Etc 61obe.
HUNTINGDON, PA
W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor
Hugh Lindsay, Associate Editor.
Wednesday morning, him 27, 1866.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Maj. Gen. John W. Geary,
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
RESTORATION.
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
The Constitutional Amendment.
He Disapproves the Course of
Congress.
WASHINGTON, Juno 21.—The Presi•
dent to-day sent the following message
to the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives
I submit to Congress a report of the
Secretary of State, to whom was re
ferred the concurrent resolution of the
18th inst., respecting a submission to
the Legislatures of the States of an ad
ditional article to the Constitution of
the United States. It will be seen from
this report that the Secretary of State
had, on the 16th inst., transmitted to
the Governors of the several States
certified copies of the joint resolution
passed on the 13th proposing an
amendment to the Constitution. Even
in ordinary times a question of amend
ing the Constitution must be justly re
garded as of paramount importance.
This importance is at the present time
enhanced by the fact that joint resolu
tion was not submitted by the two
Houses for the approval of the Presi
dent, and that of the thirty six States
which constitute the Union, eleven
are excluded from representation in
either House of Congress, although
with the single exception of Texas
they have been entirely restored to all
their functions as States in conformity
with the organized law of the land,
and have appeared at the National
Capitol by Senators and Representa
tives, who have applied for, and been
refused, admission to the vacant seats;
nor have the sovereign people of the na
tion been afforded an opportunity of
expressing their views upon the impor
tant questions which the amendment
involves. Grave doubts, therefore,may
naturally and justly arise, as to wheth
er the action of Congress is in harmony
with the sentiment of the people, and
whether State Legislatures elected
without referrenco to such an issue,
should be called upon by Congress to
decide respecting the ratification of the
proposed amend inent.
Waiving the question as to the con
stitutional validity of the proceedings
of Congress upon the joint resolution
proposing the amendment, or as to the
merits of the article which it submits
through the Executive Department to
the Legislatures of the States, I deem
it proper to observe, that the steps ta
ken by
i the Secretary of State as de
tailed n the accompanying report, aro
to be considered purely ministerial,and
in no sense whatever committing the
Executive to an approval or recom
mendation of the amendment to the
State Legislatures or to the people.
On the contrary, a proper apprecia
tion of the letter and spirit of the Con
stitution, as well as of the interest of
national order, harmony and union,
and a deference for an enlightened
public judgment, may at this time well
suggest a doubt whether any amend
ment to the Constitution ought to be
proposed by Congress and pressed on
the Legislatures of the several States
for final decision until after the admis
sion of such Senators and ReFresenta
fives of the unrepresented States as
have been or as may hereafter bo cho
sen in conformity with the Constitu
tion and laws of the United States.
(Signed) ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON, Juno 22.—Appended
to the above message is a communica
tion from the Secretary of State, ad
dressed to the President, in which ho
reports that on the 16th inst, the Hon.
Amassa Cobb, of the committee of the
House of Representatives on enrolled
bills brought to this Department and
deposited therein an enrolled resold
tion of the two houses of Congress,
which was therefore received by the
Secretary of State and deposited
among the rolls of the Department, a
copy of which is hereunto annexed
Thereupon, the Secretary of State, on
the 16th inst-, in conformity with the
proceeding which was adopted by him
in 1865, in regard to the then proposed,
and afterwar adopted, Congressional
amendment of the Constitution of tho
United States concerning the prohibi
tion of slavery, transmitted certified
copies of the annexed resolution to the
governors of the States, together with
a certificate and circular letter. A
copy of both of these communications
is hereunto annexed.
(Signed) WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, June 16, 1866. J t
To His Excellency, the Governor of the
of the of
SIR: I have the honor to transmit
an attested copy of a resolution of
Congress, proposing to the Legisla
tures of the several States, a fourteenth
article to the Constitution of the Uni
ted States. Tho decisions of the sev
eral Legislatures upon the subject are
required by law to be communicated
to ihis Deparsment. An acknowledg
ment of the receipt of this communi
cation is requested byyour Excellency's
obedient Servant,
,(Signed) Wm. IL SEWARD.
:The accompanying papers aro the
certificates of a true copy of the con
current resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution, and the See
rotary's note to circular addressed to
the Governors of the respective States.
"Soldiers of Huntingdon county who
are your friends."--Ayr. & Amer.
Soldiers we advise you to keep a
sharp oyo on the Journal di ; American.
The editors intend to deceivo or they
would riot profess so warm a friendship
for you.
Ddr The peddlers of the Cambria
iron Works, of Johnstown, are on a
strike, their demand for an increase of
one dollar, per ton having been refused
by the proprietors.
The Ten Per Cent. Tax.
Imlay & Bieknell's Bank Note Re
porter dated Juno 15, says : There are
so many incoherent statements made
about the tax that will be imposed on
the issues of banks organized Under
State laws, paid out by banks on and
after the Ist of July, 1866, that it is
important for every lnainess man to
understand the law. Tho Abt of Con
gress, of March 3d, 1865, reads thus :
Sec. G. And bo it further enacted, That
every National Banking Association, shall
pay a tax of ten per cont, on the amount of
notes of any State Bank or State Banking As
sociation paid out by them, after the first day
of July, 1866.
