The star and sentinel. (Gettysburg, Pa.) 1867-1961, July 09, 1869, Image 2

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today thisa,(wee. AhberefarmhoirPacewd-
ed uselber u she basis of , suffrage hew been
widenoLfrozn- time to time, sad huniweri
been followed by au extension of the rights,
privileges, sad prospetity of the people.—
The institutions of Ettgland,„bave becomo
more liberal, jun, mai banittiout as the
right of same ins been extended, MS •
larger number-of men admitted to , a voice
in the.govarnment. Ramently we-have peen
anew extetuden of the totackise, followed
almootimmedistely by,a movement for Abe
disestabitsbmeot of the Irish Church. The
Irish Clgrch establishment, thoughprofes
sally in the interests of PrOestantians,
not sustained or justified by the Protisteot
world, and the Protestant masses of Zak
land are,demanding its wiles!. The dins
tabliahment bill has roped the, House of
Corinna*, but the Lords threaten to reject It
or destroy it by modfficatioifs. It may sac
rifice Itself, bait it cannot thereby preserie
the. Trish establishment. The House of
Lords is tolerated only .upos the condition
that it will sadly the action of the tkun
mons, and will give its formal assent to all
popular . movements. It possesses no real
political power, and will not be permitted
to obstruct the wishes of the people.
Should it be rash enough to reject the dis
estabibibment bill, it will at-once inaugurate
a movement for its own reorganization, and
the destruction of hereditary- privileges.
Such a movement cannot, perhaps, be
long deferred anyhow. Another reform bill
will soon be demanded, making suffrage
universe), or nearly so, to be followed by
the disestablistunent of the English Church,
the abolition °ldle laws of primogenitdre,
and Manual destruction ot the kingly comae.
The mere of the English people are sub
rtantislly, though not professedly, republi
can in sentiment. They accept the great
doctrine pf human rights upon which our
government is founded ; and, while they
yet retain the throne and the House of
Lords, eny, attempt on the part of either , to
exercise positive power, or.resistthe popu
lar will, would be instant/7 met by threats
of rettistance, and, if not abandoned, by re
..l'he throneond the Upper House
remain much like the feudal castles that yet
distiniphl i shthe l Engliott landscape, emblems
of deportedpower, curionsto. the view, hill
or histolip interest, but no longer dangerous
to the -peace of the surrounding' country.
Engliablediumsa,. heretofore slow, are be
coming more rapid, and the English peo
pie are marching with accelerated speed to a
republican government. Universal suffrage
and hereditary privilege cannot exist long
together. They are essentially hostile elez
meats., The progress of suffrage in Eng
bad has been resisted at every step by the
ariauxuanc . classes; but after twiny years of
struggle it has arrived at that point where
its further progress cannot be long delayed.
Universal suffrage lies at the very semi:Olt
of the bill of Difficulty, the ascent of which
is rugged, slow, and toilsome, but when
achieved the people will be masters of the
situation:.. America is avenging herself up
on England by gradually but surely over
turningrher aristocratic and heirarchic in
stitutions by the force of her teachings and
example. The principles of civil and re
ligions liberty, crude and imperfect when
first brought from England to America,
having been refined, illustrated, and extend
ed, we return them to the mother country
for her'adoption, laden with rich and glori
ous results. The spirit of American liberty
is abroad in England. Her Bright', Glad
atones, Foment, and her - whole host of
liberal statesmen, are proclaiming the doc- '
trines of: the Declaration of Independence,
and verifying the saying of a celebrated
Englishman that the American Revolution
guaranteed the free institutions of England.
We may not live to see England a republic, '
but I believe our children will. nee' event
can be predicted with our much certainty as
any other in human sffairs, and it is buten:
Mg on, perhaps fast enough when all things
are eonsidemd.
Tux tirstroomc FOR rue rsioti.
The difficulties In the way of patting
down the rebellion were great. The rebel
lions States contained a population of not
less than ten millions, and although nearly
four mffilone were slaves, yet mat of them,
until the very conclusioh of the war, con
stituted the laboring-and producing classes,
and Ihrnished the supplies for the rebel
armies in the field and the non-Combatants
at home. , • The territory of the rebellious
States comprised en area of not less than
eight hundred square miles, diversified by
Vast ranges of mountains, deep rivers,
tangled wilderness, and far-stretching
swamps, and everywhere presenting natural
defences, behind which a small force could •
—bold a large one at bay.
The lines of communication were neces
sarily of great length, and maintained_with
difficulty. A large portion of our forces
were constintlyemployed in this way and
in garrisoning pests, so that it was seldom
we were - able to meet the enemy with su
perior for& upon the field.
These 'immense difficulties went far to
counterbidance our superiority in popula
- lion and resources, and ware so great as to
lead militthybbservers throughout Europe
to prophecy, almost with one accord, that
we could 'not conquer the South. It was
said there was no instance in history where
so ierge:a population, scattered over even
one-lhlor- of a- territory so great as that
embracetty the rebellion; had been sub
dued: It was said we * Could not conquer
space; tharconquest would be a geographi
cal imptlilibility ; that three millions of
men could not garrison the South, end that
.when- we had captured their towns' ind
°Tema the inhabited parts of their coun
try, they-wonld.' still maintain the vier in
morass, mountain, and forest almost impen
etrable tolegular wires, until the North,
exhausted in blood and treasure, and broken
in hops, would give np the contest.
Such was the belief !of leading military
minds in Europe, and of the politicians of
the South when the war began. These
opinions seemed well-founded in reason and
in history, and the suppression of the re
hellion, all things considered, may be justly
regarded as the greatest' of -all military '
achievements.
The fact that the rebel! Sought trOon their
own soil; in s country with which they
were familiar, protected from the approach
of, loyal armies by the natural - advantages
before described, was a full compensation
the difference between the population
mid rest: Woes of the two sections, and the
final triumph of our arms and the suppres
sion of the rebellion must be sought for in
other causes.
• • 'OLMISS OF =ELI FAILVEZ.
• WbstAbese causes were may be briefly
stilted : t•••
Pint an the tdrengtb, -courage, and ett.
darenosiistartel to wades by the
tion4kuld they-ere lighting a jtuti . end
patriot*, aans: .o The betsblett privates, bk-
oar army believed they were fighting to
preserve the bekgoveniellenthi the world . ;
, to presents liberty and essingtdik slavery
in behalf of pi , l.ll.vowirsd neristlanlty ;
Beziatinmeggnity. :Phase
goy isapieukti,• ootusge, and
*cote she army, =head Out peat =is
41 tbelandsaktbe Nat* *So atietained
dipositetrooneet throtiktout' 'tweet,
aa ' itomenae'niond pow& fa'
iglieli*toertileb the Boit* bad bat lit-:'
,_The f m 4, South bit bbatt prat
bedielainittinjr Mimed
by 74K ot *ow
adiopodlotoolibotrocelsoodwrierie
coomitodoe; or aft so•looilorgosi'ult:
fled of iteeipiesi. Some of them believed
in the rigballneer
its profitableness,
they
contributions to
of these constit
spire the patri
consolation in tla
people never to
on to the last.
pal armies of 01
and had surrendered, the war was at an
end. Hostility was not maintained In the
forma aldita9 l /9kin fa, l 4llllWen predicted.
thg-t oevirceons,ibeeiiind farposes of the
• ,their
armies were, and although they were full of
bitterness and humiliation, yet there was
nothing Left for which they might sacrifice
their homes and the future -quiet and pros
perity of their lives. Their Cause failed in
advance of their armies and resources.
The rebethlatorian of the. "ioat cause',"
in descanting upon the subject; speaks ,as
foliowa :
`The whole fabric of Cohfederate defence
tumbled doWn at a stroke of arms that did
not amount to battle. These was no last
great coniulsion, such as usually marks the
final struggles of a people's devotion, or
the expiring hours of their desperation.
The word surrender travelled from Virginia
to Te,xas. A four years' contest terminated
with the smallest incident of bloodshed'; it
lapsed, it passed by a rapid and easy tran
sition, into a profound and abject submis
sion. There must be, some explanation of
this flat conclusion of the war. It is easily
found. Such a condition could only take
place in the thorough demoralization of the
armies and people of the Confederacy;
there must }l've been a pueral decay of
public spirit—a genertil rottenness of public
affairs—when a great war was thus termi
nated,' and a contest,was abandoned so short
of positive defeat, and so tar from the his
torical necessity of subjugation.
And again he says :
"We fear that the lessons and examples
of history are to the contrary, • and we
search in vain for one instance where a
country of such extent as the C,onfederacy
has been so thoroughly subdued' by any
amount of military force, unless where
popular demoralization has supervened-7
History records that many nations, far
more exhausted than they, have struggled
on to final victory.. Our Revolutionary
Dithers, at the end of four years, defeated.
exhausted and overrun, did not despair, but
animated by the justice of their cause, and
the belief that it would triumph because It
was just, struggled on, and at the end of
seven years were blessed with peace and
the rich reward which shall be the inheri
tance of the earth. "Thrice is he armed
who hash his quarrel just," and weak and
defenceless are they who contendfor injustice
and slavery, though girt about by the moun
tain, the swift river, and the deep wilder
ness.
