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BLANKS, kept constantly for male, or printed to
DAlsaim F. 50/MOZDER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OFFICE WITH J. HAGENMAN, PENN ST.,
above Sixth, Beading, Pa. pane 6-3 m
C. A. Leopold,
A TTORNEY AT LAW.—OFFICE IN COURT
A
street, lint door below Sixth, Reading, Pa.
May fa, ISG.S-ly
RICHMOND L. JONES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OFFICE WITH J. OLANCY JONES, ESQ.,
East Penn Square, eolith nide, Reading.
April IS, 1863-3 mo
JESSE G. HAWLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AS RENIOVED HIS OFFICE TO NORTH
1~
Sixth Street, opposite the Keystone Hones, Reading.
April it, ISO—tf
aoalf MAIWZON,
ATTORNEY - AT LAW,
riFFICE WITH A. E. WANNER, NORTH
sixth street. (above the Cana House,) Reading. Pa.
February `-'1,161K3-/y
REMOVAL.
WILLIAM 11. LIVINGOOD, ATTORNEY AT
LAW. has removed his alike to the north tilde of
42..,a fir,t aour below Sixth. Nee 22-tr
Charles Davis,
TTORNEY AT LAW-11AS REMOVED EIS
to the Office lately occupied by the Hon. David
tiordon, deceased, In Sixth street, opposite the Quart
Nail 14
MI
Daniel Ermentront,
TTORNEY AT LAW—OFFICE IN NORTH
Sixth ,tree[, corner of Court allay. 13-ly
David Neff,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS, We. Z 1 at
l'euu street, Reading, Pa. a [Mann 10, 1860.
LIYINCOOD'S
United States Bounty, Back Pay and
Pension 01Ece,
COURT STREET, NEAR SIXTH.
TJAVING BEEN ENGAGED IN COLLECT-
I iing claims ageing the Goverument, I feel confident
mat .11 who have heretofore employed me will cheerfully
promptueoa and fidelity. My charges are
cociclate sad no charge roarlo earn obleincrl.
Wll.l.lAbt H. LIVINOOOD,
oct IF—tf] Attorney at Law, Goan St., Reading, Pa.
DISCHARGED SOLDIERS
lAN NOW OBTAIN THEIR $lOO 'BOUNTY
‘_/ from the U. S. Government, by application to
ABNER R. STAUFFER,
March 7-IQ Collection Office, Court Street, Reading.
ASA M. HART,
(Late Dart £ Mayor')
DEALER IN FOREIGN AND AMERICAN
DRY GOODS, CARHETINGS, &c., Wholesale and Be
all, at Philadelphia priced. Sign of the Golden Bee Hive,
14 East Penn. Square. [april 17-41
P. Bttehong & Sons,
rANUFACTURERS OF BURNING FLUID,
j_ Absolute, Deodorized and Druggists' Alcohol ; also,
'5. 011, which they will sell at the lowest Wholesale
prior's, at Reading, Pa-
ANY- Orders respectfully solicited.
G. M. MILLDEt, M. D.,
Eclectic Physician and Surgeon,
A GRADUATE OF THE ECLECTIC MEDI
cla College Philadelphia, offers him professional ser
a ices to the citizens of Hamburg and vicinity. Painful
f'orgieel eperatione, such as Betting Pia.% aha Dimoaated
iambs, Amputations, Cutting Cancers, Tumors, Ac., will
he performed under the influence of Ether, at the consent
of the patient.
E r ."r Office at his residence in Main street, Hamburg, Pa.
may 9, 1963-4
DR: T. "T - 8RD1111"? iikkOWN,
SURGEON DENTIST.
GRADUATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
Dental College. Teeth extracted by Fran
-4 is eis' lilectro Magnetic process, with Clarke's
improvement. With this method teeth are
rt:acted with much les. pate than the usual way_ Ito
e gra charge. Office in Fifth street, opposite the Presbyte
run Church. [sprit 2-ly
CHARLES LANCASTER,
MEDICAL ELECTRICIAN,
Fourth. Street, above Penn, Reading.
January 24, 1883-if
PENSIONS,
BOUNTIES & BACK PAY_
APPLIDATIONS PROMPTLY ATTENDED
to. Terms moderate and no charge until obtained.
A. G. GREEN, Attorney at Law,
Jae 31-6m03 Office in Court ailed, Reading.
SOLDIERS '
BOUNTH-MONEY, RACE-PAY
AND PENSION MAXIMS
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO BY
A. H. STAUFFER,
Attorney at Law, Oilier in Court Street,
Tan 31.41] BEADING, PA.
F. P. HELL:ER,
WATCHMAKER, J E W ELER
AND DEALER IN
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY,
SPOONS, SPECTACLES, GOLD PENS, &c.,
Aigoor the thettlllsl WATGllttt N0.51J lix Penn
Street, above Sixth, north side, Reading, Pa.
Mir Every article warranted to be what it is sold for
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, dre., repaired with particular
attention, and guaranteed. Ifebt-tf
volt SALE AT THE OLD JAIL, 200 WHITE
Oninite Ttia Rolle of the ueweei
1 1 1)1C SALE AT THE OLD JA IL, 500 GRANITE
Diener Setts of the newest style.
t:1 , 11 It SALE AT THE OLD JAIL, 1000 SETS
Common Teaware.
L 1)11, SA LE AT THE OLD JAIL, THE LARG
r tunarluient et Liverpool Ware ever Ullarail In
Reading.
LeOlt SALE AT THE OLD JAIL, A LARGE
assortment of Pittsburgh, Boston and French Slams.
ware of every descriptiou.
6YI EAI T E OLD JAIL, THE CHOW
-1 eat variety of liar and Hotel 01911. China and Queens.
ware furnitur e ever offered in Reading.
FOR SALE AT THE OLD JAIL , 60 BARRELS
Mackerel at Philadelphia prices.
MIMI& Si WILLIAM RHOADS. Jr.
)1,
BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL,
46rESTABLISUED AS A REFUGE FROM. QUACKERY.
The Only Place Where a Cure Can be
Obtained.
D. JOHNSTON HAS DISCOVERED THE
n„t6,a certain, Soesdy and only Effectual Dowdy ill
the World for all Private Diseases, Weakness of the Itack
or Limbs, Strictures, affections of the Kidneys and Blad
der, Involuntary Discharges, Impotency, Ueueral
Nervonsuum, Dyspepsia, Lauguor, Low Spirits, Conf..
mon, of Ideas, Palpitation of the heart, Timidity, Tremb-
Dug. Dimuess of Sight or Oiddineaa Disease ~f the Head,
Throat, Nose or Shin, Atfectious of the htvor, Loup,
Stomach or Bowels—those Terrible Disorders arising from
the Solitary 'labile of Youth—those await? and solitary
practices more fatal to their victims thou the alum of Syrens
to the Mariners of Ulysfes. blighting their most brilliant
hopes or anticipations, rendering marriage, &c., impossible.
