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VOL. 25.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., MAY 11, 1866.
NO. I.
Published by Theodore Schoch,
TERUS-T'.vo dollarsayrar in advance and if no
paid before the cnl of the yesu, U o dollars and fitfy
xjts. will be charged.
No piper discontinued until all arrcaiages are paid,
except at the option of the Editor.
irj licrtiscMicnls of one square of (eight lines) or
si, oncor three insertions 1 50. E.u'h additional
Mscition, 50 cents. Longer ones in propoiticn.
JOB PI&SNTIIVG,
OF ALL KINDS,
Executed in the highest style of the Art.and onthe
most rcason-ible terms.
TREHEKBOUS EXCITEMENT !
Death to Hi gli Prices !
Up Town in. a Blaze !
METZGAR & STORM, respectfully in-
for.
Dublic that the days of imposition
;" Stroudsburg, for the
Lenr ,,.i,5i.i, tl.nr invite their fnenas, from
both town end
county, io can -
jelh Street, in SiiCsburg,
tl Krkir nnt
Store, on Elizabcll:
one door below the Indian Queen Hotel, ex
amine their gonds anil learn how low they
sell them.
Wc have DRY GOODS in almost endless
variety,
Cloths, Cassimeres and Veslissgs,
Calicoes, Dilains and Muslins,
Tr minings and Not! 01133
and everything in that line.
We have GROCERIES and PROIS-
SIONS,
SUGARS, COFFEES, TEAS,
SPICES, FISH, PORK,
and a full assortment in that line.
We have Crockery Ware, Wooden Ware,
Willow Ware, Hardware, a general assort
ment. TOBACCO of all kind,
BOOTS AND SHOES, and in fact al
most everything: that can be called for in a
completely stocked Store.
Call and sec for yourselves. We take
pleasure in showing' goods without price,
and can sell you calicoes from 12i cents to
25 cents per yard, and everything else pro
portionately low.
We feel duly thankful for the many evi
dences of already received appreciation of
our efforts to knock down war prices, and
can assure the public that there is still room
for a few more evidences of the same sort
Don't forget the place and give us a call.
J. P. METZGAR,
JEROME STORM.
March 29, 1SGG.
" CmGOODST
ARE NOW OFFERED BY A
KEW FIRM,
SMILEY & WALTON,
(successors to r. s. staples.)
The subscriber.-; would hereby inform
their friends and the public generally,
that they have recently purchased the
eutire stock of 11. S. Staples, and asso
ciated themselves together as cb partners
under the uamc of
SMILEY it- WALTON,
for the purpose of carrying ou the Mer
cantile trade in 11 its brances, at the wcli
known stand lately occupied by II. S
SrAPLrs. We have already added to our
former stock a fresh supply of
FAXCY DRESS GOODS, SPRING
STYLES.
Our poods were bought low, siuce the
late decline in privos, and our customers
shall have the benefit of it.
We also keep a full assortment of choice
Family Groceries,
Doot liinl S!sc.'
Crocktity Wsiro,
Wooden Ware, &t
In short, we mean to keep every thiug
that constitute a Grst cists country store.
Our purpose shall be to endeavor to give
perfect satisfaction to all who favor us
with their patronage. Come and see us.
MORRIS SMILEY.
JOS. T. W ALTON.
Ftroudsburg, Pa., March 22, 1SGG.
Cabinet laker, lodertak-
"if-.
Is Prepared with a Large Sioclt of
CABINET WARE
npO MEET ALL demands upon him, or
JL will manufacture to order anything in
his line, in the latest styles to suit the taste
of customers.
All work made of the best material and
warranted.
He is also prepared, with material and
fixtures, to attend to the business of
UNDER TAKING
in a manner that cannot fail to prove satis
factory to all who favor him with patron
age. Prices moderate.
Shop and Ware-Room on the corner of
Sarah and Simpson Sts.,
April 5, 18G6. STROUDSBURG, PA.
Greatest Cougli Medicine
IN THE "WOULD,
IIOLLI ASf HEAD'S
COMPOUND SYRUP OF
Tar, Wild Cherry and Hound,
For the cure of Coughs, Colds, Whooping
Cough, Croup, Sore Throat, Horse
less, Asthma, Inflamalion of the
Lungs, &c, &c.
