(SljcTVmcncan Volunteer. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING T By BRATTON ill cure the most severe cases. Fropareu by Dr. CARHALL.oIhcoiLW Harmony Su. Philadelphia. Price 3L na-aald by all Druggists. A cure Is warranted legally in all cases who call upon Dr. Cui i ail. ... Write and ask these parties what Dr. Carroll s Cordial has done lor them: Rev. B. C. Bipueii cott, a. W. Glassboro, N. J. Mrs. Allen Wells, Mt. Holly; N. J. John Haudbest, 2123 Bummer SU, Philadelphia. „ .. . ~, Orders directed to JOHNSTON, HOLLOWAY & uuWDKN, uu2 Arch MU, Philadelphia, For sale in Carlisle by May 2a, hWtf.—ly hotels. JIEANKIIN HOUB'E, OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE, CARLISLE, PENN'A, GEORGE WETZEL, Proprietor Feb. 0; 1808.—ly CUMBERLAND VALLEY HOUSE, OORNEE OP EAST HIGH ASD BEDFORD STREETS, CARLISLE, PA; J. B. FLO Y D, Proprietor. i. ,3 188,-ly. BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. HOOFLABD’S GERMAN BITTERS, Hoofland’s German Tonic. Prepared by Dr. C. M, Jacksoh, The Great Remedies for all Diseases LIVER, STOMACH, OR ' DIGESTIVE ORGANS. Hoofland’s German Bitters Is composed of the para Juices (or, as they tiro medici nally termed. Lx r. ■■ tract! ) of Roots, Herbs and Burks, Tifl <|T making a prepara tion, highly concen troted, and enUrsly free from Alcoholic fiMa fißb admixture of any HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC, Is a combination of oil the Ingredients of the Bitters, with the purest quality o! Santa Crus Bum , Orange, ole., making one of the most pleasant and agreeable remedies ever oflored to the public. Those preferring a Medicine free from Alcoholic ad mixture, will ÜBO Hooffand’s German Bitters, In cases of nervous depression, when some alcohol!* stimulus la necessary,. HOOFLAND’S GERMAN TONIO The Bitters or the Tonic are both equally good, and contain the same medicinal virtues. The stomach, from a variety of causes, each as Indi gestion, Dyspepsia, Nervous .Debility, etc.. Is very apt to have Us functions deranged. Trie result ifll Jh of which is, that the patient Buffers frotn several or mora of Constipation. Flatulence, Inward Piles, Fulness of Blood to the Head, Aridity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heart hum. Disgust for Food. Fulness or Weight In the Stomachy Soar Eructations, Sink ing or Fluttering at the Pit of the Stomarh, Swimming of the Head, Hurried or Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensations when in a Lying Posture, Dimness of Vision* Dots or Webs before the- Sight* Dull - Pain in the Hoad, Deu oienoy of Perspiration, Yel lowness of the Skin and Eyes, - - Pain in . the Bide, Baok.Obest, Limbs; etc., IBL JE9 S a a d e n Flushes of Beat. Burning In.the Flesh, Constant Imaginings of Evil, and Great'Depression of Spirits. These remedies will effectually cure Liver Complaint, Jaundice, Dynpcpßltt, Chronic or Nervous Debility. Ohmnlr Diairhtaa, Disease of the Kidneys, and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver, Stomach, or Intestines. .Resulting from any Cause whatever; PROSTRATION OP THE SYSTEM, induced by Severe -Labor, Hard ships, Exposure, Fevers, oto. There is no medicine extant equal to these remedies in such cases. A lone and vigor Is Imparted to tbo whole System, the Appetite Uetreiiglh ened. food is enjoyed. 1111 -a™ the stomach digest* promptly, the blood la puriflei the com plexion nooomor sound and'healthy, the yellow tinge is eradicated from the eyes, a bloom is given to the checks, and the weak ana nervous In valid becomes a strong and healthy being. Persons Advanced in JAfe%. feeling the hand of time welching heavily upon them, with nil lit* attendant HU, will And In the use of thle BITTERS, or the TONIC, «n elixir that will Instil new life In o their veins, restore to a measure the energy and ardor of more youthful days, build up their shrunken forms, and giro health ana happiness to tholr remaining years. It Is a well-established fact tliat fully one-half of the female portion of our population are sol domlntbecnjoymont of good health ; or. to use their own ox ill *=» prosslon, “ never feel well." They are lao Gttßa guid, devoid of all energy, extremely nervous, and have no appetite. To this class of persons the BITTERS, or the TONIC, is especially recommended. - WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN Are made strong by the use of either of these remedies. They will core every cose of MARASMUS, without fall. . . Thousands of certificates have accumulated in the hands of the proprietor, but apace will allow of the publication of nut a few. Those, It will bo observed, ore men of note and of such standing that they mast be believed. OAHXiISLiE. Hon. Geo. W. Woodward. Chi(f Justice cf the Supreme Court of Pa., writes? Philadelphia, March 16,1867. “I find‘Hoofland's «= German Bitters* I* tgiMK) tonic, useful /IvL In diseases of the digestive organs, and B™ lll benefit in cases of debility, and “ ■"* want of nervous ac tion In the system. Yours truly, GEO. W. WOODWARD.” COWDEN, Hon. James Thompson. Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, April 28, 1866. “1 consider ‘Hoofland’s German Bitters ’ a vatuabb medicine In case of attacks of Indigestion or Dyspepsia. I con certify this from my experience of It. Yours, with respect, JAMES THOMPSON.” From Rev. Joseph H, Kennard, D. D., Pastor of the Tenth BapHii Church, Philadelphia. ■ Dr. Jackson—Dear Sir i I have been frequently re quested to connect my name with recommendation* of different kinds of medicines, but regarding ths prac tice as out of my op fia : have In all oases do. dined, but with a clear proof in vari Instances and particularly In my M »■ own family, of the usefulness of Dr. Boofland’s German Billers, I depart for onoo from my usual course, to express my full conviction that, for general debility qf the system, ana especially for Liver Complaint, it is a safe and valuable rrrevaration. Id some cases It may fall : hut usually, I doubt not, U will b® very beneficial to those who saner from the above causes. Your*, very respectfully, J. H. KENNARD, Eighth, below Coates 8U dfWrf/.wi Editor Christian Chronicle PhUadtlfhia. 