Trauma. =Ere
fispechaly, who Lave Leconte the vicllids of Wilary Vick
that dreadful and destructive habit which annually sweeps
to an untimely grave thousands of Young Men of the most
exalted taiente and brilliant intellect, who might other
wise hove entranced listening Senates, with the thunders
of eloquence or wetted to ecstasy the living tyre, may call
with fell confidence.
Married Persona, or Young Men contemplating mar.
tinge. being aware of pbreical weakness, organic debility,
deformities speedily cured.
He who places himself under the care of Dr. J. may
religiously confide in Lis honor as a gentleman, atidaon
(ideally rely upon bin skill as a phybielan.
ORMANZO M/lain
Immediately Cared and Fell Vigor 'Restored.
This Distressing Affection—which renders Life and Mar
riage impossible—B the penalty paid by the victims of im
proper indulgences. Young persons are too apt to commit
excesses from not being aware of the dreadful cones
quences that may ensue. Now, who that understood the
,abject will plel6ild to deny that the power of prooreo
lion is loot sooner by those falling into Improper habits
than by the prudent? itemides being deprived of the pleas
ure of healthy offspring. the moot serious and destructive
symptoms to both body and mind arise. The system be
comes Deranged, the Physical and Mental Functions
Weakened, Loss of Procreative Power, Nervous Irritobil-
Ity, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart, Inalgeetien, Von .
*Motional Debility, a wasting of the Frame, Cough, Don
emptier, Decay and Death.
Office, No. 7 South Frederick Street.
Lett hand side going from Baltimore street, a few doors
from the corner. Fail not to observe name and number.
Letters must be paid and contain a stamp. no Doctor'.
Diploma hangs in his office.
A. CORE WARRANTED ntr
TWO DAYS.
No Mercury or Nauseous Drugs.
DR. JOUNSTON._.
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, LOndon, Grad.
nate from one of the most eminent Colleges in the United
States, and the greater part of whose life has been spent
in the hospitals of London, Paris, Philadelphia and else•
where, has effected some of the moat astonishing cures
that were ever known; many troubled With ringing in
the head and ears when asleep, great nervousness, being
alarmed at sudden nomads, baelifuin.s, with frognont
blushing, attended sometime with derangement of mind,
were cured Immediately.
Fr -“ 4-1: “.
Dr..l. addresses all those who have injured themselves
by improper indulgence and solitary habits, which ruin
both body and mind, unfitting them for either business,
study, society or marriage.
Torso are some of the sad and melancholy effects pro
duced by early habits of youth, viz: •Weekness of the
Back and Limbs, Pains to the Head, Dimness of Bight,
Loss of Muscular Power, Palpitation of the Heart, Dys
pepsia. Nervous Irritability, Derangement of the Digestive
Fouctions, aeneral leblllty,Sympkome of Conso to ptioh,&d.
Mairrams.—The fearful effects on the mind are much to
be dreaded—Lose of Memory, Confusion of Ideas, Depres
sions of spirits, Evil Forbodiups, Aversion to Society, Self-
Distrust, Love of Solitude, Timidity, &c.,, are some of the
evils produced.
THOUSANDS of 1:41 , 3?Atia of all ages ran 116 w j tidga what
is the cause of their declining health, losing their vigor,
becoming weak, pale, nervous and emaciated, having a
singular appearance about the eyes, cough and symptom.
of cOliknifiplloll.
VOITATII MEN
Who have injured themselves by a certain practice indul
ged in when alone, a habit frequently learned from evil
cougatuiona, or at school, the effects of which are nightly
felt, even whew asleep, and if not cured renders marriage
impossible, and destroys both mind and body, should ap
ply immediately.
What a pity that a yoting wan, the hope of his country.
the darling of hie parents, should be snatched from all
proNpects and eujoymonts of life, by the consequence of
deviating from the path of nature and indulging in a cer
tain .ecret habit. Sorb persons MOST, before coutemplat:
iug
TiffILTLAIILGIL
rodeo tbm it sound natal and body are the moat necessary
regulating to prinnote connubial happiness. indeed, with
out these the junruey through life becomes a weary pil
grimage; the prospect hourly darkens to the view; the
mind becomes shadowed with despair and tilled with the
melancholy redeetion that the happiness of another be
comes b bled with our own.
ZPISEASEI QF ZAZNlVelnolirircz•
When the misguided and _lmprudent votary of pleasure
dada that he has imbibed the seeds of this painful disease,
it too often happen% that an 'ill-timed hence of shame, or
dread of discovery, deters hint (rum applying to those who,
from education and respectability, can alone befriend him,
delaying till the constitutional symptoms of this horrid
disease make their appearance, ouch as ulcerated sore
throat, diseased none, nocturnal pains in the head and
limits, dimness of eight, deafness, nodes on the shili.lionels
and arms, blotches on the head, lace and extremities, pro
gressing with frightful rapidity, till at last the palate of
the mouth or the bones of the nom fall in, and the victim
of this awful disease becomes a horrid object of commis
eration, till sleuth pots a whet to his iirencui entihriugs,
by sending him to "that Undiscovered Country from
whence no traveller returns."
It is a melancholy fact that thousands fall victims to
this terrible disease, owing to the ouskillfeloese of Ignor
ant pretenders, who, by the use of that „Deadly Poison,
Mercury, ruin the conatitutiou and make the residue
life miserable.
SITRAL.NGERS
Trost not your lives, or health, to the care of many Un
learned and worthless Pretenders, destitute of knowledge,
name or character, who copy lit. Johnston's advertise
ments, or style themselves, in the newspapers, regularly
Educated Physicians, incapable of Curing, they keep you
trilling month after month taking their filthy and poison•
tam componnds, or as long as the smallest fee can be ob
tained, and in despair, leave you with ruined health to
sigh over year own galling disappointment.
Dr. Johnston is the only Physician advertising.
Bit credentiala or diplomas always hang in his office.
His remedies or treatment are unknown to all others,
preptired frog a li fe spent in the Feat hospitals of Europe,
the first in the country and a more extensive Private
Practice than any other Physician in the world.
[marelll2
INDORSEMENT OF TES
PRESS.
The many thousands cured at this institution year after
year, and r h o s e reereas important Surgical Operations
performed by Dr. Johnston. witnessed by the reporters of
the "Sun," "Ciipper,"' and many other papers, notices of
which have appeared again and again before the public,
beside. his standing as a gentleman of character and re
sponsibility, is seultieleat guarantee to the afflicted.
Skin Diseases Speedily Cured,
W 2io letters received unitise post-paid and containing
a stamp to be need on the reply. Persons writing sboold
state age, and send portion of advertisement describing
symptoms.
mawrte. jOHNEITON, M. D
Of the Baltimore Look Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
May 2 "..3 —ly
Commercial Broker.
THE UN bERSIGNED HAVING TAKEN
outs License ne a 00/1151BRCIAL BROKER, is pre
pared to negotiate for the purchase and sale of
SEAL ESTATE,
COIN,
STOCKS,
BONDS,
MORTGAGEE,
and other Securities, Goods in unbroken Poskages, Collec
ties of Rents, and any other business of a Commission
Broker or Agent.