Pain in the Sideb and Breast, Bronchitis,
Shortness of Breath, and all diseases lend
ing to Pulmonary Consumption.
Prepared and sold by
W. IIOLLINSHEAD, Druggist,
Slroudsburg, Pa.
PRICE 35 cts per Bottle.
March 22, 1866. 3m.
Mercantile Appraisement
OF
MONROE COUNTY,
For the Year i866.
The following is a list of the Venders of
Merchandise, Restaurants, &c, in the Coun
ty of Monroe, classed in accordance with the
several acts of Assembly relating to the
sjme.
Boroeigh of Sli'oiulbEit&,
... Classi Amount.
rump Miller.
Flory &, Brother,
George Fable.
Charles Waters & Son,
Henry Shoemaker,
14
14
12
14
14
14
13
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
13
14
12
14
14
14
13
14
14
14
12
11
14
14
7 00
7 00
12 50
7 00
7 00
7 00
10 00
7 00
7 00
.7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
ii. o. L,evanway,
Brown & Keller,
James A. Pauli,
Hess & Co..
Robert Huston.
TT r v
James B. Morgan.
r- -r 1 i. 4
j u. urodheau,
i John 0. Say lor,
Jacob Miller,
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
10 00
7 00
12 50
7 00
7 00
7 00
10 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
12 50
7 00
7 00
7 00
15 00
15 00
' 7 00
7 00
10 00
7 00
i
12 50
7 00
7 00
7 00 !
10 00
10 UO
7 00
Robert Boys,
Smiley &. Walton,
J. S. Staples,
D. H. WyckolT,
Wm. Reiser,
Santheimer &. Herman
M. M. Burnet,
Darius Dreher,
Alexander Ruubenold,
II. S. Wagner,
Morris Drake,
Metzgar & Storm
William M. James,
Wallace & Co.
Jjmea Gouger,
J. H. McCarsy,
Reuben Miller,
C. llillcr, bi!!a-d room. 1 table 0 m,
Godfrey Ruff, do
do
do 6 m,
14
14
13
' 11
James TJallantyne,
Frederick Fable,
Nicholas Rustcr,
Cnarles Keller,
J. S. Yilliams &. Co.,
" " liquor m. 12
Sabina DeYoung, 14
Mi.-s R. Morgan. 14
Miss Wintermutf 14
Drus and Medicines.
Wm. Hollinshead, 13
Dreher &. Brother, 13
Derrick &. Williams, 14
ESamsEloti,
D. Saylor & Brother, 14
Jerome Fenner, 14
A. W. Loder, - 14
Alonzo B. Shafer, 14
"Casper Metzgar, 14
J. A. BossnrJ, 14
Churh's Williams, 14
Jerome S. Williams, distiller,
Htns,
Reuben Hartzcll, 14
5:::il!:ficZi!,
Ams Labar, 14
David Shannon, 14
Abs-ilrmi Weaver, 14
A. B. Bnrrell, ' 14
B. F Brodhcad, 14
James Bell, Jr. 14
Labir &, Heller, 14
A. D. Freece, 11
Wm. A. Brodhcad, billiard
" ten pin Allev 6 m,
Wm. N.Peters, li
Middle SmiUiKcId,
E. G. Shoemaker 14
Slroctd,
Decker & Dunn, 14
Thomas Stemples, 14
Fine & Fisher, 14
00
00
00
7 00
7 00
15 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
30 00
15 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
C!tcuntliill,
L. M. Heller,
Charles 'J'lild.