1 have derived decided benefit from the me of Hoof- Und’e German Bitters, and fed It my privilege to re commend them aa a most valuable ttJbid to all who aro suffering from genera! debility or from diseases arising from derangement of the liver. Yours truly, ~ B. D. FEND ALL. Hooflima’. Oenoan RemedlM «rsoonnterftll«a. (! BM th*X the *l«natan? of O. iL JAUKBUa U on the wrapper TTM ofajch bottle. All other* ere conn |M W ~l l_ • Prineln*] Office and U*zmf*otory •I the Oerman Medicine Store, No. 681AROH Streep X’hilfcdolphla. ■ OHAKLES M. EVANS, German Dru jrl«V Proprietor, Formerly C. u. Jaoiaoa * Co. Tor laid by iruggUU and Dealer* In Medicines. RALSTON, Soofland’a German Bitter*, per bottle (1 00 u u u half d0zen......... 800 Holland', German Tonic, pot np In ipmrt bottle* 1 (0 per bottle,or.a ball dozen (or..,*.•>■■■••• I fiO ■gy Do not forget to naming well the utloi. yo» bar, In order to get the genuine. Jap. 180b.—ly , ■ ffiletilcal. AND PHILADELPHIA, PA. or mi should he used. the following diseases DEBILITY, NOTICE. TESTIMONIALS. From Eev. E. Q. Eendall, OATJTIOIT. PRICES. 3Por£icaJL t WHAT PADDY THINKS. Och! Misthcr Radical Parlhy. it’s a very lino sthory ' That yo tell of the soldier boys brave; How they died on the field full of murder nna glory. The Slhavs and Stripes for to save; How the chlldor at homo wero.n sighin’ and cryln’ For their father that had but u ditch for a grave. But don’t you think that you’re lyin’ somewhat whin ye spake it, An’ thryln’ to buy Up their Votes wklycrt-nsh. Else whydoyo pay off their pensions In paper, While the bondholders handle the hard yellow cash 7 Ah I yo know that yo spake what Is false qs ould Satan; But you’ll fool us no more wld your blarney and trash. Just look, If yo pla/.e, at tho boys that were so gers. Broken dowd wld tho wars, crippled veterans an’ poor. Payin’ their own an’ tho bondholders’ taxes, While tho bondholder handles his ’* Bhlaers" galore. •Yo would pay off the rich men In gold, nrrah, would yo? An* tho poor man in shluploslcrs ’cause ho is poor? An' yo think that tlioboys aro in love will yu'ro Ohcnernl, But thoro’a whore you’re fooled very badly ye’ll sec; He kept us poor boys penned up for the nay -B«rs An’ wo shworo we’d bo even if wo ever got free: An* wo’U 101 l Mlsthcv Grant lie can stlmy from the White House, An’he’ll mind what we tell him, ns shuro us can be. Ho once used to tell us to move into battle Over hundreds and heaps of "the wounded and slain, An’ snioko his cigar as though It was funnlu’, But hvTli niver cbmmnnd us that way again; Begorrn, wo’U make him resign in November, Till ho ho Is tanned or a tanner again. Jtlstdlaiieotts. THF. I.IST LOOK. The vessel was far out from the land, and the hills slowly fading in the dis tance. In groups around were gathered those who had hidden farewell to home —parted forever from their native shores. All had sad faces, for memory was busy with their hearts. The year before had been one of famine and suffering. Strong manhood, buoyant youth, prat tling infancy and even decrepit age were gathered on the decks of the good ship " Ocean Bride." Some were weeping, some offering up prayers fl » safety to that God “ who bolds the sea in the hol lows of his hand”—some taking the last fond look at the last sinking shores.— But there was no one that felt more deeply than the young bride of Patrick Sullivan. More conspicuously than any they stood amidships—he with his tali iron frame rising above the others—with his open, manly face turned shoreward, with one hand around the shrinking form of his.youug wife who was weeping upon his breast, and the other, holding his hat extended —pointing to the island home hc,might never see again except in dreams.* " Cheer up, Kathleen,” he said striv ing in vain to keep Ids own voice steady,” cheer up, mavourneen, X know It is hard to part, but think of the country wo are going to. Have you forgotten the sweet song I have so often heard yob sing : “They say there’s bread ami work for all, And the sun shined always there.” But vaiu were hie words. They failed to comfort her. Bhe did not realize, ns he did, the stern necessity that was driv ing them away, had not felt the pangs ot hunger, knew nothing of vacant places by the little peat lire as many had done. “ Come, Kathleen take one lust look.'J he said striving to raise her head from his hreast and dry her burning tears. “I can not, can not!” she replied ns well as she was able for her sobs. “What! not the last? A/moment more and you can not see it, the last look at your native laud." “ I shall never see it again—nor any other," she answered, clinging still more closely to him, “ nor any other. My grave will bo made in the ocean. I can feel the cold waves rolling over me now." The aged crones murmured to the other as she was carried away below.— They whispered that she was not upon tire laud and could not feel that some body was walking over her grave : but could the chilling waters and their un ceasing swash—hear, perchance with spirit ears their'never ending monoto- C 'j?or days, oven weeks their ghost-like eroakiugs met with no return—there was no fair corpse for their skinny fin gers to make ready for the burial. The good ship held her way, though blown about by contrary winds, olten baflled but never driven back, aud the poor emi grants began to count the days when they should see the blessed shores of America —the laud destined by God to be the ref uge of the oppressed of all nations and tongues aud people for ail time. “ In live days,' please God" said Pat rick Sullivan “we shall bo on shore, Kathleen, amid the green tress aud un der the blue skies.” . ~ Five days? That very night the black winged angel of Death hovered over the ship. VVhen"tho morning came, with leading clouds, there was not an uuterri- Bed heart on hoard !” " Ship fever of the most malignant type !”. whispered the surgeon to the Captain and lips whiter than the belly ing sails took up the fearlul words and repeated them. Many were down—more to follow But the very Brat that hud hecu taken was Kathleen Sullivan—the flrst that found a grave in the ocean was her. To describe the sorrow of her husband would be impossible. Hut his was not the noisy gnet that liuds utterance in words. It was of the kind that eats as silently as the rust iuto the heart of iron. All the fault of her leaving home he took unto himself. He stood in his own eyes a murderer! It is sfango then that America has no charms for him and that though be labors faithfully and sends all of his earnings to' those he left behind —that his mental vision is fixed upon auotlfer’couutry whoso streets are paved ' with gold ? Is not 'his bride awaiting him there 7 BSf An egg tester has recently been patented in England. It consists of a cubical box, with central funnel-shaped openings in two contiguous sides, oppo site which a mirror is placed at an angle of 45 degrees. On looking into the box through cither hole, the impinge of the other hole, reflected by the mirror, ap pears directly opposite. To test eggs the box is placed with oueof the holes upper most, in which the egg is placed. The light then transmitted through the egg, forms a sharply defined disc. If the egg be fresh, the illuminated circle will be clear, if stale, the disc will be cloudy, and If bud, the immage will be dark and, un sightly. The apparatus, it is stated, may be used by daylight or candlelight. The light reflected by the mirror to the eye passes entirely through the substance of the egg, and conseqently every change from perfect trauslucency to thorough opacity can be observed. Does pa kiss you because he loves you?” inquired a nobby nosed urchin of his maternal ancestor, the other day.