HAVRPtiIk JEOPMEASOX ALWD PIISLISMULS, Baltimore sired, between At Cborti-hastsc mid Diamond, Gettythury, Pa. TERMS OP PUBLICATION TUN STAR AND Bsacrisin is published overy Fri day morning, at $2.00 a year in advance ; or $2.50 not pall within the year. No subscriptions diacon• tinned until all arearages are paid, unless at the op tion orthe publishers. ADVERTIBILYLNTB are inserted at reasonable rates.— A liberal deduction will b made to persons adverti- Sing by the quarter, half roar, or year. Special no- tices will lie Inserted at special rates, to be agreed upon. ityy-TL' circulation of the STAR LND BENTIZIEI. Is one half larger than that ever attained by any newspaper In Adams county; and, as an advertising medium, it cannot be excellee Jon Sots all all kinds will be promptly executed, and at fair rates. Hand-bills, Blanks, Cards, Pamph lets, kc , in every variety and style will be printed at short notice. Terme C/1311. 'rcriesolottal Cardo, &c. - - DR. R. B. ELDERDICE, - . Annulment to hia friends, and the public, that ho hen returned to NEW SALEM, and resume! prac tice. °like et the Hotel. MCKNIGIITSTOWN, P. 0 ) Adams county, Ps. f DR. J. A. ARMSTRONG, Haring located at NEW SALEM, will attend to all brunches of his prof,,Fdon, and will Le found at Lin onlca when not professionally engaged lilcliructirerowN, P. 0., Adams county, Pa. j n R. D. M. ECKENRODE,ha,ving ALF located at REIDLERSBURG, offers his services . to the public, and hopes by strict attention to his pro- fessional duties to merit a reasonable share of public patronage. [April 29,-6m TIR. J. W. C. O'NEAL Ilos his Office at hie residence in Baltimore •treet, two doors above tf .. e . Compiler Unice. Gettysburg, May ISu,. JOHN LAWRENCE HILL, Den . tie?, Office in Chninbersburgstreet, one door west of the Lutheran Church, nearly. opposite Dr. R. Iforner'si Drug Store, where he may be found ready and willing to attend any case within the province of the Dentist Persons in want of fullsetsof teeth ore invited to call. [May).'9,1867 DR. C. W. BENSON RtSIIMED the Practi:e of Medicine in LIT TLESTOWN, and ousts hie ,ervices to the public. Office at his house, corner of Lombard street and Foundry alley, near the Railroad. Special attention given to Skin Diseases. [Littlestown, N0N.13, 1667. DR. WM. STALLSMITII, Dent jet, having located in Gettysburg, offers his services to the public. He can be found. for the pre. ent, at the Daguerreau rooms of Tavel Dumper on Bal timore street, opposite Falinestocks' sture u where he will be prepared to attend to any case within the province of the Dentist. Persons in want of full or partial sets of teeth are Invited to call. Terms reason unable. (April 8,18b8.-1;m nAVID WILLS, ATTORNEY AT LAW,Ol:llce at Lis residence in the Sou th-eit corer ofoentre Square. iteforence.—llon.Thaititens Stevens, Lancaster, a. May 29, 1857. (ILA.DI AGENCY.—The under signed will attend to tho collection of claims against the 11. 8. Government, including Military Bounties, Back Pay, Pensions, Forage, kc., either in the Court of Claims or before any of the Departments at Washington. R. G. McCREARY, May 29,1867. Attorney at Law,G ettyeburg,Pa OS. 13. LEFEVER, ATTORNEY AT LA W, LITTLESTOWN, PA, Will promptly attend to Collections, Conveyances, Writing of Deeds, Leases. &c., awl all other business entrusted to Ms care. •a Office on Frederick etreet,at the office formerly cclupied by Drs. Sborb, %laser Bud 31ehring. May 20, 1868.-111 • D. ICCOYAIICIIT, Attorneys and Counsellors, DIIIcCONAUGHY has associa -R-7 • sled JORS3I. KRAUTII, Esq., in the practice of the law, at his oldotlice, one door west of BUEEILERS Drug sture,Dhamberaburg street. Special attention given to Suits, Collections and Settlement of Estates. MI legal business, and claims to Pensions, Bounty, Back-pay, and Damages against U. States,at all times, promptly and efficient ly attended to. Land warrants:located, and choice Farms for sale, In lowa and other western States. (NOV. 27, 1807.-tt - - J. COVER, ATTORNEY AT A. • LAM, will promptly attend to collectionsand all other Business entrusted to his care; °Mee betweea Fahnestock and Danner and Zieg Ws stores, Baltimore street,o ettyabura, Pa. May 29,1.867. DAVID A. BUEHLER, ATTOR NEY 1 . 1" LAW, will promptly attend to collec tions and all other business entrusted to his care. ire -0111c° at his residence in the threestory building opposite the Court Nouse. [Gettysburg, May 29,1867 uslintss Tards. J OHN W. TIPTON, FASHION ABLE BARBER, North-East corner of the Diamond, next door to McClellan's Ilotel,)Giettys burg,Pa., where he can at all times he fonndready to attend to all businessin his line. Ile has also an excellent assistant and will insure Astisfactlon.-- Give him a all. May 29, 1867. QURVEYOR AND LICENSED CONVEYANCER. The undersigned, having ta ki.o out a Conseyancer's License. will, I n connection with the office of COUNTY SURVEYOR, attend to the WRITING OF DEEDS, BONDS,RELEASES.WILLS, ARTICLES OF AGREEKENT, CLERKING OF BALES, &C. Having had considerable experience in this line, he hopes to receive a liberal share of patronage. Busi ness prompt I y attended to and chargra reasonable. Post office address Fairfield, Adams Co.. Pa. J. B.WITLIEROW. May 29, 1567.—1 y Tarprotco anti Tontradoo. I= CARP ENTERING. THE undersigned respectfully in furm the public that they have commenced the Carpenting in the Shop formerly occupied by Andrew Schick, York street. We are prepared to do any work in our line of business and as reasonabla as any other emtablidlanent in Gettysburg W. Lope by a strict attention to business to merit a share of public patronage CASIIIIAN A ROWE May 29, 1867.-tt WM. C. STALLSMITII & SON, GETTYSBURG, PA., CARPENTERS & CONTRACIORS, An! prepared to do ali kinds of Carpentering--contracit- fug and erecting buildings of all kinds, Repairing, kg They keep constantly on hand and manufacture to order, DOORS, Sin r TERS, DLINDs, SASU, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES, CORNICE, DOOR AND WINDOW BRACKETS, And any other Artie in the Banding Line Reasoned material constantly on band, experienced workmen always In roadimme, and work executed with dispatch MOrders promptly Minded to 'WM. C. STA.LISMITU, C. 11. STALLSMITLI Fora. 18, 1867.—tf TO THE BUILDING COMMUNI TY AND ALL OTHERS WHO WISH TO IMPROVE. THE undersigned respectfully in forms the public th at he still continues respectfully CARPENTERING BUSINESS e• ethic old stand, on West street, Gettysburg, and is ready at all times to accommodate those wanting any. thing done in his line. Ile isprepared to tarnish all kinds °lnert 63r building purposes, of the best ma terial, sad as neatly and cheaply as It an be done at any other establishment In the county. Xrperienced Hands always in readiness and work executed with promptness and dispatch. siGrThinkfulfor past faveratte hopes, by attention to business to receive a liberal share of - public pat ronage. May 29, 1887. ORRITTILAN. Hand Book of Politics for 86 8 . It .IN JULY. PECIALLY adapted for use ln tie comlrg Prost dential campaign. Will contain all the matter In the Manuals of 1860, 1867, and 1868. Co". piled front official source'. Will give the whole Po. Amos or vas Gcerstuattorr. and of Parties, in eluding Impeachment, Reconstruction, General Po. lairs, Platform., dOmptance of Candidakw, MC-, from 0Pri1, 1866 , to Julf4Sod. Tables on DMA and Tara , lion : Serena° and Itapendl tura, Banks, lkintbunt B.e -alstratlon and Votes. Election Tail.. from GM to amt. too patea,.Bvo, cloth, $2. 