The star and sentinel. (Gettysburg, Pa.) 1867-1961, November 06, 1867, Image 1

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    Ker/LICIISON
Baitinsere street, below* the GetriMoe end -Diassoad,
Gettyskris Ph.
TER/18 Of PUBLICATION :
Tux STAR aND Sawrwar. is published every
Wednesday afternoon, at $2.00 a year in advance;
•r $2.60 if not paid within the year. No sub
scriptions discontinued until all arrearsges are,
paid, unieeseat the option of the pbblishers. ,
AnnurrumtuNrs are inserted at reasonable
rates.' A liberal deduction will be made to per
sons advertising by the quarter, half year, or
year. Special notices will be inserted at special
rates, to be agreed upon.
erThe circulation of THZ STAR AND SZATI-
Nia. is one=half larger than that ever attained by
any Etewspaper in Adams county; and, as an ad
vertising medium, it cannot be excelled.
Jos WORE of all kinds-will be promptly ex
ecuted, and at fair rates. Hand-bills, Blanks,
Cable % Pamphlets, &c., in Every variety and style
-*ill be printed at short notice. Terms, Cesu.
groftssional gado,
,fic.
A J. COVER, ATTORNEY AT
• LAW, will promptly attend to collections and all
other Business entrusted to Ms care.
Cake between Fahnestock and Danner and Ziegler's
stores, Baltimore itireet,Gettysburg, Pa. [May 29.1867.
DAVID WILLS, .ATTORNEY AT
LAW,Office at his residence in the Sonth-east cor
ter ofCentre Sq uire.
Reference.— on.Thaddens Stevens, Lancaster,Pa.
May 29, 1867.
DAVID A. BUEHLER, ATTOR
NEY 17' LAW, will promptly 'attend to collections
and all other business entrusted to his care.
. .
-office at hi■ residence in the three story building
opposite the Court Rouse. {Gettysburg, May 29,1867.
•
fILA.IM AGENCY.—The under-
Signed will attend to tie collection of claims against
the U. B. Government, incinding Military Bounties,' Back
Pay, Pensions, Forage. lc., v.ither in the Court of Claims
or before any of the Departaients at Washington.
McCHBARY,
May 29,1887. Attorney • t Law, Gettysburg, Pa.
D. McOONAUGHT, Attorney and
Counselor at Law, and Claim Agent. Office on
ehambersbnrg street, Gettysburg, one door west of
Buehler's Drug Store.
During the session of the Senate he will attend at his
office on Saturdays ' and has also made arrangements
that his clients and their business will at all times,gs•
°lye prompt attention. May 29, 186 K
.1. P. C1.1311[1101. C. VAN lICHALACI.
CLARKSON & VAN SCHAACK,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
No. 82 Dearborn Street,
P. 0. Box, 711. CHICAGO, ILL,
..Meter to the Editors of the "Star r Sentinel."
Nov,' , 1888.-13
DR. J. W. C. O'NEAL
Ras hie Office at his residence in Baltimorc Area
two doors above the Compiler Office.
Gettysburg, May 29, 1887. -
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D . CO°
11031CROPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
. SURGEON AND ACCODCLIEUR,
a . .- • ..anently located in Hanover, Pa., respect
, .. .., . his professional services tothe public. Special
l'S l, :. • gran to 7diseasem of women and children.
f..... , , '.4 . '*" RiggaZACKS. ..
-,:,-- ; Ad. Lippe, M.D., Philadelphia,
._-- . J. C. Morgan, M. D., "
m. H. Cook, M. D., Carlisle, Pa.,
. • t on. Edward McPherson, Gettysburg, Pa.,
. I ' 4 " David Wills, Msq., .
Bev. J. A. Roes, Hanover, Pa.
• &a-Office on the Square. dye doors west of Carlisle st.,
second door from Central Motel. [May 29:1367.-ly
JOIIN' LAWRENCE HILL, Den
tiot, Office In Chambereburg street, one door west of
An Lutheran Church, nearly opposit6 Dr. H. Horner's
Drug Store, where he may be found ready and willing to
attend any case within the province .01 the Dentist
Persons In want of full sets of teeth aie Invited to call.
May 29,1867.
JOHN W. TIPTON, PASHIONA
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BLA BARBER, North-gast cortei of theDiamood
next door to HcClellan'e Hotel,)Gettyaburg,Pa., altere
he can at all times be found ready to attend to all busi
ness in hie line. He has shoal' excellent aseistantand
will ensure satisfaction . Give him a call.
May 29,1887.
QURVEYOR AND LICENSED CON
IJ The undersigned, having taken out
a Conreyancer's License, will, in connection with the
once of COUNTY SlElltYCYOß,sttend to the
WRITING OF DEEDS. BONDS, RELEASES, WILLS
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT, CLERKING OF
Ss s, AC.
Having had considerable experience in this line, hehope .
to receives liberal share of patronage. Business prompt
ly attened to and charges reasonable. Post office address,
Fairfield. Adams Co., Pa. J. B.WITIIKROW.
May 29, 1867.-1 y
OH ! YES ! 011 ! YES !
THE undersigned having taken out
In Auctioneer's License, offers his services to the
public,and would respectfully Inform the public that he
Is prepared toattend promptly to all business in this line,
By strict attention to business he hopes to render entire
satisfattion. s3,..Cbarges will be rev moderate, andsat.
faction guarantied ln all cases . Ad
HIRAM ALBERT,
Clearspling, Tort 00.. Pa.
May 29,1867.—tf.
, OH YES ! OH YES !
The Undersigned having taken out an Auctioneer'S 'Li
cense offers his services to the public u a SALE CRYZR
and will attend to the selling of Real and Peritonal Pro
perty when ever called upon. Having had fifteen years'
experience he hoped to be able to give general satisfac
tion to all wiurmay favor him with a call.
JASfEB CALDWELL,
Residence. Chambersburg street, Gettysburg.
Oct. 16,11361.-3 m
G3torto, %imam &r.
TIN-WARE AND STOVES•
THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF .
TIN-WARE IN THE COUNTY,
,!T
S. G. GO 0 K S 9
(Formerly indrew Polley's); also some of
THE BEST COOKING-STOVES IN THE MARKET,
among whlch are the
OLD DOMINION, •
eO4PROJISE,
PENNSYLVANIA,
NOBLE COOK,
ECONOMIST,
BARLEY SHEAF, kc.
A lso,raany other articles for kitchen me, which will be
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sold-WO low uat any other place inthe county.
S. G. COOK.
Apryl2,lB6ll.
, I STOVES,
TIN-WARE, &C., &C
T"public are invited to call and examine my Im
manse stock of goods
IN THE gTOVE LINE
Waverly, Noble Cook, Royal Cook,Barley Sheaf, Orient
al, Stewart's Cook, Ornamental, lithoeledor, Prince loyal
and the Emerald Cooking Stoves, all ibr coal or wood.—
Tithes varieties are a selection from the best and mast
popular Cooking Stoves the market affords, and are all
warranted to give entire satisfaction. Also, a very large
variety of Parlor, Saloon and Shop Stoves,lor coal or
wood, including the celebrated Morning Glory. the Vul
can, Oval Meteor, Round Meteor, Nil, Violet, Giant, Re
gulator, Comet, Egg, New Egg, Parlor Cook, Es., kc.—
?lrs Brick and Grates, for coal or wood, always on hand.