-- “To be sure, sonny, why?”” Well, I think ho loves the cook, too, for be kiss ed her more than forty times last Sunday when you were gone to meeting. l ’ CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY. JULY 30.1868. ORNITHOLOGICAL. A Kculnclty Crow-Roost— A Million or CrotvH at Booilt Tho following curlnua story of a great Crow-Boost near Lexington, Kentucky, Is told by an eye-witness. Ho says: “ Olio thing moat remarkable in Ken tucky Is the crow-roost seven miles from Lexington, on tho Danville pike. The roost is so old that the mind of the oldest inhabitant of tho blue grass region run neth not to tho contrary. Many years ago tho roost was nearer Lexington, but as tho trees were cut away tho crows moved southward always seeking tho next piece of timbof. At tho present there are no largo forests in the country near the city, and many pieces of timber have been called Into requisition to lodge their black highness. • Hundreds sleep in the open Holds for want of a limb, and the wrangle over a desirable bed in a tree-top Is something fearful. By tho amount of cawing and jawing done every evening we should think the question of reconstructing the roost, or of moving it altogether was un tier discussion. Whether the crows will ever abandon' their ancient roost is u matter of some doubt, but judging by the fact that hundreds, if not to say thousands, have already given up the trees and roost on the ground, we incline to tho opinion that when there are no more trees all will content themselves with a bed on mother Eurtu. A gentleman who lives near the roost, and who has a tine locust grove in Iront of his house was surprised one even ing to see it black with cp>\va. For a time all went on well, but the roost be came popular, and every evening there was a wrangle to see vjho would.get it. As the desirable place would hold only a few hundred, and there were some thousands who nightly applied for lodg ing. tho noise and confusion became in tolerable. Sometimes in the middle of the night an overloaded limb would break, and tfccn a battle would ensue, lasting not mifrequently till daylight.— Tired out with the diu that banished the idea of sleep at night, life old fellow and his son soon sallied out with shot guns and slew some hundreds of their annoy ing visitors. Next morning the crows were all gone, and returned no more to the grove. The other evening we drove out to the roost, and witnessed a sight we shall not soon forget. It - was 4 o’clock when we arrived on the ground, aud already tlie crows had begun to arrive. At sun down they were coming from all direc tions, ana long lines continued entering tho woods from every quarter until dark. Each Hock had a filler or leader, who fiew over the tree-tons until he found his roost, when the head of the column light ed, the rest circling round aud round and winding themselves about their chief. — Only a few crows would light on tho same tree where the leader lighted, fjom which fact we Judge he is a sort of aris tocratic personage who does not associate with the common herd, and that the per sons who slept on his tree were his roy al family and crows high in authority in the flock. The crows did not seem afraid of us, and were evidently used to human visi tors. We drove up quite close to trees bending beueath their weight, but these birds, usually so sby, did not mind us much until my companion imitated the explosion of a gun, when a scone that beggars description followed. Instantly cries rose from all parts of tho wood, and thousands of crows fiew into the air, cir cling round and round us, cawiug vocif erously. At times the noise was so great that, although sitting side by side in the buggy, wo hud to speak loudly in order to be heard by each other. Having rais ed a great distress among our blauk friends, we drove bfV, but for miles suw flocks in the air still coming to roost.— The rustle of tho wings in flying was one of the most peculiar sounds jve ever heard; a largo flock passing silently over our heads, we paused to listen, and could liken the noise to nothing but the flutter ol a million fans, or the rumpling of vast pieces of silk. When the firing continues for any time they will llv into the open fields und there sleep until daylight. As soon as the day begins to break they quit their roost and go, no onp knows where. It has been estimated that a crow will fly a hundred miles for his breaklast, and return after supper, and we have not tho least doubt that many of the crows who sleep iu Kentucky are citizens of Ohio and Illinois. We think that about one million crows sleep at tho’Church Koost, alid about the last of March they will leave us aiid scatter themselves over the northern States, returning again next fall-to spend their winter witn us. A gentleman who has closely observed them for many years, says that they de -1 crease In numbers, that they are slowly passing away, aud in time, like the poor Indian, wld become a defuntJl race on this continent. Givliiff Joy lo A Cltllil. " Blessed be the hand that prepares a pleasure forji ehild, for there is no say ing when and where it nlay again bloom forth. Does not almost everybody re member some kind-hearted man who showed him a kindness in the dulcet days of his childhood ? The writer of this recollects himself at this moment as a bare-footed lad, stand ing at the wooden fence of a poor.little garden in his native village, while with longing eyes he gazed on the flowers which were blooming there quietly in the brightness of a Sunday morning.