60, poet paid. Tbe Palitkial Manual for 1868, sepalstoly, cloth, paper cover, 76 cent*, poet paid. sub will jo• received at the Bo .tlL4tors QUA. I). U Omnibus, It. Vsly VOll. LXVIII. NO. 38. Tteitts and geotauranto CasMown Springs EIGHT MILES FROM GETTYSBURG R. P. KITTINGER, Proprittor. rpIIE undersigned, having thoroughly re-fitted the NATIONAL lIOTEL, in Casbtown, with the Springs attached thereto, invites the attention of the public to his superior accommodations. i'ereone de siring to spend a few weeks or months In a healthy neighborhood, with the advantages of pure mountain air, daily baths, troutfishing, de. can find no more at• tractive place. Visitors to Gettysburg and the Bat tie-field can reach it in a couplehours ride over a good road. July 17.-2 m. Thu Stabling accommodations nro among the best in the county. A good table and the best of Wines and Liquors. Charges reasonable. E. P. KITTTNGER. Juno 17, lses.-7m July 24, I£C2.-tf KEYSTONE HOTEL. GETTYSB URG, PA. WM. E. MYERS, PROPRIETOR THIS is anew House, and hasbeen fitted up iu the most approved style. Its location s pleasant and convenient, being in the must business portion of the town. Every arrange- meat has been made Mr the accommodation and corn fort of guests, with ample stabling attached. With experienced .servants, and accommodating Clerks we shall use every endeavor to pleas.). This Hate Is now op<a for the eatertalu . ment of the public, and we kindly solicit a share of publicpatrunsge l May 29, 1867. UNITE D STATES 11 OTEL, N. T. & NEW RAVEN & WESTERN R. E. DEPOT BEACH STREET, BOSTON FORMEnLY OF TIOEC AMERICA.N HOUSE Ma 9, 1967.-ly EAGLE HOTEL The largest 'Ltd must comm—liorm in CORNER OP CRAMIDERSDURG AND WARRINGTON STREETS JOHN L. TATE, Proprietor rir-An Omnibus, for Passenger' and Baggage, run. JOISN X. K/1.1.11111 to tlio Denot e on arrival and departure of Rail Road Trains. Careful eerTante, and reasonable charges May 29, 1857.—tf CARLISLE, PA. XTlSlTORS,tomedatri ons ~ Carlisle find the very b eet Pennsylvania Hotel, Kept Ur J 017. - REILL E on thicorner of North Assn over and Louther Street:. The TABLE is supplied with everything the mark eta 'akin!: the BAR la stocked with the finest Wines Lhuors kc., and the Yards and STABLING aonneeted. with the house are in charge of an exper eared ad faithful hustler. —dive the old PENNSYLVANIA a trial and be convinced. Charges always reasonable. March 18, 1888.—tim forwarding lionsro. CHANGE OF FIRM. THE undersigned having leased ii the Ware-house on the corner of Stratton street and the Railroad, Gettysburg, Pa., will carry on the Grain & Produce Business in all its branches. The highest prices will always be paid for Wheat, Rye, Corn, Oats, Clover and Timo thy Seeds, Flaxseed, Sumac, Hay and Straw, Dried Fruit, Nuts, Soap, Hams, Shoulders and Sides, Pots. toes, with everything else in the country prodube GROCERIES OF ALL KINDS • constantly for sale, Coffees, Sugars, Molasses, Syr ups, Teas. Spices, Salt, Cheese, Vinegar, Soda, Mustard, Starch, Brooms, Buckets, Blacking. Soap, die. Also, COAL OIL, Fish Oil, Tar, Sc, FlBll of all kinds; Spikes and Nails; Smoking and Chewing To baccos. They are rtlwayB able to supply a first rate article of Flour , a ith the different kinds of Feed. Also, Ground Plaster, with Guanos and other fertili zers. COAL, by the bushel, ton or car load. We will also run a LINE of FREIGHT CARS to N 0.77 North Street, BALTIMORE, and 811 Market street, PHILADELPHIA. All goods sent to either of the above places will be received and forwarded promptly. Goode should be tuarked"Benners' Car." H. S. BENNER Et BRO. April, 8, ISGS.—tf =I DANIEL GULDEN, DEALER IN Dry Goods, Flour , Grain , Groceri, Lumber, Coal, &c. TIIE undersigned keeps on hand, at his Warehouse, known as Gulden's Station," in Straban town ship on the line of the Gettysburg Railroad, all kinds of GROCERIES, Including Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Spices, kc., with Salt Fish. Oils, Tobacco, Bacon. Lard, &e. Also, LUMBER AND COAL, including Building Stuff, Shingles, Leths,Stove and Blacksmith Coal. Also, Guano, and a large assort• men t of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, huts and Caps of all kinds, which he is prepared to sell at the low eat prices. He also pays the highest market price for Flour, Grain, Corn,Oate; Buckwheat, Clover acd Timothy Seeds, Pota toes, &c., or will receive and forward the stone to market on commission. He respectfully asks his friends and the public to give him a call. Aug. 21,1867.—tf DANIEL GULDEN. M'CURDY & HAMILTON, FLOUR, GRAIN, GROCERIES, &c T RE undersign.] are. paying at thair Ware.hotuse, in Carlisle street, adjoining Buehler'e Hull, the higlinst pricea for FLOUR, WHEAT, RYE, CORN, OATS, BUCK WHEAT, CLOVER AND ITMOTIIY-SEEDS, POTATOES, ac., and Invite producers to give them acall before Belling They hare constantly on hand for sale, -A LARGE SUPPLY OF GROCERIES, Molasses, Syrups, Coffees, Sugars, &e., with Salt Fish, 011 a, Tar, Soaps, Bacon and Lard, Tobaccos, &e. Mao, tho best brands of FLOUR, with FEND of all kinds. They likewise hays SEVERAL ALIIABLE FERTILIZERS, Soluble Pacific Guano, Rhodes' Phosphate and A A Mexican Guano. Whilst they pay The highest market pries for all they buy, they sell' at the lowest living profits.— They ask a share of public patronage, reeolved . to give satisfaction In every ease. .110BEHT IieCTIRDY, WW. 8. lIALMILTON. July 3,1887.—tf NEW FORWARDING AND COMMISSION HOUSE. HAVING purchased the extensive Warehouse, Cars, &c, of CULP & Reattansw, the undersignedintend to carry on the business, an. der the firm of Brous' & Co, at the old stand on the corner of Washington and Railroad streets, on a more extensive scale than heretofore. av-A.regular line of Freight Cars will leave oar Warehouse every TUESDAY NOON. and accom modation trains will be run as °caution may require. By this arrangement we are prepared to convey Freight at all times to altil from Baltimore. All business of this kind entrusted to as, will be prompt ly attended to. Our mlllllll to the Warehouse of Stevenson & Sons 165 north toward street, Balti more. Being determined to pay good prices, MU cheap and deal fairly, we invite everybody to give !It cel/- Jot Ibll4. - . , . . , . . . , . . .• 4 NOW OPE-N MEE= BY F. M. PLATT, GETTYBEtRG, PENNA DEALERS IN wM. K. KORAN, ALEXANDIX COBILN, JAMBS MORA/. plats, gimp, Watkins ---- - DR. R. HORNER, PHYSICIAN AND DRUGGIST, Ware and Dreg Store, CHAMBEILEBURO STEnT GETTYSBURG hibdical advice without charge; EraEEM DRUGS, MEDICINES, PATENT MEDICINES, STA TIONERY, PERFUMERY, SOAPS, BRUSHES, TOIL ET ARTICLES, DYE STUFFS, SPICES, BAH• ING SODA, CREAM OF TARTAR, LAMPS, COAL OIL, &C., AC PURE LIQUORS for medicinal purposes. Dr. R. Horer'. OLIEN, a reliable remedy for chapped hands, rough skin, As. All articles warranted pure and genuine Jan 9, 186.3.-tf A. D. BUEHLER, DRUG .& BOOK STORE, CIIA3IBEI2SBURG STREET, Near the Diamond STATIONERY OF ALL KINDS, DRUGS AND MEDICINES, PERFUMERY AND TOILET SOAPS 1" - COUNTRY lIERCIIANTE supplied at wholesale N verily:4f DR. JAMES CRESS, DRUGGIST, Store -in Brant's Building, Ballo. at., LITTLESTOWN. HAVING opened a new DRUG Al-n- STORE and fitted it op fo the bast style, I offer my stock of pure and fresh Drugs to the citizens of Littleetown and vicinity at the lowest market rates, consisting in part of Drugs and Family Medicines, Pure Liquors for Medicinal Purposes, Patent Medicines, Horse Powders, Pure Spices, Dyes awl Dye Staffs, Perfumery, Toilet Soaps and Fancy articles. A full assortment of Brushes,;Stationery of all kinds, Cigars, Tobacco and Snuff. Electro-Magnetie Soap will wash with hard or soft water, cold or warm. Clothes washed with this Soap are made beautifully white without boiling or blueing. This is the best soap In sae. Try It. It Is warranted not to injure the hands or fabric. Littisstown, May 13.