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joint G'gJ ARY.
SUPREME JUDGE,
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COUNTY TICKET.
ASSOCIATE nricis DISTR/C2 COURT, 1
JOHN M. RRE.PATRICK.
ASErsitha LAW JUDGE, COMMON PLEAS,
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ALEXANDER MILLAR,
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JAMES TAYLOR,
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.• JOS. F. tkENNISTON.
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ABDI EL MCCLURS.
WE Plusrr on the inside pages of
this morning's GAzETTE—Second page:
- Very Original Poetry; Eplyneris, Miscel
laneous. Third and Sitth pages: Com
r •
mereial, Financial, _Mercantile and River
Nabs, Markets, Imports. Seventh page:
Genera/ Miscellany of Interesting Reftdtng
Hatter.
FETnotztrat at Antwerp, 49if.
V. .8: BONDS at Frankfort, so;
GOLD closed in New York yesterday
at 137. -
- fg ITALY is said to be so poor that she
cannot afford the luxury of even think
ing of war.
Tnic keeper'of a fashionable gambling
house in Cleveland has been conviatxd
and sentenced to six monde' loiprison
1-tent-and a fine of $5OO. -
THE new Virginia. Senate has four col
,
ored 'members, all chosen by the radicals.
Of the fourteen colored members of the
House, three were elected by the Conser
vatives..three colored Congressmen
are all Riulicsls. •
THE Central Board of Education
offer a site - for the Soldiers' Monument .on
tht High School lot, corner of Fulton
street and Bedford avenue. It possesses
thernerit of beirtg high enough to render
ihe monument conspicuous.
- . i
VIN92THATI ULETELAND h ave n
augurated a crusade against gambling
institution& It seems our authorities are
too busily \engaged the paying de
partmente. o f their cedes to devote much
attention. to little \ outside businesses.
Paimansmnue env contains eight
thousand places Where intoxicating
drinks are sold, from _which the license
fund derived averages less than twenty
dollars each house. There Is something
wrong in the execution of \ the law lin
that quarter. ' .
Tint electioneering -intrigue to \ bring
out Secretaty Bciiirasta. as a Candidate
for the Presideney turns out a miserable
failure. ds we expected, event /have
revealed that its design was simply to
embroil himmith the President and so
get him out of a department which he is
not administering in the interests,of out
side rings. While we ere about' it, we
invite the:Becretarv's attention to-the fact
that two at least of his sub Ordinate officials
have ,beeripublicly mentioned by name as
being concerned actively in thli intrigue.
Try Penusylvania Democracy make
t,heir. ifoudnations today. Up to a late
hour last evening the contest for the
Governor's place on the ticket seemed to
be between Messrs. CASS and. PACKER,
the friends of each predicting his nomina
tion on the first ball 4 to -day. If, how
ever, the struggle: shOuld be • protract
ed, a coinpromble candidate, probably
Etscocs, will be plowed on the Con
vention. On the other hand, if the count
of noses, last'night or this morning, be
decidedly in ,?favor of either of the
fientlenien first named, the !unitary idea
will be equelslied, bq "his own letter of de
clination, before any ballots are taken.
Tria,aszont of Prof. Parr.orua D,EAN,
of the Pittaburgh Cquiral High School,
was ;ire/e:dui and 'read yisterday at a
=Wing Catttfal Bo tta of Edam
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tion. From it We judge that praiseworthy
and educational institution to be in healthy
and prosperous condition, and in position
to accomplish More good than ever. We
regard the High School as equal to most
of the colleges of the country, and,believe
that during its comparatively brief term
of existence it has furnished our local so..
ciety, business and professional circles
with as bright ornaments and as ripe
scholars and thinkers as any, educational
institution in our midst, and certainly its
graduated scholars will more than favora
bly compare with Pao's(' having received
their education* „in seminaries, colleges
and Universities abroad.
THE Boxier Argus, a Republican jour
nal of iongttanding and of considerable
influence in the politics of its own local'.
ity, has placed the name of Mr. Romig
at the head of its columns for Senator,
but in alluding to the alleged corruption
used to secure that gentleman his nomi
nation, which the pure and patriotic Mr.
