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November Bth, 1865.
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tract for advertising and job work for us.
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THE President's Message was received
at this office at 73: o'clock last night, and
we have the pleasure of laying it before
our readers at an early hour this morn
ing.
The President's Message.
We lay before our readers this morn
ing the first Annual Message of An
drew Johnson, President of the United
States; and we are glad to say that we
can heartily commend it throughout.
It has been looked for with intense anx
iety, and it will be read with the great
est avidity. We do not think we praise
it overmuch, when we say it is
just such a document as the times
demand. The nation looked to the
President fOr help and guidance in
this hour of trouble, and it rejoices that
it has not looked thus in vain. He has
uttered words of wisdom which will
commend themselves to every conser
vative man in the country.
The President in the commencement
of his message alludes to the formation
of the Constitution, pronounces it the
greatest work ever perfected by human
hands, and avows his determination to
be guided in all his official acts by its
wise and comprehensive provisions.
The country will rejoice to see that
the President declares his intention to
adhere firmly to the policy of restora
=tion, as announced at an early period of
his administration, and as employed by
him in every step he has taken in the
great work devolved upon him. While
denouncing the extreme doctrine of
State sovereignty, on which the leaders
of the rebellion based the right of
secession, he declares that " the main
tenance of the - Union"• brings with it
" the support of the State Government
in all their rights." On this question
he takes no step backward.
He concludes his remarks upon this
important subject with the following
emphatic words, which are full of wis
dom:
"The perpetuity of the Constitution
brings with iL the perpetuity of the States;
their mutual relation makes us what
we are, and in our political sys
tem their connexion is indissoluble.—
The whole cannot exist without the parts,
nor the parts without the whole. So long
as the Constitution of the nited States en
dures, the States will endure; the destruc•
Lion of the one is the destruction of the
other; the preservation of fhe one is the
preservation of the other."
He attacks and completely demolishes
the impracticable theories of the radi
cal leaders of the Republican party,
and Shows the extreme foolishness and
the very dangerous tendencies of their
policy. He proves conclusively that a
continued military rule of the North
over the South would ruin all our pros
pects of peace and prosperity, and lead
to the establishment of a_ despotism on
the ruins of our republic. He says :
"The true theory is, that all pretended acts
of secession were, from the beginning, null
and void. The Suites cannot comma trea
son, nor screen the individual citizens who
may have committed treason, any more
than they can make valid treaties or en
gage in lawful commerce with any foreign
Power. The States attempting to secede
placed themselves in a condition where
their vitality was impaired, but not extin
guished—their, functions suspended, but
not destroyed."
He declares himself satisfied with the
results of his policy so far as it has been
put into practical operation; and insists
upon but one indispensable condition—
the adoption by the revolted States of
the constitutional amendment abolish
ing slavery. He says :
The adoption of the amendment reunites
us beyond all power of disruption. It
heals the wound that is still imperfectly
closed; it removes slavery, the element
which basso long perplexed and divided
the country ; it makes of us once more a
united people, renewed and strengthened,
bound more than ever to mutual affection
and support."
Speaking of the admission of the
Southern members to Congress, he says :
" The amendment to the Constitution
being adopted, it would remain for the
States, whose powers have been so long in
abeyance, to resume their places in the two
.branches of the National Legislature, and
thereby complete the work of restoration.
Here it is for you, fellow-citizens of the
House of Representatives, to judge, each
of you for yourselves, of the elections, re
turns, and qualifications of your own
members."
In that language, if we interpret it
aright, we read the clear intimation
that, in the opinion of the President,
such States as have complied with the
terms of his restoration policy, are clear
ly entitled to their seats in the Halls of
Congress ; and that any factious oppo
sition would be regarded by him as un
constitutional and revolutionary.
He denounces treason as the highest
crime known to the law, but declares:
`•Persons • who are charged with its com
mission should have fair and impartial
trials in the highest civil tribunals of the
country."
That shows that the end of Military
Commissions and all unlawful tribunals
is at hand ; and the country will rejoice
to hear it.
On the question of negro suffrage he
re-affirms his former position, and most
clearly demonstrates that neither he nor
Congras have either the right or the
power to prescribe the qualifications for
voters in any State. In this matter,
to use his own emphatic language,
he "took for his counsel the Con
stitution itself, the interpretations of
that instrument bg its authors and their
eotemporaries, and rceent legislation by
Congress." He shows the absurdity of
the demand made by the radicals by
the following -clear statement of the
case : .
"A concession of the elective franchise to
the freedmen, by act of the President of the
United States, must have been extended to
all colored men, wherever found, and so
must have established a change of suffrage
in the Northern. Middle, and Western
States, not less than in the Southern and
Southwestern, Such an act would have
created a new class of voters, and would
have been an assumption of power by the
President which nothing in the Constitu
tion or laws of the United States would
have warranted."
This, 'we hope, will be regarded as a
final settlement of one point on which
the radicals rely for keeping up their
baneful agitation. But that they will
yield their views, or come up the sup
port of the President in his policy,
we do not believe. They are
too deeply committed to their
own ruinous doctrines. Between them
and Andrew Johnson there must be
war from this hour, unless they back
square down from the action they have
taken since Congress has been in ses
sion, short 'as the time has- been.
In such a fight a vast majority of
the people of both sections will
0131td by and sustain the President,
fiend ho will find no warmer friends any
?w ere, so long As he remains true to his
' . 'oN , xL policy, than 03. the Democratic
;party..,
L.So- much for the domestic policy of
.the Message; We shall take occasion to
of" the other topics of ; which It
'treats in' the future.
Wdthe kildicali ItaclDoirn?
' Will the radicals back down? That
is the question. Will Greeley, and
Chase, and Sumner, and Stevens, and
Wade and Wilson, and the whole crew
uf the radical leaders; abandon their
theories and quietly subside? Will
they cease to agitate the question of ne
gro suffrage? Will they forbear to Vas,
quote their favorite maxim from the
Declaration of Independence, and cease
to demand equality for the negro? Will
these great moral reformers succumb to
a cry of party expediency, sink their
boasted principles, surrender all preten
sions to honesty, and shovi , to the world
that they are no better than the lowest
hucksters in partisan politics?
They are firmly pledged not to aban
don the " irrepressible conflict" until
all men are recognized as equal. They
have solemnly avowed theirdetermina
tion notto rest until the rightof suffrage
is conferred upon the negro, and all civil
disabilities removed from his shoulders.
To stop short of that, they declare,
would be to leave the whole African
race in this country in a condition not
better than that of the slavery, from
which they have been released by means
of a most gigantic war waged in their
behalf. On this subject they grow elo
quent. Their vows are registered in
heaven, or elsewhere. They have sworn
by all they hold sacred, not to abandon
the great struggle in which they are en
gaged ; never to stop short of the acoom
plishment of their cherished purposes.
To do so, they avow, would be baseness
unparalelled ; a crime in the sight of
high heaven, and a wanton betrayal of
all the best interests and the most sa
cred rights of millions of loyal black
men and women.
If they mean one-half of what they
say, these radicals are terribly in earnest.
If they are not the veriest liars, the
basest and shabbiest of political trick
sters, consummate cheats, and the most
cowardly of poltroons, they will stand
by the principles they have avowed,
and make war in their behalf against
all who oppose. We cannot believe
they will back square down. We rather
choose to regard them as honest but
misguided fanatics; men who will fol
low their political creed to its legiti
mate results regardless of consequences.
