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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1865
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IKON. ' JOSEPH HOLT.
We need not direct attention to the
masterly reply' , of -Eton. Josmen - Hour to
that portion of Ike late speech of Hon.
NONTOOMERT. BLAIR assailing the com
duct and questioning the patriotism of
that eminent citizen while a member of
President lincirawares Cabinet. It is a
quiet, conclusive and triumphant vindica..
tion.
MR. SUMNER.
We recently gave the views of Hon.
TuATIDEUS STEvxxs, on " The Great
Topics of the Hour," and to-day we lay
before our readers extracts from the speech
of lion. CHARLES SimwEß, delivered yes
terday, before the Republican State Con
vention held at Worcester, Massachusetts,
of which important body he was president.
As was expected, Mr. SUMNER reasserts
his well--known opinions with more than
usual emphasis. He bates no jot of his
hatred of slavery. He yields nothing to .
the political exigencies, With marvellous
skill and fervor of language, and with a
force of argument that proves the earnestness
of the man, he pleads against "precipitate"
action in the readmission of the...rebel
States, and demands guarantees and condi
tions for their future loyalty, as well as for
the protection and real enfranchisement of
the freedmen. Though not so
.specific in
his remedies as Mr. STEVENS, and by no
means so favorable to an almost exception
lesi. confiscation, Mr. SUMNER takes care
to plant himself strongly against the resto
ration policy of President Jorrnsox, and
concludes by an urgent, but respectful, up
ieal to the Executive. It is impossible, in
telt a struggle as confronts us, to arrive at
peaceful and solid settlement of the great
iuestions in issue without considerable dif
.rrence among men of a common organza
ti .It is perhaps hotter that it is so, Hold,
i vi
in •n some things to views that do not ac.-
cor with those of Mr. SUMMER, we feel that
wilenever he speaks it is with the best and
pilrest object, and that even when we cannot
agree with him, we are always more or
less instructed by his published reflections.
It will be noticed that all he demands
guards against a new rebellion ; he does
not thirst for vengeance, and that although
he is most impassioned in stating his views,
he does not, as is too often the case, indulge
in threats, This is the spirit that. will
keep harmony in the ranks of the great
"Union party, without which there is no
safety or security for the future. To main
tain unity of action will require perfect
franknes.s mid mutual forbearance among
the great minds to whom the people look
for light and for leadership. And while it
is right that statesmen should be sturdy in
asserting and in holding to what they bc
lieve, he sometimes does the most good
who concedes a portion of his own themy
to the convictions and experience of his
compatriots. .
THE CHOLERA AND SANITARY
REGULATIONS.
Although the latest foreign news an
nounces that the cholera seems to be re
ceding to its original localities, there seems
to be a general intention upon the part of
the Governors of our States and the Mayors
of our principal cities to prepare, so that
whether the epidemic comes or not a mode
rate degree of safety will be guaranteed,
and a moderate - degree of cleanliness attain
ed. Massachusetts, 'through her Surveyor
General, has already moved, closely follow
ed by Maine, New York, and even Illinois,
which ought to be protected a little, at
least, by the great mountains and im
mense rivers which lay between it and
the Atlantic coast. In each of these
States the Governor has, by special pro
clamation, called public attention to the
danger (immediate or prospective), and
suggested. such preventives, etc., as ex
perience has proven to be standard. But
it is a remarkable fact that, while little
towns and seeond-rate cities have, through
their Boards of Health, went energetically
to work to sweep their streets, whitewash
their houses and fences, and cast out all
their noxious garbage, great cities, where
these precautions are ten times as neces
sary—where the damage inflicted would be
tar more terrific—are slow to act. Some
have not yet acted at all. New York, secure
in her pride as the metropolis, theoretically
safe because salt water rolls up to her very
docks, and careers around her on three
sides, has adopted no sanitary measures of
importance, although she needs them, we
think, almost as much as did the famous
Augean stable. On the other hand, Alba
ny, and Troy, and Buffalo, have been all
alive to their duty. Fences, and trees, and
walls, have been made pure and white,
much to the annoyance of patent-medicine
men, whose flaring advertisements have
been obliterated beneath the far more
heallhful lime. Portland has not moved,
While the borough council oflittle Woodstock
has been advertising its health regulations
in the local journal for two months past.
Washington is like New York and Port
land, and will, if its authorities do not take
care, become as famous for magnificent
dimases as for " magnificent distances."
And the' ease has been the same here, for it
is only yesterday that our city authorities
discovered the existence of danger, if we
judge of the extent of their 'knowledge by
what they have displayed in their action.
The Sanitary Committee of the Board of
- Health reported to Councils that it was
necessary to provide against the coming of
the epidemic, of which the committee
" had a well-grounded apprehension, based
on its (the epidemic's) former history and
progress.''
The measures adopted in the different
localities arc of about the same character as
those proposed by the committee, and their
value depends entirely on their timeliness.
"Former history".of the infection or con
tagion shows us that it is extremely uncer
tain and erratic in its progress. It may
appear suddenly to devastate humanity, as
it has done on the shorg of the Mediterra
nean. It may disappear just as suddenly,
to appear again unexpectedly in another
and far-off place. It has done the first, if
the report of its "recession" be true. But
the recession or disappearance, no matter
what, has often been very much like the
lull in the ocean tempest. Strength is
gathered in quiet and exerted none can
tell where, until ruin and death mark the
spot ; or else the storm dies away in the lull
and is heard and felt no more. But in the
present case, it is believed by our most emi
nent medical authorities, that we will have
no visitation this year, and they seek to
prove their assertion by citing facts
some called "indubitable," others " well
ascertained." Taking the " recession" and
the assurances of the medical authorities
for granted, it is still necessary that the
suggestions of the committee be carried
out. The committee proposes to divide
the city into districts, and to appoint a
health agent in each, whose business it will
be to inspect everything about which there
is the least suspicion of evil. It will be
his duty to see that open lots, streets,
houses, and all their surroundings are scru
pulously clean ; and in the performance of
this duty he is compelled to visit each and
every house in his district. The people are
asked to assist the agent in his work, and
to follow seatarn liygierde points, which the
committee briefly, give. Surely,; such a
plan is a good one if it can be carried out,
and the committee seems to think so, for it
only asps $2 0 , 0 00 for that purpose. Even
if no cholera comes, it will make our city,
and every city in which it may be tried,_
the cleanest in the world—garden cities in
all but the parterres and vines. The dis
trict agents will, of course, be the best-in
formed men in private affairs, and a good
many secrets of housekeeping, etc., will be
revealed to tilem; but what of that if the
city is secured either frog ;the cholera or
from acres of filth?
That sanitary:.regulations Wilravert Abe
epidemic has been- proven a seore of tith6o,
and that their absence invites it is equally
as sure. With proper .quarantitie ,
regula
tioua, which could oppose the entrance of
the epidemic, even if they did not prevent
it, and such regulations as those adopted
yesterday,-Philadelphia will be spared the
horrors !she has twice witnessed—once so
;terribly as to mahnwhat is now her Wrest
park a reeking Potter's field, crowded with
Corpses, unhonselled and unannealed.
THE TRIAL OF WHIZ.
The Prisoner Still too 11l to be Tried.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.--Coloncl Chipman
this morning read to the Military Commission
a note, addressed to him by George West,
Captain and Military superintendent, of the
Old Capitol Prison, dated to-day, and en
closing a communication from Dr. Ford, sur
geon of the post, relative to the condition of
Captain Wirz, in which he states that the
Prisoner is somewhat better, but unable to
leave his room to-day.
The Commission being desirous of obtaining
further information on the subject, despatched
an orderly in quest of Dr. Ford, who, this
morning, could not be found either at the Old
Capitol or et hia residence. After a recess, the
messenger returned, saying he could not find
that gentleman.
fir. Baker said he saw Capt. Wirz yesterday
afternoon at four o'clock. His mind was evi
dently much deranged, and he could not con
centrate it on any subject. He (Mr. Baker)
took hold of his limbs, which seemed entirely
without strength. He held them up, and let
ting them go, they fell like thpso of a dead
person. The prisoner did not seem to have
any control over himself. So far as he (Mr.
Baker) was able to judge, Wirz seemed like a
man broken up. -
He supposed the prisoner was under the
in
flnence of opiates. Though Wirz might be
able to come here to-day, the physical exer
tion and mental excitement might again pros
trate him and the Commission wouldhave to
adjourn over ; but by adjourning aver now for
few days, theprisoner might acquire strength
enough to go on without further interruption.
The defendant 'was most anxious that the trial
should be brought to au end.
In reply, to a question of the ,President of
the Court, Mr. Baker said the prisoner WAS 1W
Comfortable as he could be in the Old Capitol,
and the officers were very kind to him.
The Commission, owing to the sickness of
the prisoner, adjourned till Monday, Septem
ber lath.
Official 'Vote of Maine.
ATIRTSTA, Me., Sept.l4.—The - Kennebec Jour
nal of this morning contains the official re
twrns from two hundred and sixty-four towns,
comprising more than three-fourth 3 the rote
of the State.
Cony, the Republican candidate for Gover
nor, has in these towns 40,775, and Howard, De-
Inocrat, 2'2,135 rotes. Last year in the same
towns the vote stood: For Cony, 47,713; How
ard, 33,046.
Cony's majority thus far is 18,610, against
1467 in 1851.
It - will probably exceed 29000 hen all the
resting are in. The total rote of the State Will
fan short of 85,000. •
The Late Governor Brough.
PITELADELPHIA, September 12, 1261.
2b the Editor of The Press:
A piece, entitled " The closing scene in the
life of Governor Brough,t) has been exten
sively copied into the papers. It is replete
with "misstatements, furnished to the reporter
of a Cleveland paper, without the consent or
knowledge of the family, by one representing
himself to be an "eye-witnus," when no one
was present but the Governor's wife, sister,
and children. In those moments he made no
reference to political slanders, nor made any
bombastic display of his feligien. I desire
you to publish the following statement of the
facts, and hope, that all papers which Copied
the - first statement, will be so kind as to give
place to the following strictly true account of
the last moments of one whose memory is too
precious to be Clouded over by falsehood.
A Mamma Or Tan PAMILr.
Governor Brough always paid respect to re
ligion, giving to the church pecuniary sup
port, and exacting from his children an ob
servance of the Sabbath. He was the child of
a pious mother. She trained him in childhood
to commit to memory I.arge portions of Scrip
turn which he could, in after life, quote with
wonderful facility.