— The possessor came forth from his little cottage; he was a wood-cutter by ‘rade, and spent the whole week at work 1 . the woods. He had come into the gai’oen to gather flowers to stick in' his coat when lie went to church. .He saw the boy, and breaking oil' the most beautiful of the carnations it was streaked with red and while —ho gave It to him. Neither the giver nor the receiver spoke a word, and with hounding steps the boy ran home. And now hero, at a vast distance from that homo, after so many events of so many years, the feeling of gratitude Which agitated the breast of that hoy ex presses itself on paper. The carnation has long since withered, but now It blooms afresh. Kats —There were no vats in Califor nia before the gold discoveries. Then, in 1849 they were imported bjj sea in the rat’s woist shape, that of the brown or Norwegian variety. Few of the interi or towns were visited before 1852, Now they infest all parts of the State, in 1850 there were no rats in New Mexico, and it used to be a speculation how long the adobe houses would resist their gnaw in tr teethe whenever they should see fit to establish themselves in that country. It is said that the rat was unknown be fore the Christian era, and that his first appearance in Europe was long after the middle ages. This was the Idack rat, coming from no place of which wo have anv’record. He soon spread ail over Eu rone, and, from his hostility to the mouse which has been known through all re corded time, it is strange that the small er rodent has not been exterminated. He would be were It hot perhaps that he la even more prolillo than his bigger brother. The brown rat was not known In Eu rope before tho eighteenth century, and though called a Norwegian rat, wasaotu ally imported from India. Ho Is the strongest and most ferocious and destruc tive of his tribe. To-day, it is said, there is not a black rot in Paris—the race there having been killed out by the browner animal. This' species is widely known all over the United States. The ravages of tbo'rata of both species are enormous. How can they begot rid of is a ques tion worthy of the attention of Legisla tors. Suoh vermin, if possible, ought to be exterminated; a rat, no matter bow domesticated he may be, having no more right to live in a civilized community than' a wolf or a wildcat, IWilkaL [From tho Now York World.] THE CANDIDATES. HORATIO SEYMOUR. Horatio Seymour, tho Democratic can didate for President of the United States, was,born in Pompey, Onondaga County, New York, in the year ISII, and is con sequently about fifty-seven years of age. The family to which Mr. Seymour be longs is descended from Richard Sey mour, who was oneof the original settlers of Hartford, Connecticut. Major Moses Seymom.tho fourth lineal descendant, served in the Revolutionary War, “and subsequently .represented Litchfield In the Legislature of Connecticut for seven teen years. Of his five sons, Henry Sey mour, father of Horatio,'was born in 1780. He removed to Utica, in tins State, serv ed in the State Legislature with signal ability, and was for many years Canal Commissioner, ocdfcpying a prominent position in the politics and legislation of the State. One of hia brothers was a dis tinguished member of the United States Senate irom Vermont for twelve years.— Houjiprjgeu B. Seymour, for some time Representative in Congress from the Litchfield District of Connecticut, was tho son of another brother.named Ozias. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Sey-„ , mour, Colonel Forman, served through tho Revolutionary War in the New Jer sey line. Mr. Seymour received a liberal and thorough education in the best institu tions of tho State. His instincts and pre ferences naturally led him to the study of tho law, which ho pursued with vigor and industry.. Ho was admitted to the Jiarwhen onlya little more than twenty years of age, and at once commenced the practice of his profession in tho City of Utica. The death of his father, however, soon afterwards devolved upon him so great responsibilities in connection with the settlement of the family estate,.as to require the most of hia time aud atten tion, obligiughimi much against hia wish, to relinquish the practice of his profes sion. The death of his wife’s fatlier, the late John H. Bleeker, occurring about the same time, added to his numerous cares iu tho adjustment of important property interests. Some of the best years of Mr.' Seymour's life were absorbed in this work, but no doubt his mind was being .-schooled, as it could not otherwise have been for tbegmve responsibilities and du ties that were to come In after Hie. Up to this time Mr. Boymour had acted no prominent part iu political life, although from his youth, as were his ancestors be fore him, ho bad always been strongly attached, through sympathy und taste, to the Democratic party. In the fall of 1841, when not thirty years of age, Mr. Sey mour consented to tho use of his name as a Democratic candidate for member ot Assembly. Although tho Whigs were at that time largely in the ascendency in In Utica, Mr. Seymour was triumphantly elected by a large majority. In the Leg islature Mr. Seymour at once took a com manding position upon the great ques tions involving tho interests of the Stale, engaging in the leading debate with great fervency and assisting largely in shaping the legislation of the session.— Among his legislative associates were John A. Dix, Michael Hofimun, David R. Floyd Jones, George R. Davis, Lemu el Stetson and Calvin T. Hulburd. The Democrats at that time were in the as- seudency in both brunches of the Legis lature, and the great measures of the ses sion wus Michael Heilman's celebrated bill in relation to iiuancca, which was supported and passed by the Democrats. In the succi-ss of this measure, which was destined to restore the depreciated linaneiul credit of the State, Mr. Sey mour took an active and sympathetic in terest, displaying for the ffr-t time the lorensic ability an I oratorical powers that have since distinguished him. In the spring of 1842 Mr. Seymour was elected Mayor of the City of Utica, des pite the continued hostility and opposi tion of the Whigs. In the fall of ol 1543, he wus again elected n member of the lower House of the Legislature, and was re-elected to, and served in the same po sition during the sessions ol 1844 and and 1845. The session of 1844 was an important and exciting one, the Assem bly being agitated with acrimonious con rests, chiefly springing