/ET Parties haying business to do in hls line are request
ed to give him a call.
JACOB C. SCHIENER,
OFFICE In Conrt. Street, next door above Alderman
Behmner. Ifeb 2S
FRENCH'S HOTEL.
ON Mt EUROPEAN PLAN.
CITY OF NEW YORK.
Single owns 'Fitly Cents per Day.
City Hall Square, corner Frdnkfort St.,
(OPPOSITE CITY HALL.)
itIfEALS AS THEY MAY BE ORDERED IN
111 the opacious refectory. There le a Barber'e Shop sod
Bath Jtoomo attached to the Hotel.
Jau 11-Iy]
NATIONAL HOTEL,
(LATE WHITE EWAN.)
Race Street, above Third, Philadelphia.
rillliS ESTABLISHMENT OFFERS GREAT
iudocements, not only on account of reduced rates of
hoard, but flow Its central location to the avenues of trade,
se well as the cenveuleuctst afforded by the several
Rieman] , Railways MIMI tta past and emtilgtioda to If, by
which gueste coo peva to end from the Hotel, hhould they
be preferred to the regular Omnibus connected with the
House. lam determined to devote my whole attention to
the comfort and con veuieuce of my guests.
Afr Terms, CI :verde/I.
D C. =GRIST, Proprietor,
Formerly from nein Ham, Lebanon. FL
T. V. Mine rm./Mere.
finereb 16-0
FRESH CROCERIEG,
-AT
REDUCED PRICES.
AT THE
Corner of Fifth and Spruce Streets.
Itarch 1 M. KSITSI3 4 SON.
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OF REAL ESTATE.
Byjljit.ru E
as. r 01; 1 8 . UN .
p l)l{,Y , W . RIT a S
1 0 7 Fr. L JTA
Issued out of the Court of C ttttt mon Meter of Reeks county,
and to OtvliirevicA, wili Lo 60141a1t puLlio vetolooor net-eky
On IVednesdny. the 14th day of Slily. A. 1).
1 Sit. et 1 o'clock, P. M., at the public house of Daniel B.
Hoek.; Wernersville, Lower Heidelberg, Barks county, to
wit: All that certain uteesnage, tenement and tract of laud,
situate in Lower Heidelberg township, Berke county,
abounded by lands of J
n oseph Huth, Daniel Fisher, Eli
joh tlatieder and others; containing one hundred and
thirty•six acres, inure or lone. The improvements
thereon erected are a two.elory STONE HOUSE, Swiss
Barn and other outbuildings, Apple Orchard, Spring of
Water, dic., &c.
Also—A curtain tract of laud (being a LlmaStone (Marry
bud two KIWI therm orrcted), oituato lo Lower Heidel
berg township, Berke county, bounded by lauds of Jona-
than Fox, Lerch & Brothers; containing two acres, more
or lees. Sold as the property of JACOB WRIDENBAM
MBR.
On Wednesday, the 15th day of July, A. D.
1861, at 10 o'clock, A M., at the public bone. of Jacob O.
Deyshor, Lobsehavillo, Pike township, Rorke manly, to
wit: A certain messusgo,tenorcent and tract of land, sitnale
In Pike township, Perks county, bounded by lends of
Charles Miller, frauds hieing, John Homnots, late David
EltLobach and others; containing fifty-five acres, more
or less. .The improvements thereon erected are a
two-story STONE NOUSE, Swiss Born, and other
out•bulldiags, Orchard, Spring of Water, ,Ste,, dm, Sold as
the property of PHILIP lIHRTZOU.
On Wednesday, the 15th day of July, A. D.
1868, at 1 o'clock, P. M., at the public house of Simon B.
Clouser, in Earl township, Perks county, to-wit : A certain
tract of Bill Land, (being chestnut sprouts) situate in Earl
township. Barks county, bounded by lands of Charles
Cleaver, Isaac Bailsman, and Warns, and others;
containing above ten acre, be the name more or less. Sold
as the property of H. F. rOHlc.
On Thursday, the 16th day of July, A. D.
sss, at 1 o'clock, P. M., at the pablic Loose of Henry
Barnhart, Pricetown, iturcombmanor township, Rerko
county, to wit A certain Meosuage, Tenement and Tract
of Land, situate in Ruscombmonot township, Berke county,
bounded by Linde of Samuel itiumiller, Molly Henry,
Adam W. Kauffman, John Dunkin and Abraham Grdeff ;
containing about twenty acres, more or less; it being
arable land whit the exception of about two scree of
sprouts. Sold as the property of SOLOMON MILLER.
On Friday, the 1 7th day of July, A. 1). 180,
etl o'ciocic, V. M., at the public house of Peter Orange, In
Kutztown, Berke county, to wit: All that certain three
artery BRICK HODS& and two-story back building at
tached, and Store Honig and lot or piece of ground,
situate in the borough of Kutztown, Berke county,
bounded on the Enet by property of Charlee Gettr, on the
West by property of Charles Bieber, on the North by Frost
street, and on the South by a twenty feet alley; containing
In front on Front street, sixty feet, and In depth one hun
dred and sixty feet, more or lees. The above property
will be sold in the whole or separate pieces. Sold RR the
property of CHARLES HELFRICH and FRANCIS
FISHER.
At the mine time and place; Ali those certain
Messuages, Plantation, and two contiguous tracts of land,
situate in Maxatawny township, Barks county, one of
them bounded and described as follows: beginning at a
corner post in a line of land late of Joel Henry Sassaman
Hatist, (now George Smith) thence by lands of the said
George Smith. anti tract of laud hereinafter described,
South eighty degrees, Went forty four perches to a post,
and North tea degrees, West sixty-seven perches tea post,
thence by lands late of Joseph Siegfried, (now of devisees
of Peter Hahn, deceased. and John Siegfried) South eighty
degrees, Went eighty-one perches to a post, thence by lands
late of Anthony Fisher. (now Samuel Barnhart, devisees
of Peter Helm deceased. and Jacob or Daniel Leibensber
ger) Send. ten degrees, Fastens hundred and duly perches
to a white oak, thence by lands now of Daniel or stephen
Leibensberger, Solomon Kuhns, Solomon Bortz, and Charles
Herniae. North eighty degrees, East one hundred and
twenty-five perches to a hickory, thence by lands late of
Nicholas Germany, (now Charles Hermann) North ten
degYAF4,Weak ninety noes perches to the place orbs:ginning !
containing one hundred acres and eighty-seven perches.