Such has been their course in the past.
To destroy slavery they were willing to
deluge the nation in blood. Men who
had professed to be religiously opposed
to war gloated over slaughter with al
most fiendish delight. They snuffed
the smell of fresh blood from reeking
battle-fields as if it were the most de
licious incense; gloried in all the horrid
barbarities of the most relentless
and merciless civil war; heard the
groans of the dying with de
light, and gloried in destruction and de
solation. Can it be possible that these
men will consent to be made the, eats'
paws for a set of greedy and unprinci
pled politicians now ? Will they be
content to abandon all their boasted
principles, and to become the mere
tools of a set of hungry officials, whose
only desire is to reap the pecuniary re
wards of office ? Will they be as supple
and as pliant as those who hold power
and wish to retain it would have them ?
Will they sink all semblance of man
hood ? Will they abandon the loyal ne
groes to their fate?
They must either he guilty of such
unparalelled meanness, or they must
consent to see the party with which
they have acted divided and destroyed.
The recent elections show that they can
not control the most reliable Republi
can States. The people are not yet
ready toendorse the doctrine of negro
suffrage and negro equality. What will
those who believe in it do? They are
the real leaders of the Republican party.
Will they lower their standard, and be
come the mere subservient and super
serviceable tools of the less honest
men of their organization ? We
do not believe they will. We
cannot think so meanly of them.
We expect to see them plant them
selves squarely upon their principles,
with the firm resolve to sink or swim
with them. That they will go under
we have no doubt. The white men of
this nation will not agree to place the
negro upon a political and social level
with themselves. But we believe the
radical leaders of the Republican party
will make the, fight on that issue. They
have sworn they will, and we believe
they intend to do what they say. We
do not believe they will be deterred by
the assurance that they will be left in a
minority. We regard it as a fixed fact
that the Republican party cannot long
remain united, unless it adopts the po
litical creed of the radicais. If it does
the days of its stipremacy will be num
bered ;. if it does not it will be divided
and destroyed. In either event the
Democratic party will speedily come
into power, and the country will rejoice
at the result.
The Radicals Declare War upon the
President
The proceedings of the Republican
Congressional caucus, which was held
on Saturday evening, are not calculated
to encourage the true friends of the
Union. It is plain that the radicals are
in the ascendant. The resolution pass
ed is equivalent to a declaration of war
upon the restoration policy of President
Johnson ; and, as if to make the breach
wide at the very start, Thad. Stevens is
selected to move the resolution in the
House. His views and policy have
been paraded to the world in two
speeches made during the late campaign
in this State, the first in this city, the
second at Gettysburg. He stands in di
rect and complete antagonism to An
drew Johnson and his chosen policy.—
His speeches were strongly condemna
tory of the President's course of action,
and were full of bitterness. It is not
difficult to foretell what manner ofspeech
will be made by him on the offering of
the resolutions which he is expected to
frame and present. He will be as wide
ly radical, and as vindictive and unre
lenting in his unreasoning hatred of the
South, as he showed himself to be in his
Lancaster and Gettysburg speeches. It
is sure men of like stamp with himself
will make up the proposed joint com
mittee of fifteen, " who are to inquire
into the condition of the States which
formed the so-called Confederate States
of America, and to report whether they,
or any of them, are entitled to be repre
sented in Congress." The nature of the
report is as well known now as if al
ready laid before the country in print.
It will be in direct opposition to the
policy of the President, and in strict
conformity to the views of Stevens,
Sumner, & Co.
It remains to be seen how Andrew
Johnson will conduct himself in the
contest thus thrust upon him. He has
the power to subdue and completely
crush these radical revolutionists, who
are to-day the bitterest enemies of the
country. If he has the manhood in him
which is necessary to the occasion, he
will boldly press his own wise and ju
dicious policy. Should he take such a
stand, and make the war short, sharp
and decisive, he will compel a large
portion of the Republican members of
Congress to cut loose from the Sumner
and Stevens faction ; and he can thus
force the defeat of their proposed
schemes in Congress. Should he prove
unable to do this, which we do not be
lieve possible; he can safely appeal to
the country, with the positiveasourance
that the people will stand firmly by him,
and return a conservative House at the
Congressional election of next fall, In
either case he will have triumphed glo
riously, have done hiswhole duty, have
secured ate be iztereete of the mition,
and hitve - inade - brittiself the most popu
lar man in the country. He has a great
opportunity before him.. What will he
do with it? The people are anxiously
waiting to see. Probably his message
will give us some light on the subject.
We look for it with mingled hope and
anxiety.
Arbitrary Conduct of the Radicals—De
bate between Brooks and Stevens.
The Philadelphia morning papers
have the full account of the arbitrary
course pursued by the radicals on the
opening of the House, and of the debate
between Brooks and Stevens. We give
a portion of the report : .
Mr. Morrill. of Vermont, moved that the
House now proceed to the election of
Speaker.
Mr. Maynard—Before that is done I wish
to say a few words.
Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, called him
to order.
The Clerk informed Mr. Maynard that
he could not recognize any gentleman whose
name was not on the roll.
Mr. Brooks, of New York, hoped that the
motion would not prevail until it was set
tled who were members of this House, and
whether the gentleman from Tennessee,
who held his credentials in his hand, was
entitled to be heard. He trusted the House
would not proceed in any revolutionary
step like this without hearing from Tennes
seeilor if Tennessee is not in the Union, and
is not a loyal State, but her citizens aliens
and foreigners, by what right does the Pres
ident of the United States occupy his place
in the White House? He repeated, that he
trusted the gentlemen would have the priv
ilege to be'heard, for if the precedent now
proposed be established, the Clerk would iu
effect give the law to the House, merely by
arbitrary will, and thus make himself om
nipotent.
Mr. Wentworth, of Illinois, called the gen
tleman to order.
The Clerk said the gentleman was pro
ceeding in order. Mr. Brooks responded—
When the gentleman knows me better in
the House, he will always rind that I pro
ceed in order. We ought to know who
have a right to vote before we proceed with
the organization. If the gentleman (Mr.
Maynard) is not from a State in the Union,
what man is loyal? During the darkest
period of the war, while he was an exile
from Tennessee, I heard his eloquent voice
on the St. Lawrence, urging my State to
discharge its whole duty to the country;
and here are honorable gentlemen who will
not permit him to be heard, though beholds
in his hand a certificate from the Governor
of Tennessee. Neither has the Clerk read
the names of the members elect from Vir
ginia. I mean old and not Western Vir
ginia, over which Governor Pierpont has
presided and still presides, and to which
position he was elected durif , the war, and
whose loyalty is unquestioned. By what
right has the Virginia delegation been ex
cluded ? 1 want the Clerk to tell me. He
has given no reason for it. I will yield the
floor to enable him to answer the question.
The Clerk replied—Hit is the desire of the
House, I will give the reasons.
Mr. Stevens (in his seat)—The House
know it all, and don't want the reasons.
