Viglnla* But, butl—but what my friend ?
Out with it. Virginia does not permit
negrqes to vote. Neither does Ohio, nor
Indianainor Illinois, nor lowa, nor wis
consln, nor Pennsylvania, nor
nor New Jersey, nor Connecticut, nor New
Hampshire, nor New York, nor California,
nor Oregon, nor Colorado; and if this is a
reason, why we do not those States exclude?
THE STATES ARE EQUAL,
It is a fundamental maxim that the States
in the Union are equal—not equal in terri
tory, or wealth, or numbers, but equal in
duties, in rights, |in powers. Thev were
sovereigns, and a? such were equal before
the Union. They eaoh, as sovereign, came
into the Union. They delegated the same
powers; they agreed to perform the same
duties. They guaranteed each to the other
the enjoyment of the same rights. Repre
sentation is the most important right. Ohio
enjoys it, why not Virginia ? TbeSoulhern
States are in the Union or they are out of it.
If they are in the Union, they are equal to
Ohio, and entitled to representation. If
they are out of the Union, the gov
ern them at all is a fraud and a usurpation.
(Cheers.) They entered the Union bypass
ing an ordnance adopting and ratifying the
Federal Constitution. They tried to dissolve
that connection by abrogating thal ratifica
tion. The abrogating ordinance was the act
of secession. Either it was valid, or it was
invalid. If invalid, it was null, it had no
effect* it did not affect the State; it did not
affect'the tie which bound it to the Union.,
It left the State in the same position in
which it had been for a month, for a year,
before the iict of secession. If it was valid,
it destroyed the Union and removed the
State beyond the Constitution, beyond your
power. I reject the claim that these ordi
nances are valid for one purpose, invalid
for another—valid to destroy the State, in
valid to dissever the federal tie. It is the
fanciful creation of a disordered brain, or
the arbitrary diction of a man who will have
things as he wishes them.
THE RADICAL POSITION.
I understand the position of Mr. Stevens
and those who follow him. He believes
that either the ordinance of secession or
the attempt to enforce it by arms, consti
tuted the South in effect a foreign power—
alien enemies; that we had good cause of
war against them, and did in fact wage the
war for subjugation and eonquesl; thut
having subjugated and conquered them,
wo hold them subject to our will; thut so
far as they are concerned their rights and
our powers are determined by the laws of
nations alone, and no question ot the Con
stitution can be raised except by the ad
hering States. I understand the position
of Mr. Johnson and the war Democrats.
They hold thut the ordinances of secession
•wore invalid; thut whoever attempted by
force of arms to rnuke them available were
traitors; thut their unlawful acts do not
affect the statutes of the State, or of its law
abiding people; thutthey may be punished,
but thut the State remains the same.
(Cheers.) But I cannot understand the
thimble-rig logic of these half-way gentle
men, ihul the ordinances of secession are
half-valid, half-invalid; that the States are
in the Union to be governed, out of it to bo
protected; in the Union when duties are
required, out of it when rights ure to be ac
corded ;in the Union when taxes are exacted,
out of it when representation is demanded.
Why should they not be represented? This
representation is essential to the restoration
of the Union. Why was the war prosecu
ted? For the maintenance of the Union.
Love of the Union was the sentiment which
lay at the very heart of our people. It had
grown and strengthened f aud become fixed
by the attempts at disunion of the Hartford
Convention and the nullification of South
Carolina. It was this that made strong men
volunteer, andjmatrous and maidens and
wives to consent that son and husband aud
lover should volunteer. It was this that
/nade the North yield armed men as if from
h.irsoil. Mr. Lincoln, in his inaugural and
message, told us the war was for the
Uni.™ , Congress, in the most solemn form,
reiterated it. Mr. Seward, after fwo years
of war told us that the seats of Senators
and me mbors were vacant, and their open
arms u’ith silent eloquence, invited the
States an d the people to return to the bless- !
ings and duties of the Constitution. Your
arms huve beeu successful; not an armed
enemy withstands you; they ask admit
tance to their seats. Why is not the Union
restored ? Wby do those who have clamor
ed for Union refuse it? Why do those who
have urged others to fight for Union pre
vent it?
DISHONESTY OF THE RADICALS.
Gentlemen: It is because they deceived
you and their friends. They never were
for the Union. Thaddeus Stevens was
honest enough to say so. He said in my
hearing that with his consent the Union
never should be restored. These men hate
the Constitution of the United States. They
hate our form of government; aud they
know the most effective stab they could
give iu—the most fatal blow—would be the
attempt to goyern one-half of the country
without representation. V v
I speak of men whom I know; men with
whom I had served in public life. Ido not
impeach their intelligence, or patriotism, or
sincerity ; but I repeat, I believe they hate
our Constitution, and desire its overthrow.
They believe consolidation is better than
confederation. They prefer to trust their
liberties and the liberties of the race to an
overpowering irresponsible majority rather
than to one orderly process established
under the checks and balances of our sys
tem- (Cheers).
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
Consider the constitutional amendment.
Congress insisted upon its adoption as a
condition precedent to the admission oi Sen
ators and Representatives. If it were en
tirely desirable; if nobody objectedor could
object to any of its provisions, still it ought
not to be proposed. If the States are enti
tled to representation, the adoption of this
.amendment ought not to be exacted. If
they are not entitled, its adoption will not
•confer it. Jf they are entitled, the refusal
of the right is the highwayman’s course,
who seizes you by the throat and agrees to
release his hold if you will givo him your
purse. In vain you assert that you are on
titled to both your freedom and your money.
You buy one admitted right by the surren
der of another. If they are not entitled,
itho proposal to confer it is the device of the
•devil, who eagerly offered the kingdoms of
the world ana the glory thereof, which he
didn’t possess, if only his black majesty
could be worshipped. But what is this
amendment?
livery person born within the United
States shall be r citizens thereof and of the
State wherein he resides. Citizens of the
State! that the Constitution left to each
fcitate; so entirely left it there that voters by
the luw of the State were expressly made
electors for federal officers. No State shall
impair the privileges and immunities of
citizens of the United States. What are
these privileges and immunities? Where
are they denned? Where written? The
Constitution has already put each citizen of
each State upon the same/ooUn" as citizens
of the several States.
Representation shall bo apportioned ac
cording to population, but if any male per
sons over twenty-one years of age shall be 1
excluded from the ballot-box, the represen
tative basis shall be diminished by these in
proportion as the males .excluded bear to
all the males of twenty-one years in this
Stale. The tormer proposition was to ex
clude from the basis all of uny race or color,
if by reason of race or color they were ex
cluded from the right of suffrage. That
could not stand a moment. By it the Stutes
might exclude the young, the old, the poor,
the ignorant, the soldier; and if they were
only while, the other electors might vote
for them ; but if they excluded the negro,
his whole race was to be excluded from the
representative basis. How much better is
this amendment! All the people are to be
enumerated, all the males over twenty-one
years are to be enumerated also. If the
males are as ten to one—und any male is
excluded from the right of voting, then ten
? arsons shall be stricken from the basis.
fin Pennsylvania lunatics were not al
lowed to vote, then ten persons for every
lunatic would go unrepresented. If in
Pennsylvania there were ten thousand ne
gro men over twenty-one years of age, then
•100,000 men, women and children, white as
well as black, would be without represen
tation. I say nothing of its operation on
Ihe Southern States; will you here be will
ing to adopt it? But the cunning of its au
thors is apparent here, for by this scheme
New England gets two members of Con
gress, while the other Northern and Western
.States lose .twelve.; more than they would
by the other man. Nor is it really an hon
est scheme to secure to the negro the right
■of voting, for this and every other plan sug
gested contemplates that the States may
•exclude him from the ballot, provided only
they will agree to give up the political power
-which control him in the basis given to
them. NoJ gentlemen., the only object of
thisamendment is to show to the States that
they hold even the right of suffrage by the
will and at the command of the Federal
Government, and thus to bring their most
vital rights entirely within its control.
THE FKEBDAIEN’S BUREAU.
Consider the Freedmen’s Bureau bill.
Its object was not to protect the negro j that
was done by the old law. If it expired; too
soon a line might extend il; if power were
laoking here or there a section would suf
fice. The object of the bill is explained by
the eighth and ninth sections. They pro
vide that to every case affecting the negro
thePresideut shall extend military juris
diction and protection; and that if a State
•officer shall enforce any law, custom or
nolice regulation discriminating between a
jiQgro and white man, in the enjoyment of
•civil rights, he may be tried and punished.