Secondly.' The armies of the North
were strong in that physical endurance
which is communicated by habitual labor,
and by that self-reliance and confidence
which. free labor only can inspire. They
were strong in the intelligence of the
masses who tilled the ranks. These men
understood well the nature of the struggle
in which they were engaged. They knew
the vast consequences to themselves, their
posterity, and to the world, depending up
on the result. Their education enabled
them not only to comprehend the "cause,-"
but military operations, the condition of
the Government and the country, and the
decline of the spirit and strength of the
enemy. In short, our 'armies._ were a vast
Intelligence, subject to military control,
possessing clear ideas of duty, condition,
consequences, and - spirit and resolution
commensurate to these.
?Ell PRZAKINIT DAY
We have met here to-day to dedicate this
monument to the memory of the patriotic
and gallant men who tell upon this field,
and to testify our lave for the great cause
in which they perished. Their achieve
ments will be recorded upon the pages of
history, much more:enduring than stone,but
we desire to present this visible evidence of
our remembrance_and gratitude. We are sur
rounded to-day by .many of the surviving
heroes of the battle; by many of the relatives
and friends of those-beloved dead, and by
manythonsands of oar people who rejoice in
the preservation, peace and prosperity of
our country. That we have a-united coup
try, that we have national Government,
that we have peace in all our borders, that
there is liberty and protection for all, that
we have bright and glorious prospects of
individual happiness aint national growth
and power, we owe to the brave men who
fell upon this and other fields. The glori
ous circumstance and-bright auspices over
and around us to-day were purchased by
their blood. We are in the full enjoyment
If the prize for which it was- shed: Let us
ncrease the gratitude of our hearts by con
aidering for a moment what would be our
condition if the rebellion had triumphed.
We would have - no solemn bat sweet occa
sions like this. We would have no common
name, no national flag, no glorious pros
pects for the future.
Had the bend of * union been broken the
various parts would have crumbled to pieces .
We should have a slaveholding confederacy
In the South; a republic on the Pacific ; an
other in the Northweist, and another in the
East. the example of one successful
secession, dismemberment of the balance
would have speedily followed, and our
country, once The hope of the world, the
pride of our hearts, broken into hostile
fragments, would have been blotted from
the map, and become a byword among the
nations. Let us thank Almighty GOd to-day
that we have escaped this horrible fate.
We feel as one who awakes from $ terrible
dream, and rejoices that be is elite. We
feel as did the thildren of Israel, when,
standing upon the shores of the Red Sea,
they looked back upon the destruction from
which they had beenAlelivered.
lfr. Lincoln, standing in this place a few
months after the battle, and while' yet the
conflict was raging, dedicated himself to his
- country and to the cause of liberty and
union. The demon of Rebellion afterwards
exacted his life, -but the inspiration of the
words he spoke Is resting upon us to-day.
The great prophecy he uttered when be
said "the nation shall under God have a
new birth of freedom," and that "the gov
ernment of the people, by the people, and
for the people, shall not perish from the
earth," is being fulfilled. He sealed his
devotion with his blood, and sacred be his
memory. The eloquent Rverett, who spoke
here on the same occasion, and who has
since passed from earth, said : "God bless
the Union ; it is dearer to naktoul the blood
of brave mert which has blnin Shed in its
detbnce." Arr-I stood by them and listened
to their inspired, won* My faith was re
newed in the triumph of liberty ; but im
agination &lid to stretch , forward - to this
auspicious day. The march of events has
beentisater than our thoughts, and the fruits
of iietcat have already exceeded our most
ninguillekroectsdions.,
but KUM'
' While we pay this tribute of love and
- grititade to the dead, let ns tot - - forget the
snrytving heroes of the' battle. They, too,
°Sired their-lives, butihrtmettlice was not
required. The admhiticta; love, tad gtsti
inde of . the nation 'win - attend them is they
pass deitft the deellvitt of *Dem honored
dasdng
graves. ler of their Urea they
Vil tell the ' l vit eleityabent to wow
& t ut ,4 1 , cuuji,, , ' 'will titan air we did
isistfollritilidlithenrield oflklilke am,
suiwiti,- did- , . - ItinY:oreful'
me bare • ' ,` - ' 414 fielle
.11thrtecrimeitd the
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sulphurous cloud of battle, too, is gone, and
there is to obscure oar vision of the
field. The a& ha teturned to dust.—
The fi elds ma w ' with Wks and
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lover ' iliA - countr3rmen. 4 Is cause
we celebrate. Our triumph is theirs, and
their children's children, until the latest
generation. The great disturbing element
has been removed. Vicious political her
esies have been extripated. The trial by
Plagei4 : Tiattle has been decided in favor
of liberty and union, and all will submit,
The people of the North and South have
met each other face to face on many a field,
have tried each other's courage, have found
they are much alike iu many things, have
Increased their mutual respect, and are now
preparing to live together more fraternally
than before.
The Southern States are rapidly recover=
ing from the prostration of the war, and
with their deliverance from the Incubus of
slavery, with free labor, with free schools,
with emigration from the North and from
Europe, will soon attain a prosperity and
power of which they scarcely dreamed in
former days. The advancing prosperity is
solid, just, and enduring. We rejoice in
it. The bonds of Union are made Indis
soluble by 'the community of political prin
ciples, by the complete identity of domes
tic and commercial interests, and by s uni
form system of labor,' of education, and of
habits of thought and action. HENCE
FORTH DISUNION IS IMPOSSIBLE.
The choir then sung "How Bleep the
Brave who Sink to Rest !" when Bayard
Taylor was introduced and read the follow-
ing Poem, written for the occasion
DEDICATION ODE.
Are= the eyes that looked, the lips that si• it-
Has, from the shadow. of impending death,
Those words of solemn breath,
What voice may fitly break
The silence, doubly hallowed, left by. him ?
We can but bow the head, with eye. grow. dint,
And, as a Nation's litany, repast
The phrase his martyrdom bath made complete,
Noble as then, but now more sadly-sweet
"Let na p the living, rather dedicate"
Ourselves to the unfinished work, which they
Thus r advanced eo nobly on its way,
And cave the periled State!
Letns, upon this field where they, the brave,
Their last full measure of devotion gave,
ItighlY resolve they have not died in vain !
That, ander God, thosyNation's later birth
Of Preedoiii, and the People's g r .ift
Of their owit3orerehrtity, shell diver wane
And perish frog the circle of the earth!"
Prom such a perfect text, shall Bong aspire
To light Its faded dre,
And into wandering Music turn
Its Tirillll, simple, sorrowful and stem !
His voice alt elegies anticipated ;
For, whateoe'er the strain,'
We bear that one refrain:
"We oonseavite ourselves to them, the Consecrated!
After the thunder•storne our heaveads blue •
Napoli, along the bordertof the sky, \
In silver folds the clouds of battle Ile, \
With soft, consoling sunlight shining throe gh:
And rizind the sweepins circle of you hills s•,,
The crashing tannon•thrills
Hare faded from the memory of the air;
And Hummer pours from unexhaneted fountain.
Her bliss on yonder mountain.:
The camps are tenantless, the breastw3rke bare :
Earth keeps ao stain where hero-blood was poured :
The hornet', hamming on their wings of lead,
Have ceased to sting, their angry swarms are dead,
And, harmless In Its scabbard, rusts the sword'
Oh, nut till now—oh, now we dare, et last,
To give oar heroes fitting consecration
Not till the soreness of the strife Is put,
And Peace hath comforted the weary Nation :
So long her sad, indignant spirit held
One keen regret, one throb of pain, onnuelled ;
So long the land about her feet wee waste,
Toe astute of the burning lay upon her,
We stood beside their graves with brows abased,
Waiting the purer mood to do them honor:
They, through the flames of this dread holocaust,
The patriot's wrath, the soldier's ardor, loot :
They sit above na and above our pavilion,
Disparaged even by our human tears,—
Beholding truth our mos, perchance, may fashion
Di the slow Judgment of the creeping years.
We saw the still reproof upon their WOO
We heard them whisper from the shining spaces :
' , To-o*y ye grieve: come not to as with sorrow'
Wilt for the glad, the reconciled To-morrow
Your grief but clouds the ether where we dwell ;
Your anger keeps your souls and oars apart :
Bat come with peace and pardon, all Is well
And COMO With love; we touch you, heart to heart I.
Immortal Brothers, we have heard !
Our lips declare the recond ling word :
For Battle taught, that pet us face to face,
The stubborn temper of the race,
And both, from fields no longer alien, come,
To'grander action equally invited,—
Marshaled by Learning's tromp, by Labor's drum,
In strife that puriflea and mats' United I
We force to build, the powers that would destroy :
The muscled, hardened by the sabre's
,grasp,
Now give our hands a firmer clasp :
We bring not grief to yaw, tut solemn Joy:
And, feeling you so. near,
Look forward with your eyes, divinely clear,
To sublimely-perfect, sacred year,
When sons of fathers wham ye overcame
Forget in mutual pride the partial blame,
And Join with us, to set the final crown
Upon" your dear renown,—
The People's Onion in heart and name
yet, ye Dead I—and yet
Our clouded matures cling is one regret :
We are not all !calved
To yield, with even
Our scarcely-risen stars, that here untimely set.