The other of them hounded and described as follows, to
wit: beginning at a stone corner in aline of the above de
scribed tract of land, thence by the same, South eighty
degrees, West nine perches and two-tentbs to a stone, and
North len degrees, West sixty-seven perches to a stone,
thence by tarot latent Jest Henry QPll,MiZtlitti %snot, (noW
George Smith) North forty-three degrees, Boot toe perches
and live-tenths to a black nak. South fifty-five degrees,
Beet ten perches and six-ten. hs to a black oak, South
eighteen degrees, Seel twenty-six perches to a black oak,
South thirty-six degrees, West ton perches and seven-tenths
to a stone, and South fifteen degrees, Enid twenty-nine
perches and three-riderless to the place of beg inningt con
taining four acres and thirteen perches, be they either of
them, more or lese. Being the same premiere which
Philip Genii and wife, by Deed. dated February 9, ISM
and recorded in the Recorder's office, of Berke county, is
bead Book A, Voinmeli, Page 50, granted and conveyed
to the said Pater Hen% or hale yeArs written He") le fee:
and of which the said Peter Henn Subsequently died seized.
The improvements consist of a two-awry STONE and
Frame DIVELLIPIO 110U?S, two-story Log Dwelling
House, large Stone Swiss Barn, two-story Frame
Wagon Shed and Corn Crib, Log Stable, IneeketnilL
Lop, two-story Frame Tenant Houeened Stable, and
other ont buildings. The land is in the highest state of cul
tivation, and conveniently divided into fields. Al, ,, ut eight
acres to woodland and six acres meadow land. There is
a never-failing Sping of Water, valuable ',Doak:tone
Quarry, and a tine thriring Apple Orchard upon the promi
see. Sold as the property of DANIEL KOHLRR, Admin
istrator de bmal.s, non cum lestamento annex., of PETER
HERS; late of Maxatawny township, Berke county, de
ceased.
On Saturday, the 18th day of July, A. D.
ISaii, at I o'clock, P. M., at the Keyetone Hotel, in the city
of Reading, Berke county, to wit: A certain two.story
BRICK HOtreE, with mummer kitchen attached, and a
Slotand a half-rtory Prams Nonce (in the alley) and
or piece of ground, situate is the village Of heee•
port, Ontelannee township, Burks County, bounded
by property of John Clanger, a public road, a public alley,
and the Centre turnpike road ; containing in front, on said
turnpike road, twenty-two and a half feet, and in depth,
two hand red and twenty feet, more or 'ors.
AlnO—A ofirmin two-story MUCK TIOUSB and Promo
Kitchen attached, and lot or piece of ground, garotte on
athe West aide of Zieller'a court, north of Walnut, and
between MI and Sib street, in the city of Reading.
Berke county, bounded on the North by property of
Jacob S. Livinguod, on the West by Seventh street, on
the South by other property of David Boyer, on the East
by Zieber's court; containing in front about fifteen font,
end is depth sixty feet, more or leen.
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Also—A certain twoodory BRICK "toms and Frame
Kitchen and lot or piece of ground, situate on the
Weal side of Zieber'e court, North of Walnut, and between
is27th and Sth street, in the city of Beading, Berks
county, bonuded on the North by other property of
David Boyer, on the West by 7th greet, on the booth
by Win. Auchenbach, and on the East by 'Lieber's court;
containing , lb heist shots! Afters, feet, and Is depth sixty
feet, inure or lees. Bold as the property of DAVID
BUYER.
At the same time and place : All that certain
two and three-quarter story brick DWELLING ROUSE
and lot or piece of ground situate in the city of Reading,
andcounty, on the Seat aide of North Eighth otreet,
and numbered in a general plan or plot of lots, laid
out by John Green and Abraham Kerper, No. 6,
bounded on the West by Eighth street, on the North by lot
No. 7, In said plan, now or late of John Green and Abra-
ham Kerner, and on the South by a sixty feet street, not
yet opened or laid alit, but intended en to be done; eon.
taming twenty feet lu front on mid Eighth aired, and win
ning Eliot one hundred and twenty feet, more or lean.
Sold as the property of FRANCLI ARMSTRONG.
At the came time and place: A certain two
story ERICK HOUSE with one and a quarter-story brick
kitchen attached, and lot or piece of ground, situate on the
South-East corner of Sixth and Elm street, in the city of
alteading, Berke county, adjoining on the eolith by
property of late Samuel it Liebmann, on the East by
an alley, on the North by Elm attest, and on the
West by Earth Sixth street; containing in front on Sixth
street, fifteen feet, and In depth one hundred and ten feet,
more or lane, Bohlen the property of WILLIAMSEUBERT
and MART SHUBERT, his wife.
At the same time and place: All that certain
Lot of Ground or piece of land, (With BRICK BUILDING
thereon erected) situate on the South East corner of Chest
nut and Fifth street, in the city of Reading, and county
ttforouttiti, bottuda and oleecribta ae Cvll9wr, It wit;
5 on the North by Chestnut street, on the Bast by an
alley, on the South by property of Henry W. Smith,
and on the Weal by Fifth street; containing in front on
said Fifth street, and in breadth North and South, nineteen
feet and tour inches, and In length or depth, East and
Welt. one hundred and ten feet, more or lees. Sold as the
property of PETER KEIFER, with notice to terre•tenanl
At the same time and place All that certain
HONBE and building lot of ground, No. 39, in a plan of
subdivision, laid oat by Philip Zleber, situate on the West
gLide of Cedar alley, North of Walnut street, in the
city of Reading, Bulks county, bounded and described
s follows: on the North by property now or late of
John allociiilor4 nod others, on the South by lok No. 46, 6
Zieber's plan, aforesaid, On the East by Cedar alley, and on
the West by a ten feet alley ; containing in breadth, North
and South, twenty feet, and in length, East and West, one
hundred feet, more or leas, on which 38 erected a two-story
Brick Bowie, &c., ae. Sold as the property of -WARP
11'4 OM
AL the same time and place : A certain three
story BRICK HORSE and brick Kitchen attached, and lot
or piece of ground, situate on the Bast side of North Fifth
astreet, between Washington and Walnut street, in the
city of Reading. Berke county, bounded on the South
by property of Augustus Thompson, on the East by
Mrs. Farr, on the Berth ay there rum cud on the West
by Fifth street; contatniug in front lifteeu feet, and in depth
one hundred and fifteen feet, more or Jess. Sold as the
property of SAMUItiL POUR.
R. FRENCH, Proprietor
At. the same time and place: All that. certain
Let or l'ieco of groand, eittude on the South Went corner of
North Ninth and %Value!. «treat, ht the tit): of Readi ng ,
Mite county, in iho Min of ecuanyhrsam, Lew Lot
marked No. 111, in a plait of 10t11 laid oat by the heirs :if
George Dillon, sr., late of the city of Reading aforeaeld,
Aoceused, hounded and described al:follows, to wit: on the
North by said Walnut street, on the East by maid North
aNinth street, on the South by lot marked In said plan,
N 0.12, and on the West by a ten feet wide alley, eon
taluieg in front on Noah Ninth street, twenty night
feet and seven inches, and in depth along Walnut street,
one hundred and two feet more or less, OR which in erected
a :Mo.:dory FKA MK HOUR, Ac., ,kc. Sold an the property
of MUSES LIILLuN and ELIZA, his Wife, with notice to
terratenaut.