QUAY is charked with engineering, takes
Occasion to say:
"The charges made cgainst Mr. Rutan
and b friends are very grave, and,as the
wilco!e nbject appears to be much better
understood in IN ashingtOn county then
here; we shall await the proposed kVA&
tlgation with no little anxiety. If the
accusations are shown to be false and bad
their origin in party opposition or private
malice, we shall, as we plainly indicated
last week, give the Republican ticket
our hearty support," including Mr. Rutan
for the Senate. If, on the other hand,
these charges are not met and their falsi
ty made apparent, we do not now see
how we can do less than insist upon Mr.
Rutan'swithdrawal from the ticket, and
urge the Substitution .of a new candidate
In his - stead. We • shall, therefore, per
mit the subject to rest /until our Wash
ington county friends bring out all the
facts in the case."
Trig Evening Mail, of yesterday—a
journal, by the bye; which we can heart
ily commend to the public support
stated' that the positive withdrawal of
Gen. Hsaccocs would be laid before the
Democratic Convention to-day. As the
Haft is not supposed to be in the Han
cock interest, it is barely possible that its
sanguine correspondent has been misled
on this point. To-day will show. If
Gen. Cass should be the nominee, as the
Mali predicts, we have only to remark
that the Pittsburgh Post - has achieved two
notable things—the first in impressing its
readers and the general public with a
universal conviction that it has attempted
tb sell out its' candidate, and the second
in the conspicuous failure of its flagrant
treachery. We expreSs the universal
opinion, as it has betn uttered on
all sides and in both parties, for the
week past, that our neighbor was not
sincerely favorable to that nomination.
Without insisting upon any certainty as
to its motives, the fact is not
,to be dis
puted that the effect of its course has been
to destroy the public confidence in its
good faith towards its own old candidate.
If a "sell" ,has been tried on and has
failed, the truth of the matter will come
out in due time.
WE . DIRECT THE ATTENTION of those
interested in oil . matters to the very clear
and carefully prepared communication
which elsewhere appears on the subject.
The opinions we have expressed on the
oil producing business have been based
on the presumption that the, statistics
furnished by the Titusville Herald were
as nearly correct as possible; but if the
reports of that recognized organ of the
producers a* dealers are not to be relied
upon as closely approximating the truth,
of course our argument that the petroleum
fields are rapidly becoming exhausted will
be weakened just in proportion as
inaccuracies may appear in our
source ' of information. While we
feel quite confident that the Herald,
like all other journals, is not infallible its
figures, we could not for an instant ,en
tertain the belief that its conductors or re-'
porter purposely nits' led their readers;
but, to the contrary Ewe think if any Im
position-is practiced it is upon them by
the prpducers, whose interests may
, be
subserved by keeping secret the true pro
duction. It is to the latter clase the re
porter must Woe recourse, for all his sta
tistics, and no matter how honest he may
be, they have ,it in their power to mis
lead hm byluidishing inaccurate reports.
We are heartily glad that the subject of
a decline of production in our oil regions
is, exciting' some atiention, as all con-
cerned have been kept in the darkness of
"certainty too long, and it is highly im
port\ant that the true conditionof things
should be knOwn. How best to deter
mine\ the actual production is a subject
now, under the advisement of the Pitts
-burgh Petroleum Association, and some
practiCal movement in that direction and
under the auspices of this powerful busi
ness organization may be anticipated at
an early day. \
\
110 HOPES F OR CUBA. ti
The Caban revolt draws \ steadily to . ii
inevitable finale...the coMpieb3 re•estah-,
lishment of the Spanish authoTity. Its
end would have been already-written, ex
cept for the - temporary encouragement
afforded by American sympatbize7,
whose promises have by no means been,
matched by the performance. Left to
rely only upon themselvea, the insurgent
Cubans must have succumbed months
ago; that they have been able to maintain
any show of hostilities has been due to
the hopes wbich were encouraged by the
syMpathizing. movements here. by the
positive assurances, of some form of
recognition.,
_by our, Government, which .