The Clerk said that what he had done was
in view of his duty, and he was willing to
let the record . stand. Mr. Brooks, resuming,
said it was known to some but not to all,
that the State of Louisiana was here last
Congress, by permission of the gentleman
from Pennsylvania, (Mr. Stevens,) who
gave his assent to the record ; but now
Louisiana is excluded. The Republicans
then admitted two members from Louisiana
and now the Clerk assumed the responsi
bility of excluding the members elect from
that State. Why this inconsistency of ac
tion as well as absurdity ?
Mr. Washburn, 111., reminded the House
that on the occasion to which the gentle
man referred, the Clerk put the names of
the two Louisiana members on the roll.—
They did not vote for Speaker, and the
House sometime after refused to tel them be
sworn in.
Mr. Brooks—That was (tiler the Speaker
was chosen.
Mr. Washburne—They were never mem
bers.
Mr. Brooks—But they gave their votes for
Speaker without ohjectlon from the Repub
licans. The gentleman from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Stevens). did not want to hear the rea
sons of the Clerk. This was not parliamen
tary. Tennessee, Louisiana and Virginia
were all to be excluded without debate after
passing a resolution in caucus excluding
members front certain States without dis
cussion?
Mr. Stevens-1 rise to a point of order. It
was once held that on the assembling of
members on the first day of the session, no
other business was in order except a motion
to organize by the election of officers.
Mr. Brooks—l trust the gentleman will
not be impatient. I would say to him,
" Strike, but first hear." The (teflon of the
Clerk is to be carried on without debate. In
the whole history of the country, and
throughout its revolutionary period, there
is no record of violence more flagrant than
that which is proposed to be visited on the
minority of this House by the exclusion of
fifty-seven Representatives, and that, too,
without debate. I would ask the gentleman
front Pennsylvania at what period he will
introduce the joint resolutions which was
approved in the Republicon caucus? I hope
he will inform us.
[Voices on the Republican side—" Don't
tell. Don't answer him."]
Mr. Stevens—Oh, I have no objection to
answering. It will be introduced by me at
the proper time. [Laughter and applause.]
Mr. Brooks said the gentleman from
Pennsylvania understood the purport of the
ancient maxim that " language is given to
us to conceal our ideas." The proper nine
to which the gentleman alluded was in an
ticipation of the message in order that the
gentleman might throw himself in opposi
tion to it, to place before the country a quasi
condemnation of the President. He (Mr.
Brooks) was not the Presideut's vindicator
except where on the record he presented
principles in accordance with his own. He
moved that the gentleman from Tennessee,
be allowed to present his credentials as a
member elect from the State of Tennessee
and that his name be placed upon the roll.
Mr. Stevens—" I rise to a point of order,
that the motion is inadmissible, the motion
for the election of Speaker now being in
order."
The Clerk ruled that was a good point of
order.
Mr. Maynard—" I appeal to the gentle
man to listen to me for a few minutes."
Mr. Stevens—" I cannot yield to auy
gentleman who is not a member of this
body."
Mr. Johnson, of Pennsylvania, obtained
the floor for the purpose, as he said, of ex
plaining; but Mr. Stevens objected, remark
ing a man cannot explain anything never
spoken.
The Clerk reininded Mr. Brooks, he could
not yield the floor if objection Was made
nor could he yield it excepting for purposes
of explanation or debate on the pending
motion.
Mr. Brooks replied, he did not regard the
proceedings as parliamenbiry and express
ed his regret that such a dangerous prece
dent was about to be established.
Mr. Johnson wished to propound a ques
tion. It related to making up the roll,
which was the first step to organization.
The Clerk held that had no reference to
the election of Speaker, which was the pend
ing motion, and Mr. Stevens moved the
previous question on the motion to niceed
to the election of Speaker, and Mr. Johnson
proposed to submit a motion which would
take precedence of the motion of his col
league, Mr. Stevens. lie wished to move
that the name of the gentleman front Ten
nessee, who holds the credentials, be placed
upon the roll.
The Clerk decided the motion out of order.
The House, under the operation of the
previous question, agreed to the motion of
Mr. Morrill, that the House now proceed to
the election of Speaker,
The Rotary 011 Car
The Erie Dispatch says of this inven
tion : On Wednesday we examined
Myers' rotary oil car, which came from
Miller with oil in bulk as discharged
into its cylinders from the pipe through
which oil is carried from Pithole
tolViil
ler. It consists of two cylinders, each
five feet two inches in eternal diameter
and six feet long, having a capacity of
forty-five barrels to each cylinder. The
cylinder which contains the oil is sur
rodnded by another, with a space of one
inch between, while the heads and sides
are firmly riveted and corked as tight as
possible. A strong tire encircles the
ends of each cylinder, making a wheel
six feet in diameter, which treads the
track, and upon which the weight of
the whole freight train rests. No weight
rests upon the journals at the ends of the
cylinders except that of the wooden
frame which constitutes the platform,
to which are attached the couplings,
brakes, &c. It occupies a space of eigh
teen feet in length upon the track, and
the two cylinders together carry ninety
barrels of oil. In consequence of the
absence of friction, heavy frame work,
braces, etc., the apparatus is so light
upon the track as to be easily moved by
one man, and about double the quantity
of oil can be transported by means of it
as can be transported by the samepower
on the old method. There is no leakage,
breakage, cooperage, eartage, freight on
empty barrels, ponneoted with
this method of transportati.on, and A
will make a saving of 'at $2.40 on
every fof_ty-two gallons of - oil shipped
by it to New - York. V. At. Thompson
has arraue.d fqr tie 4se ofParPPPY-Ilve
o f ti ltf42 „e pap t 9 bring .mrie. p 3
the beginxpg 9f a new ,era in oil trans
portation.
Obileessm's - Condut on the ileM -
The Bedford Gazette, which carefully
abstained from saying anything to pre-.
judice public opinion prior to the trial
of John P. Reed, Jr., has, in its last is
sue the following account .of theluan
ner in which JoLn Cessna conducted
himself in the case. No man who reads
it, and it will be eagerly read, can fail to
regard the course of Mr. Cessna as most
unprofessional and disgraceful. Serious
as the charges made are, we have. no
doubt of their entire truthfulness. The
Gazette says :
The most conspicuous part borne in
the trial of young Reed, was that taken
by John Cessna, Esq., one of the coun
sel for the prosecution. From the time
Of the killing until the moment of
ae
quittal, like a blood-hound in pursuit of
his quarry, he was upon the track of the
Reeds. When the fatal shot was fired,
the crack of the pistol brought him in
"at the death," and after young Reed
had surrendered himself to the sheriff,
he marched to the jail at the head of a
mob, and with the froth of his malig
nant heart boiling over at his mouth,
yelled like an incarnate devil, " Hang
him'! hang him !" When the cor
oner's inquest was heti upon the
body of Crouse, he went before the jury
as counsel and harangued them in favor
of the finding he desired, a proceeding
without parallel in all the annals of ju
risprudence. When the case came up
at September sessions, he resorted to all
the expedients of the pettifogger's trick
ery, to obtain a continuance; moving to
quash the array of jurors, though the
jury had been drawn in the same man
ner, in a hundred previous capital ca
ses; and finally - swearing the case off
by making an affidavit to the absence
of important witnesses. And j uat here,
let us look at this affidavit of Mr.
Cessna. We find him swearing that
"John Williams," " Howsare,"
" Mrs. M. S. Hoke," " Wm. J. Camp
bell," " Lizzie Long and Lizzie Gordon"
were " material to a trial of the case."