IN TtlE TIN-WARE LINE
I The assortment embraces everything necessary ftw
kitchen or household purposes. including a large num
ber of convenient yet Cheap articles of new design which
mast be men to b appreciated. The stock is m 'large
and varied that those who have not visited the establish
ment have no ,conorgdon of its extent. In addition to
the ordinary 'kitchen utensils, it include. Bathing v.-
eels, Toilet Chamber Sets, plain and Sisley, Chamber
,Buckets, Bread and Spice Boggs, Tea and , Coffee Cana.
ten, Deed Boxes, Spittoons, Tumbler Drainen, Bill-heed
Boxes, Waiters, Me Carrion, Water Coolers, Slaw ow e
Ws, Nuns Lampe, Jelly Moulds, Pudding Moultia po.
tent Nutmeg Graters, Comb Cams, Gen. Gnat Plates and
All a/ Plates, ash Buckets, limn gleam, Bird Gages,
Spout Heide, Coffee Mills, Lanterns, Basting Spoons,
Large Forks, Candle Sticks. Osage Nomads, Copper Dip
-IWrosglit-ron Prying Pens, Dross, Foot
pees, Ckdfire oaster% If Med Dinner
end Auctioneer Bab, Nagg Beaters, Oilers, ted„.Prui
eels, Coal Siena Glass mull Cans, Plain-tegilnalt
Cans, Selfsealing Jan, Se., Sc. Thome made to order,
and repairing promßtly attended td by the best awake
IN - THE HOLLOW-WARE LINE
Cast-iron Pots, of every size and variety, for doves, Poi.
retain Kettles, irr cooking and preserving, I. -•
Kettles, kw ditto, OuHron Stew Pans, of INV ebbe end
variety, Porcelain aad tinned, with a gad tate
other articles imparible to 'entrauwale in an atherthro
neat. •
Attention Is specially directed to threw vabsehle
tents for wbkda he Is agent, and Moat whkdi there is no
g onii, as eta be attested by scores who bats used
theta As: THIS UNITIOUI4II. CLIAPIFILIIBIWEINGIIII,
DOTTY'S 'WAREING. *AOEIXNII, and the oelabraW
DIAMOND CHURN. •
The public are invited to nit and examine goods and
prices. He guarantees to sell everything It bb line et
ozoseding lon Agora. Home and use, to wrathy rim
eurionity, if you do not went to buy. No trouble to oho*
/hoods. Q. U. BUILMIL
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- "VOL. j,XVII. NO. 50.
Watchto and gettittrp.
1867. REMOVAL. 1867.
• A. R.. FEISTEL,
Pradical Watchmaker,
AND DEALER DI
CLOCKS, WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
uAs removed bb Store to York Street, next door to
1111 Boyer k Bon's Grocery, and directly opposite -the
Gettysburg National Bank, where he has on hand, and
is constantly receiving, large supplies of
CLOCKS.,
from , the beet Manufactories In the United States; an
styles, Regulator, Office, Rlghtday and Twen ty-fonr Hour
Clocks, ilitth and .witbont Alarm Attachment--all war
mnted, and will &sold cheap., Priem from $3 60 to $9 60.
WATCHES,
of American and Foreign manufacture; Gold and Silver,
fitintinipcase and Open•faced Levers, Detached Levers,
Straight Line, White Movement, Lepines, Railroad, Time
keepers and Timing Watches, all warranted—at prices
ranging from $U 00 to $75 00.
JEWELRY.
A splendid assortment of Rings, chased and plain, Wed
ding Rings, Rings suitable for Gifts, Silver Rings, and
()nits Percha 'lbw, Ladies' Breastpins and Bar-rings of
all styles and prices, Gents' Pins of all kinds, Masonic,
Odd Fellows. Red Men and Templars'. Gold Pens and
Pencils, _Napkin Rings, Silver Thimbles,
Spectacles, sil
ver, plated and steel, a large variety of Gold and Silver
Vest and Curb Chains, Gents' Bosom Studs, Sleeve But
tons,lockets„, Charms, &e., &c., sold CHL/LPZI. TILLN till
CEL&PIST.
11§..Ciocte, Watches, Jewelry and ]rusk,' Instruments
of every description REPAIRED to order, and satisfaction
guarantied In en cases.
Thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore extended
to him, be hopes by doing good work, at reascmable prices,
to merit the cohtinuauce of the same.
Gettysburg, Aug..2l, 1887.—1 y A. R. FEISTEL.
J AMES E. CALDWELL & CO.
NO. 822 4r ,
'lt Chestnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
JEWELERS, IMPORTERS AND MANCFACTL'RERS,
HAVE made very large additions to their usual stock
in view of the approaching Holidays, derived chiefly
from NOVELTIES and CHOICE PIECES OF RARE
MERIT found in the
GREAT EXPOSITION AT PARIS
The peat season, by one of the firm in Europe. Also, an
immense stock of
WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY,
Solid Silver Wares, Plated Goods, Mantel
Clocks, Bronzes, Decorated China
Vases and Ornaments, Musi
. cal Boxes, Carved
Wood Orna
ments,
And everything appertaining to the business of
GOLD & SILVER—SMITHS.
None but First.Clais Goods kept, and every article sold
upon it sown merits.
PRICES IN PLAPT. FIGURES AND FIX
ED .AT LOWEST RATES.
Oct. 23, 1867.-3 tn
G IFTS FOR CHRISTMAS & NEW
YEARS !
AIUPERB STOCK OF FINE GOLD AND SILVER
WATCHES, ALL WARRANTED TO RUN, AND
THOROUGHLY REGULATED, AT THE LOW PRICE
OF $l9 EACH, AND SATISFACTION GrAHAN
TEED.
100 Solid Gold Hunting Watches.-- $250 to $l,OOO
100 Have Cased Gold Watches 250 to 500
100 Ladies' Watches, enameled 100 to 300
200 Gold Hunting Chronometer Watches. 250 to 300
210 MN Illunting English Levers 200 to 250
300 Gold Hunting Duplex Watohes 150 to IN:10
600 Geld lieftlng American Watches. 100 to 250
500 Silver Hunting Levers 50 to 150
600 Silver Hunting Duplexes 75 to 250
600 Gold Ladies' Watches 50 to 250
1,000 Gold Hunting Lepines 50 to 75
I,oooMiscellaneons Silver Watches 50 to 100
2,600-Hunting Silver Watches 25 to 60
6,000 Assorted Watches. all kinds 10 to 75
The above stock will be disposed of on the POPTIAR 0105
PIICZ IRAN, giving *very patron a fine Gold or Sol id hirer
Watch fur $lO, Without regard to value
Witiont Bee. !Co., 161 Broadway, New York, Wish to
immedieteliclisposeoftheabove magnificenestock. Cer
tificates, naming the articles, are placed Fa sealed en
velopes, and well Mixed. Holders are entitled to the ar
ticles named in their corthicate, upon payment of Ten
Dollars, whether it be • watch worth $l,OOO or one worth
lass. The return of any of our certificates entitles you to
the articles aimed thereon, upon payment, irrespective
of its worth, and as no article valued lam than $lO is
named on any certificate, it wiled once be seen that this
is no lottery, but a atrasatit forward legitimate treason
lion, which may be participated in even by the meet fas
tidious.