We needs must think of History that waits
For lines that live but In their proud beginning,—
Arrested promises and cheated (AUN T
Youth's boundless venture and its mingle winning.
Re see the ghosts of deeds they might have done,
The phantom homes that bemoaned their endeavor ;
The seeds of countless lives, in them begun,
That might Lave Multiplied for us forever'
We grudge the hitter strain of men
That proved Itself, and wu extinguished then—
The held, with strength sad hope so thickly sown,
Wheretrom no other harvest shall he :
)or all the land, within its clasping seas,
I. poorer now In bravery and beauty,
Bach wealth of manly loves arid energies
Wu given to teach us all the freeman's marred duty
again 'Hs they, the Dead,
By whom our heart, are cow forted.
Deep as the laud-blown murmurs of the waves
The answer cometh from a thousand graves:
"Not so ! we are not orphaned of our fats!
non& life were warmest and though love wen
sweetest,
We still have portion in their beet estate:
Our fortune II the fairest and completest !
Onr homes are everywhere: our lovei are set
In hearts areas and woman, sweet and vernal;
Courage and Truth, the children we beget,
Unmixed of baser earth, shalt be eternal.. .
A finer spirit in the blood shell give
The token of the lines wherein we live,—
Unselfish force, suiconselons nobleness
That In the shock' of fortune stands unshaken,—
The hopes that in their very being bless,
The aspirations that to deeds awaken
0 . ,; . if superior virtue ye allow
To us, be sure it still is vital In you,—
That trusts like ours shall ever lift the brow,
And strength like ours shall ever steel the sinew !
W• are the blossoms which the storm has cast
Prom the aping promise of our Ifreedom's tree,
Pruning its overgrowths,that so, at last,
Its later fruit more bountiful shall be
Content, It when the balm of Time assuages
The branch's hurt, some flagrance of our lives
In all the land survives,
And makes their memory sweet through Millar:pan&
tug *gear.'
Thu grandly, they we nioure, the rnselves ecuole
And, as their spirits coaquer and control
'We hear, Irma some high realm that lies Nowad,
The hero.voical of the Past respond.
prom every nate that reached a broader right
Through Awry Wee of battle ; from the shock
Of old lassakou on the People's rock ;
Nom tribe' that stood, fa King' and Priests' davits;
FMB graves, begotten& the JlpeLa wad,
Or namelses terrain. of We Northern strand,
Or gorges of the Alps and Ppreasts,
Or the dark towels of devouring Was,—
Wh rioter Men ter Man's salty diced,-wherwer •
Death stared the mareliel utricatibellasbing
Imaring their Proust inoomplebe, .
Bet through ter rotates crowning their; adsayar,..-
Their ghostly iplaw to our ears are sat, '
As when the high *Mir of • trumpet 'orrirp
ABM= answers area the strings.
Qf D ialq • 3 1 100 , Riblinged irtierniwant,
Platoon cymbals thrill be' us trocky;
The borne of liesipacti in nor whew pbuy,
lad seam put. Mei ins ir, astbilica stern,
Wtha abeam Awe that sisethitgaiemoakbun. ;
Mina O. vniAla,rol4o4,
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11 overxiiifinisivis ai. *ad. of valor,
/Ince out otlitiath eadie tea such b2undlees life,
Such ruddy beauty out of ireguishentslkw!
And that war-wasted atm ,
Put forth to lift a sistar-land from harm,
Ere the last blood upon the blade was dried,
Shall still be stretChed, to shelter and, to guide,
Beyond her borders, answering the need
With counsel and with deed,
Along the Eastern and the Western wave,--
Still strong to smite, still beautiful to are:
Thus, in her seat secure,
Where now no distant menaces can reach her,
At tact io undivioed freedom pore,
Oho sits, the unwilling world's 1111COIllielotte teacher;
Awl, day by day, beneath "maw skies,
The unshaken pillars of her palace rise,—
The Doric shafts, that lightly upward press,
And hide in grace their giant massiveness.
What though the sword has hewn each cornerstone,
And precious blood cements the deep foundation
Never by other force have empires grown ;
Prom other basis never rose a nation
For strength is born of struggle, faith of doubt,
Or discord law, end freedom of oppression,
We ball from Pisgah, with exulting stout,
The Promised Land below us, bright with coo, .
And deem Its pastures won,
Pre toil and blood have earned us their possession !
Bach aspiration of our human earth
Becomes an act through keenest pangs o f birth;
Bach force, to bless, must cease to be a dream,
And conquer life through agony supreme;
Bach inborn right muss outwardly be tested
Hy stern material weapons, ere it stand
in the enduring fabric of the land,
Secured for those who yielded it, and those who
wrested
This they have done for us who slumber here,—
Awake, alive, though now so dumbly sleeping:
Spreading the board, but tasting not its cheer,
Sowing, but never reaping:—
Building, but never sitting in the shade
.7,7r.he streak mansion they bare made;—
Speaking their word of life with mighty tongue,
But hearing not the echo, million-voiced,
Of brothers who rejoiced,
From all our river-rales and mountains flung!
So take them, flare's of the songful Past
Open your ranks, let every shining troop
its phantom banners droop,
To hall Earth's noblest martyrs, and her last!
Take them, 0 Fatherland !
Who, dying, conquered in thy name :
And, with a grateful hand,
Inscribe their deeds who took away thy bloom,—
Give, fur their grandest all, thine insufficient fame:
Take them, 0 God i our Brave,
The glad tulfillers of Thy dread decree ;
Who grasped the sword for Peace, and smote to save
And, dying here for Freedom, died Wr Thee !
The choir than sang a hymn, "Rest, He
roes, Rest," and the Rev. Dr. Schmucker
pronounced the following
Closing Prayer.
Exalted and adorable Jehova : At the
close of the solemn ceremonies of this oc
casion, we once more lift up our souls in
adoration to Thee, the God of nations, who
doest Thy will among the armies of heaven
and inhabitants of earth, and to whom
heaven and earth and the whole universe of
worlds also owc their existence. Thine all
seeing eye, 0 God, has witnessed the trans
actions of this day and viewed them, not
as a mere earthly pageant, but in their in. :
tluenee on the wellfare of nations in this
world and the destiny of individuals in the
world to come. And Thou wilt judge
them by that infinitely perfect moral law,
which Thou hast extended over all world s,
and which, based on Thine unchangeable
attributes, is itself unalterable. Judged by
the law we must all plead guilty, guilty as
individuals and guilty as a nation, and our
only hope is its Jesus Christ our Redeemer
We acknowledgehat we have been an un
grateful nation amidst unexampled blessings
and privileges, and brought d own Thy
righteous judgment Upon us. Therefore
has the enemy been permitted to come in
upon us as a flood, and to threaten \ the fabric
of our liberties. Until this \very spot did
his proud legions advance. These hills
have trembled under the thunder of Thy,
wrath ; these fields were covered \ with the
mangled bodies of the dead and dykog.—
Yet blessed be Thy name, Thou didst
s not
suffer the enemy to triumph over us : but as
Thou didst overthrow the hosts of Puaraoft
in the Red Set, so didst Thou arrest the
progress of our enemies and put them to
And now, Lotd, we have cow,: to this
consecrated place, gratefully to commemo
rate our deliverance by Thy strong right
j arm : to dedicate this stately monument to
the memory of those who here met our
enemies and by Thy aid repelled them,
and to celebrate the patriotism, and drop a
tear of sympathy and love over the graves
of those who here laid down their lives for
the life of their country, and whose man
gled bodies now sleep their last sleep in
theie silent graves. There may they rest
until the last trump shall sound that wakes
the dead tcr judgment. We have come to
pray for our country, for the families of
our martyred heroes, and al-o for our mis
taken foes. 0 Lord, we pray Thee, ban
ish from our land all elements of discord,
all feelings of personal and sectional hostil
ity, and may `North and South, East and
West, all be united by the common bond of
love to our common country, and to those
sublime principles of the brotherhood and
equality of man, in behalf of which our
fathers appealed to high Heaven. May the
cause of truth and righteousness here pre
vail, and our land become Immanuel's land.
May our united country long remain the
asylum of the persecuted and oppressed of
all nations, and the theatre for the free de
velopment of Thy church unimpeded by
the restrictions of the' State, and for the
advent of that millennial period,wbeu there
shall be wars and rumors of wars no more,
and Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, shall
reign King of Nations as He now does
King of Saints: and to Thy great name,
Father, Son and Spirit, shall be all the
praise. And now "May the grace of our
Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, the love of
God, our Father in heaven, and the com
munion of Spirit, abide upon us all, now
and evermore, Amen."
The choir then sang the hymn "Ameri
ca," with which the ceremonies concluded,
and the crowd of citizens and visitors slowly
dispersed—the military returning ,o town
—most of the distinguished guests leaving
hi the evening trains,
,Sous weeks ago Miss Jenkins, a pupil in
Rev. Mr. Weller's school, in North Seinek
ley, Beaver county, was burned to death.
She had retired to bed with a book and
candle for the purpose of studying her les-
sons. Setting the candle upon her breast
she soon fell asleep. About one o'clock in
the morning the candle had burned down
and her clothes caught fire. Springing out
of bed as soon as she was awakened by the
flames, she darted through a number of,
rooms before the Inmates could seize her.