-1 y JAMES CLUCeII.. HUBER'S DRUG STORE. Itrney's old Stand—Baltimore ;Street, GETTYSBURG, PA • li.AVING purchased this old and popular Stand, and laid in an entirety new and fresh Block, offer a full assortment, consisting In part of DRUGS AND FAMILY MEDICINES. PATENT MEDICINES—A. LARGE ASSORTMENT. PURE LIQUORS It WINES FOR MEDICINAL PIM SPICES AND FLAVORING EXTRACTS. (POSES. DYES t DYESTUFFS—HOW t STEVENS' DYES. EXCELSIOR DYES, AND THE ANILINE DYES— THE CHEAPEST AND BEST IN THE MARKET. ALL THE NEW AND ELEGANT PERFUMES AND TOILET ARTICLES COLGATE'S, AND OTHER SUPERIOR SOAPS. FORNEY'S HORSE POWDERS-THE BEST AND CHEAPEST; ALSO, FOUTZ'S, ELLS, DALE'S PERSIA N, STONEBRAE ER'S AND ROB lam STATIONERY O➢ ALL KINDS. CIGARS, TOBACCO AND SNCPF-THE BEST BRANDS. PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS AND FAMILY RE- CEIPT3 CAREFULLY COMPCAUNDED. PHYSICIANS AND COUNTRY MERCHANTS SUP- PLIED AT REDECED KATES. Medicine' furnished AT ALL EWES o, Till MORT.— Night Bell at the door. April 1, 19(19.-tt gift and .firt Niouralict. ADAMS COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY ISCOr.PORATED, ID.RCII 18, 1851 OFFICERS President --G eorge Swope. Vice-President—Samuel R. Russell. Secretary —D. A. Buehler. Treasurer—E. G. Fahnestock. Executive Committee—Robert McCurdy, 11. A. Pick rig. Jacob King. Managers.—George Swope, D. A . Buehler, B. McCue.. dy, 31. Eichelberger, 8. R. Russell, E. O. Fahnestock, A. D.; Buehler, R. 0. Mc(,reary, Gettysburg; Jacob King, Strabou township; Frederick Diehl, Franklin; Wm. D. Males, New Oxford; Wm. B. Wilson, Benders ville; 11. A. Picking, Btreban; John Wolrord, Latl more; John Picking, East Berlin; Abel T. Wright, Benderevitle; Ahdlel F. Gltt, New Oxford; James 11. Marshall,liamiltonban ; John Cunningham, Freedom; John Horner, Mount Joy Wm. Ross White, Liberty. ts. This Company is limited in its operations to the county of Adams. It Lae been in operation for more than 17 year., and in that period has made but *imam sessm ent, heti ng paid loaaes by fl re during that period amounting to over $15,000. Any person desiring an In surance can apply to either of the following gentle men: D. A. Buehler, Gettysburg. ' E. G. Fahnestock, Jacob King, &rebut township. D. A. Picking, Frederick Diehl, Franklin •" Wm. Boss White, Liberty IL C. Peters, Petersburg (Y. S.) Sirrhe Executive Committee meets at the office of the Company. on the last Wednesday in every mouth, at 2.o'clock, P. 11. [June 10, 1868.—tf THE PENN MUTUAL LIFE, INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, 921 CHESTNUT STREET, ACCUMULATED CAPITAL 82,000,000 1 CEG=E PIMPETUAL All the Surplus divided amongst the Policy Holden every year THE ONLY TRULY MUTUAL COMPANY Al 11/1 CITY OR BTATZ LOSSES PAID PRDIKPTLY fatermition will be ebaerfully*Preet. HENRY J. FAHNESTOCKI &pat at (kitysbarg, pa July I,I(NC-8m eablitet IP a kb* FURNITURE: D. C. SHAFFER PETERSBURG, (Y. 5.,) PENNA., Is pnrparad to &Tar ;to th• Public, anything in his line as cheap 4 tas be bad In the con*. ' impnrchawitrs will do well to call aod Wahl' my stock beckon buying elsewhere. FURNITtrItt ass. to nu.. 1110 4 1 iiol► Opel*. Rah *Oita' Wetit al. Hoofland's German Bitters, HO °ELAND'S GERMAN TONIC The Great Remedies for all Diseases of the LIVER, STOMACH, OR DIGES- TIVE ORGANS. Hoofland's German Bitters Is composed ante pure., vices (or, as they are medici nally termed, Extracts)of Boots, Ilerbs, and Barka me king a preparation, highly concentrated, and entirely fret from alcoholic adaixtureo f any kind. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC Is a combination of all the Ingredients of the Bitters with the purest quality of Santa Crem Rum, Orange, Lc., making one of the most pleasant and agreeable rem edies ever offered to the public. Those preferring a Sdedicine free from Alcoholic ad mixture, will use HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS Those who have no objection to the combination of the Bitters, as stated, will use HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC They are both equally good, and contain the same medicinal virtues ' the choice between the two being a mere matter of taste,theTonic being themostp.datable. The stomach, from a variety ofcauses, such as Indiges tion, Dyspepsia, Nervous Debility, etc., Is very apt to Lave Its (unctions deranged. Thever, sympathizing as closet 7 as it does with the Stomach, then becomes at footed, the result of which Is that the patient suffers from several or more of the following diseases: Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles, Fullness of Blood to the Ifead,Acidlty of theStomach,:lauses, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Fulness or Weight In the Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of the • Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Her. ried or Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensations when in a Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webs before the Sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of Perspire. tion, Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Plain In the Side, Back, Chest, Limbs, etc., Sodden Flushes of Heat, Burning in the Flesh, Constant Im aginings of Evil, and Great Depression of Spirits. The sufferer from these di■easee should exercise the greatest caution in the selection of a remedy br his case, purchasing only that which he is assured from his investigations and inquiries possesses true merit, is skilfully compounded, is free from injurious legredi enter, and has eetabllshed for itself a reputation for the cure of these d iseases. In this connection we would submit those well-known remedies— HOOPLA ND' S GERMAN BITTERS, AND 1100FLAND'S GERMAN TONIC PREPARED BY Dr. C. N. JACKSON, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Twenty-two years since they were first introduced In to this country from 0 ermany, daring which time they have undoubtedly performed more cures, and benefited suffering humanity to a greater extent, than any other remedies known to the public. These remedies; will effectually core Liver Complaint, Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Chronic or Nervous Debility Chronic Diarrhces, Disease of the Kidneys, and all Dil eases arising from a Disordered Liver, 8 tonsach, or intestines. DEBILITY, Resulting from any Cause whatever PROSTRATION OF. THE SYSTEM, induced by Severe Labor, Hard ships, Exposure, Fevers, etc. Tb ere is nomedleine extant f qual to these r emed is In such cues. A tone and rigor is Imparted to thew bole system, the appetite is strengthened, food is enjoyed, the stomach digeat•promptly, the blood le purified, the com plexion become& sound end healthy, the e Uoir tinge i eradicated from the ryes, a bloom is given to the cheeks, and tbe weak. and nervous Invalid becomes • strong and healthy being. PERSONS ADVA...ATED IN LIFE, And feeling the hand of time weighing heavily upon them, with all its attendant i ll s, will Rad in the me of this BITTERS, or the TONIC, an elixir that will Instil now life Into their tuns, restore lea mew:ream eueru and ardor Gilmore youthful days, build up their shrunk , en forms, and give health and happiness to their re• mainlag years. NOTICE It Is a well-establlsbed fact that ntlly ono-half of the female portion of onr popular lor•-exe seldom In the en• foymeut of good health; or, tome their own exp realm, "never feel well." They are langn ld, devoid of all eter gy, extremely nervous, and hare no appetite. To this class of persons the BITTERS, or the TONIC, le especially recommended. WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN Are salute strong by the use of either of these remedies. They will cure every case of MARAS'S.' CS, without Thousands of certificates bare accumulated In the hands of the proprietor, bat