At the beginning of his illness, and through
out its course, he had a strong presentiment
of death. Though sometimes hopeful, and
always desirous of life yet he never felt san
guine of recovery. When he first enter
ed the house, on his return home, he ex
claimed he r had come home to die," and
several timmassured his oldest daughter that
" she had come home to see her father for the
Jest time." During the first part of his sick
ness he seemed troubled in mind, and often
inquired "Why was he called upon to suffer so
terribly I Why should God so deal withhimi"
But this was only for a short time. He became
reconciled to his lot, and until his death ex
pressed unwavering trust in God's wisdom and
love. During the third week of his illness he
was seized with a severe congestive chill, The
physicans feared he would not -survive it.
Calling his family around him he bade them
all farewell, and expressed his hope of eternal
life. At that time he stated he had not for
twenty years laid his head upon his pillow
without prayer to God. Ile had endeavored to
perform all the duties of his administration in
dependence upon God's wisdom, and there was
not one act of his official career he could
change or wish otherwise than it had been.
He expre,Saed his belief in a Saviour ' and in
e I
his moments of intense suffering o ten called
upon him in audible prayer. He described his
feelings when sinking in the chill in these
words : "I went down into the valley and sha
dow of death; at first there was darkness,
then all was as clear as sunshine." After-pass
ing through a severe surgical operation, he
said to his wife," The Almighty hand sustained
me; I was saved only by that power." Two
weeks after the first he had a second chill, in
which he became wholly unconscious. As he
sank into insensibility his last utterance was
those grand words from Holy Writ: " For I
know that nip Redeemer liveth, and that He
shall stand at the latter day upon the earth;
and though after my skin worms destroy this
body, yet in my flesh shall-I see God."
Thspatienee andresignation were as remark
able as his care and thoughtfulness of those
around hlm. No impatient word escaped his
lips, and often, in noticing the tears mid
anxiety of his family, he would remind them,
"God's will must he done." In speaking one
day to his daughter of some business plans, he
remarked, "I will carry this out if lam ever
Permitted toget off of this bed." She ex
claimed, " Oh, father you are getting hater,
and. OUT prayers and labors shall keep ynu
with us; we cannot let you go." Ile replied,
" Daughter, I am as anxious to live as you are
to have me ; but God's will, not mine, must be
done." Hethen described the course his disease
had taken, and truly predicted how it would
terminate. Thoughhis sufferings were intense,
he never forgot the well-being of others, wish
ing those around him not to on over-taxed in
waiting upon him. A few days before he died,
observing the pale, anxious face of his wife,
he exclaimed, with tearful eyes, " Poor wife !
would that I could bear this burden for her!"
On the morning the physicians intended
to amputate his foot, he called his family,
about him, and gave them his last charges,
fearing he might sink, after the operation,
too rapidly to speak again. Ile said his
life had not been free from errors; he had
confessed his sins to God, and believed they
were pardoned. lie had endeavored to deal
justly and honorably with all men, and lie did
it without fear, trusting that the same good
God who bad cared for him here would take
him to himself : He enjoined upon his children
to meet him in eternity. lie then requested
his sorsin-law, Rev, T. M. Cunningham, to pray
with him, making audible responses through
out the prayer. After the remainder of the
family left the room, he conversed long and
earnestly with his son-in-law upon his hope
anti faith asking him to pray for him. He
said "there is a wonderful power in prayer,
and I want you to stand by me through this
operation, and pray for me, and in case of
death, pray for me as long as my soul lingers
in say body." As is well known, incisions were
substituted for amputation. This was on Fri
day morning, and he did not become entirely
conscious until the following Monday evening,
when he was told he must die. He requested
every one but his wife, children, and sister to
leave the room. He was too much exhausted
to speak, except to say, "God bless you" to
each one, with a parting embrace twice re
peated. His sister asked hint the question,
" Is the Saviour precious to you—do you trust
him ' and feel that you are going to be with
him?" lie responded "yes.- llis wife asked
"Do yon love God and trust him?" He
answered, "Indeed, Ido !" His daughter told
him "she WM praying Jesus would take hint
safe home." lie exclaimed, "Thank you,
daughter, and God Wass you!" ;then became
unconscious of all about him until the next
morning at eight o'clock, when being asked if
he knew his daughter, he replied in the affirm
ative. He then made signs for his son-imlaw
to pray. Ile twice responded to the prayer,
and these were his last utterances. After the
prayer he took Mr. Cunningham's hand, and
seemed to try to thank him, but he could not
speak. Mr. Cunningham then spent some
time in repeating passages of Scripture, to
which he earnestly listened. Ito again sank
into unconsciousness, from which he did not
rally until about live minutes before he died,
when he opened his eyes and diced them upon
his wife, as if desirous to speak, but he could
not. His eyes were full of heavenly bright
nas ; happiness shone upon his countenance
for a moment, then lie closed his eyes and
peacefully fell asleep.
The Women of the South.
Governor Tirowidow thus speaks of the
Southern women in his Paper, the li. - 110XV1110
Whig:
"From the commencement of the rebellion
until now, the devil and the women of the South
have been the ablest allies the cause of treason
had in the field. The influence of the women,
backed tip by his Satanic Majesty, filled the
ranks of tee rebel armies, and gave ardor and
endurance to the hen-pecked men that entered
the service. Southern women even petitioned
the rebel Congress to enact the law of eon
-,.;ription, so as to force all in the service.
Thiengli the influence which women had,
themands were forced into the field, and
thence to their graves t who never would have
left home.. Playing into the hands of the
devil, by ibus filling his ranks, they had his
approval all the time. Wives gave up their
husbands, sisters their brothers, and mothers
their sons—willing, nay, anx i ous to immolate
their lives to the Moloch of war. The women
were willing to wear homespun ; ready to dis
pense with the luxuries of table Or toilet;
ready to fling . all their jewelry into the Con
federate crucible o ready to unsex themselves
for the cause of the devil and the Confede
racy?!
NATIONAL TOBACCO CONVENTION.—The 'Na
tional Tobacco Convention, under .the au
f,piees of the Kentucky Board of Agriculture,
Atilt be held at Louisville on the second Wed
nesday of September, The Object of this con.
Mention is stated as follows!
The prime object of the convention is to get
together, from all sections of the Union the
practical m Inds of trade, with a view to such
moil bleat ion of the present excise law, so far
us t obacco is concerned, as will eventuate
in the passage, by the next Congress, of a
thorough and well-digested plan of taxation
that will yield the largest possible amount of
let - cline to the Government, with the least em
barrassment to culture and manufacture
of the article.
JUDGE HOLT,
His Reply to Montgomery Blair,
THE CHARGES OF THE LATTER AGAINST THE FORMER
CONSIDERED AND DENIED.
Blair's Charges against Holt's Manage
ment of the War Office Proved.
to be Calumnies.
TILE MARYLAND STATESMAN PLACED IN AN
UNENVIABLE LIGHT,
WASHINGTON, September 13,1885.
n the Editor of The Press:
I beg a place in your columns while bestowing
A brief notice on certain passages arraigning
my past official action, which are to be found
in an elaborate and carefully-prepared speech
made by the lion: Montgotnery Blair, late
Postmaster General, at Clarksville, Md., on
the 26th Of last Month. In the course of a severe
censure of the secretaries of State and of War—
who, from their known ability, loyalty, and
eminent faithful public services, certainly
need no defence at my hands—Kr. Blair thus
proceeds t
The didlittnee of Mr. Seward with the Con
federates and the convention committees from
- Virginia, up to the fall of Fort Sumpter, was
but aprolongation of the agreement made with
Boris by order .of Buchanan, under the signa
tures of his Secretaries of War and of the
Navy, that no aet of UM would take plaee Ott
the part of the United States during his term.
This gave the Confederate General Beauregard
an opportunity to build batteries under the
guns of Fort Sumpter, which would not have
neon done had not its cannon been masztrif log
treaty stipulations. He (Mr. Stanton) apprised
Mr. Seward of this treaty of the Mar and
Navy Departments to make no resistance to
the policy of dissolving the Union, &c.
Again, when speaking of myself, Mr. Blair
Says:
Simultaneously with his refusal to permit
succor to Fort Sumpter and his armistice with
the rebel Secretary he refused, iirc.
Now, so far as I am implicated by this lan
guage, I have, of course, personal knowledge,
and upon this knowledge I declare myself
guiltloss of this Charge, in the whole and in
all its parts, and my conviction is complete
that the distinguished gentlemen eriminated
with me are alike innocent.
That a statesman supposed to be well in
structed in public affairs., and in the history of
his country, and who, from the high position he
has occupied, must be expected to have an ho
norable solicitude for the protection of the fair
fame of the public Men laberiCal4ly engagedin
administering the Government, should, with
out provocation, have brought against them
an accusation so dishonoring, and so utterly
groundless, has, I think, excited emotions
of mingled surprise and sorrow even in
circles hitherto most friendly to the ac
cuser. But, to make my denial still more
explicit and detailed, I affirm most solemnly
that I never made, or was in any manner
a partY to, an " arniistice with the rebel secre
tary." 1 never signed, or was in any way
a party to an "agreement that no act of war
1 1 would take place on the part of the United
States during, Kr. Buchanan's term ;" nor do
believe that any such agreement with Davis,
or with anybody else, signed by the Secretary
of the Navy, was authorized by Mr. Buchanan,
or ever existed. I assert, most positively,
that there never was a day, during the period
referred to, when the President was not per
fectly free to perform his duty, aint.his
whole duty, in defence Of the forte and
other property of the United States, and
to open fire from the forts whenever,
in his judgment, their safety demanded
it. There never was an hour when the guns
of Sumpter were "muzzled" by any "agree
ment," or compact, on the part of the Preei. 7 ,
dent or his Secretaries, or by their authority,
or either of them. That the batteries around
Sumpter were not fired upon while in course
of construction was because the President
shrunk from the dread responsibility of inau
gurating civil war, and deemed forbearance
his duty ; not because he was restrained by
any agreement or understanding whatever.
Looking at the glorious results of the war, and
remembering how wondrously Providence has
dealt with us in its progress, and how sublimely
the firing upon, instead of from, Fort Sumpter,
served to arouse, instruct and unite the na
tion, and to inflame its martiaband patriotic
spirit, we stand awe-struck and mute, and
that man Would be bold indeed, who, in the
presence of all that has occurred, should now
venture to maintain that the policy of for
bearance was not, atthe moment, the true pa
hey.