The circulation of the notes of State
banks among individuals, is in no way
interfered with by this law. Holders
of these notes need bo under no appre
hension of any loss by the ton per cent.
tax imposed, as Banks alone are sub
ject to that penalty for paying them
out after - the tithe specified in the law,
for as some of our cotemporaries re
mark, there will really be no tax at
all on State bank circulation, beCause
no one but banks are taxed for paying
them out, and they will not be under
the penalty. 'Private bankers will
spring up throughout the country, and
will buy up from brokers the bills - of
the State banks, and use them as cir
culation for the people, while the State
banks will close up, to some extent,
after providing for the redemption of
their notes when returned to their re
deeming agent. We think that the ef
fect of this will ho that less deposits
will be made with banks, and more
with private bankers and banking of
ficers, who are left free to receive and
pay out State bank notes. Shrewd
bankers see this, and already some
changes have been made; or rather,
banks closed (both National and state,)
and private banking offices opened in
their places;mnd doubtless many more
changes will occur of the same kind,
as very good reasons will exist for the
changes, wildch are, that by closing the
banks they avoid heavy taxes which
the States are attempting to impose on
both National and State ; as private
bankers, they are not liable to a tax
on the currency they pay out, but are
left free to raeive and pay out State
bank notes ; and now that the bank
ing business is less profitable than fo•
the past few years, these considerations
have weight.
The Votes of Deserters.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvar. ia,
in session at Wilkesbarreo, en Thurs
day rendered a decision in the Frank
lin county deserter case, delaring that
election judges bad no right to refuse
to accept the vote of any man, because
the word deserter was \Vritten oppo
site his name. The Court heldl that
before a man's vote could be rejected
on account of desertion, ho must have
been tried and convicted. Although
the constitutionality of the last session
of the Legislature, disfranchising de
serters, was not directly in question
,pefore the Court, it is held that the
principle of the law of last winter is
involved in the question upon which
this decision was rendered. Mild Jus
tice Woodward delivered the opinion
of the Court, Justices Strong and
Thompson concuring. Justices Agnew
and Read dissented, holding that the
competency of a man to vote was a
matter for the determination of the
judges of election.
.U. S. SENATOR.—John yr. Forney
has taken the stump in favor of him
self for United States Senator, to be
elected by the Legislature next win
ter, to succeed Mr. Cowan whose term
expires on the 4th of March next. If
we must choose between Mr. Forney
and Mr. Cowan, our choice will be
Mr. Cowan. We could no more sup
port Mr. Forney than we could Robert
McDivitt, both low - slanderers of a
loyal President and his friends. Mr.
Forney may secure the support of the
radicals of the Stevens. faction, but if
the voice of the Union party is heard
ho will' be left far in the rear of any
reliable friend of the Administration
who maybe a candidate against him.
The Journal & American of last
week said the Circus Company makes
it a point to advertise in- none but
Copperhead Paper's. Quito compli
mentary to the Lewistown Gazette and
other radical papers.
Ile?' All the Republican papers in
Snyder county, the Middleburg Tri
bune, the Selinsgrove Post and the
Middleburg Volksfreund aro all out un
equivocally for the President, and
heartily supporting his reconstruction
policy.
tZli - We notice that an amendment
has been adopted to the now tax bill
now, before Congresb, that prohibits
the publishing of incomes, which aro
not to be furnished to editors or other
persons under any pretext whatever.
13Zi3' About the last week of May a
lad by the name of Augustus Taft, a
son of Dr. Taft, of this city, thirteen
years of ago, diseoverod at hitherto
unknown star, in the Constellation of
the crown. At first it was invisible to
the naked oyo, but rapidly grow brigh
ter, till it could be seen without the aid
of a glass. A day or two after young
Taft's discovery, Professor Gould, of
the Cambridgo Observatory, discover
ed the same star. It proves to be one
of the third magnitude.—llartford
Times, Tune 16.
Aef ^ There is a man in Cineinatt
tied on an income of $30,000, who
eleven years ago, exhibited a monlce3
in thp streeta fora living.
Our Next Congressman.
That the supremo Legislative power
of a country should exercise a vast
control in directing the course of events,
to happy or unfortunate results, will
be admitted. That the influence of
Congress should bo felt for good or
evil in all parts of the land and in all
the relations of social life, cannot be
gainsaid or denied. The farmer and
mechanic, however apparently inde
pendent, relying upon individual exer
tion for the means of support, may be
less directly affected by the action of
Congress than other classes; still the
influence of bad or good Legislation
reaches him with the same certainty
eventually that it does his more de
pendent neighbors.
With manufacturers and merchants
and other classes engaged in the active
commercial duties of life, the wisdom
or folly of legislation is felt to a more
direct and positive manner. It may
be considered a well settled political
truism that no country ever flourished
and prospered unless its laws wore
made by wiso and well informed men,
whose sole and entire purpose was di
rected to the furtherance of the public
good, and whose actions and thoughts
were controlled by no mercenary or
selfish considerations, but by sacrifices
and denials for the benefit.of those for
whom they were trustees.
