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H MALTZBERGER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ' No. 46 North Sixth Street, Reading, Pa GEORGE SELTZER , , ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, No. CO4 COURT Street, (opposite the Court House) Reading, Pa. H ORACE A. A Y TT UNDT„ ORNEY AT LAW, No, 28 NORTH SIXTH,Stroat, Reacting, Pa FRANCIS M. BANKS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. AND NOTARY PUBLIC, No. 21 NORTH SIXTH Street, Read ing, Pa. TAR. WILLIAM lIARGREAVES, ECLECTIC PIffSTCAN AND STJItGEON, No. 134 SOUTR FIFTH Street, Reading, Pa. SETmoutt's nomination is an affront to every Union soldier, an insult to the IL ❑:ewer;; of every dead hero, aid a ;a every loyal man. It the C,• • ;1:. . ;r 1;11,i burden, we find uu t4".t . . it auioc. THO'. B. COCHRAN TIIREE CENTS $8 00 15 00 2000 The La Cro..e, Democrat, the leading expounder of Copperlwadism, and the favorite of the elite of "I)emocracy " in Lancaster, is heavy on the Blairs in its issue of July Gth. We give a few speci men bricks : " To have one of thin. pestilent Blair fitmily talking thus oracularly ahout the atiitirs of the Democratic lofty is the most impudent thing of the (lay. What haNTthe iihdis in common with the , Democratic patty ( ill Blair has been virulently working against it, and doingit all the harm in his power, fit'• more than twenty years, and dining all this time—embracing the whole of their political lives—the young Bialys have been ready and active co-workers with their fhther in I , e(ling his lade and ministering to his thirst of vengeance against the Demo cratic party." * • * • • • "The military member of the Blair family made his first demonstration ia the field by leading his regiment of brutal ruffians against the un armed populace of St. Louis, indiscriminately shooting down, in the crowded streets, men, women and children. murdering by wholesale an unolfending population, and committing a deed of cruelty blacker and more unpardonable than any of which the infitmous Suwarrow was ever guilty, and, in contrast with which, the acts of woman-whipping Haynau, whom the sturdy and indignant brewers of London so mercilessly hooted and pelted, appear decent and humane." • • * • • • "The elder Blair, like a spirit of evil, thrusting himself into the dark conclaves of the con spirators against public liberty, and instigating the wasting and destroying of the South for grudges of well-nigh forty years - standing, con ceived and cherished because her leading men —Calhoun, McDuff°, Bowan, Bibb, Tazewell, Troup, Davis and others—always scorned him as a mercenary adventurer, and refused to re cognize him in society." * " itis this Blair family, whose history is thus truthfully sketched, which now claims position and a vote in the Democratic party, and even assumes to dictate its nomination. In fact, it has the modesty to claim the nomination for one of its own members—the butcher of St. Louis—the nice young gentleman who so adroitly balanced between the Speakership and a Brigadier Generalship, and to whom Lincoln so kindly tossed the latter when the former was not to be caught. "Has the. Democratic party fallen so low as to be used by such creatures? Is it so craven as to allow such fellows to say what it shall do or what it shall not do? Think of it! Look it over ! 0, the sublimity of this fellow's con ceit!" * 4 , * And thus Brick " pitches in" ganerally. This is the picture presented to the Ku- Klux, Copperhead, rebel "Democracy," of its candidate for Vice-President, by its loading organ, so much admired and pa tronized by the party all over the coun try. The party has "fallen so low" as to nominate Frank Blair, and Brick Pome roy is low enough to swallow the dose, for nothing is too nasty for a Copperhead rebel " Democratic" stomach. One night reeently, as Mrs. Esther Stansbury was about to bring a bucket of water from the hydrant, she found a bas ket suspended from the knob of the front door. Putting her hand into the basket, she felt something alive and kicking, but so enveloped in rags that