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OFFICE-SOUTH MARKET SQUARE.
’KiiMS :~Two -Dollars por year If paid strictly
advance; Two Dollarsand Fifty Cents If paid
Lhln tlireo months;' after which Three Dollars
II bo charged. These terms will be rigidly ad
red to In every Instance. No subscription dls
itlnucd until all arrearages are paid, unices at
> option of tho Editor.
professional starts.
'NITED STATES CLAIM
AND
SEAL ESTATE’AGENCY!
•wm; b. butler,
t ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office In 2d Story of InhofTs Building, No. 8 South
’ Hanover Street, Carlisle, Cumberland county,
PonHlons, Bounties, Back-Pay, Ac., promptly
; p °AppncilUoM by mall, wlll .rocolvo Immediate
at pani™iar attention gluon to tho selling or rent
ing of Real Estate, In town or country. In all lot
tera of Inquiry, please enclose postage stamp.
July 11, 1807—ti
T M W EAKLEY; Attorney at Law.
*1 . office on South Hanover street. In the room
formerly occupied by A. B. Sharpe, Esq.
Tjl E. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney
H . and Counselor at liAW, Carlisle, Penna.
4 Office on South Hanover street, opposite Bentz s
(Store. By special arrangement with the Patent
Office, attends to securing Patent Bights.
■ Dec. 1,1805. i ' •
CHA9. E. MAGLAUGHLIN, Attor
ney at LAW. Office In Building , formerly
-.'--roccupicd by Volunteer, a few doors South of Han-,
(on’s Hotel.
Deo. 1, 1805. ' _
fOHN. a GRAHAM, Attorney at
I law. Office formerly occupied by Judge
■ ■-yfirahara, South Hanover street, Carlisle, Penna.
fof Dec. 1,1805— ly.
}' ,'Tv /r C. HERMAN, Attorney at Law.
VI Offlco In Rheem’s 1 Hall Building, In the
- 1 tear of tho Court House, next door to the "Her-.
- o id M Office. Carlisle, Penna.
V-; i Deo. 1,1865. •
air. SADLER. Attorney at Law,
. Carlisle, Ponna. Office In Building for
oocnplcd by Volunteer, South Hanover
street.
- Dec. 1, 1805.
-TTT KENNEDY Attorney at Law,
•VV Cj.»U*lo- JtViatia. Ofllco same aa that ol
the “Amoiicuu Volunteer,” Bohtb side of the Pub
lic Square,
v Deo. I 1805.
JOHN LEE, Attorney at Law,
S i 5» I North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa.,
•Xi hob. 15.18IH)— ly.
$5 TAMES A. DUNBAR, Attorney at
•! Law, Carlisle, Penna. Office a few doors
West of Hannon’s Hotel.
'.y Dec. 1,1805.
IT\R. J. R. BIXLBR offers his profes-
I y sional services to the citizens ojf Carlisle and
vicinity. ..... a.
Office on Main street, opposite the jail, Intno
room lately occupied by L. Todd, Esq.
~<* April 11,1807—ly
| PwR. GEORGE S. SE ARIGHT, Den
'wk I j tist. From the Baltimore Oollcnc of D'cntaj
Suryiry. Office at the residence of his mother,
VA* Ensl Louthor Street, throe doors below Bedford,
v!t Carlisle, Ponna.
.. Dec. i, 1805. -
JUrg tSooiss.
BPEIN G! X 307
1 1867.
BAM GAINS
Now opening In
■I DOMESTIC GOODS,
■;| DBESB GOODS,
’ CABSIMEREB, battinetts and j bans,
WHITE Q OOD.S ,
BEESS TRIMMINGS,
ZEPHYRS ,
RIBBONS AND NOTIONS
;f RING’S NEW STORE,
NO. 05 WEST MAIN STREET,
Opposite the Mansion House,
Next door to the Post Office, Carlisle.
April 18,1867.
OUT DRY GOODS MEN!
TO THE PUBLIC.
II have just returned from the East with my
Spring Stock, and as usual. I am selling Goods a
little cheaper than any other Dry Goods House
In town. Ido not think It necessary to occupy a
column of newspaper to endeavor to keep up ray
I reputation for selling Cheap Goods, nor do I
.><f wish to resort to any other clap-trap to gull the
i - u'J public. All I ask of them is to call and examine
for themselves, and 11' not satisfied with the prl
■ races, not to buy. Remember the stand. No. 02
North Hanover street, next door to Dr. Kieflor a,-
, J and Miller & Bowers’ Hardware store.
' ■ WM. A. MILES.
• •■•I P. S. I will say nothing about ray third and
; gj fourth grand openings.
*3 April 18,1867.
HOOP SKIRTS. 628,
628.
f NE \V SPRING STYLES,
J I “OUE OWN make;”
■ embracing every New and Desirable size, stylo
■'.ji? uud Shape of Plain and Trail Hoop Skirts, —2.
2 1-4,2 M, 2 3-4, 8 1-4,3 1-2.3 8-4 and 4 Yds., round
every length and size Waist; In every respect
Fitst Quality, and especially adapted to meet
•••Via the wants of First Class and most fashionable
.VS Trade.
. .'Vy •• Our Own Make,” of Hoop Skirts, are lighter,
more elastic, more durable, and, really chaper
..'•ic than any other make of either Single or Double
Spring Skirt In the American Market. • They are
warranted In every respect, and wherever intro
dnecd give universal satisfaction. They are now
\tis being extensively Sold by Retailers, and every
: $ Lady should try them. • x
Ask lor “ Hopkln’s Own Moke, ’ and see that
; -ag each Skirt la Stamped “W. T. HOI*KXN tS MANU
■’,$ FACTUHER, 028 Arch Street, Philadelphia."—
No others are Genuine A Catalogue containing
ri Style, Size and Retail Prices, sent to any address.
A Uniform and Liberal Discount allowed to JJeal
i'-'t'h ors. Orders by mail or otherwise, promptly and
- •Sfi carefully Abed—Wholesale and Retail, at Manu
-:■% , ' factory and Sales-rooms.'
;'c.g No. 028 ARCH Street. PHILADELPHIA.
Skirts made to order, altered and repaired.
A - Terms, Not Cash. One Price Only
;■! 1 -WILLIAM T. HOPKINS,
rjjg April 18.1807—10 m.
Q.REAT
WATCH SALE!
2000 WATCHES, Patent Lever Movements, full
jewelled, Hunting Cases, Sterling Silver, Beauti
fully Engraved and in every.respect first class
Timers, -To be sold at six dollars each, being less
than three-fourths the cost of manufacturing.—
These watches are retailed by Jewelers at from
815 to 8■ 8, the actual cost to the manufacturer being
80 each. This'stock of watches was purchased at a
Bankrupt Bale in London, and are now offered at
such extremely low figures, that oil may possess
a correct Time-keeper at a merely nominal sum.
Every watch warranted for 2 years, Parties or
dering them sent by mall, must enclose Btf cents
extra to repay postage. Money enclosed in a
well sealed letter may be sent at my risk.