Were, reported to their friends in
the island by the " Cuban agents
iti this country,land by the open aka' a-
PITTSBUR,GH . ,_944EVE : JULY 14, 1869,
mons, at one time of a daugerously.men
ading type, betweenthe Captain-General,
with his regular troops, and the turbu
lent "volunteers" who sought in their
loyalty a dover for the most violent ex
cesses. But the situation is at length
completely changed. The Spanish au
thority has come into:the hands of a Gen
eral whO knows how to make his power
respected by every man 'tinder his flag,
and whose loyakfldelity and military skill
present in the stroneesttglit, by their
contrast, the deficiencies of his predeces
sor. The effect Of the change is felt in
every part of the civil and military ser
vice of the Island. The American
government has committed itself
vigorously and clearly not only
a faithful neutrality, but against
ny form ,of Inational encourage
ent to the rebellion, in the recognition
of their independence, or even' of their
belligerent rights.. The sympathizing
movement is blucked by the arrest of
such expeditions, as were preparing to
1 \ leave our ports, and even the shipment of
warhke munitions has been stopped. It
is probable that of all
. the insurgent re
cruits who have been mustered on ; Amer-
ican soil, less than a thousand have ac
tually left-our coast and landed upon the
Island: Now, we hear that even these
are beginning to return by detachments,
driven back by a hopeless cause. Most
of these recruits were Cuban .exiles, but
a small fraction of them being of Amer
ican or European birth.
Beyond its legitimate strength at home,
the insuirectlem has no longer any reli
ance, and when it comes to that, it is easy
to foresee its collapse- at an early day.
The colonies of Spain in the New World,
comprising Mexico, Central America,
Peru and Chili, never won their present
independence by Creole brains or valor.
In every instance, that result was due to
the co-operation of the mixed races, and,
still more, of the original native Indians,
who were always found the most effective
l ,
soldiers under the Patrio flags. Even
among the leaders, in the reat struggle
which ended with thrdwing off the Span
ish yoke from every 4narter'of the Con
tinent or Main, not a few of the most
successful were of mild or pure Indian
blood. ,In the colitfnental provinces
this admixture of tid: racet had been
practiced for two
,centUries, so generally.
that, when the revolts broke out against
the Spanish authority, but an insignifi
cantly small proportion of the free pop
ulation were pure Spaniards in blood—a
fact which was also illustrated by the
jealousy with which they
° were regarded
by the mixed races during the progress of
the struggle, and by their uniform exclu
sion, subsequently, from public authority
in the independent States. It was not
the Creoles, or natives of pure Spanish
origin, but the mixed: races and Indians
who secured freedom for Mexico and all
the States into which the old South
American Empire of Spain has been
carved.
Cuba, on the contrary, is all Creole or
African. Two classes comprise its et4ire
population-- the free whites of Spanish
extraction and pure blood, and theblacks,
all slaves, with whom the master race
has never mingled. There is none of that
numerous population, combining the
blood of both races and altogether free; or
of the surviving Indian aborigines, which
applied the real elements of the war for
liberty all over the Continent. The
Creoles of Cuba mast win their own in
dependence or remain subject to 'the
Spanish crown. And the result will
show that the Creole, neither in Cuba
nor elsewhere, loves political liberty so
dearly that he is capable of great sacri
fices to secure it. They dare not Afri
canize the island by giving liberty to the
slaves, who would .speedily exterminate
Creoles and Spaniards alike, and their
hopes of an effective 4.merican interven
tion against the authority of 'the mother
country, are now ruined beyond redemp.
tion. Since they are incapable of making
a stout fight for themselves, it is evident
that the final pacification of Cuba under
Captain General RODAI3, is not far off.
ROSECRANS IN 1803.
The following letter was Written six
years since by the "Abolition Satrap"
whom thepemocracy of Ohio have Just
nominated for Governor. The Copper
head wing, comprl i alna nine-tenths of the
party, didn't like i much then; jt would
have _been strange if tho, did. Thus
wrote Gen. RositOn.atis:
•
"HEADQ'R'S DEPT. OF THE CUMBER
LAND, MURFREESBORO. TENN.,
February 8, 1863„
"To the Honorable the General d.ssembly
of the State bf Ohio:
"The resolution ofthanks passed by
your honorable body . lo the Army of the
Cumberland; its commanding General
and his staff, has been duly received and
On
to the troops of this command.