Finally she was secured, and the lames ex
tinguished, but not before the poor girl had
been horribly burned. For three days and
nights she suffered untold agonies, but at
length death relieved her.
THE Dernairacy have t o kens good deal
of satiefactke in declaring that'this Repub
lican party is growing smaller. This la the
way that it grows smaller. It polled 4841,-
812 votes in 11356 ; 1,887,610 in. 1860 ; 2,228,-
08451111854 ; and 8,016,358 In 1868. In 1888
It was in a popular minority of 1,335,480:
In 1838 it had= absolute poPult r majority.
of 309,722. We are well content- to have
the party grow small in this wiy.—Cleve
ktfid Ledger.
Bourn= 'l3taw And the District of
Oolunablitmete repretented by 211 deleg ates
In the bleb liatlonsl - Republiont Comes-
Wit width- met it Mk:ego on Yon4y.
The Oboes** `toot ground ht We, , ot
petal Per sll area and pr_olectkm to
e
andlitftentuterested
lbese irtbaratrular etreu•
0 1 • 1 101,f arfault Ant sirerrurra“
towsli Vow tar*.,me, of any other
paper published in the County, being
read Weekly by not lees than 11,000
*enemas.
ETATS TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR
URN; JOHN W. GEARY
JUDGE OF SIIPRFNE bOtOFIT
HON. HENRY W. WILLIAMS
TINE DEDICATION CEREMONIES.
Eeeling assured that we cannot serve
our readers better this week than by
giving in full the ceremonies connected
with the Dedication of the Soldiers'
National Monument. we surrender the
greater part of to-day's issue to a record
of the interesting exercises on lhat
oc
c=ion. The masterly oration of Sena
tor Morton and the classical Poem by
Bayard Taylor will command special
attention. We also give in full the
opening and closing Prayers by Henry
Ward Beecher and Rev. Dr. Schmuck
er, and the remarks of Mal. Gen.
Meade.
The exercises throughout were deep
ly Interesting, and were witnessed by
a large assemblage of ladies and gen
tlemen, numbering probably 10,000.
The most marked order prevailed
throughout, no accident or other un
pleasant incident occurring to mar the
pleasures of the day. Doubtless, there
were among the throng of visitors
some who left the town disappointed
and dissatisfied. There are always to
be found people exacting lu their de
mands, andindisposed to make reason
able allowances for the occasion, who
make it a business to growl
_and find
fault ; and it will have been passing
strange, indeed, if in the throng of
visitors thrown upon our town last
wealthere were none such, from whom
we may expect the usual grunablings
about thecalledged inhospitality of our
people. All this, however, in the
light of the past, has ceased to annoy
us.
We have heard of some complaint
on the part of the visiting Military as
to the want of proper attention, and it
may be that these complaints were to
some extent well founded. Whatever
the facts be, the citizens of Gettysburg
are iu no wise responsible. As the
Dedication ceremonies occurred in
Commencement week, nearly every
family had its hands full in extending
hospitalities to visiting friends, many
within our knowledge being compelled
to lodge on floors, in order to provide
sleeping accommodations for guests.—
Few, if any, had either time or oppor
tunity to attend to strangers. The
visiting Military were invited by the
Commissioners of the National Ceme
tery, and should have been cared for as
thelignests. If these was fault in this
respect, it should rest with the proper
parties.
It is due to Mr. Wills, the President
of the Board of Commissioners, and
the only resident member, to say that
he was indefatigable In his efforts—ef
forts which we know to have been la
borious and patience-demanding—to
make the ceremonies of the day worthy
of the occasion; and the success which
crowned them is largely due to his un
tiring efforts. the Board itself only
met late on Wednesday, and whatever
of defective arrangement there may
have been, we feel assured was because
of the pressure of duties demanding
inun.diate attention.
THE NATIONAL - DEBT
The exhioit of Mr. BOUTWELL, Sec
`retary of the Treasury, shows a still
farther reduction of the National Debt,
during the month of June, to the
amount of sl6,4lo,l32—making a total
reduction since March 1, when the
new AdMinistration came into power,
of Thirty Six Millions Four Hundred
and Sixty Thousand Four Hundred
and Seventy-nine Dollars, ($36,460,-
479 ? ) which is at the rate of over One
Hundred Millions per annum ! It will
be recollected that
. during the last
Presidential campaign, the Copper
heads circulated far and wide a calcu
lation, based upon figures furnished by
the immaculate statician Delmar, to
impress the people with the conviction
that the country, under Republican
extravagance, was going to ruin. This
calculation maintained that the ex
penses of the Government for the fiscal
year ending June 1, 186'), must amount
to $482,059,202, while its entire receipts
from ull available sources T uld not
possibly exceed s32l,62o,ooo—whereby
there would be a deficiency of over
$160,000,000 to be added to the then ex
isting debt. Well, we have, reached
the end of the fiscal year, and instead
of a deficiency the receipts have ex
ceeded the expenditures by about
$156,000,000. Besides the debt of $36,-
460,479 paid since March, the Govern
ment has to-day on hand coin to the
amount of $110,000,000, besides a cur
rency balance itlf $37,000,000. So much
for Copperhead statistics and Republi
can economy. But for the wholesale
thieving and plundering during the
greater part of the year, by Johnson's
officials, prior to Grant's induction into
office, the reduction of debt would
have been still heavier.
THE Democracy of Philadelphia are
in a bad way. The shoulder-hitters
and roughs, under the lead of Billy
McMullin, captured the nominating
conventions last week, forced the nom
ination of characteristic candidates for
the City offices, and ran the machine
generally by the open display bf pis
tols, knives and bludgeons. Many of
the delegates withdrew in disgust, pro
testing against the nominations as a
farce, while the respectable wing of the
Party talk of putting up a new ticket.
The next step of the roughs will be to
capture the ballot-boxes in October,
and do enough of "stuffing" to elect
their men, unless the game be blocked
by the Supreme Court endorsing the
new Registry Law. Judge Share Wood,
always recognizing his obligations to
fraud for the seat he now holds, has
made haste to pronounce the law un
constitutional ; but the matter Is now
before the fa bench on appeal.
OS Tuesday, the Supreme Court re
versed Judge Shanswood's decision, and
Pronounced the Registry Law cos
wrrrtrirossr„. The law will therefore
be enforced this fall. McMullin and
his
,pugilistic disciples will have to
change their tactics. The game of vo
ting "repeaters" and dead men, staff
ing ballot-boxes, and similar villainy,
Will be .measurably" blocked by this
law.
1 1 ,4 4n ated oersay of Ohio on Wednes
day n Gens itoancaeits ibr
Govern ot and adapted resolutions in
boor of taxing United States bonds
andoppednir payment of Interest;
thereon. Theieneur la one of the :few
Arm7eMbeteieititCOPPeri teed Soar'
Mee, vittlbe hie* beaten. •
slams tiscAssors comrs.surr.
The Cincinnati .Rnquirer irc poses; to
substitute for "Decontan Day, a Caag
Nalco Day, with one,day in the reir
apart, North and South, tar the collection
of fundsfor the care of the widows sod ix
plans of fallen heroes, whose wants cassia
he supplied by such ceremonies sa thoie of
Decoration Dsy. This would be better,'no
doubt, for the widows and orplasok.
not so good for the Grand Army of Rad! si
oflice-hunters. They will zever consent to
the change.—Phila. Age.
"Then took Mary a pound df oint
ment of spikenard, eery costly, aml
anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped
his feet with her hair and the hot*,
was filled with the odor of the °hit.
ment. Then saith one of his disciples,
Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which
should betray him, 'Why was not this
ointment sold for three hundred pence
and given to the poor.' This he said,
not that he cared for the poor, but be
cause he was a thief."—Phila. Press;
THE New York Citizen, a power In
the ranks of the Democracy, has the
subjoined remarkable—remarkable as
coming from a Democratic source—yet
most ttuthful paragraph :
"We hear nothing as to what are Demo
cratic principles at present. Copperheadism
was a failure, and died the death it so rich
ly deserved ; the proposal to pay our debt
in greenbacks has been repudiated by the
nation ; the everlasting colored gentlemen
has secured all the rights be knows what to
do with, and a few more ; the women's suf
frage movement has not the dignity of:a
party measure. DemocraCy is in a state of
chaos. It cannot undo the irrevocable ; iit
has nothing to offer as an incentive to per
sistence. Cannot somebody find us a few
principles ? We are opposed to high taxes,
and in favor of low taxes ; but the nation
must pay its debts, and must raise the means
necessary for this purpose. We believe in
'economy, retrenchment, and reform :' but
so do many other people, and our example
In this city is not an encouraging one to fol
low. We must find a principle or two. or
we shall never get back into power. Who
Is prepared to furnish the genuine article ?"
THE Virginia election came off On
Tuesday. There were two candidates.
for Governor—WELLS, the present in
cumbent and regular Republican nom
inee, and WALKER, conservative Re
publican. The Democracy had no
State ticket, but supported Walker.