On Tuesday, the 2let day of July, A. I)., 1863,
at 10 nieleillf, A. M, at the Wine home of Merles Want,
(Stony Point) Rockland townnitip, Berke, county, to wtt:
A oertain minnow, tenement and tract of land, situate
in Rockland township. Berke county, bounded by Janda or
Jesse ktinunel, Intim rrintzenhoff. John Nast, and
I SATURDAY MORNING, TULY 1
SHERIFF'S SALES
aothers: containing thirty-five acres, more or less.
The improvements are a two-story (MIST MILL, a
two vlovy STONE MAME, Wend Stulds Barn, Saw
Mill, Apple Orchard, Pomp of Water, Aa. Bola as the
property of ABSALOM BBIOLFIR.
On Tuot troy, the 21st day of July, A. D., 1863,
of 1 o'clock, P. M., at the pnblic house of John Moyer, In
goateed towneLlp, Berke comity, to wit: A certaiu two
nntatory STONE DOUSE audit' Ichito Attached and large
None Ithedding, Dieing a tavern stand) end tract or
piece Of laud, militate in Rockland township, Botts
magy, bounded by lands of David Delcamp, Nicholas
Delorotbel, (loured Ely, Peter Miller, and other.; contain
ing about eight acres, more or less. Sold am the property
nl THOJIAS °EISLER. With notice to John Moyer, terra
tenant.
Soloed and *Allen 1121.0 oS.Ocottoo And to ha Rohl by
AIiRA flAtit H.. K&ENIO, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Reading, June 20, 1SO:1.
alti All persona employed by the said Jacob Weiden
hammer. et. al. and ail other defendants named, or any
or either of them, are hereby required to make known to
the said Sheriff at least five days before the respective
days or sale et the above named property, the kind and
amount of their respective claims for wages, &c., against
the said defendants, as above named.
1.1.—8 y order of said Court, all pulsate interested in
the distribution of the proceeds of sale, are hereby natl.
fled that the dletrlbution of the money arising from the
eats or the real estate aforesaid, will be made by the
Court, on Monday, august 24th, 1863.
Y. S.—On all sales from $25,00 and upwards will be
required to be paid down.
Desirable City Lots For Sale.
'FRE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS AT PRIVATE
Sale at moderate rates,
Five Building Lots on North Ninth street.
Five Building Lots on the West side of Moss alley, East
of Ninth street.
Three B eliding Lote on the west side of North Tenth
street, and Fourteen Building Lots on the out side of Moss
aasy.
The conditions will tie made easy to purchasers, the pro
prietor being willing to leave two-thirde of the purchase
money stand on the premises, if secured by Bond and
Mortgage, and allow payment to be mode in installments
of 10. 20 and 00 Dollars, until the whole debt is paid,
provided that one-third of the purchase money is paid on
delivery of the Deed.
Thin to e rare chance for Laborers and Mechanics to se
cure homes, as the low are in the neighborhood of the Steam
Forge and ludnatrial Works; and en it is understood that
all the Depots of the Junction Railroads will be pat up
near the property.
Plans of the Lots may be seen at my office, or that
of C. Oscar Wagner, Esq., Court street.
Ja>s2l—tf] FRF.DERIOR LAMM.
SALE OF LAND.
1,200,000 .A.CRIM FARM LAND
OP THE .
'ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY
TT IS WELL KNOWN THAT. THIS COM
pany, in the few years since the construction of the
ilroad, has sold a large numher of Farms to settlers,
Who, mostly in a short time, enjoyed a degree of pros
perity, which is sufficient evidence of the quality of the
soil, and the facilities for disposing of its produce. The
numerous villages which have sprung up in this short
time also indicate the abundant resources of the country.
The land is rich PRAIRIE SOIL, often thickly wooded.
Woodland can generally be purchased at short distances
and low prices—sometimes of the Company. The various
kinds of grain are successfully cultivated. Fruit, dimple.
to., grow rapidly, and yield abundantly and of superior
quality. The fruit market is probably the best in the
West. For the raising of Cattle there is no better country
to be found. Considering the infancy of the settlements,
touch has already been done for Schools.
..
Thu Gyinpnay 9tfcrs to settlers great advantages. The
land is sold—Wood or Frairie,—at from $5 to !Via per acre,
according to its distance from the Railroad. At the time
of purchase, only the interest of the purchase money is re
quired. For the 3 first years, like wise only the interest.
At the end of the fourth year and the three following, each
optsquarter of the capital; thee after the expiration of
seven years, the whole amount is paid. Oa cash pay
ments a liberal discount is allowed. Parchment are ex
empt from taxes on the land for seven years.
Ilti" The undersigned hoe been appointed agent, and
having personally examined the land, is able to give exact
iefortuatioa. All couttuanicatteret le be addressed to
301 IN BNDLtCR, Agent,
Euadiug P. 0., Dario county, Pa
Marcb 21-ti
In the Court of Common Pleas of the
County of Perks, of April Term,
1863, No. 22.
A llen Bechtel vs. Mary Jane Taylar, anti - nor evor the age
fourteen years, by her Guardian Mind McKnight ;
tYilttnrn E Taylor a minor over the age of fourteen
years, by MS Gliardioll David Merufghl : and Zachary
fAryl.r, et miner tear (ho aye of fourteen years, by his
OMMUII2I. David McKnight.
Breve rte Ptirlitione l'acienda.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO VIE
above named parties, that by virtue of the above
mentioned Writ of Partition ' an ingnest*will be held and
taken on Monday, the lath day of July, A, D-18113, at
o'clhck, I'. M , of said day, on the premises herein de
scribed. to wit: all that certain threeogory Dwelling
Home. hank building and lot of ground on Which the saws
is erected, situate on the north Bide of Penn street, between
Vifth and Sixth streets, part of lot No. 5, in the plan of the
town of Reading, boundedoand described as follows: Be
ginning at a corner in Penn street, thence by lot of ground
occupied by Levan Mantierback.northward /15 feet, thence
westward 6 foot 2 Inchon. thence northward 115 feet to a
corner on lourt greet, thence by the same "NinftWitid 25 5,
to a corner of the late Dr. John B. Otto's eround, thence
by the Caine as follows: Southward 25 feet, thence east
ward 1 foot 6 inches, thence southward 1113 feet, thence
Past ti feet S inches, and thence southward 102 feet to the
line of Penn street, and by the same eastward 23 feet 2
inches, to the place of beginning.
AlsoeeAll that certain lot of ground With the buildings
thereon erected, situate on the North-West corner of Fourth
and Chestnut streets, in said city, bounded and described
as follows: Beginning at the North-West corner of said
Fourth and Chestnut streets, thence westwardly along said
Chestnut street S 2 feet, thence northwardly parallel with
Fourth street 31 feet, thence eastwardly parallel with said
lthettant street 2.2 Inst. theses southwardly along the line
of said Fourth street 31 feet, with the appurtenances: for
the purpose of making partition or valuation and appraise
rneut of said Real Estate, RS in the said Writ required, at
which live and place said parties may attend If they think
proper. A. It. SCENIC, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Beading, May 30, 1063-71
NEW GOODS!
