearts. '"Alas, we have no part no- lot in such gloryings— our fathers were rebels! —and here and there a youth more unfortunate, who ■lll steal away from his comrades and murmur in bitterness of soul —"All, God help me! My father was a copperhead THE NEW TARIFF bill, just passed by Congress, is stringent. The schedule affects the entire body politic. The duty on tea is 25 cents per pound; Sugar, 3 cents per pound; Confectionary, 15 cents per potiud; Molasses, 8 cento pergailou; Brandy, first proof. $2 50 per gallon; other Spir its, first proof, SI per gallon. Bay Hum,sl.so nej gallon; Champagne, $6 per dozen quarts; all other spiritous liquors, 100 per cent, ad valorem. The duties upon Cigars are almost prohibitory. On Cigars of all kinds, valued at sls or less per 1,000, T5 cents per pound, and 20 per centum ad valorem; valued at sls. and not overs3o per 1.000, $1.25 cents per pound, and 30 puroentum ad valorem; valued at over S3O and not over $45 per 1,000 $3 per pound and 5n per centum ad valorem: valued at over $45 per 1.000, $4 per pound and 50 per centum ad valorem; paper cigars or cigarettes, in cluding wrappers, snail be subjected to the same duties imposed oncigars. On snuff, of all descrip tions, 50 cents per pound. On Tobacco in the leaf, unmanufactured and not stemmed, 35 coats per pound. On Tobacco inauufactureu, 50 cents per pound. HEY. SAM'I. KF.PI.EE and a few others of Bed ford who subordinate piety to polities of the eop , pery stripe, have imitated their great leader Jeff. Davis, and got up a little secsession in the Church, and now propose to found "The Church of our Providence. / We think Mr. Kepler fully justi fied in seceding from the Methodist Church, as he had only "Hobson'schoioe"—that is hehadeith— er to withdraw or be kicked out. and he naturally pref'ered peaceful dismemberment to that Style of coercion. The only material mistake we see is in the name of the new organization. To call it "The Church of our Providence." is to make a mistake alike in pointof fact and in good policy. Ilad it been called "The Church of Jeff. Davis" or "The church of Treason," the title would have fitly and truthfulv expressed the character of the institution, and then it would have become in a very short time almost as large as the copperhead party in Bedford county. There are various boun ty-jumpers, conscript deserters, and snapping copperheads over that way who are just ready for brother Kepler's ministrations. Considering the movement in the light of history, we do not feel warranted in promising it a very high measure of success. ()nc Lucifer, we believe it was. first tried secession and war upon the power and attri dutes of the Great Author of civil and religious government, and if is generally conceded that he lost by tbo operation. That he has not ceased to lie powerful, however, is amply demonstrated by Mr. Kepler and his followers.— Franklin Reposi tory.i A Vo* ('nil for Troop*). WASHINGTON, July 6. We are informed that the President will imme diately issue a proclamation for 300.000 additional men to aid in the suppression of the rebellion. The hundred days men raised in several of the States will not be credited to them under the new call. The proclamation will probably appear to morrow- THE draft for the deficiencies in this county was made in Chnmbersburg. Friday the fifth day of July. We expected to receive a list in time for publication this week. But no list has been "furnished tts, and we were not able Jo procure it from the enrolling of-, fictrs early tnr.ugh to be of any use this week. ■"nwntewn h W-hltffcui l ".a*****ijßui him ■ 11—u i■> mi—mi THE WAR FOR THE UNION., OFFICIAL WAR BILLK-TIXS. Eebel Retreat front KenrtaW nountatn-Sber rasn OeeOplrs ttarfolU, twenty MUes from Atlanta, (ta.~.rrom fien. brunt's Army. WAR DEPARTMENT, July 3—B P. M. to .Vdjot General Dix, Aat fork: The following dispatch, dated to- day, at Mari etta, Ga. was received this P. M. from General Sherman, giving the successful result of the Rank ing Derations in progress for some days back: "The movement on our right caused the enemy to evacuate. We occupied Ketiesaw at daylight, and Marietta at 830A. M. Thomas is moving down the main road towards Chattohoochee; McPherson toward the mouth of Nickojack on the Sand town road, "Our cavalry is on the extreme flanks. Wheth er the enemy will halt this side of Chattohoochee will soon be known. Marietta is almost entirely abandoned bv its inhabitants, and more than a mile of the railroad iron removed between the town and the foot of Keneaow." A dispatch from General Grant's headquarters, dated at 9 o'clock this morning, gives the follow ing results of General Wilson's operations: I 'Sixty miles of railroad were thoroughly des troyed. The Danville road, General Wilson re ports, could not l>e repaired in less than forty days, even if all the materials were on hand, lie has destroyed all the blacksmith shops where the rails might be straightened, and all the mills where scantling for sleepers could be sawed. Thirty miles of the Southside road were destroyed. Wilson brought in about 400 negroes and many of the vast number of horses and mules gathered in by his force. Ho reports that the Rebels slaughtered without mercy the negroes they re took. Wilson's loss of property is a small wagon train, used to carry ammunition, his ambulance train and twelve cannon. The horses of the ar tillery and wagons were generally brought off.