from contem plated opposition to the administration of Governor Bouck. The leaders in the debates of the session were Mr. Seymour and Hoirmaui the recognized leader ol the Legislature in 1842, and a formidable antagonist in debate, but Mr. Seymour appears to have coped with him success fully, and to have won not only the plau dits of his political associates but the praises of his constituents likewise. The session of 1845 opuuod with u changed •tfvirll, based upon the victorious election of Mr. Polk to the Presidency. At the outset of this session AIK Seymour was induced by his friends to enter the con test foV Speakership, to which position he wus triumphantly elected, despite a violent factional tight, which seriously threatened his prospects. Oue of the prominent and important events of this session was tiie election of Daniel S. D ckitfHon to the United States Senate, in which Mr, Beymmir took a leading and active part.. He also engaged with fer vent spirit in the discussion relative to the call for a convention to amend the Constitution, but voted against the bill providing for that measure. .With this session Mr. Seymour’s legislative career, was brought to a close. For the succeeding live years Mr. Sey mour was not prominent in public lile, having resumed the practice of law in in the City of Utica. By the action of the Legislature of 1850, providing for the enlargement and improvement of the Erie Canal, and appropriating the reve nue of the Stale in contravention to the provisions of the Constitution, Mr. Sey mour again assumed a loading position In State politics, and most earnestly re sisted the effort to override the provisions of a Constitution so recently adopted. On account of his strenuous opposition to that measure, he was that year (1850), for the first time, placed in nomination lor Governor of hla State, in opposition to Washington Hunt. The result of the election was, for Seymour, 214,352 votes, for Hunt, 214,614, Mr. Seymour having been defeated by 202 votes. In 1852, Mr. Seymour was again placed in nomination by the Democratic party, in opposition to Washington Hunt (Whig) and Minthorne Tompkins (Free Soil), with the following result: S. 9 '";;::::;;:::::; iSi Torapklns Mr. Seymour was triumphantly elected over two competitors as the chief execu tive officer of the State. His administra tion of State affairs, as generally conce ded was rendered by ability, fact, and good jud ment. While occupying the gubernatorial chair in 1862, he vetoed the notorious Maiue law, and the correctness of his views as to the power-of the Leals* iaturo to pass sumptuary laws* was sub sequently fully established by a formal decision of the Court of Appeals. In 1354 Mr. Seymour was nominated hv the Democracy for re-election, Myron H. Clarke (Republican), Daniel Ulman (American), and Greene C. Bronson (Hard Shell Democrat), as opponents.— The following was the result of the elec tion : 15fl f ‘osUlUmsu.. luO.SOllßroii'i'Hi, Ciiirk Although ibis election resulted in Mr. Seymour’s ilefcat, it demonstrated very satisfactorily his uuwaulng popularity with the people, and his certainty of suc cess with the party united and working for one candidate^—At ihe conclusion of this contest, Mr. Seymour again resumed the work of his profession at Utica. In everything appertaining to the success of the Democracy ho took au active and sympathetic interest. He attended Na tional and State Conventions with great regularity, and was always accorded a leading position in tho council* of the same. At the National Democratic Con venion at Charleston, in 1800,'he was pro posed by the Southern delegates as a compromise candidate between Douglas and Breckinridge, but owing to tho op position of the New York delegation his name was withdrawn. In 18G2 Mr. Seymour was for the fourth time placed in nomination for Governor of this State by tho Democrats, against General Wadsworth tho Republican ominee. The result of the election was * follows. Seymour, Wadsworth. Mr. Seymour was thus for tho second imo elected Governor of this State by the handsome majority of 10,752. After an able administration of two years lie was, In* 1804, nominated for re-election, this time against Reuben E. Fenton, by whom ho was defeated. At the National Democratic Conven tion held in Chicago in 1804, Mr. Sey mour was with great unanimity chosen its President, an%l how ably and efficient, ho discharged the duties and responsibili ties of that important position, tho re cords and history of the Convention will indisputably show. Since that time Mr. Seymour has delivered many powerful Democratic .speeches in various parts of the couniry, entering each successive campaign in this State with his accus tomed vigor, fearlessness and efficiency. At his home in Utica, as well as throughout the Stale, ho Is estimated and respected with that fervor that springs only from true friendship. He has been from early boyhood a faithful and energetic member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, the interest of which he has labored earnestly to promote, botli as an individual member and her legislative councils. Ho takes especial in terest lu educational establishments and in the Sunday school, whose usefulness and influence ho labors zealously to pro mote and advance.' I ICAXCXS PRESTON BlillC, Jr. The gallant soldier and statesman who has beeen nominated for the cilice of Vice-President of the United Slates by the National Democratic Convention, * and who will certainly till that olliee, was born in the quaint old town of Lex ington Kentucky, February 19, 1821, and is now in his forty-eighth year. In his twentieth year ho graduated at Priuston College, and removed to St. Louis, Mis souri, and there began the study of law, in. which profession he made rapid pro gress. In 1845, being then in his twenty tifth year, he made a journey to the Uocky Mountains with a party of trap pers for the improvement of his health, which had failed somewhat, owing to close pursuits of his studios ; and on the I breaking out of the Mexican War Blair joined the force under Kearney and the gallant Donephan in New Mexico, and served as a private soldier until 1847, when lie returned to St. Louis and re sumed the practice of his profession. In 1848, like his father, Francis'P. Blair. Sr., ho gave his support to the Free Soil party and at a speech delivered at the Court House in St. Louis contended against the extension of slavery into the Territories of the nation. In 1852 he was elected from St. Louis County, Mis souri, to the Legislature as an avowed Free Boiler, and he was re-elected in 1854, 54, though Thos. H, Benton, the Congres sional candidate of the Free Boilers, was beaten.. In 1850, Mr. Blair was returned to Congress from the St. Louis District, over Mr. Kennet, who had defeated Col. Benton two years before. In 1857 he de livered an elaborate speech in the House of Representatives in favor of colonizing the population of the United Stales in Central America. Mr. Blair waa also an editor and a writer on .the Missouri Democrat at one time. The father of General Blair was a firm ami fust friend of Andrew Jackson pthe General when a child was wont to play on the knees of Andrew Jackson in the White House.