Samuel Arnold,
John Merwine,
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
Bid red,
John Ilarter,
Joseph Ilav k,
Anient Pearsol,
David Kresge,
Henry Mc CI el an
Harper, Craig, Wills & Co., 14
Peter Gilbert, 14
R. M. Kresge, 14
S Lee 14
Barrett,
J. S. Coleman, 14
Shafer & Rineharl, 14
Decker & Dunn, 13
Pa lens & Northrop, 14
Philip Rockafellow, 14
Paradise,
Charles Henry, 14
James Kintz, 14
George R. Smith, 14
I'oeono,
D. Custard, 14
Jacob Stouffer, 14
George Lcsigi 14
Aaron Bowman, 14
David Burret, 14
Mary Knipe, 14
George Fable, 14
Tobyljantiah,
Isaac Stouffer, 14
Charles Blecksley, 14
Coolbasigli,
Dodge & Co., 13
James A. -Young, 14
Susan Younjr, 14
Jaclcsou,
10 00
7
7
00
00
7
7
7
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
7 00
7 00
7 00
7 00
- 7 00
10 00
7 00
7 00
J. H. Marvin,
14
An appeal will he held at the Commission-
prs Office in Stroudsburfr. nn the 2d dav of
June, 1866, when and where all persons who
; 7 T - .. . ' . -
feel aggrieved can attend if they think prop
Gr PETER GRUVER,
Mercantile Appraiser.
State Agricultural Society.
rpHE NEXT ANNUAL EXHIBITION
A of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Soci
ety will be held at EASTON, Northampton
County, on Tuesday, Wednesdny. Thursday
and Friday, September 25, 26, 27 and 28,
1666. PREMIUM LISTS will be ready for
delivery early in June.
A. BOYD HAMILTON, Pres.
A. B. Lonoaker, Sec'ry.
Harrisburg, May 10, 1866.-3w.
TERRIBLE EXCITEMENT !
Io for Stroudsburg !
ALL ABOARD FOR THE
EW STORE WITH HEW GOODS
MESSRS. DETRICK & WILLIAMS
have opened a New Store for the "sale of
DRUGS,
MEDICINES,
WATOnES,
CLOCKS,
and JEWELRY,
on Main-street, in Stroudsburg, next door to
the Post-office, where they have on hand
the largest and best assortment of
Troictes, Clocks, Jewelry, Drugs, Paints,
Oils, Varnishes, Glass, Sash, Doors,
Blinds, Brushes of all kinds, Per
fumery, Spices and Station
ary, ever offered for salo
in this County.
Call and he Convinced.
1st. That we have the largest and bestas
sortment of choice goods in the market.
2d. We have all NEW GOODS.
3d. We are determined to please all who
favor us with their patronage.
4th. We will sell lower than any other
house in the Borough.
Country Merchants and Physicians' orders
will be filled at the lowest wholesale prices.
Please call before purchashing elsewhere.
NO CHARGE FOR SHOWING GOODS.
0? Particular attention paid to the re
pairing of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, &c,
and all work warranted.
C. S. DETRICK,
P. S. WILLIAMS.
Strouushurg, May 10, 1866.
license Applications.
MONROE COUNTY, SS.
The following named persons have filed
their applications for License in the office
of the Clerk of Quarter Sessions of Monroe
County, and the same will be presented for
allowance at the nest term of said Court to
be held at Stroudsburg, May 30th, 1SG6. .
TTaverH S.icoaiscs.
Barrett Townshij.
Wilkinson Price,
Chcsnuthill.
Elizabeth Kresge, John Merwine,
Linford Heller, Jerome Kresge,
Joseph Butts, Jacob K. Shafer,
J " Daniel Kresge,
Coolbaugh.
Michael R. Smith, Amos Singer,
vntirew searing,
Samuel Case,
Joseph Hawk,
Thomas Callaghan,
Eldred.
Nelson Hefilefinger,
Thomas MixseU,
Hamilton.
Thomas E. Heller, Josiah Fenner,
Charles Bossird, Valentine IJouser,
Samuel Dennis, Charles Saylor,
Middle Smithfield.
James Place, Oliver E. Place,
Paradise.
Reuben Newhart, Abraham Gish,
Pocono.
Charles Brown, Manassah Miller,
Lewis Heller,
Polk Township,
Joel Berlin, Aaron Scr ass,
Daniel Kerchncr, Jaceb W. Kresge,
Mary Dotter, Jones Snyder,
Ross Township,
Jacob II. S toe ker, Reuben Hartzell, -Sarah
Lessig,
Smilhjicld.
Thomas Brodhead, Luke W. Brodhcad,
Isaac S. Labar, - ,
Stroud Township.