.by .any officer of the bureau—all cases ,
i .whether civil or criminal, whether to pun
»ish for crime or to entorce a contract,
whether between two negroes or between a
meero i inrl a whiteinan —military jurisdic
. turn and protection ! What is that ? Martial
daw ana .a-drumhead court-martial. The
fConstitution provides that no man, negro
-or white mau shall be arrested without a
•warrant, held .without an indictment, tried
without ajury;.he .shall have a speedy and
mnbiic trial, .have hWhae 1 .and witnesses,
Snd he confronted with witnesses against
.him. yet this law proposes to do away
artth all these safeguard®, .fthh substitute
.the short, sharp' processes of military
courts, where there.is. po ipdictmept, no
iurv. and no .counsel or witnesses for the
prisoner, except by the grace and favor of
the court. .C»o any plan brieve this law
was intended rather to benefit the negro ?
if to it not intended rather 0 bring every
citizen of the United States,and ©very State
of the Union to the foot of the federal mili
tary authority, as administered by the most
ignorant and degraded servant of the bureau
'who could be hired at five hundred dollars a
; year. (Cheers.) Consider the civil rights
bill; it provides, that all citizens shall be
entitled to the same civil rights, and be
punished for offenoes with the same mea
sure of penalty. Suppose in any State, the
reason of his inferior intellect, is
punished less severely than the white man,
can Congress by this law increase punish
ment? Can Congress increase the pen
alty? If it can in the case of the negro, so
can it also diminish. If it can increase, or
diminish, it can create a new and different
punishment, or it can abolish all punish
ment; and thus mav establish within the
State and without its consent, an entire
criminal code, and thus bring all thecitizens
within the control of federal power; and
this was the main object of the bill.
OTHER RADICAL MEASURES.
And so the Educational Bureau£bill and
the Insurance Bureau bill, and the Kail
road law have under various guises and
pretences but the single pnrpose of break
ing down State authority and transferring
all the affairs of common life ,lo the super
vision of the federal government. And
thus on the ruins of our system of confed
eration will be built a strong centralized
government in whose splendor and power
the liberties of the citizen, now so well pro
tected, will be swallowed up.
PAST AND PRESENT POLICY OP RADICAL
As I rode from Boston last night I passed
through Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con
necticut, New York and Pennsylvania. I
could not help remembering their history.
Massachusetts was so jealous of federal
power that she, first of all the States, asked
for an amendment to the Constitution de
claring that all powers not expressly
granted were reserved, lest there should be
an undue activity in the administration.
Rhode Island would not enter the Union
for a j’ear after Washington’s inauguration,
lest the powers of the federal government
might be used to the injury of her commer
cial and shipping interest. New York ex
pressly declared its opinion of the right of
secession. What a contrast now! How
strongly and constantly do thoseStatea now
insiston the process of centralization. Penn
sylvania alone, simply ratified the Consti
tution. By her fidelity to the common weal,
by her promptness, by her wisdom and
moderation, os well as by her geographical
position, she acquired the title of the Key
stone State.
AN APPEAL TO PENNSYLVANIA.
Men of Pennsylvania, be faithful to-day
to your ancient history. Your State has
enjoyed a rare felicity. Her valleys und
pluins are teeming with wealth; her moun
tains are swollen with coal and iron, and
other minerals ; her cities stagger beneath
the load of accumulated capital. They all
need peace, order, stability of government
and of‘legislation for their proper develop
ment. Her population is crowded, and in
dustrious, and liberty loving. They need
contentment and leisure to pursue their
own business. Her limits contain Carpen
ter’s Hall and Independence Hall. Her soil
was the birth-place of the Declaration, and
is sanctified by Brandywine aud German
town, and Valley Forge, hallowed by the
heroism which endureti defeat and suffer
ing. In her midst the Constitution was
formed, and the capitol, wus for many
years, located. By these sacred momories,
i conjure you to be true to your own great
history. Be faithful to your principles, and
deserve more glory for having in this dark
hour preserved our system of free govern
ment thun your futhers obtained for having
through blood and suffering founded it.
Mr. Pendleton retired amid loud and con
tinued cheers.
SPEECH OF HON. MONTGOMERY BLAIR.
Mr. Blair spoke as follows :
He stated that the only issue to be was,
whether the country should continue to re
main in a state of disunion in order that a
political party might retain power, or
whether the old Union, as established by
our fathers, should be restored. It had been
his misfortune to differ with the Demo
cratic party, but it was composed of honest
men whom ho always honored.
They had presented the spectacle of fur
nishing men and means to defend the Gov
ernment, at thesametimethatGovernment
was in the hands of their political adver
saries, thus proving to some extent the in
tense feeling of devotion to the country
which over characterized them; this, too,
when, as the speaker knew, he being a
member of the Government, that the Gov
erninentwas wielded in a most unscrupu
lous and unjustifiable manner. It was not
so with the Federalists in the war with
Great Britain. The same party exists to
day under Tbad. Stevens. Do they exhibit
the same fidelity to the Government? Do
they supply money and soldiers, as the
Democracy did ? The Democracy supplied
men and supplied us with leaders, with
McClellan, with Grant, with Sherman, and
Sheridan, and a host of other patriots, to
lead the soldiers to triumph. No man who
speaks the truth will arraign the Demo
cratic party with wanting in patriotism
and fidelity to the country. He repelled it
with scorn, as he had done in his Cooper
Institute speech. Now that the war is
over we have a new question, and that is
whether we are to have the Constitution and
the Union we have been fighting for. The
party in power, true to their interests, keep
the country divided ; then he found the
Democratic party standing for the Union,
and he allied himself with the party, and
was proud of the connection.
The Democratic party must save the
country from a new rebellion and a new
war. The war that is to come will not be in
the South, but in the North—in Pennsylva
nia ; but in saying so he did not wish to be
regarded as a sensation speaker, but he
would proclaim the issue which the radi
cals have made. They only held the power
they possess by excluding the States which
they themselves recognized as in the Union.
They mean to keep these States out and
govern the whole country by the majority
in Congress. It really implies the minority
over the majority, because the delegation
from the South would unite with the Demo
crats of the North and overwhelm this ma
jority. If the election comes this fall in
favor of the radicals, the first act will be to
turn Andrew Johnson out of his seat.
The speaker predicted that should the
radicals carry the election in October, the
result would be the establishment of two
Presidents and two Congresses, for the
radical re actional majority would then im
peach President Johnson and turn him out,
while on the other hand, the Democratic
members of Congress would UDite with the
regularly elected members from the South.
He told this to some of the leading radicals
in Washington, when one turned turned to
him and said: “Yes, and we will have
you just where we have Jeff. Davis now,”
his eyes flashing angrily as he spoke it.
This spirit, said Mr. Blair, is hurrying the
country into a new rebellion, In which the
battle fields will be among you. [A voice
—“Let it come.”] Mr. Blair said no, he did
not want to see it, but counsel your radical
friends and let them see what this lust of
dominion in their party is leading us to.
llereyiewed the dootrineof secession, claim
ing that, while not expressed in words, yet
the sense ajpd meaning of the Constitution
were adverse to it. The new frangled
Constitution the radicals were putting upon
the country was a coniriyance by which
Southern negroes were to be equalized with
the whites, or that a negro vote in South
Carolina would balance a white man’s vote
in Pennsylvania. Negro suffrage was an
absurdity, and Jefferson had left it on re
cord in his own hand writing that he never
contemplated the intermingling of the races.
It was mere political clap trap, nothing
more. The radicals were afraid that if the
South wus admitted, they -would vote with
ihe Democracy, aud elect Grant President,
or perhaps McClellan. [Great cheers.]
There was not a-thief in the United Stutes
who was not a radical. He also warned his
hearers that they were on the eve of another
civil war, the battle-fields of which would
be in the North, while the South would re
main a unit.- He disclaimed speaking lor
any sensational purpose, but earnestly
warned the people of the North against the
evil effects of tampering with the funda
mental laws of the land.
The Atlantic Cable.