Assuming these assertions to be self
evidently true, wo are led to inquire ;
what are the qualificatfons necessarily
required for a Congressman ?
1. TALENTS.—TO - 1111derStand the fun
damental principles upon which gov
ernments rest, and particularly a full
knowledge of the peculiar character of
our American institutions, is essenti
ally important. The first demands a
complete knowledge of other govern
ments—their history, workings, pur
poses, policies and designs; the causes
of power and decay; the various pro
visions, Cc., for the security of persons
and property; the religious, education
al and moral institutions; the science
of laws prescribed for the intercourse
between enlightened and civilized na
tions, and the duties and obligations to
and from all others. To those require
ments may be justly added, in our
country, a complete
.and thorough
knowledge of the national constitution,
the rights and duties it demands
from its citizens, the powers,
duties,
rights and privileges of State Govern
ments in our associated system with
each other—what arc reserved, what
granted, and in whom vested and to
whom given, or from whom withheld.
No man can be a competent Congress
man who does not possess at least these
requisites of high political education or
talent.
2. lioNEsTv.-11 it were not for the
peculiar "laxity" of principles that has
crept into our publiccouncils, the more
statement that honesty was requisite
to a faithful Representative, would be
admitted on all hands. The honesty
we demand is not a more refraining
from open and voluntary corruption,
but it is a cultivated and elevated tone
of fair, straight forward and upright
conduct, that has such force upon the
mind and heart as to direct the man
to proper action, whether in tho dark
or daylight of the world's knowledge.
This sentiment, properly understood,
would' not permit a man to be influenc
od in his conduct by any selfish me
tivo. No advantage in business; no
gratification of ambition; no grasping
after position; no surrender of just
opinions; no party allegiance will con
trol to error an honest man. No hon
est man who will use his place, confi
ded for another and different purpose,
to swell the fortunes of himself or
family, or place them in positions of
honor and trust at the expense of bet
ter or more deserving men.
3. FIDELITY.—In the selection of a
Congressman, an expressed and ha
plied agreement has been made bo
tweon tho representative and his con
stituents. To perform the duties of
the high trust with fidelity to the Con
stitution and to tho constituents is the
covonont on the ono side. To dis
charge this duty requires the whole
atteation and time of the Congress
man. '.Co devote any portion of or
use any of its influences in money ma
king, in contracts, directly or indirect
ly through partners or relatives,
through departments or other Sources,
to be affected in future by any vote or
Action as a member of Congress, is a
breach of the covenant on the part of
the Congressman for which no excuse
can be given. It is a want of fidelity
to the duties of his oflieo,that involves
much of danger.to the honesty and high
toned gentlemanly bearing of a true
representative man.
4. namilEss.—lt is as essential to
possess firmness, with knowledge and
honesty and fidelity. The represen
tative that has a knowledge of right
without the requisite firmness to do.
fend that right, is utterly worthless.
To know when, and where and how
far wo aro bound to follow the best
interests of the country, or 'our party
map be acquired by any cunning dem
agogue; but if the firmness necessary
to stand by the country, and meet and
resist the unjust demands of party is
wanting, eyucativa, honesty and fidel
ity aro worse - than crimes in the man
who has not firmness to do what he
knows to be lawful and right.
Wo have endeavored to designate in
concise terms, some of tho require
ments that ought to be possessed by a
proper representative in the National
Congress. To find.a man seeking by
intrigue—by personal appeal—by dis
tribution of official patronage— by
money, and its associated power, nom
ination for this high trust is the surest
evidence of his want of qualification
and fitness for the place. No in tellh
gent and right thinking community
can place confidence in a man who
seeks such stations of honor and trust
by such means: "They ought to seek
the man, not the man, the place.—
Pittsburg Republic.
ti 4).„, A boy fourteen. years old, nam•
ed Sheldon, and living in Chatauqua,
N. Y., while out hunting lately, beard
his dog bowling as though in great
distress, on going to see what was the
matter with him, fothui him in the
coils of a largo snake. The boy being
plucky and full of fidelity to his dog,
at once approached to rescue him when
the snake suddenly uncoiled from the
dog and made a dash at tho boy, but
tho latter fired hastily at the reptile
and fortunately broke its back, and
the dog sprang upon and soon finished
it. It was rather a large snake,being
thirteen feet long and about three inch
es in diameter.
Tho Freedmen's Bureau—Rotrenoh
meat in the Senate,
Betwon tho amount assigned to the
Freedmen's
.Bureau by the House
Committee, and the amount finally
appropriated by the &male, there is a
very wholesome difforedeo. As repor
ted by Mr. Stevens, the details stood
thus:
Assistant mid sub-Assist:int Commissioners, $17,500
Clerks' Salaries 82,800
Stationery and printing 03,000
Quartore and fuel,.. 10,000
Clothing for distribution 1,700.000
Commissary stores 4,100,250
Medical department 5130,000
Transportation 1,980,000
School superintendence 21,000
Sites and buildings for sehool•houses and any.