Delp & Detrick,
Stroudsburg Borough,
Barnet Mansfield, Linford Marsh,
Jacob Knecht, Peter & James Bush,
Tobyhannah,
Isaac Stouffer, Henry Stoddart,
Tunkhannock.
Benjamin F. Schafer, Reuben Barrel!,
Reuben B. Bonser.
LIQUOR STORES.
Dreher & Brother, Stroudsburg.
Jerome S. Williams & Co., do
Henry Shaller, Barrett.
THOS.'M. McILIIANEY, Clerk,
May 10, I860.
V
rs Appre
rpiIE following Vidows' Appraisements;ndfor the sai(1 County of Monroe, have is
X have been filed in the Ofhc6 of the , nrnf.nnt tn m Pnnnn,i;nn. ninf
Clerk of the Orphans' Court, of Monroe coun
ty, and will be presented for approval at the
next term of Court, to be held MONDAY,
May 28, 1866.
Estate of Christian Metzgar, dee'd.
Henry Smith, deceased.
" David Schnaih, deceased.
" Bernard S. Schoonover, dee'd.
Michael Gclz, deceased.
" Morris Evans, deceased.
" Daniel Titus, deceased.
THOS. M. MoILIIANEY, Clerk.
May 10, 1880.
COUNTY TAX.
. iiY" ZZ Y 'I, :
1 1 1LLL1U11 Ul VJUUUI V A Urffc. iUl UJU wi-VW
u. lecuoii ui ouuiuy x. iui m
-townships of Monroe county, will bo let tle jai. cf the said county of Monroe, or a-' decided from all parts of tho State. A wholesale destruction, ofaweek and do
' UL , the lowest and best bidder, boaled propo- . .... , ... - ... i . ,i ' i . :m,- ., ., nr
j eala must be bunded in on or before the first
ivT.n ,t ,i, rnmm;in(.re Or.
I j u "V - -
fice in Slroudsburg, Pa
John T. Williams,
1
Nelson IlEFFLEFiNciEn
Com'rs.
Henry Heller.
Stroudsburg, Pa., May 10, 1866
REWARD !
QTRAYED from the premises of the sub-
kJ scriber, at the Del. Water ixap, on Sat
urday afternoon, April 27th, a Dark
six years old this Spring, thin m flesh and
fresh in milk no while marks about her.'
The above reward will bo paid to any one
who returns her to-me at the Gap.
CATHARINE GARRITY.
Delaware Water Gap, May 3, 1866.
Register's Notice.
J$TOTI0E is hereby given to all persons
J-' interested in the estates of the respec
tive decedents, that the following accounts
have been filed in the llecister's office of
Monroe County, and will be presented for
confirmation to the Orphans' Court of said i
county ac ocrouasnurg on Monaay tne
i i tit I V 1 r i .i
otn aay or may, iouo, at 10 o clock,
A. M.
Account of Dcpuc S. Miller, Executor,
&c. of John Downing, deceased.
Account of John Edinger, one of the
Executors, &c. of Samuel Myers, dee'd.
Account of Stroud J. Hollinshead, Ad
ministrator of Bernard S. Schoonover, do
ceased by A. Reeves Jackson and Wil
liam Hollinshead, Administrator of Stroud
J. Ilolliushead, deceased.
Account of James Buckley, Executor,
&c. of Daniel Buckley, deceased.
Final Account of Anthony Arnold,
Administrator, &c. of John Arnold, de
ceased.
Account of Jacob C. Miller, Executor,
&c. of Mary Woodliiig, deceased.
Account of Magdalena Overfield, (late
Magdalena Fenner) Administrator of Jo
seph Fenner, deceased.
Final Account of Geo. H. Weiss, Ad
ministrator of Barnet Mosteller, dee'd.
Accountof John Kresge, Administrator,
&c. of Josiah Hawk, deceased.
Account of Ammiel Bush and Peter M.
Eilenberger, Administrator, &c. of John
V. Bush, deceased.
Account of Andrew Storm, Adminis
trator, &e. of Rudolph Storm, dee'd.
Account of George Bittenbender, Ad
ministrator, &c. of Christopher Bitten
bender, deceased.
Account of James Kintz, Administra
tor, &c. of Mclchoir Kiutz, dee'd.