Having made this full! denial, I call, and I
think the country will unite with me in calling
on Mr. Blair to produce that "agreement," that
"armistice with the rebel Seeretary,” or offer
some satisfactory evidence that it exists, or
has existed. The eharge that he makes is one
of such extreme gravity that, exalted as has
been hiS official position, he can scarcely ex
pect the American people to pass judgment
Upon it against public men long tried and
honored in the national service, solely on his
unsupported declaration—especially as that
declaration does not profess to rest on any
personal knowledge.
I am quite aware that among the disloyal
men who at that period had verbal and writ
ten communications With the President, there
were three who alleged—rather by implication
than directly—that in some Interchange of as
surances which had taken place between
certain South Carolinians and the Prost
. dent, the latter had given " a pledge,"
that, for a time—having relation to the
proceedings of the convention of that State
—he would "not reinforce the forts in
Charleston harbor, or change their military
status." When it is borne in mind that the
men making this imputation were then en
gaged in daily preparation for the overthrow
of the Government, and have since actively
Supported the rebellion, it is hardly neees..
sary to say, that on their testimony, the Ame.
rican people would be slow to condemn any,
even the humblest of their officers. When,
however, this charge was brought to the notice
Of the President, he promptly and decidedly
repelled it as wholly untrue, in a letter under
date of 20th of December, 1860, addressed to
I Robert W. Barnwell, James ll.l4.lams ' and
James L. Orr ; and that it was untatiie, I have
never entertained a doubt.
The policy, however, of the President and of
the War Department, on this question, was
not left to conjecture, but was openly an
nounced and published to the country, at the
time. When Isaac. W. Bayne, calling himself
a Commissioner from South Carolina, arrived
at Washington, ho sought, through Benjamin
Fitzpatrick, S. it. Mallory, and John Slidell,
then United States Senators, to obtain from
the Government a pledge that "no reinforce
xnents should be sent to Fort Sumpter," and
that " the public peace should not be distur
.bed by any act of hostility toward South caro
lina.” On the 22d January, 1861, I, as .Secretary
of War, in reply to this, addressed, by direc
tion of the President, a communication to
those Senators, from which the following is an
extract I
In regard to the proposition of Colonel
Hayne, 'that no reinforcements should be
sent to Fort Sumpter in the interval, and that
the public peace will not be disturbed by any
act of hostility, toward South Carolina," it is
impossible' for me to give you any such as
surances. The President has no authority to
enter into any such agreement or understand
ing. As an executive officer he is simply
bound to protect the public property as far
as this may be practicable, and it would he a
manifest violation of hit duty to place him
self under engagements that he would not
perform this duty, either for an indefinite or
a limited period. At the present moment it
is not deemed necessary to reinforce Major
Anderson, because he makes no such request,
and feels quite seenre in his position. Should
his safety, however, require reinforcements,
every effort will be made to supply them_
In regard to an assurance from the President
"that the public peace will not be disturbed
by any act of hostility towards South Caro
lina," the answer Will readily occur to your.
selves. To Congress, and to Congress alone,
belongs the power to make war; and it would
be an act of usurpation for the Executive to
give any assurance that Congress would not
exercise this power, however strongly it may
be convinced that no such intention exists.
The views and determination here expressed
were never departed from. DOC 3 this look like
an "armistice with the rebel Secretary I"
Mr. Blair, continuing his line of accusation,
says
• It was in (Were - itcc to him (Secretary Sew
ard) that General Scott recommended the.
surrender of Fort Sumpter, because the Gene
la], during the previous Administration had
wished to reinforce it and had been refused per
mitsion to do so by Hr. Hoff, Men Secretary of
War.
The following correspondence will show the
groundlessness of this accusation:
WASHINGTON, August 51,1865.
Lieutenant General Winfield Sean
GalunlAl ! In a speech delivery by HOn,
Montgomery Blair at Clarksville, MU., on the
25th inst., the following language occurs : "It
was in deference to him (Mr. Seward) that
General Scott recommended the surrender of
the fort (Sumpter), because the General, during
the previous Administration, had wished to
reinfore it t ond had been refused permission to do
so by Mr. 80, then Secretory of Wdr. arr. Ifolt,
now the head of the Bureau of Military Jus
tice, was then also a power in Washington.
Whilst Secretary of War, as already stated, he
refused to let Gen. Scott reinforce Sumpter"
ae, As I am sure that you would be unwilling
for the authority of yourgreatname to be used
in the infliction of injustice °natty man, public
or private, I ask that you will be so good as to
state the part I bore on the question of rein
forcing and
. provisioning Sumpter, which so
much occupied the attention of the Govern
ment and country toward the close of Mr. Bu
chanan's Administration. I had almost daily
conferences with you on this and kindred sub
jects, ankh am certain that with all my wishes
and purposes you were made well acquainted.
I was gratified then to believe, as I am now to
.remember, that upon this absorbing question
we were perfeetly agreed. No man rejoiced
more than I did when the Star of the West was
ordered with munitions and provisions to
Sumpter. Subsequently—but, as it turned
out, too late, for the vessel had already sailed
—this order was countermanded by the Presi
dent, On the sth March, 1861,16. replying to
Jacob Thompson, and in referring to this
countermand by the President, I made this
explanation :
" The countermand spoken of was not more cor
dial:l' sanctioned by the President than It was by
General Scott and myself. It was givem, not be
cause of any dissent from the order on the part of
the President_ but because of a letter received that
' from Major Anderson stating', in effect, that
he regarded himself as secure In his position; anti
yet more, because of .intelligence which, late on
Saturday evening, reached the Department, that a
heavy battery had Inca erected among the sand
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1865.
hillhat the entrance to Oliarleston harbor, which.
would probably_ destroy any unarmed vessel: toed
Such WAS the loitar of the West) whlch , mlght at
temPt to make' its way up to Port Bumpier. This
important Lutbrmation satisfied the Government
that, there was no_present necessity for sending re
inforcement's, and that when sent they should go,
not In a vessel of commerce, but or war"."
This language was published in the National
Intelligencer on the day mentioned, and was
probably read by you. I have yet to learn
that its strict accuracy has been questioned
by anybody having knowledge of the facts.
Toping that the manner in which" your nanle
is connected with Dir. Dlaies statement, and
the completeness of your information on the
question raised, will sufficiently apologize for
the trouble I give in thus addressing you,
I an, very respectfully and sincerely, yours,
J. 110 LT.
Wesm reinT, N. Y., Sept. 4, ISO.
Hon. Joseph, Holt, Sc.:
Dunn Sin: In reply to your inquiry, it gives
me great pleasure to say that during the last
two OT three months of Mr. Buchanan's Ad
ministration, that is, from the moment (ife ,
cember 31) you became Secretary of War, being
myself then in Washington as Generaldn-Chief
of the Army, and daily in official counnunica
tion with you, I found „you a steady and effi
cient opponent of Secetsionism, and proinUt,
is far as permitted, in Common with the non-
Mr. Stanton, appointed Attorney General nine
days before, and the lion. Mr. Dix, made Secre
tary of the Treasury about January i 3, in doing
everything in your power to preserve and vin
dicate our happy Union.
With great esteem, yours truly,
WcarIELD SCOTT.
As throughout the seventy days that I had
charge of the War Department, General Scott,
as General-in-chief of the army of the United
States, had, from our constant and frank com
munications with each other, perfect know
ledge of all my views and wishes in re
gard to Sumpter and the <other prominent
military interests of the country, his strong
language in commendation of my entire
conduct I trust, be accepted as a
Bug:e'er& refutation of Mr. Pdairla Calm
nious imputation. While all the plauS urged
for the purpose by patriotic officers and men
could not, of course, be attempted, it is never
theless certain that General Scott and Myself
were perfectly agreed alike in our anxieties
and in our labors, to effect the reinforcemdnt
of Sumpter ; and, as the result proved, we were
only - finally prevented from so doing by the
- firing into the Star of the West, through in
formation treacherously conveyed to the rebel
authorities at Charleston by Jacob Thompson,
a member of Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet.
As the specific averments of my letter to.
General Scott, in regard to these Matters,wOre
within his knowledge and are not controvert-'
Cd by him, his reply must be taken as an ad
missiOn of their truthfulness. With this full
and warm approval of my whole conduct by
this great CaPtain ally patriot on the one
hand, and the criticisms of Mr. Blair on the
other, I submit the question. between us to
the people, who have lived through these
events ; and I do so without any uneasiness as
to the issue,
lint Mr. Blair further says of me :
" Simultaneously with his refusal to permit
succors to Sumpter, and his armistice with the
rebel Secretary, he refused his sanction to 'a bill
introduced into the Senate by Mr. _Preston Xing to
authorize the Union men in the aouth, to organize
Themselves wafer the authority of the United Stales,
refusing thus to allow them to defend themselves."
Having no remembrance whatever of the
subject matter of this charge, I addressed a
note to the Hon. Mr. King, asking what had
been my action in regard to it, to which he re
plied as follows
Niiw Mita, September 4,131;5.
Hon. ,Toseph Holt _•
REAR Sin : Your letter of September 1 is re
ceived. Mr. Blair drafted a bill which he de
sired :lioultt be considered in the Senate. I
deemed your Opinion respecting its provisions
essential, and 1 submitted the bill to you. You
read it, and we conversed respecting it. You
did not think well of the bill, and I did nothing
further respecting it.
Yours, respectfully, PRESTON KING.
It would seem from this reply to my inquiry
that it was not Mr. King's, but Mr. Blair's bill
that I " opposed"—a fact which may help to
explain the condemnation under which I have
fallen. Amid the multiplicity of cares which
then occupied my mind, and the vast variety of
suggestions looking to the public defence, then
made and discussed by patriotic statesmen and
citizens, it is not at all surprising that this
particular measure should have escaped my
recollection. I do not, however, hesitate to ac
cept the statement of Mr. Blair ;that the bill
proposed " to authorize the Union men in the
South to organize themselves under the an
thorny of the United States ;" and the state
ment of Mr. King, that after conference with
him, I "did not think well of the bill." It may
be remarked, in passing, that Mr. King him
self fails to state that lie "thought well" of
the bill, or really desired it to be considered
by the Senate. His declaration is that Mr.