— Of the cannon, two were removed from the car riages, the wheels of which were broken and the guns thrown into the water. One other gun had been disabled by a Rebel shot breaking the trun ions, Irefore it was abandoned. He estimates his total loss ut from 750 to 1,OIK) men, including those lost from Kauti' Division.'' *t A Rebel force made its appearance near Mar tinsburg this A. M., and were at last accounts destroying the railroad and advancing on Mar tinsburg. The reports received as yet are too confused and conflicting to determine the mag nitude of the force or the extent of its operations. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretarp of War. Tire PlralaAlnbiiiiia sunk by tlie rnitMlSlateo (.in bout licuriiiigv. The pirate Alabama, C'apt. Semmcs. left Cher bourg on the 19th ult., to engage the U. S. steam er Kearsage, Capt. John A. Window, and at tacked her ten miles from Cherbourg. The en gagement lasted an hour and forty minutes. Both vessals made seven complete circles in tiianoeuver ing, at a distance of from a quarter to half a mile. The Alabama was then stink. The pirate Semuies and his crew were nearly all saved by the English yacht Deerhound. Seinnies was slightly wounded in the hand. Nothing ad ditional has been received of the Kearsage and Alabama fight. The whereabouts of the Kear sage is doubtful, one rumor placing her at Ostend and another at Cherbourg. Bhe landed some Woun deq men at the latter place. Before going out Semmes left till his chronome ters, sixty in number, with his specie aud ransom bonds at Cherbourg. it is confirmed that no one was killed on the Korsage and only three Sailors slightly wounded- The vessel su-.taincd very little injury. CONGRESS. MONDAY, June 27. SENATE. —The Senate passed a resolution au thorizing tlie printing of 22.000 copies of the Ag ricultural Report, 3000 copies of the report of the Commissioner on the African Freedmen; also, the publication of an army register, containing the names of all officers who have been iu the volun teer service. The House bill for the appointment of a commission to report a proper site for a naval depot ou the western waters was concurred in. A bill to carry into effect the treaty with the United States of Columbia was passed. The Loan 101 l troiu the House was concurred in. The Judiciary Committee reported a resolution that Messrs. Fish back aud Baxter, arc not entitled to seats from Arkansas. The Pacific Railroad bill was taken up, and the Senate substitute was adopted. The bill to regulate,prize proceedings was passed. Also, the Mil to encourage emigration. The bill to pro vide for taking bail in certain cases of military ar rest was then discussed until the close of the ses sion. At the evening session the hill to establish a Bureau of Freedmen's Affairs was considered. HOUSE. —The House postponed the resolution of Mr. Ingersoll declaring that the permits hereto fore issued by the Treasury Department, allowing persons to tiade within the limits of any States heretofore or now in rebellion, should at once be revoked, and no more issued. The Committee on Foreign Relations reported a resolution declaring that Congress has a constitutional right to an au thoritative voice in prescribing the foreign policy of the United States, and such a topic of diplomat explanation with any foreign Powers. Laid over. The Senate amendments to the Tariff bill were then considered, aud most of them were concurred iu TUESDAY, June 28. SENATE.