The note of preparation to receive the
Great Eastern and her attendant ships
is already announced from Aspy Bay,
Newfoundland, and there are confident
predictions that by Friday next we wil
hear tidings of the cable fleet. On July
6th, the shore end of the cable was
landed in Ireland, and the paying out
of that part began, and on the 9th, the
date of the latest report, everything was
going on well. On the 9th, all the ves
sels were tQ finish coaling and proceed
to sea—the splice was to be made with
the deep sea cable, and on the 11th the
fleet was to begin its important voyage
towards America. There are n 0 later
reports than the 9th, however, whilst
we have news from Europe to noon of
the 12th of July, three days afterwards,
without any announcement .ofthespliee
having been made or the voyage begun.
The doubtful Btatein which thisabsence
of news leaves the subject will, proba
bly, however, be BoLved to-day, for the
Scotia is due at New York to-day, with
intelligence as late as noon of the 35th of
July. It is to be hoped that the voyage
of the Great pastern will not be marred
by accidents, and that the announce
ment can soon be made that the magic
wire unites the Eastern and Western
Hemispheres.
Mr. Greeley Defines HU Position,
In answer to a letter addressed to him
from Waukegan, Mr.Greely has written
the following letter:
Yes Sir:—l would bail Davis, or you, or
any other culprit that the government would
shamefully keep in jail more than a year,
resisting and denying him his just and legal
demand that he be arraigned and tried, or
let go, truly,
Horace Greeley,
1 Mr, J. Wilson* foy Waukegan.
A Trip to Reading.— ln company with
a number of esteemed friends we paid a visit
to the beautiful city of Reading on Tuesday,
partly for the purpose of participating in the
great Mass Convention of Wednesday, and
partly for pleasure and recreation. Nothing
of interest occurred on the way over except
the delightful shower of rain at Landisville,
which cooled the atmosphere somewhat and
made the weather at least hearable. We
arrived at Reading at 6 o'clock, and hung
up our hats at the famous Mansion House
formerly kept by De Borbon, now by Behm,
and at whose bar Harry Weaver, a well
known Lancasterian, presides with much
skill and affability.
Our first visit to Reading was made eight
years ago. On this our second visitjwe were
astonished at the vast number of improve
ments. Reading is certainly going ahead,
and is becoming quite metropolitan in ap
pearance. Its churches, public buildings,
hotels and stores will compare favorably
with those of the larger cities. There is no
question about Reading being the prettiest
city in Pennsylvania, and should it con
tinue on in its present progressive spirit not
man}’ years will elapse before it will be the
rival of our largest manufacturing cities*
So much for Reading, its beauty and pros
perity.
Yesterday morning, in company with
several ladies and gentlemen, we paid a
visit to the Mineral Springs and the White
House, which are among the most pleasant
and romantic of rural resorts. The view
from the White House is oue of the grandest
that we have ever witnessed, and worth of
itself a trip to Reading. No wonder the
people of Reading are so proud of their city
and its surroundings.
In accordance with our usual custom we
paid our respects to the members of the
Press, visiting the offices of the Gazette ,
Journal , Daily Times, Adler and Banner
von Berks , and were cordially received by
the proprietors.
We cannot close this hastily written
sketch of our trip to Reading without re
turning our thanks to the Hon. HiesterCly
mer,Daniel Ermentrout, Esq., and Mr. John
Maltzberger, for their many courtesies and
attentions. Their kindness will never be
forgotten, but will remain a green spot in
our memory while life lasts.
The Funeral of Mrs,
funeral of the wife of Rev Dr. Gerhart,
President ofFranklin and Marshull College,
took place from the residence of her hus
band, corner of Lime and Orange streets,
on Saturday. The religious services, which
were peculiarly solemn, were conducted at
the First Reformed Church. The funeraj
was attended by the Faculty, Students and
Board of Trustees of Franklin and Marshall
College, and also by a large number of citi
zens. The remains were interred at the
Lancaster Cemetery.
The deceased had been a resident of this
city but a short time, but she had endeared
herself to many of our people by her gentle
and winning manners, generous disposition
and many Christian virtues. Her death is
lamented by a large circle of friends and
acquaintances. “She has fought a good
fight, she has kept the faith, and henceforth
there is a crown of glory laid up for her.”
May God comfort and solace the afliicted
family in this their sad hour of affliction.
A Large Shell dropped from one of the
cars on a freight which was passing
through Marietta last evening. It was
fortunately discovered and removed by the
switch-tender before another train came
along, ora serious accident might have oc
curred.
Cattle Thieves. —On the 2d of July,
twenty-two head of fat cattle were stolen
from the premises of G. D. Coleman, in
Elizabeth township, Lancaster county, and
driven to Reading where they were sold
next day to Mr. Potteiger for §1,530. Mr.
C. valued the cattle at about §2,500.
Suspicion rested upon three individuals
residing in Lebanon county, and accord
ingly, on Friday last, complaint was made
before Mayor Sanderson, by Oliver Cald
well, Ageut of Mr. Coleman, and a warrant
issued to Officer Shantz, of Lebanon. On
Saturduy afternoon he succeeded in arrest
ing a young man named Jacob Y. Illig, in
Lebanon, as one of the gang, and brought
him to this city on Saturday night. He was
up before the Mayor on yesterday morning,
and acknowledged to having sold the cattle
to Mr. Potteiger, but denied having assisted
the Other two men implicated in stealing
and driving them away from the premises
of Mr. Coleman. In default of §4,000 bail
he was committed to prison to await his
trial. The officer is on the trail of the other
two men, but up to this writing we have uo
information of their arrest.
Serious Accident.— On Saturday aiter
noon last, a boy named William Shulty,
aged about 15 years of age, fell out of the
4th story of one of the State Normal School
Buildings at Millersville, and broke both
his arms and a leg. He had got upon a
table by the window, the sash of which had
been taken outon account of the hot weather,
and was attempting to reach some shelves,
when the table tilted over, and he lost his
balance and fell beadlongoutofthe window.
Dr. S. T. Davis was immediately sent for
and dressed the wounds. The boy, not-
serious nature of his
wounds, is doing well, and there is a fair
prospect of his speedy recovery. His es
cape from instant death is indeed miracu
lous.
Counterfeit Ten Dollar Notes.— For
the benefit of the public we give the follow
ing description of the new ten dollar coun
terfeit note on the National Banks : “Figure
of Liberty on an eagle upon right end,
Franklin and boy on left. The signatures
are engraved in the counterfeit, and in the
genuine they are written. The lightning,
grasped by the hand of Liberty, is barely
perceptible in the genuine, while in the
counterfeit it is broadly defined on a dark,
coarse back ground, which in the genuine
is light. The general appearance is fair,
but is very coarse on examination. On
the back of the note the followers of De
Soto appear as if engaged in a terrible bat
tle, and appear mixed up, while in the
foreground, that which is designated for a
priest, bears the exact image of a monkey
These notes may be altered to represen
any National bank.”
Whisky and Newspapers.— An ex
change paper in discussing the relative
merits and estimated value of these two
articles, says: A glass of whiskey is manu
factured from perhaps a dozen grains of
corn, the value of which is too small to be
estimated. A glass of this mixture sells
for a dime, and if of a good brand is well
worth the money. It is drank in a minute
or two. It fires the brain, sharpens the
appetite, deranges and weakens the physi
cal system. On the same side-board on
which the deleterious beverage is served,
lies a newspaper. It is covered with half a
million of type—it brings intelligence from
the four quarters of the globe. The news
paper costs less than the glass of grog—the
juice of a few grains of corn, but it is no
less strange than true that there is a large
number of people who think corn juice is
cheap and newspapers dear.
Tribute of Respect.— At a regular meet
ing of Washington Lodge, No. 156, A. Y.
M., held June 23, 1866, the following pre
amble and resolutions were adopted :
Whereas, The Almighty in his all-seeing
wisdom has again entered ourmystieband,
and taken to himself our beloved friend
and brother, Thomas M. Barnes, thereby
severing the tie that bound him to us, and
Whereas, Our brother, during his brief
career in life, by his gentlemanly deport
ment, his Christian virtues, and by the deep
interest he manifested in the prosperity of
Free Masonry, has endeared himself to the
Fraternity and the community, therefore
Resolved, That in his early death we rec
ognize the uncertainty of human life, and
acknowledge it another warning to the liv
ing that they too soon must pass away.
Resolved. That we cheerfully bear testi
tiißony to his great integrity as a Mason
and his usefulness as a citizen.