Blair " desired that it should be considered
by the Senate;' and, - inasmuch as, after the
bill had been read and discussed between
us, he "did nothing further respecting it,',
is it not fair to infer that he acquiesced in.
the views that I presented! Is It to be SUp.
posed that a statesman of his reputation for
courage and loyalty would have renounced
a measure which he deemed wise and de
manded by the public safety, merely because
the temporary head of the War Depart
ment " did not think well 91 of it I Sueh
proposition is past belief, and it ma - v safely be
claimed, therefore, that Mr. King himself
should have been embraced in this indictment
against me, as an offender who had not the sa
gacity or patriotism to "think well " Of Mr.
Blairs bill. At the period mentioned, neither
the Government nor the people, of the loyal
States believed that the time had arrived for
Organizing the militia with a view to -esist
ing the then threatened rebellion. The hope
was still cherished that the calamity of civil
war would be avoided ; and this hope, though
growing fainter every day, continued until the
bombardment of Sumpter. The organizing of
the Union men of the South, contemplated by
Mr. Blair, implied, of course, that they shatild
be furnished'with arms by the United States
Government. Now, it is notorious that before
and about that time the forts and arsenals of
the United States throughout the South were
violently and lawlessly seized by the people
themselves, and the arms turned against
the Government; and no doubt can be en
tertained that if arms had been voluntarily
furnished to " the Union men of the South,"
the same use would have been made of them.
It cannot be denied that the so-called " - Union
men" I aid themselves do w - n like so many rushes
under the storm of treason then sweeping over
the cotton;States. Overwhelmed as they were
by numbers, and yet more by the satanic fury
of the traitors, they did not lift a hand or a
finger in defence of the United States arsenals
and forts seized in their presence, and had it
, been practicable to transport arms to them,
from the meagre and insufficient supply left at
the disposal of the Government, they would at
once have been wrested from them, or they"
themselves would have been obliged to em
ploy them in the rebel military service. It is
a part of the sad and humiliating history of
the times that throughout the war, and in the
bloodiest of its battles, these " Union men "
were forced to tight, and did light, against our
Bag as steadily and as bravely as the most ran
corous of the rebels. In view of the condition
of things then existing in the South, it would
have been an act not only unwise. , but suicidal,
on the part of the Government, to have put
arms into the hands of "Union men" in the
vain hope that they would thereby be enabled
or induced "to defend themselves." So
doubtless, thought, or at least feared, the en
lightened patriot and statesman, Mr. King, or
he would not have so readily abandoned Mr.
Blair's bill. .
Yet again Mr. Blair says of me: 4 ; lie had,
while Postmaster General, written and pub
lished a letter dated 30th of November, 1800,
justifymg the rebellion," and he then makes
extracts from this letter, with a view of sup
pOrting the interpretation thus given to it.
The subjoined correspondence is submitted as
disposing of one branch of this charge :
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 1861
Cot. Thomas P. Troll:
DEAR SIR: Tile Hon. Montgomery Blair, in a
speech recently delivered by him at ClarkS
ville, Maryland, when referring to myself,
used this language : " He had, while Post.
master General, written and üblished a letter
dated 30th of November, 1800, justifying the re
bellion." Mr.lllair then makes extracts from
this letter, which WILS a strictly private and
confidential one, and was published •wholly
without my authority or knowle4ge. That it
was thus surreptitiously published was made
known at the time to many of my personal
friends—yourself included—and I have reason
to suppose that this fact was subsequently
communicated by you—then occupying a re
sponsible position In the Post Office Depart
ment—to Mr. Blair, then Postmaster General.
I would thank you to state whether you made
such a communication to him, and, if so, under
what circumstances.
Very regpeetfully, your obedient servant,
J. Rom
WASurxerOx CITY, Sept. 9, 1861
7b the lion. J. Holt:
DEAD. Sin: I have a distinct recollection
that on the publication of the letter referred
to in your note of Bth instant, I had, inciden
tally, a conversation with you on the subject,
in which you told me that the letter was a
private one, addressed in reply to a clergy
man of Pittsburg, Pa., and was published
without your consent or his. You at the same
time expressed to me your-strong wish that
every pretext should be removed by the peo
ple of the North for the rebellious spirit then
manifesting itself among Southern politicians.
Afterward, when the publication of that let
ter was mentioned in my presence, I general
ly took occasion to state what I knew about
it; and it being made the subject of conversa
tion one day in the Postmaster General's
room, between Mr. Blair and two or three
others, when I WaS Present, I explained the
circumstances or publication and was there
fore surprised when recently I observed in
the Clarksville speech. of Mr. Blair a state
ment that the letter was published by you.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant, .
Taos. P. Timm
Tbifi reply of Colonel Trott certainly leaves
Mr. Blair without excuse Tor the declaration
that the letter was " published" by me. It is
true that it was written by ma ; but it is also
true that it Was strictly confidential, and
reached the columns of a newspaper, as I was
assured, through a breach of faith, or misap
prehension on the part of one in whose hands
it had been placed for perusal only. Its tone
was somewhat despondent, and its language
marked by a freedom and warmth, inspired
by the intimate relations existing between
my correspondent and myself, and by the
fearful apprehensions with which all our
hearts were then oppressed. It was addressed
to a personal friend, an eminent clergyman,
with *Lein I had been in correspondence on
public affairs, and who, to a largo influence,
added a reputation for uncompromising loy
alty.
The purpose and hope of the • letter were,
through his mind, to impress the minds of
others, and thus to accomplish Something—
even though it might he little—in the direc
tion of a movement for the repeal of those
laws, adopted in many of the Northern States,
known as " personal litierty bills," end: which
were so obnoxious tO the South, because there
held te.be a violation. of the constitutional
rightsi and obligations of the States. As these
bills constituted one of the most powerful
levers, by means of which the ignerant
and deluded masses of the South Iliad been.
moved to exasperation turd frenzy, it was
believed that, could they be suddenly swept
away, the wind might be taken
,out Of
the galls of the conspirators, and they thus
rendered incapable of bringing the people up
to the point of armed resistance to the Go
vernment. Hence, in the bope of alarming, as
I conceived properly, the fears of the North.,
I stated, with emphasis, the fierce resentments
of the masses of the South from this and kin
dred causes ; the consequent extreme danger Or
civil war, and the probability that such a war
would result in a dismemberment of the Union.
So thought and felt many of the wisest and
truest men of the times; and had the course
suggested been promptly pursued, it is rot at
all certain that the war would have been inau
gurated. At all events, the aim and spirit of the
letter were patriotic and honorable, and
neither in it, fairly interpreted, nor in any
act or utterance of my life, can there be found
the slightest trace of sympathy with the re
bellion or its guilty authors, or the slightest
foundation for belief that, in the event of a
conflict of arms. I would not stand by the flag
everywhere and tinder all circumstances, And
to the end. Mr. Blair had no more reason for
averring that this letter "justified the rebel
lion" than be had for asserting that I had
"refused permission to General Scott to rein
force Fort Sumpter,"
In taking leave of this array of charges
against myself and others, I May be par
doned for saying that, during the trying
and gloomy period preceding the ontbreak
of-the war, while holding office, with such
light as God gave me, and with such
ited powers and opportunities as I pos..
sessed, I labored unceasingly alike to strength
en the hands of the Government to meet the
iinperulhig rebellion, and to unmask - and bailie
the machinations of those conspirators, who,
with perjury on their souls, were daily and
nightly plotting the ruin Of the Government
and country in whose service they were. Pro
minent among the objects, then with Me
subject of ceaseless anxiety, was the pro
tection of the city of Washington • from
an aimed organization known to have been
formed for its seizure, and the seizure of the
national arehiyes. This could only be dOne
by the rapid concentration here of an ade
quate military force—a result most diticult
to accomplish, because of the careful manner
in which our little army had been dispersed.
Finally, however, by the. untiring, vigor and
vigilance of General Scott, the effort was
crowned with 'success. But no sooner did the
troops, few in number it is true, but effective
in organization and dashing in their appear
ance, show themselves in the streets of Wash
ington than the House of Representatives
passed a resolution in the interests of the
conspirators, calling on the President to
make known by what authority, and for what
purpose, he had collected a military force
around the Capitol tit a time when the Repre
sentatives of the beeple were deliberating
within its walls. This resolution having been
referred to me, on the 18th of February, 1861, I
made a full report on it to the President, vin
dicating the step taken as one previously
recommended by myself as essential to the
public safety. The following extract from the
report, which was subsequently published by
order of Congress, will. suffice to show the
spirit of the whole :
Impressed by these circumstances and eon
siderations, I earnestly besought yon to allow
the concentration at this city of a sufficient
military force to preserve the public peace
from all dangers that seemed to threaten it.
.An open manifestation. On the part of the Ad
ministration of a determination, as well as
the ability to maintain the laws, would, I was
convinced, prove the surest as well as the most
pacific means of battling and dissolving any
conspiracy that might have been organized.
It was believed, too, that the highest and
most responsible obligation resting on a
President withdrawing from the Government
was tO. secure to his successor a peaceful in
auguration. So deeply, in my judgment, did
this duty concern the whole country and the
fair fame of our institutions that, to guarantee
its faithful discharge, I was persuaded that
no preparation could be too determined or too
complete. The presence of the troops al
luded to in the resolution is the result of the
conclusion arrived at by yourself and Cabinet,
on the proposition submitted to you by this
Department. Already this display of life and
loyalty on the part of your Administration
has produced the happiest effects. Public con
fidence has been restored, and the feverish ap
prehension which it was so mortifying to con
template, has been banished. Whatever may
have been the machinations of deluded lawless
men, the execution of their p e.eose has been
suspended, if not altogether abandoned, in
view of the preparations which announce
more impressively than words, that this Ad
ministration is alike able and resolved to
transfer in peace to the President elect the
authority that under the Constitution belongs
to him.
lint, after all., the best illustration of my
status, as a loyal public man at the time al
luded to, will probably be found in the vote of
the United States Senate, on the question of
advising and consenting to my appointment
as Secretary of War, when my nomination
was before that body. My views on the
sorbing questions of the day were then well
understood, as was the policy that tgoNvriacd
my adrainistration of the War Department,
which I had already conducted for some
weeks. Many of the conspirators haying pre
viouply withdrawn from the Senate, but thir
teen Senators voted against my nomination.
They were as follows :
Eayard,
Benjamin,
Bragg,
Clingman,
Green
Hunter,
Certainly it camiot be neemary that I should
tell the American people who these men are,
or what have been their careers in connection
with the rebellion 1 Could there be offered for
their consideration a more conclusive record
of loyalty than this negative vote on 'my nomi
nation presents 1 I point to it with pride and
triumph as a memorial of my faithfulness to
duty which will endure when my defamers
shall have passed away—a memorial that will
abide any scrutiny to which it can now or here.
after be subjected. It is to me a souroe of
abounding consolation to know that all of the
conspirators and wicked men who set this re
bellion on foot, or who subsequently followed
and maintained its bloody cause, not one has
ever mistaken me for his friend, or the friend
of his cause. Verily, the instincts of traitors
are unerring!