A single certificate will be sent by mall, post paid, upon
receipt of 25 cents, five for $l, eleven tor St, thirty.three
and elegant premium for $5, sixty.eix and more valuable
premium for SlO, ono hundred and most superb Watch for
$l5. To agents or those wishing employment, this is a
Mr opportunity. It is a legitimately conducted basi
■eit, duly authorized by the Government, and open t., the
most careful scrutiny. Watches sent by Express, with
bill for collectioo on delivery, so Gist no dissatisfaction
can possibly occur Try us. Address
WRIGHT, GROTTIER & CO., Importers,
Oct. =.-am 161 Broadway, New York.
COMPARE, THEN JUDGE
GREAT REDUCTION IN
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES
OF VERY SUPERIOR
SILVER and SILVER-PLATED WARES,
OF 0111 t OWN MANIIFACTURE.—Such
u Tea Sets, Urns, Ice Pitchers,
~I J Walters, Goblets, Cake Baskets,
Castors, Better Coolers, Vegeta- „;-;
hie Dishes, Tureens, Sugar and
♦ . Baskets, Syrup and Drink.
lug Cups, Entree, Forks, and , •
Spoons, of various kinds, tc., Z., ,
1•10
PLATE,tc., WARRANTED TRIPLE
-on best of metals, and
equal to any i • the market, of the LA TEST STYLES
and no goods are misrepresented, at
JOHN BOWMAN'S
New and Beautiful Store
•
No. 704 Arch street, Philadelphia.
*3-Please call and examine our Goods before purchas
ing.
N. B.—All kinds of PLATING at reasonable prices.
Aug. 21, 1867.-ly
JOHN BOWMAN,
No. 704 .Arch Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
Manufacturer and Dealer In
SILVER AND PLATED WARE,
Our Gooda are decidedly the cheapest in the City
TRIPLE PLATE, A ,No. 1.
Mar.14,1867.-ly •
gooP StirU.
628. HOOP SKIRTS. 628.
WILLIAM T. HOPKINS'
"Our Own Make."
After more than five years experience and experiment
ing in the manufacture-of STRICTLY FIRST QUALITY
HOOP SKIRTS, we offer our lastly celebrated goods to
merchants and the public in full confidence of their su
periority over all °then in the American market, and
they are re acknowledged by all who wear or deal in
them, as they give more satisfaction than any other
Skirt, and redommend themselves in every respect.—
Dealers in Hoop Skirts should make a note of this fact.—
Beerykady rake Ass tier givers them a trial should do so
witheedfserther delay.
Outaseortmant embraces every style, length and else
for Ladies, Mimes andObildren Also, Skirts MADE TO
°wilt, Altered and Repaired.
Ask fez "Hopkins' Own, Make," and be not deceived. -
See that the letter "H" is woven on the Tapes brtween
Each glop, and that they Ire stamped -Ir. T.HOPKI NW
MANUFACTURER, 62$ ARCH St., Philadelphia," upon
each tape. No others. are genuine.
Alpo, constantly on band a fall line o=l New York
and Eastern made Skirts, at very low prices.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
At the PHILADELPHIA HOOP SHIRT Manufactory:and
Emporium, No. SRS Arta street, Philadelphia.
Martial% HOPKINS.
Wants.
SEXTON WANTED,
FOA y e t irtOhal o lt io aaihansa,) thaysbur g , Pa. &p-
A.D. WWII,
11. 8. HUBER, ;lommittee.
Oct,
18.8tH. J. INIJIMISTOOE,
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A FAEM WANTED.
ANY panic boring • GOOD YAM for ribald
to Wu hi part t, or mon t= ll
choke . Waters Laud,ml itad At • well settled neighbor`
had war Oolaty, Tomo v . Rama% Or., he will Dad
parebsoor b foqatrtog as Nils oMob. [Sopt.ll, 1.1107.-tf
NOTICE.
'MK subsoriber has now thoroughly
his OBIST'AND SAW MILLS, known In
,qg MILL' os Raton croak; and is jarwsr
ato do GRIMM ANA SAWING of every mad at
shwa sotto'. He solicits Mspitrosso of the neighbor
hood, sod will guasiatos istisoactiots. Gluts' a cad.
JaasliVllo7.-ti 7 GIORGI GINGILL.
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FLIELKBOLD'S Concentrated Extraid ,
t imWs, L tip litrest SloodPosifire,
gook's, gfrugo t. lntdictitto, 4r.
Drugs and. Medicines.
FORNEY'S OLD STAND.
rirHE undersigned having taken charge of this
I. old and popular Store, takes pleasure in in
foraning the public that he is constantly receiving fresh
supplies of all kinds of DRUGS AND MEDICINES, from
the mat reliable houses '
and is prepareed to accommo
date his customers with any article In his line
FRESH DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
of every description, all the popular PATENT MEDI
EINES of the day, with.", full supply of chemicals, Per
tamer'', Paints, Dye Staffs, Varnishes, Fluids, Turpen
tine, flair Oils, Ifstracts,Soaps, itrushee, together with
a great variety of Fancy articles—in short, everything
usuilly found in a first class Drug Store—constantly on
hand.
Sal-Physicians supplied at reasonable rates, and pre
scriptions carefully compounded, and prepared at all
hours of the day and night—Saud. y not .excepted. Be
ing determined to sell cheap,he would ask a liberal share
of public patronage. Give ORB call and see for your
selves. JOHN 13 FORNBY.
May
A. D. BUEHLER,
THEOLOGICAL, CLASSICAL AND. MISCELLANEOUS
BOOKS,
DRUGS,- MEDICINES,
STATIONERY,
PERFUMERY OF ALL KINDS,
GETTYSBURG, PA.,
Chambersburg street, near Diamond
May 29, 1887.-1 y
DR. R. HORNER'S
DRUGS, STATIONER; AND NOTIONS,
GETTY•S'LL - RG, PA
Ufa own preparations are all gna , antied to anywer the
purposes intended.
Dr. It. Horner's Anti. Cholera and Diarrhrearaix
tore, for ell dineasee of the stomach
and bowels.
Olein for Chapra
Fragrant vyrrh, for preserving and Leant ify
hag the teeth, and for all diseabel Of the
gums.
His Tonic And Alterative Powders. lor Ilorseeiaml
Cattle. are superior to any in the market.
Pure Liquors for medical Th‘e i Pi e,rititionio
carefully
Medical advice without charge
June 5, 1857.—tf
Tarriageo, arum, &c.
NEW FIRM!
AT THE OLD STAND.
[ESTABLISHED IN 1817..]
I have associated with me, in business. my son,lmix F.
Meese/AT, under the firm and style of D 31cCasser
& Sox, and I desire to say to my old friends and the pub
lic generally that. since the war, the manufacture of
Saddles, Harness,Collars, kc., has been revived at the old
established and well known stand on Baltimore Street.
one square south of the Court Rouse, Gettysburg,
Having had an experience of 40 years in this establish
ment, I feelassured. that, with renewed attention to bui.
Weis, we can still further merit and eceive a full share
of public patronage.
Feb. 1.1866. DAVID McCRE ARV.
With increascifacilities for conducting our business,
we are better prepared than ever to satisfy the wauto of
all those who may need anything In our line. We esp.,
chilly call the attention of Farmers and others to the
superior quality of our
Plain or Quilted Seat Ilorn Side Leathers.
Saddles, flames, all kinds, with u
Plain or Quilted Seat no without fastenings,
Horn, Housings,
Plain or Quilted Seat SidsScotch Collars(leatbor),
Saddles, (ticking).