Address all orders to , ■
MARLIN CONNOR,
May 16,1887—1 y ' Albany. N. Y
E .Conrhan. | Dr. C. M.Worthington.
IJEW DRUG STORE.
The subscribers have opened a now
DRUG AND CHEMICAL STORE,
9
ill
m
No. 7, East Main Street, Carlisle,
where they have Just received a large and fresh
supply of the very best
DRUGS AND MEDICINES
to bo found In the City Markets, to which they
Invite the attention of the public.
Also, a large variety of
PERFUMERY AND FANCY ARTICLES,
Di/c Stuffs, and alt Vie various Patent Medicines.
Ah Drugs and Medicines warranted pare.
**-
April 25,1587-Him .
XAOR SALE .—A Family Rookawoy
A} Carriage, (nearly new,) for salo on reasono-
Die terms. Apply at this office, or at the Nation-
Id Hotel, South Hanover street. ;
July 16,1607-tf
ihe American folnnteet
BY BRATTON & KENNEDY.
Heal IBstate.
ESTATE FOB SALEH
W. J. SHEARER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND AGfeNT FOR THE SALE OF
4 Cumberland Co. Real Estate,
OFFERS THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
AT REASONABLE PRICES
IN THE BOROUGH OF CARLISLE,
No. 1. SIX of the finest BUILDING LOTS in tho
Borough, on South Hanover Street.
No. 2. The six most elevated BUILDING LOTS
In tho Borough, situated at the head of South St.
IN THE COUNTRY.
No. 3. A TRACI OP THIRTY-SEX. ACRES,
with small but comfortable BRICK DWELLING
HOUSE, Fromo Stable, &c.. and a young and
thriving Orchard ot CHOICE FRUIT, situate on
the Railroad, In North Middleton twp., West, and
within a mile of tho Borough of Carlisle. This
property as a HOMESTEAD and for general or
Truck Farming, Is the most desirable tract of Its
size to bo found anywhere* in tho vicinity of
Carlisle. ‘
The certain extension of the town West
ward, partly consequent upon tho Improve
ments made and contemplated by the Railroad
Company In that direction, drawing, as they
necessarily will, nearly tho whole trade of the
town to that end, will very greatly enhance tho
value of this land to tho future owner, for any
purpose whatever, rendering It a safe and profit
able investment.
Fob. 28.1806.
jFurniture, &c.
EWING,
CABINET MAKER
AND UNDERTAKER,
WEST MAIN STREET,
CARLISLE, PENN’A.
A Splnfdid Assortment of
NEW FURNITURE
for the Holidays, comprising
Sofas, Camp Stools,
Lounges, Centro Tables,
Roclclng Chairs, Dining Tables,
Easy Chairs, Card Tables,
Reception Chairs, Ottomans,
Bureaus, What-Nots,
Secretaries, &c., &c.,
Parlor,
Chamber,
Dining Boom,
Kitchen
and Oillce
FURNITURE,
of the Latest Styles,
COTTAGE FURNITURE IN SETTS,
Splendid Now Patterns.
BEDSTEADS AND MATTRESSES,
GILT FRAMES AND PICTURES,
In great variety.
Particular attention given to Funerals. Orders,
from town and country attended to promptly
and on reasonable terms.
Dec. 43,1868—tf
QABIHET WAEE HOUSE
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
Tho subscriber respectfully inforpis his friends \
and tb© public generally, that ho still continues
tho Undertalcing business, and Is ready to wait
upon customers either by day or by night. Ready
made Coffins kept constantly on hand, both
Elain and ornamental. He has constantly on
and disk's Patent Metalio Burial Case, of which
he has been appolute'd.tho sole agent. This case
Is recommended as superior to any of the Icind
now In use. It being perfectly air tight.
He has also furnished himself with u now Rose
wood HEAitafc and gentle horses, with which hp
will attend funerals In town and country, per
sonally, without extra charge. „
Among the greatest discoveries erf tho age Is
Well's Boring Maitrass, tho best and cheapest bed
now in use, the exclusive right of which I have
secured, and will be kept constantly on hand.
CABINET MAKING,
in all Its various branches, carried on, and Beau
reaus, Secretaries, Work-stands, Parlor Ware,
Upholstered Chairs, Sofas, Pier, Side and Centro
Tables, Dining and. Breakfast Tables, Wash
stands of all Icmda, French Bedsteads, high and
low posts: Jenny Lind and Cottage Bedsteads,
Chairs of oil kinds, Looking Glosses, and all
other articles usually manufactured, in this lino
of business, kept constantly on hand. ,
ttih workmen are men of experience, his ma
terial tho best, and his work made In tho latest
city style, and all under his own supervision. If
will be warranted and sold low for cash.
Ho invites all to give him acall before purchas
ing elsewhere. For the liberal patronage hero
toilre extended to him he feels indebted to his
numerous customers, and assures them that no
efforts will be spared in future to please them In
style and price. Give us a calk
Remember tho place, North Hanover street,
nearly opposite’ the Deposit Bank. Carlisle.
1 DAVID SIPE.
Deo. 1. 1805.
jp T FEE'S
BOOK AND FANCY STORE,
AND GENERAL NEWS DEPOT,
33 WEST MAIN STREET,
CARLISLE, PA.
A flno assortment of Goods on hand, such us
Writing Desks,
Port Folios,
Ladies Companions,
Work Boxes, •
Satchels,
Ladles’ Purses,
Pocket Books,
Scgar Cases,
Card Cases,
Gold Pens,
A LARGE SUPPLY OP
FAMILY BIBLES
and PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS,
AT -REDUCED PRICES.
DIARIES FQ R 1867.
Subscriptions received for all Magazines, Fash
ion Books, Papers, Ac,, at publishers prices. You
save postage and always sure of receiving your
Magazines by subscribing Piper’s.
Special attention is paid to keeping always on
hand A supply of
SCHOOL BOOKS,
for town and country schools.
Books and Music ordered when desired.
May 23. 1867-tf
Jg SALE'S.
(LATE POWELL’S) EMBROCATION,
For'all Diseases incident to Horses, Cattle, and the
Human Flesh, requiring the use of an external appli
cation, ■ ...
This now Compound, prepared by a practical
Chemist having u full knowledge of all the medi
cal virtues of each ingredient that enters Into Its
composition, is warranted to exceed anything of
the kind ever yet offered to the public as an ex
ternal application for the diseases which it is rec
ommended. We are satisfied that it will work
its own road into the confidence of all who use
it, and those who try it once will never be with
out it, and therotore we rely on experience os the
best test of its usefulness. It is pronounced by
Farriers, and all who have tried it to bo the best
application ever used. This Embrocation bos
been put up tor over eight years, and it Is only
through the increasing demand and urgent re
quostof my friends and the public that Xsend it
forth as the grand remedial agent for the various
diseases to which that noble and useful animal,
the horse, is subject.