— The Senate, on Tuesday, passedwith amendments, the amendatory bid concerning the commercial intercourse between insurrectionary and loyal States, Ac. The resolution toallow Sen ators and Representatives to visit military forts, prisons and hospitals in their respective States was rejected. The hill to establish a Bureau of Freedmen's Affairs was then considered through out the day session, and was again taken up at the evening session. The bill was debated, without final action, up to the adjournment. HOUSE. —The House of Representatives agreed to the Senate amendiueuts to the Loan bill. The substitute for the bill to regulate aud provide for the enrolling and calling out the national forces, which was rejected on Monday, was reconsidered and passed. The Senate hill for the better organ ization of the Quartermaster s Department was passed with amendments. "WEDNESDAY, Juno 29. SENATE. —Mr. Hale's resolution was adopted, directing inquiry by the Committee on the Conduct of the War as to what had been accomplished to wards the construction of gunboats and light draught monitors. A motion to print the report of the Commission concerning alleged frauds in the Western Department was postponed. A bill was passed releaving Mary Kellogg, whose husband was hung as a spy in Richmond. The Committee on Foreign Affairs was discharged from the sub ject of Mexican relations and questions concerning the conduct of France there. The resolution de claring Mr. Fisliback and Mr. Baxter not entitled to seats in the Senate from the State of Arkansas was discussed and passed by a voteof27 to f> The bill in amendment of the Pension act of July, 1862, under which there are now fifteen thousand cases, was amended so as to include the wives and chil dren of colored soldiers, and passed. The report of the Committee of Conference on the disagreeing amendmcntrto the Tariff bill was adopted. The bill concerning law and evidence in the District of Columbia was passed. The House bill for enroll ing and calling out the national forces was consid ered. and certain amendments adopted. A Com mittee of Conference on the disagreeing amend ments to the Civil Appropriation bill wasappoint ed. Mr. Sherman introduced a new section for the Draft bill, which was adonted. Another a mendment was accepted from Mr. Powell, aud the amended bill passed. HOUSE.— The Senate's amendments to the hill regulating prize proceedings and the distribution of prize money was concurred in. The resolution disqualifying Mr. Blair, of Missouri' but not Mr. Schenck, from raembciship in the House, was a dopted. Various resolutions from the Committee on Elections were laid on the table. Borne amend ments of the Senate to the Civil Appropriation bill were passed. In the evening session tbe Com mittee on Public Expenditures v - uhorizerf-to sit upon the New York Custom House ■ roubles du during the recess. Tb- bill organizing ana icga •mum 111 Hi 111 Ml WM.UM, i a—i II iwiari—liiia'll'—w-i ■ latingthe regular and volunteer engineer army corps was passed. The Senate,s amendment to the civil appropriation bill were approved. A conference report on the disagreeing amendment to the tariff bill was agreed upon. The House a greed to extend the contract for carrying tlie over land Paifie mail, and adjourned. THURSDAY. .Tune 30. ! SENATE -The I*ll to encourage and facilitate tele graphic communication l>ctweeu the Eastern and Western coutinenta was received from the House, with a proviso making it unlawful contract with newspapers or associations for transmission of dis patches on any terms different from those open to all other newspapers. This was concurred in. Mr Poster moved that the Senate iusist on its disagreement on the bill amending the pension act, and ask for a con ference. Carried, Mr. Wilson called up the bill for the more speedy punishment of guerrillas. Mr. Trumbull obtained leave to take up the joint resolu tion reported from the Committee on the Judiciary on the iiiair case, and it was adopted. HOUSE —Mr. Julien reported the Senate bill, which passed, regulating the disposal of coal lands and town property on the public domain. The House passed the Senate bill to aid in the construction of an rntercontinental Telegraph. The House concurred in, the Senate's amendment to the. bill assimilating the rank of warrant officers in tbe Navy. The bin for tbe construction of a new railroad between New York and Washington was recommitted to the Se lect Committee. Mr. Garfield made a report from the Select Committee to investigate the affairs of the Treasury Department, which was ordered to be prin ted, and the minority of the Committee were given leave to present their views. The Senate t lilf to fa cilitate tradefon the Bed River of the North was pass ed. The Amendatory Enrollment bill was returned from the Senate with amendments. The Senate bill to establish a Bureau for Freedrnan's Affairs was re ferred. The House passed the Senate bill authori zing the Secretary of the Navy to invest the Naval Pension fund: also, the bill to punish persons aiding seamen to escape; also the bill providing for the'effi cienoy of the Navy. It repeals the clause in the en rollmeat act for transferring soldiers to the Navy and gives sailors the same bounty as soldiers. Tbe bill establishing the salaries Of postmasters was pas