PlainorFancySaddleCloths No Seam Collars,
Wagon Saddles, Best Welt IlarnessCollars,
Riding Bridles, of all kinds,P a tent Leather Collars,
fair or black, rounded or stitched or nnatitclied,
flat, Best Leather Wagon Whips,
Martingales, 4, and S feet long,
Carriage Harness, all styles. P I ,ited Team Whips.
silver or black mounted, Trotting Whips,
Heavy Draft Harness, Ladies' Riding Twigs,
Blind Bridles, Whip lashes,
Girths, Horse Blankets. &c.. Jec.
Cruppers, •
Inshort,everything that pertains to a first class genera
.horsefurnishing establishment constantly on band or
made to order promptly, of the very best material, and
by the most experienced workmen in the country, (two
having-worked in this establishment fur the last thirty
years.)
Ware noarmanufacturing an excellent lot of Heavy
Draftand.flartiess Collars fur those who prefer onr own
to city made work - .
Repairing of all kinds doneat short notice and on rea
sonable terms.
All are cordially Invitedto call and examine for them
valves an our work cannot tailAn recommend Itself.
Feb. I;lB66—rt. DAVID'aIcCREARY & SON.
NEW SADDLER SHOP.
O N e lt n li t e i
y ll o i n l I, h " a ß n a4i o r Street,Baltimore
tnt Trder, a ll) r i ltif i , d Pa,—Con
on
RIDING SADDLES,
WAGON SADDLES,
CARRIAI4E HARNESS,
DRAUGHT HARNESS,
RIDING BRIDLES,
BLIND BRIDLES,
COLLARS,
FLY NETS, ,te
as low as the lowest
May 29, 1867.-tf.
CARRIAGE -MUTING RESUMED.
e war being over, the undersigned have resumed the
CARRIAGE-MAKING BUSINESS,
at their old stand, in East Middle street, Gettysburg,
where they are again prepared to put up work in the
most fashionable, substantial, and superior manner. A
lot of new and seoond•hand
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, &C,
on hand, which they will dispose of at the lowest prices,
and•all orders will be supplied as promptly and satisfac
torily as possible.
eirREPAIRING-Els
dome with dispatch, and at cheapest rates.
A large lot of new and old HARNE.SB n hand for sale.
Thadltful for the liberal patronage heretofore enjoyed
by them, they solicit and will endeavor to deserve a large
share in the future.
May 29.-tf DANNER & ZIEHLER.
jARRIAGES AND BUGGIES.
TATE dr CULP
Are now building a variety of COACH WORK of the
latest and most, approved styles, and constructed of the
best material, to which they invite the attention .of buy
ers. Raving built our work with great care, anacf mo
torist selected with epeeist reference to beauty of style
and durability,' we can confidently recommend the work
asiunsurponed by any other in or out of the cities. All
we aik is an inspection of our work, to matinee those In
want of any kind of a vehicle that this is the glace to
buy them.
arREPAILING in every branch done at abort notice
and on reasonable tartan.
Bile us a oat! at our rectory, near the corner of Wash
ington and Chamberiburg streets, Gettysburg, Pa.
June 14,1867.--t!
Warbit lards.
CANNON'S
BLAILBLZ W ORKs
CORNER OP BALTIMORE AND EAST MID
DLE EIT.,OPPOSITE THE COURT-HOUSE.
GET.7IIYSBURG, PA.,
HOMY DESORIPTION OP WORK EXECETZD IN
THE FINEST STYLE Or THE ART.
May 29,1667-a
G ETTYBRUILG MARBLE YARD.
DECALS t DEO.
In bet Tort Street, Gettysburg, Pa. Where they
are prepared to tarnish ell kind/ or work 1n their line,
gum As itogoMENTS, TOMBS, HEADSTONES
MANUEL to, to.
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ta Die thereat antice,iind U cheap es the cheapoit.-
41frelve its a dill. liondue taken in exchange air
work..
Dettystpus t 72.,1811T. • '
GETTYSBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 6, 1867.
JOHN HENDRICKS. HIRAM WARREN.
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• RECONSTRUCTION.
IF YOU WANT TO B.UY
GROCERIES
cheap, come to our store in put York street where every
thing in our 'ine will be sold at a short profs.
Everything kept in a first chile grocery, will be found
there, also
CONFECTIONS AND NOTIONS,
TOBACCO AND SEGARS,
Produce taken in exchange fur goods, cash pal/ for old
meat.
ITLYarmers come and see
THE WONDER OF THE AGE,
WARREN'S
ELECTRIC CHURN,
which makes one-fourth more butter than any other
Churn font of the same cream.) We keep them for sale and
will be leased to show them. Don't forget the place.
HENDRICKS A WARREN.
Gettysburg. Sept. IS, 1867.—tf
BARGAINS
GROCERY
JOHN CRESS & SON
HA VINO opened a new Grocery. In Gettysburg, on the
north-west corner of the Public Square, have juts
receired a splendid assortment of FRESH
GROCERIES,
including Sugars, Coffee, Molasses, Syrup, Teta. Spices,
Tobacco, salt, Fish, Hams, Shoulders, &c. Also,
QUEENSWARE, CONFECTIONS,
Nuts. Y rul ts, Soaps, Nancy Article, and Notion■ generally.
We will also keep on hand FLOUR and PEED-STUIfYn.
Having purchased for CASH. we are prepared to sell
very cheap. Give us a call and judge for yourselves.
JOHN CRISS,
J. W. CRESS.
Sept. 25,
WM. BOYER & SON,
KEEP constantly on hand a splen
did ansortment of
Coffee,
Sugar. Tea, Syrups,
Spices. Fish, Bacon, Salt, Notions,
Tobaceo.Clgars,Con
fictions,
and e♦erythingconnecctel with a Family Grocery We
will always keep up a fell supply of goods and sell ttese
at prices which cannot fail to please. Call and see us at
our stand in York street, opposite the Bank of Getty*.
burg. eiy.All kinds of country produce taken in ex
change for goods.
May 29,180.
NEW ARRANGEMENTS.
HENRY •OVERDEER,
On the Hal in Battintore Street, Gettysburg, J
HAS made arrangements to get
freih stfpplies every week from the City and is Mr
termlned to sell cheap. Be invites all to give than a
call, his stock consists of Groceries!, Notions Flour, Corn
Meal, Choped Feed. Corn, Oats, Fish, Bacon, Lard,
Cheese. Crackers, Tobacco, Cigars and Snuff, Bur, Cof
fees, Teas, Syrup. Me:asses. Candle., Coal Oil, Fisk Oil,
Tar. Best Cider, Vinegar, and a great variety of Nations,
Candies. &c., &c.
gira.The cub or trade will be. given for County Pro
duce such as Flour, Corn, Oats, Butter, Eggs, Potatoes,
Rags, &c. (Miry 29,1867.—tf
NEW GROCERY STORE
TELL EVETEBODT TOE SEE THAT
G I L BT R T ,
TUST above the Court-Rowe, and opposite the Cowgirl
., ler (Mace, will sell you everything in the GROCERY
AND PROVISION Line cheaper than yen can get it
elsewhere.
Sugars, Coffeee, Molar/es:
Candle., Coal Oil, Syrups, Broome,
Buckets, Tube, Tobacco, Cigars.
Notions of all kinds, HAM ,I , ISH,,OYSTEBS, VEGETA.