JUST OPENED, AT THE STORE OF THE
subscriber, a general assortment of
G am' 'C
MOURNING SILKS,
BLACK TAFATTE, for Ladles' Circulars cod Coats.
FIGURED BROWN SILKS,
DESIRABLE STYLES MOZABIQUES,
FRENCH MERINO FOR SHAWLS,
DOUBLE FOLD MERINO Do.
CIIALLIES—DELAINS,
LAWNS—FRENCH GINGHAMS,
cALIMS—DWOINSI
COTTONADES AND JEANS,
MERINO, CASSIMERE NANKINETTS,
BLEACHED AND BROWN MUSLINS,
PAPER AND CAMBRIC MUSLINS,
FRENCH CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES,
HICKORY STRIPES AND CHECKS,
COLORED AND BLEACHED FLANNEL,
IRISH LINEN AND MARSEILLAISB,
FARMERS' DRILLINGS AND CORDS,
PATENT THREAD, sruor. COTTON,
HOSIERY, GLOVES, HANDKERCHIEFS,
SHAWLS, COATS, CIRCULARS,
BALMORALS.AND HOOP SKIRTS,
PARASOLS AND SUN SHADES,
UMBRELLAS, U., &c.
All of Whieh Will be cold at ratutaaabla peleaa—hallay
lug that a nimble 9 IXPENGS will go farther than A BLOM
muumuu. Call and see, and get the value of goods for
the worth of your money.
DAVID NEXT,
June 20, 2r, PENN STREET, READING
REMOVAL.
HENRY CROUSE,
]lns REMOVED DIE
Wholesale Fancy Dry GOOds and
Notion Store,
TO No. 16, WEST PENN SQUARE, READING, PA.,
DJOINING JOHN S. PEARSON &
Where he offers to the trade hod retell customers, the
largest and most desirable tusiortmeut or (Moth in his line
ever brought to this city. Ills stock C0111318[6 iu part of
Hosiery and ()levee, Handkerchiefs, Talton(' Trimmings,
Perfumery and Fancy Soaps; Jewelry, Combs, Pins,
Needles, Thread, Sewing Silks, be., Shoe Findings, Drugs,
Stationery, Cutlery, and a great variety of Miscellaneous
Articles and Notions too numerous to mention.
. .
Conutry Marobauta, Pedlua,, Mittman and others
supplied by wholesale at the lowest city prices for Cub.
May 2,1663.
NOTICE.
A LL PARENTS AND OIJARDIANS ARE
13 earnestly requested to keep the children Under their
control horn play; us or Walking epees llte Railroad Tracks,
In and near thin city. do Locomotives and Care are con
stoutly in inetiou thereon, neglect et this precaution will
certainly result in serions and perhaps rand accidents.
Jane ti—dm) A. NICOLLS, lleueral Superintendent,
SUPERFLUOUS HAIR
INSTANTANEOUSLY AND PERMANENTLY
„ wouti o w i t h ou t injury to the skin, by the use of D.
11. CLINTON'S newly discovered process. Address, en
closing fire coots in postage stamps Or currency, D. H.
LINTON, 23North Third street.. Philadelphia. [Jane 20
A moNTE , I—We want Agents at $OO a
VV month, expenses paid, to sell our Euerktating
Orirnial Burners, and thirteen Ober new, useful
and Curious articles. Fifteen elreolarssentfree. Address,
gay St-aPI3 . 1114 AW h oLARK, Biddeford, Maine.
, 1863.
floolvg.
[A Our WITH A Peso.—The popnlar song of them time.
is " Wheat this Cruel War is Over." It Is the greatest mu
sical succesa ever known In this country. Within the space
Of a few months, MAIO copies of it have beau sold, and
the demand is Increasing instead of falling off. The pub
holism and owners of the copyright have a music store in
Brooklyn, and have hitherto done a limited local business.
lint they have, through the agency of this one shnple ballad,
become known throughout the trade and can commend
every catalogue to the country. The song is a fortune to
them. The beet work by the most famous composer of the
world would not be one-tenth part as profitable. The
music and the words of the ballad are not remarkable for
booty 9r crigionlity, iu4 Ho upoludy calchee 4he pepulsr
ear and the words touch the popular heart]
When this Cruel War is
Oyer.
Dearest love, do you remember
When we last did meet,
How you told me that you loved me,
Kneeling at my feet ?
OL I how proud yen stood before me, •
In your colt of bloc,
When you varied to ma and country,
Ever to be true.
Cuoaoe—Weeptng, sad and lonely,
Hopes and fears how vain,
Yet praying—
When this creel war to over,
Praying 1 that we meet again.
When the summer breeze is sighing,
Mournfully along
Or when autumn leaves are falling,
Sadly breathes the mug;
Oft in dreams I see thee lying
On the battle plain,
Lonely, wounded, even dying;
Calling, but in vain.
Qmmos—Weeplpg, sad, dm.
If amid the din of battle,
Nobly you should fall,
Far away from those who love you,
None to bear your call,
Who would whisper words of comfort,
Who would sOothe your pain?
Ab I the many cruel fancies,
Ever in my brain.
Quante—Weeping, sad, &c.
Bat our country calledyou, darling,
Angels cheer your way,
While our nation's sons are fighting,
We can only pray.
Nobly strike for Hod and Liberty,
Let all nations see
How we love our starry banner,
Emblem of the free.
Cnontts—Weeping, sad, Sm.
fatificaf.
GEORGE W. WOODWARD.
"Constitutional Upion . and Liberl.y Ac-
cording to American Law."
The Convention which nominated the lion.
Gao. W. ‘VOODWARD as the Democratic candidate
for Governor will he gratefully remembered for
years to come. ,His life, character, great abili
ties, statesmanship and public services arc such
as to command the respect of all parties. The
qualities of his head are only equalled,' if not
eclipsed, by those of his heart. Although a man
of self-reliance and iron will (essential ingredi
ents in the composition of a leading mind) his
pretensions never exceeded his real merits. Ile
has never sought security from censure by pru
dent silence or time-serving neutrality. We have
placed his name at the bead of our paper, together
with a sentiment uttered by him in a speech de
livered on the 13th of December, 1860, in Inde
pendence Square, Philadelphia, when our politi
cal troubles were about to begin. Although
Judge of the Supreme Cougt he went before the
people to plead for the preservation of a Union,
which bad been consummated by the blood of
heroes and the wisdom of sages. Had men of
his principles been in office, or had his advice
been taken, we would not now be surrounded by
our present unfortunate difficulties.
George W. Woodward is about 54 years of age
and is a native of Wayne, one of the Counties of
the old Tenth Legion. His parents, though
highly respectable, bad not, had the means of giv
ing him anything more than a good education.
When he became of age and was about to be ad
mitted to the bar, he removed to Luzerne County.