no ihrther dis- Otistellancerus. "Matc•i Hint." (.caul, the hero's on the course, Match him, match him. Democrats ft•ont ::ay - hinds' you can. You are sure to meet the tvair, In the vote the corning fall— (irant is 6 , 11101 to beat you all, .Matelt him if you call. tlw conquering hero comes," 11ateh him, match him; Sound yourfruinhets, beat your dreams, Match him if you eau. I"ulm•etuudiu, tall revealed, Firm as on the hattle-tield---- Forwaril, boys, well never yield," Niach him if volt can. " Peace'' surrounds our candidate, him, match him; "Hope" is knoeking at the gat", ;Match hint if you can. Choose front Democratic " heroes of the triple leirs -IVe present the "Son of Mars - - Mate)) hint if you can. " Boys in Hoe - the challenge fling lkiateh bun; Echo makes the, welkin riog, Match him if you can. - (lrippled by the rebel's bate, Taunted in a Northern State, They present, a candidate, him if Vi`l. can. Crant's the man to" tight it out,' Match him, watch hint; He will put the foe to rout, •11Eateli hint if you Cam ',rant is oil a mission. bent. To the White House froth the tent— (;rant shall he our I'p-intent, Natch hint if you eau. = B kPO .i . ew trrt. th r Jihre , i A COPPERHEAD OPINION OF THEIR CAN DIDATE FOR VICE-PRESIDENT. An Astonished Husband. ER, PA., FRIDAY, JULY IS6B. MME covert/ could be made vithout unwrap ping the object. A piece of paper folded like a letter lay by the side of the ani mated bundle. Mrs. Stansbury immedi ately turned into the house, and by the light of the lamp she examined the billet. It - was addressed to her husband. She tremulously broke the seal In,il read as To Jot:. ST.A.xsin - ur : 1 ,ond you ti e whioh you trill please to take .rood ea t• of, anti bring up right, so that it iday turn out to he a 14.0. r titan than its daddy. Oh! Joseph! what a silly old. rahe you are: who NV(011d think that sueli a staid, sober cld spin dip shanks could he such a sinner? The child is yours, You may swN,re to that. T.4;01.: at it—it is .hie. Stansbury all over. Non hare deceived Illt• shamefully... Joseph, leling on to he a V. itlotrcr, hut do a thther s part toy, and the your, one 1 . 11 11 rorov, you. Your heart-h:oken P. S.—Don't let that sharp nes,2,l yours seo this letter. Gammon her wail some kind of a story about the baby. N. Alr. Stansbury was in the kitchen, quietly eating his supper, and little im agining what a storm was hrewiia over his head. The door was violently thrown open, and Mrs. S.'s voice yelled : " Stansbury, you villain, mite here; here's a mess for you!" The astonished Stansbury hastily washed his mouth and obeyed the sum mons. Don't you want to see Nancy, the heart-broken Nancy?" cried Mrs. titans bury. " Nancy ! what Nancy's that`:" said the sly old rogue, in well-feigned perplex ity. Why, Nancy, the mother of the baby that's been hung at your door, Mr. Stans bury. Oh, ou look mighty innocent ; but . just read that letter and then look in that basket. Don't be afraid, it won't bite—it's got no teeth, poor thing! you'll know it; as your hussy says it's just like you all over. Please goodness, I'll expose you 'before everybody." In lc than five initiates' 'sirs. Stans bury had collected a room full of specta tors to witness the unwrapping of the baby. Anxious expectations sat on every countenance as the jealous lady tore away rag after rag from the body of the found ling, the vigorous movements of which astonished everybody. It is full of the devil already," said Mrs. S., " that shows it is his ; you'll see that it is like him in every thing." At last the swaddling clothes being re moved, out jumped the baby and made its escape through the open door. It was a large torn cat. The Stansbury's had been victimized by a practical joke. The following stirring address has been issued by the Soldiers' Republican organization of this State, which has al_ ready commenced its labors, and will be heard from in due time: HEADQUARTERS SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE, 105 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, July 6, 1868. COMBA.DES : When the rebel