BLES, always on hand. Give me a call, as I am deter
-04
3 0.
mined to acco to. BUTTER, EGGS, and all kind.
of Country P _ taken, for which the highest cash
price .gill beg % n't forget the place—two doors
above the Court se. Don't pars without calling, NI
I solicit your glakeniaage.
May '29.—tf
New Grocery, and Flour 'Store.
MEALS S BROTHER,
HAVING opened a Grocery, Rota
and Vegetable Store, in the Room formerly oc
cupied by. Geo. Little, on West Middle street. they ex
tend an invitation to all buyers to give them a
ealL—
Every'thing in their line, fresh from the city end COl2ll
- will be kept on hand. They are determined to sell s
as cheap as the cheapest, and as they only ask the lowest
living profits, they hope to merit and receive &liberal
share of public patronage. MEALS &BRO.
May 29, 1 Sti6
Grocery & Liquor Store.
A LARGE assortment of fine
GROCERIES,
C'ItiPP,I, Whits Sonars of all kinds, and Brown
Fingers, cheap, prime new crop Orleans Molasses, and all
'trades of byurps; MESS MACKEREL, best in market.—
All kinds of
whole,ale avd re tail. prime Wine. Brandy, Rye Whisky
ac., ter medicinal and other purposes, In any quantity.
*Sr B. Misbler's Herb Bitters. and the "Great Zinger'
Bitters." WM J. MARTIN,
May 29. 1367.-t f Balt. more ■t , Gettysburg.
GRAIN AND GROCERIES.—The
highest Market price paid for Grain and allkinds of
Produce. Groceries. Fertilisers, tc.,constantly on hand
for sale at the Ware-house of
Aug. 9 1866. CULP t XARNSHAW.
VOAL and FISH OIL of the best
IL) q uality for sale by Wit. BOYER t SON
FRESH. supply of Groceries, No
tions, Tobaccos, &c., constantly receiving and to
ale b WM. BOYER k SON.
J. M. ROWE
First National Bank of Gottyskri
ALLOWS
INTEREST ON bEPOSITS
AS USUAL—
Buys and Sells all Kinds of
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES,
GOLD AND SILK.E:R,
Converts 7-30 Notes into 5-20 U. S. Bonds.
tier *Orders solicited and promptly at
tended to.
April 11, 1867
1867. WINTER '1867.
MILLINERY.
MISS MCCREARY
HAB J ust returned from the City with alarge assart.
. Meat of mew style
BONNETS & HATS
which she is prepared to sell at prices Which will defy
competition. Also Bonnet and Gat trimmings of aIC the
latest styles, and FANCY GOODS of every variety.
,Bonnets made to order, dt the shortest notice.
Oct. It 1867.—1 m
HIINTERSTOWN
MILLINERY.
ROSIE M. MONFORT
urn returned from the City with an atieopment of
the titbit stiles of •
BONNETS , & HATS,
Brady-nude BONNETS always oh Land.. •
ladles , Black Caps and nude and Ilar mks
Feathers 'clawed and curled equal to new.
• AU work In the Millinery tine dais at short sotto*.
00t.16,11140—.2nt , '
grottrito.
at the new
IN GETTYSBURG
LIQUORS,
financial.
'THE
GEO. ARNOLD, Cashier
pitlinerg.
Sarptuttro and Contractors.
WM. C. STALLSMITH Sc SON,
GETTYSBURG, PA.,
CARPENTERS & CONTRACTORS,
Are prepared to do all kinds or Carpentering—contracting
and erecting buildings of all kinds, lepairing, Ake. They
Keep constantly on hand and snatmetcture to order,
DOORS, SHUTTERS, BLINDS, SASH, DOOR AND
WINDOW PRAMES, CORNICE, DOOR AND
WINDOW BRACKETS,
And any other Article in t the Building Line
Seasoned material conetantly on bind, experienced work-
men always- In readiness, and work executed with
dispatch
1 ei. Orders promptly attended to
WM. C. STALLSMITH,
C. H. BTALUPMITH.
Sept. 18, 1867.—tf
G. C. CASHMAN
CARP ENTERING.
THE undersigned respectfully in
form the public that they have commenced the
Carpenting In the Shop formerly occupied by George
Schryock, deceased. We are prepared to do any work in
our llne of ha/aneia and as reasonabla as any other eetab
fishmeal at Gettysburg
We hope by a strict attention to bnainen to merit •
'bare of public patronage
May 29, 1867.—tt
TO THE BUILDING
COMMUNITY.
AND ALL OTHERS
WHO WISH TO IMPROVE.
THE undersigned respectfully in
forms the public that he still continues the
CARPENTERING BUSEsTESS
at bta old stand, on Wed street, Gettysburg, and is ready
at all time's to accommodate those wanting anything done
n btu line. He fa prepared to furnisb all kind/of work for
61:aiding purpose', of the beet material, and as neatly
and cheaply as it can be done at say other establishment
in the county. E . :patience:kJ:lands always in readiness
and work executed with promptness and dispatch.
airthankftil for past favors, be hopes, by attention to
baainees to receive a liberal share of public patroage.
Nay 29, 18e7. WW. 011RMISAN.
goal, path; Tina, ar.
LUMBER, & COAL,
AN IMMENSE STOCK?
00131V.R. OF CARLISLZ BT. AND TRY RAILROAD,
GETTYSBURG, PENNA
IN order to give the public something
like an adequate idea atlas immense stock of Lum
ber, Oaati flumes, Tinirare, ac., de., on band and for sale
by the undersigned, at his estehlishment. to Carlisle at.,
across the Railroad atom the Passenger Station, be
would enumerate as tar as the limits of a newepsper ad
vertbement will allow
fl THE LUMBER LINE
Boards and Plank of even' grade, from callings to panel.
Joists and Scantling, pine and hemlock, Siding, planed
and unplaned, Flooring, Shingles, Shingle Laths, Plaster
ing Laths, Pickets, ready-made Doom and Saab. Blinds
and Shuttera.—in fact, evegythlng used for building pur
poses.
IN THE COAL LENE
Shamokin 'White Ash and Lykena' Valley Red Ash,
these two varieties being the purest and best tdr all
domestic purposes. Also the very best Broad-top and
Allegheny smith Coal.
11111,For particulars of Stoves, Tinware, kn., elle adver
tisement ander head a Stoves and Tinware.
C. H. BrErtLER,
Ju1y3,1667.
LUMBER! LUMBER!
NEW LUMBER YARD IN EM
MITTSBURG, MD.
WE wi>uld respectfully inform the
• • public that webaye establidied a LARGE LUM
BER YARD in Emutittaburg, Md.
LUMBER, SCANTLING. PICKETS AND LATHS
FLOOR up BOARDS, WINDOWS, DOORS,
- SHUTTERS, BLINDS,
and every description of Building Lumber furnished at
the lowest cash prices, by
WILLIAM ULRICH.
June 21, 1866.—tf Agent for Potter • Co.
NEW LUMSER YARD.
THE undersigned has opened • LUMBER
YARD, on the Railroad, Near Guinn A
Reilly's Lime Kilns, Gettysburg and asks the public to
give him a call. His assortment is one of the beet ever
offered here, inn his prices afford only the smallest living
prat. He has WHITE PINE PLANK, inch and half
BOARDS, FLOORING, PALINGS, £c., Am, and is con
stantly adding to his stock. Come and examine for
yourselves.