Imes 8,000,000
Telegraphing 18,000
EMla
An oxtravagsut sum, obviously, and
ono affording amplo margins for all
sorts of pleasant operations by the
persons concerned in the expenditure.
The single item of commissary stores
$1,106,250 would havo covered
pickings enough to satisfy an army of
officials, and was utterly out of pro
portionlo the service - actually render
ed, judging of the latter in the light of
information furnished by recent inves
tigations. And $3,000,000 for school
houses and asyluius —a sum that
might be requisite if the aim wore to
constitute the colored race perpetual
paupers, to be fed, clothed, schooled
and doctored forever at the expense of
the nation, but admitting of no de
fence on any other supposition- And
clothing and transportation—togethor
83,730,000; who doubts that on thiS
basis profitable contracts would havo
been plentiful as blackberries, and
clothing abundant for all the purposes
of agents who hire negroes on their.
own account, after the manner expos
ed by Gons. Stoedman and Fullerton
And $500,000 for doctoring ' in addi
tion to commissary stores; and $63,000
for stationery and printing, as though
thi;Burean were a Bureau of Educe
Lion instead of ono for temporary re
lief; and $lB,OOO for telegraphing, as
though ordinary mail-routes were un
equal to the wants of gentlemen en'
gaged in providing for indigent and
helpless npgrocs. The wholo appro
priation, as thus prepared, carried
waste and wrong upon its face.
Mr. -Stevens himself shrank from its
advocacy in its entirety. So many
members complained, especially With
reference to ,the monstrous item for
school houseS and asylums, that its
modification became inevetable; and
Mr. Stevens, after vainly trying• to
soothe the outraged sense of economy
by striking off a million, eventually
reduced the three millions to the com
paratively modest figure of half a mil
lion. Other items passed the house as
reported, the total being changed from
$11,581,550 to $9,084,450. A visible
reduction undoubtly, but ono that left
the year's chargiller • the Freedmen's
Bureau exessive, considering the na
ture of•so much of- its operations as
may :be pronounced legitimate, and
the abuses which have Ceen proved to
exist in its management:
Fortunately, the Senate has come
to the further relief of an exit:lusted
treasury. As amended by Mr. Sher
man and agreed to, the appropriation
stands as fbllows:
Canllaisakaaa'a and Assistant Conunksioncra... $147,500
Clerks' salariea 84.500
MIN
ntrp etorus
Transportation
School supelhitentl,nen..
Repairs to school-houses
Total C 6,517,050
Or a saving of more that five millions
compared with the amount originally
proposed by Mr. Stevens, and more
than two millions and a half compared
with the appropriation sanctioned by
the House. The excisions and the
changes by which this result has been
brought about, evince on the part of
the Senate a more correct appreciation
of the functions to be performed by the
Bureau, and a more decided determin
ation to make it a temporary instead
of a permanent institution. The huge
provision for doctoring has been ex
punged, the shameful allowance for
stationary and telegraphing is denied,
the item "repairs of school houses and
buildings," and the idea of asylums"
for a race of paupers finds on recogni
tion. Even now, however, the a.ppro•
priation is too heavy to be tolerated,
except with the understanding that it
is not to bo very frequently repeated.
All trustworthy testimony from the
South now points to the conclusion
that the usefulness of the Bureau is
practically ended. Necessary it has
been, and in some districts eminently
beneficial; but the general goodness of
its aim has been much too often spoil
ed by the misconddet or the inefficien
cy of its servants, and the circumstan
ces which for a time just fled it are rap
idly passing away. Our own corres
pondents have furnished impartial ev
idence upon this head. Mr. Truman,a
shrewd and indefatigable observer,and
possessed of a familiarity with the
South of which few can boast, has
dwelt upon the desirableness of with
drawing the machinery of the Bureau
at an early day ; and the Inspector&
lately appointed by the War Depart.
ment have expressed the same opinion
wherever their observation has exten
ded. An interval must elapse before
this result be reached, and in any card
the process of withdrawal should be
gradual, so that some appropriation is
indispensable, and peihaps the amount
agreed to by the Senate is as moderate
as it can he made for the current year.
At any rate, all evils are great or
small by comparison, and though we
may not be enamored of six millions
and a half for the Bureau's expenses
in twelve mouths, With no great ob
stacle to the regulation of negro labor,
lot us be thankful that Senator Sher
man has saved us from a much more
formidable load.
What now remains to be accom
' plished is the honest and judicious ex
penditure of the large amount provi
ded. To secure this may we not hope
that vigorovs measures will be taken,
as far as possible, to transfer the ad
ministration of the Bureau's affairs
from agents and sub-agents, who may
speculate with impunity, to army offi
cers whose integrity and disieterest
edness none will question ? The re
form is needed, not only to arrest ex
travagant expenditures but to foster
friendly feeling throughout the South
ern States, by divesting the Bureau of
the last aspect of partizanship.—New
York Times.
t;. In Sicily it is the custom to
. crush strawberries with whito powder
ed sugar, and sgeeze tho juice of an or
ange or two over them. This makes a
compound which is very. much nicer
than ambrosial nectar.