— His father was at that time editor of the Globe , in Washington. In 1860 Mr Blair contested the seat In Congress of Mr. Barret, from the St. Louis District, and was soon after returned to the House, af ter which he resigned his seat. In 1860 General Blair made a speech, in Brook lyn, In favor of Mr. Lincoln for the Presidency, and also delivered a speech at the MetropolitanHotol, in this city, in June 1861, in favor of snong war measures, hinting that General Scott was a rather slow cam paigner. Mr. Blair was very assiduous lij raising volunteers in St. Louis, and was the first volunteer of the State of Missouri. .Ho raised the first regiment of Missouri Volunteers, and acted as its Colonel, albeit lie did not hold a commis sion as Colonel of the regiment. A dilli cnlty arose between Colonel Blair ami General Fremont, and Colonel Blair was unjustly placed under arrest hy that olll cer, who was commander of Unit depart ment. This arbitrary measure «d Kirby composing his division. Frank Blair had the honor of leading the attack in person, five bat teries concentrating their guns on (he lehel position.’ The attack was terrific ami repulsed. As the head of the column parsed over the parapet a dense fire of musketry swept away all its leading flics. The rear of the column attempted to rn-li on, but were driven back. Here, by the bad management of Grant, Blair was not supported, as the supporting division was 100 far away to give him assistance. At the capture of Vicksburg Blair’s di vision participated, and did the heaviest fighting in Sherman’scommand. It was* at this tlipo that Grant pronounced Frank Blair to bo the best volunteer gen eral in Hie United States Array, an opin ion that was fully sustained by bis con duct inaction and bis judgmentasacam puigner. In the great inarch of Sher man to tlie sea, General Frank P. Blair commanded tlieseventeenth Army Corps, the finest corps of the whole army. He croosed tlie Ogecchee near Barton, and captured the first prisoners. His divis ions laid pontoons acroos the river, and tlie two wings were thus united before Savannah. His divisions were the first to march into Savannah. From Savannah, tl e Fourteenth Corps was taken by water to Pocolaligo, whence it threatened Charle-ton, while Slocum,with the twenti eth Corps and Kilpatrlck’soaval «y, mulch ed up tlie Augusta toSlster Ferry, threat ening an advance on Savannah at Talla hatchie. Blair wailed through a swamp three miles wide, with water four feet deep, the weather being bitter cold.— Here the Seventeenth bad another tivht, and lostanuniberof killed and wounded, but drove the rebels behind the Edlsto at Branchville. the army had directed its march on Oratigobuijg Here the seven teenth carried the bridge over the South Edlsto by a gallant dash, Blair leading ids men, as usual,'up to the battery’s mouth, which was covered by a parapet of cotton ahd earth extending as far as could be seen. Blair threw Smith’s di vision in front, while his other division erosacd below and carried the bridge af ter a bard light. A half dozen men of Blair’s Corps were the first to enter Co lumbia. The Seventeenth Corps, how ever, were notgul ty of burning this city, as has been charged. At the battle of . Bentonvllle, N. C., on thu march up to Richmond, the Seventeenth were engag ed heavily. It is hot necessary to go • further into detail of the glorious ser i vices and gallantry of oar candidate for 122,282 Si, 81 VOL. 55.— N0. 7. the Vice-Presidency. His uamo appears Id the* history of the great civil war as one of the first soldiers of the North.— His life has been a romantic one, and full of strange and eventful occurrences. He hade farewell to his troops July 24. 18{V3, In an affecting address. He was nominated Revenue Collector of Missouri in'March, iSGG. His nomination was re jected by the Senate. His popularity in the West is very great. His past record Insures him success. TUB KSIIIINIANM OF IIIK I*lso. Pf.K. 306,(11!) The most inattentive observer of pass ing events must notice how enthusiastic and interested the people are respecting the proceedings of the National Conven tion of the Democratic party. At no former period of the history of our coun try has more interest been manifested in the rsult of the deliberations of any similar convention. In comparison with this meeting of the People's Representa tives the Into Radical Convention ol par ty hacks and old political tricksters m Chicago sinks into insignificance. The masses felt that they could have no pari, could feel no interest in the proceedings of the convention of a party, whose prin ciples and measures were so antagonis tic to the best interests of the people ol the whole nation. They felt that Ho liest and purest men of the parly in pow er had left Its ranks, and that no in dependent, able and fearless slalesmnn could be its candidate. They knew that the Radical delegates in Chicago would be theeurvlle and obedient tools of the majorby of the present Rump Congress, and that that corrupt body would dictate the nomination of no man who would uoi prove, if elected, a mere instrument in the hands of these Radical conspirators against the liberties of the people. Millions of dollars of the people’s mon t ey have been spent by the Radical lead ers not to restore the Union, not to pay off the enormous and oppressive debt 01 the nation, hut for the selfish and un patriotic purpose of continuing in power a Radical majority in Congress, who have never failed to show not merely their contempt for the masses, but also a reckless and crimiim). disregard for, all the limitations of the Constitution. — Keeping In view these facts the people could not bo persuaded into an enthusi asm regarding the proceedings of a con vention, which met only to deceive them and to plot further thoironthralment and degradation. The National Convention of the De mocracy iu Noiv Vork, ou the contrary. Is in full sympathy with the people of the Unfticd Stales, not merely with those of one portion of the Stales, but with the people of each and all the States. masses know all this; they also know that the Democratic party is now, as heretofore,the unflinching advo-, cate of their rights and liberties. It is therefore not strange that the people feel and manifest that Interest in the proceed ings of the National Democratic Conven tion, which indicates the certain success of its candidates and principles at the ap proaching Presidential election. 