space will allow of the pub• lication of but a few. Those, it will be observed, are men of note and of such standing that they must be be. tiered. TESTIMONIALS. HON. GEO. W. WOODWARDt Chief Jurtice of the Suprone Cburt of Pcnna., writes Phi/ode/phis, March 16,1867.. "1 find 'lloonand's German Bitters' la a good tonic, useful in disease. of the digestive organs, &odor great benefit in cases of debility, and want of nervous action in the system. Yours, truly, GAO. W. WOODWARD." HON. JAMES THOMPSON, Judge of the Suprcme Cburt of Pennrylvania PhiLaddphia, Apell 28,1866. "I consider , Illoolland'a German Bittere's watuabte medicine In cue ufattacks of Indigestion or Dyspepsia, I can certify this Isom my experience cif it. Yours, with respect, JAMES THOIIPSON." FROM REV. JOSEPH H. KENNARD, D. D., Bailor of the Tenth Baptist Chunk Philade/Aug Dr. Jackson—Dear Sir have been frequently re quested to connect my name with recommeudetiona of different kinds ofmedleines, bat regarding the practice as out of my appropriate sphere, I have in all cases de clined; but with a clear proof in various instances and particularly in my own family, of the neefalueee of Dr. lioolland's German Bitters, I depart for onto from my usual course, to express my fullconviction tit at,forgen.. era/ debility night spriest, and espcciallyfor Liver Com. plaint, it is a safe and rocaualdepreparatios. In some cases Itmay fail; tint usually,l doubt not, it will be very beneficial to those who suffer from the above causes. Yours, very respectfully, J. If. KENNARD, Eighth, below Coates st. FROM' REV. E. D. PENDALL, Assistant Editor Christian Chroniek, Philadelphia. I have derived decided benellt from the two of Boot lan We German Bittsrs,and feel it my privilege to recom mend them as • moat valuable tonk, ball who are suf fering from general debility or from diseases arising from derangement of the liver. Yours, truly, H. D. FEND/LT.I.. CAUTION Hoodand's German Remedial are counterfeited. Se* that the signature of C. M. JACKSON le on ta• wrapper of each bottle. All others are counterfeit. Principal Odiceand Mannilectory at the German Medi cine Store, No. 631 ARCH street, Philadelphia, Pa. CHARLES M. EVANS, Proprietor Formerly C. M. JACKSON & CO. PRICES. lloolland's German Bitters, g a r bottle, it $1 00 It f dozen, 6 90 Masud's German Tonle, put up in quart bottlea,sl 00 per bottle, ore tuilf dozen for $7 50. gfirDo not forget to examine well the article you buy In order to get the genuine. Pan. 15. 1868.-17 for ode by all Druggists and Modems In medicine& goal, gumbtr, gist, Al. GETTYSBITItG LIME TKILNS. TH.I undendinei hu Noted ;rat firrmei. Part: ner, Wx. Gum, and Dow tenth:mei the . THE LIME-IHTRNING BUSINESS tha Gettysburg Lime Kilns; on theoremic of the Railroad and Iferrile Sinnott strut. - *beak- Ail for put pat:image hula Mrdseurar Udmurt, Its continumee, 1,7 prosecuting the busliums ear vionnue. 17 and on as bergs a scale as posslble-always a good article and giving good measure. ruminant others may lash br the prompt tittlag of orders. Be all continua the COAL iIIYSINEgB,;,, offering the moot popular kinds. llousek eePorg 11 4. others *told eve hhst a tall, Blacksmith Coal ear Line and CoadelPterOserwliro Erttrobqtr. Oettpbars Nev. 20, /$1116.111e.: , , JAMB: =LW AL4%.NZN, oh=4 ." GETTYSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1868 e f§tar and #tixtinel. They arecoming, Mr. Seymour, a host of boys in. 4140, Freshfrom a hundred &ids of war, the battle-iscarred and true ; Not now with gleaming bayonets, and roll of martial drum. But armed with ballots for the right, in peaceful ranks they come, To shield the starry flag they love from traitors' hands anew. They are coming, Mr. Seymour, the loyal boys in blue. They are coming, Mr. Seymour, the loyal boys in blue; From Maine and from New Hampshire, and the Bay Stgte ever true; From the Green Mountains of Vermont, and Little Rhody's shore, From the homesteads of Connecticut the hardy veterans pour ; As late when flashing o'er the land, the news of Sumter flew, They are coming, Mr. Seymour, the loyal boys in blue. They are coming, Mr. Seymour, the loyal boys in blue, From New Jersey and from Delaware, and Maryland ever true ; And from the grand old Keystone State, man answering far man, With pledges for the Star Brigade, the ballot in the hand ; To yield the soldiers' mead of praise to worth and valor due, They are coming, Mr. Seymour, the loyal boys in blue. They are coming, Mr. Seymour, the earn est boys in blue, From shop, and mill; and forge,and the steadfast and the true, The heroes of the Empire State, despite her recrant son, Who turns to shame and mockery the good that Las been done; To spurn with wrath the devil's faults, the faithless devils, too, They are coming, Mr. Seymour, tho earn est boys In blue. They are coming, Mr. Seymour, the vet erans of the West, From their grand prairies and their lakes, the finest and the beet, From the broad rivers,whose strong waves bear joyous to the sea The treasures of the continent, and the tribute of the free ; To speak once more, in thunder tones, a people's high behest, They are coming, Mr. Seymour, the veter ans of the West. They are corning, Mr. Seymour, a host of boys in blue, Fresh from a hundred fields of war, the battle-worn and true ; Not now with gleaming bayonets, and roll of martial drum, But armed with ballots for the right, in peaceful ranks they come, To guard the starry flag they love from traitors' hands nnew, They are coming, Mr. Seymour, a host of boys In blue. Important Correspondence EXPENSES OP TILE ISOVERNMENT. _ LETTER TO COMMISSIONER WELLS lIOCEI Of Ilarnauriorrza, Cosoinvu or WADI} ass Wl3=l.OlOP, D. C., Jo IA 1m A, HON. DAVID A. WELLS, Special Commis eioncr of the Revenue : SIP.:-/ shall esteem it a favor if you will furnish me at your earliest convenience, with such official information, bearing upon the following questions, as may be in your pos session : First: What have been the National re ceipts and expenditures for the year ending June 30, 186'8 ? Second : To what extent has taxation been abated or repealed since the termina tion of the war, or since July 1, 1865? Third: What have been the expendi tures, in aggregate and detail, of the War Department since the surrender of Lee, in April, 1865? Fourth: What have been the expendi tures of the Navy Department since the sur render of Lee, in April, 1865? Fifth: 'What have been the expenditures, aggregate and annual, of the "Freedmen's Bureau," and for "Reconstruction," tip to July I, 1868 7 I am yours, most respectfully, Wu. B. Auisosr. MR. WELLS'B.IIEPL7. TREASURY Da.rAuruzsr, OFFICE SPECIAL COMMISSIOSER OF THE RETENTIE, WASIIINGTON, July 15, 1868. j HON. WILLIAM B. ALLISON, M. C. : Sin :—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of July 9, and in re ference to the same I submit the following statements, premising, however, that only substantial accuracy can be claimed for the account of receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868 ; inasmuch as sufficient time has not yet elapsed to al low of a perfect and exact settlement on the books of the Treasury Department of all the accounts of the last quarter of the fiscal year. FIEST-13ECEIPT8 AND EXPENDITIMES. Rsozn.rs.—The national receipts of re venue from all sources, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868, were substantially as follows : Custom (gold)...500000 Intemsl Itoroaue (currasey).-- ..... . ...... 5 193,000,,000 111seellanootis (curreoey). 