Upon this oath of Mr. Cessna, the Court
continued the trial to November ses
sions. Now, not one of these witnesses,
except John Williams, did Mr. Cessna
produce at the trial last week, though
he had three months time in which to
have them brought here. We are in
formed that when Cessna made his
oath, John Williams was not far away,
and that he appeared and testified before
the Grand Jury at September sessions.
Wm. J. Campbell was in attendance at
the trial, last week, but this important
witness was not even called to the stand
by Mr. Cessna. Why Mrs. Hoke,
Howsare' and the two Lizzies were not
forthcoming, is, doubtless, best known
to the " aftiant" who swore that their
testimony was " material to a trial of the
case." But, the blackest page in all the
dark history of this man Cessna's con
nection with this Reed case, is yet to be
written. Contempt fur themeanuess of
the fellow's malignity and pity for those
who must share his shame, almost con
strain us to forbear. Yet, why should
we hesitate to tell the truth concerning
a creature, who fain would blacken and
blast the reputation of others with false
hood ? Had all the evidence offered by
the defence, been admitted by the Court,
the criminality of poor Crouse would
have been considerably relieved by the
revelation of the fact that he believed,
that as an officer, he had the right to
kill John P. Reed, Jr. What gave
Crouse this false and bloody notion ?
Let us see. We quote from the bill of
exceptions sealed by the Court to the
counsel for the defence :
"The counsel for the defence offer to
prove that Crouse said he would kill Reed,
if ever he returned to Bedford ; that he had
authority to kill him; that he was not act
ing blindly, but that JOHN CESSNA had
told him that he would not be hurt if he
killed him. Counsel for Commonwealth
object; objections sustained by the Court
and bill of exceptions sealed."
The evidence which the defence in
tended to produce under this proposi
tion, was that of some five witnesses, all
respectable and worthy men, who were
ready to swear that Crouse, at various
times, in October, 1864, and at later
periods, declared that he would kill
Reed, if he ever returned, and when
counseled not to do so, that he would
say, "I know what lain doing; I am
not acting blindly; I have a right to
kill him ; ' and at least one of these wit
nesses would have sworn that Crouse
said to him that John Cessna had told
him that he could kill the Reed boys and
he couldn't be hurt for it. We will give
the testimony of this witness as taken
down by counsel for the defence at a
private examination of witnesses. 1t is
as follows:
"After the election last fall (1864) I was
talking to John P. Reed. Sr., on business
near his office ; Jacob Crouse passed, while
we were talking, towards the Washington
Hotel; I afterwards met Crouse, on the
same day. He asked me what Reed had
said about him. I told him he had not said
anything; that we were talking about bus
iness. lie said he believed Reed had said
something about him, that he was not
pleased with him, that he had heard some
of the threats that he (Crouse) had made
about his boys. He said he had threatened
to kill them, and that he would kill them
yet. I told him he shonld not do so; that
he might get into dWiculties. He said, no,he
wouldn't ; that he nerer went into anything
blindly; that JOHN CESSNA had told him
he had a right to kill him, an an officer, and
that he conldn't, or shouldn't he hurt; and
he said if he (John P. Heed, Jr.,) ever came
back he would kill him,"
This statement needs no interpreta
tion ; it speaks for itself.
And now what shall be said of the
lawy r who heads a mob, and, foaming
at the mouth like a madman, demands
that a prisoner shall be lynched ; who
goes before a Coroner's jury to plead for
a verdict; who moves for a postpone
ment of a trial, upon his own oath that
witnesses material to the issue, are
absent, which witnesses, though with
in his reach, he subsequently fails to
produce; who advises as Jacob Crouse
declared he was advised ? What shall
be said of the politician who goes over
the State, traducing his neighbors by
statements that they murdered provost
marshals; making capital out of the
blood of the man who declared that this
mountebank had guaranteed him im
punity, if he killed Reed; electioneer
ing at the expense of the reputation of a
man whose guilt, or innocence, was,yet
to be established ? Nay, more. What
is to be thought (for tongue cannot utter
a just description of such infamy) of the
Christian who sits in the pew just be
hind you, taking the sacramental wine
from the same cup in which you drink
spiritual fellowship with him, and who,
nevertheless finds it in his heart to
demand your blood, even though
he does it in the garb of his pro
fession? What a libel upon the legal
profession ! What a disgrace to the po
litical arena! What a shame to the
church of the meek and lowly Jesus!
The pettifogger, the mountebank and
the hypocrite all combined in one na
ture; who shall describe the ineffable
meanness, the contemptible trickery,
the unutterable baseness of a compound
so vile as this ?
Exciting Trial in Armstrong County..
A homicide case which is exciting a
great deal-of interest, is to be placed on
trial in Armstrong county this week.—
The parties accused are a man named
Kilgore and his father and sister,charged
with the murder of the wife of Kilgore.
The body of the deceased was found in
an advanced stage of decomposition, on
the 17th of last July, on the Allegheny
Valley Railroad, near Rosston, and sus
picion rested on the parties mentioned
as having been the means of her death.
The facts seem to be these :
During Kilgore's absence in the army,
it is alleged his wife became false to
him. Upon his return they agreed to
seperaie, and steps were taken towards
securing a divorce. They met acci
dentally, at a circus, in Kittanning, and
were seen going away together, after
which the wife was not seen alive, but
her body discovered, as stated, fifteen
days afterwards. It appears that they
proceeded together as far as Crooked
Creek, near,,Rosston, she going to the
right, crossing a bridge, and he to the
left, as was observed lfy two men. Upon
a flat piece of ground, under a tree, was
found the woman's bonnetrshawl,para
sol and a portion of her dress, and
twenty-five feet therefrom, upon a steep
declivity, lay the body.
The body was so far decomposed that
it was impossible to tell whether vio
lencehad been used or not: The preci
pice down which the woman fell was
about seventy-five feet high.
The father and sister of Kilgore are
indicted as accessory before the fact. M.
_Swartzivelder, Esq., has been obtained
for the defense, in connection with Col
onel Barclay, of Kittanning. The Dis
trict Attorney of the county and Mr.
Golit. will m
represent the , Comon
,
Writ of Habeas Corpus Partially Re
stored.
- The following proclamation has just
been issued by the President of the
United States of America :
WHEREAS, By the proclamation of
the President of the United States, of
the 13th day of September, 1863, the
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus
was, in certain cases therein set forth,
suspended throughout the United States,
and whereas the reasons for that sus
pension may be regarded as having
ceased in some of the States and Terri
tories.
Now, therefore, be it known that I,
Andrew Johnson, President off the
United States, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the suspension aforesaid,
and all proclamations and orders sus
pending the privilege of the writ of
habeas corpus in the States and Terri
tories of the United States are revoked
and annulled, excepting as to the States
of Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,
North Carolin a, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisi
ana, Arkansas and Texas, the District
of Columbia, and the Territories of New
Mexico and Arizona.