NEWS SUMMARY,
ZEi3- The. Methodists of Johnstown
intend building a now church, to cost
$20,000.
WS. A how railroad is in contempla
tion in Cambria county, to extend from
Boiler Bridge, on the Conemaugh river,
to Beaver I)am, in Richland township.
ge;„Recent borings in Lebanon tp.,
Pike county, are said to demonstrate
the existence of,pure beds of anthri
cito:coal.
BC3-- Head Centro - Stephens acknowl
edges the receipt of about $140,000 in
all, at various times from American
Penians.
Mr. Alexander T. Stewart's In
ternal ReVenue return shows that his
income last year was fimr millions sev
en hundred and eighty thousand dot ,
tars, less ton per cent. on the amount
which ho paid the Internal Revenue
last year.
The Ifonso Committee on Inval
id Pensions are preparing a bill:which
will soon be reported, giving to the
window of the soldier or sailor, in ad
dition to her present pension, two-dol
lars a month for each of her children.
This pension will require an appro—
priation of 66,000,000.
$11,584,450
vo, Over forty thousand ,emigrants
from Europe, arrived in Now York last
month. It is estimated that one hun
dred thousand have landed at that
port alone since the first of January.
At this rate, out loss of pbpulation by
the late war will be made up in a few
years.
Several hundred English, Welsh
and Scotch Mormoris arrived at St.
Joseph, Missouri, last Saturday morn
ing, en milt() for Wyoming, Nebraska,
at which place they will be mot by
teams from Salt Lake City, sent by
Brigham Young. Tho eldest was sev
enty years of ago and the youngest,
nine years old.
Bs,. At Navasoto, Texas, there was
recently a hail storm of uncommon se•
verity. The hail stones averaged a half
pound in. weight, and many were pick
ed up the size of a man's two fists. The
roofings of houses were broken through
and the growing crop of cotton entire
ly destroyed.
Da. Some of the streets of London
are very narrow. Out of 440 in the
city, in but seventy of them is there
room for more than two lines of vehi
cles to pass, and in 111 streets one line
of vehicles only can.pass. 101 of the
streets are not throughfares at all and
have no exists.
Da,. A Now Vric man; who had not
been out. of the city for many years,
fainted away in the pure air of the
country. Ile was only resuscitated by
putting a dead fish on his nose, when
ho slowly revired,exelaiming : "That's
good—it smalls liko home.'
1103 — The wife of Capt. Vessels, liv
ing in Accomac county, Virginia, gave
birth ono day last week to two chil
dren; each having two heads, four eyes
and three legs. This rather surpasses
any thing of such a nature that has
come to our knowlcdgo.__
vo„„ Mr. Thorekmorton, who owns a
rancho, embracing some 20,000 acres,
in Marin county, California, bas re
cently discovered a stump on his
grounds which takes the palm from
the big trees of Calaveras county.—
This stump 52 feet 5 inches in diame
ter, and is now used by Mr. T. for a
corral.
1,170,000
3,106 250
1,3-a OJO
21,000
000,01,0
Western papers assert that what
were vast treeless.prairies in Illinois
twelve years ago, aro now covered
with a dense growth of thrifty young
forest trees, comprising various species
of oaks, hickory, cottonwood, ash, &c.
Some persons have asserted that there
is now as many acres of woodland in.
Illinois at there Was before the settle
ment of the State. •
mo.. It is reported that a few days
ago the Rev. llenry Ward Beecher
crawled through a pipe in his new
church organ, having been challenged
to do so by ono ofhisi Upon
coming out, covered with dust and
perspiration, he emphatically announc
ed : "[ want no man to tell mo any
thing about this organ ; I know all
about it ; I-have been through it."
e A proposition will soon be in
troduced in Congress equalizing the
compensation of members. Under the
present rates somo members receive
over $lB,OOO pay and mileage, each
Congress, while others receive only a
few hundreds over $6,000. It will be
proposed to pay every member $lO,-
000 a Congress, and his actual travel
ing expenses.
M. A Boston physician of repute
has found several instances of obstin
ate cutaneous diseases on tho neck of
wbarcrs of enambled paper collars, the
result of the action of preparation on
the enamelling substances of those ar
ticles of wearing apparel. We know
of several cases in this city which have
been attributed by the medical frater
nity to the same cause. The "Glazed"
collars do the mischief:
ittgi_On Friday night last the stow
ard of the Emma Floyd fell from the
third story of the Monongahela Reuse,
on Front strect,east of Broadway,Cin
cinnsti, to the ground, whore ho was
found next morning in an insensible
condition. Upon being picked, tip, a
largo tom-cat was found beneath him,
smashed flat, and is perhaps the means
that saved him from instant death. It
is supposed that While in to±icated ho
rolled out of the window. But little
hope is entertained of his recovery.
A lady died in Hartford, Conn.,
last week, under circumstances which
could hardly be accounted for by her
physician. A post-mortem examina
tion was held, and in the lower part of
her body, surrounded by the intestines,
was discovered eight or ten plum
stones, a lot of fish bones, some egg
shells or other hard substances, which
had lodged there and formed a largo
ulcer, which 'was the cause of her
death.