On behalf of all I return you heartfelt
thanks. •
"This is, indeed, a war for the mainte
nance of the Cobstitutiou and the laws
—nay, for national existence—against
those who have despised our honest
friendship, and driven us to defend our
country• and our homes. ' By foul and
willful misrepresentation of 'our , mo
rives and intentiens, persistently repeat.
ed, they have arrayed against us-our
own fellow citizens, bound to us by the
triple ties of consanguinity, geographical
position end commercial interest.
itet C 4 ruan among us be base enough
fo forget this, or fool enough,to trfast an
oligarchy of traitors to their friends,
to c4rll , liberty,' and human freedom.
Voluntary exiles from home and friends,
for the de fence and safety of all, we long
fJr - the me when gentle, peace shall
again spreatt her wit* over our land;
but we know.no such Messing is possible ,
while• the unjust and arbitrary Power of
rebel leaders confronts and threatents us.
Chatty_ as the fax,\ ernel as the tlgeri they'
atied gno eoerelon.! while preparing to
strike us: - -.*311.". ilk" .they plePeeett to
fight us, bemuse they sell they could
whip ilyete r oits; and nOW, when liriteb
back, they whine out 'nainvasion,' and
promise us, of the West, permission to
'navigate the Mississippi, if we will be
'good boys' and do as they bid us.
"Wherever they have the power, they
drive before them into their ranks the
Southern people, and they would drive
us. Trust them not. Were they able
they would invade and destroy us with
out mercy-. _Absolutely assured of these
things, lam amazed that any one could
think of is peace on any terms. " He who
entertains the sentiment, is fit only to be a
slave: he who utters it, at this time, is more
over. A TRAITOR• TO HIS COUNTRY, WHO
DESERVES THE SCORN AND CONTEMPT 0
ALL HONORABLE MEN.
“When the power of the unscrupulous
rebel leaders is removed, and the people
.are free to consider and act for their own
interests, which are common with ours
under the government. there will be no
great difficulty in fraternisation. Be
tween our tastes and social life there are
fewer differences than between those 'of
the Northern and Southern provinces of
England or Ireland.
"Hoping the time may speedily come
when the power of the perfidious and
cruel tyrants of this rebellion having
been overthrown, a peace may be laid
on the broad foundation of national unity
and equal justice to all, under the Con
stitution and laws.
"I remain, your fellow-citizen.
"W. S. ROSEMAN% Maj. Gen."
The publication of this letter was wel
comed by the Cincinnati Enquirer, which
now supports him as its Democratic can
didate, in the following style :
It is not only a party letter, but one of
extreme bitterness. It is not only bitter,
but vituperative. ,In perusing it we do not
seem to be reading the production of a
General, who, by worthily bearing vast
responsibilities, and fairly achievmg
great successes, has acqulrea dignity and
weight of character,- and a sense of moral
worth, but the production of an insig
nificant and ilNappointed party poli
tician.
The letter does not speak the 'General
—the broad and capacious, the cool and
balanced intellect suited to the com
mander of armies; and time will prob
ably not be long in determining whether
the successes which have fallen to his lot
are due to accident, or to a force of char
acter which fails to manifest itself In his
most disreputable epistle. Enquirer,
_Feb. 12, '63.
, General Rosecrans said, in a publie let
ter to the Governor of Ohio, that "he who
entertains the sentiment in favor of
'peace upon any terms,' is fit' only to be
a slave; and he who utters it at this
time, is, moreover, a traitor, to his coun
try, and deserves the scorn and contempt
of all honorable men."
Now we can easily ithagin terms upon
which we are distinctly and eidedly in
favor of peace. We, therefore, come
within the intent and meaning of Gen.
Rosecrans' definition of a traitor to his
country. * Moreover, we believe that
General Rosecrans had, in-part,*the En
quirer in his thoughts when he penned
the sentences we have quoted. lie is,
therefore, a legitimate subject for treat
ment at our hands. In proportion to the
insult which he has indicted upon us,
we have treated him gently.—Enquirer,
Feb. 27, '63.