Many remedies have been offered to the nub
ile under different formn. some of these are inju
rious, others at best of little use, and many whol
ly Improper to answer the puroposes for which
they are recommended.
AJudiolous and really useful composition, free
from these objections, has therefore long boon de
sired by many gentlemen who have valuable bur-'
,ses, and are unwilling to trust them to the care of
designing and pretended Farriers. Their wishes
are a- length fully gratified by Dr. Beale being
prevailed upon to allow this valuable Embroca
tion (which has proved so efficacious to Die vari
ous discuses) to oe prepared and brought out to
the public. . ; , ■
This KmbrocaDon was extensively csedby the
Government during the war.
Address ail Orders to
“ - lY ‘ DR, EDMOND BEALE,
002 South'Second Street, Philadelphia, Jra.
For sale at the Drug Stores of Uornmau A
Worthington, East Main St.eet, and D. Ralston,
South Hauovor street, Carlisle.
April 11,1807—dm
J)HOTO GRAPHS
fOE THE MILLIONI
I will send, post-paid, 50 Photographs of the
most celebrated Actors for GO •■on Is; SOAotrossoa
for 60 cents: 60 Union Generals for 50 cents; 60
Eobol Generals for 60 cents; 60 Statesmen for 60
coats; 60 boautlfnl young Ladles for 60 cents; 60
flne-looking young Gentlemen for 60 cents; 0
large Photographs of French Dancing Girls, in
costume, beautifully colored, exactly os they ap
pear. for 50 cents; or for GO cents,(fof the most
beautiful Ladles of the Parisian BaUotTroope, as
they appear in the play of the Block; Crook, at
Nlblo’s Garden, New York. •' _
Bend all orders to P. Q»Box 177, Troy, N. Y
May W.lBo7—ly
fSlcJilcal
A GUA DE MAGNOLIA.
Alollot delight. Superior to any cologne, used
to bathe tho face and person, to rondor tho skin
soft and fresh, to allay Inflamation, to perfume
clothing, for headache, &c. It Is manufactured
from tho rich Southern Magnolia, and Is obtain
ing a patronage quite unprecedented. It Is n fa
vorite with actresses and opera singers. It is
sold by all dealers, at 81.00 In largo bottles, and by
DEMAfI BARNES & CO., New York, Wholesale
Agents.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggists.
Persona of sedentary habits troubled with
weakness, lassitude, palpitation of the heart, lack
ofappotllo, distress after eating, torpid liver, con
stipation, &0., deserve to suffer If they will not
try the celebrated PLANTATION BITTERS,
which are now recommended by tho highest
medical authorities, and warranted to produce
an immediate beneficial effect. They are exceed
ingly agreeable, perfectly pure, and must super
sede all other tonics whore a healthy, gentle
stimulant is required.
They purify, strengthen and invigorate.
They create a healthy appetite.
They are an antidote to .change of water and
diet.
They strengthen tho system and enliven tho
mind. 4
They prevent miasmatic and intermittent fe
vers.
They purify tho breath and acidity of the stom
ach.
They cure Dyspepsia and Constipation.
They cure Liver Complaint and Nervous Head
ache
They make tho weak strong, tho languid bril
liant, and are exhausted nature’s great restorer.
They are composed of tho celebrated Calisaya
bark, wintergreen, sassafras, roots and herbs-all
preserved in perfectly pure St. Croix rum. For
particulars, see circulars and testimonials around
each bottle.
Beware of impostors. Examine every bottle.
See that It has our private U. S. stamp unmutila
ted over the cork, with plantation scone, and our
signature ou a fine steel plate side label. See
that our bottle Is not refilled with spurious and
deleterious stuff. Any person pretending to sell
Plantation Bitters by the gallon or in bulk, is an
Impostor. Any person imitating this bottle, or
selling any other material therein, whether call
ed Plantation Bitters or not, is a criminal under
the U. 8. Law, and will be so prosecuted by us.—
The demand for Drake’s Plantation Bitters, from
ladies, clergymen, merchants, dec., is incredible.
The simple trial of a bottle is the evidence wo
present of their worth and superiority. They
are sold by all respectable druggists, grocers,
physicians, hotels, saloons,steamboats and coun
try stores,
P. H. DRAKE & CO.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggists
Have you a hurt child or a lame horse? Use
the Mexican Mustang Liniment.
For outs, sprains burns, swellings and caked
breasts, the Mexican Mustang Liniment Is a cer
tain cure.
For rheumatism, neuralgia, stiff Joints, stings
and bites, there is nothing like tho Mexican
Mustang Liniment.
For spavined horses, tho poll-evil, ringbone and
sweeny, tho Mexican Mustang Liniment never
For wind-galls, scratches, big-head and splint,
tho Mexican Mustang Liniment is worth its
weight in gold.
Cuts, bruises, sprains ami swellings, are so
common and certain to occur In every family,
that a bottle of this Liniment is tho best invest
ment that can bo made.
It Is more certain than the doctor—it saves
time in sending for tho is cheaper than
tho doctor, ana should never be dispensed with*
In lifting tho kettle from the fire, It tipped over
and scalded ray hands terrible. • • • The
Mustang Liniment extracted tho pain, caused
the sore to heal rapidly, and left very little scar.
CHAS. FOSTER, 420 Broad St., Philo.
Mr. S. LUeh, of Hyde Park, Vt., writes: “My
horse was considered worthless, (spavin,) but
since the use of the Mustang Liniment, I have
sold him for 8150. Your Liniment is doing won
ders up here. , . ....
All genuine Is wrapped In steel pinto engra
vings. signed, G. W. Westbrook, Chemist, and
also has the private U. 8. stamp of DEMAS
BARNES A CO., over the top.
Look closely, and be not deceived by Counterfeits.
Sold by all Druggists, at 23,50 cts., and 81.00.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggists
Pen Knives,
Ac., Ac.
It is a most delightful Hair Dressing.
It eradicates scurf pud dandruff.
It keeps tho head cool and clean.
It makes the hair rich, soft and glossy.
It prevents hair turning gray and falling off.
It restores hair upon prematurely bald heads*
This Isjust what Kathalron will do. It
Is pretty—ltls cheap—durable. It is literally sold
by tho car-load, and yet Its almost Incredible de
mand la dally Increasing, until there is hardly a
count ry store that does not keep it, or a family
that does not use It.
E. THOMAS LYON, Chemist, N. Y.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggists
Who Would not bo beautiful? Who would not
add to their beauty? What gives that marble
purity and distingue appearance we observe upon
the stage and In the city belle I It Is no longer a
secret. They use Hagan’s Magnolia Balm. Its
continued use removes tan, freckles, pimples and
roughness, from the L*co and hands, and leaves
the complexion smooth, transparent, blooming
and ravishing. Unlike many cosmetics, It con
tains no material injurious to the skin. Any
Druggist will order it for you, If not on hand, at
50 cents per bottle. 4 '
W. E. HAGAN, Troy, N. Y., Chemist,
DEM as Barnes & Co., Wholesale Acts., N. y.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Druggists
Helmstreet’s Inimitable Hair Coloring la not a
dyo. All instantaneous dyes are composed ol
lunar caustic, and .more or less destroy the yltali-
Sand beauty of tho hair. Tills is the original
air Coloring, and has been growing In favor
over twenty years; It restores gray hair to its
original color by gradual absorption, in a moat
remarkable manner. It is also a beautiful hair
dressing. Sold In two sizes—GO cents and Sl—by
all dealers,
O; HEIMSTBEET. Chemist.