115,,A supply of Shingles, at low pricee,always on hand.
Nov. 1,1866.—tf. JACOB MEADS.
REEENGLES.—Prime Shingles, the
"-I beat in she market, for sale at JACOB BREADS'S
usw Lumber Yard, on the Railroad, adjoining the Lime
Kilne,Oettysburg. (N0r.1866.-te
Lime & Coal.
GIIIIsTis.T & REILLY have erected
two additional Lime Kilns, on the Railroad, and
are therefore better prepared than ever to supply the
but of LIKE, In large or small quantitlea. Farmers and
others can hereafter look for a more prompt filling of
their orders, and are invited to extend and continue
their divots to a firm which is malting every effort to ac
commodate them tithe beat manner possible.
They will oleo cantinas to veep on hand, ior sale,
good supply of the different kinds of COAL, which they
will Bell at small profits.
Coal and Lime dells eredanywhere to Gettysburg.
Jeme2l, 18015.—tf
gorgt and•pltudrv.
GETTYSBURG FOUNDRY.
Tin subscriber would Inlbrm his customers and others
•'• that he is still manufacturing various kinds of Cos
flup sad Machine, made to order, on short notice, such
4, l ts
THBESHINS AND powias.
(five difilorent shun of Powers,) Olovereeed Hullers and
Oleanen, Corn Sheller, and Separators, Coruksider Cat
ten, Straw and Hay Cutters, Ploughs, such as Oast
Ploughs, Barshear Ploughs, Side-hfll and Corn Ploughs;
the .
WHIZSPRINO HORSE BAEZ,
the latest improvement; also Metal Screws fir Older
Prams, Iron Railing for Cemeteries or Porches, with
everything else in his line, all at low prices.
POB W,H.—A light Two-hon. Wagon, • Onokorse
Wagon, ail BOW. • , DAVID ISTMENZIL.
•
Vardwart, funny, at.
HARDWARE
AND 0 It 00 ERIBIS
TRR eibseribere have jnet returned from the *Mei
with an learneusesupply of HARDWA2Iti GROCCIRIOSe.
which thdy ire aerialist theirobletand In Bslame*
Ilimtiatprfeesto suit thellmes. Ours tozkoonditfl
Part of -.
• Oarpentev'efoole.
Bleokunsith4ToOle.
Coach Finding%
haelladinp _ _
Oabinetmaker'eTools,
DearedrorPer'sititures.
Allkindsoflron de
Olt&CIRI11,8 or ALL Jurrps,
01.1e ) pai ate, Le., Me . Thereto no artieleincladed in she
several departments meathined above. bet whatever So
had at Ode Store. Every Wass pf Deehanicescan Da te.
comeadatedherewith toolsandladlaumed Ilaasekeep
Wotan dad every artieleta adrift*. Dive imaeall as
wea.r~appreparedtooelUslowtoreash asanyotherhomm
outorm• city -
"MIL B. DANffla r
DAVID SIVOLIII.
ItorsoAler.
Via *ln and ffitniii ut.
11. H. ROWE
CABIIMAN k ROWE.
From the Atlantic Monthly A:,r November.
TILE CONSPIRACY AT WASHINGTON
The people of the t;nited•States now have
the mortification of standing before the world
in the attitude of a swindled democracy.—
Their collective will is crossed by the will of
one individual, whose only title to such au
tocracy is in the fact that he has cheated and
betrayed those who elected him. There
might be some little compensation for this
outrage, if the man possessed any of those
commanding qualities of mind and disposi
tion which ordinarily distinguish usurpers ;
but it is the peculiarity of Mr. Johnson that
the indignation excited by his claims is only
equalled by the contempt excited by his char
acter. He is despised even by those he ben
efits, and his nominal supporters feel ashamed
of the trickster and apostate, while conde
scending to reap the advantages of his faith
lessness. No party in the South or in the
North thinks of selecting him as its candidate,
for the vices and weaknesses which make an
excellent accomplice and tool are not those
which any party would consider desirable in
a leader. Whatever office-seekers, partisans,
traitors, and public enemies can find in Mr.
Johnson, it is certain that they find in him
nothing to respect. He is cursed with that
form,of moral disease which sometimes ren
ders a man ridiculous, sometimes infamous,
but which never renders him respectable,—
namely, vanity of will. Other men may be
vain of their talents and accomplishments,
but he is vain of the personal pronoun itself,
utterly regardless of what it covers and in
cludes. Reason, conscience, understanding,
have no impersonality to him. When he
uses the words, he uses them as synonyms of
his determinations, or as decorative terms
into which it pleases him to translate the
rough vernacular of his 'wilfulness and capri
ces. The "Constitution," also, a word con
stantly profaned by his lips, is not so much,
as he uses it, the Constitution of the United
States as the moral and mental constitution of
Andrew Johnson, which, in his view, is the
one primary fact to which all other facts must
be subordinate. His gross inconsistencies of
opinion and policy, his shameless betrayal of
his party, his incapacity to hold himself to his
word, his hatred of a cause thy moment its
defenders cease to flatter him, his habit of ad
ministering laws he has vetoed on the princi
ple that they do not mean what he vetoed
them for meaning, his delight in little tricks
of low cunning—in short, all the immoral
and unreasonable acts of his administration
have their central source in a passionate
sense of self-importance, inflaming a mind of
extremely limited capacity:
Such a person, whose mere presence in the
executive chair of a constitutional country is
itself "a high crime, and misdemeanor," is of
course the natural prey ofdemagogues, and
he now appears to be surrounded by dema
gogues of the moat desperate class. His ad
visers are conspirators, and they have so
wrought on his vulgar and malignant nature
that the question of his impeachment has now
come to be merged in the more momentous
question whether he will submit to be im
peached. Constitutionally, there is no limit
to the power of Congress in this respect but
that which Congress may itself impose. The
power is plain, and there can be no revision
of the judgment of the Senate by any other
power in the Government. But Mr. Johnson
thinks, or says he thinks, that Congress itself,
as at present constituted, is unconstitutional.
He believes, or says he believes, that the de
feated Rebel States whose representatives Co
ngress now excludes are as much States irt the
Union, and as much entitled to representation,
as New York or Ohio. As he specially repre
sents the defeated Rebel States, it is hardly to
be supposed that he will consent to be pun
ished for crimes committed in their behalf by
a Congress from which their representatives
are excluded ; and it is also to be presumed
that the measures he is now taking to obstruct
the operation of the laws of COpgress relating
to reconstruction are but preliminary to a de
de l() resist Congress itself.
The madness of such a scheme leads judi
cious people to disbelieve in its possibility ;
but in respect to Mr. Johnson, it has been
found that the only way to prevent the dccur
relice of mischief is to diffuse extensively
among the people the suspicion thatit Is med
itAted. Judicious snd diapassionate persons
are often poor judges of what men of fierce
passions and distempered minds will .do; for
they unconsciously attribute to such men
some of their own ideas of honesty, propriety,
and regard for the public welfare. The legis
lators whom Louis Napoleon outwitted were
overthrown beesuse, bad as their opinion of
hide was, it was not so bad as events proved
it ought to have been. In the case of Mr.