47,000,000 Public, Loads sod dtriat tei (carTencl)- 2,800,000 1!ME!!1!! The expenditure of the Government on account of interest on the public debt for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868, was *141,685,661 13. The aggregate expenditures of the several departments of the Government for the same period were *229,914,674 56, m a ki ng s to. tal expenditure for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868, of *371,650,226, and l eav i ng an estimated surplus of receipts over eapenditurea of $34,749,777. A n ainayala of these expenditures affords the fellowing results : Interest.—The present condition of the funded and interest. bearing debt of the United States, exclusive of the bonds issued to the Pacific Railroad Companies (the io terest which is tt charge upon the roads), neeendtates s present annual exp en dig ain , on account otinterest. of shoat Insktoor • The excess of expeufithwe on accmint of interest over this amount. during flka last fiscal year was due mainly to payment, on account of accumulated littered on the %compound-interest notes," and win not . again appear ht the future duburaements of the Treasury on account of interest NATIONAL EinarDrfinexis MRS TSAR . Cnn Lenc—itintaseing the exikinditarea of the Executive, Wstative, and J u di_ p i ry, Foretign intercourse, Territories, Collection - of the Revenue, Di e fri e t e f Pubtic Land., Mints and 48401, OQtoee, Coale S'urvev, Light- Jimmie, Poet-Office IN ,A! , Uney, 43„ • The apeadttates ender We hee ( l; , te i lii e anal rot eildlog Jane SO, Ins, wer e vjg r 1109,846 - - • - 't2 l .l llo4o TAltlf - tito, 7 4 lb) THE BOYS IN BLEE. 4 4 06,300,000 EXPCIDITITREI3 ~~YY :Y and including permanent appropriations is about •36,000,000. • NTEnron DErArruarr.—The expendi tures under this hoed for the fiscal year end ing .Tune SO, IBGB, were $27,882,676 27 ; which were apportioned substantially as follows : For Pen4l6l, F 23,282,676 For lotharailt 4,600,000 /NAVY DEPARTMENT.—The expenditure under this head for the fiscal year ending June 30, 18G8, were $25,775,502 72. The appropriations for the service of the Navy Department for the present fiscal year are $17,300,000. The following table shows the expendi tore of the Navy Department since, and in chiding the fiscal year, 1862 : 1862 142,874,569 1863 69,211,105 1861 82,713,292 1866 122,567,176 1866 43,324,118 1867 31,034,004 1668- 2775,502 1869, appropriated 1, ,200,n00 WAR DEPARTSIENT.—The total disburse ments made under the direction , of, or through the War Department, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 186 S, were $123,2t6,- 648 62. Of this amount there were paid For Bounties .V8,007.0.00n For Reimbursing State Ware tains 10,320,188 For lbagineer Burma (m.,iniy river and har bor improvements) 0,132,620 For Payments for property loot or destroy. ed in the military service, of tho United States, Act of March 3,1849, and supple ments thereto, estimated For Subsistence of Indians, estimated For Freedmen's Bureau For Expenses. Reconstruction For National Cemeteries For Commutation of Rations of Prisounra of War IMM This amount, deduced from the aggregate expenditures above given, indicate the re gular and legitimate army expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868, to have been $56,713,410, of which no incon siderable part is justly chargeable to the ex penses attendant upon the existence of In dian hostilities upon the plains in the Sum mer and Fall of 1867, which largely and ex ceptionably augmented the cost of trans portation and subsistence. The military appropriations for the cur rent fiscal year are $33,081,013. CLABSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES. If we divide the total expenditure of the last fiscal year into "ordinary expenses," or those which are required to support and maintain the Government, and "EXTRAORD 'sear EXPENSES," or those which have been the unavoidable results of the war, we have following classification : ORD LITAUY ILIPE N D 'TURES Plecal Year, 1867 288. 1868-'O9. Eetimatal or Actual. Appropriated Civil List (Legiststive, Xx ecatire) 953,009,545 95 $35,099,9C0 . . Interior (Indlans)..— ..... ... 4,600,000 00 2,000,000 Navy Department. 25.775,502 72 17,300,000 War Department 06,713,410 00 93,061,013 lagirieer Bureau (Ries. and Hare.) 6,132,020 00 1,500,000 4144231,379 67 590,331,013 IMIE!! EXTRAORDINARY E XPEND =ERB Flocs' Year. 1867-'6B Patimatinl or Actual. toJ .$111,1:35,551 1126,000 , 000 . 23.282,67( 25,000,000 . a 5,000,000 40,0c0,0c0 . 3,215,000 00J,000 .. 1,71,9,270 .. 10,330,183 Interest Public Debt Bounties —.--- Freedmen's Bureau.— Reconstruction expenses Reimboning States Payment tor property lost or destroyed in the min- Lary service of the United States.— ____-.. 14,111,800 86,000,000 Subsistence of Indians. 1,000,000 1;1/0,000 National Cemeteries ..--.... >2,860 Commutation of Prisoners' 5uta1.....».. _... SECOND EEDFCTION OF TAXATION The amount of taxes abated or repealed since the close of the war has been est mated as follows : By act of July 13,1566 By act of Marcb X, 1145: By act of Feb. 3, 1868 (exemption of raw cotton). . ... . . ..... -..-- ...... ....... ..... 27,: 10.000 By act of (arc h 31 43,500,000 11=1!1!! By the system of Internal Revenue which prevailed at the close of the war, taxation may be said to have been all but universal : land, agricultural produce, nnmanufactured lumber, breadstuffs and a few other forms of property or products only being except ed. An aggregate of ten thousand distinct articles or products made available as sources of internal renvenue in July, 1865, would probably be an under rather than an over estimate. At the present time of all man ufactured articles or products of industry, the following only are subject to specific or direct taxation: distilled spirits, fer mented liquors, manufactured tobacco, gas, matches and playing-cards. Per fumery, cosmetics, patent medicines and a few other manufactured articles, are sub jected to a stamp-tax proportioned to their their selling price. Since July, 1865, fur thermore, the additional tax of five per cent on incomes In excess of $5,000 has been repealed, and the exemption in all in comes has been increased from $6OO to $l,- 000. The taxation formerly imposed on the gross receipts accruing from the transporta tion of merchadise has also been entirely re moved. Coincident with the above reduc- tion of taxation, or from the 31st of August, 1865, to the 30th of June, 1868, the aggre gate of the national indebtedness, including cash in the Treasury, exhibits a reduction in round numbers of ($250,000,000) two hundred and fifty millions? On this abatement of the debt, the reduction of the interest, calculated at six per centum, would be ($15,000,000) fifteen millions per an num. Third : Expenditures of the War De partment.—The aggregate expenditures made through or under the. direction of the War Department, from April 1, 1865, to June 30, 1868, inclusive, were 0917,117,- 043 43. Of this aggregate, the disburse ments for nine months, or from April I, 1865, to Dec. 31, of the same year, as stated by quarters, were as follows: Prom April / to June 30,1666..«.._...._5313,196,77 86 From June 30 to Sept. 30, 1865 1 66,369,= 32 Prom Sept. 30 to Dee. 31, 1865 68,122,641 65 EMI It thus appears that of the above total ex penditures of the War Department, $647,- 688,000, or 70 per Cent of the whole, were directly contingent upon the termination of the war and the disbanding of the army, and were disbursed within the nine months im mediately succeeding the surrender of Lee in April, 1865. The balance of expenditure charged to the War Department on the books of the Treasury, viz: *265,428,887,10, covers a period of thirty months or from Jan. 1, 1866, t&June 80, 1868, and represents the disbursements further contingent upon the termination of the war, such as arrears of pay and transportation of troops; the re gular expense of the Indian War in the Summer and Fall of 1867; the payment of bounties ($49,882,859 from July 1, 1866, to June 80, 1868) ; the payments for property lost or destroyed In the military service of the United States ($11,000,000) ; the reim bursement of State claims ($10,830,000 in 1867-8) ; river and harbor improvements, and the expenses of fortifications ; sub sistence of Indians; Freedmen's Bureau ; ; expenses of Reconstruction, &c., &c. Fourth Expenditures of the Nary ..artinent.