Saratoga Spbino Water, sold bv all Druggists
Lyon’3 Extract of Pure Jaixaica Ginger—
fov Indigestion, Nausea, Heartburn, Blok Head
ache Cholera Morbus, Flatulency, «feo., whore a
■ warming stimulant la required, Ita careful prep
aration and entire purity make it a cheap ana
reliable article for culinary purposes. Sold every
where, at 50.cts. per bottle. Ask lor Lyon s
Pure Extract. Tali'- no other.
Saratoga Spbinc "V* ater, sold by aU Drpggffi*
For sale at Ha~ -u-s tick’s and Ralfiton’fl Drag
Stores, Carlisle.
S. T.—lBGO—X.
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1867,
Potltcal.
WOULD 1?
Do you think if I’d a baby
That I’d let him pull my hair ?
Do you think I’d put on collars
Just to let him soil and tear?
Do you think I’d call It pretty
When he bites bis little loo?
Yet I havo-known some silly mothers,
-With their babies, doijust so.
Do you think I’d sot him crying
Just to»see his cunning frown?
Do you think I’d set him walking
Just to see him tumble down? /
Would I call my baby pretty,
When he’d neither teeth nor hair?
Yet I’ve known some silly mothers,
With their babies, think they are.*
Would I buy him drums and rattles
Just to bear him make a crash?
Would I watch him most delighted
Break my mirror all to smash?
Would I smother him in flannels
Just because his voice was low ?
Dose him up with belladonna?
, Silly mothers treat them so.
Would I think his brow Byron le *
Just because it was so bare ?
And his head Napoleonic
In its shape though minijs hair?
Could I trace tho marks of genius
In his eyebrows arched and low?
Yet I’ve known some silly mothers,
With their babies, thlnkjustso.
Would E thlulc my baby destined
To become a man of men
And go to govern and control thorn
Hy the might of sword or pen 7
I dare say these noisy babies
Play the very deuce—l know,
And I’vo scon the wisest women.
With their babies, thlulc just so.
itlthrollatuan,
HUGGED AGAINST 11IS WILE.
A most ludicrous scene transpired in a
place not a thousand miles from this city,
one night lost week, which, though a lit
tle annoying to the parties immediately
concerned, wasyetso innocentand funny
that we cannot refrain from giving the
general outlines, suppressing names, of
course.
Two sprightly and beautiful young la
dies were visiting their cousin, another
sprightly and beautiful young lady , who,
like her guests was of that happy age
which turns everything into fun aud
merriment. If the truth were told, wo
should have to record the fact that these
three misses were just a little bit fast.—
They were fond of practical jokes, and
were continually playing all sorts of mad
pranks with each other. All three occu
pied a room on the ground floor, and cud
dled up together in one bed.
Two of the young ladies attended a par
ty on the night in question, and did not
get home until half past twelve o’clock at
night. As it was late they concluded not
to disturb the household, so they quietly
stepped into their room through the low
open window.
In about half an hour after they had
left for the party a young Methodist min
ister called at the bouse aud craved a
night’s lodging, which of course was
cheerfully granted. As ministers always
have the best of everything, the old lady
put him to sleep in the best room, and the
young lady (Fannie) who had not gone
to the party was entrusted with the duty
of sitting up for the absent ones and of in
forming them of , the change of rooms.—
She took up her post in the parlor and as
the night was sultry, sleep overcame her
and she departed on an excursion to the
land of dreams.
We will now return to the young la
dies who had gone into thelrroom through
the window. By the dim light of the
moon beams as they struggled through
the curtains, the young ladies were en
abled to descry the outline of Fannie
(as they supposed), esconsed in the mid
dle of the bed. Thej’ saw more, to* wit—
a pair of boots. The truth flashed upon
them at once. They saw it all. Fannie
had net them in the room to give them a
good scare. They put their heads togeth
er and determined to turn the tables on
her. Silently they disrobed, and stealthy
as cats they took their positions on each
side of the bed. At a given signal both
jumped into bed, one on each side of the
unconscious parson, laughingandscream
ing, “ Oh, what a man, oh, what a man!”
they gave the bewildered minister such
a promiscuous hugging and tousling as
few persons are able to brag of in the
course of a life time.
The noise of this proceeding awoke the
old lady, who was sleeping in an adjoin
ing room. She comprehended the situ
ation in a moment, and rushing to the
room, she opened the door and exclaim
ed : “My God, gals, it's a man ; it is a
man sure enough I”
There was one prolonged, consolidated
scream; a flash of muslin through the
door and all was over.
The best of the joke is that the minis
ter took the whole thing in earnest. Ho
would listen to no apologies thatthelady
could make for the girls. He would hear
no excuse, but he solemnly folded bis
clerical robes around him and silently
stole away.
Query—was he mad at the girls, or—at
the old woman.— Louisville Courier.
The Clrnml Hotel or Jtcw York.
The New York Evening Gazette says:
—The great Cranston hotel, which is to
be built on Fifth avenue opposite the en
trance of Central Park, and about which
the public has heard more or less from
time to time, will be commenced in about
six weeks, or as soon as the season will
admit. The structure is then to be com
pleted ready for occupancy within the
shortest period consistent with the prop
er execution of the work. The plans and
details have all been completed by Mr.
Gilman, the architect; the stock has been
nearly all subscribed, and the trustees
will soon hold a meeting for the purpose
of giving the elegant structure a name.—
It will probably be called the Grand
Hotel of New York. It is to be 201 by
220 feet in length, covering 34 lots. It
will be seven stories high, crowned with
a 'mansard, or French roof, and will con
tain 157 private parlors,
single and in suites, besides over 100
rooms. The size anti style of this Im
mense building will exceed that of the
Grand Hotel in Paris, making the finest
structure of the kind in the world. The
exterior of this building, rich with fa
cades pavilions, balconies, high roofs,
etc., will be truly beautiful and impos
ing, contrasting wonderfully with the
souare musses of marble and stone known
as the Astor House, and the Metropoli
tan and Fifth Avenue Hotels. The plan
of the house is for the accommodation of
a large number of families who wish to
occupy separate suites of rooms, but there
will be single rooms for transient guests.
Eight spacious stair-cases will lead to dif
ferent parts of the house, and two lifts
run from the ground floor to the sixth
story. It is expected that the location of
this hotel so far up town, will pause that
part of the city to grow rapidly, hand
some private residences and churches
springing up on all sides.