In witness whereof, I have
.{ L. S. ) hereunto setmy hand and caused
,
j the seal of the United States to
--- be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
Ist day of December, 186,5, and of the in
dependence of the United States of
America the ninetieth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President :
H. SEI% - '14. - RD, Secretary of State
General'Grant in Richmond
General Grant left Washington on the
27th and arrived in Richmond the same
day. He is going as far South as Charles
ton. The Richmond correspondent of
the New York Herald says he spoke
out very plainly in regard to the Mexi
can question while in Richmond. The
following is the language attributed to
him:
General Grant emphatically says that the
advent of Maximilian to the pretended
throne of Mexico was a part of the rebellion,
and his immediate expulsion should be a
part of its history. This opinion, which
was several months since given to the pub
lic as the opinion of Major General Sheri
dan, was but the reflection of Gen. Grant's
well known views.
- .
The Lieutenant General freely affirms
that he does not know France in this Mex
ican question ; that France did not ask our
consent to establish a monarchy in Mexico,
and we should not consult that Power in re
establishing the republic of Mexico. He
further holds that it is simply a question be
tween us and the de facto government of
Mexico. We recognize the republic of Mex
ico as the de jure government, and we are
bound to accord to that government the
protection of our arms. He says France
has no right to tight us on this question, it
being simply a question between Maximil
ian and our government; but if France will
involve herself in a war with us ou this
question, now is the time to have it, before
our commerce has been again set afloat on
every sea, and while we have an army or
ganized and under pay equal to the emer
gency.
Distress Among the Freedmen.
[From the Boston Advertiser
We print below a letter from one of
the secretaries of the American Mission
ary Association, which shows the press
ing necessity for inamediateaction on be
half of the freedmen of the South :
AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION, ,
NEW YORK, Nov. 24, ]865. j
Charles Tappan. Esq. :
.11y Dear Sir—Yours of the 22d inst.,
was duly received, and we are rejoiced
to learn that you are once more ready to
devote your time, without compensa
tion, for the benefit of the freedmen of
the South. Let me assure you that
there never was a time when such help
was more needed. The following ex
tracts from a document recently pre
pared by one of the secretaries of this
association will present the facts which
justify the generous efforts you propose
to make, and call loudly for the bene
factions of philanthropists and Chris
tians :
From the superintendents of schools,
from officers appointed by Government
and others, alarming reports relative to
the condition and prospects of the freed
men have claimed our attention, and
demand immediate action.
The restoration of abandoned and con
fiscated lands is fast rendering houseless
and homeless and helpless thousands of
these families. In one district in Vir
ginia, the present superintendent says
that probably fifteen thousand of these
people will be turned away from their
homes and left with no means of sup
port. On one plantation or farm called
Acretown, because each family had one
acre assigned it, were three hundred
families, many of them wives and chil
dren and widows and orphans of color
ed soldiers. This farm is ordered to be
cleared.
In another district of Virginia it is
estimated by those best qualified to
know, that not less than twenty thous
and persons will be thus made homeless,
and the Superintendent of schools in
that State, under.the Assistant Commis
sioner of the Bureau, says that in East
ern Virginia, at a low estimate, the num
ber who are thus beingejected from the
farms, which are being repossessed by
late Rebel owners, cannot be less than
seventy thousand, and that the great
majority of them will be left not only
utterly homeless but without any possi
ble means of support, just at the begin
ningof winter. Disease and death have
already commenced their work, and we
dare not trust ourselves to state the num
ber of those, who, it is estimated, must
perish before the opening of the spring,
unless the kindness of Government or
an abounding charity being swift relief.
Like causes are coming into operation
in South Carolina and elsewhere, and
thousands upon thousands, unless Gov
ernment interposes in their behalf, will
be driven from their little homes and
left by former owners to perish.
Wishing you great success, lam, very
respectfully, yours, &c.,
Gm 'WHIPPLE, Cor. Sec.
lion. John Bell
This gentleman, so distinguished be
fore the rebellion in the politics of the
country, is residing quietly atNashville.
A gentleman, who had a long interview
with him two or three days ago, informs
us that his once erect form is considera
bly bowed and his physical energy
much impaired, the result, no doubt,
less of the mere influences of the four
years and a half of time thathavepa.ssed
since the beginning of the rebellion
than of the cares and anxieties and
troubles and mental conflicts that he
has unhappily experienced. Neverthe
less his intellectual vigor is represented
to be as great as it ever was, and we all
know that it was very great.
Mr. Bell talks freely and talks well.
He says that he has been much and
cruelly misrepresented, and that, if all
the facts in relation to his course were
known, he would be far less censured
than he is. He wishes to be truly un
derstood by his countrymen, and we
shall probably soon receive a full letter
from him; and, if so, we shall publish
it with great pleasure. We have felt
unkindly and almost bitterly toward
him, but we would willingly do him no
less than the most entire justice. He
talks like a patriot, and we do not ques
tion his perfect sincerity. He has
sworn the oath of allegiance to the Fed
eral Government and received pardon,
and we do not doubt his unswerving
fidelity to the obligations he has as
sumed.—Louiscille Journal.
A new Congregational church is to
be established at Washington. A circu
lar announces that—" Its pulpit shall
be the bold and outspoken vindicator of
right, the fearless and loyal advocate of
the Government in all its administra
tion, and to preach politics in their
moral relations to the country and to
Christianity." This church ought to
prove a great consolation to the im
mense horde of Washington thieves.—
The other churches of the city, which
are complainedof as having been "neu
tral" during the war, never had their
varnish pots ready to gloss over the sins
of plundering patriots, but now that the
crying want is likely to be supplied,
every "patriot" will rejoice. On a Ellinan
scale, in various towns of the North,
this thing has been tried, but we will
have to await the advent of the Wash
ington church before the full fruition of
galvanized sin will be reached. •
United States Senator from North Caro-
Hon. William A. Graham was on yes
terday_ elected United States Senator
from North Carolina for the long term,
receiving 138 out of 154 votes. The bal
lot for Senator for the short' term was
without success. Mr. Graham was a
member of the Confederate States Sen
ate and has not been pardoned.
Ms Gro. W. WEszcorr is the author
ized Agent for thesale of Mr. Buchanan's
book in Providence,-Bart, Eden, Colerain,
Drumore, Little Britain, Fulton and Martic
townships, this cotmty.
He is also authorized to receivesnbscrip
tions for the Daily and Weekly Intelligen
car, and to receipt for the same.
DEATH OP Mss. PviFT PS.-Iu the decease
of Mrs. Oliver Phelps, which occurred on
Saturday, after a long and painful illness,
her aged and venerable mother has met
with an irreparable loss, and this commu
nity is deprived of one of its most cherished
and useful members. An accomplished
lady, she was the life and soul of the social
circle, and to the poor she was a constant
.and unvarying friend. In point of business
tact and energy of character she was un
equaled by any of her sex, and her general
intelligencx , and line conversational powers
were the theme of admiration by all who
formed and had the pleasure of her acquaint
ance. But the fell destroyer, Death, has
done its work, and she now sleeps the sleep
that knows no waking this side the Resnr
reltion morn. With her esteemed and ven
erated mother, her husband, her surviving
sister and brothers and the other relatives
of the deceased, we deeply sympathize and
drop a tear over their sad bereavement ; but
they mourn not without hope. The depart
ed one died in the full triumphs of the
Christian's faith. She had made her peace
with her Heavenly Father, and she now
rests in her Redeemer's bosom, forever
freed from sickness and pain and death.—
Their loss is her eternal gain.