Being honest and industrious, sagacious and pa
tient, he soon rose to eminence at a bar where
each men itt.GArridit Mallory, Judge Uoilyrigham
and lawyers of that stamp resided. He soon ac
quired an extensive practice in the counties of
Luzerne, Wayne, Pike and Susquehanna.
In 1.836 he was elected as the Democratic
Senatorial Delegate from the Counties of Lu—
zerne, Monroe and Pike, to the Constitutional
Convention ivhich made our present State Con
stitution, and although one of the youngest men
in the Convention, so great was his ability that
he at once took rank with such men as John
Sergeant, Walter Forward, J. C. Diddle, James
M. Porter and Charles J. Ingersoll.
In 1841 Gov. Porter appointed him to the
Common Pleas bench, in the District composed of
the Counties of Huntingdon, Centre, Clearfield
and one or two others.
In 1845 the friends of the then patriotic Gov
ernor Shank, nominated him as the Democratic
candidate for United States Senator, to supply
the place made vacant by the rep.ignation of
James Buchanan, who had just been appointed
Secretary of State by President Polk, but his
election was defeated by Gen. Cameron seducing
four or five pretended Democrats who united
with the entire body of the opposition and elected
Cameron.
In 1840 President Jamee K. Polk nominated
him a Judge of the Supreme Court of the United
States to fill the place made vacant by the death
of Judge Baldwin but Cameron being in the
Senate procured his rejection, in opposition to
the votes of the groat body of the Democrats in
that body.
In 1852, Gov. Bigler appointed him to the Su
preme bench of Pennsylvania, to fill a vacancy
made by the death of Judge Coulter,.and in the
same or the next year he was nominated and
elected by the Democratic party of the State to
the same place for the Constitutional term of fif
teen years, so that he has about four years to
serve, and in December next would have been
the Chief Justice of the State.
When first called upon and urged to accept a
nomination for Governor, he declined, on the
ground that. be preferred to be the Chief Justice
of the State for four years, which was in the line
of his profession, but after much solicitation he
consented, for the reason that in the present.
abnormal condition of public affairs the people
had a right. to demand the services of any person
they thought could best serve them. Hie nomi
nation was the result and his election is certain,
[VOL. XXIV. - NO. 12,-WHOLE NO. 1976.
if he lives, by at least from 30 to 50,000 majority.
The nomination of a man like Woodwarl Deems
like going back to the purer and better days of
the republic. Ile was the intimate associate and
friend of great men and patriots like James K.
Polk and Francis R. Shunk. The one thought
him fit to be a United States Senator and the
other thought him fit to be a Judge of the Su—
preme Court of the United States, seventeen
years ago.
This Country ant Government have three one
miee—buncombe, one•ideaism and corruption.
They have nearly if not quite disrupted the
Federal Government, and thplast named if not
arrested will yet destroy the State overnmente,
for no free government can stand corruption.
We all know the progress it has made during the
last few years. if not arrested now, it never can
be, for it will become the rule instead of the ex
ception. The fearlessness of Judge Woodward
in the discharge of duty eminently qualifies him
to arrest this great evil. No person would think
of approaching a man of his noble appearance,
dignified bearing and positive character with an
unclean proposition. He is too honest to be pur
chased, too firm to be bullied and too watchful to
be surprised. With him at the head of the gov
ernment at Harrisburg the lobbygang will be
broken up and cleaned out.
The peculiar manner of his nomination will.
enable him to act independently and for the
public good. He has not had a large number of
partizans about him for a number of years, urg
ing and working for his nomination, to whom he
would feel under personal obligations. Such a
large number of men cannet all have ToffitWit
and three-fourths go away feeling the sting of in
gratitude, and forthwith begin to pull down an
administration without regard to its merits, and
one man acting from feelings of revenge IS more
effective than a dozen acting from motives of
gratitude.
It may be said that we will lose his services
upon the Supreme Bench. That is true, but he
can appoint his own successor, and we will have
him in a much more important and responsible
position, where he may yet be called upon to save
the civil liberties and property of the people of
this great State. Thank God, the machinery of
government, (the primary object of which is to
give protection to persons and property,) is per
fect within the States. We have in Pennsylvania
a Legislature, a Governor, a Judiciary and a
Militia system, with a population of near 3,000,-
000. Our State borders on the Northern lakes,
upon the Western waters, navigable to the gulf,
and has access to the ocean by the Delaware
through the Port of Philadelphia; and we have
a monopoly of the iron and coal trade, which
will enable us to command trade upon proper
terms with all our sister States, provided we have
a statesman like Judge Woodward at the bead of
affairs, who will administer the Government not
upon the abstract dogmas of fanaticism, nor yet
upon little offices, but upon great, wise and bene
ficent principles.
It may be said that he ought to resign and
°•stump the State." We do not think so. We
have always thought that it lessened the dignity
of the office and self-respect of the candidate, be
cause it looks like personally soliciting votes.
No one will doubt Judge Woodward's ability to
do it It is not necessary, because he has an
established reputation for 0011, sound princi
ples and statesmanship, and is personally known
to more people in this State than any other man
in it, People leek iv' the Press for correct infor
mation respecting men and measures. As a
general thing partisans alone attend political
meetings, and but few cau•hehr the speaker.
And but few men have physical ability to speak
in the open air in every part of this great State,
and if the Candidate does hold out, and is elected,
his health and strength would be so much im
paired as to prevent him from entering upon a
calm and vigorous discharge of the duties of the
office. The stern logio of events will bring all
Democrats to the polls this fail much better than
the logic of stump speakers, however perfect.
There is a Forge class of quiet, conservative,
business men, who do not always vole on the
same side, who seldom attend political meetings,
who will turn out this fall and vote for WOOD—
WARP, They have bad enough of Abolition role,
and so has everybody. We venture to predict
that by the first of October the election of Judge
Woodward will be agreed to by pretty much all
conservative and correct thinking men of all
parties. The fanatics, contractors and office
holders will alone hold out against him.—Easlon
Argus.
.Fl.om the New-York Time*.
THE DUTY OF STATE DEFENCE.
One of the newspapers published in Washington,
reflecting accurately, we have no doubt, the sen
timents of the War Department., observes that
the most deplorable fact involved in the present
situation is, certainly,
The apparent utter incompetency of the peo
ple of Pennsylvania to defend themselves, and aid
the cause, even to the poor extent of driving
their horses and cattle North, and concealing
their coveted other goods, before the different lit
tle squads of rebel cavalry pounce on them."
We have not been struck by the alacrity of
Pennsylvania farmers—the class whom we find
thus impugned—in rushing to arms in the de
fence of their homes and their country. On the
contrary, we have noted with surprise the apathy
that seems widely to prevail in some parts of
Pennsylvania in the presence of invasion. But,
whatever citizens of ether States, and civilians
generally, may think of it, we cannot help feel
ing that reproach comes with ill grace from a
source ordinarily inspired by the• War Depart
ment. It does not become Washington, whose
precincts and whose inmates are protected by no
small proportion of the hundred thousand sol
diers that Pennsylvania has sent to the war, to
flout and insult that State because it Is itself in
vaded in the absence of its armed sons and
champions.