BSf* 11 Madam," saida husband to his
young wife, in a little altercation which
will spring up In the best regulated fami
lies, “ when a man and his wife have
quarreled, and each considers the other
at the fault, which of. the two ought to
advance toward a reconciliation ?”
“ The best natured and the wisest of
the two,” said the wife, turning up her
mouth for a kiss, which was given with
an unction. She was the conqueror.
jgyAn evilhabltlsneveroonqueredby
yielding to It.
HON. MONTGOMERY BLAIR.
Delivered at Rockbridge Alum Springs.
Virginia, Jnly 20.
Ladies and Gentlemen.: I rise before
you with more than usual embarrass
ment. I carno here in search of health
and recreation, but with no expectation
that I would be called on to make a pub
lic address upon the political questions ot
thetimes. xet, when the representatives
of nins of the Southern States of this
Union call utfon mo to give my views of
tbo, politial situation of the day, and, if
any, of the hope.that Is in the future—
when called upon thus under the evident
promptings of good fellowship, I cannot
refuse to give what information I can,
and to offer such encouragement os my
views of the condition of* the country
may afford, And I assure you I never
took greater pleasure in complying with
any request than I do in responding to
your invitation on the present occasion.—
I most heartily thank you for your good
iceling and the undissembled kindness
with which you have mot me on all'occa
sions. While these demonstrations touch
my heart, they are alike honorable to you
and to me. Such a demonstration by the
men and women of the Soujh, of tbo
classes here represented, towards one whe
had hold opinions decidedly adverse to
those held oy you during the long and
terrible struggle In which so many of you
have suffered, and from which many ot
you are still suffering in person and es
tate, ought to disabuse every candid mind
of the false Impression so industriously
propagated that the people of the South,
and especially that class chiefly represen
ted here, are steeled and incurable malg
nanta towards all who have resisted them
in the late struggle. Having simply pur
sued tbo path uf duty us I understood it,
and in advising strong measures sought
to avoid actual conflict whilst maintain
ing tbe Union, 1 have not been wanting
in the charities of life, 1 am not surpris
ed at iindingn slmiiarspiritamougapeo
plo whose worst enemies allow to have
displayed aheroism worthy of the noblest
cause. It was to be expected that some
strong feeling would have been engender
ed by tbe late struggle, unparalleled os it
was for its maguitude and destructive
consequences; but it Is not in your na
tures to foster and cherish the malignity
attributed to you, and which belongs on
ly to tbo cowardly and the base. When,
therelore, the health of my family requir
ed tbe help of this wonderful spring, and
the bracing mountain air which environs
us, I dime to seek it, and 1 paid.no atten
tion to the suggestion made by some per
sons that I ami my family would meet a
cold reception here. I bore no malice my
self towards you, and did not believe you
would feet any towards me. It is uob
sufficient, however,.to bear no malice to
guard you against the suspicion of malice
in others. Multitudes of honest and goad
people of the North are entirely misled
us to the disposition of the people here to
wards them, and the foolish talk of uoto
riety-seekers who go North, is coupled
with the war; and the argument is, how
incorrigibly bitter the SoutheVn' people
are towards their.late adversaries! This
nutu tally engenders animosities in returns
and it is upon the existence oi these ani
mosities that the Radical politician,
mainly rely for a continuance of their
powfer. It was In. view of the mischief
thus created that General Grant, in his
report of 1865* upon the condition of pub
lic feeling’in the Boutb, expressed the
wish that tbe people of tuc different sec
tions could see each other more generally,
intimating that such intercourse was all
that was wanted to restore harmony. 1
am sure the teeth ot Radicalism would be
drawn if the New England villagers could
be run through this valley, and see for
themselves how entirely unlike the por
traits drawn by Radical demagogues the
Southern men and women really are.—
These Radical painters have an object in
their portraitures of Southern people. —
The Congressional Committee on Recon
struction —the military commissions—the
Freedman’s Bureau—the inquests scat
tered over the country —what was their
vocation but to pile falsehood on false
hood relative to this afflicted people—to
show that you have become alien to the
system founded by our fathers, and seek
its destruction, as a plea for their subver
sion of the Constitution, and their tyran
nical measures for the perpetuation of
their power? I thank God I have had no
Eart in creating or cultivating sectional
utred. I have said at thd North what I
repent here, that there is no difference In
the people of the different sections, and
that tbe man who wants confidence in
the South wants also confidence in the
Northern people. There is no difference
between them beyond mere mannerisms,
not greater than exists among the people
of the different Southern and Northern
States, and not so marked us between the
people of the different counties of 3Sng
land, if it be true, us reported by Wraxall,
that it is easy to distinguish their repre
sentatives in Parliament by the peculiar
local idioms of those counties. We are
in all essentials the same people—sprung
from the same stock. The war in itself,
so terriffic in its character, demonstrates
that it was American lighting American
—worse than Greek meeting Greek. No
other people ever fought a battle of seven
days’ duration, Ourancestors/braveand
stubborn as they were, did no such fight
ing in the forty years of Cavalierand Pur
itan civil strife. However deplorable
such civil wars as ours are, it was not the
first in history, or even with the race
from which we sprung. Every century
of English history except the present bus
had its civil war. The common mind,
therefore, distinguishes between the vio
lence of such struggle and chat of indi
viduals, and they are commonly marked
with more cruelty than wars between for
eign nations. But it is not the part of
patriotism, when the conflict is over, to
exaggerate such cruelties or seek to per
petuate the memory of them. It was not
patriotism, therefore, which sought, not
merely to punish the actual perpetrators
of the cruelties of Andersohville, but em
ployed a drag-net process to procure testi
mony, and held out every inducement to
the witnesses to magnify their sufferings
and to connect General Bee and the con
federate government and the whole
Southern people with those cruelties. Of
the same character, and with the same
object, the proceedings were taken to con
nect tbe confederate authorities and peo
ple with the assassination of Lincoln.—
And they hanged Mrs. Surratt, now ad
mitted to bo an innocent woman, because
her acquital was inconsistent with their
theory implicating the confederate au
thorities. There, was no patriotism in
any of these things, but only partisan
ship of the meanest kind. 'lt was not the
part of patriotism to connect the South
with the murder of Lincoln, but the In
famous work of studied malice seeking
power at the expense of the national har
mony and the National Union. In this
way the Radicals keep alive the hatred
upon which theh party depends for its
existence. This is its 'whole stock in
trade. No other party ever existed i;i
this country that old not at least profess
to act in deference to the Constitution.—
The Radical party atone, of all the par
ties heretofore existing in this country,
discards all constitutional theories, ana
legislates with no other restraint than ex
pediency, and with no other object Chan
to maintain itself in power. The calum
nies against the people in the South, pro
pagated by the agencies of military com
missions, congressional committees, and
tbe innumerable costly agencies sot up to
maintain the military governments over
the South, whose bread depends upon the
continuance of this form of government,
are all bribed in this way to misrepresent
everything hero. All this is done from
sheer partv necessity. But tbe truth will
vindicate Itself and put down these nefa
rious scavengers of falsehood. The mer
cenaries who use the power of the govern
ment to enrich themselves in that lavish
and corrupt expenditure of money which
keeps the rate of expenditure up to a war
standard, whilst levying for themselves
• enormous bounties, upon the labor of the
whole country in the shape of tariffs mid
irredeemable paper money, can only sus
tain themselves whilst subverting the
form and substance of cho government by
making that government odious. Hence,
also, their.vindictive persecution of every
one who dares to stand up for the Consti
tution. It matters not what services ho
may have rendered or what dangers he
may have encountered in the contest
against the dangers of secession. Indeed,
tbo statesman or soldier who has render
ed most service Is only more odious to
them if he opposes their present usurpa
tions. because his character renders him a
formidable opponent. The case of Presi
dent Johnson illustrates this proposition.