THE OIL TRADE—FROM A DISIN.
TEREsTED POINT OF VIEW.
MESSRS. EDITORS: From the articles
which have appeared during the past : few
days in your paper,. throwing out hints that
the great oil product of Pennsylvania
was on the decline, an outsider -like my
self would naburally conclude, without
further study and investigation, that we
are soon to be deprived of this great
source of natural -wealth, and that the
business of producing and refining petro
leum is to be transferred to other fields
than our own.
You appear to have arrived at this con
clusion from reading and believing the
monthly reports of the riNsrille Herald,
and strangely 'as the assertion • may ap
pear to you, it strikes me that you have
read those reports amiss, for my reading of
theme has produced exactly the opposite
opinion viz: that the•oil product Is large
ly on th e inereaas and gives decided prom
ise of holding out to an indefinite period.
The fact that tip old wells ultimately fail
to, give forth oil, after months of exhaust
ive pumping, is no proof, according to all
experience in the business, that other
wells in their immediate vicinity will not
start up as fresh and vigorous as those
just exhausted, because the oil veins run
ning in subterranean belts or crevices of
the rock are generally Independent of each
other, as to sources of taipply,, and whilst
one may give out and become dry as
powder, another may be drilled after
wards within one or two feet of it, but,
striking another vein or crevice entire
4y, may produce oil in large quantity.
' This is frequently the case, and the
same is true of adjacent farms or tracts.
When one falls to yield, the belt is fol
lowed up by further explorations, and oil
is again struck in paying quantities. So,
much for your ideas about the - failure of
supply, based on the exhaustion of old
tracts. Now, for some facts taken.from
the Herald report, of production, etc.,
for the month of June, 1869:
I pad In this report that the average
production per day from January Ist to
June 30th, 1860, in barrels of 43 gallons
each
Was ;
10,174
Same In 1548 ... 9,223
Increase per any. In 1269 over NU 941
Amounting for 181 . days to 170,321 bar
rels, or an Increase in six months of over
10 per neat, in production of petroleum,
Again, according to the circular of W.
P. Logan 4E: Bro., dated Philadelphia,
July'3, 1809, we find as follows:
Total exports from the United' •
S.ates. 1 rom Janus' y Ist to June
31114, 43 124.744ga1.
S..me LAI' 1868 48,278.917 6.
Excess exported In Ude ayes 1808..2075 leresth
Notwithstanding ails great increase in
s shipment this year, our stocks in the oil
regions are larger now than at this time
lad year, whilst it appears to be every
where admitted that the stocks elsewhere
are full as large, if not:larger. I quote
from the herald report again, viz:
Stock July Ist in tank, J6C4O 109,24 G bbl 24
.• •
. • • tatki
Excet , s this year
To this must be added the 30,000 bar
rels deducted by the Herald for un
merchantable oll—andwhich was counted
In the stock , until recently—which would
make the difference in stock July Ist i
1809, over same time in 1808, 88,796
barrels.
So, then, we find that during the first six
months of 1809 we have nearly 1,000
barrels ,per day excess of production over
1808, and notwithstanding the consump
tion here and in. Europe has been much
larger, yet our stoekii are not diminished,
but on the *CQZltra are greatly increased.
Now for 'a few A res, to ascertain the
reliability of the,Wit gu useille Herald's re
porta, which is , some quarters I find a
disposition to question, e o me ablating
that *el ikvor the producers ("their next
friends") who are all known to be Bulls,
and others believing that however good
their intentions may be, it is absolutely
impossible for them to give a perfectly
correct report, since they must depend
finally on the producers themselves for
their figures as to stocks, shipments, etc.
According to the Herald report, we
find: Barrels
,
Total oil-produced January lot to July lct,
1649 —1,840,659
. . _
Add stock on baud January Ist, lbal
total available oil up to date, tobls 2,105,4+44
1
Shipments to all poiuts to July Ist 713,1 a
Total stuck that should be on bands • 391,66 t
Stock reported now on bind - 3011,30
beticit between the two accounts
. Where do you suppose this oil has
gone? Has it evaporated, or leaked, or
have the producers taken to using it in
stead.of tea or coffee, or that Other bever
age so common up there?- Surely the,
Herald said it was produced and not:,
shipped, and it must be there somewhere,
and it "will not down" at their bidding.