In February, 1881, I was denounced by Jacob
Thompson, ex-member of • Mr. Buchanan's
Cabinet, because, in co-operation with that
illustrious old soldier and patriot, General
Scott,l had attempted to reinforce Fort Sump
ter; 1111 d now, in 1865, I am denounced by an
ex-member of Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet, because,
as he has alleged, by necessary implication, I
not only did 71.0 i attempt to reinforce Fort
Sumpter, but actually prevented General'
Scott from doing so. The opinion is confi
dently entertained that I shall suffer no more
damage from this last denunciation than I did
from the lira. J. HOLT.
Tiro. SEWARD AND THE SODTHERNERS.—AWash
ington correspondent gives a pleasant account
of a call by several leading Southerners upon
Secretary Seward, from which we take the fol
lowing :
"A desire was expressed by several that the
Government would at an early day adopt a
general amnesty. Mr. Seward said he hoped
the States would all be in their appropriate
places soon. For the present the Government
must make sure work of preserving the peace
of the nation.
" Bliss, of Alabama, facetiously inquired
if, in cases where parties did not have the
twenty thousand dollars,making the thirteenth
exception, the Government would make it up
to them.
" Mr. Seward replied that it would make ft
np to there in kindness and good will, and the
preservation of peace and quiet for themselves
and their families.
"lle made a delicate reference to the effort
that had been made to assassinate •him, and
:aid be would tell an anecdote. That when
he learneil it was the intention of the South
erners at Washington to pay him their re ,
spects, he stated to the friend who informed
him that he would be at home this evening at
eight o'clock. Re then notified Mr. Frederick
Seward that lie would have a reception this
evening.
" 'Reception of whomV inquired he.
" 'Of the rebels.'
"'Unless it be a more agreeable reception of
the rebels than the last one we had, I would
prefer not to be preSent. ,
" F. 4 llre enough, he is not present ; but be is
too unwell to be out
GENERAL PAraioN.—The Richmond limes of
to-clay takes occasion to beplaster with com
pliments General 111. R. Patrick, the Demo
cratic nominee for State Treasurer of New
York, to whom it refers as an old army officer
saturated with the conservatism of a• West
Point education, uncontaminated by radical
ism, elevated above the petty, narrow preju
dices of sectionalism, scorning to yield to the
clamors of faction, scrupulous in his respect
for the civil rights of the defeated section.
"He so administered the duties of his office
v. hen here as to win the esteem of all whose
good opinion was worth possessing." The es
teem of all whose good opinionwas worth pos
sessing is the rebel element of Richmond. The
Times, well known as one of the bitterest se
cret enemies of the Government, is edited by
quondam rampant rebels, and praise from
such a source ought to be sufficient to consign
to oblivion any aspirant for political honors
under the Government —Tribune ayespoml
t7lCC.
CONQUERING DIFFICULTIES.—A few years ago
there was a newspaper published at Niagara
Falls, the editor of which was a blind man, the
compositors were deaf and (Minh the press
}corkwas performed by the blinethe papers
were folded by the blind, and wrapped by the
mutes.
DEATH OF WEALTHY rieFZEOCKET.—A.
well
known pickpocket recently died is New York,
leaving property to the amount of $40,000, all
of which he accumulated wiehin the past six
years in eNcurgOliS through tlkp various cities
of the -Union.
SALE OF CATCPETINGS, COTTON, CRUX/3
CLOTHS, DnuOOETS, CAaPLT CHAIN, Lte., nits
Dar.—The attention of deniers is requested to
the assortment of etifirrtino and fine ingrain,
royal damask, Venetian, list, Dutch hemp,
cottage, and rag carpetings, 12x9 to lexlS wool
crumb cloths, 1.1 , 1 rich printed druggets, 1,000
pounds colored hemp, carpet chain. Also, for
aCcount of whore it may concern, three bales
carpet yarn and one bale cotton. To be pe
remptorily sold, by catalogue, on four months,
credit, commencing this morning, at 11 o'clock
precisely, by John 13. Myers & Co., auctioneers,
Nos. 232 and 234 Market street.
LAMPE SALM ON HOUSEHOLD FUMNITUISE. — T,
'Birch Son, No. lila-Chestnut street, will sell,
this morning, by auction, over 500 lots of supe
rior household furniture ; also, rosewood piano
it fortes, by Raven S: Bacon, and other makers ;-
large French plate mantel and pier mirrors,
carpcts,billiard tables, tire-proof chest, plated
ware, &c., &c.
The Harrisburg Telegraph says: Colonel.
W. W. H. Davie, the Copperhead candidate for
Auditor General, has now resumed full charge
of the Doylestown Democrat, a newspaper
which he has owned for many years, and *1:1611
heretofore and now sympathizes with the
rebels. The peculiar force of the Demoorat,
since Colonel Davis has returned to preside
Over its columns, consists in asserting that
the rebels have not been whipped; that they
should be received back to the Union with all
their rights restored ; that slavery is not and
can never be abolished, and that, in justice to
the rebels, the debt which they incurred in
struggling for their "rights" is as legal as the
debt which was plied on the lieople by the na
tional authorities while waging a crusade on
the people of the South ; and if the national
debt is paid, so also must the debts of the
Southern States be liquidated. According to
Colonel Davis' own theory, the triumph of the
Copperheads at the ballot-box would be to
wipe out all the disgrace of the defeat of the
rebels on the battlefield. The Doylestown
Democrat takes this position, and W. W. H.
Davis is the editor and proprietor of that pes
tilential sheet.
The recent extinguishment of nearly
three-fourths of a million of the State debt,
brings down the amount of its liabilities to
ipAgg4,891.74. But against this lamount the
treasury holds bonds of the Pennsylvania and
Erie Railroad Companies to the amount of
510,300,000. These arc good assets, and will be
Paid when due, so that the debt may be sub
stantially assumed to be that much less, or
V 4924,9.01.74.
--Dr. Shaw, an elderly physician of Pitts•
burg, was astonished - the other day by a lot of
boys, who pelted him with rotten eggs, in
front, flank and rear, tillthe Doctor was nearly
Suffocated. No cause assigned. Pittsburg'
amusements now comprise charring ears and
noses, eating flies, ducking policemen and
pelting dootors with rotton eggs. Inventive
people.
The following arc the Union nominations
of Chester county: Assembly-Ig. A. Penny
packer, W. E. Waddell, and N. J. Sharpies.
Sheriff—Posey J. Nichols. Treasurer—Captain
John T. Potts, Commissioner—Thomas M.
Charlton. Director—Robert L. Walter. Audi
tors—Joseph J. Tustin, Abel Darlington (one
year).
Nearly all the roads in the oil regions are
in a Very muddy condition. Plunicr is rapidly
building up, and when the horse railroad is
finished between that point and Oil City we
may expect to see considerable business done.
A club, called the liartranft Campaign
Club of 'Norristown, has been organized in that
place. Its objeete are the advancement of the
Union cause and the election of its candidates
in the coming election.
A new railroad depot was opened on Mon.
day at Pittsburg. It is a fine building, and
used jointly by the railroads centering in that
city. It covers an area of 85 by 200 feet, is four
storibs high in front and three in the rear.
The park at Erie is to have a new fence,
whereat the Despatch is greatly delighted, and
take& 456 Cation to say 50 111 the most eloouont
language.
-- A large number of tavern-keepera were
arrested in Pittsburg on Tuesday for violating
the city ordinance forbidding the sale of li
qtiors on Sunday.
The wool trade in Washington county has
been almost at a stand still for some ivecks
past. ,
The police force of Titusville has been in
creased by the addition of four night watch
men.
-- The OdcbFellows of Mereor county will
have a celebration on the 16th, at Charlestown,
in that county.
-- The excessively hot weather throughout
the State is spoiling fruit iu great quantities.
-- Danville, Montour county, wants night
police.
MRS. Winz, the wife of the prisoner, is now
in Washington, and one day last week2attend
ed the court where her husband is being tried,
She is about 40 or 45 years of age, medium
height, rather slim, dark hair, blue eyes, of
fair complexion, appears to use cosmetics.
She was summoned, and came on in charge of
Mr. Emmerson, the bailiff of the court, from
the Plains of Darn, near Andersonville, where
Wirz's family resided during the latter part of
Wirz's term at Andersonville, they having
come to that place from Tuscaloosa, at which
place she resided after leaving Vicksburg.
She has but little money, and is stopping on 1'
street, opposite the Ebbitt House. She speaks
but little about the trial.
WHINCLIOL & WILSON'S SEWING MACIIINER.—
The highest compliment that could be paid to
the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machines, is the
fact that over 200,000 of them have been sold, of
which 7,000 have been sold in this city alone.
Their reputation is world-wide, and every fa
mily not yet supplied with one of these instru
ments should go to 704 Chestnut street, and
order one at once.
THE FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE is the only
sewing machine that is sold with a guarantee
to perform all kinds of family sewing in a per
fectly satisfactory manner s or the money to
be refunded to the purchaser. It makes no
less than four different stitches. and is the
most easily operated of any sewing machine
in use. Call and see it in operation at No. 630
Chestnut street,
GENTLEMEN'S FEENISNING Goons.—Mr.George
Grant, 610 Chestnut street, has a handsome as
sortment of novelties in Shirting Prints, beau
tiful Spring Cravats, Su=ler Under-clothing,
and goods especially adapted for travelling.
His celebrated " Prize Medal" Shirt, invented
by Mr. John F. Taggart, is unequalled by any
other in the world.
Iverson,
Lane,,
Mason,
Yolk,
Slidell, and
Trim Itab•• F.T.VPINO SHIRT OP THE AGE le "The
improved Pattern Shirt," made by John C.
Arrison, at the old stand, Nos. 1 and 3 North
Sixth street. Work done by hand in the best
manner, and warranted to give satisfaction.
His stock of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods
cannot be surpassed. Prices moderate,
How PEOPLE LIVE IN DEELIN.—There are in
Berlin twelve thousand cellars inhabited; in
six thousand three hundred of which different
trades are carried on. The thirteenth part of
the population of forty-six thousand persons
inhabit those dens. In the entire Prussian ca
pital there is nothing that will begin to com
pare, in respect to splendor, with the Brown-
Stone Clothing Hall of lloclshill Sc Wilson, Hos.