.Revived, That while we deeply regret
and sympathize with the bereaved and af
flicted family, we sincerely pray that thev
in the hour of sorrow and grief may find in
God that consolation which this world cannot
give,
Resolved, TM the Lodge room be hung
with monrnmg for the space of 3 months
and that a copy of these resolutions be sent
to his family and also that they be inserted
in the Lancaster Intelligencer.
J ames Gain,
M. Glaokeu.
J* M, Leaver,
Religious.— Rev. W. V, Gotwald, Pastor
of St. John’s Lutheran Church, West Orange
street, preached his introductory sermon
yesterday (Sunday) morning. The words
of his text were in St. Paul's Ist Epistle to
the Corinthians* Ist chapter and 23d verse:
“Bat we preach Christ crucified.” After
referring with feelings of gratitude to his
being called to so pleasant and important a
charge, and at the same time to the heavy
sense of fear of the responsibility which it
brought upon him, he stated that his ser
mon would be divided into two parts, viz.
“ What to preach, and How to preach it.” —
Self, or rather the glorifying of one’s self,
should never be preached; the preaching
up one’s own particular denomination or
church to the disparagement of others;
things purely secular or of a temporary
character. In this connection he spoke of
the preachers of New England denouncing
fugitive slave bills and advocating prohibi
tory liquor bills, and said that all this was
wrong and degrading to the pulpit. The
preaching of politics was also another of
the secular matters which should not be
done. At the same time he said it was the
duty of every minister of the Gospel, and
he would fearlessly perform it, to denounce
the sins and corruptions of a political party
or legislators as well as of individuals. He
could not see the consistency or propriety
of denouncing the one and not the other.—
While he would preach none of these things
it was with a feeling of pride that he an
nounced himself for the “Union, Liberty»
equal rights and the protection of enslaved
humanity.”
He would preach nothing but “ Christ
crucified.” Certainly the noblest work a
man can engage in, and if the Reverend
gentleman adheres to the words of bis text,
St. John’s will have great cause for
gratulation, and become one of the most
flourishing as well as one of the most happy
and contented of congregations.
“How to preach it.” He said the Gospel
should be preached with earnestness, and
with an experimental knowledge of it. A
man should preach what he felt. He should
be a thoroughly converted man himself be
fore he preached the Word of Life toothers.
This is the very best of advice, and it should
be heeded aud profited by many who are
now wearing the holy robes of ministers of
the meek and lowly Jesus.
Mr. Gotwald is evidently a young mau of
much ability. His appearance is preposses
sing. His manner in the pulpit. is subdued,
but he is an eloquent and captivating
speaker. His language is chaste, his sen
tences well rounded, and his illustrations
admirable. May his connection with the
congregation of St. John’s be pleasant and
profitable, and may both move forward in
a career of usefulness and prosperity.
Rev. Thomas C. Porter, I). I)., Professor
of Natural History in Franklin and Mar
shall College, delivered his furwell sermon
to the students of that institution yester
day morning, in the First Reformed
Church, East Orange street. The sermon,
which was attentively listened to by a large
congregation, was exceeding able and
eloquent, and one of the Dr.’s best efforts.
Dr. Porter is about to assume the duties of
a Professorship iu Lafayette College at
at Easton.
James B. Nicholson, Esq., of Philadel
phia, Past Grand Muster of the Grand
Lodge of Penn’a, and Past Grand Sire of
the Grand Lodge of the United States, has
kindly consented to deliver a public ad
dress on the occasion of the Odd Fellows’
celebration, which is to take place in the
City of Lancaster, on Wednesday, the 26th
of September next. Due notice of the hour
and the place will be given when all the
arrangements of the committee having the
matter in charge shall have been completed.
The Order may consider itself peculiarly
fortunate in having secured the services of
so able a man as Mr. Nicholson. He is not
only a man of eloquence, intelligence and
general literary attainments, but is also
well-versed in the history and objects of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is
in an eminent degree fitted to give an in
teresting and instructive exposition of its
principles and its progress in the United
States and the World at large.
A Family Pic Nic.— This morning we
received an invitation to be present at the
“Second Annual Family Pic Nic Party, at
Litiz Springs, Wednesday, August Ist,
1866.” This injunction, however, is given
us: “It is agreed that husbaud and wife
must accompany each other, with their fam
ilies,’’and “each family provides rations.”
Now we would cheerfully comply with
these conditions, but the fact of the matter
is we are no married mun, are not blessed
with any responsibilities, and cannot there
fore furnish the “rations.” But as Burns
says, "a man’s a man for a’that,” and as
wo have frequently partaken of the hospi
tality of our Columbia friends, we would
not hesitate a great deal to be presont on this
interesting occasion. At any rate, we wish
the Columbians a day of real pleasure,
hilarity and enjoyment.
Last week whilst on our way home
from Reading, m company with an esteemed
friend, wo were prevailed upon by that
priDce of good fellows and thorough Demo
crat, Wellington Yundt, Esq,, to tarry with
him over night, at his hospitable mansion
in the village of Hinkletown. The kindness
and hospitality of our friendYundtarepro
verbial. The trip to Ephrata and back by
moonMght, behind one of the fastest nags,
driven with the skill of a practised Jehu by
Mr. Yundt, was gloriously delightful. May
the years of “Welly” Yundt be many, and
may peace, prosperity and happiness con
tinue to abide with him.
Tribute of Respect.— At a meeting of
the students of Franklin and Marshall Col
lege, held on the 19th of July, the following
preamble aod resolutions were unanimous
ly adopted:
Whereas it has pleased Almighty God,
in His providence, to remove from this
world Mrs. Mary M. Gerhart, wife of the
Rev. Dr. E. V. Gerhart, Presidentof Frank
lin and Marrhall College, therefore
Resolved , That in the death of Mrs. Ger
hart. who by her consistent Christian life,
and her cheerful and amiable disposition,
has indeared herself to us, we feel the loss
of a personal friend, and are reconciled to it
only by the sure belief that it is the work of
our Heavenly Father, whose ways are not
as our ways.
Resolver, That we will ever cherish the
memory of the deceased with a deep regret
for her early departure and a profound sense
of her personal worth.
Resolved, That we extend to Rev. Dr. E.
V. Gerhart, the bereaved family and friends,
the assurance of our heartfelt sympathy and
prayers.
Resolved , That these resolutions be pub
lished in the German Reformed Messenger,
and in the Lancaster Daily and Weekly
Newspapers, and that a copy of them be
sent to the family of the deceased.
A. C. Geary,
J. Warren Yocum,
O. L. Ashenfelter,
Committee.
Meet me by moonlight alone, and we
will have a social chat over the merits of the
Barley Sheaf, the new Cooking Stove in
troduced by Messrs. Stuart Peterson & Co.,
of Phila.
The recent accession of stovedom is rap
idly winning the popular applause, and is
destined to become the stove wherever
neatness, beauty, cleanliness, dispatch,
economy, etc., are appreciated.
The trade of our section will make a note
of this.
A Stolen Team.—A man, representing
himself as a resident of Philadelphia, and
giving his name as Daniel Peck, came to
Hahnstown, near Hinkletow r n,this county,
on Sunday night last, having in his posses
sion two horses and a buggy, which he of
fered to sell. On suspicion of their being
stolen property, he was arrested by Geo. C.
and James D. Trego, with the assisstance
of John C. Martin, Esq., and committed to
the Lancaster County Prison. , The horses
have since been claimed by Mr. Rieger, of
Dauphin county. The buggy and harness
has not yet been claimed. Peck has ac
knowledged that he stole the horses and
buggy.
Excursion of Firemen.—We learn that
the United States Hose Company, No. 14,
of Philadelphia, odo of the finest organiza
tions in the State, intend during the rqqnth
of October next to make an excursion trip
to Lancaster, Reading and Easton. The
excursionists wifi number 10Q men, fully
equipped, and will bring with them their
ijew and handsome apparatus, together with
full Brass Band. "While here they will be
ffie guests of the Union Steam Fire Engine
Cq. No. 1, and we are sure the members of
which will spare no efforts to make their
trip here a delightful oqe. The committee,
Messrs. A. H. Ladner, Timothy McCarty
and A. JSijglp hjoch sre in the city to-day
making arrangements,
LETTER IV.
fronting in tbe Alleghenies.
I Editorial Correspondence, j
Up in the Mountains, )
Jane 28,1866. j
“There is a pleasure in tbe pathless
woods,” which is keenly felt by all except
tbe dallest or most artificialofhuman kind.