Figures like these can't be made to lie,
and allowing some little for loss In hand
ling, the stock in the oil region must be
now somewhere about 875,000 barrels.
Ample, surely, with over 10,000 barrels
coming up out of the ground daily.
The Herald would no doubt try to ac
count for this discrepancy on the ground
of leakage, etc.; but every , one conversant
with the business, tells •me., that there is
almost no.oil at all lost in handling, since
the advent of pipe lines and tank cars,
doing away, almost entirely, with Moats,'•
pond-freshets and barrels.
Again, I have taken some pains to ex-
amine the reports of shipmentsof oil from
the oil regions during the month of June,
and find from the books of the shippers
themselves ? as follows.:
To Cleveland, eic., vis A. & G. W
R. It -
Herald report One It..
A e ifferenee of i • '28,2114 'ibis..
Frum idioute 1 bud* mistake 0f.... 1.2&3
Per Empire Line ' . 3.730
•
Grand total of errors in ship men
by the Herald repuit for June.. 41,317 bbls.,
The Herald has been permitted to mis
-state these • things long enough. They
have several times been warned that
they were being imposed upon, and if
persisted in it would ultimately ruin the
v
f n.
value of their aper. And lam now pre
pared to prod ce the names of the parties
referred to bove, and prove by them
and their o books the truth of the
statement of shipments -of oil for the
month of Jun, , which, added to their es
timate, showsla daily production for that
month of 11,440 barrels,of 43 gallons each;
add to this e error reported above, in
ih
stock, and a ow their deduction of 30,-
000 barrels nmerchantable oil, less this
error in ship i tnents for June,and the daily
production r this month is shown con
clusively to be about 12,000 barrels of 43
gallons each. s____. .
Since the hbove was written 'I have
been shown the following telegram from
one oil the vbry foreinost and most reli
able houses in New York City, showing
that the glaring discrepancies in the Rer
ead's report are being looked into there.
"Call Herolsi's discrepancies' in ship
ments over 40,000 barrels already traced
out, without getting Erie Railroad ship
ments, as they refuse to give them or
allow their receipts to be known - here."
OBSERVER.
THE VIRGINIA ELECTION.
From a very sensible article in the
Philadelphia North American, we, make
the following extracts, in common with
views heretofore expressed by this journal:
The party which has triumphed in Vir
ginia called itself Republican after a fash
ion—that is, it ,was Conservative, but
headed by, moderate Republicans. It was
not Democratic in a party sense, for it had
to accept the reconstruction system entire
and unchanged; to act under it; to inddrse,
accept and make use or nrgro suffrage; to
elect colored men to Office as part of its
bargain, and to agree to the State consti
tution containing all these things, as well
as to ratify the fifteenth amendment to.
the national Constittition, securing the
rights all races irrevocably. Under
such circumstances, it really does not
seem to make any sort of difference what
the successful party was called, for prac
tically it was Republican. '
At the same time we are not blind to
the acute policy-of the old line Democrats
in Virginia, nor to the advantages they
have in view. There was only this one
way open by which they 'could secure
the restoration of their State to Its politi
cal status, and become. themselves re
possessed of the rights they bad forfeited,
and that way, hke sensible men, they
have adopted.. With a large majority in•
the Legislature, and the disfranchise
ment abolished by popular vote, they are
now in a position to act for themielves,
and to resume their interest in national
politics. * *
It was deemed important that the vvhole
rebel element should by vote accept re
construction, negro suffrage, etc., and
that the white people of the S tate should see for themselves the Conservatives
seeking negro votes and afa, in order
that the hue and cry against the Republi
-cans as strictly and exclusively a neg ro
party should be deprived of its force
This has been accomplished, and hence
forth political struggles in Virginia will
be deprived of that excessive' bitterness
that has so long characterized them.
Whatever may be said of Other South
ern States, Virginia is clearly and indis
putably the leader of the South. Although
she did not secede until after the rebel
confederacy. was fully organized, the mo
ment she did secede all yielded the lead to
her at once. The rebel capital was
transferred to Richmond, and there re
mauled. A Virginia general was made
nommander.inchief and retained the post
to the end of the war, and when she sur
rendered no one remained obstinate.