LANCASTER HORSE MARKET, MONDAY,
DECEMBER 4TH, 1865.—The trade continues
somewhat dull, and there is very little do
ing in the way of arrivals and sales, al
though there has been a little more activity
iu the sales than at last report. The report
for the past week is as follows:
Trours.---30 head remained at last report.
The arrivals were to Messrs. D. M. Sharp
& Co., 5 head of Western horses, and 6 head
from this county, seven of which were sold
leaving, with 16 last week, 20 head on hand.
Mr. Christopher C. Miller brought in 4 head
from the county, sold 5, and with 14 last
week has 13 now on hand. There are, there
fore, remaining in the stables, :13 head of
very tine horses for sale.
Funk'..-30 head in the stable, at lust re
port. No arrivals during the past week.
The sales were 15 head to farmers and oth
ers, leaving 15 head yet remaining on hand.
09pelnd d• eline's.-7 head on hand at
last report. The arrivals were 19 head
bought in the county. 2.0 head were sold,
leaving ti in the stables.
Leman, Murphy d:
sales
BEAUTIFUL RED M EN'S TESTIMON IA LS.—
On Thursday evening last a number of the
members of the Metatuora Tribe, No. 2, I.
>. R. M., of this city, paid a friendly visit
to their brothers of the Otsego Tribe, No. 59
of Mount Joy. The occasion was made the
opportunity of presenting to Otsego Tribe a
testimonial in the shape of a preamble and
resolutions, expressing the sentiments of
Metamora for the hospitality extended to it
by the members of Otsego on the inaugura
tion of that Tribe on the 7th of September
last. The resolutions are engrossed iu the
finest style and enclosed in a neat frame,
and will prove a pleasing ornament to the
Wigwam. The presentation was made in
behalf of Metamora by Mr. Thomas W.
Brown, Sachem of the Tribe, and responded
to by Mr. F. H. Stauffer, Chief of Records
of Otsego Tribe.
After a very pleasant time the Metautoras
proceeded to the residence of Bro. A. I).
Reese, to whose lady they presented a copy
of a vote of thanks for her kindness to them
on the same occasion. The inscription .011
this testimonial is very appropriate and is
surrounded by a beautiful wreath and is
also neatly framed. The testimoniAls were
gotten up by Capt. Charles R. Franey,
Chief - of Police of this city, and are the finest
specimens of ornamental penmanship we
have ever seen. W o have no doubt they
will be highly prized by their recipients.—
The occasion was very pleasant and grati
fying to all concerned.
EXTENDED.—We are informed that the
U. S. Telegraph Company, who have an
office on North Queen street, this city, are
extending their line through the Southern
States, which is now constructed as far as
Richmond, Va. An office has been estab
lished, and the line is in working order
from all points to that city.
A WIDOW GETS A VERDICT OF 810,700.
At the late term of the Court of Common
Pleas of Chester county, a widow named
Bally, sued the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company for damages for the loss of her
husband, alleging carelessness on the part
of the railroad employees., It appears that
in September, 1.86-1, Bally was returning
with a number of other persons from the
Democratic McClellan Mass Meeting
which was held on the 17th day of that
mouth in this city. The train, filled
with passengers, reached Pennington
ville towards midnight, behind time,
and being on the south track, and the sta
Lion house on the north side, Mr. Bally and
a number of the passengers alighted from
the cars, and were on the north track when
sonic one discovered a locomotive coming
up that track at full speed, and not many
rods below. He gave the alarm and suc
ceeded in getting the people all oil' except
Mr. Bally, who was struck by the cow
catcher, tossed into the air and felt with
his head between the ends of two cross-ties,
and was so much injured as to die from the
effects of it the next morning. The widow
received a verdiqt of $10,700.
ro THE Totes.—«'e are glad to see
the Safety Bridle and Lines gaining such
great favor as they have fully proven them
selves worth. A.:few days ago the leadin g sad
dlers of this county had a meeting and with
out one dissenting voice resolved that it was
their legitimate duty to manufacture no
other but the Safety Bridle unlessespecially
ordered ; that is to say if any one prefers
breaking his neck to paying five dollars to
save it, he shall be accommodated with the
old bridle.
But we hope there will be no person so
indifferent to his life and limbsas to use the
old bridle when he cannot help but know
that every reasonable person who is ac
quainted with the Patent Bridle at all, that
with it, it is almost next to an impossibility
to meet with an accident.
The following letter from the proprietor of
one of the most extensive omnibus lines in
the county shows his high appreciation of
the Safety Bridle, and the interest he takes
in the safety of his passengers who cannot
but feel grateful both to the proprietor and
Patentee. We would suggest to stage and
omnibus proprietors generally to follow this
example :
MILLERSVILLE, LANCASTER CO., PA., I
Nov. 21, 1865. f
DR. S. B. HART3IAN
DEAR SIR: He who contributes his mite
to the public good is a benefactor and de
serves the grateful feelings of his fellow-men
in proportion to theamountolgood he does.
Having attended your novel Horse Exhi
bition on the 111th inst., I deem it my duty
as well as a great pleasure to express to you
my entire satistimtion as to the merits of
your Patent Safety Bridle and Lines.
I must confess that I was, prior to the
day of your exhibition, as much of a skep
tic regarding the merits of your invention
as a man could well be, and I felt satisfied
that I had sufficient reasons for believing
that it would be impossible for you to pre
vent vicious horses from running away and
kicking with the aid of your invention
alone.
I have been a horse owner and driver for
many years, and nattered myself that I
knew enough about bridles and horses to
convince me that your invention had few
advantages over the ordinary bridle. But,
when I, with my own eyes, saw you con
trol the most vicious kicking horses with
the greatest ease, I was at once convinced that
you were right and that I was wrong; that
you could not only do all you claimed to
do with your bridle, but even more. In
consideration not only of the intrinsic value
of the Safety Bridle and Lines as an agent
in trontrolling vicious horses, but the safety
they afford to life and limb when used on
the most gentle horses, which oftimes be
come frightened and run away, I desire
hencreforth to use your bridles alone on the
horses used in raj . omnibus line. I deem
it a duty which I owe to my patrons, and
would consider myself guilty of the greatest
neglect did I not avail myself of the safety
which your bridles afford. You are at lib—
erty to make such use of this communica
tion as you desire.
I am, sir, truly yours, &c.,
•
JOHN G. limENNE-R,
Proprietor Millersville and Lancaster City
Ompibus Line.
Trizi Liar Cot . nciir Brum?. SoisciTir,
—This institution is now halfa century old.
It was organized on the Bth of February,
1815, at a meeting held in the old Court
House, when John Hubley, Esq., was
Chairman, and Rev. Joseph Clarkson, Sec
retary. Its first public celebration was
held on the first Tuesday of the May follow
ing, in the old Lutheran (Trinity) church,
on whichoccasion Rev. Henry Muhlenberg,
D. D., preached a sermon in its behalf in
the German language, and Rev. William
Kerr delivered a sermon in English. We
understand that it is proposed at its fiftieth
anniversary to be held on Thanksgiving
evening, in St. Paul's German Reformed
Church, to give a condensed history of its
operations, and three addresses will be de
livered by clergymen of this city. Its'
friends in the city and county are invited
to be present on that occasion, and we hope
every church will report a contribution in
aid of its funds.