603 and 605 Chestnut street, above Sixth,
To Hornung OF OLD FIVE-TIVENTIES.—We
would call the attention of holders of the
above bonds to the wide difference in price now
existing between them and the new 189110,
which bears the additional advantage of two
and•a-half years longer time to run.
We are prepared to make the exchange of
the new bonds for old at current market rates.
DP,EXEL C 0.,&
Si South Third street.
CHICICERING GRAND PIANOS.—AII the great
musical artists use only the " Chickering
Grands.)l The largest collection ever exhibited
here, 914 Chestnut street.
segatfr NVIT, 11, Duvrox.
The Con
Mrs S T Barr, Milroy, Pa
T Thompson, k; la. Pa
H L Bartholomew, U S
Jno Boner, Cincinnati
F E Berbank, U S A
Mrs F Lewis
II Hart, N Britain, Conn,
F Camp, N Britain,Conn'
COI Redick, Alleghsy
H Finlay, Kittanning
J B Bartlett, Boston
0 0 Phillips, Pittsburg
J Hrage, Jr, Pittsburg
Jno Cochran, Lex , n Ky
111. COeliran,
Miss Mate Cochran t Ky
J B Telford, Lex, by
E H Weyman, New York
A W Crawford, Antwerp
It L Leary &la CM, 0
Dr C Johnson, Balthnore
A A Gardiner, N York
A T Clark, liklaond,Va
Chas Newell, IT 8N
Lit Shepard. USN
Cllfßarris,USN
It ehell, S N
W Tilley & ia,washingtn
Miss Tilley, Washington
J N Howe, Boston -
1I W Berendge&la. Wash
E lr Marlow. Washiugton
M Mathews, New York
Fairy,
J New York
H S Crittenden, Tenn
W Ernst, Covington, Ey
71 E Small, York, Pa
Mrs Mercer, Easton
Miss Mercer, Easton
Miss L Mercer, Easton
Ni) Coleman, Louisiana
C r Fitch, N London, Ct
T A Melton, Pittsburg,
Mrs Bain, Ohio
Jas A Bain. Onto
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H R Breneznan la,Lanc
T L Calder, Lancaster
C A Barn, Pittsburg
W Horton, Augusta,Ga
W J Pollard, Augusta,Ga
Jll Johnson, Nashville
S Kirkpatrick, Nashville
N Newcomb, Jr, St Louis
J 1) Cameron. Harrisburg
C Gordon & la.St Louis
J 11i Barclay & da_ ,u Wash
Hugh W MC - Kee, S
J Leech, JN'in
C S hamsburg,Gcorget'n
C S Renwer, New York !
C D Head , Boston
D Smith. Boston
Dick & wP, Boston
Mr• Milliken
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A 6- Downs, Cblengo
A C Lewis, Chicago
J - 6-einitii, New York
E J rientze, New York
DT Blaefarlan, N York
Dolton,,r, Sr wf, N Y
The Me
Cons A Layton, Hemline
Mooney, Oillo
E W Armstrong, Oldo
H Thomberry, Ohio
Lloyd Loundes, Virginia
A Bancroft, Boston
Geo W Jencks, Wash
W H Thomp6oll, :Arid
MP Harrison, Virginia
AV Letsenriug & a? Pa
Miss C Lelseurlug,
T M Taber, Titus ville,Pa
C H Yoster, Phillipsburg
Saud ism t.'Blair
A lil Wright, Clearfield
111Hyueon, Lynebbir, Va
V Jacobson, Ft Wayne
II Al Master,Pittsburg
Miss Master, Pittsburg
W MrKennv, Allegheny
Ede . Bill, Detroit
Jas S Swan, Brooklyn
Jos S Smut. Jr. Brooklyn
Ithhlll2blGV
W W Henderson, hid
W A Warne, N Jersey
Jos Ruppalrlek, Penna
.1 hi Boyd on Tenn
Henr&Stnitli, Smith,
Mart W Grome, Pen us
p Culbertson. Penult
E Eels°, bliinnusburg
J T Cirosklaus.Navarre,Q
11 J Garrard, Ohio
Bliss Mollie G arra rd, Ohlo
B Atkinson
Joel Mi!tor, Hamburg IH Siegfried, Allentown
Jobn Tomlinson,Byberry J G Klein, N J erusalem
Z Icrkes,Southampt'n
STATE ITEMS.
crr - y - IT u..ilis.
ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.
tinentm.
Mrs Weyman & dam, N Y
Mrs Martin, Kentucky
Mrs Worden, Chicago
C Cm:alley, St Louis
Chas Hulsenbeck, Lima
Henry Levrat, N York
Mr HoenigMalt, N York
II M Grosvenor, Pews
C H Kilgore, Cincinnati
J S Warren, Koch' r, N H
I Mrs 31'111114)s, Cincinnati
W arba's.Wl
IN P Brooks, Cambridge
I SLieberman & wf, Tenn
N C McCallum Jr, Pa
C C Scaler, Pittsburg
,T M Ludlam & N - J
W 13. Gedge, Covington
Rev Dr Worics, N York
Miss ME Ewing. Perna
Benj Campbell, retina
Morgan. New York
J L Rlttricy, Norwich
N D Morgan, New York
C T Rogers & la, N York
Geo Fechtig & wf, Md
J C Larwiti & we, Ohio
JD Comstock. Chicago
E ttlauelutrd, Bellefonte
W Terrell, Rah:loll,N C'
Dr Ebbs W Chester
D It Galway, Pittsburg
Thos Collins, Pittsburg
John Sllock,Pittsburg
H T Holcomb, Trenton
IW H Singer, Pittsburg
W Sperry, N Haren,Ct
Jonas Brown, New York
Copt L H Bigelow, U S A
T W Wright, N Orleans
C A Cowan', Dover, Del
Eadle, Staten Island
F Emile, Staten Island
D C Iffhiter, England
S S Pinkerton, Oil City
G W Coster US A
B S A
C B Roll* & nephew, N Y
H H Little & Is, Clevel'd
I. Man Omaha
Miss Mayers, N York
C C Louisville
JasP Hull, Louisville
Mrs McClintock, N York
Miss McClintock, N York
Edw N Willis, Michigan
S W Luce, Boston
Il L Ferry, New York
E S Foryg, Dayton, Ohlo
L Passau°, Baltimore
J T Harris, New Tack
E G Gaden,_New York
A Frazier, New York
Canlader. New York
T Tanton, St Louis
G Malvin, New York
All Malay, ikesbarre
Carlisle Norwood
=2l
P Pagon t tvl IA Mink
J Sehlefer, tit Louts
J Walker. Jr. renna
S R Bryant, Valparaiso
J B Vogenltz Ohio
Ins Cannon, 'Maryland
R W Opelt, New York
, T Moreland, rittsburg
1-1 AI Norton, Now Jersey
, S lV Lambeth
SllUrlch, Harrisburg
Mrs A striner, N Jeriey
Joe Striver, Harrisburg
M Phillips,Neweastle
Jos lifuobaum,N C
Jos B Warne Boston
J b' Grabill, 6111ppmMUUriS
Geo Gross, Penna
Edw Wilson,Penna
Miss Emily Wilson '
Pa
W m lt
Baum Penu
Issue M Troses Penner
Saml Morehead Sr wf, va
Senseny, Penult
Stl.llll Kfietl111:111, Penner
J S Warne, Wash, N J
0 C Campbell, Ponta
A Campbell, Penua
W II Lawback, Easton
W L Nesbit, Penna
J C Nesbit. Penna.
Ceisem-VIL, retina
W W 11 Devie,Penn.tt
Jos Healy, Penna
8 M . Sheets, Ohio
is:Sheetz, (intact View, 0
k Bear
The Bla
The 0
Cnl 0 N Lull, Penni
T B Kennedy, renna
John Tobin
it P James
M Healer '
A T Lewis, Baltinibre
E Nortn Carolina
F M Herron, Indians.
W Adams, New York
E H Gregg, Winn, Del
-0 J Hoffman
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s Tr Anderson, Chicago
L Briggs
J T Richards
1' J Williams, Virginia
Dr E 6 H Wise Virginia
J R Ronson. Virginia
W G Fraznre, Virginia
Graveson, Cincinnati, 0
H Mueller, Ginetunati.o
C sprogln, Washington
''lns W Tato, Redford
U It Rs ...bean, PlWAdit
John Hancock, U S A
V S Doc bier. Penna
John le Mies, Patina
W H Boulder' & la, Md
Miss M Eihnundson,Md
11 F Chambers, Md
ir Balorton, I.Qxingt on,R.
1V D
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J ,
Lemon, St Joseph
.111aROIL ForestgroVe
W P Powers, Boston
Jas Hli
ewes, altimore
J J Smith, Duncannon
Miss J . N Smilll, Pena
W L McAfee & Va
MISS IlleAfee, Wheeling
t-Truance, Delawar e
W Short, New York
J P Soothine, S Carolina.
J A. Vanderslice, Penns
P 11 Corlins & la,Brookln
W Lindsey, Maryland
WLowther, Penna.
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J F Campbell, rcensb'g
Sohn CroorbolhOreensbg
Cr Bennett & In.() reongbg
James A Boulden,
Frank Boulden, Md
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It 1. Heroi), M D, Del
(.I W McCulloch, Itld
Miss McCulloch, Md
W Phillips, Maryland
W K Sherwood, N Y
1 m ...Tett, 'Memphis
Mrs A Taylor, Memphis
kJ It itlaotcstoek,PlEisbru.
Miss Mary A 11arketock
A 1' Morrow, Mentg.,yeo
11 W Drinton, Del co, Pa
Mrs E Adams, L Crunch
,1 - E Hillier, Mansfield
11 C Hartranft, U S A
hf 11 Mel, Harrisburg
(I.3lsson, Cincinnati, 0
Miss Kate Thomas, Del
Miss Lizzie Thomas, DeL
F 1' Perry, Delaware
T J Yorke, Jr, Salem, NJ
H Matasan, New York
Tiles MeManne, N York
A L Elt Vert se, New York
II V Zahn, Boston.
II I, Cohen, New York
It T Hartshorn, N York
James E Neall
S It Crawford,
_New York .