Account of Thomas M. Mcllhaney,
Administrator Cum testamento annexo of
Adam Learn, deceased.
JOHN S. FISHER, Register.
Register s Office, Stroudsburg,
May 3, 1SGG
By virtue of a writ of ven. ex. de ter
ns to me directed, issued out of the Court of
Common Pleas of Monroe County, I will ex
pose to sale, at public vendue, on
Saturday, the 26th day of May,
1865, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at the
Court House, in the borough of Stroudsburg,
the following described real estate to wit:
All that certain tract of. Timber land situ
ate partly in Polk township, Monroe county,
and partly in Penn Forest, Carbon county
surveyed in warrant to Anthony Butler, con,
laining
323 Acres, 70 Perches,
and allowances.
Also all that certain tract of timber land
situate partly in the township of Polk, Chcs
nuthill and Tunkhannock, Monroe county,
and Penn Forest, Carbon county, beins the
tract surveyed in warrant name of James
Reynolds, containing
401 S-i ACRES,
and allowances.
Also all that certain tract of timber land
situate in the township of Chcsnuthill and
Polk, in Monroe county, being the tract sur
veyed in warrant name of Richard Renshaw,
containing
395 1-2 Acres,
and allowances.
The above is all improved TIMBER LAND.
Seized and taken in execution as the prop
erty. of Charles Tidd, and to be sold by me
for cash.
CHARLES HENRY, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office Stroudsburg, )
May 10, 1866. (
&0urt Proclamation.
Whereas, the Hon. Gconan R. BAimrrr
President Judge of the 22d Jud cicl District 6
Pennsylvania, composed of the counties of
Wayne, Pike, Monroe and Carbon, and Abra
ham Levering and Jeremy Mackey. Esqr'B,
Associate Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas of the County of Monroe, and by vir
tue of their offices, Justices of the Court of
Oyer and Terminer and General Jail dclivc-
I rtr nnfl flrnirf tC mi pro 1 OiifiTtpr Spssinns Jn
OUUU mull ll WVib -w itiv uuiiuuunuin ttiu v
a Court of Quarter Sessions of t he Peace and
Common Pleas, and Court of Oyer and Ter
miner and General Jail Delivery and Or
phan's Court, for the said County of Monroe,
to be holden atStroudshurg, on the 28lh day
of May, 1866, to continue one weeks if ne
cessary. NOTICE
Is hereby given to the Cononer, the Justices
of the Peace, and Constables of the said.coun -
ty of Monroe, that they be then and there
ready with their rolls, records inquisitions,
examinations anu oilier remcmuraiicca io uo
those things which their offices arc appertai
ning, and ulso that those who are bound by i
recognizances to prosecute and give evidence j
, nr;Rnll(,rf. flint, nre nr shnll lm in
Samsi. P" "u . 'U WV". l"e
commission oi uuuiicea io uo u en aim ii.eru
fn nrnsocute or testi v as s ha be list.
i j
(God save the Commonwealth.)
CHARLES HENRY, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office Stroudsburg, )
May 3, 1866.
WANTED.
Beard Among the Slounfnhis.
FOR A FAMILY of 7 persons, (S grown
persons, 3 children nnd one servant,)
from aoout the muiaie oi June until oejuem-
hor I'lniiso siaie incaiioii. nnw near il it.
Station, lowest terms, &c. Address
I S. A. M., Box 071, Station D.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
April 19, 1866.
Doubls Treason.
In the reasent treason case the State
of Tennessee vs. De Witt C. Williams
tried in the State Circuit Court at Knox
ville. Judo J. P. Swann ruled as fol
lows :
1. The defendent by the same act may
be guilty of treason against both the United
I O
. states and the State of Tennessee, and
may be punished bv both Governments'
tor tno same act
. 2. The court and iury can take iudi-
cial notice of the public history of the
country, and it being one of the objects
or tue Jatc war to change the relation of Treasury notes or other obligations issued
Tennessee to the Federal Union, it was; underJany act of Congress,whether bearing
a war against the btate, as well as the: interest or not, in exchange for any des
Unitcd States. j cription of bonds authorized by the act
3. The pardon of the President, in such; to which this is an amendment, and also
cases, purges the offence against the Uui -
ted States, but does not effect the offense
against the State.