Both parties claimed to favor Congres
sional Reconstruction and the 15th
Constitutional Amendment. The Dem
ocrats, ignoring the dogma that this is
a "white man's government," labored
throughout the campaign to dividethe
colored vote, putting up colored men for
local offices and claiming to be their
special friends. Thousands of colored
men . : threw their votes for Walker,
who : is elected by about 40,000 majort.
ty. 'The Walker men also claim to
have 40 majority in the Legisla
ture, but pledged to vote for the 15th
Amendment, securing Manhood Suf
frag. The expurgated State Constitu
tion was adopted by about 00,000 ma
jority.
WE thought the country had got rid
of ANDREW JOHNSON, whe he left the
White House in March for his home
among the Rebels of Tennessee. But
like evil spirits generally, he is restlesii
and comes back to vex decent people,
He turned up in Washington City last
week, and in response to a serenade
inspired by bad whisky and a lively
recollection of Executive protection of
official villainy, delivered anew his oft
repeated tirade against Congress, Pres=
ident Grant, and the country generally:
This time, however, he got down to a
lower depth of infamy than usual, andi
boldly advocated a repudiation of the
national debt. Having thus exhibited
himself, he took the train next day foi .
Tennessee.
THE appointment of Hon. Jo;ii
COVODE as Chairman of the Republi
can State Committee, gives assurance
of an active and vigorous campaign.
Mr. Covode is one of the most saga
cious politicians in the State, posseses ,
great energy ef ebaracter and indorial
table' Industry, and will see that the ,
Republican cause gets a fair hearing
before the people. This As all that is
necessary to achieve success.
NEWS
,OF NEIGHBORING COUNTIES
FIVINKLIN.-J. M. Cooper has retired
from the Valley Spirit, having sold his
interest in the paper to Messrs. Augustus
Duncan and Wm. S. Stenger.— While Chas.
D. Stewart, of Baltimore, was -.cros3ing
the mountain, on Friday last., between Stras
burg and Horse Valley, he was confronted
by a marked high-way robber, who, spring
ing from the bushes one the road side, pre
sented a revolver and demanded Mr. S's.
money. He got $150,-, besides a valuable
gold watch, chain and ring.—On the 28th
ult., as J. M. F. Jordan, of Mercersburg,
was endeavoring to fix the fork of a patent
hay-fork into the hay, a rope attached to it
broke, and he was precipitated from off the
wagon to the barn floor, falling upon his
head and shoulders. He was rendered in
sensible for a short time.—Mrs. Klopper,
for some time•an inmate of the Chambers
burg Almshouse, was run over by the cars
near Keedysville, Md., on Friday last, and
killed.—Last week Abraham Ely, an old
gentleman about 80 years of age, residing
about four miles from Chambersburg, on the
Keefer road, was picking cherries from the
top of an old ladder, to which was attached
an iron hook, and the ladder breaking, he'
fell upon the hook which penetrated his
stomach about five inches, causing an ugly
and dangerous wound.
LANCASTKE.- A German, named Joseph
Blahs, was killed last week by the breaking
of a scaffolding, while repairing the cupola
of the furnace of Thomas & Peacock.—
Miss Annie Keller, daughter of Daniel Kel
ler, Ephrata township, fell from a cherry
tree on the 22d tilt., and died of her injuries
the following Friday.
Yonx.—Henry Stacks, while shingling a
roof In Dallastown, fell to the ground on the
14th ult., and was instantly killed.—Nicho
las Benedict, Conowago township, lost a
valuable horse last week by a singular ac
cident, while mowing. The team became
frightened and ran off with the machine,
the knives of which struck the horse's hind
legs, cutting off both below the knee.—
Samuel Spangler, foreman of the true
Democrat Mace, York, had his right hand
crushed in a Gordon Jobber last week, re
quiring amputation of two fingers.—William
Wagner, Cashier of the York County Na
tional Bank, died on Monday last, aged 68
years.—Henry Demey, Fairview township,
had his leg broken on the 29th ult., by be
ing thrown from his seat on a hay rake.
FORZION.-A demand is reported for
legislative reform In France, including min
isterial responsibilities and parliamentary
independence, and it was rumored that the
Empire was almost disposed to assent. The
Lords have provoked public opinion by
their treatment of diSenclownomt, and Car
dinal Cullen has w-,itten a warning letter
with respect to the bane of the Church bill.
In Spain, the Carl' As and Republicans are
giving trouble ; the clergy and municipali
ties have sworn to the Constitution. Gen.
Nice's report on Cuba has been received
and suppressed; and Admiral Tepete has
once more declared against the possibility
of a Republic. , In Cuba, Gen. de Rodas
has released a ruumber of political prison
ers, and is . suing a course of conciliar
Lion; but 1, . 'a successes are again de
tailed.
ly. 'froops
te I
as In Virgin's pulsed off guid
ers stationed in Richmond
t the State to prevent diem&
GREMAL
.
Tga small pox prevails to a conaideis.
ble e*tent In Albany, N. Y.
r national American Anniversary was
celebisted by Amerloam! in all the capitols
of E4rOpe.
Ix 411 denied tkat Gen. Sickles goes to
Spoil"! with instrtictkats to negotiate for the
purchase of Cuba.
Ix ;Pittsburg, Chicago, Cleveland, and
other cities, the Germans celebrated the 4th
of July on bunday.
Wau&M Penn Lloyd, collector of the
Fifteenth Pennsylvania district, has sent In
his reisignation, to take effect on the appoint
mentof his successor.
Ia New York the Germans are making an
organized movement to have the German
lan,guitge taught in the public schools of
that city.
Tui Democratic Convention of Lancas
ter county has instructed its delegates to
the State Convention to support General
Hancock for Governor.
Tnit President has appointed a colored
boy, who had constructed a model of a
steatre engine, to an apprenticeship in the
BureaU of Steam Engineering.
RIO LARD B. HALL, aged 12 years, son of
Edward B. Hall, was shot dead on Satur
day, fn Providence, Rhode Island, by a
musk% in the hands - of anpther boy, and
which- was thought to be unloaded.
Tus total vote on the question of lay del
egation in the Methodist Church, so far as
the returns are in, foots up : For, 40,385;
against, 13,024—a majority in favor of the
new measure of over three to one.
A lately appeared in an Indiana
town weal ing a vest made out of the skins
cf ten: rattlesnakes, part of a nest of one
hundred and six snakes killed in one day by
a Kentucky farmer.
A ipIARP shock of earthquake was felt
at St. Louis, between one and two o'clock
on Thursday morning. No damage is re
ported.
,The shock was felt fora circuit of
'3O miles, and at Cairo, 111., several.
IT 10 said that the territory covering the
marbli quarries of Rutland, Vt., was sold
withirt tne memory of men now living for
one oid mare and colt. The property is
now valued at millions.
Tmins are 3,500 newspapers published
in this country, of which five-sevenths are
issued in the Northern States. New York
has the largest, and Florida the smallest
number.
Timionsimic despatches from all parts of
the country report a general and enthusias
tic observance of Independence day except
in the South, where the celebration of the
occasion was almost entirely left to the
colored people.
A M IWAtICEE servant girl went to a gip
sey to have her fortune told, and it was done
with such truth that she actually discarded
an honest lover to run off with a young
man with black hair, who plundered her of
her earnings, and deserted her the next day.
A FEW days ago a fisherman residing on
the Ogeechee canal, some ten or twelve
miles from Savannah, Ga., sold his wife to
another fisherman for GO bunches of fish,
valued at 50 cents per bunch. The wife
was perfectly satisfied with the sale, and is
now living with her purchaser.
Is Lebanon, et.,_ in a thunder storm a
few days ago, a son of Mr. George Thomas
was driving a team of six yoke of oxen, and
was thrown to the ground by a stroke of the
fluid, every one of the "near" oxen being
also prostrated, while the six "off" oxen
were left standing uninjured. All the oxen
thrown down remained insensible until they
were unyoked.
A NlArr named James Omerrord, an em
ployee at the Hamilton Print Works, Low
ell, Mass., was bitten through the nose a
few evenings since by a rata He bled pro
fusely for nearly - two hours. His lip was
much swollen and his nose inflamed. Two
or three evenings previous his child, six
I months old, Was also bitten in the arm, in
flicting a dangerous wound. Both father
and child are recovering.
THE Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, late
Vice President of the Rebel Confederacy,
has written a letter giving his views upon
the legal status of the expelled negro mem
bers of the Georgia Legislature. Mr.
Stephens agrees with the decision of the
Supreme Court of Georgia that negroes are
eligible to office under the present Consti
tution and laws of that State ; and that the
Legislature committed an error in expelling
the negroe members.
Jure. DATIS.—Mr. Davis' health is ex
tremely delicate, and fears are entertained
that he will not recover sufficiently to return
to this country. He is in Paris, and a des
patch from that place to Mr. Howell, at
Montreal, Canada, on the 12th instant,
stated that his situation was extremely pre
carious.- Mr. Davis intends, should he
recover sufficiently to do so, to visit Canada
this summer, and to spend next winter in
Mississippi.