2ft»,81»7 Why Grant Should uot be Elected. If none others could be named, there are two substantial reasons why General Grant should not be elected President of the United States. The Hist is that ho is not qualified to fill the office, and the second on account of the political prin ciples he professes to represent. \Ve have never met a man who will say that he possesses the requisite qualifi cations to fill the office of President. His most ardent admirers will not say that he does. And how is it possible that he should bavo them? Ho has never had experience ns a statesman, nor has he ever,held the simplest civil office or ap pointment. In all matters of State craft he is as unlearned an unsophisticated as a child. He is totally ignorant of the es sentials necessary to qualify a person to preside over this great Country as Chief Executive—knowledge and experience. He who supposes that any man can be picked up and put in the Presidential chair, and cun, ns a matter of course, dis charge the duties with intelligence and wisdom, is very much mistaken. Knowl edge and wisdom are ns essential to a statesman as.n mechanic, and he who undertakes this calling without qualifica tions will fail. The President of the United States needs great capacity, great experience, and great wisdom as a states man, none of which General Grant has the credit of possessing. He was nomi nated simply as an expediency candi date. The "Radicals have no mah of their own who syould stand a ghost of a chance ol election, and therefore seduced Grant by the nomination and induced him lo become their candidate. If a per sun wlshed’an agent to conduct any bus iness whatever, ho would select one skill i d in the particular occupation he was to luUo oluvrgo <»f. If this iu imyvm-tnut- iu private pursuits, how much m«»re impor lant is it in the management of tin* intri cate and importantaflairsorgovernment. The people cannot expect their public business to he well managed In the hands ofan unqualified agent. ' ftiiniiici* Wauls a !fcgro by bis Side If the following does not disgust* the masses of the Radical party, their stom achs must bo strong indeed : Sr.NATKCiiA.Mnr.it, July s, IMS. Dear Sir: I have never given any opin ion In regard to the Senatorial question In vonr State, except to express n regret that the golden opportunity should be lost of malting a colored citizen Senator Iroin South Carolina. Such a Senator if com petent, would he a powerful support to tlje cause of equal rights. Ills presence alone would he a constant testimony ami argument. Nothing could do so much to settle the question of equal rights forever in the United States. The howl against the negro which is sometimes heard in the Semite would cease. A colored Sena tor would bens good us a constitutional amendment, making all backward steps impossibles I write now frankly in re plv to yonrlnqniry, and without any pnr pdf.e of interfering in yonrelection. Yon will pardon my anxiety for the cause I have so much at heart. Accept my best wishes,and believe me, dear sir, faithfully yours, (Burned) Charles Sumner. To Thaddeus K. Sasportas, Esq., Colunv * bln, South Carolina. There are upwards of fifty radicals in the U. S. Senate (a largo majority of that body) who would vote for the admission of the blackest negro in all the South to a scat in their midst. Wade, Chandler, Yales, Pomeroy, Wilson Cameron and all of that ilk, would vote to receive him. Should Grant be elected, the ex periment will bo tried and our nation will be disgraced by the presence of de graded Africans in the highest legisla tive body known to our form of gov ernment! Will the people rebuke this negro business now, or permit it to get beyond their reach ? White men of the North, don’t you think you have been burdened long enough with the odious. Internal Rev enue Tax.-ineroly that the ignorant ne gro may bo madou voting machine to erfn linue Radical pedagogues and adventur ers in office ? B-iay General Grant has “ swung around the circle.” Ho has'gone to the plains. No attention was paid him as passed along. The lion’s skin is being torn from the a-s and the animal is being shown up in his native element. The poor man of the country is made to pay the taxes of the rich man by the present Internal Revenue laws, passed by the Radical Congress. Kvery poor man who wishes to be relieved trom this burden of taxation, .will vote the Democratic ticket. Hates for Advkhtis or ents will bo inserted at Ten cents per lino for tho first insertion, and fire cents per lino for each subsequent Insertion. Qnar tcrly .half-yearly, and yearly advertisements in serted at a liberal reduction on the above rates. Advertisements should bo accompanied by the Cash. When sent without any length of time specified for publication, they will bo continued* until ordered oni and charged accordingly. JOB PRINTING. Cards, Handbills, Circulars, and every oth er description of Jon and Card Printing ezecn ted in the neatest stvln. at. low prices. TIfEYNTETtENT OF THE WHITE TOILERS OF THE HOKTI* IN 1 «*R PBCSIDEHYIAI. ELECTION. To the unemployed poor of New York a Presidential election, with all that it implies, is a matter of life and death. — To tho wealthy it may bo an exciting stimulus; to the well to-do, a holiday pastime: but to the unemployed poor it m virtually and actually a matter of life and death. It is a bultlo which is to de cide tho late of millions, but it is well to remember that It is a battle In which the rich have no advantage over tho poor in point of weapons. Tho ballot |s as effect ive in tho hands of a mechanic as in those of the millionaire. Tho one thing neces sary is to use it. Another point well worth remembering is, that in elections numbers are tho only