—The expenditures of the Nary Department from April 1, 1865, to June 30, 1868, were $133,119,206,87. 01 Ws amount, $59,841,889,58, or 45 per cent. were disbursed within the nine months int utediately succeeding the termination of the War in April, 1866. The balance of the &Soto expen4lWre 1 97;271 1 407 1 ihe *Olt *Tani br The tuvy for rig of thirty months, ending July 30, 1868; as well as the disbursements on account of prize mony and for the settlement of con tracts entered into prior to the termination of the war. Fifth Freedmen's Bureau and Re eons/rue/init.—According to the accounts of the Treasury the expenses oC the Freed men's Bureau since its organization in 1866 have been as follows: Dimbursements prior to June 30, 1887 $2,402,000 Disbunementi from July 1, 19c7 to Juno 30. 3,215,000 Total $5,817,000 Concerning the proportion of its expen diture incurred by the Bureau for the relief of the starving and destitute of both races and for educational or other purposes the Treasury has no information. According to the account of the Treasury the expenditures contingent upon the acts )t . Congress regulating "Reconstruction," have been as follows DlAburrements prior to June 30, I ..... DiAbut,etnonts from July 1,1567 to June 30,1563 1,700,270 00 The above statements, derived from the from the books and accounts of the Treas ury Department, are believed to be sub stantially correct. I am yours, very respectfully. DAVID A. WELLS, U.S. Special Commissioner of Revenue. Z,',111,300 I 000.000 3.215,000 1,799,270 79,',560 REPUBLICAN ECONOMY vs. DEMO CRATIC EXTRAVAGANCE. Speech of the lion. James G. Blaine of Maine, in the House of Represents. tires, 'nip 2,1868. The House being in Committee of the Whole on the Deficiency Appropriation bill, Mr. Blaine said : Mit CHAIRMAN: We have entered upon a new fiscal year, and the last appropriation bill to provide for its expenditures has been reported and is now before the House. The occasion seems a fit one for a brief survey of our financial situation and for a pertinent answer to the many misrepresen tations so industriously set afloat in regard to Governmental expenditures. A very labored attempt has been made throughout the country, by certain parties and parti sans, to create the impression that the ex penditures of this Congress are on a scale of heedless and reckless extravagance. I propose to show that such is not the fact, but that, on the contrary, the expenditures are made with far more regard to economy than distinguished the last Democratic Ad ministration that was in power In this country. The question is one of figures and not of argument, and hence I proceed at once to the figures. It is important nt the outset, to a clear understanding and clear comparison of Government expendi tures at the present time, and the period immediately preceding the war, to distin guish between those expenditures which were the inevitable consequence of the Re bellion, and therefore unavoidable, and those which may be to a certain extent controlled by the discretion and the fidelity of Congress. Of those expenditures, which are the direct outgrowth of the Rebellion, I count the interest on the war debt and the pesions and bounties to soldiers and sailors. These are expenditures which are not dis cretionary but are imperatively demanded, unless the nation is prepared on the one hand to defraud its creditors, or on the other to turn its back on the brave men who risked everything, that the Republic might survive. The annual interest on the the public debt amounts to $129,678,078 30. The pension roll for the year will be $30,- 350,000, and the bounties due and payable will require about $30,000,000. These three items which are not discretionary, amount to the large aggregate of nearly $190,000,000, well nigh two-thirds of our total outlay for the fiscal year upon which we have just entered. The fact that so large a proportion of our expenditure is the result of the war, and is unavoidable unless we repudiate our obligations to our public creditors and our heroic soldiers, cannot be too often repeated or too thoroughly Im pressed oa the public mind; for it is idle to denounce these expenditures as extrava gant unless we arc prepared to withhold them; and whoever proposes to withhold them proposes thereby to put the nation at the same time ander the doubly disgraceful ful stigma of repudiation and ingratitude. If the Democratic party choose to assume that position it is welcome to all the glory of it. For the ordinary expenditures of Government for the fiscal year which has just begun the appropriations are as fol lows 152,000 3= MINE 152.000 5224,618,80 $193,090 -.14X).000.6.)0 40,000,i)00 -.....4167,339,0d) Executive, legislati,ve and judicial, em bracing all department salaries and expenses . 817,480,000 00 For the army —.„.„.—... 33,081 013 10 FOT the navy 17,600,000 00 West Point 311licary Academy 302,000 00 Consular and diplomath, service. ..... ....., 1,206,434 00 Post Office department............ .......... 2,500,000 00 Indian bureau, treaties,* 2,500,000 eci Rivers and harbors 4,700,000 00 Collecting the revenue 9,080,000 00 Puudry civil expenditures connected with the various departments 6,0:62,000 00 Miscellaneorts expenses of all kind., inducting cost of certain public build ings throughout the country, expenses of reconstruction, expanse of closing UP Freedmen's Bureau, k...... 9,000,001,00 Deficiencies of various kinds in the difierentappropriations...... Making a . total uf.... IfCougress can be accused ofextravagance, the accusation must be made good on these figures, or else abandoned, for the other expenditures, as I have already repeated, lie without the pale of Congressional dis cretion or control. A clear estimate of the character of those expenditures may be gathered by comparing them with the outlays incurred under the last Democratic Administration. For ex ample, in 1857-'5B the same class of expen ses.in Buchanan's Administration were over $70,000,000 in gold, whereas the $106,818,- 447 above-named are In paper. It must be observed, moreover; that In 1857-'OB the population of this country was under 80,- 000,000. whereas to-day it is well nigh 40,- ODO,OOO. Adding 40 per cent premium on gold, to bring the expenditures of the two eras to the same standard, and we find the outlays of Buchanan were at the rate of over $98,000,000 in paper to-day. To this add one-third - for 'increase of population, and we find the Buchanan :expenditures, adjusted to the scale of to-day, would amount to $130,000,000 for the same Items that we are paying less than , $107,000,000 for. And in this calculation I have said nothing about the increased military_ and naval force of the present day, which adds immensely to the account in favor of pres• ent economy. , - $847,688,056 33 This calculation, stated in these general terms, is far more striking and suggestive when yon come to =wane details. The army, tor instance, cost, during the tour years of Buchanan's administration, and by the official statement of the Treasury Department which I hold in my •hand, the large aggregate of $8G,307,575 e 5, making an average of Well nigh twenty-two millions each year in gold. And at that time the army consisted In all of 19 regiments; so that each regiment cost considerably over a million each year In gold. The army at present contains GO regiments, and yet the whole appropriation asked for by Gal. Grant, amounts to a little mote than thir ty-three millions, a trifle more than half a million per regiment each year in paper.