4. The fact that the Rebellion assum
ed the dimensions and recosuized char-
acter ol a civil and public war docs not
prevent the citizens of Tennessee who en -
tercd the service of the Confederate
States, after that time, from being pun
ished as traitors by the State courts of
Tennessee.
5. The Act of Assembly, passed on
the Si'd day of May, 1861, repealing so
much of the treason act as made offenses
against the United States punishable as
treason against the State is utterly null ( ten millions of dollars may be retired can
and void, have been passed by legislatures; celled within six. months from the pas
whoni the court judicially knows to have 'sage of this act, and thereafter not more
been engaged in treasonable purposes
G. The decisions and opinions of the
Supreme Court of the United States in
the cases of Amy Warwick and others,
and Mrs. Alexander's cotton and others,
are no authority whatever in trials for trea
son. 7. Although the laws of nations pro
tect billigerents during the existence of
var from prosecution in the civil courts for
treason, yet, after tue war is over, and.
peace declared, the soldiers who partici -
pated in the rebellion or war, may be pun
ished as traitors therefor.
8. In trials for felony, the jury are
judges of both the law and the facts, but
onl-judges of the law as propounded to
them by the court.
God will not be Mocked.
We have numerous instances on record,
says the Allen town Register, of the judg
mentof the Almighty suddently over
taking the wicked, giving practical illus
trations of the truth of His Word, which ',
declares that "The wicked shall not live out
half their days' An instance of this kind
occurred near our neighboring town of Cat
asauqua last week. A man named Miller
about three weeks ago, made au agree
ment with some of his compariious in vice,
to meet him at a certain place every Sun
day, when he would administer to them
the holy ordinance of Communion, giving
them whiskey and crackers. This mock
ceremony was performed every Sunday,
but the hands which administered the
mock emblems in derision, were so man
gled by the premature discharge of a
blast,, last week, as to require amputation.
He was also severely burned about the
head. After two days of extreme suffer
ing, he went to meet his insulted Crea
tor. Fantastic Marriages.
A widow lady of Danville, Ky., took
an orphan boy to raise, quite small, and
when he arrived at the age of eighteen
she married him, being then in her fiftieth
year. They lived many years together,
happy as any couple. Ten years ago
they took an orphan girl to raise. Last
fall the old lady died, being ninety-six
years of age, and in seven weeks after
the old man married the girl they had
raised, he being sixty-four years old and
she eighteen.
A farmer near Bay city, Michigan, lost
his wife early one morning, recently j
hitched up his team and drove to city
with his servant girl to buy the garments
for the dead ; and while there, 'married
the girl, being a widower less than twelve
hours. The new wife attended the fuu-
oral next day attired iu deep black, aud!t;mG neariy the whole of the town, which
was one of the principal mourners for
her predecessor
The Legal Rate of Interest.
We see that some of our cotemnorarics1
are under the impression that an net wasjperty was destroyed, mostly belonging to
nassed at the late session of the Lcgisla-' British, American and other foreign raer-
; nrn rh:inrinf tho Wal rate of interest
1 1Vo 6 tQ 7 ccnt joun,alists are led
. t u j mi8ftpproilon'8ioll by the fact that
j . ... fo lhIs chan,,0 iad bccn
. 1 ., n ..i.:k j-rv-i.i
UCtorc tllC IIOUSO, wmuu wua ueieaieu,
but on a reconsideration was carried.
! When the measure came before the Sen -
ntn it fa fid. TllC OnDOSltlOll to it Was
i m
VV" " iau,e at c samc
t0 permit OantCS to Ciiarge per cent, in-
,,w. . I ""I
alive at Nauvoo. Illinois, and is represen-
lctj ag stubbornly taciturn and a devout be-
iievor jn tho Mormon faith. She is now
sixtv.two ycars 0f ac ..ud has been re-
,
married.