armies were overthrown and the rebel leaders forgiven by our magnanimous Chief, the whole world wondered at the generosity which pardoned men guilty of so great a crime. The least we expected was that the Government for which we had fought, and for which so many had given up their lives, was secured against the possibility of another conspiracy. But, warned by history and taught by our own experiencethe misguided people of tlieboamong South, wemaintained our organizations, and now, in the forefront of the wisdom of that decision. So thoroughly have our mili tary brothers re-united themselves, that only a few who wore the Union blue can be indu ced to join the ranks of the rebel Demccracy. Our camps extend east and west, from the Atlantic to the Pacific ; and there is not a veteran who does not realize that the public danger may once more call him to the field. The alarming spectacle of a formal combina tion between the two great columns of trea son—the rebel army of the South and the rebel sympathizers of the North—is the living proof of great impending calamities. These desperate men—the one side still vaunting their treason against the country, and the other still boasting of the aid and comfort ex tended to them—profess to be confident of success in the approaching election. The animosity they bore to our beloved Command er-in-Chief—now the candidate of the great Republican party—survives the hollow grati tude with which they hailed his liberal terms of peace ; and now, rembering only that he struck them in the field, and coldly forgetting how he forgave their great offence, they are toiling with superhuman energy to defeat him for the Presidency, and to place in that high office a fit successor of its present guilty occupant. Their hatred of Grant extends to all of our heroic leaders, with one or two ex ceptions. The only offence of these accom plished soldiers is their fidelity to the country for which they fought. Gen. George U. Thomas in Tennessee, Gen. Irwin McDowell in Mississippi, Gen. George G. Meade in Geor gia, General Canby in South Carolina, and Gen. Reynolds in Texas, with their predeces sors, Sheridan, Sickles, Pope, Swayne and Mower, are prescribed and slandered like common felons, while every Union man in the South, black and white, is subjected to inconceivable cruelty and oppression. This wholesale malevolence, looking directly to I the restoration of the rebel government, teaches us not only the wisdom and justice of our organization, but invokes us to renewed - N t.,,( Boys hi, Blue. is".err , fi.vor (4• (1.. - „-•1 standard. l arws of 1:-;.,e for wir gallant coni , a , l4 s, ao , l'antp) , (2ll, standaDi 1 ilindattlell;al of :11 s at'. that ;iothint: has 1, ,,, 11 t'.ai - o-.11 1.1!1! F.lto,:!ess of our antis, but that everyihi , E2 Las Leen fortfet lho to ittnore and o;:trat . o. the t:alla:1 a nd to remembet and reward those, only who , (limos in any other nation - ,voithi have I,e, by (loath (1 tfiseation. il l /. int; motive of oar adven4ark S. WhEtt E- can Soldier duos feel the ino.oit American citizen does not turn to re,i•in It? Instead of c‘wilially . sninnittint.: 7 . , the !a; , ` -, p as ,,ed by overwhelinittir, 'ongrest-ional intt'or it and carried into effect for the .traud purpose of nttorgitnizintz the t.t.;ontti u pon t ho basis of equal justice and equal rights. our recent adversaries openly threaten a now re sort to area. At no period in the rehellion have they been at one SO 1 1 .411iUlt, ;111110 cruel. 1:1 ;WNW,. , IliSlll to the laW• , , to the national credit, to the national currency, to the 11110- peace, and to those great principles for which we contended, and succeeded in main tainiu cooly appeal to the people and ask a verdict ht favor of their incretiable crimes. Speaking now fur the returned vol unteers of l'ennSylVania, who were disfran chised by the Democracy, we solemnly re new our devotion to Our beloved country, and assert, not simply our readiness to sup port our candidates at the ballot-box, but our determination, at all times, to march to our Government's detlmce against her (Ale- mies. By order of the Committee. CirA,:. H. T. i'or.f.N, Chanman A. L. 6ecretary. .2kiest of l'oelcoo A true Democrat. in returning: from New York, said that at no time sin,:e I X4ll, has the city of New York been so di,.