TROUBLE IN THE UNITED BRZTIIIIEN
Ctivrtcn.-The General Cfmferenceof the Uni-
ted Brethern Church in Indiana, at a recent
meeting, adopted a law compelling members
belonging to any secret society, including
temperanc organizations or the Grand Ar
my of the Republic, to either withdraw
from It or the church. The White River
Conference of the United Brethren met at
Indianapolis last week and passed resolu
tions strongly condemning the action of the
General; Conference in this respect, and
especially censuring them for the refusal to
submit the question to the different churches,
pledgingto each other that they would re
sist the law and stand together, and if neces
sary organize a new church. They ap
pointed a Conference to be held at Indian
apolis in September, next to which all
liberal United Brethren, whether ministers
or laymen, are invited to come as delegates.
A LIT= GIRL AWACS:RD BY A Bass.
—An exciting and dangerous encounter
with a snake took place in Canterbury, N.
)1,, a few days ago. Nellie Dodge, aged
abort six years, a daughter of Mr. James
Dodge, a substantial farmer in Canterbury,
• accompltnied by another little girl about the
same age', as herself, went out into a field
i near Mr. Dodge's house in the afternoon to
• gather strawberries. They had wandered
but a short distance when Nellie accidental
ly trod upon something in the deep grass,
and instantly a large black snake sprung °up
at her, and immediately commenced to
wind itself around her legs. Enraged at
having been trodden upon, the snake lifted
its head and showed its anger by its pro
truding tongue and flashing eyes. The
child thus in danger was nearly overcome
with fright ; but tor companion, with a
presence of mind seldom- exhibited by one
of her age, quickly found two sticks, and
giving one to Nellie they both commenced
an attack upon the reptile. Again enraged,
the snake endeavored to wind himself closer
and higher upon the body of the child, and
succeeded. in biting her three times severely
before he was driven away. The child was
assisted hOme by her companion, and is nri
der the care of a physician. One of her
limbs is badly swollen and inflamed, but
She Will probably recover.
Prom the description given by the chil
dren of the snake, there Is no donbr but
Shat it was of the variety of the black snake
popularlrknown as the "Racer." This
kind grows to the length of seven and some
times eight feet, has a white ring around
its neck, and when tuning carries its head
erect from six to eight inches above the
ground. The children spoke particularly
about the "white string tied around Its
ieck," meaning its ring. They spoke of it
tai being what to" them seemed a fahuloult
tine, and said that when It ran off It kept
its head oil in the air and looked beck at
Otess. The bite of the snake is not mom
tee, tot tepjurions.—BOtriort Journal.
LUMBER.-The attention of Cameo tars
end Handers is invited to the extensive
assortment of Lumber of all kinds to be
!Mind at the Lumber Yard of Col. C. H.
Ituebler s on Carlisle streekopposite the Pau.
sengerDepot. River end Mountain Pine,
Hernia*: Laths, Siding, Juice, Scantling.
Mingles, Pickets, Flooring, Pasts, ,to.
ec., ft:mit/bed in any quantity mind at 10w
set rate*,
THE FIVE WONDERS OF GETTYS
BURG FOR ALL TO VlSg—The Ka
talysine Springs—Orphans National Home
—National Cemetery—Pennsylvania Col
lege—and E. H. M.11.01143111'8 Cream Sods and
Ice Cream Establishment, on Chambers•
burg St., adjoining Keystone Hotel.
P. 8, Our Cream Soda is delicious. tf
ARE HOOP SKIRTS FASHIONA
BLE 7—They certainly are. And the La
dies know that to be well dressed, Hoop-
Skirts are necessary. The best stock to
select from is at IMphorn's store, N. W.
Corner Square. tf
G fpecial Xotirto.
FRUIT JAILS
W. would call special attention to the very low
prices at which we are offering Yruit Jar• both
gala mid Retail— haring a good stock deislnible
kinds on band. We have ale. on bowl a full stork of
best finger Cured flame, choiCe Dried Reef, Sugars,
Coffees, Syrups, Spice. cud Grocene• ern erally to,
tether with Queerniware and 01.,iw0 re. Cedar end
Willow Ware. Flub. Sail. io; all or • loci, We sell at
lowe,t poseible price, anti warrant ro Ore the {idlest
satisfaction.
We would recouoneud Let patent Fruit Jar
as being, acrordloir to our Judgment, the Lest a nd
cheapest In tLe marline.
IMEM
BRANDHETH'S PILLS.
They remove all bad accumulation. from the bow*,
and purify and invigorate the system. All whose
health is not perfect owe it to themselves to take •
few dosesof Drandreth's Pills, because the seeds of
decay are constantly eradicated by their nee, and the
principle of life confirmed, thus giving a vigor of
body and Wed toe period when we hare been used
to {Peat'. Uttering step and the enfeebled Intellect.
General Psez, the diatingulshed liberator of Vene
zuela, says he has need them Re his only medicine for
thirty yearaerith the most satisfactory reeulta
For l'oativeures, Dyxpepvia , and as Family Hid
clue they are unrivalled.
Daniel I. Tenney, Esq., Actor House, New York
coral by Draodreth's Pills of Dyspepsia and Costive
nests, when all other means used had railed.
A gentleman, whose father died of consumption at
36 yearn, was also attacked, when about 21, by the
diaersae. Qe had cough, night meat', acid general
debility. Doctors recommended cod liner oil, bin he
wasted away. At last he determined to use Brsnd•
reth's Pill'. In two months they made him a sound
man. [July •2-lm
GRANT AND PROSPERITY
BUSIIINIII revive* under th• new regime• Other than
general causes hate, however, given a tremendous
impetus to the sale of
CRISTADOROR EXCELSIOR UAIR DIE
The chamhtt■ have come oat In two leading sclenti
tic Journals against the lead and sulphur poisons for
the head (tor that is their proper designation), with
which the country is Wasted, while Dr. Chilton, the
first analytical chemist in America, announces to the
world that
CRISTADOB.O'S DYE IS UTTERLY POISONLESS,
and that be Invmm it to b zo, bow ) " he b. s ana l yze d
ft. CRISTADORO'S LIAM PRESERVATIVE, as a
Droning, act• like • charm on th• Mir after Dyeing.
Try It. (July 2.—lm
IMPORTANT NOTICE
FARMEHB, FAMILIES, AND OTHERS CAN PCB
.12 cluse no Remedy equal to Dr. Tobin' Venetian
Liniment for the cure of Cholera, Diarrhirs, Dysen
tery, Croup, Colic, and Sea fillekr SAS, taken internal
ly--(it is perfectly harmless: see oath accompanying
each bottle) and externally for Chronic Rhelanaintim,
Headache, Tooth-ache, Sore Throat, Cute, Burn.,
Swelling., Bruise., Mosquito Bites, Old Sores, Pains
in Limbo, Back, and Cheat. The Venetian Liniment
we. introduced in 1647, and no one who has need it
but continue. to do so, many stating, if it was Tea
Dollar, a Bottle they would not be without it. Thous
ands of Certificates can be seen at th• Depot, speak
ing of its wonderful curative properties. Price, Fifty
Cents and One Dollar. field by the Druggists and
Store-keepers throughout the United States. Depot,
10 Park Place, New York. • [July 2.—lm
A GREAT POLITICAL REVOLUTION
was accomplished by the election of Grant, and a re
volution of Immense social importance has been eR
fatted by the general substitution cf that pure and
harmless preparation,
CRISTADORD'S EXCELSIOR HAIR DYE,
for the deadly compound of lead and brimstone, of
which, according to the "Journal of Chemistry" and
the "Medical Gazette," more than thirty varieties
have been foisted upon the public Cristadoro's Dye
to the only one that
HAS BEEN ANALYZED
and Profesaar Chilton. over his own slipmture, de—
clares that It la perfectly whalasoma
CRISTA.DORO'S HAIR PRESERVATIVE, as a
Dressing, acts Lae a charm on the Hair after Dyeing.
Try it.
Sold by all Druggists.
"A WORD TO HORSTIMRN "
DTOBIAW CELEBRATED VENETIAN HORSE
J LINIMENT has been tested bythe first Horsemen
in this country, and proved to be superior to any
other. The late Hiram Woodruff, of "trotting fame,"
was never without a bottle in his stable. IS fa also
need by Col. Bush, of the Jerome Park Course, at
Fordham, N. Y., who has over twenty running horses
UP der his care, among which rank some of the Boast
stock in America. It is warranted to cure Lameness,
Sprains, Scratches, Bruises, Galls, Cuts, Wind Galls,
Colic, Sore Throat, Nail in the root, and Over Heat
ing, when used according to the direction'.
All who own or employ Horses are assured - that this
Liniment will do all, if not more4jn curing the above
named complaints. No horse need die of Colic, if,
when Bret taken, the Liniment is used according to
the directions. Alwisys have a bottle in your stab's-
Price, In Pint bottles, One Dollar. The genuine Is
signed S. I. Tobias on the outside wrapper. Por sale
by th• Druggists Saddlers, and Storekeepers through
out the United States. Depot, 10 - Park Place, New
York. (June 11-1 m
IMPORTANT FACT.