sed. FRIDAY, July 1. SENATE. —The Senate resumed consideration of the bill to reimburse Pennsylvania for her militia expenses during theinvasion last Summer. The bill was further debated, and then laid Aside. The joint resolution for the repeal of the Gold bill was passed by a vote of twenty-four to thirteen. The East Ten nessee Railroad bill wa3 discussed for a while, and then postponed, aud the House bill providing for the reconstruction of the seceded States taken up and discussed. The House amendment striking out the word "white" was rejected. A substitute offered by Mr. Brown was adopted by a vote of seventeen to sixteen. The bill was then passed—yeas, twenty six : nays, three. The hill, as passed, provides as follows: That when the inhabitants of any State have been declared in a state of insurrection against the United States by proclamation of the President, by forces and virtue of the act entitled "An act fur ther to provide for the collection of duties on imports and for other purposes," approved July 13, 1861, they shall be, and hereby are, declared to be incapa ble of casting any vote for electors of President or Vice-President, or of electing Senators or Represen tatives to Congress, until said insurrection in said State is suppressed or abandoned, and said inhabi tants have returned to their allegiance to the Govern ment of the United States, and until such return to obedience shall be declared by proclamation of the President, issued by virtue of an act of Congress hereafter to be passed, authorizing the same. The Enrollment bill was returned from the House' and a Committee of Conference on it appointed. The Civil Appropriation bill, and the bill providing for the con struction of the Pacific Railroad, were passed. Ad journed. lloi SE. —After the passage of the resolution to re peal the Gold act. the House took a recess until even ing. when the Civil Appropriation bill was passed, and also the bill making for the erec tion of buildings for the Branch Mint at San Fran cisco. The House concurred in the report of the Committee of Conference on the Northern Route Pacific Railroad bill, and on the Central Pacific Rail road bill. Adjourned. SATURDAY. Jnlv 2. SENATE. — The Enrollment bill was finally passed. The bill to guarantee to States whose Governments have been usurped or overthrown a republican form of government was returned from the House with the Senate amendments disagreed to; the Senate reced ed from its amendments and agreed to the House bill. The Committee of Conference on the bill to encourage emigration, made a report in favor of agree iii" to the House bill, with certain amendments, which strikes out, among other things, the require ment that the immigrant shall throw off his allegi ance, by oath, to the country from which ho comes. The report was agreed to. A bill providing for the education of engineers for tbo navv was parsed. A large number of other acts were passed, and at three o'clock ou .Sunday morning the Senate adjourned- HOUSE. —The principal business transacted was the adoption of" tin: report of the Committee of Con ference on the Enrollment bill and the passage of a bill to further increase the revenue by imposing a special income tax. I. S. 1010 BONDS. rrtHEFE Bonds are issued under the Act of Congress of E March Bth IsOt, which provides that all Bonds issued under this Act shall he EXEMPT FROM TAXATION by or under any state or municipal authority. Subscriptions to these Bonds are received in-United Slates notes of Na tional Banks. They arc TO BE REDEEMED IX COIN, at the pleasure of the Government, at any period not It** than t- n nor more than forty yean from their date, and un til their redemption Five Per Cent. Interest will lc Paid in Coin, on Bonds of not over one hundred dol lars annually. The interest is payable oil the first days March aud September in each year. Subscribers will receive either Registered or Coupon Bonds, as they may prefer. Registered Bonds arc re corded on the Books of the U.S. Treasurer, andean be transferred only on the owner's order. Coupon Bonds aVe pnyable to order, aud are more convenient for com mercial uses. Subscribers to this loan will liavo the option of haTing their Bonds draw interest from Mareh Ist, bv paying the accrued interest in coin—(or in United States notes, or the note? of National Banks, adding fifty per cent for pro miuui.) or receive them drawing interest from the date of subscription and deposit.. As these Bonds are Exempt from Municipal or State Taxation, their value is increased from one to three per cent per an num, according to tbe rate of tax levies in Tarious parts of the country. At the present rate of premium on gold they pay OVEIL EIGHT PER CENT. INTEREST in currency, and arc of