( , raced by a set of corrupt and trea,on , able politicians like the National Cons :cent ion. lie said he returned home dis gusted With the whole affair. To use his own words : "1 hay. , waite.l and Watehe,i S(.1:1U (4 • pfttrliq kin among tht.lll, j1;11 ht vain. tboir.tht as the Democratic delettates v. - ere to meet in (111.1• gfeat motrop.plis, they would be impelled to take a bre:ol from old sins and : thi.y CM Lose 1 . 1%)111 tic corpse of their rotten :Ind w r ,t, : bed pa s t, and, !,Ta!(•,111:12.l of eulared and vomproliensive brain and pulpit,e, outbid the Repuhlicans for the eoinnue.id the future. Instead of this. i Butt that tine convent Iful is simply a ruo.q. 1.!1 litf= fOifi birds of :±PC(l , `;iOiL Utlf? ftSod. Mu. speech WM' in execrable tasto—had in temper anta worse in docrine—and Gov. Seymour's even Inure offensive. _\et 0 line of dvie atirr lion of fitr horrible eri,ue of the p-ar.s in either. And I noth e that hold tr:,itors like Wade Hampton and the ruffian Forest are not only applauded in the Copperhead news papers, hut fawned upon ley the delegates, as if tiny were superior icings instead (.1' superior ingrates to Ontatry and to manhood. But, wiirse than ail, every speech and the platform point directly to repudiation. How diftim e nt from the manly and fearless tones of the Ite publicans at Chicago! Now, I tell you I can't stand this, and I won't. And that is the way with many others of the party who were not at New York. We have heard many Democrats de nounce the platform, and declare that they would not support its nominees. So we go. Republicans! Os TO VICTORY! The Howe of General Grant The home of General Grant is an agree able one to the visitor, and plainly shows the nature and taste of the occupant. Tall walnut book cases surround three sides of the library. Everything relating to the business of war is there, and his tories in abundance. The usual display of fiction, essays, biography, philosophy, and works of general information and re ference line the shelves. On the mantle is a cigar stand, a bronzed statue of a drummer, and another of a bugler. En gravings of Washington, Lincoln, Sher nmn and Sheridan, and several photo graphs of Rogers' statuettes are the only pictures in the room. Easy chairs and lounges are placed carelessly about the room, and the library is without doubt the most cheerful and inviting apartment in the house. A miniature - saddle and trappings, in bronze and silver, is fasten ed to cross sabres of the same metal. A bronze drum rests' beside a stack of six inch muskets ; a cigar case from the home of Burns ; a half dozen curiously formed and elaborately decorated pipes and cigar-holders ; powder-horns mounted in gold and silver, each having its separate history, and a hundred rare little articles of vertu adorn the tables and mantles. On a side table, in tin boxes, are the five military commissions of colonel, briga dier general, major general, lieutenant ' ener - al, and general, with the parch ments of brevet ranks which Grant has received. Some very costly albums, prayer books and bibles are also upon the table. An oil painting of Sheridan and one of McPherson are prominently hung in the parlors, and a marble bust and engraving of President Lincoln are also conspicuous. _t Cm. liecideatt. Gotn, t) ddyll ontt day, I rce a 4.ar at: a time when it was the fullest I,ov of eirditeen (9r so sat reading ill o iiposite. From the call he wore and the erect carriage of his slyrdl ,.