— In Wier WOrdst the army under the peace tetablitdimetit ofs Nutootide saitutatra !Pp kausediately preccidloa the we goo ....., • EMI 5.6c0,000 00 -8108,818,447 10 WHOLE NO. 3522 I per regiment largely more In gold than the army now costs per regiment in paper un der the peace establishment adniinistered by Gen. Grant. The same scale of expenditure indulged in under the administration of Buchanan would nAke our present army cost over seventy millions in gold or a hundred mil lions in paper; and until the latter figure la exceeded the Democratic partisans of Bu chanan can have no ground to charge that army expenses arc extravagant. When we look at the actual amount spent for legal- I mate army expenses, we see good ground for the high compliment bestowed by Pres ident Johnson, when, a few months since, he publicly proclaimed "Gen. Grant's judi cious economy as the direct cause of string many millions to the Treasury." With Gen. Grant's election to the Presidency, and the final pacification of the Southern States, our army will at once be reduced, and the expenditures of the War Department will be brought to a!point so inconsiderable as no longer to be felt as a burden to the tax payer. 5445 430 56 .$2,344.700 00 The comparison in regard to naval ex penditures at the two periods I have named, are equally suggestive and striking. For the tour years of Buchanan's administration the navy, by the official records, cost $52,- G 45,998 89—showing an average of more than $13,000,000 per annum in gold coin. With a much larger navy, and with the dis advantage of paper money and high prices, our appropriations this year are a trifle un der $18,000,000. Taking the difference in the size of the navy at the two periods, and the disparity between gold and paper, and we should be authorized; if we followed the Buchanan standard of expenditure, in ap propriating well nigh $40,000,000 for the year's service. These facts are certainly suggestive and instructive. In our Post-Office expenditures, as com pared with these of the Democratic regime the difference is, if anything, more striking than in the relative expenses of the Army and Navy. Beside using up all the postal. receipts, the Post-Office Departmerit for the three last years of Buchanan's administra tion made drafts on the Treasury to the amount of over $5,000,000 a year, in one year running up to nearly $7,000,000. Dur ing the whole time the Republicans have been in power, the drafts on the Treasury for the support of the postal service have not averaged $2,000,000 per annum, and with this moderate expenditure we have been enabled to carry on the immense mail service in the interior of the continent and to the shores of the Pacific, through all our remote Territories and sparsely peopled sec tions, and have also been able to maintain a superb line of mail steamers from San Francisco to Hong Kong, and from New- York to Rio Janeiro, none of which extra ordinarfenterprises and expenditures were levied on the Department during Buchan an's administration. These comparisons might be quite Indefi nitely continued, exhibiting in each item the same result, and demonstrating with mathematical certanty that when we take into account the vast increase of population and the rapid and unprecedente 1. develop ment of our country during the time the Republican party has been in power, and when we take into further account the fact that we have been all the while sub jected as a necessity of the war to the dis advantage of high prices resulting from pa per money ; taking, I say, these facts into account, I assert and defy contradiction that large as our expenditures have neces- sarily been they have yet been on a scale of economy and fidelity quite unknown during the last Democratic administration that af flicted the country, And I assert further, and I call both political friend and foe to the witness stand in support of my declare- tion, that whenever or wherever Gen. Grant has been able to control governmental ex penditure, economy, integrity, fidelity, and rigid retrenchment and reduction have been the unvarying result. Consider further, Mr. Chairman, that while the Republican party has been pro viding the means for these expenditures, they have been at the same time effecting immense reductions in the public debt and continually and largely reducing taxation. Within the three years that have elapsed since the war closed and the Army was mustered out, we have reduced the public debt between two and three hundred million dollars, and at each session of Congress, while this reduction of the debt was going on, we have taken off millions upon -millions of taxation from the productive in duativ of the nation.— At the first session of the XXXIXth Con gress, the first that convened after the close of the war, taxes were removed that had the preceding year yielded a revenue of $60,000,000, and aftbe second session of the same Congress $41,000,000 more of taxes were pmmpUy repealed. The XLth Congress has not been behind the XXXIXth in this respect, for we have already repealed taxes that last year gave us a revenue of 190,000,000. And to-day the taxes of the Federal Government are so wisely adjusted and collected from such few sources tha no man feels them burdensome, oppressive or exacting. Demagugues may misrepre sent and partisans may assail, but the peo ple know and feel that to-day the taxes levied by the Federal Government are not an oppression to the individual and not a hinderance to the development of the indus trial resources of the land. The history of the Republican party, Mr. Chairman, is indeed a proud record. In- heriting a bankrupt treasury, a dishonered credit, and gigantic rebellion from the trai torous Administration which preceded their advent to power in 1861, the Republicans heroically and successfully grappled with and conqured all these obstacles to the life and progress of the nation. They replen ished the Treasury; they redeemed our credit ; they subdued the mightiest Rebel lion that ever confronted civil power since governments were Instituted among men ; they struck the shakles from 4,000,000 of buruan beings, and gave them every civil right under the Constitution and laws. And while accomplishing these herculean tasks, the Republican party administered the Gov- ernmeut so wisely that prosperity has been all the lime abroad in the land ; great busi ness enterprises have been undertaken and successfully prosecuted ; factories have been built ; the forest subdued ; farms brought un- der cultivation ; navigable rivers Improved; thousands of miles of railways constructed ; the continent spanned by telegraph wires ; the two oceans well nigh connected by a road of iron; the emigrant protected on the remotest frontier; Territories carved out of the wilderness domain ; and new States of promise and power added to the National linioa What other party in the history a this country ever contrunted such ddlicul- ties? What other party ever gained such victories? But, great as its achievements 'have been, its work is nst yet finished.