equal convenience as a permanent and temporary investment It is believed that no securities offer so great induce ments to lenders as the various descriptions of U. S. Bonds. In all other forms of indebtedness, the faith and ability of private parties or stock companies or separate communities only is pledged for payment, whifo for the debts of tho United States the whole property of the coun try is holden to secure tho payment of both principle and interest in coin. These Bonds may be subscribed for in sums from S6O up to any magnitude, on the same terms, and are thus made equally available to tho smallest lender and the largest capitalist. Thoy can be converted into money at any moment, and the holder will have the benefit of tho interest. It may be useful to state in this connection that the to tal Funded debt of the United States on which Lite rest is payable in gold, on tho 3d day of March, 1864, was $708,- 375,000. The interest on this debt for the coming fiscal year will be $45,937,126, while the customs revenue in gold for the current fiscal year ending June 30t'n, 1864, has been so far at the rate of over $100,000,000 per annum. It will be seen that even the present gold revenues of the Government are largely in excess of tho wants of the Treasury for the payment of gold interest, wbilo tho re cent increase of the tariff will doubtless raise tho annual receipts from customs on tho same amount of importa tions, to $150,000,000 per annum. Instructions to the National Banks acting as loan agents were not issued from the United States Treasury until March 26, but in the first three weeks of April the sub scriptions at more than Ten Millions a Heck. Subscriptions will be received by VII National banliK which are depositaries of Public tnonev. and all RESPECTABLE BANKS AND BANKERS throughout the country, (acting as agents of the National Depository Banks.) will furni.-h further information on application and AFFORD EVERY FACILITY TO SUBSCRIBERS May 13, Us64-.'m. f-ff It' :■ jH 3 A IJjgjMi |w.i i 1 DISPEPSIA, AX D DISEASES RESULTING FROM DISORDERS OF THE LIVER AND DIGESTIVE ORGANS, ARB CURED BY IIOOFLAND'S GERMiH BITTERS, TH E G R EAT STRENGTHEN ING TONIC, These Bitters hate performed more fare* GIVE BETTER SATISFACTION f IIAVE MORJI TESTIMONY ! Have mitre mprrtuMr fHitple to >oucli for tiieu Tban any other article in tho market. He defy any One to contradict (hi* Assertion, AND WILL PAY SIOOO To any one that will produce a Certificate published by us, that is not genuine. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS, Will (IRK EVERY EASE OF Chrouic or Nervous Debility, Diseases of the Kidneya,, and Diseases arising from a disordered Stomach. Observe tlic fottotriny symptoms! Resulting from Disorders of the Digestive Organs Constipation. Inward Piles, Fulness? of Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomaeh. Nausea. Heartburn, Dis gust for Food. Fulness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eructations. Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried and Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or Suffo cating Sensations when in a lying Posture, Dimness of Vision. Dote or Wehs before the Sight, Fever and Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of Prespiration, Yellow ness of the Skin and Ryes. Pnin in the Side, Back. Chest, Limbs, Ac. Sadden Flushes of Heut. Burning in the flesh, Constant Imaginings.of Evil, and great De pression of Spirits. REMEMBER. THAT THIS BITTERS IS NOT ALCOHOLIC. CONTAINS NO RUM OR WHISKEY, AND CANT MAKE QRUKKARDS, Cut if t/ie left Tonic in the World. READ WHO SAYS SO : KItOW THE HON". THIIH VS R. FLORENCE. FROM THE HON*. THOMAS B. FLORENCE. FROM THE HON. THOMAS H. FLORENCE. Washington, January 1,1864. Gentlemen.—Having stated it verbally to you, I have no hesitation, in writing the faet. that I experienced mark ed benefit from your Hoofland's German Bitters. During a long and tedious session of Congress, pressing and oner ous duties nearly prostrated me. A kind friend suggest ed the use of the preparation I have named. I took his advice, and the result was improvement of health, renew ed energy, and that particular relief I so much needed and obtained. Others may be similarly advantaged if tbey desire to be. Truly your friend, IUOXAS B. FLOSENTB. From John B. Wickershnm. Esq., firm of Wickersham <t Hutchison, the celebrated .Manufacturers of Fancy Iron Works, 2;>H Canal lam the recipient from you of one of the greatest fa vors that can be conferred upon n'.an, vii: that of health. For many years have I suffered from one of the most an noying and debilitating complaints fiiat the human fami ly can be afflicted with. Chronic Dir r hea. , During tiic long time I was suffering from this disease. 