We see that persons of strong constitutions, and
young, suffer for day, with pains of the limbs, loss of
appetite and fever, who suddenly get well after •
°bone followed by 'limy, bikus stools. The relie.
produced by thole) evacuations werethe original guide
to the idea and practice of purgation, and which, when
enforced by ilrandreth•s Pills, always benefits usual.
ly cures, and often prey ents dims*, especially Scarlet
Fever and diseases of similar character. -
I. L. Cook, publisher of the "State Banner," Ben
nington, Vt., says Brauttretta's Pills cured him of
Dyypepeia, after being afflicted with it overfly e years
His friends and doctors considered his recovery im
possible; but eh bona of Brandrettea Pills restored
his health pesiecty.
A young lady of Mount Pleasant was sorely troubled
with Tape-worm. All advice and medicine tailed to
help her. Jibe had no rest. Thin, careworn and un
happy, she looked the picture of misery. Al last she
concluded to try Brandreth's Pills. In one year she
took seventy-two boxes.. They brought away, ac
cording to her computation, over two hundred yards
of tape-worm. At length all her bad symptom' loft
her ; she slept and ate naturally, and her health be..
come fully restored., Rune 11---1 m
A GREAT REMEDY
1011 011 01M1 OP
THROAT AND LYNG DIBEAB.IB.
Dr. Wiahart'a Pine Tree Tar Cordial
It is the vital principle of the Pine Tree, obtained
by a peculiar program in the distillation of the tar,
by which its highset medical properties-are retained.
It is the only safeguard and reliable remedyhich
has ever been prepared from the Juice of the Pisa
Tree.
It invigorates the digestive organs and restores the
appetite.
It strengthens the debilitated system.
It purities and enriches the blood, and expels from
the system the corruption which scrofula breeds on
the lungs.
It dissolves the mucus or phlegm which stops the
sir-pa es of the lungs.
Its healing principle acts upon the Irritated surface
of the lungs and throat, penetrating to each diseased
part, relieving pain and subduing iadammatlon.
It is the result of years of study and experiment,
and It b offered to the afflicted, with the positive se
snranceof its power to curs the hallowing diseases, if
the patient has not too long delayed a resort to the
means of cure:—
Consumption of the Loup, Cough, Sore Throat and
Breast, Bronohitle, Lisa Complaint, Blind and Bleed•
lug Mee., Asthma, Whooping Cough, Diptberte,
We all often asked why are not other remedies in
the market for Consumption, Coughs, Colds, and
other Pulmonary affections equal to Dr. L. Q. gip
hart's Pine Tree Tar ClardiaL We answer—
. .
let. It cares, not by stopping cough, but by loosen
ing sad imistling =taro to throw off the unhealthy
matter collected about the throat and bronchial tube',
causing Irritation and cough.
and. Mat Throat and Lest Remedies are composed
of anodynes which allay thorough be awhile, but
by their conihringing 401:11bret boooollharden
ed, and the unhealthy osaguiutesed are retain
ed in the system, causing beyond the sontrOl
of oar most eminant physicians.
ard. The Pine Tree Tar Cordial, with its assistants,
are preferable, became they remove the nose of
irritation of the sermons nemelbranc and bronchial
tubes, sestet the tune to sat and throw off the un
healthy secretions, and purify the blood, thus scion
tifically making the csseparfect.
Dr. 1 Mart has mills at his °Moo tissirehi and
thousands of Certificates. from Men and Women of
unquastlonsble ab u S who were once hopelmaly
given up to die, bat gh th e. Providence of (ion
were oompletely r to health by Monis TN.
Tar Cordial. A Phydotan In attendance who can be
oonseled to pesos or by mall, frse of chimp Price
of rise Tree Tar ifforftel $1.60 per bottle, f a. dom
gentsy !spree os reteipt of per, Add_ ,rees "L. Q.
O.
suet, M. D. MO North tel dzort muidsiphia,
Pw" • [AprlllB, 1809.--8 m
TIMM 0/ YOUTH.
A. pintrho attend lir isms from Ilerlollll
DaQty rii
Dray, std all tb: t sirecti at
C li =tir ld , Ned flu lo .0 wito seed e l hoo r=
II
ollmtiess Ix Riskin tia duple ma Al,wbfeh le
Ina cued Miaow. wilthilio 7dm WM'
anti everiraos s ami (him iiilltis. to psdpst
otiklikpm. . WINA oem,
• No. 41 Om* Nor Me i
Of 14, 1100.-47
=M
3IA.RBHALL'S ELIXIR.
•
Beadaehe — Dyapepaia—Coativ en ea*.
yryou suffer with. Headache try MARSHALL'
ELIXIR, and be mistimed that although other
reftiediaa havefalled to cure you, thin will give
instant and permanent relief! ,
If by over -excitement and fatigue your naives have
become so weakened that Headache ad:perishes y
something more dangerous may happen, such et
PALSY, DIMRISS OP SIGHT,
and other alarming nervoulaffections,thsti Marshall'.
Elixir, by giving tone and strength to your aroma,
restore, you to perfect health.
Whenever tod which eboeld be digested remains in
the stomach, Causing Wooed n neasioeu for the wane
of that principle which would render it easy ofdigw
time, than b y using Marshall's RIM IT you will supply
this deficiency and prevent Ito recurrence. cud so be
radically cured of Dyspepsia.
The stomach being thus cleansed (roman unhealthy
to • healthy condition, costiveness and the other at
tendant disorders of the bowels are of necessity pre
vented.
Price of 51arelall's Elixir, El CO per bottle,
Per ode by ail Druggists. Depot, 1301 Market st.
M. MARSHALL k Co., Druggists, Proprietors.
Jan. 29.—1 y
TD KIDNEYS—THE KIDNEYB ABE TWO in
- number ' iltuated at the upper part of the
surrounded by fat, and consisting of three parts, via:
the Anterior, the Interior, and the Exterior.
The anterior absorbs. Interior consists of thanes
or vein., which .errs am a deposit for the urine and
convey it to the exterior. The exterior is • conduct
or also, terminating In a single tube, and called the
Ureter. The ureter. are connected with the bladder.
The bladder is composed of various covevings or thi
nner, divided into parts, viz: the Upper, the Lower,
the Nervone, and the Mucous. The upper expels, the
lower retains. 31any havers desire to admits with
nut the ability ; others urinate without the ability to
' ret.tin. Thin frequently occurs In children.
To cure these affections, we must bring Into action
the monde., which are engaged In their various
fun` ions If they are neglected, Gravel or Dropsy
AT ATAI,I,
The reader must ale, be made aware, that however
alight may b. attack, it it sure to affect the bodily
• health and mental power., as our !lath and blood are
supported from these ISOUrce,
dour, OA RIIIMMATIBII.—PaIn occurring in the loin.
in Indicative of the above diseases. Thy occur In
p,rsons di-posed to acid stomach and chalky Caller,.
t 101.111..
TIIL CillATEL—The gravel ensues. frog, neglect or
improper treatment of the kidney. MAIO organs
being weak, the water Is not ex Pelted from theliLsd.
der, hat allowed to remain: It beennmee feverish, and
sediment forma It le from this deposit that the
atone it formed, and gravel ensue...
DRuPST le • 1. 0 11•Cti00 of water in some parts of the
body, and hears different .names, according to the
parts affected, viz: when generally didused over the
body, it in called Anasarca when,of the abdomen, .
Ancite.: when of the chest, Ifydrothorax •
Taxargrar.-1101mbold's highly concentrated com
pound Extract Bodin is dechiely one of the but re
medics for dietaries of the bladder, kidney', gravel,
dropsical swellings, rheumatism, and gouty .fret.
Lions. Under this head we have arranged Dynode,
or dilDealty and pain in passing water, scanty secre
tion, or small and (ferment discharges of water;
Stranguary, or stopping of water; Iletustnria, or
bloody urine; Gout and Rheumatism of the kidneys,
without any chi. ego in quantity, but Increase of col
or, or dark water. It Woe always highly recommend
ed by the late Dr. Physick, in these affections.
This medicine Increases the power of digesri oe , an ,t
excites the absorbents Into healthy exercise, by which *
the watery, or calcareone, deposit'ous, and all un
natural enlargements, as well NA lain and inflatu
moth., are rrnduced, and it in taken hymen, women,
and children. Directions fur use and diet accom
pany.
WM. IILAIR k SON
"South Kild"Carli,le,
PHILADZLPULA, PA, Feb. 25,1867.
H. T. IisLXBOLD, Drugsist:
DLit Sin—l havebeen a sufferer, f... upward
twenty years, with gravel, bladder, and kidney affec
tions, during which time I have used various medic-
Ina! preparations, and been under the treatment
of
the must eminent•physicians, experiencing but little
relief.
Having seen your preparations extensively adver
tised, I consulted with my family physician in regard
to using your Extract Rocha.
I did this because I had used all kinds cf advertised
remedies, and had found them worthless, and some
quite injurious; la fact, I despaired of ever getting
well, and determined to use no remedies hereafter uti•
lens I knee , of the ingredient.. It wee this that
prompted me to use your remedy. As you ad, cruised
that it was composed of Guam. coheir, and juniper
berries, it occurred to me sad my physician as an ex
cellent combination, and, with life adv ice, after aura.
arninstlon of the article, and consulting again with
the druggist, I concluded to try it. I commenced Its
use shout eight months ago, at which time I area con
fined to my ,000nn. Prom the first bottle I was aston•
'shed and grutiiled at the beneficial effect, and after
rising it three weeks, was able to walk out. I felt
mo d, lik e writing you a full statement of my case at
that time, but thought my improvement migit only
be temporary, and therefore concluded to defer and
see if it would effect a perfect cure, knowing then it
would be of greater value to you, and more satisfac
tory tome.