A Newbury, ewYork
E T Story
.1 11 gloruu. Nt.w Yotit
F F Stetson, New York
T 11 Martin A la, Penna
P Dein, Maryl ali it
W Lattlmer, Georgia
E R Burnett, Delaware
A Niles, Delaware
H Rldgluy, Dover. Del
Miss Polk, St r/011iS
Miss Currey, Delaware
:fault Narey, St Louis
J Largeatia, Chester co
J Dull, Harrisburg-
Hon F Watts, Carlisle
GM , ' Hough ion,L Branch
A Gable, Lebanon co, Pa
S Grosbeek, Lebanon CO
I sime Parsons Pittsburg
C T Stringer, Ohio
C.ates,Vaidetta, 0
H Y Stevenson A la, 11l
Caleb Yontz, Cairo, 11l
S Lieberman, St Louis
A Rein ifel ter. Missouri
John Punk, Natehort.
L Bartholomew. Indiana, I
P P Grover, Indiana
SRUallt'p& wf, Ohio
A Cunningham. Perna
Chas Yates, Columbus
It T Bishop, Cincinnati.°
I 1 (3 Davenport. Buffalo
B Davenport, It.fral6
P Taylor, Cincinnati, U
T S Pernon, Dover, Dal
I%N Murray & 'ad
Lieut COI J F Andrew's
The -
Danl. Fragar,Waskington
Il 0 Way, Pt Deposit, hid:
W B Morgan, Maryland '
G C Smith. New York
W Caldwell, Jr, Mass
1-1 A Gould, Boston
McDowellPottenille
I) Madison. New York
J L Rhea, Tennessee
J M Neal, North Carolina
All Ransom, Covington
Aaron Beyer. Tipton, Pa
.1 Dysart, Altoona, 'Pa
Miss Jl W Cleatier. tiel
.1 0 Harris, Lock Ilaren
W It Loos
!EMT!
pl - F Gauger. Milton
C Orarey
'Jacob North & wife,Ohio
Thos Platt ,New ersey
H Minke, Maryland
Sarni Dickey, Oxford, Pa
;ChaE /I Wetzel
Jas Galway, New York
JoLu Henunisey . , N Y
1W II Patten &wife,Thilt
Worth,North Carolina
E Y bills, Baltimore
(1W Beek, rottscille
ll,SconM, UB N
INC Walker,i3oston
11! N Moore. Lowell
A C Penna
T B Allison. Penna
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A Goddard, Wash, D C
J R T Ryan, Trenton,NJ
IV if Lltilillrft. Trenton
P P Marsb, Cando. ttnlo
Lt Geo T Olmsted, IT tr: A
W Brod') ead,llelWßop
S Ma gonagle N.l
IV B Saiitb, Stroudsburg
NV H Small, Baltimore
E, Ross, Potter co, Pa •
J V Cooper, N Carolina
W (=ray, N Carolina
It Thompson & la. Va
Miss Thompson, Virginia
rianntei Itoston
Wm Lukens, Delawarel
W B Lomberson, Del
W W Knight. New York
ti Patterson, M Chunk
Chas V l'eckliam, N Y
A. C Perkins, Brooklyn
The I
_ H J Somers, Zanesville, 0
W Stevens., Ohio
Miss John, Bloomsburg
I 2KKelker; Bloomsburg
.T A Carlisle, Ilebanon,Pa
W FE Barker, Fitts ourg
J M Stapler, Bucks co;Pit
II \V" Burress, Roma
F L Kirkpatrick, Ohio
SDriesbach,Wilkesbarre
C W Driesbach, Wilkes'e
T B Hurst, Harrisburg
F W Blliott,Fannetebortr
Miss A E Elliott Fatilw
Miss M BMW, Fannetts`g
S D Leonard, Ohio
J F Reynolds Coin
JA Smith St Clair
II Lan illg: Bridgeton
er S Schutt A 11-A:Scranton
Coil, Scranton, Pa
J Pollock 'it tvf. St CAM!
I) M Bare, Penna.
'0 Higby. - New - York
Mrs Stoddard, 'I - Slngh:l' trt
Miss S Eraus, iltugitatn'a
Snyder, Oltto
J foals, Franklin. Pa
,T ir l . a s rt
\Pise,Fra~d;lin, Pa
artin, N C
Jaggard, Altoona,l'a
P Hanover. Ohio
H W Graul, Penn a
W Flaccus, Pittsburg
J C Morrison & wt, .Ohio
Muton
B D Cleaver & wf, 1) City
A S Kissell, Davenport
W Yergin, Wooster,Obto
W liirran,Ohio
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Frank IleGran, N aerseY
J Nenalg, Lancaster co
A Snefith, Lancaster co
RR Evans, Steubenville
P Join & wf, 111ooms1Pg
W EP Levy & la. Baltlinrc
W Benny, Allegheny
J O Swan
J A Monroe
The Stitt
D Dunn, Huntingdon
H Bridge wf, (flearaelti
Limit Beynolds Indiana
T It Tatra Lam:lister
P. K Campbell, renna
D James. Baltimore
J M Lutz, Harrisburg
M L Townsend, Penna
Ti Townsend, Penna
Trunk Kerr
J White, 'New
F J McDonald, Trenton
leo., BaWindom
E E Allen, New Jersey
C Cairn, New Jersey
J B Ereidy, Penna.
J J Bucklv, Maryland
A Bever, Tipton, Pa
J H Dysart, Penna
I) H Rotzer, Huntingdon
Mc Kirkbridd, N
it White, Atlantic City
J (-Beason
C Graham, Draryland
H Crisman, Penna
Sarni Kerr
11K Wharton, Penna
W It Zeigler. Perna
N A Lane, Waniington
I) Dean, Tamaqua
W H Stephens. Harrislig
O .3 . Mason,Millersville
-T I I Simon 7.411 - 111intowa
R Martin, Newrille
S Reiner, Lnzerne co
ID Henderson, Clinton co
T Humphrey. Logansport
W Reeser, Wrightsville
mercial.
The Com
G Elder, Lewistown , L B Holloway
31 Bare, Penne Jos R Hoosier, Va
O R Searle, New Jersey Norris 'P Smith, Penna
E R Patterson, Oxford Win Levis. West Chester
N 31 Vance Geo R Hell, Penna
Jas rit,S S Crawson,Ceatre co
N Vanderslice, Pen MI Mrs Stresses', Pottstown.
It T Ogden, Del co, Pa ;.1 Hill, Doylestown
A Angst' :nr NE (insulter. Pa
A Carter,Laocaster e., 111 J .I:tekson, littrytautd .
J S raxson,West CiLeier ACApgur, Penna.
S J Magines B Batne.,Chambersh , g
John Boyd, Chester co A Smith. Chambersburg
E C Lerner. Virginia !Fr Cowglll, Delaware
Gee Reed, Pottsville i 11 B Bo wman,Lancaster
is P,Owen, New Jersey :0 11 Searle, Scranton -
McElroy, renna Slnek. Pennn,
W
C Vanralln,Belletonte: o,lals Chester
H Long, Mount Union :Is 1? Wickersham, Pct,na
J W Long, Mount Union
The Barl
W Brlngle, Kew JereeylSolltb Harper,,Fraoliford
Pinnilre, Tennessee 1,111 North, New J e t:Ay
A W (indium, Wllluing , u'D triad Conrad, Iliteks co
W Clatk, ;Maine E Cordery, Absccom
W S Cone, Maine J N Daugherty, Lebanon
J S Cawley, Trenton Capt El! Daugherty, Pa
N M Nufght, Byberry J C Warford, Doylestown
The lapdison.
G Rowland, New York 13 C Vamlegrift Sala, Pa
G Cronce. New 'York B HOverhlser,
T 11 lliggln, Laurel, DCI W Itodgcea Maryland
H C Pennington, liltJ Swift, Bridgeport
C T Byrons, Did C H& N J
oo
The Bald Eagle.
Jae Ithinmett, Lehigh co ITV H Wethe Mold, Read'g
Jere') Lentz, Unionville II Spayd, Mycrstown
W Mink, Unionville IMrs E Jones, Reading
C H Knerr, Coplay, Pa. IA Calvin, Northampton
41/ Beck, Northampt'n;T C Kernahen, Allentown
:3u ,-) Inv Ira cm , iii CO wL:=ll
BRASS FLUSH RINGS; Box, CHEST, AND
Drawer Handles ; Raney Ring Handles, Screw
Mugs, Serew Eyes, Braes Butte 41141
&c., for stile by TRUMAN & SHAW, NO.
835 (Eight Thirty-five) MARKET Street, below
It
LARGE AND SMALL HAND DINNER AND
Tea Bells, and Spring Bells Calls, for sale at 010
Hardware Store of TRUMAN & SHAW, NO. 835
(Eight Thirty-five) MARKET Street, below Ninth.
WINDOW SIIADES.—NEW AND BEA.UTI-
Fri. styles ut CLARK'S Manufactory, No. 001
CHESTNUT Street (corner of Sixth), Bales-room
second floor. Dealers call, and save money. sel4.4t.
DIARRIMA AND DYSENTERY.—A. sure
remedyfor the worst case of acute or chronic Diar
rhfca and Dygentery is Dr. STRICKLAND'S ANTI
CHOLERA MIXTURE; thousands have been cured
by it; our Government uses it in the hospitals. It
has cured many of our soldiers after all other means
failed; In fact, we have enough proof of the efficacy
Of this valuable preparation of astringents, ab
sorbents, stimulants, and Carminatives, to advise
every one of our readers to get a bottle and have it
in readiness, and to those who suffer try it directly.
Bold by Druggists everywhere. Ask for Dr. Strick
land's Anti-Cholera Mixture. jy3-rawf-but
HAIR DYE!DYE I
BATCHELOR'S HAIR DIE Is the best in the
world. The only true and perfect Dye—harmless,
instantaneous, and reliable; produces a splendid
Black or Natural Brown; remedies the ill effects of
Bad Dyes, and frequently restores the original
color. Bold by all Druggists. The genuine Is signed
W. A. BATCHELOR. 51-BARCLAY Street, New
York. Jag-mwr-ly
HALL'S HAIR 'RENEWER IS THE MOST
perfect preparation for the hair ever offered to the
Witte. It Is a vegetable compound, and ,contains
no injurious ingredients. It will restore gray hair
to its original color—will prevent the hair falling
out—and will promote its growth. It is a splendid
hair dressing—cleansing the scalp, and making the
hair soft, lustrous, and silken. It. P. HALL & CO.,
Nashua, 1f.1f.. Proprietors. scl2-lit
MARTIN'S NEW PATENT.