All . gave way at once. ,Now that Vir
ginia accepts reconstruction, negro suf
frage, the fifteenth amendment, and all
the other features of distinctive Republi
canism, it may be considered certain that
the rest of the south will do likewise, for
the same reasons, and that the negro will
thus - take his place permanently , as a po
litical element in the republic. This is so
very Important that we are disposed to
rejolde at it without caring mach for the
manner in whickit has been reached. It
was with these considerations in his mind
that President Grant favored the pro
ceedings under which civil government
In Virginia haa been successfully restored
and the long military , domination abol
ished.
.a 3 ;Ix ~.
The Richmond IlWg. wldeli Ints
, here
tofore opposed the policy of impartial
suffrage," is now in favor of admitting
the emancipated colored, people to the
same political privileges as the.: whites.
In commenting upon the results of the
recent election in • Virginia, that journal
say's: "Prom this day forward it maybe
conlldeutly asserted the white and colored
people of 'ken's-Will in the lulu tot
together. The blood line which has been
attempted to be drawn has left but faint
traces that will soon disappear, and fu
ture political parties will, in all probabil
ity, be formed without rgerenee to race
or color. The canvass jtist closed has
given development to. results that should
be welcomed by-the people of,the whole
country."
‘Vasnington Items.
Senator Sumner writes a letter here, in
which he takes'decided ground with the
administration in the Cuban question,
holding that the neutrality laws must be
enforced at all hazards, and flint the in
surgents have not yet done what entitles
them to recognition. - . -
EMU
EMI
The motive: of the recent numerous
mentions of Secretary Boutwell as a
• roper person for the Republican Presi
,
i. , , •ntial nominee in 1872, turns out to be
4
effort to secure his removal from the
Cabinet. ' The schen4e of the projectors
of the movement was to embroil' Secre
tary Boutwell and the President in .
.a per
sonal quarrel, supposing that the latter is
a candidate for renomination, which, how
ever, is a mere stinposition. They hoped
to gain, -by the appointnient of a new
man as Secretary of the Treasury, oppor
tunities of obtaining information regard
ing the opinions of the department and
assistance in their .-lobby schemes. Of
course, their efforts havtv proved futile,
and the friendly relations which have
always existed between Secretary Bout
well and the President remain uninter
ri
l l j i lted. • -
f on. Gilbert C. Walker, Governor of
larginia, has arrived here. .He says
that as the members elect to the Legisla
-tine have little or no experience in legis
lation, he shall call to Richmona a third
house, or an advisory body, to cansistof
the ablest men and finest legal minds or
the State. With this assistance Governor
Walker has no fears as to the result. He
says the Fifteenth Amendment to the
Federal Constitution will be adopted
without a dissenting voice; at a proper
time the Legislature will consider the
subject of amending the State Constitu
tion just adopted. He says - that while
the new Constitution, so far as the execu
tive department is concerned, is the best
tie State has ever had,' in many , respects
this unsuited for Virginia, and must at an
early day be amended. In speaking •of
the_ few Radical • members elect to the
Legislature, Goierrior Walker said they
ivould be mere cyphers in thq iXidy, in
capable of doing any harm. The GOT . -
postponed
thinkslhat if the election had been
postponed two weeks longer, his majority ,
would have been 75,000, as the colbred
population- were rapidly breaking 'with \
the Radicals, and joining the Conserva
tive ranks.
81,560
—Mr. Stedman, United States Consul
at Santiago do Cuba, died in that city on
the 6th inst.
TRUSSES AND HERNIA.