CEO The borax of commerce has
heretofore been chiefly manufactured
from boracic acid, obtained iu Tusca
ny. Borax has also been found in lim
ited quantities in Thibet and China;
A very abundant deposit of native
borax has been deposited at Clear
Lake, in California, and it is of re
markable purity. As taken crude from
the earth, it is said to be superior to
the best English refined borax.- Clear
Lake is about two miles in circumfer
ence, and being surrounded by high
hills, it serves as a reservoir for the
water that falls in the rainy season,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
THE MANAGER OF
CASTILIAN
.1111101i 1
Takes pleasuro in announcing to the CITIZENS . and
1 , 13.01.111, in general. That ou
SAT URD A YE - PEEING, June 30th.,
and every evening during the following week.
TIM CELEBRATED THEATRICAL, ETHIOPIAN
TERPSICHOREAN COMBINATION, from the principal
Cities in the Slates, Will make their first appearance at
this place in new SONGS, DANCES, FARCES, BUR
LESQUES, OPERAS, PANTOMIMES, NEGRO ECCEN
TRICITIES, Sc.
Look at the array of Talent :
MR. BILLY CHAMBERS,
King of Banjoisis.Comedian and Boneiat.
Mr. HARRY RICHMOND,
The celebrated Ethiopian Comedian, Song and Itanco
Mau, and Tamborland.
MR. J. C. 'KEENE,
Tim Greatest Jig and Esse= Danepr in tho World, and
Interrogator.
MASTER BARNEY,
Tho Great Pathetic Belladist.
MR. BARRY WELLS,
Leador of the Orchestra and General Performer
PROF. STEPHANY,
Musical Director run] Pianist.
MR. R. NV: THOMAS,
Too unapproachable Cornetist.
MR. HARRY LESLIE,
Pers.'''. Performer,
An entire change Or PZOORAMME AT EVERT PERVOE
MANCS.
The Manager would respectfully state to THE LADIES
ON HUNTINGDON AND VICINITY, that the entertain.
moot will ho of tho most chaste and reepectable character
and entirely void of vulgarity, add nothing will occur to
mar the modesty of the must fastidious.
PERFORMANCE TO COMMENCE AT o'cLocri, PRE,
CISELY. ADMISSION 25 CENTS.
E. C. SLIMMERS, Solo Proprietor.
HARRY WELLS, Business Manager,
EXTRA CARD.
A GRAND EXTRA ENTERTAINMENT will be given
on the FOURTH OF JULY, AFTERNOON AT 3 O'CLOCK.
For tho LADIES and CHILDREN of llnntlngdou and
vicinity; When an entire change of Programmo will ho
given. •
Juno 27, ISM
( - OLD
RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT,
For wLich Certificates issued,,
Bearing Interest In GOLD.
E. W. CLARK' SCO.,
DA NEER; No. 35, SOUTH 3D STREET,
je.27,1m. Philadelphia
WARM SPRINCS.
THIS SUMMER RESORT
IS NOW OPEN,
and in splendid order.
• The Bathing Facilities
were never so fine, the Bowling Alley is one of the best
to Unfound. and a new Billiard*Tablo has just been put
up. No effort his boon spared to scour° the comfort of
OEM
'Pleasure seekers aro invited to call at the Springs—
only fi v o miles front Huntingdon, over a good road
Tha TABLE is famished with thabest that tho market
affords, end every attention in given to pleaso oven tho
==
Parties front the surrounding towns arc cordially lull
tad to visit tho springs.
W. 3. GEISSINGEIt,
Hacks run doily, morning and evoning,•except
Sunday, from Iluntiogdon to the SpFings
Tune 23, tf.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ASSOCIATE JUDGE.
AI a. L Nvis
I see in the Ilmitingdon Journal anti
American, the name of DAVID SNARE, .E.9q, made use of
for the calico of Associate Judge. Toni pieased to see it—
no bettor man in the county could be named, nor any
more worthy. Ills long experience as a Justice of the
Peace, his honesty and independence, fully qualifies liim
for that office, I have consulted with a number of per
eons on the subject, and find that ho will secure a general
support, if nominated by the Union Convention of this
county. A. SUBSCRIBER.
E
SPECIAL NOTICES
H ORACE GREELEY'S
HISTORY OT THE WAR,
"THE AMERICAN CONFLICI.I!
Upwards of 100,000 Copies Sold
Tho high character of this work tins gained for it among
tho distinguished men and leadingiournals of all parties,
a reputation accorded to no other Ilistory of •
THE GREAT . CIVIL WAR
As a complete, lucid, impartial and authentic record of
events, marked throughout by great care and discrimina
tion, it has no rival.
Blrone the Cincinnati Enquirer.
It is of course a history from a standpoint of olmerva
tion far distant from our own, and from that of fin Dem
ocracy generally; but it Li 11 - larked by much loss proj u.
dice, and is disfigured by far less partisan fooling, than
most of our friends would imagine. It contains a vast
amount of information, and is altogether superior to any.
volumo on the subject that has yet appeared.
Front the North American Iterion.