1 was attended by regular physicians, giving me but tem porary relief. The cause seemed to remain until 1 was induced to try Hoofland's German Bitters. After the use of a few bottles of that valuable mrdieine, the complaint appeared to lie completely eradicated. 1 often inward;, thank yon for such a valuable rpecifio and. whenever I Have an opportunity, cheerfully re com mend it, with full confidence in its reliability. Truly yours, JOBS B. WZCKERSHAX. New York, Feb. 2, ISfit. 4'rom Julius Lie. f'sc., firm of is* J Walker, the mod extensive Music l'nl lis; crs in the l imed .-tates. No. 722 Chestnut .Street, Philadelphia, February Bth. IS(H. Me r. Jones A Brans—-Gentleman :—My mother-in law h is been so greatly benefitted by yourlloofland'r Ger man Bitters that 1 concluded to try it myself. I find it I* lie an invaluable ti irie. and unhesitatingly recommend it to all who are suffering from dyspepsia. I have had th* disease in its inosi obstinate form—flatulence—for many years, and your l.ittors has given me ease when every thing else hud failed. Yours truly, Jn.n:s Lst. From the Hon. J ACOB BROOM, Philadelphia, Oct. 7th. 1562. Gentlemen: In reply to your inquiry as to the effeet produced by the use of Hoofland's German Bitters, in my family, I have no hesitation in raying that it has been highly beneficial. In one instance, a ease of dyspepsia of thirteen years' standing, and which had become very dis tressing. the use of one bottle gave decided relief, the sec ond affecting a cure, and the third, it seems, has confirmed the cure, for there has been no symptoms of its return for the last six years. In my individual use of it 1 find it o be an unequalled tonic, and sincerely recommend its u ?. to the sufferers. Truly yours, JACOB BROOM. 1707 Spruce St. Rev. W. D. Seigfried. Pastor of 12th Baptist Church, Philadelphia, December 26th, 1863. Messrs. Jones A Evans—Gentlemen:—l have recently been laboring under the distressing effects of indigestion, accompanied by a prostration of the ucrvons system. Numerous remedies were recommended by friends, and some of them tested, but without relief. Your Hoofland's German Bitters were recommended by persons who had tried them, and whose favorable mention of the Bitters induced mc also to try them. I must confess that I had an aversion to Patent Medicines, from the "thousand and one" quack "Bitters" whoso Ninly aim seems to be to palm off sweetened and drugged liquor upon the community, in a sly way; and the tendency of which, I fear, is to make many a confirmed drunkard. Upon learning that yours was really a medicine preparation, I took it with happy effect. Its action was not upon only the stomach, bnt npon the nervous system, was prompt and gratifying. I feel that 1 have derived great and permanent hcnefit'froin the use of a few bottles. Yerv respectfnllv vour, " W. D. SEIGFRIED, No. 254 Shackamaxon St. From the Rev. Thos. Winter, D. D., Pastor of Roxbop ougk Baptist Church. Dr. Jackson:—Dear Sir:—l feel it due to your excel lent preparation, I(ooftand German Bitters, to add my tes timony to the deserved reputation ithasohtained. I have for years, at times; been troubled with great disorder in my head and nervous system. I was advised by a friend to try a bottle of your Gorman Bittors, I did so, and have and unexpected relief; my health has been very materially benefitted. I confidently recommend the article where I meet with cases similarto my own, ana have been assured by many of their good effects. Respectfully yours, T. WINTER, Roxborough. Pa. From Rev. J. P. Herman, of the German Reformed Church, Kutitown, Berks County, Pa. I)r. C. Jackson ;—Respected Sir:—l have been troubled with Dyspepsia nearly twenty years, and have never used any medicine that did me as much good as Hoofland's Bitters. lam very much improvod in health, after hav ing taken five bottles. Yours with respect, J- 8. Itrkxvy. BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS. See thaUhc signature of T. *• Jackson" is on the Wroppac of sach bottle. PIII C E. Single Bottle One Hollar, or a Half Do*, for f5. Should your nearest druggist not have the article, do rat be put off'by the intoxicating preparations that may ha offered in its place, but send to us, and we will forward, securely packed, by express. Principal Office and Manufactory No. 631 ARCH STREET. JONES & EVANS. Successors to C■ M. Jackson rf- Co. For Sale by Druggists and. Dealers iu s?ory town in the United States. N. B. We have discontinued the manufacture of the small or 75 cent, sue, the Dollar Bottle- on account of jta site being mush the cheaper to the consumer. Mrc '.tl*A •' Price One Dollar," is en the wrapper of eash bAele.
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