Johnson, there is not the same excuse for
mbmbuception, since his Waning is utterly
dlierasi from sagacity, and he not the in
telligence to conceal what his impuhes
prinopt him to attempt: The kind of man he
is would seem to be obvious to the most su
perficial observer; the natural inference Is,
therefore, that be will act, after his kind ; but
this is an inference which dispassionate
stlitemten have hesitated NV to draw. Th ey
11 M. b%llcOcathvial l i surPOed atacta Which
iiMIJICTEBY'OF THE
BY J: T. HORS
In the lone and silent grave-yard,
O'er the still and pulseless dead,
Stand the snow-white blocks of marble
At each silent sleeper's head.
'Bearing thoughts tend dear mementos
Of the loved ones resting there,
Words perhaps that last were spoken-.
Fragments of a dying prayer.
Rank and file the ivhite forms standing,
Guard as sentris* round the dead,
And when mid-night broods in silence
Fill the gloom With phantoms dread.
Thus the heart's lane cemetery,
Where the perished hopes are laid,
Bears on shafts of Varian marble
Lines of light thst never fade.
• •
Here a rosy dream of youth-time—
Here a love, and here a joy,
Here a thought of brightest future,
Broken as a childish t,,y.
Here are feelings pure and stainless,
As the crystals on the snow,
Here are longings for Some lair one,
Whose bright eyes/Ike diatnowis slow
Here are buried childhood fancies,
And beside them hopes mature,
Bright desires, loves and passions,
All are buried—base and pure.
'Tis the grave yard of affections,
In the valley of the heart,:
Where remembrance fondly lingers,
Till the burning tear-drops start.
And when life is all a ruin,
And the heart is in decay,
And the trailing ivy twirling,
O'er each column finds its way
Then Reflection loves to wander,
In this grave-yard of the past,
And there rest among the shadows,
From the marble columns cast.
WHOLE NO. 3482.
they should have foreseen. They were sur
prised that, during the months he was left to
his own devices, and to the counsels of South
ern politicians, he matured his policy of re
construction. They were surprised that he
would not abandon his policy rather than
break with the Republican party, They were'
surprised when they learned that be medita
ted a coup d i cta/ on the assembling of the
Fortieth Congress. They were surprised
when they found that no law could be made
which woulfl,bind him according to its intent.
They were surprised when, as soon as Con
gress adjourned, he began to take measures
which can have no other intelligible purpose
than that of making him master of Congress
when it re-assembles. And to crown all,
though it his been apparent since February,
1866, that he was the enemy of the country,
they have still had technical reasons for re
taining him as the proper executive of its
laws.
It would then seem that, in dealing with such
a man as Andrew Johnson, it is the part of w is:
dom to suspect the worst. Without any spe
cial knowledge of the treasonable intrigue now
going on'in Washington, it is still possible to
fathom the President's 6sigtis, and to under
stanarthe resources on which he relies. In the
first place, his conceit makes him believe Unit
he is the first man in the nation, and that he is'
not only adored at the South brit popular at the
North. The slightest sign of reaction in North
ern and Western elections he considers a tes
timony to his individual merit, and an endorse
ment of his policy. In case he refuses to rec
ognize the present Congress, turns its mem
bers by military power out of their seats, and
appeals for support to the white population of
the rebel as well as loyal States, he will count
on being sustained by the nation. The Dem
ocratic party agrees with him as far as re
gards the constitutionality of the laws which
he will, in the name of the Constitution, b. ,
compelled to disregard in order to get posses
sion of the military power of the country ; and
he thinks that party will support him in resu
ming those, functions as commander-in-chiet
of which he has been deprived by a "usurp
ing" Congress. The army and navy, with all
Republican officers removed, including, of
course, General Grant and Admiral Farragut,
he thinks will obey his orders. The South,
he supposes, will rally round him to a man
The thoroughly rebel military organization in
Maryland, controlled by a Governor atter his
own heart. will interpose obstacles to the pas
sage of troops from the Northern States to
Washington. The Democrats in thosel!ltates
will do all they can to prevent troops from
being sent. Before there could be any effi
cient military organization in the loyal States
brought to bear on his dictatorship, he expects
to have a Congress of "the whole elation"
around him, of which at least a majority will
be defeated Rebell and Copperheads. The
whole thing is to . be done in the name of the
Constitution ; and the proclamation he has
issued to all officers of the United States, civil
and military, telling them to obey the Consti
tution (i. e., Mr. Johnion) may be considered
the first step in the development of the
scheme.
It is needless to say that such a scheme could
only find hospitable reception in the head uf a
spiteful, inflated, and tmprincipled egotist, for
such an egotist Mr. Johnson assuredly is. It
is needless to say that it would break down
through the refusal of General9Grant to give
up his command, and through the refusal of
the great body of the army to obey the Presi
dent : for the danger is not so much the success
of the attempt as the convulsion which the
mere attempt would occasion. That the dan
ger is a serious one, provided the October and
November elections show a considerable Re,
publican loss, is evidentfrom a consideration'
of the President's position. He has already
gone far enough in his course to exasperate
Congress, and unite its Republican members,
conservative and radical, in favor of his im
peachment. Without going over the long list
of delinquencies and usurpations which would
justify that measure, it is sufficient to name
the recent proclamation of amnesty as an act
which promises to secure it. That proclama
tion is a plain violation of the Constitution rs
the Constitution is understood by Congress ;
and it is upon the Congressional interpretation
of the Constitution that, in the , matter of im
peachment, the President must stand or fall.
Congress, by giving the power of granting am
nesty to Mr. Lincoln, evidently conceived that
it was not a power' given to him by the Con
stitution ; by taking it away from Mr. John
son, it is evidently conceived that it could not
be exercised by him except by usurpation.—
In usurping this power, Mr. Johnson must
have known that his act belonged, in the
opinion of Congress, to the class of "high
crimes and misdemeanors," for the commis
sion of which the Constitution expressly pro
vides that Presidents may be impeached ; and
he must also have known that Congress, in
judging of his infractions of the Constitution,
would be bound neither by his individual
opinion of ha constitutional powers nor by
the opinion csf the Supreme Court, but was at
perfect liberty to act on its own interpretation
of his constitutional duty. It is not therefore
to be supposed that he intended to limit his de
fiance of Congress to the mere issuing of the
amnesty proclamation, especially as the prin
ciple on which that proclamation was Issued
would cover his refusal to carry out the whole
Congressional plan of reconstruction. His
conviction or assertion that Congress has no
right to withhold from him the power to par
don defeated rebels and public enemies by the
wholesale, is certainly not *greater or more
emphatic than his conviction or assertion that,
in its plan of reconstruction, Congress has
granted to subordinates powers which consti
tutionally belong to him. If he can exalt his
will over Congress in the one case, there is no
reason why he should not do it in the other.
Indeed, in the proclamation of amnesty, Mr.
Johnson practically claims that his power to
grant pardons extends to a dispensing power
over the laws. But it is evident that the Con
stitution, in giving the President the power to
pardon criminals, does not give him the power
to dispense with the laws against crime. At
one period Mr. Johnson seems to have donh
this in respect to the crime of counterfeiting,
by his repeated pardons extended to convicted
counterfeiters. Still 'there is a broad line of
distinction between the abuse of this power to
pardon criminals after conviction and the as
sumption of power to restore to whole classes
of traitors and public enemies their forfeited
rights of citizenship. By the pardon of mur
derers and counterfeiters the President cannot
much increspe the number of his political sup
porters; by the pardon. of traitors and public
enemies he'may build up a party to support
him in his struggle against the legislative de
partment of the Government. The reasons
which have induced Mr. Johnson to dispense
with the laws against treason are political ma
sons, and bear no ndation to his prerogative
of mercy. Nobody pretends that he pardoned
counterfeiters because.theY were his political
Minimum ; everybody knows he pardons trai
tors and Rublie enemies in order to gain their
influence and votes. *A. ;Olio enemy himself,
and leagued with public enemies, he has the
iintiodenne to claim that lie is constitntknutily
capable of perverting his power to • •.n In
to a power to gain political support. in his i p
schemes against the loyal nation.