The Ead , and deplorable condition o 3 many who
are afflicted with hernia orrupture of the bowela,
calls loudly for some efficient and knrolstatable
remedy that will not only in every Case gli'e effi
cient relief, but in many cases effect a radici
I .
and thorough cure. These eases of hernia hale
become so fretiuent that it is Computed that one- -
sixth th 3 little population are said to 'be
troubled, in some way or another, with this ter-
rlble . ailment ; and#ia very iinany . easas do not
know where to apfdy'for au appropriate remedy,
oftentimes not knoWing whether -- an appliance:ls
really needed or not; and If it should bs needed,
they_ often do Mat ,know where ur to whom thOY
should make applicition. The world 'is full of
trusses for the retention and cure rf thls_lament-
able evil, oftentimes an inconsestitie proof of
their total and inadequate fitness 10 relieve the
sufferer, This need not ber DR. - KEYSER, at,
his new medicine store, No. 167 Liberty street,
Is abundantly supplied with every appliance
needful to the retention end relief of tlus tem-
ble sanction, so.that every one can be properly
fitted, at a moderate cost; with the full assurance
that the appliance is the but that the mechanical
department of surgery can afford. The Doctor •
has pursued the lavesttgation of hernia with
more than ordinary care for over thirty years, so ,
that the afflicted can place iarpliteft reliance In
his skill •And integrity, with the - DID assurance
that they will not only get the besktrass suitable
to the case, but likewise a that oath and efficient
knowledge of its proper Nnalcation.
'There are many persons who not only,sacrific
their hiafitt, bat oven - their lives, for want of a.
proper truss, or a truss properly applied, Stran
gulated and Irreduceible rupture Is a fax more
common ailment now than In fonner years; and
may, we not putty supra at the conclusionthat
Its frequency Is often occasioned by the neglect
and carelessness of the sufferers themselVes.
No one would be regarded as sane or eicusable
who would go for a whole winter without the
proper clothing to shield them from the indent.
ent weather, but, at the same time, it is thought
a light affair to suffer with a protrukon such as
rupturo that not only subjects the person to In
convenience, but even places life itself in „jeop
ardy. Those of Our readers who may be so tut -
iortanate as to need appliances of this kind can
not act more wisely than to cut this advertise
ment and preserve it, So as to enable them to re
member,the place where such important przserv
srs of life and health are to be procured.
Dn. KEYSER'S GREAT MEDICLNE STORE,
No. 167 Liberty street, two doors froth Sixth.
CONSULTATION ROOM, IEO Fenn street,
from 1 until 4 r.
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE IN FAVOR
OF 110STETTERPS STOBIACII BIT•
TESS. •
W. IL Beebe, a leading druggist In Monticello,
In a letter of Jur e 8, 1868, writes to this ef
fect: "Having sold Hostetter's Bitters for the
past (cur years, ! cannot but speak of the article
as being the best tonic and appetizer extant.
During the'ague season of 1883-6,1 r,o aid not keep
a anteztent stock on hand to suppiy ' y custom
ers. Is fact, your Bitters was 63 'stape as gni
nine. I learn that physicians prescribe it all
over the country. Indeed, a greatlmsny families
think they are tot safe without your valuable
tome."
J. WithersPoon. Bee., maaletrate
Ifernshaw county, 0 . states, under date of
April 13. 1168 that be has used the Bitters corir
stantly in his own family for the previous two
years Be liras trii d the preparation when' auffer'
lug from es haustion, produced bv severe attack
of hover. Befbre the arse bottle was Sloshed ho
experienced a remarkatile change for the better.
He had tried brandy at the outset, hat foetid that
It did him more harm thus good. In one 'month •
'from the time he commenced using the Bitters
his health, strength and appetite were restored.
He bail recommended the article to others' is
like circumstaucea. and.never known it; to fall, •
and, bad found it a pert, ct specific for chills and
fever.
Mr. Samuel Young, of Clarion, "a., under date
•Of aprll ti, 1808, unities that be was completely
mired of ••otte of the most ilastrassinit attacks of
dyspepsia that ever afflicted any mortal." by
three bottles of tha Bitters, alter "variou slither
remedies bad proved Powerless." Restored to,_ .
pi rf e ct health, he thanks "that ex.cellent prep.,
&ration fur thesesult." • •
• Dr. lif."Speneer. of Brash Creek; peereat
las., prising thence Neb. kin& says; h a
used your Stotnach Bitters ror several ye
i nziractloeiand Ind th em Mapmier tO Meat laf
the Il i ere 808 Iteeeritied 3AgtelaVallipaer.
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