It is not strange that onr guide should have
declared that more than any thing else, he
enjoyed “ still hunting 11 deer in this magnifi
cent primitive forest, with no companion
excepthisdog, “Watch,” who was trained to
wind them to perfection. Moving along
with caution, always few paces infront of his
master, Watch was ever alert and a picture
of eager watchfulness. You could see his
nostrils quiver as with head erect he con
stantly sifted the wind to detect in it the
scent of a deer lying or feeding in unsus
pecting security. The moment he snuffed
the tainted breeze you could There
was neither yelp nor bound, not even an
acceleration of speed. On thecontraryevery
step was taken with increased caution; but
the muscles of his body stiffened and he
moved forward with unerring precision to
ward the game. Several times he started
off from the path at right angles in this way,
and Solomon followed with long noiseless
tread, but we listened in vain for the report
of his rifle, and after a few moments would
see him treading leisurely along in front of
us.
All along our path we could see the sharp,
clean-cut tracks made by the feet of deer,
Now and then one larger than usual would
excite the admiration of the whole company.
Of course there was a single buck in these
woods, of enormous dimensions, a huge
mastodon of a deer, beside whom all his
compeers were mere fawns and yearlings.
There always is such a monarch to be found
in every range ; a kind of king deer which
defies the arts of the hunter and moves as
safely as if he bore a charmed life.
After we had proceeded some mile or so
from Midway Camp, our clerical friend
and Solomon, who had been in deep com
mune for some time as they walked along,
infoi med us that they would go ahead of us
a while, inasmuch as there was fine feeding
ground for deer just beyond. They only
had to step off quickly two or three minutes
to be out of sight. The rest of us trudged
along slowly, for au hour or more, thinking
occasionally of our advance guard and
hoping they might chance upon u deer, but
scarcely expecting so much good luck, when
the sharp crack of Solomon’s heavily charg
ed rifle broke the stillness of the forest fast
nesses around us. Simultaneously we
heard the quick, sharp yelp of the dog, and
in u moment the agonized bleat of a deer, as
Watch throttled it with his mussive jaws.
With a whoop the whole partv started for
ward. Those on foot hnd decidedly the ad
vantage Rapid locomotion on our packed
Jiorses was out of the question, but for the
first time on the trip ,we urged them to a
trot. There on the ground luy a beautiful
two yeur old buck. He had walked into the
path before he was noticed by the hunters
or scented by the dog. Before Solomon
could swing his ritje from liis shoulder, he
had crossed into the woods and stopped. ;
All he could see of the body was about a
foot in length and some three or four inches
in depth of the back. That was enough,
however, and a half ounce ball struck him
down where he stood. As weoameupSolo
mon had just drawu his long hunting knife
over the throat of the beautiful creature,
and it lay quivering in its death gasp. We
know nothing that looks more human or
more softly beautiful than the eye Of a dj'ing
deer. We have seen "such a look in the
lurge brown eyes of a woman, but it was
only a passing shade too lovely to last.
Our guide proceeded to prepare our ven
ison for horseback. This is
quickly done when you are up to it. Dis
emboweling it, he stripped the skin from
the ribs, about the middle of the carcass,
and partly cut and partly broke through
one of the vertebral joints, to make it bend
to the shape of the horse, across which it
was to be thrown. The head being cut otf
aud the hind legs at the knee joints, it was
ready to be perched behind one of the riders.
It made no very comfortable addition to the
load, but we were willing to be burthened
with it. It was not “in the pride of grease ’’
but was in fine order, and, as wo found out,
most delicious eating.
Some two hours before sunset (we kept
time by the sun in this wilderness when we
could see it, and guessed at it when it was
cloudy) our guide informed us that we
were only a mile or so from the house, and
that we would have time to fish awhile in a
branch of the Blackwater if we wished to.
Of course we were eager and ready for the
sport. Duncan, my brother and myself
concluded to follow Solomon while Mr.
Ross and Charley, the driver, went on to
the house with the horses and the luggage.
As you near any stream iu this mountain
region you find it skirted on either side lor
some distance by a dense thicket of deer
tonguo laurel.
This plant has the most elegant leaf
in this latitude and bears the most gorgeous
ly beautiful flowers. It was not in bloom
yet, but the cone-shaped chalices were form
ing, from which a pyramid of the most ele
gantly shaped blossoms would spring after
awhile, all so closely packed as to seem at
a short distance to be but a single magnifi
cent flower. These laurel thickets are the
haunts of black bears, which abound here.
As we passed along a path which had been
blazed und cut out, Solomon pointed out to
us the tracks of a number of these formida
ble animals. We could see the sharp print
of their long claws in the delicate moss into
which their heavy feet sunk asif into snow.
We soon came to an almost precipitous
descent, which led us down into a moun
taingorge, through which thestream flowed.
The wuter was very dark, being stained by
the hemlock roots, but not nearly so much
discolored ordinarily as the Blackwater.—
It was a genuine mountain trout stream,
brawling along over rocks, sweeping around
sharp curves, making deep dark eddies
under overshadowing bemlocksor swaying
birch trees, tumbling headlong over minia
ture falls, dashing into foam on rapids,
spreading out into broad pools where som e
huge fallen tree had caught the drifting
brush wood, and as it sped onward ever
singing its musical but solemn song.
The banks were precipitious and thickly
oovered with a dense undergrowth of laurel
which coming down to the waters edge, hid
every rock and fallen log beneath its rich
green foliage. Of course we had to wade
down stream to fish. We could not see the
bottom through the discolored water, but
we could tell where it was most shallow by
its motion. As we rigged our lines, we
looked in vain for the rise of a single trout,
Not a riffling break was to be seen on the
dark water above or below us. No fly,could
tempt any trout in this stream just now.
That Our only dependence would
be on the ground worm, and that must
drag along on the bottom. Fishing in that
way we managed to pick up quite a num
ber of nice trout, which were of a peculiarly
rich scarlet color. It is well known that
trout take their hue from the water they
live in, and that in the same stream they
change complexion with the color of the
bottom on which they lie when feeding.
This is a wise provision of nature by which
they escape the notice of their enemies. It
is the same to a considerable extent with
other fish, but is especially noticable in
trout. This leads inexperienced persons to
think there are distinct varieties of trout
in neighboring streams, or in different parts
of the same brook.
He who attempts for the first time the
pleasant pastime of trouting in a genuine
mountain stream will be apt to be some
what disgusted with his experience, unless
he has a large stock of patience and a pas
sionate love for nature in her wilder moods.
He will find bis hook fast somewhere else
much oftener than where it should be, in a
fishes mouth. The provokingjlittle beauties,
after being hooked, will drop back into
their natural element in a most unaccount
able manner. Becoming excited, the novice
will make a desperate jerk at the next rise
only to find his hook securely iastened to
the limb of a tree some eight or ten feet
above his head. This will involve the test
ing of his dexterity in climbing or the loss
of his hook and part of his leader. He will
find employment for all his faculties, and
be forced to learn to think of two or
more things at once. He must watch
bis hook, must look ahead’of him to tell
where to expect the next rise, must take
care that some overhanging limb does not
piok his hat off his head, and must see where
he is setting his feet, ail at oneandthesama
time. Lei him be as careful as be may, the
probabilities are he will not have been in
the water ten minutes until he will have
enjoyed all the luxury of an unexpected
plange bath. The first experience of this
kind is queer. Quick as thought away
your feet go from under you, and you ait
down in the water without the least cere
mony about the matter. You glance around
to see whether your companion is enjoying
your perplexity, and think, it may be, of
friends in town who would laugh most ujh
roriously at the picture you present. Mean
time the brook has been damming itself up
against you as unceremoniously as if you
were only an old log to be flouted out of the
way. There you lie, a great sprawling Triton
among minnows, with the water playing all
sorts of pranks, and taking all sorts of lib
erties with your person. You regain your
feet with an effort and proceed more cau
tiously for a little while, only to be warned
of increasing carelessness by the renewal of
a singular mishap. Experience will enable
you to overcome the obstacles which pro
voke you so much at first, and after awhile
you will be able to attend to your fishing
and to enjoy the ever changing beauty of
the scene about youat the same time. You
will revel in the fresh forest glories around
you and be able to sing:
“ It is well through the rich wild woods to go.
And to pierce the haunts of the fawn and doe,
And to hear the gushing ofgrntle springs,
When the heart has been fretted by worldly
things.”
The stream we were fishing flowed
through a remarkable mountain gorge.