If Pennsylvania, or any other State, is expect
ed to defend itself from the public enemy, let the
troops of suck State, now in the military service,
be returned, and doubtless they will be equal to
the duty of protecting their State. Or if Penn
sylvania, or any other State, is expected to send
out the flower of its manhood to protect Wash
ington, and at the same time to defend its own
people from invasion, let such State be timely
warned of its duly and its danger. And then if
it is unprepared when the enemy comes, let the
disgrace be trumpeted throligh all the laud, be
ginning at Washington. But as the matter now
stands, Washington is the last place in the ma
try that should raise the clamor against any
State for failing, unarmed and unprepared, to
defend itself against sudden and formidable
danger. Pennsylvania, with all the loyal States,
has trusted the defence of her Roil to the General
Goverment—has given to that Government her
soldiers, her moral support and her money. in
return, Pennsylvania has been promised peace,
security and early victory over the rebellion—
the "backbone" of which has been Sfty.times
" broken," according to the Washington au
thorities, and its utter demise soon Lo be cele
brated by it feu de joie in the captured City of
Richmond' Was Pennsylvania wrong for be
theee siren beleit from iltailquaratti--
repeated so recently from the field of Chancel
lorsville, promising an early resumption of offen
sive movements against the shattered remains of
Lee's army ? Pennsylvania has had from Wash
ington no warning of danger, but has been lulled
by official war-bulletins into a false security.
The enemy has leaped into their midst as a wolf
into a sheep-fold ; and the frightened, unarmed,
unorganized farmers naturally flee in terror.
They seek first their own safety, and that of
their wives and little ones. The Washington
newspaper thinks it a clear case of poltroonery,
and that, neglecting their families, and leaving
them to the mercy of rebels, they would be more
creditably employed in hiding their treasures,
burning their barns, and running off their
horses and cattle to places of safety Possibly
frightened wives and children think and feel
otherwise.
To sum up the matter, we declare that while
the country at largo may criticise the people of
Pennsylvania for any lack of judgment or ardor
manifested on the present trying occasion, it
becomes Washington to " put its hand on its
mouth and its mouth in the dust," While
Washington monopolizes the military power and
resources of the States, it has no right to cast
upon the States the duty of self-defence. If
Washington is prepared to admit that it is un
equal to the work of defending the States, then
we doubt not Pennsylvania will address herself
with an entirely different spirit and greatly dif
ferent results, to the expulsion of invading ar—
mies. At all events, Washington is a glass house
and its newspapers should not throw stones.
The Awful Condition of the Country
—Who Are Responsible ?
Three years ago this country was the envy of
the world. Thirty millions of people were living
happily together under the freest government
upon the face of the earth. The poor anti the
oppressed of all nations found a refuge upon our
shores. Our flag was known and respected in
every land and on every sea. Our commerce
bore to distant climes the products of our soil
and of our manufactures, and brought us in ex
change all the comforts and luxuries we could
desire. To be an American citizen was so great
an honor that even the aristocrats of Europe
showed us especial favors, and treated our re
presentatives with distinguished consideration.
Wo had just sent France her Emperor and Italy
her Liberator, after having received and pro
tected those illustrious exiles. The future King
of England had visited us to see for himself the
supreme greatness and happiness of a free peo
ple under a government of their own choice.
Peace, contentment and prosperity at home—
admiration, envy and honor abroad—in these
words is pictured the condition of the United
States throe years ago.
To-day (meek* the country is in rebellion
against the Government. Three hundred thous
and American soldiers are arrayed against each
other around the national capital. The loyal
armies are destroyidk public and private proper
ty at the Smith, and the rebel armies an in
vading and devastating the North. The flames
of burning towns and villages are answered by
the red glare of burning ships. Our commerce
is almost totally destroyed, and what is left of it
has abandoned our flag and sought safety be
neath the British ensign. Rebel pirates infest
the seas, ravage our coasts and dare to enter our
harbors. Fifty millions of dollars worth of
property was destroyed or captured in Maryland
and Pennsylvania last week, and mit...losses else•
where are double that sum. Thousands of breth
ren who lived in amity and peace three years
ago have since been slain by fratricidal bands,
and now sleep beneath the sod. The national
currency has depreciated until gold is at an
enormous premium The necessaries of life
command extravagant prices. Our manufactures
have ceased almost entirely in some sections of
the country, and in others are kept in feverish
activity only by the demands of • the war. In
one of our largest cities business is suspended
that the citizens may arm to meet the rebels.
Peculation, embezzlement and corruption are
rioting in official circles. A few hundreds of
men without souls are becoming amazingly rich,
while the masses of the people suffer. Our
statesmen have degenerated into scheming,
thieging politicians. The national debt, already
large, is daily and hourly increased by war ex
penditures, and knavish hands are diligently
engaged in robbing the Treasury in a thousand
ways. Such is the awful condition of the re
public. Who are responsible ?
Thirty years ago a few fanatics began the
agitation about the negro.. It is now a matter of
history that, if this agitation had not occurred,
slavery would have died a natural death in moat
of the Southern States, as it did in New York,
New Jersey and elsewhere. These fanatics came
originally from New England. It was believed
in olden times that Boston and its vicinity was
under the curse of Qod for its Puritantical per
secution. With this curse the New England
fanatics have infected the nation. After prepa
ring the way by tracts, lectures and sermons, the
Abolition faction dragged the negro into polities.
The Southern slavaholders resented this attempt
to deprive them of their property. The extrem
ists of both sections joined hands in the infamous
work of dividing and destroying the country.
Through its successive stages, like some foul die
ease, this abolition conspiracy against the Union
can be traced by the impartial historian. All
sorts of remedies were attempted; but all failed,
because they were merely temporary, and did
net aim at the extermination of the disorder.
The great men of the nation passed away, utter
ing fearful warnings of impending danger. At
last the crisis came. A set of unscrupulous
politicians gave the. Abolitionists the opportuni
ty they desired, and a sectional party seized the
reins of government. Goaded to madness by the
inflammatory appeals of Southern fire-eaters, one
slave State after another left the Union. The
Abolitionists encouraged and applauded this
movement, and trampled under foot all proposals
for re-union. Awed by the patriotic outbursts
of her people when Sumter was attacked, the
fanatics at first acquiesced in the war for the
Union ; but, having control of the Government,
they soon managed to transform the contest into
a war against slavery. Led on by Sumner,
Wade, Wilson, Chandler Greeley, Cheever, Garri
son, Wendell Phillips and other such madmen,
the Abolitionists rejected all means of 00110111a
tion and endeavored to crush out every spark of
Union sentiment at the South. Their threats;
speeches, resolutions and acts of Congress at
last culminated in Emancipation Proclamations.
The Constitution of the United States *as torn
to tatters: The South was united and the North
divided. Our best Generals wore removed be
cantle they would not subscribe to the Abolition
creed. Victory then left our banners and perch
ed upon the rebel standard. The war is no long
er a war to subdue the seocasioubta or to anal-
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