POCKET PICKED.-011 Tuesday morning
last, Col. Milton Weidler, late of the Ist
Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Reserve
Corps, who left this city in the 11.15 A. M.,
train for Johnstown, Cambria county, on
business, met with a misfortune. Shortly
after arriving at Harrisburg he found that
his pocket had been picked of his pocket
book, which contained $5BO. Numbers of
our citizens have been robbed iri this man
ner lately at Harrisburg by the "light
fingered gentry," and we think that it is
high time some means were adopted by the
police of that city to detect and catch these
miscreants, that they may receive the pun
ishment they so richly merit.
TENANT HOUSES.—There is a very gen
eral complaint in every large cityand town
of the scarcity of tenant houses. This is
partiCularly the case in Lancaster, where,
at the present time, at least three hundred
could be occupied if they were only built.
The want of tenant houses, which would
rent from $6O to $l.OO per annum, is a busi
ness evil, entailing great inconvenience and
even distress on a class of people who really
constitute the great producing population
of this and every other community. This
might be remedied, if our men of means—
the wealthy capitalists—would invest a por
tion of thetr surplus money in enterprises
of this kind. In every ward of the city we
have vacant lots and ample room for build
ing purposes, and nothing is wanting but a
spirit of enterprise on the part of our
wealthy citizens. The absent:6 . of this spirit
on their ,part has - been a great draivback
to the prosperity of Lancaster in the past,
but we trust that a timely hint on the sub
ject will change their policy in the future—
especially as such investments will pay well
in the end.
To THE AFFLICTED.—We were invited to
the office of Dr. A. H. Carpenter this morn
ing to see another patient of the Doctor's,
Frederick K. Ort, of Rohrerstown, who for
a long time has been a consumptive. For
five mouths, he says, he was unable to speak
above a whisper, had severe coughing and
much pain about the breast, and would ex
pectorate about a pint of matter per day, to
gether with several hemorrhages. He had
been under the treatment of many other
physiciansjiut was unable to get any relief.
He chanced a few weeks ago to observe the
advertisement of the Doctor's intone of our
newspapers, when he immediately applied
to him and has been under his treatment
ever since. He says that he is now much
improved, being able to sleep at night,
and having an excellent appetite; the cough
has left him; the expectoration has ceased,
and he is now able to work. This is anoth
er of the many wonderful cures, that we
have been recently called upon to notice,
effected under the treatment of Dr. Carpen
ter, and it gives us pleasure to make the
announcement.
—No, arrivals or
HANDSOME MONUMENTS.-Mr. Lewis
Haldv, Marble Mason, has just erected over
the graves of Mr. John Sehner and Geu. B.
A. Shaeffer, at Woodward Hill, two chaste
and beautiful monuments, which for neat
ness, taste and symmetry are not excelled
by any in that cemetery of beautiful mon
uments. That of Mr. Sehner is of Italian
Marble, 16 feet high, and is finished in the
highest style of art. Gen. Shaeffer's is also
of Italian Marble, is about 6 feet high, and
is built in the shape of across. These mon
uments were built under the direct super
vision of Mr. Haldy, who was assisted
by Mr. William Conner, a first-class work
man. It is really worth a visit to Wood
ward Hill to see them.
THE WASILINGTON.—We invite the es
pecial attention of the traveling publie to
the card of the Washington House, Phila
delphia, in another column. It is enough
to say that it is under the management of
Mr. Chas. Allmond, formerly of the States
Union, where that gentleman earned a
reputation as a caterer for the public, which
is fully sustained at the Washington. He
is assisted by Mr. W. F. Caleb, and our ac
commodating and jovial friend, Capt. Von
dersmith. We can assure those who pa
tronize the hotel:they will be fully satisfied
in every particular.
SALE OF REAL ESTATE.-That well-known
property, situated in and fronting on North
Duke street, formerly occupied as the Intel
ligencer Office, the Provost Marshal's Office,
and Law Offices, has been sold by Jacob S.
Shirk to Messrs. Reed, Henderson it Co.,
Bankers, for K 250. These gentlemen will
tear down the portion of the building for
merly occupied by the intelligenrer and
erect a Banking House. They iAnd to
conimence operations titmice.
SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT or DIPTHE
RIA.—The following interesting article on
the Symptoms and cure of Diptheria, we
clip from the Columbia Spy. It is from the
pen of Dr. A. W. Scott, an eminent physi
, chin of Palmyra, lowa, who wrote it at the
urgent solicitation of Mr. Rambo, the editor
and proprietor of the ,Spy.
In accordance with your request I send
you a description of the symptoms, and an
account of the treatment of that fearful
scourge Diptheria. You can rely on it with
the utmost confidence, as it has never been
known to fail, though used to my personal
knowledge in over one thousand cases. I
send to you cheerfully, and hope every
newspaper in the nation will copy.
AS'lllaptonts.—l cannot enumerate all of the
symptoms, as they vary in their character.
Generally, the first symptom noticed is
difficulty in swallowing, with a continued
spitting and hawking to clear the throat,
and a feeling of more or less prostration.—
Then fever, headache, aching of the bones,
with a pain at the angle of the lower jaw,
and sometimes swelling of the glands at
that place. Bowels costive. By examin
ing the tongue it will be found coated with
white, sometimesa whitish yellow; the ton
sils will be found more or less swollen, and
if the disease has advanced to any extent,
they will be partially or wholly covered
with a whitish leathery membrane, which
makes is appear as if the throat was filled
with little blisters.
As the disease advances this membrane
keeps forming until it extends into the air
tubes, winch makes the breathing quick
and difficult, and the patient becomes very
restless ; and toward the last makes con
vulsive efforts for breath, but nature yields
her sway, and the patient dies of suffoca
tion !
TREATMENT-DIPTHERIA WASH
Golden seal
Boras
Black Pepper
Alum 1 "
Nitrate of Potash l4 1 "
Put all into a common sized tea-cut, or
vessel which holds about 4 ounces, and pour
half full of boiling water, stir well, and then
fill with good vinegar. Fit for use when it
settles. Make a swab by getting a little
stick about the size of a pipe stem, notch
one end, and wrap a strip of cotton cloth
around it, letting the cloth project about
half an inch beyond the end of the stick, so
as not to prick the mouth and throat, and
fasten with a thread.
Swab the mouth and throat well every
half hour if the case is bad, every hour if
not bad. When the patient gets better,
every two hours; then when better, two or
three times a day, till well ; which will be
from two to seven days. Touch every af
fected spot, the Uvula, Tonsils, and Fames,
the whole of the back part of the mouth, and
the to of the throat; and let the patient
swallow a little of the wash each time you
swab. Swabbing causes no pain, though
the patient will gag, and sometimes vomit ;
but swab well, and a feeling of relief will fol
low every swabbing.
Keep the patient in the house, but venti
late well. The diptheria wash and lini
ment will be found sufficient for all cases,
If taken in time; and should you mistake
any other "sore throat" for diptheria, you
will effect a cure almost invariably, as I
use this for all common sore throats. I have
never lost a case, and many have told me
that no money would induce them, in these
diptheria `1 times" to be without the Wash
and Liniment ; and when a soreness in the
throat is felt, it is used and a cure is always
effected. Your friend,
DR, W. A. SAQT,
\Vito CAN BEAT Tuts?—Our old and ex
cellent Democratic friend, Mr. Hanler('
Mann, (Farmer,) and his son, Mr. Simon
Mann, recently chopped front a half tree 01
Spanish Oak the following: 11 cords of
wood, cords of bark, l2:1 rails and
staves. The tree was grown on the premi
ses of Mrs. Elizabeth Mann, (widow,) of
Manor township. If any body can beat this,
•we shall chronicle it with great plasure;
but we do not believe it can be done very
LANCASTER GRAIN MARKET, MoNmyr
Deeemher 4th, NV):
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Superfine..(lo d 0...