• rs I iancied he had been in the army. sat looking at him, an old col or,. d woman tint in. Two gentlemen had _;icy n their phwes to white ladies. but none of th , live , -eated!sent;emen offered the OH Wi , rnali a (.1.1.t. She VerV Mack and , iNthby, hut the utrly face 14 - a- , kind and pat:ent„ and the poor clothe, we . ne n e ar_ 1 mis aliollt CO offer my seat, when the liov .!iatiectl up, rose ins , " , ,tly, and Ileckonini, said re,--pecTfUlly : '• Here's a place. ma'am. - Slu took it with a motherly - thanky, dear. thankv. - and rented herself with a !..i,OO o 1 r.ati,faction. Two looked at ONO and :I:ll2 . gled, hut •loppt'd , uddenly with an altered look when ihey saw, what none or It hall oh..erv,d lu - t'ot'e. that the youth was lame. As he arranred his crutch the old .i.litlcatan next toe hidd)( d up in an impettl , ,tN way which made no suspect that 102 wa- tle a, , hained " Here, you num - i - t. , tand: si; down. down, - Ike said. not. sir. I can siand fectiv well and the In y lookyd nvn at hi s 1 )0 0k, colorin. a little tnnitr tiw futa and-twi:aity nail t:f eyes fixed pia Lim. The old g , •nticntan wouldn't sit down, and glancing at the Imy . ,; cap, You'vv iwcn In the army " Giot, rn-re man I.o^l (p I got. anti iliskrfal that he sit d o rv s -n. But he Itto,“hintr,ly •;t:. - 111 , . !to was goin!..t. out: aiai with a military ":11! . ,H he kft the car. it \va-: curio u: ~ .arecully the ladlia.: drew ilwir !-kirt (,117 - a; hi: , way; andhow respectfully a man the door fur him. anti 11,r strat.isti‘ly ,;loretl wo man', 'VI/ OP,/ _ —....- .a.1111..------ Grottrg In the very hest of the short bicTra phies of Grant printed since his nomina tion for President. (that of Gen. James G. 1 ,Vi1,,,0n) we Mid the following : "As whatever appertains to the illustrious soldier is of universal interest, we must pause fora moment, and devote a para graph to his family. His eldest son, Frederick, a youth of eighteen, is now a cadet at West Point, where Admiral Farrafrut's son is also being educated, and is the hold little fellow who accom panied his father throughout the Vicks bur!r campaign. Another son, some tifteoto years ef age, is named Ulysses, and his only daughter, called Nellie, is a sunny dispositioncd and merry young lady, whom everybody loves ; w hil e th e youngest son, known as Jesse, and we esume named after his worthy grand -, father, is a bright lad, who sometimes appears dressed in Highland costume, the garb of his Gtelic ancestors. The family therefore consists of the General and Mrs. Grant, three sons, and their only daughter, Miss Nellie. ~. ~ - ANDEIIONVILLE PnisoN.—The stock ade is standing, as at the close of the war, except here and there a log rotted or and fallen to the ground. :Decay is doing its rapid work, and in a few years not a log will be standing to mark the spot where so many noble men starved and died. Time and the negroes too,are rapidly changing the inside of the pen. The cabins have been torn in pieces for the sake of the wood which they contain ed, and the excavations in the side bill, on the north, have mostly fallen in, soft ened by the rain and the frosts. The wells alone, forty of them, which our boys dug in search of water, remain as they were, and only too forcibly remind one of the terrible battle they fought for life. lint though they went down into the earth eighty feet in some instances, yet they seldom found the treasure which they sought. --T WHEN ell'. Davis denounced Abraham Lincoln as a tyrant and despot, the Dem ocrats echoing his words said : "Abra ham Lincoln is a tyrant and a despot." Jeff. Davis ridiculed the greenbacks. So did the Democrats. At last, Jeff. Davis said: "You can never conquer the South." And then the Democrats met in Conven tion at Chicago, at the very crisis (.4 our national agony, when we had 600,000 men in the field or dying in the hospitals, who were calling to us, "Give us aid, send down more men ; we will die here, so that the nation shall live." And the answer came down from the Chicago Convention, "You cannot put down the Rebellion ; we declare that the war is a failure ; and we demand a cessation of hostilities.'' .111. ALL that is ncces , ary to make us vie torious, North and South, is to show that the movement of the rebel Democracy simply to restore the rebel governine to overthrow the acts of reconstruct: and to encourage repudiation. NO. l • i Ll
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