But it is not probable that the President
will limit his usurpations to a measure whose
chief significance consists in its preliminary
character. Before Congress meets in. Nove
mber, he will doubtless have followed it up by
others which' will make his impeachment a
matter, of certainty. The only method of pre
venting
him from resisting impeachment by
force is an awakening of the people tothe fact
that the final battle against reviving rebellion
is yet to be fought at the riolls. Any apathy
or divisions among Republicans in the State
elections In October and November, resulting
in a decrease of their vote, will embolden Mr.
Johnson to venture his meditated coup detest.
He never will submit to be impeached and re
oved from office unless Congress is sustain
ed,by majority of the people so great as to .
frighten him into submission. Elated by a
little victory, he cau only be depressed by a
ruinous defeat ; and such a defeat it is the sol
emn duty of the people to prepare for him.—
Even into his conceited brain must be driven
the idea that his contemplated enterprise is
hopelets, and that, in attempting to commit ;
the greatest of political crimes, he would sue- •
ceed only in committing the most enormous of
political blunders.
Still it is not to be concealed that there arc
circumstances in the present political condi
tion of the country which may give the Pre
sident just that degree of apparent popular sup
port which is all he needs to stimulate him in
to open rebellion against the laws. It is, of
course, his duty to recognize the people of the
United . States ir, their representatives in the
Fortieth Congress ; but on the other hand, it is
the character of his mind to regard the people
as multiplied duplicates of himself, and a mob
yelling for "Andy" under his windows is to
him more representative of the people than the
delegates of twenty States. In the autumn
elections only two Representatives to Congress
will be chosen ; the political strife will relate
generally to local questions and candidates ;
and it is to be feared that the Republicans
will not be sufficiently alive to the fact tisk
divisions on local s questions and candidates
will be considered at Washington as signifi
cant of a change in the public mind on the
great national question which it is the busi
ness of the Fortieth Congress to settle That
Congress needs the moral support of a great
Republican vote note, and will obtain it pro
vided the people are roused to a conviction of '
its necessity. But a large and influential por- `+
tion of the Republican party is composed of
business men, whose occupations disconnect!
:hem from politics, except in important ex
igencies, and who can with difficulty be made
to believe that politics is a part of their busi
ness,
as long as the safety of their business is not
threatened by civil disorders. They think the
reconstruction question is practically settled,
and when you speak to them of plots such as ,
are now hatching in Washington, tend which
seem as preposterous as the story of a sensa
tional novel, their incredulity confirms them
in a notion that it is safe to allow things to
take their course. Their very good sense
makes them blind to the designs of such a
Bobadil Cromwell as Andrew Johnson. The
great body of the Republican party, indeed,
shows at present a little of the exhaustion
which is apt to follow a series of victories,
and exhibits altogether too much of the con
fidence which so often attends an incompleted
triumph.
The Democratic party, on the- contrary, it
all alive, and is preparing for one last des
perate attempt to recover its old position in
the nation. Its leaders fear that, if the Con
gressional plan of reconstiuction be carried .
out, it will restrain republicanizing the South
ern States. This would be the political ex
tinction of their party. In fighting against
that plan, they are, therefore, fighting for life,
and are accordingly more than usual
fligate in the character of the sti -
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address to whatever meanness, baseness, dis
honesty, lawlessness, and ignorancelhesew
be in the nation. Taxation pressei A.PI4 •
the people, and they luye notlesitatetiti" L ••. ,
pose repudiation of the public debt as .
.1 -it, .
means of relief. The argument is ad. • ,;- ;. , :
to ignorance and passion. for 31irabean hit .4 „.
ryson of the case when he defined repudiatiOn- 3 '
sitslation `n its- most cruel and iniquitorti .
f.... But the' method of repudiation which .
t 1 D emocratic leaders propose to follow is of
.art tile t h oils the worst and most calamitous.-7',;. .
They would make the dollar a mere form of .
expression by the issue of an additional billion :4 ,
or two of greenbacks, and then "pay off" the 4.• ;
debt in the currency they had done all, they 7
could to render worthless. In other words,
they 'would not only swindle the public credi
tor, but wreck all values. A party which ad
vocates such a scheme as this to save it from
the death it deserves would have no hesitatiob
in risking a,,civil convulsion for the -
pose, Indeed, the re-opening of tl
would not produce half the mi
would be created by the adoption
ject to dilute the currency.
Now, if by apatay on the part t
cans and audacity on the part of
the autumn elections result unfa'
will then be universally seen ho-
Senator Sumner's remark made
last,that "Andres+ Johnson, who l
preme power by a bloody ,e.cideni
come the successor of Jefferson Dr
spirit by which he is governed,
mischief he is inflicting on the cot
"the President of the rebellion is
the President of the United Sulti
this man now proposes to do has bt
sively stated by Senator Thayer, oi
in a public address at Cincinnati : '
he Said, "upon my rewsibility
for of the United States( that to-d..
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Johnson meditates and designs forcible 7 ,
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tance to the authority of Congress. I - 4
this statement deliberately, having received ..
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from unquestioned and unquestionable authoi ,
ity.!' It would seem that this authority could 4
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be none other than the authority of the Acting
Secretary of War and General of the Army of iii #
the United States, who, reticent ashe is, does
not pretend to withhold his opinion that the
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country is in imminent peril, and in peril from 1 5
the action of the President. But it is by some
considered a sufficient reply eo such state
ments that, if Mr. Johnson should overturn
the leghtlative department of the Government, '
there would be an uprising of the people which
would soon sweep him and his supporters
from the face of the earth. This may be very
true, but we should - prefer a less Mexican
manner of ascertaining public sentiment.— ,
Without leaving their peaceful occupations,
the people. fan do by their votes all that) it is
proposed they shall do by their muskets. It j
Is hardly necessary that a million - or half a !
million of men shtfld go to Washington to
speak their mind to Mr. Johnson, when s bal
lot bex close at hand will save them the ex
pense and trouble. It will, indeed, be infi
nitely disgraceful to the nation if Mr. Johnson
dares to put his purpose-into act, for his cour
age to violate his own duty will come from
the neglect of the people to perform theirs.—
Let the great uprising of the citizens of the ;.
Republic be at the polls this autumn, and there
will be no need of a fight in the winter. The
RoUse 'of Rekesentatives, which. has the •
satetiOer of impeachment, will in all probe- •
hillt) ,- 'impeach -the President. The Renate, . .
whiCh has the sole power to try impeachment,
willizt ail, r .bability End him guilty, by the
retpdsite ' ,- ! _ttis of its members, of the
dui re fe i'.tott•theHouse: And he him
self, cowed bY''tfle popular verdict against
his contemplated crime, and hopeless ofescap- •
big from the panishmen%orpast delinquencies
by a new act Of treason, will submit to be re
movi'd from the office he 'bag too long been
alloWed to dishonor,