things that tell, mid thai the advantage of numbers is al ways on the side ol tho Democracy, for the toiling millions’always outuumbo the men of leisure, and the Democracr can truly say, “ tho poor are always with us.” A Democratic victory Is, therefore, emphatically the triumph of Labor, and Is a matter of as vital interest to the poor woman who sews and stitches fourteen hours out of twenty-four, as to any Pres idential candidate. There is not a dwell erln a miserable attic iu New York whose hard lot would not be rendered more en durable by the overthrow of the uncurbed party which for eight long years has been 'practicing on the life of tho Republic, that reaped a profit from every blow the artisan struck, and every stitch tho nee dlewoman sewed ; that drove tho poor into miserable tenements, in order that room might bo made for their palatial mansions, and forced them to pay tuxes, not on their incomes—that would be a slight mutter but on every morsel they ate and every rug they wore, that the bonds of the rich may go uulaxed and and their interest be paid in gold. Wo hear enough of equality uow-a-days to sicken any one of the word. Of course social equality between man and man no one is mad enough to propose; but social equality with tho Man and Brother Is quite a different thing. Now, there 1s one specie* of equality that a Democratic victory would be likely to secure—an equality that every fair minded man like to aeo.butwhich these equali ty praters never think of, and that Is equality of taxation. We are for equali ty of taxation ; let the burden be distrib uted evenly all over, and let tho rich man bear his own load. We had enough of the substitute business during the war—more than enough, heaven knows; hut let it end with tho .war. The poor shouldered muskets for tho rich then ; must they shoulder their responsibilities now ? This is the question tho next Presiden tial election is to decide. Before it every other pales. In comparison with it every question Is of minor importance. A few mouths from now and wo shall know whether a privileged class is to be saddled on tho country: whether caste, under the most insidious- form, is to prevail, with the taxpayer as a pariah. Wlmt tbe Ilcpnbllcnu Party Seeks. “ The Republican party,” says one of its advocates, “ asks uot power (not worth while to ask when you can take), it seeks uot profit (witness our present cheap gov ernment in contrast with Democratic ex travagance), it seeks only the good of the whole human race, the universal dllla sion of freedom, intelligence and happi ness—that is the sublime object of Re publicanism!” “Sublime” picture! How touching mid true! It needs only a few finishing touches—let the Immortal pencil of Dan iel Webster supply them: “A character lias been drawn at a very eminent citizen of Massachusetts, of the last ago, which, though I think it does uot entirely belong to him, yet very well describes a certain doss of public men. It was said of tins distinguished son of Massachusetts, that m matters of politics and government he cherished the most kind and benevolent feelings toward the whole • earth. Ho earnestly desired to see all nations well governed ; and to bring about this happy result ho wished that the United Stales might govern the rest of the world ; that Massachusetts might govern the United .States ; that Boston might govern Massa chusetts; and as for himself, his own humble ambition would be satisfied tiy governing the little town of Boston.” Beautiful Allbooky.—'The follow ing beautiful allegory is translated from lie German: Tophronia, a wise teacher, would not sutler even his grown up sons and daugh ters to associate with those whoso con duct was not pure and upright. “ Dear father,” said the gentle Ulalla to him one day, when ho forbade her in company with hei brother to visit the volatile Lucinda, “dear father you mu*t think us very childish, If you think we should be exposed to danger by It.” 'The father took in silence a dead coal from the hearth, and readied it to his daughter. “It will not burn you my child: lake it.” Ulalia did so, and behold her delicate white hand was soiled and blackened, and as it chanced, her white dress uNo. “ Wo cannot he too careful in handling coals,” said Ulalia, in vexation.. “ Yes, truly,” said her father, “You see, my child, that coals, even if they don't hum, blacken. Bo it is with the vicious.” Iniiio Dauohtkus. — It is a most pain ful spectacle in families, where the moth er is the drudge, to seethe daughters ele gantly dressed, reclining at their ease, with their drawing, their music, their fancy work aud their reading, beguiling themselves of the lapse of hours, days and weeks, and never dreaming of their responsibilities, hut ns a necessary conse quence of neglect of duty, growing weary of their useless lives, laying bold of every newly invented stimulant to amuse their drooping energies, and bla ming their fate when they dure not blame their God for having placed thorn where they arc. These individuals will often tell you with an air of aUeoled com pas— lon-lfor who can believe It real?—-that poor dear mamma is working herself t" death. Yet no sooner do you propose that they should assist her, than they declan* that she is quite In herelement—ln short that she would never be happy if she hud only half os much to do. “ Bill Smith, what i? BS^Scoolmaater—' a widow?” . j3ill—“ a widow is a married woman that haiu’t got no husband ’cauao he’s dead.” M lister— er?” Bill—” a widdiwer ia a mau'what runs arter widders.” Well Bill, that’s not exactly according to Johnson, but It will do,” •“ Very well, what Is a widow- Western paper says that as Gen. Grant wascomingotl the cars at St. Lou is ho was stung on tiie nose by n locust. Immediately afterwards the locust was seized with terrible convulsions, and in a short time died in a lit of delirium ire mens. Grant and bad whiskey are in de mand when the locusts are bad. Radical Senator, ChavleS Sum ner, is in favor of welcoming “Nigro Representatives to either House of Con gress.’’ Gen. Grant a step farther ti.on Senator Sumner, and ordered the ip puintment of a negro ns Lieutenant G v ernor of Louisiana. To give place to the negro lie throw out a white man. Bay Our foreign born citizens^ should remember that Schuyler Odfaz. the Rad ical candidate lor. Vico I’resWent waa one of the leading Knownothlngs in the State ol Indiana. He was one ml the most God accursed, damnable and pro scriptive party.