Wheat (white) "t 1 bus .
Wheat (red) do
Rye do
Corn (new) do
Oats do
Whiskey, per gallon
The following were introduced in the
Senate by the Hon. Charles Sumner
yesterday:
Rewired, That, in order to provide
proper guarantees for security in the
future, so that peace and prosperity
shall surely prevail, and the plighted
faith of the nation shall be preserved, it
is the full duty of Congress to take'care
that no State declared to be in rebellion
shall be allowed to resume its relations
to the Union until after the satisfactory
performance of five several conditions
precedent which must be submitted to a
popular vote, and be sanctioned by a
majority of the people of each State re
spectivelyr as follows :
The complete restoration of loyalty as
shown by an honest recognition of the
unity of the republic and the duty of al
legiance to it at all times without men
tal reservation or equivocation of any
kind.
The complete suppression of all oli
garchial pretensions, and the complete
enfranchisement of all citizens, so that
there shall be no denial of rights on ac
count of color or race, but justice shall
be impartial, and all shall be equal be
fore the law.
The rejection of the rebel debt, and
at the same time the adoption, in just
proportion, of the national debt and the
national obligations to Union soldiers,
with solemn promises never to join in
any measure, direct or indirect, for their
repudiation, or in any way tending M
impair the national credit.
_ .
The organization of an educuational
system for the equal benefit of all, with
out distinction of color or race.
The choice ofcitizens for otti ce whether
State or National, of constant and un
daunted loyalty, whose conduct and
conversation shall give assurance of
peace and reconciliation.
Rex°lrcd, That iu order to provide
these essential safeguards, without
which the national security and the na
tional faith will- be imperilled, the
States cannot be precipitated back to
political power and independence, but
they must wait until these conditions
are in all respects fulfilled.
The war between Spain and Chili has
had the same effect upon the price of
copper as the rebellion in the South had
upon the price of cotton. Spain has de
clared the coast of Chili under blockade
and as Chili is the great copper produc
ing country of the world, and as copper
is extensively used in machinery of all
kinds, and even for currency in Europe,
any event which interferes with. the
trade in it is sure to enhance its price.
Late news from England shows a rapid
and high advance in its price, which
has been followed here, If there is any
prospect of the war continuing as long
as our rebellion, and we think there is,
for the Spaniards are rather slow, the
spirit of the speculation will be revived
here beyond precedent. Already we
hear:of companies in this vicinity which
had been dead and buried months ago,
being dug up and revived under new
names.
If the money market was not rather
tight we might expect to witness an ac
tive speculative campaign in copper
stocks before the close of the year.
There is an abundance of this property
now held here, for the very good reason
that buyers at any priceare, likeangels'
visits, few and far between ; hence it
becomes those who have the speculative
fever, to be on their guard. If it be true
that all is not gold that glitters, it is
equally true that all is not copper that
is called copper. Much of it which will
probably soon be thrown in the market
will be papal, and nothing but paper.
A word to the wise is sutlicient.—Bos
ton Traveler.
pulverized, drachm
We were shown, by Col. J. Ross
Thompson, on Monday forenoon, a spe
cimen of black marble procured from the
quarry near Williamsport, allusions to
which have frequently been made in the
papers within the last few months. It
was polished in a manner equal to the
best foreign marble, and promises to be
come a very important - article among
the productions of our State. This kind
of marble, we are informed, has never
before been found in America—that in
common use being obtained from Bel
gium and Ireland at great expense.—
The deposit near Williamsport is large,
and apparently inexhaustible. 'The ,
veins are from eighteen inches to eigh
feet in thickness. A company, consist
ing of some of the best known business
men of this city and Philadelphia, has
been formed to work the quarry, and
the members feel much 'confidence that
it will prove to beetle of:the best invest.
meats of tie clay.—Erie Observer, ,
SAD AFFAIR NDAP. MAITECETAL—A
shooting affkiir warred shoat two milett
northwest of Manheim on Sunday last.
Two brothers, named Hallman, sons of the
Constable of Rapho township, both onivriom
have served in the army, were going through
the musket exercise, one of them having a
musket and the other a cane. Tharnusket ,
which was loaded with shot, accidentally
went off, the load lodging in the right side
of the other brother, touching the lung.
The wounded man is now lying in a very
precarious condition, and there is very little
hope for his recovery. The brother who
had the musket is deaf, having become so
in theservice. The wounded brother is still
attached to the army, and was to have left
yesterday to rejoin his regiment. Both are
much esteemed, and the affair has created
general regret in the neighborhood.
ORDERED AWAY.—OOI. HaMbright, who
has been on the recruiting service in this
city for the past three months, has been or
dered to the headquarters of his regiment,
the 11th r. S. Infantry, which is stationed
at Fort Independence, Boston Harbor, Bos
ton, Mass. His friends will be sorry to
learn this.
V M SAM BC - 110.—We have been shown
specimens of sacramental or pure juice
Wine, prepared by Alfred Speer, of Passic,
N.J. out of the Portuguese Sainburg, a val
uable grape which he cultivates in this
country. In taste it assimilates to port
without its heating qualities, being abso
lutely free from spirits further than its own
fermentation affords. Preference is given
to it over all other wines in New York and
other hospitals, as a tonic, gentle stimulant,
diuretic and sudorific. Mr. Speer has been
nine years experimenting in the production
of this Wine, and the newest wine he sells
is four years ohi.
Sold by Henry E. Slaytnaker, No. 31, East
K inv . . street
COM P LIM ETA HY. —Deehert, one of the ed
itors of that sprightly and enterprising pa
per, the Hagerstown 1N1.d.1 Mail, was re
cently in this city, and whilst here paid a
visit to Dr. Mishler's celebrated herb Bit
ters Ma:inflictors. Ile thus speaks of his
visit, and is highly complimentary to the
Dr. and his gentlemanly chief clerk, Mr.
Thomas AV. Brown :
..117,Ider's Celebrated Ilitters.—The senior•
of the "Moil, whilst on a recent visit to
Lancaster, had Occasion to call in at the
celebrated establishment of Dr. Benjamin
the proprietor of the most popular
Herb Bitters in the world, We confess
that we are much surprished to see such a
large establishment of the kind, and wore
gratified in being shown through the build
ing by the gentlemanly and clever Thomas
W. Brown, whom the Dr. has in his employ,
and who took great pains in explaining
the manner in which the Bitters are manu
factured. The Bitters have now a world
wide reputation, orders being received for
them front all parts of the United States,
Canada, Europe, ke. The Dr. has thous
ands of certificates, setting forth the many
virtues of his admirable Bitters, and has
heretolbre published many of them to the
world. We refer our readers to Mishler's
advertisements in :mother column fur full
particulars. David M. Good is the Agent
for liagerstown, of whom the Bitters can be
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Mr. Sumner's Resolutions
Copper and Copper Stocks
Black Marble