His decisive action against tbo rebellion,
ic connection with his Southern position
and antecedents, and tbe antagonism
which this course, internally excited, cre
ated between him and his own people,
made him a favorite at tbe North, and led
to his elevation to the Vice-Presidency.-r-
Believing him to be a renegade Southern
er, whose heart was steeled against his
people by their injustice to him personal
ly, the Radicals scarcely concealed their
joy at Lincoln’s death. Their pulpit ora
tors universally saw in it the hand of
Providence opening the way to the ele
vation of one who had more iron in his
nuturothan had Lincoln, who they said
had too much of the milk of human kind
ness in bis heart to deal with subjugated
rebels. Johnson who had been driven
from his home—the tailor— despised by
the Southern aristocrats, was, they sup
posed, prepared, by his Southern educa
tion and this history, to do the work of
vengeance—the persecution, the confisca
tion, and the hanging—to which he was
now called on by Providence. But when
tbe event proved that Johnson was not
the foul, vindictive wretch they had
thanked God for sending them, and would
not disregard his oath in order to gratify
lils personal resentment, nor consent to
the subversion of the whole spirltof Dem
ocratic institutions even where more than
legal power over the lives and property
of his fellow-citizens was offered for his
Consent, their rage knew no bounds. —
They at once set to work to prepare the
public mind for his ejection from office;
and to make.him odious, imputed to him
every private vice and public crime; and
with a press subsidized by the lavish pat
ronage of the government itself, they
have poured dut upon him such torrents
of loathsome obloquy that they have
brought a large portion of the people to
believe that he is a monster of vice and
crime, an associate of Booth in his mur
der of Llucoln, and habitual drunken
ness the feast of his private vices. »
Under cover of these passionate appeals
they have proceeded to depose the Presi
dent from office— or rather they have sub
stantially abolished the office of Presi
dent—and if they leave him the name and
the salary, it is only because he is really
powerless; or, as Mr. Pike, of Maine, ex
presses it, being dead in fact as President
it is not decent to mutilate the corpse. I
was everywhere met by tbo inquiry dur
ing my canvassing tours at the North
last year and the yea.' before, why the
President guve.the aid of his executive
power to the decapitation of himself? It
was as manifest then as now that the pa
bulum of the corruptionists, by which
the Radical organization was effected and
maintained, came from the Executive
Department, and that his Cabinet in fuel
took the lead in organizing Congress
against him; that ho was surrounded by
traitors and spies, who as the succes of
their treachery was developed, would
make a merit of having betrayed him. I
had to confess there, as I do here, my in
ability to account for the President’s fatal
forbearance. His generous nature was
probably successfully practiced upon by
their duplicity. But whatever the cause,
it is undeniable that the defeat of the op
position to Radicalism is mainly due to
the and demoralization
caused by the war upon the mosea of the
party by the Administration which they
supported. . The Democracy of tiio North,
in their vote for Douglas in 1860, showed
that they had no. sympathy with seces
sion. Multitudes of their meu fought
through the war, and the money they
furnished shows that tbo war increased
rather than diminished their antipathy
to it. They furnished more than their
full share of the men and at least their
quota of the money. And yet, when the
war was over, aud they sought to sustain
ttye President in securing for the bout-h
-orn States their constitutional rights us
States in that Uniou, they were not per
mitted to do so—the whole weight of the
administration, from the Premier down,
was thrown In the scale against them.—
And so earnest was the Premier to defeat
the Democracy, with the gallant Slocum
at.their head In the State of New York,
that he took the stump in person to de
nounce them as a disloyal party. And
when the election was over he showered
the Executive patronage, upon Logan,
Kilpatrick, and other Radical demagog
ues who had signalized themselvbs by
their unmeasured abuse of New York De
mocracy. Aud this is substantially the
relations of the Administration to the
party which support it to this-day; for
whilst it is true that Mr. Seward and the
corporal’s guard which remains with him
appeared to su j p rfc the Democratic earn! i
date at the last election this was after the
Union party had been consolidated by
the President against his own action, and
Congress enabled to abolish the power of
the President. I take no pleasure in re
curring to those facts, and I do not do so
with any wish to excite unfriendly feel
ings towards Mr. Seward, nor any one
else who took this course and is now with
us. You have asked me to lay before you
my views of the situation, and to do ho I
must state the facts which are essential
to its comprehension. In my judgment,
the demoralization of the Democratic
party goes far towards explaining the tri
umph of the Radicals, and it goes far to
wards explaining the disorganization of
that party to recall to your recollect loa
the anomalous condition of things I have
depicted—a party attempting to rally to
the support of an administration whilst
the whole weight and influence of that
administration is actively exerted to des
troy It. Nothing but this unnatural an
tagonism could have prevented the tri
umph of the Conservative party. The
1,800,000 Democrats who voted f«r Mc-
Clellan, headed by tbe administration,
must have triumphed. Hoffman would
have been elected last fall if he hud re
ceived McClellan’s vote. He was de'eat
ed simply by the demoralization I have
sketched, and the Inst consideration will
enable you to understand how all-suffi
cient that was for the purpose. It was
the cause of Constitutional liberty for
which the flght was made, and the De
mocracy was conjured to come up to the
polls for that cause, and the great body of
them responded. But oven those who
came did-not respond as they would have
done had their hearts welled up towards
their leaders. Thousands turned with
disgust from those who were allowed to
hold high positions,#vho were to bo sus
tained In tiieiu by their votes, remember
ing that It was not six months since the
premier had branded them publicly as a
disloyal party; and I have never found a
speaker or laborer in the cause who was
not chilled by this thought, and who did
not feel, when the people naked him why
the President whom theyifcaffred turned
over the government to and
his own, that hla labor wat/'ln vain. If
General Grant had been put in charge of
the-VVar Department, and thus associated
with the administration arid admitted to
its councils, Radicalism would have per
ished, and reintegration would have been
long since accomplished. His magnani
mous course at the serrendcr of Lee; his
report to the President in 1805 on the con
dition of the South; his avowed opposi
tion to negro suffVago and the military
bill; his good sense, good hem t, and high
courage give tbe beat assurance that he
would have given the President the beat
advice, and his popularity would have
given strength to the Administration.—
His liberality, too, towards McClellan,
having expressed his willingness to re
store him to command, would have warm
ed up every friendof McClellan towards
the administratlbn of which be formed a
VOL 54.—N0. 8,
part. For nearly two yearn Senator Doo
little and other friends of the President
have pressed this upon him ; butthe Pre
mier set by his ear, busy with his satelli
tes, making mischief between the Presi
dent and the one man whom it is visible
to all eyes ho can and ought to rely in this