He writes without passion, making duo allowance for
human nature in the South as well as the Narita.
From the New riplo Daily Naos
Joshua It. Giddings, J. T. Ifeadioy, J. S. C. Abbott;
Losing and Horace (treeley have all published the first
parts of a history of the war; but of these, no one hoe
been so successfu! as that of Mr. GrooloY, nor Is worthy
tho same attention. .
From the (Lo ion) WC , statinster Review
It is temperate, and gives wily to no vituperation, al ,
though thoroughly in earnest, and If wo may admire the
industry which has enabled the editor of the leading
newspaper in America to do this nt such a time, we may
still more admire airy opirit of
.fairness and directness
which characterize this very valuable work.
=
Mn. GRAMM AS A HlSTOntAtt,—lle has few equals as a
writer of vigorous English. Ile is terse, racy, direct, go
ing straight - to the heart of the subject as it presents itself
to his view, hitting it off occasionally by a dank of gra
tesque humor, but more frequently irradiating with
gleams of shrewd, homely sense.
Fs•an the Boston Mot
We recommend the perusal or , The American Conflict"
to those who do not intend merely to talk about matters
and things, but who wish to speak rationally and from
conviction.
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.llortford, Conn
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DEAFNESS, BLINDNESS & CA
TARItIf, treated with the utmost success, by .1.
IeAACF, JI. D. ' Oculist and Audit, (formerly of Leyden,
Rolland,) No. 610 PINE street, PIIIhADA. Testimonials
from t h e most reliable sources in the city and country,
can ho seen at his office. The medical faculty are, invited
to accompany their patients, no he lion no secrets in his
practice. ARTIFICIAL RYAS inserted without pain.—
No charge for examination. mh2llB6C-ly
fitGEO. SHAEFFER
Has Just returned from the east with at
SPLENDID STOCK
• OF
BOOTS, SIIOES, GAITERS, tha,
Which ho offers to the inspection of his customers and
the public generally. Ile will sell his stock at the most
REASONABLE P.4IOES,
and those who pluclian onto will huroly• coil again,
BOOTS & SIIOES MADE TO ORDER, -
and REPAIltrXtt done in the neatest and most expedi
tious manner.
Call upon Mr. Schaeffer at his shop on hill street,
few doors west of the Diamond. - nl2
INTERNAL REVENUE.-
APPEALS.
COPPICE OP THE U. S. ASSESSOR,
PiTH ASSESSMENT DISTRICT OP PENNSYLVANIA
- Huntingdon, Jtme 15,1862.
Notice Is hereby given that the annual lists,valuations
and onurnerntlmis motto and taken by the Assistant As
sessors of said District. as of the Ist day of May, l lB6o, in,
chiding taxes or incomes for the year 1805, taxes on car
riages, hi Hard tables. plate, yachts, watches, planox&e.,
and licenses amassed for ono year from May Ist 1806, in
pursuance of the provisions of "An act to provide Inter
nal Bayonne to support the Government. to paj Interest
on the public debt, and for other purposes,” Approved
June 30th 1860, and its amendments and supplements,
may now bo examined at the offices of tho Assessor and
Assistant Assessors within their respective divisions of
saktdistriet.
And notice is hereby given that appeals from thr pro
ceedings of the Assistant Assessors within said district,
relative to any erroneous or excessive valuations of prop
erty or objects liable to duty or taxation embraced in
said lists, will bo received and determined at the office of
the undersigned, Assessor of said District, in the borough
of Lfuntingdort, for Div/clone 1,2, 3, 4 and 5, comprehend
ing the county of Huntingdon, on Saturday, the 30th of
June inst.
At the office .of George W. Russ In the borough or
Hollidaysburg, for Divisions 9, 10 and 11 comprehending
iho county of Blair, on Monday, 2d day of July next:
At the Crosson Hotel, in Cambria musty, for Divisions
6, 7 and 8; comprehending the county of Cambria, on
Tuesday, the ad day of July next.
At the 'office of Joseph Milliftin, in the borough of
Lewistown, for Division 12, comprehending the county of
Mifflin, on Thursday, the sth day of July next,, -
The Assessors will bear appeals pt his 'office in Hun ,
tingdon, at any time previous to the advertised days of
hearing, to suit the convenience of parties.
kv All appeals urn required to be in writing, and
must specify the particular cause, matter or thing, re-
specting which n decision is requested, and else the
ground or principle of error complained of.
, • J. SEWELL BBEWART,
• Assessor 17th Dist/let Penna.
Juno 20, 1866.-2 t
EXECUTOA'S NOTICE.- . '
Letters testamentary on Alio estate of J. J. Fee,
lute of the borough of Huntingdon, deed., having been
grouted to tho vudereigned,llll - persons indebted aro 're
quested to motto payment and those baring claims to
present them duly authenticated for settlement.
BAML. T. DROWN,
JOHN D. FEE,
Executors.
J❑❑o, nosco.-at
•
FOR RENT.
A room suitable for an office. Inquire of Hire
Hartley.
June 12, 1865-It. .
AUDITOR'S NOTICE. •
(Estate of Peter Sigafoos, decease.)