Just as the sun was setting, about half a
mile below where we started in we heard
the hoarse roar of a water-fall. As we ap
proached it the banks grew more precipi
tous, and the hills closed in about us like
towering walls,
" Hills questioning the heaven for light,
Ravines too deep to scan,
As If tbe wild earth Imaged there
The wilder heart of man.”
In the meantime the stream growing more
rapid beneath our feet, hurried forward to
be dashed into the spray that floated like a
mist about us, bathing our faces with its
delicious moisture. Approaching the i-
piee uud looking down some thirty- ve
feet, we had a beautiful picture before us.
Where we stood the ravine had been nar
rowed to a few yards in width. On either
hand were rocky walls all covered with
laurel and thick green moss and trailing
vines. Springing right out of this barren
surface the hemlocks shot their towering,
arrow-like trunks straight up toward the
heavens, which they almost shut out from
sight. The sombre shade that pre
vailed was uubroken by a single
ray from the setting sun, which still
gilded the summit of the eastern moun
tain top above us. The stream narrowed
to a width of some-twenty-five feet, plunged
over the precipice and was broken in its
descent into a thousand feathery folds and
foaming miniature cascades. Below a dark
pool seethed as the water boiled and whirled,
and after being separated into writhing ser
pentine forms, or expanded into huge fans,
flowed off between the rocks which still
hemmed it in. Here weall stood entranced
by the witching beauty of the wild scene
about us, to describe which as it deserves is
beyond our power. We could have mused
here for hours, for never did we feel more
fully the truth of the poet’s words:
“ To sit on rocks, to muse oYr Hood and fell,
To slowly trar’e tbe forest’s shady scene,
Where things that own not man's dominion
dwell,
And mortal foot hath ne’er or rarely been ;
Toclimb the trackless mountains all unseen,
With the wild flock that never needs a fold,
Alone o’er steeps and foaming falls to lean*
This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold
Converse with nature’s charms and, view her
stores unrolled.
We turned reluctantly away, with the de
termination to revisit the beautifulspotand
to trace this wild stream from these falls to
where it entered the Bluckwater. In a dis
tance of some two miles and a half there
are thirteen falls, norte of them equal to the
one we have attempted to describe, but all
of remarkable beauty. In that distance the
stream makes a descent of over seven hun
dred feet.
After our long walk utul our tiresome
riding, we found it not such easy work to
scale the precipitous hill which led from the
falls to the table land on which the house
was situated. We naturally commenced to
grumble at being compelled every few mo
ments to climb up hill over logs often breast
high. Our guide sealed our lips, however,
when he told us that ladies had frequently
passed over the same route and encountered
the same obstacles withouta murmur. We*
could scarcely credit this, but on being as
sured that we would see plenty of names of
the adventurous fair ones carved on the
rocks at the great falls of Blackwuter, we
bore the ills that beset us in silence. How
we fed and slept, and the multitudes of
trout which we caught in the Biaekwater
must be told in another letter.
H. G. Smith.
Delegates to the National Union Con
vention,
The Executive Committee of the
State Central Committee of the Demo
cratic party of this State have suggested
the following list of delegates to the
National Union Convention:
Democratic state Committee Rooms, ")
828 Walnut .Street, Phil adelphia, >
July 21, 1860, j
A call for a National Convention, to be
held in Philadelphia on the 14th day of Au
gust, 1866, having been issued, an invitation
was extended, under date of July 10, 1866,
to the Democratic organization, as suck, to
unite in that Convention, in order “to de
vise a plan of political action calculated to
restore national unity, fraternity and har-
mony.”
The time being too brief to call a State
Convention, or to refer the subject to the
districts for action, and it appearing to be
the wish of the party, as expressed at Read
ing and through the press, that we should
be represented therein, the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee of Pennsylvania, acting
under the authority of the .State Central
Committee, specially reserving control of
the organization, huve designated und in
vited the following gentlemen to act as dele
gates to that Convention :
delegates at large.
Ex-Governor David R. Porter,
Ex-Governor William Bigler,
Ex-Governor William F. Packer,
Chief Justice George W. Woodward.
congressional delegates.
Ist District—Hon. James Campbell,
George M. Wharton, Esq.
2d District—Colonel W. C. Patterson,
Hon. Richard Vaux.
3d District—Hon. Daniel M. Fox,
Hon. John Robbins.
4th District—Hon. Ellis Lewis,
Hon. Charles Brown.
sth District—Gen. W. W. H. Davis,
John G. Brenner, Esq,
6th District—Hon. John D. Stiles,
Col. Owen Jones.
7th District—Hon. George G. Leiper,
Hon. John A. Morrison.
Bth District—Hon. Warren J. Woodward.
Charles Kessler. Esq.
9th District—Hon. Isaac E. Hiester,
H. M. North, Esq.
10th District—Hon. F. W. Hughes.
Dr. C. D. Gloninger.
11th District—Hon. Asa Packer,
Col. W. H. Hutter,
12th District—General E. L. Dana,
John Blanding, Esq.
13th District—Colonel W. H. Ent,
Hon. C. L. Ward.
14th District—Edmund 8. Doty, Esq.,
Hamilton Alricks, Esq.
15th District—Hon. Jeremiah S. Black,
Hon. Samuel Hepburn.
16th District—William McClellan, Esq.,
Hon. Wm. P. Schell.
17th District—Gen. William H. Irwin,
Hon. C. S. Pershing.
18th District—Col. Pbalon Jarrett,
Hon. James Gamble.
19th District—Hon. Wm. A. Galbraith,
Hon. James T. Leonard.
20th District—Gen. Alfred B. McCalmont,
Hon. Gaylord Church.
21at District—Hon. Henry D. Foster,
H. W. Wier, Esq.
[22d District— General J. B. Sweitzer,
George P. Hamilton, Esq.
23d District—Hon. George W. Cass,
Col. William Sirwell.
24th District—Hon. Jesse Lazear,
Hon. William Hopkins.
By order of the Democratic State Execu
tixe Committee.
WM. A. WALLACE, Chairman.
Jacob Ziegler, Secretary.
The Anti-Bent War.
This old difficulty has revived in New
York. It had become necessary to send
a millitary expedition to .the anti-rent
districts in the town of Knox consisting
of 115 men from the Tenth Regiment
New York Militia. The anti-renters
had resisted the officers of the law and
driven them off, and in instances
inflicted injuries. A number of arrests
weremade. The tnilitary were insulted
by both meu and wongeu, and were re
fused a drink of water,
Satires.
JW strange, but true.
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ered for several years with a severe lung affection
and that dread disease, Consumption—is anxious to
make known to his fellow-sufferers the means of cure.
To all who desire It, he will send a copy of the pre
scription used (free of charge), with the directions for
preparing and using the same, which they will find a
sure Cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis
Coughs, Colds, and all Throat and Lung Affections
The only "object of the advertiser in sending the
Prescription is to benefit the afflicted, and spread in
formation which he conceives to be Invaluable, and
be hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, as it will
cost them nothing, and may prove a blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription, free, by return
mail, will please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSO
Wllllamsburgh, Kings co., New Yor
33. LIFE-HEALTH—STRENGTH.
LIFE—HEALTH—STRENGTH.
LIFE—HEALTH—STRENGTH
THE GREAT FRENCH REMEDY
DR. JUAN DELAMARRE’S
CELEBRATED SPECIFIC PILLS.
Prepared from a prescription of Dr. Juun Delumiirre,
Chief Physician to the Hospital du Nord ou
Lariboislere of Paris.
This invaluable medicine is no imposition, but is un
failing in the cureof Spermatorrhfe or Seminal Weak,
ness. Every species of Genital or Urinary Irritability-
Involuntary or Nightly Seminal Emissions, from what
cause produced, or however severe, will be speedily
relieved and the organs restored to healthy action.
Read the following opinions of eminent French phy
sicians :
“ We have used theSpecificPillsprepared by Garati.
clere <fe Dupont, No. 214 Rue Lombard, from the pro
scription oi Dr. Juan Delamarre, in our private pruo
lice with uniform success, and we believe there u no
other medicine so well calculated to cure all persous
suffering from Involuntary Emissions or any other
weakness of the Sexual Organs, whether caused by a
sedentary mode of living, excesses, or abuse.
R. A. Bkaurkparie, M. D.
U. D. Dujahdir, H. D.
Jean Le Leuciibk, M. D.