emergency. Grant, soon after closing
the war, took the liberty in the little
speech ho made in New Ydrk (his only
speech) to order Louis Napoleon out ofr
Mexico, where Mr. Seward had helped
him to go, if ho had not invited him, and
was certainly willing that he should re
main. This was notice to Mr. Seward
that Grant would not support him for the
Presidency. I still have hopes the Presi
dent will take the counsel of his real
friends and obey the voice of the nation,
by putting General Grantin chargeof the
work of ’reintegration. The Radicals,
comprehending the intrigues at which I
have glanced, have sought hy'tllolr re
construction measure to antagonize him
to the Present, giving him the power
over the military commanders in the
iSoulb which belongs, by the constitution,
to the President. He would flank them
completely if he would dismiss the intru
garies by whom he is surrounded and
give Grant, as Secretary, the authority by
law which they seek to give him in de
fiance of law. Ho could then defy the
impeaohera, turn the popularity of Grant
(which tn© Radicals are seeking to use to
sustain them in overthrowing the gov
ernment) to its suppoit, undo in one hour
the Radical labor of to sow distrust
of him in the minds of honest people,
which has no other just foundation than
the fact that ho has retained men in pow
er in whose patriotism no one of any par
ty confides. The programme of the Radi
cals is plain. They mean to command
the government by military power and
corruption. They will set upßrownlow
and Fletcher governments in the States
now excluded from Congress. These,
with the Brownlow. and Fletcher votes,
will give them twelve States in the elec
toral college, in virtue of their military
power. They count upon the tariff* and
use of the public money and party ma
chinery to secure a suflicieut number of
States, which, added to the
voles cast by Brownlow, Fletcher, Sick
els, Pope, Sheridan, and other military
satraps, will give them the control of the
government. The flimsy veil of negio
suffrage, pretended us a protection of the
ballot from “ chief traitors,” under which
is concealed the naked sword with which
the twelve States are to bo ruled, is too
transparent to require to bo stripped oil*.
Old Thad. Stevens, the real master-spirit
of Radacalism, long ago declared that
mean whites could be got at the South to
organize and lead the negroes in the In
tereatof those controlling the government
for the sake of the patronage and the pe
cuniary advantage they would receive.—
For controlling the negroes they look to
the antagonism of* race—the Freedman’s
Bureau—promise of confiscated lauds.—
There is not a feature iu the whole Radi
cal system to redeem, it from abhoronce.
It is a system of the*foulest corruption ;
relying alogether on the basest and moat
mercenary motives to receive support. —
There are a few sentimentalists who urge
negro suffr ge from better motives, who
are anxious to have their votes counted,
in the idea that in that way only they can
be elevated in the scale of humanity and
escape slavery, who construe the Declara
tion of Independence, notas Jefferson, its
author, and those who adopted it constru
ed it, to mean that men of the same na
tion were of right equals among them
selves and in their own nation, but as
abolishing and confounding nationalities,
and establishing universal citizenship; so
that Hottentots,•Canibals, Coolies, Indi
ans, Africans, If born in our midst, are
born to the same rights of citizenship
with those of us whose fathers acquired
the country and gave it its government
and laws, although those persons so born
in our midst are the descendants of those
brought here as slaves, and are by their
nature utterly incapable qf discharging
the duties or bearing the burdens inci
dent to full citizenship of such a State!
The fact that no such citizenship is ac
knowedged for the negro’ in any State of
the Union out of New .England, and there
only because they are 100 few in number
to exert a particle of influence, proves
that It is not upon any such principle of
national justice that is is proposed to
count the votes of of the South.
Mr. Sumner, who seems to me io bo by
far tlie most honest of uny of their public
men, Ims contended for the establish
ment of this principle, and has again of
fered at this session the bill which he
had repeatedly presented before, to give
the negro that right of suffrage universal
ly, but his efforts have met with no coun
tenance in Congress, not because Congress
has no power to legislate with respect to
suffrage in the States—for nejtber he nor
his associates regard that us an objection
—but simply because they dare not at
tempt to impose negro suffrage upon the
No.them Slates. This they know can
only be done by military power, and the
time has not yet came lo exert military
power at the North. As it is only when
they exert that power that the ogro vote
Is counted, it is after ail but the exertion
of the military power,, and the suffrage
is sham suffrage ; and it is an election in
no better sense than if they counted the
cattle in (be fields in support of radical
ism. And the negroes themselves, if they
could bo made to understand that there
is no negro suffrage where any real suf
frage is tolerated, would become sensible
that they are but the tools in the hands
of new masters, directing them for their
own selfish ends and objects, with not a
“thought or wish for their welfare. They
are but the machinery or agency adopted
by the military, which controls it and
supports it to carry its will into elfcct. —
It is simply a military government; and
the Radicals, as I have shown, resort to
the device of counting the negroes as a
part of the machinery, taking care to
dock the while vole sulllciently to bring
about the result prescribed beforehand..
It was to secure the properdocklngoC the
white vote that the present session of
Congress was held. The supplementary
net passed follows the Brmvnlow and
Fletcher models closely. By' this the
registers of voters appointed by the mili
tary are clothed with unlimited power on
that head ; and as the white men among
them are generally, I presume, of the
class denominated by old Thud, as 'the
“mean whites,” those entirely subservi
ent to the Radicals, they will cut and
carve to suit the exigency. Besides the
multitudes of military and civU ollieers
which they have at the South to mani
pulate tins business, their executive com
mittee at Washington, with unlimited
funds provided by their fraudulanl hank
ing system, has scattered emissaries all
over the South. Some go, as Senator
Wilson, to supervise the work, report
progress, and advise as to the further leg
islation required to consummate the
scheme. Others, like Kelly, to get up
riots to furnish pretexts for such legisla
tion. This Radical plot for the subver
sion of the government, perpetuating
themselves in power, and making them
selves Independent of the will of tne peo
ple, is bold, elaborate, and dangerous, and
is being wrought out with indefatigable
industry. You ask what we can do to
foil it? I regret to answer, very little.—
All that you cifn do is to register and
should offer to register who can take tho
prescribed oath.' Tho more numerous
the arbitrary disfranchisements tho more
easy it will be to demonstrate the reality
of that scheme of Radical despotism
which I have endeavored to portray. It
is to tlie people of the North I look to
rescue you amrthemseives (,I’or they are
as much involved in it as you are) from
the grasp of this fearful despotism. It is
in fact that these Radicals seek power,
not merely over you, but over the whole
country, by the sword, and are squander
ing, not your means only, but that of tho
who'o people in their immense expendi
tures, their taxation of every laborer,
with their rotten banks and oxhorbitant
tarifib, that constitutes your safety. Nor
have I any fears for the result. If Mr.