Tile undersigned Auditor appointed by the Orpheus'
Court of Huntingdon County. to distribute the balance
in the bands of Abraham. Weight and Casper Weight'
Adrainistrafors of Peter Sim:foes, deceased, will attend
at the office of SCOTT, Ilnowx and 13Atter, in the borough
of Huntingdon, on Thursday the 28th of June„ 1866, at
1 o'clock, 1%11., for the purpose of making mid .distrlbn-
Hon :when and where all persons interested are requested
to attend and present their claims,' rr bo debarred from
coining in for a share of the fund.
JOHN 11. BAILEY,
Juno 9,1866-It. • Auditor.
MT4c>itic.E:>.
THE undersigned Corporators named
jI in tho net of Assembly, entitled an Act to incorporate
the Pennsylvania Canal Company," approved the Rest
day of May, MO, NVIII open books and reedy° subserip-
Bons to the capital stock of said compony at tho places
and tunes following: -
PHILADELPHIA, at Room No. 23, 7Jerehrint's Ex
change, nt 10 o'clock, a. m., on the 213th day of June, 1860.
HARRISBURG, qt the Locbtel House, at 10 o'clock, a.
rn., on tho 10th day of July, 1866.
HUNTINGDON, at the Morrison House, Ot 10 o'clock, a
m., on the 1011: day , of Ju1y,11360.
L. T. Watson, Alex. M. Lloyd, John A-Lemoti,
David Blair, Oeo. A. Roberts, , James Burns,
T. T. Wierman, W. J. Froward, John Lingarelt,
John Scott, R. B. 'Wigton, .7117Qqa Gardner,
John N. Swoop, J. J. Patterson, Wnt.Dorria;jr..•
maytal.2al
•
EXECUTORS' NOTICE.-
[Estate or Eliza 3. 031111and,:dea'd.]
Letters testamentary upon the will and testament of
Eliza J Gilliland, Into of Union township, Huntingdon
County, deceased, have been granted to the subscriber.
All parsons indebted are requested to make Inunedette
payment, and those having claims will present them prop
erly authenticated to the undersigned.
May 29. 1866-6 t
TO THE LADIES.
The best assortment of
ES~LSPTSC SK2RTS,
Just received this day from Now York and for nab at tho
cheap cash store of IFM. MARCII f liltO.
A splendid assortment of
LADIES' DRESS GOODS,
FANCY TRIMMINGFS AND BUTTONS
Just received this day from Now York and for solo cheap
at [amyl] 11 7 31. AIMEE & BRO.
Proprietor
ANOTHER FRESH SUPPLY
Voice GROCERIES
JUST RECEIVED
At Lewis Co's Family GroCery.
Also,
Eafal avaolss
tecelved fresh from the Philadelphia market every Wed
outlay and Saturday morning.
Canned Peaches, Tomatoes, Peas and Corn
Spiced Lobster, Oysters, Chow chow, 'Worcestershire
sauce, French Mustard, Horse Radish, Pepper sauce, Cat
sup, Olive Oil, ,bc., , and -
fill kinds of Syrups,
such as strawberry, plucapple, blackberry, .tc
. CALL. AND SEE.
STEAM • FiEARL !WILL,
HUNTINGDON, PA.,
IS NOW -
IN COMPLETE RUNNING ORDER
FOR TIIE MANUFACTURE OF nowt
Tho patronage of the town and country to reepectfally
GRAIN, of every description,
Huntingdon, May .2,1868
1000 BUSHELS WHEAT
Wanted at Steam Peqr? Mill
Tg inUMMTA
J. M. WISE,
Manufacturer and Dealer izi
IC.T MIL 244 - I icr xEt.
Respectfully invites the attention of the Public to his
stand on 11111 at., Huntingdon/ in the rear of-George W
Swartz' Watch and Jewelry store, where he marl l llWtnro9
and keeps all kinds of Furniture at reduced priees. Per
sons 'wishing to purchase, will do well to give him a call.
Repairing of all kinds attended to promptly and charges
reasonable.
Also, Undertaking carried on, and Caine made in
any style desired, at ahort notice.
The subeeribcr has a
NEIV AND ELEGANT HEARSE
'and is Prepped to attend Funerals at any place in town
or couu try. - J. M. WISE.
Huntingdon, May 8,1888-tx
•
OTS FOR SALE.—The subscribora
juleave come Isle in the town of Grantsville, or Mar;
kiesburg station, which they will sell at low price, from
$3O to $lOO. All who desire a good healthy location to
build would do well to call upon them soon at their store,
nod secure for themselves lots at low prices.
Grantsville,myl6. . 130P1•111. A GARNER.
OVE'S Puro and Superior .IZio
4tec in pactinges of ono pound, for ralo at
LBIVIS CO'filtataity Grocery.
U E S PIC E S
at CUNNINqUAII Sc CAlt 44OTS.
A. W. SWOOPY,
JOHN DAYTON, Es,
. Executors.
Also,
Also,
JUNIATA
lETTE!
Bought at this mill
PacCALIAN & EON'.
UcCATIAN &SOY