Paris, May sth, 1863.
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS.
The Genuine Pills are sold by all the principal Drug
gists throughout the World, price One Dollar per Box;
or Six Boxes for Five Dollars.
Gabanciere <fc Dcpont,
Sole Proprietors,
No. 214 Rue Lombard, Paris.
One Dollar enclosed to any authorized Agent, will
nsure a box by return mail securely sealed from ull
observation, Six Boxes for Five Dollars.
Sole General Agents for America,
OSCAR G. MOSES «k CO.,
27 Cortlandt street, N. Y.
N. B.—French,German, Spanish and English Pamph
lets, containing full particulars and directions for
use, sent free to any address.
Agents for Lancaster and vicinity,
KAUFMAN & CO.
lyd eow«tiyw
IRarrlaflfis.
Thomson—Rogers.—At Churchtown, Juno
2GLh 1868, Uy the Rev. John Wallace, Mr*.J.
M. Thomson, of Ebensburg. Cambria county
Pa., to Miss Fannie M.. daughter of Evau
Rogers, dec'd, of Churchtown, this county.
grants.
Koch.—On the 23d Inst.. In this city, Martha
Koch, in the 75th year of ner age.
Gerbart.—On the 18th insL, In this city
Mary M., wife of the Rev. E. V. Gerhart D 1)
aged 40 years.
McAllister.—On the 18th Inst., in this city
at Philip Fitzpatrick’s Hotel, John McAllister.
In the 35th year of his age.
Fielis.—On the 15th Inst., at Parkesburg,
Chester county, Pa., John Andrew, son of Wm.
T. Fielis aged 4 years and 9 months.
Drepperd.—On the 18th ln«t., in this city,
Fr*nklin, the only son of Amos and Wilhel
mlna Drepperd, aged 2 years.
Getz.—On the 17th inst., in this city, Miss
Mary Getz, at an advanced age.
Reynolds.—On the 17th Inst., at the Cross
Keys Hotel, in this city, suddenly, of sun
stroke, Edward Reynolds, son of Mr. Patrick
Reynolds, aged 36 years.
Tbe Harheta at Aoon T«wiaj,
Philadelphia, July 24.—The Scotia’s ad
vices have flattened the Petroleum market.
Flour market firmer, but very little demand •
small sales of Superfine at $7@7.75; Extras at
$8@8.75; Northwestern Extra Family at •
Penn’a and Ohio do do at sll@l2.
No change in Rye Flour o»* Cornmeal.
Wheat firm at $2.60@2.G5 for new Red.
1,000 bus Pa. Rye sold at 81.
Corn is dull; sales of Yellow 93c, and Mixed
at 90c.
Oats unchanged; sales of 82,OOObus 63©65c
Whiskey steady at $2.24@2.20 for Penn-a and
82.29 for Ohio.
New York, July 24.—Cotton declining.
Flour dull and 10@20o lower; sales of 5,000
bblB State at $5.50@9.50; Ohio at88@ll.80: WesU
Bout hern drooping, sales of
200 bb’s at 85.25@12.15.
"Wheat dull and declining.
Corn advancing • sales of 56,000 bus at 84@84Uc.
Pork heavy at 831.25.
Lard dull at 18@20U.
Whiskey dull.
Baltimore^"uly 24. —Flour quiet; new South
ern Arm.
Wheat firm.
Com steady; White at sUo@l,ll, and Yellow
dull.
Stoctt markets.
Philadelphia., July 24.
Peuna. s’s
Morris Canal.
Rfto/ilng
Peuna. Railroad. ..
Gold ..
Exchange on New York, par.
NXW YORK.JuIy 24.
Chicago and Rock Island 90%
Cumberland PiTd_
Illinois Central—......
Michigan Southern ~
New York Central .. ....
Penna. CoaL ..
Keadlng ........
Hudson River
Canton 00....~_
Virginia 6s -
Missouri 6a....~ -
Erie —..
Galena and Chicago
Western Union Telegraph 00,
Russian Extension
Boston Water-Power —,
Coupons 1881—
IJo 1868
Do 1863..
Do 1864.
Ten-forties
Treasury 7 8-10,
U. 8. 6s
6-20*8 .. _
Gold - >. " 'littbC
Sterling exchange quiet at sight; bill 102 prem
Philadelphia Cattle Market.
Monday. Jalya-Evenlnm
The cattle Djwket was moderately aotlve tnfg
week, but prices wero unsettled and lower*
about 1.700 nead arrived and sold at the Avenna
Drove Yard at from 17@17}$o for ex ra Penn
sylvania and Western steers: 15@16V<o for fair
to good do., and 12@140 per fb for common ao>
cording to quality. The market closed rather
dull within the above range of prices. The fol
lowing are the particulars of the sales:
20 J* A. Chain <k Bro., Penn’a H @l7
25 H. Chain, do \i @l6
eS ?* < 5 aldner , Chester 15U@16U
£ Clpmson, do 15 @l7
38 Kemble a Miller, do 15 @I6K
15 L. Haln, d 0 ... 12 @s^
SO Owen Smith, Western I7@'7U
45 A. chrlßty & Bro.. do tfl r»]7
43 P. McFlllen, ' Sn 1° an
170 J.H. Kirk, So Lfi SU
151 J. McFlllen. 5? la^lnQ
00 E. 8. McFlllen, do 6 InQ
.62 Ullman & Bocbmnn. do is an'*
142 McFlllen 4 Co., do “ gpu
2UO Mooney d: Smith, do i«
.40 T. Mooney & Bro., do iq
?55 L. Frank, do "15 f}?*
Frank & Shomberg, do 10 ai7U
49 Hoped Co., do 15 @!e2
86 8. Dryfoos, do 15 @l7*
Cows—Were without change; 260 head sold
at $5 @75 for springers, and soo@9o per head for
cow and calf.
Bhkxp—Continue in fair demand, at former
rates; 10,000 bead sold at from per fl>,
gross, as to quality.
Hoqs—Were In demand; 1,500 head sold at
the different yards at from sl4@ll.7sthe 100 Ebs.
net.
gw guJmtljimnits.
§ I EVEN TEACHERS WANTED IN WEST
) DONEGAL TOWNSHIP.—Tho Board of
Irectois will pay for those of the first and
second grade, $35 per month, and for the third
grade, $3O per month. None but thoso of moral
character aud good teaching qualifications
need apply.
By order of tho Board of Directors,
ABKAHAM FOUNEY, President.
July2s 4tw* 29
SOCIAL PIC NIC
Will be held lathe Orchard near Whtto Uali
Copper Mines, in Bart township, on TUESDAY,
JULY’ 31at,at 10o’clock A. M., and will continue
during the any and ovenlng.
Kkffsh s Okchestka will be in attendance.
Hefroshmeuts will be served up at all nours,
Juiy2s ItwJ C. OHAHAM, Jtt.
OCi AAA A YEAR MADE BY ANT ONE
cb>4tUUU with sls—Steucll Tools. No ex
perience uecessary. Tho Presidents, Cashiers,
and Treasurers, of three B.iuks ludorse the
circular. Sent freewlthsaiuples. Aduresstno
American Stencil Tool Works, Springfield,
Vermont. July *0 3mw 29
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.—ESTATE OF
SILAS OMOHUNDRO, lute of tile City of
mohxnond, State of Virginia, deceased.—Tba
undersigned Auditor, appointed to distribute
the balance lu the bunds of Win. Curpnutor,
Administrator cum tea. an. to and among those
legally entitled to tho same, wilt sit iur that
purpose ON FRIDAV, THE 17iH DaY OF
AUGUST, 18.(1, at 2 o’clock, P. M., in the Li
brary Room of the Court House, lu me City of
Lancaster, where all persons interested In said
distribution muy attend.
GEO. M. KLINE, Auditor.
4lw 29
JJMPIItK SHITTLE MACHINES
Aro superior to all others for
FAMILY AND MANUFACTURING
PURPOSES.
Contain all the latest Improvements; are
speedy; noiseless; durable; and easy to work.
illustrated Circulars tree. Agents woateJ.
Liberal discount allowed. No consignments
made. Address,
EMPIRE S. M. CO.,
July 25 lyw 2D] flit) broadway, New Yorlt.