— Out of the fierce conflicts of the recent past, confilc!sindeed are still raging ; order and harmony, conciliation and friendship, are yet to be evoked ; not, Indeed, by un• wine concession and timid compromise, but by that Ana policy whictelt lipso ap !Pet, and ant; Ume isatienillp of oae who; tali* in emu* in war, Is yet to•dy the embodiment of peace, the for of public judos, the hope of the k7al mil lions laseverseer lie eine. Illta-asatesaesst so Any Raper/mos. In the House of Representative, June 27, 1888, Mr. BLit= °flit:as made the &I lowing comma:lie on a misstatement made by Gov. Seymour of New York in his Coop er Institute speech : "Mr. Speaker, I desire to call attention to a statement made by Gov. Seymour in his recent speech at the Cooper Institute in the City of New York. In arraigning the Re publican party for extravagance he makes the following declaration, as reported In The New York World, which I hold in my hand : Since the war closed in 1865 the Gov ernment has spent for its expenses, in ad dition to Its payment on principal and In terest of public debt, more than one thousand million dollars. Of this sum there has been nearly eight hundred mil lions spent on the Army and Navy, and for military purposes. This Is nearly one third of the national debt. This was spent in time of peace, "The charge thus brought by Gov. Sey mous is that in three years that have tran spired since the war closed our army and navy have cost us $800,000,000, or at the rate of nearly $270,000,000 per annumn in time of profound peace. The statement is cunningly made with the evident purpose of misreading the public mind, for while it is quite true that the military and naval ex- . penses since the close of the war have been $800,000,000, it is absolutely untrue that they have been $270,000,000 per annumn. When the war closed by the surrender of Lee on the 9th of April, 1865, the armies of the Union bore the names of nearly a mil lion men on the rolls ; and our navy, in its vast and widely extended duty of blockad ing 3,000 miles of coast, had nearly 500 vessels In service, with a corresponding number of men. The first result of Grant's magnificent series of victories and final triumph over the Rebellion was to muster out these countless hosts which had borne our standard with such glory on the land and on the sea. Months of pay were due to more than half the army ; the well earned closing bounty was due to all, and the sailors, beside their back pay, were to receive millions of prize money honestly their own. The vast and almost incalcula ble amount needed to be provided for these purposes must be had at once, and thanks to the patriotism and the wealth of our people it was had at once. I have this morning visited the Treasury Department, and by the official statements which I hold in my hand it appears that the disburse ments for the army and navy for the 174 days following Grant's closing victory amounted to $625,000,000. Hence it will be seen that more than three-fourths of the $800,000,000 so triumphantly paraded by - Gov. Seymour as the War and Navy ex pences of the past three years were really disbursed almost in one sum at the Close of hostilities as the necessary expenses of mus tering out our enormous military and naval forces. To supply this vast sum, the cur rent receipts of the Government were con sumed, and the people directly advanced $530,000,000 by subscribing that amount to the ever -memorable 7-30 loan. Do Gov. Seymour and his friends find fault with the expenditure thus incurred in mustering out the Army? Do they begrudge the soldiers their back pay and bounty and the sailors their hard-earned wages and the prize money ? If not, let them cease to attack the Republicans for promptly dis charging the honorary debts of the Repub lic, for thus gladly paying the men who risked their lives to save the life of the na tion. Six hundred and twenty-five millions of Gov. Seymour's $300,000,000 being thus expended in mustering out the volunteers, his own figures show that the current and legitimate expenses of both Army and Navy for the past three years of peace have been bat $175,000,000, or a little more than $58,000,000 per annumn for both branches of the service. The Governor's figures thus reduced are not far from the truth, and they show a degree of economy quite unknown in Democratic times. Take the year 1858, for example, in the administra tion of Mr. Buchanan, and we find that the expenses of the Navy were $14,000,000, and of the Army nearly $26,000,000—f0r the two will nigh s4o,ooo,ooo—and that was in gold, and with an Army and Navy of less numbers than have been deemed necessary for the security of the public peace during the past three years. Taking the ',difference in the amount of force, and the fact that the expenditures of Bu chanan's administration were in coin and the present expenditure in paper, it will be seen that the result shows strongly in favor of the ecomomy of Army expenses as ad ministered by General Grant. The Army to-day in fact costs much less per regimCnt in paper than it cost per regiment in gold under the last Democratic Administration. So much for Governor Seymour's figures." SOTITMEEN SENTIMENT The Philadelphia Bulletin gathered from a single batch of exchanges, these evidences of the infernal spirit now possessing the Southern Democracy : "A. rebel Colonel, speaking at Columbia, South Carolina, in behalf of Seymour, says : 'lf Confederate soldiers had anticipated what has since occurred, the fires of rebel lion would not now be quenched, • • but the colors of secession would still be flying.' We will never quietly submit to Radical reconstruction.' He desired that the campaign should be vigorously conduct ed, because 'they hoped to accomplish their ends by peaceful instrumentalities.' Wade Hampton, speaking at Danville, Virginia, said that 'the white people of the South shall all vote, whether recognized by Con gress as reconstructed by the farce now go ing on, or not • • • • and if Seymour is tints elected, shall be Installed in power, in spite of all the bayonets that shall be brought against them.' The Richmond En quirer clamors for the expulsion from the South of 'Yankee pedagogues' who 'poison the children's minds with the accursed doc trines of Puritanism and abolitionism.' The Mobile Register discourses of the terrible effect produced by 'the rebel yell ) in war time, and says, 'it will make the air reso nant • • • ati he last irresistible charge next November.' Wade Hampton said in Charleston, 'if his State ever needed his services again • • • at any time or un der any circumstances, they were at her disposal.' And he rejoiced that he had in his possession his old rebel flag, 'which he had loved so well,' and which he would keep until he 'had a State again into whose care he could commit it as one of the most cherished memories of our unfortunate cause.' In another speeeh be says that 'he will yield to none in devotion to the Lost Cause,' and 'will never admit • • • that . the principles which gave it life were wrong. 'the four years which have elapsed since the war,' said this model Democrat, 'have seen a nation's death ;' but through the ef forts of the Democratic party 'the day of deliverance is drawing near.' And this man ruled the New York Convention, and with his own band penned the moat Ina- mous paragraph in its platform. Mr. B. H. Hill, in a raving speech delivered to an enthusiastic Atlanta audience, said to the Legislature that ratified the Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment. *4l your peril —1 go and take it back. It Is s record whose stain will reach your children.' He then styles=Mon men of Georgia 'vile crea tures, infamy no epithet can describe, and no precedent parallel.' The Petersburg (Virginia) Erprors asks, _Vi re we meekly to bow whenever traitors. thOttse to issue their mandates ? Virgintaellinvith brave determination resist all and eve*. effort of traltore who'lllel4llll4' el Tot to strl~ her of her gaariatsed rights,: ".
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