I am now able to report that a cure la effected after
mans the remedy fer flee mouth..
I have not used any new , for three months, and feel
as well in all respect. as I ever did.
Your Ductal tieing devoid of any unpleasant taste
and odor, a nice tonic and invigorator of the system,
I do not mean to be without it whenever occasion may
require its use in such affections.
M. cCORMICK.
Should any doubt Mr. McCormick's3l statement, he
refers to the folk:wing gentlemen:
Hon Wm Bigler, Es-Governor, Pennsylvania.
Hon Thus B Florence. Philadelphia.
Hon J C ECnox,Judge, Philadelphia.
Hon J 8 Black, Judge, Philadelphia.
Hon D B.Terter, ex-Governor, Penneylvenia,
Hon Ellis Lewis. Judge, Philadelphia.
lion B C Grier, Judge, United States Court.
Q, n G W Woodward, Judge, Philadelphia.
lion W "A Porter, City Solicitor, Philadelphia.
Hon John Bigler, ex. Governor. California. •
Hon B Smoke, Auditor-General, Washington, D. C.
And many others, if neevegary• •
Sold by Druggists and Dealers every where. Beware
of counterfeits. Ask for Helmbold's. Ttke tw other.
Paws-41.26 per bottle, or 6 bottles for $6.50. De
livered to any address. Describe symptoms In all
cognmonications.
Address H. T. HELMBOLD, Drng and Chemical
Warehouse, 594 Broadway, New York.
I\TONB ARE GENUINE UNLESS DONE UP IN
1.11 steel-engraved wrapper, with fac-sinitle of my
Chemical Warehouse,and signed
June 4-2 m H. T. HELMBOLD.
SPECIAL NOTICE. ''
SCHENCK'S PIILMONIC STEUP,
Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills, will cure Con
sumption, Liver Complaint, and Dyspepsia, if taken
according to directions. They are all three to be ta
ken at the same time. They cleanse the stomach, re
lax the live:, and pat it to work; then the appetite
become, good; the foal digests and makes good blood;
the patient begins to grow In flesh ; the diseased mat
ter rims in the lungs, and the patient outgrows the
disease and gets well. This is the only way to cure
coneumptiou.
To these three mei sines Dr. J. H. Schenck, of
Philadelphia. owes his unrivalled sacceasld the treat
ment of pulmonary consumption. The Pulmonlc
Syrup ripen, the morbid matter in the lungs, nature
throws it off by an easy expectoration, kr when the
phlegm or matter is ripe, a slight cough will throw it
off, and the patient bas rest and the lungs begin to
heal.
[Jane 11-1 m
To do this. the Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills
moat be trimly used to cleanse the Mamma and liver,
so that the Polmonic Syrup and the bud will make
good blood.
Schenck's Mandrake Pills act upon the liver, re
moving all obstructions, relax the ducts of the gall
bladder, the bile starts freely, and the liver is soon
relieved; the stools will show what the Pills mu do
nothing has ever beau invented except calomel (a
deadly poison which Id very dangerous to use unless
with great care), that will unlock the ga/l.bladder
and start the secretions of the liver like Schenck's
Mandrake Pills.
Liver Complaint is one of the meet prominent
causes of Consumption.
Schenck's Seaweed Tonic Is a gentle stimulant and
alterative, and the alkali in the Seaweed, which this
preparation Li made of, assists the stomach to throw
out the gastric juice to dissolve the bud with the
Pulmonic Syrup, and it is made into good blood with.
out fermentation or souring in the stomach.
The great reason why physicians do not cure con
sumption is, they try to do too much; they give me
dicine to stop the cough, to stop chlile, to stop night
sweats, hectic fever, and by so doing they derange the
whole digestive powers, locking up the secretions,
and eventually the patient einkaand dies.
Dr. Schenck, In his treatment, does not try to stop
a cough, night sweats, chills, or fever. Remove the
cause, and they will all stop of their own accord.—
No one can be cured of Consumption, Liver Com
plaint, Dyspepsia, Catarrh, Cankvr, Ulcerated Throat,
inlets the liver and stomach are made healthy.
If a person has consumption, of course th e longs In
tome way are diseased, either tubercles, &becomes,
bronctdafirritatiov, pleura adheslen, or the lunge are
• mem of Inflammation and last decaying. In such
oases what must be done. It la not only the lungs
that are wasting, but It is the whole body. The
stomach and liter have lost their power to teaks blood
out of food. Now the only chance is to take Schenck's
three medicines, which will bring up • Sons to the
stomach, the patient will begin to want foal, II will
digest easily and make good blood; then the patient
begins to gain In flesh. and as soon as the body hyena
to grow, the lanes commence to heal up, and the pa
tient get. fleshy and well. This le the only way to
cure Consumption.
When there is no Dreg disease, and only Liver Com.
plaint and Dyspepsia, Schenck's Seaweed Tonic and
Mandrake Pills are sufficient without the Pulmmeic
Syrup. Take the Mandrake Pills freely in all bilieue
complaints, as they are perfectly harmless.
Dr. Schenck, who has enjoyed uninterrupted health
for many years past, and now weighs 2315 potutils,Wat
wasted away to a mere skeleton, in the very hut stage
of Pulmonary Consumption, his physicians having
pronounced his case hopeless and abandoned him to
his fate. B. was cured by the aforesaid medicines,
and sines his recovery many &bourn& similarly af
flicted have used Dr. Schenck', preparations with the
name remarkable success. Pall directions accompany.-
Mg each, make It not absolutely ascenary to person
ally see Dr. Schenck, mama the patients vial their
lunge examlud, and for this purpose he is profbeition.
ally at his Principal Wilco, Philadelphia, *ventilator
day. where all lettere fur advice mast be, addressed...-
He Is also prolbssionally at No. SD Hood street, New
York, every other Wednesday. He gives effete, free,
.but kir • thorough examination with Ms lissahn
meter the price is $5. Office hours at melt city Prom
9 A.M. to 8 P.M.
Price of the Pulacinic Syrup and Seaweed Tonle
each $1.50 per bottle, or $7.50 a italedoseu. Mandrake.
Pills= cents a box. /or sale by all drsmista.
DB. 7. IL SCHANCK,
15 N. oth Ps.
April 23,18439.-ly
The Advertiser, having been restored to health in a
few weeks, by a very simple remedy, alter having suf.
fared several years with a severe lung erection, and
that dread abacus, Consumption—is moutons to make
known to his fellow-entferers the means of cure.
To ell who &Hire it, he 'will send • copy of the pre
scription used (free of charge), with the directions for
preparing and Raba the same, which they will And a
sure Cure br Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, etc.
The object of the advertiser In sending the- Preecrif,
tire, is to benefit the afflicted, and *plead informatiota
which he ountridves to be invaluable; load ha hops. ev
ery sufferer will try his remedy, as ti will mat them.
nothing, and may prove a blessing- , ,
Pert jatawiehing the preemiptton, w 11l plallae eddies..
888. EDWARD A. WILSON,
Willieumbarg, Kings county, New York_
May 14, 111119.•.—Iy
A Olergymea, while residlag in Booth Aroeseee u s
missionary, discovered • sate and eimple remedy for
the Core of Nemo, Week*" art? Bdcayr,Dfaeaaas
of the Tirlosel, s dßbmlpet . Organs, and the whole
train of disorders brought on by baneful sod - vicious
habits. Greet numbers bin back owed by this noble
remedy'. Prompted by a desire to benefit the afflicted
aid unfortunate, I willessodthe recipe for preparing
.4 1 4 Obit:this VW*. to a *Wed =estop* to call
one who needs I „trete/ charge. Address
JORIPEI T. INMAN,
}Station D , Bible House, New Ott;.
Sept .lt: 1y
WERE RAILING, WIRE GUARDS,
'tor Stare lftenta,' Asylums, Ao.; Iron rksetteadts
Wits Webbing for Sheep and Poultry Yard/; Brame and
Iron Wire Cloth, Sieves, Fenders Boredom for Coal,
Ores, Band, As., Newry Crimlti Cloti for Spark
Arresters; Landscape Wires fbr Indus', At.; past.
ntakeralf ires,Ornam en tal Wire Workollo. leery in.
formation by addressing the manufacturers.
WALE,III6 k 'IONS, Wo.ll Nprth Bluth at, Plilla.
dolphin. E7eci15,1859.47
air DEATNEM, BLINDKIIBII AND CATANan
treated with the utmost encases, b+J. Immo, N.D.,
and Prohwen of Dite4ll: of Vie e mid E ft . • ya s
maidgey) ill at MICHOCIi 0111 W • Peourpheraie. 12
war e azp,r(owe, (formerly ofd's, genial%) No.
boil Arch street, Ml*. Torehmedalo , ma be seen at
his 0400. The lisdical Moult: lesimMted to aom
ifa
their kstieliti. an 1hn1104.10111 is Ws prom-
Amami eye. homed( Inler of
NO
charge tbr suataatiou. Chia. W-13
firer ial gating.
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