I
3vcry bear should bo taught to dance,
what is the use of bruin without hops?
for
terest on their discounts. This met the invader, is almost without a parallel in
same fate, and its rejection was prompt barbarism.
and decided. The legal rate of interest, j csu
therefore remains unchanged, and it would, An Associated Press dispatch says that
be well to let the fact be generally un-'a Cabinet meeting was held May 1st, m
derstood. Telegraph. which the President invited an expres-
'sion cf opinion concerning the proposi-
Tho widow of Joseph Smith is still tions reported from the Reconduction
The iloan Bill.
The Loan Bill as it passed both houses
of Congress," has been approved by the
President, and is therefore a law. It
possesses so much interest that we append
a copy :
An act to amend an act entitled an act to
provide ways and means to support the
Government, approved March 3, 18G5 :
De it enacted, t&c, That the act en
titled an act to provide ways and means
to support the Government, approved
March 3, 1SG5, shall be extended and con-
strued to authorize the Secretary of the
j Treasury, at his discretion, to receive any
j to dispose of any description of bonds
authorized by said act, either in the Uni
ted States or elsewhere, to such an a
mount, in such manner, and at such rates
as he may think advisable, for lawful
money of the United States, or for any
! treasury notes, representations of value
which have been or may be issued under
any act of Congress, the proceeds there
of to be used only for retiring treasury
notes, or other obligations issed under any
act of Congress. But nothing herein
contained shall be construed to authorize
any increase of the public debt; provided
that of United States notes not more than
than four millions of dollars in any month.
And provided, further, that the act to
which this is an amen dment shall con
tinue in force in all its pr ovisions except
as modified by this act.
Sec. 2. And he it further enacted,
That the Secretary of the Treasury shall
report to Congress at the commencement
of the next session the amount of ex
change made of money borrowed under
this act, and of whom, and on what terms,
,and also the amount and character of in
debtedncss retired under this act and the
act to which this is an amendment, with
a detailed statement of the expense of
making such loans and exchange.
Soldiors' Convention.
As the soldiers of Monroe county, in
common with these in otherparts of the
State, doubtless feel an interest in the
convention to be held in Pittsburg in
June next, their: attention is directed to
the following address, issued last week,
in relation to this subject, by General
Hartranft. Measures should at once be
taken to have delegates appointed, so that
the county shall be represented in the
convention :
Harrisuurg, May 1, 1866.
To the Soldiers of Pennsylvania :
In obedience to the authority invested
in me by a resolution adopted by the
Convention of Soldiers, held in
this city on the 8th day of March,
186G, I do hereby request all honorably
discharged soldiers and sailors of Pennsy
lvania to meet iu their respective legisla
tive districts, and select delegates not
exceediug five in number to represent
their district in a Soldiers' Convention to
be held at Pittsburg on Tuesday, the 5th
of June, 10 o'clock, A. "M. Where any
representative district comprises more
than one county, the manner of selecting
delegates i3 respectfully referred to the
soldiers of the district for such conference
as will result in a fair representation of
each county. Citizens who have borne
arms in defence of the nation against trea
son, have an especial interest in the pur
poses of this convention, and it is desira
ble that as full a representation of the
brave defenders of country as is possible
shoull be secured on this occasion.
John F. Hartranft,
late Brevt Maj. Gen. U. S. Vols. -
The announcement in some of the pa
pcrs, early last week, of the probability
of an adjustment of the difficulties between
the Spauish government and Chiliwas
completely set at naught by the news of
destruction ofVnlparaisc. The bombard
ment-by the Spanish fleet continued lu-
rimislv for over twelve hours.durinc: which
was in a defenceless condition, was des-;
toryed, including the custom house, gov-
crnmcut buildings and all the commercial
part of the place. It is stated that from
$15,000,000 to 20,000,000 worth of pro-
chants. Our minister, General Kilpat-
rick, and Commodore Rodgers, of tho
United States Navy, tried hard to prevent
tllis outrag0 am saYe the city, but tho
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.the coast of South America, and contain-
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Committee. Every member of tljo Cabi-
net was present, with the exception oT'tho
Attorney-Gcnral. Messrs. Seward, ' Mci
Culloch aud Wells expressed themselves
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as opposed to the Committee's scheme.
Our special correspondent at Washington
says that Messrs. Stanton and Harlan fa
yor the report of the Committee. Trib