ALUM ..k.ND DRY PLASTER.
FIRE AND BURGLAR SAFES.
Do not would their contents.
Do not corrode the iron,
Do not lose their fire-proof qaalities.
Are furnished with the best locks.
MARTIN & CO.,
721 CHESTNUT Street, .(Masonle
OW Safes of other makers taken in exchange on
the most liberal terms. sepil..l2t
SOMETHING TO TIE TO.—NO REMEDY Is
more widely known.or generally used than
PLANTATION BITTERS.
" They are not for a day, but for all timo." They
have stood the test of trial. This is because they
do what they are recommended to do. They relieve
pain and cure disease.
For Dyspepsia, Heartburns, Vertigo, rain in the
Side, Headache, Cold Feet, Languor, Dizziness.
and all Diseases v.-lased by a stomach out of repair,
we most confidently recommend the PLANTATION
BITTERS. •
If you are Weak, Low Spirited, Discouraged, and
Sick of Life, worn down by Dyspeptic agonies, or
prostrated by Disease of Long Stanatug, be in
duced to try PLANTAtION BITTERS. -
The result will not disappoint you, and you will
find yourself restored to
sell-it DItALTII, VICOII, AND HArTLNESS.
ITCH. (WRBATON'i3) ITOB.
BALT i t Hrom. (OINTMENT) SALT immix,
Will cure the Itch .131 forty-eight hours. Also cures
Bait Rheum, Ulcers, Chilblains, and all Eruptions
of . the Skin. Price, 50 cents. By sending Se cents to
warded tre e
POTTER, BOSTON, Mas Druggists, or
warded tree lot rata For sale by all
mblo-ein
EYE, EAR, AND CATARREI SUCCESSFULLY
treated by J. ISAACS. M. D., Oculist and A.urist,
MD FINE Street. Artl of I ms inserted. No
charge for Oramlnatlon.
fil/r PRICES REDUCED.
Jar WAN AMAKKR & DROWN. •
Popular
Clothing
`House,
SR" OAK HALL. S. E. cur. SIXTH and MARKET
MARRIED.
GRAFF — BELL. — On Thursday, September 14th,
by the Rev. Alfred Coalman, L. 4.1. Ora' tv Wyllie
C. Bell, niece Of the late Mrs. Martha Conner, :if
of this eltv.
SIitiTHIONERS. — On the 9th inst., by Rev. M.
C. Sutphen, at the residence of the bride's father,
Capt. James S. Smith late of Nth Regiment P. V.,
to Miss Annie E. Myers, of Philadelnbla. No
cards,
wAomni:I2I:—:;TODDATtD.--On the Hth inst,
at St. Stephen's Church, by the Rev. Dr. Rudder,
r. William S. Washburn 'to Miss Laura Stmtdatai.
No cards.
DIED.
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the tun instant, at his residence,
in Lower Merlon township, Montgomery county,
Algernon S. Roberts, In I he With year of Its age;
Due notice will he given of the funeral.
ERE ICKSON.—On Thu I'M i:1)% the 14th instant,
Elizabeth Bradley, wife of Michael Errlekson, to
,nib year of her age.
Due notice of the funeral will be given.
TOMl,llsoo.l":,—P.oidenlv. lit Nimlivllic, Wan.,
Sept. 7, 1863, Dr. Th B. Tomli of liatot:
Assistnt Surgenonson, Penna. 78th Penna.
linelis county, Pa.,
Vet. you,
'The relatives and friends of the family are respect
fully Invited to attend his funeral, from the reel
deuce of his parents nn Bristol county. Pa..
,
On Saturday, Sept. Mb, at 1 o'clock P. M., ' wit , iout,
lonia er notice.
rENNELL,--Ort the 13tb. last , Carrie D., thugl4-
ter of Robert D. and Hannah VI I , •
years months and days. • taa•
tohe relative funeralsends titshe. tli-fe
attend the front
rents, N. E. corner olForty-st.venth
ing avenue, at 10 o'ebek A. H., Sev'ttll
letta Inst.
RICHARHS.—On the 12th Inst.,
Geo. K. Richards, and &lighter of thee
GliatiQ l aged 24 years,
The relatives and friends arc reser,t
to attend the funeral Berth:es, at N ,v
Vernon street, on Friday morning, at
previous to the removal of the reu,anu
N. H for Int
ItHINES. erm
—On the n e t.
12th inst. at Ph.,
K., wife or David Reeves, is tine Din ti
The friends of the family are inviteo
funeral, front the residence Of her f. o a
Reeves, 12W Walnut street, at it 0'e1,4:
morning, 15111 Inst. To proceed it Lain,
EiHREN the 32th inst.. at her bot,,:
RordentOwn, Rebecca, second datlyh t , : ..
Z. Shreve, In the 21st year oilier age;
'rite relatives and friends of the omi,
to attend herftineral, on Sixth-de li
inst., at 10 o'clock.
Carriages will meet the sly o'cloci
at /3Y e _
••
HAZLEIIIIIIST.—On the 12th
daughter of Rev. Samuel
sear of her age,
The funeral herviccs will be heid
Laurel 11111.011 Friday, 15111, at le tt .,
FAWORT.T.—Ct the eventlez u h . r . •
Sarah C., daughter of the late Milieu'
Funeral on Friday; the 15th •e't
the residence of her brother, Cliarki `•••
West. Logan Sqnare.
CUMMINS,-On - Monday, the
wife of 1). 11. Cummins.
The relatives and a 0 15 friends
respectfully Invited to attend the ni
residence of her husband, 1121 walaCe".:
Friday, the 11th Instant, at 0 le
o'e,A,
to Laurel 11111.
ROBERTS.—On the morning of t 1 . "
.I,
fruity J., Wire of Wintala W.!thu
„,,,,
daughter of the late Paul Jones. •
Funeral front the residence tinter
Merlon, on Fifth day, the lith lutto,t;
house at 11 o'cloek.
PASCIIALL.—On the 13th In 'it., noml.
in his Slat Fear.
BLACK MOUSSELLNEt4, -
White Polka. Spots. all \yogi and ,
also, with purple dots. RESSON &
Store, .No. 918 CHESTNUT Street.
GOOD BLACK SILKS.III:,
--
80N have rot timi 1,1)0r
Taffetas, Gros Orates, Mourning
SOis ' Annures (41'os
~tore, 91.E1 ' CHESTNUT St reel,
'PYRE & LANDELL ARE 0
-1-IFALL GOODS.
Magnificent Silks and Shawls.
Winceys with Silk (Milo.
Winceys with Cotton Chain.
Richest Printed De Laines.
Lupin , s Merinoes. New Colon.
tiaint Bernard tiquarstslfitivi•i.
111 —- - GREAT
HARTRANFT,
TILE UNION UP
, s Union.
HENRY BULL I.
' FREEDOMS FLAG WAVES IN T
FRIENDLY TO THE PLES'ENT NA
STATE, CITY, AND COUNTY OF
ENEItX SOLDIER
WHO' DAS FOUGHT AND SUFFERED
TRIUMPHED
FOR IBS COUNTRY,
AND
EVERY CIVILIAN
WHO HAS PRAYED, AND LABOUII,
N CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEN
LET ALL CONE WLIO LOVE 93.1. E
LET US bIARE A
• IN FAVOR OF
FREEDOM FOR ALL,
IN FAVOR OF JUSTICE
TO OUR DISCHARGED SOLDIERS.
• IN FAVOR OP
PROTECTION TO AMERICAN UTPIP T '
IN FAVOR OP
SECURING THE FRUITS
OF TIIE
GREAT TRIV3IPII OP OUR ARMS,
ARU AGAINST TRAITORS
AND
THOSE WHO MAKE EXCUSES FOR Tit g)
AGAINST A FALSE DEMOCRACY Fib
MNORED Dzstoon.iTto PRINCIPLE
AGAINST THOSE WHO PROCLADIE
"THE WAR A PAIDTIRE,' ,
AND AGAINST
EVERYTHING THAT HMTP
roarviAL POWER
TO TILE
REBEL LEADERS,
AND MARE A
NEW itERELLION POSSIBLE.
The following distinguished geullenlett IV
dross tile meeting:
His Excellency,
ANDREW Q. MMUS,
Governor of Penttiyiva,
BY order or the
NATIONAL UNION' CITY EXIWUTIVI: C
pfITTEE.
RATIFICATION WET
CAMPBELL,
MeM/CI-)
THE REBELLION UM
City Treamrer,
City Controller,
JOSEPH R. LYNDA:GL.
City Solicitor,
F. CARROLL BREWSTER.
city CoMMIA97lert
JOHN GIVEN.
D l4riet Altoruey,
WM. R. IMIANN
Prothonotary Court COMIIIO/1 Plea
FREDERICK G. WO
TIIE CITIZENS VIMADELN
STATE ADMINISTRATIONS,
WHO VENERATE TUE NE 3 EORY
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
TRUST IN THE INTEGRITY AND 1{
or
ANDREW JOHNSON,
WILL ASSE3IIILE IN
GENERAL
MASS MEETIN
NATIONAL riALL,
MARKET STREET, NEAR THIRTE
ON SATURDAY EVEN
SEPTEMBER 10, 1905,
TO RATIFY THE NOMINATION'S
MADE BY THE LATE CONVENT
OF THE
UNION PAICTY,
TO TAKE MEASURES FOIL MUM
SUCCESS OF TILE WIWI
UNION TICIIE
VOTED "FOR EEL
GRAND DEMONSTRATIO.
Hon. SIMON CAMERON,
Hon. JAMES POLLOCK,
lion. JOHN CESSNA,
lion. HENRY WILSON,
of Massachusetts.
Hon. 11011 MON 31411111CHAE1 , 4
Hon. wILLIAM D. KELLEY,
lion. CHARLES O'NEIL,
ROll. LEONARD MYERS,
lion. R. RUSSELL 'rItAVER.4
Hon. CHARLES Gil
Hon. CHARLES GIBBONS,
WILVIAIII B. 1111ANNt
lion. F. CARROLL BREWSTEII.
lion. HENRY D. MOORE,
Gen. IL A. KILPATRIVi i,
Of New Jersey.
Mg, Gen. JOISIILUA T. OWEN,
Maj. Gen. C. M. T. C 01.1.15.
Gen. 1 . . K. MOREHEAD.
WAYNE MeVEIGH, Eaq•
JOHN G• BUTLEIt ,
SCI4.3t eialrmait ()gm. ( *Town. lito4l°