Johnson will cut loose from the traitors
and spies who surround him, take Grant
to his counsels, and others In whom the
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dence, wo can rally under him next year,
and tread out Radicalism ho
will not do this, wo will rally under some
other leader. I should prefer Grant my
self in thatevent. I have already stated,
to be sure, that the Radicals are laboring
to antagonize him to Johnson personally,
and Co the principles Johnson represents ;
but I do not believe that ho will be so
weak as to abandon his principles, and
thoonly true friend ho has, and agree to
do the work of the Radicals; which is ab
horrent to him, for the sake of getting
their nomination to the Presidency; but
if he Is. I am convinced that he will de
grade himself to no purpose. Great as
are his personal merits, they will weigh
little iu the scale when the question is
whether the people or.the military shall
rule, and he i*put forward as the repre
sentative man of military government.
If our history teaches anything, it is this
lesson,'that they will not tolerate any
machinery which takes their government
out ol their own hands. It was the asser
tion of this principle which brought Mr.
Jeflerson into power against all the pres
tige which the federalists derived from
Washington. General Jackson was nev
er elected for his military services. His
triumph over Mr. Adams was in vindica
tion Of the popular rights violated in his
person in casting the vote of Missouri,
Illinois, and’Kentucky against the wish
es of the people. His triumph over Mr.
Clay was on the Bank and Tariff ques
tion, when all the moneyed interests of
the country were brought to act in con
cert against him, and the people asserted
by his election their determination to
maintain the control of their own gov
ernment.
The election of Lincoln was equally a
vindication of the popular rights against
the political control which had been ex
erted by tbo use of the slave question. It
would bo singular that the people, so
jealous of their political power, should
sanction the radical programme by which
twelve States are wheeled Into liue by
word of command from Washington.—
When we remember that the spirit of
our people was roused by the attempt of
the United States Bank k> control elect
ions, and that the Democratic instinct
from Main to Georgia rebelled when Mr,
Biddle put the screw on tbo money mar
ket to effect political power, we cannot
suppose it will sleep while Radicalism
openly wields at will the voles of twelve
States by military power, and attempts to
eke out its force to command the govern
ment by the profligate expenditure of
money and subjecting all industry to
enormous taxation by tariffs, rotten
banks, and thus installing an odious oli
garchy upon the country. If the Ameri
can Constitution was nothing more than
u printed record of atempoary agreement,
I should feet alarmed at the present usur
pation of Congress upon it; but when I
remember that there is not a line of it
which is not incorporated with the blood
of the nation—that it is the written ex
pression of principles to which the
American people and theirancestors have
adhered for centuries, modified to suit
their exact condition here, I feel that the
Constitution is not a mere paper, but the
reflex of the very nature of our people ;
and that though it may be hero as it was
iu the old country, that civil war leads to
temporary suspension of constitutional ac
tion, the return of peace leads necessarily
to a return to the normal action of the
government and the restoration of con
stitutional rights and privileges. The
confederates did not undertake to change
the Constitution, but adopted it us their
own because it was the express image of
the American mind, and it must be per
petual. To oppose it is. like lighting
against God ami Nature ; ami it would bo
as well to undertake to reverse the laws
of gravitation. The Radicals know this,
and ace aware of their doom. It is a mis
take to suppose that they are reposing in
ease and confidence upon their places ami
patronage in the federal capita!. The
consciousness of tneir guilt and the
knowledge of their fate speaks in their
faces and through their eyes. 1 thank
you, ladies and gentlemen, for your in
dulgence. If I have trespassed upon
your patience, you must tell me your
selves, as I have been tempted to it by the
polite attention you have paid me. If J
have said anything to revive your hope
and restore your confidence in the genius
and indestructible nature of our govern
ment, I am more than compensated for
my effort. Be assured it is not in the
power of the Radicals to triumph over
the people. It is not in the ingenuity of
man to withdraw the government from
the'people. The Radicals are the lineal
descendants of the old Federal party, who
sought to destroy our republican system,
and they must meet the fate of their’pre
decessors in their inglorious work.
The Ago oV the World mid Man.
How old is the world? Tho general
answer.of Christendom has been, “ not
quite four thousand years from the Cre
ation to tho birth of Christ, and there
have been JL,BGS years since,, making in
all 5,870." And yet we have all seen
within a week or two that Professor
Marsh, of yaie College, in describing the
fossil bones of a mastodon, but recently
found at Cohoes, New York, gives the
opinion that the animal must have exis
ted over ten thousand years ago—pr more
than fljmr thousand years before the time
when,.as tho Scriptural commentators
have usually supposed, Adam gave names
to all tho newly madccreatures. Nobody
appears to be shocked by this statement;
and in fact there is scarcely a scientific
man, including some of the most devout
believers of the age, who does not ascribe
to the world a much greater antiquity
than that claimed in the old-fashioned
chronology.
The evidences leading to this conclu
sion are drawn from nearly every depart
ment of natural science, and, of course,
become irresistibly strong as they are
brought together. To give an idea of
them in a brief compass, intelligible to
every mind, perhaps we cannot do better
than to condense Agassiz’s estimates
based upon the formation coral,
reefs off tho southern coast of Florida.—
These reefs are built up by an Insect that
begins to work on the ground in water
of twelve or fifteen fathoms deep and he
cannot live unless he has the constant ac
tion of the open sea upon him, so that he
stops at tho pclght of high tide. By nu
merous experiments it has been ascer
tained that the coral builder con
structs about half an inch in a century ;
but hr order to err, If at all, on the safe
side, Agassiz doubles his estimate in his
calculation, making it an inch In a cen
tury. Now outside the Florida Keys
there is a long coral reef with an average
height of seventy feet, which, therefore,
must have been begun 7,000 years ago,
orl.OOOyears before the creation of Adam.
Secondly, the Keys themselves are noth
ing but inner repetitions of the same sort
of coral reefs, of at least the same average
height; and the builders must have fin
ished them before they began on the out
side reef, as appears from their neessity
of having tho open sea, and from the fact
that there are now no vindications of the
beginning ofa reef outside of the one wo
have mentioned above. The Keys, there
fore, swell tho record to 14,000 years.—
Next wo have the shoar blufl’ of tho
main laud, which carries the coral con
struction, and which carries the earth’s
record above..J2o.ooo years. Moreover,
there are, as you go inland seven well de
fined and successive coral reefs/which,
added to the foregoing, would make the
world seventy-five thousand years old.—
And Professor Agassiz regards this a very
moderate estimate. *
Expensive Rivalry.— The marquis
of Westminster (said to b the wealthiest
English peer) lately appropriated $250,000
for the purpose of establishing a penny
daily newspaper as a rival to the Times,
This paper was named the Day, an « was
very ably edited. The oxpensiveiuss of
tho undertaking Is evidenced by the fact
that the above largo sum was exbaustt <i
by forty Issues, wEen the enterprise was
abandoned. ‘