PRIVATE NILE.—THE BUU.SCKIUER
offers at private salo bis farm on which ho
resides, In Drumors township, Lancaster co.,
containing about
2411 ACRES OF PATENTED LAND,
In a I Igh state of cultivation, divided luio con
venient lleids, with good fences, all having ac
cesiLo water —about 40 acres being under tim
ber. The bull.lugs couslst of a large stono
HOUSE, slate rool; large baru.slate roof; largo
wagon bouse, corn onus anu grain ry—a.so
slate roof and all other needful buildings for a
well arranged farm. Tins Is decidedly one of
the best properties in the southern part ol Lho
county.
The proprietor will talc-- pleasure in waiting
on any one wishing to Inspect this property.
Terms made to suit. Clear title and posses
sion given on the Ist day ol April. l#t>7.
Jy 25 2mw 21) SANDr.KS McCULLOUGIL
VALUABLE AND PKOIXJriIVE FARM
FOR SALE.—The undersigned intending
to engage In other business, oilers lor sale*
privately, Lbefai m on which he resides, (belter
Known os the Jacob Winders’ farm,) sltuato
three miles from llagerstowu aud one mile ami
a half from Funkstow.-, containing about i9O
ACRES of choice limestone land, auout 2d
Acres of which Is In timber,) lu tlie hignest
state of cuitivailnn. The laud Is Improved
with bull lings ol the iu >st substantial charac
ter-large STu.n E MANSION, with back build
ing. largo Stouo Hank barn, wagon Shed, Corn
Urlb i 'arriage House, Smoke House, <sc. There
is a most excellent Orchard of choice fruit on
the farm, and tue entire larra Is under sub*
sLuntlal fencing.
Persons wishing to purclmso a really desira
ble property In every respect, aro iuvlted to
call upon the subicrlber ul an early day.
July 21 lldJilmwl JOHN KEARIGH.
PUBLIC MALE OF UEAL ENT ATE.— B Y
virtue of a decree of the Clreul Court lor
Curollue County In Equity, the undersigned
will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, In
the town of Ureensborough, Caroline county,
state of Maryland, on SATURDAY, tho 4th
day of AUGUST next, between tho hours of 12
o’clock, M., aud 3 o'clock, P. M. All those tracta
and parts ol tracts of land called
“BANK'S ADDITION,” “BANK’S DELIGHT ’
AND “BAKER’S PLAINS,”
situate In the Ist Eloctlou District of Carolina
couuly, within a lew hundred yards of Greens*
borough. (Jn the public road from Greons
borough to Nine-Bridges on ono side, and tho
public road from Uroousborough to Beaver-
Dams, called the White Oak Road on the < then
aud immediately on the line of tho Maryland
and Delaware Railroad, now In rapid course of
cjustructlou and already completed to within
a few miles of this property.
This real estate will be odered lu the follow
ing parcles, to Wit:
Lot No. J. Formerly known as tho Saw*Mlll
property, a farm on tho road from Greens
borough to N lne-Brldges, coutalulng, by recent
survey, 119 ACRES OF LAND, soil of excellent
quality, sufllclency of wood and Umber. Im
provements, a good TWO-STORY FRAME
DWELLING, Three Frame Tenant Houses,
Stabling, Out-houses, Ac.
Lot No. 2. The Hip-roof property. A farm on
the same road, coulalulug, by recent survey,
111% ACRES OF LAND, soil of excellent
quality, a sufficiency of wood and Umber. Im
provements, a HIP-RoOF FRAME DWELL
ING, Barn, Stabling, Out-houses, Ac.
Lot No. 3. The property on which John
Hutchins lives. A larm containing by recuut
survey 130% ACRES OF LAND, soil of fin©
quality, sufficiency of wooa aud timber. Im
provements. a ONE-STORY FRAME DWELL
ING with Kitchen attached, Barn, Stabling,
Out-houses, Ac.
Lot No. 4. A Lot of Woodland on Lh© Whit©
Oak Road, adjoining the BarcusLund, abound
ing in Wood and Tlmuer, ana containing by
recent survey 05% ACRES OF LAND, soli of
fine quality.
l/Ot No. 5. A Lot of Woodland adjoining the
former and on tho same road, abounding in
Wood and Timber, aud containing ACRES
OF LAND, soil of excellent quality.
Lot No. o. A Lot oi Woodland adjoining No.
5 on the same rood, abounding in Wood and
Timber, and contalnlug2s% OF LAND,
soil of excellent quality.
Persons wishing to purchase are requested to
examine the property previous to tue day of
sale.
Turks ok Sale. —One-third of the purchase
money must be paid In cash on the d y of sale,
to be apportioned among the purchasers, and
[.he residue lu two equal Instalment of one
and two years iroin the day of sale, secured by
the bond of tho purchaser with approved
security ana bearing Interest.
Any one wishing lo do so cau pay the whole
purchase money on the davofsaie.orany larger
portion thereof than one-third.
Purchasers will he entitled to possession at
the end of present year.
JOHN B. BROWN, Trustee
Jas. H. Cobtin, Auctioneer,
July 19
VEBY VALUABLE LANDS AND PtB
BONAL PROPERTY FOR *ALE.-In pur
suance of tue provisions of a deed of trust, ex
ecuted by Braxton Davis and wife, to the sub
scrlberw, oi recorj lu ihe office or the clern oX
the countv court of Augusta, Vo., we will pro
ceed, on WEuNEBDAI, tno otn day of Bc~P
TEMBER, 1866, (and from day to day until tne
sale Is completed.) to offer for sale. on the
premises, at public auction,
THREE VALUABLE TRACTS OF LAND,
situate In Augusta county. Also, a large
amount of Personal Property, consisting of
Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, McCormick
Reaper, Buckeye Mower, Wagons, gears of all
kinds, Farming Implements, and u quantity
of Corn, Wheat and Oats.
These lands have Mw.iys been regarded as
among the most productive uud desirablo In
the Valley of Vlrglula, and It la rare that on
opportunity is oilered to obtain such valuable
estates.
The Turk Place contains about 500 Aeres fc
lying on both sides of the aouth branch of tho
ahenandoah, about live miles below Wuynea
boro’ Depot on the Central Railroad* About,
half oi this tract is cleared and the residue In.
timber. It la generally limestone land and
admirably adapted to wheat, corn and grass,
and Is in a line slate of cultivation. There is a
good never-lulling spring near the resiuence,
and the river, which divides the farm into two
nearly equal parts, affords an übundant supply
of water for stock at every point.
The improvements consists of a good sized
FRAME u WELLING, somewhat out of repair,
a large Barn, Biaole, and every necessary out
builuing. There are about 00 Acres or good
meadow on the tract, and a toler .ble Orchard.
The Craig Place.adjolns tho Turk Place, and
contains, also, about 500 Acres of line produc
tive land. This tract llesou the southeast side
of the river, In a bend of the same, and about
JOO Acres are cleared. About half of this tract
is limestone land, and there are on It about 60
or 60 Acres of productive meadow. The whole
farm is well adapted to wheat, cora and grass,
and has been well farmed. The Improvements
couslst of a large FKAJIE DWELLING, with
eight jooms, passages and porches i n iront and
rear. The Barn is somewhat out of order.
There Is a good, never-laUing Spring near the
n use, and a Cistern at the nouse. The river
supplies water for stock at convenient points.
Tiiese two tracts together make a splendid
estate, and would he very desirable to any one
who would desire to own so large a body of
land.
me Coiner Place lies about two miles from
the two tracts above n *med. It contains over
2QU Acres of Limestone Land, about 60 Acres of
which are cleared, and tne balance well
timbered with oak, pine and hickory. The Im
provements 'onslsts of a LOG DWELLING
HOUSE and ordinary out-buildlngs. There U
a Spring on the land and a stream which hows
through a portion of It.
We will sell, at the same time, eight good
Horses, between 60 and 100 Cattle, about 80
Hogs, 80 Sheep, McCormick Reaper, Bucks. e
Mower,three gears for eight or ten
horses, ploughs, uariows and every kind of
farming implements, a large crop oi corn, a
quantity of wheat, aud other articles.
The terms will be made Known on the day of
sale, and will be such as to ac ommouate pur
chaser*.
Any one buying either real or prop
erty, will be allowed a credit for any \ieut
against Mr. Davlswhich he may hSJqiiilmaelf
or acquire from any other person, the object of
the sale being to satUafy the lust debts of Mr.
Davis. JuHNKBALDWIN *
JulylB2tawdtS Aigjar.H. H, SIPA-Bir,'
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